Prosecution Talked After Booth Fish Company Failure
Chicago report details that stockholders threaten prosecutions over A Booth Co failure. Ten Chicago banks hold notes totaling about 2.5 million against roughly 6 million in liabilities as receivers review wayward statements and stock sales. Officials meet to untangle debts while authorities pursue responsibility for misleading disclosures.
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Chicago
A. Booth & Co
Chalme
Booth & Co
Irai
County Meet Program Set for Port Byron
The Rock Island County Sunday School convention will be held at Port Byron on September 22 and 23. The program runs Tuesday 9 am to Wednesday afternoon with theme past present and future of Sunday school work in Illinois. Senator Co F Berry of Carthage will give the principal address Tuesday evening. J Schenck of Paris will speak Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. H A Weld and Dr. R B Williams will also address meetings. County officers include President H E Van Duzer and Vice President Harry Ainsworth with other officers listed. township presidents named for Cordova Coe Port Byron Canoe Creek Zuma Hampton South Moline Moline Rock Island and South Rock Island with several elected or not elected.
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Rock Island
Home Department
H. A. Weld
R. B. Williams
Assoc
H. E. van Duzer
Harry Ainsworth Moline
J. G. Hazard
Detla Shutte
Andalusia
Marion Humphreys
W. B. Clemmer
J. W. Stewart
John Hauberg
Moline
E. B. McKown
Cordova
Ed. Cool
Coe
Earl Flickinger
Port Byron
Canoe Creek
Justin Daily
Zuma
Guy Ventres
Hampton
W. A. Jamison
South Moline
Peter Kneberg
J. H. Nichols
South Rock Island
DeWitt Gitt Ition
German Emperor Not France's Guest
Altenberg Alsace September 12 Emperor William did not cross into French territory on a Vosges sightseeing trip though he was welcomed by French officials. He spoke to Alsatians promising peaceful development under German protection and national flag, and said Alsace would prosper and never be disturbed.
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Altenberg
Alsace
William
Vosges
Mercer County Fair Opens Next Tuesday at Aledo
The 55th Mercer county fair begins next Tuesday in Aledo and closes Friday. The program includes the usual features that have made the Mercer county fair among the best in the state.
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Mercer County
Aledo
Mercer County Fair
Straus Plans Wide Campaign Tour With Taft Help
Secretary of Commerce Straus and T V Powderly arrived in Cincinnati to map campaign work with Taft. Straus vowed to speak in New York and Chicago and elsewhere as labor welfare remains a focus, criticizing Bryan as dangerous. Plans include a western swing through Missouri Kansas Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Indiana with additional eastern and southern trips to follow. Taft and Hitchcock discussed long distance calls shaping these itineraries. $20 gold coins won’t stack prompting mint to halt work due to counting issues.
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Bryan
Ciscinnati
Ohio
West
A. Vorys
New York
Ithorial
Lee
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa Minois
Indiana
Wother
Taft
Atleyal
Hitchcock
Verys
San Francisco
Treasury Department
Attempt on Life of Governor Fort of New Jersey
Infernal machine addressed to Governor Fort of New Jersey found in mail. Powder and bullets inside. sender unknown. Postal inspectors opened and halted the device before delivery, amid heightened mail scrutiny following the governor’s crackdown on excise laws at Atlantic City.
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Governor Fort
New Jersey
Seagit
N. J
Atlantic City
Bryan Denies Hearst Allegation In 1912 Pact Claim
William Jennings Bryan travels by special car Olivette to Cumberland and Wheeling with crowds cheering his eastward swing. He says Hearst’s claim he sought Hearst’s support in 1912 is absolutely false while stressing Democratic labor planks and anti injunctions in Wheeling.
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Cumberland
William J. Ttryan
Olivette
Baltimore & Ohio
John T. McGraw
West Virginia
Bryan
de Park
Wheeling
Hearst
Atlanta
William R. Hearst
W. Va
William Jennings Bryan
Ohio River
Ohio
Taft
Columbus
Steubenville
Sunspot prompts electrical disturbances and political clash
A vast sunspot covering 2 250 000 square miles is expected to cause serious electrical disturbances. The passage recalls Mr Taft and Mr Bryan’s speeches with Bryan asking voters if senators should be elected directly and if campaign contributions should be published above a minimum, drawing strong audience support for the Democratic platform.
Remarkable aurora linked to giant sunspot study
Pittsburg on September 12 reports Dr John A Brashear photographed a sunspot covering 2 250 000 000 square miles with an estimated 60 000 degree temperature. He links aurora borealis to sunspots and foresees magnetic disturbances. Telegraph lines failed east and north of Chicago. earth currents caused outages.
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Pittsburg
John A. Brashear
Brashear
Chicago
Dr.Brashear
Sloughs Dry Up Mississippi Water Drops to 2.3 Feet
The Mississippi River stage fell to 2.3 feet with no sign of rising, sloughs drying from St. Paul downstream, boats limited to mid channel, and fish habitat deteriorating as many sloughs near the area are now dry or cut off. The situation threatens the upcoming excursion and packet season while offering poor prospects for fishing in the coming years.
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Mississippi
St. Paul
Doibat
Will Divides the Estate of Mrs Glockoff
The will of the late Mrs Katherine Glockoff is probated in county court with demands for no contest. Bequests include 4000 to Bertha Russ daughter 500 to a granddaughter 500 to Bertha Glockoff 3400 to Mrs Laisa Glockoff rest to George Glockhoff son and Mrs Julia Schecker daughter both named executors. Will dated July 19 1908.
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Katherine Glockoff
Bertha Russ
Bertha Glockoff
Laisa Glockoff
San
George Glockhoff
Julia Schecker
Four Hit By An Engine On Lake Shore Road
Four men from Buffalo walking on the Lake Shore road were struck by a fast light engine. Two were mangled and died almost instantly, another was badly hurt and died at a hospital, while the fourth escaped serious injuries. The incident occurred in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 12.
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Clevrland
Ohio
Lake Shore Road
Buffalo
Young Steel Magnate Shot Near Carnegie Legacy
Pittsburg September reports Andrew Kloman, grandson of a Carnegie partner, was found shot on Grand Boulevard and died hours later. Employed at Carnegie Steel, relatives say highwaymen victim. Police puzzled by the incident and not ready to accept robbery theory.
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Andrew Kioman
Pittsburg
Andrew Kloman
Aldrew Carnegie
Pioneer Iron and Steel
Grand Boulevard
Young Kloman
Carnegie Steel Company
Gas blast injures five at Wahl Adding Machine vault
Five Wahl Adding Machine Company workers were possibly fatally injured in Chicago when illuminating gas exploded as the vault door was opened and a gas jet lit. The accident occurred today as crews attempted to light the jet after opening the vault.
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Chicago
Wahl Adding Machine Company
Methodists At Canton Hold A Lay Conference
A lay conference of the Central Illinois Methodist conference met in Canton with over 100 churchmen forming officers for the coming year. J T Noftsker of Rock Island named a visitor to Hedding College. Notable speakers included W P MacVey of Hedding and Dr R B Williams with plans urged for conference support of educational institutions and 10 cent per member pledge.
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Ilinois
Methodist Church
Canton
J.T. Noftsker
Hedding College
D. T. Douglas
Colfax
E. W. Climer
Normal
Charles Cotterell
Kankakee
L. F. Gumbart
William Hazzard
Peoria
I. I. O'Hara
Galesburg
J. T. Noftsker
Rock Island
H. D. Kent
D. K. Morson
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Rock Island County
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Miss Trent
EB Schenek
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Cleveland, Ohio
T. Douglass of
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W. P. MacVey
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