Harriman Heard From By Wireless Amid Rail Trust Ties
The report outlines railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman’s control of multiple lines and stock holdings. It lists bonds and outstanding shares for St. Joseph and Grand Island, Illinois Central, Union Pacific, New York Central, Wheeling and Lake Erie, and other roads. The document notes Harriman’s significant interests and preferred stock cancellations.
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Bowie «Salle Os
Steings FL
New York Central
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Atchisons
Ca Wee Wens
Chicago
N. W
St. Paul
Aggess
Harriman Returns to Deck Aboard Kaiser Wilhelm II
Wireless report from aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II notes E. H. Harriman emerging on deck for the first time since Cherbourg. After four days confined to the imperial suite due to rough seas and fog, he says he feels better and follows nourishment advice from Professor Struempel. He anticipates a long rest at Arden.
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E. H. Harriman
Cherbourg
Harriman
Professor Struempel
Mr. Harriman
Arden
Harriman Ship Arrival and Interview on Train
Edward H Harriman is due to dock at Hoboken redock at 11 am aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II He will proceed to Arden New York by special train and grant reporters an interview aboard the run The market reacted bullishly to the news and losses were recovered by close
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New York
Edward H. Har Triman
Hoboken
Erie Terminal
Jersey City
Arden
N. Y
Harriman
Lovett
Canoe Tragedy on Blackstone River Claims Teen Girl
James Mahoney, 17, and Agnes N Meagher, 20, were canoeing when the girl drowned on the Blackstone River. Mahoney, in hysterics, could not give more details as dusk fell.
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Millville
James Mahoney
Agnes N. Meagher
Blackstone River
Curtiss Sets New Speed Record At Rheims Aviation Week
Glenn Curtiss, American aviator, lowers the 61.5 mile course speed record to 8 minutes 352.5 seconds during the second day of Rheims aviation week. M. Paul Ham of France posts high altitude flights of 49.12 and 56 kilometres in the Prix de la Champagne endurance test.
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Rheims
Glenn H. Curtiss
M. Paul Ham
France
Curtiss
Ham
Bleriot
Lefebre
Cortlandt Field Bishop
Aero Club of America
Tribunes
Paulham
Sommer
Sanchis-Pesa
de Lagrange
Lambert
Cockburn
Bunau-Varilla
Gobron
Latham
Tissandier
Farman
George Gould
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Curtiss Sets Record in French Aviation Week Race
Curtiss wins a record as American flyer amid France’s aviation week events at Rheims. Bleriot and Paulhan perform notable flights as authorities praise course policing and crowd support. Hollywood figures and society guests observe the day’s $20,000 longest-flight contest on the Betheny plain.
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Rheims
Champagne
Renard
Meaux
Paulhan
de la Grange
Bunau-Varilla
la Blanc
Fourier
Voisin
Betheny
Bleriot to Visit United States on Wright Challenge
Chicago Aug 23 Louis Bleriot the French aviator who crossed the English Channel in a monoplane is expected in the United States within months his sister Mrs Jack W Johnson says She notes his past misfortune and expresses belief he will accept a race and exhibitions against the Wright brothers and come to America to fly under agreed conditions.
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Chicago
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Jack W. Johnson
Johnson
Bleriot
Wright Brothers
America
Louis
Wrights
France
Quadruplets tale in Goshen questioned as fake
In Goshen Indiana Aug 23 town leaders say the claimed quadruplets born to Rev S H Seccombe and his wife in Chicago are not true Investigators find no doctor listed and Dr Emerick says Seccombe had a divorced wife in the West and an alleged partner in Oklahoma Rich visitors earlier sent money but the couple reportedly refused to confirm details Officials urged the Seccombes to leave town with the infants as the truth emerged
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Goshen
Ind
S. H. Seccombe
Chicago
Seccombe
Oklahoma
Seccombes
Quadruplets birth claim sparks local controversy
The Seccombes from Chicago faced town scrutiny over four claimed newborns. A birth record search found no corroborating documents and relatives dispute the timing of marriage and birth. The family has faced church involvement and limited public comment amid the dispute.
DOVE TO DEATH AT BILLINGTON SEA BY DIVE
John N. Hines 29 of 18 Campbell Ave Revere disappeared while diving at Billington Sea Plymouth after calling Goodby and sinking under water. He was staying with family at a camp near the pond and worked as a stencil cutter manager at Allen Brothers 130 Washington St. It is believed he struck his head underwater.
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John N. Hines
Campbell Avenue
Revere
Billington Sea
Plymouth
Hines
Bill
Allen Brothers
Stencil Cutters
Washington Street
Auto Carriers Escape as Engine Crashes at Charlestown Crossing
Four people, two women and two men, barely escaped death by leaping from a Boston and Maine locomotive near Warren Avenue crossing in Charlestown. The car was dragged 50 feet. all occupants, including John W. Alden and Ernest W. Smith, escaped after gate man Daniel O’Leary warned them. Engineer Arthur Grant stopped the train within 50 feet.
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Boston & Maine
Warren Avenue
Charlestown
Daniel O'Leary
John W. Alden
Winthrop Street
Dorcester
Ernest W. Smith
Washington Street
Dorchester
Arthur Grant
Boston
Malden
Smith
Post
Alden
Oak Grove Farm Creamery
Hoosac Tunnel
Frank Crowley
Rioting and martial law grip Schoenville amid car plant strike
Strikers beat Joe Simpson, chaos erupts after Pittsburg visit as state troopers seize suspects and widen patrols. Slavic editor claims a secret strike meeting vowed to assassinate Hofstott of Pressed Steel Car, while Trooper O Donnell dies in action. funerals planned for victims as authorities probe peonage allegations and dispatch more troops to McKees Rocks.
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Joe Simpson
Pittsburg
Schoenville
Hofstott
Pressed Steel Car Company
New York
Marsh
Constabulary
Hankeytown
Lieutenant Smith
State Constabulary
Leutenant
Little Car Company
McKees Rocks
Wilkesbarre
Indian Mound
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Pawis
Bill Taft
Waltham
Wattham
Elgin
Jason Weiler & Son
Washington St
Franklin
Talbot CO
Glenn Curtiss
Hubert Latham
Paul Tissandier
R. Esnault Pelterie
Avesnauly
Pelterte
Zatham
Widges
Kenney
Melilla
Nat Goodwin
William H. Crane
Lewis Kittredge
Cleveland
United States
Horaford
Isa
Scranton
Groome
O’donnell
Patrick O'Donnell
Northampton
O'Donnell
Hoffstat
Samuel Cohen
Albert Vams
Lindsey
District United States
Jordan
Hoffstot
Cohen
Benjamin Clothes
Benjamin Oo
Charles B. Hubbell
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