Mayor Gaynor Threatens Express Wagons Over Jersey City Strike
New York on November 12 reports Mayor Gaynor's indignation at Jersey City expressmen rejecting a settlement the companies accepted in New York. He warned that express wagons could run with police if needed. Company statements say many former employees returned to work and services will run day and night to clear two weeks of backlog. The Curtis-Blaisdell and other firms report ongoing strikes with 200 drivers laid off and now resuming work. Secretaries say the strikes are just beginning.
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New York
Gaynor
Jersey City
Curtis-Blaisdell Company
Westcott Express
Mulgroves
Sixty-Third Street
Lexington Avenue
New York Cab Company
West Twentieth Street
New York Livery and Automobile Company
Thirty-First
Fifty-Third Street
Charles H. Foster
New York Joint District Council of the Teamsters
Webster City man ends life after telephoning wife
R H Pray of Webster City Iowa shot himself after warning his wife by telephone that he would kill himself Temporary insanity is suspected Mrs Pray heard the shot over the line and a daughter alerted neighbors too late.
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Webster City
R. H. Pray
Iself
Farmer Henry Troubaugh attempts suicide in barn near Rushville
Henry Troubaugh a prominent farmer living east of Rushville Indiana cut his throat with ragor but survived. He severed a wind and cut an artery yet was found by his wife and saved by timely physicians. Family and Troubaugh give no reason for the act and say he is rational.
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Rushville
Ind
Henry Troubaugh
Here
Ragor
Trougaugh
Troubaugh
Poison Victim May Recover In Poison Case
Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk wife of John Schenk a millionaire meat packer is near collapse under guard and prosecutors expect a full confession within three days after a partial one. A preliminary hearing is set for Monday and warrants are issued for two doctors.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
John ©. Schenk
Handlen
Schenk
Convict Attacks Warden and Prison Doctor in New Hampshire
Deputy Warden Frank R. Bailey was seriously wounded and Dr. Ralph E. Gallinger, son of Senator Jacob Gallinger, was cut on the wrist when inmate John Doe, serving a life term for murder, stabbed them from behind. Doe seized a knife during corridor repairs and was overpowered.
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Concord
N. H
Frank R. Bailey
Ralph E. Gallinger
United States
Jacob Gallinger
John Doe
Bailey
Gallinger
Doe
Fire Rips Through Newburgh Mower Plant
Fire at Coldwell lawn mower works in Newburgh New York destroyed the 200 by 300 foot building in minutes. Loss pegged at at least 200000 dollars with over 200 workers left without jobs. The storehouse with 60000 finished machines for Europe was saved.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Coldwell Lawn Mower Works
Europe
Market Summary for Live Stock and Commodities
Chicago livestock receipts totals include hogs at 17 000 with bids from 7.25 to 8.15 and cattle at 8 000 with prime steers 7.00 to 7.40. Sheep quotes 6.00 to 6.85. potatoes and butter ranges listed. Omaha market shows hogs near 7.65 8.25 and cattle 4.25 to 7.00 with range cows 2.85 to 4.75. East Buffalo figures show steady hogs around 8.20 8.25 and best lambs 7.10 7.15 with calves from 6.00 to 11.60.
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Omaha
Texas
Lfe
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. C
Dallas Bank Swindle Suspect Arrested in New Orleans
Charles P. Converse, charged with swindling the First National Bank of Dallas Oregon out of 21000 by means of worthless checks, was arrested in New Orleans Louisiana on November 12.
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New Orleans
Charles P. Converse
First National Bank of Dallas
Ore
Grief Said to Prompt Bank President Suicide
Memphis doctors attribute D Francisco Schas president of Continental Savings Bank death by suicide to grief over his benefactor’s death and a near fatal building collapse. He also shot himself after taking strychnine and facing a mirror in Overton Park public pavilion. The case follows news of C W Schulte First National Bank Memphis who hanged himself in Battle Creek, a friend of Schas.
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Memphis
Tenn
D. Francisco Schas
Continental Savings Bank
Overton Park
C. W. Schulte
First National Bank of Memphis
Battle Creek
Mich
Schulte
Schas
Continental Bank
Cable Company Aims to Halve Plain Language Cable Rates
The Commercial Cable company plans to cut plain language cablegram rates about in half by charging 12.5 cents for every five letters, based on five letters per word. The plan requires cooperation from European governments with state-owned lines and prior higher-rate transmission.
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New York
Commercial Cable Company
Europe
Clarence H. Mackay
Weather Summary Across Major Cities
The report lists cloudy conditions for several cities including New York Albany Atlantic Boston Buffalo Chicago and St Louis. Temperatures range from mid to upper 30s with readings showing 40s in some spots and a clear 32 alongside snow.
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New Yo
Albany
Atlantic
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louis
Washington
Philadelphia
Rail accident leaves man dead after signaling stop
A man stood on the track signaling a car to stop when struck by a locomotive. He was hurled twenty feet and died at once. his wife witnessed the fatal incident while the motorman claimed he did not see him.
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Stantly
Smith
Blast Kills 4 Miners at Shoal Creek Mine Panama
An explosion at the Shoal Creek Coal Company's Panama mine in Montgomery county, Illinois, killed four miners and injured ten. About 350 men were in the mine. 300 were in danger, but fifty workers in the affected section were saved. The cause was unknown and flames caused the fatalities.
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Hillsboro
Shoal Creek Coal Company
Panama
Montgomery County
Boy loses arm in antique corn husker on farm near Mason
Joseph Thorn aged 19 lost an arm in a corn husker on Morris Brown’s farm six miles southwest of Mason Michigan. The device is old style and reputed to have killed one man and taken another arm before Brown acquired it. Thorn’s prospects were reported as undetermined.
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Mason, Mich
Joseph Thorn
Morris Brown
Here
Brown
Thorn
Aurelius
Markets Hogs Chicago November 12 1910
Estimated hog receipts 9000 with yesterday’s leftovers 3738. Market steady with light hogs 760 to 815, mixed packers 765 to 815, heavy shipping grades 750 to 815, rough 750 to 770. Cattle 1500 weak, sheep 2500 steady. Official yesterday receipts 13853 shipments 1839 left over 3758. Tomorrow's receipts 27000. Bulk 785 to 805, light 760 to 800, mixed packers 760 to 810, heavy shipping 750 to 810, rough 750 to 770, porkers 780 to 805, pigs 720 to 775.
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Chicago
Market Receipts Report for Sion Sheep and Steady Trade
Estimated receipts at the 1500 Market show Sion sheep with steady demand. The 2500 Market reports steady receipts across markets with overall stable activity and pricing.
Market Update For Cattle and Sheep Prices
Market remains weak with cattle dull and sheep steady. Bulk items around 5 lower, 80 to 800 light grades 7, heavy shipping 7 60 to 8 10, rough 7 50 to 7 70, mixed packers 7 50 to 7 95.
Grain Company Furnishes Postal Telegraph Building
Beach Wickham Grain Company supplies furnishing for offices in the Postal Telegraph Building Chicago Illinois.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Ilinois
Woman Sees Husband Killed by Street Car
Jackson report says George A. Smith, 65, of Jackson, was struck by an M U R car at Leont and died. The article notes the fatal accident occurred on a November day in Michigan.
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Jackson, Mich
Leont
George A. Smith
Rhodus Confesses to Chicago Murders Faces Death Plea
Leigh Rhodus who confessed to the Chicago murders of Dr. William F. Michaelis and Anton Helbig was brought from East St. Louis to Chicago and led detectives along the route of the crime. He then said he would plead guilty to be sentenced to death rather than life in prison, citing five burglary charges in Belleville and a prior penitentiary sentence. Detectives Prendergast and McGuire secured a $5,000 bond to ensure his return to East St. Louis if needed.
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Chicago
Leigh Rhodus
East St. Louis
Whe
Michaelis
Anton Helbig
Prendergast and McGuire
South Englewood
Jefferson City
Rhodus
Belleville
Prendergast
McGuire
East St
Finger Print Evidence Convicts Man in Murder
Chicago readers report a death sentence for Thomas Jennings after jurors and Judge Kavanaugh accept finger marks found on a window sill as circumstantial evidence. The murder victim was Clarence D. Hiller, chief clerk of the Rock Island Railroad freight department, killed in Washington Heights in the dead of night before his wife and three young daughters.
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Chicago
Thomas Jennings
Kavanagh
Jennings
Clarence D. Hiller
Rock Island Railroad
Hiller
Washington Heights
Large Gold Shipments From Alaska and Mines Total Over Ten Million
Seattle November 12 More than ten million dollars in gold has reached the United States assay office this year with Alaska and British American mines contributing 10 607 621 94. Alaska supplied 9 909 109 75. British Columbia 1 096 296 08. Yukon 97 021 75. Canada other sources 64 994 41. Guggenheims ship Klondike output to their San Francisco smelter, reducing Yukon consignments.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Alaska
British American
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Canada
Yukon
Guggenheims
Klondike
San Francisco
Boiler blast kills four at Kenton sawmill
Four men died instantly when a boiler exploded at a Kenton area sawmill southeast of the city. Names listed are John Jennings, Joseph Harris, Edward Fleetsonia, and Jonah Kirk as workers near the boiler prior to the blast.
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Kenton, O
John Jenninge
Joseph Harris
Edward Fleetsonia
Jona
Kirk
Nea
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Q Minor
Wones
Farmer
J. A. Schenk
R. E. Gallinger
New York Horse Show
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Memphis Bank
D. F. Schas
Mirror
United States Weather Bureau
Ee Ceeer City
Indiana
Wisconsin Fair
Ill
Nhudus
Young Ingham Farmer
Baltimore
Sion
Grain Market
Royal Grape
Jackson
Washington City
Reister & Son
John A. Babcock Commission
U. S. Yards
Ghigago
Illinois
Exch’ge
Ueese Eee
U.S
Guggenheim
Frisco
Kenton
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