Disputed Guilt in Mrs Ford Blackmail Case
The jury disagreed as to the guilt or innocence of Mrs. Ford, charged with blackmailing C. F. Warriner. The Elgin Echo notes broad coverage of national stories in a Sunday edition including political moves, vows, and legal actions across the United States.
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Ford
C. F. Warriner
Chicago
Board of Education
Fairbanks
Rome
Tim” Sullivan
New York
Bowery
Jury Finds Colonel Swope Poisoned in Independence
A coroner's jury in Independence Missouri ruled Colonel Thomas H Swope died from strychnine in a capsule given by Dr B C Hyde husband of the heiress Miss Logan H Swope s niece The jury could not determine if the dosing was with felonious intent Nurse Pearl Keller testified to the last hours of the millionaire and the sequence of events surrounding the will and administerial actions by Hyde Hektoen testified to trace amounts of strychnine in the liver suggesting fatal exposure the verdict follows hours of testimony and debate
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Hyde
Col
Thomas H. Swope
Chamorro
Matalpa
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Eleanor Butler Alexander
New York
B. C. Hyde
Kansas City
Ilinois Senate
Manitoba
John Redmond
Pretoler Asquith
B. ©. Hyde
Independence
Miss Pearl Keller
Ludwig Hektoen
Chicago
Logan H. Swope
Frank Hall
Colonel Swope
Miss Keller
Swope
Thomas Moss Hunton
Mr. Hunton
John G. Paxton
Hektoen
Wireless appeal saves crew of forty six on Alamo
Wireless distress signals from the steamship Kentucky reported sinking off Cape Hatteras. The Alamo responded and rescued Capt Moore and his forty six crew before the Kentucky sank, with the Alabama bound for Key West. Navy units were dispatched but Alamo arrived first to take all on board.
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Tacoma
Alaskan Porta
Alaska Pacife Steamship Company
Kentucky
Cape Hatteras
Alamo
Moore
Navy Department
Washington
Atlantic
Louisiana
Srone
New York
Conopt, Moore
Key West
King Gustave of Sweden Undergoes Appenix Operation
King Gustave of Sweden was operated on in Stockholm for appendicitis after hours of diagnostic delay. Official reports say the operation was successful as physicians corrected an initial diagnosis of stomach catarrh and summoned royal family members to the palace as the plan was made.
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Gustave
Sweden
Stockholm
Unions Hit by Hartford Court Damages Ruling
United Hatters of North America faced a Hartford court action when Loewe & Co. of Danbury sued about 200 union members for damages from a boycott. Judge Platt instructed a verdict for Loewe. Jury set damages at 74,000 dollars. triple under Sherman act yielded 222,000 dollars.
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United Hatters
North America
D, Ek, Loewe & Co
Danbury, Conn
United States
Hartford
Loewe
Martin Lawler
J. P. Platt
Faithful dog leads to boy's death at Hastings
Harry Hill, 19, son of the county board chairman, disappeared from his Hastings Nebraska home. The family's dog whined at a straw stack where the boy was found under hay and snow, death by suicide from chloroform. A letter to his sweetheart was buried with him. His parents opposed the relationship, believed to have driven his act.
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Aska
Harry Hill
County Board of Supervisors
Hastings
Neb
Congressman Dawson Applies for Re election Amid NY Reform Rouse
Congressman Dawson of the Second Town District announces a bid for re election as New York City ends six years of municipal leadership not tied to Tammany Hall. The six Senators and six Representatives Senate committee on Ballinger and Pinchot hearings opens with Lewis R. Glavis as first witness, prompting ethics questions over Ballinger and a pending charge strategy from Glavis supporter Lewis G. Brandels.
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Dawson
New York City
Yammany Hall
Joint Committee of Congress
Messrs
Ballinger
Pinchot
Lewis R. Glavis
Washington
Wilson Coal Company
Glavig
Lewis G. Brandles
Boston
Glavis
The English Elections and Liberal Decline
The Liberals face a reduced majority against Unionists with 124 seats to 854 plus 83 Irish Nationalists and 55 Laborites previously. A coalition with Irish Nationalists and Laborites is seen as necessary to pass laws and curb Lords’ power. Home rule remains unlikely as landlord influence and unionist opposition persist. Labor exchanges will begin, with 260 authorized to connect workers with employers through a clearinghouse.
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Party of Progress
Liberals
Laborites
House of Lords
Asquith
Ireland
Consequence of Higher Prices Strains New York Poor
City relief requests rise as living costs outpace wages. Over the past twelve months more than 60,000 people sought aid from the charities department, up 80 percent in five years. Lodging house entries grew from 112 in 1906 to 281 daily in three years, with personal crisis reports up nearly 50 percent since 1904.
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New York
Charities Department
Boston Fire Causes Thirty Thousand Dollars in Damage
A blaze in Boston's financial district caused a general alarm and badly damaged the seven story Richards Building at 114 State Street. The fire spread under tense conditions with routine firefighting efforts.
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Boston
Financial District
Richards
State Street
Price Jump in Food Wholesale and Retail 1849 1908
Senate report from the Department of Commerce and Labor shows a general rise in wholesale and retail food prices from 1849 to 1908 with 1899 used as the baseline. Increases span bread butter cheese coffee lard beef mutton bacon ham and potatoes with mixed results for bars tea spices and soda crackers, while some items show slight reductions.
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Senate
Department of Commerce and Labor
Crawford
South Dakota
Elgin
Newald
Lake Domestic Commerce On Great Lakes In 1909
Domestic commerce on the Great Lakes in 1909 totaled 80,974,605 tons, up about a third from 1908 but still below 1907’s record. Lake Superior ports accounted for 44,087,071 net tons, Lake Michigan 14,120,029, Lake Huron 1,510,879, Lake Erie 18,699,221, and Lake Ontario 36,443 tons. Iron ore and grain comprised the hulls for Lake Superior and Lake Michigan shipments.
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Great Lakes
Department of Commerces and Labor
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Trade and Industry and Mining Labor Movements Across States
The report notes a statewide shift to a commission form of government after a special election in Trade and Industry, Huron. It records a strike by 1,200 miners at Lehigh and Wilkes barre Coal Company No. 1 colliery demanding higher pay, shorter hours, and better conditions under the United Mine Workers. Wisconsin railroads ordered coal shipment priority amid a shortage, while New York capitalizes a $200 million firm to control women’s apparel manufacture. Also, a sale sees three Holstein cattle shipped from the University of Wisconsin to Tokyo, and transit interests consolidate with Interborough and Metropolitan securities firms taking control of the Fifth Avenue motor bus line and related taxi fleet operations.
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College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
G. L. Salto
Tokyo
Japan
New York
Fifth Avenue Motor Bus
New York Transportation Company of
Interborough Tranalt Company
Metropolitan and
Seouritles Companies
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound touted for female cure
Endorsing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, women report avoiding operations after long frightful illness and severe feminine troubles. Testimonials from Mrs. Anavenm Vusrirxann of Wisconsin and Mrs. Lily Preyrroux of New Orleans claim relief and avoidance of surgery. Also included is a physician’s note about creative thinking and fatigue from overwork.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lily Preyrroux
Kerlerec St
New Orleans
Cuba Population Report of 1907 Census Finds Growth
The 1907 Cuban population reached 2,048,980, up 30 percent since 1899. Havana Province holds 638,010 residents while rural districts house over half the island’s people. Havana City counts 297,189. the island averages 46.4 people per square mile across 44,164 square miles.
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Cuba
Havana
Postum Boosts Western Bookkeeper Health and Focus
A chief bookkeeper in a major Western business house credits Postum with curing stomach trouble after a pneumonia legacy and reducing nervousness and blues from coffee use. He notes long hours and intense mental effort improved since switching, and urges others to try Postum, citing the slogan There’s a Reason and the Road to Wellville book.
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Postum
Wellville
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Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Jeffries-Johnson
San Francisco
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Madriz
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Conn
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