The Die Deluge and a Wall Street Collapse
The narrator details Langdon and allies losing control of the Textile Trust as Walter Edmunds of Chicago stands firm. Amid market chaos he reports on Anita and Alva, a financial crisis unfolding with The Seven’s press power eroding. The period ends with the “Wild Week” collapse and a call to repair credit and trust.
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Walter G. Edmunds
Chicago
Langdon
Edmunds
Joe
Textile Trust
National Department of Commercce
Trust
Allence
Price
Alva
White Elephant
Anita
Billy
William
Wheell
United States
Wall Street
Roebuck
Nnet
Artlan
Wild Week chapter hints at tyrannical move by The Seven
The excerpt suggests The Seven orchestrated a fatal action on Updegraft's counsel, aligning with their romantic tyrant persona. It critiques the people's passive consent as they submit yearly to a single predatory authority.
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Updegraft
Life is Like Sea Water Quote From Stichter
A serif of a quote notes life being like sea water, never sweet enough to draw one toward heaven, attributed to Stichter.
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Heaven
Pistol Duel at Nevada Saloon Leaves One Dead and Multiple Injured
In Goldfield Nevada James Hibbs was shot in the jaw and abdomen while David Wright and Erwin Stoyer were wounded in the leg by Harry Wiseman who fired on four men during a poker game. Wiseman was shot in the mouth by William Seaman. Hibbs is expected to die while Wiseman will recover. Seaman remains under arrest.
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Seaman
Wiseman
Dr. Allen
Wright
Stover
Food shortages as rail disruption nears
Goldfield Nevada returns to stage line and auto service to Mina and Beatty after transport tie up between Goldfield Tonopah and Bullfrog roads. Auto fares run 25 dollars to Mina and 30 to Beatty while the chamber of commerce reports only forty eight hours of fresh meat and dairy stock left and calls for a quick fix. Wagons haul from Tonopah and Mina to restock as workers sit idle and groceries dwindle in town.
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Goldfield
New
Tonopah
Goldfield & Bullfrog
Mina
Beatty
Tonopah & Goldfield
Clark Road
Chamber of Ecommerce
Cyclone Hits Poarch Village Near Elk City
A message from Elk City reports a cyclone striking the village of Pourch near Elk City on Thursday night. The post office is destroyed and nearly every house wrecked. No injuries reported. details unavailable due to downed wires. Poarch is a small hamlet of about 200 in Roger Mills County near the Texas line.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Elk City
Pourch
Poarch
Roger Milly County
Child Burned to Death in Oquawka Inquest Findings
An inquest into the death of a 4 year old child of Mrs. Jane Hathaway in Oquawka Illinois found death by accident after testimony suggested the mother lied about an assault and burning incident to cover up neglect. A nearby man was arrested and released.
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Monmouth
Jane Hathaway
Oquawka
New Mexico Statehood Drive Tied to Roosevelt Support
Governor Curry of New Mexico said President Roosevelt backed statehood for New Mexico alone and would push for swift passage. He noted the bill would be introduced and pressed at the next division of Congress.
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Cairo
Curry
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal jury probes Little Black Book in Lumber Trust case
Investigators report a secret Minneapolis meeting of lumber dealers last winter and a follow up gathering of about sixty lumbermen in Chicago as part of the Invest gation into the Little Black Book tied to the lumber trust. The strange, damaged text notes the book was pensioned here after the Chicago meeting.
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Langdon
Textile Trust
Minneapolis
Minn
Federal
Howes
al Lowe
Chicago
It’s the Nation’s Duty Says President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt in St. Louis called restoring the Mississippi to a great commerce artery a national task and urged a liberal waterway policy. He warned against wasteful plans tainted by robbery, amid a heavy downpour as he spoke aboard the Mississippi during a voyage from Keokuk to Memphis.
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St. Louis
Roowvelt
Mississippi River
Lakes
Gulf
Jal Alal
National
St. Louis Harbor
Keokuk
Memphis
Tern
Debate Over Negro Bishops Dominates Episcopal Convention
Richmond Va. Protestant Episcopal leaders convene for the forty fifth triennial session where the central issue is the proposal to create Negro bishops and potential missions schools withdrawal or autonomy for Negro congregations and bishops under white diocesan oversight.
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Richmond
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Duty of the States in Federal Commerce Fight
Railroad commissioners from Washington Oregon North Dakota and Minnesota met at the Minnesota capitol and without firm action referred issues to the national convention in Washington. They discussed federal regulation of commerce and urged states to retain power to regulate within their borders. A working agreement with the Interstate Commerce Commission was deemed necessary.
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St. Paul
Minn
State Capitol
Washington
Oregon
North Dakota
Minnesota
Lawrence
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gist of Drugists Call Sherman Law Too Radical
Denver meeting of the National Wholesale Druggists Association adopted a resolution urging amending or new legislation to permit reasonable trade agreements under the Sherman anti trust law. The group argues over application that it creates the greatest restraint of trade. Cocaine is labelled highly pernicious and a member urged limiting retailer sales to an ounce at a time. The national pure food law won broad support.
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Denver
Colo
National
Wholease Druggists’ Association
Birthplace of Grant in Point Pleasant honored on centennial
A memorial tablet at Ulysses S. Grant birthplace in Point Pleasant Der mont county was unveiled in a gathering of former army associates. The event concluded Clermont county's three day centennial home-coming celebration with thousands honoring the nation’s famed war hero.
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Cincinnati
UW. &. Grant
Point Pleasant
Dermont County
Clermont County
Wareloy
Mrs. Bradleys Case Postponed in Utah Murder Trial
Washington United States Attorney Baker requested postponement of the trial set for November 11 for defendant Anna Bradley indicted in the murder of former Utah Senator Brown. Defense counsel were absent, Justice Stafford postponed the motion to next Monday, the trial date. It is understood the defense prefers delaying the case this month.
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Bradley
Washington
United States
Baker
Wednesda
Jim Thee Stafford
Anna Prradkley
Senator Brown
Utah
Justice Stafford
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High Finance
Korea
Blacklock
Tetley Tian
Addite
Walilox
Nevada
Oklahoma
Lumber Trust
Mississippi
Episcopal Convention
Grant
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