American Smelter Stock Sees Large Increase and Name Change
The American Smelter Exploration Company filed in Trenton to raise capital from 54500000 to 77000000 and to change its name to American Smelter Securities Company. The week also saw funeral notices, a homicide suicide in Lincoln Nebraska, Italian naval budget approval, Nan Patterson freed from the Tombs, with district attorney Jerome decrying media influence on justice. The events reflect financial, crime, political and legal notes from the era.
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American Smelter Exploration Company
Trenton
N. J
American Smelter Securities Company
George EB. Broderick
Aurora, Sr
Mr. Broderick
Chicago
Peter Kathelser
Grace Townsley
Volunteers of America
Lincoln
Neb
Italian Council of Ministers
Ministry of Marine
Nan Patterson
Tombs
New York
Caesar” Young
Misa Patterson
Jerome
World News Nuggets From Early 20th Century Briefs
Numerous brief items report a Hessian fly damaging Nebraska wheat, a tornado and hailstorm hit Marlow Illinois wrecking homes with loss of life, and a lightning strike kills Mrs A R Burns in Elkhart Indiana. Emerson Bennett, aged 83, dies in Philadelphia. McKinley Memorial approves a mausoleum design by McGouigle. Bulls kill nine girls near Villamanrique Spain. Miss Emma Eggebrecht dies after a bout of coughing. Gmabo police expose copper discs sold as gold by J A Bilby. George D Blake in San Francisco suffers hypnotism related illness linked to Maud von Ireitag. US army transport Buford runs ashore at Mindanao. crew lands and ship to be refloated. Edward Gottchalk faces death penalty after guilty plea in murder and robbery in St Paul Mingo. Canada considers sending men into Maine to cut log booms on St John River. United Steel Workers seek wage scale restoration to 1903-04 levels with 10 to 20 percent gains. Irpins Dixon, a 9-year-old, is praised for saving a Rio Grande train from a rockslide. parents express gratitude at Rio Grande offices in Denver.
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McKinley National Memorial Association
H van Burne McGouigle
Villamanrique
Seville
Spain
Emma Eggebrecht
Gmabo
J A Bilby
Quitman
George D Blake
San Francisco
Maud von Ireitag
United States Army
Buford
St. Juhn
Maine
New Brunswick
St. Lawrence
American Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Detroit
Mich
Lero
Irpins Dixon
Rio Grande
The
Rio Grande Railway
Denver
Colo
Gouldpa
President Roosevelt visits Chicago amid strike tensions
President Roosevelt arrived in Chicago at noon on a 12 and a half hour visit. A large security operation with 450 police and additional detectives protected the route from Northwestern station to the Auditorium, as leaders from Merchants Hamilton and Iroquois clubs greeted him. He addressed labor leaders’ appeal on the strike, urged respect for law, and in a banquet at the Iroquois Club touted federal oversight of corporations and railroads while reaffirming national power and Monroe Doctrine commitments.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Gov. Deneen
Dunne
Merchants
Hamilton
Auditorium
First Illinois
United States Secret Service
Police Department
Hamilton Club
Merchants’ Club
Iroquois Club
Shea
Teamstera
Respct
Deneen
Molecule
Saal
Petatelte
Congress
Panama Canal Commission
Murat
Panama
Extradition Hearing for Green and Gaynor to Be Heard
Green and Gaynor, U S government contractors long in hiding in Canada, have again lost in Canadian courts. The extradition case now proceeds to a merits hearing to determine whether they should be handed over.
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Green and
Gaynor
United States
Canada
Train Ditch Near Ashfork Kills Santa Fe Engineer and Fireman
A Santa Fe passenger train running from San Francisco was ditched near Ashfork in Arizona. Engineer Richter and Fireman Morton were killed in the wreck.
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Santa Fe
San Francisco
Ashfork
Ariz
Richter
Morton
Tornado Devastates Marquette Kansas Killing Dozens
A violent tornado ripped through Marquette Kansas overnight, destroying residential areas within ten minutes. At least twenty four people were killed and nearly one hundred injured as wooden homes collapsed and roofs were torn away, while frightened residents fled to safety.
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Marquette
Kan
England and Japan clash as France warned over neutrality
A London Times report warns France to heed Japan’s plea over neutrality in the Far East. Tokios dispatches claim Japan’s anger grows at France’s handling of Russian Pacific activity near three miles. Tokyo Asahi accuses France of false neutrality assurances and calls for strong action. Japanese officials in London suggest France delayed action to aid Rozhdestvensky, who is said to move through French waters. News from Tsingtau and Hongkong supports Japanese claims of Russian leverage and French inaction.
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London! i Times
Far East
Lansdowne
Tokio
London
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Japan
Rojestvensky
Tsingtau
Vanfong
Handhohe
Three Kings
Vanfong Bay
Daily Telegraph
Toklo
Honkode
Times
Japanese Chamber of Commerce
Hongkong
Saigon
Destructive Kansas tornado leaves town in ruins
A Kansas tornado devastated Marquette in McPherson County, wrecking businesses and homes. Many residents searched debris for loved ones as physicians arrived from nearby cities to aid the injured. A two year old, Ruth Goelling, survived unharmed when the cradle was lifted with the roof and set down intact. The town, a farming center, faced extensive destruction with streets blocked by debris and uprooted trees.
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Balina
Ruth Goelling
Marquette
McPherson County
Kansas
Curious disparate notes on notable figures and trivia
A playful collection of brief blurbs about prominent figures and places. It mentions Sir Not Assey, the Shab of Persia knitting silk stockings, England's chancellor’s farming hobby, Earl Cawdor as a railway man, Kaiser Wilhelm a necktie collector with an 18-piece collection, Lord Crawford visiting the West Indies for a scientific cruise, a monument to M Waldeck Rousseau in Paris, George Elgood praised as a top garden painter, counts of commoner surnames in Parliament, Walter Hedgecock succeeding Manns at Crystal Palace, and Grand Duke Paul of Russia needing a special bed due to height.
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Persia
England
Admiralty
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Lord Crawford
West Indies
M. Waldeck- Rousseau
Tuileries Garden
Paris
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Elgood
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Smiths
Thomases
Balfours
Wilsons
House of Commons
Walter Hedgecock
August Manns
Crystal Palace
London
Paul
Russia
Colossal New York Central Station Plan Unveiled
Details of a vast New York Central terminal proposed for the block-wide area between Forty second and Fifty seventh streets Madison and Lexington Avenues reveal nine suburban tracks and 22 express tracks plus baggage mail and express lines totaling 43 tracks The main entrance sits on Forty second Street with a grand ticket lobby and a 160 by 470 feet express concourse under Madison and Lexington avenues The project predicts a cost of 20 to 25 million dollars and includes electrification plans and a loop for suburban dispatches Also noted are a legal issue in Peru and Peru certificates of celibacy and a government suspension of a law in Lima plus a Catskill water supply warning with Lake Erie or Adirondacks as alternatives
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New York Central
New York
Madison
Lexington
Avenues
Forty-second Street
Grand Concourse
Lexington Avenues
Grand Central
Tornado Ravages Snyder Oklahoma Rips Through Town
A severe tornado devastated Snyder Kiowa County Oklahoma near the Frisco line. Reports indicate up to 100 dead or more with about 300 injured as the storm struck around 11 to 12 pm. The Frisco railroad dispatched a relief train from Chickasha with doctors and supplies to aid survivors.
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Hobart
Oklahoma City and Western Railway
Kiowa County
Oklahoma
Kiowa and
Comanche
St. Louis
Nyder
Bryan Snyder
Guthrie
Mountain Park
Anadarko
Frisco Railroad
Chickasha
J. M. Egan
Quinlan
Woodward County
O. W. Cox
New Jersey Plans 91 Million Mosquito Fight
New Jersey to spend up to 91 million to combat mosquitoes as a state problem. Legislation provides state aid for first and second class cities and smaller municipalities with marsh lands. Funds cover abatement costs, mosquito eggs and larvae destruction, and drainage, plus stocking ponds with insect eating fish.
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New Jersey
Boards of Health
New Jeep Picond
All Around the Gioba Recall Shifts Editor to Rome
Mgr F Marchetti long time editor of the apgafolie ds fgation in Washington DC has been recalled to Rome Bergerman Brothers lighting at Pueblo Colorado damaged 85000 by fire sparked from an exploding gasoline engine Three Lick Observatory expeditions to observe the solar eclipse in August ready to depart with routes to Labrador Egypt and Barcelona Spain
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Mgr. F. Marchetti
Apgafolie Ds Fgation
Washington, D. C
Rome
Bergerman Brothers
Pueblo
Colo
Lick Observatory
Labrador
Egypt
Barcelona
Spain
Were Good for Both Basaine aise mes 15 Special
In the neighborhood men and women report great benefits from Dodd's Kidney Pills. A couple, Mr. and Mrs. F. Erby, praise the remedy for backache and female weakness, noting the husband’s weak bladder also improved. The ad claims healthy kidneys equal health throughout the body and that women with healthy kidneys do not suffer female weakness.
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Thia
Dvydd
Mia
F. Erby
Dodd
One Woman Urges Message as Morning Visitor Arrives
In a brief Houston Post excerpt, Mrs Acrid speaks of a singular request to Maria as a room fills at 8 a m. The exchange hints at a domestic scene or early morning confrontation, focusing on a cautious, emotion-laden moment.
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Mrs. Acrid
Maria
Houston Post
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