Alaska Yukon Pacific Opens On Time In Seattle
The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle with Taft pressing the ceremonial button and the fair’s motto the show that will be on time. Exhibits, grounds, and buildings are ready and many displays emphasize Alaska’s wealth while Seattle is shown as the gateway to Pacific markets.
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Seattle
Wash
Taft
Alaska
Charlies Dana Gibson
A.Y.P
University of Washington
Uncle Sam
Yukon
Pacific
Pacific Northwest
Puget Sound
Orient
United States
Philippines
Hawaii
Japan
Pay Streak at Seattle becomes new amusement street name
The text notes a comprehensive display of amusements at a fair with a renamed area. It mentions Midway at Chicago Pike at St Louis Trail at Portland ex position and Warpath at James town now called the Pay Streak at Seattle, highlighting a novel name and features.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Portland Exposition
Jamestown
Seattle
Arrested as dynamiters in city school bombings
Fred Campbell A J Sullivan and Henry Soren son three union iron workers are under arrest for dynamiting two new school buildings the Robidoux and McKinley in separate city areas. Police cite damaging evidence especially against Campbell. Contractors P P Buddy J W Lehr run open shops.
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St. Joseph
Fred Campbell
A. J. Sullivan
Henry Sorenson
Union Iron Workers
Robidoux
McKinley
Campbell
P. P. Buddy
J. W. Lehr
Buddy
Iron Workers’ Union
Junkin Case Near Close in Centerville Murder Trial
Centerville June 1 The Junkin murder case nears closing with County Attorney Rowland W Smith of Centerville delivering the states opening argument. he seeks the death penalty and denounces the defense a early in the proceedings Albia attorney John R Price argued for the defense and Judge Mitchell will follow with Seneca Cornell of Wapello county to deliver closing remarks.
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Smith
Price of
Albia
Centerville
K. H. J. Hoeve
Drake University
J. B. Box
Ottumwa
Junkin
Rowland W. Smith
John Junkin
John R. Price
Mitchell
Seneca Cornell
Wapello
California Lumber Strike Near McCloud
In McCloud California June 1 a meeting of about 600 Italian lumber workers ends with 400 boarding a mail train to Bartle to pressure loggers still at work. The motive is to force compliance or quit work. Sheriff Ho has twenty deputies guarding against violence as the McCloud River company directors in Chicago weigh demands.
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McCloud
Cal
Italan Lumber
Bartle
Directons
McCloud River Company
Chicago
Tragic Bridge Jump Suspected After Dive
Search efforts tracked a man to a bridge where he climbed over a guard rail and stood on girders. A dog followed, suggesting he leaped into the stream. despite careful digging and dragging, the body had not yet been found.
Iowa Man Shot to Death in Rail Yard Hold Up
Joseph Rood of Newhall Iowa was shot to death in the Great Western railroad yards at Hampton as he and his brother B Rood were ordered from a moving freight train by two holdup men. Joseph delayed complying and was killed.
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Hampton, Minn
Joseph R. Rood
Newhall
Great Western Railroad
Joseph Rood
B. Rood
Joseph
New Malady Fatal to Hogs on Ringsted Farm
John Wegener of Ringsted Iowa reports thirty hogs dead in a single day from a new disease not resembling cholera. Hogs were feeding with cattle when they suddenly collapsed. An examination of carcasses is underway to identify the cause.
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John Wegener
Ringsted
Young Farmer Drowns After Escape From Sanitarium
Ralph Cruzen, 35, a Mahaska county farmer, is believed to have drowned himself in the Skunk River near his Oskaloosa home after escaping attendants from a Des Moines private sanitarium. He returned home, knocked for entry, then fled when he saw whom he thought were enemies.
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Oskaloosa
Ralph Cruzen
Mahaska County
Des Moines
Cruzen
Bondsmen cleared in Ida county bank failure case voiced in Sioux City
After a week's trial in the U S district court a verdict for the bonds men was returned in Bort vs McCutcheon. Bort headed the Modern Woodmen of America and deposited funds in the McCutcheon bank which failed. McCutcheon died and the suit named thirty eight Ida county citizens on his bond.
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Sioux City
United States District Court
Bort
McCutcheon
Woodmen of America
McCutcheon Bank
Ida County
Captain Dick Talbot Dead
Captain Dick Talbot former general manager of the Sioux City Homer and Southern Railway company and a veteran riverman died at Crystal Lake June 1 in Sioux City public obituary report notes his long service and local rail industry impact.
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Dick Talbot
Sioux City
Italian Slays Fellow Workman in Des Moines
Charles Leach an engine wiper at the Minneapolis and St. Louis roundhouse was stabbed during a fight with fellow wiper George Arrobbia and died half an hour later. Arrobbia an Italian, escaped after the crime, the murder stemming from an old quarrel between the two workers.
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Des Moines
Charles Leach
Minneapolis and St. Louis Roundhouse
George Arrobbia
Arrobbia
Drops Dead in Church Service in Hastings
Oscar Pickford, a Civil War veteran and longtime local settler, collapsed and died as he entered the Methodist church for Memorial Day services with members of the Grand Army post in Hastings Iowa.
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Hastings
TONFER TO HELP NEGROES
A national conference at New York opened led by Cornell and Columbia professors. Wilder presented brains in jars including those of a colored janitor and an eminent mathematician to support arguments about racial differences in brain size and development.
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New York
Burt G. Wilder
Cornell University
Livingston Farrand
E. R. A. Seligman
John Dewey
Columbia University
Wilder
Ithaca
Turks Occupy Persian Territory Frontier Strife Reported
A Teheran dispatch to the Times says Turkish regulars occupied Persian territory at Sajubulak on the frontier. The report also notes massacres of Christians at Miandoab and appeals by Armenians for protection.
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London
Teheran
the Times
Sajubulak
Miandoab
Fire destroys grain docks at Port Costa
In San Francisco on June 1 a large fire engulfed two thousand feet of the Nevada grain docks at Port Costa. The blaze caused an estimated loss of over $1,000,000, consuming 900 tons of grain and 100 tons of hops.
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San Francisco
Nevada
Port Costa
Hog and cattle market report Chicago June 1 1909
Estimated hog receipts 11 000 left over 7 356 market steady at yesterday's avg Light hogs 6 80 to 7 25 mixed packers 6 95 to 7 40 heavy shipping 7 00 to 7 42 rough 7 00 to 7 15 Cattle 2 000 steady Sheep 3 000 steady
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Texas
Market Recap Chicago June 1 1900 and 1909 cattle prices
Official receipts last month 69671 and shipments 142549. estimated receipts today 14000 tomorrow 28000. yesterday receipts 41568 shipments 6203. market slow with poor quality and varied ranges for porkers pigs and cattle. For 1909 market weak at yesterday's close with cattle steady and sheep weak. figures furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Co. Chicago.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Zeppelin Airship Severs Journey After 850 Mile Flight
Count Zeppelin's airship traveled about 850 miles in 37 hours from Butterfield to Friedrichshafen before crashing in an open field near Goeppingen. The bow is broken and the craft rests with the stern about 65 feet high, leaving the ship in a perilous position as crews stabilize it amid crowds and wind threats.
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Goeppingen
Zeppelin
Butterfield
Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Robbery Yields Under $300 From Overland Limited Heist
Omaha officials report the cash taken from the Union Pacific Overland Limited robbery totaled just under 300 dollars. About 200 dollars was found in the possession of three men arrested. Dynamite was found in a South Omaha school attic, believed to be for blowing open mail car doors.
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Omaha
Post Office
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
Meneder
Brown Park School
South
Waterspouts Reported as Black Hills Storm Lashes Meade
Meade county and Sturgis face record rainfall and winds as bridges wash out and streets flood. Firefighters erect dikes while trains move slowly and communication lines fail. Property damage reported and business nearly halted in the area.
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Meade County
Sturgis
S. C
Black Hills
Bomb thrower resumes blasts injuring three in Chicago
A noted bomb thrower, foe of local gamblers, again used a blast on a downtown building injuring three. The incident is the thirty first in a string of explosions tied to a turf war between rival gambling factions. A whist party was ongoing in the wrecked structure.
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Chicago
One Thousand NY Life Agents Dropped
In New York on June 1, one thousand life insurance agents were terminated by the New York Life Insurance Company. Officials cited a state law that forbids writing more than 150 million dollars in new insurance in a single year.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Tragic death in Sunday school baseball game
Alfred Vollmer age seventeen died after being struck in the heart by a pitched ball during a game between Sunday school teams in Detroit. The incident occurred June 1 and the death was nearly instantaneous.
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Detroit
Alfred Vollmer
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Triggs
New York Press
California
Camp McCloug
Iowa
Tonfer
Cattie
John A. Babcock
North American’ Live Stock Commission Company
U.S
Chicago, Ill
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