British Steel Combine Aims to Dominate World Trade
London June 29 A major British steel merger forms a vast cartel to counter American and German competition. Nine firms led by Vickers Sons and John Brown & Co plus Harland & Wolff absorb thirty six independents, aiming to control about 90 percent of British output and imitate the German trust model. London reps for American firms expect little order loss as talks proceed.
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London
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Vickers’ Sons & Maxim
John Brown & Co
Harland & Wolff Company
German Trust
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
$100 reward offered for any catarrh case Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Cure advertised as constitutional and taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents claim strong testimonials and 75 cent price, with Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Theater Fire Kills 500 in Hongkong
Mail advices report a disastrous blaze at a Chinese theater in Hongkong. Explosives hidden under the floor are said to have sparked the fire, engulfing 500 Chinese audience members and actors as the building collapsed and flames spread.
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Victoria
B. C
Hongkong
Truth Stranger Than Fiction In Fedora Tennessee
C V Pepper, bedridden with lung and throat hemorrhages, claims Dr King’s New Discovery gave instant relief. He says coughing stopped, bleeding diminished, and he returned to work in three weeks. Trial bottle free at Holland Wheeler’s drug store.
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Fedora
Tenn
C. V. Pepper
Dr. King
Holland Wheeler’s
Excursion Rates Announced for Old Settlers Reunion
North-Western Line offers daily tickets from June 24 through 26 for the Old Settlers Reunion in De Smet with return on June 26. Tickets and info available from any North-Western agent. Cole's Carbon salve advertised to quickly ease burns and wounds and supposedly prevent scars.
No. 3 Mascot Praised in Cedar Grove Letter
A Cedar Grove Me man credits Electric Bitters with curing liver and kidney trouble after days of illness and discouragement. He states the first bottle helped and three bottles completed the cure, a claim echoed by local druggist Holland Wheeler who sells the remedy for 50 cents.
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Geo. W. Parris
Cedar Grove
Holland Wheeler
Hunt's Perfect Baking Powder Premier in Biscuits
In a period style line, the brand Hunt's Perfect Baking Powder is described as essential to good biscuits, implying biscuits depend on proper leavening for quality and texture.
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Will. Hunt
Watertown Camp Roosevelt Encampment Readied for July 1907
The Fourth Infantry of the South Dakota National Guard prepares a seven day tour of duty at Camp Roosevelt on the banks of Lake Kampeska near Watertown starting Tuesday July 1907. Brigadier General Gut Englesby will command with Majay A Hazel as range officer overseeing rifle practice and field instruction.
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Fourth Infantry
South Dakota
A. Hazel
First Squadron Cavalry
Wmdetschmaint Comander
Nsee Aeasheetr Listy Firth R
Watertown
Teke Kompska
Help Wanted to Share News for Busy Readers
A clipped appeal urges readers to phone in stories of interest as locals juggle tasks. The note stresses the paper relies on tipsters to trade information for timely community reporting.
Shenafelt Offers City Residence For Sale On Hlinois Street
Dr T M Shenafelt offers sale of his residence on Hlinois street near Fifth street. Property includes dwelling with nine rooms and cellar, kitchen connection bath and closet, two story barn, large chicken yard, pig house, storage house, two city hydrants for water, and two lots 100 by 165 feet.
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T. M. Shenafelt
Hlinois Street
Fifth Street
Low priced excursion tickets by Chicago and North Western Ry
Special routings and side trips offer visits to Niagara Falls Lake Champlain St. Lawrence and Hudson River trips Adirondsacks the Catskills Berkshire Hills Chautauqua Atlantic City New York City Boston Philadelphia Washington Baltimore and seaside and mountain resorts. For information apply to any ticket agent of the North Western Line.
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Chicago& NorthsWestern
Ningfira Falls
Lake Champlain
St. Lawrence
Hudson River
Adirondsacks
Catskills
Berkshire Hills
Chautauqua
Atlantic City
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
North- Western ‘Line
He Fired the Stick
A spoken claim recounts using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to heal a long standing sore that resisted prior treatments and was finally treated with the salve. The narrator notes a 40 year carry of the walking stick and the sore’s stubborn persistence before healing.
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Bucklen
Subside in French unrest. leaders eye Clemenceau's fate
Paris June 28 official note says south of France unrest is subsiding with no new incidents. A general meeting of wine growers and department mayors is scheduled to decide future plans. Socialist leader Jaures and allies threaten to topple Clemenceau while he predicts victory in the chamber over the motion for provisional release of arrested wine disturbance suspects.
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Paris
France
M. Jaurés
Clemenceau
M. Sarrien
M. Ribot
Chamber of Deputies
Witnesses Say Orchard Not Responsible for Idaho Mill Bombing
Boise July 1 defense in Steunenberg murder case attacked Harry Orchard testimony and presented new witnesses. Dominick Flynn testified Orchard played poker in Mullen on the day the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill exploded, while Pat McHale corroborated. Frank Hough described conditions in the Idaho bullpen and Orchard’s Alaska claim. Morris Friedman, Pinkerton veteran, outlined agency methods and named operatives linked to unions.
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Boise
Ida
Steunenberg
Harry Orchard
Jack Simpkins
Idaho
Cripple Creek
Dominick Flynn
Mullen
Orchard
Bunker Hill
Swilivan
Pat McHale
Barkeeper
Frank Hough
Wallace
Alaska
Morris Friedman
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Pinkerton Agency
Colorado
iMullen
Flynn
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mill
Wardner
Borah Flynn
Western Federation of Miners
Patrick McHale
McHale
Hough
Wallace, Ida
Hopeful of Final Victory
San Francisco June 28 striking telegraphers and union officers express faith in ultimate victory. They contend telegram companies are badly erapted yet handling the important business with makeshifts as hundreds of messages pile up daily. President Small denies any Chicago or other city callout and warns no hint will be given until an order is transmitted. Western Union and Postal officials claim no delay in work.
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San Francisco
Small
Chicago
Western Union
Roosevelt orders immediate probe of telegraph firms
Washington reports Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith is organizing an immediate investigation into the telegraph companies. The probe will assess agreements, wage scales, operating costs, and other data to aid the Department of Justice and Congress in deciding on possible legal action or further government control.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Herbert Knox Smith
United States
Department of Justice
Congress
Murderous suitor kills Mrs Molesworth in Chicago home
Mary Molesworth, a Chicago widow, was dragged from her bed by Cecil Gibson and shot dead in her residence. Gibson then wounded Thomas Jones, a boarder, likely fatally, in front of the woman's nine year old son who pleaded for mercy.
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Chicago
Mary Molesworth
Cecil Gibson
Thomas Jones
Gibson
Strike optimism grows as telegraphers seek federal help
San Francisco reports rising hope that a short strike among telegraphers will end with outside mediation. President Roosevelt may intervene after a telegram from S J Konenkamp invites Labor Commissioner Neill to Washington. Companies keep staffing tight as overtime persists and volumes stay below normal. In Oakland the Western Union floor shows about seventy workers versus ninety to one hundred pre strike.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
United States
J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
New York
Small
Konenkamp
Neill
Washington
Western Union
Postal Companies
L. W. Storer
The
Postal
Miller
Oakland
Divide the Honors
New London Conn June 29 Harvard won the freshman eight by one and a half lengths and Yale the varsity four oared boat race by perhaps ten lengths on the Thames river The races were upstream on the incoming tide in smooth water and rowed in slow time Harvard strength showed in the freshman and lack of it in the four oared Yale men praised Coach Kennedy's training
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New London
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Thames
Kennedy
Cambridge
Emperor William to visit England in late year
Emperor William's planned voyage to England is fixed for November or at the end of the year. Dispatches also note improved U S trade conditions and strong prep for fall and winter commerce as confidence grows.
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Emperor William
England
Walter Herd
Bristle Ridge
James Herd
Baraga
Mich
Nester
Huntsville
Tenn
W. E. Felton
Sam Parker
W. J. Stone
Missouri
C. A. Towne
New York
Manila
Smith
Dun
Market Quotations Wheat Prices Reported
Market notes from Minneapolis on June 28 show wheat prices for July at $1.02 and September at $1.02. On track bids include No. 1 hard at $1.05, No. 1 Northern at $1.045, No. 2 Northern at $1.02, and No. 3 Northern at 98 cents.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Wheat and flax price notes from Duluth market
Wheat to arrive and on track with futures at No. 1 hard 1.04 and No. 1 Northern 1.03. No. 2 Northern 1.02, July 1.03, Sept 1.04, Dec 1.01. Flax to arrive and on track with July 1.23, Sept 1.23, Oct 1.22.
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Duluth
Northern
Live Stock Prices Reported for St Paul Market
Cattle are listed as good to choice steers from 5.50 to 5.75, fair to good 4.00 to 5.00, cows and heifers 3.50 to 4.75, veals 4.25 to 5.25. Hogs move at 5.50 to 5.80. Sheep show wethers 5.00 to 5.50, good to choice lambs 6.00 to 6.50, spring 6.50 to 7.00.
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St. Paul
Market Quotes From Chicago Commodities Today
Chicago fruit and grain figures show Wheat July at 95% 95%c, Sept. 98%c. Corn July 5344¢, Sept. S4c. Oats July 42%, Sept. 37%c. Pork July $26.05, Sept. $16.32%. Butter Creameries 24c 1914, dairies 17 21c. Eggs 12% 14c. Poultry Turkeys lic, chickens 12c, springs 20 22c.
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Chicago
Chicago Cattle and Hog Prices Move in Mixed Trades
Cattle ranges listed with values for cows heifers calves and steers from good to prime and poor to medium. Hogs show light mixed heavy and rough categories with price brackets around 5.35 to 6.10. Sheep are quoted at 5.50 to 7.00 per head.
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Chicago
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