Bankruptcy case details of Albert Crosby in Chicago era
Albert Crosby, once wealthy in Chicago with ties to the Gi house and Me Avoy Trewing company, faced bankruptcy proceedings here. The petition lists few assets including clothes and a mansion, with real estate valued at 30 000 and debts to his wife for advances, plus large judgments in Chicago and Indiana totaling hundreds of thousands. He reportedly lived on labor and timber ventures, with a history of large debts and fleet contracts, amid a complex set of creditors and legal actions.
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Various 1899 notes on gifts wars crime and science
A noisy jumble of 1899 items covers charitable gifts totaling around 33 million annually, American fleets at Manila and Santiago with Dewey commanding 1743 sailors and Montijo 1724, and curious anecdotes about Dewitt leaving a $40 000 fortune to a single nephew. Also noted are a crow incubator project in Brookville and South Carolina student John Swearingen’s college excellence. Trinidad adopts wireless with Tobago 24 miles away, and Prof De highlighting a new vacuum casting steel process that may yield stronger metal. Various oddities and legal cases appear, including a judge’s contempt finding and an eccentric husband seeking to bar his wife from contact.
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Doings of a Week Condensed World News Review
A digest of global happenings from the past week notes U S exports at 1.224 billion dollars for the fiscal year, rising postwar trade activity, and growing postal volumes. Also covered are political and social events including corporate incorporations, a New York jail fire, a drowning in Putnam Connecticut, and public notices of strikes, floods, and notable deaths.
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Welcome for Fronia DFot Volunteers Parade in San Francisco
Crowds cheered as California signal corps and Gregog volunteers marched through Market and Kearny streets toward the Presidio. Soldiers set to two to three weeks of camp life under military discipline before final muster and return north by train.
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National Tube Company Formed In Steel Consolidation
A major steel and iron consolidation led by William Nelson Cromwell and C Converse creates the National Tube Company with an $80 million capitalization. The new entity, after absorbing wrought steel and tube interests, aims to dominate global markets, employs about 25,000, and projects yearly earnings of $6–7 million with $3–3.5 million in annual savings. Corporate and manufacturing centers will be New York and Pittsburgh.
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Strikers Win as Pittsburgh Coal Concedes 5000 Jobs
United Mine Workers president Mitchell says a telegram reports buffalo Noehester and Pittsburgh Coal Co concedes strike terms. Five thousand miners to return to work immediately, with a 2.44 cent per ton wage advance for machine mined coal, aiding central Pennsylvania district 2 mining towns.
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Bold state rally opens Baptist Young People's Union session
Dr P M Henson of Chicago spoke on Disciples Indeed as the convention opened in the auditorium at the exposition grounds. John Th Chapman of Chicago was elected president with Ey J Mishap New York W W Garner Atlanta McNeil Pastey Ontario as officers. About 4000 attendees and delegations arrived by train. next year’s convention will be in Cincinnati with funding secured to cover costs and international speakers.
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Three Cent Fares Prompts Political Debate In Detroit
A Detroit report notes three cent streetcar fares announced on fronts of cars, tied to plans to sell the city’s street railways to a municipal company. Gov Tingree and Tom Johnson influence public opinion, with critics arguing such fares and ownership won’t cover costs or the 17 million price, and may revert to current owners.
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Reunion of Confederates at Tupelo Draws 6000 Crowd
The John M. Simonton Camp led a Tupelo Confederate Veterans reunion with about six thousand visitors. The event featured addresses by Col. Russell and Gov. Stone, music, a long procession, and a large barbecue. Other notes include reflections on Jefferson Davis and Mississippi military history, plus local civic and political items.
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Queen Arrives With Heaviest Gold Cargo This Year
Seattle July 12 The steamship Queen arrived from the north Tuesday morning carrying the year's heaviest gold cargo. About 25 Klondikers held the precious metal as it was moved in twelve express wagons from the steamer to the safes and banks. Heacock led with 1000 pounds of dust worth 250000, an old Yukon veteran whose two-season output came from the Ronan claim. John Wilkinson of San Francisco had 50000, having staked a claim on Dorado creek after Carmack's Bonanza discovery. Dorado proved the richest of the claims.
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Review of Trade and Disturbances Across The Nation
Trade review notes a 14 to 17 percent rise in business volume versus last year and a 735 point increase over 1892, with exports of staples improving and food trade strong. several failures this week, including the Middlesex County bank shortage of up to 105,000, alongside immigration reaching a high 314,011 for the year. Meanwhile Hatfield surrenders in West Virginia after the feud escalates, lockjaw deaths rise in New York, and a Manhattan elevated railway contract is awarded to a Milwaukee firm for eight steam engines.
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A Man of Prudence Speaks on Hard Times and Marriage
In a Washington Star excerpt, a wary tradesman recalls aiding a widower named John who built a cyclone cellar, found steady work, and planned marriage to Widow Allen. The tale, set amid cautionary thrift, links practicality to secure future plans and farm upkeep.
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Shape of an Anesthetic and a Traveling Doctor Tale
An anecdote recounts a Bath area sighting of an itinerant eye specialist who described removing and reattaching a patient’s ear as an unseen anesthetic lesson. A Detroit humor slice follows with a Oklahoma court joke about a train incident and a surgeon’s cautionary quip on progress.
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