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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1908
Page
13
Rail workers estimate 400000 idle as construction slows, Yoakum says pay rolls loss tops 1 billion yearly. He argues labor carries the railroad economy, urging voters and policymakers to back measures restoring confidence and restarting construction to revive wages and industry.
Fragmentary obituary and marriage notices appear across papers including St Louis Republic and St Paul Pioneer Press. The garbled text references a post, preservation charges, and various local listings, with no clear names or dates readable.
Listings of local funeral directors with addresses on Tenth Street Northwest to Connecticut Avenue NW and related arterials. Names include Harvey's Sons, R F Speare, Frate Speart, Sardo & Co, Sergeon, Costello, Geier's Sons, Zurhorst, Wright Co, and others, noting modern chapels, crematoriums, and basement parlors. Most entries mention reasonable terms and connected services.
Nellie Nicker son and Clarence Dutton of Chester were swept from shore at Bowers Beach by a strong current and drowned. The group had entered the water in the afternoon after arriving in bathing attire and were pulled into deep water near the mouth by a powerful undertow.
The Washington Post reports a week of renewed selling as major holders pull back and supply expands, despite some stocks hitting year high marks. Traders fear reduced lending, rumors of large dividends, and global weak demand, with Northern Pacific and Great Northern advancing on distribution hopes while Rock Island faces a notable decline amid debt rumors.
Special dispatch reports Mrs. Elizabeth Moore fatally burned in her home at 81 Fast Jersey Street. Her husband Thomas and a ten ant John J Hughes suffered serious arm and shoulder burns while attempting to extinguish the flames. She tried to wipe burning gas from the stove top when her wrapper caught fire.
The London stock exchange shows improved conditions with extended business despite war scare. Kronenberg interview boosts German and British securities while Berlin reports confidence, and Turkish events weigh on Paris markets as observers foresee potential shifts in the bourse. European finance remains buoyant overall with plentiful money, despite volatility.
Berlin reports a drive against low quality literature as an assertion by the Durur Union. They claim 800 booksellers and 300 peddlers sell sensational serials and tales of very low order. They estimate 750 million such stories sold in a year.
Berlin reports Count von Posadow sky-Welner, former Plenipotentiary of the Interior, deemed retired for long advocating administrative views, may be proposed by the liberal Sepeyer Ludwigshafen voters to contest the Reichstag. At 63 he attends Grenoble courses on political economy and state administration and plans a U S visit to study American institutions.
News from Auckland reports the American battleship fleet passing Cape Maria Van Diement on its way to Sydney. During a port stay two African American firemen fought aboard a battleship and one was killed by a razor wound. The attacker will be taken to the United States for trial.
Thomas W. Lawson declares immense demand for his National Stock pamphlets and stock orders. He outlines a plan to hold shares at 2 or under, curb prices to avoid a runaway market, and asks buyers to limit bids. He notes record daily trading in National Stock in Boston and New York and warns of a looming distribution of treasury shares while promising to intervene Monday to steady Wall Street.
An American Bar Association report urges that appeals be decided on merits not technical grounds. It claims criminal writs of error delay justice and seeks U S Supreme Court review only for probable cause of unjust conviction. The proposals echo English reforms and target civil and criminal appellate practice nationwide.
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