Roosevelt Use of Gold to Stabilize Markets
Washington reports President Roosevelt proposes injecting 150 million dollars in gold into ecommerce channels to restore public confidence after disclosure of dishonesty among high financiers. The plan centers on government certi ficates yielding three percent for one year, aimed at freeing funds for public expenditures without tapping national bank deposits. The move is expected to benefit the South and West immediately.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Weat
Labor Federation rejects record favoring government ownership
The American Federation of Labor in Norfolk votes 16 to 30 against placing itself on record as favoring government ownership of railways and mines. The move aimed to amend Minneapolis platform to include coal and rail properties, citing fears of strikes and clashes with a federal government seen as hostile to labor.
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Norfolk
American Federation of Labor
Herbert Crampton
Amalgamated Carpenters
Minneapolis
Third Teeth Reported By Cincinnati Woman
Mrs. Amy Monfort aged 60 of 511 West Fourth Street has cut a third set of teeth. The woman known as the Mother of Orphans has housed twelve foster children and now reports four milky molars peeping through her gums as the teething process continues. Her late husband was a cousin of the local postmaster.
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Cincinnati
Amy Monfort
West Fourth Street
Movofort
Roosevelt endorses Panama bond sale and currency measures
President Roosevelt approves a $50 million Panama bonds issue and up to $100 million in three percent government notes to bolster currency. He urges public confidence, notes strong banks, and calls for normal business circulation to avert panic. He cites gold in treasury and higher per capita circulation, urging steady action. Roosevelt signs off to Cortelyou urging timely support.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Panama
Congress
Treasury
Theodore Roosevelt
George B. Cortelyou
Secretary of the Treasury
Airships Won't Enter Practical Use This Generation
Lebanon Ohio Nov 18 The airship ace Lincoln Beachy 20 guest of his father says airships will have a brilliant future but come into everyday use slowly due to operating difficulties. He plans to build his own craft and starts a government project in Toledo delivering a monster ship in early spring.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Lincoln Beachy
St. Louis Aero Club
Beachy
Toledo
Bryan Seen Likely Democratic Nominee If He Seeks
Thomas Taggart, Democratic National Committee chairman, reached New York and said Bryan would be the party’s candidate at the national convention if he seeks nomination. Bryan would push a platform for moderate trust control and tariff reform, aiming to regulate rather than destroy business, with little emphasis on government railroads.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
Thomas Taggart
National Democratic Committee
Payroll Disburses Nickels Parade in Omaha
In Omaha Nebraska Navy 18 six hundred thousand nickels were released when the Omaha Street Railway company paid its monthly payroll of thirty thousand dollars in five cent pieces to employees.
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Omaha
Neb
Navy
Omaha Street Railway Company
Man Hides 1500 Silver Dollars After Bank Heist Attempt
Ed Simons of Lebanon Ohio feared losing his 1500 dollars in the financial panic. He hurried to a local bank and demanded cash. After a second visit he received 1500 silver dollars weighing 65 pounds, which he carried home and hid in a crack, declaring his money safe.
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Simons
Pugh Shot In Accident Near Camden
Edward Pugh cashier of the First National Bank Rushville Indiana accidentally shot himself in the abdomen while reloading a 38 caliber revolver in a ravine behind his sister’s home Mrs Lee Danser He is mortally wounded He was returning to town with George Pollenger from a hunting trip Pugh had been resting here for months recovering from a nervous breakdown.
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Camden
Ohio
Edward Pugh
First National Bank
Rushville
Ind
Lee Danser
Pugh
George Pollenger
President Schurman Sees Hughes as Presidential Possibility
In an address at Cooper Union Governor Hughes is discussed as a potential presidential candidate. Schurman states that Hughes would not seek the nomination but would respond with loyal devotion if the public demanded service.
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New York
Cooper Union
Schurman
Cornell University
Hughes
Americans win design contract for huge Indian iron plant
New York reports Americans secured the contract to design and engineer a major iron and steel plant in British India. The $10 million project aims to cut rail and steel costs, reducing dependence on imports and challenging American, European, and Japanese steel groups. Julian Kennedy Sahlin & Co. Ltd. of London received the award, led by Julian Kennedy and Alex Sahlin with Maryland Steel background.
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United States
British India
India
Julian Kennedy
Biggest cat in Ohio claimed by Lebanon couple
Mr and Mrs Alexander Emsley of Corwin in Warren County announce ownership of the largest cat in the state. The animal measures 41 inches from nose to tail and weighs 16 pounds. Jack hunts and consumes large rats and rabbits and responds to its name or a whistle, though it does not know the word kitty.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Alexander Emsley
Corwin
Jack
Clergymen split on removing In God We Trust from coins
In Indianapolis 47 clergy members were polled on Roosevelt removing the motto from gold coins. 24 favored keeping it, 18 agreed with the president to drop it, and 5 said the question immaterial. Many who supported Roosevelt cited perceived insincerity in living up to the words.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Roosevelt
Middletown Elks to Hold Memorial Services in Sorg’s Opera House
The Middletown Elks lodge plans annual memorial services on the first Sunday in December at Sorg's Opera House. Attorney M. O. Burns of Hamilton will deliver the oration and Charles R. Miller will give the eulogy. Music by the First Baptist church quartet.
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Democrat-Sun
Middletown
Elks Lodge
Sorg’s
Opera House
M. O. Burns
Hamilton
Charles R. Miller
First Baptist Church
Bazaar at Dr Skinner's Nov 21
A notice invites attendance at a Bazaar hosted by Dr Skinner on November 21. Proceeds benefit unspecified local causes. attendees urged to arrive early and bring donations.
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Dr. Skinner’s
Grace Reformed Church Seeks New Pastor in Akron
Akron Ohio November 18 Grace Reformed Church faces a vacant pulpit January 1 and may call Rev Henry Nevin Kerst currently pastor at Hamilton First Reformed. Three Grace members visited Hamilton to hear Kerst preach in his own pulpit without his knowledge. Grace is the leading and mother church of Akron’s five Reformed congregations.
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Akron
Grace Reformed Church
Henry Nevin Kerst
First Reformed Church
Hamilton
Grace Church
Kerst
Bryan Nomination Question Pressed by Cleveland Talk
Grover Cleveland discusses William Jennings Bryan and the Democratic nomination with a New York Times correspondent. He questions party leadership and hints Bryan may seek re nomination while noting his own declining vigor and health.
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Princeton
N. J
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Grover Cleveland
New York Times
Bryan
The
Commoner
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Bryan speaks on religion as he campaigns in Lafayette
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Lafayette Indiana and spoke to large crowds on religious topics. He visits Purdue University and the Soldiers' Home and attends a Jackson club banquet where he is expected to outline ideas for the next Democratic platform. He also held a public reception at a leading hotel.
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Lafayette
Ind
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Purdue University
Soldiers
Reeling Broadway Struggles Hit 3000 Actors Out of Work
New York reports a severe downturn in theatre as about 3,000 actors and actresses are unemployed. Financial stringency, few quality plays, dull playwrights, and overbuilt theaters push the industry toward crisis after September and October saw 80 percent of new serious plays fail.
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New York
Broadway
Rabbit dispute ends in fatal shot at Mt. Vernon
In Mt. Vernon Ohio on November 18 Mrs Annie Harrington shot James Beach in the left breast over a pet rabbit. Beach is expected to die and Harrington is jailed in the county jail after a neighborhood quarrel.
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Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Annie Harrington
James Beach
Beach
Saloon crackdown tightens in Youngstown on Sunday
In Youngstown Ohio Mayor Baldwin ordered strict enforcement of saloon laws. Chief McDowell carried out the orders removing blinds and closing back rooms, with three saloons shut down for continuing business.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Baldwin
McDowell
Blair's Condition Improves After Hospital Stay
Cincinnati report says former Madisonville County Commissioner W H Blair is greatly improved after leaving Oxford sanitarium Thursday night. He was able to walk about with a nurse and his friends note the quick progress. Mrs Blair says a return to Oxford is not expected for several days.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
W. H. Blair
Madisonville
Oxford
Mertis Wright Faces Trephining After Long Sleep
Operation Newark Ohio reports Mertis Wright aged 32 who has slept since July 10. Once 175 pounds he now weighs under 100. Dr. Wm S Turner will perform a trephining operation soon, believed to bring relief.
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Newark
Ohio
Mertis Wright
Wm. 8
Turner
Fire damages Star building. janitress found unconscious
A blaze in the five story Missouri building injures a janitress and causes heavy loss. The Kansas City Star building and Corn Belt bank suffer minor damage while the AP office escapes. Star losses reach 20000 from water with 900 reams of white paper ruined. total loss tallies to 45000.
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The
Kansas City Star
Missouri
Corn Belt Bank
Associated Press
Star
Bankers of New York Pleased With Cortelyou
New York bankers and financiers approve Secretary Cortelyou’s issuance of 50 million dollars in Panama bonds and 100 million dollars of certificates of indebtedness to ease financial stringency. They expect relief of currency scarcity and removal of cash premiums, with some bonds likely to flow to France for French gold under safeguards.
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New York
Navy
Cortelyou
Panama
France
Bank of France
Botany Professor Tries Mass Murder Then Suicide
Lucian Underwood a Columbia University botany professor in New York went crazy over financial troubles in the past weeks. He stabbed his wife in the throat and killed himself by stabbing under the right ear after attempting to kill the rest of his family in Redding Connecticut.
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Redding
Conn
Lucian Underwood
Columbia University
New York
Dine With Roosevelt Delhi?
Joel Chandler Harris and an invited party departed Atlanta for Washington to dine with President Roosevelt.
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Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris
Remus
Washington
Roosevelt
Town Board Donates Salaries to Build Jail
Terre Haute November 18 The president and members of the town board of Hume Illinois have donated their salaries for one year to raise funds for a jail. The gesture follows a push for local facility improvements and reflects civic دعم.
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Terre Haute
Hume
Iil
Does She Deserve One Lincoln Divorce Case In Nebraska
Lincoln Nebraska November 18 Mrs Amanda Roundtree seeks a divorce claiming incompatibility after noting her husband is 106 years old. She aims to marry a younger man and file records show the divorce petition proceeding in local court.
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Lincoln, Neb
Amanda Roundtree
Mrs Earl Snapp Dies in Toledo After Illness
Earl Snapp of this city learned by telegram of his wife Mrs. Earl Snapp dying at her parents home in Toledo. She had been an invalid for some time and was a former resident of this city.
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Toledo
Earl Snapp
The
National Biscuit Co
Weather update rain tonight and cooler Tuesday
Rain is possible tonight with a change to partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures by Tuesday. Affected areaWeather outlook calls for showers this evening and a dip in temperatures into the start of the work week.
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