British Denies UK Blamed for Austria-Hungary Turkey Rift
London reports a formal British denial that Britain caused the rift in direct talks between Austria Hungary and Turkey. The note says any direct Turkish settlement may aid a general peace. Serbia remains a danger point as Crown Prince Alexander visits St Petersburg with Premier Pachitch to seek Russian intervention over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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London
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Great Britain
Servia
St. Petersburg
Peter
M. Pachitch
Budapest
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prosecution Restes Case in North America Bank Trial
In New York on Oct 27 the prosecution rested in the United States court after testimony by Gates OBrien Schwab Flagler Havemeyer denying authorizing overdrafts at the National Bank of North America. W W Lee testified Curtis told Morse he had busted the bank on Oct 16 1907.
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New York
John W. Gates
Morgan J. O'Brien
Charles M. Schwab
John H. Flagler
William F. Havemeyer
National Bank of North America
Charles W. Morse
United States
A. H. Curtis
W. W. Lee
Curtis
Morse
Lee
Moree
Private Detective Kills Wife and Child Then Commits Suicide
Cleveland, Oct. 27 Roy Hardy a private detective for the Big Four railroad shot and killed his wife thirty eight and his daughter twelve then killed himself. The motive remains unclear as investigators begin to piece together the sequence of events.
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Cleveland, O
Roy Hardy
Big Four Railroad
Juanita
Tobacco Factory Burned at Imperial Tobacco Plant
Fire in Mulling D C destroyed the three story Imperial Tobacco company factory owned by J P Sale Co. about 360000 pounds of leaf tobacco were destroyed and the loss is put at 400000 pounds.
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Mulling
D. C
Imperial Tobacco Company
J. P. Sale & Co
Bank Deficiency Leads Morse to Pledge Questionable Securities
Testimony shows Morse pledged illiquid stocks and bonds as collateral for a 911000 loan to the National Bank of North America. The loan was repudiated after a day when the collateral proved unsatisfactory. Nash testified about the clearing house’s view of Morse’s influence and Curtis’s guarded reply.
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Morse
Stock Exchange
National Bank of North America
W. A. Nash
Corn Exchange Bank
Clearing House Committee
Nash
Curtis
Clearing House
Bank of North America
Mr. Nash
Morsey
Duel Ends in Murphy’s Death Near Harteranft Tennessee
Middleboro Kentucky reports a quarrel over a woman led to a duel between John Murphy and Thomas Lawson near Harteranft Tennessee. Murphy was killed and Lawson’s assailant fled. A posse is pursuing the remaining suspect.
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Middleboro
John Murphy
Thomas Lawson
Harteranft
Tenn
Murphy
Postal Savings Banks in the Philippines Show Two Years’ Success
A Philippine commission report notes after two years the postal savings bank system under American rule is a great success. Manila opened Oct. 1 1906 with three classes of deposits. by year end 255 offices existed. Accounts numbered 2,676 with 2,329 still open and deposits totaling 786,361.03 pesos. Withdrawals reached 280,499.21 pesos leaving net 509,463.51 pesos. Stamps enable small deposits without books. Investment rules restrict lending to first class real estate and agricultural lands under tight limits.
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Postal Savings
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Postal Savings Bank
Manila
Postal Savings Bank Investment Board
Checotah Marshal fatally shoots Hughes brothers during arrest
Checotah town marshal John Price shot and killed Luune Hughes and fatally wounded Amos Hughes after they resisted arrest and assaulted him. The Hughes brothers were well liked and their friends threaten Price.
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Checotah
Okla
John Price
Luune Hughes
Amos Hughes
Hughes
Price
Wholesale Grocery Store Burned in Toledo Fire
Fire destroyed the wholesale grocery store of R. A. Bartley in Toledo on October 27. Loss estimated at 300000 dollars.
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Toledo, O
R. A. Bartley
Market quotations Wheat prices in Minneapolis market
Wheat quotations from Minneapolis on October 26 show December at 1.014 dollars per bushel and May at 1.053 dollars. On track No 1 hard 1.045 dollars, No 1 Northern 1.035 dollars, No 2 Northern 1.011 dollars, No 3 Northern 0.97 dollars to 1.00 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Market Prices Report From St Paul Auction
Cattle good to choice steers 6.00 to 6.78, fair to good 5.00 to 5.75, cows and heifers 4.00 to 5.00, veal calves 3.75 to 6.00. Hogs 4.75 to 5.50. Sheep wethere 3.75 to 4.00, yearlings 4.10 to 4.25, spring lambs 4.50 to 5.00.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax futures prices on track and on track notes
Market notice from Duluth lists wheat futures on track with prices for No 1 hard at 1.0434 and several Northern futures ranging from 1.01 to 1.08 for Dec May Oct and Nov. Flax prices on track show Oct Nov Dec and May futures at 1.25 to 1.28.
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Duluth
Northern
Grain and meat futures report from Chicago market
Chicago price list shows Wheat for December at 9915 994.0e with May at 1.02 percent, July at Te. Corn for October 64 percent, December 68 percent, May 62 54 62 percent, July 62 percent. Oats for December 47 40, May 49 5 cent, July 45c. Pork for Oct 13.75, Dec 13.94, Jan 15. Butter creamery and dairy prices listed. Eggs 25c. Poultry prices include turkeys 11c, chickens 5 percent, springs 12c.
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Chicago
Market quotations for cattle hogs and lambs
Chicago price list shows cattle ranges for Reeves Texans Westerners stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves with several dollar figures. Hogs are listed by weight with a variety of prices from light to heavy and pigs and yearlings plus lambs traded in dollars per hundredweight.
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Chicago
Melancholia in Women Warned as Serious Condition
An early 20th century advisory urges women to recognize melancholia or ve blues as a sign of potential organic derangement and seek immediate medical attention if feeling persistently miserable or low in spirits.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Letters from women in New York and Connecticut praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female troubles, despondency, and backache. The ad asserts the remedy has cured thousands over thirty years and urges others to try it.
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F. Ellsworth
Mayville
N. Y
Bridgeport
Lydia E. ‘Apham
Taft the Builder Insures Panama Canal Success
The piece praises William Howard Taft for directing the Panama Canal project with careful investigation and fair dealing. It notes his yearly visits, approval of about ninety million dollars, and reforms that improved labor conditions and public health on the isthmus, including sanitation efforts and the eradication of yellow fever.
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Panama
Taft
Isthmus
Mr. Taft
Department of Sanitation
Department of Municipal Engineering
Building Department
Taft Supports Isthmian Labor and Wages Policy
A special commission report on the Isthmus notes 83,193 workers as of April 30 1908 at the Isthmian Canal Commission and Panama railroad. Taft as Secretary of War raised wages May 1 1907 giving up to 25 percent increases plus four weeks vacation, with a push toward six weeks, amid Central and South American scrutiny.
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Roosevelt
Isthmus
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Raft
New Orleans
Maine
New York
Taft
Special Commission
Mr. Taft
Troots
United States
Central
South America
Panama Canal
Dyer Confesses In Bassin Murder Case
Kansas City police report Thad deus Dyer and Edward Cassidy admitted involvement in the fatal shooting of shoemaker Nathan Bassin after being arrested on suspicion. Dyer claimed the motive was robbery and that killing Bassin was not intended when they entered the shop.
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Kansas City
Thaddeus Dyer
Edward Cassidvy
Nathan Bassin
Dyer
Papal Consistory Planned for New American Cardinals
Rome reports the pope will hold a special consistory to nominate new American cardinals after the American diocese reorganization. The United States is to have three cardinals.
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London
Rome
United States
How to Attain Beauty with Burnham Preparations
A Victorian style ad promotes E. Burnham's Toilet Requisites claiming nine of ten women gain beauty from the regimen. It touts vigorous hair, clear complexion, smooth skin and free features, with Chicago parlors offering free samples and the booklet How to Be Beautiful.
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O . E. Burnham
E. Burnham
State Street
Chicago
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