New York Stock Market Opens Weak Amid Gains Reversed
The New York market opened weak with Amalgamated Copper and Reading among sharp declines while United States Steel and Southern Railway rose. By 11 a.m. Louisville and Reading bounced, but overall the day remained irregular as losses narrowed then widened in key issues across the list.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Erie
Louisville
Manhattan
Missouri, Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Reading
St. Paul
Sugar
Southern
Southern Pacific
Texas Pacife
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Western Union
Wabash
Tennessee Coal
Reading and Southern Railway
Futures Opened Quiet and Firm in New York
New York on October 1 reported futures opening steady with futures for October at 8.70, November 8.74, December 8.81, January 8.83, February 8.62, March 8.63, and May 8.63 as buyers and sellers set early values.
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New York
Venture corporation to sue Stratton estate for 5 million
The Venture corporation promoters of the Independence mine at Cripple Creek Colo. plan to file damages suit against the W S Stratton estate for 5 000 000. Baker, the venture’s managing director, with John Hays Hammond in the United States, is gathering evidence over two years. The action may involve several Stratton associates and other Venture shareholders who lost heavily in the mine.
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London
Venture Corportion
Independence
Cripple Creek
Col
Colorado Springs
W.S. Stratton
Baker
Venture Corporation
John Hays Hammond
United States
Stratton
Indivinal Venture Corporation
Independence Mine
Counterfeit Change Investigation in Athens
U S Deputy Marshal E Q Norton and Secret Service Officer George O Larker arrived in Athens to probe alleged counterfeit coin uttering. With Postmaster Forrest Willems they arrested Dennis Lnight of Bingham and George Corser of Brighton, and transported them to Augusta. The fraud centered on nickels quarters and dimes passed heavily in the area.
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Athens
U. S
Marshall E. Q O. Norton
Portland
Secret Service
George O. Larker
Forrest Willems
Dennis Lnight
Bingham
George Corser
Brighton
Augusta
Brockton Fair Events Postponed By Rain
Rain and wet grounds cancel today’s Brockton fair events. The program will be moved to tomorrow and continue through the week, except the firemen’s muster, which remains on Friday per schedule.
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Brockton
Brockton Fair
President to Public After Medical Checkup
Secretary Cortelyou said the President had a very comfortable night and was “doing nicely” after visits by Surgeon Generals Rixey and O Reilly and Dr. Lung.
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Washington
Rixey
O'Reilly
Lung
Cortelyou
DC commissioners test smokeless coal substitute for anthracite
Experiments in Washington public school heating plants show that layering coke and soft coal can create a slow burning, smokeless fire with heating power equal to anthracite. If anthracite supply falters amid rising prices, a coke soft coal mix offers a viable alternative, echoing Chicago price spikes driven by car shortages.
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District of Columbia
England
Washington
Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Wall Street Bargains Offering At Present Low Level
A historical note from 1890 records Wall Street bargains available at a presently low level. The remark highlights a market mood of discounted securities and potential attractively priced opportunities for investors familiar with the era’s commerce.
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Wall Street
Antwerp and Pretoria Arrive From Copenhagen and Hamburg
Marine news notes two steamers arriving in Boston on October 1. Antwerpen came from Copenhagen via New York, and Pretoria arrived from Hamburg.
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Boston
Antwerpen
Copenhagen
New York
Pretoria
Hamburg
Bonner Loses Thumb In Buzz Saw Accident
Alfred Bonner at Merrimack Croquet shop suffered severe lacerations to the right thumb and index finger while working a buzz saw. He was taken to Emergency hospital where doctors amputated the thumb at the second joint and the index finger at the first joint. He resides at 44 Rock Street.
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Alfred Bonner
Merrimack
Mill Worker Suffers Thumb Tear In Shafting Incident
Peter Thomas of Tre mont and Suffolk mills had his left thumb torn off when it was caught in a shafting this morning at about 8 30. He was taken by ambulance to Lowell hospital where the injury was dressed. He lives at 142 Market Street.
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Peter Thomas
Tremont & Suffolk
Lowell Hospital
Thomas
Market Street
Wadsworth Weds Miss Alice Hay at The Fells Sunapee
Miss Alice Hay daughter of Secretary of State John Hay married James Wadsworth at The Fells Lake Sunapee in a private ceremony attended by about 30 relatives and close friends. Rev C L Hayden officiated. maid of honor Daisy Wilson and a slate of bridesmaids and ushers attended. Guests included Whitelaw Reid Henry Cabot Lodge Henry White Derby Farrington and Joseph Warren.
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Lake Sunapee
Secretary Hay
C. L. Hayden
Cleveland
Col
New York
Daisy Wilson
Washington, D. C
Harriett Wadsworth
Genesee
N. Y
Evelyn Rumsey
Buffalo
Ruth Pruden
Gertrude Lard
Albany
Ethel Greenough
Catherine Eddy
Chicago
Frances Griscom
Lilly Rhodes
Philadelphia
Frederick Kernochan
Eugene Hale, Jr
Westpoint
F. G. Hindesdale
Pittsfield
Mass
G. M. Corris
G. C. Greenway
Pittsburg
RE. D. Heney
Manchester, Donn
Forester Wicker
Payne Whitney
Clarence L. Hay
Washington
Obituary notices for Michael Carr and Frank McManus
Michael J Carr aged 37 dies at home 413 Adams street leaving a widow and family He was employed over 20 years in the Lawrence hosiery and esteemed by employers and mill officials Frank McManus 45 dies yesterday in Chelmsford Centre He lived on Concord street and had worked for 35 years at J C Ayer Co until ill health forced him to leave work
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Michael J. Carr
Adams Street
Carr
Lawrence Hosiery
Frank McManus
Chelmsford Centre
Concord Street
J. C. Ayer Co
Funeral Services For Local Residents Across Several Cemeteries
Multiple late 19th or early 20th century funeral notices detail services for Irene Harrington Ethel Lewis Hugh Queenan Hrapsuna Kivarkin Mary Trainor and James J Loftus. Services occurred at homes churches and cemeteries with various bearers and choirs noted and burials at St Patrick s Edson and other local cemeteries.
Obituaries Record For McKeon Leonard Joy and McManus
Notices from this city list Michael F. McKeon aged 25 of 900 Central street, Sylvester B. Leonard aged 77 of 6 Wachusett street with funeral set at 6 Wachusett street Thursday at 2. Ange lina B Joy aged 86 of 143 Tremont street with private funeral Thursday at 2. Frank McManus aged 46 of Chelmsford Centre noted as a resident of this city with obituary posted September 30.
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McKeon
Central Street
Michael F. McKeon
Leonard
Wachusett Street
Sylvester B. Leonard
Joy
Angelina B. Joy
Tremont Street
McManus
Chelmsford Centre
Frank McManus
Boston Fraud Trial Reveals Systematic Customer Swindles
In Boston on Sept 30, witness Fisher testified in the Fisher Betts mail fraud case. He described margin transactions, stock certificates placed to customer accounts, repeated calls for funds after market rises, and a practice of wiping out customers who failed to respond. Betts allegedly called the public "suckers" and urged trimming.
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Boston
Fisher
John M. Fisher
Frederick
Betts
United States
Mr. Fisher
A . Fisher
Nationalists consider abstaining from autumn session
London reports that Irish Nationalist MPs plan a meeting on October 7 to discuss abstaining from the fall parliamentary session. The move aims to avoid backing the coercionist government on the education bill, with Catholics largely in favor, and leadership duties shifting to Mr Healy in Redmond and Dillon’s absence at the U S convention.
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London
John Redmond
Pall Mall Gazette
Messrs. Redmond and
Dillon
America
United Irish League
Boston
Healy
Fire destroys most of Voshnik village in Poland
In Lodz Russian Poland on September 30 a blaze gutted 120 of 129 houses in the village of Voshnik after children played with fire. Two children perished in the flames and the remaining structures were left burned.
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Lodz
Russian Poland
Voshnik
Wall Street Rebounds on Treasury Plan Quieting Fears
Wild opening on the New York stock exchange as prices surged after a panicked close. First sales ranged from 1000 to 9000 shares with volatile shifts, led by Missouri Pacific and Louisville actions. A Treasury remittance plan for bank reserves eased fears and Morgan reassured transfer plans for Louisville and Nashville.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Missouri Pacific
Louisville
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Morgan
Louisville & Nashville
Mount Carmel Riot Quelled by Fourth Regiment Arrival
Six companies of the Fourth regiment under Col O Neil of Allentown arrived from Reading Allentown Lebanon and Harrisburg this morning. They landed in the Reading railroad yard where over 2000 strikers gathered but made no demonstration. Soldiers were ordered out last night to suppress rioting and the area remains quiet. Strike leaders urge restraint and try to keep Shenandoah region workers at home. Overnight fifty deputies at Richards colliery were surrounded by a large mob. at daybreak the strikers dispersed.
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Mount Carmel
O'Neil
Allentown
Reading
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Shenandoah
Richards Colliery
Soldiers deployed to Panther Creek valley to quiet strikes
Tamaqua Pa Sept 30 soldiers moved through the Panther Creek valley to curb a boisterous element aiming to intimidate non-union workers on their way to work. Pickets remained active but no disturbance occurred. Strikers show less union interest than months ago and relief funds are deemed insufficient to meet demand.
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Tamaqua
Panther Creek Valley
Papal Bull Urges Clergy to Aid Peace in Philippines
Rome issued a papal bull on religious affairs in the Philippines calling all clergy to use their influence to restore peace and order. It also forbids participation in politics and directs focus on religion and welfare under the new regime.
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Rome
Philippines
Lightning Fire Prompted Urgent Insurance Request
W. H. Hall of Long Meadow Mass reports his house caught fire on July 30 and was saved with the aid of three Underwriters' Extinguishers. The blaze caused a loss of 167.20 but property saved likely worth thousands. he requests another extinguisher at once from C. B. Coburn & Co. agents.
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W. H. Hall
Long Meadow
Mass
Very Much Married, Family Tangle In Divorce Case
Springfield tale of a woman Annie M Carlton Minor and George L Minor of Westfield, with spouse Carlton alive in New Hampshire and a prior unknown marriage. Judge Maynard initially voided the marriage, then retracted after new facts. Proceedings shift as Carlton’s prior nuptials surface, Mrs Carlton claiming her marriage to Carlton was void, making her legally Mrs Minor.
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Springfield
Goffstown
N. Y
George L. Minor
Westfield
Annie M. Carlton Minor
Maynard
Annie M. Carlton
Mr. Minor
Minor
Carlton
Jit
Durants Ties to Carlisle Democrats Stir Contention
George R. Durant of Carlisle declares his bid for county commissioner and readiness for a convention. He criticizes the Democratic county organization and asserts the need for a bold fighter to break the Republican ring. Durant and his brother in law are central to Carlisle Democratic strength amid unclear convention plans.
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George R. Durant
Carlisle
Mr. Durant
Cambridge
Will Dreyfus Come Paris Fears Over Zola Death
Paris crowds gather before M. Zola’s house as discussion centers on whether Dreyfus will attend the funeral set for Friday. Post mortem cites carbonic oxide asphyxia from trying to open a window. Mme Zola survives due to bed position while she remains in isolation after a harrowing shock reports a medical bulletin.
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Paris
M. Zola
Dreyfus
Zola
Mme. Zola
Burning Sidewalks Planking Stolen From Rochester Streets
In Rochester New York on September 30 officials report planks stripped from sidewalks and bridges amid coal shortages. The article notes scarce anthracite coal and local efforts to address the loss of street planks.
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Rochester
New York
N. Y
Plank Theft Strips Sidewalks and Bridges in Outlying Areas
Spatch to the Times reports sidewalk inspectors observe residents ripping up plank sidewalks for fuel in outlying districts. Several miles of plank have been carried away and canal bridges stripped of planking. Piles of new lumber left for repairs also disappeared.
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Times
Carnegie Library Offer Refused Over Rate Hike
LondonSept 30 The Marylebone borough council committee reports that the council cannot accept Andrew Carnegies $150,000 offer to establish free libraries due to objections over increased rates. They recommend thanking him for the gift but declining.
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London
Marylebone
Andrew Carnegie
Pinky the Possum Follows Wild Instincts Home
Dallas Love Sharp recounts Pinky the wild possum who resists domestication. Despite being fed and cared for, Pinky repeatedly returns to human comforts then slips back to the woods. His final fate remains unresolved, leaving the narrator with lingering remorse.
Brass band leader mocks politics in witty quip
A Washington Star quote captures a brass band leader replying to a question about politics. He admits not being an orator and notes that musicians usually get paid while orators are expected to speak for free, highlighting a humorous view of political rhetoric.
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Washington Star
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New York Market
Stratton’s
Maine
Haight & Freese
Hildreth Bidg
Lowell
Marine News
Bonner
Wadsworth
HAY
Mrs. James. W. Wadsworth
Irene Harrington
First Street
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
O'Donnell
Ethel Lewis
Worthen Street
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Hugh Queenan
Ennell Street
St. Michael’s Church
Fr. Mullin
Nano M. Gallagher
Thomas P. Boulger
Patrick
Martin
Peter Mead
Michael Meldon
Molloy
Hrapsuna_ Kivarkin
Rogers
Edson
Mary Trainor
Whipple Street
Sacred Heart Church
Fr. Reynolds
O. M. IL
Thomas Daly
Hugh O'Rourke
James Boland
James Ready
A. C. Wheelock
U. S. Cartridge Mills
M. J. Murphy
M. J. Owens
James J. Loftus
Woburn
St. Agnes’ Church
Arlington
Polich
Horace Ela
Hurd Street
Telephone 580
Dodgers
Ball and Danci
Rams
Courier-Citizen
Middle Street
Francis Henshaw & Co
Milk Street
Lowell Electric Light Corporation
C. B. Coburn & Co
Judge Maynard
James W. Bennett
Charles I. Hood
Arthur G. Pollard
George H. Taylor
David A. Parthenais
James G. Hill
Lawrence
James E. Donoghue
Democratic Congressional Committee
Donoghue
Crowley
Sparks
Bruce
Carnegie
Pinky
Dallas Love Sharp
St. Nicholas
Nicholas G. Norcross
Insurance
Lowell Mas
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