Strife in Steel: Amalgamated Members Swing West
Pittsburg August 13 The steel strike phase shifts as 14 000 men obey the general order with 66 000 out nationwide The Amalgamated leadership laments Western desertions while pledging to press McKeesport Wheeling and other plants The executive committee plans a full inquiry into South Chicago Joliet and Bay View refusals and Shaffer may visit Wheeling to rally support
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Pittsburg
Shaffer
Lethhal
McKeesport
Wheeling
Chicago
Joliet
Bay View
Carnegie
Wiskininetus
Youngstown
Columbus
American Federaion of Labor
Steel Corporation
Cargeghe Grep
Youtgestawre
Kiskhiometos Valley
Wellaville
Monesser
Peihuirne
Hoston Mill
Monongahels Steel Works
Republic
Ella
Mc- Reesport
Wices
Ficial
Clark
Unil
Salony
Wells- Wille
South Chicnago
Edward reviews Waldersee in Bath Order ceremony
London Aug 138 The court circular reports King Edward granting Von Waldersee an audience at Homburg and investing him with the military Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.
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Edward
Waldersee
London
von Waldersee
Homburg
Order of the Bath
Fires devastate villages in Nijni Novgorod district
Forest fires sweep three districts of Nijni Novgorod government in Central Russia, destroying several villages and causing extensive damage as of August 13 in St. Petersburg reporting.
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St. Petersburg
Nijai-Novgorod
Russia
California Fig Syrup Co Patent Medicine Ad
An ad extols a laxative syrup made from senna and figs by the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims gentle, thorough cleansing, relief from cold symptoms and fever, and permanent relief from constipation. It stresses full company name on packages and lists distribution cities San Francisco Louisville New York with doctors selling the product at a price.
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Catifornia Fio Syrup Co
Catifernia Fie Syror Co
California Fig Syrup CO
AM Franccisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
N. Y
Bottla
Unsettled Isthmus as Colombia Venezuela Ties Hold
Washington reports indicate diplomatic relations between Colombia and Venezuela remain intact despite fears of war. The American chargé d affaires in Venezuela may represent Colombia if the minister withdraws. unrest grows with possible insurgent activity near Panama and large exodus from Colon and Panama.
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Washington
Russell
Caracas
Venezuela
State Department
Colombia
Colon
Panama
Tieran
Ele
Buena Ventura
Geran
Senor Rico
Recovered Gold Leot From Selby Smelter Revealed
San Francisco notes say divers under a detective agency recovered 65 000 dollars worth of gold from the Winters hideout at the Selby Smelting Co site. Nearly 200 000 dollars already recovered. 80 000 more expected within 24 hours. Winters detained, not charged. Officers expect confession and location of bullion.
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San Francisco
I T
Selby Smelting Company
Winters
Huw Fur
Martial law tightened in Panama and Colon districts
Kingston reports strict martial law across Panama and Colon with an order last week declaring armed individuals without permits as traitors. The decree also directs foreign residents to equip themselves to serve as police when required.
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Kingston
Panama
Colon
Bold Navy Reinforcement landings in North Atlantic clash
Report from Nantucket Mass indicates commander dispatch of 1500 marines and bluejackets from camp to North Atlantic squadron ships. Troops leaped from the dugouts and, after 10 minutes, reached deck in what officers call a highly successful maneuver amid bombardment and low morale of enemy ships.
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Nantuckett
Ane
Attorney General to sue United States Steel under Valentine trust law
Columbus Ohio August 18 Attorney General Sheets will bring suit against the United States Steel corporation under the Valentine trust law for failing to file reports and pay taxes on Ohio based capital. Notices will be sent by Thursday and the reply may guide further action. The case mirrors a prior action against the Standard Old trust by Attorney General Watson.
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Steel Corporations
Columbus
Sheets
United States Steel Corporation
Valentine
Ohio
Standard Old Trust
Watson
Border Bad Man's Treachery Ends in Street Duel
In State Line Utah on August 13 Jim Hedges a notorious local, was killed by Jim Glendenning after a prolonged feud. Glendenning shot Hedges in the heart at close range after Hedges drew his revolver and fired first injuring Glendenning in the arm. Glendenning was arrested and jailed.
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State Line
Utah
Jim Hedges
Jim Glendenning
Hedges
Glendenning
AFL Leader Pledges Peaceful Help in Amalgamated Strike
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor says the union will use every peaceable means to aid the Amalgamated Association in its strike. He hopes for an amicable settlement and offers cooperation to resolve the conflict.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Association
Desperate Boer Escape From Jamestown Harbor
Two Dutch prisoners swam to a fishing boat, captured it, and tried to flee by sea. They were chased by the Beagle war sloop and recaptured, found naked, and returned to the camp wrapped in coffee sacks.
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Jamestown
St. Helena
Navy appoints Mortimer L. Johnson to Boston yard command
Washington on August 13 reports that Rear Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson, presently at Port Royal naval station, will succeed Admiral Sampson as commander of the Boston navy yard upon Sampson's retirement.
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Washington
Navy Department
Mortimer Lo Juhuson
Port Royal Naval Station
Sampson
Boston Navy Yard
Tragedy Claims Three Aboard Yacht Rhea Near Ogdensburg
In Ogdensburg New York Charles White James Whitney and Edgar Lane were drowned when the private yacht Rhea sank after entering the rapids known as the cellar. The vessel disappeared with the three on board and their bodies have not been recovered. All residents of Prescott.
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Ogdensburg
N.Y
Charles White
James Whitney
Edgar Lane
Giloap
Rhea
Atrescott
Gomez Declines Presidency Candidacy in Havana Letter
General Maximo Frome writes to local committees of theonda party in Davenport, refusing the chosen bid for the vice presidency. The message notes he does not want the office, as reported from Havana dated August 13.
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Gomez Duean
Havana
Maximo Frome
Locude
Ondona Party
Daven
View
Murder Suspect Fatal Double Tragedy At Cutter Street
Cincinnati on August 13 reports that Robert Stephenson and Mrs. Lillie Kispert died after police opened a door at 1513 Cutter street. Authorities say Stephenson shot Mrs. Kispert in the left temple as she slept then killed himself.
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Cincinnati
Robert Stephenson
Lillie Kispert
Cutter Street
Stephenson
Cloudburst Flood Tragedy Claims Kentucky Family
In Lexington Kentucky on August 13 assistant postmaster John G Pole and his family were swept into a mountain stream by a cloudburst. His wife and three daughters aged between one and eight years drowned in the disaster.
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Lexington
John G. Pole
Priseilla Runs Aground Near Cape Sable Off New York
The Priseilla carrying a chalk cargo left England for New York when it ran aground near a ledge off Puavington Sunday night. Halifax reports the capta in charge and part of the crew rescued after the vessel struck.
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Halifax
N.S
Cape Sable
Jedge
Puavingtonm
Benad
Enginne
New York
Resistencia dearmimkers union strike hits Tampa areas
Tampa August 13 report says the resistance dairy workers union on strike shows signs of near collapse with two soup houses closed for lack of food purchases.
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Tampa
Fila
Resistencia Dearmimkers' Union
World history debate at Hawarden Castle
Mr Gladstone and friends debated the greatest day in world history at Hawarden Castle. Each guest chose a preferred era to live, given current knowledge and returning to present life. Gladstone selected a day in Greece during Athens’ peak glory.
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Mr. Gladstone
Hawarden Castle
Mr. Gladatone
Greece
Athens
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Mrs Whittaker and Family
All S cheville residents note the health improvement of Mrs SFP Whittaker after long bronchial trouble. Her husband credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing her and their granddaughter from a severe whooping cough. The product claims to cure coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles. Bottles available at O D Koofel’s drug store with free trial bottles.
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S.cheville
Sfp Whittaker
O.D Kooefel
Multiple business and crime items across early 1900s notes
A chaotic digest reports tense Tekleghams Ow companies forming in Law ton Ontario. The Youngstown plant of American Company will be dismantled with machinery shipped elsewhere. Reports confirm the release of envoy Andries Wencels. one man Adama killed his wife and escaped amid suspected jealousy. Minnesota courts deny Sage a large Otter Tall tract. Madrid unrest prompts palace kitchen strike. France harvests wheat early amid looming shortages. A 40 mile race completed in 33 seconds with a champion runner defying outline allowances. St Louis court denies injunction against the 1906 fair site. Senator Tillman advocates McLaurin’s primary access. Victoria seismographs note likely Alaska tremors akin to Inez events. A Syracuse freight venture forms as National Transport Company with $2,500,000 capital.
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Lawton
Olt
Youngstown
American Con Company
Fhre
Lord Kitchener
Andries Wenccls
Joseph Lo Adama
Balthmere
Charles Novuck
Adama
Minnesota
Russell Sage
Otter Tall
Madrid
France
Columbia
Zechritz
St. Louis
Loyinjang Purchase Exposition Company
Forest Park
Tillman
McLaurin
Syracuse
N. Y
Too Many Kisses Lead to Taswell Teacher Arrests
Albert F. Foss, a Taswell music teacher, says he never consented to a kiss and six prominent local girls were arrested after planning a street corner kiss assault. Foss filed affidavits. the six girls were released on bond as the incident sparked talk across the county.
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Ind
Albert F. Foes
Taswel
Foss
Fuss
Keeping It Quiet Indiana Board Studies Insane Hospitals
The Indiana board of charities finished visits to the state insane hospitals and met at the statehouse to review information collected. The panel plans to report to the governor and officials next, with details withheld until the report is complete.
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Indianapolis
Board of Charities
Statehouse
Taylor
Indiana
Butler
Ngane
Frences E Hickman Reunites With Long Lost Father Appleton
Frances E Hickman of Rensselaer Indiana learns her father Ed mund H Appleton who was believed dead for 40 years is alive near Locksburg Arkansas. He served in an Illinois cavalry company in the Civil War and returned to Ohio where his family had moved. He remarried and is now 44. His daughter also discovers her brother L B Appleton, a pastor in Elkhart, after 30 years apart.
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Rensselaer, Und
Frances E. Hickman
Edmund H. Appleton
Illinois
Appleton
Ohio
Ile
Locksburg
Ark
Post office robbed in Michigan City yields $950 in stamps cash
The Michigan City post office was robbed of $800 in stamps and $150 in cash from a small safe inside a vault. Detectives say burglars drilled the outer door, pried the lock, blew the safe with dynamite, and left no trace. Police seek leads on the professional thieves.
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Michigan City
Ind
Ecrackamen
General Chaffee Reports Mindoro Take From Insurgents
General Chaffee releases a full report via Lieutenant Herbert L. Evans of the Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry on the Mindoro capture. Evans notes insurgents fled to the mountains but have no escape and must soon surrender.
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Manila
Chaffee
Herbert L. Evans
Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry
Mindoro
Evans
Huckleberry Season Ends Early Near Wabash
In Wabash Indiana on August 18 the huckleberry harvest in the marshes northwest of town ends early due to drought. The crop failed as berries dried on the bushes and quality was poor for marketers.
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Wabash
Ind
Kiss of the bug strikes Mrs Noe in Winamac
Mrs L J Noe of Winamac reports a biting kissing bug attachment to her lower hip. The insect caused swelling and severe pain that spread to her face and neck, alarming observers before it was removed.
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Winamac
L. J. Noe
Dozen Firms Burned in Madison Blaze
At Dupont, 14 miles north of Madison, the Red Men's hall and the Adams Express office along with about six other business firms were destroyed by fire. The total loss is put at about 25,000 dollars.
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Madison
Ind
Dupont
Red Men's Hall
Adams Express
Las
Indiana to Receives Statues for Lawton or Hendricks in Capitol Hall
Aug 13 Indianapolis reports it is likely a statue of General Henry W. Lawton may adorn the State Capitol in Washington. Indiana already has a bust of Oliver P. Morton and may add Hendricks or Lawton, with lawmakers to decide. The piece also notes a bell boy incident with David Sherrick, tax board matters, and remarks on the drought and state fair preparations.
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Indianapolis
Henry W. Lawton
Washington
Ladisna
Indiana
Statuary Hall
Oliver P. Morton
Thomas A. Hendricks
General Lawton
Morton
Lawton
Kitchener Reports Large Boer Losses in One Week
Lord Kitchener releases a weekly dispatch noting 39 Boers killed and 20 wounded, including Commandant Molt, with 11 prisoners and 85 surrenders. Captured are 2,400 rounds, 154 waxons, 58 horses, and substantial stock, mainly in Orange River colony, while General French pushes dispersed forces north in Cape Colony.
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London
Kitchener
Molt
Wolmarans
Volksraad
DeVilliers
Orange River Colony
Cape Colony
Vendetta Violence Shocks Vienna Church
A church fight in Oboti leads to seven deaths and twenty three injuries after a vendetta lasting twenty years erupts during a Sunday service. Warring factions clash as gunfire and chaos erupt in the sacred space.
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Vienna
Cantrell Trial Delayed In Double Murder Case
Greensburg August 13 James Cantrell charged with killing W L Mudd and seriously wounding Jacob Mudd has had his trial continued indefinitely Jacob Mudd is near death in hospital authorities report
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Greensburg
Led
James Cantrell
W. L. Mudd
Jacob Mudd
Muely
Ten Horses Cremated In Barn Fire At Indiana Farm
Terre Haute Indiana August 13 fire destroyed a barn on the farm of Mrs Worth Rector and ten horses were cremated in the blaze.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Worth Rector
Hawaiian club debates Rocky Mountain Tea serving style
The Honolulu Hawaiian Woman’s Club debated whether Rocky Mountain Tea is better served hot or cold. Members pondered which method enhances pleasure and urged readers to ask their druggist for guidance.
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Honolulu
Kentucky Whiskey Offer Promises Fast Returns and Free Gifts
Advertisement declares Straight Kentucky whiskey with limited terms and a right to return remittance and cancel orders. It promises a gold rimmed glass and large corkscrew with each order and directs remittances to Lexington Ky, via Postmaster or Express Agent and Commercial Agencies.
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Lexington
DAILY MARKET HERPORT Grain and Livestock Prices August 13
Grain prices shown with mixed results across wheat corn oats and livestock. Wheat No 2 red firmer corn No 2 mixed oats No 2 mixed cattle weak hogs quiet lambs quiet amid famine notes and weather events. Old Settlers Reunion Orleans August 15 16 excursion tickets via Monon offered one fare round trip.
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Reunion
Orleans
The
Monon
Cincinnati
Chicago and New York Livestock Prices Mixed Across Markets
The report shows mixed cattle hog and sheep values across major markets. Louisville Cincinnati Chicago New York and East Buffalo list steady to firm prices for cattle hogs and lambs with varied quotes and activity levels.
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New York
Toledo Grain Market Terms Noted in Brief Trade Line
Fragmentary commodity notes show grain prices and classifications for corn oats and Teja cash terms. Mentions Whest-Active and Sept Telic with No. 2 canoe and No. 3 cash 3a designations.
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Toledo Grain
Teja
Canoe
Morgantown Man Cured After Night Pain With Kidney Cure
A. B. Bass of Morgantown Indiana describes suffering from severe backache and kidney pains after waking ten to twelve times nightly. He reports being cured by Foley's Kidney Cure which is guaranteed and available at all druggists.
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Durbin
French Lick
Wilson
Chicago
Indiana
A. B. Bass
Morgantown
Ind
Foley
Fame Hard to Attain Says Youth and Woman
A dialogue cited from the Washington Star features a youth laments fame as hard to reach and be talked about while a sharp voiced woman dismissively suggests living in their neighborhood. The exchange shows tension over social status and recognition.
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Washington Star
Bennetteville Editor Praises Cure with Electric Bitters
Editor A. Brown of Bennetteville South Carolina recalls his wife’s recovery from dyspepsia and fatigue after using Electric Bitters. He reports four bottles restored strength and appetite while improving stomach and liver troubles. Price 50 cents at O. D. Knoefel’s.
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A. Brown
Bennetteville
S.C
O. D. Knoefel
Pan American Akron Route Booklet Offered by Exposition
Send your address to H Hagesty at 220 Fourth avenue Louisville to obtain an attractive booklet detailing the Pan American Exposition and the Akron route highlighting travel and exhibit opportunities for visitors.
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H. Hagesty
Fourth Avenue
Louisville
Akron
Excursion Tickets Offered For Exposition Visit
Camp meetings at Deputy Indiana August 14 to 19 announced by agent Callen H. Conway Vincennes Street. New York township with stopover privilege at Pan-American Exposition may be made on low fare excursion tickets obtainable after July 1 at Pennsylvania Lines ticket offices. Excursion tickets to New York good for return via Buffalo with stopover at Pan American Exposition go on sale July 1 at principal ticket offices of Pennsylvania Lines.
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Deputy
Ind
Callen H. H. Conway
Vincennes Street
New York
Pennsylvania Lines
Buffalo
Rail line schedule for Louisville to Chicago by day and night trains
Trains run daily from Louisville to Chicago with lunch in the ventilated cafe parlor coach. Day trains depart at 4 00 a m arriving in Chicago after travel. Night trains depart Louisville 8 30 p m with parlor and sleeping cars and arrive in Chicago next morning for breakfast. Reservations via C H Hangeraty D P Agt Louisville Ky.
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Pennsylvia
Louisville
Chicago
C. H. Hangeraty, D. P. Agt
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