Centenary of Barnum July 5 Celebrates a Showman’s Life
A retrospective on Phineas T. Barnum born July 5 1810 in Bethel Connecticut. From a boyhood peddler to museum promoter to Jenny Lind tour kingpin he built a vast show business empire. His record receipts exceeded 700000 with Tom Thumb and Lind tours before later financial troubles and a London comeback.
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T. Barnow
America
P. T. Barnum
Bethel
Conn
Philo
Barnum
New York
Marity Hallett
Connecticut
Browlwag and
Ann Street
St. Paul's
Charles 8. Stratton
Tom Thumb
United States
Europe
Jenny Lind
Liverpool
London
Grafton Street
Mayfair
Great Falls
Piccadilly
Queen Victoria
Denny Lind
Miss Lind
Castle Garden
Boston
Cuba
Jenny Lindner
Atlantic
P.T. Barnum
The Actors Farewell Poem Excerpt
A Denver Republican excerpt quotes Arthur Chapman lamenting the one night stand in theatres. The verse criticizes late trains, meager receipts, bare dressing rooms, and harsh conditions with a defiant farewell to the touring stage.
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Sheriff's Deputies
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Arthur Chapman
Denver Republican
Farm Hands Union Reform Effort Targets Pacific Northwest
Labor organizers unaffiliated with major unions operate in eastern Washington and Oregon to form a farm hands union. They seek a minimum wage of 3.50 for an eight hour day and fixed rates of 5 for sach sewers and forkers. Machine men would see pay rise from 6.50 to 12 daily as ranchers seek help from eastern central southern states and college students may be recruited.
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Pacific Northwest
Pacific North- West
Washington
Oregon
Sach
Chinese Builders Erect Concrete Structures in China Town
Chinese contractors are constructing reinforced concrete buildings for Chinese residents. Wages are rising and lumber remains in high demand as the work progresses.
Interstate Commerce Board cuts Pacific coast freight rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered reductions on transcontinental freight rates after its Pacific coast inquiry. Spokane and Reno cases found current class and commodity rates excessive, with substantial cuts. Also reduced Seattle Portland back haul rates and lower Eastern territory rates to Nevada.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Pacific Oceans
Pacific Coast
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Intermountain Territory
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Wash
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Nev
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Cal
Southern Pacific
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Utah
Commission
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Tacoma
Portland
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Eastern Territory
Phoenix
Ariz
Railroad Commission of Nevada
Nevada
German Ambassador von Radolin to Retire from France Post
Pringe von Radolin, the German ambassador to France, will retire and enter private life. He has served in the post amid evolving Franco German relations and will step down at an undisclosed date.
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France
German Official Changes New Ministers and Ambassadors
Berlin June 29 Baron von Kiderlen Baechter named secretary of state for foreign affairs succeeding Wilhelm Edler von Schoen who becomes German ambassador to France Prince von Radolin leaves Paris post to retire Baron von Rheinbaben's successor as Prussian minister of state and finance not yet named
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Berlin
Baron von Kiderlen-Baechter
Herr Wilhelm Edler von Sehoen
France
Prince von Radolin
Paris
Baron von Rheinbaben
Browne Bribery Trial Mistrial After 115 Hours
Chicago jurors deadlocked 8 to 4 after 115 hours and 24 ballots in the Browne bribery case over Lorimer senate election. Four jurors stood for innocence, while State's Attorney Wayman calls the trial a flagrant jury fixing. White-supremacist, West Virginia reports note a Norways minister O Gude dies of sudden apoplexy in White Swan.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Charles Spare
William R. Lowe
William R. Hennessey
Walter J. Hermanson
Wayman
Browne
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Minneapolis and Chicago
Minneapolis wheat prices for July and September point to $1.11% and $1.05% respectively with other contract notes. Duluth reports wheat and flax trends, while St Paul lists cattle, hogs, and sheep prices. Chicago markets show wheat, corn, oats, pork, butter, eggs, poultry, and cattle and hog ranges for July contracts.
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St Paul
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Reeves
Texas
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Pringe von
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Minneapolis
Brown County Bank View Paes
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Minnesota
Bank of Commerce Building
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Eagle Roller Mill Company
New Ulm
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