Cornered beans after Civil War dies at 92
Albion New York March 10 AP Martin Wy Tilden a former bean king who controlled the U S bean market during and after the Civil War died at his home here aged ninety two Born in Orleans County New York in 1835 he began in produce and grain trading and helped corner the market by purchasing beans at 2 a bushel driving prices to 6 a bushel before retiring to Albion He credited abstinence from liquor and tobacco for his health and hoped to reach 100.
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Albion
Martin Wy, Tilden
Filden
United States
Orleans County
N. Y
Tilden
New York
New Haven Station Restaurant Robbed
Police report robbery of 1200 dollars from the railroad station restaurant on Sunday. Railroad police searched for a former employee who disappeared. city detectives were asked to assist in the investigation.
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New Haven
Tim
Wilkins to Make Hourly Observations during Flight
Seattle dispatch details Captain George H. Wilkins of the Detroit Arctic Expedition planning hourly sun altitude observations using a bibite sextant with built in horizon. The method adapts Sumner lines for polar navigation, offset by declination to estimate position and reduce errors in the Arctic twilight.
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Seattle
George HB. Wilkins
Detroit
American Geographical Society
Wilkins
Navy
Summer
Merchant
Sumner
Cilburn Miller
School of Surveying
Wilking
Earth
Arctic
Greenwich
Miller
North Pole
Polar Sea
Cascarets Laxative Ad Claims Quick Relief
An old ad promotes Cascarets laxative tablets to ease bilious, constipated feelings. It stresses gentle liver stimulation, clear heads, sweet stomachs, pink tongues, and refreshed skin with no griping. Directions and multi‑person use are listed on each box.
Catholic College Receives $50,000 Gift in New Haven
A $50,000 donation to Albertus Magnus College in New Haven was announced by the college advisory board. Rev Ty Lawson Riggs, Yale chaplain, said the gift will fund a chapel. Sister Isabela, the dean, described plans for colonial architecture to match campus buildings on Prospect Street, on the former Stoddard estate.
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New Haven
Albertus Magnus College
Ty Lawrason Riggs
Tosman Catholic
Yale University
Isabela
Prosepect Street
Louis E. Stoddard
Hartford City Campaign Endorsements Set
Hartford Republicans plan to back John A. Gleason town clerk and Colonel E. E. Lamb controller in the city campaign. Democrats will endorse Charles H. Siocurd town treasurer and Otis Harte tax collector after their meeting.
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Hartford
Republican Town Committee
John A. Gleason
E. E. Lamb
Democratic
Charles H. Siocurd
Otis Harte
Japanese Married and Divorced by Proxy in San Francisco
In San Francisco on March 10, Tokichi Yamasaiki, a Boston merchant, was revealed to have both married and divorced by proxy. His brother acted as groom when the marriage began in 1920. A year later the wife returned to Japan. she later visited her parents and refused to come back. A court heard documents claiming a proxy divorce effective last May.
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San Francisco
Calif
Tokichi-Yamasashi
Boston
Ught
Yamasaiki
Japan
Kamasiki
Deasy
Yamasiki
Woman 92 Credits Midnight Pie Diet for Longevity
New Britain reports Mrs. Mary Sutliffe, aged 92, attributes her long life to midnight repasts of pie and cream. Though bedrid due to old age, she says she has never had a sick day, and relatives confirm her habit of late night pie and cream until recent years.
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New Britain
Mary Sutliffe
Walnut Street
Lily
Contestants in Letter Writing Fight for Lead
Six points separate the top eight in the Sunday Post Evening High School letter writing contest as week six standings are announced. Harry Sheridan Jr leads by one point and has the most possible points without a weekly award. If a weekly prize had been won every week the top score would be 26 with honorable mentions. six prizes have been issued, Sheridan still leads. Francis Ryan and Michael Meisher close behind for third, three points back, as prize dictionaries are promised to leaders by the Post Publishing company.
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Harry &. Sheridan, Jr
Harry Sheridan
Francis Ryan
Michael Meisher
Natalie Haberlin
Ted
The
Sunday Post
Post Publishing Company
Francis Hyan
Samuel Dick
Mary O’shea
Michael Fleischer
William Rudd, Jr
Wilcoxson death mystery solved in New York
Wealthy sportsman Martin Wilcoxson died after a fractured skull at Harlem Hospital following a fall outside a restaurant. Michael Carway, friend of Wilcoxson’s son, provided information to police, saying the pair had been drinking and Wilcoxson fell, striking his head.
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New York
Martin Wiles van Buren Wilcoxson
Michael Carway
Wilcoxson
Carway
Coughlin
Way
Harlem
Col Coolidge Weaker Yet Cheerful From Vermont News
Plymouth Vermont March 10 Col Caltonel John C Coolidge father of the President is slowly ebbing yet remains cheerful and looks forward to a long distance telephone talk with his son in the White House. A hard winter in the Vermont hills hindered the year old horse and recent days brought heart irregularity causing concern.
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Plymouth
Caltonel
John C. Coolidge
White House
Vermont Hills
Roan
Famine in Honan Described as Worst in China
A central dispatch from Tianjin reports hundreds dead and thousands starving in Honan amid a famine described as the most horrific in China's history. The message notes widespread hunger and missing food supplies across the region.
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London
Honan
Tient Sin
China
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