Pere Marquette Ferry Sinks Off Wisconsin Coast
A Pere Marquette car ferry No. 18 sank about thirty miles off Port Washington Wisconsin after its voyage from Milwaukee with 32 loaded cars. Twenty-nine lives were lost and twenty-nine crew members survived on the sister ship No. 17. The disaster is one of Lake Michigan’s worst, with cause still unknown.
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Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Sheboygan
Wis
No. 18
Port Washington
No. 17
Ludington
Tesler
Capt
Kilty
Cleveland
Pinchot Receives Outright Ovation In Conservation Debate
In St Paul on September 8 Senator Beveridge and James J Hill argued for and against national resource control. Gifford Pinchot drew the loudest response with an emotional ovation as the audience cheered his conservation stance. Beveridge praised Pinchot amid the roar and Pinchot received the applause as a validation of policy.
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Senator Beveridge
Mr. Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Baker
Train wreck near Wyeth Station kills tramp
An eastbound Oregon Railway & Navigation train hit an opened switch in Wyeth Yard, 52 miles east of Portland. The engineer and fireman escaped with light bruises, while a tramp was killed. The cause whether deliberate remains under investigation.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Wyeth Station
Kermit Roosevelt Guest at Rohaplnds Chateau
Kermit Roosevelt, recently returned from Turkey, is the guest of the duke and duchess of Rohap at the Chateau Jos selin in Paris.
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Kermit Roosevelt
Paris
France
Turkey
Duke
Rohap
Chateau Josselin
Illinois coal strike ends with pay raise agreement
Forty four thousand Illinois coal miners will resume work after a five month idleness following an agreement with the Illinois Coal Operators association. Wages rise on average eight cents per ton, worth about four million dollars yearly, with safety upgrades adding twelve cents per ton. Most of the 72,000 who quit have signed to return. rest follow as mines are pumped and ready. The strike caused an estimated twenty million tons of output loss and losses in wages and operator profits.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Graft Tale Stirs Chicago Hearing On Padding Car Bills
F. H. Niles of Blue Island Car Co testifies that reconstruction bills for Blue Island Car Repair were paid from extras on padded Illinois Central car bills. He says profits financed plant rebuilding and were directed by J. M. Taylor. Ira J. Rawn owned 714 IC shares and helped profit from the IC venture. Niles implicates Baker and Renshaw as well.
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Chicago
F. H. Niles
Blue Island Car Company
Blue Island Car Repair Company
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Niles
J. M. Taylor
Illinois Central Road
Ira J. Rawn
Monon Railroad
Blue Island Car Equipment Company
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Rawn
I. C
Joseph E. Baker
William Renshaw
Hague Court Favors U S In Newfoundland Fisheries 1897
The Hague arbitration court awarded the United States five of seven points in the Newfoundland fisheries dispute with Great Britain. Britain won on two points, affecting the New England fishing industry and diplomacy among the United States Canada Britain and Newfoundland.
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the Hague
United States
International Court of Arbitration
Newfoundland
Great Britain
Canada
New England
Charter Oak Victory at Charter Oak Stake
Thirty thousand people including Governor Weeks watched General H win the Charter Oak stake in three straight heats at Charter Oak park. Owned by W. W. Parslow and sired by Midvale Prince, the horse outstripped Gamar and Rinvolo to claim $5,300. Best time 2:08.
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Hartford
Conn
Governor Weeks
General H
W. W. Parslow
Calgary
Charter Oak
Charter Oak Park
Combiner
Jessie Wallace
Midvale Prince
Gamar
Rinvolo
Youth Confesses Murder In Rockport Village
Cleveland dispatch says William Van Gelder age nineteen confessed with a companion to killing Mrs. Walter L. Rayner in Rockport village. He made the statement after arrest by Sheriff. The youth is son of a prominent horseman with string of horses at Rockport track.
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William VanGelder
Companion
Walter L. Rayner
Rockport, O
Cleveland
Rockport
Rockport Village
Eat
Fire destroys Lebeau business district in Lebeau 8 D
A fire in Lebeau 8 D Saint Paul Minn Sept 9 destroyed the local business district. Origin not determined. Loss estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Lebeau
St. Paul
Minn
Roosevelt Declines Banquet Over Lorimer Presence
Colonel Roosevelt refuses to attend a Hamilton Club dinner in Chicago if Senator Lorimer is present. A 16 member committee, led by ex judge John H. Batten, asks Lorimer to stay away. Roosevelt approves a telegram withdrawing Lorimer’s invitation and the club withdraws the invitation.
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Hamilton Club
Freeport
Ill
Roosevelt
Chicago
United States
Lorimer
John H. Batten
Senator Lorimer
Illinois
Batten
William Lorimer
Explosion on battleship North Dakota kills three sailors
The battleship North Dakota suffered an explosion during a petroleum fuel test. Three enlisted coal passers died and eight men were badly injured, including two warrant officers, who are expected to recover.
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North Dakota
Washington
Lloyd W. Bowers Dies Suddenly in Boston at 51
Solicitor General Lloyd W. Bowers died in Boston after two weeks illness from bronchitis complications. He collapsed while speaking to his family, a blood clot in the heart causing instant death. Bowers had resigned from Chicago and North Western counsel to serve as solicitor general and was seen as a possible Supreme Court nominee.
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Boston
Lloyd W. Bowers
Bowers
United States Supreme Court
Justice Brewer
Taft
Chicago and
Hughes to Join Supreme Court as Associate Before Chief Justice
Washington reports Governor Hughes will join the Supreme Court as an associate justice on the second Monday in October. With Fuller’s successor yet to be sworn in, Associate Justice Harlan acts as presiding justice until then as Taft unspecific about Hughes’s exact role after the interim period.
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Washington
Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
New York
Congress
Taft
Fuller
Harlan
Browne Found Not Guilty in Bribery Trial
Lee O Neil Browne a Illinois legislator and minority leader is acquitted by a Chicago jury on bribery charges tied to William Lorimer’s US senate election. After a second trial lasting 21 hours with eight ballots the not guilty verdict prompted cheers and emotional celebration.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Illinois
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Browne
Kersten
Erbstein
McSurely
White
Briggs House
Ballinger Pinchot Inquiry Opens With Missing Members
Only six of the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee attend the session in Minneapolis. Senator Sutherland and two Republicans decline to attend. Chairman Nelson leaves and schedules a Chicago meeting for next Tuesday, prompting Democratic objections to his authority.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ballinger-Pinchot Investigating Committee
Sutherland
Utah
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Edwin Denby
Michigan
Nelson
Madison
Chicago
Root
Hayes home offered to Ohio for state normal school use
Maj. Webb C. Hayes offers the Rutherford B. Hayes home at Spiegel Grove near Fremont to the state of Ohio. He proposes it be converted into one of two state normal schools to train teachers.
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Columbus
Rutherford B. Hayes
Spiegel Grove
Fremont
Ohio
Maj
Webb C. Hayes
Parker Issues A Warning In Maine Campaign Hoping For Tariff Defeat
Ex Judge Alton B Parker delivered his third and final Democratic speech in Rockland Maine urging voters to reject Taft tariff plans. He warned that a gradual rate cut would be accepted by the Republican machine only if the current crisis passes without a substantial reduction.
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Rockland
Alton B. Parker
New York
Maine
Taft
Appleton Wins the Pennant in Wisconsin-Illinois League
Appleton clinched the pennant in the Wisconsin-Illinois league season ending in Aurora Illinois. Rockford finished second, Fond du Lac third, Madison fourth, and Aurora finished last as the baby club of the circuit.
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Appleton
Aurora
Ill
Rockford
Fond du Lac
Madison
Forest fires threaten two towns in Washington
Fires near Stearnsville and Aloha threaten both towns as lumbermen and fire crews push from Elma and Hoquiam on two Northern Pacific trains to battle the blazes.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Stearnsville
Aloha
Soccial Northern Pacific
Elma
Uhlan Sprints to 2 01 Mile at Charter Oak Park
Uhlan with owner C. K. G. Billings hitched to a speed wagon at Charter Oak park to pace a 2:01 mile. The final quarter came in 29 seconds, matching his earlier Cleveland mile time. Harvester finished second in the free for all heat with a 30 second last quarter.
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Hartford
Conn
Uhlan
Charter Oak Park
C. K. G. Billings
Cleveland
Harvester
Convicts Shot While Attempting Escape at Oklahoma Prison
Two of three convicts trying to escape from the state prison near McAlester Oklahoma were shot. The injured were John Rack a lifer from Comanche county and B Hess of McCurtain county both serving four-year manslaughter sentences. Henry Wolf an Indian escaped unharmed hiding behind a log as guards opened fire.
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McAlester
Okla
John Rack
Comanche County
B. Hess
McCurtain County
Henry Wolf
Deans Kidney Pills Restore West Chicago Conductor Health
George Hahn, a C N W conductor from Arbor Ave West Chicago Illinois, says a 25 foot embankment fall caused kidney injuries and a year of disability. He credits Deans Kidney Pills with restoring his health after doctors failed, now reporting excellent wellbeing and urging readers to remember the product.
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George Hahn
Arbor Ave
West Chicago
Ill
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Gone to His Last Fire headline owner left Wichita Beacon worker
Roy Bone, brother of U S District Attorney Harry Bone, once worked as a reporter for the Wichita Beacon. After covering a fatal hose cart accident at a fire, he wrote a headline dismissively titled Gone to His Last Fire. The Wichita paper published it and Bone was fired.
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Roy Bone
United States District Attorney
Harry Bone
Wichita Beacon
Bone
Kansas City Journal
Keep Your Face Toward the Sunshine Quote
A motivational line attributed to M B Whitman urges readers to focus on the light ahead. It emphasizes positivity as shadows fade when attention stays on brightness.
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M. B. Whitman
Refreshing Rugs with Easy Task Soap
A guide urges reviving worn rugs by scrubbing with Easy Task soap then wiping dry. The advertisement markets Easy Task as a versatile, dirt fighting laundry soap that halves washing time and doubles satisfaction.
Cub Reporter Quizzed on Sermon Text Comedy
A Boston reporter arrives late to a suburb sermon asks for the text. Elderly neighbor answers Who Art Thou and the man smiles. The preacher learns of the exchange and tells the tale to the congregation next Sunday at the cub’s expense.
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The
Boston Journal
Boston
Misdirected Energy
The Christian Advocate comments on a street car company firing an old conductor over cash register use. It questions whether personal influence was misused and suggests the punishment did not fit the alleged misdeed.
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Christian Advocate
Marriages in London Hit Record Low Last Year
London witnessed the lowest percentage of marriages on record last year with few unions noted across the city. Officials cite social and economic factors contributing to the decline among residents.
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London
Coffee's Weight on Old Age Prominent Testimonies
A Southern state school superintendent cites his mother's long battle with coffee related heart trouble and stomach issues. After switching to Postum she improved greatly, with fewer headaches and better overall health, the family noting marked benefit.
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Postum
Buwan
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