Amalgamated mill workers near general strike decision
Pittsburg July 13 The Amalgamated Association and steel manufacturers entered a second day of talks with no agreement reached The union warned a general strike could start if no settlement is reached affecting about 80 000 workers across United States Steel Corporation plants and allied companies Judge Gary of U S Steel attended in disguise and left for Chicago without participating in the sessions
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Federal Steel Company
National Steel Company
American Tinplate Company
American Sheet Steel Company
American Steel Hoop Company
FE. H W. Gary
Chicago
Crop Prospects Encourage Solid Future Outlook
New York reports from R G Dun & Co noting general business remains steady with major industries well engaged. Wheat crops look abundant while corn damage is not universally severe. Labor disputes ease as speculation drives market unrest. pig iron furnaces near July totals and furnace stocks drop despite high output. Failures rise to 208 in the U S and 27 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade Today
United States
Canada
Indorsed a Lower Freight Movement by Marble Dealers
The National Marble and Granite Dealers association meeting in Des Moines on Thursday endorsed the Town association's drive for lower freight rates on marble and granite. Officers elected include President J. M. Graham Des Moines and Vice President J. F. Manning Rutland. C J Field Creston secretary and T H Pritchard Watertown treasurer with L W Ballard Sioux Falls E H Prior Postville and F D Alderman West Point on the executive committee.
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Des Moines
National Marble and Granite Dealers’ Association
J. M. Graham
J. F. Manning
Rutland
C. J. Field
Creston
T. H. Pritchard
Watertown
L. W. Ballard
Sioux Falls
E. H. Prior
Postville
F. D. Alderman
Wast Point
Neb
Trouble at Columbus Press Post hits union walkout
In Columbus Ohio on July 13 the local Press-Post faced a strike as Newswriters' union members refuse to set copy, with union printers, stereotypers, and pressmen walking out after dispute over new writers.
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Columbus
Press-Post
Newswriters’ Union
Callanan Surrenders After Postal Heist Confession
James J. Callanan former register clerk at the Springfield post office turned himself in after disappearing June 2 with registered mail. He cited a troubled conscience as the motive and pledged to cooperate with authorities.
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Springfield
Mass
James J. Callanan
Ile
Visitors and local engagements noted in Washington
July 12 reports William Hide visiting Washington. Edith Miller departed for an over Sunday visit in Yeo. Lona Bias Williams of Crawfordsville conducted business in the city today.
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William Hide
Washington
Edith Miller
Yeo
Lona Bias Williams
Crawfordsville
Emble Flower Co. Advertises Low Prices in Oskaloosa
The EMBLE FLOWER Co of Oskaloosa Iowa markets Removie flowers at four dollars a bunch and notes direct orders include express share.
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Removie
Emble Flower Co
Oskaloosa
Lowa
Foul murder of Italians shocks Mississippi town
Three Italian men from Cefalu Sicily were shot dead while asleep at Erwin station thirty miles south of Greenville Mississippi. John Serio and his son Vincent Serio were killed Salvator Liberto wounded as locals ordered the group to leave Glen Allen. Governor Longino and the Italian consul in New Orleans were notified.
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Memphis
Tenn
Greenville
Miss
Erwin
Riverside
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
John Serio
Vincent Serio
Salvator Liberto
Cefalu
Sicily
Glen Allen
Longino
New Orleans
Wedded an Adventurer in Michigan Court Decree
Edith M. Burnett formerly Edith Marsh was granted a divorce from Henry Burnett on non support and desertion. Burnett, an Adventurer who claimed travels to China Japan and Central America, wed her secretly and then left to continue his journey promising to send for her. Friends say the marriage was a business venture and she lent him much of her savings for Central American investments.
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Tiat
Mich
Edith M. Burnett
Henry Burnett
Burnett
Central America
Navy to strike Minnesota from register at auction
The secretary of the navy ordered the famous old Minnesota stricken from the naval register. A condemnation board appraised her at $15,000 and she will be sold at public auction in Boston, where she now lies. The Minnesota was Admiral Goldsboro’s flagship at Hampton Roads before the Monitor arrived.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Register
Boston
Joy woman’s missionary record holder baby Hartzell
Joy residents claim Hartzell Kramm as the record holding youth member of a missionary society. Baby Hartzell, named for Bishop Hartzell, was one year old on July 5 and has been a life member of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society since six weeks old.
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Joy, Ill
Hartzell Kramm
Bishop Hartzell
Africa
Joy
Missionary Society
Baby Hartzell
Lfe
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Accidents Trigger Maniac Wife in Beloit
Mrs. Oscar Turney of Beloit Wisconsin, wife of a contractor, has become a raging maniac from brooding over a grade crossing accident she witnessed that killed two women.
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Beloit
Wis
Oscar Turney
Market summaries from Chicago and other cities
Hogs receipts about 14 000 with prices 4 70 to 6 40. cattle receipts 2 000 with steers from 4 35 to 6 65. sheep and lambs about 5 900 with western and native grades. East Buffalo quotes hog prices 6 40 to 6 45. cattle 5 50 to 6 50. lambs tops 6 50. St Louis and Milwaukee report mixed grain futures with no dramatic moves.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Remarkable Case of Man With Head Attached by a Thread
A Chicago man, Joseph Burdick, is reported alive after a metal piece toppled a flat car and almost severed his head. Doctors describe the trachea and larynx as torn away and Burdick being treated in hospital.
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Chicago
Joseph Burdick
Burdick
Man survives neck injury loses ability to speak
PY BOOMe Torrune survived a neck injury though the jugular and carotid were not damaged. At Burdick Hospital he received immediate surgery and a breathing tube through the throat. Dr J Clark Gary said the injured man will live but cannot utter a sound and must learn a mute’s method of communication.
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PY Boome Torrune
Burdick
J. Clark Gary
Illinois State Bar recommends overhaul of corporation laws
At the twenty fifth annual State Bar meeting in Chicago July 13 Adolph Moses presented the law reform report urging a committee to draft amendments for the next legislature. The proposal notes the need for a thorough overhauling of Illinois corporation laws, unchanged for almost thirty years, to protect the people.
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Chicago
State Bar Association
Adolph Moses
Will Claim a Baronetcy In Fairfax Family History
The Daily Mail reports Albert Kirby Fairfax of New York plans to file a formal claim to the Fairfax baronetcy through his London solicitor Mr Carey. The claim rests on inheritance from John Contee Fairfax who died in Maryland on September 29, 1900, and Charles Fairfax who died in 1869. Neither Charles nor John ever used the title.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Albert Kirby Fairfax
Carey
Fairfax
United States
New York
John Contee Fairfax
Maryland
Baron Fairfax
Cameron
Charles
John Fairfax
Four Masked Robbers Break Into Pottsville Hotel
Four masked men entered Pe ter Hoke’s hotel in Yorkville at midnight. They confronted owner Mr Hoke and guests Michael Ritzell and George A Wachter. In the ensuing fight one robber was shot and killed, Hoke wounded in the leg, while the other three burglars escaped.
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Pottsville
Peter Hoke
Yorkville
Michael Ritzell
George A. Wachter
Wisconsin Editor Appointed Vice Consul General in Hong Kong
Milwaukee journalist John H. Bacon a Spanish war veteran accepted the post as vice consul general and clerk to Consul General Rublee in Hong Kong. He will depart in about three weeks. Bacon, a University of Wisconsin graduate, makes his home in La Crosse.
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Wisconsin
Hong Kong
Milwaukee
John H. Bacon
Rublee
Bacon
University of Wisconsin
LaCrosse
Dentist Sued for Breach of Promise in Lincoln
Dr. H Finley Helmes of Lincoln Nebraska faces a $10000 breach of promise suit from Miss Louise Lacey of Chicago. The outline notes a series of unrelated items including a fatal accident in Albany Missouri and a Chicago engineer shot dead in Anding Mississippi.
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H. Finley Helmes
Lincoln
Neb
Louise Lacey
Chicago
Missouri
Edward
Working Women’s Union of America
Uriarte No
Winter Shoals
Lewes
Del
Albany
A. C. Palmer
Anding
Clean blood linked to stomach health in Dr Pierce cure
An advertising testimonial claims foul hands cannot make clean blood and links disease to a diseased stomach. It promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as cures for indigestion torpid liver and related symptoms, with a Clyde Louisiana reader reporting full recovery after use.
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Dr. Pierce
Simeon Suggs
Clyde
Sabine Parish
R. V. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Drought Hits Kansas Farmers as Hay Prices Soar
A sweeping drought across Kansas western Missouri and nearby states dries fields and stalls crops. Hay tops 20 dollars a ton, corn and oats suffer, pastures vanish, alfalfa remains bright, and hogs rise to record shipments while cattle buyers push prices down to a dollar per head for young calves.
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Minnesota
Ohio
Kansas
Missouri
Audrain County
Record Heat Across Midwest and Neighboring States
Temperatures soared across multiple states with Omaha reaching 110 on city streets and 107 in Fairbury 104 in Tecumseh and 102 in O Neill Heat affected crops with a hot wind hurting wheat in Mitchell South Dakota and Kansas City reports noting 108 readings Government thermometers logged 108 in Kansas City downtown and 108 in Marshall Missouri while Janesville Wisconsin hosted visiting Chicago physicians to Burr Springs for water testing and a $400000 bottling and sanitarium project news notes the region s extreme heat and ongoing weather observations.
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Omaha
Neb
Fairbury
Mercury
Tecumseh
O'Neill
Mitchell
Joplin
Springfield
Kansas City
Missouri
Des Moines
Lawrence
Kan
F. 11
Snow
University of
Janesville
Wis
Chicago
Burr Springs
Burr Lhia Springs
World traveler Waldemar Christensen visits Racine on nerve bound tour
Waldemar Christensen, an eccentric lecturer linguist and adventurer, arrived in Racine from the west and plans a quick departure for Chicago. He began his world journey after a dare from a Buenos Ayres weekly paper and faces the trip on his nerve. In Ashley Michigan Daniel Roth Bendt, a Gratiot county pioneer, died when he fell from a mowing machine breaking his neck.
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Racine, Wis
Waldemar Christensen
Chicago
Hie
Buenos Ayres
South America
Ashley, Mich
Daniel Rothbendt
Gratiot County
Railway telegraph exam passes noted for Wayland traveler
July 12 T L Emry was a passenger for Wayland this morning. L S Patterson is a business visitor here today. Seward Morris went to Rock Island on No 12 yesterday morning where he successfully passed the railway examination for service in the telegraphic department.
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L.S. Patterson
Seward Morris
Rock Island
Mighty Onstain and Three Cup Defenders Race
The Columbia defeated the Constitution Investor in the Newport sailing match by 2 minutes 10 seconds under a 15 knot wind. Independence carried topsail damage after losing its topmast at start, yet finished well behind. Bristol and Lawson yachts chased hard, shaping a tense finish as the series ends with no immediate rematch planned.
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Newport
Columbia
Constitution
Boston
Bristol
Lawson
Farmer Peter Smith Shot Dead in Brainbridge District Farm
In St Joseph Michigan on Thursday at noon Peter Smith a leading Brainbridge district farmer fifteen miles northwest of town was shot while driving a load of rye. A neighbor with whom he quarreled is suspected and fled into nearby woods after discarding a shotgun. Sheriffs and search efforts follow as the community reels from the murder on the Jacob Wynn farm two miles east of Brambridge.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Peter Smith
Brainbridge
Sherif Fred B. Collins
Jacob Wynn
Brambridge
Fire as a sanitary measure Joliet Removes Quarantined Hotel
Joliet Illinois on July 18 a thousand people watched police seize the old Bissell hotel under a smallpox quarantine. The council condemned the wooden building and ordered it burned after occupants refused to move. The blaze spread to three nearby structures including the German Evangelical church, sparking threats of damage suits against the city.
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Joliet
Bissell
Parkersburg Hearing Identifies Bert Glenn as Woman
In Parkersburg West Virginia on July 13 witnesses identified the prisoner as Bert Glenn formerly of Williamstown. Mrs Vesta Hoover and John Richards among others stated the prisoner resembled Glenn and Richards noted he had once suspected Glenn was a woman.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Bert Glenn
Williamstown
Vesta Hoover
Kline
Suit Filed Over Northern Pacific Stock Trade Loss
Chicago July 13 W Shoemaker sues J J Townsend stock broker for 57000 claiming he ordered 200 shares at 115 near 400 during a corner and was unable to collect profits after a sell order Marshalltown Ia July 13 Dr C V Hamilton accused of embezzlement by four race horse owners Grand Rapids NC July 13 Chris Theodorson killed near Mayville after an argument New York July 13 indictments for Keehan and Bowers in manslaughter case related to a building explosion October 20
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Chicago
W. Shoemaker
J. J. Townsend
Northern Pacific
Shoemaker
Townsend
Marshalltown
C. V. Hamilton
Bcards
Masonic Temple
Hamilton
Grand Rapids
N. C
Chris Theodorson
Mayville
Theodorson
Martin Olson
New York
Thomas
Keehan
William V. V. Bowers
Tarrant Company
Rising hosts Elche Challenge shield win for England
London reports that at yesterday's National Rifle Association shooting in Rising England the English team won the Elche Challenge shield with a final score of 1699.
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London
National Rifle Association
Rising
England
Preaching at Lincoln school house on Sabbath afternoon
The Rev James Gordon will preach at Lincoln school house north of town this Sabbath at three oclock. The Sabbath School meets at three thirty and will join after preaching at four oclock. A good attendance is solicited and the time and place are noted.
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Lincoln School
James Gordon
Forgeries and Capture Details of Aguinaldo Report
The War Department released Brigadier General Funston's report on the Aguinaldo capture dated May 4 detailing the forged letters used to deceive Aguinaldo. The document traces how Cecilio Sagismundo delivered Aguinaldo letters, the Lacuna forged signatures, and how letters from Baldomero Aguinaldo were created to influence insurgent chiefs.
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Washington
War Department
Punston
Aguinaldo
Funston
Department of Northern
Luzon
MacArthur
General Funston
Cecilio Sagismundo
J. D. Taylor
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Aguinalde
Gapan
Nueva Beija
Lacuna
Pan- Aranda
Laecuna
Alejandrino
Capture and fallout as Aguinaldo forces challenged
Reports describe Segovia ordering Macabebes to fire on insurgents during a raid that captured Aguinaldo and wounded Villa and Alhambra. Placido seized Aguinaldo, while Segovia and others escaped by river. Americans arrived to secure prisoners and control Macabebe troops.
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Jaen
Lacuna
Aguinaldo
Placido
Cecilio Sigismundo
Villa
Alhambra
Santiago Parcelona
Jones
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Regnard
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Isabela
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Citizens’ Savings Bank
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Cons
H. Keer
Frank Stewart
I. M. Sprouts
T. J. Dempsey
Otason
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Johnson's Bakery
Harwood
South Side
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
H. Knecht
Journal Office
J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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City Hall
Iowa
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Washington County Savings Bank
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Lewa
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Orrick
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West Main St
Washington, Ia
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Sun
Peoria Mail
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Marshallstown
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Denver
Tittemore
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