Western shippers seek to check Hoads plan in freight rate move
Delegates from fifty commercial and shipping associations met in Chicago to block an eastern rail rate increase. The meeting, backed by the Illinois and Transmissible Manufacturers' associations, calls for legislative action requiring interstate commerce commission consent. Fred W. Upham argues higher rates harm a fertile region and cites railroads cutting costs while raising freight charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Middle West
Chicago
Thinais Manufacturers’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fred W. Upham
Tlinois Manufacturers’ Association
Upham
Girl in New York Survives Seventeen Hours After Arrow Injury
May Conner a 38 year old New York resident was conscious for seventeen hours after an umbrella rod arrow pierced both brain hemispheres behind the left ear. Autopsy by Dr. Charles West, coroner's physician, found the arrow traversed brain tissue from skull to frontal bone near the left eye. She spoke with her mother and others until minutes before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles West
May
Conner
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Earthquake Recorded Near Washington With Uncertain Location
A strong earthquake lasting about an hour was logged by the weather bureau seismograph in Washington on Thursday. Chief Moore says the epicenter is roughly 10,000 miles from Washington, with uncertain fall within Central America or the Pacific Ocean west of it. The quake began at 3 39 52 Friday morning, with the strongest motion from 235 for ten minutes and initial tremors defined in six minutes forty seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Washington
Chief Moore
O.idu
Central America
Pacific Ocean
Consular Agent in Trouble Over San Francisco Deed
The American consular agent at Brest France A Pitel is unpleasantly involved through the attestation of a document in a suit by Leopold Kahns widow to annul a deed conveying her San Francisco property valued at 200000 dollars to two of her own.
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Brest
France
A. Pitel
Leopold ‘Kahn
San Francisco
Mr Cleveland Improves and Rests Comfortably
Mrs Cleveland reports former President Groover Cleveland has shown marked improvement over the past week and is now resting very comfortably.
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Cleveland
Groover Cleveland
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Friday quotations show Reeves at 6066.95 dollars and top hogs at 5.25 dollars. The report reflects livestock market activity in Sioux City with cattle and hog prices listed for buyers and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Reeves
Fragments Describe Tragic Drowning Incident Details
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a boy drowning after a fall from a back area. Includes garbled names and unrelated fragments, with no clear dates, locations, or identifiable organizations. Core event suggests a fatal water incident and possible phrasing misreads.
Daring Bank Train Robbery Near French New Mexico
Three bandits seized $35 000 from the Santa Fe depot at French New Mexico after binding station staff and forcing the safe to explode with dynamite. A pursuing force including deputies and bloodhounds rushed from Las Vegas and Dawson with orders to halt the robbers as the trail went cold through rugged mountain passes.
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New Mexico
French
Las Vegas
N. M
Santa Fe
Dawson
Territorial Penitentiary
Albuquerque
XN. M. Only
Branch Road
Ile
Emperor William Honors, Weiskirehner Returns Medal
Emperor William presented various decorations in Vienna including to Dr. Weiskirehner, head of the Reichsrat tower house, who received the Prussian crown order third class. He sent it back via the foreign office to the German embassy, arguing it was misranked and should have been higher. Diplomats anticipate a sequel as parties view the act through Poland expropriation tensions.
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Williamy
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Weiskirehner
Reichsrath
Dr. Weiskirehner
Foreign Office
Tverman
Big failure in Cleveland shocks Ohio banking scene
The reserve trust in Cleveland Ohio assigned to Superior Savings and Trust Co under pressure from about 4700000 in liabilities. Bank officers promise full payment to depositors with 300000 capital and surplus. Adam Graham presides and William Perriss treasurer, formerly director at Ohio Trust of Norwalk which closed in January. The American Savings bank also shut after a run, with deposits around 300000.
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Reserve Trust
Cleveland
Superior Savings and Trust Company
Adam Graham
William N. Perris
Ohio Trust Company
Norwalk
American Savings Bank
Court Hits Night Riders
A Kentucky grand jury awarded Robert H. Hollowell of Paducah $35,000 in a civil case against his brother John H. Hollowell and twenty seven alleged night riders who allegedly drove him and his family from the state, seeking $50,000 damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Hollowell
Paducah
John H. Houllowell
Miners Barred From Drinking by Frick Coke Mines
The H C Frick Coke company in Pittsburg, a United States Steel subsidiary, enforces a new code banning miners from drinking on and off duty. In Oklahoma, Senators Morris and Steddle fought after a heated exchange at the foot of the arena. both sustained injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Oklahoma
Morris
Steddle
Roddie
Iad
Unclear input text about events and values
The readable parts describe a ceremonial context with references to a place and numbers. Specific entities and meaningful details are not extractable due to garbled OCR. The fragment suggests a public event or template with a monetary figure, but no coherent person, organization, or date can be confirmed.
Prison Break Attempt in Yekaterinoslav Ends in Mass Slaughter
A failed prison breakout in Yekaterinoslav Russia led to a bloody crackdown. Prisoners breached a wall with a bomb. guards killed 28 inmates, another died, 30 wounded. Additional prisoners were shot as they fought, while doors and windows triggered panicked firing. The chief warden was wounded.
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Russia
Yekaterinoslav
Radical Action Urged by Locomotive Engineers Chief
About 400 delegates attended the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convention in Cleveland. Grand Chief Stone urged drastic temperance measures, proposing expulsion for any member who drinks on or off duty and eliminating the distinction between a saloon and a hotel barroom.
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Locomotive Engineers
Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland
Grand
Stone
Dance with the Jackies Ball Opens Fleet Reception
San Francisco society women hosted a Navy reception and ball at the Auditorium by the Ladies Exclusive California club. Bluejackets and petty officers were guests of honor as women from high in society danced with enlisted men in two grand march divisions, with fleet officers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Club
San Francisco
Indianapol is Jack Morgan knocks out Kid Farmer in Peoria
Jack Morgan of Indianapolis kayoed the original Kid Farmer in the tenth round at Peoria on Tuesday night. Farmer was taken to a hospital in a semi conscious state with a concussion and poor recovery prospects.
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Jack Morgan
Indianapolis
Farmer
Peoria
Faraker Seeks New Senate Path for Negro Troop Bill
In a Wednesday session Senator Foraker dropped his push for immediate consideration of his bill to reinstate the negro troops discharged after the Brownsville riot and moved to set the measure as a special order for December 16.
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Faraker
Senate
Foraker
Brownsville
Dee
Sydney Cabinet Forms Plan for U S Fleet Reception
At a Sydney cabinet meeting a committee was formed to cooperate with the citizens' committee to arrange entertainment for the officers and men of the American battleship fleet arriving next August.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Citizens’ Committee
Railroad Dividends Set by Directors
Directors of Union Pacific, Southern Pacific announce regular dividends. Union Pacific will pay 24 percent quarterly on common stock while Southern Pacific sets 14 percent quarterly on its common shares and 31 percent semi annual on its preferred shares.
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Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Common
Soutthern Pacific
Fatal Tenement Fire In Pasgadio NJ Claims Three Children
A deadly blaze in a Pasgadio New Jersey tenement, home to fifteen Italian families, killed three children and left two women seriously injured. The main floor was saturated with kerosene, fueling the fire.
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Pasgadio
N. J
Fifteenth Annual Methodist Protestant Convention Held
Fragmentary OCR notes show Christian Endeavorers and the fifteenth annual convention of the Methodist Protestant denomination at an unidentified city. Details on dates delegates or program are unclear in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavorers Eet
Methodist Protestant Denominat
Renal Chaisthin Badvaver Union Ture
Prishure
Pres
Intendanes
Dietetic Study Declares New Plate Proposals
A fragmentary report outlines a proposed plate diet with names such as Crasie and Tim, mentioning dates 24 and 2-5 and terms like Leopthe and Hestigen. The readable text is incomplete and unclear about outcomes.
Korns for head banker at Modern Woodmen meeting
Des Moines candidate IF R Korns is expected to be elected head banker of the Modern Woodmen of America at the Peoria national meeting in June. The Mason City treasury of four million dollars would move to Des Moines if he wins. The Iowa triennial meeting endorsed Korns with fifty five delegates voting in his favor. C H McNeider cannot seek re election. Eight hundred delegates attended the convention.
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Des Moinen
Woodman
Woodmen of America
Mason City
Des Moines
The
Order
Peoria
IF. R. Korns
C. H. McNeider
Mason
Korns
Woodmen
Iowa
McNeider
Apple Blossoms Scarce Across State Horticulture Report
State horticulturist Wesley Greene notes a statewide shortage of apple blossoms due to a dry winter. Blackberry and raspberry crops will be minimal after canes were killed, while strawberries look to exceed normal yields. Weather could still harm all fruits, but the blossom scarcity harms apples most.
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Repos
Gver
Wesley Greene
Greene
Alimony Suit Filed By Mrs. James Grant
Mrs. James Grant sues for divorce from Janes Grant a Marshalltown landowner claiming cruel inhuman treatment and failure to provide. She seeks 500 dollars temporary alimony and 87000 permanent alimony and also files separate maintenance against Fred Clark and his wife. The petition accuses the defendant of deeding property to his daughter to defraud her equity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Wowinn
James Grant
Janes Grant
Fred Clark
Iowa Travelers Unite Form Commercial Travelers Congress
Four traveling salesman groups the United Commercial Travelers Traveling Men's Protective Association the Hawkeyes and Americans will affiliate May 23 in Waterloo. By laws will be adopted and officers elected for the Commercial Travelers' Congress of Iowa. The aim is united action to secure legislation hotel inspectors better railroad accommodations and similar improvements. Thirty thousand join the first organization of its kind in the United States. The movement will later spread to other States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Commercial Travelers
Traveling Men's Protective Association
Hawkeyes and Americans
Waterloo
Commercial Travelers’ Congress of
Iowa
United States
Premonition Saves Clinton Boy From Drowning Noose
A 13 year old boy in Clinton nearly died when a towel looped around his neck after cooling off from a ball game. The father credited a premonition for finding him in time, and the boy remains seriously ill but is expected to recover.
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Clinton
Frank Hinton
Edgar Davis Pleads Guilty to Wife Murder
Edgar M. Davis admitted the murder of his wife in Des Moines and pleaded guilty to a second degree charge. Judge Meleury sentenced him to eighteen years at hard labor in Fort Madison. Davis’s two year old child, Teo Davis, was adopted by grandfather John P. Davis, a local druggist.
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Des Moines
Edgar M. Davis
Meleury
Fort Madison
Davis
Teo Davis
Edgar Davis
John P. Davis
Cashier Killed In Bank Car Crash During Storm
During an electrical storm R E Lowry cashier of the bank of Seymour was instantly killed when the team he was driving crashed through a bridge railing and plunged into a swollen creek below.
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R. E. Lowry
Bank of Seymour
Attempted arson at Fort Dodge paint mill thwarted
An unsuccessful arson attempt targeted the Town Paint Manufacturing Company plant in Fort Dodge. Shavings piled against a wooden partition in the mill were damp, fire did not ignite, and the factory was saved.
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Mande W Vanity
Thai City
Fort Dodge
Dubuque girl shoots father to protect mother
Maude Fleming, 20, shot her father Mont Fleming in the head to defend her mother in Dubuque. He was not expected to live. She said he attacked the mother. she was arrested but released on her own recognizance. The community expressed sympathy for the young woman.
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Dubuque
Maude Fleming
Mont Fleming
Fleming
State items touch postmaster, court stone and congress
Frank Paul appointed postmaster at Meservey, Cerro Gordo county, replacing J A Moore who resigned. Muscatine laid the corner stone for a new 150000 courthouse. Des Moines forest planting assistants named. Iowa manufacturers set Ottumwa convention for June 4–5 with about 150 expected. Defense seeks insanity defense in Irene Rolph murder case. Corn prices push Iowa buyers into tight market. Regents approve plans for new law building and bids. Ten acres near Fort Dodge sold for 10000 to Henry Engholm for clay plant. George Veise linked to jewelry store robbery pleads and turns over stolen goods. Samuel Jones of Russell suffers severe arm injury in mill accident. Lamont Fredericks arrested for criminal assault in Des Moines. incident draws wide attention.
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Frank Paul
Meservey
Cerro Gordo County
J. A. Moore
Muscatine
Cecil H. Brehtle
Des Moines
Elmer C. Lanbaugh
Woodward
Forest Service
Iowa
Ottumwa
Irene Rolph
Clinton
Board of Regents
The
State University
Law
Fort Dodge
Henry Engholm
Engholm
George Veise
Oskaloosa
Cedar Rapids
Valentine
Kroulik
Neise
Samuel Jones
Russell
McElveen & Eikenberry
Mr. Curtis
Conference on Natural Resources and National Duty
A historical conference discusses mineral fuels land water and resources as a national duty. Participants include the President, Vice President, cabinet, lawmakers, and invited figures like James J. Hill and Andrew Carnegie. Emphasis on practical action to conserve resources for future generations.
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Roosevelt
Gor
Indus
United
United States Supreme
States
Tate
Audrem
James J. Hilti
Tlin
University
I. CG. White
West Virginia
Uait
Guody
Nings Bryan
Delaware
Joh
Minnesota
Andrew Carnegie
Lgfessor
Univers Virginia
John
Cain
Gifford Cently
Itas
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Anita Tribune
HERM
Hoads
Vice President of
New York Central
Kurtz
Sud
Wits Prides
Feturnus
Tim
Reserve Trust Company
the Jackies
Vis Biateen
Psf Aid
Tite Dieteepeliti
Baad Ag Ad Plat
Hestigen
Tin
Aegung
Vion
Thin Tims
Dodge
Weda Hia Nurne
Frank Barr
Anamosa
Warden Barr
Marie Bucher
Barr
Historical Department of the State
FE. W. Miller
Berry
Vsenne
Miller
Roland Hall
Mes
Harks
Charles Jordan
Trey
Lamont Fredericks
W. T. Risser
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