Auction of Union Pacific Rail Line by Reorganization Committee
Omaha set for the Union Pacific sale with minimum bid of 58 million dollars. The auction, at 11 o clock in the Omaha freight house, will be conducted by the Reorganization Committee led by Alexander Miller with Winslow Perce acting as attorney. The sale aims to transfer control to the committee and includes details on payment timing and future property turnover.
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Omaha
Neb
Omaha Flats
Union Pacific
Council Bluffs
Ogden
Alexander Miller
Boston
J. W. Doane
H. Ellery Anderson
Oliver W. Mink
Louis Fitzgerald
Winslow Perce
Alexander A. Miller
Union Pacfic
Saw the Bowery Thomas Sweeney Met Girl and is Poorer
Thomas Sweeney a 20 year old from Manafield Massachusetts arrived in New York with plans to sail to Ireland. He befriended May Mullen in the Bowery, was lured to a hotel, and she disappeared with his $275 and his overcoat. May was arrested for trial. Sweeney plans to work his way back to Mansfield and restart at a trap foundry, having saved his earnings for three years.
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New York
Thomas Sweeney
Manafield
Mass
Middleton
County Cork
Ireland
Bowery
Dong So
May Mullen
Ney
Nore May
May
Sweeney
Mansfield
Oliver Mining Board Reorganizes In Milwaukee
Directors of the Oliver Mining Company part of the Carnenter ests met in Milwaukee to wind up Metropolitan Iron and Land Company affairs and move offices to Pittsburg. Officers elected include President H W Oliver, Secretary C D Frazer, Treasurer H M Curry, with N. Theol as general manager. control of the Norrie group of Bessemer announced as part of the reorganization.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Oliver Mining Company
Carnenterests
Metropolitan Iron and Land Company
Pittsburg
Ai B. . Oliver
H. M. Curry
Clemson
James Lertittsburg
Appten
Wood
Mich
Offic
H. W. Oliver
Pegaurer
H.M. Curry
C. D. Frazer
Resears
X Norrie Grou
Bessemer
Fetropolitan
Ren and Land Company
White Snake Handprint Surprise at Quarry Incident
Oct 31 report from Edwards reveals a man finds a white snake hidden under a stone at a quarry. When he overturns the stone a pale imprint of a hand appears on the underside, described as clear and detailed, suggesting a mysterious omen or warning.
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Edwards
Nile
Local Man’s Death Not Self-Inflicted, Coroner Rules
In Athol on October 31 authorities ruled L C Parmenter’s death not a suicide after an autopsy by Coroner Brown. Initial suspicions were tied to a chest vessel rupture observed earlier, but test results clarified the cause as non self-inflicted.
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Athol
Chioral
L. C. Parmenter
Corsene Brown
Fala
Miss Leeds Novel Draws Social Fire In New Book
Virginia Miles Leeds, author of The Daughter of a Hundred Millions, unveils Allaire de Fontaine a Southern debutante whose lavish De Fontaine family and English aristocrat romance mirror high society. The tale hinges on wealth marriage title and a charitable will ending in a swift blessed union.
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New York
Virginia Miles Leeds
Miss Leeds
Charles Carrol Leeds
Miss Snead
Virginia
Unusu T. Allaire de Fontaine
Jean
de Fontaines
Sven
Pulipala
Miss Leed
de Fontaine
Lord Harrow U
Allaire
Funeral of James M. Goodwillie in Cambridge
The funeral service for James M. Goodwillie was held at the First Universalist Church in Cambridge with about a hundred comrades from John A. Andrew Post 16 Boston. The ceremony resembled a military burial led by Rev. George A. Bicknell and officers General D. W. Wardrop Adjutant James McKenzie and Chaplain W. H. Hadley. The procession moved to Harvard Square and Cambridge Cemetery for burial with ranks broken along the way.
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James M. Goodwillie
First Universalist
Cambridge
John A. Andrew
Boston
George A. Bicknell
D. W. Wardrop
James McKenzie
W. H. Hadley
Harvard Square
Cambridge Cemetery
Max Berol Seance At Grand Opera House For Salem Fund
Large audience attended Max Berol's presentation of American Mystagogues at the Grand Opera House last night to aid the First Spiritualist Church of Salem. Assistants included Professor Felix of Berlin Miss Nora Belmonte and Miss Agnes Manford plus a five member audience selected committee. Demonstrations covered mental photography second sight mnemonics telegraphy and mind reading by the listed performers.
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Berol
Max Berol
Grand Opera House
Ron Acts
Salem
Felix
Berlin
Germany
Nora Belmonte
Agnes Manford
Belmonte
Fire at Mt. Vernon Day Nursery Gutts Building
Fire gutted the Mt. Vernon Day Nursery in New York on October 31. Ten children were inside when the blaze broke out. Matron Mrs. Arlow and nurses Elsie Nena and Boss carried the children to safety through choking smoke. It is believed children playing with matches started the fire.
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MT. Vernon
N. Y
Mt. Vernon Day Nursery
Arlow
Elsie Nena
Boss
New Episcopal Church Organized in Newtonville
The newly formed parish of Newtonville held its first meeting at Templeall with about 400 attendees. Bishop Lawrence led the service while Rev. George W. Shinn of Grace Church Ivet ton and Rev. Edward O. GC Sullivan of Trinity Church Newton Centre spoke. The group voted to name the congregation St. John Episcopal Church.
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Newtonville
Newton
Templeall
Lawrence
George W. Shinn
Grace Urch Ivetton
Edward O. Gc, Sullivan
Trinity Church
Newton Centre
St. John Episcopal Church
Prince Krapotkin Lectures on Modern Socialism in Boston
Prince Peter Krapotkin, the Russian anarchist, lectured at the Columbia Theatre on The Modern Phases of Socialism. The audience included prominent Boston radicals and socialists who applauded his earnest, if imperfectly pronounced, talk. He argued for decentralization, communal ownership of life essentials, and warned against monopolies, urging reform toward a self-ruled, worker-controlled economy.
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Prince Peter Krapotkin
Columbia Theatre
Boston
Prince
Russia
Conal
Eile
Luetgert Trial Attracts Morbid Public Fascination
Chicago Oct. 31 The Luetgert murder case drew intense curiosity from women who visited the jail and sent hundreds of letters and gifts. Proposals of marriage poured in from across the states, though Luetgert says Chicago yielded only one, and he jokes about the rescuer plan involving a white flower and a hypnotized court.
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Chicago
Adolph L. Luetgert
Luetgert
Union
Memphis
Liberty
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