Crescens Sets New World Trotting Mile Record at Columbus
Crescens the trotting champion trotted a mile in 2 02 1 4 at Columbus, breaking his own time by a half second despite a headwind. Crowds of 12 000 watched as George Ketcham and the stallion faced a stiff breeze and finished with a remarkable display of speed.
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Columbus
Crescens
Cleveland
George Ketcham
Tim Murrnen
Dan Laho
Ketcham
Ohio
Weather and market mood brighten as rains aid crops
Bradstreet's reports rains in the western half of the country lifting spirits and improving crop prospects with early corn failing in leading states west of the Mississippi yet late corn saved. Trade remains cheerful with strong bank clearings, iron and steel hopeful amid strikes, and July failures modest. Dr Leyds cites no Kruger visit basis in St Petersburg rumor.
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New York
Bradstreet
Mississippi
Pacific
San Francisco
Northwest
Central
West
Southwest
Kansas
Hartill
G Dun &Co
Strike Conference Fails to Reach Agreement in New York
The Amalgamated Association executive committee and steel combine officials failed to reach terms after Morgan and Schwab urged acceptance of prior proposals. Striker reps left for a secret session as anxiety and warnings of a possible general strike spread among workers and observers in Pittsburgh and McKeesport.
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Schwab
Shaffer
Williams
Amalgamated Association
New York
Steel Combine
Pierpont Morgan
Charles M. Schgrab
Messrs Morgan
JTP Morgan
Robert Bacon
Pittsburgh
McKeesport
Amalgamated
Demmler
American Tin Plate Company
American Federation of Labor
Wellsville (O
Harry Philips
Philips
Brookman
Wellsvile
Newburg
Virginia
Demmler Tin Plate
Connellsville
Cleveland
Newburg Mills
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Newburey
Yokohama
Standard Oil Company
Acme
Brilliant
Lawrence
Lawton Near Fort Sill Draws Lot Buyers in Frontier Boom
Fort Sill Oklahoma August 3 Hundreds of homeseekers gathered near El Reno after a land lottery to pick town sites Anadarko Hobart and Lawton Lawton won strong support as the 26 mile inland town develops with 400 temporary businesses a new bank and streets laid out Comanche tents cover the nearby plains as gambling shows and frontier entertainments thrive
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Fort Sill
Okla
Lawton
el Reno
Anadarko
Hobart
Whch
Drought Reported Across Indiana to Iowa Crop Areas
Secretary Wilson reports tentative findings on the Midwest drought from Indiana through Iowa to Minnesota and beyond. He notes variable crop damage, with southern Iowa worst, and promises a formal bulletin on August 16 after further travel through Minnesota and possibly Missouri.
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Prute Woolen
Marthwest
Apne Nararday
Forbes
Washington
Indiana
Tomaha
Lincoln
Iowa
Sioux City
Minnesota
St. Paul
Missouri
Wilson Jeft
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Unites’ Kingdom
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Othe Mostmportant
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