Twain Linked Bankruptcy Case and Pecans Boom
A New York bankruptcy suit names Sam Clemens as an official in a company facing insolvency. The report details executive salary claims and long legal wrangling among American and English stockholders. A Texas pecan crop boom is described with high yields, strong prices, and expanding plantings.
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New York
Pinsman Company
at-ie-Pearl-street
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark“iwann
William B. McGann
William
Ralph“W. Ashcroft
Eho
N S Twain
Alr
Clemens
Sarge Clemens
Man Charged in Cameron Family Murder Denies Involvement
Albert Tiller of Cameron Missouri is charged with killing his wife and daughter and injuring his sister in law. He claims his brother and sister in law caused the deaths with Henry Clay Filley and his wife present. He says he was away for a half hour and returned to find the killings. Filley denies the tale.
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Albert Tiller
Tho
Pate
Cameron
Lés Doodier
Henry Clay Filiex
Albert Fulley
Kilhul
Filley
Estak
Willism.Budd. ‘Furniture ¢ Company
Petersburg
Rne
New York
Mundeg
Bae Wan Tor Giannone
Bruno Cardea
buigi-Favate
Favata
Fivata
Woman Jury Sides With Man In Trial Over Dress
In a historic district court case the jury awarded Victor Porse, a tailor, the price for a suit sold to Mim James W. Wallwork. The trial featured a women jury chosen for their experience with dress fitting and resulted in a verdict Wallwork called the worst ever.
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District Court
Victor Porse
Mim
James W. Wallwork
Denied wages trigger fatal shooting at employer home
Ohio man J E Roach, 34, arrested in Toledo after a fatal assault on his employer near Delta. Roach said he shot in self defense when demanded pay for work, hitting Soles with bullets. he fled to his nephew’s home in critical condition. Also noted is the suicide death of Mrs. John Daniels, 16, who married three months ago.
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Jas Line
Delta
Ohio
J_E_Roach
Toledo
Hoach
John Lt. Daniels
Oakland
Cal
Harry Kleinschmidt
Frank Bellows
Hopkinsville
William Ellis ‘Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Passenger train derailed in Kensington. one killed
A Soo Line passenger train wreck at Kensington Minnesota left one baggageman dead and twenty injured among passengers. Police and railroad officials investigated the derailment and secured the scene for further inquiry.
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Soo Line
Kensington
Minn
O. K. Anderson
Two-Masted Schooner Capsizes Off Westbrook. Fatal Shot in NYC
A two masted schooner Borind west capsized and sank off Westbrook Connecticut with all crew feared dead. In New York James Oliphant broker was shot and killed by Dr Shires A Geiger who then killed himself after losing his fortune in speculation.
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Borind_west
sWestbrook
Conn
Himwell
James- Ti—Oliphant
New York
Shires A. Geiger
Taste of her own medicine in old world immigration
A commentary notes the influx of American immigrants reverses the tide in Europe. Italy and Germany face the sharpest poverty and distress as families return with little money. Austria Sweden and Norway also suffer as industrial conditions worsen and winter hardship looms.
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Italy
Austria
Germany
Sweden
Norway
United States of America
Nomles- Door
Unions Grow Across Nations With Wage Talks and Strikes
Reports show varied labor activity from Lynn Massachusetts to Calgary and Vienna. Wages rise for iron workers in Boston, enactments extend in Fall River textiles, and German women join metal trades while Vienna ends a major strike with concessions. The Retail Clerks Association designs a biennial convention in Louisville, with broader union affiliations expanding in Canada and Russia.
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Calgary
Vienna
Austria
Omnibus
Fall River Textile Council
Dominion
Retail Clerks” International Protective Association
Louisville
Adelaide
Australia
Trade and Tabor Council
Russia
Unclear fragments mix social news and local notices from era
In a mixed fragment, reports touch on a Willism furniture firm in Petersburg and a New York court case involving a murder-for-hire attempt. Other items mention Hopkinsville preparations, a reconciliation with a steel magnate, meningitis serum cures, and Chicago’s police permit for a woman officer.
Diamonds Found In-Place in Arkansas Near Kimberley Comparison
Reported discovery of natural diamonds in Arkansas, connected to peridotite source rocks, with assertions they are the first in-place diamonds on the American continent. Initial tests by Mr Kunz note Kimberley-like soil, potential economic viability, and need for further investigation.
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Hessalee
Kimberley
South Africa
American
Kunz
Ant
Wirth-Hiue
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Arkansas
John Tudgreen
Itami
Arounl
Banking climate and wholesale activity in the district
The report notes improving tone in banking conditions with steady wholesale demand for immediate deliveries. It cites extensions not often requested, currency shortages, and increased bank loans for foodstuffs. A stronger money supply supports interior shipment, while gold and note circulation rise.
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Hiss
Chicaza
Jun
Democrats Choose Denver to Host National Convention
The Democratic National Committee selected Denver to host the next year’s convention on July 7 after Denver offered 100000 in addition to the convention ball. Louisville and Chicago made smaller offers. on the first ballot Denver led 22 to 17 and 5 for Chicago with 1 for St Paul. Sullivan and Woodson withdrew Chicago and Louisville respectively to back Denver. The committee also endorsed publicity for campaign funds and expenditures and thanked Perry Belmont for his reform efforts.
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Denver
Louisville
Chicago
St. Paul
Roger G_Sullivan
Illinois
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Louisvile
Rocky Mountain City
National Committee
Perry Belmont
New York
Women Celebrate Prohibition Passage at Alabama State House
Excited scenes in Montgomery as the State Senate approves the dry bill with only two opposition votes. Women in galleries mingle with senators and sing the doxology as the measure becomes law starting January. Lower house had already passed the bill and approval by the governor is expected.
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State House
Montgomery
Ala
State Senate
Ashe
Elle
Pennsylvania Phone Combine seeks major meat price drop impact
fragmented OCR notes discuss the Pennsylvania Phone Company and meat prices. It notes a proposed capital range from 30 million to 60 million and claims packers refused to sell livestock at offered rates, predicting a drop in fresh meat prices to consumers, though not materialized.
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Penunnsylvania—Phoene Combine
Retig Sette Company
St. Phila
HeTetephone Company of
Pennsylvania
Michelson to Receive Nobel Prize for Light Velocity Method
The University of Chicago learns physicist Erpf Albert A. Michelson will win this year's Nobel Prize for the best work in his field. Michelson, now in London, is credited with developing a method to measure the velocity of light. Born in Germany, he has lived in the United States since childhood and is a Naval Academy graduate.
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Nobel
University of Chicago
Erpf
Albert
Germany
The
Naval-Academy
Annapolia
Holiday buying shifts center stage in New York trade
New York reports holiday retail activity influencing the city’s commerce as shoppers raise spending, with retail volume near year ago levels. Financial circles show gradual improvement, while grain trade expands amid port activity. Weekly business failures total 28, compared with 284 last week and 249 in 1904, Canadian failures numbered 407.
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Lnigecthens
Mieke Wik
Midwest and Ohio Valley Grain and Livestock Prices Digest
Regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grain across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and Toledos markets. Commodities include butter eggs oats rye corn and wheat with No 2 grades and mixed lots cited. Prices show wide spreads by city and grade and reflect historical trading figures.
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Chicago
Ste
Hey
Timothy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Norther
Lawson Elected President of Bay State Gas Company
Telegraphic brief reports Thomas W. Lawson chosen as president of the Bay State Gas Company in Delaware. The army chief of staff outlined plans for construction projects at Hart Car Collect in Washington at a cost of 1 million dollars. Also noting Heinrich Conreid and the Metropolitan Opera production with company tensions leading to retirement at season's end.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Bay
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