Mutual Insurance Holds Annual Meeting in Washington County
The Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance association held its annual meeting to elect five directors and hear officer reports. President William Sutherland led the afternoon session with praise for officers, noting modest pay and a large surplus of 9,645.46 amid rising risks from 7.8 million to over 8.2 million. Sidney Coon served as secretary for 14 years as the organization, founded 1878, continues to grow as the largest county mutual in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa Township
Joseph Thoman
Brighton
G. C. Humston Richland
M. Wagner
C. O. Greenwood
Washington Township
John Kenedy
William Sutherland
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance’ Association
Mr. Coon
Sidney Coon
Tacoma Cruiser Ordered To Greytown In Central American Trouble
The cruiser Tacoma under Commander Albert P. Nilleck is ordered from Focas Del Toro to Greytown Nicaragua to protect American and foreign interests as insurgent forces led by General Estrada advance on the city. British gunboat Seyn warns opposing commanders no fighting in Greytown, citing British ownership of many houses. Similar actions were taken by Des Moines at Bluefields.
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Washington
Tacoma
Albert P. Nilleck
Focas del Toro
Greytown
Nicaragua
Estrada
Thomas P. Moffett
Bluefields
Seyn
Wariado
Lberty
Hogs Hit New Highs In Chicago Prices
Chicago hog market quotes jump to $9.05 per cwt marking a fresh record as prices surge in the stock yards. Lamb prices rise with safety quotations around $9.00 per cwt while earlier gains reached $8.75 per cwt.
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Chicago
Mayor Gaynor orders four year budget cut with school and subway push
New York January 8 Mayor Gaynor enforces strict city budget cuts for four years. He orders departments to drop extraneous expenses and discard previous administrations' fancies, while preserving funding for school construction and subway expansion.
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New York
Gaynor
Burglary Hits Home of Former Senator Mason in Chicago
Thieves entered the Chicago residence of former United States Senator William W Mason and stole jewelry valued at 1500 dollars. Silverware valued in the thousands, packed in a sheet, was found in the kitchen where the burglary was first discovered.
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Chicago
Tan
United States
William WU
Mason
New President Installed at Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster Pennsylvania January inauguration marks Henry H Apple as president of Franklin and Marshall College. He succeeds his father Thomas G Apple who previously led the institution. Representatives from over fifty colleges attend as Woodruff Wilson of Princeton delivers the principal address.
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Henry Apple
Franklin Marshall College
Lancaster
Henry H. Apple
First Methodist Church of
York
Franklin and Marshall College
Thomas G. Apple
Woodruff Wilson
Princeton
Magnates Clash Over 168 Game Baseball Plan
New York reports a dispute between C H Ebbets and Barney Dreyfuss over a proposed 168 game schedule for the season instead of 154. Ebbets defends the plan highlighting doubleheaders and travel factors, while Dreyfuss opposes, fearing weather delays and urging a return to 154 games.
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New York
Jan
C. H. Ebbets
Barney Dreyfuss
Ebbets
Dreyfus
Labor Day
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
World’s Series, Which Will Begin On Or About Oct 17." “Ebbets
Woman Cruxifies Herself in Religious Delusion in Turin
In Turin a servant girl, driven by a religious mania, crucified herself on a bed after placing a crown of thorns and wounding her chest. Her employer found her unconscious from blood loss and she later died in hospital. Doctors call her hysterical, but locals deem the act miraculous.
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Rome
Turin
Jesus Christ
Christ
New Trial Motion in Sugar Case Heard Today
Oliver Spitzer Edward Boyle John Coyle Patrick Hennessey and Thomas Kehoe face a motion for a new trial before Judge Martin in the United States circuit court. If denied prosecutors seek immediate sentences of four years and a $10 000 fine for each. National and Federal Sugar Refining oppose payment of due sums amid short weights claims totaling about 709 000 from National and 150 000 from Federal.
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Nework
Oliver Spitzer
Edward Boyle
John Coyle
Patrick Hennessey
Thomas Kehoe
Martin
United States Circuit Court
National
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Filipinos to Hawaii for Work on Sugar Plantations
A party of 361 Filipino laborers arrived aboard the steamer Siberia after being secured by two agents from the Hawaiian board of immigration. They will be put to work on sugar plantations as agents continue recruiting in the Philippines and more workers are expected.
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Honolulu
Jan
Philippines
Hawaiian Board of Immigration
Hner
East Orange Police Officer Fined for Cider Attendance
In East Orange New Jersey a policeman, on duty, drank four cups of apple cider at a local saloon. He was fined $120 after being reprimanded for the incident. The article notes the cider cost the retailer 20 cents a gallon and frames the act as a costly lapse in duty.
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East Orange
N. J
Enst Orange
N.J
Apple Eider
Tack in a Coconut Bun Bites Girl for Damages
Twelve year old Florence Meredith won $25 damages after swallowing a tack stuck in her stomach from a coconut bun. The suit named a Third Avenue confectioner as defendant, who faced a $500 claim.
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New York
Florence Meredith
Third Avenue
Two Suspects Battle Captors After Jewelry Store Burglary
In Ypsilanti Michigan January 7 two men suspected of a jewelry store burglary were taken to the Michigan Central depot where they drew revolvers and fought three men. Bag gageman Henry C Minor was killed ticket clerk Morgan Emmett was fatally shot and a suspect was wounded in the leg. Three men were arrested: Robert McCormick Winkie and Carl Billings. Emmett protected himself with his left arm while being dragged outside and was knocked unconscious. Minor died after a pistol duel at close range.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Michigan Central Depot
Henry C. Minor
Morgan Emmett
Robert McCormick
Detroit
Ypsilanti
Winkie
Carl Billings
Emmett
Minor
France Is Grateful to U S for Pasteur Bust Gift
The Pasteur Institute of Paris through the French consul general presents a bronze replica of Paul Dubois’ bust of Louis Pasteur to the Rockefeller Institute in New York. The gift honors help during France’s recent cerebrospinal meningitis epidemic, where Rockefeller serum cut mortality from over 80 percent to about 15 percent.
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New York
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research of
Pasteur Institute of Paris
Louis Pasteur
Paul Dubois
Rockefeller Institute
France
Rockefeller
Two Men Accused in Sharon Main Murder Case
Sharon Pennsylvania January 8 Thomas Thomas George Nourse and Edward Ready are under arrest for the murder of Lynn Morris a strike breaker at the South Sharon works of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company Morris fired at his assailants the night of the shooting and a blood trail led to a doctor s office where Thomas reportedly had a bullet wound dressed Thomas was arrested in bed
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Sharon
Lynn Morris
South Sharon
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Thomas Thomas
George Nourse
Edward Ready
Morris
Thomas
Vanderlip Pearls Recovered After Snow Search
Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip wife of the former assistant secretary of the treasury recovered the last of a dozen pearls from a $5,000 necklace lost while coasting on Briarcliff hill Scarborough Ossining N Y after a three day search through heavy snow banks.
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Ossining
N. Y
Scarborough
Here
Frank A. Vanderlip
Venus Outshines the Sun Observation Reported in Rome
In Rome on January 8 an unusual display occurred as Venus appeared visible in the afternoon sky and outshined the sun, a remarkable atmospheric phenomenon repeated for observers.
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Rome
Venus
Markets show mixed hog and cattle prices in Chicago report
The Chicago market report shows hog receipts of about 11 000 with prices ranging from 860 to 900 for heavy shipping grades and 855 to 895 for mixed packers. Cattle are listed as weak with about 800 head, while sheep are steady at roughly 3 000 head. official receipts yesterday total 17 796 with left overs 6 551 and tomorrow’s receipts projected at 32 000.
John A. Babcock Case At North American Live Stock
John A. Babcock involved in a case linked to the North American Live Stock Commission Company at U S Stock Yards Chicago Illinois. The notice references legal actions surrounding the company and individual, with emphasis on stock trade and regulatory matters.
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Stock Commission Company
U. 8 S
Chicago, Ill
Think It Over Fuddy Duddy Rhy Change
Dialogic exchange hints at contentious negotiation and moral fairness. A pairing of sayings explores desire and consequence in a playful pondering of social balance.
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Fuddy
Duddy
Dismissal of Pinchot Shocks Taft Era Forest Policy
President Taft removes Gifford Pinchot from forester post after cabinet meeting. Price and Shaw also ousted. Wilson cites Pinchot letter defending colleagues and actions against Ballinger as the basis. Cabinet action follows congressional inquiry battles over natural resources policy.
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Washington
Taft
Wilson
Gifford Pinchot
Forester
Agriculture Department
Overton W. Price
Mr. Pinchot
Alexander €. Shaw
Forest Service
Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger
Pinchot
House of Representatives
House
Cannon
Joint Co. of Inquiry
Messers, Pinchot
Price
Shaw
Forester Pinchot
Senator Dolliver
Louis R. Glaris
Department of Agriculture
Child dies from burns as lamp explodes in visit
Six year old Margaret Hull daughter of John L Hull of South Bend Indiana died in Bay City Michigan from burns after her high dress caught fire when a lamp exploded. The child was visiting her grandmother and was early morning filing a lighted lamp onto a hat.
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Bay City
Mich
Margaret Hull
John L. Hull
South Bend
Ind
Atm
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Joan H. Shipley
Des Moines
Gaynor Wil
William E. Mason
Rosbed
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Henry RB. Pelham
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American Federation of Labor
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Interstate Commerce Commission
American Rail Way Association
Frank T. Hawley
The
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Order of Railroad Conductors
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
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Hawaii
U.S
Pasteur
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Edward Brady
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