Storms, wrecks, and world reports tally vast 1906 damage
A week’s foreign dispatches recount storms from Wyoming to New Mexico and Florida. Hurricanes lash Cuba and the Atlantic coast with immense loss of life and property. Ice and snow disrupt Colorado and Salt Lake City as fires devastate industry in Utah. Maritime disasters, accidents, and legal actions fill the reel alongside reports on oil, gas, and alcohol markets, plus notable deaths and civic events.
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Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
New Mexico
Colorado
Albuquerque
N. M
Salt Lake City
Utah Packing Company
W. P. Dusenberry
Long Key
Key West
Jennie
Gulf
Elliott’s Island
Miami
Fla
St. Lucie
Florida
Elliott's Island
Victoria
B. C
Canada
Dublin
Queenstown
Cunard Line
Tivoli Station
Cork
United States
Geological Survey of the Natural Gas Industry
Alaska
Department of Justice
Washington
Arkansas City
Kan
John C. Moore
Jennie Moore
George Farwell
Jacksonville
New Haven
Santa Fe
California
J. W. Yelkins
Deering
Yelkins
Nannie B. Jordan
Gingerbread Man Company
Ottawa
Ont
Miss Jordan
Miss Howe
St. Paul
Menominee
Mich
Olaf Kling
Black Hundreds
Odessa
Folk
Aggie Myers
Frank Hottman
Aikens
Marshall B. Ferguson
Teller
Sub-Treasury
St. Louis
Jefferson Davis
Holywood Cemetery
Richmond
Birmingham
Ala
Paris Bartley
F. C. Stokes
Auxvasse
World's Christian Temperance Union
Boston
Tremont Temple
Ageno
Japan
San Francisco
Cuba
Standard Oil Trial Yields Guilty Verdict in Ohio Case
After 32 hours of deliberation the jury found the Standard Oil Company of Ohio guilty of conspiracy to restrain trade under the Valentine anti trust act. Indictments extend to Waters-Pierce Oil, Frisco railroad under Oklahoma laws, and a voluminous charge against Standard Oil of Indiana in Jackson Tennessee.
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State of
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Valentine
Mixed calamities and political shifts spill into world and US
Reports from Central America describe flooding and lava flows at Coatepeque and Panchin alco in Salvador, with towns like Pimiento swept away and hundreds drowned. In Paris, M Clemenceau is tasked with forming a new ministry while US inquiry probes grain handling and railway relations. Emperor Francis Joseph accepts Count Goluchowski's resignation. A brief funeral marks Mrs Jefferson Davis in New York. Senator Alison, recovering, plans to resume duties in Washington.
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Coatepeque
Salvador
Chulo v
Panchinalco
Lyman Abbott
New York
Yale
United States District Court
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Emperor Francis Joseph
Count Goluchowski
Jefferson Davis
N. A. Seagle
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
George S. Baker
Southern Society
Henry Lubeck
St. Timothy’s Church
Gen. M. Dodge
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
William B. Alison
Washington
Congress
Voting on Mutual and New York Insurance control begins
Voters start electing who shall oversee Mutual and New York Insurance companies and their assets. Polls run until December 18. The update covers politics, court actions, disasters, and international events including a fatality in Arkansas and a Birmingham fire loss.
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Mutual and
New York Insurance Companies
Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
Vinton
John McAllister
Missouri Valley
United States
J. D. Walker
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Prowell Hardware Company
First Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Birmingham
Ala
Theodore Roosevelt
Hearst
New York
William R. Hearst
Roosevelt
Angin
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
United States Supreme Court
Missouri River
Clay County
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Cuba
Jacksonville
Bermuda Islands
Geronimo
Fort Sill
Okla
Taft
New Mexico
Arizona
Henry C. Sharpe
Haldane
Army Council
Methodist Women’s Home Missionary Society
Lincoln
Neb
Boston
Mass
Louisiana State Board of Health
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Havana
Southwestern Railroad
Almogordo
N. M
Fred Dobbin
T. E. Brandon
C. O. Gallagher
India
Japan
Cruces
Cienfuegos
Finlay
Department of
Lockport
N. Y
Della B. Sweeting
Western States
Hazel
James B. Mapen
Center Point
Chicago
Rock Island Road
Scheve
Canton
Carmin
B. C
James A. Dale
Dale
Balloons Centaur and Orient Race Across New England
Two balloons Centaur and L Orient raced from Pittsfield Massachusetts toward Jamaica Vermont with pilots Walsh Reber Chandler and Stevens Hedge aboard. L Orient won the endurance contest landing in Jamaica Vermont after reaching 8000 feet altitude while Centaur landed in Bennington Vermont. Air temperatures soared above 100 degrees during the ascent.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Centaur
L ’Orient
Massachusetts
Vermont
L’orient
Jamaica
Bennington
Charles T. Walsh
Samuel Reber
Charles F. Chandler
Signal Corps
Walsh
Woodford Mountain
Cent
Capt Boynton Guilty In Venezuela Coin Plot
Capt George Boynton pleaded guilty in U S circuit court to participating in a plan to counterfeit Venezuelan silver coins to fund a revolution. He received six months in Kings County Penitentiary. Associates Lewis M Thompson and T B Wilcox admitted possession of dies for foreign coin duplication and were fined 250 and 100 dollars respectively.
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New York
George Boynton
United States
Venezuela
Kings County
Lewis M. Thompson
T. B. Wilcox
Boynton
Capt. Boynton
Demand a Distribution Hartford Life and Security Trust Suit
Hartford attorneys seek to attach 1 000 000 in the safety fund of Hartford Life Insurance Co and Security Trust Co to distribute among about 20 000 certificate holders. A receiver is asked, with an accounting ordered and funds paid to the receiver. The case is returnable in the New Haven Superior Court on November 6.
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Hartford, Conn
Hartford Life Insurance Co
Security Trust Co
Safety Fund
New Haven
Ex-Senator Burton Surrenders at Ironton Jail
Ex United States Senator Burton of Kansas arrived from St Louis with his wife and niece, dined, then surrendered to the jailer and was placed in a cell at Ironton jail.
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Burton
Ironton
United States
Kansas
St. Louis
Miners Die in Powder Explosion Near Mineral
Three Austrian miners were killed and a fourth badly injured in a powder explosion at a Southwestern Development Co. mine near Mineral, Pittsburg, Kansas, on Monday. Local authorities investigated the blast and identified the deceased workers.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Southwestern Development Co
Mineral
Cabinet shakeup outlined for Roosevelt administration
White House releases plan for cabinet changes as Shaw and Moody retire. Bonaparte to become attorney general, Metcalf to navy, Straus to commerce and labor, Meyer to postmaster general, Cortelyou to treasury. Straus first Jewish cabinet member. Meyer formerly ambassador to Russia.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
White House
Shaw
Moody
Secretary of the Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
George von L. Meyer
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
Victor H. Metcalf
Commerce and Labor
Oscar S. Straus
Bonaparte
Metcalf
Straus
Cortelyou
Meyer
Commerce
Russia
Italy
Massachusetts
United States
Turkey
Harrison
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The
Hague
Grain Deals and Rate Schemes Highlight IC Hearing
A Kansas City hearing before the interstate commerce commission exposed favoritism toward a railroad manager over grain rates and a possible board of trade rule against dealing with irregular grain men. Witnesses included E. W. Shields of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line who aided a special corn export rate and shipped over three million bushels under the lower pricing.
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Kansas City
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Kansas City Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Interstate Commerce Commission
E. W. Shields
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Simonds-Shields Grain Co
Shields
Chicago
Sewer Pipe Trust to be Probed in Ohio
Columbus reports the alleged sewer pipe trust will be investigated after information reached Attorney General Wade Ellis. Prices surged from 17.50 to 70 dollars per ton, while bids in northern Ohio reached 60 and 65 for a grade worth 25. Ohio state purchases hundreds of thousands yearly, making it a major victim of the alleged scheme.
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Columbus
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Plans Approved for Mount Vernon State Hospital Buildings
The Ohio tuberculosis commission approved plans Tuesday for the main buildings of the proposed state hospital for consumptives near Mount Vernon. The three connected structures will form a secretary shaped T and will be linked as a single unit.
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Columbus
State Tubereculosis Commission
State Hospital For Consumptives
Mt. Vernon
Theatrical Agent Confesses in Actress Death Case
Edward E. Nicholas, a Chicago theatrical agent, confessed to killing actress Mrs. Margaret Leslie whose body was found in her Palace hotel room. He admitted stealing her diamonds as police continued the investigation Tuesday.
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Chicago
Ill
Edward E. Nicholas
Margaret Leslie
Palace Hotel
Thanksgiving Proclamation Names November 29 as Day of Thanksgiving
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation declaring Thursday November 29 a day of thanksgiving in Washington D C. The announcement designates the date for national observance and gratitude.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Eagle Snatches Lobster Then Is Shot At Highland Lake
An eagle four feet from tip to tip swooped on a clam bake at Highland Lake near Winsted Conn and carried off a lobster. The pan ready lobsters awaited the fire as the bird consumed its prey in a tree a half mile away before a shot ended its life.
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Highland Lake
Winsted
Conn
Where He Was Gray
A young man of 83 summers meets a friend younger with white hair. The younger asks why the older does not grow gray. The old man replies the gray matter is on his brain, inside.
What Is an Heirloom
Aunt Sue explains an heirloom as a family possession handed down through generations. The boy quips that such a name would suit his pants, highlighting a comic misunderstanding of the term.
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Sue
Columbus Landing Recalled in Classroom Exchange
A teacher reads a brief history story and a red headed student answers that Columbus landed in first place last season, reflecting a playful mix of history and sports quip referencing the American Association.
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American Association
Languages vary in alphabet size from 12 to 202 letters
The worlds alphabets differ greatly with 12 letters in Hawaiian and 202 letters in Tartars.
Idle Living Faulted By Success Magazine
A quotation condemned idleness and luxury as weakening influences. It asserts that real men are formed through stern effort to better one’s condition, arguing that abundance dulls discipline and true character comes from strenuous striving.
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Stern
Success Magazine
Uncle Eben on sympathy and hard work
A Washington Star quote notes Uncle Eben explaining that sympathy can hinder effort. He claims when men must endure a tough day they feel pity for themselves and become emotionally overwhelmed. The remark reflects a skeptical view of excessive self pity in labor contexts.
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Eben
Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Child Named Mozart Beethoven Liszt Mendelssohn in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia child receives a bundle of names including Mozart Beethoven Liszt Mendelssohn Luck. The unusual string of given names reflects a musical motif chosen by the parents.
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Philadelphia
Mozart Beethoven
Uncle Allen Sparks Quips About Invention and Fishing
Uncle Allen Sparks declares necessity as the mother of invention while quipping about an amateur fisherman he once knew, calling him the ablest liar on memory.
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Uncle Allen Sparks
The Shallowness of Fame
A quotation notes fame's emptiness as even close neighbors may not know a celebrated man. The line suggests worldly renown is shallow when recipients remain unknown to those nearby.
We All Know Him
A proverb quoting man claims punctuality as a virtue while noting his habit of quoting proverbs at work. The wry remark frames his reputation for timely and cautious conduct in daily duties.
Receipts Issued as Car Fare in European Streetcars
The article notes that European streetcars do not use bell punches or indicators. Instead the conductor hands each passenger a small paper receipt confirming the fare.
White Gloved Public Executioner of Austria
A historical note describes Austria's public executioner who always wears white gloves when carrying out a capital sentence. The ritual underscores formal procedure and ceremonial aspects surrounding capital punishment in the era.
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Austria
To Thine Own Self Be True Quotation
A short quoted maxim from St Chrysostom about personal integrity and restraint. The text emphasizes not harming others by first avoiding self harm and staying true to oneself.
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St. Chrysostom
Gaelic Phrase Goes Untouched in Legal Brief
The line reads Or the Respondent. Nothing is easy to be un Willing quoted from Gaelic origin. The fragment suggests a ritual or legal remark within a broader document and hints at opposition or consent terms in a case.
Market Report from New York Trades Oct 24 1906
The Markets section lists Flour Minnesota patent at 4.15 to 4.35, Wheat No 2 red at 79% to 80 cents, Corn No 2 at 54 to 55 cents, Oats clipped white 39 to 43 cents. Hay quiet. Cattle steady. Veal prices 5.00 to 8.50. Sheep good at 4.50 to 5.50, lambs 6.75 to 7.20. Hogs Yorkers 6.70 to 6.75.
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New York
Minnesota
Market Prices Report from Cleveland Quiet River Trade
Cleveland reports daily commodity prices with futures for flour Minnesota winter patent at 4.10 to 4.20, grain futures for No. 2 red wheat at 76 cents, No. 8 yellow corn at 50 to 50 cents, No. 3 white oats at 37 cents, butter at 28 per pound, York state cheese at 15 cents, strictly fresh eggs at 26 cents, best potatoes at 50 5 per bag, hay steady at 16.00, cattle choic e steers 5.50 to 5.75, calves 7.00 to 7.50, sheep best wethers 5.00 to 5.50 and lambs 6.75 to 7.00.
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Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Market prices from Toledo and East Buffalo noted
Toledo and East Buffalo market reports list grain and livestock prices for October 24. Wheat at cash three, corn 4814c, oats 35c, cloverseed 8.20, cattle steers 5.25 to 6.00, veals 7.50 to 7.76, sheep 5.50 to 5.75, lambs 4.50 to 7.00, hogs 6.35 to 6.45.
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Toledo
East Buffalo
Livestock quotes from Pittsburg market report
Pittsburg market prices list cattle steers at 5.75 to 6.00 with good 5.10 to 5.40. Sheep prime wethers range 5.50 to 5.65. Hogs Yorkers command 6.45 to 6.50.
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Pittsburg
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Globe
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Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Brown
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Standard Oil
Cloudland
Straus and Meyer
Cartelyou
Sewer Pipe Trust
Uncle Allen
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