Federal judge takes charge of Cleveland street rail lines
Judge Va yler in Cleveland appoints two receivers for the Municipal Traction Company and the Cleveland Railway Company to preserve property. The ruling allows a final hearing to determine rights on restoration of property. The Municipal Traction Company, holding the lines, was created amid a 3 cent fare push, with limited capitalization, and the lease termination followed a referendum.
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Cleveland
Municipal Traction Company
Cleveland Railway Company
Vayler
Central Trust Company of New York
Taylor
Tts
Coourt
Unicipal
Joboron
Awa
Father and son clash over eight hour work limit
A 15 year old boy in a New York children's court declared he would not work more than eight hours daily for his father. He said his father was a good man but he would be arrested for child labor if not for child rights. The clerk advised the father to meet the boy's objections.
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Children’s Court
New York
Elae
Schwab Announces Purchase of San Francisco Dry Docks
Charles M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel, controlling Union Iron Works, disclosed the acquisition of controlling interest in the San Francisco Dry Dock Company. The two large Hunters Point docks and several floating docks will join Union Iron Works in a West repair facility to handle marine work and dock any ship in the Pacific. Schwab then departed for New York.
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Pacific Ocean
Schwab
New York
Nine Killed in Rearend Wreck at Littlewoods
A rearend collision on the New Orleans and Northeastern railroad near Littlewoods twelve miles from New Orleans kills nine people and injures a number. The incident details are still coming in as authorities assess the scene and identify the deceased.
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New Orleans and Northeastern
Littlewoods
New Orleans
Carnegie Favors Revenue Tariff with Luxuries Tax
Andrew Carnegie supports a tariff for revenue only and high duties on luxury goods for the rich while avoiding a dining event with the President. Labor leaders skip Roosevelt dinner at Denver Convention as Gowpers not invited. Quaker Rack Death Valley earthquakes rattle Death Valley Arizona and surrounding mining camps for three weeks ending Wednesday.
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Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Denver
Roosevelt
Gowpers
Death Valley
Arizona
Thrace
Aftermath of Alhotion Election Across States
Wisconsin voted for an income tax and Vice President elect Sherman reports 2500 in election expenses. Nationwide, Republicans gain seats in New York but split with Democrats as Taft trails in Georgia. Missouri votes Republican governor Hoadley amid an 85 year gap. cabinet speculation centers on Taft’s choices and personnel shifts in War, Agriculture, and Postmaster General roles.
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Wisconsin
Sherman
New York City
Hughes
Hoadley
Frank W. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Norman
Mack
Bryan
United States Senate
Maryland
Taft
Roosevelt
Parker
Duke Wright
Wilson
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Service
Arthur Ty Vorys
Ohio
Iats
William Och, Jr
Opening of Rosebud land sale signals new era in U S policy
Five thousand applicants shared 828 thousand acres on the Rosebud Indian reservation in South Dakota. Each of the 160 acre plots reflects a shift from first come to a lot system amid criticism of free land policy as arable public domain dwindles. The piece notes the changing transport means from prairie schooners to automobiles and recalls the Oklahoma dash and the historical westward settlement drive.
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United States
South Dakota
Rosebud Indian Reservation
Oklahoma
Rosebud Reservation
Book Trust Debate and Campus Pranks In Midwestern Colleges
Chicago trustees probe the so called book trust as advertisement frames the school book market. Texas suit cited as challengers clash with American Book Company. Nebraska’s Chancellor Andrews bans class fights and sneak days. Parsons College forbids sock rush and invents a hosiery free rivalry.
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Echoo
Chicago
Socalled Book Trust
American Book Company
Texas
Andrews
Nebraska State University
Parsons College
Jazz Field
Iowa
Deny Oil Rehearing With Sharp Rebuttal Incredulous Plea
The United States government sought a rehearing of Standard Oil of Indiana’s appeal from a $20,240,000 fine. The U S Circuit Court at Chicago denied the petition in a brief opinion by Judge Grosscup, upholding the prior reversal of Judge Munds. The case now moves to Attorney General Bonaparte for possible certiorari to the Supreme Court.
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United States
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Lands
Grasscup, Baker
Seaman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Grosscup
Mandis
Bonaparte
Trial of Ray Lamphere Opens in Gunness Murder Case
The Leporta Indiana session opens for Ray Lamphere charged with murdering Mrs Belle Gunness and her three children by fire at the Brookside Farm. Local crowds and farm families attend as public interest grows about Gunness alleged career of killings. Many residents believe Gunness alive, while jurors are selected to focus on proving her death beyond doubt.
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Leporta
Liparte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Lange
Brookside Farm
Laporte
Lumphere
Trials and sentences stretch across oil, finance, and crime
Government attorneys critique appellate rulings on oil company penalties linked to settlements with the Chicago and Altoona Railway. Reports note October business failures at 4,187 with $15,898,068 in losses, while the Steel Trust shows improved quarterly earnings. Philippine school strikers face expulsion as prosecutions proceed. In murder notes, Mrs. Gunness case features competing forensic claims, a headless body, and a suspect linked to an arson fire.
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Chicago and Altoi
Eelf
Dan
Facts for Farmers and Crop Prospects Across Regions
A mass meeting of cotton growers and allied interests is planned in Memphis. Winter rains improve prospects in the wheat belt west of the Missouri. Newbornia markets to the Southwest and shipments to Europe rise from gulf ports. Drought delays plowing in southern Minnesota as wells go dry. Minnesota law enables cooperative creameries to market jointly, with six creameries forming a $12,500 capital stock corporation.
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Memphis
Missouri
Newbornia
Europe
Gulf Porta
Minnesota
Wella
Inez
Carmack Shot Dead In Nashville Street Feud
Former United States Senator Carmack, editor of the Tennesseean and a leading Democrat, was shot dead in Nashville by Robin Cooper amid a feud rooted in last June gubernatorial primaries. The exchange wounded Cooper as bystanders fled, ending Carmack’s prominent political journalism career and highlighting Tennessee political violence.
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United States
Ward Carmack
The
Tennesseean
South
Tth
Naghville
Feun
Robin Cooper
Duncan B. Cooper
Cooper
Carmack
Pellmell
Tennessee
M. R. Patterson
Colonel Cooper
Tennesseem
Democratic Machine
Fortier
Castellan Springs
Sumner County
Tenn
Navy
Columbia
Memphis American
Memphis Appeal-Avalanche
Holly Springs
Miss
Collier
Congress
Tenth
United States Senate
Robert Taylor
North Dakota Delegation Christen Ship North Dakota
Gov Burke aid staff leads a 100 strong North Dakota delegation to Quincy Massachusetts to christen the new steamer North Dakota. On Long Island opening day of the hunting season reports note fifty decor killed and over 1000 hunters in the fray. Investigators report New York City workers face license related charges with one suspension and two resignations already recorded.
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Gov
Burke
Staf
North
McLellan
New York City
Editors From Minnesota Tour Western Canada Look Ahead
A party of Minnesota editors toured Western Canada from Winnipeg to the Pacific Coast and report vast growth. They note rail expansion, converted prairie to grain lands, and rising settlements. The government now offers 100 acres of wheat land at 3 per acre plus 160 acres, with 1908 yields strong and profits likely. Milestone Saskatchewan reports 30 bushels per acre and 800000 bushels to be shipped. Government agents offer free lands and transport information.
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Canada
Minnesota
West St. Paul
Hutchinson
Western
Western Canada
Milestone
Saskatchewan
William Woop Them Plain Bail Williams A Railroad Pioneer
William Williams, known as Bail Williams, rose from a Chicago telegraph operator to a top railroad figure. In the 1880s he led building operations for the Canadian Pacific Railway under Lord Strathcona, earning a knighthood from Queen Victoria in 1906. He valued humor and was amused that Chicago peers still called him plain.
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Iz William Woop
Bail” Williams
van Horne
Chicago
Lord Strathcona
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dominion of Canada
Pacific Ocean
Sir William
Success Magazine
Getting Interested in a Hovel Elopement Plot
Clara and Maude discuss a cottage project as Clara reveals the heroine plans to elope with one man because she loves another, unveiling a dramatic romantic triangle. The exchange hints at a story within a story and character tensions.
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Maude
Clara
Upward Start From Coffee to Postum Cited in Letter
A Tennessee woman shares a lifelong health improvement after switching from coffee to Postum. She describes stomach relief, renewed strength, and steadier nerves after years of coffee-related distress, claiming Postum gave her an upward start and is now her beverage of choice.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellsville
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