Investigation Ordered Into Nebraska Children’s Home Society
Governor Mickey orders probe after W. M. Akers accuses Nebraska Children’s Home Society of cruel treatment of children entrusted to its care. Elmer Quivey, the superintendent, to answer charges. Albers contends two Akers children were given to a Nebraska City woman who maltreated them and alleges a money making traffic in child handling.
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Mickey
Nebraska Children’s Home Society
W. M. Akers
Elmer Quivey
Albers
Quivey
Akers
Nebraska City
Hypnotist Brown Trampled as Lamont Mob Tries to Wake Youth
At a Lamont public entertainment a hypnotist named Brown caused a youth Ole Rasmusson to fall into a deep trance. The crowd demanded restoration attempts fail, and Brown was mobbed and trampled before he could be rescued by a few calm bystanders.
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Lamont
Brown
Ole Rasmuss¢n
Explosive wrecks strike Pennsylvania yard and city damage
News reports describe two cars of dynamite exploding in Pennsylvania Railway yards near Cresthae Oliv, injuring Yardmaster Courtier and Clerk Geisinger, with walls toppled and buildings shaken from the blast heard fifty miles away. Other items note an Ohio opera house fire and a grocers trust sale details.
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Poennsylvania
Cresthae
Oliv
Pennsylvania
Geisinger
Laying of Corner Stone Highlights Funds Wastage
Attorney General WoJo Wambo of HP declares that 25 percent of the Minors Legislature appropriations are wasted before reaching institutions. Three men employed by the State handle duties at the DeKalb County courthouse cornerstone event.
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Waato
WoJo Wambo
DeKalb Couunty Court House
Tragedy hit Purdue team in wreck near Indianapolis
A Big Four Railroad wreck near Indianapolis killed fifteen people and injured two. Nine victims were Purdue University football players en route to Indianapolis to face Indiana State University.
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Indianapolis
Purdue University
Indiana State University
Fire Kills Twenty-Five In Five-Story New York Buildin g
A five story tenement at 426 Ith avenue New York burned with 25 dead 21 men and 3 women plus a 10 month old infant. Police and coroner deem incendiary origin. Many victims were Italian.
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of All Nations
Lth Avenue
New York
Gambling King Arrested in Memphis for Forger Prison Violation
Col A V Ward known as the man with a cough, a river gambler, was arrested in Memphis Tennessee and will be taken to Michigan City Indiana to serve the remainder of a penitentiary sentence for forgery. He has been ordered back to prison for two years but violated conditions by leaving the state.
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Col A. V. Ward
Memphis
Tenn
Michigan City
Ind
New Revolt in Colombia Aimed at Conservative Government
A 70 man revolutionary force led by Frederico Lugo and Juan Caicedo landed on Colombia’s Atlantic coast near Penonome. The Bogota cruiser with troops sailed from Panama to disperse the insurgents as officials doubt the revolt gains traction or liberal support.
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Frederico Lugo
Juan Caicedo
Catalina
Atlantic
Colombia
Penonome
Bogota
Panama
Tascon
Paneman
Murder of 21 year old Mabel Bechtel shocks Allentown
Police in Allentown investigate the murder of Mabel Bechtel aged 21 found crushed skull in the areaway of her home. The crime mirrors a Paterson New Jersey case and centers on a conflict between fiancé Alfred Eckstein and admirer David Weisenberg.
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Allentown
Mabel Bechtel
Busschieter
Paterson
Alfred Eckstein
Foy David Weisenberg
Bethlehem
Eckstein
Weisenberg
Grl
Westbound freight rush prompts call for return of cars
Newark shipments of merchandise by rail remain heavy with trunk lines urging rapid return of cars from the West. Railroads defer reductions in train crews planned for November and note continued strong movement of general merchandise and machinery westward.
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Newark City
Timex
Minnesota Banker Arrested for Forging Customer Name
William A Patton of Lesner Minnesota, cashier of the defunct Bariners and Merchants Bank, admits forging Hierman Otting's name to a $2000 promissory note. He is accused of also negotiating about $16000 from a St Paul bank and roughly $90000 from a Mankato bank.
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William A Patton
Lesner, Minn
Bariners and Merchants’ Bank
William AJ Patton
Hierman Otting
Patton
On St Paul Bank
Mankato Bah
Miners Fail to Disclose Proceedings and Arbitrate
Butte Montana officials refuse to divulge executive session proceedings held Sunday night. The Silver How Trades and Labor Assembly endorsed Saturday action to buy MacGinnis stock and support resolutions. A Boston financier offers 125000 to arbitrate Heinze mining property price. a court ruling requires Miller Grain paying Klovstad despite gambling debts claim. Bluefields suffers a $300000 fire destroying southern town remains.
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Butte Union
Montana Miners
Butte
Silver How Trades and Labor Assembly
MacGinnia
Boston and Montana Company
Senator Weas Marries Miss Cone in Atlanta Gap Surprise
Aged Senator William Morris Stewart of Nevada wed Mary Agnes Cone at Atlanta Gap. Stewart is 74 and his bride 40, a marriage that surprised both friends and family.
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Weas
William Morris Stewart
United States
Trouble Expected as 400 Marines Deployed to Caribbean
A prominent Washington correspondent warns of rapid dispatch of 400 marines to the Caribbean Sea and other signs suggesting the United States anticipates upheaval or revolution in Colorhina.
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Washington
Caribbean Sea
United States
Colourhina
St Louis express drivers strike over wage demands
About 400 drivers for St Louis express companies walked out over wage increases asked from Pacific Express Company. A separate NYC report notes Mrs A I Stre killed by poisoning claimed to be accidental carbolic acid ingestion mistaken for medicine. coroner told of the mix up as Beatrice Stre 26, wife of Albert I Stre, is named in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St Louis Express
Pacific Express Company
Two Parents Kill Children Claiming God Ordered Acts
An Indiana man shot his two infants as they slept and a California mother strangled her three children claiming divine command. Also noted is the funeral of Salvation Army leader Mrs Booth-Tucker with 3000 attendees in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
California
Salvation Army
Missouri Quake Shocks Felt Across the Southeast
A recent earthquake along the western Mississippi in southeastern Missouri stirred alarm, felt as far as St. Louis and across New Madrid region. The piece notes ties to the historic New Madrid quakes of 1811 and describes ground subsidence and uprooted trees with regional historical context.
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Mississippi
Missouri
St. Louis
New Madrid
Jefferson
Arkansas
Canada
New York Independent Exchanges Seek Farm Union
A Chicago magazine notes 292 independent telephone exchanges in New York State mostly serve rural communities. A movement aims to unite them via a Buffalo to New York trunk line, connecting with independent firms and seeking contracts for 75,000 telephones in a city canvass.
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New York
Farm Union
Chicago
New York State
Ohi
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Buffalo
New York City
Fo Htare
Canners Called Out in Largest Chicago Labor Stoppage
About 2,400 idle workers result from one thousand Chicago packing house canners joining a wave of strikes that could halt meat supplies. The union, representing over 53,000 workers, seeks 25 cents extra per day for canners while packers offer 1 cent per hour for unskilled workers and nothing for higher paid staff. More than 32,000 stockyard employees stand ready to support.
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Chicago
Vessels Exposed On Yukon Ice Threaten Winter Losses
A Dawson dispatch reports steamers and cargoes totaling over 2 million dollars exposed to Yukon ice with little chance of reaching safety for winter. The Columbian Victoria Zelandian Bailey lie on the bar above Pawson, while the Will H Y Isom is at the river mouth. The ice may crush them though the IXerr stalled below Eagle carries 150000 worth of meat. Yukon bound ships for White Horse reached their destinations. Klondike gold output last season is estimated at 10400000.
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Dawson
Yukon
Columbian
Zelandian
Bailey
Pawson
Isom
Ixerr
Eagle
White Horse
Klondike
Preacher Accused of Heresy Resigns in Kansas City
Rev A El Guammage of Lene Avenue Baptist Church resigns after deacons request due to alleged heretical teachings. Many members withdraw with him. He claims to start a new church. Deacons chair J W Mee says he preached not the true Baptist religion and advocates divine heating and perfect sanctification.
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Kansas City
Kan
Gammage
A EL Guammage
Lene Avenue
Board of Deacons
Gammmage
W Mee
Beans of Deacons
St. Louis Bank Runs Sparked by Rumor in Tuesday Morning
Depositors rushed Lincoln Trust Mercantile Trust and Mississippi Valley Trust as rumors from Chicago brokers claimed local banks were unsound. Crowds formed outside tellers windows while bank officials urged calm and solvency. Directors agreed to enforce thirty and sixty day notice to halt further withdrawals.
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St. Louis
Lincoln Trust Company
Mercantiles Trust Company
Mississippi Valley Trust Company
St. Louis Bankers and Trust Company
Chicago
Weekly Review of Labor Controversies and Trade Decline
A survey notes widespread labor disputes with more furnaces and mills closed while some Minneapoles flour mills resume. Western transport strains and heavy interior merchandise distribution affect demand. Jobbing trade eases as cooler weather curbs apparel buys and pig iron prices drop. Bankruptcies rise to 279 in the U S and 20 in Canada with several contracts canceled.
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W York
New York
Minneapolias
Minnesota
Unis
United States
Canada
Indian Girls For Servants Train Them For Housework
Success of movement to train Indian girls for general housework and employment in white families reported by Major S W Campbell at the Lapomte Indian agency. Fifty Red River reservation girls to enter service to aid the system to northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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S. W. Campbell
Lapomte Indian Agency
Becays
Duluth
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Campbell
Shipbuilding receivership report pillories Morgan and Schwab
James Smith Jr. accuses J P Morgan Charles M Schwab and associates in a Trenton filing before Circuit Judge Patrick of providing $20,000,000 in preferred and common stock with no equivalent payment. The report denounces the Morgan Schwab Harrs Gates pact to market stock early and questions Schwab’s Bethlehem Steel purchase as a misused purchase via first mortgage bonds and shipbuilding stock.
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J. P. Morgan
Charles M Schwab
Col J J McCook
Jeceiver
James Smith, Jr
United States Shipbuilding Company
United States
Patrick
Trenton
Mr Smith
J P Morgan
Herbert Satterlee
Morgan
Schwab and Morgan
Morgan Schwab-Harrs-Gates & Co
Bethlehem Steel Company
Smith
Charles Mo Schwab
Steel Trust
Bethlehem
C. M Behwab
Attempt on Life of Diaz in Guanajuato Mexico
An assailant named Enas Toscano fired five shots at President Diaz while he rode a street car with guests in Guanajuato. Toscano was captured by Pablo Escanadon and jailed. authorities probe whether intoxication or plot motive driven the attack. A similar 1897 attempt occurred in Mexico City with the would-be killer lynched by a mob.
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Guanajuato
Mexico
Diaz
Cantador Garden
Enas Toscano
Pablo Escanadon
Deaths in New York and San Francisco reported in brief
Two incidents are noted with sparse details. Margaret Connelly aged 60 and her son Richard aged 86 were found dead in New York from suffocation by gas. Daniel Boone, a famed animal trainer, is reported dead in San Francisco, noted for serving as a Confederate army captain.
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Margaret Connelly
Richard
New York
Gan
Daniel Boone
San Francisco
National Steel and Wire Corporation
Vulcan Detiining Company of
Bradstreet Grain Report Shows Wheat and Corn Exports
Wheat exports for the week ending October 22 total 40 bushels vs 2,805,610 last year 4 05. In 1901 and 4,932,978 in 1900. Fiveteen weeks into the cereal year the aggregate reaches 49,806,774 bushels vs 2,319 in 1902 and 95,530,059 in 1901. Corn exports for the week aggregate 1,809,885 bushels vs 1,410,412 last week and 1,188,288 in 1901. Sixteen weeks into the cereal year total 7 Mus. bushels vs 1,578,846 in whi 14 639,183 in 1001.
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Bradstreet
Historical US Grain and Livestock Prices by City
Record of commodity bids across multiple U S cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and Seattle. Cattle hogs sheep and various grains such as wheat corn oats rye and barley priced per quantity with frequent No 2 classifications and price ranges.
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Chicago
Choice Creamery
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
York
Westen
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Geneseo Republic
Nebraska Institution
W. M. Akera Aversa
Assistant
Coshocton Ohio
Miller & Robinson
Charles
Grocers’ Trust
Consolidated Grocers
Ameren
Peorm Btemen
le Paul
Galesburg
Peorma
Br Paul
W McQuaid
Les Moines
W Vo McQuaid
St. Paul
Vo McQuaid
United States Shipbuilding Combine
China
Maude Albon
Anes McGeary
Elizabeth
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
America
England
West Africa
Eli City
Okla
Elk City
Oklahoma
NWD
Pollered
John Miller Grain Company
John A. I Klovstad
Miller Company
Klovstad
Lawson
Thomas W Lawson
Boston
Amalgamated Copper Company
Hutte, Mont
Heinze
Bluefields
Nicaragua
New_York Farma
Barnsboro
Ornano
Bis
Citizens’ Industrial Association of Amerea
Santo Domingo
Darling
Norfolk Navy Yard
Baltimore
Puerto Plata
Philadelpha
Geon Taft
Myer Guid
Mr .Laft
Ameriwa
Amerena Railway Association
Sarah Ann Hinshaw
Emporia
Kansas
Dunn's and
Crank
Dr Koch
Santa Fe
Colorado To
Acpishapa Creek
Colorado
Thomas Hechtel
Anentown
Hisister
Mabel
Elias Toscano
Ding
Iperense
Europe
Charles E. Norris
Newark
Mr. Norns
Japan
Russia
Tokia
St. Petersburg
Count Lamsdorff
Toccoa
E. L. Wentz
Philadelphia
Wents
Hadodate
Yushen Kaisha Company
Progress
Tokai-Maru
Chicago Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company
Lake Superior
William D. Sauber
Harvey
Holliday Harvey
Hugo
Glennon
John Joseph Kain
Congregation of the Propaganda In
Rome
John J. Glennon
Blair
James T. Roberts
Lawrence Blair
Ie Blair
Schwab
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