Plan for giant dairy products monopoly shocks nation
New York reports interest in the American Farm Products Company aiming to control butter milk eggs and chickens. Plans include raising up to 100 million dollars, with New York as headquarters and stockholders such as Thomas F. Ryan Levi P. Morton Harry Payne Whitney and Anthony Brady. Chelan and Ephrata notes on saloon votes and local farming elevators amid rising grain prices and drought.
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New York
American Farm Products Company
Treasury
Trust
Thomas F. Ryan
Levi P. Morton
Harry Payne Whitney
Anthony Brady
Cholera Breaks Out in Manila and Surrounding Areas
July 4 Manila reports virulent cholera among natives and in surrounding provinces with 21 cases and 16 deaths in city, plus 26 cases and 35 deaths in provinces. Four Americans stricken, one death Charles Sheehan. Fort McKinley area quarantined. Cautionary circular issued as officials fear underreporting by Filipinos.
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Manila
Charles Sheehan
Fort McKinley
Cook
C. G. Dright
Sixteenth Infantry
Tragedy Exposes Depravity in White Case In New York
District Attorney probes the Thaw White tragedy with Berghoff and aides testing testimonies. May McKenzie denies Mrs Thaw’s pregnancy as Mrs Thaw visits her husband. Henry Alford Short, linked to Columbia University, is jailed for alleged abuse of two 14 year old girls with Barbara Livingston arraigned as a procurer. Short’s victims reportedly number scores.
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New York
Jerome
Gravan
L. P. Berghoff
Berghoff
White
May McKenzie
Henry Alford Short
University Club
Charles Short
Columbia University
West Side Prison
Barbara Livingston
Edward Lyman Short
Short
New Wheat Crop Passes All Bounds Prosperity Is Sure
Harvest reports from H. V. Jones and John Inglis show U S winter wheat production at 420,000,000 bushels, 60,000,000 more than last year, a record ahead of all prior crops. Texas Oklahoma and California lead gains with large statewide acreages. Canada also reports its best promise, Manitoba and Northwest yields set to exceed prior years.
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Minneapolis
Mion
H. V. Jones
United States
Jones
John Inglis
Wall Street
Liverpool
Northwest
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
California
Oregon
Washington
Michigan
Canadian
Department of Sgriculture
Manitoba
Canadian Northwest
Nuggets Found in Wyoming Irrigation Ditch Blast
Workmen blasting a cement bed in an irrigation ditch near Alton Wyoming unearthed numerous gold nuggets during clearance. Some nuggets were as large as wheat kernels triggering excitement over a possible rich gold deposit. One blast reportedly yielded a substantial amount of gold though the exact total remains uncertain.
Wenatchee Development Co Reoffers City Property
The Wenatchee Development Company has again placed in the market much of the city's best property. A price list and plat are available for viewing at the agent's office.
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Wenatchee Development Company
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Chelan
O. M. Brownfield
Ephrata
Wenatchee
L. V. Wells
City OF
Philippines
Alton
Wyo
Woorkmen
Arthur Gunn
Columbia River
Bousquet and Holm
H. L. Wester
Department Store
Ladies
Oxfords
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