President orders biweekly casualty cables for enlisted men
Oyster Bay reports the president, during a luncheon, ordered General Corbin to inform General Chaffee in Manila to cable the full casualty list of enlisted men who died in the Philippines twice a month. Officers had instant notices, while enlisted men required sending names, units, and details at higher cost.
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Oyster Bay
Philippines
Corbin
Chaffee
Manila
War Department
Bragging About Hay Crop In Wainego Kansas
In Wainego Kansas on August 16, hay cutting is advancing with upland grass of good quality and strong yields. One bottom bluestem field yielded twenty one tons from seven acres. First cut is done with a promising second. Hill grass is lighter but better than in years. Alfalfa tied crop recently gathered. Despite some drought damage, most fields show a favorable hay supply.
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Wainego
Kans
Mounties For Soaps Topeka Aug 13 Coyote Scalp Bounties Grow
The Topeka report notes bounties paid for coyote scalps across Barton Finney Edwards Hane Pawnee Scott and other counties for the quarter ending June 30. Payments totaled 1 598 cash from 1 688 scalps as the scalp industry rises since the law began.
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Topeka
Barton County
Finney
Edwards
Hane
Pawnee
Scott
Change in Mine Output in Cripple Creek District
Cripple Creek Aug 13 A strike of sulphite ore at Hull No 1 in the Cripple Creek district at 1,265 feet depth yields 4,000 ounces of silver and a large copper percentage. The find supports forecasts that deeper mining will alter the district output and ore character.
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Gripple Creek
Colo
Hull TV
Wound and strike notes from Denver and Kansas mines
General Frederike Winston returns to headquarters after hip operations for a bullet wound in Onda and reports permanent recovery. In Kansas Western miners plan a September 30 strike after protracted talks with operators fail to progress. Boulder real estate dealer C J Smith, brother of the late Mrs Charles Fair killed in a Paris auto accident, discusses heirs and succession with New Jersey connections.
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Denver
Fredertike Winston Wan
Army Headquarters
Onda
Chas. Fate
Boulder
Colo
C. J. Smith
Smith & Nebarker
Moulder
Charles Fair
Parla
Salty
New Jersey
Smith and Nelson
No More Kite Fairs at Lake Utah Elks Lodge Rules
The land lodge of Elks adopts a recommendation banning street fairs or carnivals held under Elks lodges. Several lodges have planned events, but the law takes effect in January after a spirited debate.
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Sell Lake
Utah
Land Lodge of Elks
Elks Lodges
Pilace
Threshers Mutual Protective Association Forms
A new trust named Threshers Mutual Protective Association forms to unite threshers in Kan sao to raise grain threshing prices. Eligible members are threshing machine owners and operators active in the field. Officials aim to shield members from farmer losses by reducing competition, with the secretary of state seeking charter guidance and referring the matter to the insurance superintendent and attorney general.
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Topela
Kansao
Tilinola
Threshers’ Mutual Protective Associaion
Clergy Rate Tickets Sold Stirs Chicago Officials
The Western Passenger cler gy bureau bulletin lists 105 clergy rate tickets issued and sold to brokers, with conductors instructed to collect fares when tickets are found. The record notes the unusual selling of clergy rates to brokers and calls it remarkable to passenger men.
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Chicago
Clergy Bureau
The
Western Passenger Association
Another Attempt to Start Work at Warnke Washery
August 14 Wilkesbarre quiet at Warnke washery owners plan restart if machinery can be readied Sheriff Jacobs fears more trouble deputies will be posted and troops could be called If order cannot be kept A Lithuanian striker is arrested in Plymouth township for allegedly aiding a party that shot a Pole at the Jersey mine during a fire fight
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Wilkesbarre
Warnke
Jacobs
Lange Umber
Plymouth Township
Polander
Jersey
Confession Links Murder to Love Triangle in Iowa City
Special from Iowa City reports Charles Holaday’s confession alleging Mrs. Gallagher killed wealthy stockman James Gallagher with his complicity. The murder occurred at midnight as Gallagher slept beside his wife and child, the assassin firing from a target rifle.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Charles Holaday
James Gaullagher
Mustian Revolution in Vienna Report on Russian Assassination Plot
The Arbeiter Zeitung says a vast revolutionary network spans Russia's empire with 12,000 members from all classes. It reports strong funds and strict pledges, with each member sworn to die for the cause.
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Vienna
The
Arbeiter Zeitung
Russia
Empire
Race War in Texas Ends with White Male Arrests
Eleven white men are jailed in Houston after a clash between whites and black workers at the Southern Pacific Creosote Works seven miles from the city. Casualties include Nelson Randall, a colored worker, and Reilledt, among others.
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Texas
Houston
Southern Pacific Creosote Works
Nelson Randall
Reilledt
Governor Ferguson names delegates to trans Mississippi congress
All Newspaper Men Guthrie Ohio Aug 15 Governor Ferguson appointed delegates to the trans Mississippi commercial congress in St Paul Aug 19 20 21 and 24 Names include J Everett Pur Vell Enid Robert Steele Cordell W Kimber Hobart J W Ryder Granite John D Carter Augusta A Sparks Blackwell W Krebs Kur City George Walbright Strout Dwight TH Spruill Pawnee Joseph Thoburn Oklahoma City all newspaper men
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Guthrie
Ohio
Ferguson
trans-Minsiasippi Commercial Congress
St Paul
Minn
J. Everett Pure Vell
Enid
Robert Steele
Cordell
W. Kimber
Hobart
J. W. Ryder
Granite
John D. Carter
Augusta
A. Sparks
Blackwell
Krebs
Kur City
George Walbright
Strout
Dwight TH. Spruill
Pawnee
Joseph Thoburn
Oklahoma City
Census Bulletin Claims No Woolen Mills In Kansas
A Topeka bulletin misstates Kansas industry claiming no woolen factories and no musical instrument makers. In fact Kansas hosts several woolen mills including two in Topeka, one in Independence, and additional mills in southeastern towns, plus a mandolin factory exists in the state.
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Topeka
Kana
Kansas
Independence
The Fennanolan Revolution In Venezuela Update
A Washington dispatch from Commander Nickels of the Topeka reports revolutionists in control of Barcelona and no government counterattack imminent. Nickels says landing fares if needed is directed but not yet necessary. Castro is hemmed in from three sides at Caracas.
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Washington
Nickels
Porto Cabello
Barcelona
Castro
Caracas
Six Companies Combine to Form International Harvester
New Jersey filed incorporation papers in Jersey City for the International Harvester Company with $120,000,000 capital. It will merge McCormick Harvesting, Deering, Plano, Warner Bushnell Glessner, Milwaukee Harvester, and continue as a producer of harvesting machinery with five US plants and one under construction in Canada. The company plans no public stock offering and will rely on existing stockholders for funds. The statement notes farmers and manufacturers share interests and may necessitate price adjustments only if economies in production are achieved.
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New York
International Harvester Company
Jersey City
New Jersey
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
Deering Harvester Company
Plano Manufacturing Company
Warner, Bushnell & G
United States
Canada
Weathered minds and rising admissions at Bellevue
New York reports thirty two patients admitted to the Bellevue insane pavilion in three days, exceeding the usual daily average and puzzling physicians. Among the new cases twenty one are women, with no hot spell yet to explain the surge this summer. Washington plans a board to assess Fort Sill needs and potential land allotment to Apache prisoners who wish to farm the lands.
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New York
Nellevue Hospital
Washington
War Department
Army
Fort Sill Reservation
Floods and unrest across distant provinces and towns
Reports from Hong Kong and Kwang Province warn of devastating floods drowning thousands and dozens of homes collapsing in Hong Kong. In Wilkes-Barre a labor riot at Duryea blocked workers, with deputies facing thrown stones and guarded custody. A Topeka grain inspection surplus and cholera control updates follow, noting a steady decline as rains extend into November.
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Hong Kong
London
Renstinien
Daily Express
Kwang Province
Imperial edict from China damps indemnity plan and reform orders
Washington reports an Imperial edict from China urging viceroys and governors to craft plans to ease the indemnity crisis without oppressing the people. It calls for curbing tax collectors extortion and warns of no leniency. A concurrent proclamation from Governor Yuan bans weapons and cautions against revisiting Boxer era scores.
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Washington
State Department
China
Tilia
Yuan
Heirs to Vast Vanderbil t Fortune Die in France Crash
In Evereaus France an American couple Mr and Mrs Charles Fair related to Mea W Vanderbilt Jr and Miss Virginia Pair died when their car struck a tree fifteen miles from here The chauffeur was injured The Fairs were heirs to a fortune valued between 25 30 million and were traveling from Tronville to Paris A separate note recalls the death of John W Mackay through a horse fall near Paris years ago.
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John W. Mackay
Senator Fair
Paris
Sa Francisco
Charles Walr
Alost
Tse
California
Fate
Wair
Charles Farr
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