Rates Same as Now If Railroads Raise Class Freight
Philadelphia Aug. 11 President McCrea of the Pennsylvania Railroad released a Cleveland Chamber of Commerce letter on freight rate trends. He says no general rate increase is planned, but class rates may rise to offset higher operating costs. A careful analysis is underway, with merchants and rail executives debating timing amid sluggish business.
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Philadelphia
McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Trath
Obituaries and Births From Early 1900s Notices
Fragmented notices list births and deaths with names such as Caldwell and Rasmussen. Entries reference August 1908 events in Seattle and Washington, D.C., including a birth to Hugh M. Caldwell and obituaries for Joseph T. Lolle Richard Rasmussen and Jon Church, with interment and residence details and invitations to relatives. The scattered items mention dates August 1903 August 11 1908 and August 12, and locations Seattle Frederick Columbus Philadelphia Mexico Washington.
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Caldwell
Hugh M. Caldwell
Seattle
Wash
Rasmussen
Department of State
Washington, D.C
Benjamin H. Ridgely
Mexico Witty
Mexico
American Hospital
Richard Rasmussen
Amerizen
Wheaton
Truston
Jon Church
Forest Glten
Wy Welac
Funeral Directors Listings and Embalming Services
Funeral directors and embalmers listed with chapel and crematorium facilities. GEG PB Zurhorst Aker and Embalmer at 1J East Capitol Street mentions modern crematorium and low prices with Pennsylvania Avenue NW address and main phone. Wright Co funeral directors and embalmers provide livery connection at 1337 Tenth Street. Harvey's Sons at 1385 Fourteenth Street, Speare at 940 F Street NW.
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GEG PB
Zurhorst
Aker and
Embalmer
East Capitol St
William Lee
Cormmostieus
Pennsylvania Ave
John R. Wright
Harvey’s Sons
Ramad Ous Chapel
W. R. Speare
Wit
H. Sardo & CO
Railroad Rates Yet Again Considered as Costs Rise
A brief passage notes that no general fare increase has been decided, though railroads may need to reexamine charges if operating costs stay high. The speaker asserts no planned action now, but acknowledges possible future rate advances if conditions worsen.
Interstate Commerce plans hearing in Georgia freight rate case
The Interstate Commerce Commission has not fixed a hearing date for the Georgia freight rate case about Southeast food staples. It may be set in late September after requests to delay past September 15. Formal notices were served to railroads in the South Western territory, with responses due within 15 days. Edward Baxton of Nashville will prepare railroad answers.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Wren
Georgia
R A
Knapp
Washington
Southwestern
Texas
Edward Baxton
Nashville, Tenn
County fair amusements face legality ruling in New York
Attorney General Jackson defines permissible county fair attractions in an Albany opinion. He would allow hit the nigger style games to continue but bans cane racks knife boards dice games shell games and similar gambling devices unless they show player skill. Amusement items without gambling use, such as cards chess and dominos, may be used for fun. The ruling aligns with a $250000 state fair funding clause barring gambling per fair association. The opinion comes as fair organizers seek guidance after a Hughes recommendation.
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Washington Post
Albany
N. Y
Jackson
Pearson
Igov
Hugilos
Murder charge sought by mother in Presidio shooting
Mrs. English, mother of Private English, plans murder charges against Private Ryan who shot him at the Presidio guardhouse while attempting to escape. She also files a $100,000 damage suit against the United States. Ryan is being court-martialed for the shooting.
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San Francisco
Eaglish
English
Coast Artillery
Presidio
Ryan
United States
Ingate
Gloucester Steamer Rescue Reported by American Consul General
David F. Wilbur reports to the State Department the rescue of ten seamen from the Gloucester fishing schooner by the Spanish training ship Nautilus under Capt. Moreno. The two sailors left near La Havre River were picked up July 21 and brought to Halifax. Capt. Moreno declined pay but offered to compensate the crew for work aboard the Nautilus.
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David F. Wilbur
Nova Scotia
State Department
Gloucester
Nautilus
Moreno
Eliza
la Havne
Halifax
Health Office Record Entries from U S Soldiers Home Notes
Health officer records list individuals with ages and addresses across multiple wards and streets. Names include John Carmory aged 90 at U S Soldiers Home and infants such as the infant of George and Jennis Buck at 39 venton pl. ow, plus several others aged from 3 months to 61 years with varied streets and abbreviations.
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John Carmory
U. S
Alexander Ca Pury
Masa
Ave
Bawant A. Greer
Clitton St
Fthel D. Martin
Mary Stewart
Nelson Coleman
William Baker
Josephine Crawley
Wersin Davis
Jackeonsley
Mamie Kramer
Bricg
Ainger
Gerfelt
George
Jennis Buck
Venton
Woman Plotter Led Murder Conspiracy In Nurse Aid Case
Chicago jurors convict Ruth McLaughlin Austin Kelley and Moses D. Brown of conspiracy to murder elderly Mrs Nolain. Brown fined 1000 dollars. Kelley and Miss McLaughlin sentenced to indeterminate penitentiary terms. Prosecution says nurse McLaughlin helped furnish brain for poisoning plot to hasten change of estate ownership.
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Chicago
Moses D. Brown
Austin
Kelley
Ruth E. McLaughlin
Annie
Nolatn
Windes
Miss McLaughlin
Atorney
Rittenhouse
Brown
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Evans to retire next week
Rear Admiral Roby D. Evans, former commander of the Atlantic fleet, will be placed on the retired list August 18. Orders issued by Rear Admiral John Pillsbury state Evans is the senior rear admiral, ranking next to Admiral Dewey, with service since 1860 and a former commander of the Atlantic battleship fleet. He is recovering from inflammatory rheumatism at Lake Mohonk, New York.
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Robly D. Evans
Atlantic
Reef
John #. Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Evans
Dewey
South America
Hampton Roade
San Francisco
General Board of the Navy
Caspar F. Goodrich
New York Navy Yard Center
Evans
Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Republican fundraising talks shape 1912 campaign circle
In New York Frank Hitchcock chairman of the Republican National Committee and Cornelius Bliss former national treasurer discussed money raising as Hitchcock heads to Hot Springs for Taft talks and Western headquarters setup. Bliss likely joins a nine member advisory committee. Senator Burrows conferred on the Utica nomination ceremony for Sherman plus several notable speakers planned.
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New York
Frank H. Hitchceck
Republican National Committee
Hot Springs
Taft
Cornelius N. Bliss
Bliss
Hitchcock
Witchcock
Chicago
J. ©. Burrows
Michigan
Sherman
Hittchcock
Utica
N. Y
Army orders list review board and officer transfers
A board of review including Col Valery Havard Maj Guy Edie and Capt Walter Webb reviews medical examining boards in cases of medical officers deemed unequal. Assignments include Lt George Wheezover to Fort Leavenworth and Fort Wood transfers, Second Lt Francia Angeles to chief of staff duty July to November, Lt Joseph Tuquard to Leavenworth relieving Capt Bourke, and Capt Ervin Philippe reporting to Cornell on Sept 25. Navy movements note ships arriving and retiring officers, with Rear Admiral Evans to retire August 18, 1908.
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Valery Havard
Guy L. Edie
Walter D. Webb
Prymotion
Calden L.H .Ruggles
Ordname
United States Military Academy
Howard P. Oflern
George A. Wheezover
Signal Corps
Company A
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Fort Wood
Francia A. Angeles
Fifteenth Cavalry
Staf
Joseph Tuiquard
Medical Reserve Corps
Wort Leavenworth
James Bourke
Ervin L. Phillipe
Thirteenth Cavalry
Cornell University
Ithaca
Regular nominations void on incomplete ballot tickets
Secretary of State Wipf rules candidates named to fill vacancies on an incomplete ticket from the June primaries cannot be placed on the election ballot. The candidates were chosen at a state convention after the primaries and endorsed by the state committee. He says only a second ticket under another name can complete the ticket. Courts may hear the questions.
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Pierre
Lak
Wipf
Gahnot
State Committee
Hammond for governor selection rumored in Minnesota
In St Paul Minnesota a secret conference of Democratic leaders reportedly selected Representative W B Hammond of St James as the likely nominee to head the state ticket for governor. The decision was said to be thoroughly canvassed and Hammond chosen as the party standard bearer.
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St. Paul
Minn. Aux
Sonferente
Minnesota
Ohio Taft campaign centers on Virginia hills at Hot Springs
Ohio Taft manager Arthur Vorys and publicity aide Gus J. Karger travel with Taft and Hitchcock as the campaign focuses on Virginia mountains. Vorys predicts Ohio will deliver about 100000 votes more for the Republican ticket while labeling four congressional seats as doubtful. Hitchcock to pick advisory committee members from commercial centers to back financing efforts.
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Hitchcock
Hot Springs
West Virginia
Taft
Arthur ¥. Vorvs
Ohio
Buckeye
Vorys
Chicago Has Convention Dividend
Chicago officials report four fifths of the 100000 raised to bring the Republican national convention to Chicago has been spent. The remaining 20000 is to be returned to the 503 subscribers to the fund, with the repayment process begun by the local arrangements committee.
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Chicago
Ipent
Jlocal
Woman recovers health on Grape-Nuts and Postum
A New York state woman describes ten years of stomach and liver trouble. After quitting coffee and using Grape-Nuts with Postum she gained twenty pounds and regained energy for daily tasks, noting she can now work from morning to noon without fatigue. The letter, signed with Postum Co. Battle Creek, promotes the products as a road to well-being.
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York State
Battle Creek
Mich
Well Ville
Bryan Victory Prophecies Rise in Lincoln
In Fairview Nebraska August 11 a stream of Democratic leaders led by Vice Presidential candidate John W. Kern and National Committee Chairman Norman E. Mack arrived to press Mr Bryan’s notification. Discussions with Bryan focused on campaign plans and funding, with broad confidence that Indiana and Ohio would lean Democratic and Wisconsin as a pivotal state. Kern urged a strong midwestern speaking tour, while California courted a possible coast visit before October. Local preparations in Lincoln included heavy bunting and large Bryan portraits at the hotel and city hall ahead of the ceremony.
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Kern
Middle ‘Western ‘States
Mack Saga
Bryan
California
Fairview
Lincoln
Nebr
John W. Kern
Norman E. Mack
Mack
Mr. Kern
Josephus Daniels
National Comimitte
Wyoming
E H. Lamb
Indiana
Humphrey
Autit
Van
Lowell
Mass
Lincoln ‘Typographical Union
Mr. Bryan
Outc
Middle West
Ohio
Minois
Middle Western
New York
Mrr
Wisconsin
Town
Jonn E. Lamb
Jo Sephus Daniels
J. L. Metcalfe
Commoner
Mississippi River
Edelman
Iroquals Club
Heene
Mr. Edelman
James D. Phelan
National Committee
Solia
Congress
Lincoln Typographical Union
William J. Bryan
Ambassador Heid Hosts Stag Dinner for Red Commission
London reports Ambassador Heid gave a stag dinner at Dorchester House in honor of the members of the monetary commission. Present were Senators Aldrich Hale Dan iel and Wreéland Overstreet Padgett, Prof. A. T. Andrews, and many financiers. Guests included Lord Rothschild Sir George Murray and others from the Bank of England. Afterward the Reids left for Scotland to join Andrew Carnegie at Skibo Castle for a week.
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London
Heid
Dorchester House
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Hale
Maine
Daniel
Virginia
Wreéland
New York
Overstreet
Indiana
Iaid Padgett
Tennessee
A. T. Andrews
Lord Rothachild
Sir George Murray
the Treasury
Willem Campbell
Govern Roe
Bank of England
H. Vackaon
Senator Sioet
Utah
Representative Dalzell
Pennsylvania
J. Pierpont Morgen
B. C. Grenfell
D. Cady Herrek
Herbert’ & Fox
Protestants Bait King Over Papal Welcome at London
London dispatch notes Protestant Alliance protest over King Edward’s plan to ceremoniously receive Cardinal Vannutelli at an eucharistic congress in London. The alliance sent a memorial to Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey urging steps to block what they call a violation of the Protestant constitution. Grey merely acknowledged receipt of the memorial.
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London
Protestant Alliance
Edward
Cardinal Vannutelli
Edward Grey
United Kingdom
America
Europe
Central America rumors of four corner war denied
New Orleans Aug 11 British minister Lionel Carden said rumors of a four corner war involving Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Spanish Honduras have little foundation. He noted Guatemala’s president Davila quelled the insurrection in Spanish Honduras, leaving the region demoralized but seeking peace. In San Francisco, C. G. Cana recounted a Honduran tobacco firm deal with a Guatemala merchant ending in a coercive payoff, with a threatened stoppage of payment after a soldier seizure.
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New Orleans
Central America
Guatemala
Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Lionel Carden
Carden
England
New York
Davile
San Francisco
C. G Cana
American Trading Company
Acapulco
Cabrera
Cano
Husticad
Dodge to Confer on Honduran Exequaturs Conflict
Minister Dodge travels from Salvador to Tegucigalpa to meet Honduran officials over the U S consuls at Ceiba whose exequaturs were canceled by President Davila. His investigation will shape the State Department’s stance and potential diplomatic exchanges with Honduras following Davila’s refusal to suspend the cancellations.
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Dodge
Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Ceiba
Davila
State Department
Honduras
United States
Law Affects Rectifiers Marking of Liquor Packages
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue advised attorney W M Hough that law authorizes government marking of spirits in rectifiers' hands as with distiller products. Hough questioned government power. he was directed to section 3249 of the Revised Statutes as sufficient authority.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
W. M. Hough
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association
Hough
Fire-Eater Villa Elected Alderman in Manila Vote
August returns show Simon Villa winning the southern Manila alderman seat by a large margin while Ramon Diokno takes the northern district and Justo Lukban is elected to the assembly. Villa, a former insurgent officer, advocates violence against Spaniards if another revolution occurs, prompting protests from Spanish officials and questions about his fitness to serve. Diokno leads the labor party. Americans fear native self-government and question Villa’s seating amid objections to his moral fitness.
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Manila
Simon Villa
Ramon Diokno
Dominator Comez
Justo Lukban
Smith
Villa
Diokno
Labor Party
Silipinos
Dutch Navy Prepares for Caribbean Tension
Willemstad Curacao Aug 11 colonial governments ready for possible trouble with Venezuela. A wireless station is being installed, Gelderland sails with rifles to Aruba, and a Venezuelan river steamer ferries troops toward Maracaibo Bay. Meantime Jacob Van Heemskerk sails to Caribbean waters as the only Dutch warship in the region.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Netherlands
Venezuela
Gelderland
Aruba
Maracaibo
Felix
Maracaibo Bay
Grand Opera at 87 Cents in Berlin Plan
Berlin August 11 The great People's Opera House aims to offer top productions at affordable prices. Cost estimated at 4,000,000 with Parliament and Berlin funding halves. Potsdamerstrasse site chosen. Best seats 8 7 12 cents, cheapest 12 1 2 cents. Fire damp explosion at Dudweiler mine kills thirteen, injures eight.
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Berlin
Sneclat
Washington Post
Parliament
Temple of Music
Potsdamerstrasse
Saarbruecken
Germany
Dudweiler I
New Drug Posl am Cures Eczema In Short Time
Cures eczema quickly with Poslam a year after discovery. Small fifty cent size now sold at Washington druggists or by mail from Emergency Laboratories New York. Poslam stops itching on first use and heals chronic cases in two weeks. Sample ramps offered free by writing to the laboratories.
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Ogram’s
O’donnell's
Washington
West Twenty-Afth Street
New York City
Mandeville Hall Extradited for Auto Fraud in Paris
London reports Mandeville De Marigny Hall, an American, extradited by Bow Street to Paris on a charge of obtaining a car valued at $5,000 by false pretenses. The detective testified Hall admitted the car and noted overdrawn accounts with Credit Lyonnais. Hall, married to Chicago chorus girl Vida C Whitmore, faces divorce and possible bigamy charges as more jewels allegedly obtained during the two months after marriage are traced in New York and London. The first wife reportedly doubted the marriage until a certificate surfaced, prompting action.
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Washington Post
London
Fownier
Paris
Mali
Credit Lyonnais
New York
Hall
Florence Frances Teall
Rochester
NM. H
Vida C., Whitmore
Jersey City
Europe
Han
Peruvian congress upholds protest over president insult
Lima Aug 11 The Peruvian congress voted unanimously to protest an insult to the president after Senor Pardo was pushed from a Lima sidewalk by a former political prisoner named PiERola. Democratic members were absent during the vote, reflecting a heated political moment.
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Lina
Peru
the Republic
Senor Pardo
Lima
Pierola
A Perfect Organization For Renting Your Houses
A housing outfit advertises a fully organized system to rent vacant properties quickly. It promises ready tenants who will stay and care for homes, stressing convenient locations and reliable property management services for owners.
Outlook Better in Persia Amid Turmoil
Writing on July date, Consul Doty at Wabrig reports Uramia's situation improved in a week. He left Uramia after a clash at a briz and reached Tebriz on July 8. Roads remained unsafe. brigands attacked some parties while others were robbed. American missionaries in Persia had interests at Urumia and hoped for consul visits, which he granted.
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Persia
Doty
Wabrig
State Department
Uramia
Abriz
Urumia
Tebriz
Excursions to Old Point Comfort Week End
Weekend stays at Old Point Comfort popular this season with Friday and Saturday steamship excursions via Norfolk and Washington. Tickets include steamer costs with hotel rates varying by stay length. Travel options range Friday to Monday or Saturday to Tuesday, with special round trip rates and sales at Uptown station 765 Fourteenth Street.
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Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Washington
Thambertin
Old Point
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John Rickard
William Wright
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Philip ‘Stewart
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