Government to open 891 560 acres for settlement under lottery
The government plans to allot and auction 4 910 000 acres across several western reserves including Rosebud South Dakota Yakima Coeur d Alene and Colville. Homestead and mineral laws govern allotments with first draws at Pierre for Lower Brule 58 600 acres. Openings extend into 1909 with irrigation projects and 40 acre plots in Yakima and Colville areas.
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Spokane
Northwest
Uncle Sam
Ashington
Idaho
Montana
South Dakota
Sageboueh Denatta
Rocky Mountains
Colyitle
Washington
Yakima
Coe
Pierre
Pierre Land District
Coeur d'Alene
Beiin Log
Spoano
Indiana
Hinds
Yakima Country
Baekane
Yakima Reservation
Colville
Lemhi
Flatheag
Somapanesioney
Appralere
Gettlers
Chinese Anger Over Taxation Sparks City Fire Tragedy
Fire devastates a city block amid Chinese community protests over taxes. Authorities investigate whether arson or accident triggered the blaze. Widely cited witnesses describe panic as flames swept through wooden buildings, causing multiple injuries and property loss.
Mothers Lips Save Snake Bitten Child
In Missouri near Dixon a copperhead bit 1 year old Gertrude Waters three times on the leg. Her mother Mrs. Waters applied her lips to the wounds, drew venom, and, with medical help, saved the child as doctors feared to give whiskey to a baby. Her mother and grandmother treated the bitten leg with hot poultices while Drs. Rolens treated the child and the copperhead was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bt. Louis
Gertrude Waters
H. BB. Waters
Waters
John McMahin
Walters
Gnew Farm
Dixon, N
Mrs. Waters
Gertrude
Killy Ee
Congressmen Sulzer Rescued by Eskimo
Seattle dispatch reports Congressman William Sulzer of New York recounting a perilous three day voyage in a gasoline boat among ice floes off Siberia. He credited the Eskimo guide Segussa and a fur trader ally for their survival after a perilous crossing of Behring Strait and navigating near East Cape and Cape Serdesse.
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Seattle
Wilam Sulzer
New York
Siberia
Behring Strait
Salzer
East Cape
Segussa
Intervala
Wwe
Cape Serdesse
Aben An
Secretary of Navy Gets Her Big Dog Rover
A letter from Clementine Crad Dok in Washington recounts the loss of her pet dog Rover to a naval ship crew during a cruise on the Oneida. Rover, a yearling with distinct teeth, was described as beloved and missing, prompting hopes for his return and notification to Secretary Metcalf.
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Secretary OF Navy
Washington
Oneida
Naval Aere Board
Patuxent
Mies Clementine Crad- Dok
Metcalf
Shem
Rothers
Rover H
Mas
Rover
Secretary of the Navy
Miss ‘Lementine
Harriman Again Indicted in Federal Probe
San Francisco reports a federal grand jury has found all indictments against Southern Pacific railroad officials and Pacific Mall Steamship company officials. The counts total 140, reflecting alleged violations of rate laws and related offenses.
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Harriman
San Francisco
Federal
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pacific Mall Steamship ‘Company
Farrimen
omRclale
Hadley disputes 2 cent fare losses in Missouri race
Jefferson City reports Attorney General Hadley rebuts railroad claims of $1,500,000 loss from the 2 cent fare law. He cites 1908 passenger earnings of $1,078,793 and notes railways allocate expenses to freight to justify fare policy, arguing the law may not harm net income.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
Wabash
Miller
Pastor Finds Women Drinking in Chicago Dining Rooms
Chicago, Sept. 80 A Congregational minister in disguise led a tour of downtown restaurants to collect statistics on women and alcohol. He reports 58 percent of women patrons in first class Chicago restaurants drink alcohol, with 463 seen drinking and 194 not drinking. The pastor says the findings confirm his earlier claims and laments conditions, though finds some satisfaction in proof.
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Chicago
Frederick E. Hopkins
Pilgrim Church
Hopkins
Ends trial marriage plan forced to wed ends trial
In Portland a St. Paul woman and Herbert Stewart faced police court for misdemeanor charges after a six month trial marriage. Judge Cameron offered freedom if they wed formally, and after a private discussion they chose to marry, ending their staged arrangement. The couple had lived in an East Side flat and called their union a formal arrangement not sanctioned by marriage law. A detective had been alerted to the arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Herbert Stewart
St. Paul
Stewart
Cosy East Aide
Ilanse
Justlee and Noll Clash In Courtrooms Strike Ends in Detention
Lancaster, Pa on September 30 Justice Stover presided as Benjamin Noll interrupted a hearing by striking his sister-in-law Elmer, delivering a brutal blow. The assault left Noll with two black eyes and he was dragged into a chair by the justice. Both brothers were committed for thirty days.
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Lancaster
Justlee
Stover
Noll
Surgery Made Boy a Thief Offic ers Say
New York reports 14 year old Edward Bridgeman of Brooklyn confessed to about two hundred robberies since August, averaging four daily. He says he worked in daylight and stayed with his parents at night. His mother calls him a good boy. Brooklyn Children's Society has him in custody. Officials suspect a mental imbalance from a prior surgical operation, not kleptomania.
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New York
Edward Brideman
Brooklyn
Young Bridgeman
Edward
Brooklyn Children's Society
Wea
Wife Signs Pact to Be Good Ninety Nine Years
Withesharre Pennsylvania September 30 a ninety nine year agreement to behave as a substitute for divorce was discovered in court Frank Bednosky and his wife were urged to sign the pact three years ago by an attorney The wife told the attorney she would keep the vow after the agreement was signed and that she intended to stay in the marriage The court case reveals the unusual pact aimed at avoiding divorce and prolonging their union
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Withesharre
Frank Bednosky
Ag Wity Nowsea
Mer Quaid
Tees
St Kerp
Rescuer Receives Sid.370 From Father Of Girl He Saved
Kendall Wisconsin tale of Frankyn and Northwestern engineer who saved a girl at Devil's Lake. He received a check for 10000 with more promised. Franklyn and Vere stayed at the lake while William Peterson and family camped nearby. A boat incident led to a rescue when Miss Jenkins slipped into the water and was saved.
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Sid
Kendall
Wis
Wep O
Dun Frankyh
Northwestern
Here
Parte
Devil's Lake
Franklyn
Vere
William Peterson
Chicago
Miss Jenkins
Miss Jenking Slte
Franklyn Rag
Lipton Declined: New York Yacht Club Rejects 1905 Challenge
New York, Sept. 28 The New York Yacht Club unanimously rejected Sir Thomas Lipton's 1905 challenge for the America's Cup, ruling the trophy should go to the fastest yacht on water under a ninety foot length. Lipton, disappointed, had prepared a ninety foot boat challenge under club rules.
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New York
Nolmas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
London
Thomas Lipton
Associated Press
White Slave Case Tells Story In Philadelphia Hearing
Four men and two girls appeared before Magistrate Gallagher after a 13 year old girl named Mabel Smith testified she was led astray. The girl from 2621 South Camac Street was found with Adelaide Garson in a Vine Street rooming house. The girl’s hair and dress change made her appear 18. Parents reacted with anger as police separated the hearing. All prisoners, including the Garson girl, face further hearing. named defendants are Hop Sing, Mork, Frank Woo, and Frank Hendricks with various street addresses.
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Philadelphia
Gallagher
Eleventh
Winter Streets
Mabel Smith
South Camac Street
Adelaide Gargon
Vine Street
Twelfth
Mabel
Garson
Garson Girl
Hop Sing
Twenty-third Street
Federal
Ec Mork
Sixteenth Street
Frank Woo
Fifteenth
Frank Hendricks
Eleventh Street
Vine
Mrs Yeamans to retire after seventy two years on stage
New York reports Annie Yeamans America's oldest actress will retire with her seventy second birthday on November 19. She has appeared for sixty two years in Carrigan Hart company roles from the 1870s onward and will close with Irish character work in Hurdy Gurdy Girl at Wallack's. She plans to open a city drama school after retirement.
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New York
Annie Yeamans
America
Edward Yeamans
Jim
San Francisco
Charley Wheatley
Eureka Theater Company
Free 20 Years Is Returned to Prison
Raleigh North Carolina Sept Calvin Westmoreland white man arrested in tobacco warehouse where he was at work on the charge of being an escaped convict He had been free for twenty years including ten years in the old reform school He was convicted in Stokes County in February 1835 of stealing and sentenced to three years hard labor at the penitentiary He later helped build the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway before escaping January 17 1837 He is once more wearing stripes His wife will appeal to Governor Glenn for a conditional pardon.
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Raleigh
Calvin Westsmoreland
Ponvian Tren
North Carolina
Foun
Bajom
Stokes County
Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley
Westmoreland
Fila
Glenn
Boy’s Save Reported After Obstructing Tracks
A report from Cumberland Pennsylvania dated September 28 describes a near tragedy when a heavy iron bar was found lying across the railroad tracks during a boys’ swim training incident. The item, discovered by bystanders, blocked the line and prompted safety checks. no injuries were reported and authorities investigated.
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Bert Cumberland
White Ng
Carl Rixier
Faye
Tee
Italian girl found with throat cut in Philadelphia
A Paterson New Jersey woman named Jennie Garredo 18 is found severely wounded in a Germantown Avenue room after her alleged husband Vincente Silesio 30 a Paterson native and mill worker flees. Police report a Paris green poison residue, a razor and a knife recovered, and divorce papers indicating a separate suit.
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Philadelphia
Jennie Garredo
Paterson
N. J
Germantown Avenue
Vincente Silesio
New Jersey City
Ithay
Ttime
Silesia
Harry Libby
Sarah Libby
Woma
Terstor
Libby
George Wilde
Park
Lehigh Avenue
Libbys
Silesio
Libby House
Kensington
Pay-as-you-enter streetcars planned for Chicago
Chicago officials announce pay-as-you-enter streetcars will operate on Cottage Grove and Indiana Avenue lines within six weeks. Three hundred cars ordered. if successful, 505 double track trams may be reclassified. The design features a two-part rear platform, two doors, a brass railing, and a conductor in a niche to collect fares while guiding boarding and exiting.
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Chicago
Cottage Grove
Indiana
Chicago City Railway
Montreal
Knife to cut wife to fashion's size in Cleveland
A man named John Lukse, angered by his wife's weight loss efforts and costly treatments, used a large knife in an attack but was stopped by a police officer. He was jailed and then released by Judge Whelan after his wife persuaded the court. The incident followed his failed dieting campaigns and media reports on slim figures.
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Gleveland
John Lukse
New York Strikers Call Leased Wire Men
New York telegraphers union local votes to gut ail igaseq wire operators as sanctioned by national officers. The move follows delays and unrest amid strikes and labor actions in the city.
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New York
The
Telegraphers' Union
Murder hoax exposed in missing butcher case
Williamsport police uncover evidence in Edwin Morris missing person case, revealing he staged his own murder by creating Black Hand notes and a bloody collar. The suspect’s brother from Danville assists investigators as they search for Morris and assess motive behind the hoax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Kfon & Compalen
Edwin
Mortis
Morris
Matria
Sven
Irom Danville
Police Iin
Wife predicts death. husband dies in mysterious fall
Cincinnati report notes Mrs. Ernest Pretty of Germantown Philadelphia stranded with three children after her husband, a former Philadelphia salesman for American Thread, died from injuries after an elevator shaft fall at the third floor of a city building. The door was reportedly locked from inside and no method found for entry. Pretty planned for a Cincinnati office promotion. widow threatens damages suit against the firm.
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Cincinnati
Ernest Pretty
Chelten Avenue
Germantown
Philadelphia
Threehhildren
Herusband
Pretty
American ‘Thread Company
City Hospital
Mia
Seashore Society Upset by Evangelist's Atlantic City Critique
Atlantic City Sept 28 Leaders of a local church society protested an evangelist Ray Clarence Strouse after he condemned drinking and card playing as chief amusements of seashore society. He warned that wine is rising among women and described improper scenes witnessed on a parlor car during his trip.
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Atlantic City
Ray
Clarence Strouse
the Evangelist
Pittsburg Scion Marries in Michigan Farm Visit
In Pittsburg on September 28, Zachariah Cruikshank Jr a 19 year old millionaire son wed Laura Childs on a Michigan farm. The marriage was kept secret until Chester McAfee revealed it. Zach wrote his parents asking to stay and help with family business while seeking acceptance.
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Pittsburg
Zachariah Cruikshank
Zach, Jr
Milwood
Mich
Laura Childs
Chester McAfee
Cruikshank
Michigan
Whipping Threats Stir Readers In Coudersport
In Coudersport Pennsylvania the Enterprise editor M T Stokes was whipped by Mrs A T Reuchenbaugh. The Soudersport Democrat claims Mundy and Colcord editors face similar attacks and mentions a local business man offering to buy whips for those who assault editors with a reported extra payment for speedy execution.
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Coudersport
Mra. A. T
Democrat
Saint Paul Sporting Editor Report On Pastor Young
In Pittsburgh on September 23 Rev. Hawara Young, pastor of the nerong Pregbye sect, addressed a large congregation over several days. He cited St. Paul as the reputed author of certain epistles and discussed the Olympian texts, describing their influence and implications for believers.
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Pittaburg
Hawara Young
The
Wes
To Use Whif in Schools
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Sulzer
Squire
Yankee
Mr. Aces
Hich Man Algo
Lipton
Mrs. Yeamans
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