Plows to Rise in Price After Northwestern Meeting
Chicago May 1. A five hour meeting of the Northwestern Plow association at the Great Northern hotel resulted in a unanimous call for a 15 percent price increase on plows and related goods with a possible boost to higher figures if needed. Marley Bradley presided, C H Deere attended, and officers deny trust talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Great Northern
Northwestern Plow Association
Marley Bradley
David Bradley Manufacturing Company
BE. Prather
Battley Manufacturing Company
Springfield
J. Harley Bradley
C. H. Deere
Moline
New York
Sheriff’s Horse Stolen From Runabout in Connecticut
May 15 report from Conn states Chief Gideon Tomlinson stopped at a Bridgeport saloon to buy a cigar. Prisoner Michael Gillis was tied to the seat. after the bartender released the ropes Gillis fled with the newly rigged runabout and horse, now missing. Authorities statewide seek Gillis and the stolen rig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby
Conn
Bridgeport
Michael Gillis
Gideon Tomlinson
Gillis
Tomlinson
Personal points from late 19th century briefings
Brief notes list various public figures and events. W B Stratton starts with small capital. William II denies autumn visit to U S and Mexico. Maine Governor Powers plans Cuba and Porto Rico trip with staff. Stephen Crane buys Surrey property and may run for Parliament. Funston declines lecture tour after the Philippines. Crane to quit journalism for production work. Dr Self of Samoa described. Collis Huntington funds UC butterfly collection. Lloyd Osborne discusses Samoa religious troubles. Burlington’s Holdredge linked to Harvard stroke. Pierce of Kenyon to host McKinley during commencement. Merritt’s parrot from Pacific learns few English words. France may buy Baroness Hirsch home in Paris for guests during the expedition. Wugenie bequeaths souvenir to all survivors of Prince Imperial’s Frenchmen. Carter (Montana) predicts Montana wheat and flour exports to Asia. Nebraska Governor Poynter noted as skilled horseman and recently…
The American girl as standard bearer of beauty and dress
Edward Bok in Ladies Home Journal extols the American girl as the world’s beauty benchmark. He claims she rivals any nation, excels in chic and practicality, and outshines foreign fashions with self supporting, well presented attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bok
Ladies Home Journal
America
Sunday closing ordnance flouted in MACOME
May 14 reports say local businessmen openly violated the Sunday closing ordinance. Papers were sold or circulated despite orders to close, while officials moved to block sales. Officials urge enforcement and note liquor and lamp alcohol demands complicate shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macome
Til
Iron workers in East St. Louis plan union rejoin
East St. Louis iron workers numbering about 1090, allied with the Amalgamated Association before, show signs of reuniting within a month. A Tudor Ironworks meeting of 100 employees formed a permanent group and named committees to recruit all east side workers for reentry, though a date remains to be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Las
East St. Louis
Amalgamated Association of Iron Workers of America
Tudor Ironworks
Death in the Flames at Lancaster
In Lancaster on May 15 Miss Anna M. Kepens shade, a young woman ill with neuralgia, died after a fire engulfed her garments while alone in the room. Neighbors extinguished the blaze but she died hours later from inhaled flames, likely touching a gas jet in delirium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancastor
Mias
Anna M. Eepenshade
Light Easy Running Ad at 1022 2nd Ave
An advertisement for a durable light running product is on offer. The notice invites readers to inspect the item at 1022 2nd Avenue, with agent FF M Spinning listed for contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
2Nd Ave. FF. M
Venezuela to Attend International Commercial Congress in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Mill Philadelphia Commercial Museum reports a letter from Francia Loomis, U S minister to Venezuela, inviting Venezuela to be represented at the October 10 congress. Venezuela accepts and shows interest in supporting foreign commerce and cooperation with the museum. Delegations from Durban Natal, Combicton Santrara Inquiqui Chile Aden Af rim Newcastle New South Wales also name delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Milladelphia Commercial Museum
State Department
Washington
Francia B. Loomis
United Sates
Venezuela
Loonmla
Venesvela
Philadelphia Commercial Museum
Loomis
Philadelphia Museum
Chambers of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Durban
Natal
South Africa
Combicton Santrara
Inquiqui
Chile
Aden
Afrim
Chamrber of Commerce
Newcastle
New South Wales
Work on Cedar Creek trestle tunnel progresses slowly
In Garfinlay Washington May I the Cedar Creek outhe of the treaty project on the Northern Pacific near three miles south of here shows slow progress. The rock tunnel at the east end of the trestle is finished and water now passes through. The filling of the trestle and roadbed will be completed. A new wagon road and bridge are being built by contractors under county agreement permitting road changes for a new better road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfinlay
Cedar Creek
Northern Pacific
Reading as a solace and a shield in life’s changing tides
A compact meditation on reading as happiness and resilience. The text links reading to a universal citizenship of minds, cites quotes by Her scheil and Woolson, and reflects on change, danger, monotony, and the shaping of desire through literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I J. Herscheil
Constance Fennimore Woolson
Anne
Reed the Speaker Faces Poker Fame in Maeland Club
Washington May 1. Speaker Reed enjoys nightly poker in New York aboard the Maeland liner smoking room with lawmakers Babcock Joy Henderson Cousins Cannon Southwick Foote. The group describes his fierce drive to win and the emotional reactions from friends as Reed often treats small sums as major victories.
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Washington
Reed
New York
Maeland
Babcock
Wisconsin
Joy
Missouri
Henderson
Cousina
Iowa
Cannon
Sinote
George Southwick
Wallace Foote
Mr. Reed
Southwick
Foote
The Speaker and the General Bluff at Poker
A House officer recounts a habit of bluffing in poker that failed in practice. General Henderson won $224 from the Speaker in a $1-limit game. The Speaker quips that if Henderson were as successful in the House as at poker he would be remarkable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
General Henderson
Corbin Agency Closes $275000 Galena Mining Purchase
Joplin reports A Corbin Jr of New York completed a $275000 purchase for an Eastern syndicate. The Kaines and Murdock sine mines near Galena Kansas changed hands, marking Corbin’s twelfth sine mining deal in two years totaling nearly $2,000,000.
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Joplin
Kaines
Murdock
Galena
Kan
A. Corbin, Jr
New York
B Y Corbin
Yn- Meaton
Fighting preacher under attack in Pawling town
In Pawling Duchess County New York on May 15 Rev Warren M Wilson pastor of the Patetier church faced a masked assault after he denounced a local club as a rum hole. Nine or twelve men emerged from a wagon demanding he leave. he defended himself with a whip and the attackers fled.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Warren M. Wilson
Paptiet Church
Pawling
Duchess County
Pawling Club
Law and Order League
Quaker Hill
Borroewing
Wilson
What Old Maids Think
The piece discusses false friends versus true affection, noting that deception shows in the eye and that young lovers often cause people to fall asleep on sentiment. It contrasts interest in a person with desire for forgetfulness and highlights the sting of trifles versus real matters.
State fair offers Funston swimmers $1000 for Luzon feat
Wichita officials propose paying Gen Funston and his swimming battalion $1000 to reenact their Luzon crossing and seize a fortress by swimming the Arkansas River in October.
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Wichita
Kan
State Fair Management
Funston
Luzon
Little Arkansas
New Fanning Mill Factory Nears Completion at Walla Walla
Walla Walla Washington May 15 The Pacific Coast Grain and Feed Cleaning company building a fanning mill factory a mile above the city nears completion All steel and woodwork installed and the horsepower engine being positioned The plant will run in about a week employing about men The total cost when finished will reach 960000 J W Carnahan general manager says harvest season demand will exceed supply and some shipments may go from Minneapolis to satisfy Inland Empire farmers J R Mcleod from Port Worth Texas a major stockholder may relocate to the site
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla Valley
Inland Empire
Washington
Minneapolis
Minn
J. R. Mcleod
Port Worth
Tex
Decline in Philadelphia Petroleum Exports Sparks Alarm
Exports from Philadelphia petroleum firms show a 22 million gallon drop in the first quarter versus last year, with prior declines in 1898 and 1899. Observers fear Borneo fields and rerouted tank steamers are reshaping Far East and domestic markets, signaling reduced trade and competition shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadmlmita
Petroleum
Borneo
Far East
Fielda
Market Quotations From a Seattle Area Trade Page
Monday morning market notes show broad supply of greens with demand steady for drinks. Prices listed for produce, grains, hay, butter, eggs, poultry, meat, and fish along with jobbing quotes for coffee, flour, cereals, and hay at Seattle area markets.
Lumber prices and a volunteer letter from the Philippines
The item lists various lumber sizes and prices in detail, including boards 10 to 16 feet long and 1 to 12 inches wide with notes on finishes, weights, and stock. It also quotes Fred Husen of the Twentieth Kansas volunteers writing from the Philippines about preferring battle to climbing winds, with a Kansas City Journal remark on oiling demon cogs atop a rickety tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ned Cedar
IBM
Fred Husen
Twentieth
Kansas Volunteers
Philippines
Kansas City Journal
Shipping schedule notices and agent contacts listed
Leave Peattie 9 a m Cottage City May percent June 14 29 Topeka May 1 June 9 24 Orizaba May 10 26 June 19 Al K May 6 20 June 4 and every fifth day thereafter The company reserves the right to change steamers sailing dates and hours of waiting For further information obtain folder 3 THOWBHIDGE Puget Bd Buypt Ocean Di Seattle Uptown ticket office G18 First av Seattle Goodall Perkins Co Gea Agents San Francisco
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San Francisco
Queen
Walla Walla
Umatilla
Port Townsend
Victoria
Peattie
Cottage City
City of
Topeka
Orizaba
Al-K
Puget
Ocean di
Seattle
Uptown
Goodall, Perkina & Co
Gea
Agents
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Philipp Kremente
Cologne
Europe
Gen. Gomee
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Carlton T. Lewin
Emily Banford
Yale
Donald G. Mitchell
Sir Marvel
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Charlies Dudley Warner
Mir. H. HM. Piagter
Ponce de Leon
Augustine
Valencia Street
Glesorf
William
W. B. Stratton
Gold Mine Fame
Willlam
Mexico
Gov. Powers
Maine
Interids
Cuba
Porto Rico
Tite
Stephen Crane
Surrey
England
Fred Funston
Dr. Self
Municipal Council of
Samoa
Collis P. Huntington
University of California
Lloyd Osborne
KR. Ll. Stevenson
Conmu
Apia
Holdredge
Burlington Railroad
Harvard
Pierer
Kenyon College
Gamibier, O
McKinley
Kenyon
Wesley Merritt
Pacific
Tut An
Baroness Hirsch
Paria
Carter
Montana
Union
Poynter
Nebraska
The
Iron Workers of St. Louis
Lancaster
Nathaniel Hawthorne
George Eliot
Walla
Bense
Indy
Ahe
Weet Street
Puget Sound
Ile
California
Farina
Graham
Eraham
Java
Costa Rica
Arbuckle
Eastern
Elgin
Puget Bound
Columbia River
Olympia
Dungeness
White River
Yakima
Oregon
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Por Beattie
Alaska
N.S. Lakme
Wit Sail
St. Michael
Yukon River
Comdown
Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co
West Columbia St
Steame
Mrs
Seattle, Edmunds and Everett
Greyhound
Beattie
Peeve Eyverett
Timm Canneste
Mieamer Fiser
Tacome
Everett Tk
Lamiing Colman Derk
Telephone
Seattie
Red A
Phone Pike
J. Dean & CO
Peter Egge
Onster Smith
Pike Street
Cahn & Cohn
Yesler Ave
Yesler Dock
Pigot & French CO
Washington St
Pamphlote
Spec Set Lowerenues Bave Wonryls
Skagway
Frank M. White
Seattle Steamship Co
Oaring Street
Main
F. A. Bell
Bonney & Stewart
Third Ave
Columbia St
Beattie, Wash
Washington & Alaska Steamship Company
Laska Lightning Express Steamship Ity of
Settle
Yester Wharf
Skagway and
Dyer Sutabens
Sallie A
Farallon
Vancouver
Ketchican
Wrengel
Dyeseile
Yeeler Wharf
Dodwell & Co., Ltd
Yeeler Way
Empire Line
Hiver Steateard
Dawson City
First Ave
Canada
Mt. Vernon P
New Whatcoat
Spokane
Japan-American Line
U. & Mall
Oriental
Japan
China
Asiatic
Bright Boy
Star
Third Avenue
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