Heart Cure Claims to Strengthen Weak Hearts
An advertisement asserts the heart weakens like other organs from disease, overwork, or nerves. It promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure and Nervine as a tonic, citing a customer from New York who reports improved breathing, reduced nervousness, and overall health after use, with druggists authorized to refund purchases. The Miles Medical Co shows Elkhart, Indiana as its address.
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Miles
MES. F
Ville
New York
Bearer of Taft message dies in relay crash
Henry L. Buckley, Philadelphia Press reporter carrying President Taft's greeting for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, is killed when a rear tire fails near Robesonia. William Brown is severely injured. Buckley, 24, a Lafayette College graduate, dies after the car overturns.
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Henry L. Buckley
Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia
Seattle Exposition
Auto
Reading
Seattle
Wash
Robesonia
Here
The
Press
William Brown
William H. Bohn
Acme Automobile Agency
Clifford R. Ely
Halyard Carter
Buckley
Taft
Chilberg
Reyburn
Harrisburg
Altoona
Pittsburg
Pacific Ocean
Lafayette College
Dynamite Strike Attack Destroys Home in Youngstown
The residence of Charles I. Gibson, general manager at Struthers plant of American Sheet and Tinplate, was dynamited amid a wage strike. OccupantsWere not injured but hurled from beds by the blast. Authorities suspect strike sympathizers, noting a brass dynamite shell exploded in a cellar window beneath Gibson’s room. house badly damaged.
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Youngstown, O
Charles I. Gibson
Struthers
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
Gibson
Massachusetts census 1905 shows more women than men
Boston Special reports that Massachusetts population in 1905 reached 3,003,680 with 1,542,091 females and 1,461,584 males. Native-born total 2,085,636. foreign-born 918,044. Racial breakdown lists 2,966,762 white, 34,041 colored, 2,224 Chinese, 100 Japanese, 553 Indians. Marriage, single, widowed, and divorced rates given.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Charles F. Gottemay
Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics
Halley Comet Photographed in San Jose California
Halley's comet located by Heber D. Curtis and photographed at Lick Observatory with the Crossley reflecting telescope. An aged Italian merchant Nicholas Carewell is found mortally wounded in a rear-store room in Macon with a hatchet and blood visible, suggesting robbery though certainty eludes officers.
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San Jose
Cal
Heber D. Curtis
Crossley
Lick Observatory
Macon
Nicholas Carewell
Consigh
Carshell
Esmion
Pellagra Seen As Growing Public Health Problem
Washington report identifies 40 to 50 Pellagra cases at the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane. Investigators note the disease is definite and may differ locally from southern forms. Corn intake is low, meals high quality, and staff recall cases since the institution opened eight years ago.
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Illinois State Hospital
Washington, D. C
C. H. Lavinder
Public Health and Marine Hospitals Service
Illinois State Hospital For
Wyman
Lavinder
Medicals
Boy Carried Aloft By Balloon Over 600 Feet
During an ascent of the Parseval dirigible with Miss Katherine Wright aboard a boy became entangled in rigging and swung head downward by the legs. The balloon rose to 600 feet before the pilot steadied it and brought it down. The boy was released and remained insensible.
Shoots His Dinner Guest in Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg Indiana special report says T F Ritzie was invited to dinner at J F Boarchers home. Minutes after entering he was shot five times when he knocked over coffee during a dispute. Boarcher fired all five chambers and fled. Ritzie lies dying in a hospital.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
T. F
Navy awards contracts for two 26000 ton battleships
Washington special reports Acting Secretary Winthrop awarded contracts for two 26000 ton battleships Arkansas and Wyoming to William Cramp & Sons and New York Shipbuilding Co as the two lowest bidders. Decision on turbine arrangements to follow whether both use Parsons turbines or one uses turbines with reciprocating engines.
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Washington, D. C
Winthrop
Arkansas
Wyoming
William Cramps Sons & Co
New York Shipbuilding Company
Parson
Board of Construction
Girl mail carrier killed in Tucker County fall
Beatrice Loughey a Hannahsville Tucker County mail carrier on the Rowlesburg to Hannahesville route was instantly killed when her horse backed off a road precipice along the Cheat River. Her body was found near the riverbank after a family alarm prompted a search.
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Elkins
W. Va
Beatrice Loughey
Hannahsville
Tucker County
Rowlesburg
Hannahesville
Cheat River
Big Four To Spend Millions on Railroad Expansion
James Stillman of National City Bank was elected a director of the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railroad to replace James Barnett who resigned. The board adopted a resolution to submit to stockholders at the annual meeting a plan for a new issue of 20 million dollars to promote expansion and development.
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New York
James Stillman
The
National City Bank
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and
National League and American League Notes From The Period
Hartford wins Connecticut League pennant as Cy Young uses the spit ball for Pinches. Al Orth shines as Highlanders pinch hitter. Barney Petty a top pitching bet for St Louis Browns. Ty Cobb stars in hitting and base theft. Worcester clinches New England League pennant for the fourth straight time. Boston drafts Henry Perry from York Club. Yale must rebuild pitching staff. Van Vieck and Merritt must quit college. Harry Grant tosses no-hitter at Rochester with 21 Ks. Bill Dinneen debuts as umpire in Chicago. Detroit manager Jennings says young players can bat both ways. Sam Griffith and Harry Kirsh trial pitches for Cleveland. Phillies' fate with Jennings as next manager debated. Charley Murphy opposes Heydler retention as National League president.
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Hartford
Cy Young
al Orth
Highlanders
Barney Petty
St. Louis Browns
Ty Cobb
Worcester
Boston
Henry Perry
York
Yale
van Vieck
Jennings
Detroit
Cleveland
Sam Griffith
Harry Kirsh
Pittsburg Collegians
Philadelphia
Phillies
Charley Murphy
John Heydler
National E
Cubs
Boy Laughs at Bullet Wounds Walks Four Miles
George Cleary twelve years old walked four miles to a doctor with a bullet wound near his heart. The bullet passed into his chest and out the back. He joked about the accident as he traveled, while his brother Joseph fired at a target and caused the injury.
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Chicago
George Cleary
Joseph
George
Labor World Labor unions and reform items span nation
The Cigar Makers union will skip a convention this year while Brooklyn plans a 1,000,000 tuberculosis sanatorium at Riverhead. The Seamen's Union pledges support for lake seamen. Milwaukee eyes a tie up of English and German typographical unions. Minnesota federation aims for peaceful labor disputes. New York reports 21.46 percent unemployment among 550,000 organized workers. Pittsburg Allegheny district covers 198 square miles with 623,342 people in 1900. Austrian unions show 18,815 fewer members in 1908. American Federation of Human Rights papers filed in DC. Iron Ship Builders refuse amalgamation with rival union.
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International Union of America
Brooklyn
Riverhead
L. I
International Seamen’s Union of America
Milwaukee
Wis
Minnesota
State Federation of Labor
American Federation of Human Rights
Recorder of Deeds
District of Columbia
Newburg
N. Y
Union of Iron Ship Builders and Boiler Makers of America
International Ship Building and Boiler Makers
Taft's Naval Escort For the Mississippi at New Orleans
A flotilla from Hampton Roads bound for St. Louis entered the Mississippi River at New Orleans. Led by Lt. Mitchell, the destroyer MacDonough and torpedo boats Thornton, Mager, and Wilkes will escort the steamer Mississippi carrying President Taft downriver in late October.
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Taft
Mississippi
New Orleans
Port Eads
Hampton Roads
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Mitchell
MacDonough
Thoernton Mager
Wilkes
Birds and the value of life in birds study
The piece defends loving birds across nations and condemns killing for sport or display. It emphasizes life and liberty for birds and argues against murder as mere marksmanship.
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Richmond
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Arthur W. Robson
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T. WH. Diener & Co
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J. H. Eager
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General of Light and Lee Streets
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T. H. McDaniel
M. S. Foster
Libey Bros’ Mathews
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Leslie C. Garriott
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Gloucester
A. M. Marchant
Journal Building
Frank T. Clark
Plame
Randolph Sts
Virginia
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J. C. Nottingham
Casa
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East River
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Hicks
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Thilphot
William
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Digg
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Smith
Hockley
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Brandon
Lectrician
Hehet Moe
Atlantic
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Dr. Lavinder
J. F. Boarcher
Wreght
W. Wright
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Labor World
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the Mathews Journal
Lewes
Methodist Church
Asa Itis
Ita
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James Cannon, JR
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Catalogen Rural Supply CO
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