Swift Packing Company President Gustavus F Swift Dies
Gustavus Franklin Swift, 1839 born Chicago packing magnate and founder of the refrigerating car system dies after gall bladder surgery. He built a vast enterprise with branches nationwide and abroad, leaving a fortune of 7 to 10 million dollars and eleven children.
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Chicago
Gustavus Franklin Swift
Swift Packing Company
Ens Avenue
Swift
Herbert L. Swift
Boston
Starrisburg
Sandwich
Ctass
Nacker
St. Louis
Nansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
St. Paul
Fort Worth
Texas
United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
Louis F
Edward F
Helen L
Edward Morris
Charles H
Herbert
George H
Ruto M
Ernest St. Everly
Gustavs Franklin, Jr
Harold H
Louis J. Swift
Militia Organization Inspections Ordered by Secretary Stoot
Secretary Stoot plans to detain regular army officers to inspect militia organizations in all states and territories as a prelude to issuing Krag Jorgensen muskets in exchange for Springfield rifles. He has telegraphed adjutants nationwide asking for inspection dates.
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Washington
DD. C
Stoot
Revolution in San Domingo Sends Mixed News
In New York a San Domingo representative reported from General Ca veres governor of Santiago de Los Caballeros that a revolution is limited to the capital. South and east regions support the government while President Vasquez with forces moves toward the capital. the north also backs the government.
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San Domingo
New York
Republic of
General Caveres
Santiago de Los CabeHeros
Vasquez
Arctic Expedition Crew Arrives in Tromsoe for Ziegler Voyage
Captain Coffin and twelve crew members arrive in Tromsoe Norway for the Ziegler Arctic expedition. Repairs to the expedition’s steamship America are completed and ready for launch.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Coffin
America
Battle Follows Raid on Stores in Istib Macedonia
Turkish troops and insurgents clashed at Istib Macedonia with eighteen insurgents reported killed and Turkish casualties of fifteen killed and wounded. The engagement followed an intended assault on Turkish fortifications. insurgent force linked to Bulgaria’s Saraloft faction.
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Constantinople
Istib Macedonia
Bulgaria
Saraloft
Santa Fe Proposes All-Inclusive Summer Tourist Fare
The Santa Fe proposes a round trip fare from Chicago to California for June through August 31 with a single price that includes transport to and from San Diego sleeping car meals hotel stays and two weeks at Coronado beach. A two week San Diego stay plus a Grand Canyon day would cost $138 and a tourist sleeper option $122.
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Santa Fe
Chicago
California
San Diego
Coronado Beach
Bay
Grand Canyon
Taft Reports Dysentery Treatment Underway
Governor Taft says he has been treated for dysentery for several weeks and is recovering. A recent exam showed progress but required rest. he will stay in bed for a couple of weeks to regain strength. Major Edward C. Carter notes a move to Beresuet for better climate may follow.
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Washington
D. C
Secretary of War
Taft
Edward C. Carter
Medical Department of the Army
Bersuet
Morgan Plans Gifted Museum of Art to Nation
New York reports J. Pierpont Morgan plans to build a splendid art museum and present it to the American nation. His diverse collections, now dispersed in Europe and England, would be housed in one place and offered as a national gift.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Europe
England
Fruit Growers Compile Into Southern California Co-operative
Fruit World in Los Angeles will announce on Saturday a major amalgamation of most Southern California fruit growers and shippers into a cooperative modeled after the Deciduous Fruit Exchange of Sacramento and the Raisin Growers' Association of Fresno. The deal involves capital over $1,000,000 and aims to end bitter grower shipper warfare and convert past losses from ruinous competition into profits.
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Los Angeles
Cal
The
Fruit World
California
Deciduous Fruit Exchange of
Sacramento
Raisin Growers’ Association of
Fresno
French Senate and Deputies End Three Sunday Sittings
Paris reports the senate and chamber of deputies each held three sittings to finish the budget before month end. The senate adopted a 25 cent tax per 100 kilograms on crude oil but rejected a state refinery monopoly proposed by the chamber. The budget did not return to the deputies in time for action on senate amendments.
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Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Mexican Pedestrian Reaches Guayaquil After Long Journey
Guillermo Coppel, a Mexican pedestrian who started from Argentina about a year ago aiming for St. Louis, has arrived in Guayaquil Ecuador completing a long trek.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Guillermo Coppel
Argentina
St. Louis
Mexican Packers Progress
Alberto Terrazas of the Terrazas family in Chihuahua will stay six months to establish a plant for International Packing. A million dollars will be spent on buildings with further plants planned at Torreon and Chihuahua City. The facilities resemble Chicago stockyards and packing houses.
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Mexico City
Alberto Terrazas
Terrazas
Chihuahua
International Packing Company
Yorreon
Chihuahua City
Chicago
Senator Dietrich Presses Philippine Tariff Views in Hastings
In Hastings Nebraska Senator Dietrich discusses the Philippine tariff bill saying its passage would aid growth and development there and criticizes Cuban mercenary interests. He regrets Nebraska revenue actions in funding an experimental farm for the western portion of the state.
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Hastings, Neb
Dietrich
Washington
Bostwick Hotel
Philippine Islands
Senate
United States
Cuba
Nebraska
War department to publish full Civil War officer list
South Carolina Governor Heyward sent a letter to the secretary of war approving the plan to publish a complete roster of Union and Confederate officers and soldiers. He expressed belief the move would be welcomed in the South and offered full cooperation.
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Washington, D. C
Heyward
South Carolina
Secretary of War
War Department
South
Think It Is a Mere Feint Regarding Castro Resignation
London papers treat Castro resignation as a feint. The Daily Chronicle suggests powerful nations balking at The Hague arbitration may have prompted Castro to signal Venezuelan backing.
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London
Castro
Daily Chronicle
Hague Arbitration Tribunal
Venezuela
Carnegie Gives $5 Million for Pittsburg Library Expansion
Pittsburgh Pa Andrew Carnegie announced through W N Frew president of the board of trustees that he will add 1 4 million to his prior gifts bringing his total to 5 million for the Carnegie library system. The bequest funds an addition to the current library and 100000 for a new east end branch library.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
W. N. Frew
Board of Trustees
Carnegiebrary
East End
Carnegie
Greek Play in New York Presented by Greek Company
In New York a professional Greek company staged the first modern Greek language production in the Grand Central Palace. The rustic comedy The Lover of the Shepherdess by Coromila drew a Greek colony audience and showcased contemporary Greek pastoral themes.
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New York
Grand Central Palace
Coromila
Greece
Alice Roosevelt Welcomed in San Juan Reception
A grand theater reception in San Juan Puerto Rico honored Miss Alice Roosevelt. Fireworks on the plaza lasted until 10 o'clock with a 25 foot Roosevelt effigy, electric Welcome sign, and Miss Roosevelt greeting attendees from the plaza and roof. She later departed with Governor Hunt and others.
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San Juan
P. R
Citizens’ Committee
Alice Roosevelt
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Elizabeth Hunt
Thomas Hunt
Beatrice Buck
Wari
Bliss
Arbitration Is The Remedy In Labor Disputes
Peoria bishop Spaulding, just back from the anthracite strike commission, says in this city that the era of strikes is over the future will see arbitration settle all labor disputes and that the commission’s precedent will hasten this shift.
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Bishop Spaulding
Peoria
Spaulding
United States
San Salvador Must Settle Arbitration Award
The state department moves to collect the about $534000 awarded against the government of San Salvador in the El Triunfo case. Washington states the Salvadoran government was given full opportunity to contest but cannot reopen the case without showing gross disrespect to the arbitrators and no reason is found to delay payment.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
San Salvador
el ‘Triunfo
New Black Hills Railroad Incorporation Formed
Cheyenne Wyoming reports the Wyoming and Black Hills Railroad Company is incorporated with $2,000,000 capital to operate in South Dakota and Wyoming. Lewis C Twombly named president and general manager. Minneapolis investors include A E Johnson Philip S Harris Carleton L Wallace Edwin G Potter and Alpha E Hoyt. Line about 100 miles, opening coal country and linking Burlington and Chicago and Northwestern systems.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming & Black Hills Railroad Company
South Dakota
Wyoming
Lewis C Twombly
Minneapolis
A. E. Johnson
Phillip S Harris
Carleton L. Wallace
Edwin G. Potter
Alpha E Hoyt
Burlington
Chicago & Northwestern
Changes in Red Cross Methods
General George B. Davis named to represent the army at a Geneva conference on September 14 1903 to discuss major changes in the 1864 Red Cross convention regarding treatment of the sick wounded and non combatants in war. The navy and Red Cross society are also invited to send delegates.
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Washington, DC
George B. Davis
Geneva
Switzerland
United States Navy
Red Cross Society
Cedar Rapids Conductor Named Assistant Secretary Candidate
Mr. T Edgar B. Clark of Cedar Rapids Iowa president of the Order of Railway Conductors is slated for the post of assistant secretary in the department of commerce. President Roosevelt indicated he had practically decided on an assistant secretary and a western source names Clark as the man in view.
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Washington, D. C
T Edgar B. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
Department of Commerce
Roosevelt
Clark
Children to greet Roosevelt in Des Moines APR visit
Sixteen thousand school children will wave flags to greet President Roosevelt on April 28. They will form on the state house commons to spell Roosevelt, using the gradual slope of the campus to create a grand, orderly display.
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Des Moines
I.a
Roosevelt
State House
Admiral Sehley to Dine in San Francisco Visits
Admiral Sehley agrees to several informal dinners and luncheons in San Francisco. He will also visit Vallejo and Mare Island with his party.
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Admiral Sehley
San Francisco
Sehley
Vallejo
Mare Island
Roosevelt Declines Victoria Visit Invitation
VICTORIA B C May or McCan dress reports President Roosevelt has declined an invitation to visit Victoria on its western tour. The dispatch confirms the refusal and outlines no rescheduled date for the visit.
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Roosevelt
Victoria
B. C
McCandress
Herbert Spencer Dictation Habits During First Principles
In 1860 Herbert Spencer began First Principles dictating to a secretary while spending summers by a Scottish loch. He dictated for 15 minutes then rowed 15 minutes to stimulate circulation, continuing this pattern through the forenoon. He avoided afternoon work and later, when ill, dictated during breaks in racquet games in north London.
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Herbert Spencer
London
The Oldest Lawmaker Goes to Ottawa Senate
David Wark of Fredericton New Brunswick at age 100 will travel to Ottawa to take his seat in the Canadian Senate where he has served since 1867. He left Ireland for New Brunswick at 21 and has been a lawmaker for sixty three years.
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David Wark
Fredericton
N. B
Ottawa
Senate of Canada
Mr. Wark
Ireland
New Brunswick
Dominion
Sadie the Utica Holstein Breaks Thirty Day Milk Record
The Champion Milch Cow Sadie of Utica New York set a world thirty day mark by producing 2.754 pounds of milk and extracting 123 pounds 84 ounces of butter. The article notes Sadie as a remarkable dairy performer from Utica with her impressive output.
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Utica
N. Y
Sadie
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Offer
An old advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry powder urging shoppers to ask their grocer for a large 2 oz. package priced at five cents. The minimal copy echoes a wartime or midcentury retail style.
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RED Cross
When a man knows his work and will not do it
A quotation attributed to Dr. George MacDonald emphasizes pity for a man who knows his work yet refuses to act rather than for one facing imminent execution. The adage contrasts willful inaction with a harsher fate.
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George MacDonald
Defiance Starch touted as superior and cost efficient
The notice claims Defiance Starch is unlike rivals, offering better quality and one third more for its price. It emphasizes a unique production process and value for money, suggesting consumers should choose this option.
Remarkable Thurston Family Reunion in Rumford Me
A large Thurston family gathering in Rumford Maine marked by no deaths in the clan. Mr and Mrs Y Trneworthy Thurston hosted 84 and 79 year old parents, six sons, two daughters, seventeen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The youngest baby weighed over ten pounds at birth, and the clan now largely resides nearby in the Thurston district.
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Thurstons
Rumford
Y Trneworthy Thurston
Thurston District
Irving to stage Inferno scene from Sardon's Dante
The production will cost about 20000 dollars and opens in a moonlit graveyard. Cypress trees move, tombs sink, the inscription Abandon hope all ye who enter here glows, red smoke erupts, and sobs cry from the mouth of hell. Fire, smoke and thunder burst from graves as a corpse peers out. A sparkly rain of fire turns to blood and green, then arctic hell appears with a procession of spirits before returning to earth.
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Irving
Sardon
Dante
Hell
Arctic
Earth
Money to Cooks Contest Offers 7500 in Prizes
A Postum Cereal Co contest distributes 7500 among 735 prizes from 200 to 5 dollars to encourage better family cooking. Open to paid cooks or mistresses who cook, winners receive diplomas with a gilt seal. Details via Er please Culinary Dept No 249.
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
Kidney Colds and Dean's Kidney Pills Advertised Cure
A Virginia wood yard owner testifies that kidney troubles from grippe improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad claims backache urinary issues from kidney disorder and describes a free trial offer by Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York. Pills sold by druggists for fifty cents a box.
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Dean
Wood Yard
East
Cork Street
Winchester
la Grippe
Franck Baker & Sons Drug Store
Ritenour
United States
Foster-Milburne Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Space Charge Mechanisms Remain Unclear
The text notes that all atoms contain positive and negative charges and questions how such charges exist in space or what mechanism produces them, stating that this is not yet understood.
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Space
All Up-To-Date Housekeepers Use Red Cross Ball Blue
An advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue for keeping clothes clean and pleasantly scented. The ad targets household keepers and grocers, including a Carlyle quotation about deciphering the whole man.
Defiance Starch Promises Value And Size
The grocer is urged to fear losing stock of Defiance Starch as 12 oz packages sell out. The copy claims Defiance is superior to Cold Water Starch and notes each package contains 16 oz and is sold for a stated price in local currency.
Swiss Mechanic Claims Automatic Baby Nurse Invention
A Swiss mechanic describes a cradle mounted device that rocks the cradle and plays a lullaby via a phonograph when the infant cries. When the baby stops crying the mechanism halts and the cradle ceases rocking, aimed at ending bachelor excuses.
No Man May Expect to Enjoy Himself Fishing Phrase
A humorous old note expresses that enjoyment of fishing requires more than worms in a bottle, implying use of better bait or preparation.
True and permanent name found in labor for mankind
A historical quote attributed to Charles Sumner notes that true and enduring names are built through labor that promotes human happiness. The phrase emphasizes work as a path to lasting recognition and communal benefit.
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Charles Sumner
Putnam Faceless Dyes Boost Color Per Package
Putnam faces pricier dyes than rival brands as consumers buy more color per package. Reports indicate stronger color payoff and broader shade options attracting shoppers seeking vivid results.
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Putnam
Ann Arbor Typhoid Experiment At University
Remarkable experiments at Ann Arbor University aim to cure typhoid fever. Six large gelatin-lined tanks hold 144 square feet of fever germs grown at once. The living germs are scraped, killed, and bottled. Two ounces could kill 100000 guinea pigs. Researchers seek to extract poison from germs to feed animals and find an antidote.
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Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor University
Michigan
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old ad promotes Bromo Quinine tablets to stop coughing and treat cold symptoms. It touts quick relief and a laxative effect as a combined remedy. The package emphasizes price value and availability.
Thomas Jefferson Sun Dial Confirmed Authentic
P. S. Devine of St. Louis owns a sun dial attributed to Thomas Jefferson. Authenticity is supported by sworn documents. To tell proper time, the dial must be set by the North Star.
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Thomas Jefferson
P. S. Devine
St. Louis
North Star
Defiance Starch Promises Lasting Strength and Value
Ad touts Defiance Starch as flexible and enduring with superior results and more product for the money. It claims Americans in Paris spent 25,000 on goose liver pie, 28,000 on human hair, and 120,000 on mushrooms last year.
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Paris
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