Storm Devastates Great Lakes Vessels In Hub City Report
Local press notes a severe storm with seven inches of snow in Aberdeen and widespread lake wrecks. Vessels including the Crescent City and Mataafa suffer critical damage near Duluth and Port Huron, with multiple ships ashore or sinking on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Rescue efforts falter as crews face freezing seas and high winds.
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Duluth
Angland
Haartuth
Rosemount
Fort William
Ont
Weanc i Elwood
No. H. Outhwaite
Cheboy
Gan
Bon Racing
J. Paul G Hg
Port, Huron
Mich
Y Carey Mitchell
Bheboyean
Wis
Arvey Bissell
George
Michigan
Sheboygan
Oliver Mowatt
Lake Ontario
Evim
Pees
Ronpeviniand
al- Bes
Pes Aenaue
Ake Turon
Warren
Cheboygan
Mariposa
Split Rock
Gigoon
George Herbert
Superior
Reed
Lake Superior
Anther
Lake Hinemés
Ake Sturon
Lake Huron
Heezan
Green Bay
McCurdy QU T resigns as Mutual Life president
Richard A. McCurdy resigns as president of Mutual Life Insurance with trustees to appoint a successor. His son Robert H McCurdy and son in law Louis A Thebaud also resign amid revelations of large salaries and commissions and a Albany lobby house.
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New York
Richard A. McCurdy
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
McCurdy
Robert H. McCurdy
the Mutual
Louis A. Thebaud
Mutual Money
James B. Porgan
First National Bank of Chicago
Equitable
Middle West
Porgan
McCurdys
Legislative Committee
Mutual
Albany
National Republican Committee
Senator Platt
Treasury
Mutual Life
Albany House
Robert
Thebaud
Undefined headline from fragmentary report
A fragmentary text mentions Parker and an announced decision, with unclear context and names. The readable portion hints at a change or ruling but lacks concrete details or actions to specify.
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Parker
Hisxat
Eterna
Wrecks and heroic rescues near Duluth amid blizzard
The Mataafa wreck left men trapped as life savers failed to reach the vessel by dusk. The Crescent City with Captain Frank Rice grounded at Lakewood near Duluth, all 26 crew escaped with minor injuries. The R. W. England lay stranded on Minnesota Point after a noon strike in a heavy snowstorm.
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England
Mataafa
Crescent City
Frank Rice
Lakewood
Duluth
R. W. England
Minnesota Point
Heavy Snow Hits Aberdeen and North Dakota Trains Halt
Seven inches of snow fell in Aberdeen South Dakota last night with drifting continuing. The storm is statewide with train service intact in Aberdeen but North Dakota reports a severe blizzard causing freight and traffic disruption and indefinite delays for passenger trains at Larimore.
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Aberdeen
S. D
North Dakota
Larimore
N. D
Marshall Field Jr. Dies After Accidental Gun Wound
Marshall Field Jr., son of Chicago magnate Marshall Field, died at Mercy hospital after being accidentally shot on November 22 while examining a newly purchased revolver. He underwent an operation to remove the bullet but never recovered, with physicians reporting a worsening condition from the morning prior to his death at 6 o'clock last night.
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Chicago
Marshall Field, Jr
Mercy Hospital
Field
Marshall Field
Mr. Field
Austria Nears Crisis As Parliament Debates Suffrage
Vienna reports an historic parliamentary session to decide suffrage and Austria's stance toward Hungary. Disorder was feared with widespread store closures and iron shutters down across the city.
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Vienna
Hungary
Thes City
Conspirators Escape Prison After Deadly Breakout
George Ryan, recaptured convict, confessed to a July escape plot that killed Deputy Warden Lee and Captain Allison and led to the stockade breach with nitroglycerin. The plan, devised by Spencer to supply arms from Kansas City and dynamite from Carthage, aimed to release at night and flee toward Moreau, with Governor Folk offering a $500 reward.
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Warden Hall
State Penitentiary
George Ryan
Lastriday
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Kansas City
Tife
Spencer
Raymond
Liberty
Carthage
Vaughan
Lee
Porter Gilvin
Frank Moore
Moreau
Missouri Pacific
Clay
Bit
Allison
Wirden Hall
Tge
Folk
Chinese in Shanghai End Boycott Amid Flood Destruction
Reports from Shanghai say Chinese merchants in the port have abandoned the American goods boycott after vast quantities of stored merchandise were ruined by the recent flood and typhoon. News came aboard the Doric, detailing inundation damage as the motive for altering sentiment.
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San Francisco
Shanghai
Doric
Government Prevents Streetcar Track Removal Fight
Des Moines reports Uncle Larr may intervene if city moves to lift street car tracks. Local cars serve as mail carriers, transporting pouches between post office and ten suburban stations. Government paid the street car company 3516.98 dollars in 1908 to perform this service.
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Des Moines
Larr
Mary Baker Eddy Gifts 500 For Concord Church
The Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder of Christian Science, sent a $500 check to aid repair of the Congregational church in Concord New Hampshire where her parents worshiped and she was baptized after receiving a card inviting her to the 175th anniversary observance.
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Christian Science
Concord
N. H
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Denomination
Congregational Church
Roosevelt Jr Improves Nose After Accident
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. will wear a nasal organ of better shape after a nose fracture two weeks ago. Dr John W Farlow, the Boston specialist who set the break, has removed the plasters and says the slight crookedness is gone with only some swelling remaining.
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Boston
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
John Ww. Farlow
Sultan Gets Respite as Fleet Seizes Mytilene During Tenedos Threat
Detachments from the international fleet occupy customs and postal buildings in Mytilene after a Sunday landing. The sultan is urged to meet powers demands during the Bairam festival interval ending Nov 30. If unmet, fleet plans to seize Tenedos. Mitylene reported as seized with 500 sailors occupying government buildings.
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Sofia
Mytilene
Tenedos
Asia Minor
Porte
Mitylene
London
Mai
Ritter von Jedina
Customs and Telegraph
Kaiser in Good Mood Opens Reichstag in Berlin
Emperor William opened the Reichstag reading a speech prioritizing domestic affairs. He praised allied powers and expressed satisfaction with President US efforts toward peace among the emperors of Russia and Japan. He welcomed Japan's rise among the great powers and sympathized with Russia's push for a new internal order.
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Berlin
William
Reichstage
German Empire
United States
Russia
Japan
Russian Empire
Baldes Trial Opens for Wife Killing in Sioux County
Matt Baldes faces trial on a charge of beating and killing his wife on his South County farm. Judge Kennedy presides as the state leads testimony with Baldes on the stand, and a verdict is anticipated soon amid public attention. A second item notes Jerry Meixniats, reported missing, found living with a woman in a new marriage.
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Orange City
Matt Baldes
Kennedy
Sioux Couny
Cincinnati
Jerry Meixniats
Markets Report From Sioux City Livestock Auction
Markets show hogs steady around 4.60 to 4.85 with good heavy lots near 4.85. Cattle demand remains steady with beeves around 6.60 and cows to 1.55, calves near 2.00 to 2.75. Sheep firm with yearlings priced around 6.00.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Goa
Mieaiaum
Esa
Market Report From South Omaha Novelty Prices
South Omaha market notes show steady cattle and hog prices with feeders and cows near $12 and $2.50 respectively. Hog prices around $4.75 and lambs at $9.25, with muttons and sheep markets strong and lambs trading around 7.25 to 9.25.
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South Omaha
Grain prices and market quotations from Chicago
Chicago grain and provisions market report lists cash quotations for wheat corn rye oats and barley with various grades and futures. It notes butter eggs and whisky prices and includes ranges for creamery and dairy butter and prime firsts and extras.
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Chicago
Wlax
Northwestern
Deathbed of Marshalltown Pioneer Henry Anson
Hon. Henry Anson founder of Marshalltown and father of Hall of Fame baseball star Captain Adrian Anson lies on his deathbed in Marshalltown. The elder Anson, the city’s oldest living settler, has been summoned from Chicago where Captain Anson serves as a city clerk.
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Marshalltown
Henry Anson
Adrian Anson
Chicago
Anson
Moore Poems Sought by Miss Kremey in Bookstore
In a Philadelphia Public Ledger snippet, Miss Kremey asks for Moore's poems at a bookstore. The clerk offers to fetch Moore's works and recommends a story titled Just One Tiss, which the customer rejects, insisting on Moore.
Insurance Investigations Reveal Vault Tamper and Debates
New York Nov 29. The Armstrong committee heard that in early 1901 Edmund Randolph opened the New York Life vaults and swapped bonds for a $700 000 check, with no records. Perkins testified to large commissions and loans involving Morgan Co and the Nylie fund, arguing rebates and discounts were typical in the industry.
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Armstrong Committee
Theodore J. Banta
New York Life Insurance Company
Edmund 2. Randolph
New York City
Gentral National Bank
Banta
Randolph
M Th Banta
Mutual Life
Richard A. McCurdy
McCurdy
George W. Perkins
New York Life
Mr. Perkins
Andrew Hamilton
J. P. Morgan & Co
Perkins
Morgan & Co
Central National Bank
New York Security and Trust Company
McCall
Howard J. McCall
New York Supreme Court
Widder, Peabody & Co
Boston
Nylie Fund
Nylie” Fund
Life Insurance Company
Wylie
Perkins Iil
Armstrong
Ley
Tie
New York Tife
New York Security and Company
States Steel Syndicate
Mr. Flashes
Trust Company
Great storm wrecks hit British coast towns
London reports a severe gale causing widespread damage to coast towns. Many small vessels driven ashore with several deaths. The coasting steamer Peridot wrecked near Magee island with the crew lost. Seven bodies found, telegraph wires down, Paris telephone line interrupted.
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London
Great Britain
Magee
Paris
Roosevelt Removes Lieb as Philadelphia Assistant Treasurer
President Roosevelt today ousted William S. Lieb from the Philadelphia position for constant and persistent civil service law violations. A hearing was held Friday at the urging of Senators Penrose and Knox.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William S. Lieb
United States
Philadelphia
Lieb
Penrose
Knox
Senator Burton Gets Sentence Delayed After Guilty Verdict
St Louis November 29 Judge Vandeventer postponed sentencing Senator Ralph J Burton of Kansas until Wednesday after a jury found him guilty on all six counts in a Rialto Grail probe. The defense will argue for a new trial and Burton remains free on bond until then.
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Kansas
St. Louis
Witndevanster
Senator Burton
Ralph Jf .Burton
United States
Rialto Grail and Securities Company
Post- Office Department
Burton
Vandeventer
Senator Vis
Giertli
Ranies Thestitute Phl
Supreme Court
Grief Stricken Husband in Hospital After Auto Crash
Newy Work reports Burton Harrison, distraught by the death of his wife in an auto accident near Lone Island City, hovers near room where her body lies. Attendants keep watch as doctors fear a mental decline, while two babies at home remain unaware of the tragedy.
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Newy
Irants Biurtin Harrison
Lone Island City
St. Johns Hospital
Wiley
Parrisons
Sunshine m
Prattiing
Mars
Garrison
Suesis
Shompson Avenue
Fison
Scout
San Francisco
Charles Teni
Platon Crocker
Lso
College athletics seek uniform eligibility rules
Following President Roosevelt’s call for uniform eligibility rules and reduced rough play, the University of Pennsylvania formed a committee to draft a circular for all U S educational institutions. The letter cites Professor White and Harvard’s Professor Hillis and outlines three core rules: define professionalism, require true student status for team members, and bar inducements to lure players from other colleges.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
White
Hillis
Harvard
New King Haakon Is Sworn In At Oslo Parliament
King Haakon took the oath to support the constitution before the Norwegian parliament at noon. He declared his motto All for Norway and vowed to govern by the constitution and the people's will as represented by Parliament. Great crowds cheered outside the parliament and at the palace during arrivals and departures.
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Christiania
Haakon
Norway
Mrs Rogers’ Death Sentence Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling in the case of Mrs Mary Mabel Rogers who is under death sentence in Vermont for murdering her husband. If not stayed, her execution would occur in December.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Iary Mabel Rogers
Vermont
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