Henry Havemeyer Dies After Thanksgiving Heart Failure
Henry Havemeyer of Merrivale Commack L I died Wednesday at his home following an attack of acute indigestion on Thanksgiving day. His condition grew critical, oxygen was used to prolong life, and he passed away with his wife Mrs Havemeyer son Horace Electra and Dr Frisbell at the bedside. He founded the American Sugar Refining Co in 1887 after a long career with Havemeyer & Co and Havemeyer & Elder. His brother Theodore A Havemeyer previously led the company as president.
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Electra
L. C. Frisbell
Mr. Havemeyer
Frederick Christian Havemeyer
Havemey
Bank Seizure Follows Six-Week Run on Deposits
Kansas City Missouri National Bank of Commerce, the second largest in the city, suspended Thursday after six weeks of draining deposits. It had paid out 10 million dollars, cut loans by 3.5 million, reduced cash by 11.75 million and dumped 2.0006 million in high grade bonds. Comptroller named James T. Bradley temporary receiver. Directors promised no depositor loss despite alleged slanderous statements.
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National Bank Examiner
Enforce Now to Close Iowa Saloons on Sundays
Des Moines reports Attorney General Byers plans full law enforcement to close all saloons on Sundays. Brewers and retailers protest, while Byers stresses itemized enforcement, with governors backing the legal department’s effort to apply the mulct law letter by letter across Iowa communities.
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Des Moines
Frederick W. Zollman
St. Paul
Wholesale Brewer Association
William Ewald
Waterloo
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association of
Iowa
Capitol
Byers
Legal Department
Atsoo
Troops Ordered to Goldfield by Roosevelt
Washington—President Roosevelt directed Gen. Funston to dispatch regular troops to Goldfield Nevada to restore order after a telegraph request from the Nevada governor. The expedition from San Francisco will be sized to Gen. Funston’s judgment and arrive about 14 hours by rail. Also in Minnesota a state senator and former mayor faced $100 fines for malfeasance as the Prosecution highlighted a Sunday crowd and a Rabingon enforcement dispute.
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Ovations for Cannon and Williams Mark New Congress
Washington reports a lively opening to the Sixtieth Congress with cheers for Speaker Joseph G Cannon and Democratic leader John Sharp Williams. The session elected new leadership, adopted new rules, and honored deceased members as West’s annual message was read to both houses.
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Representatives
Capital
House
Joseph G. Cannon
John
Sharp Williams
William Jennings Bryan
John Sharp Williams
Cooper
Wisconsin
Roose
West
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Harvester Trust Convicted in Anti Trust Trial
Topeka jury convicts International Harvester after hourlong deliberation on 42 counts charging the company with forming an unlawful trust and combination to control harvesting machinery and its products.
Woman of Economic Strain and Odd Bargains
A fragment from a past issue notes a laboring man surrendering weekly wages to his wife who allows an ounce of tobacco weekly, bought by her in two pieces to gain two turns, alongside stray ad lines about remedies and jokes on multiplication tables. The text blends domestic economy with garbled captions and late 19th or early 20th era wordplay.
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