Horrors at Bialystok Massacre Described in Reports
June 18 Bialystok reports lift embargo on news from Rislystok as Associated Press details scenes of riot violence. Soldiers, mobs, and Jewish Burd clash. accounts describe mutilated bodies and killings in homes and hospitals. Troop strength, funerals, and continued unrest mark a city under martial caution.
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Rislystok
Gee Associates
Bourse Gazette
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Ohio political shift as Pattison dies boosts Republicans
Ohio enters a new chapter after Governor Pattison dies at his Cincinnati area home. Lieutenant Governor Andrew Harris becomes acting Governor with full powers, while Democrats face a demoralizing setback and potential loss of leadership. Harris may be named governor in 1908. The oath was given at Eaton, Ohio, June 16.
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Tribune
Cleveland
John M. Pattison
Cincinnati
Ohio
Myron T. Herrick
Andrew L. Harris
Ohio Democracy
Herrick
Harris
Pattison
Eaton
Judge Fisher
Common Pleas Bench
River Cuts Off Land Near Yankton
Reports from the Missouri River north of Sioux City describe the river spreading over low lands in South Dakota. A five section strip on the Dakota side near Yankton seems likely to be swept away as floods surge driven by ongoing heavy rains. Farmers take precautions to save their crops.
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Tribune
Sioux City
Iowa
Missouri River
South Dakota
Yankton
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Dakota
Rain Breaks Drought Across Kansas and Nebraska
Rain fell in most of Kansas and Nebraska improving drought conditions for corn and pastures and aiding late wheat. Reports say corn stands are generally good and the new moisture will hasten growth. wheat harvest in Kansas is near with some areas already cut.
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Tribune
Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
Delaware farmers net record strawberry season total
Delaware farmers reported about 75,000 dollars earned from strawberries this year as the season ended Saturday with prices at a record high. Receipts reached 98,000 dollars with other growers paid 1,000 dollars more. Most shipments went to New York.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
New York
Rockefeller Gives 300000 for Norfolk Naval YMCA
John D. Rockefeller has donated 300000 for a naval YMCA building at the Norfolk Navy Yard to benefit about three thousand sailors and Marines. The gift followed earlier support from Miss Helen M. Gould and came after land options were secured. A national YMCA representative will choose the site among several under consideration.
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Norfolk Yard
Norfolk
John D. Rockefeller
Naval Young Men's Christian Association
Helen M. Gould
Kidnapped Boy Reunited as Captor Is Arrested in Philadelphia
Charles Frederick Muth, snatched from a Philadelphia school last Tuesday, was recovered with his kidnapper John Joseph Kean after a tip from a neighbor. Kean admitted the crime and planned to demand ransom, leaving the boy near a police station before being seized. Police traced Kean to 415 North Horton Street and followed letters to Mr. Muth that sought payment for the child's return.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Charles Frederick Muth
John Joseph Kean
Weaver
Kean
Captain Donaghy
Detective Bureau
New Jersey
Mr. Muth
West Philadelphia
Donaghy
Joseph Sager
60Th Street
Haverford Avenue
Clare
Vale
Sager
Paris Signs Pennsylvania Railroad 50 Million Franc Loan
Kuhn Loeb Co announces the sale of 250 million francs of a 15 year 3% French franc loan guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The issue will be placed with Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas and Credit Lyonnais, at roughly par, with monthly payments this year. The deal marks the first direct American loan in Paris and brings about significant French capital into the United States.
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Pennsylvania Company
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Foreign Affairs
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Horace Finaly
Banque de Paris Et Des Pays Bas
J. G. Buchanan
New York
Credit Lyonnais
Wiliam Nelson Cromwell
Paul D. Cravath
Kuhn, Leeb & Co
Sullivan & Cromwell
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Russia
Cassatt explains loan use for Pennsylvania Company projects
Philadelphia June 18 President Cassatt outlined how Kuhn Loeb and French banks will place 50 million dollars in a 5 percent franc loan guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Proceeds will finance 88,000 500 ton steel cars 315 locomotives costing 42 million dollars plus water system completion. Car and water certificates will stay in the company treasury. A 50 million dollar short term note sale will fund main line improvements and New York terminals this year.
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Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Cassatt
Car Trust
Water Company
New York Terminals
Chicago Bar May Act Over Roosevelt Criticism
Chicago Bar Association debates formal action after President Roosevelt censured Judge J Otis Humphrey over the packers trial. Members consider submitting the issue to a vote of all members rather than immediate resolutions. Most Chicago attorneys condemn the President’s course, noting Humphrey’s character and judging the critique unfair.
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Chicago
Chicago Bar Association
Roosevelt
J. Otis Humphrey
Packers
Bar Association
Congress
Humphrey
Board of Managers
Howard & Taylor
Nixon to Build New Warships at Ramsay Yard Perth Amboy
Lewis Nixon arrived at Ramsay shipyard in Perth Amboy New Jersey and announced the start of a new fleet of warships with secrecy. He has bought guns for arming the fleet but withheld calibers and nations. First hulls to begin within a week though no metal is on site yet. He will stay in the area for several weeks and will work daily, expanding wages and local commerce.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Lewis Nixon
Ramsay Shipyard
Gregory
Russia
Nixon
First National Bank
Spotted Fever Cure Reported at Long Island Hospital
Physicians at Long Island College Hospital credit Dr. Joseph W. Goldsmith for a treatment that cured ten of twelve cerebro-spinal meningitis patients. Most cases involved recent immigrants under government care. Two nonresponders were in poor condition upon admission. The regimen includes two fifteen minute hot baths daily with body massage.
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Joseph W. Goldsmith
House
Goldsmith
Fly Bite May Cause Death in Milo Resident
Erastus Haines of Milo near Middletown was bitten on the left wrist by a large common fly. The bite led to blood poisoning with the arm swelling and doctors performing an operation at the hospital to save his life and limb.
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Schilachter
Lepidus Brothers
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Nevyazhskyi
Roughe
Wes
Middletown
Erastus Haines
Milo
Haines
Turbulent Clock Turmoil Ties to Pigeons at Harrli son Town Hall
A Harrli son New Jersey town clock began erratic runs between periods of inactivity. A passerby saw pigeons around the clock face and one roosting on the hand, with others attempting to perch on the slanting arm, suggesting the birds caused the trouble.
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Harrlison
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Horse throws Cossack rider at Pawnee Bill show
A horse in the Pawnee Bill Wild West Show at Brighton Beach crashed through rocks while attempting to clear a path and threw its Cossack rider. The rider was carried from the arena with minor injuries.
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Flrighton Beach
Agreement on Meat Bill Satisfies President
The President wins a sweeping victory over packers as a federal meat inspection bill is shaped to require all packing houses to endure strict federal inspection when the law takes effect. The House Agriculture Committee rewrote provisions to meet executive approval and to ensure nationwide coverage and enforcement.
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United States
House Committee On Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Wadsworth
New York
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House
Committee On Agriculture
Congress
Saianaoaeae Secretary of Agriculture
Civil Service
Pennsylvania Railroad advert to Chicago trains
18 hours to Chicago. Pennsylvania Special via Pennsylvania Railroad. Rock ballast dusts road bed. M. arrives Chicago 8:5. Other trains in Chicago and St Louis. Advertisement.
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Via
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