Gas Explosion Destroys Brooklyn Street and Kills Dozens
In a Gold Street excavation Brooklyn a leaking gas main was struck by a spark causing a massive explosion. At least fifteen workers were buried under earth and timber, with ten more missing and twenty five feared dead. Rescue efforts fight through fifty feet of rock and tangled pipes to recover entombed laborers.
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New York
Gold Street
Brooklyn
York
Front Streets
Samuel Trout
Chicago Damages Case Upheld by Appellate Court
The appellate court affirmed a $100,000 judgment against Chicago in a dispute with the Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway over damages from the 1894 strike. The case connected with federal and state authority clashes during President Cleveland and Governor Altgeld eras. A related note reports Peter Van Viissengen forgery cases involving $1,539,423.8% in forged mortgages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ottawa
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and
Ligsengen
Peter van Viissengen
William C. Niblack
Chicago Title & Frust Company
van Vifesengen
Lawton’s Son Appointed Second Lieutenant in Scouts
Washington November 21 Marley Lawton son of the late Major General Henry W Lawton has been appointed second lieutenant of the Philippine scouts and ordered to Fort Thomas Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marley Lawtes
Henry W. Lawton
Philippine Scouts
Ft. Thomas
Montana mine disaster traps six dead entombs twenty
A fire at the Northwestern Improvement mine in Red Lodge Montana yesterday killed six miners and left about twenty more entombed with faint chances of escape. Rescue efforts by fire crews and volunteers brought a hundred men to the surface but many were exhausted and believed dead. Mine owners dispute the low survival view.
Two Illinois Central freight trains collide in Berwyn
A dense fog caused a wreck near Chicago injuring several and killing one rider. Two locomotives and freight cars caught fire as crews fought the blaze. One man was killed and two others were reported missing after the collision.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Berwyn
Trade Is Good Expansion Still Dominant In North West
Bradstreet reports trade shows gains in volume of sales and orders booked by wholesalers and manufacturers, with North West and East centers most active. Mild weather restrains winter goods sales, Southern gains slower, low cotton prices curb trade and collections. Idle cars decline, pig iron buying rises, lake markets active, Pittsburg smaller, prices higher, leather demand improves though retail weather affects shoes.
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New York
Bradstreet
Trade Today
Retels
Pittsburg
Rockefeller Faces Prolonged Cross-Examination
In New York on November 21 John D Rockefeller testified five hours in the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil. Federal counsel Frank Kellogg pressed questions about early rebates to rivals and the cross examination continued with plans to cover every detail of the company’s business.
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Rockefeller
New York
John Rockefeller
Standard of! Company
Frank B. Kellogg
Kelloge
Taft Receives Only Courtesies in Hot Springs Visit
Hot Springs Virginia November 21 President elect Taft spent the day in informal talks with Senator Scott of West Virginia and hosted Senator Henry Gassaway Davis a former Democratic vice presidential candidate who visited him amid routine demands on his time.
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Hot Springs
Scott
West Virginia
Henry Gassaway Davis
Taft
Union Buffalo Cotton Mills Resuming Full Capacity
Industrial resume in Union South Carolina announces three plants back to full output bringing 17 000 spindles and 800 looms into operation after summer shutdowns. The mills employ 2 000 workers.
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Union
S. C
Union Buffalo Cotton Mills
Moncrief and Clyde bids for 1600 ton steam yacht
A report notes Cornelius Vanderbilt inviting Clyde shipbuilders to tender for a 1600 ton steam yacht. A mix of business and trade comments follow, including Dun's Weekly Review on rising trade, and weekly comparisons with 1907 figures.
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Dun
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Clyde Shipbuilders
Court of
Japan
China
Hester
Frank Lameir
Stillwater
Minn
James Cunningham
Constantinople
Cattle Fever Quarantine Shrinks Two States
A Montgomery county outbreak of aprious fever traced to a Buffalo carload leads to mass cattle and swine culling. Over 1,000 cows killed, five local children ruled convalescent. New York and Pennsylvania impose a strict quarantine halting shipments, impacting foreign trade and Canadian arrivals. Authorities expect a short quarantine period as stamping out proceeds.
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Danville
Montgomery County
Norristown
Buffalo
Fis
Schech
Fox
State Health Department
Harrisburg
New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hoston
Baltimore
Wisconsin and Chicago Set For Western Football Showdown
Madison crowds fill the streets as fans, students, alumni, and faculty converge on Camp Randall for the annual clash between the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago. The western football classic draws heavy anticipation with past triumphs debated and today’s result seen as highly uncertain.
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Madison
Wis
Husky
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
Camp Randall
Chicago
Barry
Universi
Yale and Harvard Clash for Eastern Title in New Haven
New Haven reports Yale and Harvard meeting for the Eastern football championship. Both teams enter undefeated with even bets on the outcome. Captain Burch of Yale and Burr of Harvard will start. A 6 to 6 tie with Annapolis and a 10 to 10 Yale draw against an unnamed foe are noted marks of the season.
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New Haven
Yale
Harvard
Burch
Burr
Annapolis
Tariff Debate Frames Lumber Protection as a Grab
Washington November 21 Representative Champ Clark labeled the wood tariff a universal grab at a Ways and Means hearing on timber duties. Lumbermen urged protective rates arguing other imported articles are rejected by law and forest policy shaped the administration stance.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Missouri
Ways and Means
Charcoal Lozenges Claim Health Benefits and Breath Freshening
An advertisement extols Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges made from willow charcoal with honey. It cites historical fame of charcoal for stomach and blood issues, promises odor elimination, digestion aid, and blood purification. The copy invites readers to buy for 25 cents at Stuart Drug Co and offers a free trial package by mail.
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Monke
Spain
Secheyron
Stuart
Attnart Co
Stuart Bidg
Marshall, Wick
Gompers Maintains Command At AFL Convention
Denver, November 21. President Gompers remained in full control as the American Federation of Labor convention adopted his report after debate. Officers to be elected today. Resolutions call for an industrial education committee and two fraternal delegates to a farmers union convention to study farm labor. Roosevelt conservation praise and a Washington building project were approved.
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Denver
Col
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Executive Council
Farmers’ Union
Roosevelt
Conservation of Natural Resources
Federation
Washington, D. C
Birth on a Wabash train brings joyful news in Indiana
Passengers aboard the eastbound Wabash Continental Limited between Danville and Lafayette witnessed a birth as Mrs. John Mullen of Fort Wayne gave birth to a daughter. A purse formed among travelers funded a gift for the newborn while the parents traveled home from Oklahoma. Mr. Mullen is a fireman on the Wabash line.
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Lafayette
Ind
Danville
John Mullen
Ft. Wayne
Ft. Warne
Oklahoma
Mr. Mullen
Wabash
Electric Bitters praised by San Francisco woman
Mrs. Mary Dowling of 228 8th Ave San Francisco testifies to Electric Bitters curing acute indigestion and stomach and liver trouble. She calls it the best remedy on the market and notes its tonic effects and benefits for female weakness. Sold for 50 cents at Chas Knopfels drug store.
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Mary Dowling
8Th Ave
San Francisco
Tam
Chas 1
Knopfels Drux
Trial updates in Lamphere case as defense presents witnesses
In LaPorte Indiana on November 21 the Ray Lamphere murder trial heard defense witnesses as attorney Worden’s opening proposition met limited follow up. Experts testified over a fire at the Gunness home at 3 am and witnesses described the trunk, oil can, and scene discoveries related to the blaze and investigation.
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Belle Gunneas
George Wright
Gunness Place
Ift
State
Smith
Roy Marr
Warwick Place
Lamphere
John Yorkey
Hackman
Deput
Marr
Williams
Weir
Joseph Maxson
Woman Burned to Death in Wagon Fire
Mrs. Jennie Smith, wife of Marion Smith a well known Center township farmer, was fatally burned when a dropped match set straw on fire inside a wagon. She died after several hours of agony leaving a husband and several children.
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Mt. Vernon
Ind
Jennie Smith
Marion Smith
Center Township
Deputy Sheriff Fails to Remove Children in Dunkin Case
In Muncie Indiana on November 21 Deputy Sheriff Thomas Kiger, armed with court papers, did not take the two Dunkin children from their mother Minnie Dunkin who clung to her skirts as she cried. He left the house and filed a report to Judge Leffler, who warned he would hear more evidence before action.
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Muncie
Thomas Kiger
Minnie Dunkin
Circuit Court
Kiger
Ruth B. Brent, Holmes
Manalin
Water surge floods creek and river rise without rain
John Scheible of the Lowell neighborhood reports Possum creek on his farm filled with water after a week of dryness. He notes a six inch rise in White river in recent weeks with no rain, indicating unusual water level changes in Columbus, Indiana.
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Columbus
Ind
John Scheible
Lowell
White River
Winamac Man Elected Grand Warden At F O O F Meeting
Indianapolis November 21 grand lodge session of the F O O F ends with 3 M Bupp of Winamac chosen as grand warden in Grand Lodge Hall.
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Indianapolis
Grand Lodge
M.bupp
Winamacc
Sgrang
Those Who Have Used Peruna Know Truly Beauty Secret
A promotional note claims Peruna lengthens a matron's days and assures beauty by internal cleansing. It asserts Peruna freshens mucous membranes, supports facial symmetry, and yields a clear complexion.
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Peruna
Peruna Tablet Claim Draws Mrs Worstell Testimony
Miss Nettie E Bogardus of Clarksburg West Virginia writes of relief from internal catarrh after using Peruna. She credits Dr Hartman and his assistants with efforts to perfect Peruna in tablet form, noting tablets equal one dose and praise for early benefits.
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George C. Worstell
River Road
Clarksburg
W. Va
Hartman
Nettie E. Bogardus
Weatfield
N. Y
Perunia
Manalin
Peruna Prolongs Life Says Brooklyn Woman
Letters from Mrs. C. D. Rosinson and others praise Peruna and Hartman remedies. Testimonies claim improved health, restored appetite, gained strength, and ability to work after illness. From Appleton to Topeka, multiple women report relief from headaches internal catarrh and general weakness.
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Esther Lee
Madison Street
Topeka
Kas
Triple Tie Social Club
Perunas
Birthday of an Old Town White Plains Celebration
White Plains marks its 225th birthday with parades speeches and revelry. Visitors tour Washingtons headquarters at the Miller house as militia from Westchester and New York City join the festivities. Governors Hughes and Woodruff reportedly invited to attend. Fires light up Chatterton and Dusenberry hills recalling the 1776 battle.
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White Plains
Washington
Miller
Westchester County
New York City
Hughes
New York
Woodruff
Connecticut
Chatterton
Dusenberry Hills
Distillery Fire Narrowly Averted at Mellwood Plant
In Louisville Kentucky November decisive action by Mellwood Distillery workers saved a major distillery from fire. Fire damaged cattle pens and warehouses causing about twenty thousand dollars in losses. several employees were hurt while sealing windows amid repeated blazes.
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Louisville
Mellwood Distillery Company
Carthage Driver Killed by Engine in Town Collision
Charles Kennedy, 45, rural mail carrier, was instantly killed when a Big Four engine struck his buggy in the northwest part of Carthage Indiana. The locomotive and caboose, moving rapidly, hit the horse and demolished the buggy, killing Kennedy.
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Carthage
Ind
Charles Kennedy
Platform Falls at Dayton Plant Photographs Flash
A platform carrying over 15 female workers at the Mercantile Co operative plant in Dayton collapsed during a group photograph. Fourteen were injured to varying degrees but none were killed and three sustained serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Mercantile Co-operative
Railway union approves telephone use for train blocking
Chicago November 1 The American Railway association officially approves substitution of the telephone for the telegraph in blocking and patching trains, citing numerous advantages of the telephone over the telegraph.
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Chicago
American Railway Association
Associatio
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities Report
The report lists current grain and livestock prices in Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago New York Buffalo and Toledo with figures for wheat corn oats and various livestock classes. It notes receipts of hogs cattle sheep and lambs across markets and shows notable price ranges for futures and spot quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Timothy
Cincinnati
Chicago
Dr King s New Discovery Endorsed By Local User
A Panama Missouri resident W V Henry touts Dr King s New Discovery as the best medicine for coughs colds and throat chest ailments recalling decades of proof. The ad claims world proof spanning thirty eight years and notes prevention of pneumonia with timely use. Sold under guarantee at a local drug store with 50 cents and 1.00 prices and a trial bottle free.
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Dr. King
W. V. Henry
Panama
Dr King
Chas
D. Roce
Forest Fires Ravage Southern Indiana and Illinois Lands
Forest fires have burned for 36 hours across southern Milaole. Thousands of acres of timber land are lost and farmers have fought the blaze for a day. Dense smoke blankets hundreds of towns in southern Indiana and southern Illinois.
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Carmi
Iil
Milaole
Indiana
Ilinois
Bronson Beats Goodman In Dayton Ninety Round Fight
Roy Bronson of Indianapolis won the decision over Kid Goodman of Boston at the Dayton Gymnastic club last night after twenty rounds. Both fighters stood to the end, but Bronson showed clear superiority.
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Dayton
Roy Bronson
Indianapolis
Kid Goodman
Boston
Dayton Gymnastic Club
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