French and Japanese officers to be entertained in Paris
Paris hosts Vice Admiral Sir Gero Ljuin and Japanese officers arriving from Brest after the Franco Japanese entente. They are met by Japanese Minister Kurino and staff, greeted by President Fallieres at the Elysee, and will be entertained at luncheon. Marine Minister Thomson will host them.
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Paris
Gero Ljuin
Brest
United States
Washington
Tennessee
M. Kurino
Elysee Palace
Fallieres
Marine Thomson
Fire Devastates New Edinburgh Sash Factory Area
A major blaze in New Edinburgh Ottawa destroys the W C Edwards sash and door factory and spreading to the planing mill lumber yards and bureau plant. The Edwards properties plus Russell Blackburns mica storage warehouse and several houses are burned. Loss estimated at 300000.
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Ottawa
Can
New Edinburgh
W.C. Edwards Company
Bureau
Edwards Company
Russell & Blackburn
Windsor Trust teller Runyan pleads guilty to grand larceny
Chester B Runyan a paying teller at Windsor Trust admitted in court that he defaulted with nearly $100 000 of the bank funds and pleaded guilty to the grand larceny indictment. He was remanded for sentence and asked for a delay to attend to personal affairs before imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chester B. Runyan
Windsor Trust Company
Runyan
Steamers Hanna Mack and Curry Load Ore by Crews
Superior Wis July 26 The steamers Hanna Mack and Curry cleared with ore loaded by their own crews at Allouez docks. Captain O Connor led the Hanna crew after the dock workers strike.
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Superior
Wis
Hanna
Allouez
O'Connor
Mack and
Curry
Weather forecast for Indiana Michigan and nearby states
The forecast shows fair weather in Minnesota with local showers in the northeast. Indiana and Lower Michigan are expected to have showers while Wisconsin and Iowa will be fair tonight.
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Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets Report Shows Grain Prices and Livestock Quotas
East Buffalo market data lists grain prices for wheat corn and oats with sample qualities and bid ranges. Hogs cattle sheep and calves join live poultry and hay quotes with receipts and price bands, followed by a note on Rear Admiral W. H. Brownson's new bureau posting as a retired officer.
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Timothy
East Buffalo
N. Y
Punning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Wethers
Ewes
Calvea
Judge Landis Probes Standard Oil Finances in Rebates Case
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis examined Standard Oil officials and revealed that Standard Oil Company of New Jersey held outstanding stock of 8,000,000 dollars and that the firm earned about 199.8 million in 1908 1904 and 1905 with dividends at 40 percent. The inquiry aims to fix fines against Standard Oil Company of Indiana for 1462 counts of rebates from the Chicago and Alton railroad. Landis, born in Ohio, 41, has been a Chicago lawyer since 1891 except two years as Gresham's private secretary, and was named a federal judge in March 1905.
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Standard Oil
Kenesaw M. Landis
United States District Court of Northern Illinois
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Indiana
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Landis
Ohio
Chicago
Gresham
Governor’s quip on European railways about class carriages
Governor Woodruff notes the tiny differences among first, second and third class carriages on European lines. He recalls a York shire omnibus where all classes resembled each other, until a hill where first class riders were told to stay seated while second and third class dismounted and pushed.
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Woodruff
Connecticut
Yorkshire
Riis recalls bright headline by a San Francisco youth
Jacob A. Riis highlighted a vivid 18 year old reporter in a San Francisco newspaper office who labeled a school bill to ban liquor near the University of California as An Act to Promote Pedestrianism Among Our Students.
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Jacob A. Riis
San Francisco
University of California
Navy Rear Admiral Brownson to Remain on Active Duty
Rear Admiral Willard Herbert Brownson of the U S Navy, placed on the retired list for age, will be kept on active duty indefinitely. He has led the bureau of navigation for the past year and will continue there by special presidential direction. The bureau is among the Navy's most important agencies.
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Brownson
New York State
Naval Academy
What Made Tamsen Famous
Ex sheriff E. J. H. Tamsen of New York County dies after a stroke. While in office a jail escape of three post office thieves at Ludlow Street jail sparked a famous incident as a keeper cried that the prison was out.
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Tamsen
New York
E. J. H. Tamsen
New York County
Ludlow Street
Ex-President of Faribault Bank Collapses Facing Term
Stillwater Minnesota July 26 Thomas B Clement ex president of the First National bank of Faribault conv icted on eight counts of misuse of funds collapsed at the penitentiary doors and was taken to the hospital His condition is critical He is 76 years old
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Stillwater
Minn
Thomas B. Clement
First National Bank of Faribault
Clement
Father of condemned man in Karlsruhe suffers stroke
In Karlsruhe on July 26 the father of Karl Hau, sentenced to death for murdering his wife's mother Fran Molitor, has a stroke and is reported in critical condition. The fragment also includes unrelated dialogue from a humor page.
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Karlsruhe
Karl Hau
Fran Molitor
Riots erupt over kosher meat price. Jamaica famine. Dawes speaks
Riots flare in Philadelphia’s Jewish quarter as kosher meat rises amid shortages. Jamaica reports 10 000 starving. Charles G Dawes tells Wisconsin Bankers Association on Sherman Antitrust Law defects. Action spans Belfast dock strike, Boise Haywood defense, Uniontown hanging, Hamilton ice cream poisoning, Kismet wins trophy, Clemenceau to Carlsbad, Tromani can treaty proclamation signed.
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Philadelphia
Jamaica
B. W
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Wisconsin Bankers’ Association of
Haywood
Boise
Ida
Senator Borah
Wilbur Minney
Uniontown
Anna Derry
Hamilton Church
Nashville
Tenn
Kismet
Linton Hope
Royal Canoe Club
Langstone
England
Clemenceau
Paris
Carlsbad
Bread Cast Upon Water Realized Behind Dough Pursuit
A Philadelphia Press quip notes how many people chase money after casting bread upon the water. The remark reflects on the abundance of seekers drawn to financial plunder rather than wiser aims.
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Philadelphia Press
Dynamite Pocket Blast Hurts Man in Pinconning
A stick of dynamite in a pocket box exploded as Fred Klinder fled from a stump where he had hidden it. He was hurled by the blast but suffered only minor injuries.
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Mich
Fred Klinder
Mark Twain Letter Notes Ailing Brother
A tale cited from Lippincott's Magazine recalls Mark Twain replying to a brother’s letter about a boil and a jumping toothache. Twain imagines a still worse pairing inflammatory rheumatism with St Vitus' dance, mocking the afflictions in humorous fashion.
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Mark Twain
Mark
Lippincott’s Magazine
The Magic Lead Pencil
Reginald, the last to leave after school, overcomes spelling woes with a magic pencil that grants easy work and praise. When the pencil wears down to a stub he fears wasting its lead, slows writing, and slips back into errors, realizing restraint hinders perfection.
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Reginald
The Magic Pencil Aids a Boy in School
Reginald discovers a magic pencil that writes and solves problems for him. He rises to top grades, faces risk of dependency, and learns to rely on his own effort. After exams he loses the pencil but continues to excel with honest work, ending with the pencil as a harmless charm.
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Reginald
Ife
New York World
Invisible Ink That Reveals Hidden Writing
A mild sulphate or iron solution makes words readable when written. Washing with prussiate or potash causes a bright blue tint to appear, and the letters remain visible after first unveiling.
Foley’s Honey and Tar Cures Coughs and Prevents Consumption
All nations move to check the white plague and Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as a safe, reliable cure for coughs and colds with no danger of consumption. The genuine product is in a yellow package and sold by all druggists.
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Foley
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Detroit, Mich
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E. Madisee Street
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