Senate Ends Tariff Debate On Free List Cotton Bagging
After seven days of debate the Senate concludes discussion on Payne Aldrich tariff, placing cotton bagging on the free list and increasing duties on structural iron. Senator Flint to lead the bill in absence of Rhode Island amendment while Senator Root aids corporate tax plan.
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Flint
Washington
Senate
Cummins
Aldrich
Fitt
Root
Wittersham
Taft
McLaurin
Culberson
Bacon
Niagara Dam Gaining Favor With International Panel
The international waterways commission nears completion of its study on a Niagara River dam to raise Great Lakes water levels. It is reported that a majority of Canadian and American members will back construction, with a final report expected next month.
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Buffalo
N. A
International Waterways Commission
Niagara River
Great Lakes
Bucket shop raiders arrest Consol idated Stock and Grain staff
Cincinnati reports County Prosecutor Hunt and ten deputies raided the Consol idated Stock and Grain offices. C A Acton and C B Fox were arrested as books were seized and wires cut. Ten customers were detained to identify witnesses amid ongoing bucket shop prosecutions.
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Cincinnati
Hunt
Consolidated Stock and Grain Company
C. A. Acton
C. B. Fox
Louis W. Foster
W. D. Klausman
Ryan-Brill Brokerage
John Ryan
Cigarette Tax Ruling Shocks Council Bluffs Dealers
Council Bluffs Iowa June 29 The Attorney General Byers ruling that tax payers who meet most cigarette tax fees may not be exempt from prosecution hits Merziberg and the other large dealers. They plan a conference to decide on a plan of action. Some say they paid the tax and complied with law and deserve protection. Prosecutions seem possible.
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Council Bluffs
Byers
Merziberg
Schlatter Healer Settles Claim in Clinton
Schlatter the faith healer, in the custody of Deputy Sheriff Dougherty, reached a settlement in Clinton after a conference with a justice of the peace. He paid all costs and satisfied Ira Lambertson's claim that money was obtained under false pretenses. Schlatter then left for Des Moines.
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Clinton, Ia
Iowa River Rises Flooding Marshalltown Areas
Heavy rains in northern Iowa sent the Iowa river into flood stage, flooding lowlands and corn fields above the dam in Marshalltown while sections below the dam also overflowed. Residents monitor rising waters and retreat from affected land.
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Marshalltown
Pittsburg Street Railway Strike Ends After Settlement
The Pittsburg street railway strike costing over 200000 in two days ends with an agreement signed by Pittsburg Railways officials and Amalgamated Association leaders. Discharged workers will receive proper hearings, swing runs reduced by 50 percent, and service restored for 3500 cars in greater Pittsburg and Allegheny county.
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Pittsburg
William A. Magee
Pittsburg Railways Company
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees
Allegheny County
Union
Magee
Greater Pittsburg
Freight Rate Hearings In Des Moines Target Railroads
Freight Commissioner E G Wylie presents discrimination charges against railroads in Des Moines hearings. Fifteen lines join protests seeking rate changes on hay carriers grave vaults Epson salts sulphur beds and lumber. Milwaukee and St Paul and others may offer rebuttals while not defending the Mississippi river basis of Des Moines rates.
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Des Moines
Railway Commission
E. G. Wylie
Greater Des
Dakotas
Minnesota
William Ellis
W. S. Howell
Milwaukee
Mr. Wylie
Mississippi River
Ninth annual Lutheran League youths convention closes
The ninth annual convention of the Lutheran League of Iowa youths ends in Dubuque with officers elected led by President Hugo Weierauch and Clara Helbig as vice president. Ongoing events include Governor Johnson of Minnesota delivering the address on the Majesty of the Law at the opera house. The Three Magi note Santa Claus is unknown in Sept.
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Dubuque
Young People’s Societies
The
Lutheran League of Iowa
Hugo Weierauch
Waverly
Clara Helbig
Otillie Graf
Strawberry Point
Kate Deininger
Owatonna
Minn
Gus Oelwein
Oelwein
Mason City
Chemists in Convention in Detroit Meeting
The American Chemical Society began its annual summer meeting in Detroit with leading U S chemists in attendance. The four day event includes a Thursday visit to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and a concluding banquet after return to Detroit. The program features papers of wide general interest.
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American Society
Detroit
American Chemical Society
United States
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Miners Idle As Dispute Shuts Pittsburg Coal Field
In Pittsburg Kansas six thousand miners quit work in the north end of the coal field amid a check-off dispute with operators. No strike ordered yet but a formal move may call out all southwest miners after Sheridan and McCormick coal companies signaled concessions.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Southwest
Sheridan Coal Company
McCormick Coal Company
Reading Increases Passenger Rates to Twenty Cents Mile
Philadelphia and Reading Railway announces a fare hike after court rulings deeming the 2 cent a mile rate unconstitutional. One-way tickets rise from 2 to 20 cents per mile, effective July 3.
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Reading
Philadelphia
Supreme and Common Pleas
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Heat Kills Ten in Chicago as Heatwave Bites City
Ten deaths tied to intense heat were reported by police in Chicago. Hospitals treated numerous heat prostration cases, with possible undercounted fatalities. Police Sgt Bernard Bockholz died at home. Carl Sommers died after leaping into Lake Michigan. A cooling breeze offered brief relief while emergency orders allowed men and boys to sleep in city parks. The Salvation Army meanwhile ferried 25,000 poor children on a lake trip.
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Chicago
Bernard Bockholz
Carl Sommers
Lake Michigan
Cox
Weather Bureau
Salvation Army
Heat claims two lives as Indiana endures extreme heat
Indianapolis reports two deaths and many prostrations from an intense heat wave. Southern Indiana saw temperatures reach 97 degrees as residents endured dangerous conditions.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Nine More Die in Philadelphia Heat Wave Toll
Nine more deaths were added to the city heat victims, increasing the total for the ongoing hot spell to more than forty. The city braces for continued high temperatures as officials monitor the crisis.
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Philadelphia
FOR YOUR HEALTHS SAKE Scarlet fever origins and risks explained
The article explains that scarlatina and scarlet fever refer to the same disease with Latin and English names. It notes scarlet fever is highly contagious and lacks a specific remedy like diphtheria. It warns mild cases can still trigger fatal forms in others exposed to contagion.
Rivalry Ends in Double Tragedy Near Caruthersville
In Missouri a neighbor feud over Mrs. Donie Kelly’s hand ends with J W Head shooting Ottie Bush as he sits in a buggy with Kelly. Head then shoots himself, dying hours later. Bush dies in Kelly’s arms on a country road ten miles north of Caruthersville.
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Caruthersville
J. W. Head
Ottie Bush
Donie Kelly
Here
Head
Bush
Civil Engineer James Frey Hurt in Train Fall
James Frey, employed by the Pa, fell from a passenger train between Mason City and Nora Springs in Charlies City Iowa. He sustained injuries to head hips and ankles and lay dazed for hours before a special train found him. He was brought to Charlies City and is expected to recover.
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James Frey
Charlies City
Pa Fell
Mason City
Nora Springs
Hogs and cattle market summary from Chicago on June 29 1909
The Chicago market reports receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep with estimated arrivals for today and tomorrow. Prices show light to heavy hogs mixed packers and shipper grades with weakness noted in hogs and sheep while cattle ranges include beef and western stockers with steady to weak tone.
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Texas
John A. Babcock Carb of North American Live Stock
John A. Babcock is associated with the North American Live Stock Commission Company at U S Yards in Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S
Chicago, Ill
Eastman Probe Is Finished in Maryland Tragedy
The coroner's jury determined Robert Eastman killed or was an accessory to Edith May Woodill's murder. Four jurors refused to sign until adding accessory to the crime, citing only concerns about inquiry methods. Authorities theorize Eastman faced financial pressure and blackmail, leading to the fatal confrontation at the bungalow. no motive or witness place for Mrs Woodill's visit.
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Eastman
St. Michaels
Robert Eastman
Edith May Woodill
Taylor
Maryland
Woodill
Uplift Workers Meet in Boston for Sociological Conference
The third annual conference founded by George W. Coleman of the Christian Endeavor World opened at Saga more Beach and will run three days. Leaders include Rabbi Stephen S Wise William T Ellis Robert A Woods Mrs Raymond Robins and Ray Stannard Baker.
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Boston
George W. Coleman
Christian Endeavor World
Sagamore Beach
Stephen S. Wise
The
Free Synagogue
New York
William T. Ellis
Philadelphia
Robert A. Woods
South End House
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Ray Stannard Baker
Must Fly British Flag in Winnipeg Parade
June 29 official orders bar any United States circus from parading on Winnipeg streets unless it flies a British flag, replacing the American banner in a decisive local regulation.
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Winnipeg
Zin
Ben
United States
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John A. Babcock
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