Assignment follows sensational stock market tangle
New York Aug 26. The failure of A O Brown Co a major brokerage estimated over 1 million dollars has unsettled Wall Street after a wild two hours of wash sales on Saturday. The firm assigned its affairs and faces an inquiry. Officials promise a full statement and possible penalties for rule violations as brokers worry about wider impact.
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New York
A. O. Brown & Co
High Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
A. ©. Brown & Co
FE. F. Buchanan
Fim
Buchanan
Tho
Block Exchange
Broad Street
Albert ©. Brown
Lewis Mater Young
G. Lee Stout
Edward F. Buchanan
Samuel ©. Brown
W. Rhea Wittman
Stock Exchange
John W. Rhoads
D. W. Noel
A. Q. Brown & Co
Ite
Albert O. Brown
The
Exchange
Brown & Co
Affinity artist Ferdinand Earle arrested on assault charge
Middletown New York August 26 Ferdinand Pinney Earle famed affinity artist was arrested at his Monroe area home charged with second degree assault alleged against his wife around August 16 after the birth of their child. He pleaded guilty and was jailed awaiting October grand jury action.
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Middletown
N. Y
Ferdinand P. Earle
Affinity Fame
Monroe
Inez Barry
Earle
Goshen
Julie Kuttner
Europe
Miss Kuttner
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
General Pinney Earle
President and family sail from Oyster Bay for library dedication
The president Mrs Roosevelt Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt left Oyster Bay on the yacht Sylph for Jordanville where the president attends the dedication of a public library honoring Douglas Robinson's mother wife of the president's brother in law.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Ethel Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Sylph
Jordanville
Douglas Robinson
Barber in St Louis Ends Life Over Waning Business
On August 26 in St Louis Missouri W C Conlee a Market street barber killed himself with his own razor. He had been despondent for some time over a drop in customers he blamed on the spread of safety razors among his clientele.
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St. Louis
W. C. Conlee
Market Street
Conlee
Editors Inspecting Grain Fields in Winnipeg Visit
Winnipeg dated Aug 26 editors from the National Editorial Association arrived after a freight wreck southeast of the city. Today they began a tour of the grain fields to inspect growing conditions and crop prospects.
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Winnipeg
Man
National Editorial Association of the
United States
Here
Harmony Program Set as Special Session Called
Des Moines Iowa August 26 Nearly a thousand Republicans met to ease factional strife and support Governor Cummins plan for a August 31 special session to amend the state primary law so voters can choose the U S senator at the November general election rather than by legislative caucus following Senator Allison’s death Senator Dolliver backed the harmony program and Cummins issued the proclamation detailing the purpose of allowing party choice in the United States Senate race.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Allison
Dolliver
United States
United States Senate
Troops Withdrawn from Springfield Illinois City
Springfield Aug 26 The Seventh regiment Indiana National Guard has been ordered to withdraw and by night there will be no more soldiers in Springfield. A conference with Governor Deneen Sheriff Werner and military representatives decided the armed presence was unnecessary.
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Springfield
Deneen
Werner
Convict Camp Question Faces Extra Georgia Legislature
An extra session of the Georgia legislature convenes to consider the convict camp issue. The fourth annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America meets in Kansas City. Half of West Toronto’s Union Stockyards burned. logs valued at 150000 dollars. Delaware Republicans name Simeon Pennewills for governor. West Virginia gas properties discussed to supply fuel to Washington and Baltimore. Abrupt harvest delays in Canadian Northwest aid a firm Chicago wheat market. Prohibition campaign adds phonograph use for gospel spread. Cuba’s presidential and congressional elections set for November 14. inauguration January 38. Nineteen horses named as probable starters for the Futurity at Sheepshead Bay next Saturday.
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Georgia
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Kansas City
Union
West Toronto
Republcans
Delaware
Simeon 9
Pennewills
Sussex
West Virginia
Washington
Baltimore
Canadian Northwest
Chicago
Prohibition Party
Cuba
Coney Ieland Jockey Club
Sheepshead Bay
Specialists Best? Trial Treatment Offered to Young Men
Advertisement claims all doctors are good but specialists best and offers free trial treatment for young men from the country. Lists various conditions and cures including dyspepsia tapeworm and fat removal, with monthly fees and a beauty oil promising a bust increase. located at Doerhoefer Building Pearl and Market streets New Albany.
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St. Vitua
Doerhoefer
Pearl and
Market Streets
New Albany
Lod
Men at Bat Standings and Injuries Across Leagues
A survey lists teams in the American Association and other circuits with results from games at Chicago Pittsburg St Louis Philadelphia Boston Kansas City Minneapolis Milwaukee St Paul and notes on kidney remedy ads and a Chelsea wall collapse fatality. It cites batteries and players, and reports seven deaths from the wall collapse with contractor M Gordon arrested for manslaughter.
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American Association
Louisville
Indianapolis
Columbus
Toledo
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St. Paul
R.hle
Marquard
Livingston
Brandon
Egan
Crisp
R.h.le
Wilson
Hall
Dunleavy
Laugh- Nn
Hess
James
Chelsea
Mass
Chelsea Square
M. Gordon
Gordon & Seegal
New York
Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn Dee
R.H.E. Cincinnati
Volz, Ewing, Schlef
Corridon
Dooin
Pet
Detroit
Cleveland
Nee
Washington New York
R.H.E. St. Louis
Howell, Smith, Manning, Klejnow
Fleet Sets Sail for Melbourne
Sydney reports the American fleet began its voyage this morning to Melbourne. The move signals a maritime deployment as ships depart port with crews aboard. The action marks a notable naval movement in the current schedule.
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Melbourne
Sydney
King’s New Discovery Endorsed By Naples Man
Lester M. Nelson of Naples Maine praises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds throat and lung complaints saying it saved his life after using it years. The ad claims the remedy has stood at the head of throat and lung remedies for forty years and offers a trial bottle free. Sold at Chas D Knoefel’s drug store for 600 and 1 00.
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Lester M. Nelson
Naples
Maine
Dr. King
Soldander
Chas
D. Knoefel
Henry Grider Killed by Falling Tree After Premonition
In Silver Lake Indiana on August 26 Henry Grider and his brother went to the woods to cut timber. He told his wife he feared a terrible fate, then a falling tree crushed him minutes later while his brother watched.
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Silver Lake
Ind
Henry Grider
Grnder
Unidentified Woman Found Dead in Ohio River
In Evanaville Indiana a unidentified girl about eighteen was found dead in the Ohio river between Evanaville and Howell. She wore valuable jewelry and a belt note signed Lulu and bearing the name Ernest Darling suggests suicide after a quarrel. Coroner Laval believes she may have lived nearby and died by her own hand.
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Evanaville
Ind
Ohio River
Here
Howell
Laval
Ernest Darling
Lulu
Loval
Friends Quarrel Ends With Serious Cutting in Indiana
In Decatur Indiana Sam Baumgartner slashed the throat of William Schwartz with a penknife in French township. Schwartz is in very serious condition, weak from blood loss, with Dr McLean of Vera Cruz doubtful of recovery. Both men are prosperous neighbors and had been friends, with excessive liquor cited as a possible cause.
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Decatur
Ind
French Township
Sam Baumgartner
William Schwartz
Schwartz
McLean
Vera Cruz
Hquarte
Death by own action of Aged Woman in St Clair Michigan
In St Clair Michigan on August 26 Mrs Anna Margaret Bloom seventy seven years old committed suicide by swallowing paris green at her home. A widow who had buried four husbands she lived alone and was distressed by her daughter Mrs Charles Prins horn visiting and soon leaving for South Bend Indiana.
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St. Clair
Mich
Anna Margaret Bloom
Bank robbers held for investigation in Indiana
Brownsville Indiana August 26 Sheriff Jeffries and two Connersville deputies arrested two men believed to be bank robbers from Ohio. The suspects were taken to Connersville by automobile and placed in jail to await investigation.
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Brownsville
Ind
Jeffries
Connersville
Liberty
Ohio
Streetcar Conductor Killed Near Terre Haute
Terre Haute Indiana August 26 John Rans a streetcar conductor was struck by a passing car and instantly killed no witnesses and the body was found after the motorman missed him and a search was made
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Rans
Oxford Man P J Gwinn Dies By Own Action
Oxford Indiana August 26 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 respected by all
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Oxford
Ind
P. J. Gwinn
Gwinn
Burne May Prove Fatal
Evansville Indiana August 26 Miss Violet Zine was seriously burned about the face and arms while trying to light a gasoline fire. She may die.
Winter wins Readville trotting handicap at Readville track
M H Reardons Indianapolis stal lion Allen Winter captured the largest share of a $50,000 American trotting handicap at Readville, defeating a field of thirty two starters.
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M. H. Reardon
Indianapolis
Allen Winter
Readville Track
Mysterious Georgia lynching shocks Louisville crowd
August 26 1900s era report says Vance Williams the accused murderer of R G Brown was found hanged on an oak near the Warrenton road one mile from Louisville Georgia with three bullet wounds in the chest. Local residents were unaware as the deed was carried out quietly before dawn. Williams had been held in the Bible jail after capture and details of his escape are unknown.
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Georgia
Louisville
Vance Wilams
R. GS. Brown
Warrenton Road
Willams
Bible Jail
Sheriff Quick on Trigger
Jesse Coe, the defendant in the Russell murder case, was shot and killed in Kentucky hills near Tompkinsville when Sheriff Bryant and a posse confronted him. Coe raised a Winchester rifle to fire on Bryant, who fired first, killing Coe.
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Indianapolis
Jesse Coe
C. J. Russell
Kentucky
Tompkineville
Bryant
Monroe County
Coe
Sheriff Bryant
Man Kills Himself After Church Critique in New York Hotel
Tll, nearly blind, attacked religious hypocrisy and America’s trinity of Success Pleasure and Gold before shooting himself in a Mills hotel room. Formerly a Chicago Presbyterian pastor and later at Saratoga New York, he had no steady pastorate in years and lived precariously as an insurance agent. Foley’s Kidney Remedy ad copy appears at article end.
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New York
Tll
America
Albert H. Trick
Mills Hotel
Chicago
Saratoga
N. Y
Prevailing Grain and Livestock Prices Across Markets
Indianapolis prices show wheat at 93 to 97 cents, corn 79 to 80 cents, oats around 48 to 50 cents, and hay and cattle ranges. Cincinnati Chicago and New York readings follow similar patterns for wheat corn cattle hogs and sheep with notable price spreads. A Grand family's medicine Electric Bitters praised for digestive and liver benefits and sold by Ches. D Ance drug store.
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Indianapolis
Timothy
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Frank Conlen
Houston St
Mme de Struve Wit and Quick Rejoins in Diplomacy
The article recalls Mme. de Struve as a beacon of intellect with sharp English, noted by Secretary Blaine and Bayard’s daughter quip. It highlights her wit in a tale where she colors the exchange with Miss Chief in a rapid retort. An abrupt ad-like digression promotes a specialist for chronic diseases and then lists dubious patent remedies and a dental surgeon in New Albany Indiana.
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Mme. de Struve
Blaine
Bayard
Kate Bayard
Legation
Misschief
Dow
Leerhoefer Bidg
Pearl and Market Streets
New Albany
Ind
Scarcity of English Humor and The Saving Sense of Humor
A London Saturday Review critique laments the lack of wit in papers and fears weekly humor slots would often be left empty. It notes only a feeble imitation of wit and calls it the so called saving sense of humor.
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London Saturday Review
Just a Change.
A fragment from the Courier-Journal quoting Tired Tiffins, a blind man responding to a remark about vision and mobility with dialect speech indicating last week he was lame but lacking strength.
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Courier-Journal
The cock often crows without a vic tory Danish Proverb
A Danish proverb notes that the cock often crows without victory, suggesting a habit of boasting or signaling success without achieving it. The saying reflects cautious optimism and humor about outward bravado versus real outcomes.
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OWA
Aliison
Newal
Fac
of Harmony
Albert RB. Cummins
R.H.E
Brooklyn
Reulbach, Moran, Bell
Rucker, Hergen
Maddox, Gibson, Crandall
Bresnahan
Needham
Campbell, Bowerman, Graham
Lush, Ludwig
RHE
Berger
Bemis
Vickers
Schreck
Alele
Walsh
Sullilvan
Arrellanes
Carrigan
Foley
U. D. Knoefel
Rie
Grider
Franklin
Guy Dragoo
Gilbert Luyster
Big Four
Dragoo
O. D. Knoefel
Buffalo
Goa
Pocahonta
E. T. Slider
Tribune
the Tribune Company
Printers Publishers Binders
Pearl Street
Bora
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