Indiana items span oddities to justice and finance
A long Indiana roundup reports Verland Mees’s possum catch, a 16 inch snail sighting, a fatal illness after overeating, a banker headed to Honduras, a deputy’s catch of a poacher, music teaching moves, a boy’s finger loss, a runaway trolley accident, deaf mute weddings, timber sale threats, a divorce case cost, a shell save, church jubilees, a brain concussion death, twin lakes drainage, a boy ры dragged by a bass, a long marriage saga, a train ride, a gasoline accident, a bankers convention, Wrights’ college award, and a jailed former rich man.
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Verland Mees
Linton
Shelbyville
Mary Williams
Evansville
Tom McCoy
Rensselaer
Michigan City
Chester Crafton
Bloomington
Dave Baker
Mentone
Joseph W. Bartlett
Bellevue
Ohio
Warsaw
Justice Eiler
Martha Robinson
Oakland City
Explosion Kills Many in Wehrum Pa Coal Mine
A massive explosion at 8 am in the Lackawanna Coal and Coke Co mine in Wehrum, Pennsylvania traps 100 to 150 miners. Survivors report a widespread blast, with several severely burned as families gather at the mine entrance awaiting news of the fate of workers underground. Superintendent Johnson cautions against exaggeration and expects a long casualty list.
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Wehrum
Lackawanna Coal and Coke Company
Pittsburg
al Johnson
Superintendent Johnson
Patrick Burns
William Burns
Johnson
Burns
W. N. Johnson
Bishop Bonacum Driven From Ulysses In Mob Action
In Ulysses Nebraska a mob forced Catholic Bishop Bonacum and two priests from town after a long church feud with Rev William Murphy. The bishop and priests left by livery with Murphy’s followers in pursuit and a mobile withdrawal to David City.
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Ulysses
Neb
Bonacum
Fincoln
William Murphy
Seward
Father Murphy
Rome
Fathers O’brien
Kline
O’brien
Father O’brien
David City
Bishop Bonarum
Ministers Oust Foster From Chicago Baptist Conference
Professor George Burman Foster was expelled from the Chicago Baptist Ministers Conference by a 40 to 10 vote over alleged heretical beliefs in his book The Function of Religion. The move removes his conference fellowship but not his status as a Baptist minister.
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Nashville
J. A. Smith
Logansport
George Burman Foster
Chicago Baptist Ministers’ Conference
University of Chicago
Foster
Johnston Myers
Myers
Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Chicago
Loss in Ju. S. Trade Highlighted by May Report
The May trade statement from the Bureau of Statistics shows a rise in imports of manufacturing materials and a drop in food exports compared to May last year. About fifty imported and exported articles account for large shares of total values, with most manufacturing goods like raw silk hides india rubber wool copper lumber and chemicals rising in value year to date, while food exports in 1909 lag behind 1908.
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Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Bureau
India
Trade firm as weather improves boosts industrial demand
The report notes prompt business response to nicer weather and broader demand across leading industries. Banks show strong payments, wholesale and retail sectors absorb inventory, and light textiles, furniture, jewelry, and sporting goods advance. Iron, steel, and machinery contracts grow while rail demand stays high, with pig iron and lumber prices firm. Bank clearings rise 28 percent from 1908.
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South America
Chicago
Dun’s Weekly Review
Business conditions improve with industry growth and retail limits
The general trend shows improving crop prospects, rising fall bookings, and broader manufacturing expansion though irregular weather hinders full retail development. Industrial activity grows with wage cuts undone and wider employment. building trades lead yet lumber sales lag. U S business failures rise to 213 for the week ending June 17, with Canada at 28.
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United States
Canada
Market quotations across cities for cattle hogs and grains
Prices from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo Cincinnati New York cover cattle hogs sheep and grains. Fluctuations list per commodity with ranges for No 2 wheat corn oats rye barley and dairy items including butter and eggs across regional markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
Cincinnati
New York
New York's Great Market for Dairy and Poultry Trade
Across the North River docks near Hudson Street the produce district hums with activity. Merchants handle 95 million dollars yearly in cheese butter eggs and poultry with eggs alone totaling four million cases annually. Average egg price stands at 23 cents a dozen and refrigerated eggs comprise 600000 to 900000 of the supply for distribution through city channels.
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North River
Hudson Street
Alcolm
New York
Madame Sardou the Modiste Who Spurred Sardou’s Rise
Madame Sardou, first wife of dramatist Victorien Sardou, was a skilled milliner who indirectly secured his first big success. She wheedled a manager’s actress into reading a new comedy, then presented herself as Madame Sardou Modiste. a hat shop visit led to the play’s immediate acceptance for production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Seilman
Elkhart
Anderson
Douglas Shott
Indianapolis
Lafayette
William Schaum
Evansville
Terre Haute
Wabash
Grover C. Morgan
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Maunie
Ill
Louisville & Nashville Road
Horace William Crane
South Bend
Alma Lillian Patterson
Crane
Battle Creek
Mich
Bartholomew County
Ellen Elliott
Burnsville
Madame Sardou
Modiste
Monsieur Sardou
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Review OF Indiana
Lima
Howe
Hammond
Mary Greski
Hank Seiba
Seiba
Fred Rump
Fort Wayne
Clara ‘Garlitch
Walkerville
Otto Thuis
Vincennes
Flossie Thompson
George Gwens
Muncie
Heekin Park
Heekin Dark Land Company
First Presbyterian Church
Henry Webb Johnson
Andrew Anderson
Willis A. Bugbee
Henry Morey
Sline
Cornelia Wolfe
Harvey
Wolfe
New Albany
Twin Lakes
Montpelier
Salamonie
Charles Mayhall
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Anthony Hotel
Indiana
Indiana Organization
Harsham College
Richmond
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Lewis M. Murphy
Hope
Columbus
Murphy
Bishop
Nebraska
Murdock
George Bb. Foster
JU. S
New York’s
Eddon
Gengie Big
Manhattan
Madame Sardou, Modiste
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