Trade of Philippines Shows Import Increase with Exports Decline
Nine months ending March show Philippines imports rising about 2.09 million dollars while exports fall due to lower copra and sugar shipments. British and French East Indies drive most of the gained trade. United States becomes a top destination for Philippine merchandise for the first time since American occupation. Imports expand mainly in food and animals, while exports shift toward agricultural products and hemp.
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United States
British
French East Indies
Philippine Islands
Bureau of Salar Affairs
Trent
Thok Sie
Britain
Saragey Tron
Kingdom Su
Japan
Hongkong
Iina Ho
Spain
Uetria Deine
Ypoka
Fongkong
British East Indies
Iron Furnace Explosion Kills Two in La Follette Tenn
An explosion at the Ga Follette Coal and Iron Company plant in La Follette Tennessee killed two men and seriously injured a third. Brinsannon, 35, of Max Meadows Virginia, his wife and child were among those affected. Fred Walker of Middlesboro Kentucky suffered severe burns and may not recover. Property losses were reported.
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la Folle , Tenn
Rnosville
Notices of Mortgages and Deaths in The Washington Post
Notices announce mortgage and death insertions across newspapers including New York Times and Providence Journal. Items list names such as Goodno and Hauer with ages from twenty three months to twenty nine years, and funeral details from local churches and residences, with private interment and no flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Baltimore Herald
Boston Glove
Burrald Courier
Small Enquirer
AGQ Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsbi
RG Dispatch
Providence Journal
Roche Ald
ST Louis Republic
Ralse Post-Standard
Pioneer-Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Oodno
Charles A
Armee
Goodno
S Street
Lawrence J Frauer
William J
Estelle C. Hauer
Sixth Street
Linchburg
Orth
Feerda Madeleine Orth
Herre
Caroline Orch
Tll I
Undertakers and Embalmers Directory Listing
A fragmented ad list of undertakers and embalmers with multiple names and addresses. Includes W R Speare 940 F Street NW, Joseph Gawler Main 11, R F Waryes, PUNT at Fourteenth Street NW, J Wright 1837 Tenth Street NW, J William Lee, George P Zarhorst at Capital et Union area. Open day and night service implied.
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W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
R. F. Wary ES. Sons
Neral Directors
Fourteenth Street Nw
Moderat
Telephone
North Sig
John °. Wricht
Sembalmer
Tenth Street Nw
Jan Ae
J. William Lee
Modest Pring
Fenneylvadia Ave
George P. Zarhorst
Capital
Weaghens
East
Garment Workers Vote Down Socialism Resolution
The United Gave ment Workers of America, at its thirteenth annual convention, voted down a resolution committing the organization to socialism. Delegates from Utica, Hamilton, and San Francisco opposed the measure, while Rochester’s Joel Moses led the pro side. An act to exonerate Acting Secretary Thomas J. Crouchley was adopted, and plans were made to hire a paid organizer in Canada with a West coast organizer to be based in San Francisco. The next convention will be in Toronto on the first Monday in August 1995. Tailors' Mutual Aid elected Charles Ortel of Syracuse as president, William Block of St. Louis as secretary, and Miss Shaddock of Buffalo as treasurer.
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Garment Workers
Buffalo
United Gavement Workers of America
Joel Moses
Rochester
Utica
Hamilton
San Francisco
Thomas J. Crouchley
Cincinnati
Charles Ortel
Syracuse
William Block
St. Louis
Miss Shaddock
Vote to Sustain Motormen Wage Fight Near New York
Fifteen hundred members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers gathered within six hundred miles of New York voted to back subway motor men in demanding a nine hour day paid at the union wage of 4.50 instead of 5.00 for a ten hour day. Grand Chief Stone and Hurley will remain to press settlement with Interborough officials. Local Brooklyn representatives, paid 3 a day, may seek parity when their BRT contracts expire.
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New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Bryan
Interborough Transit Company
Subway
Warren
Stone
Cleveland
Edward J. Hariey
Boston
Interborough
Brotherhood
W. E. Fitch
Insurance Association of the Brotherhood
Grand Lodge
Hurley
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Improved Rapid Transit Plans for New York City
New York, Aug. Eight million dollars or more will be spent by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company to improve rapid transit from New York City to the Bronx and Westchester along Long Island Sound. A connection with the L road is proposed at West Farms and service from the Battery to New Rochelle and Mount Vernon is planned. Bond issue of 15 million dollars will finance the work, plus repayment of Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad advances. Four of six Harlem to New Rochelle tracks will be electric, two for steam trains. Steam tracks will carry freight and the New York connecting railway to Astoria, then Pennsylvan ia access, linking tunnels under New York to Long Island City and Boston. State and city approval is awaited.
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New York
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
New York City
Bronx
Westchester
Long Island Sound
Charles S Mellen
Interborough System
West Farms
Battery
New Rochelle
Mount Vernon
New Haven
Harlem River and
Port Chester
Harlem
Randalls and
Wards Islands
Astoria
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Long Island City
Boston
East
Hoar Holds His Own in Latest Bulletin
Worcester August 28 The bulletin signed by Gen Rockwood Hoar from Senator George EB Hoars home says he awoke early and is refreshed by sleep He took more nourishment but remains extremely weak He had a comfortable day and held his own with no evident strength gain He requested newspapers this morning and showed interest in Lodge address and others of public interest.
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Worcester
Mass
Rockwood Hoar
George EB. Auar
Hoar
Gen. Hoa
Henry Cabot Lodge
Peabody Offers Troops to Cripple Creek Disorder
Gov Peabody sent a letter to Sheriff Bell of Teller County offering military aid to control a mob that deported fifteen men and looted the Interstate Mercantile store in Cripple Creek. A Western Federation of Miners member, A G Leduc, was recaptured by armed men after returning to Anaconda while in deputy custody. Deputy sheriffs chased the mob upon news of the incident.
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Denver
Colo
Peabody
Bell
Teller County
Interstate Mercantile Company
Cripple Creek
A. G. Leduc
Western Federation of Miners
Anaconda
Divided Over Tariff Proponents of Reciprocity Emphasize Public Gain
Montreal and Quebec favor reciprocity with the United States in a heated debate where consumers and retailers seek lower prices but manufacturers, led by American capital, push for tariff protections. The article argues that a small but powerful manufacturing minority profits from tariffs while pressuring Ottawa and shaping elections.
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Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Maritime
New York
Boston
Chicago
Ottawa
Maryland in play for Roosevelt as GOP hopes rise
The piece surveys Maryland and Indiana campaigns with Republicans optimistic about Maryland’s eight electoral votes and Democrats seeking gains outside Baltimore. It notes Senator McComas’ retirement, Rayner’s stump efforts, and Chicago’s negro issue debates shaping contests in Indiana and New York leadership battles over Hill and Stanchfield shaping gubernatorial prospects.
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Maryland
Roosevelt
McComas
Tao
Baltimore
St. Louis
Parker
Davis
Gorman
Rayner
West Virginia
Harry Wells Trusk
Mr. Rayner
Indiana
Chicago
Indianapolis
Bailey
Texas
New York
Brooklyn
Metropolis
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Campaign managers scout speakers in Swedish and nationwide effort
The piece notes Republicans plan to use Edwin Anderson a bilingual Swede touted in Swedish sections while William Allen White travels to Kansas to energize Roosevelt allies. It also mentions Democrats and Populists splitting duties across the state with Populists targeting former voters and Democrats focusing on Kansas cities.
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Ers
Edwin Anderson
Anderson
William Allen White
Emporia
Roosevelt
James N. Tyner
Kansas
White
Kansas Cities
Princes Sent to Manchuria as Military Observers
Berlin Aug 20 Kaiser Wilhelm orders two Prussian princes to Manchuria as observers. Prince Frederick Leopold will join Gen. Kuropatkin's headquarters, report from the Russian side, while Prince Karl Anton attaches to Field Marshal Oyama's staff with the Japanese forces. The move shocks Klein-Glienicke, where the royal leisure class faces a demanding front.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm Beieves
Manchuria
Frederick Leopold
Prussia
Sophie Luise
Schleswig-Holstein
Kuropatkin
Karl Anton
Whohenzollern
Kaiser
Oyama
Prince Frederick Leopold
Klein-Glienicke
Potsdam
Prince Frederick Earl
Klen-Glien'cke
Klein-Glenicke
Brooks
St. Petersburg
Trans-Siberian Railway
Karl
Far East
Germany
Josephine of
Bel
Gium
Leopold
Prince Henry
Prussa
Ulans
Electricians at banquet honor Italian visitors in New York
Italian Chamber of Commerce and Dante Alighieri society hosted a banquet for delegates of the Italian Association of Electricians in New York to visit the St. Louis Exposition. Ambassador des Planches welcomed the group noting Italy’s progress in electricity despite a small coal supply. Prof. Halse Ascoli spoke for the delegation.
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America
Ambassador Des Planches
New York
Italian Chamber of Commerce
Society
Dante Alighieri
Italian Association of Eectricians
St. Louis Exposition
Pilippo Torchio
Italy
Halse
Ascoli
Doctors Promote Favorite Prescription For Women
A plea to attend a biby sale for mothers who cannot nurse, claiming Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures womanly ills, restores health, and enables motherhood. A Virginia reader testifies to relief from female weakness, praises the remedy, and notes a free medical book offer from Dr. Pierce.
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Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Pierce
Common Sense
Eure
Suffea
Panama Canal Dates and Wallace's Cautious View
A congressional critic predicts 1912 completion for the Panama Canal while John Findley Wallace, chosen to supervise its construction, refuses to set a completion date or cost estimate. He notes progress depends on labor quantity and efficiency, insisting the start is essential before forecasts can be made. He pledges the United States will build it faster and more efficiently than any other nation.
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TW. HL
Leatie
Congress
Panama Canal
John Findley Wallace
Wallace
United States
A Patriot’s Holiday Dream in Schoolyard Verse
A Philadelphia Press excerpt notes a boy muses on creating holidays to honor great Americans. The poem by Arthur H. Folwell imagines birthdays for presidents generals and poets, arguing that a patriotic holiday would bend schools to celebrations and duties alike. The piece closes with a joke about a Panama Canal purchase and government plans.
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Arthur H. Folwell
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Sai‘das
In Kk Moitrom Corbin Bal
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John H. Raftery
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Portland
Maine
Massachusetts
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West Indies
Labor Organization
Philadelphia
Wright
Public Ledger
Department of Labor
Felix McCabe
Wood, Wire, and Metallc Lathers’ International Union
Hving
McCabe
The
Webster
David’ B. Hill
Broome County Fair
John B. Stanchfield
Stanchfield
Hill
New York World
Stanchfeld
Ewes
Cal
General Furniture Department
Massachusetts Avenue N. W
Manufacturing Department
Columbus
Farragut
Decatur
Wayne
Jay
Bome
Motive Power
Panama
Yale Laundry
6Th St
New York Ave
Welcvilte
Ae Se Peo
Ijtural
Washington
Hubbard Heating
Philadelphia Press
Plain Citizen
la Bretagne
Havre
Dover
Cedric
Queenstown
Etruria
Campania
Eadled
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HUB Furniture CO
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