Pathfinders to sail follow Evans fleet route
Armored cruisers Washington and Tennessee hailed as pathfinders of the fleet prepare to voyage to the Pacific this week. Washington at the navy yard will join Tennessee from Boston following the identical route to be used by Admiral Evans ships. Logs will be sent to Washington and to Admiral Evans to guide his Christmas sail. Juror illness delays Borah trial as Neth’s condition is checked.
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New York
Washington
Tenessee
Pacific
Navy Yard
Boston
Admiral Evans
Sebree
Bureau of Navigation
Evans
Boise
Ida
Peter Neth
United States
William
Borah
Neth
Notable Deaths and Advances In Early 20th Century News
The note highlights include the death of John Smith a 103 year old centenarian from St. Croix county at New Richmond and the death of Leonard J Clarkson Norwich university football manager from injuries in a Norwich Dartmouth game. It also mentions J M Barr resigning as Jamestown Exposition director general and the Stettin turbine cruiser achieving 25.8 knots in trials. Additional items cover Dr H W Kitchen death by paralysis, fashion trends with King Edward era hats among travelers, Gilbert Overton's Milwaukee death from heart failure, and a large $15 million Mexico electric venture by American Canadian and British capitalists.
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John Smith
St.Croix County
Wisconsin
New Richmond
Leonard J. Clarkson
Norwich University
Norwich
Dartmouth
J. M. Barr
Jamestown Exposition Company
Stettin
Germany
H. W. Kitchen
State Banking and Trust Company of
Cleveland
Kitchen
Edward
Europe
Gilbert E. Overton
San Francisco
East
Milwaukee
Mexico
Evasion of Law Ties Corsicana Oil to Standard Oil Net
Testimony in the government suit for Standard Oil dissolution shows H C Folger Jr and C M Payne funding the Corsicana Oil Co of Texas with National Transit funds. The Corsicana stock moved from National Transit in 1906 amid anti trust concerns while ledgers and contracts circulated through Standard Oil officials on 26 Broadway.
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New York
H. C. Folger, Jr
Union Tank Line Company
Standard Oil Company
C. M. Payne
Corsicana Oil Company
Texas
National Transit Company
Standard
Folger
Payne
Corsicana Company
John D. Archbold
Mr. Chesbrough
No. 26
Broadway
Wade Hampton
New Jersey
Kellogg
Hampton
Milburn
Market quotations from St Paul Union Stock Yards
St Paul Sept 30 cattle good to choice steers 5.50 to 6.25 fair to good 4.00 to 5.00 cows and heifers 3.50 to 5.00 veals 4.00 to 5.50 hogs 5.70 to 6.45 sheep wethers 4.75 to 5.00 yearlings 5.50 to 5.75 spring lambs 6.25 to 6.50
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax prices steady in Duluth market
Wheat to arrive and on track with No 1 hard at 1.08, No 1 Northern 1.07, No 2 Northern 1.05, Sept 1.05, Dec 1.04, May 1.09. Flax to arrive and on track with Sept 1.26, Oct 1.2314, Nov 1.22, Dec 1.18, May 1.23.
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Duluth
Northern
Wheat futures prices and rails in Minneapolis report
Sept 30 market brief lists Sept wheat at 1.034%4, Dec at 103% 1.08% and May at 1.07% 1.07%. On track No 1 hard old 1.08 new 1.07%, No 1 Northern old 1.07 new 1.06%, No 2 Northern old 1.04% 1.04% new 1.03%, No 3 Northern 100 1.02%.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Chicago grain and provisions market prices
Chicago Sept 30 Wheat Sept 95 Dec 98 3 4 Corn Sept 62 63 Dec 58 58 1 2 Oats Sept 52 Dec 52 Pork Oct 13 80 Jan 15 25 Butter Creameries 23 29 Dairies 22 26 Eggs 14 17 Poultry Turkeys 13 Chickens and springs 12
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Chicago
Chicago Market Reports Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Chicago price quotes for cattle including cows and heifers Texans Westerns and stockers and feeders with ranges for calves. Hogs show light mixed and butchers heavy rough and pigs with per hundredweight figures. Sheep and yearlings lambs prices listed.
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Chicago
Alaska Railroad War Near Valdez Claims Several Wounded
A Guggenheim railroad party attacked surveyors for the Alaska Nome railway in Keystone canyon near Valdez. Six workers were wounded in the ambush led by Edward Hassey, a former U.S. marshal. One man reportedly killed and three others may die as deputies head to the scene.
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Seattle
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Valdez
Alaska
Guggenheim Railroad
Copper River
Northwestern
Alaska- Nome
Keystone Canyon
Nome
Guggenheim
Edward Hassey
United States
Hassey
Portland
Ore
Oregonian
North Dakota to Be Navy Battleship No 23
Washington reports North Dakota will be the name of battleship No 23, one of two new 20,000 ton ships awarded to the navy. The other vessel will be Delaware. Roosevelt abandons naming No 23 New York, leaving Utah as the only state without a warship name.
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Washington
North Dakota
Navy Department
Delaware
Roosevelt
New York
Saratoga
Utah
Aged Kane County Killer Takes Own Life
Elgin Illinois September 27 Cyrus Baldwin eighty five one of Kane counties wealthiest residents killed himself by eating Paris green after confessing that he murdered his aged wife by smashing her skull with a hammer Mrs Baldwin was found dead Wednesday and there was belief she had been murdered by her husband Baldwin confessed the killing after a quarrel
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Elgin
Ill
Cyrus Baldwin
Kane County
Baldwin
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Big Octopus
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Ilinoig
Chickering & Sons
Everett
Sohmer
Behr Bros
McPhail
Bush & Gerts
Ernest Gabler & Bro
Hobert M. Cable
Stone Piano Co
Sterling
Smith & Barnes
Laffargue
Hobart M. Cable
Rookwood Regina-phome
Regina
Farrand
Underwood
Famous
Dakota Business College
Fargo Conservatory of Music
Emee
Veewe
Nee Sheen
Wey
Stone
Stone’s Music House
Fargo
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