Fiction and Milk Crusade Dominate Chicago Notes
The piece extols Sir Fiction at Chicago's public library and cites a 1,721,166 circulation last year while noting the Milk Commission of the Children's Hospital Society plans a summer sterilized milk booth in Ritter Park to combat contaminated city milk.
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Chicago
Public Library
Milk Commission
The
Children’s Hospital Society of Chicago
Ritter Park
Washington Street
Fair Society
Fish Takes Chicago Spotlight As Meat Shortage Bites
In Chicago amid a meat strike, Mr Fish becomes a weekly guest in homes and markets. Fish varieties from whitefish to halibut fill shelves as markets promote the appeal of fish over meat.
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Chicago
Mr. Fish
Fish
Jacky Horner
City Milk Supply Faces Scrutiny Over Contaminated Pours
City milk supply under investigation after reports that cans of below grade milk were emptied into the sewer. Officials including a milk inspector review handling and storage as the issue draws concern from multiple quarters.
Fresh Crusade Against the Cigarette In Chicago
The Anti Cigarette league led by Miss Lucy Page Gaston launches a August campaign to curb youth smoking. Louis Grossman oversees detective efforts to enforce laws against selling cigarettes to boys. Hull House collaborates as reform expands to prosecute female inmates and push new ordinances and state legislation. The campaign aims to halt cigarette manufacturing by boys and extend into September and October.
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Anti-Cigarette League
Lucy Page Gaston
Louis Grossman
Crusade
Hull House
League
Red-Light
Chicago
Proof of Chicago Healthfulness in Death Rates
The Chicago health department notes a declining death rate with 11.98 per 1000 in July this year down from 15.02 last year while total deaths fell to 1,958 from 2,290. Weather terms and World’s Fair year comparisons are cited as factors alongside a shift in mortality amid a growing population.
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Chicago
Lakes
Chhicago
Willis
EDSOX
Fierce tornado kills fifteen in Twin Cities area
St Paul Minn Aug 22 a fierce tornado killed fifteen people and caused about 3 million dollars in damage across the Twin Cities and surrounding districts. St Paul suffered around 1 million in losses Minneapolis about 1.5 million with crop and farm losses estimated at 500 thousand.
Minneapolis Tornado Smashes City Causing Massive Damage
In Minneapolis a three storm wind event Saturday night produced 90 mph gusts and heavy rain. Buildings and streetcar lines suffered extensive damage, hundreds of trees uprooted, and losses tallied near 1 million dollars. Two deaths reported in the city. in St. Paul a separate tornado killed a four member family and injured 12 others.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Nicollet Avenue
Sixth Street
Guaranty Loan
Interior Court
St. Paul
Waconia
Watson and Tibbles Nominated at Cooper Union
Thomas B. Watson of Georgia and Thomas H. Tibbles of Nebraska were formally notified of their People’s Party nominations for president and vice president at Cooper Union. Watson spoke for four minutes and criticized Democratic and Republican platforms as nearly identical while urging worker sovereignty and opposition to corporate wealth.
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New York
Thomas B. Watson
Georgia
People’s Party
Thomas H. Tibbles
Nebraska
Cooper Union
Watson
Boulton
Judge Parker
Jefferson
Jackson
Roosevelt Returns to Oyster Bay on Summer Trip
President Roosevelt left Washington by special train for Oyster Bay on Saturday arriving at 5 30 pm. He plans a month at Sagamore Hill with minimal public events or travel and no speeches. Earlier a fire in Martinez Cal caused about 150 000 dollars in losses destroying two blocks.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Pennsylvania
Sagamore Hill
Martinez
Cal
Death in Chicago packing house strike riot
The first death in the big packing house strike riot occurred Saturday evening in Chicago. Union man Andrew Maskey was shot and killed, with three others wounded, during a clash after an alleged attack on a Lake Shore train of strike breakers near the stock yards. No train occupants were injured.
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Chicago
Andrew Maskey
Lake Shore
Fire drives 35 from homes near Fourth Plain area
Portland reports twelve adults and 23 children homeless after a large fire around Fourth Plain east of Vancouver Washington. Troops from Vancouver barracks fought the blaze in three relays of 50 men, keeping it burning over two days as authorities suspect arson. One man is under arrest on arson charges.
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Portland
Ore
Fourth Plain
Vancouver
Washington
United States
Vancouver Barracks
Shively Elected Supreme Chancellor of Knights of Pythias
Charles E. Shively of Richmond Indiana won the election as supreme chancellor at the Knights of Pythias gathering in Louisville on August 19 succeeding Tracy R. Bangs of GrandForks North Dakota. A tight contest also gave Shively the post of supreme vice chancellor with other officers named including L H Farnsworth supreme prelate and R L C White supreme keeper of the records and seal.
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Louisville
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
Charles E. Shively
Richmond
Ind
Tracy R. Bangs
Grand Forks
N. D
The
Knights of Pythias
L. H. Farnsworth
Salt Lake
Utah
R. L. C. White
Nashville
Board of Control
C. F. S. Neal
Chicago
J. R. Carnahan
Indianapolis
Drowned in Globe Arizona Cloudburst Fatalities Reported
A cloudburst at Globe Arizona causes several deaths and structural ruin. A traveler from Bowie Arizona mentions Mitchell and his wife and four children drowned, with other reports listing nine drowned. Southern Pacific shops at Globe are demolished and bodies of Sims Hurd Moody and Epley recovered.
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el Paso
Tex
Globe, Ariz
Bowie
Ariz
Mitchell
Southern Pacific
Charles Sims
Hurd
Miss Moody
John Epley
May Wheat Breaks Record On Chicago Board
May wheat surged to 1135 on Friday in Chicago, the highest price in six years, amid mounting excitement on the board of trade after adverse crop reports from the northwest. Bulls forecast further gains following the Leiter deal of 1898 comparison.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Northwest
Leiter
Uganda Mission Progress Mirrors Hopeful Era
The Youth's Companion recounts how Uganda, once called a dark region, has seen a transformation over 30 years. From 1875 Henry M. Stanley’s optimism to 1897 Bible translation completion, fifty thousand natives can read, over 1,000 churches exist, and four thousand seatings mark growth with 400000 converts. Missionaries now train native instructors who evangelize actively.
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Africa
Uganda
Victoria
Mwanga
Ramie or China Grass Promises Strong Fiber For Textiles
Ramie, known as grass or China grass, is a strong lustrous fiber rivaling hemp and jute. The article notes rising European demand, Germany importing about 150000 dollars annually and France 80000 to 100000 dollars, with French mills operating 15000 spindles. It highlights Mexico and the Americas as fertile regions for ramie cultivation and future potential.
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China
Japan
Europe
America
United States
Germany
France
Mexico
Central America
South America
Medicine and the Public Views on Medical Knowledge
A physician criticizes public opinions on medicine while recounting a rural misinformed remedy. He notes widespread ignorance and the futility of arguing with laypeople who prescribe and judge medical matters. The anecdote contrasts professional knowledge with a patient’s crude hot herb tea remedy.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Jester's Bitter Riff on Smoke Disease
A lurid fragment shows a performer deriding smoking and a mob of townsfolk may face a grim spectacle. The line hints at consequences of tobacco use and community reaction in a stark, period voice.
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St. Louis Park
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Robert Street
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Shively
Indiana
Order of Knights of Pythias
Charles A. Barnes
Jacksonville, Ill
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