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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1907

Page

3

Premature dynamite blast kills four in Venice Pa

A blast on the Wabash railroad near Venice Pennsylvania kills four men and seriously injures two others. The incident is one of several dramatic items in a wide range of 1908 news briefs.

Notable deaths and accidents in early reports

Charles Y. Deere, head of Deere plow works in Moline, died in Chicago after a months long illness. John Welborn, Missouri congressman from Lexington, died at 51. F T Clark, 22, electrocuted on a Pennsylvania railway box car in Lima. Three men killed by dynamite at Santa Maria oil well. Earl Stapleton and Floyd Burrill drowned in Bull Lake near Milbank after a storm. Former official John McKinley and Hugh Atwood injured near Reynoldsburg by dynamite explosion. Federal Judge Grosscup and others indicted in Charleston for trolley wreck negligence.

Charles Y. Deere Deere Plow Moline Chicago IL. P. Lane Zanesville Ohio John Welborn Fiftymonth Congress Missouri Lexingston F. T. Clark Pennsylvania Slima Santa Maria Cal Clem Knoke Albert Bryan Dudley Hart Earl Stapleton Floyd Burrill Bull Lake Milbank S. C John McKinley Hugh Atwood Reynoldsburg Grosscup Marshall 5B Sampsell Charleston

Levee strike settles with arbitration amid New Orleans unrest

Reported in Southern notes a 10,000 strong levee strike of cotton handlers near New Orleans ends as workers agree to return pending arbitration. A lynching in Byron, Georgia follows a robbery of two boys. In Enterprise, Alabama, prison fires kill Leroy Brown while escapee Aerie Goins fled.

New Orleans Central of Georgia Byron CIA John Wilkes Leroy Brown Enterprise Ala Aerie Goins Brown Goins

U S Steel reports record profits in 1907 third quarter

The United States Steel Corporation posts net profits of 43904285 for the third quarter and nine months total the highest in the company’s history. Also noted is a push by AFL president Gompers for union support to defeat Joseph Cannon for Speaker. Fire in Nome, Alaska causes about 300000 in losses destroying Pioneer Mining Company office building. Report suggests director of posts as key postal commission recommendation.

United States Steel Corporation Gompers American Federation of Labor Joseph G. Cannon House of Representatives Nome Alaska Second Avenue Pioneer Mining Company Director of Posts Congressional Postal Commission Post Office Department

Foreign News Briefs From Across the World

Reports from St. Petersburg claim a young woman killed Gen Maximoffsky, director of prisons, with six shots. The Empress of China sank at Vancouver dock but has been floated. Pampico abandoned en route from Baltimore to Rotterdam. A Russian princess’s daughter, Barbara Laponkhin, 18, disappears after kidnapping rumors. Other items note a Berlin libel acquittal, Calabria earthquake damage, torpedo boat attacks at Vladivostok, mass burial after Kalatagh quake, a Beethoven manuscript discovery, a Port Arthur warehouse collapse with seven dead, and a $25,000 Ontario court fine after a dynamite car explosion.

Shanghai China Juorrin Andrews Washington Maximilien Harden Die Zeikunft Berlin Kuno von Moltke Official Telegraph Agency Calabria Italy Tokio Jiji Vladivostok Karatagh Bokhara Russian Turkestan Beethoven Moeding Vienna Leipsic Port Arthur Ont Toronto Justice Riddell

New York Limits Substitutions in Medical Prescriptions

A new New York law makes substituting one article for another on a medical prescription a misdemeanor. It tightens criminal risk for pharmacists while permitting reasonable recommendations. Merchants note patient rights and physician orders, urging respect for specific requests amid rising prices.

New York

Food and Wages and the Housekeeper's View

The piece critiques Bureau of Labor statistics showing 1906 wages rising 3.9 percent while food costs rose 2.9 percent, arguing averages ignore household realities. It urges using the housekeeper’s weekly shopping as a better measure of living cost and wages for workers with fixed pay.

Bureau of Labor Washbington United States

Trouble with the Army Raises Pay and Recruitment Concerns

Chicago Journal argues General Greely warns that low character and worthlessness of recruits, paid only 13 dollars a month, depresses enlistment. It questions whether country can obtain high character soldiers at this pay and suggests state militia and officer pay raises as solutions.

Greely Congress Chicago Journal

Guesswork and Death in Vermont Train Wreck

Twenty five people died in a Vermont train collision caused by miscommunications and lax dispatch orders. The Chicago Record Herald urges Congress and state legislatures to enact strict railroad safety laws to prevent such deadly sideline neglect.

Wenty Vermont Congress Chicago

Fenian Raider Maj Rudolph Fitzpatrick Dies in New York

Maj Rudolph Fitzpatrick who died suddenly on Amsterdam Avenue near 65th Street had fought in the Civil War Fenian uprising and in Italy with the papal legion. A Cork native born 1847, he served as O Neill’s aide and later as secretary to Col Roberts. He leaves a widow seven children and two sisters in Ireland. The last rites were given on the sidewalk before burial from 146 West 70th Street.

Fitzpatrick Rudolph Fitzpatrick Amsterdam Avenue 65Th Street Italy Papal Legion New York Sun Parnell United Irish League Association of the Veteran Pontifical Army Buffalo Col. O'Neill Queen’s Own Ridgway O'Neill Col. Roberts Fenian Party England Liverpool Tle Maj Mary Sylvester Ireland West 70Th Street

Drawing a Line in a Home Remake Incident

A quoted exchange from the Houston Post shows marital tension as a wife asks her husband to return changed. He counters with a caution about how he should act. The brief reflects domestic discord and public post-era phrasing.

Houston Post

Tiger shooting in India by Lady Minto and daughters

During a visit to India Lady Minto and her daughters pursued outdoor sports with zeal. They earned gala reputations for skating in Ottawa before, and in India distinguished themselves in tiger shooting with Lady Minto at Miolabari bagging a fine tiger and Lady Eileen Elliott taking a cub and a grown tiger. Both women are expert riders and fearless marksmen.

Minto India Canada Ottawa Indiia Miolabari Eileen Elliott

Old Curiosity Shop Tour Draws American Interest

In Lincoln's Inn Fields London the Old Curiosity Shop draws many visitors though Little Nell did not live there. Americans tour the red tiled building seeking souvenirs and hoping it might be the famed Curiosity Shop, despite official statements to the contrary.

Little Nell Portsmouth Street Lincoln's Inn Fields London

Old Curiosity Shop Legend Tied to Tessyman Occupation

The building once housed Tessyman the bookbinder known to Dickens and Thackeray era writers. Some say the structure inspired the Old Curiosity Shop tale. Others blame a mischievous sign painter. The premises will be demolished to widen the roadway.

Tessyman Thackeray Dickens Jerrold

Womanlike Patience in Songmaking Ties

A Yonkers Statesman note states that he and his wife collaborate on songs with his wife providing the lyrics, suggesting a joint authorship partnership and creative dynamic.

Patrice Yonkers

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Venice Charles FI. Rogers Olney Brothers Alice Ingerick Goshen N. Y Take Mohonk Philippines Pittsburg John Trughes American Bridge Company Tl. Vervack Biffalo George Schuman Baltimore Wiliam Praret Diocese of Maryland Dunkirk, Alegheny Valley New York Central Lines New York, New Haven Startford Ita Harvard College Observatory Irof W. W. Campbell Lick Observatory Iomestead Steel Works Frank Hatfield Allegheny L.n Roosevelt Natural History Union Station George B. Gordon Department of American Archaeology University of P Pennsylvania Philadelia Black Island Society Knoll Street Lrooslyn N.Y Greinaldi Thelack Hand Gov. Johnson Minnesota Merton S Munn Peter Mathieson Bemdji Senweed Richard Walton Lillian White Grant Walton United Railroad San Francisco Fred A. Boran Lodge Putin Akron Dollar Savings Bank Union Pacific Mohler Ina L. Speer Arnold B. Crouse David J. Speer Lima Speer Justice Geiger St. Louis Geiger Central Police Station St. Pauli Blackwell St. Paul Bancroft Oklahoma Charles Filson Kansas City Southwest Interstate Commerce Commission Johnston & Lorimer Dry Goods Company Cox-Blodgett Dry Goods Company Wichita Frantz Tiil Jared A. Baron C Shief Clearing House Association Interstate Commerce Taine Northern Pacific Thomas B. O'Brien George T. Simpson Supreme Court of the United States General Young Young United States Circuit Court of Lochren Mr. Young American Steel Company East St. Louis Sarah Klink Maury Shieber Bucyrus Irving Kink Miss Klink Arthur Cope Salida Cole Leadville Red Cross Cope 3. I. Stockwell Tulsa W. E. Campbell Winfield, Wan John M. Gorman William C. Dudley Odell Stock Company Cincinnati William J. Odell Gorman Dudley Odell Strokerage Company Southern New York World Food and Lady Minto
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