Merchants Imports Exports and Notable 1901 Life Events
Imports in April reached 76 million with 36.5 million duty free. exports rose to 120.8 million. French Mary Leonard, Civil War vivandier, died by suicide in Pittsburg. George Gould plans 110 thousand tons of rails amid rail network upgrades. Vermont strikes down out-of-state dealer licenses. Adjutant General Edward Hoffman died in Albany at 50. Wages rise at Moorehead Bros.. Woodsville fire causes 60 thousand loss. Sixteen more items include arrests, strikes, mine accidents, and transport news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Mary L Leonard
Mary
Supreme Court of
Vermont
Albany
N. Y
Edward M. Hoffman
Elmira
National Guard
Gen. Roe
Moorehead Bros
Sharpsburg
Woodsville
F. Sherlock
Unionist
Brooklyn
Sherlock
New London
Conn
Maryland
New York
Elizabeth
N. J
Moorey & Larue
New Jersey
Napoleon Lajoie
American Baseball League
Danbury
Northern Pacific
S. R. Callaway
New York Central & Hudson River Railway Co
New American Locomotive Co
George B. Whitney
Philadelphia
Morris Beef Co
Chicago
Whitney
Brave Confederate Deserter Executed Before Dawn
A Louisville Courier Journal retells a veteran’s memory of Civil War desers convicted by firing squad. The tale centers on a young captain and a North Carolinian, bound and blindfolded, who refused to plead and died amid a brutal scene near the war’s end.
Big CBQ Terminal Plan For St Louis Eight-Block Spread
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co draws up a major terminal and guarding system for eight blocks in North Louis, at an estimated cost of 1 900 000. New facilities aim to handle business surge tied to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co
Louis
McKinley
Louis Gallot
New Orleans
Union National Bank
Chicago
Hart County Deposit and Frust Bank
Munford
Manchester
Union
Standard Oil
Union Co
United Traction Co
Albany
Troy
Watervliet
Cohoes
Rensselaer
N. Y
Wreck of Co lusa Found in Queen Charlotte Island Cove
Wreck of the American ship Co lusa located in a rocky cove near Queen Charlotte Island. The crew reportedly stripped the vessel and abandoned it at sea with no signs of camp fires or occupation nearby. Andrew Carnegie donated £100,000 to Glasgow district libraries. The India crop failure and relief figures are noted. A 1410 manuscript Bible sold in London for 1200 guineas.
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Queen Charlotte Island
Andrew Carnegie
Glasgow
Scotland
India
Lord George Hamilton
House of Commons
London
Lightning destroys country home and losses mount
The Meadow Brook Pennsylvania home of Thomas B. Wanamaker was hit by lightning on the 18th and burned completely, with losses around 500 000. The article also notes banking loan declines, census figures, and various other fires and labor actions from the period.
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Thomas B. Wanamaker
Meadow Brook
New York Clearing House
Stouisville
Michigan
H. Dooley
Boston
Blake Pump Co
East Cambridge
St. Louis
Edward Green
United States District Court
Pittsburg
Shaw Piano Co
Matthew Griswold
Erie
Griswold
Piano Company
Andrew Russia
Stephen Balog
Monk Lake
Muskegon
Mich
Russia
Machinists’ Union
Camp follower abuser shamed after Shiloh battle
A Civil War regiment's captain recalls a blustering, abusive cook who spent Shiloh with stragglers rather than fighting. Believed to be brave yet undisciplined, he returned in disgrace and was demoted to camp duties, remaining silent among the ranks.
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Shiloh
Compus Cook
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Fourteen veterans recall Port Republic action and Jackson
A group of fourte en veterans recounts the Port Republic bridge action of June 8 1862 and Stonewall Jackson’s crossing. They describe Carroll's brigade artillery with Capt Reid and Lieut Douglas, and their unit's ordeal after weeks with little flour rations and no reinforcements.
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Willow Springs
John S. Cooper
Battle of
Port Republic
John G. Reid
McClellan
Pennsylvania
Chicago Record-Herald
Col. Cooper
Hasey
Tennessee
Blenker
Army of the Potomac
Manassas Junction
Shenandoah Valley
Fremont
Rosecrans
War Department
Richmond
Stonewall Jackson
Strasburg
Front Royal
Jackson
Shields
Gen. Carroll
Shenandoah
Carroll
Reid
Lieut
Douglas
Capt
Virginia
Gen. Jackson
Cross Keys
Art in Architecture 7s House Plans Large Eight-Room Home
Detailed 28 by 42 foot eight room house on a stone foundation with brick underpinning priced at 1800 dollars. Describes parlor, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, bedrooms, and alcove plus veranda, reception hall, stairs, and basement. Specifies construction materials, dimensions, fixtures, finishes, and color scheme. owner GEO. A. W. KINTZ to select mantel art glass and hardware.
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GEO. A. W. Kintz
Buffalo-Hunt Debt Paid by Kansas Farmers
Reno county Kansas paid off a $5,000 school bond issue raised 17 years ago during a buffalo hunt episode. The bond money, obtained fraudulently by county clerk James Barclay, funded an expedition to Oklahoma where the men killed a herd of 50 buffalo and traded hides to repay basic needs after crops failed. The story notes eastern investors did not prosecute once the fraud surfaced.
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Reno
New York
Kansas
Chicago Inter Ocean
James Barclay
Reno County
Oklahoma
A Sure Sign of Minnie and Frank’s Intentions
A humorous exchange from Har lem Life notes Minnie scolded Frank for sending valuable presents, revealing a definite plan to marry. The dialogue implies she intends to wed, while the gift critique serves as a playful hint in a social context.
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Minnie
Frank
Harlem
Engraving Freak Pins Alphabet on Watch Pin Head
A Philadelphia man owns a tiny pin whose head bears the English alphabet in old English lettering around its edge. The engraving, completed in 1900, was made by August Starcke over a year of patient work. Fred Swarts Brink of Philadelphia repurchased it and had it fitted as a watch charm.
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Philadelphia
Fred Swarts Brink
August Starcke
N. Y. Sun
The Spartan Japs and an Old Richmond Fortune
Ainslee's essay praises Japanese endurance and samurai heritage, comparing Western tactics to old Spartan roots. A Richmond tale reveals an old man who earned wealth by feather-picking, leaving $1,300 in cash and bank certificates upon his death.
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Anna N. Benjamin
Ainslee’s
Hei Eizan
Kioto
Richmond
Afterthoughts on Reputation and Luck
The Indianapolis News notes reputation rarely matches results and credit for intent often fails to bring cash. It suggests that steadily seizing the right chances yields more success with less effort, and that second thoughts, while prudent, are often slow to act.
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Indianapolis News
Saintly Indian Clock Belongs to King Edward VII
A clock in Marlborough House, once given to the Prince of Wales during his India visit, reputedly made by a saintly priest. It displayed Sanscrit numerals and lunar phases. After arriving in London it lay dormant until the king’s request to repair it revealed the interior case bore the name of a Clerkenwell firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward VII
Marlborough House
Prince of Wales
India
London
Clerkenwell I Firm
N. Y. Tribune
Shad Propagation Efforts Halt Fear Of Extinction
The government created shad nurseries after scarcity appeared and planted millions of eggs in the old spawning grounds and in the Pacific Ocean and its rivers. The venture is claimed to have made extinction risk no longer a danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pacific Ocean
Seven-dollar find yields four thousand dollar haul
Peter Greenhalgh of Venango Pennsylvania bought an old safe at auction for seven dollars. Inside the safe he discovered gold coins and paper money totaling four thousand two hundred seventy dollars.
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Peter Greenhalgh
Venango
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Treasury Department
Champion
Victor Westerbrook
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
American-Hawaiian Steamship Co
Hawaii
John Fay
la Conner
Wash
Seattle Wash
Wabash Railway
Fort Wayne
Ind
Robert D. Wagstaff
Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Great Lakes
Wagstaff
Atlantic
Iron Belt
Wis
S. D. Ewing
Soo River
Corrigan
Convention of
St. Paul
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Brotherhoods of
Locomotive Engineers
Denver
Col
Charleston
S. C
James W. Evans
Alabama
Cherbourg
Chicago Board of Trade
Phillips
Texas
Indian Territory
Frisco
Washita River
Red River
Northern Virginia
Louisville Courier- Journal
Seven Pines
Mississippi
Jack
Grant
ART IN Architecture
Star A Star
Merarda
PXM
Poarber AX
Colquius
Joe Wheeler
Peruna
Sullivan, Roach and McEnery
Security
Carter
Carter L
Aguinaldo and Funston
Murat Halstead
Igen
Halstead Publishing CO
Perin
Cincinnati
Ohio
Castoria
the Centaur Company
Bray Street
Interstate Physicians League
Welte
U.S.A
Patton Dry
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Maas
Long Island
New York City
Island
Loss and Sailread Co. Smith
Fullerton
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