News Notes of Interest from Home and Foreign Lands
Brief items arranged for quick reading cover events at home and abroad. Highlights include notable happenings, short summaries, and concise updates suitable for busy readers seeking a snapshot of current affairs.
Fires Destroy Forestport Business District Loss Roughly 50000
Fire of unknown origin wiped out the business portion of Forestport New York causing about fifty thousand dollars in damages. No victims reported. Firefighters battled the blaze through the night with extensive property loss.
Death Toll Rises From Ninth Avenue Elevated Wreck
New York dispatch reports twelve killed and more than twenty injured when a crowded Ninth Avenue line car derailed after a switch error. Rescue teams cleared wreckage as police pursued suspects. coroner to fix blame amid ongoing investigations.
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Mikasa Destroyed By Fire Sinking After Magazine Explosion
The battleship Mikasa was destroyed by fire and a magazine explosion with 599 lives lost including rescuers. The ship was at anchor in Sasebo harbor when the blaze began near the main mast and soon breached the port side below the water line. Admiral Togo was not aboard at the time.
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Sasebo Harbor
Tokio
Navy Department
Sasebo
Mikasa
Japan
Scent of Scandals as Bonds Buyback Nets $800000
New York, Sept 13. The New York Life Insurance Co. used a holiday gap to sell 800000 in bonds and repurchase them next day to conform with the superintendent of insurance report. Edmund OD Randolph, treasurer, testified after a lengthy cross examination. He supplied a ten year schedule of syndicate underwritings showing no losses on closed deals. Hughes pressed for direct answers and revealed a $4 million joint payment to J P Morgan & Co. on International Mercantile Marine Co. deals.
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New York Life Insurance Co
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
Edmund OD. Randolph
Hughes
Randolph
New York Life
International Mercantile Marine Co
J. P. Morgan & Co
Philadelphia Republicans Withdraw Nominated Ticket After City Upheaval
Philadelphia reports show 839960 voters on September canvass, down 35810 from May. After Mayor Weaver split with the party, the city committee plans to select a new county ticket and reform groups canvassed to remove fictitious names from the rolls.
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Weaver
Republican
Mayor and Reform Organizations
Double murder suicide shocks southeast Washington
In Washington, two men, George T. Morgan and Charles Souder, were killed and Souder's wife Lillian J. Souder seriously wounded in a shooting. Police theorize Souder killed Morgan, wounded his wife, then died by suicide. The case hinges on a separated couple and a boarding-house context.
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Tennessee
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Monmouth Trust and Safe Deposit Co
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Court of Chancery
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Ind
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Amoy
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Linevitch
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Souder
Morgan
Mrs Pinkham Offers Private Health Help For Women
An appeal urges women to consult Mrs. Lydia E Pinkham for confidential advice on female weaknesses. It stresses talking with a woman, no charge for letters, and the potential for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to aid those in need.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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