Executors Face Tax Payment Suit Over Sherman Estate
The John Sherman estate executors in Mansfield Ohio are sued by County Treasurer Charles Brumfield for 277,124.84 dollars claiming unpaid taxes on stocks and bonds over several years. The case targets Executors W. S. Kerr and M. M. Parker for the alleged delinquency plus five percent statutory penalties. The valuation of the estate is cited at 1,467,900 dollars with a five percent penalty included. Tax figures listed cover 1896 to 1901 ranging from forty two thousand to forty six thousand dollars annually.
Wall Street Doubts Steel Combine Report
Wall Street gives little credence to a proposed merger of independent steel companies with United States Steel Corporation. Brokers busy floating current stocks doubt any immediate consolidation and expect only a possible working agreement rather than full merger.
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New York
Wall-st
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Trust
Steel Corporation
Deserter Returns After Visit To Sweetheart
Elmer Harmon 24 deserted from Fort Sheridan to visit May Shaw in Muncie Indiana and surrendered to police to be sent back to the fort. Harmon said he fled because he could not obtain leave to see his sweetheart.
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Muncie
Ind
Elmer Harmon
May Shaw
Fort Sheridan
Harmon
Lumber Combine Forms in Southern Texas with $50 Million Capital
Wm. A. Priddie of New York has created a lumber combining group covering all yellow pine mills in southern Texas. Head offices will be in Beaumont and the venture represents nearly $50,000,000 in capital.
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Huntington
W. Va
Wm. A. Priddie
New York
Yellow Pine
Texas
Beaumont
Kansas Friends declare state officials anarchists over prohibition
In Wichita on October 16 the yearly meeting of Friends passed resolutions condemning Kansas state officials as anarchists for not upholding prohibition laws. They also advocate hatchet reform.
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Wichita
Kas
Yearly Meeting of Friends
Kansas
Union Stockyards Market Report Indianapolis Oct 16
Cattle receipts 75 shipments. prices for good to prime export steers 560 to 600, fair to medium export 525 to 560, and good to prime butcher steers 475 to 525. Hogs receipts 4,000. good to choice heavy 56 to 60, lightweights 6.00 to 6.12, and mixed weights 6.10 to 6.30. Sheep receipts 1,000. good to choice sheep 2.75 to 3.25, common to medium 2.00 to 3.00, lambs 4.25 to 4.75. Livestock prices include cows 2.75 to 4.25, veals 5.00 to 6.25, bulls 2.60 to 3.00.
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Union Stockyards
Indianapolis
Avetabe
Hees Sd
Seneneeneee
Interstate Stock Yards
Four Suspects Arrested in Bank Robbery Probe
Four men, suspected Danville bank robbers, were arrested at Utica on Wednesday and are jailed there. They match the burglars' description sought by authorities.
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Mount Vernon, O
Danville
Utica
Asthma Cure Claim Ends 35-Year Suffering
A letter from C W Van Antwerp of Fulton New York testifies that Schiffmanns Asthma Cure cured his asthma after 35 years and allowed him to sleep through the night. The publisher urges others to learn of the remedy's virtues.
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Rudolph Schiffmann
C.w.van Antwerp
Fulton
N. Y
Schiffmann
Peruna praised by readers for stomach catarrh cure
Readers advertise Peruna as a cure for catarrh of the stomach also called dyspepsia. Endorsers such as W P Wand Catherine R Bertos and Willis Brewer claim long-term relief and renewed vitality after using multiple bottles. They urge others to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice if results are not prompt.
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Catherine R. Bertos
Willis Brewer
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Spanish War Veterans Hold Their First Reunion
Gov Durbin chaired a reunion for Indiana’s Span ish War regiment in a Havana memory gathering. Lieut Col Victor Backus oversaw arrangements as Col Durbin’s former unit, the last Indiana regiment to enlist, celebrated its service with Gen J Warren Kiefer in attendance.
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Criminal Court Room
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Havana
Victor Backus
Indianapolis
Indiana
Morro Castle
Maine
Havana Harbor
War Department
J. Warren Kiefer
Springfield
Pardoned Sheridan Havana Case Claims No Quick Responsibility
Neely and Rathbone presented no proof of accountability for C. M. Rich or Marfield in the Neely and Rathbone matter. Rich, Neelys temp successor, first spoke under Gov gen Woods protection as a state witness. Marfield whispered about cremation of stamps and alleged substitutions. Gov gen Woods pardoned J H Sheridan, ex postmaster of Matanzas, after conviction viewed as trumped up. Rathbone and Neely allegedly pocketed ten thousand dollars in Matanzas remittances.
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Porary
Gen
Woods
Marfield
Neely
Reeves
Wood
Matanzas
Rathbone
Strike at Elwood lamp chimney factory over unsafe glass
Nearly 700 workers walked off at the MacBeth Evans lamp chimney plant in Elwood Indiana Tuesday night after glass quality concerns halted production. In Muncie Indiana Carl Harrington aged 4 was fatally injured when struck by a horse. An ad urges readers to take Dr Woods Norway Pine Syrup for lingering colds. An Indiana dental college advertisement notes patient services for Delaware and Chileye patients.
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Elwood
Ind
MacBeth-Evans Company
Surprise Birthday Party For Superintendent Chas Steine
The Champion syrup refinery staff hosted a surprise party for superintendent Chas R Steine at his home on Highland Place Tuesday night for his twenty ninth birthday. Guests enjoyed music dancing and charity refreshments while presenting him a Morris chair.
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Champion Syrup Refinery
Chas. R. Steine
Highland Place
Hog market report from Indianapolis stock yards
At Interstate Stock Yards in Indianapolis on October 16 hog receipts reached about 1 000 with 800 shipments. Prices ranged from 4 75 to 6 60 with various categories from lightweights to roughs, reflecting mixed quality and weights traded throughout the day.
Chicago grain and livestock market report dated October 16
Wheat and corn futures slipped with October at 69 68. corn futures fell to 55 56. December oats at 35 35 and May at 74 75. Pork at 15.10 15.15, lard at 9.00 9.02, ribs at 7.87 7.92. Egg and dairy quotes mixed with butter at 21 and cheese. Goose price listed at 5 506 per dozen.
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Chicago
Indiana
California
Average, LLC
New York
PF. & Co
Baltimore
City Grain Market Report Shows Mixed Wheat and Corn Prices
Wheat No. 2 red steady around 60c to 70c in October freight, No. 3 red 66 68c, tonnage 4 cars with 1 car rejected. Corn No. 1 white about 59c, No. 2 white 59c, No. 4 white 55 57c, No. 2 yellow 57 58c, No. 4 Yellow 58 55c, oats No. 2 white 39 39 percent, hay timothy 11.7 12.25 per ton, inspections list several cars by grade with totals.
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City
Timothy
Jobbing Trade: Poultry and Groceries Price List
Early 20th century market page lists prices shippers pay for poultry such as turkey hens at 4c and old toms 7c, fowls 6c, ducks 5c, geese 4c, spring chickens 6 1/2c. Also includes eggs, cheeses, butters, hids and tallow, coffee and sugars with various regional and brand prices, coal and coke, drugs, canned goods, meats, oysters and produce. Names of brands and local price points appear throughout.
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New York
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