Week's News Record in Brief
A compact United States dispatch roundup reports multiple incidents and official forecasts. Notable items include Senator Heyburn's steady improvement after appendicitis, a fatal stabbing at Fort Totten, a white woman sentenced for an interracial marriage offense, and a Wall Street figure William Travers taking his own life. Additional entries cover justifiable homicide in Detroit, agricultural price forecasts by Secretary Wilson, drownings in Leicester and the Potomac, a fatal train collision in Cumberland, a collision near St Paul with casualties, a federal court ruling on price fixing indictments, and a hotel death by suicide in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Heyburn
Idaho
New York
Peter McIntyre
Coast Artillery
Fort Totten
Whitestone
Snyder
Magnolia
Miss
Bessie Perkins
Robert Brown
William R. Travers
Wall Street
Detroit
William R. Harrington
Charles Martin
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Percy Dudley
George Dudley
Potomac River
Cumberland
West Virginia Central
Dodson
Garrett County
Harrison
W. Ma
Chenowith Diffenbaugh
St. Paul
Minn
Soo Line
Union
Chicago Great Western
Fourth Street
Chicago
J. Otis Humphrey
United States
Morrison
Packers
St. Louis
Nellie West Long
Burlington Hotel
Wheat futures and market shifts in Chicago trading
Chicago price action during October 2 shows buyers pushing wheat higher on speculative activity. December wheat closes up 1 percent while corn and oats fall, consolidating a mixed grains session. Details include Dec Wheat at 88? and Dec Corn at 4344 with oats at 2758 as closing quotes. Bert Grimm and his fiancee were noted in a separate report on a death by apparent suicide pact, with Grimm under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Water Wagon Sprinkles Streets In Turin Automobile
Turin introduces an automobile water cart for street sprinkling as the latest motor vehicle innovation. The compact device operates on city streets to spray water, aiding dust control and cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turin
Italy
Dust in the public avenues and strange water wagon
A curious scene shows a vehicle spraying water in the streets, creating a small waterfall as it moves along the public avenues and thoroughfares. The report notes the odd, broad distribution of water and its eye catching, uncanny appearance to passersby. The item blends a public works image with a touch of whimsy from the era and includes pasted market notes from Pittsburgh dated Oct 2 with prices on grains, fats, and farm stock.
Indiana Markets Harvests Produce Amid Turmoil
Fragmentary 1930s newspaper note shows Indiana markets with recurring produce listings and chaotic misspelled captions. Only readable words indicate market activity and pricing while full details remain unclear.
Savings Banks Reach Vast Deposits Nationwide
2,000,000,000. This vast sum is now deposited in Savings Banks and is owned by Light Millions of depositors throughout the United States. President McKinley said among his last public utterances that "the Savings Banks reflect the breadth and uniformity of the prosper ity with which of late years this Nation has been blessed." If you are not al ready enrolled with this great army of depositors you can start your account with any amount from One dollar up and receive Four per cent. interest at Turk FARMERS' BANK OF INDIANA, PA, Strongest in the County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
McKinley
Turk Farmers’ Bank OF
Indiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phine
Bert Grimm
Chicago Grain Market
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Pittsburg
Ohio
Wisconsin
New
Turaday
M. H. Wilson
Schenley
Indiana, Penn’a
Ira A. Myers
The
City Grocery
Penn Run
Oliver
American Reduction Co’s
Paramount
G. E. Frantz
Penna
United States National Bank
Johnstown, Penna
John H. Waters
Chas. J. Mayer
F. J. O'Connor
Edward V. Babcock
Scott Dibert
P. S. Fisher
Fred Krebs
Jas. G. Ellis
John Emmerling
John Dowling
John W. Walters
Indiana County
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Terie
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
Peale, Peacock & Kerr
Pioneer Coal Company
Clymer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!