Provident Life Stock Sale Hindered by Quorum Failure
For the third time in a month the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society failed to reach a quorum delaying the election of officers and the plan to transfer control. Inter Southern Life Insurance of Louisville seeks 1000 of 1250 shares, while banks hold the stock. Commissioner Rittenhouse protested to Sullivan & Cromwell citing a damning Kentucky actuary report criticizing Inter Southern’s finances and governance.
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Aing
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
the Provident
Inter Southern Life Insurance Company
Louisville
Rittenhouse
Colorado Insurancepartment
Sullivan & Cromwell
Provident
Southern Company
E.R. Thomas
Ariande F. Thomas
The
Mechanics and Traders Bank
Metropolitan Trust Company
Consolidated National Bank
F. Herbert Wolfe
Insurance Commissioner of
Kentucky
Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company
Wolfe
Inter-Southern
Taft ends Cincinnati visit boards train for Hot Springs
Judge Taft and Mrs. Taft depart Cincinnati at 9 10 p m for Hot Springs Va to stay about a month before resuming the front porch campaign. He spent the day in meetings with Ohio managers and labor leaders, received an honorary membership from steam shovelers, and attended several brief calls and conferences.
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Cincinnati
Taft
International Brotherhoood
Judge Taft
Thomas J. Dolan
Ohio State
Mr. Herron
Mr. Taft
Pike Street
Mr. Dolan
Taft Awarded Honorary Union Membership For Isthmus Work
Taft accepted an honorary membership from a union praising his role in Panama Canal construction and his stance against wage-cut bills. He noted fairness toward union volunteers and recalled precedents set by Presidents McKinley Roosevelt. A separate report notes the Island Queen steamer was shot at near Dayton Ky, injuring none. Advertisement mentions a $36.40 round trip to St Louis via Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Panama Canal
McKinley
Bricklayers’ Union
Roosevelt
Firemen’s Union
Hughes Up to People in Fight Over Governor Nomination
President Roosevelt and State Chairman Woodruff conferred at Sagamore Hill for three hours on New York politics and the governor’s renomination. Woodruff stated the choice rests with GOP voters and delegates, with the President staying neutral. Upstate sentiment against Hughes is reported by several county leaders, while some districts instruct for Hughes or Wadsworth.
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Woodruff
Sagamore Hill
Taft
Odell
Dunn
State Committee
Oyster Bay
34Th Street
Francis B. Loomis
Needham
Messrs
Loomis
Mr. Woodruff
Adirondacks
Adirondack Woods
Woods
Hughes
Tribune
Upstate
Sagamore HU
Wenanell
Francis Hendricks
Owendiga County
Buffalo
E. H. Butler
Greiner Herve
Erie
Wyoming
Orleans
Frederick C. Stevens
Chautauqua
Oil Fire Spreads Near Tampico Dangers Coast Fields
Telegraph reports from Tampico July 29 describe a growing oil fire in the San Geronimo district about seventy five miles from Tampico. Experts fear a connected underground basin could doom other Texas and Mexican fields. Flames rise nearly two thousand feet, flame spread is fan shaped and visible up to two hundred miles at sea.
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Tribune
Tampico. Mex
San Geronimo
Tampico
Ofl
Texas
Mexico
Chamberlain in Serious Condition in London
London July 29 Joseph Chamberlain, back from the Continent, is resting in London for a few days before Birmingham. He is reported to be in a very grave condition with eyesight seriously affected. Even if able to travel, it is doubtful he will ever leave England again.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
Mr. Chamberlain
England
Ban on Public Courting in the Hub
Boston police issue a 6 pm curfew on public courting after tonight. The police commissioner cites nuisance in streets, parks, and Common and warns that repeat offenders face arrest for disorderly conduct and possible jail or fines.
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Telegrapi
The
Tribune
Boston
Parachute Clothes Save Life Of Frail Child Fall
Theresa Astorito, three, fell five stories from a fifth floor window at 22 East Math Street last evening. Her light clothing allegedly acted as a parachute slowing the descent. Onlookers report she cried for Mama as she struck the sidewalk. Dr. Bennett of Harlem Hospital said bruises were not serious.
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Theresa Astorito
Math Street
Dr. Bennett
Harlem Hopital
Wheat seed claim reported in Roanoke records
Roanoke in July reports K. B. Stoner of Fincastle selling rights in a new wheat variety to Westerners for eight. The first single seed is said to have produced 120 stalks of wheat.
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the Tribune
Roanoke
K. B. Stoner
Fincastle
Bowser Admits False Wife Leaving Notice
Harrison Bowser, a Tieh farmer, confessed that a county night ad claiming his wife had left him was a fabrication. He said the notice was imaginary and that there was no wife departure, only his drink-influenced illusion.
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Ify Therranh Ty the Tribune
Eitennine Pean
Harrison Bowser
Lee Fellowing
Dewey's Grape Juice Promotes Summer Use
Advertising copy from a New York firm at 158 Fulton Street touts Dewey's Grape Juice as a superior summer drink for ladies and children.
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Dewey
Maa Te & Vue Co
Fulton St
New York
Mystery Explosion Baffles City Police
Heavy muffled blast heard by Leonard Street patrols at 8:50 pm sent Captain Cottrell’s unit across a several block area bounded by West Broadway Chambers Broadway and Duane to locate the source. Despite a full night search of homes and businesses no culprit found and detectives surrounded the block. Police say the noise resembled safe blowing.
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Leonard Street
Wasteful Dam Construction Sparks Ohio River Debate
Telegraph report from July 21 notes river men claim 20 million dollars spent on six dams below Pittsburg has been wasted as eddies form downstream. Investigations reveal dams create sand bars, increasing danger to shipping and pitting river interests against engineers.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Ohio River
Smash-Up To Save A Dog At Cos Cob Laundry
Miss Edith Howell drove her car into the Cos Cob laundry front to save a pet dog belonging to humorist Wallace Irwin. Her invalid mother, Edwin A. Howell’s daughter, was tossed to the ground but Mrs Howell survived a nervous shock and was taken home. The accident occurred on River Road near the Holly House where New York literary figures were present.
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the Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Edith Howell
Edwin A. Howell
New York City
Wallace Irwin
Cos Cob
Howell
River Road
Holly House
Hoestiery
New York
Miss Howell
Thomas Bergen
Congressmen Dive For Girls Purse In Hackensack
Congressman William Hughes of Paterson and photographer Charles Curtis aided by diving into the water to retrieve a purse lost by four New York girls. The purse contained $1 and four return railroad tickets. The divers recovered nothing on the second search.
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Hackensack
N. J
William Hughes
Paterson
Charles Curtis
New York
Hughes
Curtis
Potato Bug Parasite Found by Judge Smith
Farmers across the region celebrate Judge George H. Smith of Presque Isle for discovering a green parasite with a long needs, which appears to exterminate potato bugs, a promising breakthrough reported from July 29.
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Tribunes
Sands Killed In Car Crash Near Vanderbilt Estate
Paris July 29 Winthrop Sands stepson of W K Vanderbilt was killed near the Chateau St Louis de Poissy outside the estate grounds. His car plunged into a tree after a tire burst, burying him beneath the front, pinning the chauffeur Pickins, as flames erupted and peasants watched.
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Paris
Winthrop Sands
W. K. Vanderbilt
Vanderpilt
Chateau St. Louis de Poissy
Sands
Chateau
Mr. Sands
Pickins
Two Train Crash Wounds Two Men In NYC
A rear end collision between two seven car southbound elevated trains at Columbus Avenue and Sixth Street injured two men and frightened a passerby. Lennard Murray, guard on the forward train, had a crushed leg and faced possible amputation at J Hood Wright Hospital. Axle L Porter, motor man of the second train, sustained a facial cut and was treated on scene.
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Murray
Lennard
Third Avenue
Porter
Axle L
Bradhurst Avenue
Fatow
West 96Th Street
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Fitzgerald
86Th Street
Columbus Avenue
Fire And Crash Rescue Near Vanderbilt Farm
Respondents freed a trapped chauffeur and dragged the bleeding, burned body of Mr Sands from a burning car after a collision near a Vanderbilt breeding farm. Pickins gave an account: brakes failed, trains halted, no clear reason for the second train not stopping. Murray, guard on the rear car, signalled the approaching train’s motorman Porter. Continued on second page.
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Chateau
Mr. Vanderbilt
Mr. Sands
Pickins
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