Court Receivership Controls Waters-Pierce Asset Sale in Texas
A Texas court orders a receiver to decide when to sell the physical property and goodwill of Waters-Pierce Oil, barred from doing business in the state by anti trust law. The receiver must operate under court injunction, with sale timing potentially years away, as the state attorney may object to bidders linked to Waters-Pierce. The ousted company remains managed by a court appointed agent, accruing profits but lacking operational control, while oil trades continue in the company’s name.
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Austin
Texas
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Brer Fox II Breaks Mississippi Motor Boat Record
The Brer Fox II owned by Morris P. Dean of Cincinnati arrived in New Orleans after covering 1 554 miles in 54 hours 21 minutes 5 seconds breaking the Mississippi river motor boat speed record. The Brer Fox I left Cincinnati April 22 to carry a message from Ohio Governor Hermon to Louisiana Governor Sanders and aimed to beat the 117 hour record, hoping for sixty hours. the Brer Fox II surpasses expectations.
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Cincinnati
New Orleans
Morris P. Dean
Mississippi River
M. E. Dean
Here
Hermon
Ohio
Sanders
Louisiana
Crescentity
Missing Blaugh children vanish from Latrobe yard
Neighbors scoured woods and dragged a nearby creek after Emma and Alvin Blaugh five disappear from their Latrobe home. The children were last seen playing in sight of the houses Friday afternoon while a circus was in town. Posses searched for forty eight hours with little hope of locating them.
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Latrobe
Emma
Alvin Blaugh
Michael J. Blaugh
Blaugh
Train collision near Cleveland kills two women
In Ohio twelve miles south of Cleveland a Pennsylvania railroad train collided with a carriage. Two women from Michigan and Ohio were killed as they were being taken to a station. a boy was seriously injured and three others injured. Bodies were thrown about a hundred feet.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Michigan
Ohio
Japan in Panama Canal Zone Sparks U S Probe
Washington learns Secretary Dickinson will study reports that Japanese are being colonized in the canal zone. Colombia is named as the origin source and U S officials plan to press Colombia for clarification while avoiding direct dealings with Japan. The issue includes spy concerns and war-time sensitivity.
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Washington, D. C
Dickinson
Panama
War Department
Canal Zone
Republic of Colombia
United States
Japan
Art Administration
Taft
Father offers 5000 reward for missing Adele Boas
Arthur Boas, father of 13 year old Adele Boas, offers a five thousand dollar reward for her return after she vanished Friday afternoon near Colum bus avenue and Highty-first street. Police and detectives have not found any trace, and authorities fear she may have been lured into a closed vehicle.
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New York
Arthur
Boas
Adele
Columbus Avenue
Highty-first Street
West Highty-eighth Street
Pacey Hill Executed for Slaying Chloe Hancock
In Auburn New York Pacey Hill was electrocuted for the murder of Chloe Hancock at her home near Cuba New York on March 18 1908. Officials said no body would be present as Hill faced execution and he recited the twenty third Psalm before dying after two shocks were administered.
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Auburn
New York
Pacey Hill
Chloe Hancock
Cuba
N. Y
Miners Delay Meeting in New York to Thursday
Philadelphia report says the planned coal operators meeting in New York has been postponed to Thursday afternoon awaiting the outcome of the miners convention. The miners' executive board met in Scranton on Monday.
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Philadelphia
New York
Scranton
Helen Faulkner Offered Vaudeville Stage Role
Sharon Pennsylvania newspapers report Helen Faulkner an alleged accomplice in Willie Whitla kidnaping has an offer from an eastern theatrical syndicate to appear in afternoon and evening shows for about $500 a week there is no confirmation of acceptance or details about the case
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Helen
Sharon
Pennsylvania
Helen Faulkner
Willie Whitla
Wrights Sell Aero Rights to Italian Syndicate
Rome reports that Wilbur Wright has sold the Italian rights to his aeroplane to a syndicate for 200000 dollars. The deal signals progress in international aviation collaboration and monetizes early aviation tech through a European partnership.
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Wrights
Rome
Wilbur Wright
Carrie Nation Moves to Arkansas Farm Post Retirement
Mrs. Carrie Nation uses proceeds from souvenir hatchets to buy a Boone County Arkansas farm. She plans retirement on the homestead, raising chickens pigs pigeons and peas.
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Carrie
Harrison
Arkansas
Carrie Nation
Boone County
United States Mayflower Sails with Secretary Dickinson
Kingston Jamaica reports the Mayflower has departed Monday carrying Secretary of War Dickinson and his party, part of a diplomatic or official voyage at sea.
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Kingston
Jamaica
United States
Mayflower
Dickinson
Blackhand Plot Kills Eight in Spring Street Fire
An incendiary fire in a six story tenement at 37 Spring Street, started by blackmailers who saturated halls with kerosene, trapped occupants and caused eight deaths while 14 others were seriously injured or maimed. Victims include Luigi Bellevia Stephano Bellevia Anna De Bonis Annette De Bonis Frank De Bonis Consette Pontetti Dominick Puzzelli Matteo Viappiana.
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New York
N. Y
Spring Street
Luigi Bellevia
Stephano Bellevia
Anna de Bonis
Annette de Bonis
Frank de Bonis
Consette Poncetti
Dominick Puzzelli
Matteo Viappiana
Dayton arson arrest ties to two fires and possible murders
Carr, 34, arrested in Dayton by Deputy State Fire Marshals O B Hullinger and Harlan Hollenbeck on arson charges linked to a Middlestetter restaurant fire and a Middlestetter home fire. Authorities also consider him a suspect in the Elizabeth Fulhart murder found in a cistern on Jefferson Street and another unidentified woman’s death.
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Dayton
Ohio
Mimer Carr
O. B. Hullinger
Harlan H. Hollenbeck
Carr
Middlestetter
Fulhart
Endorsement of the Lock Type Canal by Congressmen
A congressional party returning from the Panama Canal zone on the Panama steamer voiced renewed support for the lock type canal and assured the stability of the Gatum dam. Representative Michael F. Conry praised the trip and urged the lock system, with James Jamieson and James McLachlan backing the view and urging funds for ten 5,000 ton steamships to run Puget Sound to Panama and supply New York.
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New York City
Gatum
Congressional
Panama
Canal
Michael F. Conry
New York
William Darium Jamieson
Iowa
Conry
James McLachlan
California
Puget Sound
Fire breaks out in city tenement قتل streets and flames
A violent explosion on the fourth and fifth floors of a tenement drove residents to the roof and street. Mothers threw children from windows. police and firemen rescued survivors as 50 people huddled amid smoke. A Black Hand note demanded $1600 from J Bruck of Spring Street.
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Green
Mulberry Street
Brosmer
New York
Storm Devastates Cherokee Area Demolishing Homes
A fierce storm swept 2 to 5 miles north of Cherokee Iowa causing thousands of dollars in damage. The wind and hail wrecked more than twenty houses and barns though no casualties were reported. The event affected a wide rural area with extensive structural damage.
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Cherokee
Iowa
Nail
Thwing Reinstates Two Dwyer and Thomas After Class Fight
At Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio President Thwing ends the sophomore strike by reinstating William Dwyer and Henry Thomas expelled after last Tuesday’s class fight.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Reserve University
Thwing
William Dwyer
Henry Thomas
Seven Die in Nebraska Duck Season
Omaha reports seven men killed due to careless gun handling as Nebraska closes the spring duck hunting season.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Evidence connects Carr to Fulhart murder and theft
The witness and her daughter recount Carr’s late night arrival with a package containing corduroy trousers that were burned after being saturated with kerosene. He allegedly threatened the witness to stay silent and hinted at future sensational killings.
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Carr
Fulhart
Diety Doubter Scored by Ewing Leader in Conference
Dr J A Leavitt president of Ewing College denounced University of Chicago professor George B Foster for doubting God calling his remarks treachery unapproachable by Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot He urged Foster leave the Baptist church and resign while also criticizing former President Roosevelt for vetoing meritorious legislation at a Baptist ministers conference.
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Chicago
Benedict Arnold
Judas Iscariot
J. A. Leavitt
Ewing College
Ewing, Ill
George B. Foster
University of Chicago
Leavitt
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Foster
Baptist Church
Chicago University
Roosevelt
Mount Vernon Car Shops Open on Big Minneapolis & St. Louis Contract
Mount Vernon Car company resumes operations after a year long hiatus on a major contract for the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad. The Mount Vernon shops will run a full force of about 1,000 workers.
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Mount Vernon
Linois
Mount Vernon Car Company
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Four Boys Fatally Burned In Oil Well Blaze
In Zanesville Ohio four boys aged 12 to 15 were fatally burned while playing near an oil well Monday during an attempt to blow the well. Lestern McIntyre Fred Booms James Murgatroy and James Maxwell were named among the victims.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Lestern McIntyre
Fred Booms
James Murgatroy
James Maxwell
Unprecedented Gales Sweep Midwest to Atlantic Coast
Reports say 57 dead with two towns possibly blown away in a devastating wind hail and rain storm. Widespread injuries and great property damage follow from Great Lakes to Mississippi and on to the Atlantic coast. Telegraph wires crippled. Memphis reports 21 dead. Chicago suffers the most, with ten fatalities. Two fatalities occur in St. Louis, and a Mississippi River drowning is noted.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Ifty
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Middle West
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Town Is Swept Away Report
A storm that swept across Arkansas and northern Mississippi late Thursday night is reported to have swept away the small town of Horn Lake in De Soto County Mississippi. Horn Lake lies about 30 miles south of Memphis.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
Arkansas
Horn Lake
de Soto County
Miss
Memphis
Cyclone Rips Forest City Area Killing Two and Wounding Several
A cyclone swept across Forest City Arkansas late Thursday. It killed Miss Nancy Young and seriously injured her siblings Curtis and Lena Young in West Marion. Aaron Polk’s wife may die while Mrs Hill Thrash near Wheatley is badly hurt. One named victim John Smith, a negro, is expected to die. Twenty four houses were demolished and relief was sent from Wheatley in St Francis county.
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Forest City
Arkansas
Wheatley
West Marion
Nancy Young
Curtis
Lena
Aaron Polk
Hill Thrash
John Smith
St. Francis County
Memphis
Brinkley
Monroe County
Tornado Hits Northwest Arkansas. Several Hurt
A tornado swept across Washington and Crawford counties injuring at least six people and wrecking eight houses near Kibler. Harriott?on was reported blown away with severe damage at Dyer and Springdale. Loss of life feared.
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Fort Smith
Arkansas
Washington
Crawford
Kibler
Harroiton
Dyer
Springdale
Hailstorm Scoops Up Windsor Gardens
A severe hailstorm hit Windsor Missouri at 4 p m Thursday following two days of strong winds. Residents scooped up hailstones with shovels after drifts reached two to three inches deep damaging windows and gardens.
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Windsor
Missouri
Hailstorm Crashes Windows in Rolla Missouri
A fierce hail storm struck Rolla on Thursday evening, delivering stones 6 to 10 inches in circumference. Extensive damage covered windows across town and at the School of Mines.
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Rolla
Missouri
School of Mines
Storm Damages Peoria Rail Yards and City
A cyclonic storm struck Peoria Illinois at 5 30 PM Thursday unroofing the Burlington freight house damaging the union depot and P and P U roundhouse. Several box cars were blown from tracks three flagmen shanties demolished and ships on the Illinois river damaged. Wires down left Peoria isolated for hours.
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Peoria
Illinois
Burlington
Union
Illinois River
Praise for Gen Grant at Taft birthday dinner in Philadelphia
President Taft addressed the Union League in Philadelphia on General Grant praising him as a man, soldier, and chief executive. A delayed New York express car coupling caused a nearly hour-long delay before Taft arrived. Thousands greeted him at Broad Street Station and outside the Union League Club as he met with 2,000 members and gave an extemporaneous speech amid laughter and applause.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Taft
Grant
Union League
General Grant
United States
Washington
New York Express
Independence
Boad Street
Union League Clinic
Broadstreet
First City Troop of Cavalry
Union League Club
Horace Porter
New York
James E. Hope
South
Girl 13 to Wed 36 Year Old in Shenandoah Area
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania Miss Mary Stanzel aged 13 was granted a marriage license to wed Joseph Grager aged 36 the next day. Her father accompanied her to Magistrate Giblin where the papers were filed as part of the wedding process.
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Shenandoah
Mary” Stanzel
Joseph Grager
Giblin
Great River Forecast by Professor On Niagara Changes
Professor J. T. Goode predicts that within three thousand years the Niagara river will dry and Chicago will source a vast river from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico. His assertion hinges on observed ground changes at Niagara Falls in a communication to the Association of Bank Clerks.
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Chicago
Illinois
Niagara
Lake Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
J. T. Goode
Association of
Bank Clerks
Niagara Falls
Blood of Joliet Arrested on Mail Fraud Charge
F. H. Blood of Joliet was arrested by federal authorities on a mail fraud charge. He allegedly offered to pay eight dollars per hundred letters but required each applicant to send one dollar as proof of good faith.
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Joliet
Ilinois
F. H. Blood
Blood
Labor Commissioner Dead in Cleveland at 54
State Labor Commissioner Lewis died in Cleveland on Wednesday of pneumonia at age 54. He was a brother of Thomas L Lewis president of the United Mine Workers and was prominent in national labor circles. his home was in Columbus.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lewis
Thomas L Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Columbus
Newspaper War Triggers Carnation Giveaway Tactics in South Norwalk
In South Norwalk Connecticut a newspaper price war led dealers to give papers away while one bold vendor offered every female buyer a three cent carnation. The scramble to attract readers intensified as prices dropped and promotions multiplied.
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South Norwals
Conn
Fire Destroys Lockport Rubber Works
The Lockport rubber works in the old Holley building on Lock street was totally destroyed by fire early Wednesday. Loss estimated at 200 dollars.
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Lockport Rubber Works
Lockport
New York
Holley
Lock Street
Will Erect Mars Tower in Fort Worth
Fort Worth boasted a plan to build a Mars observatory with Professor Wood of Johns Hopkins University endorsing the project to communicate with Mars. The effort aims to establish a pioneering optical or radio link pending funding and site preparation.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Wood of Wood
Johns Hopkins University
Dr. A M French Dies at 88 in Springfield
Dr. A M French, a prominent dentist and noted bibliologist, died Tuesday night in Springfield, Illinois, at age 88.
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Arthur Boas
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Isthmus
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Gulf
Tennessee
DeSoto County
Trinkley
Mary Hyde
Adams Street
Gen. Grant
Philadelphia Banqlet
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