Pearson's Rise to Fame and Fortune Was Rapid
The Pearson syndicate built a vast transcontinental scheme with Dr. Fred Stark Pearson at the center. Banks helped finance rail purchases across Rock Island Lehigh Valley Wabash Missouri Pacific and related paths aiming to control a $484 million railroad network. When market values fell the banks, led by Kuhn Loeb Co and Morgan interests, stepped in to salvage the plan and secure losses from Pearson.
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William H. Moore
D. G. Reid
Rock Island
Pearson
Lehigh Valley
Wabash
Missouri Pacific
Denver and
Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk
States
Reia
Moore
Buffalo
Chicago
Goulds
Denver
Salt Lake City
Pacific
South America
Pearson Securities
Drexel & Co
Morgan
Kunn, Loeb & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Reid
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Mexican Light and Power
Sao Paulo
Mexican Northwestern Railway
Mexican Steel and Chemical
Pearson Syndicate
Fred S Pearson Surgeon of Industry and Railways
Fred S Pearson born in Lowell July 3, 1861 rose from station agent to Tufts engineer. He joined Somerville Electric Light, West End street railway, then Metrop oli tan Street Railway and Dom inion Coal. He built holdings exceeding 8000 acres in Berkshire with sheep and a famed huckleberry patch near Great Barrington earning the title Huckleberry King of the Berkshires.
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Fred S. Pearson
Lowell
Somerville
Boston & Maine Railroad
Medford
Tufts College
Young Pearson
Fred Pearson
Walker
Tufts
Brazil
H. C. Buck
Somerville Electric Light Company
Henry M. Whitney
West End Street Railway
Pearson
Dominion Coal & Iron Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York City
New York
Broad Street
Fred
Great Barrington
Coombe House
Kingston Hill
Surrey
England
Dorset
Perkshire
Tom Bald
The
Berkshires
Keystone party nominates slate to wage war on both parties
Philadelphia July 28 The Keystone party formed here today names William H. Berry of Delaware county for Governor D Clarence Gibboney of Philadelphia for lieutenant governor Cornelius D Scully of Allegheny for State treasurer and John Casey of Luzerne for secretary of internal affairs The 117 delegates from 52 counties denounce both major parties as under liquor industry influence and exclude any Roosevelt reference in the platform
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Philadelphia
William H. Berry
Delaware County
D. Clarence Gibboney
Cornelius D. Scully
Allegheny County
John Casey
Luzerne County
Keystone Party
Hiquor Industries
Roosevelt
Lind Nominated Governor Sparks Deluge of Disorder
Storm signals at the Democratic State convention in Minneapolis gave way to a tempest of feeling over John Lind’s nomination for governor. For over three hours, chaos dominated the floor until adjournment, with Chairman Michael Daly finally restoring order using a makeshift gavel.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John Lind
Michael Daly
Boston Men Back of Big 20 Million Cotton Merger
Boston financiers back a 20 million dollar consolidation uniting the Consolidated Cotton Duck Company with Bay State Cotton, Mount Vernon Woodbury, and related mills. The merged group covers 22 mills, 3 principal brands, 10,000 workers, and 10,000 acres of land, expanding diversity of cotton fabrics under one management.
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Boston
Consolidated Cotton Duck Company
Stark Mills
Manchester
N. H
Southern Mills
Mount Vernon Woodbury Cotton Tuck Company
Bay State Cotton Corporation of
Massachusetts
Wenion Company
New York State
Consolidated Dueck Company
Bay State
Largest Cotton Mill Consolidation Planned Across Regions
The proposed merger, the largest in U S history, would absorb the Consolidated Cotton Duck Company into the International Cotton Mills Corporation. Ducks mills from Stark in Manchester New Hampshire Mount Vernon Woodbury in New Jersey and yarn mills in New York and Canada would join, with Boston capital backing the venture. Key Boston figures including Patrick T Jackson and Arthur T Lyman commented that plans are not final though a big corporation is virtually settled, while S Davies Warfield of Baltimore leads financing and organization.
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Durance Company
Cornell Mills
Eastern Machinery Company
Home Market Club
Indian Head
Mills of Alabama
Kilburn Mill
Lanett Cotton Mills
Lincoln Manufacturing Company
Loray Mills
Gastonia
Monarch Mills
New England Casualty Company
Paper Mill Mutual Insurance Company
Taber Mill
Hadward Lovering
Exchange Building
Massachusetts Cotton Mills
Arkwright Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Lowell Bleachery
Massachusetts Mills
Georgia
Second National Bank
State Street Trust Company
Whittenton Manufacturing Company
Albert L. Scott
Federal Street
Lockwood, Greene & Co
Colonial Securities Company
Federal Construction Company
Greenville Carolina Power Company
Paris Shoals Company
Augustus P. Loring
New Corporation
State Street
Albany Trust
Beacon Chambers Trust
Bedford Trust
Beverly Hospital Corporation
Journal Building Trust
Massachusetts Cottton Mills
Mutual Boiler Insurance Company
Plymouth Cordage Company
Realty Company
Suffolk Savings Bank For Seamen
United States Hotel Company
Patrick T. Jackson
United States
Consolidated Cotton Duck Company
International Cotton Mills Corporation
Stark Mills
Manchester
N. H
Mount Vernon-Woodbury Cotton Duck Company
New Jersey
Consolidated Duck Company
Boston Capital
New York
Canada
Boston Yarn Company
Fall River
New Bedford
Rhode Island
Lowell
Lawrence
Stark Company
Frank Carpenter
Stark Mills Company
Myron C. Taylor
New York City
S. Davies Warfield
Baltimore
Continental Trust Company
Boston
Jackson & Riddle
Boston Provident Association
Jackson
Europe
Cambridge
James D. Armitage
Arthur T. Lyman
Vicinity
United States Cotton Duck Company
Bliss, Fabyan & Co
Frank J. Hale
Newton Upper Falls
Saco and Petitee Machine Shops
Davis Mills
Drayton Mills
Spartanburg
Freckles Cure Sold by Houghton and Dutton
An advertisement promises a remedy for freckles using one ounce of ethine double strength. Apply at night and in the morning freckles fade, with light freckles vanishing. The offer includes a money back guarantee if the product fails.
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Houghton & Dutton
Othine
Bills padded 40 percent in Illinois Central fraud case
Harold A. Sims a former Illinois Central car inspector and Memphis Car Company superintendent testified before Master in Chancery Mason about fake repairs. He described padding bills about 40 percent after doctors notes on work. The investigation touched on Ira G. Rawn's death but was not sensational.
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Chicago
Harold A. Sims
Illinois Central Railroad
Memphis Car Company
Ira G. Rawn
Sims
Illinois Central
No Confession Was Made by Prisoner
A prisoner, Rivet, died after a death sentence. Father Malley prayed in French for the dying prisoner to understand. Rivet declined to hear the death warrant read, made no statement on guilt or innocence, and remained calm until the end.
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Father Malley
Rivet
Rivet's Brutal Murder Trial Ends With Death Sentence
Napoleon Rivet of Lowell was convicted for the murder of his roommate Joseph Gailloux in a Hall Street plumbing shop in Lowell on February 29 1908. The case hinged on circumstantial evidence including a life insurance beneficiary claim and a Rivet cigarette stub found at the scene. Rivet faced execution at Charlestown State Prison, with appeals denied and a planned July execution, attendance by his family, and final transfer of his body to a Lowell undertaker.
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Napoleon Rivet
Lowell
Charlestown
Joseph J. Gailloux
Hall Street
Ernest Daigle
Rivet
Gailloux
Quebec
Draper
Louis A. Frothingham
Inrothingham
Wice
Charlestown State Prison
Parents sue to oust Lyman school trustees
About 50 people gathered at Fanueil Hall yesterday noon for the Parents Association meeting on Lyman school conditions. They charged trustees with misusing 42 000 dollars and adopted resolutions urging Governor Draper to remove the trustees.
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Faneuil Hall
Parents’ Association
Lyman School
Draper
Woman Hurt Getting Off Streetcar at Dorchester Corner
Miss Nellie Downs fell from a running board while alighting a streetcar at Lyden street and Dorchester avenue last night. She sustained back and shoulder injuries, was taken to City Hospital, and later returned home to 58 Adams street Dorchester.
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Nellie Downs
Lyden Street
Dorchester Avenue
City Hospital
Adams Street
Dorchester
Leiter's Nephew Dies After Self Inflicted Shot
Carver Remington, son of the Remington Arms founder and nephew of Levi Z. Leiter, shot himself Tuesday in a downtown shop and died in a Chicago hospital today.
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Chicago
Carver Remington
Remington Arms Com
Levi Z. Leiter
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