Loan shark licenses and enforcement dominate city notices
Local officials publish the names of salary loan operators who paid $250 licenses in 1908 and promise enforcement. The eight reported licensees must file weekly reports and face fines or raids if they fail to comply, while a separate list names those who have not paid.
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Bert Morris
Bor Horton
C Salary Loan Company
Ken Wentworth
John Mulholland
Interstate Investment Company
von Bargen
Angither
L. H. Banning
Swh Gge Company
Pasa & Frelsena
People’s Loan Company
Capital Loan Me
Euro Company
Port au Prince Crisis Ends as Alexis Flees on French Ship
Amid riot and protests in Port au Prince, Nord Alexis surrendered power as mobs demanded his removal. He escaped aboard the French warship Duguay Trouvin after French and foreign officials intervened. General Legitime proclaimed president as insurgents march on the peninsula with 5000 troops. A royal salute marked Alexis's departure while crowds jeered and rioted at the harbor.
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Port AU
Princs
Alexis
Duguay Trouving
Fevolutioniste
Antoine Simon
Legitime
M. Carteron
Hippolyte
Mov.ee
Nord Alexis
Pees
Independent tobacco men meet in Cincinnati to plan Burley distribution
About fifty independent manufacturers gather in Cincinnati to apportion Burley tobacco for 1906 and 1907 after an accord with the American Tobacco Company and the Society of Equity. The meeting seeks stronger organization to counter the trust and ensure supply for independents amid rising local breaks and limited hogsheads.
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Cincinnati
American Tobacco Company
Society of Equity
Burley Tobacco
Equity Society
American Tobacco
Manufac Raye
Kentucky
Ohio
Cincinnati Tobacco
Linton
G. M. Booker
G. M. Booker Tobacco Company
Lynchburg
Booker
Siince
Winchester
Lynchbut
Wrongful Diversion Suit Alleges $50 000 In Tobacco Funds
A planter association in Kentucky faces a receiver action over alleged misapplication of funds and tobacco proceeds. Plaintiffs seek accounting for more than 20 000 hogsheads of tobacco delivered to Paducah prizers and warehouses from 1906-1908, claiming officers and partners diverted money to personal use and resisted delivery.
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Commercial Tribune
Paducan
Deeca
Planters’ Protective Association
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Asso
Coun d
Lee Walters
T. Areenwell
Ha Willett
J. Me FuRer
T. Bondurant
G. Ewing
General Maregers
B. Cales
George Sneden
Reasurer
Iney
Edund
McCrack County
Paducah
Abruzzi Plans Expedition With Scientific Equipment
The Duke of the Abruzzi is preparing an expedition and has ordered scientific instruments for the purpose with great care. Reports say he sent telegrams on Monday and Tuesday to communicate with his agents.
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Tur
Abruzzi
Tugeday
Princess Seeks Divorce in Parisian Gates Case
A woman files for divorce citing hardship and seeking support. The case mentions angina and involves parties connected to Parisian Gates. Details are sparse but indicate a formal marital dissolution request.
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Angina
Iren
Dynamite At Boyd's Point Demolishes River Bank In Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff Arkansas residents report that at 1 o'clock Thursday morning dynamite was used at Boyd's Point, the riverfront end of a long strip around which the Arkansas River bends. The blast targets the bank to divert the current and lower flood risk, as heavy and dangerous banks have endangered nearby holdings.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
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Dayton
Haytian
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Prenem Legatian
Onan
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Burton
Palace
Alexle
Pers
Tieters Aml
Haydan
Taft
Secretary of Treasury
Cleveland
Theoadore Burton
The
Treasury
Patt
Mr. Burton
Charles B. Taft
Equitable Tobacgs
Henderson
General Assembly of
Madison
Ewan
Worktig
Elkins
Duke
Arkansas
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