Politician Owes Millions as Col Guffey Faces Receiver
Col James M Guffey oil magnate and Pennsylvania Democratic leader faces a court appointed receiver over about 6.7 million in debts. Assets exceed 15 million while liabilities total roughly 7 million. Receiver John H Willard says Guffey will repay in full and still leave about 8 million. Guffey, 65, built fortunes in oil and gas and seeks Senate and party leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Guffey
National Democratic
Pennsylvania
John 8. Willard
Colonel Guffey
Joseph M. Swearingen
Pittsburg
J. H. Galey
Felda
Guffey
Pittsburg Wits
National Committee
J. K. Jones
United States Senate
Preacher Victim of Fire at Belfast Hotel
Rev William John McCaughan former Chicago pastor and his wife were among victims of a rapid Belfast Kelvin hotel blaze. Three employees died and many guests were injured as guests fled the flames. McCaughan who had led churches in Belfast Toronto and Chicago jumped from a window with his wife to escape. He was a noted editor and Masonic figure and helped settle a Belfast shipyard strike before coming to the United States.
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William John McCaughan
Third Presbyterian Church of Chicago
Kelvin
Belfast
Ireland
McCaughan
Chicago
McCaughans
Independent Order of Foresters
Sara A. Cooper
Philadelphia
Inventor Westinghouse resigns presidency of company
George Westinghouse resigns the presidency of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing saying he has been frozen out by associates. Born 1846 in Schoharie county New York he is famed for the air brake patented in 1868 and many other inventions. He remains a director until 1912 and has just been elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Mr. Weatinghouse
Schoharie County
New York
Italy
Belgium
Westinghouse
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Mrs Vanderbilt Joins Early French Monoplane Flight Craze
Mrs W K Vanderbilt buys a lightweight French monoplane designed for women and joins three demo machines sent to the United States. Instruction will be offered to interested American women at Mineola and other fields as two machines are slated for Mrs Clifford Harmon and Mrs William K Vanderbilt Jr. Harmon plans ballooning comebacks and seeks the international cup racing from St. Louis while piloting Captain Baldwin’s balloon with prior records for height and duration. Aeroplane matinees by the Aero Club of America feature exhibition flights led by Captain Baldwin and Harmon at Garden City with left and right course ascents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Vanderbilt
Mineola
L. 1
Clifford B. Harmon
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Clifford JB. Harmon
St. Louis
Captain Baldwin
New York
Aero Club of America
Garden City
Mr. Harmon
Northwest notes spark list of old region incidents
Idaho and surrounding states report a string of events from an Idaho voting update and a boxing bout for sixty cents to a murder suspect and manslaughter case in Ely Nevada. A child killed by a wagon near Iona Idaho and a Sunday show ban in Boise follow the legal and political notes.
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Vetera
Idaho
Bolae
Ida
John
Tom Bendias
Ely
Nevada
Alfred Villa
Hhs
Tucson
Ariz
R. H. Fife
Iona
State Supreme Court
Boise
Canada
Austria
Germany
China
England
America
Gesion
Colorado Springs
Spreckler Sugar Refining Company
California
Price
Union Pacific
Solon Hill
Wyo
Copper and ore boom spreads through Utah mining region
Reports from Ely Jarbidge and American Fork describe rich surface finds and expanding vein developments. Daly West and Miami Copper cut production to focus on new territory while keeping most workers. Cardiff shows strong ore shipments. United States copper demand and supply concerns shape optimistic eastern speculation as Utah mining activity accelerates.
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Ely
Welser
Ida
Jarbidge
United States
Ely Calumet
Daly West Company
Miami Copper Company
Canyon
American Fork
Pacific Mining Company
Yankee
Jones
Cardiff
South Fork
Big Cottonwood
Utah
Salt Lake City
William H. Child
John D. Ryan
Amalgamated Copper Company
Ninety-nine
Good Springs
Nevada
Victoria Mining Company
Provo
Consolidated Plobe Mines Company
William Lloyd
Delamar
Nev
Bamberger-Delamar
New York
Wayne County
W. Mulbery
Blunt Advert Calms Readable Woes With Odd Claims
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a cure all to “fret put up a yoare ny ?, mguiate and invigorate stem liver bowels.” The piece humorously notes financial stinginess as a wife and artist exchange quips about bills and luck in tough circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Coca Cola advertisement and offers from 1910
The text promotes Coca Cola as a cooling thirst-quencher available at soda fountains and in bottles with a 5c price. It invites readers to request a free booklet “The Truth About Coca-Cola” from the Coca Cola Co. and to send 20 stamps for the Coca Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910 containing the Casey at the Bat poem and baseball schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Coca-Cola
Coca- Cola
Coca-Cola Baseball
Casey
Owl Named Judge Longworth Shocks Garden Party
A neighbor names a pet owl after Judge Nicholas Longworth, once Ohio’s supreme court justice, and the playful moment is followed by a maid announcing the owl has laid an egg at the wife’s garden party, provoking surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Supreme Bench
Longworth
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Mrs. Vanderbilt
Northwest
EB. Heigho
Pacific and Idaho & Northern Railroad
Methodist Episcopal Church
Robert Haydn
Miner
Inter-Mountain
Marie Rommel
Pocatello
Post Office Department
Bingham Canyon
Twin Falls
United States Army
Crow Creek
Golden Rule
Rigby
St. Anthony
Yellowstone
Montana
State of
Colorado
Denver
Pueblo
Electric
Park County
Montana Coal & Coke Company
A. W. Merrifield
Carter
Jack
Jim
Gruet
Postum Cereal
O., Ld
Battle Creek, Mich
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