Miler's Hoard Sought Hidden Fortune of $200000
In 2 New York papers an effort to locate a fortune of about $200,000 concealed by Augustus Konrad in a safe deposit vault. Konrad died in a Poughkeepsie insane hospital last October after aging illness left him unable to reveal the whereabouts. He retained three keys to home, trunk, and vault, with the family believing wealth rests in that vault. His widow supported the family by selling women’s clothing for years.
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New York
Tarrytown
N. Y
Augustus Konrad
Konrad
Poughkeepsie Insane Hospital
Tie
Elevator and Docks Destroyed in Duluth Bay Fire
A Friday blaze at Rice Point Duluth destroyed Elevator D of the Consoli dated Elevator Co and damaged the Northern Pacific Dock No. 1 and surrounding structures. Losses total about $1,041,420 including wheat and flax stocks and the dock, with tug boats aiding fire crews to save the bay front.
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Rice’s Point
Duluth
Consolidated Elevator Company
Northern Pacific
Bay Front
Betsy Ross Flag House Labelled Fake by Investigator
William J Campbell, who led the historical sites committee, says Betsy Ross was only a seamstress and that the Betsy Ross flag house at 20 Arch Street is not part of the 300 Philadelphia sites for Founders Week. He calls the Betsy Ross story a fake and claims no interview with George Washington ever occurred.
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Betsy Ross
Philadelphia
Historical Sites Committee
Arch Street
William J. Campbell
Campbell
Mr. Campbell
George Washington
Body of Woman Murdered Found Afloat Near Houston
Police report a woman’s body found in a trunk adrift on Buffalo Bayou near Houston. Investigators say she was nude except for shoes and stockings and four fingerprints marked her throat. C. I. Meadows of Fort Worth was arrested and charged with murder, claiming the death was natural.
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Buffalo Bayou
Houston
Texas
C. I. Meadows
Fort Worth
Burial of Grover Cleveland in Princeton Cemetery
Grover Cleveland was laid to rest in a simple family ceremony at Princeton cemetery. President Roosevelt and many distinguished personal friends of the late statesman attended the funeral in the Tate family plot.
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Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Roosevelt
Tate Statesman
Trains To Be Made Dry In Louisiana Legislature
A bill to ban drinking on passenger trains in Louisiana passed the House by 61 to 11 after Senate approval. the measure targets intoxication on rail cars.
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Louisiana
House
Senate
Seven Poisoned by Meat in Bridgeport Ohio
Mr and Mrs David Gerry and three children John Trose and Mrs Thomas Fitzgerald are seriously ill in Bridgeport Ohio from meat poisoning Two Gerry children are dying and other family members remain in danger in the outbreak linked to tainted meat.
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David Gerry
John, Trose
Thomas Fitzgerald
Bridgeport
Ohio
Gerry
Immigration Officials Probe Decline in Emigration
Immigration authorities plan a formal inquiry into the sharp drop in arrivals citing foreign interference and misleading reports. May arrivals totaled 36,317, with Russia and Italy showing notable declines. some regions report slight gains from China and Mexico while others fall.
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Russia
Austria-Hungary
Italy
China
Pacific Islands
British North America
British Honduras
Mexico
Marriage Shy on Love Says Comstock in New York
Anthony Comstock, secretary of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, blames marriages driven by status and money for high divorce rates. He argues many couples wed without genuine love, leading to irksome homes and divorces as men seek rest elsewhere. He cites nagging and pressure as factors in unsatisfied marriages across New York and the country.
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Anthony Comstock
New York
the Society For ‘the Suppression of Vice
Insane Clergyman Shot in Missouri Stand-off
At Stolper Missouri Rev Valentine Strauss became violent and was slain during an effort to seize him led by his wife. The parsonage fortress had firearms and a posse fired in self defense. a shot killed him. In New Jersey a Piano Company merger forms the American Piano Company with 6 million stock preferred and 6 million common stock, Knabe Chickering Master-Armstrong included, aiming for 18,000 pianos yearly.
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Stolper
Valentine Strauss
New Jersey
American Piano Company
Knabe & Co
Chickering & Son
Master-Armstrong Company
Grover Cleveland Dies Suddenly at Home in Princeton
The nation mourns Grover Cleveland, former U S president, dying Wednesday at his Princeton New Jersey home after months of rheumatic gout and diabetes. He had been ill with indigestion in 1906 and recently suffered severe attacks, ending a life marked by two nonconsecutive terms and continuous public service.
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Grover Cleveland
United States
Princeton
N. J
Ftn
Cleveland
Life of a U.S. leader from Buffalo to the White House
A chronological sketch recounts an Erie County lawyer rising from clerkship to sheriff and mayor of Buffalo, then governor of New York and president of the United States. It notes his 1886 marriage to Frances Folsom, a long public career, and his post presidency life in New York City.
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New York Institution
Bufalo
Erie County
Buffalo
New York
United States
Frances Folsom
White House
Venezuela
Princeton
Land
Benjamin Harrison
New York City
Chicago
Grover Cleveland
N. J
Secretaries of War
Navy
United States of America
Theodore Roosevelt
Life of Cleveland Probed in Obituary and White House Bride
The obituary traces Grover Cleveland's life from Caldwell North Carolina to Buffalo Clinton and New York stages, noting his health battles, rise from clerk to attorney to mayor governor and president, and his marriage to Frances Folsom Cleveland the White House Bride born July 21 1864. It highlights his 22nd and 24th presidency and a family of five children. Frances Folsom Cleveland is described as the youngest White House mistress and diplomatically admired widow.
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South
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
United States
Caldwell
Fayetteville
N. C
Grover
Clinton
N. Y
New York Institution For the
Rogers, Bowen & Rogers
Buffalo
New York
Erie County
Lanning, Cleveland & Folsom
Charles J. Folger
US States
Princeton, N. J
Fvo
Frances Folsom Cleveland
White House
Oscar
Enmia C. Folsom
Clevland
Miss Folsom
Washington Honors Cleveland With Nationwide Mourning
President Roosevelt ordered national flags at half mast for thirty days and naval and military honors for the funeral. The government notified diplomatic officers and military posts to fly flags at half staff, following the president’s proclamation and commemorating Grover Cleveland’s life and service.
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Washington
Cleveland
State Department
White House
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Public praise and policy notes on Cleveland era
A collection of quotes praising Grover Cleveland and a discussion of public trust. It references Taft Fairbanks Cortelyou Dewey Stevenson and others, plus reflections on public honesty and a proposed Johns Hopkins psychiatric clinic with a $500,000 endowment and $300,000 gift by Meury Phipps to establish the facility.
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Meury Phipps
Pittsburg
Trade indicators show tentative revival amid fall in bank clearings
Dun's Review of Trade notes commercial mortality easing and rising activity across grains provisions livestock and hides with more ore and coal forwarding. Demand grows for pig iron and steel while factory outputs prep expansions and railroad orders loom. Bank clearings total 220 309 379 down 9 5 percent from last year and Chicago district failures rise to 33 with liabilities over 5 000 at 9.
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Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
New York Trade Quiet Amid Cautious Buying and Textiles Rise
New York reports a steadier tone for future prospects with some expansion in textile operations. Overall trade remains quiet and retailers hold moderate stocks. Fall buying shows slight firmness in eastern and central western centers while crop and political developments keep purchases cautious. Collections lag as business failures tally 25 in the week to June 18, compared with 253 last week and past years’ figures. CONTINUES Bradstreet's Commerciale Report.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U S Cities
Market notes catalog Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo price brackets for cattle hogs and sheep by city with grain and butter etc. Trade and industry brief details a Montana mining collapse and large rail contract talks plus expansion plans by J J Hill and Great Northern system extensions.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Boston
New York
Loui At
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Louis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Toston Velar
Detroit
Washington
Indianaplis
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Toledo
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