Railways Win Ruling On Two Cent Fare and Freight Rates
Judge McPherson ruled Missouri two cent passenger fares and maximum freight rates are not remunerative, upholding a state challenge to rail line charges. The decision followed long arguments and expert testimony, with government and rail interests presenting data on local traffic profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
McPhergon
United States District Court
Frank Hagerman
Threfty
McPherson
Hadley
Hagerman
State of
Missouri
Negro Ahumberer Put to Death in Sing Sing
William Jones, a 4 Negro, was executed in Sing Sing prison after three electric shocks. Accompanied by Rev. S. E. Jones, he killed Llewellyn Bunn in Hempstead Nassau County on September 1, 1907. He and Bunn worked in a Hempstead livery stable. a quarrel at a negro resort led to the shooting and subsequent arrest in Jamaica, Queens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing. Ossining
N. Y
William Jones
Sing Sing
Jones
S. E. Jones
Llewellyn Bunn
Hempstead
Li I
Nassau County
Bunn
Boon
Jamaica
Queens
Bachelor Leaves $500000 in Chicago Death Notice
Death of Harry B. Shaw, former Chicago Board of Trade member, was reported from San Antonio Texas. He was seventy four, a lifelong bachelor who built a produce business fortune worth about $500000. Most of the estate goes to his cousin 8 P Bradley of Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harry B. Shaw
Chicago Board of Trade
San Antonio
Texas
Shaw
8. P. Bradley
Milwaukee
Explosion at Dupont mills near Wilmington kills one
An explosion at the Hagley yard of the Dupont Powder Company destroyed two mills near Wilmington Delaware. One man, George Whitman aged fifty, was killed and several others were slightly injured. The blast occurred when an experimental barrel exploded. The surrounding area was shaken for miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Hagley Yard
Dupont Powder Company
Ere
George Whitman
Mexican rancher killed after lassoing man on hacienda
Thomas Ocampo Jr and his brother Adolfo, sons of a local merchant, hunted on a hacienda near Aguascalientes. They refused to leave when ordered by foreman Jose Alonzo. Adolfo was lassoed and dragged to the ranch house, and Thomas shot Alonzo three times, killing him instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aguascalientes
Mexico
Thomas Ocampo, Jr
Adolfo
Jose Alonzo
Thomas
A Boys Carnegie Promotes Cooperative Bank Scheme
Saucerman of Des Moines launches a national movement to aid boy businesses. He offers to put one dollar into a bank for every dollar placed at interest by a boy member of a Trimmer Club. Boys must pledge not to smoke or drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
S. Saucerman
Philanthropiet
Saucerman
Tornado kills dozens and devastates Brinkley Ark district
A violent tornado struck Brinkley Arkansas killing at least thirty and destroying the town of 4000. White and black deaths are reported with extensive property loss over a million dollars. Relief trains from Helena Forrest City and other towns rushed doctors nurses and fire crews as rails and waterworks failed and the storm tracked toward Barcum Kerr and Lonoke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Brinkley
Ark
Porter Foote
J. L. Starrett
Henry Stoveall, Jr
Phillips
Belle Garden
Charles Frenze
Hood
Clara Rose
T. W. Bunch
Helena
Forrest City
Rock Island
Arkansas
Midland
Cotton Belt
T. N. Kinnell
Richards
Wheatley
Kinnell
Arkansas River
Fourche Dam
Barcum
Kerr
Lonoke County
Relaxing Rigor in Russia Abolishes Most Martial Law
In St. Petersburg the government moves to curb capital punishment and martial law in common crimes. The War Ministry circular to district courts martial calls for transferring cases to civil courts where feasible. The death penalty will be rare, used only in the gravest cases after thorough review. President Khomyakoff of the Duma pressed the reform on Emperor Nicholas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Judicial Department
Ministry of War
Nicholas
M. Khomyakoff
Duma
Inauguration Death Toll Hits Washington Parade
Massachusetts Coast Artillery soldiers in Washington for the inaugural parade suffered heavy losses from pneumonia and exposure. About 100 of 800 members are home ill, with several dead or dying, amid snow laden streets and inadequate lodging. The organizing body faces a financial shortfall from ball and concert revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Massachusetts Coast Artillery
Washington
National Rifle Armory
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
Josie Mansfield in Poverty in Sioux Falls
Josie Mansfield once the New York beauty linked to the Fisk murder is now about seventy, paralyzed, penniless, and dependent on charity. A fund seeks to place her in an old women home, but she favors a convent. Her Water town brother M D Flint died two years ago, leaving a cottage sold to settle his estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Josse Mansfield
New York
Edward Stokes
Jim” Fisk
Watertown
Mary Lawler
M. D. Flint
Florida's Neel 15 Laid At Brooklyn Navy Yard
In drizzle at the Brooklyn Navy Yard the keel laying ceremony for the 21 000 ton battleship Florida took place. Gladys Goodrich daughter of Rear Admiral Caspar F Goodrich fastened a silver horseshoe under the name plate with silver nails and helped bolt two thirty foot keel plates as officers including the admiral cheered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Florida
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Litle Gladys Goodrich
Caspar F. Goodrich
Navy Yard
Admira
Fatal Tenement Fire In New York City Kills Ten
A five story tenement at 374 Seventh Avenue in New York suffered a deadly blaze started by an incendiary, suspected Black Hand, killing ten people including several children and trapping dozens more. Firefighters rescued a family from a fourth floor cornice, with victims identified as Rosato Fillberti Contanzo Gruppi Evelyn Pasito Provenzio Placia Rosa Placia Mrs Josephine Travisano Lena Travisano Joseph Travisano Caroline Lamone and an unidentified man. The Travisano family perished in prayer, while a prior Black Hand threat tied to a harbor business was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Seventh Avenue
Jme
Black Hand
Rosato Fillberti
Contanzo Gruppi
Rosalio Fillberti
Evelyn Pasito
Provenzio Placia
Rosalio Filbert
Rosa Placia
Rosalie Fillbert
Josephine Travisano
Lena Travisano
Joseph Travisano
Caroline Lamone
Browning Murder Victim's Mother Dies in Adair
Port Huron Michigan Mrs Joseph Browning aged mother of Gideon Browning the Battle Run Methodist Church murder victim is dead at her Adair home. She had steadily declined since the horror and shock of the crazed minister Rev John H Carmichael who killed Browning dismembered his body and cremated it in the church store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
Joseph’ Browning
Gideon Browning
Battle Run
John H. Carmichael
Browning
Adair
Kansas Ban On Liquor Prohibits Sale And Manufacture
Kansas leads states by banning all sale and manufacture of alcoholic beverages Governor Stubbs signs a sweeping prohibition affecting druggists and physicians with no alcohol use for arts and sciences. The law faces opposition from some Prohibitionists who fear unintended bootlegging and social vice, while officials promise rapid, full enforcement and eventual victory for prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Ian
Kansas
Stubbs
Glaad
Attorney General
John Marshall
Supreme Courts
United States
Friends of Prohibition
Law Enforcement
Prohibition
Extra Session Called by Taft for March Fifteenth
President Taft issued a proclamation calling Congress to meet in special session on March 15 to consider tariff revision. He has stated his aim to secure tariff reform, though the proclamation itself does not state the session's object. The session will focus on the tariff as pledged by Republicans in their platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
Republican Party
Prison terms set for two high profile bankers in Brooklyn
Cpl Edward Earl Britton and Frederick H Schroeder once prominent public figures were sentenced by Justice Jaycox to Sing Sing for larceny of 4000 dollars from Eagle Saving and Loan. Britton faces fourteen months minimum Schroeder twelve months minimum with maximum four and a half years. The court noted their public office responsibilities and their downfall began with a South Dakota mining venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
W. Y
Edward Earl Britton
Watlandl
Frederick H. Schroeder
Port of
New York
Sing Sing
Supreme Court
Jaycon Brooklyn
Eagle Savi and Loan Company
Britton
Schroeder
Thomne Whitlock
Marenn
Raymond Street Jat
Eagle Company
South Dakota
Engie Company
Jaycox
Whitlock
Girl Slain by Highwayman Near Mount Washington
Baltimore resident Jennie Reid aged 21 and her fiancé Joseph Mueller were attacked by a pistol-armed robber while walking to Visit friends in Mount Washington suburb. Mueller surrendered money. the robber demanded Reid’s necklace, shot her behind the left ear, and fled as she died shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Jennie Reid
Mount Washington
Joseph Mueller
Mueller
South Avenue
Miss Reid
Suffrage bill rejected by Massachusetts Legislature
Bay State Mills Suffrage in Boston reports a bill to grant equal suffrage to women was defeated by the Legislative Committee on Constitutional Amendments by an 8 to 4 vote. Other items note a Salome injunction in Kansas City, a six month penitentiary sentence for Charles R. Terrell in New York, and various legal notices across major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valls
Joy Rider
New York City
Rosalsky
Charles R. Terrell
Mills Hotel No. 3
Terrell
Ruth Bryan Divorces Artist Husband in Lincoln Court
Ruth Bryan Leavitt, eldest daughter of William J. Bryan, obtained a divorce from W. H. Leavitt after testifying he failed to support her for over a year. She and her mother testified. no defense was offered and Judge Cornish signed the decree promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Ruth Bryan
William J. Bryan
W. H. Leavitt
Leavitt
Meat prices to fall this summer say Atlanta observer
J Ogden Armour, passing through Atlanta in his private car, predicted meat would be cheaper this summer. He blamed high current meat prices on rising feed costs and said corn prices should drop as feed costs ease, leading to lower meat prices later in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
J. Ogden Armour
McCurdy Sets New Silver Dart Speed Record at Baddeck
Douglas McCurdy piloted the Silver Dart eight miles in eleven minutes and fifteen seconds, establishing a new record in the Aerial Experiment Association flights led by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell at the Baddeck aerodrome in Nova Scotia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baddeck
N. S
Douglas McCurdy
Aerial Experiment Association
Alexander Graham Bell
Booneville Woman Dies by Own Action in Nashville Hotel
Miss Dot Thomas of Booneville Ark, daughter of E W Thomas, committed death by own action in a Nashville hotel. She follows her father who died by his own action three years ago. Venezuelan envoy to France says Gomez bans Castro and his wife from returning to Venezuela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endy Life
Miss Dot Thomas
Booneville, Ark
Nashville, Tenn
E. W. Thomas
Booneville
Castrol
France
Gomez
Castro
Venezuela
Pioneer pulp maker Remington dead in Watertown
A. D. Remington, eighty two, died in Watertown New York. He pioneered Northern New York wood pulp manufacture and the Remington Paper Company first to produce paper exclusively from wood. His 1887 Remington Mill 3B now belongs to International Paper, changing paper costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
N. Y
A. D. Remington
New York
Remington Paper Company
Remington Mill
International Paper Company
Broker Sentenced for Theft Of 72000 In Buffalo Stock Case
Harold G. Meadows of Meadows Williams Co was sentenced to Auburn prison for 3 years 6 months to 6 years 3 months after being convicted of stealing 72000 from William E. Silverspoon in a stock transaction in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Harold G. Meadows
Meadows, Williams & Co
Auburn Prison
Meadows
Wiliam E. Silverspoon
Pension costs rise with British old age program
The projected British old age pension expenditure for the coming year is $13,500,000, boosting civil service outlays. For 1908-09 civil service spending stood at $268,500,000. 1909-10 is expected to require $312,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Battleship Kearsarge Returns to Philadelphia Navy Yard
The battleship Kearsarge arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard signaling the end of its voyage around the world. The ship completed a historic circumnavigation under the U.S. Navy's flagship program with crew and officers reporting safe, orderly progress throughout the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearsarge
Batteship Kearsarge
Philadelphia Navy Yard
World
Oliver Named as Senate Candidate by Republican Caucus
George T. Oliver of Pittsburg was chosen by the Republican caucus in Harrisburg to succeed P. C. Knox as United States Senator. The move aims to fill the vacancy in the Pennsylvania Senate and House leadership.
Turner Congressman Dies in Connecticut Home
Washington report notes former Connecticut congressman Willcox died at his Essex residence. Born August 22, 1834 in Kilingsworth, Willcox was widely regarded as a leading public figure in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Washington
Willcox
Connecticut
Essex
Conn
Kilingsworth
Monument to Van Buren Proposal In Kinderhook
Assemblyman Callen introduces Albany bill to appropriate 25000 dollars for a monument honoring ex president Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook New York. The move highlights state interest in commemorating Van Buren in his birthplace village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callen
Albany
Martin van Bren
Kinderhook
N.Y
Kansas ends no-cent fare in legislature action
The Kansas Senate at Topeka adopted the Railroad Committee report which recommended the two-cent fare not be passed, ending the no-cent fare legislation in the Kansas Legislature at this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Senate
Topeka
Kane
Railroad Committee
Zeppellin Ascends in New Airship at Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin conducts a lift at Friedrichshafen Germany in the airship’s first ascent of the year The crew is drawn entirely from the army balloon battalion showcasing military air vessel development and national pride
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Army Balloon Battalion
Japs Win A School Victory In Assembly Fight
In Sacramento an anti Japanese bid to exclude Japanese from public schools failed as a bill neared final passage. An amendment to ban all Asiatics, including Chinese and Japanese, was defeated, preserving Japanese access to schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Big Wool Shipment Arrives in Boston on Meninon
The steamer Meninon from Melbourne brings 12,500 bales of wool valued at 1.6 million dollars. The consignors face a duty totaling 160 thousand dollars. The cargo is the second largest wool shipment ever received at Boston, stored below decks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Meninon
Melbourne
Australia
Fischer-Hansen Pleads Guilty to Bribery in NYC Case
Fischer-Hansen pleaded guilty to attempted witness bribery and was sentenced to twelve months in prison in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fischer-Hansen
New York City
Strawberries in Demand Grow After Short Supply
Strawberries remain in tight supply as demand improves and stock clears, keeping prices high. Retailers report scarcer imports and steady buying, with traders noting a cautious market for early-season berries.
Taft Salary Fixed At Seventy Five Thousand Dollars
Congress in Washington sets the President's annual salary at 75000 with no extra allowances for travel. The declaration confirms Taft's pay as the chief executive's fixed compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
United States
Congress
Washington, D. C
Lumbermen Urge Conservatism In Rail Regulation Debate
The National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association in Philadelphia passed a resolution urging conservatism in state and federal railroad regulation. The convention emphasized cautious policy toward regulatory actions affecting the lumber trade and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association
Philadelphia
Colonel Britton Guilty in Grand Larceny Case
Colonel Edward F. Britton and Quarantine Commissioner Schroeder were found guilty of grand larceny in the first degree for taking funds from the Eagle Sayings and Loan Company in Brooklyn New York. The verdict concerns the alleged theft of firm assets and implicates city officials in a major financial crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britton
Edward F. Britton
Schroeder
Eagle Sayings and Loan Company
Brooklyn
Roosevelt Hosts Tennis Cabinet Dinner in Washington
President Roosevelt hosted a dinner in Washington with his tennis cabinet, praising the royal support from members of the administration. The event highlighted unity and backing for his policies as the administration pursues its agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Nurse Finds Hidden Wealth In Late Miner Coat
A nurse at St Elizabeth's Hospital in Danville discovered more than $20,000 in bills and deeds hidden in the shabby coat of Daniel Sheridan, a coal miner who died recently. The found property includes deeds to two farms in Indiana, valued at about $200,000, prompting questions about custody and rightful ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
St. Elzabeth's Hospital
Daniel Sheridan
Clyna Park
Worthington
Ind
Cabinet Members Named in Wilson Administration
Franklin MacVeagh is secretary of the treasury, Knox is secretary of state, Dickinson secretary of war, Meyer secretary of the navy, Hitchcock attorney general, Wilson secretary of agriculture, Wickers tran t attorney general, Ballinger secretary of interior, Nagel secretary of commerce and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philander Chase Knox
Stair
Franklin MacVeagh
Treasury
Jacobo McD
Dickinson
George von T. Meyer
Navy
Frank WU. Aitchcock
Janes Wilson
Agriculture
George W. Wick Kerstrant
K. A. Ballinger
Interior
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Possum Hunters in Georgia Face Market Collapse
In Atlanta Georgia a so called Marsupial blind tiger regulates possum trade from March to October. If demand wanes the state may halt possum shipments for seven months as prices swing from fifty cents to two dollars ten. Prospect of big fortunes for Georgia possum hunters fades quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Atlanta
Stephenson Re-Elected by Wisconsin Legislature on 23rd Ballot
Stephen Stephenson was re elected by the joint assembly of the Wisconsin Legislature on the twenty third ballot, receiving 63 of 123 votes cast in Madison Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
United States
Issue Stephenson
Joint Assembly
Wisconsin Legislature
Brooklyn Housekeeper Held for Murder in Stove Death
Mrs. Marjorie Miles, housekeeper for William Johnson, 125 Walton Street, Brooklyn, was arrested at Flushing Avenue Police Station and charged with homicide after allegedly setting three year old Arthur Johnson on a hot stove to punish him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Marjorie Miles
Willian Johnson
Walton Street
Flushing Avenue
Arthur
Johnson
California Senate Adopts Resolution on Asiatic Immigration
In Sacramento the California Senate adopted a resolution urging Congress to enact an Asiatic exclusion law to bar Japanese and Chinese aliens. Senator J B Sanford attempted an amendment to deny Japanese the right of naturalization, but it was defeated 28 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Ifn Weu
Senate
Congress
J. 2B
Sanford
Wang Yotert
Women Suffrage Bid Rejected by Massachusetts Committee
A bid to grant equal suffrage to women failed in the Massachusetts Legislative Committee on Constitutional Amendments. The vote stood 4 to 0 against the proposal, ending the effort for now.
May Glue Ballot to Nebraska Women Will Vote Measure
Nebraska voters in Lincoln approve a constitutional amendment by 62 to 34 to grant women the vote in all elections. Waters-Pierce Oil Co. plans to abandon its refinery project at Vera Cruz, Mexico, per the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
White House
Lincoln
Neb
Waters-Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company Oil Abandon
Veracruz
Mexlco
Labor Leader by Jail in New Haven
Frank J. Mc Gee New England organizer of the National Iron Moulders Union reports to County Jail to begin a year sentence for intimidating strike breakers during recent labor troubles at MecLagan Foundry He arrived from Pittsfield after the Supreme Court sustained the jail term The Moulders Union votes to pay his salary to his wife during the term Mc Gee calls the sentence unjust but will serve it through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Frank J. McGee
New England
National Iron Moulders’ Union
MecLagan
Pittsfield
Supreme Court
Moulders’ Union
McGee
Taft Reverses Roosevelt on Navy Yard Closures
Secretary Meyer revoked Roosevelt’s order closing the Pensacola Florida and New Orleans navy yards. Louisiana and Florida congressional protests prompted Taft to rescind the measure, preserving the yards and instructing Meyer to carry out the reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Pensacola Navy Yards
Washington, D. C
George von L. Meyer
Roosevelt
Pensacola Fla
Becausc
Louisiana
Florida
Congress
Taft
Meyer
Killer Police Officer Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
Boston, Mass. Daniel Spillane, a policeman at Hanover Street Station, shot and killed his wife Doila at their home 177 London Street East Boston and then turned the revolver on himself. The woman died instantly. Spillane died later. He had been mentally deranged for over a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Daniel Spillane
Hanover Street
Doila
London Street
Spillane
War War Department tests aeroplanes by California Aero Club
A fragment of wartime notes reports the California Aero Club offering to conduct aeroplane experiments for the War Department. It also mentions a boy losing an eye in an accident in Connecticut, misdiagnosed illnesses at Brown University, a drowning in New York, a Lynn strike threatening 6000 shoe workers, a gas company presidency offer to George B Cortetyou, independent telephone firms planning a 2.6 million long distance line, and a March blizzard causing damage in Baltimore with telegraph poles down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Aero Club
War Department
Kenneth Winn
Winsted
Conn
Brown University
Providence
Parker
Herman Feikens
Lynn
Mass
Consolidated Gas Company
New York
George B. Cortetyou
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Balti
Sargents Adopted Children Case Drags On
Paris dispatches report Mrs Sargent case seeks mental evaluation after cruelty charges. Three adopted children Jean Ducasse born 1902 Versailles cared for in Brooklyn New York and London at Sargents expense. Magistrate appoints doctors to examine Mrs Sargent while authorities pursue proceedings.
Deposita 81200 Transacts 3800 and New Jersey theft plan
A man using the name Julian Gorden opened an account at a Paterson bank, made deposits including 1000 and 200, then a 2600 check from a New York bank was marked NC. He later drew 3800 on Paterson and cashed it in New York City while the 2600 item failed. The credited balance dropped to 1200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Gorden
Paterson
Main Street
New York
New York City
Boy imitates Washington cuts finger in mock cherry tree
Six year old George Guest of Bernardaville used a hatchet on Robert Palmer’s left hand to illustrate the famous tale. He admitted responsibility at once, saying it was his fault, and helped his injured friend home, telling Mrs Palmer the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Guest
Bernardaville
George Washington
Robert Palmer
George
Robert
Washington
Heavy damages awarded in Dobbs Escher railroad suit
After hours of deliberation a Camden Circuit Court jury awarded Walter Dobbs thirty thousand and Berton Escher one thousand dollars against West Jersey and Seashore Railroad for injuries when a train struck their team on April 4, 1908. The incident left Dobbs permanently injured, Escher badly hurt, the horse killed, and the carriage wrecked. Also reported are a famed stingy man known as Old Rogers leaving fifty thousand dollars in three New York banks, a man named Andrew Brown who shot himself after joblessness, Edward Dekkermann killed by a fast express near Lyndhurst, and the fifty-seventh wedding anniversary of Captain and Mrs. David W. Lenox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Dobbs
Berton Escher
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company
Camden
Dobbs
Escher
William Rogers
Long Branch
Old Rogers
New York
Old ‘Rogers
Lackawanna Railroad
Lyndhurst Station
Edward Dekkermann
Livingston Street
New York Express
David W. Lenox
Centre Street
Trenton
Captain Lenox
Various Local Notices From New Jersey and Nearby Areas
A Woodbury man captured a four foot hen hawk. Millville re elected Paul T Ludlam fire chief. Flemington board approved seventy five of ninety school bonds at premium 649.10. A wagon ran away in Clarksboro scattering mall stamps and coins. Cape May officials appoint J F Jacoby and Adam Suelko honorary department members. A Milgreen Maryland man wandering near Kaighn avenue ferry sent to hospital. Condemnation awards set for Jersey City post office site costing 346691. Silver dollars bring good prices at New York sale. coins include 1852 72 dollars 1851 67 1839 61 1811 22.60. Gold coins include 5 North Carolina 2 and Mormon 6 pieces selling for 33.50 and 24. The Longest Day refers to the Norwegian period from May 21 to July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Budd
Woodbury
Resolution Hose Company
Millville
Paul T. Ludlam
Flemington Board of Education
John Pedrick
Clarksboro
Cape May
Bider McTlon
New York City
North Carolina
New Building Boom Hopes From Steel Price Cut
The New York Building Trades Council leader Roswell B. Tompkins forecasts a building boom as work rises to more than double last year yet notes workers suffered in the panic. Cheaper steel could trim costs further, potentially speeding completion times. Other items discuss potato crop prospects, corn markets, dry goods demand, early lettuce planting, Texas road earnings, and the old butter market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York Building Trades Council
Roswell B. Tompkins
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Rockwell
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Anderson Ellis
Rockwell County
Will Clark
Andrew Clark
Ells
A. Shaw
Wowder Mill
Carnegie
Co-operative Vlaw
Brinkley, Ark
Massachusett's Coast Artillerymen
Washington Organization
Josie Mansfield
Fisk
Goodrich
Shack
Tarif
Wagle Savings and Loan Conpany
Salome
Gertrude Hoffman
Salome” Dunen
Waddell Axks
St. Louis
George Edward “Rule
Waddell
Greater
Abby L. Eddy
Spencer I. Eddy
Catherine E. Beveridge
Senator Beveridge
Beveridge
Michigan Avenue
Delia
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Exegurix
Tucker
Wright
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McIntyre
John Ashton
Newton
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Massachusetts Hospital
Forger Hawley
Robert C. Watson
William B. Watts
Watson
Robert Alexander Hawley
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Eugene M. Schlange
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Auburn
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TNR
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Winson
California Senate
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Massachusetts Legislative
Frank McGee
CABLE
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P. T
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Servia
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Italy
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Council Bluff
Lolly
London
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Ohid
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Dap
Tokyo
Japan
Princesa Takeda
Emspelos
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Montclair
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Thomas A. Edison
Edison
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John.t. Thatcher
Thatcher
Hannah Arnett
Daughters of the Revolution
Vineland
E. H.P. Hawking
Myron J. Kimball
C. H. Anderson
Harriet E. Lee
Mary H. Irish
E. C. Howe
M. J. Kimball
Lucy A. Barker
Andrew Brown
John Street
Harrison
Brown
Cent
Norway
ABA Rai
Fnir
Jersey
Northeas
Reas
Fessert
Ae Taal
Taete Eeae
Associated Merchants’ Co
Dry Gooda Duaiteay
A. P. Seabrook
Deerfield
Cumberland County
N. J
State Railroad Commission
Texas Railroads
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