Wholesale forgery ring menaced New York naturalization papers
United States Commissioner Shields in New York described a plot by eight leaders to forge thousands of naturalization papers and signatures, including the seal and certificates. Named are Roberto Buntiro Rocco Trigulio and Guiseppe Caparelli. a printing shop operated in Hoboken and later moved to New York. Authorities said at least 1,000 certificates issued, with sales to Italians from 5 to 100 dollars each. Five more men arrested Tuesday night on charges of complicity.
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United States
New York
secret service
sen
Alexander
Roberto Buntiro
Rocco Trigulio
Imn Buiato
ffoboken
Figuno
Shields
Rambo
Figulio
Caparelli
Midsummer Festival to Attract Crowds in Sioux City
Sioux City prepares a grand Midsummer Festival from June 29 to July 4 with three tents and an open-air arena. A Night in Japan will headline a spectacular stage show featuring a Mikado visit, geishas, pyrotechnics, and world musicians. Railroads offer excursion rates as crowds are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Sioux City
stowe
Japan
Yeager murder inquest hears of mysterious woman
Yeager was shot six miles south of Hemlock near Miss Finley's home at 2 AM after leaving his betrothed. Witnesses describe a strange woman seen with Yeager moments before the shot, with a second blood pool later found and analyzed by a chemist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeager
Kokomo
Inil
Hemlock
Miss. Finley
Miss Finley
Firemen in Great Peril at Worth Street Blaze
Six members of New York fire company No. 27 were seriously hurt as they entered a burning Worth Street building to fight a blaze on the third floor. The crew tackled the flames but were overwhelmed by heat and smoke, rescued by three comrades who dragged them to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Worth Street
bose
Extortion Threat Used Against Young Farmer Franklin
A disrupted OCR fragment shows an extortion threat aimed at Franklin, a young farmer, with a mention of two accomplices and a planned dynamite attack. The readable portion hints at coercive demands and police involvement, but specifics are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buringtone
beech
Franklin
Boats Test Torpedo Run Amid Turbulent News
Reports describe a torpedo boat submarine test off Poconic Bay with a torpedo fired at midship, flags raised, and witnesses noting a war vessel in action while police and public order issues trigger a grand jury denunciation of corruption. Clashes in New York subways, Marseilles capuchins fined, and a sensational Australasian murder headline follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poconic Bay
Police Force De Grand Jury
police department
Prominent Families Charged With Assault in Norwalk Trial
In South Norwalk Connecticut Hugh S Knox son of the US Attorney General, Walbridge Tatt nephew of Judge Patt and others face assault charges. While Knox and Barney were proven not to participate, they tried to separate combatants. Taft and White cases continued.
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Connecticut
South Norwalk
Conn
Hugh’S. Knox
United States
Knox
Walbridge Tatt
Patt
Philippines
John E. Barney
Cincinnati
Lawrence White
Loswell
Mass
Taft
White
Increased to six thousand nine hundred Denver strikers listed
Denver labor unrest eases as arbitration appears likely. The general executive committee of organized labor accepts the state board of arbitration’s services, with stipulations, amid widespread business crippled by strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Cola
general executive committee of
organized labor
state board of arbitration
Fifty Peasants Shot In Croatian Village Disorde rs
Reports from Vienna say Croatian peasants clashed with the military at Krisesaelisich. About forty peasants reportedly killed as authorities seal off the village to curb news. Venezuela sent 168000 to Germany, with a seventh payment due next month. Lightning hit Rockton Methodist Church injuring three. repairs minor. Bible binders strike in Philadelphia over union pay. Chicago butcher and clerk strike expands to five hundred workers across shops.
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Vienna
Slasek
Croatia
Heres
Krisesaelisich
Chicago
butchers and clarks
Riot in Bridgeport leaves mayor injured in mob clash
Massive crowds clash with strike breakers and police on Barnum and State Street line. Stones fly striking Mayor Mulvihill as deputies and sheriffs order cars to safety. Fire department douses blaze and mob disperses after hours of unrest.
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Troiney Cara
nMidale
Connecticut Rathway not Tech Company
Bridgeport
shariff
teolluy
Barnum and
State Street
cava
Wheeler and Wilson faetory
stanea
Hendrie
Pith
Mulvilil
Tia
Mulvihill
Holendsola
Malvthiil
Enormous Strike Loss Hits Omaha City Economy
The Omaha strike has cost the city and county at least 750000 over eighteen days, rising by about 41000 daily. Restaurants Calumet and One Minute delayed dinner openings due to incomplete arrangements but expect to resume soon as waiters return. Laundry workers also back and laundries reopen while business leaders push arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Calumet
One Minute
spork
Central ‘Labor pnion
Minnesota murderer feted by deputies in drunken spree
In a sensational turn, Frank Taake, jailed for the murder of John Weitner, was escorted by six deputy sheriffs across St Paul and Stillwater for a weekend of carousing. The revels spanned from absinthe to beer as officers allegedly allowed his last hours of freedom before imprisonment. An official inquiry is expected into the conduct and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
John Weitner
Frank Taake
St. Paul
teinderlain
Tanke
Stillwater
Snow in Montana Brings Mixed Weather and Rail Woes
A Montana dispatch reports a four day snowstorm across the state with wet conditions in the east aiding crops if temperatures drop, while a blizzard hinders Great Northern trains in the north causing livestock losses and sheep threats. The text also notes bombardment near Ipek during Albanian resistance, with casualties on both sides.
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Montana
Butte
Great Northern
Constantinople
Ipek
Disaster at Dal tight bullfight collapses in Spain
A Madrid dispatch reports an amphitheater collapse during a bullfight in Algeciras. Hyelvo persons were killed and fifty injured, with several women among those gored by bulls.
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Dal tight
Madrid
Algeciras
am Phitheater
Hyelvo
Goey Twenty Years in Prison in Rochester Trial
Leland Goyvr Ket was sentenced to twenty years in prison in Rochester for involvement in a case that encouraged and resulted in the death of Ethel Wauche Ongle. The court imposed the prison term and a fine as part of the judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goey
Leland Goyvr Ket
Rochester
prironment
Ethel Wauche Ongle
witielde
Milwaukee Road to Close Small Stations North of Dubuque
The Milwaukee Road orders closure of stations not paying their way from Chicago to St Paul area. Four stations near Dubuque Me derville Waterville Wadena and Zwh gle are closed and trains skip these stops. Town residents protest loss of service and telegraph access as wage disputes triggered the cutback.
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Milwaukee Road
Faud
Du Duqne
Cleago
Milwaukee and St. Pault
Dubuque
Mederville
Waterville
Wadena
Zwhgle
Thesreai deata
Pho de
smiall
Reward Offered for Mead Slaying at West Liberty
Gov Cummins issues proclamation offering 304 reward for arrest and conviction of the slayer who robbed the Arthur Mead restaurant in West Liberty. Mead was killed about 1 AM May 14 by a masked robber who demanded surrender and shot him when he hesitated. West Liberty officials urged the governor to grant the reward.
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Cummins
Arthur Mead
West Liberty
Mead
Thomas McCarthy
BE. McIntigh
Marahal
Wiley
ai al
Burglars Strike Paullina Mill as Explosion Warns Escape
In Paullina unknown burglars blasted into A Williamson's flour mill, stealing papers and notes while bursting doors and triggering a loud explosion heard two blocks away. A woman doctor, J P Kennedy, president of the state board of health, was arrested for practicing medicine without a license. Dr Lyons of Webster City, a magnetism practitioner, was also arrested in a test case to determine if physicians from her school can practice locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
willamston Mill
flouy
A. Williamson
Paullina
J. P. Kennedy
Des Moines
state board of health
Tha Louige-Lyons
Websteir Y
Lyons
Weltmer school of
Webster City
herler
Tawa
Des Moines man’s suicide saves sisters $1000 life policy
A Des Moines man died by his own hand on a Saturday morning, an act reported as having saved his sisters from a $1000 life insurance payout. The Modern Woodmen lodge waited on his sentence before noting the case, while a Burlington hold-up is mentioned separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Des Moines
BURLINGTON
Masked Robbers Hit Balcon Patrons in West Burlington
Two masked men entered a Balcon saloon in West Burlington at midnight and, at gunpoint, robbed the proprietor and about six patrons of around $100 before fleeing. The incident echoes a prior robbery at West Liberty that killed Arthur Mead, with similar suspects possibly linked to What Cheer. A separate overhaul at What Cheer destroyed two stores, furniture and second hand, totaling about 5000 dollars in losses.
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West Burlington
West Liberty
Arthur Mead
Hiro
Miro
Jo, Henkener
Stephens and
Kating
Arbitration efforts fail in Dubuque street car strike
Strikers push for full arbitration of the dispute while the company offers to arbitrate only whether three men should be reinstated. Nearby notes mention a farmer appointment at the Sac and Fox Agency and a Cory Las, with prior service in Michigan and Tuna, amid health concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Sac and Fox
Cory Las
Tame
Michigaan
Tuna
big health
MAY SE' MURDER NEAR SELINDOR
Coroner files information charging Markley with shooting his wife last Wednesday at a residence five miles from Selindor. He was held in the county jail awaiting grand jury action as a coroner's inquest and testimonies suggested suicide but led to arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matklex
Selindor
Sie City
Aintviet court
tat labor
Postmaster Killed in Iowa Home Office Blast
In Konsuth near Des Moines County a post office was blown up on Thursday afternoon injuring and killing Postmaster Richard Herges. His body mangled, officials say the blast used several cans of powder. Rev Mr Lepernik was in the store moments before the explosion as Hedges felt ill and left for a doctor. Police note the blast occurred after a recent highway robbery near the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konsuth
Des Moines
Blowo
Kossuth
Mostmnster
Richard Herges
Lepernik
stoi
Hedges
Robber shoots jeweler in West Liberty depot hold up
A masked robber entered the West Liberty depot restaurant at 4 am and ordered workers to raise their hands. Young jeweler Meade refused to comply and was shot center mass, dying instantly. The thief grabbed about $26 from the cash register and fled into the timber as hundreds search the countryside with bloodhounds.
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lowan
réx-atnrant
West Liberty
savén
Arethur Meade
Suit for $10 000 damages pits NCR against Hallwood cash
The National Cash Register Company of Ohio sues the Hallwood Cash Register Company and its Des Moines agent in district court at Des Moines for $10,000 damages. The claim centers on defamatory circulars circulated in Lake City and Baxter accusing NCR of being a trust, pursuing enormous sums, and facing conspiracy indictments. The action grows from a clash over patents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cash Register
Des Moines
National Cash Register Company of
Ohio
Hallwood Cash Register Company
Lake City
Baxter
National company
atents
Retarded Acreage in Shelby County Reported
Rain has seriously delayed corn planting in Shelby County. Most moisture soaked into the ground, with little field work possible. Some corn has been planted but likely not more than a quarter of the acreage. Despite delays, total acreage may rise due to winter-killed clover and strong growth of timothy blue grass and other grasses.
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Shelby County
Shelly County
Convict Granted Release Sparks Parole System Debate
In Anamosa district court Judge Miller ordered the habeas corpus release of Davis who had seven years remaining in prison. The ruling contends the governor lacked authority to cancel previously earned good time. The decision is to be appealed to the state supreme court, potentially forcing wide parole system revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Anamosa
rank Davis
tima
lia purels
supreme court
Wreck and Fire Hit Northwestern Line and Charles City
A wreck near Dayton stalled traffic after a broken wheel flange derailed twelve cars into the Des Moines River. The engine stayed on the wreck, with no injuries. In Charles City a fire at Lavrovy yard barrel factory caused heavy damage to the foundry and stock, insured for 2000 dollars, with the fire department preventing total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Dayton hollow
Northwestern
Des Moines
Chorles City
M. Hy
Charles City
Edbel Suits in Iowa City Tax Dispute Headlines
Aggressive suits totaling 125000 threaten sensational court action in Johnson County. Iowa City officials the town marshal and deputy named in fibulous publication and false imprisonment claims amid ongoing legal drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edbel
Tabel
Iowa City
Tepab- Henn
Jonson County
Death By Own Action Follows Quarrel
Mrs Isqae Morkley aged years living near Schallog in Sae County committed death by own action by shooting. The event appears to result from a quarrel and a lodging with ingoing man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isqae Morkley
Schallog
Sae County
Lightning claims hogs and church fire in rural incident
Lightning struck Albert Debenucker's farm four miles northwest of Hane cook killing twenty six hogs ready for market. A storm at Coda Falls set Congregational Church ablaze causing three thousand dollars of damage. ministers in a study alerted and saved the church with insurance covering the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Debenucker
Churot
Coda Falls
Paris press accuses beachhead of planning trip to secure votes
Federalist newspapers accuse a Paris group of planning a journey to the Northern States to secure votes. A French frigate destined for Iwanda was captured by the British Victory. Tammany Hall marks its fourteenth anniversary with a banquet in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
thor reraon
Nouthern
Victory
Tammany
New York
Boundary debate over Lake Michigan and midwest states
Seventy five years ago the House discussed a bill to fix the latitude of the southern end of Lake Michigan and define the boundary among Indiana Ohio and Minnesota. A Colombian grant was given to an American syndicate to build a railroad across the isthmus. Inventor William Congreyo died in London. Congress passed a relief bill for Revolutionary War survivors.
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House of Representatives
Lake Michigan
UMnoss
Indiana
Ohio
Panaran
William Congreyo
London
Congress
Mlinots Steamer Arrives With Gold and Passengers
A historical note recalls the steamer Mlinots arriving in New York from California carrying $3,000,000 in gold and 400 passengers chiefly gold miners. The text also mentions a Massachusetts Legislature appropriation for Hoosac Tunnel construction and references a fatal yellow fever epidemic with 8,000 deaths, as part of a fragmented archival snippet.
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Mlinots
New York
California
Massachusetts
Hoosac
domix
Fragmentary 186(0s) references in Forties era item
Readable fragments describe Confederate government denials, governor threats, Civil War battles such as Chancellorsville, amputations, and a Cyrus W. Field appeal for Atlantic cable subscriptions. Mentions Gov Yates of Illinois and Memphis campaign context.
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North Carolina
Vanea
Green Placerville
C wan
Chancellorsville
Cyrus W. Field
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Gov. Yates
Ilinois
Memphis
Tenn
Fragmentary 19th Century News Snapshots
A garbled set of historical notes mentions Blaine’s bid for Speaker with two-thirds claim, the first postal cards sold in New York, a Stockholm coronation, a Philadelphia fair seeking foreign exhibitors, a trial of Williams M. Bweed, John Stuart Mill’s death in Avignon, and Romanian Jewish arrivals to the United States with 60,000 more awaiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Blaine
House of Representatives
New York City
Oscar
Queen Sophia
Sweden
Stockholm
Philadelphia
Willams M. Bweed
New York
John Stuart Mill
Avignon
United States
Panama Canal Company Paid for Police Duty Order
Twenty years ago the Panama Canal Company was paid to be ordered by Colombia to keep 200 men on police duty in the canal strip. Joseph Brady was hanged at Dublin for the murder of Lord Cavendish in Phoenix Park. A cyclone demolished 250 buildings and killed three persons at Kansas City Missouri. Anda Stone, a railroad and iron magnate, and Turner-Indaw of Secretary of State Hay, committed suicide at Cleveland while suffering insomnia. Mrs Hannah Grant, mother of Gen Ulysess S. Grant, died in Jersey City aged 64. Over 26 million dollars was reported subscribed in New York for a ship canal across Florida, backed by Bonja ati, BY, Butler, William Windom and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal Company
Colombia
canal
Joseph Brady
Dublin
Lord Cavendish
Phoenis Park
Kansas City
Anda Stone
multinillon sire railroad and iron
Turner-Indaw
Hay
Cleveland
Hannah
Grant
Gen. A
Jersey City
New York
Caial
Florida
Bonjaati
Butler
Willam Windom
Ten Years Ago Cleveland Backed Gresham for 1808 Nomination
A recalled item notes President Cleveland favoring Walter Q. Gresham as Democratic presidential candidate in 1808. It cites a Chicago World’s Fair auditor’s figure of 17 809 421 dollars spent to date and reports free silver advocates claiming a large House majority for free coinage with a Senate following. It also mentions the Chemlen National Bank of Obitage with one million dollars capital closing its doors due to cash shortfall.
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Cleveland
Walter Q. Gresham
Congress
Senate
Chemlen National Bank of Obitage
tlcora
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