Emigration and Crime Report from Early 1900s Dispatches
From Bucharest to Hamilton Ohio and Logansport Indiana a series of brief items recount Jewish emigration from Romania to Canada and the United States driven by work scarcity and farm labor shifts. Other notes describe a brutal assault on two girls in Ohio a attempted train wreck in Indiana Peary relief voyage fires and arson claims mine closures evictions and a Marion traction collision with injuries plus a Dart of U S political news noting Speaker Henderson’s possible continuity in office.
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Foumania
Bucharest
Roumania
London Daily Express
Roumiania
Canada
United States
Charles H. Motzen
Hamilton
Ohio
Joseph Roth
Rath
Henderson Renounces Republican Nomination Over Tariff Plank
David B. Henderson of Iowa, Speaker of the House, withdraws from renomination citing a tariff plank in the July Republican platform that leans toward free trade. He states the district and state sentiment oppose the policy and he cannot represent voters who oppose such changes. He thanks supporters and notes his twenty years of service to the district and country.
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David B. Henderson
Iowa
House of Representatives
Henderson
C. E. Albrook
Eldora
Sir
Congress
Republican Party
United States
B. Henderson
Senderson
Enormous Demand Drives European Steel to America
European manufacturers pivot to American markets. Chicago imports 10000 tons of steel billets from Europe and Scotland as importers report faster delivery than U.S. mills. Local firms have placed large European orders with steel arriving in five months while foreign mills adjust products and prices to fit U.S. construction needs.
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Chicago
Scotland
Europe
Custom House
America
Worldchurch congress in Christiania draws diverse nations
Fannie Crosby, aged and blind yet prolific, has authored more than five thousand hymns. The American scene notes Queen Alexandra making a call on the colony amid unfamiliar lines, while a world council gathers in Christiania Norway with representatives from thirty-one nations.
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Christiania
Norway
Fannie Crosby
Alexandra
North
Map of the Forest Fire Districts and Scenes in Localities
Fire districts in the Rocky Mountains report rapid spread of pole fires from the Wyoming line to central Colorado. Government forest brigades and ranchers mobilize to slow the flames as new fires threaten untouched timber. Despite some progress, officials fear extensive, irrecoverable damage and expect fires to burn out on their own.
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Rocky Mountains
Wyoming Line
Colorado
Statue of Gen Slocum Dedicated on Gettysburg Battlefield
Short News Notes report the September dedication of a 31 foot monument to Major General Henry Warner Slocum on the Gettysburg battlefield by New York. The base of Barre granite bears inscription honoring Slocum who commanded the right wing of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg. Also noted are incidents from Martinsburg and Ottawa, a St Georges union election, a German Baptists meeting in Bellefontaine, and a boycott plan against harvesters.
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Gettysburg
New York
Gon. Gettysbur
Dien. Monde
Army of the Potomac
Culp
Barre
U.S. V
Twelfth Army Corps
New Orleans Maritime Exchange
Peter Spicer
Martinsburg
Ohio
Ottawa
Kan
Ned Kathren
St. George’s Union of North America
Philadelphia
John Taylor
Toronto
Stone
Chicago
Bellefontaine
Kansas
Oklahoma
Joseph G Cannon Seen As Henderson's Successor
Joseph G Cannon, regarded as the likely choice for the House speakership, succeeds retiring JD B Henderson. Cannon, first elected to Congress from the Fourteenth District in 183, has represented the Fifteenth District and Danville area and has steered major bills including the two-cent postage rate and the modified duties bill. He served as chairman of the appropriations committee for four years.
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Ajoredh G. Cannon
Cannon
House of Repri
JD. B. Henderson
Congress
Fascal
Alingia
Danvill Lle
Treasury plans 8.2 million in new circulation relief
Secretary Shaw announces a plan to inject 8.2 million dollars of Treasury holdings into immediate circulation. The move aims to ease Wall Street tension and tide over the current banking season, with four million to be deployed promptly.
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Shaw
Treasury
New York
Trea
Treasury Department
Wall Street
Striu- Beney
Crisis in Venezuela forces nearing final stand
Dispatches report government forces in Hightower preparing one last stand near Valencia. Insurgent leaders claim the government is tottering and Castro aims to unite remaining troops with Gen. Gurrida to storm the capital. Conflicting reports say government forces were defeated near Sinaquillo, not annihilated as claimed.
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de Castro
Castro
Valencia
Gurrida
Willemstad
Sinagrillo
Venezuela
Mendoza
Batalla
Miers
Garrido
Torres Courdonnas
Sinaquillo
Cartios
Treasury plans for bond deposits and bank circulation
Secretary Shaw outlines plans to deposit bonds held by national banks in the treasury to free circulation. Nearly 16 million already deposited with 4.2 million to circulate via October interest ahead. He cautions against forcing banks into the market at high ratios and notes no immediate alarm in New York. A separate dispatch to European ambassadors marks the Berlin treaty era changes and Romania duties toward civilization and Romanian Jewish relief. Waterpean Ladies Chorus of Columbia, Ohio, won second prize at the Welsh Misteddfal in Colwyn Bay, Wales.
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Sama
Treasury
Shaw
New York
United States
Europe
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Italy
Austria
Tuckey
Balkan
Roumania
Waterpean Ladies’ Chorus
Columbia
Ohio
Industrial activity expands in New York with record output
Industrial expansion shows New York pumping new factories and mills while old plants scale up. A coke blockade hampers rail throughput as output climbs to record levels. Despite transportation gains, shortages threaten shippers and consumers. Agricultural output rises with higher crop yields and a general price decline per Daw's index. Bank exchanges and railway earnings rise, with foreign sourcing increasing to meet demand.
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New York
Jereater
Dua
Werelso
RK. G. Don & Co
Ww Sa
Historical Livestock and Grain Prices Across U.S. Cities
The survey lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices by city including Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo New York Buffalo and more. Prices shown cover No 2 wheat corn oats rye and butter with ranges from casual to prime quality, reflecting regional market variation.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Ile
Cincinnati
Oath
Detroit
Milwaukee
Barney
Toledo
New York
Indiana woman sacrifices life to save child in burning home
In Marion a Mrs Mande Gross entered flames to rescue her 2 year old, paying with her life as a gas explosion ripped the home. Her child survived with minor burns while her husband and brother suffered injuries. The incident follows a string of local misfortunes and civic notes across Indiana including a marriage in darkness at Irvington and ongoing railway expansion plans. The report also mentions a murder attempt on a minister, a bank burglary, and other town news.
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Mande Gross
Marion
Clinton
Chicago
Ulingis
Elizabeth Lawrence
Royerton
Dean R. L. Kelly
Earlham College
Richmond
Mills
William Everett
Exchange Bank
Middlebury
J. S82
Mather & Son
Mra
William Depew
Bloomington
Hts
Warsaw
George W. Martin
Gaston
Alvan Rathel
Rathel
Baptist District Council
Martinsville
William J. Delaney
Indianapolis
Delaney
Freetown
Cincinnati
Richmond and Muncie
Peru
William Carey
Josephine
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Teredy
Logansport
Ind
Terre Haute
Peary
Adlapateh
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Sayu
Peary Arctic Club
Windward
C. EB. Peary
Cape Sabine
North Pole
Greely
Victoria Coal and Coke Co
Caperton
W. Va
New River
Caperton Company
Gorge Trobaugh
Frankfort
American Mariner
Colon
Panama
The
Union Traction Company
Dubuque
Bpeaker
Hawkeye
David Bt
Derson
Arparsam Menena
ELE
Washington
RESON
Sorlies
Chicago American
Gen. Slocum
Onry Warner Slo
Blocum
Joseph G. Cannon
Pressue
Orn
Hay
Balkan States
Unitedates
Owa
Bradstreet's
Aginst L
Manmoth Minn
Anillers
Honee
Bledbric
Rodaim
Utica
Irvington
Arthur G. Cooper
Bessie Greenwell
Butler College
Michigan City
Indiana
Laporte
Waperte
South Bend
Benton Harbor
Niles
Cycle Companion
Sherman Cycle Company
Manson Cycle Company
Great Western Manufacturing Company
Great Western Company
Lof
David Bradies and
Adning & Westlake Companies
Crown Bicycle Works
Caporte
American Bicycle Company
Uties
Leon Merrell
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