Industrial titan Henry H. Rogers dies suddenly
New York May 20 Henry H. Rogers Standard Oil financier dies of apoplexy at his home leaving a fortune estimated at 50 million dollars. He aided Standard Oil Amalgamated Copper and served on the boards of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Union Pacific. Funeral services will be held in New York with burial in Fairhaven Massachusetts.
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New York
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil
East Seventy Eight Street
Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Amalgamated Copper Company
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union Pacific
Wall Street
Church of the Messiah
Robert Collier
Collier
Fairhaven
Mass
Unitarian Church
Rockefeller says Rogers death a personal loss not market shock
Hot Springs Virginia May 20 John D Rockefeller called Rogers death a great personal loss to the business world yet only a personal loss to the market. He said he did not know Rogers well but believed his affairs were in good shape and that Rogers pushed himself to work hard despite pleas from Rockefeller and Rogers family.
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Hot Springs
Rogers
John D. Rockefeller
Enews
Pwefeller
Egérs
Evan
Peruna praised by families for curing catarrh
A stream of reader testimonials from Menasha Wisconsin to Chicago Ohio and Kansas City extol Peruna as a tonic and remedy for catarrh stomach illness and poor appetite. Women report robust health and weight gain after taking Peruna with Manalin and credit the medicines for sustained well being and improved appetites.
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E. West
Main St
Menasha
Wis
Mary Jones
Reynolds Ave
Chicago
Ill
B. H. Jackson
Newman
John Housworth
Caroline Daft
Brynt
Ohio
Selina Tanner
Athens
Great personal loss amid cautious business outlook
The report notes a significant personal loss but stresses that the business world will be in no way unfavorably affected, signaling resilience in the market and confidence from officials.
Three Lives Lost In Pensacola Storm Telegram
Terse telegrams report a deadly Pensacola storm taking three lives. Other items note national conventions in Cincinnati and church gatherings in Washington Tacoma Park Bentonville and Charlotte. Borne by market news, Hughes junior ill, Rogers death shocks markets, Salvation Army buys Canadian land for slum settlement.
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Pensacola
Fla
National Convention of Foundry Men and Allied Trades
Cincinnati
John Witherspoon Honored in Washington Speech
James Bryce the British Ambassador delivered an address in Washington on Scotland's Contribution to America. The ceremony paid tribute to John Witherspoon a noted Scotch Presbyterian clergyman former Princeton president signer of the Declaration of Independence and Continental Congress member. A statue was presented to the city by a District of Columbia commissioner.
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Washington
John Witherspoon
Princeton University
Continental Congress
James Bryce
Scotland
America
Board of Commissioners of
The
District of Columbia
John Witherspoon Withers
Withers
Agricultural College of North Carolina
Woodrow “Wilson
Portland Bride-Killer Ends Life After Murder
L. H. Worley fatally shot his bride of four days in Portland and then killed himself. The same period saw vast fires destroy major industrial sites in Memphis and Lille, with losses nearing 200 000 dollars and about 1 500 000 dollars respectively.
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L. H. Worley
Portland
Ore
Light in dark Chicago strike trial exposes payoffs
In Chicago on May 20 the trial of Skinny Madden and associates revealed how a $1000 settlement money moved between purses to end a building trades strike. Witnesses described Madden demanding cash while Joseph Klicka executives handled the exchange, leading to the strike's abrupt end. John Kirby Jr won the presidency of the National Association of Manufacturers, pledging to follow Van Cleave's policies.
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Chicago
Martin B
Skinny) Madden
Associated Building Council of Chicago
F. A. Pouchout
M. J. Boyle
Joseph
Klicka
Frazer
Boyle
Madden
Mahogany
Messrs
George S. Andres
Andres
Nix
Elicka
van Cleave
New York
John Kirby, Jr
National Association of Manufacturers
J. W. van Cleave
Kirby
Old Soldiers Parade and G A R Merger Talks in Crawfordsville
Thousands lined Crawfordsville streets for the annual encampment parade as veterans from the Grand Army of the Republic Spanish War veterans and Italian National Guard passed in review. Rumors of a consolidation between the Woman's Relief Corps and the Ladies of the G A R dominated discussions with leaders urging unity under the W R C banner amid concurrent officer elections and events at Music Hall Ellis Home and the Elks Home. The Knightstown Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home band performed, and the city touted its extensive night lighting with over seven thousand bulbs and ten thousand feet of cables.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Indiana
Italiana National Guard
Music Hall
Voris
John D. Alexander
Woman’s Relief Corps
Christian Church
Ellis
Chester G. Thompson
Lafayette
Crawford Hotel
O. A. Somers
Kokomo
Somers
Anna Boram
South Bend
Alice §. Pike
Danville
Lucy S. Clark
Michigan City
Boram
Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home
Knightstown
the Elks
Henry S. Lane
Indiana
American Secretary of War Dickinsons Cuban Visit Cut Short
The visit of U S Secretary of War Jacob M Dickinson to Havana ended early due to illness. The Mayflower, the U S yacht bringing him, sailed at 10 last night with Dickinson and his party aboard, bound for Washington. He has been confined to his state room for three days with vesical stone.
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Havana
Jacob M. Dickinson
United States
May‘flower
Dickinson
Ito Washington
Presbyterians Gather at Denver Assembly Opens May 20
Denver May 20 The 121st general assembly of the Presbyterian church of America convenes in Denver with about 900 delegates expected to attend and set the ordination and mission agenda for the year.
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Denver
General Assembly of
Presbyterian Church
Amerks
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