Wisconsin lectures on labor topics in summer series
The Troy Weekly Call notes a summer lecture series at the University of Wisconsin addressing trade unionism the union label the open shop and the boycott. It suggests broader labor debates and signals a shift in public discourse during the season. The piece also mentions the Baltic fleet potentially sailing to far eastern waters and a lack of Russian flag vessels to greet it as its actions wane from the field.
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University of Wisconsin
Repeating Encounters Target Half Million at Fair
St Louis businessmen vow to push turnout at the World’s Fair by having workers repeat admissions at fifty cents per person if needed to reach a planned half million entries. The plan emphasizes repeat attendance and crowd circulation during the event.
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St. Louis
Domestic unrest looms in strikes across mills and trades
Domestic news notes substantial labor action with large scale strikes among butchers cotton mill hands and building trades affecting about 80,000 workers. The item frames the domestic scene as belligerent though less martial than foreign news, highlighting widespread labor discontent.
Rumor of Tsar Baby Substitution Sparks Russian Talk
A rumor circulates that the czar’s baby son may actually belong to peasants and was swapped for a daughter born to the czarina. The tale hints at a revolutionary motive and mentions a small canoe as a misheard detail. reflects intrigue in the court.
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Russia
Tie
Gil
Cuawre
Remarkable Colorado coal discovery near Durango
A vast coal deposit is found in the Durango district lying beneath lava crust. Beds of high quality coal and coke extend over more than 625 square miles and are said to be unmatched in quality in Colorado.
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Colorado
Durango
Japan Resents Sinking of Hitachi and Aids Russian Survivors
Japan heaps coal of fire on Russian heads while avenging the Hitachi sinking. Admiral Kamimura rescued the crew of the cruiser Rurik which aided in sinking the Hitachi and sailed away from hundreds of drowning victims. Japan offers Russians living for Japanese dead.
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Japan
Kamimura
Ruric
National irrigation congress call for El Paso meeting
The official call issued for the twelfth national irrigation congress to be held in El Paso Texas from November 12 to 18 1904 highlights aims to save forests store floods reclaim deserts and settle vacant lands across the trans Mississippi arid region.
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National Irrigation Congress
el Paso
Texas
trans-Mis-sissippi
Naturalization Fraud Tarnishes Citizens, Warns Editor
The piece decries corruption in naturalization reflecting on the humiliation of the nation. It argues a foreigner coached in fraud taints the ballot and laws, undermines trust in government, and destroys a newcomer's civic integrity.
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United States
Port Arthur defense praised for Russian bravery
The piece lauds Russia's stubborn stand at Port Arthur, noting the army's refusal to surrender after repeated losses. It acknowledges diminished power and prestige but commends the soldiers' courage as a magnifying factor for the nation while expressing admiration despite opposing views.
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Russia
Port Arthur
Harlem landlord offers month rent free for babies born in flats
Mr. Smith of Harlem New York appears remarkable by sheltering children in his flats and inviting flat dwellers to bring children under their roof. A telegram confirms the report that he offers a month's rent free to parents of any baby born in one of his flats.
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Mr. Smith
Harlem
N. Y
Under and Over the Sea attraction at the World's Fair
The Pike at the World's Fair features the novel "Under and Over the Sea" showing a hybrid travel illusion. Electrical effects simulate submarine and aerial travel, offering a glimpse of future navigation possibilities both in air and water.
Multiple 1900s brief items from Fort Madison to Shanghai
News in brief covers drownings and political nominations in Iowa and Missouri, a San Francisco murder sentence, Alabama lynching rewards, Elkton gunshot death, Chinese port tensions over ships, a stove forger arrested in St. Louis, Stoessel farewell message from Port Arthur, US neutrality stance in Shanghai, Florence Maybrick arrival, Japanese siege gun actions near Port Arthur, and a Diana cruiser sighting in French Indochina with France pledging neutrality.
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Fort Madison
Ottinger
Chicago
Francis Wilson
Platte City
Fourth
St. Joseph
Cordelia Botkin
Carroll Cook
San Francisco
San Quentin
Cal
John P. Dunning
Dover
Del
Gov. Cunningham
Alabama
Albert Constable
Elkton
Union Protestant
Shanghai
Askold
Grozovoi
Standard Oil Co
William’ W.“Wynne
Atlanta
St. Louis
Moscow
Stoessel
Port Arthur
United States
Goodnow
China
Florence Maybrick
New York
Vaderland
Antwerp
Diana
Saison
French Indochina
France
Russia
Dozens of 1909 rail strikes and sea battles in terse telegrams
A digest of condensed telegrams reports mass labor strikes across the country and labor center tensions in Chicago and New York, with related industrial incidents. It notes the Delaware and Lackawanna order dropping brakemen, the Columbine wreck off Newfoundland, and widespread unrest in packing houses, plus other crashes, deaths, and political notes from across the nation.
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Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad
Columbine
Newfoundland
Snook’s Arm
Green Bay
N. F
W. D. Miller
Englefield
Ind
Galveston
Tex.) Sea Wall
Judge Gerke Dead and St. Louis ties noted
Illinois state news reports the death of Judge Henry C. Gerke of Madison county after four months in confinement. Born near Marine on December 25, 1832, he helped Marine grow via railroad efforts and funded a school. He served Madison county as associate justice from 1869 to 1873, then pursued private life. The item also covers Fire Chief Van Dyke’s severe burns from a gas explosion at East St. Louis, an accidental Italian shooting at Zeigler, and Police Chief Purdy’s return from Lincoln, Nebraska, regarding a murder suspect.
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George Boyce
Ida
West Sixty-second Street
New York
George Leander
Paris
Walter Kemp
Roumania
Ind
Union Pacific
Vining
Clifton
Kas
Omaha
Neb
Coloraas
Mir Asaware Takan
Omaha Packing Co
Armourdale
Red Star Line
Vaderland
Antwerp
Florence Chanler Maybrick
England
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Princeton
Trenton
National Board of Directors of
the Knights of Columbus
New Haven
Conn
St. Louis Exposition
Edmund J. James
Northwestern University of Illinois
University of
Port Arthur
Theodore Brentano
Rochester
N. Y
Pittsford
Waconia
Minn
Sub-Treasury
Florence Maybrick
Ellenville
Catskill Mountains
Emmett Dinsmore
Navy Department
Tacoma
R. F. Nicholson
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Cardinal Satolli
Rome
Naples
United States
Russia
Armour & Co
Benson Avenue
Henry C. Gerke
Madison County
St. Louis
Marine
Edwardsville
Matilda I
Henry
Theodosia M. Hartman
Interlaken
Switzerland
William Edgar Gerke
New York City
Judge Gerke
Thomas W. van Dyke
East St. Louis
C. Huggins
Eighth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Huggins
van Dyke
Gregory O. Purdy
Lincoln
James Gaglden
Thomas Reedy
Golden
Purdy
Chief Purdy
Bellville Sheriff Returns With Wanted Man from Missouri
Sheriff Wash Thompson of Belleville brought John Stapleton from St. Joseph Missouri who faces an indictment for killing John Oughnew near East St. Louis on November 13 1902. The coroner's jury exonerated Stapleton and no indictment followed until the last grand jury. Louis Ray of East St. Louis was arrested for deserting his wife after a quarrel over fifty cents. He was released on bond.
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Wash Thompson
Belleville
St. Joseph
John Stapleton
John Oughnew
East St. Louis
Stapleton
Louis Ray
Ray
Trains Collision Kills Four In Chicago Accident
A express Chicago Great Western train collided with a three-car trolley bound for Hawthorne race track in Chicago. Four people died, one fatally injured, and twenty three others sustained serious injuries in the crash.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
Hawthorne Race Track
Chicago
Society Girls Waitressed at Belleville Ice Cream Festival
Society girls of Belleville acted as waitresses at the ice cream festival hosted by the Choral Symphony society at the home of I. H. Wangelin on Abend street.
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Belleville
Choral Symphony Society
I. H. Wangelin
Abend Street
Southern Illinois Sons of Veterans Hold Second Reunion
The second annual reunion of the Southern Illinois Sons of Veterans convened in St Elmo with excellent weather and a strong turnout.
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Southern Illinois Sons of Veterans
St. Elmo
Boy Robber Takes 1.80 In East St Louis Grocery
Johnny Robinson a colored boy aged 12 held up Isaac Pettis grocery at gunpoint in East St Louis and escaped with 1.80. He was arrested by authorities.
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Johnny Robinson
Isaac Pettis
Great Flood Hits Arizona Rail Lines and Roads
Ash Fork Arizona August 24 flood damage on the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe line is the worst in Arizona history with six hundred feet of track torn up between Yucca and Haviland. Bridges wrecked water floods the Needles region as trains are halted and repair crews swept away leaving No. 7 and No. 3 stalled near Haviland while eastbound Nos. 4 and 6 wait west of Yucca. Southern Pacific also damaged preventing Phoenix service.
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Chicago
Grand Forks
N. C
Fort Totten Indiana
South Dakota
Chitose
Tsushima
Novik
Korsakovsk
Sakhalien Island
New York
Buffalo
Baltimore
Denver
Willow Lake
Hamlin County
Great Northern Railway
Tecumseh
Kas
Ash Fork
Ariz
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Arizona
Yucca
Haviland
Arizona Line
Needles
Santa Fe
California Limited
Ontario
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
Southern Pacific
Wreck On Santa Fe Train Near Topeka Injures Four
Topeka August 24 Santa Fe train No 17 wrecked six miles east of Topeka only four people injured including a tramp fatally unknown woman passenger and two rail staff The track torn up for 200 yards and an official investigation planned with a relief train delivering the injured to Santa Fe hospital.
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Topeka
Kas
Santa Fe
I. ‘J. Curry
Buckley
Lyon Murray
Tecumseh
American asks Pekin to report Shanghai facts
Acting Secretary of State Atlee cabled Minister Conger in Pekin to report the facts of the Shanghai situation at the earliest. A similar request went to Consul- General Goodnow in Shanghai and Consul-General Fowler in Che Foo. It is believed instructions have been or will be sent to Rear-Admiral Stirling to cooperate with the minister and consuls to protect American interests at treaty ports.
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Washington
Atlee
Conger
Pekin
Shanghai
Goodnow
Fowler
Che Foo
Stirling
Moros adopt guerrilla tactics in Mindanao campaign
Manila Aug 24 The forces under Datto Ali in Mindanao have adopted guerrilla tactics against American troops. Major General Leonard Wood has formed four crack fighting companies of 100 men each, infantry and cavalry, to operate independently and wage a vigorous campaign to capture or destroy the enemy.
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Manila
Datto Ali
Mindanao
Leonad Wood
Christenings of the Russian Heir Alexis Nicholavitch
Reports from St Petersburg on the christening of the Russian throne heir Alexis Nicholavitch at Peterhof. The ceremony featured imperial procession, ornate chapel rites, and a royal salute as the infant received the Order of St Andrew. The event drew European dignitaries and signaled the heir’s future autocratic role.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Peterhof Palace
Baltic
Black Seas
Poland
Petérhov
Alexis Nicholavitch
Russias
Peterhof Palate
Alexandra Villa
Great Palace
Royal Park
M. Pobiedosteff
The
Holy Synod
Ambassador McCormick
Europe
Galatzin
Gen
Reichter
Dolgourouki
Kremlin
Gulf
the Order of St. Andrew
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Troy Weekly Call
B. W. Jarvis
Illinois State News
Adolfo Constantino
Zeigler
Godetano Chiona
Italy
Lester
St. Elmo Reunion
Santa Fe Railroad
Tecumseh, Kas
State Department
Datto Aii
Adout
Gen. Wood
Far East
White Jone
Orthodox Church
Alexis Nicholovitch
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