Week of sensational thefts and disasters across towns
Reports detail William C. Anderson stealing between eight and nine thousand dollars from First National Bank in Kansas City and being recaptured in Austin Texas. Other items include a man crushed in a Columbus dough mixer, a fatal railroad coal fire, a brother in law killed near Minneapolis, a governor threatening action over coal shortages, a multi‑home fire in Steubenville, a Los Angeles blaze near several companies, near‑fatal sledding accident near Mekces pert, and global notes on apple crop figures, a Paris midwife murder ring, and booming Klondike mining activity with large claims and stampedes near Dawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam C. Anderson
First National Bank of Kansas City
Austin
Texas
Traishman's Bakery
Steubenville
Ohio
Tra Hillman
Katherin Tillman
Elizabeth McCoy
J. G. Lanze
Jacob Oxenrider
Los Angeles
Bon Ton Produce Company
West Coast Produce Company
Crown Flomanitis
Allay & Lawton
del Monte Mills
Santa Rosa Saloon
Union Pradnes Company
Mekcespert
Dal
Amerie Agriculturist
Vivienne
Paris
Klondike
New York
Dawson
Gnegenheims
Bonanza Creek
Various national items report crime, fires, and industry
A Yonkers farmer begins recovery after severe injuries. An association of life insurance presidents forms in New York to standardize methods and cut costs. Florence Maybrick calls for humane prison conditions. Chicago Alton finances face deficit rumors, denied by John J. Mitchell. A Mor ris Park woman survives a murder attempt by feigning death, and her husband reportedly kills himself. Ida May Miller Kuehn resurfaces in New York after a kidnapping scare. J G Phelps Stokes withdraws support from the West Side YMCA over real estate classes. A Butler Pa fire kills one and displaces sixty. A Boston blaze sends eight people fleeing. A mob lynches Henry Davis alias Henry Chambers at Annapolis. Max Kaftle kills his wife in Butler Pa and injures a daughter. Coal prices rise 10 to 20 percent as Monongahela concerns cite rising demand amid a coal famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDermott
Yonkers
N. Y
New York
Life Insurance Presidents
Florence Maybrick
Young Men's Club
Chicago
Alton
John J. Mitchell
John J. O'Rourke
Morris Park
L. I
Philadelphia
Ida May Miller Kuehn
Ireland
County Tyrone
J. G. Phelps Stokes
West Side
Young Men's Christian Association of New York
Frank Mills
Butler
Brighton
Boston
Henry Davis
Henry Chambers
John Reid
Brownsville
Annapolis
Max Kattle
Anderson
Dayton
Ohio
Collins Gilman
Dana Gilman
Fayne Gilman
Minneapolis
Board of Education
David Weinberg
Ohio Modern Maccabees
Kansas City
Agnes Myers
Liberty
Buffalo-Pittsburg Flyer
Ashtabula
Lake Street
Lake Shore
Leonard Newbold
Minnie Gunder
Neah Gunder
Kirkersville
Eugene Long
Alice Gunder
Marriott
Hudson Township
Lake Erie and
Pittsburg
Lorain
Berwick
N. D
Berie
Kan
William B. Sell
Lansing
Sell
J. W. Sell
Erie
Powder explosion kills miners in Fidelity Coal No 1
In Stone City Kansas two miners died and fifteen were injured after a powder explosion in Fidelity Coal Company mine No 1. The accident adds to a string of regional disasters reported from Ohio Missouri and surrounding states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity Coal Company
Stone City
Kan
Springfield
Ohio
Jefferson Smith
Bellefontaine
Yale Receives Unrestricted Bequest From Belden Estate
Unrestricted bequest of up to 10000 dollars from the residuary estate of Dr. Ebenezer Belden of New York City will soon pass to Yale University. Read more about the settlement and its potential impact on the university's endowment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale University
Lesey
Mbenezer B. Belden
New York City
Bank of Coahuila Branch Robbed in Torreon Heist
Report of a $20,000 gold and bill robbery at the Torreon branch of the Bank of Coahuila in Torreon Mexico. Bank officials decline to comment while authorities pursue leads. Meanwhile Wrangel Alaska gains first telegraphic link to the outside world via the Burnside cable ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warriman
Rock Island
Alton Road
Torreon
Bank of Coahuila
Mexico
Wrangel
Alaska
United States
Burnside
Shack Dragged Through City To Ingleside Refuge Camp
San Francisco reports reveal 18 000 refugees living in park tents amid winter rains. A dramatic removal of Mrs Kelly’s shack and its final entry into Ingleside camp follows clashes with relief workers and police as residents express fury at the relocation plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ingleside
Edward T. Devine
California
Mrs Kelly
Relief Corporation
J. N. Kilian
Kilian
Overrun by thieves in New York City crime wave
New York Police struggle as a yearlong crime surge nets losses over $1,000,600 in property theft. Jewelry leads the theft tally, with only a small share recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Murphy
Ware
Generous Parks Fight Evictions Amid Refugee Tensions
A crackdown on park camp shacks in late 1907 fuels clashes as refugees resist eviction. Mary Kelly leads eighteen families denying removal from Jefferson Square, while relief officials face rent resistance and looming unrest. Police trace stolen goods but face limits on public lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Square
Relief Corporation
New Pneumonia Treatment Reported by Dr Robin
Dr Robin of Paris presents a new pneumonia treatment to the Academy of Medicine. The method uses subcutaneous injections of a metallic element, with six deaths among fifty one cases. He notes heavier metals and gold or silver may have stronger action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin
Paris
Academy of Medicine
Progress of the Canadian West in 1906 Rail Growth
The Canadian West leads in railroad expansion with 11 000 miles by 1906 across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Construction adds 5 000 miles this year at 20 000 per mile, circulating 100 000 000 dollars. Railway growth opens new agricultural districts boosts grain exports and settlement with 189 004 people settling in the region, including 57 706 Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Canadian Pacific Railway
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alperta
Canada
Western
Perforated Sails Prove Wind Power Increase
Italian sea captain argued perforated sails boost wind force by removing the air cushion inside sails. Experiments confirm the theory, showing wind can act more effectively on canvas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iis
Leeds Mercury
Jam theft confession at children court yields sobbing plea
A 10 year old street urchin accused of stealing jam from a neighbor confessed in the children's court and wept. The judge, moved, asked how often he stole. The boy replied once and suggested the woman keep her pantry locked to stop future thefts.
Postum Cereal Co. Guarantee on Product Purity
Postum Cereal Co Ltd guarantees that all packages of Postum Cereal Grape Nuts and Elijals Manna sold by any retailer conform to the National Pure Food Law and are not adulterated or misbranded. The proclamation is signed by OC. W. Post, chairman, Battle Creek, Mich, dated December 12 1906 and sworn before a notary on December 15 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Crnlian Co
OC. W. Post
Battle Creek
Mich
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Columbus
D. Vang Kirk
Northwestern Railroad
Vierre
S. C
Clyde King
Flis Jobes
Osseo
Wing
Manle Lake
North Dakota
Gov. Gooding
Idaho
Interstate Commerce
Lane
Oregon
Monongahela Riner Consolidated Coal and Coke Company
Wesdville
Conn
Joe Dale
Denver and Rio Grande
Western Federation of Labor
Goldfield
W. O. Fitzgerald
Milwaukee
E. F. Carpenter
Western Shoe Wholesalers’ Association
Illinois Steel Company
Santa Claus
Soo” Line
Enderlin
X. D. David C. Schnell
Board of Trade
Wells-Fargo & Company
Leno
Nev
Tonopak
Edward Crofton
Emporia
Monroe Morgan
Eviporia
Morgan
O. Stierle
Omaha
New Orleans
R. C. Wright
Cuyahoga County
Uwuston
F. Kruse
Auburn Sunction
Ind
Hed
Riverside Hotel
Fort Warne
Ifort Wayne
Kruse
Ituston
First National Bank
Kansas
Bartlett Richards
W. G. Comstock
Charles C. Jameson
Nebraska Land and Weeding Companis
Aguihta Triplett
Sheridan
Cherry
Nebraska
Montego Bay
Jamaica
Baldernock
Scotland
Roosevelt
Stokes
Bullocks
Austria
Russia
Caucasus
trans-Caucasus
Central Asia
Siberia
Werner
Radom
Russian
Poland
Co Plotta
Ehnwood City
Standard Mills
Shelby Steel Tube Company
National Congress of India
Calcutta
Seattle
Milton
Wash
Mariac
Cavanaugh
Wammond
Elgin
Joliet
Fastern
Great Northern Railroad Company
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Young
Arica
Tacna
Chile
Mary Kelly
Devine
Kelly
W. P. Turner
London
Crete
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
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