Bank collapse sent Napolean residents rushing to cash
In Napolean Ohio the Citizens State bank posted an assignment after cashier D D Donovan was named assignee. President Heller is hospitalized in Minnesota. Bank examiner demanded $85,000 be covered. directors chose assignment to protect creditors.
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Toledo
Napoleon
Heary County
Citizens’ State Bank
Fin
D. D. Donovan
Heller
Minnesota
Ohio German Fire Insurance Company
Somersworth
N. H
First National Bank
Fred H. Varney
W.S. Tebbetts
Varney
United States
Hodgman
United States District Court
Portamouth
Bean
Plunge to Death as Auto Falls Through Open Bridge
Milwaukee December 17 an auto carrying three men plunged into the Oneida street bridge opening and sank in the river. The occupants Oscar Z Bartlett and Albert Kunz were killed while A F Solliday of the Solliday Motor Company was rescued after the car somersaulted into the water.
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Milwaukee
Oneida Street
Oscar Z. Bartlett
Board of Trade
Albert Kunz
A. F. Solliday
Solliday Motor Company
Oneiday Street
Kunz
Accused of Murdering Friend in San Francisco
San Francisco December 17 J Walter Wilson a friend and business associate of Harry J Boas the young electrician who died after taking stomach powders received by mail was charged Wednesday with the murder by a coroner s jury.
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San Francisco
Officers elected to National Horticultural Congress
In Council Bluffs on December 17 a Wednesday afternoon vote elected officers for the coming year. President is W. S. Keeline of Council Bluffs, vice-president Capt. J. H Shawhan of Payette Idaho, and secretary treasurer G. W. Reye of Council Bluffs.
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Horticultural Congress
Council Bluffs
National Horticultural Congress
W. S. Keeline
J. H Shawhan
Payette
Idaho
G. W. Reye
Resigns Presidency of Bank in Washington
E Southard Parker a prominent financier resigned the presidency of the National Metropolitan Bank in Washington on a Wednesday. The piece notes his naval nickname and references the Yankee metaphor about sunk vessels.
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Bank
Washington
E. Southard Parker
National Metropolitan Bank
Sultan Opens Ottoman Parliament in Historic Constitution Arrival
Constantinople December 17. Turkey forms a constitutional monarchy as the new Ottoman parliament meets for the first time in over thirty years. The sultan, troops, and schoolchildren mark the day with holiday decorations and hymns of liberty amid broad public interest. The sultan’s 39 senators include cabinet figures, military leaders, bishops, Armenians, Greeks, and a Jew. deputies were elected last month and congratulatory messages arrive from Britain and Russia.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Monastir
Chamber of Deputies
Taft Addresses Ohio Society Banquet in New York
President-elect Taft is guest at the twenty third annual Ohio society dinner in New York. He pledges loyalty to the Chicago platform and stresses tariff revision as essential. He warns that better no revision than an dishonest or incomplete overhaul.
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New York
Taft
Ohio Society
Chicago
Wright in Remarkable Flight at Le Mans
Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplanist, made a remarkable ascent in his aero plane, shooting up to 240 feet like a rocket then dropping 50 feet before stopping the engine. The machine glided down and landed about three-quarters of a mile from the start as English Aero Club members cheered the performance.
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le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Aero Club
Northern Pacific Train Burns in St Cloud Station
Fire damaged the Northern Pacific coast train at St Cloud Minnesota causing about 40000 in losses. A lighted match dropped by two passengers ignited a window curtain starting the blaze in the railroad car area.
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Northern Pacific
Minneapolis
Minn
Northern Pacific Coast
St Cloud
Delphi man shoots steer from tree after attack
Lewis Grantham of Delphi faced a mad steer that attacked him, forcing him to shoot the animal from a tree where he was imprisoned.
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Lewis Grantham
Delphi
Caracas Riots Reported as Martial Law Declared
A Caracas mob rose against President Castro, burned statues and pictures, and looted properties linked to his allies. Martial law was proclaimed to quell rioting. no foreigners harmed and several demonstrators arrested. Washington and Berlin reported conflicting dispatches as Castro stayed composed.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Dee
Castro
Plaza
Bolivar
Holland
Netherlands
Gomez
Senors Rivas
Thielen
Hasen
Washington
Cheney
Caracao
Associated Press
el Constitucional
Berlin
Taft withdraws Burton offer for cabinet post
The Taft administration withdraws the offer of a cabinet position to Congressman Theodore Burton of Cleveland. Burton will likely pursue the Ohio senate race to succeed Foraker. Ohio leaders present at the conference included Charles P. Taft and Arthur J. Vorys with several state officials.
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New York
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Taft
Burton
Ohio
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Senate
Joseph B. Foraker
Arthur J. Vorys
Mr. Taft
Republican National Committee
Walter C. Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Walter Guilbert
Henry A. Williams
Republican State Executive Committee
Carmi Thompson
Hammond held on peace bond over cane assault claim
James B. Hammond aged 70 president of the Hammond Typewriter Company faced police court on December 17 in New York. He was charged with striking an employee with a cane during a dispute over a stock certificate and placed under a $200 good behavior bond for three months.
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J. B. Hammond
New York
James B. Hammond
Hammond Typewriter Company
Gen Inouye of Japan Dead
Gen Inouye of the Japanese army is dead in Kyoto announced December 17. The report notes his high rank and service.
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Inouye
Japan
Kyoto
Gen
Germans of Ft Wayne Ready for Indiana Saengerfest
Ft Wayne hosts the Indiana Saengerfest next June with extensive preparations by local German groups and supporters aiming to showcase music and culture. The event gathers choruses from across the state for a multi day festival.
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Ft. Wayne
Indiana
Want St. John's Chapel Saved
A memorial signed by Roosevelt Choate Morgan Root Howells Low Mc Clellan and others urged Trinity Church to spare St. John's Chapel in Varick Street from abandonment and razing for commercial development. The vestry has not decided on future disposition but will not alter its plan to close the building to public worship.
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New York
Roosevelt
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
J. Bierpont Morgan
Elihu Root
William Dean Howells
Seth Low
McClellan
D. O. Millis
R. Fulton Cutting
Trinity Church
Trinity Corporation
St. John’s Chapel
Varick Street
St. Paul’s Chapel
Creditors Likely to Recoup Little in Cameron Currie Case
Detroit December 17 testimony before Bankruptcy Referee H P Davock indicated assets of Cameron Currie & Co. totaled about 1.2 million with only up to 50 thousand collectible for creditors. Unsecured creditors may recover around three percent. Cameron Currie admitted knowledge of check kiting, though not at the time.
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Detroit
Mich
H. P. Davock
Cameron Currie & Co
Cameron Currie
Republic Iron and Steel plant to reopen in Toledo
The Toledo plant employing 600 workers will resume operations Monday December 28 after thirteen months of idleness.
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Toledo
The
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Ft Wayne Merchants Fight Shopping Excises in Pune Nickel Case
Fort Wayne merchants oppose new shopping excises affecting a Nickel company dispute. Local business leaders argue the taxes hurt commerce and request reconsideration from officials. The case highlights ongoing tension between retail trade and municipal revenue measures.
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Ft. Wayne
Pune
Nickelle Company
Senators Fight Roosevelt Censure and House Insurgents Meet
Washington December 17 senators debated the presidents remarks on the secret service and approved Aldrich's resolution for a full inquiry by the appropriations committee. Insurgents held a mass meeting to discuss House rules and a report urged changes to committee selection and a district day. Judge Hundley and Judge Thayer were confirmed for federal posts.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Secret Service
Aldrich
Culberson
Bailey
Bacon
Senator Foraker
Secretary of War
Brownsville
Lodge
Warner
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Judge Hundley
Oscar R. Hundley
United States
Alabama
Hundley
Rufus H. Thayer
Washington, D. C
United States Court of China
L. R. Wilfley
House
Col. Hepburn
Iowa
Senad
District of Columbia
Two Thousand Miners Strike in Paint Creek District
Charleston W Va Dec 17 United Mine Workers of America District No 17 members numbering about 2000 in 14 active Paint Creek mines refused to report for work following a strike order from President Benjamin Davis. All operations are closed except for supervisors.
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Charleston
W. Va
Benjamin Davis
United Mine Workers of America
Paint Creek
Newfoundland Blizzard Locks Down St Johns Traffic
A severe Newfoundland blizzard rages in St Johns causing heavy damage to fishing vessels with several schooners blown ashore or sunk. No deaths reported yet though several ships may be at sea. Land traffic is at a standstill.
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St. Johns
N. F
Newfoundland
Huntington courthouse dedication set for December 29
The new Huntington court house will be dedicated on Tuesday December 29 with James T. Watson delivering the address.
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Huntington
James T. Watson
Cornstalks May Yield Paper Competing With Wood Pulp
Washington reports that Dr. B T Galloway of the Bureau of Plant Inquiry told the House Agriculture Committee that lab tests indicate print paper could be made from cornstalks in competition with wood pulp A Maine mill will conduct a commercial test If successful the by product will be a coarse molasses used to feed cattle and mules A ton of cornstalks could yield $3 worth of molasses
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B. T. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Inquiry
Department of Agriculture
House Agriculture Committee
Department of Experiments
Galloway
Maine
South
Mistletoe scheme spawns company to sell treasury stock
A bold pitch promises a limitless profit from artificial mistletoe that lasts forever. The speaker persuades backers to form a company to manufacture the product and quickly sells treasury stock above par, signaling strong early demand.
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Treasury
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Nelson W. Aldrich
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Jayne
Harry WV. Wart
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Mnew Management
G. W. Cogley
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