Fire explodes in Creedmore kitchen burns Franklin family
A varnish and paint explosion in a Creedmore Long Island kitchen left Charles W. Franklin 61 liver his wife Miss Agnes McDonald and two sons badly burned. The locked door delayed escape until neighbor efforts and a bystander finally freed them. Mrs. Franklin was in serious condition with doubtful recovery.
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Creedmore
Long Island
Charles W. Franklin
Franklin
Queensborough
Gome
Fred
Charles Hance
William Frost
Beloit Dean Adopts Baby From Florence Crittenden Home
Dr W J Cousins says the dean of Beloit University Wisconsin has adopted a ten month old baby from the Florence Crittenden Home in Boston and his wife will come to adopt it. He notes a prior adoption of a three year old girl three years ago who had been raised as their daughter. The baby was placed through the dean's sister in law Mrs Samuel L Eaton of Newton, who is keenly interested in the Home. Neither Cousins nor Eaton would discuss further.
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the Tribune
Ratton
W. J. Cousins
Florence Crittenden
Boston
Beloit University
Wisconsin
Wies
Samuel L. Eaton
Newton
Crittenden Home
Pr. Cousins
Mrs. Eaton
Liberty Dawn drivers threaten general strike after stables mobilize
The Liberty Dawn Association and the back drivers branch of the Chauffeurs and Horse Drivers Union prepared for a broad walkout. Two stables deployed a dozen cars each with officers, while city patrols were on standby for a potential strike against twenty eight stables employing about three thousand drivers. The Livery Stable Owners' Association refused to recognize the union and many drivers hoped for strike relief funds during the holiday period.
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Liberty Dawn Association
Chauffeurs and Horse Drivers’ Union
William Mracen
Moulton
Morton
Hall
Livery Stable Owners' Association
Westinghouse Board Shakeup Over Receivership
William H. Donner, vice president and manager, was removed from the Westinghouse Machine Company board as George Westinghouse reasserted control. Donner opposed retrenchment policies. Also ousted were Robert Wardrop Wilson Shaw N A Chaplin and J Chaplin, all key figures in rehabilitating Westinghouse under receivership.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
William H. Donner
Westinghouse Machine Company
George Westinghouse
Snonner
Westinghouse
Donner
Robert Wardrop
The
People’s National Bank
Wilson A. Shaw
Bank of Pittsburg
N. A. and
J. Chaplin
Colonial Trust Company
P R R S BRIDGE PLANS THREE MILE STRUCTURE
The Pennsylvania Railroad will begin a three mile bridge from Queens to Port Morris after terminal work, linking the Connecting Railroad with the New York New Haven Hartford line. The design features a 1000 foot arch over Hell Gate, a steel main span with an elevated track floor hung from the arch, four tracks for passengers and freight, and massive granite and concrete piers with expansion joints to tolerate temperature movement.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Queens
Port Morris
Long Island
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Hell Gate
Mexican Rail Consolidation Moves Forward In New York
The Republic reports plans to consolidate all Mexican rails at a directors meeting in New York City on Wednesday. H. Clay Pierce will head the new National Railways of Mexico holding group with a 21 Mexican directors and a nine New York financing board. Existing railroad partners include Inter Oceanic Railway and Mexican Central.
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The
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Mexico
New York City
H. Clay Pierce
Mexican Central
Inter-Oceanic Railway
Pierce
New York
Mexican Central Railway
National Railways of Mexico
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
James Speyer & Co
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co
Mexic
Paul M. Warburg
B and O Estimates Rail Needs for Next Year
Baltimore December report from the engineering department lists steel rail requirements at 3,006 to 660 tons with most being Bessemer. Preliminary figures go to President Murray ahead of contracts. The railroad plans sizable purchases of engines and cars across types.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Bessemer
Murray
Auto Crash on Staten Island Claims Narrow Escape for Eaton Couple
Mr and Mrs William Eaton of Princes Bay Staten Island survive a high speed collision when a touring car driven by Ed ward Thompson lumber merchant Stapleton strikes their vehicle at Prince s Bay avenue and Amboy Road. The Eatons suffer only slight bruises while Mrs Edward Thompson and her sisters are shocked.
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William Eaton
Prince's Bay
Staten Island
Edward Thompson
Stapleton
Eaton
Thompson
Prince's Bay Avenue
Amboy Road
Dr Sargent to aid movement in New Education effort
Boston dispatch reports Mrs May Alden Ward and Sr Dudley A Sargent from Harvard named to an international committee backing a New Educational movement funded with 100000 dollars by a New York philanthropist. Executive secretary is Dr Leon Elbert Landone. They will study Boston schools to identify which instructional parts to emphasize to foster executive genius in children.
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Tribune
Boston
May Alden Ward
Dudley A. Sargent
Harvard
New York
Leon Elbert Landone
Los Angeles
Ward
Sargent
Poisoning Case Arrests in Birmingham
In Birmingham on December 20 two arrests followed the coroner’s report that arsenic was found in John Baker’s stomach after his death on December 1. Dr. T A Jones and Baker’s daughter Mrs Bertha M Taylor were taken in. Mrs Taylor was not jailed. Jones had attributed Baker’s death to an abscess. The coroner announced plans to exhume Taylor’s husband’s body for stomach examination.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Baker
T. A. Jones
Baker
Bertha M. Taylor
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Highlights
The report lists sunrise and sunset times, moon phase, and high water at Sandy Hook Gov Island and Hell Gate. It notes wireless reports showing ships St Paul Minneapolis Baltic and Amerika east of Sandy Hook with expected docking times today.
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High Water
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
St Paul
Minneapolis
Baltic
Amerika
Maritime Schedule Fragments From Various Ports
A fragmented OCR item lists ships and arrival or sailing dates across ports like Kristiansand, Kingston, Naples, Palermo and Gibraltar. Entries mention Scand Am Cherokee Turk s Island Clyde Trent Cunard Barbarossa and RMS SP Slavonia with December dates, including December 12 15 18 10 14 9. The text preserves only scattered vessel names and timing cues.
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United States
Kristiansand
Turk’s Island
Clyde
Trent
Kingston
Rms&sp Slavonia
Naples
Cunard Barbarossa
Gibraltar
Alice
Palermo
Destination and steamer routes to Pacific regions
Navigation notices list multiple passenger and mail steamers traveling from New York to Tahiti Marquesas Islands New Zealand Australia via San Francisco Vancouver Seattle and other ports with schedules on December 23 25 28 and January 4 10. Vessels include Empress of China Nip S. S. U. S. Transport Liner and Australian Mail Line with routes via Tacoma Tacoma Victoria San Francisco and Seattle bound for Hawaii China Japan Corea Philippines and Fiji New Caledonia and Samoa with several deviations and date specifics.
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Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
New Zealand
Australia
San Francisco
Mariposa
Japan
Corea
China
Tacoma
Teucer
Philippine Islands
Vancouuver
Victoria
Hawaii
Guam
U. S
Seattle
Alameda
Samoan Islands
New Caledonia
Shipping News from Port of New York December 1908 Arrivals
Port of New York December 20 1908 lists arrivals from Havre Liverpool Queenstown Belize Trinidad Cienfuegos and more with cargoes cabins steerage passengers and mails. Vessels include La Provence Campania Regina Maraval City of Savannah Iroquois Monroe Pawnee Florida Baltic Eastlands and others. Winds west light and seas calm as ships enter Sandy Hook at 9 50 pm.
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Pan R R Avene Advance
Cristobal
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Roy
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Monroe
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White Star
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Ward
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Mallory
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Havre
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Charles
Queenstown
Frutera iNor
Danielsen
Belize
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Santa Maria
Philadelphia
United Fruit Co
Bar
Regina
Castee
Munson Ss
Maraval
McGrath
Trinidad
Grenada
Trinidad Shipping and Trading Co
Malls
Moise
The
Fisher
Ocean Ss Co
Muse
Ingram
Charleston
Clyde Ss Co
Mdise
Catherine
Newport News
Old Dominion Ss Co
Pawnee
Rich
Florida
Dallas
Baltic
Ransch
White Star Line
Fire Island
Eastlands
Bri
Lioyd
I T Williams & Sons
Finch
Edge & Co
Steamers At Foreign Ports Arrivals And Schedules
Weekly cattle market report notes Philadelphia receipts for the week with 2 695 head of cattle plus 7 440 sheep and lambs and 6 7 uu hogs. Also lists arrivals at New York Queenstown Moville and Cherbourg among others with several steamers and routes including Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Caledonia Lucania Caronia and Pathan among ports like Belfast Yokohama and Hong Kong.
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New York
Liverpol
Moville
Caledonia
Jlasons Schuthermatan
St Louis
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Philadelphia
Racers Peer & Company Broadways Stores Ad
Merchants advertise three Broadway outlets and multiple Warren Street locations offering men and boys wear. The note lists stores at 258 Warren Street, 1842 13th Street, and 1302 34th Street.
Live stock price snapshot with varied bids and devalued reports
Calves shown steady with average to high bids from 5.75 to 7. Steers range from 5.75 to 8 for common to good. Bulls 350 to 450, cows 2 to 4.25, calves 850 for exceptional. Sheep and hogs weaker, lambs 4.25 to 7.5, ewes 4.25 to 4.50, hogs 8.58 dressed stock higher, Westerns and stock notes mixed.
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