Telegrapher strike across United States grows larger
About 4 500 telegraphers in multiple cities including Chicago St Louis and New Orleans are on strike. A Chicago conference led by Labor Commissioner Neill and leaders of the telegraphers union plus the AFL and Civic Federation aims to secure a compromise and avoid a broader walkout.
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Chicago
St. Louis
81. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Denver
Kansas City
Memphis
New Orleans
Topeka
Sedalia
Pueblo
Col
Jackson
Miss
Dallas
Tex
Houston
Nashville
Augusta, Ga
Sioux City
Omaha
Knoxville, Tenn
Council Bluffs
Charleston
38. C
Galveston, Tex
Atlanta
Chicago Telegraph Operators Strike to Go National
National Secretary Russell says the union telegraph operators will strike across the United States and Canada within 24 hours. New York workers deferred a walkout until later in the week, but Russell insists the strike is now universal and irreversible.
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Quick
United States
Canada
Russell
Chicago
Telegraphers’ Organization
New York
Small
Postal company executive vows firm stance on strike conditions
New York August 12 E J Nally vice president and general manager of the Postal company issued a statement. He said managers should inform those loyal to the company that operators will be paid regular salaries as a bonus and their key services counted as seven hours per day. Free meals and lodging may be provided where feasible until normal conditions return.
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New York
E. J. Nally
Postal Company
Telegraphers' Union Leader Warns of Imminent Strike
S J Small national president of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union says a strike will be called if no conciliation is found by tomorrow. He told United States labor commissioner Charles P Neill he would accept immediate resumption of work if the government demands investigation or arbitration of grievances.
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San Francisco
S. J. Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Small
Charles P. Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
Washington union telegraphers threaten walkout over non union wires
Situation at Washington Aug 12. If called upon to man wires operated by non union men at the other end Washington operators employed by Western Union and Postal will walk out in a body. Decision reached at a Sunday afternoon meeting of the local commercial telegraphers union.
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Washington
Western Union
Postal
Union of Commercial Telegraphers
Keaton Local Decides Against Strike Action
In Boston on August 12 the Keaton local of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America voted at a large meeting not to proceed with a strike at this time. Local leaders urged unity while awaiting further orders from national officials.
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Boston
Keaton
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Zionist Convention Heads To The Hague This Week
The Zionists convention will be held at The Hague this week. Delegates from Europe and America attend as the eighth annual reunion of the National Society Army of the Philippines meets in Kansas City.
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Hague
Casablanca
National Society Army of the Philippines
Kansas City
Cambridge
King
Europe
America
British Admiralty
Great Water Way to Be Realized at Pittsburg Meeting
A public meeting in Pittsburg features the review board of the U S Army Engineers presenting findings on canalizing the Ohio River from Pittsburg to Cairo. The 1905 commission sought to assess needs and commercial importance, advocating locks and dams to enable year round freight by water from the Great Lakes to New Orleans.
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Pittsburg
Cairo
Ohio River
Ohio
United States Army Engineers
Ohio Valley
Congress
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Colvins
Great Lakes
New Orleans
Fanatical Tribesmen Sweep Casablanca Area Forces
Tangier reports a dangerous rise in fanatical tribesmen around Casablanca riding superb horses and mounting attacks on French troops. They fail to break the French line amid withering rifle and gunfire, while threats extend further down the coast.
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Paris
Tangier
Casablanca
French Troops Readied to Send Sharpshooters to Morocco
Algiers August 12 The commander of French forces here has orders to mobilize a battalion of sharpshooters and a section of artillery for Morocco at a moment's notice.
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Algiers
Morocco
Knapp Marries Nellie Maynard Gardner in New York
Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the interstate commerce commission, wed Mrs. Nellie Maynard Gardner at the Hotel Manhattan in New York City. Bishop Edward Andrews officiated the ceremony.
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Martin Knapp
New York
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Nellie
Maynard Gardner
George L. Maynard
Syracuse
Manhattan
Edward ©. Andrews
The
Methodist Church
Fire destroys depot and powder house in Boulder disaster
Fire at the Colorado Southern freight depot in Boulder California Aug 12 destroys the depot and huge freight. The blaze spreads 100 feet to a powder house with 1000 pounds of dynamite and explodes with a severe shock injuring about 100 people. Many shops and homes suffer shattered plate glass and two may die.
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Boulder
Cal
Colorado @ Southern
Commissioner Smith Charges Standard Oil With Foreign Price Bias
Washington reports Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith accuses Standard Oil of sacrificing American consumers to secure foreign business. The monopoly allegedly sets high prices at home while offering lower rates abroad, using home profits to maintain dominance abroad. The inquiry describes local price variation and favors to railroads that blend their own lubricants, with higher charges for lines lacking competition.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
Herbert Knox Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Smith
Standard
Fast Train Ditch Near Mountain Grove
A Memphis to Kansas City train on the St Louis and San Francisco railroad wrecked near Mountain Grove Missouri seventy miles from Springfield on Sunday. The engineer was killed and the fireman fatally injured. The motive was a defective rail causing the engine to derail and the car medevaced. passengers survived but were badly shaken.
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Springfield
Kansas City
Mountain Grove
Mac
Here
Assault on General Phlequart at Rochefort railway station
Gen eral Phlequart, minister of war, was insulted and then assaulted at Rochefort railway station Sunday evening. A worker from the crowd spat in his face, the crowd surged, the assailant was mauled, and police rescued him, taking him to jail.
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Rochefort
France
Phlequart
Piequart
Wario
Escape Issues Plague New Girls School of Indiana
Indianapolis August 12. The Girls School of Indiana six miles west of Indianapolis struggles with inmate escapes since moving from the penal institution east of the city. Twelve girls fled in two weeks, three of them colored, all returned by police. The cottage plan has no bars or locked doors and relies on moral influence of Superintendent Miss Sarah L Montgomery and staff to deter exits.
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Indianapolis
Girls’ School of
Indiana
Sarah L. Montgomery
Penal Institution For
John H. Elam
Board of Managers
Schhool
General Perry withdraws militia after Tell City scare
General Oran Perry of the national guard decided to pull Evansville and Mt. Vernon companies from Tell City after a false alarm. Sheriff Witmer fled, while union picketers and night riders from Kentucky observed from the riverbank. About fifty Kentuckians crossed to attend a picnic as troops remained to maintain order.
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Tell City
Ind
Oran Perry
National Guard
Evansville
Mt. Vernon
Witmer
Camelton
Equity Souciety
Kentucky
Indiana
Knights Gather in Camp for Pythian Dedicatory Week
The Riverside park camp near Indianapolis hosts Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias with 3500 Knights expected this week. Grand lodge officers anticipate 50,000 to 100,000 visitors for the dedication events and the large Wednesday parade when the new grand lodge building is dedicated.
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Indianapolis
Riverside Park
Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
K. of P
The Schemer and Sep in a Fantastical Satirical Tale
A humorous fable style dialogue follows two cousins in a western setting. The Schemer boasts of wealth built on opportunism while Sep enjoys small-town calm and wandering escapades. They mock politics, wealth, and social pretensions amid colorful regional references.
Newvo Reash and the Bay-Rack Cold Bot
A fragment from a story shows dialogue about slang like Newvo Reash and Slub, with references to money, dead languages, and a Meal-Ticket. Characters Bill and Sep discuss guilt, social status, and the idea of starting life on a Bay-Rack as they contrast cleverness with hardship. The exchange hints at a broader critique of merit, wealth, and opportunity.
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Cockle Burr
Bill Co
Florida
Sep
Septimus
Scattered Historical Fragments and Odd Anecdotes
A mix of dated patent medicine claims about Ayers Sarsaparilla and non alcoholic tonics, a rambling narrative about social games and a Panama Canal era mood, plus jumbled personal recollections and a report of a suspicious death by a lake with Neale’s family stating prosperity and no despondence, suggesting possible foul play.
Funeral for Mrs Christian Hamsped Held at Methédian Church
Multiple local notices recount a funeral for Mrs Christian Hamsped at the Methédian church in Greenville, with additional items including bankruptcy discharge for Louis Barnett, church meetings, and upcoming dedications and civic actions across the county.
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Christian Hamsped
Greenville
Struck by Car and Killed in Denville
Joseph Coffman, sixty four, a U.S. Army veteran, was killed instantly in Denville when struck by an electric car he was attempting to board on August 12. The accident involved a citizen- operated rail line and local authorities were notified.
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Denville
Joseph Coffman
Ting
Fire wipes out Larwill business district in Warsaw area
Fire of unknown origin destroys much of Larwill's business section, Warsaw Indiana reports. Losses exceed 5000 dollars. A testimonial cites Dr King's New Discovery curing a severe cough and restoring health, with guarantee offered by a local druggist for trial bottles.
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Warsaw
Ind
Larwill
Dr. King
Eva Uocapher
Grovertown
Stark Co
Lod
O. D. Kaocefel
Dragiat. BO
Two Drowned at Springfield and a Fatal Scalding
News item reports two drowning incidents in Springfield area Aug 12 as a gasoline launch crash near a bridge led to three riders plunging overboard while another man drowned swimming in Christian county. A Shelbyville child died from scalding tea at home. Indifferent banking news notes a Brownstown bank loss of 36000 from stock speculation.
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Spingfield
Springfield
Hartman
August Fesser
Christian County
Shelbyville
Ind
Norma
Walter Green
Shelby County
Indianapolis
People’ Bank
Brownstown
Hureell
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Oyater Hay
Percy Thomas
Telegraphers’ Union
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Robert Fulton
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Martin W. Enap
Standard Oil
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General Picquart
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Chas D. Kooefel
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Lucamy
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O. D. Knoefel
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Louis Barnett
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