Chicago marks 40th anniversary of great 1871 fire
Chicago observes the fortieth anniversary of the 1871 fire that devastated property worth about 200 million dollars and killed 300 people. A Grant Park reenactment features Mrs O Leary’s barn replica and a cow to dramatize the famed cause while police reporter Michael Ahern disputes the lamp theory and offers an alternate origin.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Grant Park
Michael Ahern
O'Leary
Ireland
O’leary
Plan to centralize city offices in a central building
Commercial groups consider occupying a full floor in a premier city building with free auditorium space for 300. Committees from the Chamber of Commerce Real Estate exchange Retail Merchants association Highway league Young Men's Business league Publicity league and Carnival association will reconcile details tomorrow at 5 pm.
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Chamber of Commerce, Real Estate Exchange
Retail Merchants’ Association
Highway League
Young Men's Business League
Publicity League
Carnival Association
Committees Plan to Share Auditorium Space Costs
Several organizations maintain individual auditoriums and would save by sharing space. If the proposition passes, auditorium use would be free for two years. Committees in charge include Chamber of Commerce Real Estate exchange Retail Merchants' association Highway league Young Men's Business league Carnival association Publicity league.
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Chamber of Commerce
H. G. Staacke
F. L. Hillyer
H. M. Aubrey
Real Estate Exchange
J. Herbert Compton
V. W. Wiggins
J. L. Lytle
Retail Merchants’ Association
Adolph Grasso
M. J. Arnold
C. V. Birkhead
T. L. Conroy
Young Men's Business League
L. A. Casey
E. P. Behles
Hal Browne
Carnival Association
Atlee B. Ayres
Roy W. Hearne
J. B. Carrington
Fowler
T. N. Smith
Justice Day Delays Supreme Court Appointment
Canton Indiana October 9 Justice Day postpones travel to Washington to sit on the supreme court bench due to the serious long term illness of Mrs Day, who has been ill several months.
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Justice Day
Canton
Digestive Aid Promises Cure with Free Trial Pack
A health ad extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as non medicated digestives that aid digestion when the stomach fails. It claims tablets reduce 3,000 grains of food to proper assimilation, boasts purity, and offers a free trial pack on request, warning that delays may lead to cancer.
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Stuart
United States
Canada
Patkagle
Taft Enjoys Trip Despite Mud Past Mount Ranier
President Taft, en route to Seattle, praised the journey to the glaciers after several cars stalled in Mount Rainier National Park. He noted the route grew muddy, his car skidded, and four strangers helped free stranded vehicles as the party reached the snow line. He called for more government road funding for national parks.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Mount Ranier
Taft
Seattle
Mount Ranier National Park
Mirend
Alaska Governor Clark Meets Taft in Seattle
Governor Walter E. Clark of Alaska arrived in Seattle to confer with President Taft on Alaska issues. He plans to return to Alaska after the talk and hopes Congress will pass legislation beyond coal land matters, including sanitary code, banking laws, quarantine rules, and road improvements. Separate data notes farm land values rising from 2.39 to 5.21 billion, and national land values up to 23.18 billion by 1910.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Walter E. Clark
Alaska
Taft
Clark
Fisher
Territory
Congress
Rail Time Table From North and Local Services
Train arrivals and departures listed for Nos 5 38 1 9 12 with northbound and local services. Includes Palestine Laredo and Mexico connections with times from 6:00 am to 10:45 pm and 3:20 am express.
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Gunter Hoted Company
Palestine
Aredo
North
Mexico
Laredo
Mix- Leay Ss Seca
Wccess
Train timetable fragment with multiple routes and times
A dense list of train numbers and routes from multiple origins including Houston New Orleans Dallas Fort Worth Waco and Kerrville. Entries show arrival or departure times for north east coast and Victoria divisions with many odd abbreviations and scattered notes. The snippet resembles a historical timetable page with inconsistently formatted lines and partial data.
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Houston
New Orleans
Galveston
Dallas
Lesses
Bases
North
Ft. Worth
Waco
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Western Union Telegraph
Riebe Undertaking Co
Sci
Theo Artzt
American Bank & Trust Co
Draughon
Practical Business College
San Antonio, Texas
Susiness College
Alamo Plaza and
Crockett ST
St. Anthony Hotel
Bath
the Menger
H W. Wills
Mgr
San Antonio
Texas
Bexar
Alfred Sanner
Prop
Maverick-Glarke Litho 60
Hicks
Flagg
Madeline Busse
Jarred Flagg
Wall, Street
Katy
K. C
Antonio
Austin
The
Street Railway Co
City
Gunter Hotel
J. H. Reynolds Depot Ticket Agent
Walter Walthall
Mount Rainer
tTaft
Columbus
S.& G. N. Tram Service
L&gn
G. M, Bynum, P. and
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el Paso
California
East
Houston Street
Kerrville
Ree Sun Gry Comineo Kanness
Coast
Kerrie
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Paso
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S.A
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Davy Crockett
L. A
A.P. Depot
Pullman
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