Curtiss to start building Immerse Biplane in New York area
Curtis plans to begin construction of an immense biplane after settling court actions with the Wrights. He declines a San Diego flight for a $5,000 prize and will travel to Hammondport, N Y, before resuming aviation activities and pursuing a world tour. Paulhan will visit Sacramento, Salt Lake, St Louis, and possibly Denver and New Orleans before a global tour.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Glenn Curtiss
San Diego
Curtiss
Hammondport
N. Y
Wrights
Farman
Paulhan
Sacramento
Salt Lake
St. Louis
Denver
New Orleans
Markets Brief: Kansas City cattle hogs and sheep data
Markets report from Kansas City shows cattle receipts at 6000 with varied price ranges across native southern and western cattle, cows and heifers, stockers and feeders, and calves. Hogs receipts 7000 trend lower with price bands by weight and type. Sheep receipts 3000 with muttons and lambs quoted, plus fed westerns and ewes prices.
Chicago Markets Mixed Receipts and Prices Across Commodities
Market report shows cattle receipts at Chicago steady to ten lower with beef cattle prices from 410 to 750, hogs down five to ten with light to good weight ranges around 8.25 to 8.70, and sheep steadier at 4 to 6 for natives and westerns. Grain futures list multiple bids may differ by month and class, including wheat near 1.10 1/4 for January and corn around 6.44 to 6.81, oats near 47 3/4. Packing House and yard prices shown for January and May contracts alongside rib exports and wool market in St Louis territory.
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Packing House Products Park
New York Markets Report Mixed Metal and Bond Movements
Market notes show metal prices steady around 4.67 percent with calls at 3 to 4 cents and money rates near 3 percent. Paper yields run 4 to 5 percent while Mexican dollars quote around 44. Stocks show varied readings with Amal, Ateb, S P and U com listed near 84 to 119 and preferred at 123.3. Central figures include cent, steel, and miscellaneous listings across commodities.
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S. P
Ucom
Double Hanging Planned in Birmingham Yard
Birmingham Ala January 20 arrangements have been made for a double hanging to take place in the yard of the Jefferson jail tomorrow. The condemned men are Jim Powell and Joe Roge two young Negroes who were convicted about a year ago of robbing and murdering an old Negro man during a fight at Ensley.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson
Jim Powell
Joe Rogé
Ensley
Vice-President Names Members of Committee on Ballinger-Pinchot
The house names Rainey replacing Lloyd on the Ballinger-Pinchot panel with McCall Olmstead Denby Madison James and Lloyd set as nominees. The Currier resolution appointing republican caucus members passed 186 to 145 while the senate line up includes Nelson Flint Sutherland Root Paynter and Fletcher as the Ballinger-Pinchot committee members.
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Clayton
Alabama
Ballinger-Pinchot Committee
Rainey
Lloyd
McCall
Massachusetts
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Denby
Michigan
Madison
Kansas
James
Kentucky
Missouri
Grayton
Currier
House
Sherman
Senate
Nelson
Minnesota
Flint
California
Sutherland
Utah
Root
New York
Paynter
Fletcher
Fiquida
Pittsburg Stock Plans and Steel Co. Expansion Discussed
Pittsburgh business notes report talks by the Steel Co. on raising capital from 500 dollars to fund expansion. The firm discusses opening more furnaces and entering new trade opportunities with plans to erect six facilities at Lowellville amid strong demand and ongoing growth.
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Dir
van and Steel Co
Lowelville
Railroadians Die in Mountainside Wreck on Moffat Road
Three railroad workers died and a fourth was fatally injured when a freight train plunged down a steep mountainside between Jenny Lake and Antelope Summit. The dead are Engineer GRAY and Fireman HOOSICK of Denver. Fatally injured Conductor T. D. CHAPCOTT and Brakeman BIERRINGER, both of Denver. Brakeman C. Fertig was thrown into deep snow, body not recovered.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colorado
Moffat Road
Tolland
C. Fertig
Japs Consider Neutralization Plan for Manchurian Railways
Pekin January 20 Japan informs China informally that Japan opposes the plan by the United States and Russia for neutralizing the Manchurian railways. Japan says China is responsible for the proposal and that the move is unfriendly to Japan.
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Pekin
Japan
China
Apa
Russia
Belen Cut Off Upgraded With Double Track Plans
The Rock Island rivalry shapes a larger rail expansion. The Belen cut-off will offer a direct coast route, with double tracking to be installed across California, New Mexico, and Arizona. Bids are in, contracts awarded, and the new line may be used within 90 days, expanding between Rio Puerco Suwanee Laguna Cuebra McCarty Horace Winslow Denison Flagstaff Ash Forks and beyond.
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Alten
Bane Ae
Rock Island
Belen
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Ries
Uthe
Ang
Rio Puerco
Suwanee
Laguna
Cuebra
McCarty
Winter of 1885 86 Killed Thousands of Cattle Here
A western plains winter lasting 1885 86 killed thousands of cattle across Colorado Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Cattlemen like Seth Marley Hawkins and Titus suffered massive losses with tens of thousands of head frozen to death and many herds ruined. The January 8 1886 storm drove cattle into barbed wire fences while firms from Muskogee to Missoula faced widespread ruin and value losses.
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Western Plains
Denver
Seth Marley
Cheyenne
Hawkins
Titus
Muscatine Cattle Company
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Tascosa
Ganon
Arkansas
la Junta
Granada
Billy Thompson
Milt Hightower
Panhandle
Muskogee
Missoula
Field and Farm
Kansas City
Kansas Pacific
Land of milk and honey in Maxwell New Mexico farms
A letter from a farmer formerly in Ottawa extols Maxwell Colfax County New Mexico. It praises irrigation rich soil mild climate and water access near Cedar mountains and two lakes. The message claims good wages and low land prices attracting ex Ottawans seeking opportunities.
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Maxwell
Ottawa
Colfax County
Japanese Farmers Eye Maxwell for Sugar Factory
Japanese colonists and investors examined Maxwell prospects after visiting Garden City beets operations. They rented about 8,800 acres, praised water access and high sugar content, and favored Maxwell over Garden City for a future sugar factory with hopes for 1911 1912 development. Local landowners urged action and support to spur settlement and industrial progress.
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Garden City
Kansas
Maxwell
Maxwell Irrigated Land Co
Banquet in Alexandria Honors General Lee Birthday
Plans are complete for a large banquet in Alexandria under the R. B. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans to honor the birthday of General Lee. Principal speakers will be Congressman Edwards of Georgia and Collier of Mississippi.
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Alexandria
R. B. Lee
Lee
Congresman Edwards
Georgia
Collier
Mississippi
Through traffic blocks Santa Fe yards in heavy congestion
Train crews handle persistent through traffic in local switch yards as 8 000 tons remained queued awaiting motive power. Through refrigerator trains Nos 33 and 34 likely continue to pass, with Belen cut off traffic overtaxed for some time.
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Raton
Belen
Conditions Favorable for 1919 Crop Season in 1910
The text notes favorable conditions for a successful crop season in 1919, citing nearly full reservoirs numbers 2 5 7 8 32 33 and 20, a strong stream into well number 2, heavy spring floods, and deep winter snow signaling ample rain in summer. It predicts crop results will outdistance last year due to favorable water, climate, and farmer experience.
A Call to the Farmers Institute at Maxwell
A call invites farmers to support the organization of a Maxwell farmers institute. The notice urges cooperation and exchange of practical ideas to benefit the local farming community, noting that neighbors often hold valuable knowledge to share.
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Farmers’ Institute
Maxwell
Stock Brokerage Houses Fail In Market Slump
New York on January 19 reports the failure of Lathrop Haskins and company. The firm long aligned with Columbus and Hocking Coal and Avon faced heavy selling as shares plunged over fifty points from the open. A pool blamed for market demoralization appears linked to the day’s turmoil with J M Fisk and Co. suspending later.
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New York
House of Lathrop, Haskins & Company
Stock Exchange
Columbus & Hocking Coal & Avon Company
J. M. Fisk & Co
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Ottawa Republic
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Canan
Tabor
Maxwell Irrigated Land Company
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