Wisconsin Governor Ill At Home In Marshfield
A long list of 1908 era items notes former Wisconsin Governor W H Upham is dangerously ill at his Marshfield home. The digest also covers Frank Gotch defeating John Rooney in Chicago, rail and crime news, and various political and local notices across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Upham
Wisconsin
Marshfield, Wis
Maurice Grau
Impressario
Paris
Lake Crystal
Minn
Edward
Alfonso
San Sebastian
Spain
Frank Gotch
John Rooney
Chicago
Belgrade
Servia
Pittsburgh Flood Subsides After Greatest Deluge in History
The Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio rivers recede as Pittsburgh resumes streetcar service and clears wreckage. Losses in Allegheny County total about 9.3 million dollars across steel mills, other industries, wages, and plant damage. Western Pennsylvania reports include fire losses and at least a score of deaths in the flood with broader regional impact in West Virginia and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Panic grips Wall Street as trading plunges on grim day
Stock market collapse deepens amid 25 percent money rate and bearish sentiment. Reading and Union Pacific fall over twenty points, with many leading issues hitting new lows. total daily sales reach 2,719,906 as relief news arrives after the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Amalgamated Copper
Ameria Smelting
St. Paul
Delaware and Hudson
General Electric
Great Northern
Minneapolis
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie
Missouri Pacific
National
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading
Southern Pacific
Twin City Rapid Transit
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Flood and Fire devastate Wheeling area. plant burns
In Wheeling district floods trap residents as a fire at the Scott Lumber plant in Bridgeport and an explosion at Warwick Pottery devastate property. The calamity leaves at least one dead, 5 000 homes flooded, and 7,000 residents stranded on higher ground with 590000 in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Bridgeport
Scott Lumber Company
Warwick Pottery
South Wheeling
Wheeling Island
Warwick Botley
Ylang
Dolkee
Thaw Trial Reads Affidavit Amid Court Fight
In New York the Harry K Thaw trial heard an affidavit by Abraham Hummel detailing alleged beatings of Evelyn Nesbit across Europe in 1903. Defense then moved to admit the entire affidavit for jurors to read, while the prosecution rested rebuttal evidence. In Wichita Kansas a woman found surgical scissors left in her body after a tumor operation four years prior caused severe pain until discovery by X ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Metz
Newark
N. J
Metz
New York City
Oxford
Cambridge
Putney
Mortlake
New York
Abraham H. Hummel
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry K. Thaw
Miss Nesbit
Europe
Delmas
Harry Thaw
Austria
Switzerland
Paris
Thaw
Jerome
Abraham Hummel
Wichita
Kan
W. Ml. White
Braman
Okla
Wichita Hospital
Bank Cashier Vanishes With 126000 Crisis at Mueller Bank
Berlin reports cashier Sueyr of the Mueller Industrial Bank disappeared with 126000 in cash. Investigators suspect stock speculation caused the loss. The bank withstood a run after depositors learned of the defalcation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mueller Industrial Bank
Chicago Treasury Finds Shortage Stolen Funds After Audit
The local sub treasury completed counting sixty two million dollars to explain a reported shortage of one hundred seventy three thousand dollars found February twenty. No bookkeeping error was found and officials concluded the discrepancy resulted from theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Braddock Brevities From Ariddock News March
March notes show farm machinery agents active this week. J O Ryan returns from Twin Cities business trip and plans a $100 beet sale for Rennie charity after a fire loss. Cad Logue from Linton with many dogs visits Braddock. Adolph Shik returns from Cookrane Wisconsin due to his father’s illness. Walter Huber from Mountainy Wisconsin stays through summer. Henry Winterton dies at Radcliffe Iowa from quick consumption aged forty. Log born in Norway thirteen years ago settled in Iowa before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nor Way
Christ
Jacoh
Hazelton
Braddock
Chrit Wis
Radcliffe
Teeol
Henry Winterton
Iowa
Norway
Hazelton Happenings and Local Notes in Spring Plans
Local column reports a new elevator project at Keittin and a range of Hazelton area updates. Residents include Mendelowitz of Linton visiting, Mrs Rush of Hague visiting relatives, and Anton Lirson buying into Lirson & Larvik threshing tie. Train service and a branch rail line face delays due to derailment. Washington trip observations clash with North Dakota prospects for farmers and real estate interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larvik Brothers
Lirson & Larvik
Snd
Rotary
Hocume
Hazelton
Viton Goelinig
Washington
North Dakota
Coonen
South Dakota
Towa
Tragic Skull Fragments Found on Southbound Train Track
Reported along the Mdmore line after a southbound passenger train halted. Searchers recovered a battered skull fragment and human remains between ties near Whitseth, with a dismembered body part also found. Cornelius Wall, a pumping station worker, was killed while walking home along the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mdmore
Cornelius Wall
President Merrifield Resigns Amid North Dakota Dissension
Redeent Merifeld of the Univer North Dakota at Grand Forks announces his resignation to be discussed at the next meeting of the tee, following legislative action on funding. The move comes amid town and campus debate about appropriation and leadership future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood
Grand Forks Herald
Fairmount News
Pairmount Thesday
Northwest
HW. Schutt
Redeent Merifeld
Univer North Dakota
Grand Forks
Merris
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Rind
Linton
Frank Goteh
Farmer Burns
Omaha
Fitchburg
Boston and Maine Railroad
Williamstown
Mass
Superior
Wis
Taft
War Department
Joe” Ullman
Haseen
Belmont
Cal
Ullman
Shuward
Archie Roosevelt
Rixey
Harris
Hocking Valley
United States
J. Hubley Ashton
Ashton
Dun
Walter Heisten
Finsbury District
London
John S Brinton
Philadelphia
Cot Lamedorff
Russia
San Remo
Italy
Joseph Stockton
General Stockton
Hyergereen Hospital
Leavenworth
Fairbanks
Irish Fellowship Club
Williston
Fred Gardiner
St. Thomas
Fargo
Jamestown
Great Northern Railway Company
Ward County
Leeds
California
Pembina Pioneer Express
Forum
Hillsboro
Samuel Little
Traill County
Pollock
Ambrose
Dora Jacobson
Bulkhoi Valley
Wahpeton Globe
G. A. Bryant
Itos
Napoleon
Streeter
Emmons
Stevens
Burleigh
Bismarck Tribune
McClusky
N. D
Nils Paulson
Col
Dallas
Soo
J. A. Chesley
Buford
Minot
Missouri River
LaMoure Progress
State Senate
Jamestown Alert
Dakar
Lowes
Noah
Watineton Globe
St Maul
Tesh
Caose
Commonwealth
Tory
West Virginia
Ing
Mount Washington
Allegheny Light Company
Precip
Ket
Reading and Union
Pacific
Ohio and
West
Ariddock News
J. Oj. Ryan
Twin Cities
D2 Rennie
Cad Logue
Cad
Piatje
Adolph Shik
Cookrane
Othe
Adolph
Ty Walter Huber
Mountainny
Prom Tivelten Reputlican Mareh Iy Linder
Keittin Newset
Merchant Mendelowitz
Linton, Wis
Thesday
Kulm
Moly
Shellenteer
Linton Bridow
H. A. Armstrong
Anton Lirson
Merrifield
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