Inspiring and Pathetic Veterans Parade Reflections
Governor Hughes praised the rain soaked parade as a revelation of courage marking the endurance of American veterans. Thirty six veterans remain in hospital with one in serious condition as sessions open for officer elections and reports. Resolutions seek higher widows pensions, repeal of the anti canteen law, and formation of a veterans branch society. Memorial post in Cleveland staged an illustrated muster service as the encampment winds down.
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Hughes
Brown
Burton
Nevada
Toledo
Congress
Paletie
Grand Army
Clevend
Convention Hall
Conention Hall
Dastardly pursuit of persecuted woman seeks interview in Michigan
In Traverse City Michigan on September 12 a DAstorm of armed men including two sons and a neighbor of Mrs. T Badley a widowed woman near Williamsburg searches for the man persecuting her aiming to interview him.
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Traverse City
Mich
T. Badley
Bynear
Williamsburg
Local man harasses Mrs Bailey family for a year
Mrs Bailey reports a repeated harassment by a marauder including a barn fire and three burglaries. Last Sunday she saw the intruder throw a stone at her window and she summoned her sons who kept rifles at hand. The suspect fled into a swamp as a search begins.
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Corny Wisenut
Monte
Alligators to be muzzled at Marion City Park
In Marion Indiana the public works board orders leather muzzles for four alligators in the fenced park exhibit after dogs were killed when a poodle entered the cage. The smallest alligator died after a week of eating dog remains and beefsteak, and officials cite the animals bones' effect on digestion.
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Marion
Ind
Board of Public Works
Big Joe
Insisted on Two Kisses in Westville Suit
Danville reporters detail two suits filed in a local court seeking damages of 5000 each. Misses Mary Cox and Stella Luelen allege Westville merchant Charles Gurrillis paid their fines and then imprisoned them in his business until they agreed to give him a kiss.
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Danville
Mary Cox
Stella Luellen
Westville
Charles Gurrillis
Gurrillis
Feather Duster Must Go Stirs New York School Health Drive
New York educators convene as Superintendent Maxwell urges principals and teachers to inspect students for physical defects and seek medical attention for overage, defective, incorrigible, mischievous, and truant pupils. Brooklyn Teachers Association president Lyman A. Best warns feather dusters may spread disease in schools.
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New York
Maxwell
Lyman
A. Best
Brooklyn Teachers’ Association
San Francisco Girl Hurt After Horse Tossed Into Tree
Miss Blanch Maud Cameron a UC Berkeley graduate was riding near Red Bluff when her horse ran off a riverbank. Her hair snagged on a tree branch causing a fall while she remained suspended briefly before regaining consciousness. Her injuries are painful but not dangerous.
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San Francisco
Blanch Maud Cameron
University of California
Red Bluff
Walter Wellman and the airship America
Walter Wellman plans to reach the north pole from Spitzbergen in the airship America, the largest built aside from Count Zeppelin. The craft is 184 feet long and 52 feet in diameter with a steel keel oil tank, 6,800 gallons of gasoline, and an eighty horsepower motor rated to cover 2,500 miles. It can carry five men, twelve dogs, and several tons of supplies.
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Walter Wellman
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Chicago Record-Herald
Judgment is money he first bought rocky lots and sold at a profit
Abraham White became known as the rock buyer and the original postage stamp bond bidder after profitable city and government bond schemes. He bid for New York City bonds, sent an $800000 check, and drew support from Russell Sage. The 44 cent stamp bid yielded substantial profits and notoriety.
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New York
Abraham White
John A. McCall
New Jersey
New York City
White
Russell Sage
Carlisle
Bond deal sparks profit expectations in city bonds
White gains control of the Abraham White Bond company and elevates Sam Byerley, an express clerk and stamp bidder allotted 5.8 million Tanama bonds, to vice president. The arrangement is expected to yield a snug profit from the city bond transaction.
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White
Sam” Byerley
Byerley
Abraham White
Relief for Tired Postmen Climbs to Second Floor Rule
Washington Sept 12 tired letter carriers will not be required to climb higher than the second floor of office buildings and apartments to deliver mail The acting first assistant postmaster general issued orders relieving carriers from reaching beyond the second floor in buildings without elevator service.
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Washington
Archibald Blount Bequeaths £400 to Yale University
Archibald Fry Blount lord of the manor of Orleton Herefordshire left Yale University £400 to be used as deemed fit for the university. Blount died in London June 17 at 67 leaving an estate valued at £407 570.
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London
Archibald Fry Blount
Orleton
Herefordshire
Yale
Blount
Beachfront Inferno Ravages South Haven Hotel and Cottages
Seven cottages on the beach and the Avery Beach hotel burned in South Haven Mich. on September 12. Dynamite was used to blow up the hotel to halt the blaze. The hotel loss is $50,000, insured.
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South Haven
Mich
Avery Beach
Shoemaker John Wooda Dies After Dinner at Boarding House
In Greenup on September 12 John Wooda a local shoemaker collapsed and died after dining at the Wilson boarding house. He called to Wilson to come out on the porch but was already dead. Heart trouble is believed to be the cause.
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Greenup
John Wooda
Wilson
Fire destroys Cudahy Packing plant in Philadelphia
A large Cudahy Packing company plant at Ninth Street and Girard Avenue was destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at 200000 dollars. About 25000 pounds of beef were destroyed.
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Philadelphia
Cudahy Packing Company
Ninth Street
Girard Avenue
Baseball scores from Chicago and around circuits
SCORES ON THE DIAMONDS Sports brief lists league results with Cincinnati and Chicago tied in fourteen innings, plus wins for Detroit, Washington, St. Louis and others in American and association play across cities like Minneapolis Columbus and St Paul.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittshburg
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Boston S
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
New York
Minneapolis
Miilwaukree
Columbus
Indianapolis
Columbus S
St. Paul
Kansas City
Louisville
Toledo
Louisaville
Justified in killing him Mount Sterling case ends in no indictment
Mount Sterling dispatch reports Montgomery county grand jury did not indict Mrs. Lucy Bramet for the killing of Alyzing Thomas two weeks earlier. Thomas attacked her with a pistol at her home. Bramet fired four times, one bullet grazing the porch ceiling and killing Thomas. Bramet has been seriously ill from shock since the incident.
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Lexington
Mount Sterling
Montgomery County Grand
Lucy Bramet
Family in Ontonagon County Hopes for Recovery After Banana Poisoning
Ishpemio g Michigan September 12 report says several August Schaffer Jr. children die from suspected banana poisoning while a daughter remains seriously ill. August Schaffer Sr. is convalescing after a severe illness blamed on the same cause on Greenland road farm.
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Ishpemiog
Mich
August Schaffer
Greenland Road
Ontonagen
Gramifather
First Snow Delights Port Wayne Residents
September weather update reports the season's first snow in Port Wayne Indiana. A ten minute storm drew thousands from homes stores and factories to watch the falling flakes before it vanished as quickly as it appeared.
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Port Wayne
Ind
Liveryman kills wife then takes life at station
Sioux City dispatch reports W F Lawrence of Kadoka South Dakota shot his wife as she attempted to board a train. He then fired on himself and died at the scene. Police said the motive was her refusal to remain with him.
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Sioux City
W. F. Lawrence
Kadoka
S. D
Market Notice Shows Delayed Trade due to Western Union Strike
Western Union telegraph office strike delays late market reporting. The Journal will publish market results as soon as the strike is settled. Chicago September 10 1907 hogs receipts 23000 with steady to 5 higher prices. bees cattle and sheep figures listed with varied ranges and grain market noted.
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Western Union Telegraph
Journal
Chicago
Texas
Major Storm Hits Harrisburg Area Floods Homes
A severe storm in Harrisburg and surrounding towns caused cellar flooding and major damage to building sites. Berghill Street houses collapsed as Paxton Creek rose four feet in under two hours. Sewers failed at New Cumberland and rail washouts disrupted Cumberland Valley traction. Other cities also faced flood damage.
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Harrisburg
Berryhill Street
Paxton Creek
New Cumberland
Cumberland Valley Traction
Mechanicsburg
Williamsport
York
Altoona
Johnstown
Watterson's Paper Fire Reignites at Courier Journal
Fire broke out again at Louisville plant endangering the Courier-Journal and Times facility and the last intact section of its building. The blaze caused about 25000 dollars in damage but workers will continue operations at the same site, with the cause still a mystery after the prior fire.
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Watterson
Louisville
Courier-Journal and Times
Courier-Journal
Lusitania Aims To Beat Atlantic Record In Five Days
New York dispatch reports the Lusitania on its first U S voyage runs at 23.75 knots averaging over 570 knots per day. If steady, she would reach Sandy Hook in 4 days 21 hours 35 minutes, beating the Deutschland record by about 11 hours and the Lucania by over eight hours.
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New York
Atlantic
United States
Sandy Jlock
Cape Race
Sandy Hook
Lucania
Cunard
Deutschland
Queenstown
Lusitania
Cherbourg
Parker reiterates charge on campaign funds and punishment
Ex Judge Alton B Parker Democratic candidate in 1904 repeats his charge about campaign contributions near the last national election. He urges Congress to act and supports imprisoning those giving corporation gifts, arguing the claim remains credible to fair minded, intelligent people.
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New York
Alton B. Parker
Death of 3-Year-Old From Rain Filled Post Hole
In Chicago on September 12 a three year old boy named Harry Hanney died after falling into an uncovered post hole near 936 Forty-Eighth street. Carpenters paused work at noon due to rain and left several holes open. Water filled the hole to within a foot of the top and the child drowned when he slid headfirst into it.
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Chicago
Harry Hanney
George Hanney
Stockyards
Forty-Eighth Street
Henney
Finnish diet opposes 4 million military grant
In Helsingfors on September 12 the Finnish diet fiercely opposed the imperial demand for a 4 million dollar military service grant for the Russian empire. Socialists led the opposition and are winning sympathy from members of other parties.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Russian Empire
Caldwell narrows Clarke lead in Nebraska primary
Lincoln Nebraska September 12 P A Caldwell of Clay county gathers over 700 votes from eleven counties reporting returns and reduces Railway Commissioner Clarke’s majority to about 200 suggesting Caldwell may still win the Republican nomination.
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Lincoln
Neb
P. A. Caldwell
Clay County
Clarke
Canton Fire Destroys Hundred Mercantile Establishments
A large Canton fire on September 12 razed about 100 leading Chinese mercantile outfits in Canton. The blaze disrupted a major commercial district, with authorities coordinating efforts to control the flames and assess the damage.
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Canton
China
Hong Kong
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