Fresh Hope of Cancer Cure Emerges From Serum Inoculation
The British imperial cancer research fund outlines progress toward cancer prevention in animals by inoculation with a serum. A mouse protected, and its injections into field mice slowed artificially induced cancer growth. Experts note this is not a cure but a step toward one and a preventive vaccine may follow.
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British
Imperial Cancer Research Fund
McClure’s
Dy. Saleeby
Edinburgh University
Prof
Beard
Europe
Audubon Society Preserves Gulf Bird Islands
The National Audubon Society reports 17 breeding islands in the Gulf of Mexico leased last year. Two wardens guarded them to prevent trespassing and egg destruction, with 40 000 birds hatched and raised including common terns forsters royal terns laughing gulls and black skimmers. The report notes birds’ role in pest control and nature’s beauty while praising the society’s practical conservation work.
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National Audubon Society
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
National Committee
Milwaukee Sentinel
National Committee of the Audubon Societies
The
Audubon Society
Nations pledge to seek general arbitration at Plague conference
Delegates from all Pan American nations at Rio de Janeiro will attend the Plague conference and pledge to push for a general arbitration convention among nations at The Hague. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat calls arbitration a path away from war, noting peace movements reduce horrors and war frequency while urging support for Rio and Hague peace efforts. The United States leads practical peacemaking, ready to aid. The gaekwar of Baroda praises American women’s beauty as he leaves America.
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Rio de Janeiro
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Tenniyson
Parliament of Man
Federation
Rio
The
Hague
United States
Maine deer and moose near extinction rumors arise
Reports say Maine has few big game as many deer and moose are believed killed in recent years. The same fate is said to have struck Maine guides. A Colorado girl’s biscuit money remittance practice is criticized as a cautionary example. A mail clerk who must eat remittance wrappers would suffer indigestion.
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Maine
Maine Guides
Colorado
Ballooning Cited as Aid for Nervous Ailments
A medical authority advocates bal looning as beneficial for nervous affections. The claim follows a nervous balloonist who, after Moon encounters, remains unfazed by minor earthly concerns.
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Earth
Bryan Speaks at Madison Square Garden Homecoming
Twenty thousand or more fill Madison Square Garden to hear William Jennings Bryan. He speaks with grave emotion, outlining policies on arbitration, anti trust, railroads, direct elections, imperial policy, and wealth equality. He praises civic purity and thanks attendees, officials, and supporters for their welcome.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
William Jennings Bryan
Pfer
Mr. Bryan
Commercial Travelers’ Anti-Trust League
Gov. Molk
Missouri
Tom Johnson
League
Thomas
United States
Trust and policy issues in the nation’s outlook
The piece surveys the paramount trust issue, railroads as a monopoly and public property, division of railroad ownership between federal and state control, Philippines policy, navy use against private debts, law enforcement with emphasis on the wealthy, labor strikes, gold and silver debates, and equality of rights between employers and workers.
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Mr. Gryan
Philippines
Tie
Congress
United States
Panama Locks May Expand To 100 Foot Wide Chambers
Washington reports the Panama canal planning board favors sea level design with 100 foot wide locks and 1,000 foot usable lengths, larger than Congress plans of 95 feet by 900 feet. Cement needs rise to about 1,250 car loads, with shipping concerns and possible foreign suppliers. Work on locks may start in about two years as US cement associations push for better Isthmus shipping links.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Consulting Board of Engineers
Congress
Stevens
Panama
Commission
England
Isthmus
United States
Association of
Cement Manufacturers
Consider Rail Road Tariffs Advisory Conference
A long session in Washington brought interstate commerce officials together with railroad and shipper reps to discuss the new rate law. Carriers urged more filing time and shippers pressed for protections against rate shifts, with the commission reserving decision on all points.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Pioneer Lumberman George W. Pack Dead in New York
George W. Pack, a northwest lumber trade pioneer and former Cleveland resident, died Friday at his Southampton New York summer home. He had lived mainly in Asheville since 1885, where his fortune funded parks a Zebulon Vance statue and a free kindergarten. His son Charles L. Pack is a Cleveland businessman.
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Cleveland, O
George W. Pack
Northwest
Southampton
L. I
Pack
Asheville
N. C
Zebulon B. Vance
Receiver probes bank officials in Hipple loan entanglements
Philadelphia. Receiver George H. Farle Jr of the Real Estate Trust Company investigates whether bank officials or employees knew of President Hipple's transactions. He questions Treasurer William F. North and Auditor Horace Hill about unreported large loans to Segal and other borrowers.
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Philadelphia
George H. Farle, Jr
Real Estate Trust Company
Hipple
William F. North
Horace Hill
Segal
North
Alleged Unfair Oil Rates In Indiana Rail Freight
The National Petroleum Association has forwarded 41 complaints to the Indiana state railroad commission alleging unjust oil classifications in freight rates. It charges that petroleum moved from fifth to fourth class within Indiana on November 25, 1899, except where special oil tariffs apply, creating discrimination.
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Cleveland, O
Indiana
Indiana State Railroad Commission
National Petroleum Association
Roosevelt to Fill Army Vacancies After Oyster Bay Maneuvers
President Roosevelt plans rapid appointment to army posts after naval maneuvers at Oyster Bay. Lieut. Gen. Corbin retires September 16 and Maj. Gen. MacArthur will take his place. Brig. Gen. Jesse M. Lee to be promoted to major general to fill the remaining vacancy.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Corbin
MacArthur
Pacific
Jesse M. Lee
Great Business Outlook Gains as Crop Reports Brighten Trade
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade notes no check to progress with a brighter outlook each week. Jobbing trade runs large, wholesale business exceeds last year, and post holiday retail distribution of full merchandise is expected to be very heavy.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Fairbanks Addresses Osawatomie anniversary crowd
Vice-President Fairbanks spoke to about 6000 people in Osawatomie Kansas on the half century mark of the Battle of Osawatomie. The event commemorates the 1856 clash linked to John Brown as a central figure in a slave controversy.
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Osawatomie
Kan
Fairbanks
John Brown
Train Collision Kills Two in Milltown Area
Two Killed and three injured as heavy ore trains collide head on on the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad near Milltown Pittsburg area.
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Pittsburg
Milltown
Bessemer & Lake Erie
Millinery Firm Blaze Destroys Six-Story Establishment
Fire at Strange Warner Co. in St. Paul Minnesota wipes out two lower floors of the large wholesale millinery house. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars for the building and its contents.
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St. Paul, Minn
Strange Warner Co
End Turco Bulgarian Fight See Frontier Commission Named
A Turco Bulgarian commission is appointed to delimit the frontier of the Vilayet of Adrianople and a suspension of hostilities is agreed pending investigation.
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Constantinople
Andrianople
Fire at Fulton Iron Works Threatens Million-Dollar Plant
A Friday blaze at the Fulton iron works in San Francisco endangered the $2,000,000 facility. The pattern works suffered severe damage as flames raged and threatened total destruction for a period.
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San Francisco
Fulton Iron Works
Pattern Works
Guard Kills Prisoner in Atlanta Prison Fight
Edward Richmond serving ten years for train robbery was killed by Guard Frey during a violent confrontation inside the Atlanta prison walls. The incident ended quickly with Richmond's death and is under official review by prison authorities.
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Atlanta
United States
Edward Richmond
Frey
Pulajanes Chief Captured by Manila Volunteers
Native volunteers seize Armagines Sanchez, a Pulajanes chief, in Leyte province near Baybay. Troops block the bandits' escape as the Leyte area tightens control.
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Manila
Armagines Sanchez
Leyte
Baybay
Clothier Captures National Tennis Title in Straight Sets
William J. Clothier of Philadelphia defeated Beals C. Wright of Boston to win the national tennis championship in straight sets 6 3 8 6 0 6 4
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Clothier
Newport
William J. Clothier
Philadelphia
Beals C. Wright
Boston
Russian Consul Shot in Tientsin Incident
In Tientsin the Russian consul M. Laptev was shot in the stomach on Wednesday by Levinsky, a Russian concession contractor, who fired four times and struck the official once. The motive and condition were not stated.
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Tientsin
M. Laptev
Levinsky
Worn to a Skeleton Mrs Preston Credits Dean's Kidney Pills
Elkland Pennsylvania resident Mrs Charles N Preston reports severe fatigue rapid weight loss thirst and sugar in urine three years of housework decline. After using Dean's Kidney Pills her condition improved quickly with sugar disappearing and weight regained. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Charles N. Preston
Elkland
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Fear for Cologne Cathedral Portal After Stone Collapse
The central portal of Cologne Cathedral suffers serious damage with several large carved stones fallen and others loosened. Begun in 1248 and completed in 1880, the cathedral is famed as a premier Gothic landmark.
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Cologne
Cologne Cathedral
Automobilists In Shanghai Speed Limits Noted
The article states there is no speed limit for autos outside Shanghai city while within the city 30 miles per hour is allowed. A social quip notes a bride may promise to obey at the altar but often forgets to deliver. It adds a cigar plug for Lewis' Single Binder Cigar from Peoria Illinois and a closing saying about wealth.
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Shanghai
China
Tuberculosis Spending Under German Sickness Insurance
Germany spent about 9.5 million dollars on treating tuberculous patients under workmen as sickness insurance from 1901 to 1905. The figure reflects state supported medical care for workers during the period.
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Germany
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