Bailey and Archbold Documents Tie to Waters-Pierce Oil Deals
The article details letters and notes from 1901 linking J. W. Bailey of Texas to Waters-Pierce Oil Company dealings, with references to Archbold and speakers like Mr. Sibley. It questions Bailey's knowledge of Pierce’s ties to Standard Oil and notes payments and loans recorded in company ledgers.
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Te Pretegregh
Latter
Texas
H.C. Pierce
Joseph Bibae
Pennsylvania
Hearat
Denver
Foraker
Mr. Haskell
Iallay
Blaconptato
Haskell
Okini I
Archbold
Bailey
Bng
Mr. Bailey
Washington, D. C
H. ©. Pierce
Louis
J. W. Bailey
Joseph C. Sibley
House of Representatives
Sibley
John D
Sunny Jim declines water plunge at river invitation
Gov Haskell backs Benedict editor of Oklo Times in a quirky scene as Republican vice presidential candidate James Sherman is invited to swim the Ohia river but declines. Sherman grins at the request and wears a midsummer outfit for a river excursion while Longworth is labeled the administration joker amid Taft remarks.
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Scoma
Sunny Jim
Bvoeneville
Ind
Ohia
James B. Sherman
Assistant Treasurer Hamilton Fish Resigns in New York
President Roosevelt has accepted the resignation of Hamilton Fish, assistant treasurer of the United States in New York, effective October 21. Fish, nominated by Republicans of the Twenty-first district for Congress, will not have a successor named yet as the president considers options to manage the large bond issue and duties of the office.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hamilton Fish
United States
New York
Fish
Twenty-first
Congress
Thomas Lawson Injured In Carriage Accident In Egypt
Financier Thomas W. Lawson was thrown from a basket phaeton near North Scituate, kicked by a horse, and left unconscious. He was treated at a drug store and later taken home to Dreamword in an automobile with facial and scalp injuries, while his daughter Miss Bunnie Lawson escaped unharmed.
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Finsneler
Garriage
Moree
Egypt
Masa
Thoman W. Lawson
North Scituate
Me Lawson
Dreamword
Lawson
Buried With Bread: Man Interred With Rye Loaf
In New York Brooklyn Adolph Raab is buried with a loaf of rye bread as per his dying request. The bread had been saved by his wife four years earlier after she died cutting a loaf at the dinner table. Raab revealed the secret before death and asked the loaf be buried with him. Miss Ettabeth Ogden died after being thrown from a buggy in Clearfield Pennsylvania as her horse bolted on Nichols Street.
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Longworth
Washington
Loingworth
Taft
Theodore
Loeb
New York
Adolph Raab
Brooklyn
Rand
Bugsy
Clearfield
Etteabeth Ogden
Nichols Street
Miss Ogden
Roosevelt to Campaign Across Nation With Six Speeches
Report from Nebraska dated Oct 5 says Roosevelt plans a nationwide tour to stump for his candidacy. Information suggests at least six appearances on a journey from the Midwest to the Pacific, with a coach planned for a San Francisco stop. Bryan offered no comment on the Funds to Fight program.
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Roosevelt
Wen
Muic
Pacific
San
Bryan
New Presiding Elder Named for North Philadelphia Conference
In Stroudsburg on October 5 Rev William Powick pastor of Stroudsburg Methodist Episcopal church announced his appointment by Bishop Cranston as district superintendent or presiding elder of the North Philadelphia conference. He fills the vacancy caused by the death of Rev H Hoover. Lovers killed by train in Queens New York on October 5 Semmes English thirty two and his fiancée Catherine Murph twenty were struck by an express and killed near Winfield Queensborough Manhattan residents.
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Stroudsburg
William Powick
New York
Long Island
Winfield
Queensborough
Semmes
Catherine Murph
Aattan
Congress Opposes Koch View on Bovine Tuberculosis
At the sixth triennial International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington, delegates unanimously recognized the possibility of human infection from bovine tuberculous bacilli and urged continued preventive measures, while Dr Robert Koch stood firm in his position. President Roosevelt praised the congress and medical science's progress against disease.
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Washington
Robert Koch
Koch
Abraham Jacobi
New York
Korth
London
Roosvelt
Errat
Roosevelt
Man and Wife Plunge Into River To Escape Fire
New York diamond merchant John D. Northup and his wife, Mrs. Northup, jumped from their bungalow as a blazing wire explosion ignited alcohol fumes. He carried her to the river bank, then both leaped into the water to escape the flames. Both were badly burned. she was reported in serious condition and at risk of death.
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Sea Bright
N. J
John D. Northup
New York
Northup
Shrewsbury
Drowned Seaman From North Carolina Incident
A. G. Seaman from Philadelphia drowned after falling overboard while returning to the United States cruiser North Carolina during the naval display for Founder’s Week. The body was recovered.
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A. G. Seaman
Philadelphia
William Werner
Seaman
United Stated
North Carolina
London club forms for cheerful men only
A London newspaper outlines a new 20 member Optimists Club inviting cheerful men who pledge bright attitudes. The club will feature smiling portraits, gay decor, mottoes such as Why Worry It Will Be All the Same in a Hundred Years, champagne for doubts, and lectures on current topics. Temporary quarters planned near Piccadilly as organizers seek a permanent clubhouse with a cheerful past.
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Rendon
London
Sir John Falstaff
Dr. Pangloss
Mark Tapley
Piccadily
Statue of Free Cuba Monument Nears Completion in Rome
The Handcome Monument to Jose Marti is nearly finished in Rome and destined for Havana. The twenty four foot statue shows Marti with a book inscribed Cuba Libra and a nude figure of Liberation beneath. High reliefs depict Marti as a youth prisoner and a hero felled in battle. Cuban minister Ronor Quesada approved the project from Washington.
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Havana
Cnat
Cuba
Jose Marti
Sleilah
Balvatore Juomi
Marti
Jose Mariia
Ronor Quesada
Washington
Navy eyes heavier aeroplane for ship scouting
Lieutenant George C. Sweet works on a naval aeroplane plan tested at Fort Maer near Washington. If approved, the craft will be a two person, 350 pound weight, hour long endurance craft with 40 mph speed, adapted for water landings with a boatlike hull.
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Sweet
Fort Maer
Washington
Orvile Wright
Navy
Navy Department
George C. Sweet
Bureau of Equipment Ma
Motealf
Paris opens dogs school for polite behavior
An English paper reports a Paris education wrinkle a school for dogs trains them to greet visitors with wagging tails and bows and to pick up and return dropped items. In Milton Tod Mrs Lycurgus Beeron grows an eleven foot dahlia in her yard blooming with many flowers.
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Paris
Dahlila
Lycurgus Beeron
Milton, Tod
Baa & Dumber
Fae Fowers
Western Maryland Opens Season With 6 0 Victory
Western Maryland College defeats local Y M C A eleven in the season opener at New Athletic Park by 6 to 0. The game featured a new wide open style, a first-half Western Maryland touchdown after ten minutes, and a second half dominated by Frederick football as the visitors pressed near the three-yard line at game end.
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Western Maryland College
New Athletic Park
Frederick
MLC
Iuinagetat
Western Maryland
WMCGA
Wilkinson RE. Storm
Wight
Munshower
Sheen
Jordan St. G. Neitz
Chane
Landauer
Leary
Thomas
Marsh
Duke L. T
Hows Mickergall
L. E. Motter
Given
Gehe
B.C. Hendrickson
Robinson
Wrey
R.H B. Crenger
Burchell
B. A. Hendrickson
Boys Pay to Be Sailors on White Star Training Vessel
The White Star training ship Mersey sails from Liverpool with forty cadets whose parents paid $1,000 each for four years of instruction in navigation and seamanship. Cadets aim for second mate exams and sixth mate status at $30 monthly. Mersey funded to meet officer shortages. ship to Melbourne at reduced operating cost.
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White Star
Mersey Tins
Liverpool
Melbourne
Australia
England
Mersey
Peninsular and Oriental Company
Enders
River Thames
Wanamaker Belfry to Honor Thomas Wanamaker in Schuylkill
A granite tower with mausoleum for Thomas Wanamaker and a chapel will rise at the Episcopal Church of St James the Less in Fall of Schuylkill Pa. The project costs 150000 dollars and includes a set of chimes from abroad. The Wanamaker family will fund the memorial. Bronze doors and white marble interiors will complement a Gothic design. In Atlanta a Joel Chandler Harris memorial gains a 1000 dollar gift from Thomas F Ryan of New York with a personal note urging use of the funds for Harris’s tribute.
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Thomas B
Falla
Schuylkill
United States
Tata Thomas
Wanamaker
Episcopal Church of St
Uncle Remus
Thomas F. Ryan
New York
Atlanta
Caele Remus
Joel Chandler Harris
Harris
Telepathy Claim Highlights Mind Link Across Rooms
A telepathic woman describes a case where she sensed her sister undergoing surgery. She recounts entering a trance, feeling anxious in the anteroom, then falling asleep as the ether was administered, asserting mental connection despite physical distance.
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Ming
Thompson Held Over for Assault to Wife in Drunken Quarrel
Al Thompson appeared before Justice Piensietlate I on Saturday night charged with assaulting his wife Jane Thompson. Witnesses testified he returned home drunk Monday evening, smashed dishes during a quarrel, and drove his daughter from the house. He waived a jury trial and was committed to the House of Correction for six months.
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Home OF Correction
al. Thompson
Justice Piensietlate 1
Jane Thompson
Thompson
House of Correction
Western Maryland Railroad shop to run almost full-time
An announcement notes Western Maryland Railroad shops in Hagerstown will operate nearly full-time. The workforce stood around 350 on Saturday, with 10 hour days all week. Last year 465 were employed before a downturn reduced both staff and hours. Two months ago hours rose to nine daily for five days weekly. Officials say traffic is rising and October looks bright.
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Bow
Maryland
Tepadr Shopa
Hagaratown
Pushet
Two Marriages Recorded In Reformed Parsonage
Hymeneal notices state Samuel B. Eagle of Brunewick wed Nellie M. Wirts of Knoxville at the Reformed parsonage with Rev. Dr. Eschbach officiating Henry C Allen and Rosa V Lowe, also of Brunewick, were married October 1 in the same parish by Rev. Benj D Porter.
Frederick Market Prices from Farmers' Exchange
Quotations show prices for corn, wheat, oats, hay, flour, bran, meal and dairy feeds from Frederick County Farmers' Exchange. Includes per bushel, per barrel and per ton figures for commodities like No 2 red, yellow corn, white corn, timothy, clover, wheat, flour, bran, midellings, and dairy feeds.
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Frederick County Farmers' Exchange
Timothy
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