Strike Idle 12000 at Canadian Pacific Rail in Canada
Winnipeg August 6 A nationwide strike by Canadian Pacific shop workers idle twelve thousand men across Canada following a government conciliation board ruling. Montreal and Fort William Vancouver saw large walkouts while pensioned workers returned home. Company views arbitration unfavorably and government signals no intervention unless violence occurs.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Fort William
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Pailway
Canadian Pacific
Ottawa
Labor Department
Evaporation Study Planned At Salton Sea
Government scientists will deploy six to eight men for two years to develop a water evaporation formula under specific conditions. The Salton Sea site near the Mexican border will host measurements of recession and atmospheric uptake, with Professor F B Bigelow leading the project and assistance from the local weather bureau.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Salton Sea
Mexican Line
Gulf of California
F. B. Bigelow
Weather Bureau
Fargo to move to Salem after disbarment filing
Hartford City Indiana August 6 Henry 8 Fargo justice of the peace faces disbarment hearings filed by a committee named by Judge C E Sturgis. He has sold his office furniture and will not defend the case in October court. He plans to leave the city with his family for Salem Oregon to live in the future.
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Hartford City
Ind
Henry
Fargo
C. E. Sturgis
Circuit Court
Salem
Ore
Scores on the Ball Fields Chicago Aug 6 1900s baseball standings and scores
The report lists standings and results from games across leagues with New York Cincinnati Boston Chicago Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland St Louis and other centers. It notes rain delays and a curious case of Berry Dixon a comatose coal miner who speaks gibberish when awake and clear when asleep.
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Chicago
Boston
Morgan
Carrigan
Smith
Sullivan
Detroit
Philadelphia
Dygert
Street
Cleveland
Berger
Clarke
St. Louis
New York
St. Toms
Manning
Blair
Waddell
Spencer
Chesbro
Sweeney
Petty
Stephens
Carmi
Inll
Berry Dixon
Harrisburg
T'e
Ww. P.cowns
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Rae W
Washington
Suffragettes Visit Oyster Bay Amid Rain and Roaring Floods
Four members of the National Progressive Woman Suffrage Union spoke in Oyster Bay, but no local women attended the 7:30 p.m. meeting as President Roosevelt declined to meet them. The party then left for New York, while Sagamore Hill doors were closed and the town faced a flood that inundated the post office and streets with six feet of water and tons of debris.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
National Progressive Woman Suffrage Union
B. Bo
Secret Service
Sagamore Hill
Joseph Murphy
Wells
London
Roosevelt
Union
Mrs. Wells
New York
Clara Larsen
Chicago
Barr
Rain Triggers Avalanche Wrecks Main Street District
A rain torrent swept mud and rocks from the mountain side damaging the post office and all businesses along Main street for about 200 yards. Estimated damage reaches $100,000. Postmaster A. T. Bishee, Sheriff Jack White, and eighteen clerks affected.
Williams declines Democratic address at Creston Chautauqua
Des Moines reports that John Sharp Williams, Mississippi senator nominee and former Democratic House minority leader, refused to speak on politics at Creston Chautauqua during Democratic day. Crowds gathered expecting campaign orations as management urged discussion of issues, but Williams stood firm and avoided political remarks.
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Des Moines
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
House
Creston Chautauqua
Hne
Williams
Boy Fires Fatal Shot on Government Island
Port land Oregon August 6 1905 George F Demars was shot and killed by eleven year old Jackson R Reid on Government Island within the Lewis and Clark fair grounds. Demars his father and brother were fishing when ordered off by several children including Reid whose sister was sent for a revolver. He returned with it and shot Demars through the head.
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Portland
Ore
George F. Demars
Jackson R. Reid
Government Island
Lewis and Clark Fair Grounds
Demars
Reid
Family Trouble Turns Fatal in Butte Shooting
James W. Ryan, brother of John A. Ryan, superintendent of North Butte Extension Co, shot and killed his brother in law Daniel F. Mooney. Ryan surrendered and was jailed. The motive is believed to be family differences.
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Butte
Mont
James W. Ryan
John A. Ryan
North Butte Extension Company
Daniel F. Mooney
Ryan
Fernie Burned Amid Widespread British Columbia Fires
The Elk river valley fires have passed Fernie and danger to Michel Hesmer and Cranbrook is over. Deaths in the burned area total 38 with property losses estimated at 5 to 6 million dollars. Women and children remain in refuge towns while men rebuild Fernie. Supplies and medical aid flow in as nurses and doctors handle injuries and disease precautions.
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Vancouver
B. C
Elk River Valley
Fernie
Michel
Frank
Blairmoore
Nelson
Boonville Politician Is Injured By Calm Cow
Amos Good, a noted local Democrat in Boonville Indiana, was dragged from a milking stall when a cow lunged toward a calf in a neighboring stall. He suffered a broken right hip in the incident.
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Boonville
Ind
Amos Good
Fire Destroys Barn and Hay on Flint Farm
In Flint Michigan a blaze consumed the barn of Frank Field an ex drain commissioner along with hay and farming implements. The fire was halted by plowing the surrounding ground.
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Flint. Mich
Frank &. Field
Heat Drives Woman to Asylum Admission in Michigan
In Muckegon Michigan on August 6 James J Pranks of Moorland township sought to commit his wife to Traverse City asylum claiming her mind unbalanced by extreme heat. Doctors declared her insane after an episode of shouting and whooping at the railway station.
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Muckegon
Mich
Moorland Township
Traverse City
Rativear
Ship Captain Ends Life Overboard Near Cape Lookout
Captain A. H. Guthrie of the schooner Frank A. Williams, bound from New York to Southport, N. Y., where it had been sold, leaped into the sea eight miles from Cape Lookout. the mate navigated the vessel to Savannah, Georgia.
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Savannah
A. H. Guthrie
Frank A. Williams
New York
Cape Lookout
Southport
N. Y
Funeral plans for Senator Allison and notables to attend
Friends of the late Senator Allison arrange his funeral expected to attract distinguished attendees. Also announced is the engagement of the Earl of Clancar ty to Mary Ellis daughter of a Yorkshire barrister. George F. Larimer 73 inventor of the Westinghouse air brake dies in Pittsburg. Also notes a Mackinac Island food and dairy conference and a Boston Knights of Pythias parade. Newsprint paper auction in New York sells five carloads at 1.90 per 100 pounds f o b Natural Dam N Y.
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Allison
Earl of Clancarty
Mary Ellis
George F. Larimer
Westinghouse
Pittsburg
Association of State and National Food and Datiry Departments
Mackinac Island
Mich
Knights of Pythias
Boston
New York
John Norris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Natural Dam
N. Y
Chicago Markets Hogs Packers Cattle and Sheep Report
Chicago markets report receipts and fixtures across hogs cattle and sheep for August 6 1908 with estimates for today and tomorrow. hog prices range light to heavy packing and shipping grades while cattle and sheep show mixed to weak demand with varied weights and stockers reported by Beach Wickham Grain Company.
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Beach- Wickham Grain Company
John A Babcock and North Americans Commission Claim Square Deal
A fragment shows John A Babcock and The North Americans Commission Company asserting they will obtain a square deal in a dispute. The terse note suggests an agreement or assurance regarding fair terms. No clear date or location is provided.
Zeppelin Endurance Flight Ends in Destructive Fire
Aug 6 report from Echterdingen describes Count Zeppelin’s airship losing gas, grounding chief motor, and a storm driving the craft into a wreck and explosion near Friedrichshafen. Count Zeppelin returned to Friedrichshafen to mourn the loss as engineers attempted repairs.
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Fechterdingen
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Echterdinger
Count Zeppelin
Eight Minutes in the Air at Fort Myer Airship Flight
Captain Baldwin’s dirigible bal loon flight at Fort Myer featured a balloon within a balloon. Curtiss managed the planes and motor, boosting speed while coping with a seven mile breeze. The craft winged to a near tent-landing after quick altitude changes.
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Washington
Baldwin
Fort Myer
Curtiss
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Atlanta Journal
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Campbell
Wing
Schlei
Crandall
Taylor
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Toledo
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Louisville
Kansas City
Columbus
Minneapolis
Lincoln
Sioux City
Omaha
Pueblo
Denver
Frost
British Columbia
Texas
Jose
John A. Babcock
The
North Americans Commission Company
Storm
Nackenheim
Mayence
Echterdingen
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