Morgan to Tell of Merger
New York reports from the House committee of inquiry into United States Steel indicate plans to subpoena J Pierpont Morgan for testimony on the 1907 absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron by U S Steel. Charles M Schwab, former U S Steel president, will be questioned on steel prices and market stabilization.
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New York
House of Representatives Committee of Inquiry
United States Steel Corporation
J. Pierpont Morgan
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Steel Corporation
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
Europe
Two Cyclists Drown In Camden Lake Tragedy On Spin
Three Philadelphia youths on bicycles stopped at Newton Lake Oaklyn near Camden to cool off. Saul Sibodkis sixteen and Edgar Carriot eighteen drowned after entering the lake while Samuel Kay fifteen narrowly escaped. Kay tried to help then swam to shore.
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Camden
N. J
Philadelphia
Newton Lake
Oaklyn
White Horse Turnpike
Saul Siobodkis
Edgar Carriot
Samuel Kay
Saul
Carriet
Kay
Engineers Begin Two New State Highways Surveys
Harrisburg engineers start two surveys from Harrisburg for new routes to Philadelphia via Lebanon Reading and Potts Town and another to Sunbury Williamsport. Additional surveys Harrisburg to Philadelphia via Lancaster and Harrisburg to Gettysburg prepare to take over road routes from main highways.
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Harrisburg
State Highway Department
Philadelphia
Lebanon
Reading
Pottstown
Sunbury
Williamsport
Lancaster
Gettysburg
Squirrels Bring Plague to Coast
Bubonic plague transmitted by ground squirrels has appeared in California with one death reported in Sacramento on July 31.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Heat Wave Claims Nineteen Lives in Dusseldorf District
In Dusseldorf Germany July 31 a deadly heat wave caused nineteen deaths. Fourteen people drowned while bathing in the district as authorities report escalating suffering and rising fatalities.
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Dusseldorf
T Dusselderf
Germany
Umber
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh. It features J Cheney & Co of Toledo and endorsements by Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Claims the remedy works by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and notes price ten and five cents per bottle.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Teledo
J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Toledo
Baseball Scores From Saturday and Sunday Games
American League results show Detroit defeating Philadelphia 11 to 3 at Philadelphia with Plank Thomas Lafitte Lively Covington Stanage as batters. Boston edged St Louis 5 to 4 in the first game, Pehty Stephens Cicotte Cains Williams the Boston pitchers. St Louis won the second game 5 to 4 over Boston with Pehty Stephens Cicotte Cains Williams on the mound. New York topped Chicago 10 to 7 in the first game with Walsh Vaughn Blair age S$ New York. Hovik Young Scott Payne Quinn Fisher Sweeney the Chicago pitchers. Washington defeated Cleveland 7 to 1 with Groome Street Young Blanding Smith. No Sunday games scheduled. Standings fragment later notes St. Louis leads with 27? 29? unclear.
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Athletics
Detroit
Plank
Thomas
Lafitte
Lively
Covington
Stanage
Boston
St. Louis
Wood
Carrigan
Lake
Stephens
Pehty
Cicotte
Cains
Williams
New York
Chicago
National League Game Recap Mix of Illinois and East Entries
National League results from Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburg Cincinnati and Brooklyn games. Batters and pitchers listed with mixed scores and lineups, including daily Sunday results and standings showing St Louis Boston Pittsburgh and Brooklyn records.
Tri State League results and standings report
In Johnstown Johnstown beat Altoona 4 to 2 in game one, Altoona 2 to 1 in game two. Trenton defeated Lancaster 9 to 7. Reading lost to Harrisburg 2 to 1 with Horsey Brazell and Art Harris contributing for Harrisburg. York and Wilmington schedules and standings shown with team records and points galore.
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Johnstown
Altoona
Stanley
Raub
Pelty
Breezie
Pounds
Hitchcock
Streh
Trenton
Lancaster
Dugan
Kerr
Chabek
Rementer
Reading
Ton
Horsey Brazell
Art Harrisby
Harrisburg
York
Shawkey
Myers
Parsons
McGinley
Wilming
Poilbin
HITCHED WIFE TO A HARROW IN A MOONLIT FIELD
Mrs Lafayette Choate of near Birmingham Missouri sought custody of her two sons after alleging her husband tied her hands drove her around a corn field on a harrow with mules and beat her with a club. The juvenile court granted custody to Mrs Choate and ordered the children placed in the Institutional church until she can provide a home.
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Kansas City
Lafayette Choate
Birmingham
Choate
Angler hooks a mermaid in Lake Mahkeenac incident
In Winsted Connecticut on July 31 Frank Parsons trolling for sea bass in Lake Mahkeenac Berkshires struck a line off a float where a girl bathing 150 yards away shrieked Im hooked The line caught her bathing suit she swam to the boat and was unhooked no injuries reported
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Winsted
Conn
Lake Mahkeenac
Berkshires
Frank Parsons
Parsons
Cholera Outbreak Tied to Italian Fruit in France
In Perpignan and the Herault department in July several Asiatic cholera cases are reported with one death. Authorities traced the outbreak to fruit imported from Italy. Precautions are in place and officials say there is no danger of wider spread.
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Perpignan
France
Department of
Herault
Italy
Emaus Moravian Church Marks 164th Anniversary
In Emaus Pennsylvania July 21 a large gathering of coreligionists and friends celebrated the 164th anniversary of the Emaus Moravian Church. The church here was established by Count Zinzendorf, founder of the Moravian Church in America, in 1747.
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Emaus
Count Zinnendorf
America
Fifty Hurt In Detroit Trolley Collision
Fifty persons are reported injured in a collision between two interurban electric cars on the Detroit United lines at Dearborn, ten miles west of Detroit. The notice also advertises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for sale by druggists on board.
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Detroit
Detroit United
Dearborn
Dr. Mary Walker Changes Garb Style Since Civil War
Dr. Mary Walker, long an advocate of dress reform, is pictured in two eras showing her shift to maternal garb while wearing men's clothing for decades. The Oswego, New York native wore trousers and a tailored cut, and during the Civil War appeared in a combined woman’s blouse and manly calment. A knee-length slit outfit carried weight on the shoulders, with bloomers worn underneath. Despite prior trouble for defying norms, she now faces little molestation and receives a $50 monthly pension granted by a special Congress act.
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Mary Walkie
Walker
Oswego
X_ Y
Vy. Walker
Congress
Dusky Native Dress Charms and Stage Scenery Debate
A column discusses Dusky Native Belles fashion captured in Beatrice Grimshaw’s South Seas sketches including a laundered dress worn to church and a Bower toque leading to island dances. It also covers Walter Prichard Eaton arguing modern drama needs less elaborate scenery and should use scenery as a mere background.
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Beatrice Grimshaw
Paris
Walter Prichard Eaton
The Smellest Pension From Britain’s Military Lists
A New York Tribune excerpt notes Great Britain’s pension system as liberal yet one sailor’s pay is exceptionally low. His pension amounts to fourpence per year, delivered quarterly as postage stamps for him to convert into cash at the post office. He then uses the entire sum in the sailorly fashion.
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Great Britain
New York Tribune
Sherrill for Berlin Post as Ambassador Pick
Washington reports unofficially that Charles 17. Sherrill, minister at Buenos Ayres, is the president’s choice to succeed Dr. David Jayne Hill as ambassador to Germany. Sherrill has circulated in the United States since last fall advocating dollar diplomacy in South America and Argentina, and he conferred with the president at the White House before referring questions to the state department.
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Washington
Charles
Sherrill
Buenos Ayres
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Mc. Sherrill
United States
South America
Argentina
White House
Berlin
State Department
Taft
Dr. Hill
Amons
Sire Charles T. Sh
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Odell
Secretary Fisher Tour for Alaska Reference Schedule
Secretary Fisher plans a tour starting August 2 after remaining in Chicago to gain initial knowledge of the situation in Alaska. The trip will address the Controller's policies and related claims as part of his outreach.
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Fisher
Alaska
Washington
Chicago
Frederick Market Prices July 31 1811
Quotations furnished by Frederick County Farmers Exchange show prices for wheat rye oats and cornmeal with a range for flour mill feed and seed crops. Notable items include No 2 red wheat 85 to 80 cents per bushel, Clover seed 8 to 19 dollars per bushel, and Timothy hay as high as 25 dollars per ton.
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Frederick
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