List of Political Fund Contributors Reveals Major Names
Newark archives show the Republican campaign fund recorded 12 380 contributors totaling 1 579 878 27 with Charles P Taft leading at 110 000. Roosevelt contributed among others, with giants like Carnegie Morgan and Guggenheim also listed among gifts of 5 000 to 10 000 plus.
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Newark
Campaient
Albany
New York
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
United League of New York
Union League of Philadelphia
Larz Anderson
Boston
G. A. Garretson
Andrew Carnégie
J. P. Morgan
A. S. Cochran
J. N. Bagley
Michigan
William Nelson Cromwell
M. C. D. Borden
Whitelaw Reid
Frank A. Munsey
Jacob H. Achify
Fred P. Smith
Heith Agnes Corbin
Behan
Washington
Vail and
William P. Clyde
J. M. W. Seligman & Co
A. D. Julliard & Co
Norman B. Ream
Robert Bacon
A. M. Huntington
Geo. Lauder
A. A. Anderson
James Boéeyer
D. C. Mills
G. F. Baker
B. C. Converse
H. Smith
A. Im
Huntington
Democratic National Committee Records Show Campaign Spending
The Democratic National Committee reports receipts of 820 644.77 and expenditures of 619 410.06 for the recent presidential campaign, leaving a small balance. An audit by Myron D. King itemizes disbursements across departments including finance, publicity, labor, and organization, with totals in the tens of thousands for several units.
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Chisago
Lincoln
Neb
Myron D. King
National Committee
Democratic Committee
Advisory
Organization of States
Finance
Congressional Committee
Oklahoma
General Fund
Tantot
Shah Declares No Constitution in Peralan
Reported from Teligran on November 224 that the Shah of Per has definitively barred a constitution and posted proclamations in mosques. The article notes diminishing support for parliament and a tightening of autocratic rule, with reference to a forthcoming audience and an operation in Europe.
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Steligran
Per
Parliament
Isp
Europe
Oil land rush seen in Mexico spurs new entrants
A monopolistic struggle for control of Mexico's local markets and vast oil fields heats up as Standard Oil and Parsons & Sons face rivals. Indianapolis based company wins concessions to explore 10 million acres in Chihuahua while Hearst Keene syndicate takes 220000 acres. Standard Oil buys oil land in Tamaulipas.
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Mexico
Republic’ of Mexico
Standard Oil Company
Parsons & Sons
Hmited
Trai.s
Indianapolis
Chihuahua
W. K Bellis
W R. Hearst
James R. Keene
Standard of! Company
Tamaulipas
Quarantine Action Prohibits Livestock Imports to Illinois
Springfield Illinois November 24 Acting on recommendations of the Illinois state board of livestock commissioners Governor Deneen issues a proclamation prohibiting importation of cattle hogs sheep and other ruminants from New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey where foot and mouth disease exists. No car or boat shipments can enter Illinois from those states unless thoroughly disinfected. Dr J M Wright state veterinary notes disease can pass from animals to humans a view opposed by Dr Herbert Fox of Pennsylvania.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Deneen
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Illinois
J. M. Wright
Herbert Fox
State Board of Health of
Rockefeller Shifts Blame for Trust Creation
In federal suit to dissolve Standard Oil, John D. Rockefeller credits Henry M. Flagler and Samuel T. Dodd as the master architects of the Standard Oil trust, saying he could not have conceived it due to lack of ability.
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Rockefeller
New York
Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller
Standard
Henry M. Flagler
Samuel ©. T. Dodd
Carnegie argues tariff reform shifts to protect only luxury goods
Andrew Carnegie writes that infant industries no longer need protection and that steel and other industries have grown beyond tariffs. He urges maintien of duties on luxuries used by the rich but calls for large reductions or abolition of duties on manufactured articles no longer needed, in an article to appear in an Eastern magazine.
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Carnegie
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Iron Master
Chinese envoy arrives in San Francisco with royal party
Shao Yi, a key Chinese official, arrives with Prince Tsai Fu and large retinue aboard the Mongolia to convey gratitude for the $14,000,000 debt remission to the American government. The visit signals high level diplomacy and strong ties between China and the United States.
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China
San Francisco
Shao Yi
Mongolia
Prince Tsai Fu
Fatal Railroad Wreck Near Chicago in Dense Fog
One man was killed two are missing and several injured in a collision of two Illinois Central freight trains at Berwyn near Chicago early this morning. A dense fog is believed to have caused the accident. Immediately after the wreck both trains caught fire.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Berwyn
AFL elects leaders with one dissenting vote
In Denver on November 23 Samuel Gompers was re elected president of the American Federation of Labor with only one dissenting vote. John Mitchell won the position of second vice president and William D. Huber of Indianapolis was named sixth vice president. Toronto was selected as next year’s meeting site.
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Denver
Col
Samuel Gonpers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
William D. Huber
Indianapolis
Ind
Toronto
Canada
Disappearance of Valuables in Ohio Records Case
County Clerk Charles H. Salen faced a subpoena in Cleveland for papers in a Standard Old hearing in New York. Authorities report the valuable legal documents have mysteriously disappeared, with removal from public records an indictable offense under Ohio law carrying heavy penalties.
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Cleveland
Charles H. Salen
New York
Kellogg
Ohio
Chicago City Suit In 1894 Strike Damages Upheld
The appellate court affirms the lower court decision in a $100000 judgment against Chicago by the Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway over damage to its property during the 1894 strike and riot. The railroad pursued $377000 in damages.
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Ottawa
Ill
Chicago
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company
Cleveland
Altgeld
Ward Politicians Indicted In Chicago Primary Fraud Case
A special grand jury returned thirty eight indictments against fifteen judges and clerks of election and politicians for fraud in the August 8 primary. Charges include aiding and abetting legal voting perjury illegal ballot marking and falsifying poll books. J Q Chott a former police magistrate is named among those indicted.
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Chicago
J. Q. Chott
Raymer's Third Trial Opens in Illinois City
Springfield, Nov. 24 Abe Raymer faces a third trial in Sangamon county court for the destruction of Capt. P. W. Harts property. He previously was acquitted twice on charges connected to the Aug 14 15 race riots including the murder of William Donnigan and destruction of Harry T. Loper restaurant property.
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P. W. Harts
Fires Rage Across Southern Illinois and Indiana
Forest fires have burned for thirty six hours in southern Illinois destroying thousands of acres of timber. Farmers fought flames for a day, while dense smoke veils hundreds of towns across southern Illinois and southern Indiana.
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Carmi
Illinois
Indiana
Ilinois
Mnols Odd Fellows Elect
Springfield Illinois November 24 The following officers were elected by the Illinois Grand Lodge I O O F to session here Grand master W M Grove Petersburg deputy grand master E R Sayler Springfield grand warden J Ewing Davis Chicago grand secretary John H Sikes Springfield grand treasurer T B Needles Nashville grand representative Owen Scott Decatur
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Mnols
Springfield
Millinois Grand Lodge
W. M Grove
Petersburg
E. R. Sayler
J. Ewing Davis
Chicago
John H. Sikes
T. B Needles
Nashville
Owen Scott
Decatur
Lone Star Show Boat Stranded on Wabash Sandbar
Mount Carmel Mil Nov 24 The stranded Lone Star show boat crew abandon the stage to help shuck corn in the Wabash bottoms near Jimtown while rainfall makes the river navigable again and the troupe plans to resume performances when waters permit.
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Mt. Carmel
Mil
Wabash River
Jimtown
Lone Star
Wabash
Thea Plain
Hold Up Ends in Wounding of Danville Druggist
Danville Tl November 24 G T Carr a local druggist was seriously wounded when a black man attempted a robbery at his store. Carr confronted the gunman from the back of the shop and retreated as the robber fired. The assailant fled with a bystander outside.
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Danville
G. T. Carr
Carr
Burns Quits Illinois Miners Board to Join Commission
James Burns of Springfield resigns from the executive board of the United Mine Workers of Illinois to become coal commissioner with the Illinois Coal Operators' Association. He will settle disputes between operators and miners and is succeeded by James Watson of Virden.
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Wllnois Miners’ Board
Springfield
James Burns
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Illinois ‘Coal
James Watson
Virden
Oil field extends into Jasper county with productive well
In Newton, Nov 24, Crawford county oil field extends into Jasper county. A well flowing about twenty five barrels a day was brought in near Yale near the Crawford county line. Previous efforts to locate oil had been unsuccessful.
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New Territory
Newton
Til
Crawford County
Jasper
Yale
Child's Eye Torn Out in Mt. Carmel Accident
Four year old son of Elmer Wright in Mt. Carmel Michigan suffered a gruesome injury while playing with a stick. The boy struck by the stick tore his eye and received a severe wound. Medics treated him but the incident highlights dangers of improvised playthings for young children.
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Mt. Carmel
Elmer Wright
Atick Wight
Rab Scaurely
Miss Grace Brewis Killed by Runaway Horse in Aurora
Miss Grace Brewis of Streator visiting Aurora was struck by a runaway horse while crossing in front of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger station. Her hostess Mrs. John Knorr, newly married, was injured but expected to recover. Brewis was twenty and was to be married on Thanksgiving day.
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Aurora
Grace Brewis
Streator
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
John Knorr
All Night Balloon Trip From St Louis Reaches Georgia Mountains
A B Lambert described the Yankee balloon journey from St Louis across Illinois at 2500 feet. After two landings and a long night aloft to avoid forest fire smoke, the craft landed in the northwest Georgia mountains with no injuries reported.
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Tiger
St. Louis
A B. Lambert
Lambert
Illinois
Ilnois
Boyd, Ind
Gorgia
Patriotic Young Man Enlists in Marine Corps
Walter Howard McGarvey twenty five of Belvidere New Jersey and Columbia University graduate enlisted in the United States marine corps declaring he would rather serve the government than inherit wealth. He told the recruiting officer he expected to be dis inherited for his act.
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Chicago
Walter Howard McGarvey
Columbia University
George McGarvey
Belvidere
N. J
United States Marine Corps
McGarvey
Seven Colonels in War from Paradise Village Tale
Paradise village eight miles southwest of Mattoon in Coles county produced more Civil War colonels per capita than any other place. Six men from the Hamlet joined the Union army and one man aligned with the Confederacy.
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Mattoon
Ill
Coles County
Federa
Van Vilissengen Forgeries Amount to 1.54 Million
After examining documents in the office of Peter Van Viissengen, convicted forger, William G. C. Niblack the Chicago Title and Trust Company receiver for the Van Vilasengen properties, reported forgeries totaling 1 539 433 89.
Methodists for Temperance Urge Congress Action
Chicago November 24 The temperance society of the Methodist Episcopal church adopts a resolution urging church workers nationwide to promote such an organization for the next congress to ensure swift and favorable temperance legislation.
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Methodists For Temperance
Chicago
The
Temperance Society of the Methodis Episcopal Church
Football Player Elwell Jr. Dies After Football Injury
Upper Alton Illinois November 24 William Elwell Jr. died from blood poisoning after a slight arm injury in a football game two weeks earlier. He was a halfback for Shurtleff College second eleven and was injured in a match with Jerseyville High School.
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Upper Alton
Willian Elwell, Jr
Elwell
Shurtleff College
Jerseyville
Lil
Fire damages Mount Vernon hospital in $12000 blaze
A fire at Mount Vernon hospital caused about $12000 in damage. The building carried $6000 insurance. The hospital housed sick patients, who were rescued unharmed. An electric light issue started the blaze.
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Carm
Mount Vernon Hospital
Mount Vernon Fire Causes $30,000 Loss in Illinois
Mount Vernon Illinois November 24 fire thought to be arson destroyed about 30000 dollars of property. W A Coats implement dealer lost 1000 on stock while other losses were spread among a dozen persons.
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Mount Vernon
Ill
W. A Coats
Farmer killed in corn shredder accident in Illinois
Sebastian C Cromer a farmer from Eola Junction was fatally injured when he was caught in a corn shredder in Elgin Illinois. Every bone in his body was broken in the horrific incident reported on November 24.
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Elgin
Ill
Sebastian C Cromer
Eola Junction
Forest Fires Rage Near Danville Kentucky
Fires spread across knobs and lowlands near Danville Boyle county along the Queer and Crescent railroad. Thousands of fence panels burned as dry weather and strong winds kept flames alive overnight. Hundreds fought the blaze but the fire continued with little rainfall and no relief in sight.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Danville - Boyle County
Queer & Crescent
Pauled
Exhiles
Tornado Wipes Out Several Arkansas Towns Many Die
Remoteness of the affected region limits advices but reports indicate a powerful tornado crossed the Arkansas river near Piney and swept through London Wallerville Jethro Lodi Lewisville Paterson Berryville and Mulberry destroying towns wrecking buildings and killing numerous residents. At Piney twelve killed and many injured. London ten dead. Wallerville Jethro destroyed. Berryville hurtful injuries. total deaths over twenty with extensive property loss around twenty five thousand dollars.
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Little Rock
Ark Nav
Telegrama
Arkansas River
Piney
London Wallerville
Jethro
Lodi
Lewisville
Paterson
Berryville
Mulberry
London
Wallerville
J. O Hoskins
Mine Disaster Near Red Lodge Claims Six Dead
Fire in the Northwestern Improvement mine at Red Lodge Montana killed six miners and left many others entombed with faint hope of escape. About twenty miners were rescued in exhausted condition and taken to hospital as volunteers and the fire department searched the drift for survivors.
Heney Recovery Advances After Wound
Francis J Heney has recovered from his wound and may travel to the countryside to recuperate within a few days. The update comes from San Francisco on November 24. He was wounded by Morris Haas.
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Heney
San Francisco
Francis J Heney
Morris Haas
Market Quotations for Wheat Corn Hogs and More Across Cities
Indianapolis grain and livestock quotes show wheat at 1.02 to 1.04 and corn around 64 percent. Oats range 50 percent, hay prices from 10 to 11 dollars, cattle 3.60 to 7.00, hogs 4.00 to 6.25, sheep 2.50 to 4.00, lambs 3.00 to 5.25. Cincinnati Chicago New York and East Buffalo quotations listed with varied prices and no market in Buffalo due to quarantine. Toledo quotes include May futures at 1.09 with cash 1.06 to 1.08.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
East Buffalo
Toledo
Illinois 1908 Tax Assessments Boost Corporate Valuations
The state board of equalization reports 1908 total equalized property value at 1 203 515 156, with overall taxable property at 6 317 575 780. Corporate property bears the bulk of increases, especially Cook County, while personal property and some land show declines or modest rises. The 1908 state tax rate is set at 50 cents per 100 dollars of equalized value.
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Agemgate
Illinois
State Board of Equalization
Ilinois
Alt teHos
Cook County
Board of Equalizating
Committee On
Christmas Dinner Table Ideas From Woman's Home Companion
The article suggests festive centerpieces for a family Christmas table using a holly wreath with red ribbons, crystal candelabra, wedge shaped fruit cake boxes with rosebud candles, holly or mistletoe vases, star holders with red candles, and a punch bowl with fruit as a glowing focal point. It recommends damask cloth, fine china, and seasonal place cards and napkin decorations.
Moore's Store stamp promotion in West Yorks advert
An OCR fragment shows a 10 cent purchase at Moore's Store in West Yorks offering a stamp good for premiums. The readable text mentions asking about supplements and a pot or gift, but details are garbled.
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Moore’s
West Yorks
Pelenporg aPott
Doctor L A Burnside Office in Old Bank Building
Fragmentary notes indicate Dr L A Burnside had an office in the old bank building at Wabash and Phoives. No clear date or complete details are readable.
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L.A. Burnsides
Old‘claf
BANKS
Wabash
Phoives
Q&ees de ‘Armers
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Ble
State of New York
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Went
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Ge Tersary
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Iaway
Horseakic
Miss Grace
Brewis
Hostess
Edwardsville
Kerens Donne Wald
Arkansas
Gion
Cally
Montana
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