Trade school talk and court action across early 1900s notes
Dr Frank W Gunsaulus spoke at the Indianapolis convention advocating trade schools. Vice President Fairbanks also spoke. Exile return talks involve Henry Herman from Milwaukee. Count Boni de Castellane wins a new hearing in Paris divorce case. Sheriff Shipp contempt case proceeds in Chattanooga after Ed Johnson lynching. Arkansas Governor Little is near death. Secretary Wilson denied leaking crop data during Holmes trial. Wheat crop total 616 593 million bushels with 368 529 winter and 248 064 spring. Elizabeth C Daubner injured in San Francisco streetcar crash at Market and Davis.
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Frank W. Gunsaulus
Chicago
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Henry Herman
Milwaukee
Court of Appeals
Paris
Boni de Castellane
Chattanooga
Tenn
Shipp
Ed Johnson
Little
Arkansas
Wilson
Washington
Holmes
Department of Agriculture
Elizabeth C. Daubner
Wilmette
San Francisco
Market
Davis Streets
Wisconsin Maccabees Hold State Convention
The state convention of the Knights of the Maccabees opened in La Crosse Wisconsin with delegates and visitors from every tent in the state. Supreme Record Keeper L E Sisler and Supreme Examiner R B Moss from Port Huron Michigan attended. A welcome was given by Mayor Anderson, and Sisler replied.
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Wisconsin
Leavenworth Bans Saloons After Sheriff's Warning
Leavenworth county shuts all saloons for the first time in eighteen years following a sheriff’s warning. Leavenworth City alone has nearly 125 saloons, now closed as the new order takes effect.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth County
Leavenworth City
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana Michigan and surrounding states
Officials predict fair weather with rising temperatures across Illinois Indiana and surrounding states. Michigan may see showers in the north with warmer temperatures and fresh southwest winds. Wisconsin and Iowa also expect fair skies and warmer conditions.
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Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets Quotation Summary for Wheat Corn and Hogs
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show July wheat at 0.04 0.95 0.08 0.28 with Dec at 0.08 0.99 0.07 0.97 while corn values run 0.58 0.53 0.52 0.52 for July and 0.58 0.53 0.53 0.58 for Sept. Pork prices steady around 16.15 and 16.00, lard near 9.07 and 8.92, short ribs around 8.62 to 8.77. Livestock receipts noted with hogs 6.20 to 6.22, cattle 6.50 to 6.80, sheep 6.50 to 7.50. East Buffalo quotes list hogs 6.40 6.45 and lambs 7.50 7.75.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Ewes
Veala
Overland Limited
China
Japan
Omaha Express
Descon Express
Jarrell Mail
Omaha
Chicago Express
Atlantic Express
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Asgr
Perth
Dakota Express
St. Pl
Sioux Cry
Chicago Passen
Paul
Pe Routh
Iy T. Ae
Rogers
Old foes at Gettysburg return sword of Armistead
Surviving veterans of Pickett division retrace ground of the 1863 charge at Gettysburg as the sword once held by Brigadier General Armistead is returned to Philadelphia. The tale recounts Armistead’s death at Cemetery Hill and the later delayed commission for Captain Charles A. Sherman of Boone, Iowa.
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George B. Pickett
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Lewis Addison Armistead
Cushing
Armistead
United States Army
West Point
Jubal A. Early
Cemetery Hill
Philadelphia
New York Herald
C. A. Sherman
Boona
Sherman
Andrew Johnson
Edwin M. Stanton
Boone
Seaman
Charles A. Sherman
Captain Kelly
Company A
Philadelphia Press
Hidden Russia link to Alaska purchase story unfolds
An old sailor's tale, reported by the Portland Oregonian, ties the 1867 Alaska purchase to Russia's wartime aid. It claims 150000 czarist troops were kept for Union needs and 500 Russian sailors served under Farragut, with officers translating orders, before returning home. The story, relayed via Salem, Oregon resident Thomas Thompson.
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Seattle
Admiral Farragut
Alaska
William H. Seward
Russia
United States
Cronstadt
America
Great Britain
Farregut
Portland Oregonian
Gabriel Justus Dahlgren
Salem
Ore
Thomas Thompson
A Coffin With a Weird History
In New Albany Indiana a metallic coffin found in Schrader Bros wareroom recalls a Civil War tale. A Confederate youth died nearby and his body was shipped home after a steamboat wreck left it submerged. It later moved in a different coffin and the original vessel lay 40 years in storage.
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Shrader Bros
New Albany
Ind
John Shrader
Schrader Brothers
Brandenburg
Chicago
The Private's Revenge Tall Tale In War Memoir
An old army officer recalls a private who buys a gun for about $14 and plans to plant it in the yard to taunt rust as rain and snow fall. The anecdote, attributed to a New York Times piece, highlights stubborn pride and humor in military life.
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New York Times
Bullet strengthens weary Civil War veteran’s unlikely recovery
Caleb Muir of Four Corners near Plainfield New Jersey has lived thirty years with lingering consumption. A violent coughing spell yielded a lead bullet weighing half an ounce, one of three shot by Union cavalry under General Philip Sheridan in the Shenandoah. He has since recovered regained eight pounds and feels better than ever.
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Caleb Muir
Four Corners
Plainfield
N. J
Muir
Philip Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Washington
Chicago
Railway Time Cards In Effect June 9 1907
Railway time cards go into effect on June 9 1907 detailing standardized schedules across lines. Officials announce alignment of train timings with new card system to improve accuracy for passengers and crews.
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Loughran & Bauer
Judisch Bros
TRE Trade
Parley Sheldon
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B. J. Sheldon
Cash
A. Keenan
The
Story County Bank
Knauth
Nachod & Kahne
New York
National Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Des Moines Savings Bank
Marshalltown
Lee
B.A. Lockwood Grain Co
F. N. Fowler
LST
Puck Soap CO
Chicago Grain
Gettysburg
Pickett
C. Rails
A. M
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College Conen WO
Tet Sanswestink
A.M
Lanwee Cotteges
New Jersey
Chicago & North-Western
R’y
C. E. Hunt, Dentist
P. C
G. J. Snyder
Gemble’s
M. Res
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DR. T
W. E. Harriman
A. B. Maxwell
Kooser
Mutual
T. J. Fenton, M. D
Stultz Bldg
C. M. Proctor
Frances G. Stewart
Odd Fellows Temple
C. L. Waltmire
Ames Pantorium
E. M. Kooker
Sorenson
C. H. Pagle
M. J. Adams
Rea. No
Daniel McCarthy
J. ¥. Luke
McCarthy & Luke, Attorneys-At-Law
Posegate
Frank E. Morris
Onondaga St
Reed On Sale Stable
Hack Line
Union National Bank
W. M. Greeley
E. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
T. A. Copps
T. Cashier
Meat Market
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