Taft Aide Arthur Harding Shoots Self in Philadelphia
Philadelphia report that Captain Arthur B. Harding United States Marine Corps aide to former President Taft killed himself in his Racquet Club room on Sixteenth Street. Harding 42 married six months, joked with an attache five minutes before firing a 45 caliber revolver with Maxim silencer. No clear motive given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Arthur BE. Harding
United States Marine Corps
Washington
Sixteenth Street
Walnut
Harding
William H. Taft
Taft
Archie Butt
Butt
Schaefferstown Bank Reopens After Turmoil
Lebanon Pa Feb 25 without notice the First National Bank at Schaefferstown reopened. depositors and stockholders cheered after a $40 000 loss from Alvin Binner's actions and a $170 per share voluntary assessment funded by stockholders. Bank was placed back under directors by Bank Examiner J M Logan amid ongoing questions about Binner's death and bond coverage by the bonded company.
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Lebanon
First National Bank
Schaefferstown
Alvin Binner
H Binner
Arthur J. Hoverter
the Treasury
J. M. Logan
Binner
Hght
Frick Buys Fourteen Fragonards for 1.425 Million
Henry C Frick purchases fourteen Fragonard paintings from J Pierpont Morgan for 1 425 900 dollars. The works will join Frick s collection in the new Fifth Avenue gallery at Seventieth Street New York.
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Henry Frick
Morgan
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Henry C. Frick
Mr. Frick
Fifth Avenue
Seventieth Street
Thirty six plumbers convicted in Sherman act case
Thirty six master plumbers from Iowa Nebraska Missouri Illinois Michigan Indiana Wisconsin and Minnesota were found guilty by a federal jury in Des Moines Iowa after a trial that began February 10. Judge John C. Pollock will determine sentences later. The convicted men are members or officials of the National Association of Master Plumbers and its state organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Read Bill Seeks Public Vote on National Prohibition
Trenton February 25 Senator Read the majority leader introduced a bill to require the electors next fall to vote on New Jersey views on national prohibition. If enacted the measure would place the question on the pamphlet laws of the state.
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N. J
Trenton
Read
Senate
New Jersey
General Market Report Philadelphia Flour and Grains
Markets quiet with no dramatic moves. Wheat No 2 red at 1.56, corn No 2 yellow 77 78 cents, oats No 2 white 63 64 cents, potatoes steady at 60 63 cents, poultry live steady with fowls 10 cents, roosters up to 14 cents, butter 34 cents, eggs steady around 28 30 cents for selected and 26 cents for nearby western stock.
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Philadelphia
City
Uate Ibiec
Western
Live Stock Prices in Chicago Market Report
CHICAGO HOGS prices up 6 to 10 cents with choice hogs at 6.35 to 6.70. Pigs and butchers steady. Cattle and calves show mixed moves with feeders around 4.46 to 8.50. Sheep steady across regions with lambs quoted at 5.40 to 7.00.
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Chicago
A Small Job of Piracy
John Y. Larned recounts a near pirate raid on the steamer Pelican anchored in Naples bay. A mixed crew eyed gold, a muffled boat approached, and a high sea fight ensued with guards repelling bandits and Italian police later capturing the attackers, leaving three mutinous crewmen to face Italian justice.
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New York
Mediterranean
Naples
Bay of
Agnehor
Vesuvius
Ischia
Capri
Italy
Mount Vesuvius
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Liberty Party
Pelican
Walnrleht
Wainright
Carabineers
National Police
Pellean
Carabineer
Tangier
Youngster Charged With Slaying After Teasing Goat Incident
Seventeen year old James Ritz of Allentown faces a murder charge in the shooting death of Raymond Fritz, fourteen, of Weissport. The boys were along the canal when the goat charged. Ritz says he fired at a tin can and the bullet ricocheted.
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Allentown
James Ritz
Raymond
Amanilez Fritz
Weissport
Fritz
Ritz
German aviator fires over Swiss village Beurnevesin
Swiss forces report an enemy aircraft crossed into Swiss territory above Beurnevesin near Bonfol and Swiss infantrymen fired on the German pilot. French troops at Pfettenhauser later fired at the aldman. The aviator returned to Muelhausen seemingly uninjured.
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Alfrmen
Geneva
Beurnevesin
Bonfol
Pfettenhauser
Aldman
Muelhausen
Ad Hoc Catalog Listing of Caps and Linens in Mixed English
Fragmentary catalog notes mention caps and handkerchiefs with varied prices in cents and francs. Several items reference white caps, black caps, and men’s handkerchiefs, with unclear quantities and inconsistent currency markers. The passage resembles a barter or sales ledger fragment with incomplete context.
Daily sale of glassware and enamel kitchenware
An advertised daily sale offers 15 cent glass pitchers and 10 cent glassware lots, 60 cent dinner plate sets, 15 cent regular enamel dish pans, a large 14 quart preserving kettle, a 25 cent enamel foot tub, and 1600 other items priced from 4 to 10 cents, including a good trimbler and 2 dozen dinner buckets.
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Chambray
Qfighan
Greta Gooda
John Mitchell
Orr
Iine
Ingrain
Crex
Brussells
Axminster
Axminster Rags
Bargains in Soaps and Household Staples
A scan lists Dr Parker medicated soaps at ten cents six for two dollars and a variety of common goods. Includes Octagon Obeline Sunny Almond Santa Claus washing powder lemon and vanilla extracts baking items and canned foods with prices ranging from four to twenty cents per unit. Also features peanut butter jars and Arbuckle’s coffee per pound.
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Parker
Baker’s Chocolate
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Denton Journal
Roward Melvin
BENCH
Johnson Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Captain A. & Harding
Schaefferstown Bank
Gashler
John Y. Larned
Grippe Gough
Syracuse
Oliver
Law Building
Cc. H. Bullock
C. H. Bullock
C.H. Bullock
Arbuckle’s
Bonsar’s
C. Hf
Bullociy
Denton
I Is
Denton Auto CO
Denton, Maryland
Tom Barron
Australia
England
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Missouri
Plymouth Rocks
Cedar Mount
E. I. Hirs
Maryland
March &Ra
Marst Co
Uts
Japan
Seattles
la Retista
Bina
WM. Bullock
Carter Block
J. Virgil Moorf
Hillsboro
Burksville
Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Zerdial
Frederick W. Fountain
Walter M. Fountain
Zebdial Fountain
Dee’d
Eagle Mills
Federalsburg
H. B. Messenger
King's
King’s Auction
James King & Sons High
Baltimore
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