Important News Notes Of A Week
A roundup of notable events and personal information includes Herman Yerkes giving 10000 to teach temperance, Max Pam offering 1000 for Notre Dame thesis on religion in education, Henry Graves named chief forester to succeed Pinchot, and other items from New York to Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Yerkes
Bordentown
N. Y
Max Pam
Chicago
Notre Dame University
Henry §. Graves
Yale School of Forestry
United States
Gifford Pinchot
Graves
Division of Forestry
Agricultural Department
Pinchot
Franz Sigel
Elsie Sigel
New York
Jared Starr Babcock
Harry Hilden
Biloxi
Mass
Theodore Ryan
John F. Fitzgerald
J. A. Stobe
Pennsylvania
Schoeneck
Train derailment injures two on Vandalia line in Illinois
A St. Louis to New York express derailed near Woodland Illinois after a broken frog caused the wreck. Two sleepers were overturned and two people were hurt. The incident comes amid a flurry of other national news items from rail labor to European affairs.
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Vandalia
Woodland
Ill
New York
Jesperson
University of Copenhagen
Ray Lamphere
Laporte
Bell Gunness
St. Louis
Lamphire
Louise
Leopold
Gifford Pinchot
Forest Service
Citizens’ State Bank of
Edgemont
8. D
James A. Stewart
C. A. Grippen
Roosevelt
Taft
American Live Stock Association
Denver
Gov. Hughes
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
New York Military Academy
Cornwall
N. Y
Lisbon
King
Ship subsidy fight looms in Congress over 1912 prospects
In Washington the ship subsidy debate divides parties with midwest opposition and coastal support. Humphrey’s bill would fund mail ships built in America, aiming to boost ships and navy, while Democrats and many Republicans oppose subsidies. Talks forecast vigorous floor battles and future presidential speculation centered on Harmon, Culberson, Gaynor, and Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Northwest
Congress
Senate
House
Great
Middle West
Humphrey
America
Republican Party
West
Roosevelt
Judson Harmon
Buckeye
Harmon
Ohio
Indiana
Marshall
Senator Culberson
Texas
William J. Gaynor
New York
Democratic Party
Manuscripts Lost To Fire And Subways Stir Public Aid
The piece recounts James H. Calisch losing his half finished Moral Philosophy manuscript on a Manhattan subway bench after 50 years of work. It notes a mathematics professor burning his epoch making but unfinished book, and Carlyle rewriting Revolutions after a housemaid burned the original. The excerpt urges public sympathy for beleaguered scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Calisch
One Hundred and Wighty Seventh Street
James HW
Trade Review Reports Normal Conditions and Strong Demand
New York reports from R G Dun indicate seasonably quiet but overall normal business with very heavy trade volume in bank exchanges and railroad earnings. Irregularities exist in finished lines, but buyers pursue longer-term contracts while pig iron demand rises and mill activity widens in the west. Weather disrupts transportation and crop movement, with a coal famine noted in the west and ongoing iron and steel activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Bradstreet’s
Best
United States
Fatal Train Collision Kills Passenger in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids a passenger Louis Zee of Cleveland Tex was killed railside. Brakeman Ralph Morrow was fatally injured and nine other persons seriously hurt in the wreck near the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Louis Zee
Cleveland
Tex
Ralph Morrow
Tobacco Prices Hit Seasonal Highs in Clarksville
Clarksville Tenn January 15 prices reached season highs as favorable weather promises heavy receipts. Old tobacco quotes include Trash 4.26 to 4.50, logs 4.50 to 5, common 5.25 to 5.75, medium 6 to 6.50, good 6.50 to 7, leaf 7 to 7.75 with markets expected to stay active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Tenn
Market Reports Cincinnati Flour and Livestock Prices Jan 15
Flour markets steady with refinements in spring and winter patent ranges. Wheat demand moderate with small receipts. No 2 winter red around 1.28 to 1.30. Corn firm with slight advance. No 2 mixed 69c No 2 white 70c. Oats up. No 2 white 52c No 2 mixed 51c. Rye No 2 85-86c. Feed values up. bran 24.60 25.50 middlings 25 27.50. Cattle steady. extras 5.85 0.10, good to choice 5 6.75. cows 4 4.66. Hogs good to choice butchers 9 9.10, mixed packers 8.80 9. pigs 110 lbs max 6.50 8.40. Sheep strong. extras 5.75 6, good to choice 5.65 6.25. Local prices and terms reflect a varied market across cattle, hogs, and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Eerie
90 000 American Settlers Go To Canada
Recent advices from Canada report upwards of ninety thousand settlers from the United States moved into Western Canada in the past year seeking 160 acre free homesteads. Lands near railways are selling at nine to twenty dollars per acre. even at higher prices the land yields strong returns, and the repeated migrations show settlers are satisfied with Canadian prospects. Canadian agencies in the U S provide information on free lands and suitable districts.
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Canada
Boundary Line
United States
Iowa
Indiana
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Bonnet Order From Out Of Town Customer
A department store manager received a detailed bonnet request from an out of town customer. The note specifies measurements from ear to ear and chin to head, color and trim preferences, and optional adornments such as rosettes, ribbon, and plumes. The shopper also comments on style restraint and mentions home ribbon as an alternative.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
Piles Cured in Days with Guaranteed Relief
Ad claims ARCOINTMENT cures any pile case in six to fourteen days with money back guarantee. It promises relief from itching bleeding and pain and notes a money refund if not cured. The copy also includes a tangential line about a sponge recalling men.
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General News
Andual
Free School For Housekeepers
University of Illinois
Champaign
Illinois Central Railroad
I. G. Rawn
The
Monon
J. A. Newman
Order of Railway Telegraphers
B. H. Meyer
University of Wisconsin
National Civic Federation
Atlanta
Charles R. Helke
American Sugar Refining Company
Federal
Grand Jury
Harry W. Walker
Williamsburg
Amercan Company
John R. Walsh
B. H. Jennings
F .A. Griffin
Columbia National Bank
Republican
Max G. Leslie
Charles Stewart
F. F. Nicola
Pittsburg
W. A. Blakeley
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
House Committee On Public Lands
Madrid
Juan de Lacierra Y Penafiel
Paul Redieske
Merriam Commission
Thomas Swope
Kansas City
Swope
Richmond
Charles W. Morse
Gotham
Simon B. Chapin
S. B. Chapin & Co
New York City
American Bible Society
Carroll County
Ilois
BE. R. A. Seligman
Columbia University
Thomas W. Lawson
Burley Tobacco Society
C. H. P. Belmont
Gov. Harmon
George Clinton
Tobacco Markets
Dodds
Bend
Virginia
AG Vice Free
Wasa, Peer Vraag
Cisevonsusey Thompson's Eye
Regan
Brown
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