Soldiers Dead in Severe Storm Rains Hit Gettysburg Camp
A violent electrical storm at Gettysburg Pennsylvania killed three soldiers and injured over twenty, as a Pennsylvania national guard camp was flooded and telegraph lines downed. Private Barbe Private Morrison and Private Garver of the Tenth and Highteenth regiments are among the dead. The camp housed about 50 men when the storm struck and the field hospital overflowed with wounded. The governor was in his tent nearby during the incident.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania National Guard
Barbe
Highteenth Regiment
Morrison
Tenth Regiment
Garver
Associated Press
Gov. Stewart
Desperadoes Shoot Eleven in Jamaica Plain Pursuit
Two gunmen fired on a crowd in Jamaica Plain Wednesday night wounding eleven people, with three believed fatally. They fled two miles through a dense district toward Franklin Park before vanishing into nearby woods. Police link the attackers to a Jamaica Plain saloon robbery the prior night that left one dead and two wounded.
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Boston
Jamaica Plain
Franklin Park
President in a Wreck At Sea Near Newport
In dense fog the presidential yacht Mayflower struck and sank the lumber schooner Men awa off Newport Rhode Island with the president aboard. The captain and five crewmen were rescued onto the Mayflower. The collision damaged the Mayflower’s bow sprit and an anchor but caused no awareness among the president’s party until the next morning.
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Newport
R. I
Methodists to Meet in Topeka for Missionary Conference
It was announced that the general conference of the Home Missionary and Distention boards of the Methodist Episcopal church will meet in Topeka Kansas starting November 12. The gathering includes 20 bishops and general church officers with a representative from each of 15 districts and will consider appropriations of about 1.2 million dollars to fund ongoing work.
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Topeka
Kan
General Conference of the Home Missionary and
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Church
General Conference
Business Looking Up Says Steel Firms Show Rise
Presidents of United States Steel subsidiary firms report gradual steady progress across all lines of business. The statement was released by W. E. B. Cory, president of the parent company, after a Thursday meeting.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
W. E B. Cory
Government to Appeal Standar Oil Rehearing Petition Filed
Chicago district attorney Sims announced that the government will file a petition for a rehearing in the case against Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The petition follows an adverse ruling by Judge Grosscup and associates in the court of appeals.
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Chicago
Sims
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Grosscup
Court of Appeals
Commoner appoints new editor for campaign period
Lincoln Neb. William J. Bryan retires from active work on the Commoner and will not personally oversee campaign content. Charles W. Bryan becomes publisher and Richard L. Metcalf editor for the current campaign.
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Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
The
Charles, W. Bryan
Richard L. Metcalf
Government to Push Standard Oil Case Forward
Oyster Bay New York President Roosevelt announced Thursday night the administration will proceed with the prosecution of the Standard Oil case despite the circuit court of appeals decision issued Wednesday.
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Standard
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Standard Oil
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Japanese Deported From United States
Sixteen Japanese nationals who illegally entered the United States from Mexico at Eagle Pass Texas were deported on the Pacific Mall liner Koreg. The deportation occurred Thursday as authorities enforced immigration laws.
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San Francisco
United States
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Texas
Koreg
Labor Leaders Summoned Over Court Injunction Contempt
Justice Sanderson ordered Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell to appear on September 8 to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of the court injunction against a national AFL boycott. The Buck Stove suit cites Federationalist publishing and public statements. Gompers insisted on exercising his rights over obeying the court order.
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Washington
Buck’s Stove
Sanderson
District Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Executive Council
United Mine Workers of America
Buck's Stove and Range Company of
St. Louis
Justice Gould
Gompers
Federationalist
Buck Stove and Range Company
Good Canal Work Reports On Isthmian Dredging Volumes
Official reports detail canal work from May 4, 1904, to June 30, 1908. They show 40,938,575 cubic yards removed from the canal prism and works, with 27,979,375 cubic yards excavated in fiscal 1903, about 65 percent of the Americans total. Steam shovels moved 17,457,161 cubic yards. dredges 10,399,17 cubic yards. others 122,797 cubic yards.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal
Isthmus
Fatal shooting at Democratic meeting in Pineville
Sheriff Thomas J. Parnell shot and killed William Bacon son of former Sheriff Waty Bacon at a Pineville Missouri courthouse square during a Democratic gathering to ratify Bryan and Kern nomination. Bacon reportedly resisted arrest and a governor escorted him to safety.
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Pineville
Thomas J. Parnell
William Bacon
Waty Bacon
McDonald County
Bryan
Kern
Bacon
Child thief steals $10000 in securities from Burford case
A 13 year old boy stole a suitcase containing stocks bonds and other securities valued at 10000 belonging to John Burford of Chattanooga Tennessee. The loss occurred Monday in the federal building while Burford attended a United States court trial.
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Chicago
John Burford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Federal
More Men to Go to Work in Southern Illinois Factories
East St. Louis Commercial club releases data showing upward of 15 000 men expected to be reemployed within 20 days in large factories and foundries across southern Illinois, after being short handed due to the financial low mood of last year.
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St. Louis
Illinois
East
Bullock Invited to Join Roosevelt on Africa Hunt
Seth Bullock marshal of South Dakota accepts invitation to accompany President Theodore Roosevelt on a big game hunting expedition in Africa next year.
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Roosevelt
Colorado Springs
Col
Seth Bullock
South Dakota
Africa
Bullock
Five Burn Injuries in South Second Street Boarding House Fire
A South Second street boarding house fire injures five people, four men and a boy, with two of the injured leaping from second floor windows. Authorities fear two may be fatally harmed.
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St. Louis
South Second Street
Douglas May Be Chairman of Democratic National Committee
It now seems almost certain that former Massachusetts Governor William L. Douglas will be the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, with Fairview Lincoln Nebraska noted in context.
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Douglas
Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Democratic National Committee
William “L. Douglas
Massachusetts
West Point Cadets Sent Home Over Hazing Incident
Eight cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point were sent home on Thursday amid disciplinary action for hazing fourth class members.
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West Point
N.Y
United States
Military Academy
Man Hangs Self in Galesburg County Jail
A man believed to be Nicholas Marbler about 35 years old hanged himself in the county jail at Galesburg Illinois on Thursday while apparently mentally deranged.
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Galesburg
Nicholas
Marbler
Meatehy
Bed bound for months. Mrs Enos Shearer details kidney relief
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington says years of weakness swelling and sleepless nights ended after doctors gave up. She used Deans Kidney Pills and recovered enough to leave bed and return home. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Enos Shearer
Yew
Washington Sts
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
One on the Doctor
Dr. Arthur T. Holbrook recounts a tale about Evans dying and facing St. Peter at heaven's gate. The name Evans appears in the heavenly ledger belatedly, revealing the man did not belong there until after twenty years. the punchline asks, Who's your doctor?
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Arthur T. Holbrook
Evans
Pearly Gates
St. Peter
John Evans
Guardian of the Gate
Milwaukee Free Press
A Woman's Duty in Fashion and Appearance
The Chicago Journal argues women should stay fashion forward by replacing worn styles with adaptable, quality garments. It warns against sacrificing looks for savings, noting luxury and looking well reflect on family and social standing. Poverty alone does not excuse shabbiness.
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Chicago Journal
Coffee to Postum: A Physician’s Health Turnaround
A Washington physician credits Postum with ending years of headaches, sleeplessness, and irritability after failing with other substitutes. He and his wife adapted the preparation, boiling fifteen minutes and adding cream and sugar, noting weight gain and restored clarity. The letter claims Postum supplies phosphates and albumens and cites a grateful endorsement from the inventor's product.
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Wash
D. C
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Blue Blooded Tales Stirred Little Allan
A Philadelphia Ledger fragment recalls three year old Allan who carries a cut finger and learns from his aristocratic grandmother that his blood is blue due to lineage. The child explains he sobs not from pain but from the idea his blood is blue versus red.
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Allan
Philadelphia Ledger
Sweet Things Exchange Between Maude And Mabelle
Maude asks how she looks in water while Mabelle compliments her figure immersed. The exchange presents a playful, intimate tone with light humor and self image.
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Maude
Mabelle
Itching Humor On Boy Healed By Cuticura In Four Days
Mrs. Frank Donahue of Kokomo Indiana recounts a severe scalp to body skin eruption on her son that started with itching on the hands. She used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment nightly and says the child was cured in four days.
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Frank Donahue
Fremont ,St., Kokomo
Ind
Women Discover Mirrors Change After Time
After years a community notes women realize mirrors no longer reflect as they once did. The piece hints at aging perception and evolving self image through a reflective lens.
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