Awakening at Chicago Packing Houses Reported by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt backs an agriculture department inquiry into Chicago packing house conditions. A letter from Chicago describes a growing “awakening” across Libby’s Swift Amour Nelson Morris plants with new lavatories, dressing rooms, and signs prohibiting spitting while urging broad expansion of interstate and foreign meat inspection powers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Committee On Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Agricultural Department Committee
Libby
Cleaning Up On Every Hand At Armour and Tibby Works
The author notes a rush to rebuild and improve conditions at Armour's and Tibby's plants with new facilities for workers and uniforms for staff. He sees attempts to influence public opinion about foreign trade impacts and calls for radical, permanent reform, though acknowledges investigations are not finished and no final statement yet.
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Armour's
Swift
Armour’s
Tibby’s
Wind Storm Strikes Detroit and Eastern Ontario
A severe wind and rain storm swept Detroit and eastern Ontario causing widespread property damage. Telegraph and telephone lines were cut between Detroit and Canadian points east of Chatham, with unconfirmed reports of fatalities on the river and debris blocking streets.
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Detroit
Ontario
Chatham
Here
Wolf's
Belle Isle
Death of Harrison H. Dodd Former Sons of Liberty leader
Harrison H. Dodd died at Fond du Lac Wisconsin aged 82. Survived by four children Mrs W E Jacobs Miss Jean Dodd H B Dodd and R P Dodd. Former Indianapolis resident organizer of the Sons of Liberty fled treason arrest and later settled in Fond du Lac where he served as mayor and became a long time American Express agent.
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Indianapolis
Fond du Lac
Wis
Harrison H. Dodd
W. E. Jacobs
Jean Dodd
Mond du Lac
H. B. Dodd
Madison
R. P. Dodd
American Express Company
Dodd
Sons of Liberty
Milligan
Bowles
Horsey
Canada
Eschboch’s devilish deed Ends in deadly shooting and arrest
Edmund Eschboch shot and killed his wife Margaret at Fort Schuyler on Long Island sound after she refused him entry. He also fired at her daughter Lena Kern, fought off three workers, threatened police, and attempted to cut his throat before being captured in a barn. Both spouses are 60. The farm owner had previously ordered him off the property.
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New York
Margaret Eschboch
Fort Schuyler
Long Island Sound
Edmund Eschboch
Lena Kern
Eschboch
Roosevelt Portrait to be Shown at Columbia Before Berlin Sending
A portrait of President Roosevelt will be exhibited Sunday in the trustees room of Columbia University's library before it is sent to Germany for the University of Berlin galleries. It is shown with two others, one of President Butler and another of John W. Burgess, first Theodore Roosevelt professor, presented by Columbia.
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Roosevelt
Berlin
New York
Thebrary
Columbia University
Germany
University of Berlin
President Butler
Columbia
John W. Burgess
Theodore Roosevelt
Oil stove blast in Syracuse kills three
In Syracuse on June 9 an apartment explosion killed Mrs Desmond Davis, her sister in law Mrs Homer Alexander, and Alexander and Davises three year old daughter Gladys. The incident is reported as a deadly stove blast in an apartment setting.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Desmond Davis
Homer Alexander
Davis
Gladys
Czar Much Worried Changes May Be Made in Cabinet
From St Petersburg reports say Emperor Nicholas II may retire Premier Goremykin amid agrarian disorders. Cabinet rebels led by Trepoff seek to replace Goremykin with Stichinsky as premier, Gurko expected as interior minister. Disturbances spread to twelve provinces with guards clashing with peasants. Kiev and Tver report the safest unrest.
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St. Petersburg
Peterhof
Nicholas Kaus
Goremykin
M. Goremykin
Trepoff
M. Kokovsoff
M. Stichinsky
Stichinsky
Belgrade
Kiev
Tver
Certainl y Had Visions Story of a Man Abandoned on a Deserted Barge
New York June 9 a man left aboard a deserted barge off the Florida reefs reports visions of phantom ships with provisions and voices calling him to join them as he struggles for rescue and survival at sea
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Florida
John Munrad
United States District Court
Florida East Coast Railway
Henly
Munrad
Mobile
Dauntless
Key West
Brooklyn
Malachi Bethel
White Sand
Florida Reefs
New York
Voicel
They Must Produce the Books
A federal grand jury investigating affairs of the American Tobacco company summoned Justice Lacombe to compel witnesses to testify. William H. McAlister secretary of the American Tobacco company William E. Ransom secretary of MacAndrews Forbes and John B Young of Baltimore were before the justice for refusing to produce books and papers and answer questions. The Justice ordered them to comply.
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New York
Federal
Grand Jury
American Tobacco Company
Gas price order blocked pending hearing in New York
Justice Lacombe extended a stay barring the attorney general and district attorney from enforcing the state law cutting New York City gas price to 80 cents per 1,000 feet. The order, issued weeks earlier by Justice Lacombe on a petition by Consolidated Gas, remains in effect until a final hearing.
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New York
New York City
Justice Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Consoliated Gas Company
Boilermaker Burned in Tank Repair Accident
Lansing June 9 William Tate a boilermaker suffered facial and arm burns when a light held by his helper exploded near an opening in a gasoline wagon tank during repairs. Tate is in precarious condition.
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Lansing
Mich
William Tate
Tate
Baseball Scores Chicago June Ninth
Baseball scores from various leagues list games in Boston New York Brooklyn St Louis Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago Detroit Indianapolis Louisville Columbus Toledo and other cities. Notable results include Pittsburg 10 at Boston 4 and Chicago 8 at New York 7 with several weather affected or incomplete games.
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Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
New York
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Detroit
Detrit
Cleveland
Washington
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Louisville
St. Paul
Columbus
Milwaukee
Toledo
Kansas City
Western
Lincoln
Omaha
Denver
Des Moines
Pueblo
Sioux City
Wright Reports Berthe Chlehe Sentencing News
Caro farmer Henry Wright learned in New York the sentence for Berthe Chlehe the girl who killed a man linked to a white slave case. He feared long terms, hoped she would be free soon, and said he might visit again depending on forthcoming letters.
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Caro
Mich
J. Henry Wright
New York
Berthe Chlehe
Wright
Berthe
Berthelson
Proclamation Declares Mlag Day in Springfield Illinois
Governor Deneen issues annual Mlag Day proclamation designating Thursday June 14 as Mlag Day. State building custodians to display national colors, municipal officers urged to decorate their buildings, and citizens asked to display flags from businesses and homes nationwide.
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Springfeld
Deneen
Hee
Hilinois
Early Morning Catholic Wedding in Kalamazoo Prompts Crowd
In Kalamazoo Michigan on January 9, Jane Miss Bessie Tyson a leading Roman Catholic young woman and member of the O R I club planned a 5 am elopement with A B Fitzgerald but friends camped nearby and attended the ceremony Bright Boys Convicted in Noblesville Indiana June 9 a jury found Harry Voss 18 guilty of assault and battery on Miss Clayvin Brandon and he was jailed ninety days with a $100 fine Roy Baker received punishment on a confession of mulic
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Jane
Bessie Tyson
O. 8. I. Club
A.B. Puggerald
Noblesville
Ind
Harry Voss
Pasanii
Mise Clayvin Brandon
Roy Baker
Voss
Mulic
Franklin man loses half jawbone after cancer growth
Franklin Indiana June 9 Creenleaf Day of Union township underwent an operation to remove Hodder fone and half his jawbone due to a cancerous growth.
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Franklin
Ind
Creenleaf
Union Township
Hodder Fone
Bert
Chicago Market Notes on Cattle Hogs and Sheep June 9
Market report from Chicago dated June 9 1996 and 1906 shows cattle hogs and sheep receipts and price ranges. Light hogs mixed packers heavy shipping grades and rough categories listed with cents per pound and daily receipts. End notes credit Beach-Wickham Co. Chicago McCall Bros. agents.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Co
McCall Bros
Eight Strikers Shot Down in Ohio Mining District Clash
In Ernest Ohio near the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg coal field a confrontation between state constabulary and striking miners left two dead and six wounded. A brass band led marchers to receive a mine official when a gun battle erupted.
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Indiana
Ernest
Buffalo, Rochester
State Constabulary
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company
Weather Drives Trade Gains and Iron Rise
Weather varied by locality yet the weekly review reports encouraging results and May figures show strong gains over last year. Commodities hit twenty year high prices while railway earnings rose 11.2 percent from 1900. Iron and steel compile little idle capacity and few closures expected. U.S. and Canada chronic failures rise marginally.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Whyte Named to Succeed Gorman in Senate
Baltimore June 9 Governor Warfield announces appointment of ex Governor William Pinckney Whyte to fill the late United States Senator Arthur Pue Gorman’s seat. Whyte, a Baltimore native, will assume the role following Gorman’s death.
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Wm. P. Whyte
Gorman
Baltimore
Edwin Warfield
Willian Pinckney Whyte
United States
Arthur Pue Gorman
Kaiser invites US officers to German autumn maneuvers
Berlin June 9 Kaiser William invites the United States government to send high ranking army officers as guests of the emperor to Germanys autumn maneuvers. The invitation signals growing military liaison between Germany and the United States amid ongoing European tensions.
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Kaiser
Berlin
William
United States
Germany
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Gormeykin
M. Vladimiroff
Russ
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