A Week of Calamities and Political Moves Across Nations
A meteorite struck near Muskogee Oklahoma killing two horses and embedding itself. A New York suicide by Mrs. Eleanor Cowper echoes a friend’s recent death. Secretary Root denies a Japan China treaty while violence headlines include murders in Vermilion South Dakota and robberies in Kansas City. International rows surface over Japan America Pacific relations and a looming alliance while finance and industry face fires and losses from Red Lake Falls Minnesota to Winchester Kentucky.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Frank Smith
Eleanor Merron Cowper
St. Regis
New York
James H. Wallick
Mra
Christina Clark
Vermilion
Manshoshter
Winchester
Red Lake Falls
Minn
Findlay
Ohio
Frank H Hitchcock
Tafta
Hitchcock
Flint
California
Roosevelt
Herman Billek
Pomoner
Mix Billek
Global unrest and legal clashes ripple across Europe
Reports describe unemployment and protests in Britain with cities like Dublin Liverpool and Birmingham seeking relief funds. Australia’s high court invalidates a pro labor tax law while France's Chamber condemns anti Dreyfus protests. Russian revolutionary Nicholas Tschaikovsky gains bail amid international interest.
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Great Brita
Rome
London
Glasgow
Ublin
Liverpool
Sheffield
Birmingham
Asquith
Highest Court of
Australia
Agricultural Instrumenta
Chamber of Deputies
Major Dreyfus
Court of Cassation
Nicholas Tschaikovsky
St. Peterzburg
England
America
Friends
Wis
Rockefeller Testimony Outlines Rise of Standard Oil Empire
In New York a large crowd hears John D. Rockefeller recount his rise from the early refineries to the Standard Oil Company. He describes how rivals were bought, absorbed, and carved into a vast network, including the Empire Pipe Line through Pennsylvania Railroad, as he explains the company’s expansion and market control.
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John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Farge
Frankin Ferris
New York
Oil Company
Miss
Tarbell
John D. Archbold
Senator Foraker
Company of
Ohio
Rockefeller Combine
Ofl King
H. B. Rogers
Mr. Rockefeller
American Lubricating Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Empire Pipe Line
Seaboard
Standard
Fanptre
Ty Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Empire Concern
Sardinia Steamer Disaster Kills Nearly 200 At Sea
Fire destroys the Ellerman Line steamer Sardinia as she sails from Valetta to Alexandria. Nearly two hundred passengers and crew perish amid panic, with many leaping overboard or trapped as flames surge in strong wind near Grand Harbour. Rescue efforts fail to reach all in time.
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Ellerman Line
Sardinia
Alexandria
Egypt
Valetta
Malta
End of Tobacco War Brings Kentucky Growers Victory
After years of night-rider depredations and trust pressure, the American Tobacco Trust closes a deal with the Barley Tobacco Society, uniting about fifty five Kentucky counties. The five year settlement yields 20 percent cents for the 1906 crop and 17 cents a pound for 1907, with $14 million in cash and 80 million pounds of barley tobacco flowing into circulation in Central Kentucky. The growers, organized as a cooperative, gain bargaining power and end a era of suppressed profits.
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American Tobacco Trust
Burley Tobacco Society
Kentucky
United States
Barley
Trust
Barley Tobacco Society
American Tobacco Company
New York
Peril on the Atlantic as Santinia Aids Nearby Vessels Fail
The Santinia left Liverpool November 14 bound for the Mediterranean with a crew of forty four and about twenty first class and six second class passengers. Swift tugs attempted to assist but high seas and strong winds prevented approach. Many Levantine Maltese and Egyptian passengers reportedly crossed Malta to Alexandria, lodging on deck during the four day voyage amid crowded conditions hindering orderly clearance.
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Liverpool
Mediterranean
Malta
Alexandria
California fight ends in deadly death in sociological garden
A clash in a San Francisco sociological garden led to one man's death as police investigate. Nearby, an Oklahoma statewide count shows Bryan leading Taft by 13 357 votes. Reports note battleship defects confirmed by a Newport canal conference. Other items include deaths in Paris and Mississippi, a St Louis tenement fire injuring two children, a missing man found dead in Greenville, and a large loss at Wells Brothers department store in Litchfield Minnesota with 48 000 insurance.
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Elkn
San Francisco
Cal
Guglielmo Ferrero
Oklahoma
Bryan
Taft
Keyes
Newport Canal
Mra
Matthew Birchard
Frank H. Mason
Pans
France
Florida
Sidney Street
St. Louis
Wiliam A. Biggs
Greenville
Misa
Biggs Wells Brothers Company
LitchGeld
Minn
Burley tobacco pool yields price gains amid production curtailment
The Burley tobacco trust faced price pressures and crime as farmers split from the pool seeking independent sales. A recent deal averaged nearly 19 cents a pound, achieved by cutting production and not raising crops. Lawlessness erupted in several counties with threats and property damage, while officials partly tolerated depredations. Officials expect the pooled crop to end disturbances and shift most growers to next year’s crop.
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Burley
Becaure
Teo
Burley Society
Burney Socely
Kentucky
Swiss Balloon Wins Long Distance Prize
The official award of the long distance balloon race went to the Swiss machine Helvetia for first place with the English balloon Banshee finishing second.
Neff Pushes Food Seller Licensing Plan
In Philadelphia Dr. Joseph F. Neff of the Health Department urged licensing all people handling food and related workers such as garbage collectors and tenement house conductors. Licenses would be issued by the Health Department with power to revoke for sanitary violations.
Lamphere Guilty of Arson in Gunness Case
Ray Lamphere is found guilty of arson after a 26 hour jury deliberation in Laporte Indiana. Judge John C. Richter sentences him to an indeterminate term of two to twenty one years in the penitentiary with a $5,000 fine. The verdict reflects a compromise with jurors split on murder in the second degree. Lamphere maintains innocence and expresses luck at the light punishment.
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Ray Lamphere
Laporte
Ind
John C. Richter
Lamphere
Mra Gunness
Belle Gunness
Massachusetts Firms Embrace State Insurance and Annuity Plan
Employers across Massachusetts adopt the State savings bank insurance and annuity system to offer cheap rates for workers. Agencies opened via Whitman Ravines Bank under Brandeis influenced law enabling an old-age provision experiment. Brandeis notes prospects for American linen to benefit from this pension approach while avoiding British pension acts.
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Massachusetts
Whitman Ravines Bank
Louis D Brandeis
Charities
Brandeis
Masanchnaeus
Farmers' Calliece on Wheels Farm Lecture Train
The first Pennsylvan ia farmers special left Philadelphia for a three day eastern tour. State College of Agriculture representatives will lecture at stations on soil fertility dairy output livestock care seed corn testing and alfalfa cultivation. No advertising or sales, only farmer aid.
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Pennalvania
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Atenrried
State College of Agriculture
College and education news from changing posts and grants
Dr R B Copeland resigns from Michigan faculty as he joins New York Hemeopathic College. Prof Richard C MacLaurin of Columbia becomes president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Minnesota plans new anatomy building after fire. Chinese education commissioner Liang Ching Kwai arrives in Chicago to set up a school for Chinese children funded by China and local merchants. Rockefeller funds Richmond College expansion to a Baptist university with state Baptist support.
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R. 8. Copeland
New York Hemeopathic College
Willent
University of Michigan
Richard C. MacLaurin
Phan
Columbia
Maseach Institute of Technology
Southern Shnnesota
William Edgar Beison
Kansas City Board of Education
Liang Ching Kwai
Chicago
America
San Francisco
New York
Minnesota Board of Regents
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Richmond College
Richmond
Baptists
Rockefeller
Peruna touted as cure for long standing catarrh
Evanston resident Miss Sophia Kittlesen writes she suffered catarrh for twenty five years with a bad cough and poor health until Peruna. She credits Peruna with curing her chronic catarrh and improving health and recommends it to friends. Peruna tablets offered as alternative form with exact dose and a 1909 almanac.
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Sophia Kittlesen
Evanston
Thorough English Etiquette Tests for Domestic Servants
The wealthiest Briton is described as obsessively exact about personal domestic service. Servants are rehearsed in manners, appearance, and even calf size, with hosts evaluating their every move like breeding a horse or dog. Masters and mistresses judge groom, bearing, and card handling before hiring.
Absurd Beliefs About Hedgehogs From Olden Times
The article recounts ancient legends about hedgehogs possessing powers. It describes tales of hedgehogs climbing fruit trees to shake fruit down and impale it on spines before carrying it away. It also mentions the belief that hedgehogs milk cows at night.
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tim Aé@linn
Living Advertisement From a Coffee Substitute Testimonial
A reader recalls health problems from coffee and credits Postum as a cure. She details indigestion, nervousness, and insomnia, says stopping coffee led to headaches then a successful switch to Postum, and calls herself a living advertisement. The letter promotes Postum Co from Battle Creek Michigan with a note to read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellvine
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