Mystery Bank Window Balance Sparks Town Frenzy
A crowd gathers at Lombard National Bank as a notice records Mr T Fillmore Ballaine’s fluctuating balances from £680 to £2,209 over two weeks. The tale follows Ballaine’s bold financial gambit with Penny, lawsuits, options, and the eventual closure as the balance vanishes from the window.
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Lombara National Bank
T. Fillmore Ballaine
Lombard National Bank
Ballaine
Ballaroe
Mr Penny
Penns
Penny
Infrequent Birthdays Plan Leap Day Event in 1904
The Berlin Society of Leap Year Children will observe their common birthday on February 29 1904 as an official leap day celebration. President Herr Monteur, now a septuagenarian, has had only seventeen birthdays in seventy years and hopes to mark his eighteenth birthday and seventy-second year with colleagues.
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Berlin
Herr Monteur
Vesuvius Emissions Rain Harm Plants
Vesuvius releases vapor rich in hydrochloric acid leading to rain that damages vegetation and crops in surrounding areas. Local scientists warn of ongoing environmental impact and potential long term effects on soil and wildlife.
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Vesuvius
Rubber as Peru's rising wealth source
Peruvian rubber is seen as a future wealth mainstay for Peru. A writer notes the material's potential economic impact while a curious aside mentions football youths calling girls in full evening dress "half backe" as a local quip.
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Peru
Dedication of Nancy Hanks Monument in Indiana
The Nancy Hanks Lincoln monument in Lincoln City Indiana is completed and ready for dedication on October 5. It uses stone from Lincoln’s gravesite at Springfield Illinois and will be hosted by the Nancy Hanks Memorial Association with Gov. Durbin and state officials invited and a Roosevelt invitation expected.
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Lincoln I
Springfield
Lil
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln City
Ind
Nancy Hanks
Roosevelt
Figures on Anthracite Strike Costs and Revenues
President Mitchell estimates the number of strikers and dependents by district and weekly revenues from each district under the workers' contend. Districts in Pennsylvania and West Virginia list totals for miners on strike, dependents, and district contributions. Estimated anthracite field expenses reach 500000 with district and local assessments totaling 400000 in the figures.
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Mitchell
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Milner takes governorship of Transvaal at Pretoria
Reported in a dispatch from Pretoria Lord Milner has assumed office as governor of the Transvaal after serving as British high commissioner in South Africa during the war. Curzon cites heavy rains in famine districts and shrinking government aid. Boxers in China spread fear as an American missionary notes a destroyed Methodist chapel and ten Chinese converts killed in Sze-Chuen. Pepper, Cuba commissioner, reports worsening Cuban industrial conditions and unemployment ahead of next year’s crop. Russia withdraws from foreign government of Tien-tsin, shifting resumption of Chinese control to others. India records plague deaths at 852,000 through March 1902, with total possibly near 1,000,000 and cases rising early in 1902.
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Lord Milner
South Africa
Pretoria
Transvaal
Gen. Curzon
India
Ching
Sze-Chuen
China
Charles M. Pepper
St. Louis
Cuba
Tien-tsin
Pe-chi-Li
eNith
End of Chicago freight handlers strike ends in return to work
The Chicago freight handlers halted their walkout at noon Wednesday after a mass meeting. They voted to return to the freight yards, seek reinstatement, and negotiate terms with officials. President Young of the Teamsters Union blamed some executives for the failure, while President Curran praised union gains and urged solidarity. The decision followed talks with the State board of arbitration and railroad officials.
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Chicago
Young
Teamsters Union
Teamsters’ Union
Curran
State Board of Arbitration
Charman Job
Union Agai
State Board
Job
Stnkers
Mo O
Chicago Board of Arbitration
Corn Deal Closes In Record July Corn Settlement
Chicago dispatch reports Gates & Co settled with Harns Gates for millions of bushels ending the July corn deal. Prices fell sharply after settlements became known and markets panicked with quotes dropping from 60 to 20 cents. Gates claimed profits near 15 cents per 25 million bushels, asserting bold wagers to drive the market.
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Chicago
Sara
Harns, Gates & Co
Gates
Sapcent
Goly
Onéea
Chicago Dispatch
Samuel Scotten
Shorts
Fading Fads and Headlines Stir Public Call for Calm
In this period piece a chorus of social and political references critiques rising prices and public discontent. Notes include Mayor Jonese fasting, possible strikes, crowded steamship excursions, Chicago packers shipping to Austria, and Aguinaldo’s platform contrasted with dime museum appeal. Jesse Morrison, a Kansas murderer, receives a twenty five year prison sentence amid a cascade of sensational commentary.
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Jonese
Chicago
Austria
Townsend House Used as Temporary Executive Mansion
The Townsend house in Jackson place Washington has been taken by Secretary Cortelyou for President Roosevelt as a temporary executive mansion. It is a four story building with twenty rooms. the first floor will be the President's office and the upper floors will house the President's household. The dining room is described as among the finest.
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Townsend
Jackson Place
Washinston
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Eochambeau
City Home Enlarged Before Vacant by Owner
In Washington Mia Townsend bought a property where the house was enlarged and improved before she deserted it for her spacious new dwelling in a stricter residential area than Jackson Square. The Roosevelts are unlikely to use the rented building much as the President is with his family at Oyster Bay and plans to return only after White House renovations are finished.
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Miss Penny
Daily Record
Ballaine
Penny
Mr. Penny
Ballaines
Yorkshire
Perry
Ivanville
Fating
Penns
Dr. Johnson
Satan
Tle
Spacous
Washington
Mia Townsend
Jackson Square
Roosevelts
Oyster Bay
White House
England's New Premier A J Balfour Succeeds Salisbury
The retirement of Lord Salisbury ends the Victorian era in British politics. The new premier is the nephew of Salisbury, Arthur James Balfour, born 1848, who began his career in 1874 and guided Irish affairs toward pacification amid fierce opposition. He is widely liked and regarded as a capable statesman.
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BRL
A. J. Balfour
Lord Salisbury
England
House of Commons
Arthur James Balfour
Evish
Balfour
Ireland
Mr. Balfour
Passenger rate war looms in eastern traffic predicts officials
Indications point to a forthcoming passenger rate war in eastern traffic with Kalman named assistant auditor for the Chicago Great Western Railway based in St Paul. Fourth of July passenger business on Chicago roads soars, while railways expand systems and lawsuit actions unfold over property tax.
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Kalman
Chicago Great Western Railway
St. Paul
Chicago Roads
New York Central Railroad
Hall Signal Company
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Kentucky
Chicago and Northwestern
Milwaukee
Chicago
Lake Shore
New York
Hill
Great Northern
Mellen
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Davenport
Wash
Michigan Central Road
State of Michigan
Burlington Road
Illinois Central
Lie
Rock Island
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Essex Chambers
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Richmond
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Joan Nitchell
Enneylvania
Indiana
Mionts
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
Marsland
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Missouri
Chicago Freight Sien
Aguinaldo
Boston
Dime Museum
Jessie Morrison
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