Jersey Central Cuts New York to Philadelphia Time
Jersey Central announces faster through trains between New York and Philadelphia shortening run to one hour fifty minutes in both directions. Best stretches reach near forty seconds per mile with speeds around sixty four miles an hour, surpassing prior records and rival lines as stations modernize.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Jersey Central Railroad
Philadelphia
Jersey Central
America
Jersy City
Newark Bay Draw
Trenton Junction
Bound Brook
Elizabeth
DYA Sinldilikar
Chicago
Jersey City
Traizafen
Broad Street
Snuff Mills
Slayer's Note Sends Him to the Gibbet
Paris reports Capt Meynier a French army officer who killed Baroness Olivier in his lodging near Gare Saint Lazare on Nov 17. He confessed in a letter and turned himself in after sending his card to a friend. The baroness was found dead with acid-like burns. Meynier’s former wife defended her innocence.
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Paris
Meynier
Olivier
Gare Saint Lazare
Ministry of Marine
Disastrous Floods Ravage French Towns Amid Darkness
Disastrous floods sweep Saumur and Angers as the Loire overflows its banks. The Colure breaches its channel flooding military academy grounds and buildings. Gas and electric plants submerged, city in darkness. Seine rises rapidly, lower Angers under water with halted traffic. property losses heavy.
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Saumure
France
Colure
Military Academy
Seine
Angers
Paris
Lodge Sees Teddy In New York Political Talk
Theodore Roosevelt held a discreet conference in New York with Henry Cabot Lodge about a potential campaign for re-election. Details remain undisclosed as observers note only that the meeting occurred after Roosevelt’s return to politics following Tuesday’s events.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Campagin
Bankruptcy Petition Filed Against Goshen Merchant Ruton
A creditors petition in bankruptcy was filed in federal court Wednesday by Elkhart Kramer & Sons Laporte Butzbach Swift Berden Co. alleging Hiram W. Ruton of Goshen owes $361.33, is insolvent and has committed an act of bankruptcy by a chattel mortgage on his stock to other creditors.
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Twin City Grocery Company
Elkhart
Kramer & Sons
Laporte
Butzbach Fruit Company
South Bend
Swift & Co
Chicago
Berden Co
Toledo
Hiram W. Ruton
Goshen
Ruton
Hie
Blizzard Begins As Chicago Encounters Early Winter Storm
Chicago awoke to a preliminary blizzard with snow starting before 8 a.m. The weatherman forecast temperatures dropping to near 15 degrees as winds and snowfall increase, signaling a harsh winter onset for the city.
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Chicago
Gigantic Telephone Trust Is Proposed
Columbus Ohio November 30 plans to form a nationwide telephone and telegraph trust are revealed as a move to unite Ohio Michigan and western New York interests. A bill to consolidate Bell Morgan and independents in the state is being drafted for the upcoming legislature after meetings in New York with D J Cable Charles A Otis Frank A Davis and Frank Bean.
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Ohio
Michigan
New York
Bell Company
Morgan
D. J. Cable
Lima
Charles A. Otis
Cleveland
Cleveland Telephone
Frank A. Davis
Morgan Telephone
Frank Bean
Ohio Independent Telephone Association
Sixteen Die in Storm Off Corunna Spain
Lisbon reports sixteen people perished in a great storm off Corunna in Spain with fears of a higher toll. Twelve drowned when the lighter Princess capsized as mountainous waves swept two sailers from the deck of the steamer Paral and one from the Telmo. Gravesend reports eight deaths after the Gratitude collided with a coal carrier in the Thames River, sinking in two minutes.
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Lisbon
Corunna
Spain
Gravesend
Eng
Tneir
Gratitude
Thames River
Gambling by Young Stopped by Police Edict
Supt Hyland orders an end to prize packages for children after a police investigation found stores selling chance games. A shoe company offered numbers 5 to 25 for a pair of $4 shoes with slips concealing the numbers and free chances. Candy box games allegedly entice pennies from kids and parents. Police captain Crane notes such games attract trade and have persisted despite prior notices.
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Hyland
Crane Developmehat
Crane
Hard Time Specter At Warn Before Commerce Commission
Washington November 30 The hard times specter was presented before the Interstate Commerce Commission by George A Post of New York president of the Railway business association. He testified that for a month no orders came in from railroads and unless there is a change it would largely suspend the railway supply business. Attorney Ford L Thorne representing the Town railroad commission testified that railroad securities command higher prices than any industrial companies and transportation stocks have risen faster than express steamship and telegraph stocks.
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Washington
Specter
Interstate Commerce Commission
George A. Post
New York
Railway Business Association
Ford L. Thorne
Town Railroad Commission
Murderer Razzina Captured in Canton
Canton Ohio police capture Paola Razzina alias Rocco Diadad in Canton at 6 am Wednesday. He is wanted in Worcester Massachusetts for the brutal murder of Louis Palunda following a fight over a woman three months ago. Worcester police had pursued him.
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Canton. O
Paola Razzina
Rocco Diadad
Worcester
Mara
Louis Palunda
Canton
Razzina
Palunda
Worcester Police
Printer delays halt state teachers directory distribution
Deputy superintendent E. G. Bunnell warns that the state education department, in cooperation with teachers and state institutions, faces a serious block due to printers delaying the delivery of 10,900 copies of the state teachers directory. The editions were placed with the printer on October 10 and promised by October 11.
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E. G. Bunnell
Trains Collide in Portmouth Death Toll Rises
Norfolk and Western freight trains collided near Perintown Wednesday morning. Brakeman Charles Hunt was killed, engineer Smith and fireman Jacobs were fatally injured, and another engineer was hurt.
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Portsmouth, CO
Norfolk & Western
Perintown
Charles Hunt
Smith
Jacobs Frati
Would Shoot Dow Nephew's Murderer
Special to The bun Princeton Indiana reports Cree Bryant attempted to shoot Charles Brent in Mt Carmel Alabama courthouse escort. Bryant aimed at Brent's head but a bystander diverted the shot and Bryant was arrested. Brent confessed he beat Joseph Bryant and threw him into the river. judge Newlin opposed capital punishment, intensifying public feeling.
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Princeton
Ind
Joseph Bryant
Cree Bryant
Charles Brent
Mt. Carmel
Brent
Bryant
Young Bryant
Newlin
Peace conference shadowed by Chicago garment strike
In Chicago 40,000 garment workers and employers met at Mayor Busse’s office to seek peace. Rioting resumed at the firing line as strikers clashed with nonunion workers outside the International Tailoring Co. Two arrestees included two fighting women. Lawyers for Hart Shaffner & Marx expressed willingness to concede reasonable terms, though the closed shop remained non negotiable. Strike leaders warned of potential losses up to 20 million dollars if unresolved before spring trade.
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Chicago
Busse
International Tailoring Company
Buste
Levy Mayer
Hart Shaffner & Marx
Mayer
Steel Men Meet To Consider Conditions
New York November 30. Members of the American Iron and Steel Institute held a conference at the Hardware Club with no public statement expected. They discussed trade conditions and pending price changes, with curtailment suggestions from United States Steel Corp officials and a view toward possible general reductions to stimulate orders. Railroads expect limited equipment orders until the Interstate Commerce Commission rules on rate hikes.
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Bers
American Steel and Iron Institute
Hardware Club
United States Steel Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lottie Hawkins Sues For 5000 Damages Over Fall
Lottie Hawkins, employed to clean the Pearson and Schofield offices, sues Indianaplis gas company for 5000 stating a hydrant overflow caused slippery soapy water on the third floor. The incident occurred October 28, 1910.
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Lottie Hawkins
Pearson & Schofield
Lottie
Indianapolis Gas Company
Deer Hunt Claims Nineteen Lives In Wisconsin
Milwaukee Wis Nov 30 Nineteen persons dead seven seriously injured and many more slightly hurt in the 1910 deer hunting season in northern Wisconsin woods which closed Tuesday night State Game Warden Rickeman notes the toll is lower than prior seasons attributing the drop to hunters wearing red apparel scored injuries not fully recorded and many others injured during the season
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Rickeman
Pastor presented $1000 at tenth anniversary celebration
In Fort Wayne Indiana on November 30 a special gathering of clergy and laity marked the tenth anniversary of Rev Father Herman Allerding’s consecration. At a 4 noon dinner he received a purse of $1000 from the assembled attendees.
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Ft, Wayne
Ind
Herman Allerding
Styles Himself King of France
The Duke of Orleans proclaims himself rightful king of France. Exiled Portuguese royals King Manuel and Queen Amelie live on his English estate Wood Norton. The duke, brother of Queen Amelie and uncle to the deposed king, invited the exiles to reside with his wife the duchess and his mother the Comtesse de Paris at his English home.
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London
Duke of Orleans
France
Wood Norton
Portugal
Manuel
Amelie
England
Comtesse de Paris
Rail station wreck near Greensfork. no injuries reported
A Pennsylvania station at Greensfork Indiana was crushed when freight No 87 struck a standing west bound train No 75. The collision wrecked the station and nearby stock pens but all crews escaped unharmed though several workers suffered minor injuries. Blame for the crash remains uncertain as signals and block status are disputed.
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Richmond
Ind
Pennsylvania
Greensfork
Walter Surendorf
George Showalter
Ed Manford
Thomas Roche
No. TS
No. 87
No. 73
Greensporta
Jones
Salome Ban Shocks Chicago Opera Directors
Chicago Nov 80 Directors of the Chicago grand opera company withdrew the Friday Salome performance amid board objections and Chicagoan opposition. No police ban exists. They do not state a permanent ban. Mary Garden will dance in Milwaukee December 9 under police scrutiny. Milwaukee officials attend opening.
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Chi 1Go Grand Opera Company
Milwaukee
Seidel
Steward
Chicago
Miss Garden
Congressmen to Attend Session in Abort Term
Indiana's two senators and at least one representative will be in seats when Congress convenes next Monday morning. Beveridge returns to Washington this week, Korbly left Indianapolis for Washington, and Shively, after visiting Indianapolis, plans to travel to Washington Friday.
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Indiana
Congress
Albert J. Beveridge
Washington
Charles A. Korbly
Indianapolis
Benjamin F. Shively
South Bend
Coffee Price Rise Sparks Daily Curiosity
In a domestic vignette a household notes coffee costing 5 cents more this Wednesday than the first Wednesday in September. The couple wonders about the cause as groceryman W. L. O’Conor cites Arbuckle brothers cornering the market in New York and raising prices.
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W. L. O'Connor
Arbuckle Brothers
New York
Mr. Citizen
Ellingham Takes Over New Office
Ellingham assumes control of the state office as secretary replacing Fred Sims. Frank I. Grubbs tallies four years of work totaling 700053.22 with miscellaneous fees 47541.94 and corporate and other fees adding up to 545538.17 and 833?501 in depository interest. Carr ie Craig of Decatur starts as index clerk as Billheimer is replaced by William H. OBrien.
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Lew Ellinghaim
Fred Sims
Frank I. Grubbs
Mr. Sims
Grubbs
Sims
State Office
Wabash
Elfingham
Commission Warns Railroads Over Billing Dates
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission issued a warning to U S railroads after an investigation found carriers in Chicago Omaha Kansas City and St Louis issuing bills of lading with altered dates. The order requires property to be in the carrier’s possession when bills are issued and dated with shipping instructions. The practice, long used to juggle dates, caused losses to shippers.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Cook Confesses Doubt on Reaching the North Pole
London prints autograph statement by Dr. Cook admitting uncertainty about reaching the North Pole. He calls the four articles his sole authoritative post New York claim and vows to present his case to the American people. He plans to return to New York with his wife and children on December 22 to spend Christmas with relatives.
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London
Peary silent as Cook confession stirs pole dispute
Captain Robert Peary read Dr. Frederick Cook’s confession about the pole controversy with calm, showing no joy or pity. He said he had no comment, though a hint of satisfaction flickered as he listened in his Justice Department advisory office.
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Washington
Robert FE. Peary
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Pole
Peary
Dr. Cook
Department of Justice
City Hall Offices Ordered to Occupy Building
City hall to house city offices as Board of Works accepts Rubush and Hunter completion. A $500 retention is proposed to cover minor deficiencies with Friday council action likely. Decorations bids range from $15,945 to $19,000 and six bids were opened.
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Rubush & Hunter
Edward O'Reilly
Board of Works
Kimball
Cure for Weak Kidneys Rumor Promises Quick Results
A recipe advocates half ounce Buchu extract half ounce Murax compound six ounces gin to be taken after meals and at bedtime. Claimed to rapidly ease backache rheumatic pains and urinary issues and prevent Bright's disease or diabetes with prompt use.
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Bright
Behrens Co and Others Named in Auction Totals
The document lists Behrens & Co with 16910 dollars and other firms including L. Jemne 8000 F. J. Mack 18945 W 15500 William Koch 17750 and Onet Ok company 17300. The board will draft specifications for the afternoon and an award is expected to be made Friday.
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Behrens & Co
L. J.emne
F. J. Mack
William Koch
Onet Ok Company
Father is jailed for perjury in juvenile case
Judge Stubbs addressed Charles Adama of East Minnesota Street in juvenile court. He found perjury in statements about his ex wife and ruled the father neglected his child. Adama was fined $100 and sentenced to ninety days in the workhouse.
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Stubbs
Charles Adama
East Minnesota Street
Let Your Stomach Have Its Own Way
A persuasive 19th century style advertorial urging rest for a troubled stomach and promoting Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It argues against starvation and recommends using the tablets to digest food, restore comfort, and rest the stomach. The copy claims broad druggist availability at 50 cents a box and notes physician endorsements.
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Stuart
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