No Crop Movement Impacts Tobacco Districts In Kentucky
Reports from the Burley district show many tenants plan to leave for Ohio Indiana and Illinois as house goods and farming implements are advertised for sale. District boards say 5 000 of 100 000 pledged acres under no crop in 1908. Emigration and litigation threaten landlord tenant relations amid strong anti tobacco sentiment across counties.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Burley
Ohio
Indiana
Mllinois
Winchester
Kentucky
Taft Says American Rule in Philippines Worthy, Optimistic
Special Dispatch reports Secretary Taft’s nine year review of U S occupation in the Philippines. He cites progress in governance and justice, a local desire to keep American troops, and the potential for future development. He favors tariff-free Philippine goods access, mining property moves, a Philippine bank, and exemption from coastwise laws.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Manila Bay
Taft
Archipelago
Congress
Philippines
William McKinley
United States
Vanderbilt Heiress to Wed Count in Fifth Avenue Mansion
Miss Gladys Moore Vanderbilt will marry Count Laszlo Szechenyi in a noon ceremony at the Vanderbilt town house on West Fifty eighth Street New York. The guest list is small with no attendants, and a seated breakfast with Nahan Fransko’s orchestra will follow. The couple plan most time at the Hungarian count’s Castle Dermexoe in Ormacs Hungary.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt
Laszlo Szechenyi
Mer. M. J. Lavelle
Nahan Franhko
Cornelius and
Alice C. Gwynne -Vanderbilt
Newport
R. I
Laszlo Jena Maria Henrik Simon Szechenyi
Ormacs
Hungary
Vanderbilt
Metropolis
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-second
Fifty-eighth
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Bank Closed for Liquidation after Withdrawals and Rumors
New York January 26 Comptroller Ridgely ordered the National Bank of North America closed for liquidation and Charles Hanna named receiver. Heavy deposits exits followed persistent rumors. the bank owed $2,200,000 to Clearing House, and the liquidation aims to pay all depositors in full with assets totaling $8,737,827.90.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
William B. Ridgely
National Bank of North America
Charles Hanna
National Bank Examiner
W. F. Havemeyer
Clearing House Association
Havemeyer
W. B. Ridgely
National Bank of ‘North America
National Bank
Charles W. Hanna
United States
Panama
Bank House
Wiliam A. Nash
Mrs Eddy Moves to Brookline Estate in Secret Transfer
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy founder of the Christian Science Church was secretly moved by special train from Pleasant View Concord to the Lawrence estate in Brookline Massachusetts, with her household attendants. The arrival at Chestnut Hill Station drew a guarded, ceremonial greeting as six men kept watch and Eddy settled in her private room.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Mary Baker G. Eddy
The
Christian Science Charch
Pleasant View
Concord
N.H
Chestnut Hill
Brookline
Christian Science Church
Boston& Maine Railroad
Boston & Albany Road
R. Ashton .Lawrence
Lawrence
Commonwealth Avenue
Major City Water Main Break Sparks Flooding in Garfield Area
A 35 inch water main burst on Garfield Place between Race and Elm streets unleashing a several hour flood that covered blocks and damaged cellars. Water Works crews struggled to shut off supply due to broken cutoffs while Dr H W Morgenthaler reported a geyser at his curb and nearby buildings showed cracks and settling. Estimated city losses exceed $50,000 with reconstruction planned for the broken pipes and basements in the affected district.
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Garfield Place
Race
Elm Streets
H. W. Morgenthaler
Water Works Department
Police and Fire Departments
Gas and Electric Company
Vine Street
Central Avenue
Court Street
Garfield Park
Eighth and
Vine Streets
Broadway
Eighth
Mound Streets
Dr. Morgenthaler
Morgenthaler
Josephine Lawson
D. R. Robinson
Court
Vine
H. A. Smith
Emma King
Death Card Lying Face Up Foreshadows Fatal Chamber Murder
Police report jealousy over a girl sparked the fatal Chamber murder of Sotor Mitre 23 at 89 Plum Street. Cousins Macedonians Mike Janes and Nicholas Jones, both in the United States six months, quarrelled over the woman. A four of spades death card lay face up as officers searched for Jones who fled toward New York City.
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Sotor Mitre
Plum Street
Nicholas Jones
New York City
New York
Canta
Mike
Janes
Mitre
Cameron
Jones
Cincinnati Mail Caukos Rifled in New Orleans Robbery
Thieves held up a United States mail wagon from Cincinnati and other northern points on the Queen & Crescent route. They rifled at least two mail sacks, reportedly securing about $5,000. The driver and helper were unharmed and detained by police for questioning.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
United States
Cincinnati
Queen & Crescent
Post Office
Butler County Fair May Lose $800 Over Protest
In Hamilton Ohio on January 26 a protest signed by more than 1,000 people seeks to block the $800 annual state payment to the Butler County Fair Board over alleged statutory violations. A protest against the local society’s representation at the State Board meeting is also filed. Chris Pabst, elected secretary, declined the role and was replaced by C. A Kumler who is not a board member.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Butler County Fair Board
State Board of Agriculture
Ainst
Chris Pabst
Rday
C. A. Kumler
Whip Farmer Who Sold Tobacco
Hopkinsville Kentucky January 26. Keston H Rodgers a farmer near Era was visited by about seventy five night riders who called him from his home at midnight and whipped him with a buggy whip Police said Rodgers a member of the association had sold his tobacco outside the group after a warning Several shots were fired into his house and all telephone wires were cut during the incident
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
Keston H. Rodgers
Era
Rodgers
Association
Manhattan Limited Train Sideswiped in Xenia Yard
Train No. 26 known as The Manhattan was sideswiped by a road engine in Xenia Ohio yards at 1055 pm Saturday. Julia Bishop of St Louis, a millinery buyer, suffered four broken ribs after being thrown from her berth. No other injuries were reported. Damage exceeds $1000.
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Commercial Tribune
Xenia, O
Manhattan
St. Louis
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