Notable Illinois Central Stockholders Meet in Chicago
At the Illinois Central Railroad annual stockholders meeting in Chicago traders, section men, and farmers mingled as stockholders. The youngest participant was a 15 year old with two shares. prominent figures like Cornelius Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor attended. Attendees included women stockholders and various businessmen, some dressed in fashion, others quietly voting aye.
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Chicago
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Charles Bacon
Hammond
Board of Arbitration To Settle Labor Dispute
President Roosevelt appoints a nine member board of arbitrators to end the Pennsylvania coal strike. The panel includes General John M. Wilson and Judge George Gray among others, with Parker, Clark, Watkins, Wright, and Spalding contributing expertise. The decision is to be final and public opinion supports arbitration as a settlement amid coal shortages.
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Board of Arbitration
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
John M. Wilson
Engineer Corps
Military
Naval Service of
United States
Engineer Department
West Point
Engineers
Bishop Spalding
Peoria
Iil
Spalding
John Lancaster
R. O
The
United Mineworkers of
George Gray
Wilmington
Del
United States Courts
New Castle
Princeton
Harvard
Delaware
Senate
National
Democrats
Paris
Joint High Commission
Quebec
Edward Wheeler Parker
United States Geological Survey
New
Parker
Edgar &. Clark
Edgar E. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
National Civic Federation
Clark
Thomas H. Watkins
Scranton
Carroll D. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
Talbott and Page vie for Maryland seat in close race
Democratic candidate J F C Talbott and Republican William Tyler Page campaign in Maryland's second district. The contest features a rare twist tying Page to Pace who served 1 page in Congress decades ago, while Talbott has held the seat in multiple past terms.
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J. F.C. Talbott
William Tyler Page
Maryland
Pace
House of Representatives
Talbott
Schemes of Diamond Thieves At Kimberley Unfold
Schemes of diamond thieves flourish in Kimberley where the city’s high crime rate ties to its famous diamonds. A Frenchman wearing boots with Parisian heels appeared and engaged with a native woman, drawing attention during a bold daytime interaction.
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Kimberley
Bian
Vassar Graduate Named Sanitary Inspector in Orange NJ
Miss Helen D. Thompson, a 1989 Vassar graduate, uses sanitation and social work training to improve community health in Orange New Jersey. She teaches residents to remedy unsanitary conditions, succeeding where men previously failed.
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Vassar
Helen D. Thompson
Orange
N. J
Indian Girl Grace Nailor Earns Washington Favor
Grace Nailor, a 16 year old of Indian descent adopted by Capt Nailor after the Wounded Knee battle, has become a notable passenger brought by the American liner St Paul to New York from Southampton. Educated and traveled abroad, she is now a Washington favorite.
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America
Lebanon
Mount St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
University of Louvain
Belgium
Rome
Louisville
St. Augustine’s Church
New York
Spaling
M. J. Spalding
Peoria
St. Paul
Southampton
Grace Nailor
Wounded Knee
South Dakota
Nailor
Largest cave in Europe explored in Switzerland
In Muotathal near Schwyn Switzerland the largest cave in Europe has been explored by three parties this summer. Access was previously blocked by a crank, but the interior is now being investigated. The total distance traversed reaches at least 8000 yards and the end of the cavern remains undiscovered.
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Europe
Muotathal
Schwyn
Switzerland
New Minister to Spain Named Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Arthur Sherburne Hardy, named minister to Spain after recent diplomatic shifts, is a New Englander born in 1847 in Andover Massachusetts. A West Point graduate and former Dartmouth mathematics professor, he authored novels including But Yet a Woman and Passe Rose and served in posts from Teheran to Greece Roumania Servia Switzerland, most recently assigned to Switzerland in 1900 by President McKinley.
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Spain
New England
Alpheus Hardy
Andover
Mass
West Point
Third Artillery
Fessor
Dartmouth College
Teheran
Persia
Greece
Roumania
Servia
Switzerland
McKinley
Princesses as Royal Authors Stir European Spotlight
Princess Charles of Denmark nears publication with a manuscript circulated among Europe’s crowned heads. Queen Helena of Italy writes a poem set to appear in Berliner Leben titled The Other Crown, praising credit to the Negro Race. Moses Leonard Frazier, first Black Columbia University political science graduate, runs a real estate business, barber shop, and college degrees.
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Edward
Charles
Denmark
Europe
Helena
Italy
Berliner Leben
Moses Leonard Frazier
School of Political Science
Columbia University
New York City
Treasury Is Well Protected Against Burglars
The United States Treasury in Washington is safeguarded by modern security and armed guards. Each vault links to a highly sensitive electric alarm, alerting guards and city police to any hand contact. False alarms have prompted quick troop mobilization from Fort Meyer nearby. Seventy-two men under a captain patrol the treasury, with shifts split between day and two night watches.
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United States
Washington
Treasury
Fort Meyer
True Daughter of America Child of Marcus Daly
Mrs. H. Carroll Brown, formerly Margaret Daly, elder daughter of Marcus Daly, mine owner, inherits a large fortune. She and her sister spent years in Paris training at a convent. About 18 months ago she married Baltimorean Mr. Brown, master of Green Spring Valley Hunt club hounds, and she has long proclaimed she will not accept a foreign title.
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Marcus Daly
H. Carroll Brown
Margaret Daly
Montana
Paris
Brown
Baltimore
Maryland
Elkridge Fox Hunt Club
Green Spring Valley Hunt Club
De Matos Leads Venezuelan Revolt Against Castro
Gen Matos heads revolutionary forces in Venezuela opposing President Castro. Movement shows signs of success as support grows among citizens while the army remains split. Castro is said to have amassed wealth, with defeat likely sending him into exile in Europe.
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Matos
Venezuela
Castro
Republic
Europe
Pelletan between two fires and the Kleber christening
The French minister of marine Camille Pelletan faced a fierce dispute over the Kleber’s christening. La Lanterne urged him to forbid the religious ceremony, while reactionary papers backed a baptism by Abbe Harmann. Pelletan was accused of lacking conviction by socialist and free thought presses. Also noted is Mrs Patrick Campbell’s jewelry passion and her prized ring with her late husband’s portrait and her four fine dogs.
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M. Pelletan
Socialist
Free Thought
Patrick Campbell
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Killowen
Manchester
Passd
Lord Charles
Tom
Colleen Bawn
Russell
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