Railroad urges boards of trade to aid local development
The Pennsylvania Railroad says it will cooperate with Boards of Trade and other groups to locate new enterprises along its lines. W J Rose of Harrisburg urges chambers of commerce and civic bodies to advertise local advantages, polish the warehouse door, and mobilize citizens to act. The letter frames local promo as a three-front battle against apathy, lethargy, and inaction led by enthusiasm, energy, and optimism. Continued on 8th page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Boards of Trade
W. J. Rose
Harrisburg
Boards of Jade
Chambers of Commerce
Business Men’s Leagues
Pennsylvania
Woodworth Clum
Town Development
Lancaster
Chamber of Commerce
Rose
Legion
Girl Elopes Barefooted in Kansas Town
In Kansas, Mary Ernest a 14 year old girl eloped with Adrian Miller 20. They were arrested entering Union depot to buy tickets for Topeka. She left home barefoot and wore Miller’s shoes when detained. he planned to buy her shoes later. Her father prompted the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Mary Ernest
Henry
Adrian Miller
Union Depot
Topeka
Ang
Miller
Kansas City
Ernest
Stand on Your Heads at Flynn Health Talk
In Cincinnati on March 23 W Earl Flynn health evangelist led 59 ministers in a gymnasium drill command Stand on your heads The coatless ministers lay prostrate in two rows with Flynn center and newspapers under them to protect clothing They gyrated and twisted as Flynn urged healthy internal organs over big muscles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
W. Earl Flynn
Young Men’s Christian Association
Flynn
Nine Men Killed in Hazel Mine Accident
Nine men were instantly killed at the Hazel mine of the Pittsburg and Buffalo Coal company in East Canonsburg Pennsylvania when a slate fall blocked a car carrying ten workers. All victims were foreigners except David Donley, an American. Three were married and the bodies were sent to their homes. one foreigner survived largely unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pittsburg and Buffalo Coal Company
East Canonsberg
David Donley
Dynamiting Mystery Near French Lick Hotel Building
French Lick Indiana detectives probe the dynamiting of the new French Lick Hotel company building. Police suspect a gambler who lost money at the Brown hotel gaming halls sparked the attack, while Tom Taggart denies any stake in Brown’s gambling. The governor may be asked to curb the gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Lick
Ind
Brown Hotel
Tom” Taggart
French Lick Hotel
Brown's
Stayer Sings on Gallows in Pittsburg at Hangings
Steve Russo a Russian was hanged in Allegheny county jail for the murder of Mrs. et a Dom Boy on Jan 15 1910. He shot her as she lay beside her husband and child after she rejected his advances. He sang a hymn during the march and while the trap was sprung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Steve Russo
Eta Vdomboy
Babe
Man Takes Life At Greenwood Cemetery Near Titusville
William H. Stone aged 66 of Buffalo committed suicide at Greenwood Cemetery near Titusville Pa using a .32 caliber revolver after arriving on the afternoon train. He left two letters with one unopened likely stating the reason. He was formerly of Titusville and is survived by a Buffalo wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
William H. Stone
Buffalo
Greenwood Cemetery
Here
E F Rose Chicago Board of Trade Leader Dies
Chicago figure E F Rose, long known around the Chicago board of trade for nearly 50 years, has died. The longtime trader and familiar personality passed away on March 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. F. Rose
Chicago Board of Trade
Hadley Loses Leg In Erie Yard Train Accident
Victor Hadley, 22, was working in Pirie yards when a switch engine dragged a car onto the same track. He crawled free, bound the wound with shirt, and was taken to St James Mercy hospital after being found nearly dead. His mother, a widow, lives in Adrian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Hadley
Pirie
Hadley
St James Mercy Hospital
Adrian
Postal Savings Banks Deposits Hit Early Total
The post office department in Washington reports that since January the forty eight postal savings banks have taken in 133,859 dollars. If pattern continues at all post offices the yearly total could reach about 200,000,000 dollars. Since January 3 operable date 3,392 accounts opened and 6,861 deposits made averaging 21.50 with 259 accounts closed, leaving 3,664 open on February 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Washington
Money Order Post
Real motive claimed in assault on Dr Washington
Wilford H. Smith said new evidence shows Mrs Ulrich misidentified Dr Washington as a Negro who allegedly tried to abduct her daughter weeks earlier. He will push for felonious assault charges against Ulrich, citing witnesses who place Washington only at the vestibule and describe the beating from an upper window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Booker T. Washington
Wilford H. Smith
Dr. Washington
West Sixty-third Street
Albert Ulrich
Smith
Whitman
Ulrich
Washington
Tillman A Sick Man May Not Return to Senate
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina, in declining health after a second stroke, remains at his home and is urged by doctors to avoid excitement. He recently was summoned as a witness in his son’s divorce case but was excused from testifying. He expressed a desire to return for the extra session to see a Democratic senator from Maine sworn in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benjamin R. Tillman
South Carolina
Senate
Congress
Tillman
B. R. Tillman, Jr
New England
Oswego Woman Finds Mother After 21 Years Search
Mrs Minnie Cliff of Oswego New York spent 21 years seeking her mother who left Hinmansville Oswego County after a quarrel with her husband. The mother, later divorced from a Western state and remarried George Dodge of Syracuse, is now living in Western Kansas. Cliff was a child when separated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Cliff
Oswego
N. Y
Kansas
Cliff
Hinmansville
Oswego County
George Dodge
Syracuse
Maxim to Focus on Military Aeroplanes with Grahame White
Sir Hiram Maxim plans to devote his energies to military aeroplane development after resigning from Vickers Sons & Maxim. He will collaborate with Claude Grahame White to produce an aircraft meeting the British War Office requirements. Bleriot may join, with a new company likely formed to manufacture the planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hiram Maxim
Vickers Sons & Maxim
Hiram
Claude Grahame-White
War Office
Bleriot
Sir Hiram
Grahame-White
Mysterious bee disease linked to bubonic plague theories
London reports a mysterious bee illness devastating apiaries since 1944 and recently in England. Dr Malden of the board of trade says bee bacillus resembles bubonic plague but cannot be cultivated, suggesting a possible parallel to human outbreaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Malden
Board of Trade
Fire in Utica Destroys Block on Bleecker Street
A Sunday night blaze in Utica New York damaged about 75 600 dollars wiping out the Owen block on Bleecker street where the Barber Dancing academy the Commonwealth Roofing company and the Moses Shiman furnishing store were housed. The fire raged for two hours threatening a wide business area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Owen
Bleecker Street
Barber Dancing Academy
Commonwealth Roofing Company
Moses Shiman
Market Report Sees Wheat Corn and Butter Prices Shifting
New York market report lists wheat at No 2 red 96 cents and No 1 northern spring 1.08. Corn No 2 remains around 54 cents. Oats standard 36 cents. Pork bellies around 21.50 to 21.75. Creamery butter graded state specials 25 to 26 cents with extras 24c. Cheese state specials 14 to 16 cents. Eggs state and Pennsylvania around 19 to 21 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State
Pennsylvania
Funeral for Charles Cheney in Warsaw Church
Saturday morning funeral held at St. Michael's church Warsaw N Y. Services were largely attended and village businesses closed from 10 to 10 out of respect for Mr Cheney widely known and esteemed through the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cheney
St. Michael's Church
Warsaw
N. Y
Cheney
Buffalo grain and dairy market prices list
Buffalo market report shows WHEAT No 1 northern carloads at 1.0442 and No 2 red at 51 cents, CORN No 2 yellow 51 cents, OATS No 2 white 34.25 cents, FLOUR blends 5.75 to 6.50 per barrel, BUTTER creamery Western tubs 26 cents, CHEESE good to choice 12 to 14.6 cents, EGGS state selected white 21 cents, POTATOES white fancy 40 to 42 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Family
Tainted Meat Charge Dismissed In Mayville Case
The indictment against Charles L. Morgenstern for supplying tainted meat to Sheriff John YP Hall for jail prisoners was dismissed on DA Edward J. Green’s recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Morgenstern
Mayville
N. Y
John YP. Hall
Edward J. Green
Plovers Eggs Sold at Five Guineas in London Restaurant
The first plovers eggs of the season arrived in London excluding Buckingham Palace gifts. A West End hotel served them to patrons for five guineas per dish, about five dollars, underscoring a rare coastal delicacy appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Buckingham Palace
West End
Proprietor Charles M. Benjamin Dies at Ithaca Journal
Charles M. Benjamin, longtime co owner of the Ithaca Daily Journal since 1877, died Monday night from heart trouble. He was widely known as a leading newspaper figure in Southern New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Benjamin
Ithaca Daily Journal
New York State
East Buffalo Livestock Market Prices Report
CATTLE prime steers range $0.50 to $6.60 with weights 1,200 to 1,400 lb. Steers $56.56 to $60.90. choice fat cows $5.25 to $5.90. choice heifers $5.75 to $6.09. common pulls $3.75 to $4.25. choice veals $8.00 to $8.25. fair to good $7.50 to $7.75. Sheep and lambs yearlings $5.75 to $6.00. mixed sheep $5.00 to $5.50. HOGS light Yorkers $7.65 to $7.75. heavy hogs $7.10 to $7.30. pigs $7.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Buffalo
Timothy Market Prices for Grains and Timothy Seed
Price list shows No 1 timothy at 17 dollars and No 2 timothy at 16 dollars. Straw wheat and oats priced 6 50 to 7 00 per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ion
Y. M
Mited
Stayer
Erie
Horre's Wren
Postal Savings Banks
Pear
Royster Fertilizers
Royster
Baltimore
F. S. Royster Guano Company
Calvert Building
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Norfolk, VA
Spartanburg, §. C
Tarboro, N.C. Macon, GA
Columbia, §. C
Columbus, GA
Montgomery, Ala
Market Report
Buffalo Provision Market
MR. Business
Ing
Warren Mail
Penn’a Ave. W
Warren, PA
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!