Glazier's failure kills two women in Detroit tragedy
A Detroit banking collapse linked to Frank Glazier's failures drove Emma Mayer and her 16 year old daughter Emma to death by carbolic acid and hysteria. The scaffold included Mayer's farm near Stockbridge and a web of Glazier enterprises. fiancé David Trannewald was left shattered as authorities weigh state level implications.
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Frank
Glazier
Detroit
Glazier’s Bank
Stockbridge
Emma Mayer
Hastings man admits killing wife in sleep murder claim
Walter Sacket, 73, jailed in Hastings on uxorcide charge after confessing he entered his sleeping wife's bedroom and killed her. He alleges his wife poisoned him and taunted insanity claims as he displayed distress and incoherence. He also attacked his brother in law before arrest.
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Hastings
Walter Sacket
Milks
Sacket
Sackete
Carlton Township
Roads gain under 2 cent law in Michigan rails
Michigan railroads report higher passenger earnings in the last quarter of 1907 despite the 2 cent rate law. Commissioner Glasgow notes most roads show freight gains of about 4 percent while some lines fall slightly in earnings. Several 2 cent roads avoid serious reductions, and upper peninsula lines limited to 3 cents still post a net passenger earnings gain of about $13,000 versus 1906.
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Glasgow
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Allegan Fire Raiders Dray Line Barn Besieged by Flames
Fire destroyed Frank Falk's dray line barn at Allegan killing six horses and destroying buggies harnesses and implements. Incendiary origin suspected. Loss near $4,000 with $1,500 insured. The blaze burst a water main leaving the town without water for fire protection until water works are repaired. Residents using steam heating faced cold due to shut water supply.
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Frank Falk
Allegan
Otisville Man Ends Life With Carbolic Acid
Edward Inkerbocker of Otisville attacked his wife and daughter during a despondent episode at his farm home. He swallowed carbolic acid and died soon after. He fought them as they tried to take the vial, witnessed by his wife and child.
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Otisville
Edward Inkerbocker
Father seeks habeas corpus for one month old baby boy
Isadore Eby of Monroe files a writ of habeas corpus to gain possession of his infant son held by Mrs. Joseph Zimmerman. The one month old child, whose mother died five days after birth, has been kept at the grandparents' home, and the father claims limited visitation.
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Isadore Eby
Monroe
Braves Fire for Baby in Honor Home Blaze
Mrs. Alexander Lakari rushed back into her burning Honor home to save her baby. She suffered severe burns to her head face and arms before neighbors revealed the child had been saved. Lakari hoarded savings at home despite warnings against it losing cash and checks. the Desmond house was insured and owned by F C Desmond.
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Alexander Lakari
Lakari
F. C. Desmond
State Report on Live Stock in Michigan
Sheep are the most valuable farm stock in Michigan with a state total value of 2 130 000, surpassing swine at 1 388 000 and horses at 704 000. Milking cows are valued at 840 000 and other cattle at 1 008 000. The average horse value is 105, higher than the national average, while sheep, swine and milch cows also exceed national averages.
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Michigan
Missing 17 Years Man Found Dead in Escanaba
Frank Daley a woodsman from Richfield Wisconsin disappeared sixteen years ago. Ill only hours before death he died in Escanaba. His brothers Richard of Milwaukee and Edward of Richfield identified the body after a Milwaukee paper item drew attention.
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Frank Daley
Escanaba
Milwaukee
Richard Daley
Edward Daley
Richfield
Wis
Girl's Face Disfigured by Shotgun Accident Near Yale
Naomi Smith, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Smith living near Yale, was accidentally shot in the face by Ru fus Remington’s 10 year old son as she walked home from school. Dr Wight removed many pellets but the girl will be disfigured for life.
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Naomi
Saloon Fire Proves Costly in Mass City
In Mass City a blaze destroyed five business houses including the post office and a hotel. The fire started in a saloon building occupied by James Kidd and the hotel was owned by banker P W Scott, founder of Mass City. R A Leavitt reported goods stolen in Carleton. August a Strowster was caught with goods hidden on his person and in his room, valued at about $20. Snowstein was later sentenced to 90 days in jail.
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Carleton
R. A. Leavitt
Augusta Strowster
Snowstein
Monroe
Mass City
James Kidd
P. W. Scott
Sudden Death In North Liberty Details Saltpetre Mixup
Solomon Tusselmire of Three Oaks died in North Liberty Indiana after taking a dose of saltpetre mistaken for epsom salts. The coroner will conduct an investigation into the death.
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Solomon Tusselmire
Three Oaks
North Liberty
Ind
State Happenings and Local Incidents Briefed
Edward C Potter of Greenwich Connecticut will sculpt the Custer equestrian statue for Monroe. Lansing residents cope with a winter cholera outbreak recurrence. In Grand Rapids George Martin stole 25 pounds of coal to trigger jail time. Norwich and London Accident and Insurance Association gains Michigan licensing. A neighbor found Anna E Carson and caller Fred Ellis unconscious from coal gas in Battlerock. both survive. Kalamazoo County elder Rosalie Salomon dies at 78 after seven years illness. Edward Carmine’s Long Lake home burned, Joseph Rice occupant. losses near all possessions. Ypsilanti Mrs O A Ainsworth notified by phone that her house is afire. loss $2000. Redmond and Decke fight. Redmond fires at Decke. Decke unharmed except for scratches. Mrs Redmond Walsh dies at Caledonia home, aged 72, survived by husband and seven children. Erastus McWhorter, 30 years Laingsburg resident, is dead.
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Lansing
Grand Rapids
George Martin
Norwich and London Accident and Insurance Association
Michigan
Anna E. Carson
Fred Ellis
Battlerock
Rosalie Salomon
Kalamazoo County
Edward Carmine
Long Lake
Joseph Rice
Rice
Mra O. A. Ainsworth
Ypsilanti
Redmond
Charles Decke
Decke
Redmond Walsh
Caledonia
Erastus McWhorter
Laingsburg
Birds In Captivity as a Craft and Trade
The cage bird trade sustains many jobs with over 300000 imported yearly. canaries predominate, mainly from Germany, with prices from 15 to 36 per dozen and top singers reaching 150. Parrots, Indian Java sparrows, and other varieties come from tropical regions. African gray parrots talk well, birds endure long lives, and trade wanes where bird protection laws reduce imports.
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Alexander
India
Rome
Nero
Hartz Mountains
Germany
Australia
Cuba
Mexico
Central
South America
Africa
Europe
Philadelphia
Thrifty Farmer’s Son Buys New Saw With Wood Earnings
A stingy farmer and his 12-year-old son made a deal paying 10 cents per cord the boy sawed and piled. The boy, eager to save, has his earnings kept by his mother. When asked what he would do with the money he replied he would buy a new saw.
Physique of Criminals and the Army Link
A criminologist studied 4000 delinquent soldiers and found they surpassed well behaved troops in height weight chest and muscular power though not implying criminals are inherently stronger. He suggests criminal families endure harsher conditions so only the unusually strong survive and notes a broader social context. A joke exchange questions links between animal and plant kingdoms with a boy quipping hash.
Bombs miss Shah as three outriders killed in Teheran attack
An assassination attempt on the Shah of Persia occurred Friday afternoon as bombs were hurled from a rooftop at a royal procession. Three outriders were killed, the chauffeur wounded, and bystanders hurt. The Shah escaped by riding in a carriage and taking refuge in a nearby house before troops secured the area. no arrests reported.
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Persia
Shah
Teheran
Badiguani
unrest in india prompts british mobilization orders
Unrest in India triggers wartime preparations as the War Office contemplates deploying a large force to the colony and using auxiliary troops for garrison duties across the empire. Officials warn that Indian residents’ treatment in the Transvaal fuels danger, while Boer motives for provoking home government debates spark political reaction.
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India
War Office
Transvaal
Nine miners killed in Moody Coal Company mine disaster
News notes report nine miners died from a gas explosion at the Moody Coal Company mine in South Carrollton. Another item notes Bishop Berry of the Methodist Episcopal Church ill in Guanajuato, Mexico, with la grippe and complications. The Friend Paper Mills at West Carrollton, Ohio, suffered a $100,000 fire loss caused by a “hot bor” on machinery. insurance coverage is indicated.
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Moody Coal Company
South Carrolton, Sr
Bishop Berry
Methodist Episcopal Church
Guanajuanto
Mexico
la Grippe
Friend Paper Mills
West Carrollton
Ohio
Facts About The Census 1910 Changes and Costs
The thirteenth census will start April 15 1910 replacing June 1. A permanent bureau will oversee the work with 70 000 enumerators and 330 supervisors at an estimated total cost of about 14 million dollars. It will cover population agriculture manufactures and mines while a separate 1915 agriculture census will track crops and livestock. The aim is accurate data for representation and national development.
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United States
North
Congress
Hudson River Tunnel Opens With Passenger Train
The first fully equipped train passed under the Hudson from Fourteenth Street, NYC to Hoboken. About fifty people, mostly railroad officials, bankers and newspaper men, rode the five minute trip. President McAdoo announced general traffic would begin February 23. The cars feature fireproof rolling stock, pneumatic doors, automatic book system, and a ventilation method forcing air along the train to maintain a steady current.
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Hudson River Tunnel
Hudson River
Fourteenth Street
New York City
Hoboken
N. J
McAdoo
Certificates and labor revival noted in 1907 records
A statement by Alexander Gilbert of the New York Clearing House Association, published in Appleton's Magazine, notes certificates totaling 97 million dollars issued to banks, with about 74 million actively used for exchanges. Reports from Chicago, Lorain, Connecticut, and Maine describe factory resumes and increased labor, including Goodyear, Mepperell, and mill operations expanding by thousands of workers.
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Alexander Gilbert
New York Clearing House Association
Appleton’s Magazine
Gilbert
Chicago
Ulmneis Stel Company
Lorain
Ohio
National Tube Company
Nangatuck
Conn
Goodyear Ruler Company
Biddeford
Mepperell Manufacturing Company
Oklahoma hotel regulation bill passed by House
The Oklahoma House of Representatives approved a sweeping hotel regulation measure mandating foot sheets and banning cracked cookware, with other consumer safeguards. Separate actions include Judge Hough's order requiring Harriman and Kahn to answer Interstate Commerce Commission questions about major railroad groups.
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Oklaahoma
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Harriman Mustaswer
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
HE. US
Harriman
Otto H. Kahn
Chicago and Alton
Ilinois Central
Union and
Southern Pacific
Chicago weekly trade review notes weather hindrances to recovery
The Chicago weekly trade review from Dun and Co reports that trade conditions show a cautious recovery hampered by recent adverse weather delaying heavy freight and new work. Gains in machinery and labor, steadier steel output, improved grain and provisions markets, and strong outside buying support a cautious upturn despite declines in receipts, material costs, and failures.
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Review of
Chicago
Plate Mills
New York Trade Shows Conservative Spring Staples Demand
Distribution of staple goods by jobbers rises with spring buying and buyer excursions but consensus says purchasing remains conservative with staples and necessities driving the volume. Retail trade is quiet except for price cuts on winter goods. Wholesale activity is muted with cotton fabrics cut and stocks piling. Finished steel improves while crude output stagnant and some furnaces shut to clear stocks.
Business One on One for the Week One
Bradstreet's report notes weekly figures with comparisons. The week shows 27 against 326 last week and 154 in the same week of 1907. Canada failures count 55 versus 44 prior week and 42 in the year-ago week.
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Tike
Canada
Bradstreet
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Mirror OF Michigan
Barry Septuagenarian
Maiia
Sues
Braves
Naomi Smith
Yale Street
Edward C. Potter
Greenwich, Conn
Custer
London
Monarch
Shah OF Persia
Great Britain
New York
Toledo
Ste
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