Causes of Our Wonderful Development
The United States leads in essential needs and manufacture. It is the world's largest producer of food items like wheat corn beef and pork and cotton for clothing coal for heating and petroleum for lighting. It also tops iron steel copper lead aluminum leather wood and other manufactures. U S manufacturing value rivals the United Kingdom and equals Germany France and Russia combined.
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United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Russia
Five Great Needs Drive U S To Lead In Production
The United States stands as the world’s largest producer of key factors for food clothing heat light and manufactures. This position reflects how the nation dominates the supply chains that underpin daily life and industrial output.
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United States
Reading current news in schools boosts learning
A veteran teacher advocates dedicating ten to fifteen minutes daily in each common school to reading good newspapers. He argues newspapers educate as well as textbooks, offering practical grammar, history, and geography benefits while allowing teachers to filter content for suitability.
Negro Contributors to American Literature
The article surveys African American progress over fifty years of freedom, noting figures like George W. Williams, William C. Nell, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Charles W. Chesnutt, and Sutton E. Gregg. It highlights literary and musical achievements, praising sustained production of readable work and predicting eventual high standing among white peers.
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George W. Williams
Williams
William C. Nell
Boston
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Charles W. Chesnutt
Sutton E. Greggs
Boy Kills Family in Insane Attack with Ax
Charles Cawley a 17 year old from Homestead Pa killed his mother and two sisters and seriously wounded three others during a frenzied early morning attack. He overpowered his brother James and was taken to police after a struggle. Doctors say the injured have little chance to live and the coroner finds the act was caused by insanity.
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Pittsburg
Washington
D. C
Charles Cawley
Homestead
Hannah Cawley
Belle Cawley
Anna Cawley
Joseph
Southside Hospital
Raymond
Adeline
Agnes
Cawleys
Second Avenue
Belle
Charles
James
Cawley
Body of Mrs Burns Found in Sioux River
The body of Mrs T F Burns a leading Sioux City musician was found floating in the Sioux River Friday morning near the Riverside Boat club address. Police believe the death was accidental after she disappeared last Friday night following a boat trip on the river.
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Sioux River
Sioux City, In
Sioux City
T. F. Burns
Grocer Combine Proposed to Unite U S Wholesalers
The Inter State Grocer of St. Louis reports a plan to form a nationwide combine of every grocery wholesaler. Details remain secret until after November 5 with initial steps to be taken in Detroit.
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St. Louis
Interstate Grocer
United States
Detroit
Rioting Over Socialist Club Closure Kills Twenty in Gibraltar Dispatch
A Daily Mail dispatch from Gibraltar reports rioting after a socialist club closure within Spanish lines left twenty men dead and many badly wounded. The clash followed the club's shutdown and involved armed confrontations in the area.
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London
Gibraltar
Daily Mail
Ike Tran Non acquitted in Terrell box factory killing case
Acquitted after trial in Metropolis Illinois Ike Tran Non was found justified in the killing of Will Terrell at a box factory last spring. The jury returned the verdict on Friday afternoon, clearing Tran Non of wrongdoing in the death.
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Metropolis
Ill
Ike Trannon
Will Terrell
Robbers Halt Pacific Express Near Lincoln in Gold Heist
Four bandits stopped the Burlington line just outside Lincoln early Saturday morning seizing gold coins valued up to 50 000 while the crew and passengers were unharmed. The robbers escaped on foot and by two pursuers with bloodhounds. officers anticipate rewards and chase across southeastern Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Neb
Pacific Coast Express
Burlington Road
St. Joseph
Northwest
Woodlawn
Claybury
William Lupton
Hoagland
Malone
Prominent Lexington merchant shot by burglars at home
A B Chinn of Chinn & Todd dry goods, a leading Kentucky businessman and Confederate veteran, was killed in his bed in Lexington at 3 30 am by two masked burglars. Son Asa wounded while firing through a closed door. Search for suspects continues as police chase leads. In Pittsburg, southern coal famine eases as Ohio River rise enables 20 steamers with 240 coal barges and 3 060 000 bushels to depart for the south, with more expected.
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A. B. Chinn
Lexington (Ky
Lexington
Chinn &Todd
Kentucky
Asa
South Broken
Pittsburg
Ohio
Street Duel Ends with Liveryman Killed in Cadiz
Hopkinsville Ky Oct 13 Deputy Marshal Sumner tried to arrest Walter Brown a liveryman for intoxication at Cadiz Trigg county Saturday night. A street duel followed Brown was killed and the officer was wounded in the arm.
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Hopkinsville
Sumner
Walter Brown
Cadiz
Trigg County
Brown
Offcer
Pilgrimage to Parnell’s Grave Dims in Dublin
The tenth annual pilgrimage to Parnell’s Grave in Dublin took place on Oct. 13. For the first time the lord mayor and the corporation withdrew from the ceremony as attendance fell below prior years.
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Parnell
Dublin
Brokers Enjoined From Selling G A R Tickets in DC Suit
Washington Oct 14 Justice Hagner issued a sweeping decision permanently enjoining 33 local brokers from selling Grand Army special excursion tickets issued by the Pennsylvania Southern Baltimore Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads. Tickets are non transferable and void for anyone but the original purchaser. brokers sought licensed brokerage defense but the court upheld the railroads contracts and voids any transfer. The ruling covers only non transferable special excursion tickets bearing signed contracts and does not apply to regular tickets.
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Washington
Justice Hagner
Equity Court of the
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania, Southern
Chesapeake & Ohio
Bar
Fatal Pawnee mine blast leaves two dead
An explosion at the Victor coal mine in Pawnee Illinois killed two workers and fatally injured four others as 199 men left duty. Victims include W V Overcash and Michael Yorja. others were seriously burned or crushed. The blast, caused by excessive powder, sent debris 4000 feet from the shot site. Overcash reportedly valued at $40,000 with no relatives.
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Springfield
Ill
Victor
Pawnee
W. V. Overcash
Michael Yorja
Frank Isaacs
Peter Green
John Burke
George Worley
Daniel Reece
John Dock
William Sparling
John Pick
Peter Cerovich
Jerome Sproule
Thomas King
Joseph Buchner
Isaacs
Auburn
Overcash
Fight at Emporia College Football Game Ends in Clashes
Several hundred students from Presbyterian College and the State Normal school clashed during a Monday football game in Emporia Kansas. Police used clubs to quell the disturbance. Mann ehan of the Normal school was seriously injured by a blow to the head as the Normals won 6 to 0.
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Emporia
Kan
Presbyterian College
State Normal School
Mannehan
Normal School
Normals
Paris Balloon Tragedy Ends In Fatal Trial Flight
De Bradsky and companion killed when a balloon from Vangirard in Paris crashes over Stains during a trial trip. Pale rope failure caused the car to drop, burying the two aeronauts, Morin and De Brodsky, beneath the wreck.
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Paris
de Bradsky
Vangirard
Pantien
de Brodsky
Morin
William Coates Convicted in Mother's Murder Case
In St. Joseph Missouri on October 14 a judge found 18 year old William Coates guilty of murdering his mother Eliza Coates three months prior. Prosecutors say he strangled her to gain control of the estate and evade detection while aiming to become sole beneficiary.
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St. Joseph, Mo
William Coates
Eliza Coates
Found the Buried Prison Ship Jersey Rediscovered at Navy Yard
New York workers uncover the Jersey, the English prison ship used during the Revolution, buried under 12 to 14 feet of dirt and water at the Brooklyn navy yard while preparing launching stays for the battleship Connecticut. The wreck, sought by historical groups for half a century, remains in near perfect condition.
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New York
Jersey
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Connecticut
Coal operators propose five member commission to settle anthracite strike
Washington report details a White House backed plan by J P Morgan Robert Bacon and Secretary Root for a five member commission including an engineer a mining expert a federal judge a sociologist and a mining veteran to adjudicate all issues between coal companies and workers with a three year employment framework and orders miners back to work pending findings. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers largely silent after the White House statement as Wilkes Barre and Philadelphia dispatch further notices. The arrangement follows New York talks and a Morgan delegation trip to Washington with Morgan Bacon and Baer leaving Philadelphia for Washington by rail to push the proposal.
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Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
Robert Bacon
Root
Roosevelt
White House
Cortelyou
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
United States
Army
Navy
United States Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Mr. Morgan
New York
Mr. Bacon
Arlington Hotel
Secretary Root
Morgan
Wilkesbarre
Philadelphia
J. P. Morgan
George F. Baer
The
Reading Co
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mob Attacks Miner Leader in Scranton Negerton Strike Incident
A mob of about 100 beat Orlando Behooley, a man guiding new hires to the Negerton colliery, causing a broken back. He was taken to Emergency hospital in Carbondale. Recruits fled town after agreeing to leave aboard trains. Officials report 40 quitters in Scranton district, with Plymouth No 2 washery idle due to desertions.
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Scranton
Orlando Behooley
Negerton
Jermyn
Carbondale
Schooley
Noxon
Wyoming County
North Scranton
Plymouth No. 2
Delaware & Hudson Co
Rhode Island Moves to Back Coal Importers
Gov. Kimball seeks a state guarantee fund of 125000 to protect dealers who import coal during the fuel famine. He has won two thirds of the house and 21 senators in support to establish the fund, shielding importers from loss and allowing Rhode Island plants to continue operations.
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Providence
R. I
Kimball
General Assembly
House
Rhode Island
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Nebraska
Express
G. A. R. Tickets
Pawnee, Ill
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