Market tangle ends with Brown firm failure shock
New York Aug 28 The brokerage firm A O Brown & Co failed with losses far above a million triggering nervous market reaction. The two hour wash trading session last Saturday led to an assignment as authorities plan a five member inquiry to restore confidence and punish rule breakers.
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New York
A. O. Brown & Co
Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Wallstreat
E. F. Buchanan
Broad Street
Albert O. Brown
Lewister Young
G. Lee Stout
Edward F. Buchanan
Samuel C. Brown
W. Rhea Whitman
A. C. Brown & Co
Frm
Exchange
Brown & Co
Wall Street
Premonition Realized as Timber Fall Kills Henry Grider
In Silver Ledge Indiana on August 26 Henry Grider was killed when a tree fell on him while he and his brother felled timber. He had told his wife he felt something terrible would happen. She raced to the woods arriving just as the accident occurred.
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Silver
Ind
Henry Grider
Grider
Life Lost Interest
The body of an unidentified ten year old girl was found in the Ohio River between Evansville and Howell. She wore stylish clothes and valuable jewelry. A belt note signed Lulu with the words Forget and forgive and I loved you in life and only think of you to death led Coroner Lovally to suspect a suicide after a quarrel with a lover.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Here
Howell
Loval
Ernest Darling
Lulu
Lovally
Fight in French Township Ends with Slashings
Decatur Ind August 26 a street quarrel in French township left Sara Baumgartner slashed and another person cut. Police report says the dispute erupted into a cutting affray with injuries two locals involved. The case is under investigation by local authorities.
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Decatur
Ind
French Township
Tuleee
Severe stabbing wounds endanger Schwartz and rival in town
Schwartz lies in very serious condition after a penknife wound to the jugular. Dr. Mclean of Vera Cruz fears poor chances of recovery. The two prosperous community men had been friends. alcohol is blamed for the incident.
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Schwartz
Mclean
Vera Cruz
Nquor
Widow Anna Bloom Dies by Poison Amid Isolation
St Clair Michigan August 26 Mrs Anna Margaret Bloom seventy seven years old committed death by own action at her home by swallowing a large quantity of paris green. The widow who had buried four husbands lived alone for years. She brood over her daughter Mrs Charles Prinz horn visiting and soon returning to South Bend Indiana, leaving her alone again.
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St. Clair
Mich
Anna Margaret Bloom
Paris Green
Affinity artist Ferdinand Earle arrested for assault in Middletown
Ferdinand Pinney Earle, famed for affinity fame, was arrested at his Monroe area home on a second degree assault charge alleged to involve his wife around Aug. 16. He pleaded guilty in court and was sent to Goshen jail awaiting grand jury action. Mrs. Earle and baby left for Central Valley with others.
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Middletown
N. Y
Ferdinand P. Earle
Affinity Fame
Monroe
Inez Barry
Earle
Earie
Goshen
Harie
Central Valley
Arber
Charles Ruttner
Earte
Ferdinand Pinney Earte
France
Julie Keviner
Reedents
Roosevelt clan sails to dedication in Jordanville
President and Mrs Roosevelt with Miss Ethel and Kermit Roosevelt departed Oyster Bay on the yacht Sylph for Jordanville. There the president attended the dedication of a public library in honor of Douglas Robinson's mother, the president's sister-in-law.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Ethel Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Jordanville
Douglas Robbinson
Barber in St Louis Ends Life Over Failing Business
W C Conlee a Market Street barber in St Louis killed himself with his own razor citing dwindling business blamed on customers switching to safety razors. He had been despondent for some time over the decline in patrons and profits.
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St. Louis
W. C. Conlee
Market Street
Conlee
Hfs
Editors Inspect Grain Fields Tour Reaches Winnipeg
The National Editorial Association of the United States arrived in Winnipeg after a freight wreck delayed its southern leg. A tour of local grain fields began today amid the visit.
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Winnipeg
Man
National Editorial Association of the United States
Here
Death by own action of Oxford man
Oxford Ind Aug 36 P J Gwinn formerly a butcher committed death by own action by taking carbolic acid Gwinn had lived in Oxford all his life and was well regarded by all
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Oxford
Ind
P. J. Gwinn
Gwinn
Harmony program set up in Iowa special session announced
Nearly all Republicans met in Maines Iowa to ease factional strife. Governor Cummins calls a special session on August 31 to amend the state primary law allowing GOP voters to pick a U S senator at the November election instead of a legislative caucus. Dolliver supported the harmony push and Cummins issued the proclamation for convening.
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Maines
Awa O
Camine
Senat
Allison
Cummins
Dolliver
United States Senate
Springfield withdraws Seventh Regiment I N G from city
The Seventh regiment of the Illinois National Guard is ordered to withdraw from Springfield Illinois and by night no soldiers remain in the city. Governor Deneen Sheriff Werner and military representatives agreed that further armed presence is unnecessary.
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Springfield
Ill
Deneen
Werner
Georgia legislature holds extra session on convict camp issue
A special Georgia legislative session convened to address the convict camp question. The fourth annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America opened in Kansas City. Fire destroyed half of West Toronto’s Union Stockyards, with losses estimated at 150000 dollars. Delaware Republicans named Simeon Pennewill for governor. Negotiations continue for West Virginia natural gas properties to fuel Washington and Baltimore. Delays in Canadian Northwest harvest due to wet weather affected Chicago wheat markets.
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Georgia
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Kansas City
West Toronto
Republicans
Delaware
Simeon
Pennewill
Sussex
West Virginia
Washington
Baltimore
Canadian Northwest
Chicago
Mystery Explained In Missing Missionary Case
The disappearance of Miss Elizabeth Hansen in Cincinnati is linked to a discovered leg in the river sandbar near Bridge street. The limb, badly decomposed and with a recognizable shoe, supports the family's belief she may have drowned by suicide, though the rest of the body is not found.
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Cincinnati
Elizabeth Hansen
Presbyterian Church
Bridge Street
Miss Hansen
Africa interest in Roosevelt visit sparks Congo reception talk
From New York Aug 26 aboard the Red Star liner Kroonland Captain F H Hunicke of the United States Rubber Co arrived from Antwerp via the Congo. He said Roosevelt's Africa trip has stirred wide interest and locals there see him as a major figure and plan a grand reception.
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New York
Red Star
Mner Kroonland
Antwerp
F. H. Hunicke
United States Rubber Company
Congo
Hunicke
Roosevelt
Africa
Castro In Another Flurry Stirs Caribbean Ports
News from Port of Spain says President Castro ordered Venezuelan customs collectors not to clear passengers bound for the West Indian Islands. The consul here is told to withhold passports from those seeking steamer passages to Venezuela, provoking indignation and worsening conditions in Paria ports and Ciudad Bolivar.
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Castro
Port of Spain
West Indian Islands
Venezuela
Parian
Ciudad Bolivar
Panic as gas stove explodes in Brooklyn killing boy
Mrs. Mary Abruzzo panics when a gas stove explodes in her Brooklyn home. She throws her infant from a third story window and leaps after it. The three year old Joseph dies in the apartment. Mrs Abruzzo and her baby die from the fall as firefighters extinguish the fire.
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New York
Mary Abruzzo
Brooklyn
Joseph
Charles
Government Taking Precautions In Mexico for Independence Day
The Mexican government moves to prevent border troubles as September 15, the independence anniversary, approaches. Preparations include closures of all saloons across the republic starting the afternoon before the holiday.
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el Paso
Tex
Republic
Died by His Own Hand at Ventura Ranch
Herbert Fryer an English recluse and ranch owner of 5731 acres was found dead at his Ventura California ranch house. He had used a revolver and a rifle to end his life and left a will bequeathing all property to a niece and nephew in England.
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Ventura
Cal
Herbert Fryer
Fryer
England
Fire On Streetcar Injures Four Girls In Lexington
Misses May Collins and Emma Bryant of Versailles along with May Hagerhorn and Jeffie Goode of Lexington were badly burned and bruised when a fuse burned out on a Belt Line streetcar. The party jumped from the car as flames appeared, suffering cuts and injuries.
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Gliris
Lexington
May Collins
Emma Bryant
Versailles
May Hagerhorn
Jeffie Goode
Hne
Body Found In River Near Osage Junction Tulsa
The body of a man believed to be William McCracken, missing from Nelogony since Aug 9 after taking a $22,000 life insurance policy, was recovered from the Arkansas river near Osage Junction. Insurance firms are resisting payment of the claims.
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River
Tulsa
Okla
William McCracken
Nelogony
Arkansas River
Osage Junction
McCracken
Minnesota Wants Receiveit. St. Paul St. Paul Minn Aug 20 Frank re
Fragmentary item from the Minnesota section notes a person named Frank and a reference to St Paul Minnesota with an August date. Details are incomplete but indicate a local matter or inquiry.
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Minnesota
St. Paul, Paul, Mins
Frank
Campaign appeal sought by standard oil prosecutor
The government special counsel, who led the Standard Oil case, left for the East to ask President Roosevelt to speak in Minnesota during the campaign. In Ardmore Oklahoma, a drowning at a lake claimed two teen lives as George Stevens aged fifteen and Manford Jenkins aged sixteen disappeared while attempting to save each other.
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Standard Oil
East
Roosevelt
Minnesota
Ardmore
Okla
George Stevens
Manford Jenkins
Stevens
Jenkins
Train Crash Kills Man and Injures Woman Near Franklin
A buggy carrying Guy Dragoo and Mrs. Gilbert Luyster was struck by a train on the Big Four line near Franklin Indiana. Dragoo died instantly while Mrs. Luyster suffered serious injuries. The horse and buggy were destroyed in the collision. A sharp curve and hidden train contributed to the disaster.
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Franklin
Ind
Guy Dragoo
Gilbert Luyster
Big Four
Dragoo
Suspected Bank Robbers Nabbed Near Brownsville
Sheriff Jeffries and two deputies arrested two suspected bank robbers between Brownsville and Liberty Indiana. The pair, wanted in Ohio, were transported to Connersville by automobile and placed in jail to await investigation.
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Brownsville
Ind
Jeffries
Connersville
Liberty
Ohio
Streetcar Conductor Killed by Passing Car
Terre Haute Ind Aug 26 John Rans a streetcar conductor was struck and instantly killed by a passing car. No witnesses to the collision were found until the motorman missed him and a search uncovered his body.
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Terre Hatte
Ind
John Rans
Burns May Prove Fatal in Evansville Incident
Miss Violet Zins of Evansville was seriously burned about the face and arms while attempting to light a gasoline fire. Doctors fear she may die from injuries suffered in the accident on August 26.
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Evansville
I.2
Violet Zins
Readville Track Winner Captures Major Share of Handicap
M. H. Reardon’s Indianapolis stab lion Allen Winter won the Readville race securing the largest portion of the $50,000 American trotting handicap among thirty two starters.
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M. H. Reardon
Indianapolis
Allen Winter
Readville
Workmen Buried By Chelsea Wall Collapse
A forty five foot brick wall in Chelsea Square collapsed burying about thirty workers. Seven killed outright or en route to hospitals eleven seriously injured. Contractor M Gordon of Gordon Seegal arrested on manslaughter warrant.
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Chelsea
Mass
Chelsea Square
M. Gordon
Gordon & Seegal
American fleet sails for Melbourne
Sydney reports the American fleet began its voyage to Melbourne this morning with navy ships departing together as part of a late August departure.
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Melbourne
Sydney
Market Quotations from Indianapolis and Other Markets
Indiana grain and livestock prices list wheats corn oats and various animal prices with receipts and notes. Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo and Toledo prices shown for wheat corn oats cattle hogs sheep and lambs with small open auction note.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
East Buffalo
Of Course. The first you have loved Bertha
A vivid exchange quoted from the London Opinion captures a witty, stagey dialogue about romantic love. The speakers debate whether the beloved is truly the first, with a playful jab at men’s predictable questions.
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Bertha
London
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