Clayton Named Senator From Alabama Congress District
Montgomery Aug 13 Henry D Clayton member of congress from Alabama Third district was named by Governor O Neal as United States senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Joseph F Johnston Clayton accepted the appointment and said he would go to Washington at once to present credentials to the senate
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Congress
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Henry D. Clayton
Third
O'Neal
United States
Joseph F. Johnston
Clayton
Washington
Senate
Hundreds Die In Chinese Battle At Canton
In Canton city on August 15 twelve hundred were killed as fighting raged. Government troops split to join rebels, looting goldsmiths and silversmiths stores. Foreign concessions at Shameen feared for attack, Indian guards reinforced from Hongkong. A major fire destroyed thirty barracks, sparking continued civilian exodus. In Missouri at Glasgow on August 13 L I Cook and his two sons Raymond and Jewel drowned in the Missouri River while trying to aid each other during a cramp.
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Jay Ga Canton
China
Canton
Shameen
Hongkong
Glasgow
Cook
Raymond
Jewel
Missouri River
Wealthy lumberman shot to death in Duluth home
John McAlpine, a Duluth lumber magnate aged about fifty eight, was found dead with a bullet through the head in his basement. Family and friends suggest accidental shooting while repelling a burglar. Insurance involved totals ninety thousand dollars. McAlpine had extensive business ties across Wisconsin Minnesota California and Puget Sound.
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John McAlpine
Duluth
McAlpine
Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
California
Puget Sound
United States
Ont
State of Minnesota raises record sum from building certificates
State Treasurer Smith announced Minnesota sold 192 800 of educational building certificates to 147 investors in six hours at about 32 133 per hour and 535 per minute. The average purchase was 1 300, certificates issued in 1000 denominations. The sale, hailed as America’s most successful of its kind, prompted a board meeting after two hours to raise the offering from 100 000 to 200 000 to avoid disappointing in line buyers.
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Minnesota
Smith
America
Board of Control
Grain and Provision Prices from Duluth and Chicago
Grain and livestock prices listed for Duluth and Chicago markets on August 18. Wheat and flax prices given for Duluth with June and December futures. Chicago and South St. Paul figures include cattle, hogs, sheep, lambs, and butter, eggs, and poultry markets with sector totals.
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South St. Paul
Chicago
Texas
Grain prices from Minneapolis August grain close
Minneapolis grain market notes weakly typed bid and offer data with wheat contracts showing Sept at 87 and Dec around 89, cash close on track with No 1 hard near 89, No 2 Northern around 8A, No 2 yellow corn around 2c and oats near 38 to 40, flax around 1.43, to arrive.
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Duluth
Northern
Nneapolis
Minneapolis
Rescue of Frank Little by Duluth Friends
Ten Industrial Workers of the World and Socialists escorted by rail from Duluth to Holyoke freed Frank Little, leader of the dock workers’ strike, from a farmhouse where captors firing on rescuers held him. Little reported good treatment and planned to continue striking as W. A. McGonagle announced the ore dock strike was nearly ended.
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Duluth
Holyoke
Frank Little
Little
Duluth, Missabe and
Senator Munteelson Defends Tobacco Use in Senate
Senator Munteelson of Minnesota in a senate speech denounced high rates in the Underwood-Simmons bill affecting lower grades of tobacco. He defended the weed as a life necessity, called the cigarette a curse, and said the bill favors Southern farmers while harming Northwestern farmers. He condemned the bill as inequitable and sectionally biased.
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Senator Munteelson
Minnesota
Senate
South
Crosby Woman Dies After Carbolic Acid Drinking
Mrs Charles L Blair a Crosby resident died after drinking carbolic acid in an adjoining room while deputy sheriff served a warrant on her and William A Guith who faced a similar charge. Guith a diamond drill contractor was arrested and taken to Duluth.
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Duluth
Charles L. Blair
Crosby
William A. Guith
Schubisky
Bay Land in the Upper Peninsula Promises Prime Farm Acres
An advertisement touts 500000 acres for sale in Cloverland at 20 dollars per acre with twenty years to pay. It highlights favorable farming conditions near Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, diverse soils ideal for dairying and fruit growing, strong yields in oats flax clover and wheat, plus proximity to markets and ship routes on the Great Lakes. It urges immediate inspection to seize the opportunity.
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United States
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Big Lakes
Cask of Alcohol Explodes in St. Paul Liquor House
In St Paul the wholesale liquor house of George Benz & Sons a forty gallon cask of alcohol exploded sending a rain of burning liquid and flying glass through the building. About sixty people fled, four were injured lightly, and two workers narrowly escaped. The blast caused an estimated $76000 in damage. Herman Barfuss and Arthur Augustine were burned by the first explosion as Augustine was pouring from the cask.
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St. Paul
George Benz & Sons
Herman Barfuss
Arthur Augustine
Augustine
State Considers Tax on City Telephony System
The state tax commission may require Barnesville to pay a $1790 gross earnings tax on running a municipal telephone system for ten years from 1909 to 1913. The attorney general’s office has backed the tax, marking the first time a municipally owned plant could be taxed.
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Barnesville
State Tax Commission
Attorney General's Office
Referendum on Duluth liquor ordinance set for Sept 16
Duluth voters will decide the Hicken liquor ordinance at a special election on Saturday September 16. City Commissioners Hicken Merritt Murchison and Mayor Prince voted to submit the measure to referendum while Commissioner Voes opposed citing cost. The issue targets brewery control of saloons amid Industrial Workers of the World activity. At the Allower docks in Superior loading continued at full capacity with 250 of 400 workers likely seeking new jobs.
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Duluth
Hicken
Merritt
Murchison
Prince
Voes
Superior
Alwad
Eberhart Outlines Public Utilities Bill Terms
Governor Eberhart outlined the public utilities bill he would urge in the extra session. The plan increases the railroad commission from three to five, makes it gubernatorially appointed for long terms, and gives it control of railroads and all public utilities. It adopts a Wisconsin model with modifications, provides large salaries and a staff of experts under civil service, and preserves some local municipal control.
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Association of St. Paul
St. Paul
Eberhart
Railroad Commission
Aged Veteran Is In Luck With Fortune From Will
A ninety year old retired General Williams Le Duc of Hastings rises to affluence through a $100,000 inheritance from Mrs Julia Lombard Butterfield wife of General Daniel Butterfield and tied to her former husband Frederick P James. Forest fires rage near Nenai lake Seward Alaska Aug 18 with high winds driving the blaze beyond control. Three miles
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General Williams
le Duc
Hastings
Jonathan
David
General le Duc
Julia Lombard Butterfield
New York City
Butterfield
Daniel Butterfield
Frederick P. James
Russell Sage
Seward
Alaska
Nenai Lake
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Lbert Steinhauser
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William Pfaender
General Insurance Insurance
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Father and Sons
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Western Land Securities Co. Home Office
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O. H. Osmundsen
New Ulm, Minn
Ulm
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