Promoted Wild Deal Tied to Rock Island Panic
Fred A. Pulsifer a Chicago New York stock figure received Rock Island order from Daniel G. Reid to buy 40 000 shares and distribute 2000 shares to two percent brokers. Pulsifer attended Reid dinner night before and acted next morning. Reid instructed the plan. Chapin firm to bear responsibility though Pulsifer and Reid were not Wall Street members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fred A. Pulsifer
New York
Rock Island
Daniel G. Reid
Rock Island Common
Reid
Pulsifer
B. Chapin & Co
S. B. Chapin
Chapin
Wall Street
The
Stock Exchange
D. G. Reid
Heiress Roberta De Janon Flees Chicago with Waiter
Roberta De Janon the 11 year old heiress to 10 million dollars and waiter Frederick Cohen flee Chicago with Detectives Scanlon and Emanuel. They travel by Pennsylvania Railroad toward Philadelphia seeking safety. Cohen agrees to return without extradition papers as Roberta’s grandfather plans to meet them beyond Philadelphia to take the girl to a secluded place. Cohen will be jailed in Philadelphia to await trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roberta de Janon
Frederick Cohen
Scanlon
Emanuel
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Cohen
Building Permits Issued for Foundations and Shed
The city issued permits for a foundation at 1137 River 'igeanue by dlartha L. Bruner valued at 700 dollars and for a shed by the Cemmer Lumber Company at Pratt and Belt valued at 1 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dlartha L. Bruner
River ‘Igeanue
Cemmer Lumber Company
Pratt and Belt
Troops Guard Prisoners in Illinois Jail
Vienna Illinois January 12 One hundred armed citizens guarded the jail to protect inmates Hosea Coburn Harry Coburn and Alexander Clark a rural mail carrier from mob violence Five companies of soldiers ordered by Governor Deneen were rushed to Vienna to prevent a lynching despite mobs forming at Harrisburg and other points Railroads failed to bring in reinforcements Clark was shot on a train Saturday night en route from Harrisburg to Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosea Coburn
Harry Coburn
Alexander Clark
Gov. Deneen
John P. Mathis
Harrisburg
Vienna
Clark
City Record Births and Marriage Licenses Listed
Births announced for Omer and Charlotte Kennedy Roy and Laura Weddle William C and Stella Featherstone Lewis and Mary Travis Joseph and Mary Bruns John and Julia Breckinridge Michael and Mary Burns August and Grace Roblinsky James and Olive Wilkerson Jasper Guion William Lawson James T Harley Harry Childress Daniel Brenson Laura Watson Glen Hall Sarah Barrett John Hartlauf Helen Logan John Brooks Katherine Daum Asbury Inlow Caroline Finley Marriage licenses shown for Charles Easter Margarette Mehr James Oliver Anna Wagen eld Isaiah Russell May Gahn Joseph Abbott Blanche Wondrow Frank Pettifoard Lissie Spauld Garrie Updike Stella Ganpon Horace Hotchine and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer and
Charlotte Kennedy
Central Avenue
Roy and
Laura Weddle
Lynn Avenue
Wm. C. and
Stella Featherstone
New Jersey Street
Lewis and
Mary Travis
Columbia Avenue
Joseph and
Mary Bruns
Congress Avenue
John and
Julia Breckinridge
Puryear Street
Michael and
Mary Burns
Richland
August and
Grace Roblinsky
Colorado Street
James and
Olive Wilkerson
N. Germania Avenue
Jasper N. Guion
Wm. Lawson
Kelly Street
James T. Harley
Indiana Avenue
Harry Childress
W. Twelfth Street
Daniel R. Brenson
Central Insane Hospital
Laura Watson
Glen Hall
Flower Mission Hospital
Sarah E. Barrett
S. State Street
John Hartlauf
City Hospital
Helen C. Logan
Fletcher Santatorium
John Brooks
Pennsylvania
Katherine E. Daum
Blake Street
Asbury Inlow
Miller Street
Jagerippe
Caroline Finley
North Street
Jagrippe
Charles M. Easter
Margarette B. Mehr
James I. Oliver
Anna C. Wageneld
Isiah Russell
May E. Gahn
Joseph L. Abbott
Blanche M. Wondrow
Frank E. Pettifoard
Lissie Spauld
Garrie Updike
Stella Ganpon
Horace R. Hotchine
Aid
Indianapolis livestock market shows mixed week decline in hogs and cattle
Indianapolis market reports today receipts of 6500 hogs 1700 cattle and 600 sheep with hog prices falling from yesterday while sheep prices rise and cattle stay steady. Top hog price reached 8.10 with many hogs selling around 8.50 to 8.60. cattle and sheep trading steady to strong with lambs 8.75 and yearlings up to 6.50. Representative hog listings include numerous lots and weights, reflecting active but uneven demand across hogs cattle and sheep segments.
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Indianapolis
Price
Dan Os
Abe
N. Y
Canada
Pittsburg
Calf Market Slows Amid Mixed Veal Prices
The market reports slower activity with calves and veal varying in price. Cattle dealers note weaker demand for calves while high grade veal shows steadier figures.
Mining and Oil Stocks Show Mixed Trends in Cobalt Camp
Trading in mining shares remains evenly split between New York interests and cobalt producers. Cobalt benefits from public interest as shipments in 1909 and 1908 were 23 000 tons, while 1909 dividends reached 6 500 000 versus 2 100 000 in 1908. Kerr Lake rose on dividend rumors. Little Nipissing led low priced stocks. Investment guidance suggests buying Rochester, Peterson Lake and Temiskaming on further declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kerr Lake
Little Nipissing
Peterson Lake
Rochester
Temiskaming
New York Cur b Market Dull Amid Narrow Quotations
The New York curb market shows dull trading with mixed quotes across copper and mining shares. Notable figures include American Tobacco 3 4, Ely Copper 7 16, United Copper 6 16, and Bay State Gas around the quoted level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Tobaco
Ely
Harcuvar
Miami
Ggn
Butte Coalition
Nevada
Cobalt Central
Boster
Rawhide
Chino Copper
Giroux
Greene Gananes
Gila Copper
United Coppers
British Co
Sig
Goldfield Cons
Ohio
Ehunat
Davis-Daly
Mat
Ariz
Union Mine
Rea
Ely Central
Manhattan Transit
Pacific Smelters
Bay State Gas
Wall Street Opens With Broad Gains on Rail And Industrial Stocks
New York January 12 A generally strong opening sent most leading rails and industrials higher Reading led with a 1/2 point gain to 166 Union Pacific and Southern Pacific moved up Wabash and Rock Island edged lower while Brooklyn Union Gas and Cons Gas rose Reading remained heavily bought Interborough-M Metropolitan issues stayed in demand and London bought about 25 000 shares Governments steady bonds uneven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
St. Paul
Interborough- Metropolitan
Rock Island
Wabash
Cain
Wabash Common
la Cleche
Brooklyn Union
Reading
London
Potter Named New Forester to Succeed Pinchot
Washington January 12 Assistant Forester Albert F Potter designated to succeed Gifford Pinchot as chief forester. Potter arrived from the west and conferred with Secretary Wilson. It was decided he should relieve Solicitor McCabe who has temporarily led the forestry service since Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert F. Potter
Gifford Pinchot
Wilson
Taf
McCabe
Meat and Lard Prices From Local Market Listing
A damaged OCR lists meat and lard prices with various products. Sugar cured hams and English style hams are shown with per pound costs, along with boiled hams and breakfast bacon. The text also mentions smoked bacon and other processed meats with inconsistent figures.
Six Miners Die in Nottingham Colliery Explosion
Wilkes Barre Pa Jan 12 Six men are dead and six more burned after a gas explosion in the Nottingham colliery shaft of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co at Plymouth. Victims include Joseph Maricko Michael Rochinski Michael Vochinski Jos Litz Stanley Amochos and David J Roberts. The blast occurred several hundred feet below the surface after workers struck a gas feeder while sinking the shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Nottingham
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Plymouth
Michael Vochinski
Jos. Litz
Stanley Amochos
David J. Roberts
Earthquakes Shake Richfield Utah Prompt School Dismissals
A Richfield Utah report notes several earthquakes over two days near Salt Lake City with violent tremors, breaking windows and rattling dishes. The alarm among pupils led to school dismissals.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Richfield
Knox policy rejected by China over Manchuria railways
A Shanghai dispatch reports China rejects Secretary Knox's plan for neutralizing Manchuria railways. Wai-Wu-Pu senior member says Pekin will not accept the proposal, and no formal note was sent to Japanese and Russian ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shanghai
China
Knox
United States
Manchuria
Waa-Tung
Wai-Wu-Pu
Chinese Foreign Board
Pekin
Japan
Russia
Boston Stocks Update Reflects Copper and Mine Shares
Boston Jan 12 stocks show Lake Copper at 91 1 2 percent Greene Cananea 11 percent Calumet and Arizona 100 Miami 27 North Lake 9 Arcadian 10 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lake Copper
Greene Cananea
Calumet
Arizona
Miami
North Lake
Arcadian
Grain Prices and Inspections Reported for Indianapolis Market
The update lists wheat corn and oats pricing with No. 2 Red grain at $1.27 and various white and mixed corn grades around 67c to 66c, oats around 48c, and hay prices from $15.00 to $17.00. It also notes daily inspection figures by grain type, car counts, and totals for wheat corn oats and hay shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomson
Hay
Timothy
Indiana Wins Over DePauw 28 to 17
Greencastle Indiana January 11 Indiana University basketball team defeated DePauw University at night by a score of 28 to 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
Indiana University
de Pauw
New Linen Lace Corset Covers At Low Prices
Pretty styles shown in price simple line of corset covers edged with linen lace. Corset covers in nainsook fabric full and neat, priced at 50c 75c and 1.00. Home dressmakers can’t beat fit with these dainty yet sturdy Isabella regulation styles.
Insurgents Face Pressure as Taftites Move to Bind Members
Congress debates Ballinger-Pinchot fallout as Republicans plot a party caucus to force a binding pledge supporting Taft policies. Norris Brown urges action while Pinchot looming dismissal prompts testimony plans. Glavie travels from Washington to testify in the joint inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pinchot
Congress
House
Taft
Actress Christie Jefferson Granted Interim Divorce
Christie Mc Donald Jefferson, actress, was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce from husband William Winter Jefferson by Supreme Court Justice Marcus in Buffalo New York. The case arose in special term weeks ago with referee Preston Albro recommending the decree. papers remain sealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Christie McDonald Jefferson
William Winter Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
Supreme Court
Marcus
Preston Albro
My Alabama Rose song dedicated to Fay Baker
Roy L. Burtch releases another illustrated number titled My Alabama Rose. Words by Claude L. Baker and published by Wulschner Stewart Music Company in Indianapolis, with dedication to Fay Baker of the Forepaugh stock company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Burtch
Fay Baker
Forepaugh Stock Company
Claude L. Baker
Wulschner- Stewart Music Company
Indianapolis
Solomon Eclipsed in a Millionaire’s Wedding Tale
The quick gossip notes name Mr Osborn as the new husband of a millionaire, sparking a remark that outshines Solomon in a lighthearted social page moment. The exchange underscores a sudden marriage among high society.
Insurgents Beat Government Forces Near Managua
Bluefields dispatch reports insurgent forces advancing on Managua have decisively defeated the government army though confirmation is lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefields
Managua
Christmas Toys Delayed by Busy Father
A humorous exchange recalls children waiting for their Christmas toys as their father keeps busy playing with them, delaying access until today. The line reflects playful domestic scene and family dynamics.
Sheriff Sale of Marion County Real Estate
By virtue of two executions from the Marion county circuit court Julius A Lemcke and Indiana Trust Company are plaintiffs Warrick H Ripley is defendant the sale occurs January 28 1910 at 10am to 4pm at the Marion County Court House rents and profits for lots 13 14 and 15 in block 26 Sangster Harrison Co Oak Hill addition Indianapolis Indiana top bid may buy full ownership if rents insufficient the Sheriff may sell the fee simple title with standard relief from valuation or appraisement conditions provided by law Abraham Woessner Sheriff. Hawkins Smith Hawking Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Marion County
Indiana
Julius A. Lemcke
Indiana Trust Company
Warrick H. Ripley
Court House
Sangster, Harrison & Co
Oak Hill
Indianapolis
Acob Woessner
Hawkins, Smith & Hawking
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Duncan
Columbia University
Dan Eid
de Janon
Boing
Illinois
Vienna, Ill
Indianapolis. Livestock
LST
Jackson & Jackson'e Wire
Entum
Filey
Eaver
Chambers-Ferland City of Cobalt
la Rose
Nipissing
Nova Scotia
Potter New Forester
Joseph Maricko
Michael Rochinski Miner
Chicago Grain
Norris Brown
Nebraska
White House
Ballinger
Dalzell
Forestry Service
Senate
Solomon
Mr. Osborn
Oketeh
Kinnell
Shes
Capitol Ave
John Greathouse
the Sun
Haeo
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