Trade Review Highlights 1907 Prosperity Amid Stringency
Ein's Annual Review of Trade portrays 1907 as prosperous for the nation despite financial stringency. It notes record iron and steel output early year, a drop to under one third capacity by year end, strong agricultural exports with over 20,000,000 bushels shipped abroad in November, and a cotton crop near 12,060,000 bales with sustained high prices and record agricultural value totaling about 7.4 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uig
Lanis
Creditp RG. Dan & Company
Iron and Steel
Iite
Iron Trade Signals Slow Steel Market In New Year
The Iron Age reports that January 1 may bring a low price range for structural materials but no immediate price readjustment. Work in sight amounts to about fifty percent of capacity, with limited rail orders and sparse outside business. Moderate orders for plates and tinplate are noted, with some shielding work expected from Delaware. iron pipe contracts in New York indicate prospects of heavy work for Bestar. No new developments in old material markets, which remain unsatisfactory nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cuba
Delaware
Bestar
Damages Awarded in Los Angeles Court Case
Damages totaling 456745 dollars were awarded in a case in Los Angeles Cal. The dispute involved a development company and destruction of property. Separately, a federal case in New Liverpool seeks damages of 459746.22 from an unnamed defendant. The scene shifts to Pittsboro where Dr C F Bingham, physician for the Thaw family, is ill and not expected to change trial plans for Harry Thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
New Liverpool
Olin Wellbern
States District Court
Mania Development
Thaw
Ili
Pittsboro
C. F. Bingaman
Harry KR Thaw
Elmers
Lebanon Publisher Dead in Lebanon Pennsylvania
William T of Rodearmal and publishers of the Tebanon T died suddenly. The deceased was a prominent secret society and citizen, well known throughout the region and Mazonic circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Wiliam T
Rodearmal & Publishers
Tebanon T
Serret Society
Slugger Confesses After Assaults on White Women
Robert Perry, identified by Marie Osborne as a target of a string of assaults, confessed to one attack on a major city street. Police link him to other alleged crimes while noting hatred of white women and his troubled marriage. Osborne suffers severe facial injuries and paralysis from the blows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seranten
Robert Perry
Marie “2
Bebe Osborne
Lulu Thiel
Perry
Jack the Ripper
White Chapel
Miss Osborne
Engineer Scalded Dying Man Brings Freight Train to Stop
In Rahway New Jersey near there a cylinder head blew out on a Pennsylvania railroad freight engine. Thomas Golding the engineer was horribly scalded by steam but kept the train from running on. The fireman was seriously injured. Golding died before reaching Elizabeth hospital. An ambulance was requested to meet the train at Elizabeth station. The train was halted after the accident.
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Rahway
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thomas Golding
Golding
Elizabeth Hospital
Elizabeth Station
Elizapeth
Frisco's Plague is Checked in San Francisco
San Francisco reports the bubonic plague nearly eradicated with only seven December cases and four cures. About 139000 rats destroyed in four months, 103?1 rats examined and 106 infected. Total cases 136 with 73 deaths and 60 cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Eveven
New Year's Time Signals Sent to Vessels
Newport R I reports New Year's greetings and correct time flashed by naval wireless station to passing vessels at five minutes before midnight and at 12 55 am 1 58 am and 2 55 am. Time coordinated from Washington to coastal stations enabling ships at sea to adjust chronometers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. L
Naval
Washington
Treasure Chest Stolen from Rochester Street Car
Two men stole a chest containing 2855 dollars from a Rochester street car parked on East Main Street. The money, earnings of the Rochester Railway Company for the eastern division, was being moved from Federal Street barns to the State Street office to be counted when the theft occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Rochester Railway Company
Federal Street
State Street
Robbery on Platform In New Brunswick As Train Started
Bert Runsen a telegraph operator was robbed of 93 dollars as he stepped from a Pennsylvania railroad train in New Brunswick New Jersey on January 1 Two men jostled him on the platform then jumped back aboard the moving train Runsen wired Trenton police but no arrests were made yet and no one was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Bert Runsen
Runsen
Trenton
Horse Throws Count Tolstoi in St. Petersburg
Count Leo Tolstoi was thrown by a stumbling horse in St. Petersburg and sustained a dislocated shoulder. He is reported recovering rapidly despite the mishap and ensuing setback.
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Count Tolstoi
St. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
Mail Sack With 215,030 Is Stolen in Dallas
Registered money totaling 15060 was secured by thieves who stole a mail rack from a truck at a railroad station in Dallas Texas on January 1. The item involved a mail sack containing 215030? The readable text notes the loss and location but is incomplete on exact details. Police investigation follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Wage Cut Notice At Robesonia Ivcr Co Of Reading Pa
Nuggets of news report wage reductions from five to eight percent at the Robesonia Ivcr company near Reading Pennsylvania. The item notes a Philadelphia man Albert Zein, age thirty, died by suicide in the basement of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania station by drinking cat s. Frank Ridgway, a director, is mentioned, with a Weather Bureau tie. A Pittsburgh hospital death from typhoid pneumonia is listed for a person connected to the weather bureau. A blast incident near Pittsburgh injures two foreign miners and damages two houses when blasting powder ignites from an open lamp tied to a cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robesonia Ivcr Company
Reading
Albert Zein
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Frank Ridgway
United States Weather Bureau
Willock
Fitzsimmons Enters Retirement Life In New Jersey
Former boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons plans a peaceful retreat after boxing career ends. He travels with three young associates in New Jersey while a familiar ring veteran remains his friend and neighbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Fitzsimmons
Dilly Muldoon
Free Oil
New Jersey
Hardy
Julie Pitzes
Monkey
Mans
Fitzsimmmons
Widow Photos Husband Exhumed For Portrait In New York
Mrs Elizabeth Brown of the Bronx obtained a health permit to disinter Herman Brown who died December 4 aged fifty seven. With undertaker and photographer she traveled to Woodlawn cemetery to capture a posthumous portrait of her husband.
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New York
Elizabeth Brown
Bronx
Jourrveyet
Woodlawn
Herman Brown
Storuy
Board of Health
Brown West
Woodlawn Cemétery
Charged With Wrecking Bank in Leetonia Case
Cleveland January 1 Charles N Schmick president and his son W Harry Schmick cashier of the defunct First National Bank of Leetonia Ohio were arrested by federal agents on charges of wrecking the bank. Over 58000 of the 170200 capital stock was held by Schmick family. Authorities say most bank funds financed apartment construction in the city and the bank’s liabilities were 000 and assets 290800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Charles N. Schmick
W. Harry Schmick
First National Bank
Leetonia
Federal Art
Leetonia Bank
Schmick
Wisconsin Life Insurance Firms Leave State Under New Law
Seven more life insurers cancel Wisconsin policies affecting about 8.46 million dollars in coverage as the new insurance law takes effect. Firms include Pacific Mutual, National Federal, Des Moines Life, Union Security Mutual, and Mutual—abandoning local underwritings as the field consolidates under the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Pacific Mutual National Federal
Des Moines
Union Security Mutual
Mutual
Blues Baths For Pilferers In Atlantic City
The local hot water heating company in Atlantic City New Jersey reports hundreds of gallons stolen by tapping the pipe for household use. Efforts to locate the unauthorized users failed. Fines were placed in the water a harmless die and several thieves were observed with blue staining in their morning baths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blues Baths
Atlantic Clr
N. J
Ice Cream Poisoning Ties to Local Epidemic
Davis A. Baird aged 52 dies after what is believed to be spinal meningitis triggered by ptomaine poisoning. Several residents fall ill as authorities suspect ice cream consumption sparked an epidemic in the village of Marilern N. on January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilern
Davis A. Baird
Promaine
Bishop Andrews Dies After Raising Large Methodist Fund
Bishop Edward G Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal Church died at his Brooklyn home aged eighty two after a brief illness. He originated a twentieth century thank offering fund which raised over twenty million dollars from Methodists nationwide and served as a driving force for the denomination. His funeral sermon for President McKinley was noted in his long career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward G. Andrews
Methodist Episcopal Church
McKinley
Brevoort Place
Brooklyn
Hil
Bishop Andrews
Alleged Dynamiters Arrested in Baltimore
Baltimore January 1 police arrested Salvatore Lupo after a Buffalo arrest. They claim to have three members of the Black Hand. Suspects named Antonio Battisone aged 31 and Desent Catalano aged 22 Face charges and await formalities as authorities piece together testimonies.
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Baltimore
Buffalo
Salvatore Lupo
Black Hand
Antonio Battisone
Desent Catalano
Brain's Cousin Dead At Hotel Attack
The fragmentary report notes the death of Brian's cousin in a hotel attack. Names and precise details are unclear due to the damaged OCR, but the event centers on a fatal incident linked to Bryan and Revin K. Brian, with 5 cent identifiers and unspecified timings. The surviving readable items suggest a crime scene in a hotel and a suspect or related person named Bryan. further confirmation needed.
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D. Bra7n
K. Brian
Local incident injures crowd at event in Kentucky
A chaotic scene at a public gathering in Kentucky left a person severely injured. Fire personnel controlled a small blaze while bystanders aided until emergency crews arrived. Medical officials say the individual is expected to recover.
Explosion at Rome Exchange Rocks Forum of Agrippa
A gas explosion collapsed the roof of the Temple of Neptune at the Rome stock exchange in the Forum of Agrippa. Twenty clerks and others were injured, with no fatalities. Troops, police, and fire brigades responded as crowds flooded the streets and ambulances ferried the injured to hospitals.
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Rome
Neptuné
Hadrian
Agrippa
Stock Exchange
St. Peters
Thorofares
Miners Entombed Three Weeks In Alpha Mine
Ely Nevada January reports ten feet of rock removed in twenty four hours from the Alpha mine where three miners have been entombed for three weeks. Prisoners are supplied by a water pipe with food and water for at least a month and remain in good health.
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Ely
Nev
Death By Own Hand Foiled Arrest In Pittsburg
William G Reichard aged fifty faced arrest for forgery and fled through Pittsburg. Cornered in a hallway he drank carbolic acid and died hours later in a hospital after a city wide chase. Police were about to arrest him when he took his own life.
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Pittsburg
Jan
William G. Reichard
North Side
Reichard
Ages Pair Killed Crossing Express at Elwood New Jersey
William B. Dick an eighty two year old farmer and his sister Mrs Emily Heretare seventy six died instantly when struck by an Atlantic City express while crossing the Cherry street crossing in Elwood New Jersey. The carriage was hurled and the horse killed. The bodies were taken to a nearby house and a doctor pronounced them dead. A mine inspector James Martin died suddenly of hemorrhage of the lungs in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. He had led a posse in September 1897 during the Lattimer mine strike which killed twelve and wounded six.
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Philadelphia
Ferdinand Waeretko
West Wildey Street
Karerko
Lim
Elwood
N. J. Camden
N. J
Reading
William B. Dick
Emily Heretare
Cherry Street
Atlantic City Express
Strick
Greweh
Wikee-Barre
James Martin
Pintna
la Zerne County
Lattimer
Louis Editor Shot In Alley Clash At Daily World
Louis January 1 editor Al H Spink of the Daily World author of The Derby Winner and other plays was shot and critically wounded by employee Victor Groves after an argument with his son William Spink. Groves fired twice as Spink rushed to the scene, one bullet entering the editor's left shoulder and passing into his leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
At. Louis
St. Loui
al H. Spink
Cater
The
Daily World
Victor Groves
William Spink
Spink
Groves
Coroner investigates possible quarry murder in Cementon
In Allentown on January 1 Coroner Butz was summoned to Cementon to probe the death of John Grenacz found at the bottom of the Whitehell Cement company quarry. He had a severe scalp wound and was hurled or fell eighty feet. A hat lay fifty feet away the watch nearby and pockets turned inside out with no money found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Butz
Cementon
John Grenacz
Whitehell Cement Company
Dynamite Wrecks Allentown Church in Explosion
A quantity of dynamite stored in the basement of the Siegersville Union church exploded on New Year’s Day, gutting and destroying the building. No one was injured. The church, about forty years old, was built by Lutheran and Reformed congregations and had recently been used as a school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Siegersville Union Church
Lutreran
Reto
Father and Son Die as Colliery Collapse Traps Five
Two miners George Roberts and his son George were killed at Crows Nest coal mine near East Greenville. Three others were trapped by a fall. Rescuers worked two hours to reach the entombed men and brought them out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilied
Masitlon
George Roberts
George
Crows Nest
East Greenville
R. R. Lays Off 355 Men at East Pittsburgh Yard
The Pennsylvania Railroad cuts 355 jobs at East Pittsburgh freight yard, signaling reduced freight operations on the Petersburg cut off. The move impacts staffing and regional rail service, with local implications for workers and the community.
Colored men to meet in Philadelphia for political conference
A call to colored citizens across the nation invites a Philadelphia conference on April 7 led by Rev. William H. Scott Bishop Alexander Walters and William Monroe Trotter. The gathering aims to press parties on platforms for the next election and to identify preferred presidential candidates. In Pittsburgh a 32 year old man, John Whittakan, died after ingesting carbolic acid, despondent over separation from his wife.
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Philadelphia
Boston
William H. Scott
Suffrage League of
Boston and Vicinity
Alexander Walters
National Afro-American Council
William Monroe Trotter
New England Constitution and Suffrage League
Typhoid Victim Sues Over Water Pollution
Franklin residents sue Venango Water Co for damages alleging typhoid fever outbreak sourced to the city water. Suits filed by Rev. Dr. Maurice Penfield Fikes of the First Baptist Church and James B. Borland, editor of the Franklin Evening News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Venango Water Company
Maurice Penfield Fikes
First Baptist Church
James B. Borland
Franklin Evening News
Dr Thomas E Williams Dies In Richmond County Fire
Prominent Hanover physician Dr Thomas E Williams perished in a home fire near Peaks in Hanover County Richmond January The residence burned with its contents destroyed A son and daughter escaped after attempting to rescue him The cause remains unknown and details are incomplete
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Richmond
Thomas E. Williams
Hanover County
Peaks
Will Probe Camden Wreck in New Jersey
Trenton state railroad commission will investigate the Camden collision that killed three people. Inspector James Marbury reported a partial inquiry found the signal system inefficient and some trainmen at fault.
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Camden
Trenton
N. J
State Railroad Commission
James Marbury
Fant
Burglars Loot Beach Street Home Of German Theological Leader
Burglars broke into the residence of Rev. Dr. Arnold W. Fisher of the German Theological School at 19 Beach Street. They stole a large quantity of jewelry including diamond rings and old watches, valued at several hundred dollars. The family was away at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosbed
Iomfield
N. J
Arnold W. Fisher
German Theological School
Beach Street
Deaths in and around mines noted in 1807 coroner report
The Lackawanna county coroner’s 1807 report lists mine related fatalities. The first annual session of New York’s state legislature opened at noon on Wednesday with James Wadsworth Jr reelected as speaker. A fire in Pittsburgh heavily damaged the Evretsior building, injuring two firemen and causing about 109,065 dollars in damage. In Philadelphia a fifteen year old, Francis Gallagher, was crushed to death when another trolley car struck him as he attempted to alight from a rear car.
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Steins
Lackawanna County
New York State
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Evretsior
Pittsburg
Francis Gallagher
Paladeciphia
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Aapal
Slugger
Scalded
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Witem
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Exchange
R. R
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