Astonishing Revelation of Fidelity Funding scandal
In Nauvoo Illinois a dramatic account details the alleged improper dealings of P. J. Keiran, missing president of Fidelity Funding, with Sister Mary and St. Mary's academy. A bookkeeper describes blank notes, large forged credits, and funds diverted from convent improvements, while Keiran remains at large amid investigations and bank concerns over secured mortgages and cancelled checks.
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Nauvoo
Tr. Keiran
Fidelity Funding company
St. Mary's academy
William Dinderberger
bank of the Mississippi
Mary
Keiran
Hindenberger
inuny ag
Sister Mary
Security lite Lnsurance company
Kelran
New York
Holy Rollers Leader Sought After Street Clash
Kansas City police broadcast a general arrest call for James Sharp the adam God of the Holy Rollers sect after a street fight with officers. Sharp fled, hair trimmed and beard removed, as followers await his return for salvation. Louis Pratt died from wounds. Mrs Pratt and Mrs Sharp face murder charges. Officer Mullane lay near death while others expected to recover.
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Kansas City
James Sharp
adam God
band of
Holy Rollers
Sharp
Mullane
Cannon Opposes Rivers and Harbors Plan Delegates
Speaker Cannon declares against immediate national funding for rivers and harbors projects while endorsing prudence and continued improvements. He cites fiscal restraint, warns against bonds, and stresses compromise seeking balanced, practical progress amid congress and governors.
Absorbed by steel trust creates vast carmaking empire
United States Steel corporation takes over Standard Steel Car company with plants in Butler and New Castle Pennsylvania and Hammond Indiana and the pressed Steel Car Company with McKees Rocks and lower North Side plants The deal combines two world leading steel car makers under a policy aimed at controlling iron and steel manufacturing through mining to finished products The pressed Steel Car Company carries 235 million dollars in authorized capital and 150 freight cars plus 750 passenger or street railway cars annually The Standard Steel Car Company has 5 million dollars in authorized capital and 15 thousand workers across its facilities Meanwhile Navy orders court martial for Commander Charles Marx son in law of Rear Admiral Robley Evans for negligence in grounding of the Yankee at Buzzards Bay
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Pittsburg
New York City
United States Steel corporation
Standard Steel Car company
Butler and
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Hammond
Indiana
pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
lower North Side
Standard Steel Car company ias
Washington
Charles (. Marx
Robley PD
vans
Yankee
navy department
Buzzards bay
Boston
Dupont Family Boots to 107 Years in Powder Trade
Cleveland dispatch reports E I Dupont de Nemours Powder company marks 107 years in business with 20 Dupont family members in management. President T C Dupont defends the firm against federal trust investigation, claiming 60 to 70 percent of U S powder supply and a tradition of workers trained from mills to college. Government seeks access to company records via Austin Powder (left the association five years ago) to uncover minutes of a thirty-company dominated trust.
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Cleveland
EB. T. Dupont De Nemours Powder company
T. C. Dupont
Dupont
E. of
Phare
federal trust-busters
Austin Powder Company
Duponts
Three Barns Burn In Nelson Township Blaze
Warren C December reports three large barns on the Stoddard, Hosking and Bancroft farms in Nelson township caught fire simultaneously. The structures and contents were destroyed, and arson is suspected as Warren bloodhounds are brought to the scene. A pony engine at Portage Silick Stone Co. east of Garretsville was wrecked Tuesday night, with investigators linking the act to the barn fires as revenge for owning one barn. Beloit firm boosts its office push cart with devices to register distance and trips.
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Warren, C
Stoddard
Hosking
Bancroft
Nelson township
Warren
Portage Silick & Stone company
Garretsville
Beloit
Wisconsin
Fragmentary OCR Note From Local Page
Fragmentary readable OCR shows stray characters and partial phrases. No coherent event or names identified to summarize into a complete news item.
Flour Bleached by Nitrogen Peroxide Declared Adulterated
Secretary Wilson announced that flour bleached with nitrogen peroxide is adulterated and cannot be sold in the District of Columbia or any territory or in interstate commerce.
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Washington
Wilson
District
Columbia
Martial law to prevail in India amid trials and executions
Catentta Dec 10 Practically martial law will prevail throughout India as the bill for summary trials and execution of traitors and anarchists is introduced in the council. The measure, demanded by English residents, aims to curb sedition amid a rising wave of unrest. Investigation of the Dumdum ammunition explosion shows anarchist involvement with a failed attempt to mask the act as an accident.
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Catentta
biw
Iidia
empire
Dumdum
President Castro Reaches Bordeaux in Venezuela Visit
Bordeaux December 10 President Castro of Venezuela arrived at 10 20 AM by rail from Paulliac after landing from the Guadeloupe He avoided reporters but a crowd waited and he declined interviews On arrival he went to Hotel de France where a French foreign office delegation greeted him In Uhrichsile Ohio Elmer Bowers sixteen died from injuries after an accident two weeks ago He had been unconscious for three days.
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Bordeaux
Castro
Venezuela
Paulliac
Guadeloupe
Pauliiac
Hotel de France
Uhrichsyile
strnes
Elmer Bowers
Train Tumbles On Side In High Speed Wreck
Northern Pacific North Coast Limited derailed near McKenzie North Dakota last night as nearly all cars slid down a ten foot embankment. Twenty five passengers were seriously injured and one man died before aid arrived. rails spreading caused the wreck and track damage extends 200 yards, delaying traffic for hours. State prohibition also declared by Ohio State Grange at Columbus meeting.
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Fargo
N. D
bec
McKenazie
North Dakota
Northern Pacific “North Coast Limited
McKeagle
Bismarck
McKenzie gay
Charles Dans 1 A Free Man In Omaha Murder Trial
Charles F Davis is acquitted of the murder charge in Omaha after a two week trial. The jury delivered a not guilty verdict on the nineteenth ballot amid a long deliberation with one juror clinging to manslaughter on eighteen ballots. Davis showed no emotion as verdict was announced and thanked each juror in court. Mrs Abbie Rice, jailed, reacted gleefully fearing no punishment for Davis. she plans to leave for Des Moines soon and may join her husband in Youngstown Ohio.
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Davis
Omaha
Neb
Charles F. Davis
Frederick Austin
anl
Jed H. Davis
Bred
Chatham
court house
Sears
Fred
English
Abbie Rice
Dr. Rustin
ito
Observatory bill seeks Lima weather station
A bill introduced by Representative Torvill of Ohio proposes appropriating 316000 for a weather observatory at Lima Ohio. Treasury data show receipts of 2344918 and expenditures of 1990000.
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Washington
Torvill
Democrat
Ohio
Lima
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