HAPPENING OF A WEEK TRADE DEAL SHIFTS CHICAGO LINES
A $70 million traction deal merges Chicago surface lines south of Madison and a line to Whiting Indiana into one ownership controlled by a local syndicate. J Pierpont Morgan is removed as a factor in Chicago transport. The week also reports notable deaths and other national events from Frederic Remington to Taft labeling whisky.
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Chicago
Madison Street
Whiting
Ind
J. Pierpont Morgan
Tragic crimes and accidents reported from multiple locales
A 72 year old farmer Thomas Rotham killed himself after attempting to slay his wife in St Joseph Michigan. His granddaughter was slightly hurt escaping from the grandfather. A policeman was grazed by a bullet and Bob Fitzsimmons lost a boxing match in Sydney. Miners Malone and Malone Burned Near Harrison Virginia. two men missing. Napo steamer returns to New York with 1500 tons rubber after 2140 mile Amazon voyage. Anarchists arrested in Moscow over plot against the czar. Miner William Murray killed Elbert Cole and his mother in Pittsburg Kentucky then shot himself. Family estrangements cited as motive.
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Frederick A. Cook
Europe
Frederick Hunter
Charles Wake
New York
Cook
Nicaragua
Jose Madriz
Zelaya
Madriz
Joaquin Passos
Ernesto Martinez
Ohio
Atlantic
New England
Boston
Des Moines
Jewish Tabernacle
East Fifth Street
Grand Avenue
Tabernacle
Joseph Bowden
Salmon
Ind
Hot Springs
Ark
Taft
St. Joseph's Church
Lexington
Edward Wiesner
Northwestern University
Svanston, Ill
Music Teachers’ National Association
Kansas State Music Teachers’ Association
Wichita
Explorers’ Club
Mount McKinley
Charles Johnson
Minerva
Harrisburg
Johnson
John Crowder
Korea
Japan
Victoria
B. C
Northern Hospital For the
Jacksonville
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Shawnee
Oklo
Santano Cierba
Hillsville
Estrada
Managua
Nicamena
Rama
New Orleans
Panama Canal
New York City
Union Square
Utah
United States
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Thomas Rotham
St. Joseph
Mich
Rotham
Delwin Fisher
Bob Fitzsimmons
Bill Lang
Australia
Sydney
Michael Malone
Michael McGraw
Fred Malone
Harrison
Mineral County
Virginia
Patrick Malone
Frederick Dugan
Amazon
Napo
Moscow
Russia
William Murray
Elbert Cole
Murray
Pittsburg
Chapter of One Day’s Murders Leaves City Reeling
A flood of violent incidents spans multiple states. In Cincinnati Mrs Mary Lipp supposedly sacrifices her infant and two other children are saved from flames. East Douglas a man stabs his 77 year old husband. Pittsburg sees traveling salesman Thomas Trainor dying from a head injury after an assault. Denver reports the corpse of Mrs Belle Rup with a crushed head. Alliance Woodley Graves, a barber shop porter, shoots his wife and laughs. Ainsworth Jacob Davis is killed and robbed of 400 dollars by George Wilson a New York detective.
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Cincinnati
Mary Lipp
East Douglas
Mass
Charles Potter
Pittsburg
Thomas_ Trainor
Duluth
James Kelly
Kelly
Trainor
Denver
Col
Belle Rup
Platte River
Ainsworth
Jacob Davis
George Wilson
New York
Dollar Mark Above Flag
Supreme Court Justice Wesley O Howard denounces graft in the Ashokan reservoir condemnation case. He claims patriotism has yielded to commercialism and warns that 40 percent of public funds are lost to wasteful corruption. He decries graft as a modern flaw eroding public ventures and property.
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Troy
N. Y
Supreme Court
Wesley O. Howard
Ashokan
Ulster County
New York City
Howard
Ahsokan
Seven Children Die in Fire at Sykesville Home
In Dubois Pennsylvania seven children aged two to twelve perished in a house fire that followed an explosion of mine powder. Six Bronosky children and one boarder child were killed as the blaze started from an overheated coal stove and quickly spread to a keg of powder.
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Dubois
Stephen Bronosky
Sykesville
Bronosky
Two Boys Die in Loveland House Fire After Hatchet Attack
Mrs. Addie Sonnecalf of Loveland Ohio is arrested on murder charges after two boys perished in a midnight fire. She is arraigned before Mayor Payne and bound over to the grand jury. Neighbors found skulls crushed and remains arranged as if the deaths occurred with the blaze.
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Cincinnati, O
Addie Sonnecalf
Loveland
Payne
Clermont County
Hamilton County
Macon
South Bend
Ind
Toledo
Mansfield
Portsmouth
Powellsville
Their Holiday is Fatal One
In Bluefield West Virginia a Christmas fatality toll rising from alcohol fueled violence and accidents halves the coal field population. Reported deaths include Herbert Gose shot by Lee Findley near St Paul Virginia. William White and Wash Jones fatally duel. James Hill shot by a man named Widener near Virginia City. J R Sawyers run over by a train at Huger. Leverey found dead on a Vulcan track. Jack Patrick fell from a moving train at Cedar Bluff. John Willis wounded in a fight with William Odel at Toms Creek. and two unknowns, one a negro, killed by a train at Landgraf.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Herbert Gose
Lee Findley
St. Paul
William White
Wash Jones
Neeroes
James Hill
Widener
Virginia City
J. R. Sawyers
Huger
Leverey
Vulcan
Jack Patrick
Cedar Bluff
John Willis
William Odel
Toms Creek
Landgraf
THINK PAYROLL TOO LARGE
Buffalo officials face charges of extravagant public funds use and favoritism toward contractors in a Chamber of Commerce report by the municipal affairs committee. The study claims city records show purchases at 33 to 700 percent above market, inefficient work, and payrolls containing many low-return names.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Chamber of Commerce
Municipal Affairs Committee
Two Slain in Their Home Near Elnora Indiana
In Washington County Indiana a reverend William Ritter and his elderly wife were found murdered in their home east of Elnora. The wife lay on the floor in bare feet, likely choked, while the minister was found in the cellar at the foot of the stairs. Both bodies were stiff and the time of death is unknown, arousing countywide alarm.
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Washington
Ind
William Ritter
Elnora
Groom Slain at Altar in Strickland Georgia
Gabriel Len and Rosa Lee Butler wed when a gunman struck as they left the church near Lynn station. Joe Jackson, rival for Miss Butler, opened fire. Sheriffs and deputies with bloodhounds pursue the suspect. no arrest has been reported.
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Strickland
Gabriel Len
Rosa Lee Butler
Lynn Station
Joe Jackson
Len
Jackson
Miss Butler
Keystone State Jets Candidate Announces Run in Sixth District
Eugene G Schwarzwaelder declares candidacy for state legislature in the Sixth district. Railroads award contracts for improvements totaling about $1,000,000. A Pennsylvania Railroad counsel opinion says carriers may not require attendants for incapacitated passengers but must supervise them if accepted onboard.
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Eugene G. Schwarzwaelder
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg and Great Lakes Connecting Railroad Chartered
A charter is issued to the Pittsburg and Great Lakes Connecting Railroad Co of Pittsburg with capital of 120000. The line will run twelve miles from Bill Wood City in Lawrence County to a junction near Portersville in Butler County, connecting with the Pittsburg & Western and meeting the Western Allegheny.
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Pittsburg
Governor names new trustees to state hospitals
The governor announced appointments to state hospital boards. Dr. H. J. Donaldson of Williamsport joins the Cottage State Hospital board at Blossburg, replacing H. B. Humes who resigned. Frederic W. Fleitz of Scranton joins the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region at Scranton, replacing Col. E. H. Ripple, deceased.
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Samuel W. McCulloch
H. J. Donaldson
Williamsport
Cottage State Hospital
Blossourg
H. B. Humes
Frederic W. Fleitz
Scranton
State Hospital
Pennsylvania
E. H. Ripple
Treasury Payments Exceed Receipts in December
State treasury reports show December payments about 1.1 million ahead of receipts due to quarterly appropriations to charities and hospitals and state expenses. Total payments near a record for the month, with receipts around 800 thousand and payments near 1.9 million. January may see higher receipts or the general balance approach four million.
Philadelphia Railroad Workers Urge Early Retirement Plan
About 4500 employees of the Philadelphia division based in Harrisburg petition President James McCrea requesting adoption of a plan to raise old age pensions by dedicating a percentage of monthly earnings. The proposal would allow retirement at 60 instead of 65, with workers setting aside funds to boost pensions.
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Philadelphia
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
James McCrea
Townsend automobile law set for January 1 enforcement
The state highway department prepares to enforce the Townsend act. It introduces compulsory motor vehicle registration by horsepower tiers, teems up with motorcycle fees, and requires chauffeurs to be licensed and wear badges reading Pennsylvania Licensed Driver. Licenses barred to under 18 without special department permission.
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State Highway Department
Townsend
Pennsylvania
State forestry nurseries produce 1.8 million trees for spring planting
The Pennsylvania forestry commission has established nurseries at Mont Alto Greenwood Furnace Huntingdon Asaph Tioga and sites in Bedford Center and Franklin. They will plant about 1.8 million trees next spring with roughly 2,700 conifers per acre to 1,800 hardwoods. Trees are one two and three years old and selected for planting from Mont Greenwood and other nurseries.
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State Forestry Department
Mont Alto
Greenwood Furnace
Huntingdon County
Asaph
Tioga County
Bedford
Center
Franklin
Forestry Commission
Conklin
Mont Greenwood
Pennsylvania
South Penn Oil Strikes Big Gusher Near Butler
A 600 barrel per day gusher was brought in by South Penn Oil Co. near Butler a half mile from the historic Lucky Pumper Hoffman strike. The new well is reported to yield twice the production of the Hoffman well and has stirred much activity among oil men.
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South Penn Oil Co
Butler
Beaver County Dairy Authorities Secure Six Convictions
The state dairy and food authorities report six convictions in Beaver county for persistent orev law violations. The arraigned men are described as some of the most inveterate law breakers.
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Beaver County
Stories Travel in Cycles and Local Wit Across Time
The piece traces how stories and jokes resurface with new accoutrements, citing Taft in Texas and tales from Don Quixote to Lincoln and Harley. It notes periodic revival of anecdotes about wit and leadership, and questions originality of popular quips carried through centuries.
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Texas
Taft
Joe Blackburn
Proctor Knott
Louisville
Don Quixote
Lincoln
Anne
Harley
Grant
George II
Wolfe
Heat as Universal Care in Household Remedies
A 19th or early 20th century vignette extols heat as a universal home remedy. Heat sources like a hot-water bottle, hot packs, and hot drinks are claimed to ease ear and toothache, bruises, sprains, insomnia, headaches, and nervous tension, with practical tips for applications.
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Joe
Jeggy
Short Life of Modern Steamship
The Princess Mary carried King William III to England in 1688 and lived over 70 years until 1827. Maintained as a royal yacht until George I. ordered its sale. Renamed Betsy Cairns, she sailed to the West Indies and back for more than five decades before wrecking on February 17, 1827 after striking rocks.
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William III
England
Holland
George I
Betsy Cairns
West Indies
Aock
The Markets Financial News From New York and Midwestern Cities
Money on a call firm at 5.5 percent with prime mercantile paper at 5.5 percent. Sterling exchange 4.87 4 for demand. Government bonds steady. Grain provisions and live stock reports from Cleveland Toledo Buffalo Pittsburgh and Chicago with precise prices for flour wheat corn oats butter cheese cattle sheep hogs and lambs across each market.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Ohio
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New England Society
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Miss
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