Strike Clashes After Open Air Meeting In Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota the Missabe ore dock strike fires violence as I W W agitator Cannon and aide Laukki clash with Oliver Mining police. a scalp wound and a bruise are reported. Boats are held at lower lakes while carriers reroute to Escanaba Two Harbors and Ashland. Great Northern fortifies for prolonged hostilities with portable strike breaker stacks and a guard, while 125 strike breakers arrive by rail and are housed and bonded.
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Duluth
Minn
Pope
Buffington
Cannon
Industrial Workers of the World
Oliver Mining Company
Troyer
Duluth Police
Laukki
David Foley
Special Police
Oliver Company
Foley
Billy
H. V. Brown
Pittsburg
Superior
Wis
Great Northern
Raw food club aims to shed kitchen thrall in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on August 9 a physician backed group forms a raw food club promising liberation from cooking and high living costs. Members will eat only vegetables with no cooking and no animal products including butter eggs or milk. Menu includes green oyster plant, radishes, peanuts, walnuts, cabbage leaves, raw squash and more.
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Minneapolis
English Firms Move 93000 Mexican Cattle to New Orleans
Desperate due to Mexican revolutionaries and troops, British syndicate cattle are shipped from North Chihuahua to New Orleans. Captain W G Harding notes 93000 steers, 3100 cars or 103 trains, six chartered vessels, cattle owned by Big Corralitos Ranch Company. Cattle must leave Mexico by Nov 1. majority destined for ranches in Montana Wyoming Southeast and Florida.
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New Orleans
Mexico
Chihuahua
W. G. Harding
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Harding
Big Corralitos Ranch Company
General Luis Terrazas
Montana
Wyoming
Southeast
Florida
Maple Creek Russian in Crisis After Arrest for Theft
Petro Eremenko a Russian resident about 18 miles from Maple Creek died by suicide after his arrest on a charge of stealing binder castings. A mounted policeman escorting him to Maple Creek recorded his declaration he would not reach town alive. Neighbors administered emetics but he died shortly after.
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Maple Creek
Petro Eremenko
Eremenko
Unprofessional Conduct Charged Against Dr. Friedmann
Berlin reports charges of unprofessional conduct against Dr. Friedmann, originator of the tuberculosis serum, pressed by Julius J. Benjamin, who cites business ties with Friedmann’s son. The matter may go before a physicians and surgeons court of honor, with letters from Dr Benjamin’s son expected to illuminate Friedmann’s trip to America. The chamber of physicians declined further comment, stating the charges concern conduct and not the serum’s value.
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Benjamin
Asis
Court of Honor of Physicians and Surgeons
Berlin
Friedmann
Julius J. Benjamin
Mr. Benjamin
Harry Benjamin
United States
New York
Dr. Benjamin
Lettes
Edmann
America
de Berlin
Chamber of Physicians
Fthding Court of Honor
Ber
Century Methodist Church Tower Demolished for Royal Bank Site
Citizens woke to find the Century Methodist church tower, last night’s only standing part, reduced to bricks and debris. Workmen hauled away the mass as flames applied to supporting posts toppled the seventy five foot tower in twenty minutes, setting a city demolition record in Medicine Hat.
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Royal Bank
Century Methodist Church
Medicine Hat
Died at Edmonton Aged 103 Years
John Wilkin son aged 103 died at the Royal Alexandra hospital from erysipelas after two weeks in care. Born in Ireland he moved to Canada as a child, fought in the 1837 rebellion, and was a longtime Orange lodge member and Mason. His oldest son died last year at 79.
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John Wilkinson
Edmonton
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Craight
Elizabeth Street
Ireland
Canada
York
Toronto
Wm. R. McKenzie
Orange Lodge
Promoted Port Huron Railroader Heads GT Car Dept
Port Huron native John Hodgson, master car builder for the Grand Trunk, was promoted to superintendent of the car department for GTP with headquarters in Winnipeg. Hodgson is described as an enterprising citizen who rose from the bottom.
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Port Huron
John JL. Hodgson
Grand Trunk
Winnipeg
Hodgson
Medicine Hat Woman Feigns Suicide Attempt
A Medicine Hat woman drank two ounces of raw carbolic acid, collapsed, and was taken to Strathcona Hospital in Edmonton. She and her husband, both recent United States arrivals with a Medicine Hat homestead, were the subject of a morning call by Brick and Joyce Cartage after she mentioned death by her own action. Her condition was described as having a slight chance of recovery.
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Edmonton
Fred Lund
Whyte Avenue Hall
Brick and Joyce
Joyce
Strathcona Hospital
United States
Medicine Hat
Glass Factory Prospects in Medicine Hat Attract British Investors
Prospects are bright for a large glass manufacturing plant in Medicine Hat. A. D. Cline representing Sir Thomas Lipton and British capitalists is evaluating sites in Western Canada. The project would create about 300 jobs and could proceed if properly managed, with local gas supply a key advantage.
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Medicine Hat
A. d. Cline
Thomas Lipton
Canada
Wind and Storm Damages in Chicago
A midnight wind and electric storm at Chicago National League park knocked down part of the fence. Wires were toppled and sparked fires started by the wreckage. Lightning and flooding caused additional damage downtown.
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Chicago
Balkan peace treaty judged non final amid Balkan strains
The Times reports Bucharest peace terms ignore racial distribution in Macedonia, risking instability and Balkan tranquility. A revision is urged for justice and European peace. Also from Bucharest, cholera hits Roumanian troops with 800 cases in the first army corps and a rapid mortality pattern. government quarantines zones and inoculates 6000 soldiers with serum.
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London
The
Times
Bucharest
Macedonia
Bulgaria
First Army Corps
Danube
Big Four Train Wreck Near Springfield Ohio No Fatalities
A Big Four train wreck occurred near Springfield Ohio with no deaths reported. Investigators assess damage as train crew members and passengers are accounted for and no fatalities are linked to the incident.
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Springfield
Ohio
Farmer Injured in Binder Accident on Walsh Farm
A Walsh farmer sustained serious injuries after a binder accident on his farm Thursday. He suffered a broken arm and was transported to the hospital by train arrival reports.
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Walsh
Lusitania repair hampered by engineers strike
In Liverpool on August 9 a strike by about two hundred engineers and fitters delays repairs on the Lusitania. The engineers accuse boiler makers of performing work that belongs to them amid a dispute between the two trades.
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Liverpool
Lusitania
Hudson's Bay Company eyed for big Medicine Hat store
Rumor suggests Hudson's Bay Co plans a large department store on the former Toronto Street School site as Medicine Hat grows, Calgary to be head of Alberta stores, with local merchants split on the move but hopeful it will boost trade rather than hurt existing shops.
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Hudson’s Bay
Toronto St
Medicine Hat
Hudson’s Bay Company
R. B. Bennett Syndicate
Toronto Street
Calgary
Winnipeg
Alberta
Manitoba
Redcliff
Dunmore
Delano
Frankfort Editor Drops Slander Case Over Ehrlich Claims
In Frankfort on the Main the slander action against editor Wassman of a weekly paper over accusations against hospital patients and Ehrlich’s salvarsan was suddenly abandoned. Wassman alleged women from the city’s underworld were forcibly treated with salvarsan and suffered blindness paralysis and deaths.
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Berlin
Wassman
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Ehrlich
Frankfort
Woman Slays Rich Shirt Manufacturer in Downtown New Orleans
Miss Augusta Edwards, a stenographer, allegedly fired six shots into George Rich in the city’s business district on July 24. A defense bid seeks to defer her arraignment for trial until fall, amid a string of similar recent killings.
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New Orleans
Augusta Edwards
George Rich
Richi
Veoly
Miss Edwards
Madrid Reports Barcelona Strike Grips City In Siege Outlook
In Barcelona nearly 80 000 workers strike and 337 factories close as government circles call the situation grave and expect a siege declaration. Socialists meet in Madrid to pledge support for Barcelona strikers while newspapers halt publication and telegraph offices are guarded by police with machine guns on main streets.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Lind Refusal Ends Mexico Ambassadorship Bid
President Wilson’s cabinet will meet the foreign relations committee to discuss the Mexico crisis as reports say Lind refuses any post that would require leaving Minnesota. John Lind states he will not accept an ambassadorship in Mexico or any post causing his residency to move, signaling a personal stand amid mounting tensions with Mexico and war fears.
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of Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson—Lind
Minnesota
London
United States
Mexico
Wilson
Pacific
Bryan
Washington
Foreign Relations
White House
Lind
St. Paul
John Lind
F. B. Lynch
Realty Market Moves Into Healthier Tone Citywide
Realty firms report a revival in legitimate propositions with increased activity in the past week. They note substantial property transfers and expect a general rise in business soon, with several firms handling thousands of dollars in property.
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Toby Liue
Canadian teachers tour Portsmouth docks and ships
London Aug 9 Canadian teachers visited Portsmouth dockyard inspecting Lord Nelsons Victory and modern dreadnoughts as part of their itinerary.
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London
Portsmouth Dockyard
Lord Nelson
Death of Fred Oleson Suspicious at Moose Jaw
Report notes Fred Oleson died under suspicious circumstances at Moose Jaw with foul play alleged. The Tadman case reportedly influences the so called accident theory.
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Fred Oleson
Moose’ Jaw
Tadman
Salvarsan Highlighted in Medical Congress Address
London August 9 The medical congress featured Prof Erlich’s talk on pathology and his Salvarsan or 606. He described single injections curing framboesia and recurring fever, local application for mouth infections and hopeful results against malignant bacilli and glanders, with potential for yellow fever and tuberculosis among other infectious diseases.
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London
Medical Congress
Erlich
Surinam Hospital
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Foreman
Glass Factory
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Binder
Oll
Realty Market
Imperial Cancer Research
Napoleon Bonaparte
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