Engineer Buck Sage Killed in Big Four Wreck at Indianapolis
John B. Sage known as Buck Sage Big Four engineer died instantly when his locomotive derailed near the Union Station sheds in Indianapolis. Fireman Luther Gwinn was injured after jumping to escape. Fore wheels jumped the track and the engine pushed by granite cars rolled over. General manager J Q Van Winkle witnessed the crash and helped after removing his coat.
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John B. Sage
Sage
Greencastle
Gwinn
J. Q. van Winkle
Big Four
Beestung Florist Suffers Severe Reaction in Crawfordsville
J W Krause an aged Crawfordsville florist was bees stung on the thumb while cleaning a hive. He first felt unwell, his lips and tongue swelled and he could not speak. A physician gave three hypodermic injections and he recovered, noted as unusually susceptible to bee poison.
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J. W. Krause
Crawfordsville
Ind
Krause
Will Insurance Cover Cupid and Stork Visits
The Michigan State Insurance Department faced a request to insure marriages or births. After deliberation, the commissioner classified the plan as casualty insurance, noting that Cupid visits can bring joy but also potential large expenses, considered a misfortune.
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Cupid
Michigan State Insurance Department
Accident Befalls President's Yacht Mayflower Collision
The Mayflower, carrying the President, collided with the lumber schooner Menewa and sank it. All six aboard the Menewa were rescued onto the Mayflower. The Mayflower sustained minor damage but the crew were unaware of the incident until morning.
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President
Menewa
Resignation of Editor Bryan Ties to Presidential Candidacy
A signed letter in The Commoner announces William J. Bryan has retired as editor to pursue the presidency. He states profits from The Commoner, beyond expenses, will be given to the Democratic National Committee as a personal campaign contribution.
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Bryan
William J. Bryan
The
Commoner
Democratic National Committee
Mrs Stetson Weds Count Santa Eulalia in Philadelphia
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Stetson widow of John B Stetson married Count Santa Eulalia of Portugal in a quiet ceremony at the bride’s estate near Philadelphia conducted by Monsignor Turner of the Philadelphia archdiocese.
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Stetson
Sarah Elizabeth Stetson
John B. Stetson
Count Santa Eulalia
Portugal
Monsignor Turner
Archdiocese of
Philadelphia
Two Children Die in Fire Near Cleveland
A blaze at a Cleveland area dwelling owned by James Jarasky killed two children who were burned to death. The fire also injured four men and a boy, with two of the men likely fatally hurt as they escaped from upper floors.
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James Jarasky
Lmits
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Louis
Fort Wayne Politician and Family Die in Indiana Train Crash
Six people from Fort Wayne die when a Pennsylvania Railroad train strikes an automobile at a crossing near Columbia City Indiana. The group including Charles Sherman King former Indiana legislator his wife two daughters and a chauffeur were en route to Lake Wewasee. The collision derailed the Manhattan Limited and mangled the victims with bodies scattered along the tracks.
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Columbia City
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles Sherman King
Fayma Bradshaw
Carl Timmina
Fort Wayne
Manhattan Limited
Oklahoma 3 Million Acres Sought for Public Sale
The Oklahoma plan under the initiative and referendum law would put up 3,000,000 acres of state lands to voters in November. If approved, the law would sell the lands to fund school and public buildings, with 75,000 forty acre farms created from the parcel.
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Oklahoma
Nation Leads In Airships As Fort Myer Trials Begin
The United States moves toward practical aeronautics with trials at Fort Myer, claiming progress in heavier-than-air flight. Captain Ferber credits Chanute Lilenthal and American inventors Octave Chanute and Lilenthal for ideas advanced by Farman and De la Grange in France. Other successful foreign air ships are noted.
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United States
Fort Myer
Ferber
France
Octave Chanute
Lilenthal
Harry Farman
de la Grange
Notable Indiana Republican Leader and Aerial Pioneers Mentioned
The piece notes a prominent Indiana Republican figure and his family, including daughters Katherine and Josephine. It mentions Miss Bradshaw, a neighbor of the King family, and a fatal runaway in Columbus involving Tom Taggart. It also discusses Langley theories and early aviation figures Wright, Chanute, and Herring, detailing aircraft features and patent status.
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State
Indiana
Katherine
Josephine
Miss Bradshaw
Lake Wawasee
Robert F. Bradshaw
Fort Wayne
Politicians and campaigns in the 1908 race
Prohibition nominee Eugene W. Chafin plans state by state speaking tours. Taft campaign chief Frank Hitchcock leads the national Republican committee. Roosevelt declines a speaking offer for a talking machine record. Taft finishes a 3500 word draft of his acceptance speech. Burton says he seeks Senate but backs Taft and won’t pledge for himself. Bryen mocks Taft’s donor pledge claim. Bryan urges reform for producers. Me GOP convention in Bangor nominates Fernald for governor and reaffirms election law stance.
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Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
National Republican Committee
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Hot Springs
Theodore B. Burton
Cleveland
United States
W. J. Bryen
W. H. Taft
W. J. Bryan
Banger
B. M. Fernald
Great Army of Pythiana Captures National Attention
The twenty fifth session of the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias convenes in Boston drawing an estimated 100000 visitors. Two parades mark the event with one for the uniformed rank and another for the other ranks. Membership reports show 800000 Pythians and 200000 Pythian Sisters, totaling 1000000.
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Pythiana
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Boston
Order
Pythian Sisters
Failures of a Half Year in 1908 United States
Dun's Review notes 8,700 commercial failures in the first half of 1908 totaling 124,874,888 dollars, versus 5,007 failures and 50,508,662 dollars in the prior year. The report adds that late-period results hint the commercial death rate is diminishing.
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United States
Dun
Court overturns Standard Oil fine in retrial ordered
United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago unanimously reverses Judge Landis ruling in the Standard Oil case. The court wipes out the $29 240 000 fine and remands for a retrial, faulting Landis for unfairly shifting rate responsibility to shippers and for other errors.
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John D. Rockefeller
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
Peter 8. Grosscup
Seaman
Baker
Landis
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Alton Railroad
Sandia
Landmark Standard Oil Case Recovers Record Fine
The Indiana Standard Oil Company faced a historic verdict after Chicago trials in 1907. Judge Landis imposed a $20,000 fine on 1,442 counts, totaling $29,240,000, basing the penalty on the wealth of Standard Oil of New Jersey. The appeal challenged the size of the sanction and its impact on the Indiana unit.
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Erty
Landis
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Indiana
Chicago
Whiting
Ind
Chicago and Alton
Lanfais
John D. Rockefeller
Indiana Oil Company
New York
Harvest war on mail order houses and dairy price shifts
The piece notes nationwide battles between small retailers and large mail order firms amid harvest season. It cites Chicago milk firms cutting retail prices from 9 to 7 cents per quart and surrounding towns from 7 to 6 cents. It mentions Motley Minnesota Co Operative Creamery shareholders owning 800 sows and milking 500 cows locally. It also references Higin Illinois setting cow butter prices across the country and three restaurant keepers.
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Chicago
Co-Operative Creamery of
Motley, Minn
Higin
United States
Restaurent Keepers
Trade activity signals modest recovery in Chicago markets
Payments through the banzy indicate compatibility with a broader trade revival. Increased discount operations, stronger steel demand, and longer lead times reflect improving retail and wholesale activity. Livestock receipts rise, crop reports remain favorable, and grain totals show notable year over year changes as Dun's Review notes continued expansion in metal, leather, and dry goods sectors.
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Banzy Furnisa
Chicago
Dun
Trade and Industry in Quiet Mid-Summer Conditions
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes midsummer calm in New York trade with cautious optimism for crop progress and fair trade. Retail focuses on clearing summer surplus while buying power remains weak. Building gains show life in South and West. lumber markets firm. Iron and steel quieter but export work up. US weekly business failures total 258 vs 246 prior week. Canada 25 vs 39 prior week.
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Northwestern
Southern and
Pacific Northwestern
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Chicago and Midwest Market Price Report Today
The report lists regional prices for cattle hogs and sheep across multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Grain and dairy prices are shown for wheat corn oats rye barley butter and eggs with varying quality grades and units.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Fife
Detroit
Milwaaukee
New York
Toledo
Cuticura cures child and mother in early 1900s ad
Mrs Lille Wildher of Chattanooga reports skin illness relief after using Cuticura Remedies including soap and ointment. She says a running sore on her baby's neck and a tetter of her own face cleared, with two sets reportedly curing a nanny’s baby and another child. Atlanta report notes Dr Carmichael as minister birth officiant and wedding officiant across 2,400 births, tracing back to Henry Grady.
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Lille Wildher
Eleventh &T
Chattanooga
Fenn
J. W. Carmichael
Carmichael
Henry W. Grady
Dr. Carmichael
Atlanta
New York Sun
Kidney Pills Claim Sudden Cure For Lake City Man
Hiram Center of Lake City Minnesota reports severe kidney trouble with back pain dissy spells and nervousness but credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with a complete recovery and ongoing good health. The ad notes pills cost 50 cents a box and are sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York. The remainder is a humor item from Philadelphia Press about a noisy apartment house baby teething.
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Hiram Center
South
Oak Street
Lake City
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Do Your Clothes Look Yeryhow
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product claiming clothes become white as snow. It highlights a large package priced at 5 cents.
The mother butterfly’s nest a tale of sacrifice
The piece portrays how a mother butterfly builds a down lined nest for her eggs. She plucks her own body hairs to form bedclothes and coverlets, arranging the nest in spirals or along branches. After finishing the nest she dies, a noble, self sacrificing act for her offspring.
Health and Income Link in a Chicago Clerk Case
A Chicago clerk describes how strict work and a boarding house diet caused nervous symptoms and impaired income. She credits Grape-Nuts for restoring health, reducing brain-fog and dyspepsia, and enabling her to work two meals a day.
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Chicago
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Gar
G @& King
Fomain
Elizabeth Dupree
Mary Dupree
Columbus
Tom Taggart
National Democratic Committee
Taggart
Harry Stodler
French Lick
Garden City
Langley
Wright Brothers
A. H. Herring
Herring
Lilienthal
Wilsue Wright
Orville Wright
Court of Appeals
Frem News
Ius
Ouatea
Popleys
Philadelphia Press
Health and Income
Beth
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