Bryan Can Pack Fund Tops Two Hundred Thousand
Democratic leaders released a public statement detailing campaign receipts and disbursements through October, noting about 50 000 contributors and roughly 248 567 dollars in the national committee fund. Bryan concluded his Nebraska tour with a large Plattsmouth rally, signaling strong state support.
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National Committee Fund
United States
Mack
Chicago
New York
Denver
Bryan
Nebraska
Plattsmouth
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Congressional
Forest fires sweep Northern Michigan and Illinois plains
Across northern Michigan and Perry and nearby areas, forest fires flare with strong winds. Metz in Presque Isle County was destroyed, losses near $30,000. Sawdust Mountain in Cheboygan aflame. farms and farm buildings burned near Morris Fitzgerald and Henry Wicke. La Rocque and Foster City threatened. trains rerouted for firefighting aid from Escanaba and Ashland. Prairie fires near Duquoin consumed barns and haystacks, with losses in the thousands as farmers dug furrows to halt the blaze. Indian crews aid efforts at Odanah and White River areas.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Millersburg
Presque Isle County
Metz
Cheboygan
Morris Fitzgerald
Gladwin
Henry Wicke
Standish
la Rocque
Presque Isle
Escanaba
Upper Peninsula
Foster City
Menominee
Duquoin
Perry
Ashland
Wis
Odanah
Bad River
White River
Bradford cashier dies after bank shortage arrest warrant
Bradford Ark Oct 16 Following the closing of the Bradford State bank and a warrant for cashier H J Drennan who was $10 000 short in his accounts Drennan's dead body was found at his home Thursday The shotgun used in his suicide lay nearby
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Bradford
Ark
Bradford State Bank
H. J. Drennan
Drennan
Veteran Mine Official Killed in Calumet Accident
Calumet Mich Oct 16 Captain William Tretheway aged 50 were killed Thursday morning in an accident at the Calumet and Hecla mine when struck by a ship He was underground superintendent of the Amyeda Joid branch and had long been identified with lake copper mining He leaves a widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet, Mich
Willam Tretheway
Calumet and Hecla
Amyeda- Joid
Lake Copper Mining
Bromo Quinine Laxative Ad Cites E. W. Grove Signature
An advertisement touts Bromo Quinine Laxative with a claim to cure a cold in one day and mentions the signature of E. W. Grove. It notes the product price at 25 cents and positions the item as a universal remedy.
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E. W. Grove
Suffragists in Session at Buffalo Convention
The fortieth annual National American Woman Suffrage association meeting opened in Buffalo with Rev. Anna Howard Shaw presiding. Delegates heard praise for progress and Mayor J N Adam welcomed them at the Y M C A auditorium. A letter from Annie Cobden Sanderson urged more revolt and demand for power, sparking debate on methods between American and English suffragists.
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Buffalo
N. Y
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Shaw
J. N. Adam
Annie Cob
Christian Science Monitor Debuts As Daily Paper
The Christian Science Publishing Society plans a new daily titled the Christian Science Monitor. It pledges to publish real news with no sensationalism or exploitation of vice, aiming for a clean, wholesome paper welcomed in homes that value purity and refinement.
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Boston
Christian Science Sentinel
The
Christian Science Publishing Society
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Boy Dies After Tower Electrocution In Detroit
Emmett Murphy, 13, was electrocuted on a 150 foot electric light tower after climbing with a playmate. He touched a live wire and received 2,500 volts late Thursday night in Detroit Michigan.
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Detroit
Mich
Emmett Murphy
Man and Wife Burned to Death in Canton's Explosion
Stefan Blaskovich of Canton died from burns after a gasoline explosion touched off flames that enveloped his wife. The wife died a half hour earlier, as both perished in a Peoria, Illinois, incident on Thursday morning.
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Peoria
Ill
Stefan Blaskovich
Canton
Lynching in Hernando. Jackson killed by fellow Negroes
A dispatch from Hernando, Mississippi reports the lynching near that town of W. J. Jackson, a Black man, at the hands of members of his own race. Jackson, caught attempting to steal a bale of cotton, was found by residents.
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Memphis
Tenn
Hernando, Miss
W. J. Jackson
Jackson
Teen Escape From Reform School Recaptured Near Wabash
Ashton Martin, a thirteen year old boy at St. Louis reform school, escaped while en route to his home in Wabash and was recaptured shortly after.
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Ashton Martin
St. Louis
Wabash
American Fleet Arrives in Japan for Welcoming Reception
The American battleship fleet led by the Connecticut neared Yokohama on October 16 as Japanese warships conveyed a friendly greeting. Admiral Sperry's squadron was observed off Kiushu while a Yokohama welcome is planned with barges and chartered vessels to carry excursionists.
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Tokyo
Japan
Admiral Sperry
Kiushu
Connecticut
Yokohama Harbor
Yokohama
Minoru Saito
Baron Saito
Shankoku
Thaw May Go to Pittsburg for Testimony
Harry K Thaw may travel to Pittsburg next Sunday or soon after to testify in bankruptcy proceedings there A conference between Dr Amos T Baker of Matteawan Hospital and Col Asa Bird Gardiner yielded the plan A writ from the U S court in Pennsylvania ordered Dr Robert E Lamb to produce Thaw in Pittsburg for the proceedings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Pittsburg
Amos T. Baker
Matteawan Hospital
Thaw
Asa Bird Gardiner
United States Court In
Pennsylvania
Robert E. Lamb
Lamb
Prison for Jocko Briggs Identified in Ohio Case
Joseph King jailed in Cleveland after admitting to being the Chicago known criminal Jocko Briggs. He was convicted of pocket picking and held for removal to the penitentiary. Briggs faced murder charges in Chicago five years ago and was acquitted on a second trial.
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Jocko” Briggs
Cleveland
Joseph King
Chicago
Hans Peterson
Martinsville Woman Wins $1.90 Settlement in Death Suit
Mrs. John D. McGeorge of Martinsville sued Monon railroad over her husband’s death and received a $1.90 settlement for damages.
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John D. McGeorge
Martinsville
Monon Railroad
Submarines Not in Peril Denial From Navy on Voyage
Navy department released Lieut. Commander C. W. Logan report denying sensational claims of danger during the submarine flotilla trip from New York to Philadelphia. The 58 hour voyage included 12 hours anchored at the Delaware breakwater and seven hours lost to fog with no flooding or poison gas. Plunger voyage Newport to Philadelphia reported rough seas but seaworthy condition and satisfactory machinery across 345 miles at 7.3 knots.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Navy Department
C. W. Logan
Scorpion
Delaware
Newport
Ugarte Recalled as Honduras Minister to U S
Dr Angel Ugarte the Honduran minister to the United States was recalled after meeting Secretary Root and announcing relief from his post He will move to represent Honduras in Mexico and Dr Lazo Arriaga will succeed him An audience with the president is being arranged for credentials and recall details Ugarte had said the Mexico posting was offered over a month ago A denials followed about a rift with Assistant Secretary Bacon over Honduras exequaturs and consular officers at Ceiba.
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Washington
Angel Ugarte
Honduras
United States
Root
Mexico
Lazo Arriaga
Ugarte
Bacon
State Department
Ceiba
Surgeons Elect Washington As Next Meeting City
The seventeenth annual convention of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States adjourned in Atlanta on October 16. Washington was chosen as the next meeting place. officers elected include President Rear Admiral Presley M. Rixey. vice presidents Col. Joseph K. Wheeler and Col. William C. Gorgas. Surgeon Charles Poindexter Wertenbaker. secretary Maj. James Evelyn Pilcher. assistant secretary Capt. J. Carlisle Devries.
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Atlanta
The
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
Washington
Presley M. Rixey
U.S. N
Joseph K. Wheeler
Pennsylvania National Guard
William C. Gorgas
Charles Poindexter Wertenbaker
Norfolk
James Evelyn Pilcher
Carlisle
Capt
J. Carlisle Devries
New York
Comet Tail Condensed Shown In Drake U Discovery
Dr D W Moorehouse of Drake University Des Moines reports a dramatic tail condensation in the recently found comet. A telegram to the Associated Press notes a wonderful change illustrated by a new photograph.
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Chicago
Associated Press
D. W. Moorehouse
Drake University
Des Moines
Murderer Kills Self in Jail
In Champaign Michigan on October 16 John Cook aged 78 hanged himself in the county jail. One month earlier he fatally assaulted Mrs Edna McLennan in the same jurisdiction.
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Champaign
John Cook
Edna McLennan
Gas well near Noblesville restored after pressure surge
An abandoned gas well near Noblesville suddenly yielded ninety pounds of pressure and has been placed back into service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Turkey Fears War as Balkan Power Tensions Rise
Constantinople reports Bulgaria's activity triggers Turkish warnings to powers. Austria-Hungary shells Montenegro area, while Britain, Russia and France propose an eight point framework for a European conference. Key items include Bulgaria's independence status, Crete's annexation, and modifications to the Berlin treaty provisions and Danube rights.
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Constantinople
Bulgaria
Porte
Turkey
Austria
Montenegro
Cettinje
Spinza
Dalmatia
Austria-Hungary
Anuvari
London
Great Britain
Russia
France
Balkan
Roumelia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Novipazar
Crete
Greece
Italy
Servia
Herzegovinian
Danube
Carrier Palmsr Confesses Long Mail Theft Charge
Chicago Oct 16 Robert F Palmer president of the City Letter Carriers association of Illinois was arrested on a charge of robbing the mail. He admitted to Postmaster Inspectors that he had been pilfering letters for 16 years and that the total stolen sum was large though he kept no account of it. Palmer works as a Joliet letter carrier.
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Chicago
Robert F. Palmer
City Letter Carriers’ Association of Ilinois
Elston and
Llewellyn
Palmer
Joliet
Fourth Balloon in Sea Rescue Off North Sea
Berlin reports the German balloon Busley, race entrant in the International trophy, crashed in the North Sea. Two aeronauts Dr. Niemeyer and Hans Hiedemann were rescued by a passing steamer ten miles northwest of Heligoland after signaling for aid. They reached Edinburgh exhausted but unharmed.
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Berlin
Busley
North Sea
Hedinburgh
Plauen
The
Aero Club
Edinburgh
Heligoland
Dr. Niemeyer
Hans Hiedemann
London
Curwood Rumor of Murder Declared False
Winnipeg reporter dispels a false tale that James Oliver Curwood magazine writer from Detroit was slain by Indians in Hudson Bay. Curwood is alive and well and staying in a northern Saskatchewan town.
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J. O. Curwood
Winnipeg
Man
James Oliver Curwood
Detroit
Hudson Bay District
Curwood
Saskatchewan
Pioneer Lumberman Duncan D. Mac Millan Dies
Duncan D. Mac Millan a pioneer lumberman known across Illinois and Wisconsin died at his Chicago residence on Thursday He served for many years as president of the State Bank of La Crosse Wisconsin
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Pioneer
Chicago
Duncan D. MacMillan
Ilinois
Wisconsin
State Bank of
la Crosse
Wis
Poisoned by canned corn hits South Lancaster academy
About 140 students and teachers at South Lancaster academy in Clinton area suffer ptomaine poisoning after eating canned corn used in dormitory soup. Doctors in Lancaster and Clinton treated the affected, with no one in serious danger. no school sessions Thursday.
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Clinton
Mass
South Lancaster Academy
South Lancaster
Academy
Lancaster
Brakeman Killed in Collision Near Greenwood
Peter Balms a brakeman from this city was killed and H J Bystrom an engineer was severely scalded in a head on collision between a passenger train and an ore train on the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic railroad at Greenwood west of Marquette Thursday evening.
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Marquette
Mich
Peter Balms
H. J. Bystrom
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad
Greenwood
Here
Printer of Picture Post Cards Sparks West Rumor
A witty exchange hints that a printer known for picture postcards has inspired broad talk about the American West despite never visiting. The dialogue underscores rumors curving around his supposed expertise and travels.
Well Known Painter Beck Dies in Philadelphia
Philadelphia obituary notes the death of Miss Carol H. Beck October 168, a leading historical portrait painter in America. She was renowned for her historical subjects and framing in classic portraiture.
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Philadelphia
Carol H. Beck
America
Ambrosia Light Dies Suddenly in Evansville
Ambrosia Light a prominent contractor of Evansville collapsed shortly after telling a neighbor he felt well. He died instantly leaving the community shocked as officials investigated the sudden death.
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Ambrosia Light
Evansville
Little Added to Little Breaks the Camel’s Back
A terse saying captures a tipping point where minor increases push a system past a threshold. The phrase warns that accumulating small irritants or costs can trigger drastic outcomes beyond prior expectations.
Live Stock Market Quoted Daily at Logansport Yards
Pigs 100 to 130 pounds bring 3.50 to 4.25 dollars. Light hogs 130 to 160 pounds 4.25 to 5.00. Medium hogs 170 to 190 pounds 5.15 to 6.50. Choice heavy hogs 5.45 to 6.55. Hides and wool corrected daily by B. V. Cook & Co.
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Logansport Union Stock Yards
B. V. Cook & Ca
Fae
Igor Skeen
Grain and Flour Prices and Markets Report
Chicago and New York note firm flour markets with spring wheat at 6.10 to 6.15, various patent and export prices for Minnesota and winter wheat, oats steady, butter and eggs priced, potatoes and live poultry listed. Wheat futures show December around 1.00 to 1.01, May near 1.03 to 1.04. corn and oats also quoted with spot and future ranges.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Duluth
Osee
Live Stock Prices in Chicago on Oct Market Notes
CATTLE vary from good to choice and plain stockers with prices from 2.50 to 6.50. HOGS show prime heavy butchers and other classes with prices ranging roughly from 5.00 to 6.79. Listed are beef, cows, calves, and feeders with varying quality and weights.
Cattle and Hogs Trade Steady in Omaha Market
Omaha Neb Oct 15 cattle market shows steady demand with native steers $4.90 to 7.00 cows and heifers $2.75 to 4% western steers $4.25 to 5.50 Texas steers $2.00 to 4.50 range cows and heifers $2.59 to 2.75 canners $2.16 to 2.75 stockers and feeders $2.56 to 4, calves $5.00 to 5.70 bulls and stags $2.00 to 3.00 hogs steady with heavy $6.35 to 8.70 mixed $5.60 to 6.89 are hog categories and bulk sales about $5.?? to $6.0.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
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Judge Taft
South
Worman E. Mack
Herman Ridder
Mr. Mack
Moe Oth Bak Accusée
Taft
Louisville
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Tennessee
Orth Carolina
Virginia
North
Buffalo, N. Y
Christian Science Daily
Publishing Society
Matteawan
DR. Ugarte
S.S.S
Ss.s
Swift Specific CO
Illinois Association
Local Market Report
AZOOM
Turkeys
Ereaae
Vanes
M Ieee
Beyer Bros. Ducks
Bishop Elevator Co
Carlton
Cisette Peabody & Co
Troy, N.Y
W. C. Routh
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