The President on Trusts in Boston Speech
The President’s Boston address is praised as frank and sane, arguing trusts need not be cured by tariffs alone. It notes trusts arise from existing corporations and function as a governor of supply, with state laws and federal power in tension. The piece calls for stronger national legislation and possibly constitutional power to regulate interstate corporations.
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Boston
New Jersey
Minnesota
United States
Congress
Lowell
Cuba
Haverhill
Bryan
Frederick C. Nash
Court House
Boston Daily Advertiser
Lowell Courier
Regulation of trusts and expansion of federal power
The text argues that if constitutional limits hinder action against trusts, national authorities must gain broader powers to regulate monopolies. It calls for direct legal means, public support, and careful, stable policy over rash measures, praising a prudent administrative approach and contrasting it with incendiary rhetoric. It notes presidential topics, imperialism, and media coverage, ending with a remark on wartime preparedness during peaceful times.
New Chicago Packing Plant to Open at Forty-Eighth Ave
A new packing plant and public stock yards are to open at Thirty ninth street and West Forty-eighth avenue in Chicago. The venture will bolster cattle markets beyond Union stock yards, using the Lufkin Stock Yards and Feeding Co as a base. The facility aims to process up to 000 head daily with plans to expand, and the company will be incorporated in Springfield next week after selling its capital.
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Chicago
Thirtyninth Street
West Forty-eighth Avenue
The
Tribune
Union Stock Yards
Lufkin Stock Yards and Feeding Co
Lufkin Company
Springfield
Local Labor Dispute Hurts Telegraph Service in New Orleans
Differences between the Cumberland Telephone Company and employees have led to service difficulties in New Orleans. Injured employees have appealed to the Central Trade and Labor Council to start a general union boycott.
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New Orleans
Cumberland Telephone Company
Srvice
Bt Ik
Central Trade and Labor Council
Canobie Lake Line Overcrowds Loom From Lowell To Lawrence
The new line to Canobie Lake from Lawrence opened last Thursday causing severe crowding. Cars ran every fifteen minutes with seas of people lining Hampshire Street, Essex Street, and terminal areas. A Lowell Sunday trip failed due to crowds. Canobie Lake is nine miles from Lawrence and the Lowell and Pelham road is expected to open Labor Day.
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Canobie Lake
Lawrence
Lowell
Lawrence 7
Sea of Hampshire Street
Essex Street
Lowell & Pelham Road
New England Gala Season Opens with Strong Speech Feeling
The article notes patriotic fervor as President and Mayor Badger receive praise for their remarks. It highlights a cautious approach to public addresses and hints at civic benefits from local industry, especially footwear plants, while predicting cheaper beef by Christmas and a musical Labor Day celebration funded by a large band appropriation.
Debates on canals rails and trusts shape era
Quotations show Hill and others weighing deepening the Mississippi channel against an isthmian canal as vital for future commerce. Wall Street skirmishes surface with Peter Power as a named casualty. Mining and arbitration call for settlement amid coal strike tension. Roosevelt trusted on trusts splits party lines with Republicans aligned to the president while Democrats search for new footing.
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President Hill
Mississippi
St. Louis
New Orleans
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Kaiser Declares Ban On American Goods In Germany
A Baltimore American verse by Josh Wink satirizes Kaiser Wilhelm II banning American items from hats to shoes to foods. The poem laments the royal decree targeting Boston beans jam tripe ham pickled beets and honey while hinting the Kaiser fears a United States girl’s allure and vows, portraying growing anti American sentiment.
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der Kaiser
Germany
Josh Wink
Baltimore
Lowell Gas Light to Illuminate Stores and Halls
The Lowell Gas Light company ready to place in position lights for lighting stores halls and large areas. They promise a high volume of light that is equal or better diffused steadier and cheaper than an electric arc. Blatz Beer American house.
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Lowell Gas Light Company
Hibernians in Worcester Hold State Convention
Worcester Aug 27 The Massachusetts State convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians opened in Hibernian hall with 352 of 563 delegates present after a solemn high mass at St Johns church. State President John A Ryan read Mayor Fletcher's letter. debate followed on whether to recognize it.
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Reidy
Division 53
Boston
Hendricks
Lowell
Stratton
Milford
Clare
Webster
Col. McCarthy
Ryan
Old Bay
Ireland
Massachusetts
Denver
James J. Lynch
Brookline
Hibernian Hall
Philip J. O’connell
John J. Rogers
Worcester
Edward J. McMahon
Thomas H. McLaughlin
Adams
A. O.H
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
John A. Ryan
John F. Ryan
Worcester County
Richard F. Barry
Thomas C. Carrigan
Military Department
Timothy Warren
the Press
Thomas J. Kiley
Insurance
James T. Murphy
St. John’s Church
Fletcher
Edward J. Slattery
South Framingham
Run Over and Killed in Maine Rail Yard Accident
In Waterville Maine yesterday morning 35 year old Joseph Simpson a Maine Central yard hand was fatally injured when his foot slipped while boarding a moving shifter. He died about three hours later after being conscious in the yard office. His wife and three children were summoned. Brother Edward Simpson had been killed nearby a month earlier within a few feet of the same location.
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Waterville
Joseph Simpson
Maine Central Yard
Boyer
Simpson
Ludec
Eastern Avenue
Edward Simpson
Middlesex
Marie Mathieu
Lowell
Edouard Mathieu
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Ocean
New London
Connecticut
Arther
Marie X Mathieu
Mark
Coal Tightens as Gas Replaces It in Chicago
Chicago August 27 reports the anthracite coal market growing tighter with dealers offering limited quantities at nine to eleven dollars. As hard coal becomes scarce, many households switch to natural gas, reflecting a shift in fuel preference amid rising prices.
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Chicago
Nashua Fair Promises Big Four Day Event
Nashua hosts its fourth annual fair September 1 2 3 4 with a large Midway, vaudeville, band concerts, balloon ascensions and four days of sport including plan harness racing. Labor Day Grange Day Governor day and Farewell Day feature events. stock and produce exhibits and special trains and tickets advertised at Boston & Maine stations.
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New England
Nashua
Buffalo
Charleston
Coney Island
Nashua Fair
Worcester, Nashua & Portland
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine
Jealous suitor shoots at Celia Goodrich then kills self
Southington Aug 27 Edward Goodrich 29, jealous over Celia's attention from William Francis, fired six times at Celia in Celia’s home with a 32 caliber revolver. Two shots hit Celia, one in shoulder and one in hand. He then shot at Mrs. Henry Morgan, found revolver empty, reloaded, and killed himself with a bullet to the heart. He was employed as a polisher at Peck Stow Wilcox Co. The act appeared temporary insanity.
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Celia
Henry Morgan
Goodrich
Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co
Steamer Egna Sinks Boat Off Louisburg Coast
Boston August 26 The steamer Egna from Louisburg confirms it ran down and sank a small boat carrying the Louisburg pilot and three other men. The event was reported by the Associated Press and details remain scarce.
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Louisburg
C. B
Associated Press
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