World gossip from Elgin Echo items and notable deaths
A sprawling wire of 1908 era notes reports John D Hopkins death in St. Louis, Rufus Peckham dies at Coolmore, J. M. Barrie divorced, Tammany Hall graft chatter, Prince Ito assassination inquiry, High Court figures and Taft remarks, Emperor Nicholas Italy Russia ties, and various public figures linked to crime, politics, and philanthropy across the U.S. and Europe.
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John D. Hopkins
St. Louis
J. M. Barrie
Augusta E. Stetson
Mark Baker G. Eddy
Rufus W. Peckham
United States Supreme Court
Coolmore
Albany
Long Island
New York
Tammany
John M. F. Erwin
Wilmette, Ill
Puritan
Mid-Lake
Edwin W. Sims
United States
Chicago
Nicholas
Italy
King Emmanuel
Russia
Taft Mississippi trip greeted by vast crowds at Cape Girardeau
President Taft arrived at Cape Girardeau Missouri aboard the Oleander to a throng of cheering locals and travelers from rail and wagon. He spoke briefly at the State Normal School as part of a river voyage to New Orleans before continuing toward Cairo, amid a festive but fatigue laden schedule.
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Laporte
Ind
James A. Patten
John D. Rockefeller
Taft
Vicksburg
Mississippi
John R.walsh
Chicago
Guilotta
New York
Paris
Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
New Orleans
State Normal School
Missouri
C. C. Crow
M. EB. Leming
Cairo
St. Clouis
St. Paul
Geveral
Gulf
East St. Louie
Sherman
Deneen
Cannon
Illinoia
Illinois
Gulf Channel
East St. Louis
Cost of Buggies to Advance With Higher Materials
The 4000 members of the Tri-State Vehicle and Implement Dealers Association met in Cincinnati and voted to raise prices on buggies carriages and related items. Secretary Rathbun notes rising material costs require higher prices to maintain profits despite autos seeming cheaper each year.
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Tri-State
Cincinnati
Rathbun
Cashier Shoots Self In Flushing Bank Vault
Henry P. Carpenter, 51, cashier of Queens County Savings Bank in Flushing, killed himself with a gunshot in the bank vault. No motive given. He is survived by his widow and five children.
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Flushing
Henry P. Carpenter
Queens County Savings Bank
Carpenter
Storm Devastates Tabasco Mexico Leaving Millions In Damage
A cloudburst in Tabasco Mexico causes $5,000,000 in property damage with two known deaths and hundreds homeless. Rivers overflow across the state from Mescalapa to Usumacinta, inundating towns including Atasta Humaguillo Tenosique Jalapa Tlacotalpam Tlapa Santa Rosa and more along the Capapa valleys. High mountain villages escape the flood.
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Tabasco
Mexico
Mescalapa
Grijalva
Auiaguiillo
Usumacinta
Chiapas
Guatemala
Atasta
Humaguillo
Tenosique
Jalapa
Tlacotalpam
Nebraskan Wins Land Prize In Dakota Drawing
The Aberdeen North Dakota drawing for Cheyenne River and Standing Rock lands announced 2200 hopefuls. William Jengel of Butte Nebraska won No. 1 and Calvin Bowdry of Bismarck North Dakota won No. 2. Jengel may select any quarter section from 2,250,000 acres and must file by April 1, 1910. The first proceeds could reach $10,000.
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Choles
South, Dakota
Hutte
Neb
Cheyenne River
Standing Rock
Aberdeen
N. D
Littha Missea
Josephine Burke
Alice Jackson
William Jengel
Butte
Calvin Bowdry
Bismarck
Jengel
Harvard Beats Bowdoin at Soldiers Field 17 to 0
In a rare football result Harvard routed Bowdoin 17 to 0 at Soldiers Field. The day drew large crowds as other sports events and horse racing concluded with Olambala winning at Belmont Park and Ramesis TI placing second in Paris.
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Harvard
Bowdoin
Soldiers
Longchamps
Paris
W. K. Vanderbilt
Henry St. Yves
Montreal
Olambala
Belmont Park
Moquette
Lexington
Tennessee
Murphy
George Gano
John Kling
Kansas City
Charles
Cowboy) Weston
Pittsburg
Ship Hestia Sinks in Fundy Shoal Disaster
The Donaldson Line steamer Hestia, en route Glasgow to Baltimore with about 200 aboard, wrecked on Old Proprietors' Ledge in the Bay of Fundy. At least a score of lives lost. six likely survivors cling to the wreck as waves surge around them. Survived crew include Third Mate Stewart, Second Engineer Morgan, and Seamen Keen, McKenzie, Smith, and McVicker.
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Howard
Gypsy Smith
Chicago
United States
Hestia
Bay of Fundy
New York
Prince Ito
Japan
Harbin
North Atlantic Ocean
Seal Cove
Grand Matian
Donaldson Line
Glasgow
St. John
Baltimore
Stewart
Morgan
Keen, McKenzie, Smith and
McVicker
Fatal Boiler Explosion at Pabst Brewery Milwuakee
A blast at the Pabst Brewing Company power plant in Milwaukee killed worker Fred Stern and injured four others, including Gottlisb Jehnert. Property damage is estimated at 250000 dollars as three boilers, part of a battery of eight, exploded, wrecking the plant and shattering nearby windows. The cause remains undetermined.
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Pabst Brewing Company
Milwaukée
Fred Stern
Gottlisb Jehnert
Explos Se
Fiends Set Boy Afire in North Dakota Violence
In Aneta North Dakota two men attacked 12 year old Kenneth McKenzie son of Simon McKenzie butcher and reform leader pouring oil from his lantern and setting him aflame as he delivered meat in the park. Passersby quenched the blaze and the boy was rushed to St Johns hospital Fargo with likely fatal burns. The crime is linked to threats against McKenzie from opponents of the illegal liquor element.
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North Dakota
Aneta
N. D
Kenneth
Simon McKenzie
X Butcher
Reform Association
St. John’s Hospital
Fargo
Prince Ito Assassinated in Harbin Bombing
Prince Ito leader of the Japanese government reportedly killed by a bomb in Harbin on Tuesday. A Corean assailant fired the explosive, wounding the Japanese consul general and the president of the South Manchurian Railroad. Ito had traveled to Harbin to meet M. Kokovsof the Russian finance minister.
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Prince Ito
Harbin
Ero
M. Kokovsof
Privy Council of Japan
Barrie seeks wife back with offers and pardon
English writer J M Barrie, who divorced Mary Ansell after a week, now pleads for reconciliation. He claims love for his wife and offers inducements including a $200,000 lump sum. He denies wanting Pauline Chase and press reports say he is humbling himself, begging forgiveness and proposing remarriage.
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J. M. Barris
Pauline Chase
de. Eplte
England
Barrie
Mary Ansell
Will of Caroline Phelps Stokes Leaves Fortunes to Poor
Caroline Phelps-Stokes died August 26 in Redlands California leaving the bulk of her fortune for building model tenements in New York City and for delta homes for the poor. The will directs funds to relatives and the residue of her five million estate to education for Negroes and Indians and related charity. The document was filed with the New York surrogate.
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Caroline Phelps-Stokes
Redlands
Cal
New York City
United States
New York
Patchy Notes From The News Patchy Ball Town Satire
A garbled column references Pittsburg in a ball town, Dr. Cook lectures at $8 per, Halley’s comet, King Alfonso Spain, President Zelaya, Peary lectures, and a beef shortage. It blends satire on aviation, politics, and current events with scattered names and phrases.
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Pittsburg
Dr. Cook
Halley
King Alfonso
Spain
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Rance
Peary
House of Lords
Chicago Trade Review Notes Broad Demand and Industry Strength
The weekly Dun and Co review reports improved money demand and heavier payments, with widening enterprise in iron and steel. Announcements cite costly railroad terminals and factory additions at South Chicago and Gary as winter builds accelerate. Livestock receipts and supplies of hides, wool, lumber rise while holiday goods and textiles see strong orders. Failures in the Chicago district total fourteen, with three over 5,000 dollars.
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Weekly Review of
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Gary
Trade and Industry Rally Amid Cooler Weather in New York
New York reports favorable trade and industrial trends as cooler weather boosts demand for dry goods, clothing, shoes, hardware, groceries, lumber, and building materials. Coal demand rises for both steam sizes and household use. after a dull spell, iron and manufacturing activity show renewed life. Weekly U S business failures total 244 vs 220 last week. Canada reports 30 failures.
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New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains Across Cities
A wide list of commodity prices from multiple U S cities shows cattle hogs and sheep ranges in the four to seven dollar area per hundredweight while grains like wheat corn and oats quote around one dollar per bushel No 2 and mixed varieties vary by location A note from Brooklyn reports a grave misplacement where Mrs McDonald had been placing flowers on the wrong grave for fifteen years prompting an investigation
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Cattie
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Harley
Choich
Cincinnati
New York
Toledo
Mra. McDonad
Brooklyn
Otivet
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FW. W. Hughes
Iowa
Corean Palley
Henri Bernstein
Eliot
John R. Walah
Memphis
Patrick H. McCarren
George Bfasett
Russell
Lady Cook
Tennessee Clats- Min
Ballinger
Gov. Curry
New Mexico
Clarence Mackay
University of Nevada
Cook
America
Dickinson
Brussels
Leopold
Congo
Baronesa Vaughan
T. P. O'Connor
Ireland
Cape Girardeau, Mo
East St. Louisans
Cashier
Babel
Till Bay
Cleveland Press
I. Bay
Germ II
Hastia
Mr. Peary
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