Dewey Dry Dock Sails for 14000 Mile Philippine Voyage
A massive U S Navy dry dock named Dewey begins a 14000 mile voyage from Annapolis to the Philippine Islands under Commander Hosley. The tow includes the collier Brutus Caesar and the Potomac, with Glady as supply, while officers fear for safety amid the perilous journey.
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Dewey
Annapolis
Philippine Islands
H. H. Hosley
Solomon's Island
Caesar
Howley
Glady
Rontawain Philip Mullan
Thack
Seothind
Diany
Atliotic Aail
Mediterranean
Europesuyart
Murderer Ends Life Over Insurance Murder Plot
In San Luis Potosi Mexico J C Hills accused of murdering WJ A McGaughey his benefactor and guardian to gain a $10 000 fire policy Hills a Fort Worth bank employee was wanted in Stone Wall County Texas when he poisoned McGaughey then fled to Mexico Hills, a prominent figure in local social and financial circles, was about 30 years old.
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San Luis Potosi
Mex
J. C. Hills
Stone Wall County
Tesx
AD. McGaughey
Dickey
Hills
McGaughey
Fort Worth
Mexico
Wills
Chinese Boycott Deepens in Shanghai Anti Foreign Feeling
R Van Sant, a representative for a San Francisco firm in Shanghai, reports the China boycott has worsened and led to the closing of four American houses as anti foreign sentiment grows affecting British and German interests as well.
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R. van Sant
San Francisco
Shanghai
le Orient
China
van Sant
Turmoil and rebellion rumors amid Polish unrest in 1905
Reports from St Petersburg indicate planned armed rebellion by socialist revolutionaries in Poland with a general strike already paralyzing railroads. Moscow disruption grows as guards dispatched and a possible government response to protect New Air Brake Company facilities near Moscow. Government actions include sending dragoons to Tarbertain amid fears insurgents may target explosives at Luberizi.
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Seminovsky
Moscow
St. .Petersburg
Poland
Baltic
Russia
Haa
Pela
Hhe Associated Press
Meyer
Luberizi
Doubasseft
Tarbertain
Divorce Seekers Roil Sioux Falls Colony Scene
Sensation at Sioux Falls South Dakota centers on Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons claiming a divorce from her famed husband. Reported to be abroad, Maj. Charles Miller of the Pennsylvania National Guard may be named as defendant in a $100,000 suit for alienating her affections. Miller says he last saw her en route to Paris last January. Despite the claim, evidence suggests Mrs. Fitzsimmons remains in Sioux Falls pursuing the divorce.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Boings
Sioux Falls
Robert Witssimmons
Europe
Cone
Charles Joseph Sibley Miller
Pennsylvania National Guard
Santo Domingo Crises Expand as Forces Move Toward Puerto Plata
Reports from San Domingo say Gen Morales left the capital with unknown destination as government troops clash near ten miles from the city. Gen Pimentel, relief commander, reportedly attacked. President’s whereabouts unknown. possible land crossing to Monte Cristo or coast route to Puerto Plata. US signs fiscal protectorate agreement but pledges no current interference.
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Rodrigues
Joaquin “Barbs
Navarro
Martinez
Pedro Alvares
Santiago
Perico Lusata Ling
Lavega
Deschamps
Santo Namingo
Senver
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
Republic
Carlos KF. Morales
Paranit
Pimentel
Santo Domingo
Tuan F. Sanchez
Sento Domingo
Senor Sanchez
Albert G. Dillingham
United States
Rich Man Threatened by Black Hand Letters
Syracuse millionaire Charles M. Crouse received two letters from a Black Hand impostor threatening to destroy his home and harm his family unless he pays 2400 in cash. The notes demanded the money be left in a vigor box on the curb for pickup at night. Police were notified and are investigating the threats.
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Syracuse
Charles M. Crouse
Black Hand
Crouse
Fron
Benaed
Big Fire in Oregon Town Destroys Tipton Houses
A telephone message from Sumter Oregon reports a large fire Monday night at Tipton thirty one miles south of Sumter. It started in a hotel and spread rapidly to nearby buildings amid a blizzard and heavy snow. Most residents were home. Insurance was scant, fire protection limited, and water scarce. Lossount not yet known.
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Tipton
Nomelesa
Sumter
Ore
Lipton
Manchester
EB. M. Carr
Banks Go Under in Memphis as Three Institutions Fail
In Memphis Tennessee three small banks closed and a receiver was appointed for Merchants Trust Company with Felix Pope as president. Merchants' Rust Company and Merchants' Savings Bank suspended operations. The Merchants' Trust Company reportedly owed depositors around 5000. Overextended discounts are cited as the cause.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Tenn
Merchants’rust Company
Felix
Pope
American Savings Bank and Crust Company
Merchants’ Savings Bank
Merchants’ Trust Company
Tea compressed into tablets by Agriculture Department
The Department of Agriculture in Washington reports a novel experiment compressing tea into tablets. Each tablet would brew a cup, allowing what normally comes in a large package to fit in a space about the size of a matchbox. The tea is grown at Summerville, South Carolina, experimental gardens.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Summerville
8. C
Eva Booth Robbed at Subway Station in New York
Commander Eva Booth of the Salvation Army was robbed when a chatelaine bag was cut from her wrist during a crash at a New York subway station. The bag contained papers and dollars, but the wedding ring, a family heirloom, was her greatest loss. The ring had been passed down from her mother to her sister, Mrs Booth Tucker, who died in a railroad wreck two years prior.
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Eva Booth
Salvation Army
New York
Booth-Tucker
Fire Panic at Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing Plant
A sprinkler release at Hart Schaffner & Marx in Chicago sparked a panic among about 2000 workers as they fled fearing a fire. Several people were injured in the crush while escaping the blaze alarms. The incident disrupted the dressmaking shop and sent employees scrambling for exits.
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Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Chicago
ROW OVER TURKEY SHOOT TWO KENTUCKIANS KILLED IN FATAL CLASH
In a dispute over a turkey shooting match at Big Fork Kentucky Leslie County John Duff and Jake Wilson shot and killed Joseph Ihilson a prominent citizen and Alexander Tittle killed Deputy Sheriff Roberts Duff and Wilson were arrested while Little escaped Elsewhere at Goose Creek William Van Over killed James Creech over broncho ownership In Cincinnati two freight trains collided due to mis taken signals David Hamill of Dayton crushed to death A fire at Little Rock destroyed an entire block except two small buildings Fred Roesch's carriage repository suffered heavy losses News of a double lynching at Barnwell South Carolina arrived with Sheriff Creech reporting to Gov Hayward
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Big Fork
Leslie County
Ixy
John Duff
Jake Wilson
Joseph Ihilson
Alexander Tittle
Roberts
Dutt
Wilson
Little
Goose Creek
William van Over
James Creech
David Hamill
Dayton
Pennsylvania Railway
Cincinnati
Little Rock
Ark
Fred Roesch
Former banker Snyder jailed for fraudulent banking actions
Anamosa banker B. B. Snyder, former Olin resident, was sentenced to pay a $100 fine and costs after pleading guilty to fraudulent banking. He caused deposit losses estimated around $170,000 to $200,000 by misleading farmers along the Wapsie River, operating from Grinnell to Olin and later in St. Louis and North Dakota. The bank closed in December 1904 with $200,000 on hand but no funds to meet obligations, and assets recovered totalled about $80,000 with a 20 percent dividend to depositors.
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B. B
Snyder
Olin
Jones County
Oe Snyder
Wapsie River
Grinnell
Hin
Carrol
Shyder
L. M. Carpenter
Snally
St. Louis
Barlow
N.D
Northern Pacife
Carpenter
Ian Snyder
Glenwood Institution Seeks Water System Expansion
Glenwood institution for feeble minded seeks an appropriation from 40 000 to 50 000 in the coming general assembly to build a new water system. Officials note the old well is contaminated and has caused numerous typhoid cases among inmates and staff this fall. The school houses over 1 000 people and all culinary water must be boiled.
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Glenwood
Leuve
General Assembly
Glenwoul
Oldest Iowa mail clerk dies on Christmas day
The 77 year old Clinton resident 4 S Eddy died at his post on Christmas day while on his Davenport to Dubuque mail run. Eddy had served in railway mail since 1861, riding since Town. He died after the Davenport mail cut leaving the car. He was laid to rest by colleagues.
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Iowa
4. S. Eddy
Clinton
Davenport
Dubuque
Mr. Eddy
Ciy
Fragmentary 19th century political notes on redistricting and insurance debates
A garbled OCR snippet references debates over redistricting and insurance policy regulation, with mentions of committees, political factions, and figures like Char Crane. The text is incoherent but signals a legislative struggle and party maneuvering without clear outcomes or dates.
Freight Trains Wreck Near Radcliffe Delays Continue
A freight train wreck west of Radcliffe near Water City delayed traffic for six hours Saturday morning. Two freight cars and a caboose derailed after a coupling failed, sending the first train’s cars into a ditch. The second train collided with the caboose. the engineer and fireman escaped and were unharmed.
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Ater City
Western
Radcliffe
City
Jmuping
Fireamn
Death on the Road and Bee Attack Blaze in Iowa
Asa Jones, a farmer north of Webster City, was found frozen to death four miles from home after a drunken return from Duncombe. The coroner's jury attributed death to exposure. three bottles of whisky were found on his person. Nearby, Joel Whelpton near Fort Des Moines survived a bee swarm attack after disturbing a hive, with severe head injuries feared fatal. In Eldora, Mrs Frank A Norma collapsed and died in her husband’s store while helping with Christmas packages, amid poor health and overtaxed strength.
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Asa Jones
Webster City
Jones
Duncombe
Joel Whelpton
Fort Des Moines
Whelpton
Eldora
Frank A. Norma
Dropped Dead in Iowa Capitol Trust Fallout
James Crawshaw a 70 year old Iowa resident and former superintendent of construction for the state capitol, collapsed and died Saturday evening in Des Moines after a reported heart attack. He had lived in Des Moines five years, with a recent residence near his son in Chariton, and recently moved from Vinton. Dr. Wright attended after arrival in Iowa in 1856, with no clear action reported.
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Darius Hocum
Milwaukee
Aberdeen
Hastings
Dakota
Flis
Milbank
James Crawshaw
Towa
Capitol
Moines
Dickens My. Crawshaw Wae
de ‘Moines
Sebsninett Inbsbee
Low
Jenk “B. Mae
Chariton
Wright
Lowa J
Obs
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Ishaca
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Ithaca
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Venarusta
Colosbie
Barnwell, C
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Bert Park
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Kalona
Muscatine
Buffalo
Tabor
John Barhbyte
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