Union Printers Home at Colorado Springs A Model Labor Benefit
The International Typographical Union funds and maintains the Union Printers Home at Colorado Springs Cal. Every member contributes a daily minute of work time plus a 15 cent monthly assessment to sustain the sanitarium and its facilities. Since 1891 the project has expanded to six buildings on 80 acres, offering lodging meals library and tuberculosis sanitarium care, with patient care emphasizing hygiene, ventilation and abstinence from intoxication.
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United States
Canada
Colorado Springs
North America
Cal
International Typographical Union
George W. Childs
A. J. Drexel
Philadelphia Ledger
Childs-Drexel
Julia A. Ladd
Union
Colorado
North Cheyenne Canon
Washington
National Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Sunsine
Boston
Arizona
Apital
Counting a Billion Takes Vast Time and Effort
The calculation shows counting to a billion would require a person counting at 200 per minute for 9,512 years. If counting half the day is allowed for rest, the time grows to about 19,025 years and 319 days.
Concrete from Mill Refuse At Osleutte
A report notes concrete made from mill refuse and relave of a soap willow at Osleutte, detailing experimental use of waste materials in construction. The item suggests a local effort to reuse industrial byproducts in building material.
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Osleutte
Amalgamated Strike Halts 15 Tin Plate Plants
Fifteen American Sheet and Tin Plate Co plants stop work at midnight as the Amalgamated Association enforces a move to open shops. About 15 000 workers face idleness with potential rise to 20 000, as negotiations fail and key cities including Newcastle Sharon Youngstown Bridgeport and Wheeling feel the impact.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
American Sheet and Tinplate Co
Steel Corporation
P. J. McArdle
McArdle
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Trust
Gary
McArdley
Newcastle
Sharon
Youngstown
Bridgeport
Martin's Ferry
Cambridge
Wheeling
W. Va
Blwood
Ind
Allegheny County
Amalgamated
The
Storm Rages Cut Off Padre Island Beach Colony
A violent coastal storm isolates 200 summer residents at Tarpon Beach, Padre Island, Brownsville Texas, with five feet of water and wrecked boats. Telegraph lines fail as relief fleets rush to the area, but early reports warn of possible deaths and widespread property damage along a 100 mile stretch.
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Brownsville
Tex
Tarpon Beach
Padre Island
Galveston Island
Isabel
Rio Grande
Officials of Sugar Trust Indicted
New York July 2 Through 12 men impaneled as a federal grand jury the United States indicted the American Sugar Refining Co and six directors along with two lawyers for conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act. The case alleges control of 90 percent of the U S sugar trade and cites 14 counts. The defendants will plead in U S district court next Tuesday.
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New York
United States
American Sugar Refining Co
Washington
B. Thomas
Arthur Donner
Charles H. Senff
John B. Parsons
John Mayer
Morristown
N. J
Geo. H. Frazier
Philadelphia
Gustav L. Kissél
Thomas B. Harnett
Adolph Segal
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co
United States District Court
Corporation Tax Amendment Surprises Senators In Vote
The corporation tax amendment urged by President Taft and drawn by Attorney General Wickersham passed in the senate by a large 9 to 11 margin amid cross party support. Democrats largely backed the amendment, while a few opposed and some abstained. The vote followed a test on substituting the corporation tax for the income tax provision, which saw 45 in favor and 81 against, with all Democratic votes in favor of the income tax.
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Washington
Taft
Wickersham
Senate
Aldrich
Committee On
Finance
Child Falls From Roof In Evening Incident
Anthony Roach aged six from Christopher Street fell through a skylight on the roof of his home Wednesday to a platform forty five feet below. He was unhurt though the event left him shaken and the boy requested an ice cream afterward.
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New York
Anthony Roach
Christopher Street
Policeman Killed as Auto overturns near Coney Island
New York July tie Thos B McEnroe a policeman was instantly killed and four other men were injured one fatally by the overturning of an automobile in which they were riding to Coney Island.
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New York
B. McEnroe
Coney Istead
Mother and Daughter Die in Gas Asphyxiation in Chicago
Police say a Louisville Kentucky woman Mamie Cunningham and her three year old daughter Mamie were found dead from gas asphyxiation in the home of John Cunningham at 48 North Ada Street Chicago believed to be accidental with no signs of self harm.
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Chicago
Mamie Cunningham
Louisville
Mamie
John Cunningham
North Ada Street
Soldiers join mob in Guayaquil battle during saint feast
At a July celebration for St. Peter and St. Paul in Guayaquil a mob attacked police. Troops were called but many soldiers joined the mob and a pitched battle left 16 dead and 80 wounded.
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Guayaquil
St. Peter and St. Paul
Detective Shot By Unknown Man In Maryland
Detective Harry Boone of the Pennsylvania Railroad was shot by an unknown assailant at Perryville Maryland early Thursday and died aboard a train bound for Baltimore where he was to receive surgical attention.
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Nécaro
Baltimore
Harry Boone
Pennsylvania Railroad
Perryville
Treasury Statement Details Balance and Gold Reserve
Treasury balance in the general fund excluding the $160,000,000 gold reserve shows gold coin and bullion at $394,745,000 and gold corti saben at $4,772,000.
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Treasury
Washington
General Fund
Corti Saben
Death by Self Inflicted Gunshot in Parish Rector
Denham Springs Louisiana reports the suicide of Father A Seve rector of the Catholic church at French Settlement 23 miles south neighbors found his cottage on fire and a shot fired before they reached the blaze. The priest was found dead in bed with a bullet wound and a pistol in his hand authorities say his mind appeared unbalanced and no statement was left.
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Denham Springs
Here
Father A. Seve
St. Joseph’s Church
Preist
Cannon explosion injures two boys in Phillipsburg on Fourth
Two 16 year old boys Charles Giddens and Ellsworth Davis were loading dynamite into a cannon when it exploded in Phillipsburg New Jersey on the Fourth of July. Both lost a hand and Davis may have lost sight as surgeons later amputated a hand for each boy.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Charles Giddens
Ellsworth Davis
Davis
Landslide buries forty men at Newport docks
A Friday landslide at the Newport docks works in Monmouthshire, England, burying 40 men. Several bodies have been recovered while rescuers report survivors still trapped. food and cigarettes have been pipe-delivered to the scene.
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Newport
Monmouthshire
England
Deputy Sheriff Killed in Attempt to Arrest Suspect
Denver July 3 Deputy Sheriff J R Kent of Folsom New Mexico was killed and Sheriff Williams possibly fatally wounded during an attempt to arrest George Jamison charged with horse stealing at his Chico New Mexico ranch. Officials surrounding Jamison were shot at by him and five others.
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London
India
Imperial Institute
William Hutt Curzon Wyllie
Calas Lalaca
Shanghai
Col
Wylile
Labaca
St. George's Hospital
Denver
George Jamison
Chico
N. M
J. R. Kent
Folsom
Williams
Jamison
Woman shoots self in Harrisburg debt worry case
Mrs Mary Erckins aged 26 of Tampa Florida, committed suicide here Friday by shooting herself through the heart. The death occurred in Harrisburg Pennsylvania where concern over debts prompted the act.
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Harrisburg
Mary Erckins
Beatrice
Scott
Tampa
Pia
Schooner John Schuette Sunk After River Collision
In Detroit on July 3 the schooner John Schuette from Toledo sank after a collision with the steamer Alfred Mitchell of Duluth near the Great Lakes engineering works shipyard in the lower Detroit river. The crew escaped unharmed.
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Detroit, Mich
John Schuette
Toledo
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Detroit River
Alfred Mitchell
Duluth
Bigamy arrest followed by attempted self harm in San Antonio
Marl Clark was arrested for bigamy ten minutes after his marriage to a young city woman. A few minutes later he swallowed poison and his recovery was doubtful.
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Bigargist
San Antonio
Tex
Marl Clark
Poigon
Dusky Monarch Easy Mark Captive Flirts to Freedom
A Puck-voiced tale describes a beautiful young captive who flirts with a cannibal king to spark his mercy. She uses a witty exchange to charm him into ordering her release, noting that awareness of her own charm may prove useful.
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Puck
Mrs Kessler's Kidney Recovery With Dean's Pills
Mrs Caroline Kessler of Paw Paw Michigan endured backache rheumatism dizziness urinary disorders and severe dropsy before being pro claimed a miracle by friends. After using Deans Kidney Pills she recovered and invites inquiries. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Caroline Kessler
W. Main St
Paw Paw
Mich
Welk
The Privileged Class and Minna’s Flirtation
A narrator cautions Minna against courting many men while she remains unmarried. The exchange emphasizes social norms and the pressure to marry within her privileged circle.
Force of Habit Proposal Toasted in Quick Romance
Impeded speaker Harry Chaterton-Harry nervously asks Mum-Mum Maud to marry him. She agrees with a coy, affectionate exchange as he stumbles through stammering phrases and she playfully presses for clarity. The scene ends with her surprised, heartfelt response.
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Harry
Postum Proves Healthful Alternative to Coffee
A woman recounts using Postum since market entry to replace coffee for health. She credits Postum with easing nervous dyspepsia and nervousness, noting her husband also switched with positive results. The couple observes steady nerve and stomach strength and overall improved health.
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Sol
Tim
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Union Prinpers
OME Art Covorano Sprives
Between
Union and American Sheet and Tinplate Company
Sugar Trust
Assassin’s. Gun
Yarmouth
Shag Harbor
Shelburne County
Halifax & Southwestern Railroad
Minna
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