Vast array of late 19th century news items and notes
A jumble of items touches on a blizzard and tidal toll in the East, New York drownings, rail grafts, a Topeka court ruling on bank guaranty, Alberta fears, Dr Cook’s Mount McKinley dubious claim and other scattered reports and quotes from newspapers.
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New York
Chelsea
United States
Pollock
Topeka
Kansas State Bank
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
KR B Bennett
Calgary
Explorers’ Club
Dr Cook
Mount McKinley
December New England Storm Tops Decade Toll
A fierce northeast gale and a 17 foot tidal wave ravaged New England with extensive wreckage from Hull to Biddeford. Homes, warehouses, and boats were destroyed. several lives were lost and the region faced widespread damage and power outages as cold weather and snow impacted the Northwest and East Coast.
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New England
Chelsea
de Toutaseless
Hosten
Hull
Bensen
Jowest
Biddeford
Prontea Neck
Old Orchard Ferry
Camp Elite
Biddeford Pool
New
Aged Pastor and Wife Slain in Cel lar Murder Scene
Rev William Ritter and his elderly wife were found murdered in their home near Elnora. The woman lay in the sitting room with hair disheveled and no marks on her body, while the minister lay at the foot of the stairs. Police seek Joseph Mackley, a railroader, as the suspected killer after a shooting at the Hunt residence injured Stephen Hunt and his wife.
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William Ritter
Aifoe
Elnora
Milford Ketcham
Whatheide oSe
Tome
Mero
Moe Rootar
Refoam
Phws
Daviess
Moe Raeney
Honuke
John W
Loteriof
Apayow
Elizabeth Fistec
Toledo Malden
Atv
Toledoy
Stephen Hunt
Joseph Mackley
Hunt
Mackley
Mansfield
Hunt Home
Gotham Debt Per Capita Tops U S Cities at 142.52
New York City's net indebtedness for 1907 far exceeds other major cities, more than seven times the next highest, with a per capita debt of 142.52. Cincinnati Boston Galveston Pueblo Newton, and San Francisco show varied high levels as census figures reveal. Detroit stands near the lower end among large cities.
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New York City
United States
Census Bureau
Quincinnati
Boston
Galveston
Pueblo
Newton Mass
San Francisco
Detroit
Grand Duke Nicholay to direct affairs in Finland
Grand Duke Nicholay Nicholaievitch, second cousin of the emperor, designated to take full and direct charge of affairs in Finland as the region's leadership shifts. The report notes ongoing political changes across European centers and the balance of power in northern territories.
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Grand Duke
Nicholay Nicholaievitch
Finland
Republic of Siberia
United States
Vancouver
New Westminster
B.C
London
Booth
Salvation Army
E.army
Trolley Car Falls Into River at Seymour Son
A trolley car derailed after jumping a switch by the Nangantic River near Seymour Son in a storm, plunging forty feet to the river bottom. Motorman Kredi Beard and Conductor Marcus Donovan drowned. five passengers escaped to Own Indian School. Haskell Institute in Kansas is offered to the state for a day trade school. legislature to fund maintenance and allow white students to attend. Death to the Rabbit in Hans reports a monster rabbit drive in Decatur County. Colonel James Gordon named temporary successor to United States Senator McLaurin. new senator is 76 and led the Second Mississippi Cavalry in the Civil War.
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Nangantic
Seymour
Sonn
Kredi Beard
Marcus Donovan
Reate
Haskell Institute
United States
State of
Kansas
H. B. Peaks
James Gordon
Noel
Mississippi
McLaurin
Second
Mississippi Cavalry
Flames Kill Seven Children In Sykes Villa Fire
A coal stove overheated sparking a blaze at Stephen Hronosky’s home in Sykes Villa. The fire spread to mine powder causing a massive explosion that killed seven children aged 1 to 7 and fatally injured three others, including a boarder and Bronosky family members who escaped by leaping from a second story window.
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Stephen Hronosky
Sykes Villa
Bronosky
Airship Sails to Peak in High Altitude Flight
Reginald Weatherby 21? years old from Spanaway Lake near Tacoma completed a three year aviation effort. He and two companions circled Mount Rainier at nearly 15000 feet then skimmed over snowfields. MIT graduate Weatherby claims a new undulating plane system replaces propellers, achieving 120 mph with smooth operation.
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Reginald Weatherby
Spanaway Lake
Tacoma
Weatherby
Mount Rainier
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Children Die Of Fire In Pratt Home Ablaze
Mrs Henry Blanton left her Pratt Kansas house to speak with a neighbor and returned to a mass of flames. Her three children Roseby five, Martie two, and Margaret two were burned to death as the house collapsed burying them. Mrs Blanton and a neighbor summoned aid but no one else was near.
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Henry Blanton
Pratt
Kas
Roseby
Martie
Margaret
White named education director for Philippine Islands
White has been appointed director of education for the Philippine Islands to replace Dr. Barrows who resigned. He previously served as assistant director of education at Manila for years, is a Nebraska native and University of Chicago graduate. Louisiana plans to adopt methods from Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas, teaching every pupil in agricultural high schools with a four Northwestern States curriculum. This marks the first year agriculture is taught with system and practical work in Louisiana high schools.
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Louisiana
Harvard
Sander
Lowell
At & m
Graduates’ Club
New York
Prat Yohn Dewey
Inycollige
Duns Weekly Review of Chicago Tyalesays
The season of good will shows signs of business prosperity with heavier bank payments and brisk Christmas trade across retail districts. Heavy apparel and luxuries sold briskly, prices high but buying surged, sustaining consumption near normal production. Bank clearings reach 278,198,238, up sharply against 1908 and 1907. 34 district failures noted, with 11 over 5,000.
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Duns Weekly
Chicago
T Fm
Holiday trade drives heavy retail sales and factory restocking
Holiday trade dominates the week with unusually strong retail activity across regions except parts of the South. Winter goods sales rise aided by cold weather, country districts improve, jobbers and manufacturers stock take. Wholesale trade eases while finished steel orders stay robust. US failures total 264 that week vs 273 prior.
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United States
Canada
National Grain and Livestock Price Snapshot by City
Chicago and major markets report cattle hogs sheep and varied grain prices. Prices span Chicago Indianapolis St Louis New York Buffalo Toledo Cincinnati with ranges for wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and live stock values across shipping and local trade.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Salim Aiodates
New York
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