New Beef Price Rival to Challenge Chicago Stock Yards
An independent firm the Chicago Stock Yards and Transit Company plans to enter beef trade Oct. 3 with $2.5 million capital. It buys 25 acres, will cut stock prices and feed costs, drop track charges, and allow outside feeding. Union Stock Yards officials doubt impact.
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Chicago
Ae Rence Sauer
Chicago Stock Yards
Company
Unt ‘Stock Yards
Trassit Company
H. W. Rockwell
Dew Company
Beef Trust
Hig
Ogncern
Ooncern
Rockwell
Chica Company
Union Btock Yards
Chicane Junction
Union Stock Yards Company
Delaware Republicans Hold County Caucuses Amid Nomination Shuffle
In Dover the Republican state organization faced a disrupted nominating process with county caucuses favoring an out of order convention. Theodore Clark of New Castle County is named as Auditor of Accounts after the irregular proceedings.
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Dover
Del
Sean Deieg
Theodore ¥. Clark
New Castle County
Minister Shoots Self in Hotel Room After Denouncing Materialism
Ney York reports Rev. Albert H. Trick, once a Presbyterian pastor in Chicago and later at Saratoga, killed himself in a Mills hotel room. In a letter to Charles N. Dowd he described loneliness in the church and rejected worship of America’s trinity of success, pleasure, and gold.
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Ney
York
America
Albert H
Mills
Jie
Chicago
Saratoga
N. Y
Roosevelt Attends Jordan sville Library Dedication Ceremony
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt with their children attended the opening of a public library in Jordansville New York in memory of the mother of Douglas Robinson. The library was formally turned over to the village with Mrs Douglas Robinson as Roosevelt’s secretary present. Edou Root and James Sherman were among the guests. Cubans set Nov 14 for presidential election and Jan 28 1909 for inauguration following talks with President Roosevelt.
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Mr. Rooeavelt
Jordansville
N. Y
Roosevelt
Ethel
Kermit
Douglas Robinson
Pewis
Slater
Mar. Robinson
Eddu Root
James 8. Sherman
Oyster Bay
Cuba
Charles B. Magoon
Boostevelt
Magoon
Imnell
Pensions For Aged Printers Intro in Chicago
Veteran printers in Chicago will receive old-age pensions from the International Typographical Union. Four dollars a week will be paid to printers over sixty who have twenty years or more of union membership, drawn from the pension fund.
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Peinteras
Chicago
United States
International Typographical Union
Died at 93 Joseph Butcher Camden New Jersey
Joseph Butcher, oldest member of the Old Fellows lodge in New Jersey, died at his Camden home at age 93. The item notes several disparate news bits including a 2,000 man employment claim at the Cherry River villa.
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Joseph Butcher
Old Fellows’ Lodge
New Jersey
Camden
Cherry River
Boom & Lumber Company
Richwood
Clarkeburg
Clayton W. Williams
L. B. Briggs
Chicago
Cunnord Marage
New York
Detchman
Requests to Taft About Advertising Board End
The piece describes appeals sent to William Howard Taft including a cripple in California offering to sell advertising space on a wheelchair and various individuals asking for gifts or favors. It notes Taft’s mail volume remains heavy though lighter than July, with four staff under private secretary Fred W. Carpenter handling the correspondence.
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Newark
Taft
Paso
Wellington
Uftaiza Angel
Pia
Yale
Huyatie
Ana
United States
Cena
Nino
Teton
Revaclt
Fred W. Carpenter
Pygmy Cliff Dwellers and Laughing Society Curios
Explorer Henry O. Flipper reports finding cliff dwellings in Chihuahua Mexico with 82 rooms on Carabato creek and nearby Rio Chico and Guaynapa. Dwellings are stone mud cement with overhanging roofs, walls five inches thick, doors small. the sites suggest very short inhabitants. Separately a New York idea proposes a national school of laughing as music, urged by a New York woman. experts warn against harmful laughter and endorse healthy laughter as exercise.
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Henry, O. Flipper
Siarra
Madres
Chihuahua
Mexico
Carabato Creek
Rio Chico
Guaynapa
Flipper
United States
Particulum
Milan
New York
Leather Dresses From Paris Arrive for Winter Wear
A New York fashion observer notes dresses of soft leather from Paris for women this winter. The leather is prepared by Paris merchants and will be featured in upcoming collections.
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New York
Paris
Wireless phone to rise atop Met Life tower in New York
De Forest Wireless Telegraph Company plans a 10 kilowatt wireless telephone system on a 100 foot antenna atop the Metropolitan Life Insurance tower in New York. The 700 foot wire run from roof to penthouse will aim for Mediterranean reach and Paris talk including ships at sea.
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Lweless
York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York City
de Forest Rally Teleitrone Company
Lee de Olka
Selenite
Madison
Eiffel Tower
Tie
Hardie
Chek
Achievs
Metropolitan
Fourth Avenue
I Estalled
de ‘Forest
Aga
New York
Mnera
de Forcast
Women as Rural Carriers Show Cheerful Courage on Long Routes
The Post Office reports increasing numbers of women in rural delivery roles though not favored by policy. Miss Lennon Sennett, a substitute on a twenty eight mile New England route, says she fears no danger and handles the long, wooded drive alone with confidence, noting the support of reliable horses and friendly patrons.
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Postoffics Department
Degraw
Post Office Department
Washington
Lennon Sennett
New England
Miss Bennett
Misa Bennett
Miss Sennott
Cartier
Emile
Leona Sennett
Wild Wolves Return Threaten Minnesota Wildlife
The article notes wolves expanding in northern Minnesota, in national and state parks, threatening game species. It cites historic towns Mankato St Peter New Ulm and warns of renewed extermination efforts and higher bounties as depredations grow across the region.
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Minnesota
Worthern
See
Mankato
St Péter
New Ulm
St. Paul
Giant Lake Steamer Gathers Awe With Vast Design
The ship spans 444 feet, 98 feet wide, with seven decks and electric elevator access. It features a bow rudder for quick turns, a double bottom hold with ten compartments, water ballast, and a 2000 arc lamp power plant. Grand salon, Mexican mahogany decor, Louis XVI motifs, and 5500 yards of carpet highlight opulent interiors.
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Cleveland
Doubt and be damned battle cry cited in church notes
Fragmentary report describes Ungdemh of Heaven Church of the Firathorns and an individual Blaby with talk of divine order, appointing ministers and gathering Israel. Mention of Blakely a carpenter, ex-LDS member, and reference to a special Iowa Legislature session to amend the primary law for electing a U S Senate successor.
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Heaven Church of the Firathorns
Elyay
Thas Fey
Appalles
Israel
Blakely
Latter Day Saints
Hhore
Iowa
Des Moines
Cummins
Lowe
Allison
Desconts
Widow Mary Ann Spotts Dies by Suicide in Home
Eighty year old Mrs. Mary Ann Spotts of Robesonia Pennsylvania hanged herself at a relative’s home. She had suffered cancer for years and was despondent before her death on August 26.
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Clayton
N. J
Atlantic City
Franklinelle
Viola Hawn
W. R. Vagneman
Vanneman
Johnson
Sid
Yan
Camden
M. H. Lumima
Cooper Hospital
Robesonia
Mary Ann Spotts
Frederick Market Prices from Frederick County Farmers Exchange
Quotations dated August 26, 1908 show prices for corn oats wheat hay and grains. No. 2 red wheat and various timothy mixes listed with per barrel and per bushel rates. soybeans not present. Prices reflect local market values for dairy feed cereal grains and fiber products.
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Frederick County Farmers‘ Exchange
Doan
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