New York Banks Ready 25 Million for Government Bonds
New York bankers led by the First National Bank and J P Morgan & Co have raised 25,000,000 in cash to pay for new 3 percent government certificates. The funds will be deposited with the U S Treasury and sent to Western cities. temporary receipts issued to banks may circulate as money.
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New York
The
Sun
First National Bank
J. P. Morgan & Co
City National Bank
United States Treasury
Rail strike paralyses East Indian line crippling Calcutta region
New Delhi era of railway strife halts traffic on the East Indian system 2165 miles long with European engineers leading the strike. Thousands stranded from Calcutta to Allahabad as jute mills face coal shortages and famine relief logistics slow.
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Calcutta
India
Allahabad
Asansol
Bengal
Six Year Old Grace Simons Injured in Streetcar Crash
Grace Simons a six year old from Long Prairie Minnesota lies near death in Minneapolis after a collision between a street car and the Asbury hospital ambulance taking her with her parents Mr and Mrs Grant Simons from the depot to the hospital. The parents were seriously injured and Grace is ill from shock and cuts.
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Minneapolis
Grace Simons
Long Prairie
Minn
Asbury Hospital
Grant Simons
Chig
Taft Boost Hailed at Garfield Club Dinner
In Warren Ohio on November 21 supporters of William H. Taft praised his presidential prospects at the Garfield club annual dinner. General Wade H. reportedly amplified the call for Taft, reinforcing the campaign momentum.
Woman tells story in own defense in Utah ex-senator case
Mrs Annie M. Bradley testifies about her relationship with ex-Senator Arthur M. Brown of Utah whom she shot in Washington. She describes how Brown wooed her, promised divorce, claimed affection, and allegedly abused her while presenting a pistol as protection. The testimony moved the court with its emotional detail.
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Arthur Brown
Utah
Washington
Chicago Stenographer Seeks Real Work Not Romance
Miss Julia C. Dunkirk from Indianapolis answers Chicago want ads seeking a stenographer or bookkeeper. She states she wants professional work and not romance, explains she came Friday to try Chicago, and notes she has a sweetheart but seeks a serious position with a man who needs organized business help.
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Chicago
Berkeley Avenue
Julia C. Dunkirk
Indianapolis
Walter Scott
Four Die In Waterworks Tunnel Cage Fall at Toronto
Three workers were instantly killed and four fatally injured when a cage fell 100 feet in the waterworks tunnel under Toronto bay. The cable broke near the shaft top, sending weights and men crashing to the bottom.
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Toronto
Ont
Waterworks
Toronto Bay
Court Upheld Legislature’s Tariff Delegation
In Albany on November 21 a divided appellate division of the third department upheld the legislature’s power to delegate to a commission its authority to set a tariff of rates for a public service corporation. The ruling involved the constitutionality of the new public service commission act.
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Albany
N. Y
Appellate Division
Third Department
Public Service Corporation
New Public Service Commission
Seventeen Injured in Rail Collision at New Jersey Avenue
Seventeen persons were injured in a head on crash between northbound Danville and southbound Charlottesville trains at the entrance to the new terminal tunnel at New Jersey avenue and D streets. Both engines were demolished and several coaches damaged. Trains were delayed by traffic congestion at the terminal.
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Washington
Southern
New Terminal Tunnel
New Jersey Avenue
D Streets
Danville
Charlottesville
Rivers Near Flood Stage In Texas Rain Causes Overflow
Houston reports ongoing heavy rain across southern Texas causing rivers to reach flood stage. Lockhart records 8.5 inches in twelve hours while Nacogdoches shows Benito creek flooding to the first floor. Damage to roads bridges and farms rises as railroad beds soften and trains fall behind schedule.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Lockhart
Nacogdoches
Benito Creek
Switchmen's wage demand withdrawn in union rail talks
Chicago November 21 The Switchmen's union withdrew its demand for a six cent an hour wage increase after general managers rejected the advance. Grand Master Hawley and railroad officials left the meeting on good terms as the dispute ended for the time.
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Chicago
Switchmen’s Union
Western Railroads
Hawley
Jealous Wife Shoots Husband in Bronx Bedroom
In New York on November 21, Mrs. Lottie Hitchcock killed her husband Robert L. Hitchcock a Bronx compositor as he slept. She then wounded herself in the head and breast and is not expected to survive.
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New York
Lottie Hitchcock
Robert L. Hitchcock
Bronx
Engagement of Theodora Shonts to Duc de Chaulnes
Mr and Mrs Theodore P Shonts announce the engagement of their daughter Theodora to Duc de Chaulnes et de Picquiny of France. The wedding will be in January at the Shonts home in New York. The Duc, visiting New York, will sail for France soon.
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Washington
Theodore P. Shonts
Theodora
Duc de Chaulnes Et de. Picquiny
France
New York
Duc
Europe
Duc de Chaulnes
d’Uzes
Transmississippi Commercial congress opens in Muskogee
Eighteenth annual session begins with welcome addresses and organized planning for the congress. Delegates will discuss parcels post river deepening land sales irrigation and submerged land drainage. Former Governor Francis of Missouri welcomes Oklahoma into the Union and Chief Mary Tiger of the Creek Nation gives an inaugural address opposing removal of Five Civilized tribes land restrictions.
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Muskogee
Okla
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Francis
Missouri
Oklahoma
Mary Tiger
Congress
Five Civilized Tribes
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Edward P. Moxey
John R. Walsh
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Emington Typewriter Company
C. H. Longstaff
O’neill-James Co
G Rand
Mobley
Busy Bee
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WM. Tolmie
Third St
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Huron
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Idaho
Oregon
British Columbia
Geo. C. Neweel
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Iser
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