Suffragette Lady Cook Plans Campaign Tour
Lady Cook arrives in New York amid large welcome from suffragists. She declares faith in President Taft, plans to move to Washington in December, and aims to spend $1,000,000 to elect Congress as she pursues the ballot for women.
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New York
Taft
Washington
Lady Cook
Misa Tenneseee Claflin
Utvegora Anu Inspectore
National Progressive Union
Union
America
Four Die in Wichita Barn Fire Believed Incendiary
Four men were killed and another fatally burned when a barn fire destroyed a feed yard in Wichita on October 19. The victims included W. R. Kepplinger Olustee OK Alonzo Verling James Gilmore all of Wichita and an unidentified man Fatally burned Fred George of Wichita. Thirty horses also perished but property loss was small, with investigators ruling incendiary origins possible.
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Wichita
Kan
W. R. Kepplinger
Olustee
Oklo
Alonzo Verling
James Gilmore
Fred George
Seven men killed in boiler explosion at Griffin Milling plant
In Eldorado Arkansas on October 19 seven men died and three injured when a boiler at Griffin Milling company blew up. Officials say a steam register failure prevented proper pressure gauge readings and caused the blast scattering debris from the plant.
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Eldorado, Ark
Griffin Milling Company
Freight Cars Runaway Kill Brakeman Near Sheffield
Five loaded freight cars ran away down a Missouri Pacific grade from Independence toward Kansas City. They crashed into a westbound caboose a mile north of Sheffield. Brakeman Garnett Moore was killed and conductor John W Griffin was dangerously injured.
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Sheffield
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Independence
Sheield
Garnett Moore
John W. Griffih
New Jersey Banker Sentenced to Five Years for Embezzlement
Eugene R. Wilbank, former teller of the Second National Bank of Atlantic City, pleaded guilty to embezzling 7000 dollars and received a five year prison term in Trenton.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Eugene R. Wilbank
Second National Bank of
Atlantic City
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Closes After Big Fall
Seattle reports the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition shuts down at midnight marking the end of the 1909 event season. Attendance reached nearly 3,750,000 with about 150,000 electric lights powered.
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Seattle
Wash
Mrs. Maria Blake Ringleka Dies at Ninety-One in Galesburg
Mrs Maria Blake Ringleka, a Daughter of the Revolution, died in Galesburg aged ninety one. Her father, Francis Blake, served with the Continental Army.
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Galesburg
Maria Blake Ringleka
Francis Blake
Cyclone Toll Reaches Ninety-Five Dead in South
Nashville reports confirm ninety five deaths and about one hundred injuries from the recent cyclone sweeping Tennessee Alabama and Georgia with figures tallied from the disaster region.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Lieutenant Daniel Shean Disappears From Fort Crook
Lieutenant Daniel Shean of the Seventeenth Infantry vanishes from Fort Crook Nebraska leaving a wife and two children. Nurse Helen Bucklin is also missing. He is believed to have fled to Mexico and was noted as a top army lawyer chosen to defend Corporal Crabtree in a Des Moines court martial.
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Turso
Fort Crook
Onada
Daniel Shean
Slyeenth Infantry
Port Crook
Nebraska
Helen Bucklin
Army
Shean
Mexico
Department
Crabtree
Raymond
Fort Des Moines
Tragedy Follows Mineral Point Bank Crash
Miner Point Wisconsin October 19. F B Hanscom cashier of the failed First National bank shot himself. His body was taken to his mother in law Mrs John Gray's home. That night Mrs Gray died suddenly. Hanscom had worked hard and was despondent since the bank failure.
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Kille Self
Mineral Point
Wis
F. Bh. Hinecom
First National Bank of
Hansecom
John Gray
Gregory
Tex
Taft
Falls City
E. S. Wol
Evangelists Rally 15000 in Chicago Tenderloin
Fifteen thousand men and women prayed for Chicago’s deliverance from sin in the Tenderloin district last night led by Gypsy Smith the evangelist. Meetings continued past midnight as exhorters urged attendees to reform and lead better lives.
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Chicago
Tenderloin
Gypsy Smith
JAP BANK FAILS AT FRISCO LEAVES LIABILITIES COVERAGE LOW
The Japanese American bank, a major western institution with branches in Los Angeles and Ogden, closed by State Banking Superintendent Anderson. Assets total only about 15 percent of its liabilities, with most depositors Japanese.
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Astota
San Francisco
West
Los Angeles
Ogden
Anderson
Tragedy follows scandal in Bridgeport shooting
Enraged husband Joseph Najmanji of Fairfield shot John Ecka and then killed himself after his wife was named in a scandal. The incident occurred in Bridgeport Connecticut on October 19.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Joseph Najmanji
Fairfield
John Ecka
Death of Mrs. John Jay in New York at ninety one
Mrs. John Jay mother of the late Colonel William Jay died in New York where she had lived with her daughter Mrs. William S. Schierfelin and granddaughter Mrs. Theodore M. Taft. She was in her ninety first year.
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John Jay
New York
William Jay
William S. Schierfelin
Theodore M. Taft
Jay
Supreme Court Rejects Mutual Life Insurance Appeal
The Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari in the case Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York v. Lucius H. Perkins of Kansas. The dispute centers on a $100,000 life policy involving Perkins and his death by suicide.
Slain by Fist Blow Near City Market
Kansas City on October 19 reports the killing of Mark Dunlap a commission merchant near the city market by a fist blow. The assailant fled the scene.
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Kansas City
Mark Dunlap
King Manuel III of Portugal Confined to Bed
King Manuel III of Portugal in Lisbon is confined to his bed with an intestinal trouble. The royal condition is reported from the capital, with no immediate change in state. The article notes no official prognosis or treatment details.
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Manuel Hil
Lisbon
Manuel Ia
Chicago Grain and Provisions Trading Summary
Trading closes show wheat slipping on global shipments with December down to 1.054 and May at 1.06. Corn December 1.00%, live hogs weak after a price drop, with pork futures at 19.80 and lard 12.20. Cash prices list No. 2 red wheat 1.22, No. 2 corn 0.61, No. 2 white oats 0.41.
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Chicago
Oita
Chicago Livestock Prices on Oct 18
Cattle receipts estimated at 30 000 with lower beeves around 4.00 to 8.70, cows and heifers 2.00 to 5.60, stockers 3.00 to 5.20, westerns 4.00 to 7.25. Hogs receipts 28 000 with mixed at 7.25 to 7.80, good to choice heavy 7.45 to 7.85, light 7.00 to 7.65, bulk 7.40 to 7.75, pigs 7.40 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 45 000, weak to lower, sheep 2.40 to 4.70, lambs 6.70 to 7.10.
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Chicago
South Omaha Livestock Receipts Report Oct 18
Cattle receipts total 9 300 with native steers at 4 75 0 minimum values. cows and heifers 2 00 5 00. western steers 2 50 6 25. stockers and feeders 2 75 5 25. calves 3 75 96 75. hogs 7 25 8 40. sheep receipts 29 000 steady to lower with yearlings 4 70 5 80. ewes 3 75 4 25. lambs 6 50.
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South Omaha
Presidents Meet at El Paso Clasp of Taft and Diaz
Taft and Diaz met at El Paso in a display of ceremony and cordiality. The leaders exchanged remarks on U S Mexico relations and Diaz hosted Taft at a state banquet after a customs house visit in Juarez. Taft begins a four day Texas ranch rest with family.
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Taft
Corpus Christi
Tex
Bey
Falls City
el Paso
Diaz
Mexico
Ding
United States
Juares
Ex-Judge William S. Buchanan Dies Sudden
London reports the death of former American minister to Panama and envoy to Venezuela, William S. Buchanan, found at Park Lane and taken to St George's Hospital where heart disease caused his death. There is no violence suspected and the American embassy is arranging his funeral.
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London
William S. Buchanan
Panama
Venezuela
Park Lane
No.1
St. George's Hospital
Parade of Bible Classes at Pittsburg Centenary
A large parade from Bible school classes across nearly every state marked the close of the second to last day of the Disciples of Christ centenary celebration and convention in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Bible School
Union
Disciples of Christ
Gotham Ice Trust on Trial
New York October 19 The American Ice company a major New York ice concern faced trial on charges of illegal monopoly as it controlled about half the ice trade in New York City and vicinity.
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Gotham Ice Trust
New York
American Ice Company
New York City
Battonyi Divorce Suit Up in New York Court
Frances Work Battonyi seeks an absolute divorce from Aurel Battonyi the whip. The case is in the supreme court before Justice O'Gorman and a jury.
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Battonyi
New York
Mra
Frances Work Battonyi
Aurel Battonyi
Whip
Plague Victims in Amoy Reported for Two Weeks
Amoy China October 19 official report records seventy seven bubonic plague deaths and sixty four cholera fatalities in the city during the last two weeks.
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China
Amoy
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Ghean
Frisco
Taft and
el Paso, Tex
President Diaz
Buchanan
Box Butte Avenue
Montana Street
Palace Meat Markey
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