Fire In New York Tenement House Claims Several Lives
Fire swept the upper three floors of 122 124 West 127th Street New York City with alarms firing rapidly. Two women and two men were rescued with severe burns. fear of more deaths loomed as flames enveloped the building. A second item reports a village saved by farmers alerted by rural telephone saving homes in Herbst Indiana.
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New York
West 127Th Street
New York City
Harlem
No. 122
No. 124
Herbst
Marion
Kokomo, Marion & Western Traction
John Nesbit
Worcester Bankean death by own action at Worcester bank
Frank W. Cutting longtime Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank leader was found dead by his own hand at home. Bank officials say accounts are correct after two recent examinations. In Lima Ohio Burns fire destroyed A Davis Sons livery stable and spread through the district. about thirty horses cremated. property loss may reach 150000 dollars.
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Worcester Bankera
Frank W. Cutting
Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank
Worcester
Mass
Lima
Ohio
Burns
A. Davis & Sons
Davis
Pioneer Medical Man Dead
Dr Samuel R Seawright pioneer Indiana physician dies at 84 in Lafayette after nearly five decades of practice. The obituary notes his long medical career and regional impact.
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Samuel R. Seawright
Indiana
Lafayette
Ind
Pittsburgh graft arrests rock city government
Seven members of the Pittsburgh Finance Committee including the Common Council president were arrested on charges of conspiracy and bribery. Accused also include other officials and a bank cashier, with allegations bank deposits and bribery tied to votes on ordinances and city projects over two years.
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Common Council
Pttsburg
Pribery
Tonsard de Wolfe
Civic League of
Allegheny County
Guthrie
Willian Brand
Common Connelly
Jreed Loftel
Hugh Ferguson
John K. Klein
W. I. Melaney
Joseph, Wasson
T. Ollis Atkinson
Connon Council
Wasson
Soffel
Kets
Brand
Select and Common Council
Steberton Street Railway
Fourth Avenue
Connell
Senate Debates Bank Bill and District Government Change
The Senate spent over an hour debating the postal savings bank bill with Senator Burkett urging approval. A message from the President urged reform of the District of Columbia government to a single executive head replacing the current three-commission board. The Senate adjourned at 2 10 o clock until Saturday. the House adopted a resolution seeking proof about secret service investigations while many war claim bills passed. The Senate then adjourned until Jan 4 1909 and the House adjourned till Jan 4 after granting Southern Pacific a right of way across Fort Mason.
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Senate
Burkett
Nebraska
District of Columbia
House
Secret Service
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Fort Mason Military Reservation
California
Tlonse
Payne
New York
Isd P. Om
Fan
Fisheries chief warns on migratory fish decline and hatchery output
George M. Bowers United States Fish Commissioner warns that greed and indifference threaten migratory species such as shad striped bass and sturgeon on the Atlantic coast and Pacific salmon. He notes hatcheries produced 376 million more fish in 1908 and delivered about 458 million eggs to hatcheries, with total output surpassing 2.87 billion eggs and fish.
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George M. Bowers
United States
Fish Commissioner
Mgr. Bowers
New England
Mr. Bowers
Atlantic
Pacific
Thornton Jenkins Tafts defense in Annis murder trial
In Flushing New York lawyers for Thornton Jenkins Tafts argued during the trial that they will try to refute Mrs Helene B Annis testimony claiming the defendant beckoned his brother and the pair went to the float where Captain Hains shot and killed William K E Annis.
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Flushing, N. Y
Thornton Jenkins Taits
Helene B. Annis
Hains
William KE. Annis
Court debate over overt act needed to prove brother crime
Counsel argues that evidence of a landing by the defendant's boat aims to show he induced his brother to commit the crime. The strategy focuses on fitting the act within the statute requiring an overt step to procure the crime.
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Nus
Mavis
Divorce due to man hunting sermon shocks Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf denounces “man catching” by women in a sermon, blaming it for many divorces. He warns that during a girl's transition to womanhood homes focus on trapping a husband, not on happiness.
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Philadelphia
Iabbi
Joseph Krauskopf
Progress of Surgical Grafting at Rockefeller Institute
Dr Carrel described dog leg grafts healing in three weeks and cats kidneys transplanted after sixty days in storage. Arteries and jugular veins have been swapped with patients showing no discernible difference. The main hurdle is securing healthy donor organs for human life saving transplants. Keen proposed cold storage of kidneys and other organs from deceased healthy men. A knee joint from a dead man has already been used to repair a living patient.
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American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Carrel
Rockefeller Institute of
Keen
Lockjaw Tale Of Dr Grandman From St Louis
Dr F W Grandman of St Louis recounts his battle with lockjaw after a knee cut from a streetcar fall. A week after the accident a fever and neck muscle stiffness appeared, then spasms and jaw contractions. He describes delaying care until antitoxin was given and a day’s worth of relief followed, allowing him to live to tell the story.
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F. W. Grandman
St. Louis
Post Card Panic Hits International Market
A depressions trend grips the post card business as overproduction and speculation drive a worldwide surge in souvenir cards. The United States imported over $6 million of German cards in one year while panic worsens in Germany with large orders canceled.
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United States
Germany
Railroad collision near Brussels injures twenty men
Twenty men were hurt in a railroad collision near Brussels Belgium. Reports from Hawaii indicate a record pineapple crop for 1908 far in excess of any production yet recorded. Trustees of Columbian University New York decided to give alumni representation on the board. Several persons were hurt in a clash between artillery men and citizens at Port Townsend Washington.
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Brussels
Belgium
Columbian University
New York
Port Townsend
Wash
Hawaii
Two Salaries Rule Upholds Public Payroll Ban
A Chicago Appellate Court ruling by Judge Axel Chytraus holds no person may draw two salaries from the public treasury simultaneously. The decision, in Herman B Meyer v Joseph F Haas, involves Galpin’s right to a State Senate seat while serving as chief clerk of the Chicago Municipal Court. The ruling challenges Clifford’s earlier writ and emphasizes the prohibition on holding dual government earnings.
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Chytraus
Galpin
Axel Chytraus
Chicago
Fherman B. Meyer
Joseph F. Haas
Cook County
Hower K. Galpin
Chicago Municipal Court
State Senate
Clifford
Haas
Herman B. Meyer
Senate
Uans
Deneen
United States
General Assembly
Peddler's Parade Surprises Agosta Audience
Actors staged a dance on stage after the audience demanded refunds at Agosta town hall. Patrons in the crowd wore placards reading Stung while the performers watched from the seats as the waltz took over the hall.
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Agosta
Ohio
Holiday trade shows expansion and mixed regional demand
New York reports overall growth in holiday trade with strong urban shopping but weaker results in many small cities and the South. Unseasonably warm weather hurts regular retail, wholesale orders slow except for stock replenishment, and inventories rise. Business failures reach 310 in the U S for the week ending December 17 with mixed prior year comparisons.
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New York
New England
United States
Canada
Dun's Review of Trade Outlook in Chicago
Chicago reports a generally strong trade recovery with accumulating demand in heavy industries. While trading defaults are high, bank payments stay solid and retail activity for Christmas goods remains robust pending better weather. Early buying is strong and stock depletion prompts frequent reorders as spring and summer orders rise. Failures in the Chicago district total 41, with 13 liabilities over 5000.
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Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Live Stock and Grain Prices Across Markets
Market price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Buffalo New York plus grains and butter eggs and hay. Prices show regional variation with corn oats and rye listed by No. 2 or standard grades and wheat at No. 2 red or No. 2.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
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