King Edward VII Dies at Buckingham Palace
King Edward VII died of pneumonia at 11:45 PM in Buckingham Palace London. George V succeeds to the British throne as the empire's new monarch, with the royal family at his bedside and the king remarking I think I've done my duty.
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England
Buckingham Palace
London
Empire of Great Britain
Prince George of Wales
George V
Edward
Great Britain
End of an Era as King Edward VII Dies
The death of Edward VII is reported with pneumonia the likely cause after bronchitis. George V begins official duties by notifying London’s Lord Mayor of the monarch’s passing. Three Macon firemen die in an engine explosion en route to a blaze, three injured.
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George V
London
Edward VII
England
Europe
Macon
Admiral McCalla Dead In Santa Barbara
Admiral Bowman Hendry Mc Calla of the United States Navy died at Santa Barbara California from apoplexy.
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Bowman Hendry McCalla
Santa Barbara
Cal
Illinois Builder Edwin Walker Dies at 77
Edwin Walker builder of the Illinois state capitol and the old Cook County court house died at his Hastings home aged 77. A Leeds, England native who came to the U S in 1855, he rose from stonecutter to contractor and built the Illinois and Michigan Canal and a city tunnel after the fire. His widow Elizabeth F Derham survives along with two daughters four sons and many grandchildren.
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Cook County Court House
Illinois State Capitol
Hastings
Cook County
Leeds
Yorkshire
England
Philadelphia
Chicago
State Capitol
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Elizabeth F. Derham
State to pay $100,000 penitentiary fund to Joliet commissioners
Attorney General Stead rules that $100,000 of the $600,000 penitentiary fund appropriated by the General Assembly will be paid directly to the Joliet construction commissioners rather than deposited in the State treasury. The ruling settles how the money is to be disbursed for the new state penitentiary project.
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General Assembly
Joliet
Train Upsets in Ditch at Scovel injuring fourteen
The Banner Blue limited on the Wabash line between St Louis and Chicago derailed at Scovel at 2 15 pm. Fourteen people were injured none seriously. Conductor Jones and Miss Matthews both suffered broken collarbones and a newsboy sustained a similar injury as eight cars overturned.
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Chicago
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Decatur
Airships at the Illinois State Fair headline attractions
The Wright brothers have contracted with the State Board of Agriculture for daily flights at the Illinois State Fair to run September 30 to October 8. Automobile Day will close the fair with prizes for time marks.
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Ulnois
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State Board of Agriculture
Former Governor Beveridge Dies at 86 in Hollywood
John L. Beveridge former Illinois governor died at his Hollywood home aged 86 from pleurisy and old age after four weeks illness. He had lived in California fifteen years and left large property interests. Survived by son Philo J. Beveridge and daughter Mrs Samuel B. Bolard, with children at his bedside.
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Illinois
John L. Beveridge
Ilinois
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Ray Beveridge
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Cal
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California
Philo J. Beveridge
Samuel B. Bolard
Chicago
Freight Car Tragedy Involving Davis And McCormick
Two men were aboard a Cotton Belt freight car when Hank Davis was found dead with a crushed skull and Mike McCormick badly wounded in Chester. A blood covered monkey wrench was recovered. McCormick claims they rode the Thebes to sleep, woke injured, Davis dead, and two suspects were arrested at Coulterville subsequent to the incident.
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Mike McCormick
Chester
McCormick
Davis
Thebes
Joe McCormick
Chicago Avenue
Coulterville
Notable Men Attend Protestant Missionary Congress in Chicago
A 3500 strong gathering of business leaders missionaries and public figures from every Protestant denomination met in Chicago for the national missionary congress. Delegates from all states except Nevada discussed America's role abroad and set goals for foreign missions including raising Chicago church offerings to 250000. Leaders such as Lord William Cecil Reverend Arthur Sherman W N Blair and Rear Admiral Proctor addressed sessions and Sunday services.
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Chicago
National Missionary Congress
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Nevada
America
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Missouri
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Hanly
Indiana
Orchestra Hall
Arthur M. Sherman
China
W. N. Blair
Korea
Mornay Williams
New York State Board of Charities and Correction
Strychnine Found in Swope Case Ties to Hyde Trial
Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, a leading toxicologist, testifies in Kansas City on the Swope murder inquiry. He cites findings of strychnine in Swope liver and cyanide traces in stomach and capsules tied to the Hyde case, noting convulsions may stem from a convulsive poison.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Hyde
Kansas City
Walter 8. Haines
Chicago
Thomas M. Swope
Chrisman Swope
Margaret Swope
B. C. Hyde
Swope
Vaughan
Shellabarger Mill Buys 21 Elevators In Kansas
The Shellabarger Mill and Elevator Company of Salina Kansas announces the purchase of twenty one grain elevators from Peavy Grain and Elevator Company of Minneapolis and Midland Company of Kansas. The Midland is a Peavy branch. The acquisition brings Shellabarger to thirty four elevators in Kansas.
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Salina
Kan
Peavy Grain and Elevator Company
Minneapolis
Midland Company of
Kansas
Peavy Company
Shellabarger Company
Woman Shoots Herself in Knickerbocker Hotel Room
A registered guest using the name Mrs. John W. Snow of Savannah, Georgia shot herself in her New York Knickerbocker Hotel room. A bullet entered her left side and lodged in the body. she was removed to a hospital where doctors expected a likely recovery.
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New York
John W. Snow
Savannah
Major Dairy Plant in Cincinnati Destroyed by Fire
A large portion of the Will iam G. Funke Dairy Company plant in Hyde Park Cincinnati was burned. Loss put at 75000 dollars.
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William G. Funke Dairy Company
Hyde Park
Cincinnati
Trade Irregularity Persists as Rates Rise and Weather Delays Hurt
R G Dun and Co notes slower progress in trade with uneven wholesale activity and higher money costs. Transportation risks eased by wage concessions but coal and building sectors struggle. Weather delays and fashion demand affect spring stock reductions while summer and fall bookings look fair. bank clearings for Chicago reach 298.84 million, up 0.9 percent from 1909, and 1908 figures.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of
Chicago
Trade and agriculture show cautious gains amid quiet markets
Bradstreet's notes trade overall remains quiet as crop outlook and price clarity lag. Agricultural sectors appear cheerier despite cold wave injuries. securities markets strengthen on rising demand for American bonds abroad. Western markets lead, eastern trade slightly improves, with weekly U S business failures at 191 and Canadian failures at 18.
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National farm statistics amid widespread grain and livestock prices
The report lists prices for cattle hogs sheep and various grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with ranges for futures and cash markets. It notes an estimated seven million farms nationwide and that about 64.7 percent were owner occupied per the 1908 census.
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