Stranger Applies for Five Million Government Certificates
A man using the name F. M. Ball and address 910 Chestnut Street Philadelphia applied today to the sub-treasury for five million dollars of the new government three percent certificates. He submitted a written request and left the treasury without revealing his identity. The New York Life Insurance Co has an office at that address and staff say Ball had mail rights there. It is unknown if he is connected with the company or acting for it in the certificates application.
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Phildelphia
F. M. Ball
Chastnut Street
Sub-Treasury
New York Lifensurance Company
Batl
Western lawmakers demand anti margin trading action in tandem with currency reform
Washington November 25 Western state lawmakers in both houses argue against any nen currency bill without measures to curb government funding of stock gambling. They cite Wall Street prosperity masking vast speculative flows and note western banks hold New York commercial paper while funding trades on margins. A proposed 10 percent tax on margin trades is discussed.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wall Street
New York
Tgat
Wage Clash and Bank News Hit Nationwide Nov 25
A riot erupted among stone quarry workers over wage cuts with clashes and weapon use but no serious injuries reported as police patrol the area. In Globe Arizona a First National Bank failed to reopen after being dropped from the clearing house, leaving no national bank in operation and a bank examiner in charge.
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Feliot
National Bank
Globe
Ariz
First National Bank
Clearing House Association
New York
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Milwaukee
Washington
Representative Sulzer
Congress
Sulzer
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Treasury
Treasury Department
Panama
Gays
Albany
New York Central and
Hudson River
West Albany
King's County Grand Jury
Borough Bank of Brooklyn
Howard Maxwell
Arthur D. Campbell
Ard Ium
Carrie M. Maguire
Chicago Banka
Brunkards Denyei Nev Photo Notes Missing
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled mentions of police, photographs, and readings. It references Brunkards and Nev and hints at a police beat with disjointed phrases. Readable entities include Brunkards, Denyei, Nevada, police. The exact event or outcome is unclear due to corruption.
Taggart to resign chairmanship of national committee
National Democratic Committee members meet to set time and place for the next convention. Chairman Taggart says he wishes relief from the chair, but intends to remain as Indiana representative on the committee.
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Frenioh Liek
Tnd
National Democratic Committee
Taggart
Indiana
Woman in Philadelphia Charged With Bigamy After Triple Marriage
ARRESTS WIFE FOR MARRYING TWO MEN details a Philadelphia case in which Yetta Alster faces prison for bigamy after selling a farm in Austria, eloping to America with Caspar Ladisiei, and marrying Warva given Kouvin in Bridesburg. District Attorney Jerome and detectives traced her via New York and Austria to Port Richmond. She is held on $1,000 bail with three marriages acknowledged by witnesses and her first husband seeking custody of their child.
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Philadelphia
America
Caspar Ladisiei
Warva
Koavia
Port Richmond
Austria
New York City
Jerome Helps
Jerome
Harry Bozarth
Thomas McCully
Isadore Alster
Yetta Alster
Warra Given Kouvin
Bridesburg
Hughes
War Hero Laborer to Win Back Wife in Boston
Captain Charles G. Collings, Boer war figure, works as an apprentice at a pottery factory to rehabilitate himself and rekindle love with ex wife Natalia Schenck Collins of Newport. His father offers to invest if he proves ability and intent within a year amid disclosed divorce and social shock over the hasty marriage.
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Boston
Charles G. Collings
Collins
Natalia Schenck
Newport
Lemons Declared Medicine by Supreme Court Decision
Jefferson City November 25 The supreme court in Division 2 reverses Barry County circuit court and discharges James Campbell who was fined for selling lemons Sunday Campbell operated an ice cream plant near the railroad station in Monell The court rules lemons with medicinal properties qualify as medicine and are exempt from Sunday closing laws, so their sale Sunday does not violate the statute.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Lox
Barry County
Iemons
Jermons
Insane Finance Scrutiny From Government and Comer
Treasury actions and planned moves roiled by millions: deposits with banks reach seventy million while remaining funds stay with banks. Future steps include Panama bonds totaling thirty million and issuance of United States notes worth one hundred thousand with banks nationwide. Gold imports from Europe and new circulation measures follow, signaling a broad financial restructuring.
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United States Treasury
Treasury
United States
Governor Comer Sees End to Insane Wealth Drive
Montgomery Ala November 23 Governor Comer denounces insane commercialism and wealth power while issuing a Thanksgiving proclamation urging prudent business practices. He laments remorseless combinations for gain and prays for the passage of a financial reform era of honesty and fair dealing. Officials report steady Panama bond and one year certificate offers, with no official totals yet announced.
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Montgomery
Als
Comer
Washington
Panama
Treasury
Treasury Department
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Chisraco
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Francisco
Lost express car carries $687000 in bank certificates
An express car with a sealed sack of bank certificates worth 687000 went unguarded for hours between Washington and New York on the Pennsylvania railroad. It was discovered in Jersey City beside a freight train after frantic searches by Washington authorities and Chase National Bank officials.
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New York
Washington
Pennsylvania
Chase National Bank
Jersey City
Northwestern Live Stock Show At Union Yards
St Paul November attendees from Wisconsin Minnesota and the Dakotas view large exhibits at the first annual Northwestern Live Stock show. The judging ring amphitheater compare favorably with Chicago while stockmen gather for a banquet and contests for the best car load of grain fed steers. Demonstrations include meat cutting and tuberculosis detection.
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St. Paul
Northwestern
Northwest
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Revealing Startling Secrets Threat in High Society Suit
New York November 23 Aurel Batonyi says he will reveal startling secrets of high society in the $1 500 000 suit against his father in law Frank Werk and others The threatened disclosures aim to expose alleged alienation of his wife making many millionaires and exclusive families wince and will be told as the case proceeds
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New York
Aurel Batonyi
Frank Werk
Frank K. Sturgis
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Shonts Says He Will Not Pay For Daughter's Duke
New York November 23 Theodore P Shonts reaffirmed his wife statement that a duke will join the family soon though he notes he has not agreed to pay for the honor yet. His clarification underscores his stance on supporting the title and related expenses.
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Shonts
New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Tragic Gas Suicides in Newtonville Household
In Newtonville on November 28 Myg Jessie T Helyes wife of William Hodges sacrificed her life and those of her sons, 11 and 6, by asphyxiation after plugging cracks in doors and windows and turning on gas. The husband was believed to be present.
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Newton, Musas
Jessie T Helyes
Hearst Held on Charge of Libel in New York Case
New York November 23 Justice Wyatt held William Randolph Hearst for the grand jury on a libel charge presented by a committee of reformers. Bail was set for Hearst as the proceedings moved to the next stage.
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Hearst
New York
Wyatt
Wil. &. Hearst
Carvalho
Fragmentary Rail and Union Line Notice
Fragmented OCR text mentions the Union and Railroad Company and the Oregon Short Line. No clear event date or action is readable. The legible parts indicate a railway company notice or listing possibly connected to the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line network.
Engagement to Duke Has String to It
New York, Nov. 26. Zare Iss no what you call settle tent. It iss gee love. Before sailing on La Lorraine for France, where he will inform his family he has succeeded in his suit for Miss Theodora Shonts, Duc de Chauller denies he is to receive a consents. The wedding was said to be in January, but he admits not securing all the consent.
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New York
la Loraine
France
Girl in Pittsburgh Shot While Searching for Burglary
Pittsburg November 26 Miss Wleanor Singer 28 accidentally shot herself while searching for a burglar and is in critical condition. She heard a noise in the rear part of the house and, after entering the pantry, her night robe caught a swinging door which struck a revolver discharging a bullet lodged against her spine. Miss Singer, a well known tennis player and athlete.
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Pittsburg
Wleanor Singer
Deaf mutes wed by aid of typewriter in court
Carrie Lemke of Cando North Dakota and Chris D Anderson of Willow City North Dakota, both deaf and dumb, were married in the county courthouse. Court commissioner W. E Bates used a typewriter to pose the questions, and each spouse answered in writing.
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Minneapolis
Carrie Lemke
Cando
N. D
Chris D. Anderson
Willow City
N.bd
Court House
W. E H. Bates
Bates
Whisky, Says Man 93, Don’t Says Wife Use Whisky
Sussex, N. J. Nov. 26 Mr and Mrs Hiram Van Sickle, married 72 years, argue over rules for a cen tenarian. He 93 and she two years younger insist whisky in moderation aids longevity and tobacco after meals, while she forbids stimulants bakes coffee and tea. They live on a three mile farm from Sussex and recently celebrated their son’s 93rd birthday with four children, sixteen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren present.
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Sussex
N. 1
Hiram van Sickle
van Sickle
Vari Sickle
Million Descendants From One Mice Pair in Five Years
Washington reports on an official study claiming a single pair of meadow mice can, under ideal care, yield about 1.4 million descendants in five seasons. The release notes the grass needed to sustain a thousand mice for a year and cites field mice damaging hay stacks and crops, including melon plantings in Maryland.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Collision in Sandusky Injures Dozen as Drivers Arrested
A head on crash in Sandusky between an interurban electric motor car and a city car left about a dozen men injured and two possibly fatally. Police arrested the interurban motorman Baldwin and conductor Landis, and sought to arrest city car conductor William Jakes, who escaped despite injuries.
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Sandusky, O
Baldwin
Landis
William Jakes
Es Jakes
Federation of Labor Seeks Farmers Aid in Boycott Plan
Norfolk Va Nov 25 The American Federation of Labor has ratified two special committees to confer with farmers represented by the American Society of Equity to foster cooperation with unions by urging farmers to refuse to buy boycotted farm supply goods.
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Norfolk
American Federation of Labor
American Society of Equity
Indicted Bribery Charge in Oil Trust Trial
Findlay Ohio November 26 The grand jury indicted former Senator Thomas McGowica for alleged bribery related to the Standard Oil matter from last June. Byron Williamson had been charged earlier. The indictment alleges an attempt to bribe juror Charles Thompson with 500 dollars for acquittal and implicates McConica as backing the scheme.
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Findlay
Grand Jury
Thomas McGowica
Byron Williamson
Charles Thompson
AfcConica
Thompson
State Fone Roar to Furnish Pure Water
Spokane bulletin from the state railroad commission announces medical changes for passenger and freight operations. The report mentions Maine and other obscure references, noting efforts to improve water purity and safety in railway services amid unsettled details.
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Spokane
Wor
State Railroad Commission
Pacaenger
Maine
Princi Natures Areriee
Contempt Suit Impacts Minnesota Rate Case Note
Jefferson City Mo Nov 23 The habeas corpus bid by Minnesota Attorney General Howard T Young against a $100 contempt fine could influence Missouri railroad rate policy If the US Supreme Court upholds injunctions against state officials enforcing railroad rate laws the Missouri cases led by Attorney General Hadley may gain traction The Minnesota officer was found in contempt for seeking mandamus to enforce both a maximum freight rate and a 2 cent passenger fare act
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Jefferson City
Howard T. Young
Minnesota
United States Supreme Court
Lochran
Missouri
Hadley
St. Louis
Young
Hi State
Sweden Asked to Aid Lapland Famine Crisis
Stockholm reports famine threatens Vesternorrland and Vesterbotten in Lapland as heavy rains ruin crops. Officials say grain yields collapse, bread is unfit for consumption, and dairy cows must be slaughtered to avert starvation. Sweden's cabinet is urged to lift grain duties and take relief steps.
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Stockholm
Vesternorrland
Vesterbotten
Lapland
Earle’s Wife Denies Reconciliation With Ferdinand Earle
Paris November report claims Mrs. Earle reconciled with Ferdinand P. Earle and forgets his affair with Julia Schuttner. Mrs. Earle says she has had no contact from him since New York, and no divorce steps have been taken. She notes he remains with Julia and shows no desire for reunion.
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Paris
Haeles
America
Julia Schuttner
Julia Kuttner
Gompers alleges bribe attempt by capitalists at AFL convention
Norfolk reports President Samuel Gompers exposing an alleged bribery bid at the Victoria hotel in New York. A young man claiming to represent the National Manufacturers Association offered immunity and future protection in exchange for support against AFL leaders, a document Gompers preserved and read during the convention.
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Norfolk
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Manufacturers’ Association
Victoria Hotel
New York
Charles Brandenburg
National Manufacturers’ Association
Slugged by Thugs Leaves Sloan Man Mind Affected
Sloan Nov 24 Parley Benner, slugged and robbed two weeks ago at his father in law Henry Harvey’s home south of town, remains improved physically but head injuries impair his mind. Last Saturday he wandered from home, frightened women, and was restrained at the C. and Pope place in Lakesport township until a doctor calmed him and he was taken home.
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Sloan
Parley Benner
Henry Harvey
Pope
Lakesport
Reckless Hel o Case Sparks Crew Roosevelts Controversy
Federal inspectors Waite and Hodge from Memphis testified yesterday in a case surrounding the crew of the Roosevelt. The hearing touched on claims of recklessness and questioned actions during the voyage. Verdicts and details remain unclear as officials review the evidence.
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Tie
Federal
Waite and Hodge
Memphis
Yatterday Wint
Cag
No Coal for Future Generations Warns Expert
Pittsburg reports L W Fogg, a leading coal authority, predicts that America may exhaust its entire coal supply in two generations if current practice continues. He notes iron production consumes more coke and Pennsylvania alone used 1700 to 2000 acres of coal for coke last year. If coal use doubles every decade, grandchildren of present operators may see the coal region exhausted.
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Pittsburg
United States
L. W. Fogg
Fogg
United States Steel Corporation
Foge
Pennsylvania
Hugged in Smashup Damages Eight Dollars
Chicago November 23 A street car wreck at South Chicago left Frank Gillman manager of Oaks hotel claiming damages for hats glasses nervous shock and being hugged by a stranger in the incident. He billed the Chicago City Railway Company for a derailed car crash kissed a baby and other indignities totaling eight dollars and remitted in full by the street car company today.
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Chicago
rail+ way
Frank Gillman
Oaks Hotel
Gillman
Soul
Chicago City Railway Company
Dicken
Tolal Auc
Pretty Girls Lure Soldiers From Fort Riley
Two deserters, Joseph J. Ford of Jersey City New Jersey and Joseph L. Alvado born in Cuba and raised in Boston, confessed to deserting from Fort Riley Kansas. They were arrested in St. Louis after trying to sell new uniforms and army revolvers at a Seventh Street second hand store.
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St. Louis
Fort Riley
Kan
Joseph J. Ford
Jersey City
N. J
Joseph L. Alvado
Mexico
Boston
United States Army
Seventh and Market Streets
Central Station
City Hall
John D. Shiel at Honor Fete
R St. Paul November 28 A letter to President Locke of the Commercial club states John D Rockefeller regrets inability to attend a banquet planned in his honor Invitations were ready awaiting his acceptance The event honored his philanthropy education and pledge of fortune to aid commercial interests plus Mrs Rockefeller health and finances cited as reasons for absence
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R St. Paul
Locke
Commercial Club
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Hartje divorce case in woman's favor
Philadelphia reports the superior court ruled for Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje in the Hartje divorce case. The ruling affirmed the Allegheny county court decision denying a divorce to F Augustus Hartje, a Pittsburgh millionaire. Hartje's petition to reopen the case due to newly discovered evidence was denied.
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Philadelphia
Superior Court
Hartje
Mary
Scott Hartje
Druy Area
F. Augustus Hartje
Pittsburg
Nurse praises U S poverty care compared with England
New York November 23 Miss Annie Gossling superintendent of the District Nurses association of Liverpool is in the United States studying methods to aid the poor She lauds the appent did work here and notes how immigrants are handled at Ellis Island saying there is no poverty in this country to compare with London’s Whitechapel and England’s conditions She admits astonishment at American welfare and poverty relief efforts.
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New York
Annie Gosseling
Distric Nurses’ Association
Liverpool
Gossling
Eis Island
England
London
Whitechapele
Explosion at construction site leaves dead and injured in Kenora
An explosion during a construction work near Kenora killed several workers and left four others injured. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as investigators began examining the cause of the blast and securing the area. Relatives and local authorities await further updates on the victims’ conditions and any ensuing safety measures.
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Kenora, Bate
Wren
Divers Fight Court Lacks Jurisdiction
A terse court note states the matter has no jurisdiction amid a dispute involving Tampy, Fila, Noy, ier Nicholas and four sponsors. The readable fragments imply a procedural challenge rather than a substantive ruling.
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Tampy
Noy, Ier
Nicholas
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Ict
Union and Railrad’Company
Orewoo
Union
Duke
Federation OF Labor Seeks Farmers’ Aid
Attorneys General
Sweden
Earle
Sloan Man
John D. Shiel
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