Financial review notes extravagance drives high living costs
Henry Clews & Co. says the market splits into railroad and industrial sections with rail shares high but challenged by capital needs growth and labor issues. Industrial firms, especially steel related, show activity and profits, while overall inflation and extravagance threaten savers and future capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Clews & Co
Universal
Rai
Congress
Taft
England
House of Lords
House of Commons
Budget Clash Sparks Tax Debate and Market Fears
The budget plans higher taxes on land and wealth, likely provoking strong opposition and bitterness. The British government may need to borrow heavily from the money market, with potential unfavorable effects on public opinion and foreign markets.
Mistress of Millions in Seventy Fifth Year
New York report notes Hetty Green entering her seventy fifth year and forty fifth year as a businesswoman with a fortune near 190 million. It cites other wealthy women like Mrs Russell Sage and Mrs Harriman, and outlines inheritances that shaped their incomes.
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New York
Hetty Green
Samme
E. H. Harriman
Harrimen
Merca
Russell Sage
Harriman
Fredrick Corrad Penfield
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Idow
Mershall Field
O. H. P. Belmont
Este
Mirs
Morris Kosup
United States
Frau ‘Ertha Voh Bohlen
Graham
Duke Hamilton
Countess Szechenyi
Gladys ‘Anderbilt
Mme. Creel
Mexico
Baroness van Hekardstein
Blundel
Orly
Gulf, Texas and Western Railroad Plans Across Texas
The Gulf Texas and Western railroad is completed and open between Jacksboro and Onley a distance of about forty miles. Construction continues from Onley to a link with the Kansas City Mexico and Orient about eighty miles away. The promoters envision westward expansion to Roswell New Mexico and a southeast route to Sebine Pass near Port Worth totaling roughly 650 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Gulf, Texas and Western
Jacksboro
Iba Rock Island
Onley
Witchita Falls
Southern
Kansas City
Mexico
Orient
Roswell
N. M
Port
Taft sails from Norfolk to Hampton Institute event
President Taft declares his stay in Norfolk a continuous pleasure and great satisfaction as he sails at 8 30 this morning on the Mayflower for Hampton Virginia. He will attend a meeting of the governing board of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute for Indians and Negroes and address the student body this afternoon. A 21 gun salute from the navy yard announced his departure.
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Norfolk
Taft
Hampton
Hampton Normal Andgricultural Institute For
Navy Yard
Caught in a swamp Mary Baker recaptured in Michigan
Mrs Bertha Baker who escaped from a county jail while awaiting trial for murdering her husband was captured in a swamp this morning. Her son led the sheriff to the hiding place where she was wrapped in a blanket.
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St. Joan
Mich
Bertha Baker
Decree Becomes Effective After 30 Days Amid Pending Appeal
The ruling declares the decree effective in thirty days with a stay likely during the appeal process. Federal government officials signal continuing enforcement while the case proceeds.
Standard Oil dissolved after three year fight
The U S circuit court for the eastern district of Missouri ordered the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey dissolved for restraint of trade. The ruling, filed in St Louis and St Paul, marks a sweeping government victory with appeals possible to the Supreme Court. The decree takes effect in 30 days barring further business under current formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Walton
Sanborn
St. Paul
Vandeventer
Hook
United State Reait Court
Missouri
Sandard Oil Company
New Jersey
St. Louis
United States
Frank B Kellogg
United States Supreme Court
United State Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit Court For
Eastern District of Missouri
Standard 11 Company
Theain
O' Corpany
Frank B. Keller
Charles B. Morrison
Chicago
Frank H. Poole
J. W. Graves
Department of Justice
W. H. Higgins
Minneapolis
Cordenin S. Severance
St. Pru’si
Standard Oil
John G. Milburn
New York
Standard Oil Corporation
Jannon and Leonard Grace Reach State Department
Jannon and Leonard Grace reached the state department this morning, initiating formal contact with state authorities. The move suggests a coordinated effort involving the two individuals in ongoing proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jannon
Leonard Grace
State Department
West Virginia and Virginia Fair Weather With Slight Cooling
Weather forecast for West Virginia and Virginia indicates fair conditions on Sunday with colder nights. Monday brings partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with southerly winds in the southwest and northern areas.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Layman backs government ownership post merger
Layman, general chairman of the Norfolk and Western system, says the Bell and Western Union merger pushes toward government ownership when feasible. He predicts improved service and lower costs through consolidated operations, noting private railroad lines may shield the railroad telegraph business from change.
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Norfolk and West
Bell Telephone Comany
Western Union
Layman
Southern
Adams Express
Silroad
Twenty Min Rescued From Living Tomb Near Latirings
Survivors tell of heroism after being trapped for a week in a mine near Cherry Illinois. Twenty men were saved and report that many others may still be alive while thirty bodies were found in an earlier search. Families gathered at the pit mouth as a rescue effort continued under desperate conditions.
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Cherry
Calyas
Two Americans Executed After Military Court Hearing
The Nicaragua legation announced that two Americans Leroy and another were given a full hearing before a military court martial before execution. The statement deplores the incident but asserts the court acted within its powers and expects no lasting impact on U S Nicaragua relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Legation
Leroy
Beals Joins Crozier Pocahontas Company as Manager
W. J. Beals is appointed business manager of the Crozier Pocahontas Company, bringing decades in coal coke steel and iron sectors. The firm plans to sell coal mine output directly from Tierney and Crozier plants, with seven local mines shipping via Pocahontas and an office in Philadelphia. The initiative begins April 1 1910 and ends external sales through agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crozier-Pocahontas Company
Kelley & Moyeruilding
W. J. Beals
Bce
Beals
Nce
Tim
Pocahontas Coke Company
Ity
Laurier Celebrates Sixty Eighth Birthday In Ottawa
Ottawa notes Sir Wilfrid Laurier 68th birthday today with warm congratulations. Born November 20, 1841 at St Lin Quebec, he has led the Liberal party since 1887 and has served as premier since 1896. He entered public life in 1871 after election to the Quebec legislative assembly.
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Ottawa
Ont
Wilfred Laurier
Dominion
Wilfred
St. Lin
Quebec
Canada
Football injury leaves student in serious condition
William W. Mareus, a student at the Methodist Episcopal Seminary in Westminster Maryland, is in a serious hospital condition after a football game today. An operation revealed ruptured intestines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William W. Mareus
Methodist Episcopa Seminary
Westminister
Trustee Sale Offers Broad Musical Goods At Half Price
The notice promotes a trustee sale featuring phonographs and music records at various prices with many items half off. Mandolins guitars banjos and all other musical instruments are also half price. Sale by M. B. Postlethewaite trustee begins Monday November 22.
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M. B. Postlethwaite
Taft Visits Hampton for Trustee Meeting and Address
President Taft spent the day at Hampton Normal Institute for Indian and negro children, joining a board meeting, inspecting grounds, addressing students, and departing on the Mayflower for Washington. Speakers included Dr Charles W Eliot and Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie predicted future shifts in lines between?
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Hampton
Board of
Taft
Hampton Normal Institute
Washington
Chas. W. Eliot
Harvard
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Racial Lines Fade as North and South Unite
A speaker envisions an era where racial divisions vanish not by changing identities but by races living in contentedness. He asserts Black people will not cease to be Black yet races will share prosperity and a common purpose, moving forward together.
Indians in a chaotic football game turn violent at Yellow Hill
A free-for-all football match between government Indian school players and Cherokee settlement players at Yellow Hill in Jackson County degenerated into a melee with rocks and clubs. A player was mortally shot and Loyd Owl, a known wrestler, was severely wounded as officers search for two white men believed to have joined a side and fired. Hundreds of Indians from the area attended, and war cries echoed as the brawl raged.
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Ashville
Yellow Hill
Jackson County
Government Indian School
Loyd Owl
Loves Man She Would Be Divorced From
Mrs Edith Cortwright testified against her husband Charles Cortwright in a Los Angeles court filing for non support. She described being forced to leave the state after a stay in an asylum and her ongoing love for him despite their estrangement. Her father Lyman H Crutchfield served in Ohio politics and her brother Lyman is Wooster prosecutor.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Edith Cortwright
Charles Cortwright
Cartwright
Lyman H. Crutchfield
Ohio
Lyman
Wooster
Shad King Joe Joseph King Dies at 77 in Newcastle
Joseph King known as Shad King Joe a wealthy fish shipper in Newcastle Delaware has died at age 77. He built a large business and was a prominent local figure. His passing ends a long era in regional fishing and trade.
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Newcastle
Del
Joseph King
Paul Gilmore Rumored to Wed Miss Canley in Staunton
Staunton Va Nov 20 Actor Paul Gilmore married Miss Khel Canley a Californian and company member His third marriage follows a June divorce from his second wife A Daily Telegraph inquiry left the report unconfirmed with hotel staff noting only that the young woman lingered near Gilmore and the lobby fountain while the actor offered only a vague, good story response
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Staunton
Paul Gilmore
Khel Canley
Gilmore
Altamont
Daily Telegraph
Wiss Canley
Progressive Advance
Ahaps
Thanksgiving Flower Sale At Crockett Pharmacy
Kelley and Jackson proprietors announce Thanksgiving flowers available for order at Crockett Pharmacy. Dates noted 11 21 81. Local shoppers urged to place orders now.
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Crockett Pharmacy
Kelley & Jackson
Charged With Murder of Latter's Husband
A woman charged with murdering her spouse was tried amid tense scenes as the crowd pressed for justice. Prosecutors presented evidence while defense argued lack of motive, and several persons implicated narrowly avoided mob action during the intense proceedings.
Notable Sayler murder case heads to trial in Crescent City
In Iroquois County era the Sayler murder case draws crowds as Dr William R Miller Mes and J D Sayler fight for life and the town awaits revelations. Mrs Sayler and Grunden stand accused alongside the doctor in a high profile crime with premeditation suggested by arming and flight. The Saylers were wealthy and the Miller family finances promise heavy legal backing while public sentiment runs high. The trial is set to begin next week as jurists and attorneys prepare for a landmark case.
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Crescent City
J. B Seyler
State Bank
Crecent City
Lucy Seyler
Illinois
William R. Miller
Pennsylvania
Sayler
Miller
Weetseka
Mrother
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Stock Exchange
Wickersham
Leavenworth, Kan
Weather Forecast
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Crozer
Pocahontas
Agency
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Institute For Indian
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