Fortunes Made in Wheat List of Lucky Winners
Chicago Blind Pool profits from wheat surge attract rumors of fortunes across major markets. Names linked include Pierpont Morgan Pillsbury Francis Leiter Armour and Gudahy with payouts rumored between 200 000 and 1 000 000. Gossips claim a mysterious principal via a new brokerage netted vast gains while most deny gains near those figures. A separate note reports Thompson Francis turning savings into a 64 009 win after grain margins and intends to retire.
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Citcase
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Armour
Hutchinson
Cudahy
Joseph Leiter
A. Pillsbury
Minneapolis
B. S. Barnes
St. Louis
Chicago Blind Pool
W. D. Orthwein
W. BR. Lion
William T. Baker
D. R Francis
St Louis
G. T. Smith
Cone
French
E. B. White
C .M. Harrington
St. Paul
W. G. Haarstick
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Charles A. Pillsbury
Rilmor
David R. Francis
Missouri
John Gudahy
P. D. Armour
Flower
Kansas City
Sucrerville
Ind
Thompson Francis
Tailors Strike Across New York for Higher Wages and Hours
About 1,500 coat operatives from Pro tective Tailors' union No 11 strike for a 25 percent garment raise, weekly pay, union recognition, and a nine hour day. The walkout could close 120 shops. Up to 2,000 cloakmakers at Baumann Sperling Weldorf Syndicate Cloak Rubin Weil Bloom Bros join for higher pay.
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Thorease Er Wagem
New York
Protective Tailors' Union
Wwerit
Cloak Company
Bernstein, & Newman
Rubin ,& Weil
Bloom Bros
Swift justice in Georgia Negro murderer shot
In Lovett Georgia last evening a black man, angered by liquor, killed a leading merchant and wounded a woman before being shot dead by a citizen posse. He was tried and executed in ten minutes as the crowd returned home. Governor Pingree's workman strike hits Detroit shoe factory, about 700 workers affected awaiting arbitration.
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Savasian
Lovett
Radical Resolutions by Denver Trades Assembly on Miners Strike
The Denver Trades and Labor Assembly adopts sensational resolutions condemning government by injunction and capital domination. It pledges to resist by force if needed, vows to defend free rights, and supports the St. Louis conference decision. A mass Denver meeting is called to act on government by injunction this week.
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Denver
Cal
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly
St. Louis
Greeks Still Want War Demand King George Reject Peace
In Athens a crowd of more than 2,000 urged King George to reject the Greece Turkey peace treaty and resume hostilities. The press and most Athenians oppose renewed war while Nasavitwer, Tennessee reports J B Rich killed his wife and brother in law then shot himself.
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George
Athens
Greece
Turkey
Nasavitwer
Tenn
J. B Rich
Nashville
Curley Chief Dead at Over 100 in Pawnee Land
Perry Oklahoma Aug 25 Curley Chief a noted Pawnee Indian who lived thirty miles east of town died yesterday. He was over a century old and highly respected for his leadership in Indian wars and his service to the western community.
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Curley
Perry
Oklo
Pawnee
Here
Mixed 1900s Briefs From National Wire
Gold nuggets found near Americus Massachusetts Wheat up fifteen cents last week Senator Quay opposes re election endorsement Duke of York may be Prince of Ireland Crawford County Kansas Dem convention backs Populist ticket August frost reported from Niles Michigan Star Pointer Wing of pacers defeats Joe Pat in Chicago British surrender of King of Benin with 800 followers and 20 chiefs Sarah Bernhardt to appear as Hamlet in a suggestion from the Prince of Wales R M Dickerson arrested in Kansas City for forged checks Weyler denies Gossi Cisneros sentence fireman and tramp killed two salesmen injured in Illinois Central crash near Arlington Kentucky English brokers say Americans profited from wheat boom English refrain Deacon Jester hors d d street Atlanta Georgia Henry Tanner painting sold in France Little Queen Wilhelmina refuses early marriage Oklahoma Indians forced to civilized marriage Flying Antelope jailed Perry Miss Scarritt and Mr Royster wed at Glasgow Missouri Kansas City pool rooms raid linked to bookmakers National Rolling Mill 10 percent raise for 3 090 employees Corpreoler report Senator West
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Duke of York
Crawford County
Kansas
August Frost
Niles
Michigan
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Pacers
Joe Pat
Washington Park
Chicago
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Benin
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Hamlet
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Philadelphia
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Genta
Weyler
Arlington
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Herren
Atlanta
Henry Tanner
France
Wilhelmina
Holland
Oklahoma
Flying Antelope
Perry
Berenice Scarritt
W. E Royster
Glasgow
E L. Scarritt
Race Track
National Rolling Mill
West
Klondike Rush News From Skaguay and Dyea
Report from British Columbia Aug. 23 describes 3000 men at Skaguay and 60 at Dyea awaiting passage to the Klondike. A San Francisco gambler was hanged after being caught stealing. The Dyea-Dyea trail is rough, with many horses lost in bogs. The steamer Danube sails for Skaguay with miners and freight. doctors from St Louis head for Alaska.
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San Francisco
Klondike
Vancouver
BR CG
Union Stewnship Company
Coquitlan
Dyea
Tts
Skaguay
Dyer
Skacitiy
White Pass
Ibis
Vivetorra
British Columbia
Danube
Skaguay Bay
Alaska
St. Louis
Emile Kuensler
Waldeman Ude
Woman bank robber captured near Weir City
Aug 23 1910 Pineville bank robbery tale confirms a woman masked as a man guarded the entrance while two men robbed MacDonald County bank of nearly a ton. A posse pursued toward Southwest City. one robber Whit Tennison wounded, others escaped. Woman and husband arrests and local names cited. Also notes railway shopmen, five drowned, a quoits killing, and the death of Judge Samuel Forester.
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Whit Tennison
Walker
Weir City
Depunties
J. D. Yeargin
G. Wsmith
Southwest City
J. W. Shields
Pineville Bank Tennison
Hill Tube Earth
Prairse
Samubbarni
Nuty
Verman
Pineville
Parker
James Russell
Gazette Subscriptions Marked By Marginal Notes
The Gazette explains that a mark on the paper’s margin signals a subscriber expiration date, with the corresponding number placed opposite the reader’s name to indicate when their subscription ends.
France The First Seeks Reciprocity Treaty With US
Secretary Sherman confirms France through Ambassador Fatenotte seeks a reciprocity treaty under the new tariff law. He hopes to discuss the subject soon, marking the first practical use of the reciprocity clause and possibly guiding future treaty negotiations.
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United States
Wasnisetox
Sherman
Fatenotte
France
Pool rooms raided in Kansas City arrests reach seven hundred
Acting under warrants from Justice Spitz and Prosecuting Attorney Lowe Chief of Police Hayes led a raid on the three leading pool rooms in Kansas City. Nearly 700 poolroom attaches and frequenters were arrested and brought for arraignment after affidavits by a Lowe spotter that prompted the operation.
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Lowe
Justice of the Peace
Spitz
Hayes
Oelock
Justice Spitz
Farmers Kill A Tramp After Attempted Assault
In Cutcavo Illinois Aug 20 an unknown man tried to assault Mrs Pauline Fenske wife of a Schiller park farmer near Chicago. He was shot to death by the enraged husband and a farmer posse. Meanwhile at Kansas City Missouri an order to increase shop hours to ten per day and full capacity was posted in the repair shops of the Kansas City Fort Scott Memphis railway, ending a period of eight hour four or five day weeks and bringing general employee rejoicing.
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Haute
Sparta
Missouri, Kansas
A. A. Allen
Chicago
Cutcavo
Pauline Fenske
Schiller Park
Vmemphis
Kansas City
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railway
No New Nation After All The Central American Consolidation
Private advices from Nicaragua say Costa Rica and Guatemala will likely refuse to proceed with the plan to fuse five Central American republics into one nation. The current Greater Republic of Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua may disintegrate soon. Jealousy between Costa Rica and the Greater Republic members is cited as the main obstacle to the agreement.
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WaAsHiIneaTon
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Central America
Salvador
Honduras
Republic of
Steinway Works Sold to English Syndicate for 46 Million
An English syndicate reportedly paid 46,000,990 for Steinway & Sons, transferring the piano maker's extensive business to foreign ownership. The Aug 20 dispatch notes the deal involves present Steinway members and covers the entire operation in New York.
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New York
Steinway & Sons
Bay Fever Hay Fever Split by 77 Says Humphreys
A garbled note claims Bay Fever and Hay Fever are separated by 77 and praises Dr. Humphreys Specific as a remedy. The text references teall druggists and a signatory message but lacks clear facts or locations.
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Humphreys
Teall Druggists
Notice of Final Settlement and Local Notices
Notice of Final Settlement in Lawrence Weekly dated August 5, 1897. The item mentions a local public notice about final settlements and includes miscellaneous text about a new coffee substitute and health claims for stomach distress.
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Lawrence Weekly
The St Louis Republic Promotes Its Weekly Newspaper
The St Louis Republic touts extensive coverage with foreign and domestic correspondents, Associated Press membership, world market reports, color magazine covers, a four page Sunday comic weekly, women’s pages, a one cent dress pattern department, and affordable subscription options of six dollars yearly six months or three months.
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Associated Prour
The
Republic
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