World News Briefs From Friday's Digest
The government crop report notes a marked decline in the main grain conditions. The pope remains ill with fever around 100 degrees and spreading gout. London’s Carlton hotel partly burned, an American actor named Finnin perishes in the blaze. Secretary MacVeagh delays a ruling on security holding companies after talks with Chicago bankers. Julia Steel French and John Edward Paul Geraghty eloped and married in Newport.
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Carlton
London
Finnin
MacVeagh
Chicago
Julia Steel French
Amos Tuck French
John Edward Paul Geraghty
Newport
Admiral Togo Visits West Point and Talks with Cadets
Admiral Togo visits West Point and reviews cadets while chatting with American women. Judge Gary is credited before the Stanley committee with the destruction of all steel pools. Frank J. Gould in a London interview deprecates American attacks on corporations. Tobacco prices to rise due to poor crops in the region and Cuba. Dr. William Polk testifies angrily for Dr. Doty at the New York quarantine inquiry.
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Togo
West Point
Gary
Stanley
Frank J. Gould
London
Cuba
William Polk
Doty
New York
Fears of Asiatic Cholera Rise in Cleveland
Dispatch from Cleveland reports growing fears of an Asiatic cholera outbreak in the city. President Taft’s auto collided with another car in Salem Massachusetts Saturday night but caused no injuries. The pope’s condition improves with lower fever and easing knee pains. In Pennsylvania two of three men at East colliery near Ashland are rescued alive. one dies. Ledges off Cape Sable where Niobe and Cornwall grounded are uncharted. James W Polk, who shot his sister in law Mrs James H Lawrence of New York, is arrested near the shooting scene at Pocomoke City Maryland.
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Cleveland
Taft
Salem
Mass
East
Ashland
Cape Sable
Cornwall
James W. Polk
James H. Lawrence
New York
Pocomoke City
Boston Man Dies at Sea After Overboard Fall
A young Boston man died by his own action after leaping from an Italian liner. The incident occurred at sea during an international voyage.
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Boston
Cincinnatius Leconte
Haiti
Congress
Port-au-Prince
House of Commons
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Harry N. Atwood
St. Louis
Missionary killed in Mount Alana eruption dispatch
A cable report states an American missionary died amid Mount Alana’s eruption. Taft vetoes Arizona and New Mexico statehood bills citing judicial records. Liberals rally behind Laurier and broader markets as reciprocity becomes issue in Canadian campaign. Rioters shot in Liverpool after UK general strike. one dead, many wounded. Senate backs conference report on wool revision after La Follette Reed clashes.
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Mount
Alana
Taft
Arizona
New Mexico
Laurier
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Senate
la Follette
Reed
The Widow Sharon and the Deacon in Valley Stream
A local tale tells how widow Sharon moves to Valley Stream and clashes with Deacon Horner over manners and rumors. After lawsuits over hogs and trespass, a rat trap peddler hints the couple should wed, and within a year they marry.
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Deacon Horner
Valley Stream
Sharon
Deacon
Market Report Summary of Commodities Prices
New York market report updates prices for wheat No 2 red at 93 4 cents, corn No 2 forward 71 cents, oats standard 46 cents, pork mess 19.25 to 19.50 per barrel, butter creamery specials 27 cents and extras 26, eggs state and Pennsylvania 28 to 30 cents, Long Island new potatoes per barrel 2.50 to 2.75, Southern No 1 per barrel 2.25 to 2.50.
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New York
State
Pennsylvania
Long Island
New
Southern
Buffalo Market Prices Snapshot Aug 17
Buffalo Provision Market lists wheat No 1 northern carloads at 1.11 and No 2 red at 91 2 cents, corn No 2 yellow at 69 2 cents, oats No 1 white at 42 cents, flour fancy blended patent 5.75 to 6.50 per barrel, butter creaming 26 1/2 to 29 1/2 cents, eggs state mixed 25 cents, cheese good to choice 12 to 12 1/2 cents.
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Buffalo
Market Report Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Lambs
CATTLE prime steers 7.15 to 7.25 per cwt, 1200 to 1400 lb 5.75 to 6.50 for steerage, choice fat cows 4.90 to 5.25, choice heifers 5.75 to 6.00, export bulls 5.00 to 5.28, choice veals 8.75 to 9.00, fair to good 8.25 to 8.50. HOGS light Yorkers and heavy hogs 8.05 to 8.10, pigs 8.05. SHEEP AND LAMBS choice spring lambs 6.50 to 6.75, mixed sheep 3.25 to 3.75.
Buffalo Hay Market Prices
Timothy No 1 on track sells for 20.00 with No 2 Timothy at 18.90 to 18.50. Straw wheat and oat priced at 6.00 to 6.50.
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Timothy
Free Tuition At Clarion State Normal School
Clarion State Normal School offers free tuition to all students over seventeen. The popular institution has grown to be unmatched among normal schools, with an enthusiastic body of graduates and earnest young men and women. Located in an ideal setting, it fosters high education standards and strong home life. Aug. 17-11.
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Clarion State Normal School
Clarion State Normal dormitories shine in well furnished housing
Young ladies receive care in Navarre Hall the new dormitory at Clarion State Normal School with steam heat electric lights and hot and cold water in washstands. Stevens Hall houses well lighted airy rooms for young men. The normal school trains teachers and offers business and life preparation. Write for catalog. J George Becat principal Clarion Pa. 8-17-11
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Navarre Hall
Clarion State Normal School
Stevens Hall
Clarion State Normal
J. George Becat
Clarion
Reduced Fares to Rochester For G A R Encampment
Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets to Rochester N Y for the G A R National Encampment from August 18 to 21 with return by August 30 at reduced fares. Tickets sold August 18 19 20 and 21. Consult ticket agents. No 608 Aug 17.
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G. A. R. National
Rochester
N. Y
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wanted Nurses for the Insane in Warren Pa
Advertisement calls for women aged 21 to 30 with fair education to serve as nurses at the State Hospital in Warren Pennsylvania. General nursing instruction provided, wages 18 dollars a month with possible advancement based on ability. no prior experience required, references needed. Apply to the Superintendent of State Hospital Warren Pa.
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Superintendent of State Hospital
Warren
Unusual Interest in 1961 Grand Army Encampment
The Rochester gathering marks the Civil War era’s fiftieth anniversary and the G A R’s forty fifth founding, drawing word of its influence in democracy and national memory. Taft to speak Aug 23 as veterans and Sons of Veterans convene amid calls for world peace.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Rochester
N. Y
Supreme Court
Grand Army
Republic
Great Republic
Lincoln
Union
Washington
America
Europe
John E. Gilman
Boston
Army of the Potomac
Atlantic City
Sons of Veterans and Woman's Relef Corps
Taft
United Confederate Veterans
South
Bull Run
United States
Great Britain
France
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Federal Court of Appeals
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Carlton Hotel
James R. Nugent
New Jersey
Democratic Committee
Wilson
Horner
Justice of the Peace
ST. Croix Johnstone
Chicago Aviation Meet
American Press Association
Market Report
East Buffalo Livestock Market
James A. Edgerton
Bill Jones
Duffer
Tom Smith
Bill Joneses
Tom Smiths
Athens
Socrates
Marathon
Zama
Tours
Askalon
Moncontour
Naseby
Bunker Hill
Parliament of Man
Federation of the World
Decatur
Ill
Benjamin I F. Stephenson
Indianapolis
Stephen A. Hurlbut
Illinois
Philadelphia
John A. Logan
Black Eagle
Soc
Galilei
North
Abraham
Grant
Plato
Paul
Shakespeare
Cromwell
John E. Gil Gilman
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