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Newspaper
The Kadoka Press
Location
Kadoka, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
3
The Journal of the American Medical Association lists 163 deaths and 5 623 injuries on July 4 nationwide, with 1908 the peak. The blank cartridge and hand injuries are most common, tetanus fatalities remain a serious threat. The six year state totals accompany the report.
Manitoba Grain Exchange members estimate Western Canada wheat at not more than 1 000 000 bushels and oats at 8 000 000, blaming hot weather for shrinkage. In St Paul a conference of Minnesota health officers, dairymen and cattlemen urged legislation to prohibit sale of breeding cattle not tuberculin tested.
Gustav Gianna of Germany showcases a device that transmits handwriting simultaneously with voice over ordinary wires using a twelve volt low tension current. The system can act as an accessory to telephones, letting engineers send diagrams and reporters send sketches alongside spoken messages. A light ray on sensitized paper records movements. mirrors in the receiver reproduce pencil lines, with automatic development and rapid reading.
Count Zeppelin broke the airship distance record with a 261 mile flight from Friedrichshagen on Lake Constance. The aerostat passed over cities along the Rhine to Mainz before returning and undergoing repairs after surfacing for adjustments. Continuous 24 hour flight attempt failed but spectators witnessed salutes and large crowds along the route.
The Iowa executive council nominates J A T Hull for Congress. W J Bryan receives honorary union membership in Lincoln Nebraska. Minnesota Agriculture Society head L B Nelson presents Bryan a mascot mule. John Temple Graves seeks VP with Independence party after private hospital visit. Illinois Independence party names George W McCashrin for Governor. Oklahoma Democrats renominate Thomas P Gore. Debs doubts Independence party impact amid a Tremont Temple Debs meeting ban in Boston.
Frank P. Sargent, Commissioner General of Immigration, died in Washington on Friday from stomach trouble and other diseases. Born November 18, 1854, in East Orange Vermont, he started as a locomotive fireman and led the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen for 17 years. He served briefly on the Industrial Commission and held the immigration post since July 1, 1902.
Chicago hears of a new stock yards company the Chicago Stock Yards and Transit Company forming with 2 500 000 capital beginning Oct 1. They bought twenty acres at 39th street and 48th avenue and will cut prices. A Fort Snelling school for children is to open this fall to educate officers enlisted men and employes’ children in cooperation with St Paul public schools.
The advance of the fall season and larger movements of grain and cotton to market at good prices fuel a moderate expansion in jobbing and retail trade and collections. Western and Pacific coast centers show gains while agricultural regions outperform large cities. US failures fall to 191 for the week ending Sept 10, with Canada at 24. totals are the smallest since last October.
The report lists regional ranges for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and related grain prices for wheat corn oats rye and barley with numbers, grades, and unit prices across multiple markets. Notable figures include Chicago cattle $4.00–$7.70 and hogs $4.0¢ to $7.22, wheat No 2 98e–$1.00, butter 1%–23c, eggs 19–22c, and soy prices implied in oats and rye ranges.
Heavy rains across the Northwest aided corn and late potatoes. A fragmented report mentions damage and unrelated events including fires in Ohio and a large legal suit in the Canadian Union country. The text references maritime and political topics with unclear details.
A compendium of historical milestones listed year by year. It catalogs figures, battles, political actions, explorations, and cultural firsts across centuries. Names include Cromwell, Cartier, Lafayette, Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Roosevelt era events alongside global locales and institutions.
In Chicago on Thursday Standard Oil lawyers oppose rehearing the government appeal to reinstate a $29 240 000 fine. They label government arguments as captious and groundless and defend the lower court ruling reversing the fine citing Bogardus testimony and Full opinion details.
Germany provides five sixths of global dyes while Japan expands with forty ships in its yards including two battleships. New Zealand clerks in dry goods and groceries earn six to seventeen and a half dollars weekly. The United States imports four hundred twenty eight thousand five hundred eighty three dollars worth of race in 1905 from Nottingham England.
The sale of a large New Haven stock block to Billard hints at entangled ties while 8000 to 10000 Canadian Pacific workers strike over a new schedule. Separate notes show Union Tank Line seeks capital growth, Chicago Great Western shops moving to Fort Dodge, Winnebago Traction foreclosed, and rail timbers treated with creosote to extend life.
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