Telegraphic Gleanings From The World News Condensed
Fire partially destroys Merriam and Morgan works in Cleveland causing about 200000 dollars loss. Multiple banks suspend or fail across the country amid money stringency and runs. Notable events include a Chicago typographical union convention and a Bank of Omaha takeover. Also reports on a Kings Daughters conference, a fall of a grandstand at a Race course, and Borden case developments in Massachusetts.
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Merriam and Morgan Company
Cleveland
International Order of King's Daugsters and Sons
Chicago
Congress of Moral and Social Reform
Exchange Banking Compay
Weston, C
Citizens’ Bank of
First National Bank of
Arkansas City
Ark
Southwest
International Typographical Union
W. B. Prescott
Carter H. Harrison
Park City Bank
Salt Lake
Utah
Borden
New Bedford
Mass
American National Bank of Omaha
J. L. MeGague
American National
MeGague Savings Bank
Irving Savings Institutigd Ho
Warren Street
New York
Fall River
Fuller
Cincinnati
Race
Twelfth Streets
Cunard Line
Servia
Liverpool
Queenstown
A. McCallum
O’brien
London
McCallum
St. Petersburg
Russia
Chudov
Kremlin
Ricks
United States Circuit Court
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Clearing House Certificates Ease New York Credit Strain
New York bankers, facing a western withdrawal and scarce money, propose issuing clearing house certificates to solvent banks. The plan, used in past panics, would free liquidity by allowing banks to settle balances without cash payments. Western demand has driven up currency shipments and tightened credit, with relief expected as banks act as a unit.
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New York
Thu
Cing House
West
Chicago
Associated Banks
Hates of Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Epitomized
The Tennessee Press Association met at Nashville with seventy six members. It endorsed Pitkin Wright for consul to Honolulu. The Wilmington to New Berne and Norfolk railway was renamed and will reach New Berne in twenty days. Riverside Banking in Riverside California closed its doors with a notice about depositor payment. Atlanta Methodist ministers protested the World’s Fair opening on Sunday in a set of resolutions.
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Ann Arbor
Toledo
Sep‘ceanice
New York
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Richmond Terminal Company
Bank of Aaron, Wilcox & Co
Painesville
Chicago
Herman Schaffner
Detroit
Mich
West
Kansas City
Missouri P. System
Beatrice, N
Tennessee Press Association
Nashville
Pitkin C. Wright
Honolulu
Wilmington
Methodist Ministers
Atlanta
Samsa
Inquest at Willard's hall over Ford theater deaths
The Washington inquest opened at 11 o'clock in Willard's hall with Colonel Ainesworth facing clamor from clerks and officials. The deputy coroner limited participation, adjourned to 10 AM Tuesday, and a new indignation meeting formed after the crowd demanded action against Ainesworth.
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Ainesworth
Washington
Willard’s Hall
Willard’s Hotel
Record and Pension Division
War Department
Schafer
J. A. Chapin
Colonel Ainesworth
Central Police Station
Old Butler Fitch
Supreme Court of the District
Col
Ford’s Theatre
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Schaefer
Willard Hall
Old Theater
First Precinct
Jere Wilson
Record and Pensions Division
Bingham
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Tennessee Insurance Men Face Tax or Withdrawal From State
Insurance representatives from all Tennessee firms plan a June 26 Nashville meeting to decide whether to obey a state law requiring foreign corporations to file charters and be taxed or withdraw from the state. Briggs to Continue His Work. Union Seminary directors say C A Briggs will keep leading Biblical theology and arrange provisions to shield students from board restrictions.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Office of the Register
Briggs
New York
The
Union Seminary
C. A. Briggs
D. D
Board of Education
Local Camp Lodges and Camp Numbers Listed in Alabama
A fragmented OCR listing shows several Alabama Union-related camps with numbers and places such as Opelika for Rodes Camp No. 262 and Feliciana Camp No. 264 in Jackson, indicating a regional roster or directory of camps and associated officials or locations. The text is partial and garbled, hindering full interpretation.
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Ala
Lee County
Opelika
Rodes
Tuskaloosa
Als
W. N. Estes
Fe Fert Payne
Feliciana
Jackson, To
Washington Gossip and Federal Appointments Update
Postmaster General Bissell rescinds order barring republican postmasters without charges. House contest records open with rare testimony. Baron Fava presented to the president as Italian ambassador. Dozens of land office clerks dismissed for class and pay levels. Several postmaster appointments made. Vancouver district timber entries canceled for fraud. Behring Sea arbitration expected in August. Leaf tobacco duties to be refunded after court ruling on unit measurement.
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Bissell
Watson
Kerr
Baron Fava
Gresham
Italy
Relis
General Land Office
Wm. B. Copeland
Birmingham
Ala
R. H. Houston
James M. Davis
Cordele
M. G. Hall
Richard F. Moore
Columbus
Miss
D. Hale
Wm. A. McCanless
Tupelo
J. C. Eckles
Bowers
Vancouver Land District
Washington
J. B. Montgomery
Portland
Ore
State Department
Foster
United States
Harlan and Morgan
Paris
D. Price Porter
Jackson
W. H. Gibbs
Thomas R. Robertson
Charlotte
N. C
A. Brady
Bennett Dunn
Sentences Quashed in Panama Canal Fraud Case
Paris advices say the court of cessation quashed the fraud sentences of Charles de Lesseps Ferdinand de Lesseps Marius Fontaine Henri Cotta and Gustavus Eiffel due to statute limits and irregular indictments M Eiffel and Fontain were freed while Charles de Lesseps remains ill in hospital and faces only later trials for bribery The case linked to Panama Canal bonds ends with notable political social figures facing scrutiny and a suicide linked to the affair
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Panama Canal
Paris
Charles de Lesseps
M. Eiffel
M. Charles de Lesseps
St. Louis
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Charles
Marius Fontaine
Henri Cotta
Gustavus Eiffel
Baron de Reinach
Strange underground well ends in rock and air
An artesian well in Galveston reached 8000 feet without striking rock or water. Reports note the depth, lack of encounters, and the unusual result.
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Galveston
Mary Burton
Grimsby
England
Conversation Etiquette And Oddities From Old Papers
A collage of social tips and light anecdotes from Victorian era sources. Advice on listening kindly and concealing grief, a cleaning method for glass using alcohol and whiting, a failed benefit performance by Lottie Gibson, a peddler joke about pencils, and strange Japanese myths about a 600 year crane and a dragon with mixed features. Named outlets include Harper's Bazar New York Sun Springfield Homestead and Philadelphia Press.
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Lottie Gibson
Ward
New York Sun
The Most Interesting Thing in America
An English traveler, en route from New York to London, called the mule the most interesting thing he saw in America after a three month stay. He praised mule patience in mines where they haul tramcars, noting their ears guiding head position under low tunnels. He cited the saying that a man’s wit matures by 25 and mocked college freshmen.
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New York
London
United
Nias
The Faults and Follies of the Age Exposed
A survey of medical quackery and patent remedies. It praises Stomach Bitters as a safer alternative and touts Syrup of Figs and Brown's Iron Bitters for digestion and debility, with mentions of Beecham's Pills and other tonics. Also notes vexing claims about torture in Austria and a Congo newspaper venture by two negro women, plus Hall's Catarrh Cure and various nostrums.
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A. M. Priest
D. It
Shelbyville
Ind
Beecham
Royal Baking Powder Ad Declares Purity and Strength
An advertisement extols the Royal Baking Powder as the purest and strongest option for finest bread and cake. It warns against substitutes offering gifts or lower prices, noting common adulterants like alum lime and sulfuric acid make food unwholesome. It urges housekeepers to choose Royal for purity and digestibility.
Feeding London Meats and Provisions Rise in Year
The Chicago Tribune reports that for feeding London more than 323,089 tons of meat, poultry and provisions were delivered from public markets in a year, about 15,000 tons above prior records. American meats rose over 19 percent, with 939,442 cattle passing one market and 141,130 through another, all destined for city food supply.
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London
Chicago Tribune
Germany Day at the World Exposition Parade
German day drew over 200000 in Chicago as Germans from across the Union joined a grand procession. The crowd swelled past 150000 at the gates, making the parade the largest yet seen at the fair. The article notes the world’s longest church is St Peter’s in Rome and a tiny land area in the Isle of…
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Chicago
The
Union
St. Peter's
Rome
Isle of
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