Fortune Fades for Mayor Tom L Johnson in Traction Collapse
Cleveland mayor Tom L Johnson discloses he has lost his fortune and must abandon his Euclid Avenue home. He cites advocacy for civic reform over personal wealth, notes enemies plan financial trouble, and says he will run for mayor again after his current term. Municipal Traction Co receivership and bank collapses followed debt actions linked to his notes. He estimates about 400,000 dollars lost in Lorain ventures.
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Cleveland, O
Tom L. Johnson
Euclid Avenue
Albert
Alberts
Municipal Traction Company
Johnson
Deposit Savings and Trust Company
Lorain, O
Gary mayor seeks Bryan mule for Gary after Denver gift
Gary Mayor Tom Knotts announces he has contacted W. J. Bryan to claim the mule given to the defeated presidential nominee at the Denver convention. He notes Gary has the largest Democratic increase since the last election, arguing Gary deserves the animal.
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Hammond
Ind
Tom Knotts
Gary
W. J. Bryan
Denver
Knotts
Bryan
Stricker Dies In CarAttempt To Break 24Hour Record
In Birmingham on the fair grounds track a Renault race car driven by Emile Stricker at speeds over sixty miles an hour crashed killing Stricker instantly. His passenger Leon Barrows of Birmingham was seriously injured but survived.
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Birmingham
Ala
Emile Stricker
Leon Barrows
Stricker
Americans Pair Up for Canadian Homesteads
Official reports show since September 1 the new land act brought 23,291 homesteaders to western Canada taking up 2,750,000 acres. About 30 percent of the settlers came from the United States.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Man
United States
Bay City Postmaster Paid Two Cents By Uncle Sam
James La France former postmaster at Stewart in Bay City Michigan received full payment from Uncle Sam for a year’s services totaling 2 cents.
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Bay City
Mich
James la France
Stewart
Sam
Just Like Augustus
Boston special: Italian historian Guglielmo Ferrero compares Theodore Roosevelt to Emperor Augustus in rhetoric on divorce and race. Ferrero notes from London a review of Roosevelt writings sparked the remark Just like Augustus.
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Boston
Guglielmo Ferrero
Theodore Roosevelt
Augustus
London
B. C
A. D
Wilcox Warns Divorce May End Half of Marriages
In Ithaca New York a Cornell lecture by Prof. Walter F Wilcox on Vital Statistics in Marriage and Divorce warned that divorce rates could rise so fast that by century end half of marriages may end in divorce rather than death, if not checked.
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Ithica
N. Y
Cornell Department of Sanitary Science and Public Health
Walter F. Wilcox
Rockefeller on Stand Stand Denies Underhand Methods in Oil Case
John D. Rockefeller testified for over two hours in New York as part of the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil. He described the oil business history from modest beginnings to the formation of Standard Oil of Ohio, arguing the company grew as a natural outcome of industry growth rather than aggressive dominance.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
United States
Franklin Ferris
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Mr. Milburn
Mr. Rockefeller
Milburn
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Bryan Indicates No Immediate Run for Presidency
In San Antonio Texas William Jennings Bryan states he will not prejudge the future or heed opponents on possible runs for office. He says he will continue to defend views he believes benefit Americans and will decide on running for presidency only when action is required.
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Wm. J. Bryan
Pieiner's Digester Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Corn Shredder's Victim in Elgin Farm Accident
Sebastian Co Cromer a farmer of Eola Junction was crushed in a corn shredder in Elgin Illinois. He suffered multiple fatal injuries from the accident and died at the scene or shortly after.
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Elgin, Ill
Sebastian Co. Cromer
Eola Junction
Berlin Registers 40124 Idle in Census Count
An official census of Berlin and suburbs records 40,124 unemployed people including 1,716 women. The small female figure is attributed to high demand for domestic servants.
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Berlin
Washington Special: New Nine Cent Stamps Sold In Large Batch
The new issue of nine cent stamps debuts with no numerals in the design. The Post Office Department reports over two hundred million stamps printed and placed on sale nationwide.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Taft Campaign Fund Receives Broad Support From Thousands
Report by George R. Sheldon shows the 1908 Republican fund for William H. Taft totaled about 1.7 million with Charles P. Taft contributing 160,000 and four others at 25,000 each. Roosevelt gave 1,000 and letters. About 20,000 donors included 6,000 western supporters, many women, and a rare Democratic cross over in large numbers.
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New York
George R. Sheldon
State Auditor of
Albany
William H. Taft
Charles P. Taft
Andrew Carnegie
Nelson Cromwell
J. P. Morgan
Whitelaw Reid
Roosevelt
Sheldon
Charles Taft
Republican Party
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Standard Oil earnings spotlight in 1907 testimony
Rockefeller testified Standard Oil paid dividends of 40 million dollars in 1907 and earned as much again, boosting the company's surplus cited by government counsel at 300 million dollars. Kellogg added the company had earned nearly 500 million dollars in the last eight years.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Standard
Kellogg
Country Faces Paper Famine in U.S. Newspapers
Appleton Wisconsin special reports that unless weather remains abnormal nationwide through year end a serious print paper shortage could force reductions in metropolitan newspaper sizes and may suspend many smaller interior-town papers, according to Wisconsin manufacturers.
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Appleton
Wis
United States
Wisconsin
Reiss Campaign Expenses Total 10 Cents
Timothy Reiss, defeated Democratic candidate for Congress, filed a campaign expense account in Sharon Pennsylvania noting a platform pledge to send constituents a seed package. He now can distribute only seeds of kindness as his five letters cost 10 cents for postage.
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Sharon
Timothy Reiss
Congress
Indian Tribe Faces Starvation Near Hudson Bay
Word arrives that 500 Indians in Fort George district near Hudson Bay face starvation as wolves threaten game in the area. The tribe lies about 200 miles east of the Hudson Bay post supplying their region.
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Winnipeg
Man
Fort George
Hudson Bay Post
First Canal Zone execution in Panama ends in Culebra
Hubert Stout a Barbadian native hanged at Culebra for the murder of a Panama woman marking the first execution since the United States assumed charge of the canal zone.
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Canal Zone
Panama
Hubert Stout
Barbadoes
Culebra
Rescue Effort Sought After Mine Fire Claims Six Miners
Special fire in the fourth drift of the Northwestern Improvement Company's Red Lodge mine in Butte Montana traps about twenty miners and threatens many others. Six dead with faint hope of others escaping.
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Butte
Mont
Northwestern Improvement Company
Red Lodge
Ironmaster Carnegie Advocates Ending Tariff for Infant Industries
Andrew Carnegie argues in Century Magazine that infant industries have matured and no longer require tariff protection. He urges reducing or abolishing duties on most manufactured goods while preserving tariffs on luxuries for revenue, predicting a broader shift to free competition and revenue-focused policy.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Century Magazine
Ironmaster
Carnegie
Congress
Highbinders in Denver Fight Over Fantan Tables
Chinatown in Denver faces its first Highbinder war as gambling house owners clash for control of fantan tables and lottery. Yee Long, a gambler, dies in an alley poisoned amid the tong dispute.
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Denver
Col
Chinatown
Yee Long
Gamler
Tongs
Forgery Empire Worth $2 Million Found
Chicago authorities uncover that the forgeries tied to Peter Van Vlissingen total nearly $2,000,000, far above the $700,000 he claimed in his confession. The news follows his transfer to Joliet Penitentiary.
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Chicago
Peter van Vlissingen
Joliet
Queen Wilhelmina Closed to Private Audiences Next Spring
The Hague Cable reports physicians ban Queen Wilhelmina from her customary private audiences due to an upcoming event expected next spring.
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the Hague
Wilhelmina
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Charley
Mor
Gan and
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Moros
Malabang
Manila
Colden Rule Rheumatic Remedy CO
Columbus
Ohio
Emblem Bicycles
Emblem Mfc. Company
Angola
Jones
the Naboth Vineyards
Railroads
U. S
F. McArdle
Transportation and Mechanical
Clover Leaf
National Correspondence School of Railroading
Michigan Ave
30Th St
Deaters
Harkins & Willis, Manufacturers
Ann Arbor
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Heinzelman Bros. Carriage CO
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