Farmers' Union and the Tobacco Pool
The article analyzes the Kentucky Burley and Black Patch tobacco pooling movement led by the Equity and Burley societies. It describes Night Rider intimidation, rising prices to eleven cents, and the 1907 1908 consolidation that gave the pool control over Burley sales. It notes political and legal maneuvers, independent firms crushed, and looming collapse as open market pressures grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regio
Black Patch
Pla
Kentucky
Tennessee
Beckham
Patterson
Ku Klux
Little Corporation
Burley Pool
Burley Tobacco Society
American Society of Equity
J. Campbell Cantrill
Equity Society
Clarence Lebus
Burley
Burley Society
Tobacco Company
Lexington
Farmers’ Trust
J. Campbell Cantril
New Castle
Henry County
Liquidation Effort Fails Amid Board Dissension
A liquidation plan collapses as internal disputes divide directors. The board could not reach consensus on key asset sales, delaying creditors and triggering further internal reviews. Company officials remain committed to orderly dissolution pending new negotiating terms.
Henry County liquidates city warehouse firm in Eminence
Directors representing 480 shares of Henry County City Warehouse Co met in Newcastle and voted 477 to 3 to liquidate. Stockholders faced losses, with $15 per $100 invested, as a plan to build a warehouse faltered amid discontent and litigation. The piece also recounts John Allen's tobacco pooling loss from 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County News
Henry County City Warehouse Company
Arthouse
Newcastle
Commissioner of Agriculture
M. C. Rankin
Campbell
Eminence
Office crowd gathers as majority attend Monday
About 200 people filled the Kaelby Record office on Monday with only two attendees unable to be present, highlighting strong turnout and routine operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaelby Record
Hidden riches ahead of project for Pan American rail link
The article argues that building the Pan American Railway from New York to Buenos Aires requires about 185 million dollars, with 200 miles of track still to lay beyond the Panama region. It describes South American opportunities and American capital aiding development across Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador, foreseeing an intercontinental route completed in coming years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Buenos Ayres
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Panama
Brazil
Chile
Argentine Republic
Ecnador
South America
Pan-American Railway
New York
Pennsylvania
Northwestern
Burlington
Hinton Rowan Helper
United States
A. J. Cassatt
Andrew Carnegie
Central
Henry Gassaway Davis
America
North America
Americas
Wright
Frederic J. Haskin
Cape-to-Cairo
Africa
Napoleon
Ceciliodes
Nile
Congo
Asia
Europe
Vladivostok
Cairo
Mudken St. Pepemmare
Paris
Jerusalem
Holy Land
The Secret of Success: Eight Small Business Lines
An advertising pamphlet promises practical guidance on starting eight different lines of business with capital under ten dollars. It urges ambitious readers to pursue independence and promises a refund if the claims are not met, noting a limited number of customers.
Bryan engages Helen Berger in forthcoming nuptials
The Lincoln romance of William Jennings Bryan and Helen Berger moves forward with family support. Bryan, a Nebraska State University sophomore, will finish college before marriage while Berger pursues studies and music. The article also reflects on Pan American rail projects and future economic linkages across the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Lincoln, Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Helen
Berger
Venice
Young Bryan
Nebraska State University
Miss Berger
Pan American Rail Link Outlook Across Continents
The piece discusses a Pan American railroad spanning multiple continents with projected costs around 185 million and 3 700 miles of track. It envisions links from Africa to Europe, Asia to Africa, and Alaska to East Asia, arguing such a network would unite civilizations and boost tourism while noting freight challenges and limiting through traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Incendiaries Fire Church at Symmers Corner
Early this morning incendiaries attacked the Presbyterian Church at Symmers Corner four miles south of Hamilton. Mrs. J. B. Haverland spotted the blaze and a bucket brigade prevented total destruction. Exterior damage estimated at 300 dollars. no one was hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Symmers' Corner
J. B. Haverland
Uniform grain grading rules adopted nationwide
The National Grain Dealers Association voted in St Louis on October 17 to adopt uniform grading rules. Grain exchanges across the country will be required to implement the standardized standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis, Mo
National Grain Dealers’ Association
Hains Brothers Indicted for First Degree Murder
New York October 17 Indictments charging Captain Peter C Hains Jr and T Jenkins Hains with murder in the first degree were handed up by the Queens County Grand Jury at Flushing. The killings occurred at the Bay Side Yacht Club in August and involve the two brothers with T Jenkins Hains accused as a principal though he did not fire the shots. The DA plans arraignment next Tuesday and a trial date of November 9. Witnesses did not include Mrs won or Mrs Hains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peter C. Hains, Jr
T. Jenkins Hains
Queens County Grand Jury
Flushing
Gy ZL
William HB. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
P. C. Hains
Annis
Hains
Reverend A H Corbett to Fill Hamilton Pulpit
It was announced that the Rev. A H Corbett of Sidney Nebraska will be called to the vacant pulpit at Trinity Episcopal Church in Hamilton. He arrived in Hamilton today to assume duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
A. H. Corbett
Sidney, Neb
Trinity Episcopal Church
Amrohup’s Flight Ends in Tragedy
YARMOUTH England Oct 17 German balloon Hergesell picked up in the North Sea. No sign of the occupants and two aeronauts believed to have perished. Hergesell found floating half deflated 100 miles northwest of Heligoland by the Norwegian steamer Naddod and brought here.
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Yarmouth
England
North Sea
Heligoland
Berlin Balloon Races End in Tragedy as Airship Falls
Berlin observers report a series of accidents during the Sunday and Monday events with several mishaps. The Herge fell incident marks the only fatal airship death among the balloons in the scheduled races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hergefell
Troops Fire on Rioting Steel Workers in Turin
Rioting steel workers in Turin prompted military intervention today. Troops were deployed and fired on the mob, killing three men as order was restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turin
Burley Tobacco Society Faces Dilemma Over 1906 07 Crops
The Shelby County paper reports the Burley Tobacco Society debates marketing the 1907 crop before the 1906 crop is sold. With 22 million pounds grown and drought of buyers, members fear breach of pooled contracts and rising storage costs if the society delays liquidation.
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Burley Tobacco Society
Tobacco Society
Seamen form international Seamen's Christian Brotherhood
The American Seamen's Friend Society in New York launches the Seamen's Christian Brotherhood to unite sailors of all nationalities. Headquarters are set in New York with branches planned in Britain, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, and Belgium. Regular conventions will address seafarer needs, shipping reforms, and better reading material and quarters at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York
Globe
American Seamen's Friend Society
Seamen's Christian Brotherhood
American Society
Institute For Seamen
American Seamen’s Friend Society
Brotherhood
Great Britain
Germany
Denmark
Italy
Sweden
Belgium
Seamen’s Christian Rotherhood
Seamen’s Christian Brotherhood
G. McPherson Hunter
Wall Street
Luetgerts End Tragically in Spectacular Self-Destruction
Arnold Luetgert, brother of Adolph L. Luetgert the Chicago sausage maker, killed himself at Higin Tl while attracting a crowd at an amusement park by firing three shots into the air and then a fourth into his own head. He had followed his brother’s sensational murder trial and varied careers as butcher, schoolteacher, and real estate man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arnold Luetgert
Adolph L. Luetgert
Higin
Luet
Adelph
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmers’ Union and the Tobacco Pool
Informa
Mathews
Shelby Record
Shelby
Equity Trust
John Ll. Mathews
Atlantic Monthly
Bremen
American Tobacco Company
Navy
Willson
Burlex
Henry
Henry County Tobacco Warehouse Company
John Allen
Mr. Allen
John C. Allen
Shelby County
Allen
Pan-American Railroad
Canal Strip
William J. Bryan, JR
Miss Helen Berger
Will. Pass
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Northern Pacific
Hill
Rockies
Pittsburg
Baltimore & Ohio
Cassatt
Harrison
Ing
Alaska
East Asia
Rocky Mountains
Australia
Orient
Occident
Pullman
Guana Church
Symmes Corner
St. Louis
Israel Zangwill
Brothers
Amrohip
Sailors OF World
Christian Brotherhood
Luetgert
Killa
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