Presidents call to coal talks sparks Washington meeting
Washington dispatch reports a capital meeting named for Friday by the president and cabinet members to address the coal strike. A White House conference with Knox Moody and Payne, plus Gov Crane, discussed legal authority and possible federal action including receiverships, with no immediate resolution.
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Washington
White House
Ready
John Mitchell
Miners’ Union
Knox
Moody
Payne
Crane
Massachusetts
Boiler bursts kill five in Glasgow blast
Five people are reported dead after a boiler explosion at Hinslow’s mill in Glasgow, Kentucky. Names listed include Hinslow, William Tinslow and Shackelford. details are fragmentary due to damaged text.
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Glasgow
Hinslow
William Tinslow
Shackleford
Family in peril as arsenic poisoning mystery unfolds
A Boston area case reports Maudson Autler, his wife Kaitly and children near death from arsenic poisoning after a dinner at their home. Younger son Ralph avoided the beans. Beans tested show the deadly drug as authorities investigate a possible plot to murder or seek revenge.
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Sevan Parsons
Recapen
Viicennes, Ltd
Maudson Autler
Kailty
Lyme
Autlers
Ralph
Rear Admiral Jouett Dies in Washington
A fragmentary 1902 news item reports the death of Rear Admiral Jouett in Washington and notes retirement. It mentions memorial calls in Boston and nationwide discussions on coal strikes, with mayors from several cities urged to attend a proposed national conference in Detroit.
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Detroit
Maybury
Manchester
Newport
Lexington
Fort Wayne
Ind
Winona
Minn
Saginaw
Mint
Port Maren
Mich
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Springtrell
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Ashbridge
Philadelphia
New York
Low
Secretary Shaw explains bank bond circulation plan
New York October 1. Secretary Shaw clarifies a prior statement about deposits and securities. Banks may use government bonds for circulation only if released bonds finance additional circulation, while 2 percent consuls remain preferred for security. The policy aims to boost circulation without weakening bank reserves, with exceptions for banks already holding deposits.
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Us Department
Relief extends to all sections of the country says Shaw
Secretary Shaw defends broad relief that would be national not local. He explains that freeing banks from reserve burdens allows credits to expand fourfold, aiding western lenders who need actual currency for cattle and grain purchases while New York banks rely on checks and bookkeeping. Bankers nationwide, including ex Secretary Fairchild, praise the move as a significant departure from precedent and timely.
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Cylon
New York
Shaw
Treasury
Fairchild
Fhare
Sub
President Still Getting On Finely In Washington D C
Washington D C October 1 The President passed a very comfortable night and is doing nicely. Flora Indiana Amos Studebaker of Young America was adjudged insane Saturday and will be taken to Logansport asylum. Studebaker’s rational when calm but loses control during attacks and attempted to murder his brother with a revolver.
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Washington, D. C
Monument to Nancy Hanks Lincoln Dedicated in Lincoln City
The monument to Nancy Hanks Lincoln was dedicated today in Lincoln City Indiana with the largest crowd ever in the county. General John C Black of Chicago delivered the oration, received the monument.
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Lincoln City
Ind
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
John C. Black
Chicago
Sixty Teamsters Strike Over Wage Question
Sixty teamsters employees from seven lead nitire manufacturers threaten a large scale strike over wage terms. The walkout could affect production across several plants as unions and employers negotiate. The movement signals escalating labor tension in the industry.
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Decis
Oller
Imey
Farm Work Delayed by Wet Week Across Maine
The week brought windy and very wet weather hampering farm labor. Plowing advances solid in the north and south, corn at risk from frost but generally healthy. Rye and wheat sown, potatoes thriving, hay season aided by moisture though quality affected by rot. Apples scarce but of decent quality in some counties.
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Maine
Minnals
Springfield
Centeal
Somme
Sheek
Lord Francis Hope Divorced From May Yohe
Lord Francis Hope was granted an absolute divorce from May Yohe. The court case listed Taman as a party.
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Francis Hope
Ain
Many Lives Are Lost In Inter Tribual Fights At Sea
The steamer Mo uno brings news from Victoria dated October. Massacres reported in inter tribal clashes between Ta geris and Sanaray in New Guinea. Anstratian vessels lost in South Sea gales with about 140 people dead.
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Victoria
Oct
Tageris
Sanaray
New Guinea
Georgia State Election Progressing With One Ticket In Field
Georgia voters focus on governor and state ticket as the Democratic effort remains the sole organized slate. In Atlanta coverage notes the race and party unity amid a tense campaign day.
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Atlanta
Navy officer dies by own action on battleship Kearsarge
New York Oct 1 Lieutenant Commander Willan V Bronanzh of the United States Navy reportedly shot himself aboard the battleship Kearsarge at the navy yard. Friends say the executive officer role proved extremely arduous. Captain Harrington of the Brooklyn Navy Yard calls the incident an epidemic of suicide on the force.
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New York
Willan V. Broganzh
United State Navy
Kearsin
Navy Yard
Bronanzh
Varnell F. Harrington
Brooklyn
Wall
Fatal Mob Attack Report From Arkansas Event
A terse late 19th or early 20th century style note reports a young Black person killed by a mob in Arkansas. The fragment mentions names like Fine Whitt and Warter Sullivan and references Cortland. Details are unclear and partially garbled, but the core event is a fatal mob‑related harm in Arkansas with named individuals.
Unclear Ann Arbor items include strange basement scene and hospital news
In Bay City and Ann Arbor fragments a strange basement incident involves a six foot copperhead, with a man escaping upstairs as responders arrive. Another note reports Harl Grigsby from Greenville arriving to water the development, followed by appendicitis and surgery at the Ann Arbor sanitarium. A separate line mentions Deputy Frey Hoard delivering papers to President Hawks on a troubled Triicy road as a town whistlewhip event.
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Bay City
Mich
Lao Doyle
Joiseneum Faues
Ann Arbor
Harl Grigsby
Greenville
Lye
Hawks
Triicy Road
Coffee congress in New York aims to adjust production
South American delegates meet at the New York coffee exchange under the Bureau of American Republics to discuss boosting consumption and aligning production. Reports show a sharp coffee bid rise from 5,000,000 to 12,500,000 bags in a short period, signaling market pressures.
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New York
South America
New York Coffee Exchange
Pan American Congress
Bureau of American Republics
Washington
Stroud
Congress
Rockford Fatalities From Local Accidents
In Rockford Montuy area fatalities followed accidents. Fad ward P. Webb, a prominent real estate man, died after a gasoline stove incident. Mrs. Willi Tobnson perished from burns suffered while refueling a stove. Mrs. K. M. Barry, 78, burned in a gasoline and oil explosion at home and escaped by crawling into wet grass. George Herbaugh, a restaurant-keeper, was injured attempting to move a burning pan of gasoline from his kitchen.
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Rockford
O&j
Rockford Montuy
Fadward P. Webb
Willi Tobnson
K. M. Barry
George Herbaugh
Cuban labor protections in Cuban concessions bill
Washington reports that Cuba's house of representatives passed a bill requiring at least 50 percent Cuban labor in major concession projects under Unit government control. It mandates that the concessionary firm hire Cuban workers for the operation and maintenance of public services. noncompliance allows cancellation of concessions.
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Washington
Squiers
Ubique
House of Representatives
Uy Kid
Miles Sails for Philippines and Train Wreck Toll
General Miles sails for the Philippines aboard Phomiso. A Rock Island wreck near Newton, Iowa, claims lives as a freight train collision disrupts service. Other notes include Kellar’s return to duty, Minneapolis sawmill output shortfall, church calls in Chicago, a Mrs. Musgrave assault in Evansville, and accidental death near Omaha Gun Club.
Democratic State Convention in Saratoga Faces Delegation Battles
The New York Democratic state convention at 1280 p m reopened amid turmoil as the credentials committee reported wholesale seating fights. Devery and Goodwin delegates clashed, with hisses and cheers shaping a chaotic scene over the Ninth assembly district delegation and the Kansas City platform.
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N. Y
Devery
Goodwin
Ninth
Court of Appeals
John C. Gray
New York
John S. Stanchfield
Kanes City
Tinea
William
Devers
Sheeran
Resolutions Committee
Kansas City
Liberal Democracy
Robert Baker
Chicago-Kansas City Platform Party
New York State
Calvin J. Keach
Democratic Party of
Empire State
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