Prices Break 10 New Low Records on Wall Street
Wall Street faced a persistent price break with no clear news driver. Talks of treasury relief fail to calm markets as steel and rail shares hit new lows, while copper and mining groups slip amid broader liquidation.
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Wall Street
United States Treasury
Stock Exchange
Treasury
Wife Uses Deception To Free Lawyer From Factory
New York report details patent lawyer Ernest Webb held prisoner for a month in Julius Froehler’s factory at 722 East Eleventh Street. Webb says whiskey laced with drugs kept him from escaping while his wife, Margaret Webb, used an abandonment warrant to stage a rescue at Liberty Avenue station.
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Ernest Webb
Liberty Avenue
Webb
Julius Froehler
East Eleventh Street
Pacific Coast Tour By Pennsylvania Railroad
Tour to the Pacific Coast to meet the American Bankers Association in San Francisco October 20 to 23 includes a return by special Pullman train leaving New York October 14. 18 days, 190 dollars, five days in San Francisco, with stops at Salt Lake City and other cities. Descriptive literature available from 205 Washington street Boston or George W. Boyd Philadelphia Broad street station. Through Berkshire Hills and Hudson River route Boston to Albany to New York to Boston starts October 8 with price six dollars.
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Colorado Springs
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George W. Boyd
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Penn
AT&T Declares Dividend for 1903 Record Date
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. will pay a dividend of one and a half dollars per share on Thursday October 15 1903 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Wednesday September 30 1908. Transfer books close from October 1 to October 14 1903 both days inclusive. William R Driver Treasurer. Boston September 16 1903.
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Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company
Old Dominion Copper Company
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Boston Stock Exchange
Smith
Jersey City
Heath
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
William R. Driver
Boston
No Trace of Mrs. Ellen Kelliher in California Trip
Buffalo N Y Sept 24 A careful search of state municipal and charitable hospitals and institutions in Buffalo finds no trace of Mrs Ellen Kelliher of Lawrence Mass who left Boston July 27 for California and has not been heard from She rode to Rotterdam Junction and her ticket was taken up by a Boston Maine conductor Beyond that point all trace is lost except that her ticket to Buffalo was also taken up
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Ellen Kelliher
Lawrence
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Boston
California
Kelliher
Rotterdam Junction
Boston & Maine
Mrs Jefferson Davis Is Seriously Ill in Buffalo
Mrs Jefferson Davis widow of the Confederacy president is seriously ill at Castle Inn Buffalo after indigestion. Dr Charles G Stockton treated her and another physician was called for consultation. She arrived from Port Colborne Ontario with a party of friends and usually summers in Canada or a northern resort.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Jefferson Davis
Castle Inn
Charles G. Stockton
Unidentified Woman Missing in Erie County Case
The report notes the unnamed woman did not require hospital care or mental incapacity, nor was she placed in a local home or found dead in Erie County. Police concluded she likely retained her two tickets with identifiable stamps and names if she did not travel beyond Buffalo, leaving relatives puzzled.
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Kelliher
Buffalo
Lawrence
Smith College Names New Teachers at Chapel Exercises
President Seelye announced the Smith College new teaching staff. Louis Adolphe Weine will be associate music teacher. Ernest Otto Eckelmann joins as German instructor. Miss Gertrude Orvis teaches French. Miss Georgie R. White becomes sociology instructor. Miss Emilie P. Locke handles botany. Miss Susan A. Blake assists physics. Miss Grace W. Wason assists English literature.
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Seelye
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Louis Adolphe Weine
Munich
Berlin
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B. C. Blodgett
School of Music
Ernest Otto Eckelmann
Northwestern University
Prague
Gertrude
Smith
Bryn Mawr
Grace W. Wason
Round Trip Boston to New York $5 Oct 1
The Boston and Maine railroad advertises a five dollar round trip to New York City via the Hoosac Mountains to Albany and down the Hudson. Tickets on sale now with a free descriptive booklet mailed to the General Passenger Department in Boston.
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N. Y
Hudson River
Boston
Fall River Line
General Passenger Department
Harvard Opens Oct 1 with 700 New Men
Harvard University readies for the 1903 04 term with an entering class expected to exceed 700 students including about 600 freshmen and 120 in the Lawrence Scientific School. The faculty sees several retirements and new appointments across history economics German chemistry and forestry among others.
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Charles J. Bullock
Williams College
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Edwin F. Gay
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University of Vermont
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Public Domain Commission
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Hamlin
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Department of History
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Frederick S. Converse
Boston
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William E. Castle
T. A. Jaggar
Gilbert N. Lewis
Theodore Lyman
George W. Pierce
D. 8. Miller
Henry H. Torrey
George H. Chase
Chase
Yale Opens 203d Academic Year in Old Campus Ceremony
Yale University began its 203d year as work started in academic and scientific departments. President Hadley and Dean Rogers welcomed attendees in the Law School, while the Divinity School held an informal gathering. Registration totals are not yet final, but higher memberships across divisions suggest the university will exceed 3000 students next year.
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Henry Wade Rogers
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Boston & Maine Offers $2 North Adams Excursion
The Boston and Maine railroad lists a Saturday excursion to North Adams on Sept 26 for $2 round trip. Tickets available at Boston city ticket office 322 Washington Street and at Union Station. Special train departs Boston 8:30 am, returns 4:30 pm with a stop at Waltham. sales limited to Boston outlets. Return tickets valid Sept 27 and 28.
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