DICE & LACEY PAST AND PRESENT
Fort Wayne youths Walter Grossman aged 12 and Herbert Hoeltje aged 11 died in a sand cave collapse on Michigan Avenue. A hillside wall gave way while the boys excavated, leaving them crushed beneath earth and gravel. Lamphere sentenced for arson in Belle Gunnes case to Michigan City prison for 2 to 21 years. Papke loses to Ketchell in San Francisco boxing match. Goldie Gibson of North Salem, a high school pupil, holds a perfect attendance school record.
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Sand Cave
Walter Grossman
Herman Grossman
Herbert Hoeltje
Henry C. Hoelte
Fort Wayne
Ind
Riedmiller Hill
Michigan Avenue
Lamphere
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunnes
Gunnes
Laporte
Richter
Michigan City
Worden
Indiana Supreme Court
Indiana
Goldie Gibson
North Salem
Bull Dog Kills Horse in Evansville Farm Incident
A large bull dog owned by Benjamin Desom of Evansville Indiana attacked and killed his horse after breaking a chain. The dog, known to dislike the horse, lunged into the stable and tore the animal to pieces. Fulton County votes dry by 96 and Miami County by 1,350 with 24 saloons and 60 saloons respectively.
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Benjamin Desom
Evansville
Ind
Fulton
Miami County
Ohio
Columbus
Fulton County
Rockefeller Reveals Standard Oil Rise and Rebates at New York Hearing
In a New York hearing before Referee Franklin Ferris, John D. Rockefeller explains how the Standard Oil merge formed from 1872 to 1882. He says rebates from railroads enabled rivals to be driven out, detailing acquisitions of refiners and the Empire Line and the absorption of competitors to create the Standard Oil Company of Ohio.
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John D. Rockefeller
Standard Ol Company
Franklin Ferris
New York
Oil Company
Lnto Wit
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Rockefeller Combine
Oil King
Rogers Ait Sohn PD
Archbold
Uhey
Rockefeller
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seaboard
Standard
Empire
Empire Concern
Unemployment Crisis Spurs Public Works Plans in Britain
Britain faces unprecedented unemployment with idle workers marching toward London and cities like Glasgow Dublin and Liverpool taking steps to relieve distress. Premier Asquith plans a general relief program while Australia’s high court strikes down a labor favored tax law aimed at wage regulation rather than revenue.
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Great Britain
London
Glasgow
Dublin
Liverpool
Sheffield
Birmingham
Asquith
Highest Court of
Australia
Steamship Sardinia Disaster Off Malta Kills Nearly 200
A fierce fire on the Ellerman line steamer Sardinia, bound for Alexandria from Valletta, Malta, stranded near Grand Harbour. With no wind to aid, passengers thronged the rails and leapt into the sea as flames spread, many drowned or roasted alive while rescue tugs struggled against a violent gale.
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Ellermanine
Sardinia
Alexandria
Egypt
Valetta
Malta
Grand Harbor
End of Tobacco War Trust Yields to Growers in Kentucky
After years of night rider depredations, the American Tobacco Trust ends in a five year accord with the Burley Tobacco Society. The deal covers about $14 million and 80 million pounds of burley tobacco, averaging 20.5 cents for 1906 and 17 cents for 1907, reversing a prior 8 cents average paid by the trust. The Burley Society comprises about fifty five Kentucky counties and unified growers into a corporate style body with officers and an executive board.
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American Tobacco ‘Trust
Burley ‘Tobacco Society
Kentucky
United States
Burley Tobacco
Trust
Burley Tobacco Society
Tie
New York
Sardinia Sails From Liverpool With Passengers In Storm
Tugboats and swift vessels rushed to aid the imperiled Sardinia after a gale. The ship left Liverpool November 14 bound for the Mediterranean with forty four crew and about twenty first class and six second class passengers onboard. Most passengers were Levantines Maltese or Egyptians who camp on deck during the four day voyage yielding cluttered decks and hindered evacuation.
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Maer
Sardinia
Liverpool
Mediterranean
Fer
Malta
Alexandria
Two Elks Fight in San Francisco Gardens Result in Death
The incident reports a fatal fight between two elks in San Francisco zoos. Lombroso's nephew Guglielmo Ferrero of Rome will visit the U.S. to lecture for the President. Oklahoma reports Bryan ahead of Taft by 18,857 votes.
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Globe
San Francisco
Lombroso
Guglielmo Ferrero
Rome
Oklahoma
Bryan
Taft
Keyes
Matthew Birchard
Frank H. Mason
Paris
France
Burley Tobacco Pool Ends High Prices Spark Disorder
Farmers in the Burley district organized to constrain prices, yielding an average of about 19 cents per pound after a deal. Production was curtailed and a high price window drew lawlessness in several counties as independents rejected pooling.
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Burley
Burley Society
Kentucky
Swiss Balloon Wins First Prize in Long Distance Run
Swiss machine Helvetia claimed the top prize in the long distance balloon event while the second place went to the English balloon Banshee.
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Helvetia
Banshee
Healthy recovery in commerce noted in Chicago market report
The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade reports improving commerce with the largest weekly bank payment aggregate in thirteen months and a drop in idle workers and freight cars. It cites ample money, stronger Wall Street discipline, rising industrial and financial activity, and expanding trade in northern eastern and western centers.
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Weekly Review of
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Wall Street
Gary
Pullman
Pittsburg
Nast and West
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Commodity Prices Across Major Markets
The report lists live cattle hogs sheep and grain prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee and Weharley with bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep. Also notes wheat corn oats rye and rye prices with varying quality grades and units.
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Chicago
Timothy
Indianapolis
Ste. St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
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Cal
Stanley Ketchell
Grand Rapids
Mich
Billy Papke
Thunderbolt
Ketchell
Ketchel
Beara
J. D. Rockefell
Cincinnati Post
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