Chicago Grand Rapids Road Secures City Franchise
At a South Haven city council meeting a traction franchise was granted to the Chicago Heaton Harbor and Grand Rapids Railroad Co for an electric road through the city. Trustees Joseph W. Harmer William F. E. Poedson and George S Hannaford of Chicago hold the grant. The line will run from Benton Harbor through South Haven to Saugatuck connecting with the Grand Rapids Hollams line with work to be completed in two years and a South Haven power plant and olives site slated. Right of way is secured on most of the route and construction likely starts in spring.
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South Haven
Chicago
Big Timber Land Purchase From Kalamazoo Firm
Big Ray Lumber Company sold 72.60 acres of hardwood timber land in Marquette County to Brunswick Balke Collender Company of Chicago. The tract in the upper peninsula is valued for high quality oak maple and walnut timber. After logging, the buyers plan to set a high value on the soil described as black loam and clay suited for farming.
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uswick-Balke Co
Baya
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo National Bank
Big Ray Lumber Company
Kalamazoo Capital
Braunswick- Balke-Collender Company of
Chicago
Marquette County
Upper Peninsula
Inheritance Tax Soars as Grand Rapids Estates Die
In Kent county a record surge in inheritance tax collections follows a year with many of Grand Rapids' oldest residents dying. Thirty large estates are cited, including the Delos Blodgete and J. M. Barnett estates, with taxes totaling about 2 450 000 yet final accounts pending across cities.
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Grand Rapids
Kent County
Delos Blodgete
J. M. Barnett
Duffy Freed as Murder Trial Ends in Saginaw
In Saginaw Circuit Court Josph Duffy charged with murdering Myrtle Lennon's baby was discharged after Prosecutor Purell moved to dismiss due to letter testimony discrepancies. Judge Gace ordered the case nol pross and released the prisoner.
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Saginaw Court
Josph Duffy
Myrtle Lennon
Saginaw
Sturden
Purell
Miss Lennon
Duffy
Gace
Ypsilanti Boy Drowns After Ice Break at Park
In Prospect Park Ypsilanti a 6 year old boy, Ralph Wier, slid onto thin ice and broke through. Two other children and a 6 year old sister were involved as the child sank. The boy was found in the water and recovered lifeless. Mrs. Wier fainted upon seeing him.
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Prospect Park
Ralph
Elwin Wier
Coal Swindle Targets Kalama Residents for Cheap Coal
A swindler visited Kalama claiming civic backing to distribute coal cheap to all, especially those unable to pay full price. He collected payments and vanished, leaving over a hundred residents cheated and the total gain over $24 to the thief.
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Kalama
Highwayman Attempts Robbery Near Upper Michigan Farm
Edlway Johnston a dairyman and farmer traveling east of Houghton was held up by a masked highwayman about a mile from Mere at eight oclock in the morning. The robber leveled a revolver and demanded cash. Johnston spurred his horses, the assailant fired twice, one bullet pierced his overcoat and the other grazed his chin. The robber escaped.
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Highwaymann
Upper Michigan
Edlway
Johnston
Houghton
Mere
Johnson
Boy Hurt By Explosion At Kalamazoo Distillery Plant
A 9 year old, Frank Maryne, was burned when an explosion wrecked part of a Kalamazoo distilling plant. Cement walls and building were blown out yet machinery survived. Cause unknown and youth not believed fatally injured.
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Halamasee
Frank Maryne
Kalamazoo ‘Airy
Kalamaizoo
Bold Robbery at Post Office in Sault Ste. Marie
Unknown assailants robbed the post office in Sault Ste. Marie striking Deputy Postmaster Frank Higgins. They escaped with about 2740 dollars and fled toward Canada. Higgins was knocked unconscious and later found by Patrolman Roberts. He remains hospitalized but is expected to recover.
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Robbhers Kneck
Sault Ste. Marie Kack
Frank Higsins
Canada
Manacas
Charles Roberts
Higgins
H Higgins
Fire Destroys Afton Town Buildings in Cheboygan
Afton village in Cheboygan County suffered a major blaze wiping out Harvey Vizinia's saloon and hotel Trude's saloon and a general store. The fire heavily damaged most structures in the southern Michigan town with losses near eight thousand dollars partly insured. Afton, once Ellisville in Ellis Township, has a small population and lumbering history.
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Aften
Afton
Cheboygan County
Harvey Vizinia
Trude
Ellisville
Ellis Township
Cheboygan
Peculiar Disease Destroys Grace Crane
A strange illness called carbolic gargrene slowly wastes the 16 year old Grace Crane of Port Huron, daughter of Van E Crane. Physicians are baffled as her condition worsens, with a wrist burn from carbolic acid followed by total body discoloration and flesh decay.
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Grace Crane
van E. Crane
Port Huron
Tragic House Fire Kills Two Daughters in Wakefeld
A kitchen fire at the residence of John Krienta in Wakefeld caused the deaths of his two daughters aged 2 and 5. The mother reportedly locked the children inside before visiting a neighbor.
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John Krienta
Wakefeld
Neisibor
Short State Items Cover Railings and Court News
A summary of scattered statewide notes reports a veteran infantryman dying after a fall in Grand Rapids while drinking, and a Rochester arrest of Mrs. Oliver on larceny charges. Other items note Beckman’s eight year sentence reduced to eight with good time, Darsis and Mayhew cases over fish theft, St Germain conviction, Wells and Mctitlidoch liquor fines, an approved plan for a tax exempt opera house in Hartford, and a tax exemption offer for twenty years to spur construction.
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Hough
Tenatlians
Grand Rapids
Hom
Oliver
Fred W. Olivr
Rochester
Tuscola
Black Team
John M. Beckesn
Calhoun
Marquette
Beckman
Supreme Court
Frack Darsis
Bay City
Dargis
Frank Mayhew
Mayhew
Herbert St. Germin
St. Germin
Darsis
St. Germain
William Wells
Shaftsbury
Claud Mcttlidock
Pentecost Promise and Ascension in Luke Acts T
A Sunday School lesson explains Pentecost as pivotal for Christianity and notes Jesus ascent, the Holy Spirit’s coming, and the disciples awaiting power to witness. It contrasts waiting with busy toil and urges persistent prayer for the Pentecostal gift while emphasizing future return.
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Jesus
Death Toll From Work Accidents Reveals High Losses
A federal bulletin reports 60 000 workers killed in the past year with 30 000 to 35 000 factory deaths and 3 000 000 injuries. Iron and steel workers face the greatest risk, with electricians coal miners and railway workers also heavily affected. The study urges intensified factory inspection and smarter safety measures, noting foreign experience supports potential large reductions.
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United States
Bulletin S
Bureau of Labor
Itis
Forest Waste and Timber Supply Warn of Losses
Senator Reed Smoot told the conservation congress that annual forest waste exceeds 50 million dollars including fire losses and about fifty lives lost yearly. He urged planting treeless lands and preserving and expanding public forests to secure timber for the nation.
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Reed Smoot
The
Conservation Congress
Plague Threatens America Says Scientific Authorities
Collier's article by C. P. Connolly outlines bubonic plague as a serious risk. It notes forms affecting lymph glands lungs and blood with high mortality in old outbreaks and stresses the disease can lie dormant before reemerging even where no cases have appeared recently.
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America
Collier’s
C. P. Connolly
San Francisco
China
India
Hongkong
Bombay
North America
Australia
South Africa
Minnesota farm news and stock show results
Bots break out among Barnesville horses with heavy losses for farmers. White Earth reservation tops wealth among Minnesota reservas. Minnesota Horticultural Society opposes seed handouts by Congress. Minnesota Agricultural College wins Aberdeen Angus fat class with Eclipser and also takes a yearling prize. Durac Jerseys lead hog class as Wisconsin wins other top spots. Wolves devastate South Dakota sheep prompting a rancher to hunt with Siberian hounds. In Chicago stock judging, top prizes go to H H Kildee Iowa State, C W McCampbell Kansas, J H Gramlich Nebraska, J H Cooke Nebraska, and R F Miller Texas, with scores listed.
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Barnesville
Minn
White Earth
Minnesota
Minnesota Horticultural Society
Chicago
Minnesota Agricultural College
Durac
Wisconsin
South Dakota
H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
Fire Devours Herald Square Theater After Last Act
Smoke pours from the Herald Squire Theater in New York after the curtain falls on The Three Twins. About 1,900 patrons evacuate as flames fan from the balcony wall. three minutes earlier the danger could have been deadly. Loss set at about 30 000 for the building and 10 000 for the interior.
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Herald Squire
New York
Broadway
35Th Street
Bessie McCoy
Lee Shubert
Herald Square Theater
Robbers Tie Couple In Farmhouse Tolling Missing Food
Victims William Jones and Mrs Anna Williams tied to beds for fifteen hours in a rural Pa home near Yostville. Robbers left a note at F C Wood’s blacksmith shop claiming the couple were tied and robbed, with Jones’s gold watch hung on the door knob as proof.
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William Jones
Anna Williams
Yostville
F.C. Wood
Jones
Peddler's Parade Dancers Fill Agosta Hall After Row
In Agosta Ohio the audience demanded admission money back after the first act of The Peddlers Parade. The floor was cleared and a dance began on stage while actors watched from seats. Many wore placards reading Stung and similar signs appeared in village shop windows.
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Watts
Agosta
Ohio
Man pays extra tax to aid roads
Henry O Underwood of Belmont Massachusetts added 100 to his tax payment claiming his car had damaged roads. Town officials call the gesture commendable and an example for other motorists.
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Henry O. Underwood
Belmont
Mass
Austria-Hungary to Pay Turkey Twenty Million
The Berlin Frankfurter Zeitung reports from a reliable source that Austria-Hungary will grant Turkey 20 million to compensate for the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The article says the payment awaits formalities before completion.
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Turkey
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Austria-Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Poison Alcohol Kills Eleven in Camp Keithley Outbreak
Seventeen soldiers of the Eighteenth Infantry at Camp Keithley Mendanao FPL are dangerously ill after drinking poisoned alcohol that killed ten comrades. The liquor was obtained at the post exchange.
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Eighteenth Infantry
Camp Keithley
Mindanao
FPL
Post Exchange
Lisbon Faces $7 Million City Hall Scandal
Newly elected Lisbon municipal council in Portugal reports a missing sum of seven million dollars from city accounts. Former monarchist councilors blame the government, claiming legal seizure of city funds.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Elbert Hubbard Injured by Falling Tree Near East Aurora
The author and lecturer Elbert Hubbard was seriously injured when a tree fell during work on a forest near his East Aurora colony in New York. He assisted workers but misjudged the fall and was crushed.
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Elbert Hubbard
East Aurora
N.Y
Rose County Votes Dry in Washington Ohio
Washington county Ohio votes dry by 1800 majority in precincts backing State Senator Rose and her long range pro dry measure. The result reflects support for the Rose lonal option bill amid local reform movement.
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Rose's County
Washington County
Ohio
Rose
Newman Resigns From New York Central and Hudson River
W H Newman resigns as president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company effective February 1 1900. The announcement outlines his departure from the post and signals a leadership transition at the railroad.
Holmes County Ohio Votes Dry Four Saloons Close
Holmes County Ohio votes dry following a local referendum. Four saloons are shut down as the county bans alcohol sales. Local officials report the vote tally and enforcement steps begin.
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Holmes County
Ohio
Ory
Business District Burned in Warman Saskatchewan Fire
A blaze devastated the business section of Warman Saskatchewan with unknown loss. The town reportedly derives its name from C Warman.
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Warman
Saskatchewan
Scandal Over Lisbon City Funds Emerges
A seven million dollar scandal shakes Lisbon as a former royal councilors admit irregularities and accuse the government of illegally diverting city funds. The missing money is reported as Q0v,000 vanished amid political blame.
Holiday trade shows expand in New York and across the states
New York reports broader holiday trade with activity in many cities near or above 1907 levels. Southern sections show softer business while large centers bustle with shoppers. Wholesale demand slows until after January, with gains in steel rails tin plate mills lumber and paper. Business failures in the United States reach 310 for the week ending December 17, compared with 298 the previous week.
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New England
United States
Canada
Chicago Trade Report Shows Cautious Recovery In 1907 Outlook
The Chicago trade summary notes a well sustained recovery with growing demand in heavy industries delayed. Banking payments remain strong, retail activity tied to the Christmas season is improving with better weather, early buying is robust, and wholesale trade is light as inventories shift. Spring and summer orders rise while large-liability firms stay steady. figures compare weekly and prior years.
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Chicago
Review of Trade
Market Price Averages In The Midwest And East
Commodity rates listed for Prairie Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo covering cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and barley with prices per unit or per bushel. Regional variations show No 2 wheat around 1.03 to 1.08 and corn near 59 to 68 cents per bushel across multiple markets.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Trade and Industry Notes on Agency Budget Requests
Bank Superintendent Schaefer of Minnesota seeks two additional examiners at 35 000 dollars yearly. Southern States Association Commissioners of Agriculture collaborates with manufacturers to pursue uniform laws for consignments of foods and related goods.
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Schaefer
Minnesota
Associae Commissioners of Agriculture
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