Notable 1909 Rail Appointments and Obscure Triumphs
Charles H. Markham elected president of Illinois Central Railroad in New York, succeeding James T. Harahan. Buck pam Pasha, 27 years after serving as a cabin boy, returns to America for vacation. Admiral Buckpam Pasha is chief naval adviser to the sultan. Paul Eve Stevenson, 41, author and yachtsman, dies in New York at Hotel Belmont from pneumonia after a brief illness. Roberta B. Delanon, grandson of seedman Robert Bulet, inherits bulk of $500,000 estate in trust after disappearance and Chicago discovery. Maj. Gen. Leonard A. Wood criticizes war scare as silly at Burnside Post banquet in Washington. Queen Mary’s accouchement expected in March, Buckingham Palace first birth in 54 years. Associate Justice Edward Douglass White becomes ninth chief justice after oath by Justice Harlan. Prof. B C Buffum’s emmer grain cross breeding in Wyoming’s Big Horn valley. John T. McNamara, secretary of American Dressed Beef and Provision, dies in Kansas City. Mrs. R R Brown, sister of Gen. Stirling Price, dies from blood poisoning after a wood splinter scratch four days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Markham
Gulf Refining Company
Gulf Pine Line Company
New York City
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Aucceed
James T. Harahan
Great Lakes
America
Buck Pam Pasha
Ottorman Navy
Paul Eve Stevenson
Belmont
New York
Sandy Hook
Lizard
Robert Bulet
Philadelphia
Roberta B. Delanon
Chicago
Leonard A. Wood
United States Army
Burnaide Post
G A
Washington
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Edward Douglass White
Supreme Court of the United States
Harlan
B. C. Buffum
Big Horn Valley
Wyoming
John T. McNamara
American Dressed Beef and Provision Company
Kansas City
R. R. Brown
Stirling Price
Missouri
West Beattle
Fire and disasters sweep city and nation in brief
A Cincinnati factory district fire causes $2,000,000 damage, one fireman and a boy die, six firemen injured, ten fires burned out and eight buildings destroyed. A Philadelphia blaze kills fifteen policemen and twelve firemen, with D. Friedlander’s five story leather building destroyed. over a dozen firemen hospitalized. Panama Canal labor oversupply noted except boilermakers. Senate probe on Lorimer ends with no proven corruption. A 74 year old contractor seeks separation over barefoot wedding ritual. Freddie Welsh defends lightweight title after foul, in Cardiff. Eight year old dies frozen in a Trenton doghouse while hoping to meet Santa Claus. amputation possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnnati
D. Friedlander
Philadelphia
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Burrows
Committee On
Nanate
Lorimer
Senate
Ernest Hocketader
Poughkeepsie
Freddie Welsh
Jem Driscoll
Cardiff
Wales
Driscoll
Santa Claus
Freddie Lauren
Trenton
N. J
FIRE CHIEF AND MANY FIREMEN DEW FLAKES
Fire at Morris plant in Chicago's Union Stock Yards kills Fire Chief James Horan and 24 others. Ammonia explosion floods the building, destroying the Morris beef house and prompting urgent rescues as 50 water streams battle the blaze and collapse alarms ring from multiple stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Chicago
James Horan
Morris & Co
Union Stock Yards
Sixty First Street
Prairie Avenue
Grapes of Hampton Court Yield Noted This Year
An old reporter notes the Hampton Court vines produced 2 138 bunches worth about 2000 dollars. A veteran observer recalls newspapers have long predicted grape yields. In New York press, Miss Gardner of Indianapolis is credited with promoting an open-air school for delicate children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Court
London
New York Press
Miss Gardner
Indianapolis
Board of Education
Treasury Department of the Board
Fourteen Die In Philadelphia Fire Disaster
A deadly factory blaze at the David Friedlander leather goods plant in Philadelphia kills 13 firemen and one police officer, with over forty others hospitalized. William Glazier survives after more than thirteen hours pinned under debris, praised for fortitude. rescue attempts continue with authorities unsure of other missing firefighters. Fire origin suspected incendiary as ruins are excavated and bodies recovered amid freezing conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
David Friedlander
Charles Aolle
William Glagier
Glazier
Glagier
Father Englert
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Jescus
Edleman
THREE DIE IN RAIL WRECK NEAR MILL STONE JUNCTION NJ
An east-bound coal train collided with a freight train near Mill Stone Junction New Jersey on a Thursday. Engineer John Longanberger died after severe burns at Wells Hospital New Brunswick. brakeman Frank Knox died instantly. brakeman J B Monaghan missing presumed killed. Passenger Dora Rubalo of Philadelphia seriously injured and gave birth an hour later. Engine jumped track, workers evacuated the shanty, no injuries among laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mill Stone Junction
N. J
Philadelphia
Debria
John Longanberger
Wells Hospital
New Brunswick
Frank Knox
J.B. Monaghan
Dora Rubalo
British Officers Convicted of Espionage at Borkum Fortifications
In Leipzig German court Captain Bernard Trench and Lieutenant Vivian Brandon of the British navy were found guilty of espionage related to fortifications at Borkum and sentenced to four years in fortress confinement. Their admissions and seized papers sealed the verdict. they refused to name English correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipzig
Germany
Bernard Trench
Vivian Brandon
Borkum
England
Census of Canada Highlights Western Growth and Immigration
The Dominion of Canada will conduct a census in 1811 showing rapid industrial, agricultural, and railway expansion. Western settlement reaches over 300,000 newcomers, with vast farm expansion and ambitious acreage growth in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The report urges readers to obtain government literature for full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion of Canada
Canada
United States
Indiana
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion
Punishment in aging man noted by Atchison Globe
An elderly tradesman in Atchison remarks how punishment grows harder with age. He reflects on daily hardships, noting punishment appears in many forms, from home life to arrest and travel, and that endurance fades as years pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Atchison Globe
111 Mannered Chicken and the Chick Park Tale
A humorous note recounts little Robert, age unknown, with his grandmother visiting the chick park to feed chicks. The youngsters jump on a water dish and dip their bills, prompting Robert to exclaim that the birds are putting their feet on the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Unclear fragment hints at smoking items and a crooked path
The readable lines reference former smokers buying Lewis' Single Binder and suggest a crooked path leading to a strait jacket, implying a cautionary note about habits and consequences without concrete events or dates.
Also Mentioned on This Page
General News
Cuba
War Department
Island Republic
Little Hulton
Hulton Colliery Company
Bolton
Bny
Illinois Supreme Court
Thea
Great Western Gereal Company
Fort Dodge
Thalesa Ig
Carrie Kersh
W. A. Johnson
Portland
Ora
Joseph Hoffman
Maro Clark
Big Hollow
Peoria
Old Basin Canal
New Orleans
C. P. Neill
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Marlin A. Ryerson
Rockefeller
University
Frank Wilson
August Miller
Wilson Lved
Beaton Harbor
Mich
A. Gilbert Wheeler
Republic of Panama
Hulbert
Cahen
F. Cahen
Los Angeles
Cal
Chihuahua
Mexico
Federala
Newbury
N. Y
Erie
Grand Central Station
Parsons
Theodore Roosevelt
House
Col. Roosevelt
Representative Rainey
Rainey
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Watkins, N. Y
Republi
Portugal
Ansy
Horan
Burroughs
Iitzgerald
Toy
St. Bernard's Hospital
E. Sharp
Osath
Stock Yards
Poliamoon
Malin Beefhouse
Morrie
Nelson Morris
William Glazier
Cholly
Customs Office
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