Madness and wealth in a Wall Street titan
In 1907 on the Exchange floor Bob Brownley drives panic by absorbing vast stock holdings, amid a rising fortune of hundreds of millions. Jim Randolph laments the price of wealth as Brownley confronts loneliness and hellish power, planning a final confrontation amid looming reckoning and a possible tragic end.
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Bob Brownley
Union Pacific
Bob
Exchange
Broad Street
Wall
Jim
East
Jim Randolph
Randolph & Randolph
Mercury
Gilead
Tom Reinhart
Collier’s
Reinhart
Lee Sands
Standard Oil
Bob Suddely
Washington
New York
Wall Street
Randolph
Rumor
Congress
Peace Terms Accepted by Moors End Moroccan Hostilities
Paris reports peace in Morocco after three tribes the Ouleseeyan Zenata and Zuaida accepted French terms. Hostilities end with arms surrendered and indemnities set. hostages to secure compliance. France led a campaign begun under the Algeciras mandate following the Casablanca killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Morocco
Philibert
Drude
France
Casablanca
Zenata
Spain
Algeciras
Germany
Her First Impressions on Love and Marriage
A grass widow shares her belief that first impressions decide marriages. She says she has never liked a husband at first sight, needing to be won, and only leaves when dislike grows. She vows not to marry again unless she falls head over heels from the first meeting.
Oil Refinery Fire Devastates Sterling Plant
Marietta Ohio September 25 The Sterling Oil refinery plant was practically destroyed by fire Tuesday causing a loss of many thousands of dollars. The blaze lasted seven hours and burned itself out. Water pumps failed but steam lines directed into the flames helped save ten crude oil tanks on a hill above the works as wind shifted away from the site.
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Marietta, O
Sterling Oil
National Guard Favors Post Office Leave Policy
Washington reports the postmaster general released an order on September 24 detailing the postal service stance toward employees who are National Guard members. It authorizes leaves of absence without pay in addition to paid leaves for guard members serving military duty when ordered by competent authority.
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Washington
Postmaster General
Post Office Department
National Guard
Leap for Freedom Is Fatal
In Dayton Ohio on September 25 William E. Burch of Glendale, a federal prisoner, leaped from a fast Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton train while in custody of Deputy Marshal Sanderson near Dayton. He died instantly from a broken neck.
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Dayton
William E. Burch
Glendale
Cincinnati
Sanderson
Hamilton & Dayton
Deaf Mute Burns to Death in Kokomo Fire
Mrs. John Routh a 49 year old deaf mute of Kokomo Indiana died after attempting to start a fire with kerosene Tuesday authorities report the blaze claimed her life in a tragic accident at home.
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Kokomo
Ind
John Routh
Numerous tragic and notable events in early 20th century notices
A wide array of brief items including a Buffalo mother harming her children, a yacht explosion at Gallipolis, a bank president killed in a Minnesota auto crash, infant twins smothered in New York, Hearst denying a presidential bid, a tuberculosis case at the zoo, yeast-like factory cotton totals, an Oregon fatal auto crash, Mindoro burglars blowing a post office safe, Cleveland cathedral dedication, a Joliet deportation, counterfeit bills in New York, a Chicago rescue death, New Yorkers raising funds for a postal clerk’s family, a Chicago murder arrest, a Baton Rouge banker’s defalcation, nursing resignations in St Paul, a stairway accident in St Louis, a patrol cutter rescue, and Roosevelt-Diaz invitations to Central American leaders for a November conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Mund
Buffalo
Gallipolis
Fred Ware
Clarksdale, Minn
Anna
Rose Auerbach
New York City
New York
William Randolph Hearst
Raymond L. Dittmers
New York Zoological Park
Census Bureau
Lanier
Longuetul
Ore
Racicut
Conway
Mindoro
Wis
Trinity Episcopal
Cleveland
Helena Virich
Joliet
Ill
Austria
Nast
F. A. Tyron
Chicago
Volant
East Shore
Stevensville
St. Joseph
Mich
Supreme Court
Giegerich
William Eaton
Margaret Griffin
Justice Richardson
Cincinnati
Oscar Kondert
First National Bank of Baton
McCulloch
John Currier
Nelson's Lagoon
Unimak Island
Bering Sea
Washington
Mexico
Roosevelt
Diaz
Means Much Money Automatic Signals Costly Yet Saving Lives
Carl S. S. Vrooman argues in August McClure's that automatic block signals require substantial initial outlays from $1500 to $3000 per mile of double track and annual maintenance of $75 to $125 per signal. He notes the true question is whether such capital yields non remunerative investment, but finds block systems often pay in increased traffic capacity and reduced accident costs, making many railroads’ investments worthwhile despite high upfront costs.
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Europe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carl 5 S. Vrooman
August McClure
Vaccinating Railroad Ties in the Tropics
An engineer explains that tropical railway sleepers are vaccinated with creosote or copper salts to resist ants and insects. Vaccination reportedly triples or quadruples their lifespan, letting sleepers endure as long as those on major lines.
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Tropics
Pennsylvania
Erie
Wolf Killed by Locomotive Near Wamego
Union Pacific engineer John Lewis reports his passenger train struck a wolf near Wamego Kansas early one morning. He found the dead animal on the pilot at the next stop and carried it into the engine cab to Kansas City. The wolf’s nose touched the platform as he held it by the tail.
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John Lewis
Union Pacific
Union Depot
Kansas City Times
Lewis
Wamego
Kan
Kansas City
Oil-Burning Engines Expand on Mexican Central Railroad
The Mexican Central railroad takes 4000 barrels of fuel oil daily from Mexican Petroleum at 1.10 a barrel totaling 4400 daily. New oil-burning engines are being added and older locomotives remodeled. Oil-burning engines planned for Chihuahua and Guadalajara divisions with storage tanks and metal delivery tanks under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexican Central Railroad
Mexican Petroleum Company
Chihuahua
Guadalajara
New Line to Guatemala Will Link Ports and Capital
A new railroad from Puerto Barrios on the Atlantic coast to Guatemala City will soon be completed. The project shortens the distance to New York to five days by steam, connecting the capital to Atlantic shipping and improving regional trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Puerto Barrios
Atlantic Coast
Central American Republic
New York
Purchase Cars in Russia Ordered for Roumania
A shipment includes three hundred iron railroad cars ordered in Russia for Roumania. The action highlights cross border rail equipment trade and the scale of commitments in wartime or postwar regional logistics.
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Russia
Roumania
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Monroe Weekly Times
Emery A. Odell
Thomas W. Lawson
Doubleday, Page & Co
Judge Sands
Newport
Kate
Vanderbilt
Gould
Amalgamated Pole
Crude
Sterling Company
Postal
Milwaukee
ST. Louis
Texas
Omaha
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