World Wide Interest Trial Opens in Boise Idaho
The Haywood case and related charges loom as Pinkerton detective Orchard testifies detailing alleged funding and planning of the Steunenberg murder by Western Federation of Miners leaders. Steve Adams has retracted his confession, delaying jury selection and lengthening proceedings to perhaps a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise City
Idaho
Pinkerton
Molly Maguires
Pennsylvania
Orchard
Moyer
Haywood
G .A. Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenberg
Federation
Peabody
Colorado
M Justice Gabbert
Colorado Supreme Court
D. H. Moffat
Steve Adams
Morever
Moyer Or Pettibone
Crimes Charged Against the Inner Circle Narrative
A chronological list details alleged crimes linked to the Inner Circle from 1901 to 1905 in Telluride Cripple Creek Denver and Idaho. Included are murders mine explosions attempted train wrecks kidnappings and a fatal depot explosion with multiple victims. The roll of names includes J W Barney John Mahoney Martin Gleason Wesley J Smith Arthur L Collins Lyte Gregory Harry Neville and former Governor Stewnenberg among others.
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J. W. Barney
Telluride
John Mahoney
Martin Gleason
Cripple Creek
Wesley J. Smith
Arthur L. Collins
Vieter
Vindicator
Lyte Gregory
Denver
Independence Depot
Harry Neville
Goldfield
Stewnenberg
Idaho
Haywood Case Opens in Boise Across Bitter Miners Trial
The Haywood Moyer and Pettibone indictment for Governor Steunenberg’s murder is set for trial in Boise with separate trials to follow. Prosecutors claim five years of crimes by the Western Federation of Miners inner circle including arson and train wrecking while defendants insist the case targets the union and will go to the U S Supreme Court. Boise braces for a high profile, well funded legal battle as guards and tempers run high.
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The
Star
Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Charles H. Moyer
Federation
George A. Pettibone
Frank Steunenberg
Haywood
Inner Circle
United States Supreme Court
Sour Stomach Warning and Home Remedy Summary
An article explains sour stomach as a protest by nature against improper eating and warns of serious results if ignored. It notes stomach inaction, fermentation and gas, then urges immediate use of a quick and safe remedy to conquer the condition and prevent recurrence.
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Natures
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Advertisement Claim
An old time ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a universal stomach remedy promising instant relief and truth based claims. It offers dollar and half dollar sizes from druggists with a money back guarantee and a free booklet plus sample via postal card request.
Pepsin Syrup Co Advertises in Monticello Illinois
The Pepsin Syrup Co of Monticello Illinois markets its product through wholesale distributors Scarbrough Drug Co Elam Ordway and Houser. Local retailers Elam and Houser supply the syrup via noted wholesalers.
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Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
Hiinois
Scarbrough Drug Co
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Radium Solves Controversy Over Earth's Age Says Sir Robert Ball
Sir Robert Ball told the Bishopsgate Institute that radium's heat output in earth rocks extends the estimated time for Earth's cooling. He noted Lord Kelvin's 20,000,000 year figure was too small and that radium implies a much earlier date, aligning with geologists' demands.
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Sir Robert Ball
Bishopgate Institute
London
Robert
Lord Kelvin
Robert Ball
Strutt
Lord Rayleigh
Prescription for dyspepsia relief and stomach troubles
A historic medical ad presents a dyspepsia remedy with fluid extract Buehu, Bulso Mixture, Gentian Compound, water. It claims wide physician endorsement for stomach ailments and suggests adding baking soda for sour stomach and a general dose of one tablespoon three times daily before meals.
Just a Boy Follows Remarkable Tonic Claim
A learned chemist offers a tonic said to reverse aging. A patient who tried it claims he aged from thirty nine to nineteen but refuses to pay the bill, arguing that as a minor at nineteen he isn’t responsible. Local readers are invited to weigh in.
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Detroit Free Press
Barber Invents Gasoline Scent Ball Tonic
The Philadelphia Press notes a barber thriving by selling a gasoline smelling tonic. Patrons gain an odor suggesting ownership of automobiles, creating a curious, humorous impression of wealth.
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Philadelphia Press
Dogs is Dogs Rules Baffle Baggage Clerks
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on a recent day General Baggage Agent G W Hay issues an order declaring dogs are excess baggage from today on. Baggage masters receive no tips from hunters and women must not carry poodles in hat boxes. Dogs are weighed and charged as over fifty pounds if they weigh more.
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Wein
The Gila Monster A Strange Native Fear and Bite Tale
A Chicago News letter describes the Gila monster as a dangerous, fearsome creature of the southwestern deserts. The writer asserts its bite injects poison like a dissecting knife and recounts episodes of the animal springing from restraints to bite a man and tearing through heavy overalls.
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Tucson
Chicago News
Abuse of the Dead in French Guinea Funeral Custom
The Washington Post reports a ritual in French Guinea where a dead man is publicly blamed by his wife and children. After guests gather they berate the ghost before beating the corpse, then bury it a meter deep in the house and place rice and palm wine on the tomb daily for the soul.
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French Guinea
Washington Post
Origin of Cork Leaf and the Cork Leg Myth
The dealer explains that a cork leg would crumble and urges an elm or willow leg instead. He recounts how the modern artificial leg originated with John Cork around 1810 and notes that misattributing cork legs pays tribute to Cork’s pioneering craft.
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John Cork
Cork
Skin tortures afflict children
Obsessive eczema covered a little girl's limbs with running sores while a boy suffered poison oak on hands and arms turning them into painful lesions. Relief followed and the afflicted were cured, according to a grateful mother.
Cuticura Remedies a Household Standby
Mrs Ligele Vincent Thomas of Fairmount Waldena Ridge Tennessee says Cuticura Remedies provided rapid relief for her daughter's obstinate eczema and then cured her poisoned hands after a oak exposure. She notes they live twelve miles from a doctor and rely on Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. October 13 1905.
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Ligele Vincent Thomas
Fairmount
Walden'a Ridge
Tenn
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advertised for All Ages
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap for cleansing and Cuticura Ointment for relief of skin conditions in infants children and adults. It highlights a complete treatment set including Cuticura Solvent and Cuticura Pills and offers a free Cuticura book from The Barter Co. Corp as the sole proprietor.
Bank of England Clerks and Their Sinecures
The London Chronicle recounts old Bank of England practices where clerks gained favors. One zealous volunteer is kept as a sinecure, while a clever amateur painter is housed in a bank room to serve as a studio and oversees burning canceled notes each Friday.
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Bank of England
London Chronicle
Greek sculpted proportions inspire modern art by leg length
Greek figures are described as taller and more graceful, with modern artists making the upright figure seven and one half times the head length. The Greeks used eight times, lengthening the shin and extending from knee to heel for grace, a method Lord Leighton often adopted in his paintings to achieve the same effect.
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Lord Leighton
New York American
Two Servant Girls Solve A Cleaning Time Riddle
A riddle explores work rate with a teacher and a little girl as they discuss how long two servant girls would clean two rooms. The girl answers four hours, the teacher corrects that one hour is needed, noting a misinterpretation about whether the servant girls are on speaking terms.
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London
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Stuenenberg
Labor Organization
Gov. Steunenberg
Coeur d’Alene
Caldwell
Coeur d'Alene
Harry Orchard
Federation of Miners
James McFarland
Iow
Rte
Dr. Caldwell
Radium
Rexali
Rexall
Mullery
Bagas
Arbuskle
Washington
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