Politician Owes Millions Faces Receiver for Guffey
Col James M Guffey oil magnate and Pennsylvania Democratic committeeman, placed under receiver over about 6.7 million debt with 15 million in assets and 7 million in mobility. Receiver J A Galey says debt largely secured with no ready cash to pay. Guffey, 65, built fortunes in oil and gas, once broke in 1853, later rebuilt wealth and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Guffey
National Democratic
Pennsylvania
John S. Willard
Colonel Guffey
Joseph M. Swearingen
Pittsburg
J. A. Galey
Lhe
Guffey
National Committee
J. K. Jones
United States Senate
Preacher Victim of Fire in Belfast Hotel Tragedy
Rev. William John McCaughan formerly of Chicago and his wife perished in a rapid Belfast Kelvin hotel fire. Three hotel staff died. the couple, trapped on an upper floor, jumped from a window after failed escape. McCaughan, born 1859 in Ireland, served Belfast Toronto Chicago pulpits and edited Presbyterian publications. He aided labor relations and helped settle a Belfast shipyard strike.
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William John McCaughan
Third Presbyterian Church of Chicago
Kelvin
Belfast
Ireland
McCaughan
Chicago
Buells
McCaughans
Presbyterian Publcations
Independent Order of Foresters
Sara A. Cooper
Philadelphia
ASC
Inventor Westinghouse resigns presidency of firm
George Westinghouse resigns as president of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing, saying he was effectively frozen out by associates. Born 1846 in Schoharie County, New York, he holds honors from France Italy and Belgium. He remains a director until 1912 and continues as a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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George Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Mr. Westinghouse
Schoharie County
New York
Italy
Belgium
Weaslinghouse
Westinghouse
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Mrs Vanderbilt Adopts Small Fast French Monoplane
Mrs W K Vanderbilt purchases a compact 12 hp French monoplane for women and will join the growing ranks of female aviators. Three machines, shipped here with French women pilots, will offer American women flight instruction at Mineola and elsewhere. The context includes Balloonist Harmon returning to ballooning, aiming for the International Cup in St Louis, with Baldwin’s balloon in New York. Aeroplane matinees hosted by the Aero Club of America occur at Garden City with exhibition flights and contest belts.
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W. K. Vanderbilt
Mineola
L. I
Cinfora B. Tarncn
William K. Vanderbilt
Madstrs
St. Louis
Captain Baldwin
New York
Aero Club of America
Garden City
Mr. Harmon
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted By Patient Testimony
A Wooster Ohio resident endorses Doan's Kidney Pills after gravel symptoms and kidney trouble. The testimonial claims relief after twelve days and passage of two gravel stones. The ad cites Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York and lists price at 60 cents a box.
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Dean
A. Dashem
Grant St
Wooster
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Helen and Gruet argued over seriousness of a loan request
Helen says she cannot tell when Gruet is joking and when he is serious. Henry responds that Gruet is earnest when he asks to borrow money.
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Helen
Gruet
Henry
Cure for Eczema by Cuticura Ointment and Resolvent
A testimonial claims ten years of hand eczema cleared after using Cuticura Ointment and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent, with the family noting complete recovery and urging others with skin or blood diseases to try the remedies. Includes the dated report from Mrs. M. HE. Falin of Speere Ferry, Va., Oct. 19, 1909, and street-car humor from the Louisville Courier-Journal notes.
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M. HE. Falin
Speere Ferry, Va
Man as old as he feels, woman as young as she can bluff
A witticism contrasts aging with perception, noting men grow older with how they feel while women age in how they bluff others into seeing them as younger. The exchange hinges on social performance and gender norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella
Stella
Allen's Foot-Tase The Hatseptie Powder Adverts Merit
An old advertisement extolls repeated newspaper promotion as proof of merit. It stresses that genuine products endure unlike imitators and urges buyers to request the promoted item by name. The piece cites Allen's Foot-Tase as a longtime example and warns against substitutes.
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Allen
Aden
Refrigerator car request at railway office prompts travel comfort
The applicant, traveling long distance, asks to be placed in a refrigerator car to stay awake and enjoy the scenery, rejecting parlor car options and expressing a desire for maximum comfort regardless of expense. He notes familiarity with refrigerator cars from reading about them.
Assessor Presses Farmer Over Land Acreage
The assessor probes the farmer about his land, asking for acres. Reuben estimates twenty acres, but the assessor believes the plot looks closer to 120. The farmer retorts that the land isn’t a rubber plantation and resists inflating the figure.
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Reuben
Thia
Harper's Monthly
Casey at the Bat and Coca Cola booklet offer
The item promotes Casey at the Bat from the Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1010 and includes a booklet The Truth About Coca-Cola. It notes sending 2c postage to Coca-Cola Co. of Atlanta for the material and advertises Coca-Cola as cooling and refreshing at soda fountains and bottled. It also contains assorted humorous quips about manners and a fireman joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Lewis' Single Binder Cigars and Dr Pierce’s Pellets
An. advertorial fragment contrasts c cigars with a cheap option and promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a cure for constipation. The cut text includes a reference to a fororito family laxative and a writer’s self convincing argument about conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Marine Eye Salve Trial Size Ad and Verse Riddle
An old advertisement fragment promotes Marine Eye Salve with phrases like Por Red Itching Eyelids and Falling Eyelashes. It hints at romantic notions by asking if addressing errs with love rather than law could lead to paradise. Mentions Asep tic and Chicago company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Wonder Why and Wage Woes in a Small Town Shop
The drug store proprietor warns Jimmy to stop selling a new drink as patrons drift toward the brass rail, suggesting the drink tempts excess. The piece notes the man’s yearly reward quest and the saying familiarity breeds contempt regarding a worker’s salary. It also claims smokers prefer Lewie’s Single Binder cigar for quality. The closing line stresses knowing a business to succeed.
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Jimmy
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RAW
Louisville Courier-Journal
George Barer
Augustus Jones
Lewis
Paradise
the Centaur Company
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Carbroke
Puck
Carter
National Live Stock Com. Co
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Neft
Vitegerald Co
Borkk, Waaklagion
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
The
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N. Y
People’s Medical Adviser
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PTC Cure Dae
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