Glucose Company to Start Large Sirup Plant at Peoria
Superintendent Bauer of the Glucose Company of America says the firm will begin sirup manufacture at Peoria Illinois within three months and will erect the largest sirup plant in the world. The report lists other distant events including crimes fires and economic tensions.
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Bauer
Glucose Company of America
Peoria
Ill
Armourdale
Kan
Kansas River
St. Michael’s Protestant Espicopal Church
New York
Henry T. Edson
Fannie Pullen
Sarah
Gladys Hogan
Samuel Hogan
Topeka
Providence
R. I
Delmar
Fannie Bickford
E. A. Gibson
Daniel's Creek
Ore
King’s Camp
Baer
United States
Dun
The Week's News Round About the World
A compact digest covering world casualties and fires, personal and political notes, business failures and resumptions, and weather records. It sketches a global snapshot of ongoing conflicts, disasters, markets, and climate patterns with brief emphasis on notable events and shifts.
Army veterans pick St Louis for next reunion
The Army of the Philippines in session at St Paul Minn selected St Louis as the site for the next annual reunion. Gen Charles King of Wisconsin was elected president and the gathering closed with a parade and campfire.
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Army of the Philippines
St. Paul
Minn
St. Louis
Hamilton
Belden
Alfred A. Knapp
Ecourt
Veterans of the Army of the Philippines
Charles King
Wisconsin
Geneva
Kane County
Louis Cook
Baldwin
L. I
John Henderson
William Shaffer
Blue Ash
Strangler
Columbus
Bisdorff
Alfred E. Lyford
B. C. Miller
Rock Island County
Illinois
Victoria
B. C
Rock Island
Lyford
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Indianpolis
Detroit
Mich
Disciples of Christ
International Missionary Convention of the Christian Churches of the World
California
Jeffries
Jack Munroe
Los Angeles
Reliance
Pennsylvania Dem State Convention nominates Hill for treasurer
The Pennsylvania Democratic state convention nominated a state ticket by acclamation led by Senator Joel G. Hill of Wayne county for state treasurer. Other items note Corning’s death in Munich at 72, and various political and social updates.
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Pennsylvania
Joel G. Hill
Wayne County
James Leonard Corning
Munich
Corning
Lincoln
U. S. Grant
Henry Ward Beecher
Mary Goelet
Duke of Roxburghe
Scotland
Edson
Roosevelt
Hay
Minister Beaupre
Colombia
Herman Zumpe
Bavaria
John B. McCormick
Macon
Bath Beach
L. I
Bright
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
Thomas Lipton
Pilgrim Club
New York
America
Erie Railroad Company
Wisconsin
Turkish estimate cites 1500 Bulgarians killed in Balkan fighting
The latest official Turkish estimate puts Bulgarian deaths at about 1 500 in clashes at Smilevo Neveska and Klissura with Turkish losses not disclosed. Additional items note a leprosy patient Jose Marrero dying in Puerto Rico and Beirut arrests tied to a shooting involving US consul Magelssen. Negotiations begin Cuba France for a general relations treaty with Spain expected later. Cavite clash leaves 20 insurgents dead and one constabulary member killed.
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Smilevo
Neveska
Klissura
Jose Marrero
San Juan
Porto Rico
Porte
Leishman
Beirut
William CC. Magelssen
United States
Cuba
France
Spain
Jole Constabulary
Cavite
Laguna de Bay
Alaskan Boundary Commission Sets Hearing in London
The Alaskan boundary commission organized in London with Lord Chief Justice Alverstone as chairman and Reginald Tower as secretary. Oral arguments start September 15 and the close is expected October 15. Minister Leishman reports Constantinople unrest requires an additional kawass at the American legation.
Roosevelt speaks at Syracuse on unity and law
President Roosevelt urged a community of interest and equal laws in a Syracuse Labor Day address. The report covers indictments, deaths, and notable events from politics, labor clashes, and coastal fisheries to rail and canal debates. It notes multiple deaths and a risk of war, with ongoing international and domestic tension.
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Roosevelt
Syracuse
N. Y
John Bullock Clark
Congress
Missouri
Washington
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Louise
Sandusky
Leamington
Canada
Lake Erie
Turkey
Bulgaria
Senate
United States
Edwin J. Jordan
Tunkhannock
Pittsburg
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Thomas M. Clark
Episcopal
Rhode Island
Providence
John Miller
San Miguel
Cortez
Cleveland
Detroit
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Gov. Peabody
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Danville
Richard Roberts
Francis M. Benque
Bellevue Hospital
Hay
Turkish Council of War
Porte
M. Epstein
Scranton
Shurz
Nev
George Sam
Kansas City
Chicago and Alton Railway
Greenview
Ill
Frank J. Upton
Bloomington
C. GC. Keltner
New Hampshire Traction Company
Pelham
N. H
Great Lakes Commission
Great Britain
Turkeys Kill and Burn Across Balkan Villages
The Turkish forces overwhelmed Stojfovo north of Malkoternovo, mass killings followed by village destruction. Reports cite about 1,500 Bulgarian deaths across Smilero, Neveska, and Klissura with 650 more in a two day battle. Consular dispatches note widespread pillage in Dibra and Gicevo as insurgents retreat.
Not Guilty in North Jersey Street Railway Murder Indictment
Chief Justice Gummere dismissed charges against North Jersey Street Railway directors and officials in the Clifton Avenue crossing death case of Ernestine Miller. The jury returned not guilty after the ruling that the state did not prove a specific act of negligence. Defendants included Crimmins Cassatt Young Ward and other Newark executives and former superintendents.
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Pacific Coast
New Jersey
Gummere
Vinton
William Johnson
Illinois Grand Commandery
Knights Templar
Chicago
Newark
N. J
Essex County Court of Oyer and Terminer
North Jersey Street Railway Company
Ernestine Miller
Miss Miller
Clifton Avenue
Richard V. Lindaury
van Syckles
Dixon
John D. Crimmins
New York
A. J. Cassatt
Philadelphia
E. F. C. Young
Jersey City
Leslie D. Ward
Elisha B. Gaddis
J. Roosevelt Shanley
David Young
Charles M. Shipman
Arthur M. Pratt
James Smith
Richard Hick
Democratic State Convention Nominates Hill for Treasurer
Harrisburg Sept 3 The Democratic state convention nominated a state ticket by acclamation led by Senator Joel G Hill of Wayne county for state treasurer. The platform is brief and focused entirely on state issues.
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Harrisburg
Joel G. Hill
Wayne County
Congress Debates Panama Canal Treaty Negotiation
In Bogota and Buena Ventura reports say Colombia’s Congress debates a bill authorizing President Marroquin to negotiate a new Panama canal treaty with the United States. Opponents push to block congressional approval of the measure.
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Bogota
Colombia
Buena Ventura
Congress
Marroquin
United States
Family Bookkeeping and the Slander of Women in Banking
A humorous anecdote from the Chicago Post about a woman who defends her banking miscounts by saying her account book shows eight dollars and fifteen cents more than she had. Her husband questions the shortage, she insists the extra balance justifies spending, and he now wants her to stop keeping accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
President drafts self history for press at new post
A newly elected president of the Consolidated and Amalgamated United States Pig iron company works in his library for hours, drafting notes on his rise from obscurity and his rules for managing a major institution. Three trains a day Chicago to California and the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Corporation
Consolidated and Amalgamated United States Pig Iron Company
Fragmentary 1900 Letters Mention Sit 99 Deed
A jumble of readers letters and stray phrases from 1900 including “Tom kins” calling someone an old fool and a milliner agreeing to wrap a deed. The text also notes Piso's Cure for Consumption and a cryptic Sit 99 moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Ohio State
Eka
Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold Ad Laxative Remedy
Ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents appears amid a collage of quotations and travel line references. Mentions Briggs Spriggs dialogue and a Baltimore American quip about temptations while noting three solid through trams daily from Chicago to California via the Union Pacific and North-Western Line.
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Chicago
California
Oregon
Washington
Union Pacific
North-Western Line
Opium and Liquor Habits Cured Ad Promises Free Book
An advertising snippet cites B M Woolley M D of Atlanta offering cures for opium and liquor habits with a free book. It also notes a butcher joke, a Putnam Fadeless Dye promotion and a remark on gossip being cured by silence, citing the Chicago Daily News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Woolley
M. D
Atlanta,Ga
Chicago Daily News
Chinaman Editor Fends Off Paper Salesman
In a San Francisco anecdote from the Chinese Daily World, the Yale graduate editor, known for quiet wit, faced a bold paper salesman who asked if he was Japanese or Chinese. The editor replied with a courteous bow asking which key the drummer was and if he was a monkey, donkey, or Yankee, prompting the salesman to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Wasp
Old Soldier Reports Dodd's Kidney Pills Relief
An Arkansas reader recounts twenty years of illness after Civil War service. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills, pains fade, sleep improves, and appetite returns, with the writer praising the remedy and recommending it to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennard
Ark
KE. J. Hicks
Mr. Hicks
Dodd
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