Farm Crops Worth Billions In 1908 Report
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson reports U S farm products valued at 7 778 000 000 in 1908 with corn leading at 1 615 900 000 and wheat 620 000 000 Exports reached 1 017 000 000 while imports fell to 546 000 000 Co operation among farmers grows with 6 100 000 farms represented and government inspectors handled over 5 900 000 000 pounds of meat products with 43 344 206 pounds condemned upon reinspection
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James Wilson
Cortelyou
Rockefeller
Morgan
United States
U S Manufactures Exports Rise to Record in 1908
The 1908 annual report from the Department of Commerce and Labor notes total exports of manufactured goods reached 750 million dollars, a record. Europe bought 368 million, North America 189 million, and Asia 72 million, with iron and steel and refined minerals as major items. Africa and Oceania also received significant shipments, including iron and steel and mineral oils.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Europe
North America
South America
Asia
Africa
Powderly Discerns Bread Line Regulars as Unemployed
Terence Powderly after disguising himself in the New York City bread line concluded that many nightly line men would not seek work if given the chance. The former Knights of Labor leader, studying line regulars in hobo makeup, said some men boast misrepresented past roles and that most are bums and calawags, though a few are legitimate.
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New York City
Terence V. Powderly
The
Knights of Labor
Broadway
Washington
Powderly
Mr. Powderly
Vaccination Plan Aims to Halt City Typhoid Epidemic
Dr Harlan Shoemaker of the Methodist hospital in Philadelphia and an assistant physician with two women nurses partook in an experimental antityphoid serum trial. Reactions in all four were satisfactory with fever subsiding after four days. City authorities hope broad vaccination can avert the looming epidemic, as in yellow fever campaigns.
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Harlan Shoemaker
Methodist Hospital
Philadelphia
Shoemaker
Vendetta in the Polls and the Fall of a Trust King
In a tense political and financial showdown, Percy Kane battles a hostile tide of defections and a stock collapse blamed on hidden hands. Gideon Hope confronts Kane with the murdered brother Everett Tope’s revelation, ending with Kane fatally plunging from a balcony as Hope declares justice achieved.
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Kane
Ringster
Percy Kane
Ile
Gideon Hope
Everett
Treaven
Illa
Chicago
Everett Tope
Hope
Gideon
Iere
Fla
Gideon Tope Captures Assassin in Final Grasp
Gideon Tope corners Percy V. Kane, a self confessed murderer and political magnate, in a dramatic confrontation. The scene unfolds amid a city street as Kane lies broken and pleading, while Tope contemplates vengeance for the wrongs done to his life and love.
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Gideon Tope
Bfe
Vietra
Millonaire
Gideon Hope
Ile
Percy V. Kane
Kane
Clutca
Discarded Throne Tells Story of Napoleonic Plot
A framing tale recalls a mysterious packing case found in a German town before the Franco German war. Unknown visitors departed without payment leaving a throne with imperial arms and a musical mechanism. The chair later traveled to England via a hotel widow and a purchaser. Also noted are a baseball team manager and odd science facts about hydrogen gas and ocean depths.
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Louis Napoleon
Vis
Berlin
England
Pittsburgh Graft Arrests Shake City Hall
Seven members of Pittsburg's Finance Committee including the Common Council president, and two others, are charged with conspiracy and bribery. Accuser Tensard De Wolfe says the German National Bank funneled 17 500 to councilists over two years to sway ordinances and depositaries. The Big Six targets Wasson Soffel Klein Brand face indictments. Ramsey and Vilsack also arrested.
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Common Council
Pittsburg
Tensard de Wolfe
Civic League of
Allegheny County
Guthrie
William Brand
Jacob Soffel, Jr
Hugh Ferguson
John F. Klein
W. H. Melaney
Joseph C. Wasson
T. Ollis Atkinson
Atkinson
Select Council
W. W. Ramsey
A. A. Vilsack
German National Bank
de Wolfe
Mr. Vilsack
Ramsey
Wasson
Soffel
Klein
Brand
Finance Committee
Select and Common Council
Fay
Ileberton Street Railway
Fourth Avenue
Hains Contesting Annis Testimony in Flushing Trial
In Flushing New York Thornton Jenkins Hains lawyers vow to challenge Helene Annis testimony claiming Hains beckoned his brother and induced him to shoot William E. Annis as he landed a boat. They argue the testimony lacks an overt act to prove inducement under the statute.
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Flushing, N. Y
Thornton Jenkins Hains
Helene E. Annis
Hains
William E. Annis
Night Riders Secrets Revealed in Tennessee Murder Trial
Frank Fehringer, a confessed night rider, testified in Union City at the trial of eight men charged in Captain Quentin Rankin’s murder at Reel Foot Lake. Fehringer described the group’s oaths, passwords, leaders, and meeting places, and identified four defendants. The testimony included the murder of Rankin’s companion and the brutal whipping of Emma Johnson over a divorce suit.
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Union City
Tenn
Quentin Rankin
Reel Foot Lake
Frank Fehringer
Fehringer
Captain Rankin
Judge Jones
Garrett Johnson
Bob Huffman
Mr. Taylor
Emma Johnson
Divorces Attributed to Man Catching Sermon
Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf of Philadelphia denounced what he called man catching by women in a sermon. He blamed it for many American divorces and warned that debutantes focus on entrapment over happiness in marriage.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Krauskopf
Wife Sees Husband Buried, Then Dies in Philadelphia
Mrs. Catherine Moore aged 62 collapsed and died of heart disease moments after viewing her husband’s burial at their home in Philadelphia. The Moores had been married forty years.
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Catherine Moore
Philadelphia
Quakes in Frisco Felt Briefly with No Damage
Two light tremors lasting three seconds were felt in San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon. Forecaster McAdie of the U S weather bureau reported the quakes caused no damage.
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McAdie
United States Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Fire at Herald Square Theater in New York
A blaze gutted the rear of Herald Square Theater after smoke appeared behind the first balcony during The Three Twins. About 1,000 people evacuated safely as flames spread from backstage to the balcony. damage estimated at $40,000 to building and interior. Bessie McCoy fainted on stage. dancers aided her exit.
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Herald Square
New York
Broadway
35Th Street
Bessie McCoy
Lee Shubert
Herald Square Theater
G A R Encampment to Stay East Says Chief of Staff
J Cory Winans chief of staff of the National Grand Army of the Republic says the next national encampment will likely be held in Cincinnati or Pittsburgh rather than Salt Lake City due to the traffic association in Chicago refusing to grant a 1 cent per mile rate to veterans.
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J. Cory Winans
National Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Traffic Association
Chicago
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