Cheap Indian lands appraised at forty percent value
Comanche County pasture lands leased for farming are appraised at 40 percent of value by Interior Department appraisers. Lands in Comanche county will be sold at public auction with no competitive bidding for lessees, while Caddo and Kiowa county lands will also be auctioned in Anadarko and Tobart respectively.
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Wkyeres
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
Lawson
Act of Congress
Washington
Caddo County
Anadarko
Kiowa County
Tobart
Mexican labor clash leaves ten dead in Torreón
Mexican Central workers attacked an American master mechanic as rurales opened fire, killing ten of the mob after unrest linked to a wider conspiracy to expel Americans. Earlier rioting at Greene copper mines in Cunene caused fatalities.
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Torreon
Mexico
Greene Copper
Cunanea
Distress Signal Saves Party At Niagara Falls
A woman used a skirt as a signal when a launch lost its propeller and oars failed, drawing shore attention and aiding a rescue near the danger line at Niagara Falls. Charles Walsh’s launch broke free after he dropped anchor. efforts to reach the party failed before the SOS skirt guidance helped rescuers reach them.
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Niagara Falls
Charles Walsh
Tie
Territorial committees plan joint action for statehood in Arizona
The Republican and Democratic territorial committees met in Phoenix Arizona and agreed on a joint committee to pursue statehood. The move will not affect campaigns for delegates to Congress and conventions of both parties will be held in Bibe Bee on September.
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Moenix
Ariz
Agai
Congress
Yrirties
Bisbee Sepr. G
Bank in Examiner's Hands Closes in Chicago
The Milwaukee Avenue State bank in Chicago with over 4000.10 in deposits mainly from workers has been closed by a State examiner. Rumors of a large defalcation circulate as a warrant is issued for the cashier and President Paul Stensland, who is also missing, is being sought.
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Examiner
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Chicago
Paul ©. Stensland
Maniac's Horrible Deed in South Bend Tragedy
A demented woman in South Bend Indiana poured gasoline on her husband and sister and herself and set a match. Both women died and the husband was fatally injured. Also reported is the death of Mrs Thomas W Lawson wife of the Boston financier at her Scituate Massachusetts country home from heart disease.
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Maniac
South Bend
Ind
Thos. W. Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Scituate
Mass
Fatal Heat in New York City Strikes Dozens
Twenty people died and 122 were prostrated by a recent heat wave in New York City. Recreation piers and downtown parks opened to the poor to sleep in the open air as authorities tried to ease the heat’s toll.
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New York
New York City
Shutting Out the Women in Chicago Business
A Chicago labor and social issue piece notes women are being excluded from job opportunities in several firms and public offices. It cites Barber Asphalt Company, the post office, County Treasurer Lanberg, and the Chicago United States pension office, with industry officials arguing women lack growth potential in rail and management roles. Gorky’s critique of American commercialism and labor is also discussed, focusing on his impressions from New York and his view of democracy.
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Chicago
Barber Asphalt Company
Busse
Lanberg
Chicago United States Pension Office
Chicago and Northwestern Stairway Company
Gorky
America
Appleton
Booklovers
Maxim Gorky
New York
Rate Law Enforced Steps Taken by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered an expert to appraise and value every railroad in the United States to judge rate fairness. Prof Henry C Adams of the University of Michigan, ICC statistician, will devise a uniform bookkeeping system. The new system should operate by July 1, 1907 with railroads using a government fiscal year.
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Interstate Commerce
United States
Menry C. Adams
University of Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Loses Big Pennsylvania Lubrication Contract
The Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg canceled a rolling stock lubrication contract previously held by Standard Oil with annual revenue of 112000. Disclosures before the Interstate Commerce Commission revealed the railroad saved 1906000 over ten years by a secretly more liberal deal than other lines and alleged rebates to Standard Oil through excessive pricing.
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Standard
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Commission
Short News Notes From Cities Across The Nation
Reports list George Snyder a 36 year old Carnegie clerk in Iitteburg dying by self inflicted throat cut Henry Kraft a Bellaire Ohio saloon keeper fatally shot and his porter Michael Maxson wounded by masked robbers Andrew L Davenport a Negro hanged in Newport News Va for murder of William Thomas Davenport confessed Mrs George J Jackson connected to a Fort Worth Texas family drank carbolic acid after a hotel quarrel in Los Angeles Thomas Reid and Martin Krafee badly injured in Worcester Mass when an electric car crashed into a telegraph pole Ignatz Krewzyp an insane patient in Scranton Pa killed two inmates and mortally wounded a guard Delegates Mark Smith and L C Cowan sold the Congresso and El Senado mines near Hermosillo Mexico to a British syndicate for 250000 Charles Davenport condemned in Trenton for sending poisoned candy to his daughter sentenced to 15 years Circuit Attorney Sager of St Louis dropped perjury charges against Charles A Guike ending a boodle case trail on the last major case.
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George Snyder
Carnegie Steel Works
Iitteburg
Henry Kraft
Bellaire
Ohio
Michael Maxson
Andrew L. Davenport
Newport News
William Thomas
Davenport
George J. Jackson
Fort Worth
Texas
Los Angeles
Thomas Reid
Martin Krafee
Worcester
Mass
Ignatz Krewzyp
Scranton
Ann Golden
Ann van Valen
Richard Davies
Mark Smith
L. C. Cowan
Tucson
Ariz
Congresso
el Senado
Hermosillo
Mexico
Charles Davenport
Trenton
N. J
Josephine
Sager
St. Louis
Nolle
Charles A. Guike
House of Delegates
Douma Leaders Hit In Treason Prosecution
The public prosecutor in St Petersburg begins treason charges against lower house signatories of the Vilmanii manifesto. Arrests pending, as Démocrats fear punishment of representatives. mutinies erupt in Poltava with troops firing on rioters and prisoners taken.
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Petersburg
Meni
St. Petersburg
Parila
New Japanese Chief of Staff Oku Noted for Record
General Baron Oku named chief of the general staff of the Japanese army and credited with a strong record in the war against Russia. His second army captured Kinchow and Nanshan Hill, cutting off Port Arthur, and drove Stahelburg’s forces to Liao-Yang. He also fought at Sha River and helped capture Mukden. Oku began service in 1877 during the Japanese rebellion.
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Baron Oku
Russia
Kinchow
Nanshan
Port Arthur
Stakelburg
Liao-Yang
Sha River
Mukden
Oku
Viborg manifesto sparks uprising call and land seizure plan
A leaked Viborg manifesto accuses the government of treachery, urges replacing local authority with elected squads, confiscating state funds, and arming workers and troops to seize land amid unrest. Premier Stolypin’s stance is unclear as provincial circulation rises and Mamota’s siege ends.
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Stolypin
Viborg
Goreys Drift Legally Apart Divorce and Custody Granted
Mrs. Corey wife of William E. Corey president of United States Steel Corporation was granted a Reno Nevada divorce on grounds of desertion and received custody of their 1 year old son Allan. The trial featured testimony from Miss Addie Corey about alleged unsuitable suitors for custody and the couple’s strained marriage ending with desertion. A companion note records Charles A Justus age 39 and three siblings dying at the family home four miles east of Middleton Montana.
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Corey
William E. Corey
United States Steel
Reno
Ker
Allan Corey
Addie Corey
Mrs
Charles A. Justus
Samuel Moody
Middleton
Mout
Gage's Son Ends Life in Seattle Hotel
Eli A Gage son of former Secretary Lyman J Gage died by suicide in a room at the Tourist Hotel Seattle registered as J W Gorst He left little money and his wife and child sought him with detectives but were unable to locate him His drinking and erratic behavior preceded the tragedy His past included Yukon work and Alaska service attempts in Seattle and Chicago were noted as he moved between hotels Heavy drinking cited as the cause plus a separate notice of AFL campaign program urging labor support and unionist nominations.
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Eli A. Gage
Weare
Alaska
Circle City
P. B. Weare
J. J. Healy
Chicago
Gage
West
Northwestern Steamship Company
Seattle
Trowmart Inn to Open for Working Girls in New York
A new hotel at Abingdon Square New York City named the Trowmart Inn will serve self supporting women aged 15 to 85 earning $15 or less. It will offer room and board at 450 or 500 with breakfast and dinner, a 250 seat dining room, and free sewing washing ironing library and reception rooms. W H R Martin backs the plan expecting it to pay for itself.
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Abingdon Square
New York City
Mills
W. H. R. Martin
Drowning on Lake George Involves Brooklyns Sophia and Corinne Piddian
Sophia and Corinne Piddian of Brooklyn drowned while boating on Lake George. The event is reported alongside a warehouse fire at Marseilles injuring six, the death by suicide of Ferdinand Von Saar, and the return of mutinous Terek sailors to Russia via a Russian consul in Spain.
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Sophia
Corinne Piddian
Brooklyn
Lake George
Marseilles
Ferdinand von Saar
Austrian
Reichsrath
Terek
Spain
Russia
West Virginia official praises Peruna as a superior tonic
Hon W H Kelbaugh of West Virginia long time legislator writes to endorse Peruna. He says a stubborn cold and run down condition improved after using Peruna and he saved money versus other medicines. Mrs Clara Witterst of Seafield Indiana also reports a severe cold improved after taking Peruna and she was able to resume work.
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Kelbaugh
W. Va
6Th Street
N B
Washington, D. C
Critical attempt ends in monumental failure, writer says
A struggling author borrows a device from a critic as the critic attempts to craft a novel but falters spectacularly, turning the project into a cautionary tale about artistic pride and editorial overreach.
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Turna
Naggus
Borus
Allen's Foot-Base Powder Promotes Quick Foot Comfort
Ina Pinch, Use Allen's Foot-Base. A powder to shake into your shoes. Streste the feet, Cures Corns, Munions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet, and Ingrowing Nials. Adeos boul-base makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all Druggists and Sloe Stores, 25e. Sample matted FREE, Address Allen 8, Olmsted, Leroy, N.
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Adeos
Sloe
Allen
Olmsted
Leroy
No One Wanted Box 13 As Superstition Spreads
The Pall Mall Gazette notes that box 13 fell out of favor at the Imperial opera house and Imperial Court theater with boxes renumbered to 124 after public objections. Rich subscribers avoided No 18 and single performances faced poor demand. Dr Grun warned superstition as a health menace, echoed in Austrian hospitals and spas where Friday starts cures are shunned.
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Pall Mall
Chamberlain
Imperial Opera House
Imperial Court Theater
Heinrich Grun
Carlsbad
Marienbad
Gastein
Professional Secrecy and Medical Obligation Debate
The 1868 Gironde case raised questions about doctors duty to secrecy. Two Janine physicians suspected poisoning, knew the culprit, but hesitated to denounce. Colleagues argued that crimes discovered in medical practice become professional secrets, a view not universally accepted.
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Gironde Assizes
le Petit Parisian
No Trouble Coffee to Postum Switch Voiced by Illinois Man
An Illinois man details his switch from coffee to Postum saying stomach indigestion and nervous irritation vanished. He drank coffee for thirty years, changed to Postum with no trouble, felt better from day one, and credits Postum for restoring his hunger and well being. The testimonial is attributed to the Postum Co of Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Wellville.
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Illinois
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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