Entente Cordiale Seen as Pillar of Britain France Policy
London May 29 M Pichon foreign minister of the French republic in London with President Fallieres said the reception in London shows the policy of understanding with Great Britain is triumphing as a permanent entente. The banquet at the French embassy was formal with nearly one hundred guests including the Prince of Wales the US ambassador state ministers and foreign ministers.
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London
England
France
Great Britain
M. Cambon
Carnegie Library Dedication in Hackney with Royal Presence
London May 29 A new Hackney library funded by Andrew Carnegie was dedicated with State ceremony. The Prince and Princess of Wales attended along with the household cavalry and royal supporters. The Prince paid tribute to Carnegie and Carnegie and his wife were presented to the royal couple. Moscow May 29 The Moscow municipal council plans celebrations for its eightieth anniversary.
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London
Hackney
Andrew Carnegie
Prince and Princess of Wales
Household Cavalry
Prince of Wales
Carnegie
Moscow
Standings and scores from major leagues baseball May 29
Chicago and St Louis battled to an 11 to 7 game with Chicago committing one error to St Louis four. The Pittsburgh and Boston game ended 3 to 1 with Boston limited to three hits. American League shows New York leading with 38 wins, 44 losses, while Philadelphia theaters Detroit 14 to 7 and Boston over Chicago 2 to 1. Other results include New York defeating St Louis 9 to 3 and Washington beating Cleveland 8 to 2. Western and Association results noted, with Columbus 8 Toledo 0 and Milwaukee 6 St Paul 0.
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Chicago
National
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
New York
Noubr
Beogkiyn
St. Louis
Llite
Praser
Kling
Salle
Flostetter
American
New York i
Delvei
JAS
Egie
Boston
Walsh, Sullivan
Detroit
Summers
Schmidt
Dygert
Carter
Schreck
Public Library Opens with Tolstoi Tie as Youth School Named
In St. Petersburg on May 29 reports show an epidemic of personal crises over three months. The city averages eighty five deaths per month with a record eighteen in a single day this week. Destitution and despondency drive many cases.
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Count Leo Tolstoi
St. Petersburg
Papermakers Fail to Justify Price Advance in Statute Case
The court finds criminal statutes shown but notes the papermakers did not fully justify the hike in prices. The decision highlights the lack of complete justification for the advance and implications for the case.
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Bnt
Adjournment Seems Likely As Senate Weighs Currency Bill
Washington May 20 reports indicate likely adjournment sine die today or tomorrow as both houses near final action on the Aldrich Vreeland currency bill. Democrats appear reluctant to filibuster with La Follette failing to organize opposition. The conference report on the general deficiency bill is ready but held up to pressure a currency vote.
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Washington
Aldrich- Vreeland
Senate
Aldrich
Congress
House
Teller
Newbinds
Owen
Culberson
la Vollette
Labollette
Temperature The key hurdle in currency bill debate
Temperature dominates the Senate as heat slows currency bill discussion. Palm leaf fans appear on the floor while quorum exists only during roll calls, leaving Democrats facing stalled progress amid the heat.
Cannon Has the Last Word in Pleasant House Exchange
In Washington Speaker Cannon and Minority Leader Williams shared a humorous exchange as Howell Utah sought to motions to take a bill from the speaker's table but the bill was mislaid. The speaker joked about finding the lost sheep in the mountains and keeping near to the Great Father with Williams replying on the regular order.
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Washington
Cannon
Williams
House
Howell
Utah
Report on Print Paper Price Investigation
Washington May 29 The committee report on print paper prices accompanies a minority view by Sims and Ryan The majority says prices won t rise immediately if the Stevens bill passes and finds no illegal trust but notes possible suspicions and justifies some price increases It favors continuing the inquiry over the vacation and reporting at the next session The minority endorses the Stevens bill urging immediate passage noting no actual violation of the law
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House
Sims
Tenn
Ryan
N. J
Congress
Appeal for Diamond Robber Frank Shereliffe’s Freedom
Des Moines resident Mrs Sherman Morry plans to appeal to Governor Cummins for clemency to free her husband often called Frank Shereliffe the former infamous diamond robber. He was arrested in Michigan for a murder in Colorado years ago. In four years in Des Moines he has lived sober and industrious.
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Des Moines
Sherman Morry
Cummins
Frank Shereliffe
Shereliffe
Michigan
Colorado
Sherelffe
Centenarian George M. Lentner Dies in Wapello County
Ottumwa Iowa May 21 George M Lentner aged 101 died at the home of his daughter Mrs Kirkpatrick at Highland Center He was the oldest man in Wapello county Lentner born in Delaware in 1807 He recently celebrated his 101st birthday and had been in good health before a rapid decline.
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Ottumwa
Cgeorge M. Lentner
Kirkpatrick
Highland Center
Wapello County
Lentner
Telaware
Lawn mowing death shock hits Muskegon leader KE Perry
In Muskegon Michigan on May 29 heat and exertion from mowing a lawn felled KE Perry a prominent western Michigan lodge man at his home. He collapsed and died there, authorities said. The death underscores dangers of heat and overexertion during outdoor work in late spring.
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Muskegon, Mich
KE. Perry
Western Michigan
Hogs and cattle markets steady to strong in Chicago
Markets in Chicago May 29 1908 show hog receipts estimated at 16000 with a steady to 5 lower trend and cattle activity strong. Official receipts yesterday 13932 with shipments 3237, while sheep and beef prices held firm with Western cattle and stockers showing 350 to 570 and lambs 450 to 620. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co Postal Telegraph bid g Chicago.
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Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
John A Babcock Ad Promises Square Deal
An OCR fragment shows John A. Babcock promising fair treatment with assurances of a square deal, indicating a promotional or personal advertisement text from an older newspaper page. The readable portion emphasizes reliability and customer confidence.
Reduction Resisted Term. Charge At Chicago Railways Abate
Railroads seek injunction against Interstate Commerce Commission order cutting terminal charges per car to Chicago Union Stock Yards from $2 to $1. Case argues charges and separations, with Nebraska rail unions opposing any freight-rate decrease citing wage and price concerns. The suit clusters around defining depot deliveries and through-rate divisions.
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St. Paul
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Sanborn, Hook and Adams
Federal Court
W. D. McHugh
L. A. Shaver
Samuel A. Cowan
Cattle Raisers’ Association, of
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Chicago Live Stock Exchange
Lincoln
Neb
State Railway Commission
G. H. Crosby
J. B. Wade
Nebraska
Will Add a Hospital Near Rockefeller Institute
Plans call for a large hospital to accompany the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York. Borings south of the existing building reveal rock outcroppings. foundations likely at that site to overlook the river and provide patient breezes. John D. Rockefeller is understood to approve and fund the project. The institute aims to study cerebro spinal meningitis and seek a cure. The hospital will treat obscure diseases and admit both adults and children.
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New York
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
John D. Rockefeller
Russian Warship Peter the Great Strikes Gulf Rocks
The Russian battleship Peter the Great struck rocks in the Gulf of Finland near Reval on May 20. It was refloated and steered to Reval. In Sydney, the British Australia squadron will leave July 10 to visit the United States fleet in the Fiji islands. Uninstructed Democratic delegates were chosen in New Hampshire's first district for the Denver national convention.
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St. Petersburg
Peter the Great
Gulf of Finland
Reval
Sydney
Fiji Islands
Denver
New Hampshire
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