European capitalists to build iron and steel plants abroad
Cleveland October 7. A European capitalist and iron and steel experts toured the United States revealing plans to erect iron and steel plants in Harpe and Luxembourg with the Grey process invented by Henry Grey of Duluth. They expect several plants in Germany France Austria Hungary and substantial investments totaling about 160 million dollars. They note Europe’s booming structural iron industry and record beams in Germany, and anticipate large foreign capital inflows.
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Cleveland
United States
Harpe
Henry Grey
Duluth
Minn
C. H. Dover
Iats
Eoantry
Durveauld
Jats
Luxembours
Germany
France
Averds
Hungary
Europe
Lafferty Case Letter From Camp Wikoff Physician
Dr William Walker, attending Lieutenant Lafferty at Camp Wikoff, forwards October 2 letter from Fort Sam Houston explaining his role in the case. He notes Cuba wound, subsequent typhoid fever, consultation by Delafield Bann and other prominent physicians, and round‑the‑clock nursing arrangements. He adds his own frequent ward visits and details of the ward routine.
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York
N. Bann
Thenpuan
Greerleaf
Jackson
Lafferty
Lafferty Alous
Agais
Mourning in Camp Wikort Ward Over Lieutenant Lafferty
Chief nurse Misa Murray and assistant Tres preside over the officers ward at Camp Wikort General Hospital where Lieutenant Lafferty died. The mother Mrs Lafferty criticized care, while the narrator defends the staff, asserting flawless duty and medical talent unmatched. The death occurred around 1 a.m. Monday September 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Murray
Tres
Lafferty
General Hospital
Camp Wikort
Camp Wikorf Ten Gaye
Brown
Thomason
Jackson
M.D
Greenleaf
Indy Nures
All A Myth. Survey party reports Yukon mouth myth
Seattle October 7 United States surveying party led by Captain Pratt returns to St Michael after deeming the Yukon mouth myth for large ships. The team mapped an eight foot channel through Kiverinck, with Eldridge and Spurr parties still to report. Indians predict a fall rise. excitment over Colovia bey riches drives departures from St Michael.
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Seattle
United States
Pratt
Yukon
St. Michael
Start
Kiverinck
Eldridge
Spurr
Cook's Inlet
Sushima River
Kuskokwin
Colo~ Via
Bey
Black Free Silver League Grips Kansas City Leader
B Gibbs of Kansas City Kansas, once chairman of the Colored Free Silver league of Kansas, was deposed last spring and sought to organize an offshoot. He attempted to issue a call to colored voters urging support for the Republican state ticket and to stand by a party that has aided them for over 30 years.
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Black “Free Silver League
Bolts
Gibbs
Kansas City
Kan
Colored Free Silver League of
Kansas
Spor
Western horses win at Kentucky trotting meet
The fall session of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders association opened with six races led by the $1 futurity for 1 year olds. Peter the Great, a Michigan colt bought for 15, won in straight heats amid a strong field including Chasley Herr. Prize money split among Charley Herr, Lincele, and Seraphia. The $7,500 winner’s stake went to D. G. Streatar of Kalmazoo who owns Tu the 2.00 pace. Searchfjeht, favored at 350 to 100, took second in the pace with Sherman Clas, Nicol B third. The $35,000 Futurity for 3-year-olds saw Merchant Hand-Spring triumph, with Boralma second and third. The Merchant is owned by the Ronlbstors WwW. A. Paxton of Omaha, Neb.
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Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders’ Association
Peter the Great
Michigan
Chasley Herr
Charley Herr
Lincele
Seraphia
Dominator
D. G. Streatar
Kalmazoo
Mich
Tim Tu
Sherman Clas
Nicol
Trottera
Merchant
Boralma
Marcia Deig
Hhe Ronlbstors
A. Paxton
Omaha
Neb
Corbett McCoy Prize Fight Off After Club Withdrawal
New York Oct 7 The Corbett McCoy bout is off as Hawthorne Athletic Club Buffalo cites complications. McCoy manager William Gray produced Nugent’s letter canceling the match. Lenox club manager O Rourke resigns to go to California with Sharkey Walcott and Buryard. Considines offer purses to back Corbett McCoy or a world title bout. Gray will decide after consulting McCoy.
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New York
Corbett
Joe Walcott
Tom Buryard
McCoy
Lenox Athletic Club
G'khurke
Chet
John Considine
Detroit Sporting Man
MeCoy
George Considine
Maybody
Gray
Baseball Scores and Football Results Reported
Boston seven to four over Brooklyn. Pittsburg four to two versus Louisville. St Louis four to one and Cleveland one to one. Football results include Amherst zero, Cornell Byzacuna, Harvard twenty three to Bowdoin six, Brown six, Tufts, Pennavivanta. Princeton forty eight to five.
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Boston
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Louiaville
St. Louis
Cleveland
Ale
Amherst
Cornell
Byzacuna
Harvard
Bowdoin
Brown
Tufts
Pennavivanta
Ms’ Ai
Princeton
Topeka civic drive seeks 2000 dollars for Odd Fellows home site
A Topeka committee of the Commercial Club and Odd Fellows lodges launches a fund effort to attract the Odd Fellows home to Topeka Two thousand dollars is expected to cover the cost Major Anderson leads postal outreach to 400 potential donors and urges use of private conveyances to bring visiting Odd Fellows to the proposed two mile west site Grand Lodge meeting in Topeka next Wednesday to view Luther property and press for location progress
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Odd Fellows
Topeka
LO. O. F
Anderson
Grand Lodge
Representative Hall
Lutherin
Major Anderson
Mr. Suthers
Arson arrest in Ottawa man linked to landlord dispute
Ottawa October 7 George Nye was arrested and lodged in jail charged with arson after a dwelling near his home burned at about 4 AM yesterday. A neighbor saw Nye leaving the house before the fire. The suspect’s probable motive cited is revenge on a landlord who had forced him to move from one of his Lonze’s ordinary triad be held today.
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Ottawa
George Nye
Nye
Prize Winners in Salt Lake City Choir Contest
Five choirs totaling 125 voices competed in the Histedafed grant choir contest for 7500 Drive and gold medal. Salt Lake City led by Prof Stephens won the prize. MB Gilbert James of Slatington Pa and M D Edwards of Preston Tilahn Ohio won top literary prizes. prizes also awarded for best tract on Christianity in Wales and best poem on Americas end Sea with winners WD Williams New York and D W Williams Jackson Ohio and John D Lewis Cleveland Ohio.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Grant
Mendelssohn
Stephens
Gilbert Jmnes
Slatington
M.D. Edwards
Preston
Tilahn
Wales
Helse
WD. Williams
New York City
D. W. Williams
Jackson
Oho
America’s End Sea
John D. Lewis
Cleveland
Ohio
Lucania Disabled Off Brow Head in Irish Sea
Queenstown Oct 7 The Cunard Steamer Lucania under Captain McKay, which departed New York October 1 for Liverpool via this point, was sighted off Brow Head at 5 10 am today in a apparently disabled condition.
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Queenstown
Lucania
McKay
New York
Liverpool
Brow Head
Derelict raft towed into San Francisco after storm
A Pacific lumber raft named DUNE, originated at Astoria Oregon, was towed to San Francisco but broke up in a storm. A salvageable section, about 50 feet long valued at $75,000, was saved by tugs near Pignon Point after the main raft fouled the coast.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Astoria
Oregon
Pignon Point
Inside tips in Manhattan Realty case spread nationwide
New York report outlines how the Manhattan Realty promoters operated across the country from a base in New York. Promoters used legitimate business to gain standing, with multiple offices and branches in cities like St Louis and San Francisco. They sold farmers on an inside grain market deal with deposits from 50 cents to 1 dollar and lured partners with promises of a lucrative venture before disappearing with funds.
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New York
Manhattan Realty Company
Center Street
Charles Spencer
Joseph B. Hurt
Alexander McCauley
Stephen C. Moen
Moet
Broadway
Twenty-sixth Street
St. James Building
Pulton Street
Insu
St. Louis
San Francisco
Klondike Reforms Promised by Commissioner Ogilvie
Vancouver report notes Ogilvie plans sweeping reforms to model the Klondike mining district. Dawson guests discuss reduced Klondike prices, new wage system, and arrests totaling 30000. Claims owners Kirkpatrick and Bonner marketed the overhaul while Yukon river traffic stalls with last Dawson passengers arriving today.
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Vancouver
F.l
Yukon River
Dawson
Columbian
Ogilvie
Klondike
Jex
Half World
J.b.chambers
Victoria
Kirkpatrick
Bonner
Hill to stump in New York with Roosevelt allies
New York Oct 7 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts will visit New York to rally for Theodore Roosevelt’s allies in the gubernatorial campaign. The Republican state committee secured his definite acceptance and invited Speaker Thomas Reed and Senators Foraker Prye and Bodine, along with party leaders to stump in New York. Also planned is a speaking tour by Senator JH. Engineer Cline U S N retired, dies after cancer operation in New York. He served on the Wyoming and Charleston during the Brazilian rebellion and earned the rank of chief engineer in 1887.
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New York
Henry Cabot Tolge
Massachusetts
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas B. Reed
Ph Beaton Foraker
Ohio
Prye
Bodivile
Maine
Cline
U.S. N
Baltimore
Navy
Wyoming
Alabama
China
Charleston
Frayed OCR Sketch of Maritime Labor and Trade
A fragmented notice mentions Great Eastern assistance in San Francisco, an oil st rowlor Morse aiding stern lines, a Fulton shipyard, and a New Orleans purchase for a voyage to the Jelondike. The text is garbled but hints at repairs, shipment, and a boom era shipping context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Eastern
San Francisco
Forest fires disrupt Cumberland Wis as relief moves in
A body was found on the Yellow River bank with feet in water after forest fires. General Hocraman and Mad toon relief party arrived, distributing funds and supplies from Turtle Lake Cumberland Rice Lake and Barron. Many families in Cumberland and surrounding towns face urgent needs while travel remains risky in some districts.
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Cumberland
Wis
Clinton
Bos
Hocraman
Mad Toon
Portis Lake
Stunlund
Clinton and
Barron
de Perera Hak
Turtle Laken
Rice Lake
Cumberarist
Millions Seek Office New York Young Men Have Political Aspirations
Wealthy New York men show strong political ambitions in this campaign. Early congressional nominations reveal several millionaires among Republican and Democrat contenders across districts from the First to Fifteenth. Notable figures include Astor, Belmont, Levy, Brice, Low, and McAlpine, with multiple high net worth candidates shaping the race.
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New York
Cheries W. Alexander
Nicholas Muller
Juan M. Mitchell
WA Chanter
John Jacob Astor
HP. Belmont
Disrc
Lemuel K. Quise
Rep
A. J. Connick
Philip B. Low
SB. Brice
John Jieol Axtor
B. A. McAlpine
Amo
Crape Torn Down At Tavernor Funeral Home Dispute
In Chicago on an October morning a piece of crepe at the Samuel Tavernor home on West Fifty-second Street in Austin caused a disturbance. The crepe marked mourning for Tavernor, a recent inmate of a pest house asylum, who died after suffering from consumption. A dance planned at the Knights of Pythias hall led to conflict as members removed and restored the crepe, prompting police involvement and a threatened arrest for the printer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel Tavernor
Tavernor Erly
MM. Forrisom
Everine
Mor- Finon
Henry Sehulta
Tavertor
Knights of Pythias
Morrinon
Ericson
Tim
Plumbers May Strike Over Unpaid Dues
Plumbers union plans strikes on about sixty buildings under construction on the south side due to nonpayment of dues by many members. Officers say action will start tomorrow after a misrouted meeting and the building trades council fined to deadline.
Labor unrest and strikes sweep a prospective union
A garbled report notes plans for organizing a new union and calls for strikes in protest of assessments. It claims members refuse payments and threaten general stoppages, with action to be taken across buildings where workers are employed. The text hints at a coordinated labor campaign and broad mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Ata Ney
Tragic Inheritance Drama Surrounds Keene Family
A report from Rubio Josen Operk Trouse details trouble in the Kerne Stock company involving Mrs Keene and her son Claide Keene. The tragedian’s heir faces debts and pending court action as Mrs Keene seeks control of the estate and the Rotinehn’s webtype assets while plans for an opera return loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claciman
Kerne Stock Company
Rubio Josen
Einene Jeg
Ynuwutea
Mra
Hoona
New York Printers Grow Potatoes Under City Plant Program
Unemployed New York printers cultivated potatoes under a city land program in Pelham Bay Park. Each worker received plots and produced harvests to be sold through a land committee controlled by a foreman. Prominent supporters included Bolton Hall and Dr. Tolman, with the outcome yet undetermined as officials assess the yield.
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New York
Park Board of St
Pelham Pars Bay Tor
Cormpe
Land Committee
Elatman
Bolton Hall
William ‘Tolman
New York Association For the
Gould
Johns Hughe University
J. W. Sullivan
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Peoria Lexington
Culter & Proctor
Comstock Castle
Cutter & Proctor
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Big Cunard Lifer
San Francisco Harbor
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Commercial Trust Company
Royal Trust Company
Royal
Commercial Loan and Trust Company
Doxey
Ind
C.T. Doxey
American Plate Glass Company
Anti-Trust
Pillsboro
Alexandria
Ada G. Harrell
Grand St. Jerey City
Wisconsin
Keene Meats
Pingree
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