Flypaper profits and Berry Bros. influence in era trusts
A Graham Leader report traces the flypaper industry to Berry Bros. & Co. as principal creditors in the American White Lead and Color Works, claims Berry ownership of flypaper stock, and notes high profits from cheap raw materials. It also describes rapid factory production and Michigan consolidation, with last year’s trust profits cited as $600,000 alongside broader comparisons to larger trusts.
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Berry Bros. & Co
Amercan White
Berrys
Flypaper Trust
Michigan
Detroit
Trust
Rubber Trust
Oil Trust
Steel Trust
White House quilt raffle and Newburg mayoral turn
A raffle offers a White House crazy quilt made from mansion tapestries and furnishings dating to Mrs. Cleveland era, valued at 150 dollars. Benjamin B. Odell completes a 13th term as mayor of Newburg New York at age over 70, with Walker Hauser elected as the new mayor following a long standing vice president to president succession rule.
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White House
Cleveland
Benjamin B. Odell
Newburg
N. Y
Odell
Unanim
Walker Hauser
Savage Boer attack shocks London as Ladysmith fights on
London reports a grim mood as Boer forces allegedly breach Ladysmith at 2 am Saturday. Gen White battles to hold Ted Colenso trenches, Buller eyes but delays, and heliograph signals fail. Reports differ on Ladysmith’s fate, with heavy losses on both sides and ongoing uncertainty through Sunday.
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London
Ladysmith
White
French
Buller
Theng
War Office
Col. Park
Col
Hamilton
Wagon Hill
Breach of Promise Suit Filed in Chicago Civic Court
In Chicago, on January 9, Matta Thomas niece of Gen Joe Wheeler filed a breach of promise suit in the superior court against William N Fabrney a society man seeking 100000 dollars damages for alleged breach of promise to marry The petition states Fabrney was engaged to Miss Thomas for over four years The case centers on a long term engagement and a request for substantial damages
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Chicago
Matta Thomas
Joe Wheeler
William N. Fabrney
Fakrney
Thomas
Brashear wins Carnegie grant pledge for library maintenance
A letter from Andrew Carnegie promises $50,000 for a new library building after Brashear helped pass an ordinance pledging $4,000 for ongoing maintenance. In other news, the Missouri Kansas and Texas and Texas and Pacific depots at Pilot Point near Denison burned Sunday night, joint property of the two lines. Oil discovery at Kerr place near Corsicana yields eight barrels per day, following a Saturday night strike.
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Carnegi Houston
Brashear
Andrew
Denison
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Texas and Pacific
Pilot Point
Corsicana
Smith and
Kerr
Kerr Place
Desperate Efforts at El Paso Jail End in Hangings
Desperate prisoners Geronimo Parra and Antonio Flores attempted to stab officers and spectators as their cell door opened for Flores to be taken to the scaffold. Parra was recaptured and restrained as Flores was executed, both dying in the Catholic faith amid a violent scene at the El Paso gallows.
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el Paso
Tex
Geronimo Parra
Antonio Floses
Flores
Parra
Ed Bryant
Tcere
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Spencer B. Adams
Greensboro
J. M. Moody
Waynesville
Republican State Executive Committee
Melville Hayes
Ohio
Rutherford B. Hayes
Austin
Board of Pension Advisers
State Penitentiary
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Bone
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Marsal Heck
Newport News
W. W. Watt
T. M. Simpson
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Lynchburg
Simpson
Richmond
Montgomery
al Dill
F. F. Tennele
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Gametree
Vernon
Sanford
Paton
Scout
Cooke
Nothling
Sfall
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Day
New York
Washington
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Idea
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