Wheat at highest price and $10 flour in prospect
Chicago reports threats against James A. Patten as his May wheat pool yields enormous profits. Bakeries protest flour costs while mills fear rising wheat prices. Officials from the Commerce and Labor Department investigate market activity amid claims of a corner and scarce supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Evanston
James A. Patten
Patten
Department of Commerce and Labor
Chicavo
Washburn- Crosby Company
Pillsbury-Washturn Company
Northwestern G Consolidated Milliaz Company
Europe
Wilson
Wilsan
Washington
Northwest
Washington, D C
James J. Hill
United States
Hill
Mr. Hill
West
Argentina
Washington, D. C
James Wilson
Joseph
Egypt
C. W. Thwarts
Washburn- Crosby
Americans In Rome Draw Pope’s Attention
Numerous American visitors to Rome. Mer. Kennedy of the American College presented about fifty of them to the Pope. Ripon College president Richard C. Hughes resigns to manage irrigated land in Idaho. Taxicab rates spark sting at charging time in New York.
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Rome
iRome
Mer. Ken-nedy
American College
Ripon
Wis
Richard ¢. Hughes
Ripon College
Daha
Bread Prices and Weighs Shrink as Wheat Market Soars
Reports from Chicago and other cities note bakers cutting loaf sizes and weighing less to offset higher wheat costs. In New Orleans Minneapolis Cleveland and Cincinnati bakers anticipate price rises or smaller loaves as flour and wheat markets tighten.
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Patten
Chicaza
Hebrew Bakers’ Association
New Orleans
Cleveland
Chico
Wilfred Singleton
Star Baking Company
Washington, D. C
Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio
Simon Habig
National Association of Master Bakers
Business Outlook Shows Broadening Trade and Industry
Bradstreet notes irregular weather and mixed conditions while Dan's Review reports slow but large volume trade and improving bank clearings. Outdoor activity under spring weather and new building work signal stimulus, though some sectors like copper and tariff-sensitive imports stay pressured. Osler sails to New York as global finance and politics swirl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Bradstreet
Dan
Cntsre
New York
Congress
Sentiment Favors Income Tax Sweep in Senate
Washington reports growing support for a sweeping income tax plan to fund larger cuts in consumer duties. Democrats show broad unity, with many progressive Republicans from the West backing the measure, signaling likely passage.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
West
Taft Era Tariff Debate Shapes Washington Banquet
Washington coverage notes a banquet with Western Hemisphere focus where Secretary of State Enoz is mentioned and James J. Hill advocates genuine tariff revision. References to Liberian commission, patent treaty with Germany, and incomes tax proposals appear along with Taft's message to Congress on Philippine tariff revision.
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Enoz
United Interests
Western Hemisphere
James J. Hill
Congress
Republican Party
Liberian Commission
Ign Tegro
FP. W. Coville
la Follette
Wisconsin
Spolleas
Senate
United States
Germany
Bailey
House
Taft
Bodies Taken From Hotel Ruins in San Francisco Fire
San Francisco under siege after the St George Hotel blaze leaves only six reported dead while about thirty lodgers are missing. The sole identified body is UC H Johnson of San Antonio. Herman Muir of Rochester is among those unaccounted. Hotel proprietor J W Sharaha faces Board of Public Works trouble since 1906. Twenty-three burn victims remain at Central Emergency Hospital. several jumping injuries reported as nets saved others.
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San Francisco
Cal
St George
Sig
UC. H
Tragic trolley crash kills child and nurse in Elizabeth
In Elizabeth New Jersey a 1 year old boy and a nurse named Annie Daskeski were struck and killed by a streetcar on 1st Street. The mother witnessed the tragedy as the motor man and conductor were arrested and later released. A crowd gathered and police protected the crew while a bystander freed a injured victim from beneath the wheels.
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Elizabeth
Annie Daskeski
Bernard Sherman
1St Street
Sherman
North Jersey Street Railway
William Farren
Markets Report Shows Grain and Livestock Prices
New York wholesale markets list prices for flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye, and Western live stock with ranges for beef, calves, sheep, lambs, and hogs. It also covers hay, hops, vegetables, fruits, dairy, and beans with varied quotations across states and regions.
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New York
Itc
Pacific Coast
Maine
Jersey
Baldwin
Suspicions Of Elopement Lead To Fatal Early Events
A jumble of early 20th century items including a wife suspecting elopement with Harrison Dean and a separate fatal shooting of John A. Austin by Dean at Bor Am La. Other notes report a freight car robbery in Ohio with an exchanged gunfire, a discus injury in Springfield, and a 44 year old man named Wey Barrett F. Tames killed on a school campus.
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MacMonnies
Paris
Roosevelt
Aden
Arabia
Abyssinia
Mombasa
Mersina
Asia Minor
Astrabad
Persia
Ahich
Edward
Biarrig
Arif Bey
Vidiz
Constantinople
Saloniki
Joseph Devlin
Dennis ‘Johnston
Duba
Anggie
United States
France
Portugal
Spain
Mezima
Dean
Harrison Dean
John
A. Austin
Bor Am
Altion
Ohio
Springfield
Wey
Fragmented Humorous Exchanges From Quotations
A collage of quips and exchanges from various papers humorously question everyday talk and social roles. Jests touch on opera tastes spelling habits and domestic life with wry remarks about professions and manners across multiple sources.
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Macinley
The
New York World
Financial District
Wheat Corners
Wall Street
Minneapolis
Minn
A. C. Loring
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills
the Business Outlook
Anglo-Californian Bank, Limited
London
Iternational Institute of Agriculture
William Osler
Regius
Oxford
Southampton
Madrid
Purvis
Philippine Islands
Gregories
Simirnoff
Nebogato
St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Nebogatoff
Western ‘Telegraph Company
Bueno ‘Ayres
Ascension Island
Robert Ingersoll
Teutonic
William .Allard
Floody
New England
Cohen
Presbyterian ‘Body
Cumberlands
United States’ ‘Court
York City
TheNew York Assembly
Hughes
Youngstown Sheet and‘ Tule Company
Intependent
Youngstown
John Sykes
Trenton, N. J
Charles ‘A. Barnes
Mer‘chant
Akron
Battery Hark
Néll
Miss Pall
Belle
Philadelphe
Mabel
Pather
New York Herald
Wormann's
Cha
Louisville Courier-Journal
Escajte
Matster
Boston Transcript
Tommy
Philadelphil
Johnny
Philadelphia
Paulie Leilger
Oston
Iy Hevenin
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