Immigrant Tide Reshapes Southeast Settlement Patterns
A wave of colonists from Canada and the northwest heads toward the southeastern states for fall and winter settlement. Immigration officials await a Montreal report while industrial experts expect starting in October. Northwestern firms buy vast tracts in Alabama Georgia and Florida for farms.
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Washington, D. C
America
Canada
Northwest
Bureau of Immigration
Clark
Montreal
Southeastern
Central States
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Gulf States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Virginia
Carolinas
Tennessee
Signs of Prosperity in American Imports and Exports
Washington reports rising prosperity reflected in U S imports and exports for 1910. Americans bought art works and diamonds abroad, while automobile imports stayed steady. Exports of manufactured goods reached record highs, boosting overall trade from 1 3119 million in 1909 to 1 5581 million last year.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Major US Exports Highlight Cotton Copper and Wheat
The fiscal year data shows cotton valued at 450 million dollars leading U S exports, followed by copper at 83.5 million and wheat at 47 million. Washington D C reports the breakdown of key export commodities in the period.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Ocean Steamer Sinks Off Korea After Kobe to Dairen Voyage
The Japanese steamship Tetsurei Maru sinks off Chindo Korea while en route from Kobe to Dairen with 246 aboard Forty are saved and others missing War ships have been sent to aid in the rescue effort.
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Tokio
Japan
Kobe
Dairen
Chindo
Korea
Cruiser to guard consul in Nicaragua tensions rise
The U S State Department says Edwin W Trimmer US consul at Cape Gracias Nicaragua faces possible assault or assassination risk prompting dispatch of the cruiser Tacoma to inspect and land marines if needed The threat follows hostile Madriz government actions and a fiery Nicaraguan newspaper warning against Americans in Managua Washington also says Bluefields remains an open port after Norway dispute and confirms Michael J Clancy resignation as vice consul.
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Washington, D. C
Edwin W. Trimmer
United States
Cape Gracias
Nicaragua
Tacoma
State Department
Thomas P. Moffatt
Bluefields
Madriz
la Nacion
Managua
Mr. Taft
Norway
New Orleans
Michael J. Clancy
Wilson
Clancy
Germany bars Mormons as faith expelled from nation
Berlin chiefs order all American Mormons to leave Germany after police raid on a Salt Lake City led meeting in the city center. Twenty one Mormon men from Utah were arrested while German women were dismissed with warnings to drop the religion and return home.
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Berlin
Germany
Utah
John Kay
Salt Lake City
Cotton Rush Sends 2000 Bales to New York from Columbus Warehouses
Two Columbus warehouses Bradley Company and Blanchard and Hunter rushed 2000 bales of cotton to New York this week. The shipment, valued at about $160,000, aimed to ease high prices and help brokers fill orders.
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Columbus
Georgia
New York
Shorts
Bradley Company
Blanchard
Hunter
English Strike Settled Restoring Rail Traffic
In Newcastle England the Northeastern railroad resumed traffic after a settlement with twelve thousand workers ending a three day strike. Loss estimates run high with conservative figures placing aggregate costs at about six million dollars to the corporation employees and general trade.
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Newcastle
England
Northeastern
Counterfeit $10 Gold Certificate Reported in Circulation
John B. Wilkie, chief of the Treasury Secret Service, announced a new counterfeit $10 gold certificate. The note, issued under the 1882 act, series of 1901, bears check letter D and plate No 150. It is printed from a photographic plate on bond paper with brownish red ink and red and blue silk imitation fibers.
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Washington, D. C
John B. Wilkie
Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
Southern cotton men seek solution to bills of lading problem
Southern bankers and merchants debate how to handle European pressure for guaranteed American bank guarantees on cotton bills of lading. A planned New Orleans conference will address a potential shift of the cotton trade to cash, with railroads seen as possible guarantors, though no agreement exists. Memphis summary notes mixed crop prospects with varying regional conditions and signs of slower progress.
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New Orleans
London
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
South
Memphis
Tenn
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Carolinas
Georgia
Texas
Oklahoma
Valley
Atlantic States
Brownsville Sees 68 Percent Population Rise
Census returns show Brownsville Texas, the southernmost city, increased its population by 68.3 percent in the last decade. The 1910 count is 10,517, up from 6,305 in 1900.
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Washington
Brownsville
Texas
Attempt to Wreck Train at Olivera South Bend Station
Striking attempt by South Bend workers to derail eastbound passenger train No. 8 was foiled when the engineer observed a turned switch signal at Olivera, the first stop after departing Grand Trunk lines, and stopped the locomotive before a collision.
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South Bend
Ing
Olivera
Grand Trunk
Banker’s $1.14 Million Defalcation Shocks Louisville
Louisville banker August Rooke, assistant secretary and bookkeeper at Fidelity Trust Co, disappeared with the bank’s entire surplus of 1.14 million dollars. President Jnc W Barr announced the loss after a stockholders meeting as Rooke remained jailed on $25,000 bail. The bank plans to issue 1 million dollars in new stock at par to cover the deficit. Rooke, a German immigrant around 45, had worked eighteen years for the bank and had prior gains followed by losses in speculation. He has offered no statement from jail.
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Louisville
August Rooke
Fidelity Trust Company
Jnc
W. Barr
Trust Company
Rooke
Wall Street
Chicago
Fidelity Bank
Ropke
Washington's Teeth at Dentists Convention Exhibit
The first president's teeth will be shown at the National Association of Dental Surgeons convention in Denver. Ivory teeth on gold plates with German silver cement, springs, and hinges formed one of America's first false teeth outfits. Washington's descendants held the relic before its transfer to the Baltimore College of Dentistry.
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Cleveland
Ohio
George Washington
National Association of Dental Surgeons
Denver
W. G. Ebersole
Washington
Baltimore College of Dentistry
Egyptian Cotton Crop Outlook From Abou-Kebir Report
A letter from Abou-Kebir planter Apost G. Barton to Henry S. Reed notes Egyptian farmers face warm harsh weather and volatile prices similar to southern planters. The crop this year is expected to be near last year’s smaller yield and will mature later than usual.
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Atlanta
Henry S. Reed
Apost G. Barton
Abou-Kebir
Egypt
Counterfeit Mint Found in Charlestown Prison
Officials at Charlestown prison in Massachusetts uncovered a working counterfeit money operation inside the jail. Plaster molds and crude minting apparatus for producing bogus half dollars were seized, with inmates denying knowledge of the scheme as authorities seek confederates outside the prison.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Charlestown
Local Retailer Advertises Shoes and Groceries
A small downtown shop promotes a range of merchandise including shoes, dry goods, and groceries. The notice emphasizes exclusive handling of several article lines by the business.
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B. R. Meaders & Sons
Sweet-Orr
M. Born
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