Bones Found After Butler Fire Incinerates De Armond Home
Representative David A. De Armond and his grandson Waddle perished in a Butler Missouri blaze that also left the congressman’s son James A. De Armond and a daughter safe. Bones believed to be the congressman’s were found as neighbors and other occupants escaped. The fire began about 3 a.m. with unknown cause. De Armond had served in Congress since 1891 and was known for fierce floor clashes including a noted fight with John Sharp Williams.
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David A. DeArmond
Congress
Waddle
de Armond
Butler
Gressman de Armond
James“a. de Armond
James
Congressman DeArmond
Williams
Blair County
Pennsylvania
Butler, Mo
Washington
Life Term For Cleminson In Chicago Murder Case
Dr Haldane Cleminson was found guilty of murdering his wife Nora Jane Cleminson at their home on May 30. The Rogers Park physician received a life sentence after a jury in Judge McSurely's court deliberated under three hours with four ballots. The case involved a burglary tale that police later deemed false, and investigators questioned Cleminson's claimed illness.
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Haldane Cleminson
Nora Jane Cleminson
McSurely
Chicago
Rogers Park
Cleminson
Wayne Avenue
Paul Hullhorst
Clemenson
Alexian Brothers’ Hospital
Six Die in Brooklyn Fire at Havens Place Tenement
A daylight blaze swept a crowded Havens Place tenement Brooklyn killing six and injuring ten. Police say most victims were Italian residents. two women one man and three children aged two to four were found burned beyond recognition while another woman is missing. A former actress Miss Florence Bishop 60 was found dead by fire at Smokehouse near Lockport New York suspected suicide. James P Scott 35 and his 42 year old son smothered near Lynchburg Virginia under a wagon load of leaf tobacco.
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Havens Place
Brooklyn
Florence Bishop
W. A. Haviland
Lockport
N OY
Eulaide
James ,P. Scott
Lynchburg
Meat and dairy prices rise while vegetables dip in city checks
Journal reports meat and dairy products cost more than last year while vegetables are cheaper. Dressed turkeys vary by section with young birds selling 25 to 28 cents per pound and older birds averaging 20 cents.
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Rhaghaniis
Meat and Dairy Products
Lowell and Pickering Debate Observatory Role
Prof Lowell says Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff will distribute international planetary news. Prof Pickering of Yale University counters that not all astronomers will use his observatory as planned and denies disagreement, noting many disagree with Lowell on oxygen in Mars atmosphere and Saturn’s rings yet he has never belittled Lowell’s work.
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Lowell
Pickering Diangree
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
International Planetary News
Pickering
Yearvard University
Mara
Prof
Senator Aldrich Sparks Minneapolis Monetary Reform Speech
Senator Aldrich electrified a Minneapolis gathering with a symposium style speech on monetary reform asking many questions. The New York Episcopal diocese convention adopted Morgan’s suggestion for suffragan bishops. The American Society of Municipal Improvement chose Erle, Pennsylvania for the next meeting and elected Fullan Kendrick of Birmingham, Alabama as president.
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Aldrich
Minneapolis
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York Episcopal
American Society of Municipal Improvement
Erle
Fullan Kendrick
Birmingham
Ala
The 3-Cent Piece Mystery and the Slot Machine Company
The text explains a long-standing issue with 3-cent coins once common in the United States. It details how a Chicago electrical manufacturing company stored many 3-cent pieces in vaults after government coinage stopped, and how pay stations using dime slot machines led to coins being redirected. It notes exchanges attempted for dimes, the eventual acceptance of 3-cent pieces as dimes, and forecasts about future collector pricing while the original slot machines were retired.
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New York Sun Rays
Electrical Manufacturing
Chicago
Diverse Facts From International Trade And Science
Prince Edward Island lobster catch totals 20 million. England sees 1 260 090 boxes of Tasmanian apples arriving in excellent condition. Suez Canal receipts for nine months reach 17 768 000 dollars with 1908 and 1907 figures of 16 020 000 and 17 268 000 respectively. Ivy H E Woodward admitted MRCP, first woman. British wheat prices lift farmer crop rearrangement, England wheat acreage up 12 percent. British Columbia draws investors over coal, minerals, timber, population expected to rise. Honey bee, flowers form an intoxicating honey trap. U S buys Canadian lambs about 1 million yearly 1906–1908. FY 1909 near 500k. New York and Colorado ports key entry points. Inventor patents flashlight on smaller algae and pocket pistols for police use at night.
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Prince Edward Island
England
Ivy EH Woodward
Royal College of Physicians of London
British Columbia
Canada
United States
London Globe
New York State
Poor John the Philadelphian Revisited After Years Away
A Philadelphia native long-ago resident of a northern Pennsylvania town returns home and recalls old acquaintances. He asks about the Hoover family as an old friend recounts Tom Hoover becoming an actor out west, Bill finding some success as an artist in New York, and Mary pursuing literary work, while John himself never amounted to much.
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Pennsylvania
Lippincotts
Hoover
Tom Hoover
Bill
New York
Mary
John
Rehearsing Firat Golfer and Second Golfer in Hamlet
Rehearsing scene involves Firat Golfer-Who's the turf remover and Second Golfer- Fie's an actor who plays the gravedigger in Hamlet. Firet Golfer wishes he could rehearse somewhere else, according to Punch.
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Firat
Fie
Thanksgiving trade gains and broad business progress in Chicago
R G Dun reports robust Thanksgiving sales across leading retail lines and rising industrial demand. Insolvent payments fall, trading defaults decline, and bank demand remains strong. Shipbuilding orders grow while iron brass electric and furniture industries expand to meet urgent needs. Prices hold firm, lumber demand rises, and agriculturists prosper. Local securities sales exceed last year. new building permits and realty activity advance. Bank clearings rise 18.2 percent versus 1908. Failures in Chicago district 23, with seven creditors over 5000.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Chicago Railroad
Retail Trade Boosted by Cold Weather and Holidays
Cold weather and the holiday run uplift retail trade and improve purchasing, with wholesale activity showing some cross currents that may restrain full expansion. Industrial reports indicate large outputs for the season, though demand for finished goods remains steady. Bradstreet's notes US business failures at 211 for the week ending Nov 26, down from 232 the prior week and below figures from prior years. Canada reports 24 for the week, compared with 29 last week and 35 in the like week of 1907.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Commodity price table for livestock and grains across cities
Rates for cattle hogs sheep and grains in multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Cincinnati and New York with price ranges for wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs and potatoes. Includes shipping and quality notes such as No 2 white No 2 mixed and standard grades.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
North
Cincinnati
New York
Sugar Scandals Force Broad Government Cleanup At Ports
Government frauds at customs houses nationwide prompt a plan for a sweeping overhaul led by Secretary MacVeagh and Attorney General Wickersham. Undervaluation and under weighing have deprived the Treasury of millions, with New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco cited as affected. A congressional probe and charges of conspiracy surface as 22 New York assistant weighers are implicated alongside other indicted officials. The magnitude of the scheme and its long duration raise expectations of a major reform.
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MacVeagh
Sam
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
San Francisco
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Sugar Trust
Wickersham
Washington
Congressional
New York Customs House
Wilbur F. Wafleman
Union activity and labor history in New York and New England
A compilation notes pay raises for Color preasmen in New York City and voting for union leadership. It outlines mine accident fatality data in Britain and long-term toll on workers, plans for unified stone unions in Minneapolis and St Paul, and possible affiliate moves. It mentions Sousa offering to lead Boston Musicians band, upcoming Journeymen Takiors Union elections, and a monument drive for Frank B Monaghan. It also cites foreign workers in Pennsylvania industries, and early 19th century New York workingmen’s ticket.
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Color Preasmen
New York City
Cigarmakers’ International Union
Great Britain
John Philip Sousa
Monster Band
Boston Musicians' Protective Union 9
F of L
Boston Musicians' Union
Journeymen Takiors' Union
United States
Frank B. Monaghan
Boston
Mass
International Union of Steam
Canada
Pennsylvania
Unnion
New York
Russia
Hungary
Spain
Ebenezer Ford
Chronology of Historic Events from 1652 to Early 1900s
A dense list of historic milestones spanning 1652 to early 20th century. Key items include Massachusetts protection of Maine, Oglethorpe’s Georgia voyage, 1755 Atlantic earthquake, 1776 Cornwallis at Fort Lee, 1807 ship collision losses, 1829 Camden fire, Napoleon III’s election, 1861 Pensacola bombardment, Gettysburg dedicatory speech by Lincoln, 1863 Connecticut New York partition, 1868 Knights of Pythias lodge, 1870 Duke of Aosta Spain, 1874 Empire sinking, 1882 Texas University cornerstone, 1889 Brazilian republic, 1896 Ontario women lawyers, 1904 statue unveiling, 1907 Oklahoma statehood, and Haiti revolutionary activity.
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Maine
Massachusetts
James Oglethorpe
England
Georgia
North America
Canada
West Indies
Connecticut Courant
Hartford
Millers Hill
Boston
Cornwallis
Hudson
Fort Lee
Rochedale
Dublin
Camden
S. C
Napoleon III
Pensacola
Fla
Connecticut
New York
Prince of
Nez Perce
Idaho
Ontario
United States
Panama
Frederick the Great
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Haiti
James Gayley
United States Steel Corporation
Germany
Foreign Office
Moonshine butter taxes spark fraud fears and loss
A discussion notes that a 10 cent per pound tax on taxed colored oleomargarine invites fraud. Uncolored oleomargarine bears a far lower tax, spurring illicit production in major eastern and midwestern cities. The piece argues oleomargarine is wholesome and cheaper, urging enforcement to curb evasion and federal revenue loss.
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East
Middle West
Uncle Sam
Treasury Names McClung and Ane Drew to Mint Roles
Lee McClung sworn as United States Treasurer and A Platt Aney drew named director of the mint in Washington. War Department to begin experiments firing at aircraft with cannon to study aerial defense. Speaker Cannon plans to press Congress to investigate Congressman Parsons’s accusation that "Uncle Joe" allied with Tammany.
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Lee McClung
United States
A. Platt Ane Drew
Mint
Washington
War Department
Speaker Cannon
Congress
Parsons
Joe
Tammany
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Lisstze
Queer Stories
Colorado
Custom House Service
Stone Masons’ Union of
Minneapolis and St. Paul
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