Warning on Insurance Stocks From Colonel Button
Richmond VA special agents seek investors for various New York backed insurance stocks. Virginia residents are warned to hesitate long before cash investments as NY authorities have denied these firms the right to do business. Several named companies are cited as investigated, with concern raised about promoters targeting the South for funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Maila
Button
Virginia
Insurance Department of
New York
South
United Insurance Company of
Arizona
United Fire Insurance Company of
Protective Holding Corporation
Protective Fire Insurance Company
Manhattan Funding Company
Life and Casualty Company of
Fire Securities Company of
First National Fire Insurance Company of
Pennsylvania
Trinity Finance Company of
Maine
Hanover Finance Company of
Independent Surety Company of
Government Surety and Casualty Company of
Reliable Fire Insurance Company of
Indianapolis
Columbia Guarantee Corporation
Consolidated Life Securities Company
Consolidated Life Insurance Company
Illinois
National Assurance Company of
Wilmington, del
Co. & O. Shows Gain for September
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway reports September gross earnings around 3,000,000, including the Chesapeake and Ohio of Indiana. This year’s gross was 2,949,328.32 vs 2,642,694.83 in September 1909, a rise of 306,733.49. Expenses reached 1,115,134.40 in 1910, vs 1,529,206.79 in 1909. Net earnings were 1,131,193.92 this September and 1,113,388.04 last year, up 17,805.88.
Manuel and Alfonso Close in Struggle for Portugal
King Manuel at Gibraltar maintains telegraphic contact with King Alfonso as Spain Belgia reacts to Portugal's shift. Anti monarchists waver under Alfonso’s hard line while Madrid papers praise Braga's presidency and Republican leaders celebrate the new republic.
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Madrid
Manuel
Portugal
Sal
Heave
Manuel Quin
Spa
Rae
Alfonso
Valencia
Braga
Spain
Carries House a Block Trenton Freight Crash
In Trenton the home of Caleb Slower on Mulberry Street Canal Bridge was carried almost a block by a coal train collision on a siding. Slover was away at work. his wife and relatives were in bed when the house toppled. Furniture scattered. she was knocked unconscious but others escaped injury. A porch had previously been damaged by earlier cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Caleb
Mulberry Street Canal
Slover
NECRO CAPTURED AFTER HOT CHASE IN RICHMOND
Detective Sergeants Bailey and Wiltshire chased John Lee through about fifteen blocks in Richmond before capturing him. Lee, wanted in Culpeper for assaulting Lillie Rowe with a knife, fled across streets and into a carriage pursued by the officers. The pursuit ended when Lee was cornered and arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhai Street
Bailey
Lee
Culpeper
Mr. Neal
Rowe
Richmond
Wiltshire
John Lee
Lillie Rowe
Greanor Neal
Wiley
Madison
Franklin
Sergeant Bailey
Roosevelt Visits Georgia in High Spirits During Southern Tour
Rome Ga special dispatch notes Theodore Roosevelt arriving at 8 o clock this morning in high good humor amid a warm Southern reception as his presidential tour progresses.
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Rome
Theodore Roosevelt
Policeman Anton Kiloger Retires After Forty Years
Chicago police officer Anton Kiloger ends a four decade career with about 300000 in savings. He details his rules for thrift and discipline including avoiding saloons and gambling, always turning earnings to his wife, and investing in real estate. He recalls starting pay of 65 a month and building wealth through prudent investments.
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Chicago
Anton Kiloger
Klinger
Jockey Maher Plans Retirement to Irish Estate
Danny Maher, premier jockey, will retire at season’s end in England and move to an estate in Tipperary, Ireland. He notes he has earned about $1,000,000, prefers weight limits, and may run stables on Curragh of Kildare. His father died in Hartford. his mother and sisters remain.
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Hartford
Conn
Danny Maher
The
England
Tipperary
Ireland
Patrick H. Maher
Dublin
Maher
Curragh
Kildare
Richard Croker
St. Joseph's Hospital
Typewriter Ink Kills
Sadie E. Milliken an eighteen year old stenographer for John Hancock Insurance in New York died in St Mary's Hospital Passaic N J from blood poisoning believed to stem from ink on her finger infecting her nose after itching and scratching it at work last Saturday The illness progressed after remedies and a physician visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sadie E. Milliken
George Milliken
Passaic
N. J
St. Mary's Hospital
Naked man causes beachside prank in Tottenville New York
In Tottenville a naked man identified as David Rubber disrupted Main Street with shouts of murder before six men dragged him to the beach, scrubbed him with brushes, and forced him back to the hotel where he fled. Authorities and locals treated it as a joke, though Rubber disputed the tale.
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New York
Main Street
Tott
White
Perth Amboy
Porter
David
Dave
Mr. Porter
Othe
Cupid’s Wings Are Shorn in Rockville
Rockville women oppose elopements by binding ministers to refuse marriages after hours and to require at least one party be vouched for by a reputable citizen. The circular letter urges clergy to curb young and unseemly marriages, noting past licensing abuses and seeking public moral reform.
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Washington
D. C
Rockville
Elopers
Gretna Green
St. Paul
Hockville
Polygyamy Must Cease Say Mormon Leaders
Mormon leaders at the semi annual conference in Salt Lake City declared polygamy must cease. President Joseph F Smith and counselors H A Lund and John Henry Smith condemned plural marriages since 1890 and pledged enforcement. The statements followed a week after two church members faced disciplinary actions for polygamous unions.
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Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints
Mormon
Joseph F. Smith
H. A. Lund
John Henry Smith
Lumber Company Buys Whole Town in Graham County North Carolina
Robbinsville, the Graham County seat with over 200 residents in western North Carolina, is bought by the Whiting Lumber Company of Pennsylvania. The deal includes most timber lands in Graham County and Blount County, Tennessee, with plans for lumber plants, tannic acid factories, and pulp mills backed by an English syndicate and a $3,000,000 investment. A rail link to Robbinsville and water power developments on the Little Tennessee River are also planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Robbinsville
Graham County
North Carolina
Whiting Lumber Company
Pennsylvania
Whiting Company
N. C
Blount County
Tenn
Democrats Nominate Taylor for Governor in Tennessee
Nashville special reports Tennessee Democrats adopted Governor nominee Robert I. Taylor with the slogan Our Bob and a unity-filled convention at the Ryman Auditorium. J W Thomas was named railroad commissioner as the party set a temperance platform to be decided by the Legislature while aiming at fusion strength from the mountains to the Mississippi.
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Nashville
Texn
Bob
Tennessee
Axcum
Robert I. Taylor
Ryman Auditorium
J. W. Thomas
Mississippi
Matrimonial Case Hides Wintergreen Berry Scheme
Doris Germain of Brooklyn accuses husband Edward of wronging her by a matter tied to a cauliflowers buyer. Matthias Corwin, Riverhead businessman, is arrested on slander charges amid Mrs Germain’s claim of marital injury and alleged wintergreen blossom excursions. Justice of the peace William H. Taft issued the warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Casius Bell
Doris Germain
Edward Germain
Brooklyn
Caiwlifiower
Matthias Corwin
Riverhead
L. I
William HT. Taft
Corwin
Germain
Corwin Defends Remarks In Riverhead Dispute
Corwin says he would not have spoken as he did if Mrs. Germain had not provoked him. He stands by his statements and denies impropriety. Mrs. Germain and her husband stay at Griffin House in Riverhead as Germain buys cauliflowers. A hearing date has not been set.
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Corwin
Mrs. Germain
Germain
Lajoie Batting Feat Stuns St Louis Fans in Split
In a Sunday double header the Browns and Naps of Cleveland split two games. Larry Lajoie collected eight hits in ten, including seven bunts down the third base line, while Corriden misplayed several plays. The St Louis club is said to have laid down in his favor as Lajoie rose in batting averages and gained strong public acclaim.
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ST. Louis
Browns
Naps
Cleveland
St. Louis Browns
Larry Lajoie
Lajoie
Corriden
Wallace
Northen
Nelson
Northens
Alwough
Carriden
Larry
Cobb
Maloy
Graney
Jackson
Hornhorst
McGuire
Peeckinpaugh
Falkenberg
Birmingham
Cincinnati
Judge calls hobble skirt trousers with one leg
New York repor t shows Judge Francis Scott in Passaic County Court denouncing the hobble skirt as a par of trousers with one leg He says public opinion could force men to wear them after a trial over a schoolboy John Doherty who smashed Israel Peel’s straw hat for wearing an out of season headwear Peel states he cares for his head not his straw hat Judge Scott fined Doherty five dollars
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New York
Francis Scott
Passaic
Paterson
Scott
John Doherty
Mother sails to Galveston to stop son's admirer
Mrs Henry of Sayreville New Jersey chartered a steamer voyage to Galveston Texas to confront a married woman with two children who was pursuing her son Joseph Luthi a Newark rail yard watchman and to obtain funds for the trip by selling a house Half brother James Wells of South River accompanied them unaware of the encounter and the two were surprised by the mother’s appearance aboard the Denver as they learned her reason for travel a captain reportedly kept the admirer away under a wireless order while the ship sailed.
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Sayreville
Galveston
Tex
Election map shows Democrats poised for wins in most districts
Across Virginia in early 1900s politics, Democrats appear set to sweep eight of ten congressional seats. Key races center on Second District turmoil with possible Holland nomination, Saunders in the Fifth, and Stuart in the Ninth, while Republicans mount quiet campaigns in several districts.
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Richmond
Old Dominion
Messia
Turnbull
Ginga
Carlin
Flood
Jones
Lamb
Hay
Saunders
Parsons
Judge Saunders
Henry C. Stuart
E. BE. Holland
William A. Jones
Richmond County
George N. Wise
Newport News
H. H. Rumble
Norfolk
John Lamb
W. R K. Sawer
Henrico
Thomas A. Hollins
Robert Turnbull
Brunswick
Edward W. Saunders
Franklin
John M. Parsons
Grayson
J. R B. Anglin
Henry
Cartier Glass
Lynchbure
Republcan
James Hay
Madison
John Paul
Harrisonburg
Hugh Ss. Lupton
Winchester
Ourty
Co. C. Carlin
Alexandria
Russell
C. B. Slemp
Wise
H. D. Flood
Appomattox
Gossip on Miss Wilkie and Bobbitt at Hats
A fragment from Harper's Weekly notes impulsive affection for Bobbitt. Biones jokes that Wilkie has lost her head over him. Sinteers quip that if she marries him he will save money on hats.
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Wilkie
Bobbitt
Biones
Sinteers
Harper's Weekly
Prominent Richmond Citizen Injured in Auto Crash
Charles Hutzler, chairman of the City School Board and a leading Richmond businessman, was knocked down by an automobile owned by Gordon Motor Company and driven by Nerbert Richardson. Hutzler, badly shocked, is in serious condition but no bones are broken. Witnesses call the incident reckless driving and Richardson is jailed for investigation. bail yet to be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Charles Hutzler
Franklin Street
Gordon Motor Car Company
Herbert Richardson
Tenth and
Broad Streets
Richardson
Gordon Motor Company
Broad Street
Henrico County
Ilfenrico
Hintsler
Hutter
Bailey
H Richardson
Houteler
Pool
Memorial Hospital
BE. C. Lewy
Health Department
W. Brownley Foster
Moses D. Hoge
Mr. Slutsler
Hutsler
Hutzler
S Ll. Major
Major
Namiew
Richardsi
Balling Trim
Tiutster
Bhutaler
A. Thurmler Sens Company
Easttroad Street
State Reform School
Laurel
Forest Fires Leave Trail of Destruction in Winnipeg
Severe fires rage across northern Minnesota and southern Ontario, destroying more than 15,000 residents area. Death toll rises past 1,000 with thousands more missing or homeless. Fourteen towns wiped out and property losses exceed 110 million dollars. Beaudette morgue holds over 100 charred bodies as flames scorch rivers and skies fill with smoke. Livestock perishes. animals and humans suffer in intense heat and shifting winds. Communities Benadette Spooner Roosevelt Longworth Cedar Spur Krock Gravel Pit Graceton Pitti Swit Williams Lanier reduced to ashes.
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Winnipeg
Minnesota
Beaudette
Spooner
Fames
P. Tonneberg
First State Bank
Benadette
Roosevelt Longworth
Eal Solar
Cedar Spur Krock
Gravel Pit
Graceton
Pitti
Swit Williams
Lanier
Swanson and Martin to Meet Opposition
A Washington report says United States Senators Thomas Martin and Claude Swanson will face strong opposition to renomination. Representative Jones and Representative Glass are expected to oppose, backed by independent Democrats, as Virginia Democrats vow a hard-fought campaign amid party infighting and a push to end bossism.
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Richmond
Norfolk
Virginian
Washington
United States
Thomas&. Martin
Claude Swanson
William A. Jones
Martin
Carter Glass
Lynchburg
Swanson
Jones
Virginia
Henry Stuart
Harry
George Tucker
Mann
Harry Tucker
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
Glass
Congress
Daniel
Swansen
Dante
Representative Jones
Representative Glass
Norfolk City
Hichmond
State Committee
Murphy
New York City
Disorder Across Lisbon and Spain Sparks Naval and Civil Tensions
Reports from Lisbon describe mobs clashing with republicans while a foreign war fleet in the Tagus harbors threatens to bombard the capital if violence continues. In Madrid, King Alfonso’s government braces for revolt as Canalejas says Spain’s army will decide the fate of any uprising while Ferrer meetings are banned and patrols intensify.
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Paris
Lisben
Portugal
Lisbon
Tagus
United States
Des Moines
Madrid
Spain
Barcelona
Valencia
Messares
Alfonso
Canalejas
Professor Ferrer
Merce
Manuel
Ferrer
Tuberculin Test Protest Stirs Dairy Groups in DC
Maryland and Virginia milk producers denounce proposed tuberculin testing for cows on district dairy farms as discriminatory and unnecessary. They argue the regulation creates unequal burden, urging Congressional action and District court review. Attorneys Baker and Waters represent the Producers Association led by President Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Virginia
Thomas
Producera ® Association
New York
A Pather Good Figure in Chicago News Quip
A playful exchange from a Chicago News item features a wife asking her husband for his idea of a perfect figure. He answers that perfection is unattainable but near enough to suit his simple tastes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pather
John
Chicago News
Postmaster Held For Shortage In Virginia Case
In Lynchburg Virginia special report Charles A Farmer assistant postmaster at Motleys Spotsylvania county is held for the federal authorities on alleged shortages of money orders and for paying debts. Postmaster BE D mer who is the accused's father confirms actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Charles A. Farmer
Motleys
Spotsylvania Co
BE. D. Mer
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