Deathbed confession shocks Iowa town and forgery case
A dispatch from Athens Missouri reports Frank Egglestone confessed on his deathbed to forging a draft over 12 years ago, exonerating Fred Blanchard who served twelve years in the penitentiary. Blanchard, wrongfully convicted in 1887, ran a barber shop in Sioux City after release. The same brief item notes a husband who killed his wife and himself over real estate forgery, a letter writer captured in Keokuk, and a district court sentence of 18 men to hard labor in Anamosa.
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Fred Blanchard
Osacs
Athens
Missouri
Frank Egglestone
Mnance
Egglestone
Sioux City
Eggiestone
Self
Jasmon
Watson Denny
Ringgold County
Denny
Iowa
Orcar
Chris Hansen
Keystone
Marshal Boysen
Hanson
Minnesota
Orpar Bartos
Remy
Anamosa
Colorado Springs
Lunt
Colorado
Dreyfus Case Drags On as Bertillon Refuses Evidence
Paris reports the Dreyfus trial resumes with M Jaures reaffirming belief in Esterhazy. Bertillon refuses to explain how he could prove Dreyfus wrote the bordereau without the seized documents, causing an uproar. Britain invites tenders for four armored cruisers. New York Senate censures Murphy over Teller vote. Yit Sing, a Chinese girl, is murdered in San Francisco by Charles Dean's bull breed.
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Dreyfus
M. Bertillon
Paris
M. Zola
Perreux
M. Jaures
Chamber of Deputies
Major Esterhazy
M. Laborie
Sours
M. Laboris
Advocate General
San Francisco
Seb
Local option dominates League of American Wheelmen meeting
Delegates from across the nation fill the Southern hotel in Br. Louis as the League of American Wheelmen discusses local option on Sunday racing. Western divisions favor it, while the East opposes. Negotiations include a potential presidential plank and Missouri’s willingness to caucus with Illinois.
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Maat
Macing
Br. Louis
Southern Hotel
National Assembly
East
John W. Kelly, Jr
Woodbury
N. J
Amateur Athletic Union of the
United States
New Jersey
L. A.W
Henry V. Lewis
Missouri
Illinois
Ilinois
Lewis
Heinz Extends His Donation To Kansas University
Boston February 9 H J Heinz of this city consents to extend his donation of ten thousand dollars to Kansas University to June 1 in response to church members requests provided the denomination raises an equal amount in cash for the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinz
Boston
H. J. Heinz
Kansas University
Methodist Protestant Church
Alarmed devices wake the sleepy via beds to gas and tombs
Washington Cov. Philadelphia Times surveys patent alarms for waking the sleepy. Bracelets with alarm watches prick the arm at scheduled engagements while bed frames topple sleepers, clocks drop weight on pans, corks bob at noses, and even gas fixtures, coffins, and street lamps are rigged to alert or wake.
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Patent Office
Hayseed
Ashland
Wisha
Chicago
Grazy Vermonter
Providence
Sleepy Head
Illinois
Austin
Washington Cov
Philadelphia Times
The New College Proposal for Atlantic Aids Town Growth
Mr. Pike offers to match funds for a new Normal and Business College in Atlantic, aiming to expand quarters and raise town prestige. The piece praises Pike’s leadership, notes current enrollment of about 160, and argues the college would bring lasting prosperity with better facilities, rail and hotel development, and strong school and church infrastructure. It also mentions a separate advertising note and upcoming regional interest in the college idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Atlantic
Grain-O preparation directions and testimonial
Instructions for making Grain-O with two cups of cold water per tablespoon, plus half an egg and boiling water for fifteen to twenty minutes, then served with cream or hot milk. A woman notes that after ten days of use she would not return to coffee, urging consistent measuring and adherence to the method.
Swedish Lutheran conference authorizes Upsala move to New Jersey
At the Swedish Lutheran conference in Manchester on February 14 trustees of Upsala College Brooklyn N Y were permitted to decide future plans. Land valued at 60000 and an endowment of 100000 have been offered in New Orleans for a move there if the change is approved. Dreyfus agitation sparks provincial meetings Paris February 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran College
Manchester
N. H
Swedish Lutheran Conference
Upsala College
Brooklyn
N. Y
New Orange
N. J
Veteran's Pioneer Trial Promoted by Pills Claim
Comrade Hackett, 67, Carbondale Kansas, recounts severe 1895 98 illness. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health after six boxes. Publisher notes caution on imitations and prices.
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Wronk Foster
Kansas
Stop To Boycott: Courts Halt Lone Star Line Action
In Galveston on Feb 14 a U S court ordered Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe International and Great Northern and Missouri Kansas and Texas railways to halt notices targeting the Lone Star line. The injunction preserves current relations on rates divisions and freights until a final ruling. Russia drops Greek Crete governorship bid and warns against Turkish troop increases. Britain debates Irish distress and potato crop failure. Davitts amendment is rejected 236 to 168.
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GalvesTon
Tex
David F. Bryant
United States
Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe
International
Great Northern
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railways
Lone Star
New York
Lone Starline
M. O. McLemore
Lone Star Line
Jefferson
Daniel Ripley
Bryant
Mallory Line
Commons
Lonpor
House of Commons
Michael Davitt
Ireland
John P. Hayden
John Dillon
Irish Parliamentary Party
Davitt
London
Tacoma Grain Vessel Delivers 142,630 Bushels to Queenstown
Justice Sanford grants an injunction restraining Lewis County treasurer from selling Northern Pacific lands for delinquent taxes. Puget Sound port notes 50th grain vessel cleared, the British bark Chelmsford with 142,630 bushels for Queenstown, totaling 6,200,000 bushels exported this season valued at 4.4 million dollars. Washington wheat shipments left to move 2.6 million or 38 million bushels, with elevators holding enough grain to fill four or five large boats.
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Tacoma
Wash
Justice Sanford
United States Court
Lewis County
Northern Pacific Railroad
Puget Sound
Puget
Sound
Qhelmsford
W. B. Thompson
Queenstown
Falmouth
Washington
HAWKEYE HAPPENNINGS Candidate for Auditor Withdraws
Des Moines Feb 12 Homer A Miller Eagle Grove state bank examiner will not seek the Republican nomination for state auditor. Illness of his daughter requires a months long trip to California. Merriam of Delaware county and former Rep Allen remain in the field with Hartshorn possible if Miller withdraws.
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Des Moines
Homer A. Miller
Eagle Grove
State Bank Examiner
Atate
California
Frank F. Merriam
Delaware County
House Committee On Appropriations
Allen
van Buren County
Miller
E. J. Hartshorn
Emmettaburg
Canalejas Letter Incident Dominates Spain-US Talks
Madrid announces a formal regret over De Lome's censure while seeking to preserve friendly ties and ongoing commercial treaty negotiations. Washington notes Spain has not disavowed responsibility for De Lome's remarks and sees the matter as closed from Spain's view, aside from his resignation and replacement.
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Canalejas
New York
Madrid
Depuy de Lome
Spain
United States
Gallon
Senor de Lome
Washington
de Lome
de Lonie
England opens treaty port talk with China at Yuen Chau Fu
Paxin Feb 14 England negotiates with China to open Yuen Chau Fu province Hunan as a treaty port and to discuss inland waters navigation. China pays indemnity of £4000. Frenchman Lyaudet kidnapped by Tongain pirates in 1885 noted. New year audience for foreign ministers set for Feb 15 with banquet the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Paxin
England
Yuen Chau Fu
Hunan
Lyaudet
Teung li Yamen
Teung Liyamen
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Frank Eeglestone
Osage, In
Neora
Necra
Adiling
Ita Pleet
Glascow
Senate
Murphy
Albany
Assembly
Dole
Cleveland
Union Station
Bufffalo
Lake Shore Road
Corona
Charles Cate
Bertram Street
Mr. Cate
St. Louis
James O. West
Frank L. Norton
West
Mrs. Norton
Waldorf-Astoria
Gotham
Hast River
Guldensupp
Clark
Colorado Sprines
Charles E. Clark
Union Printers
William Prescott
International Typographical Union
Victor
Colo
Barton Vineyard
Fresno
Cal
Barton Estate
Carmen
Mt. Carmel House
Darren, O
Alfred Bradley
Bradley Cordage and Twine Company
Engagementa
the New College
Dr. Agnew
J. Nichols and
Palmer & Findley
Carbondale
A. B. Hackett
Kan. Light Artillery
The
Carbondalian
Hackett
Mr. Hackett
Thad
Russia
Crete
St. Peterspuna
Prince Georges
Greece
Hawkeye Happennings
Lawa Pioneer
Morses
Pioneer
Major Hoyt Sherman
B. F. Gue
John M. Davis
E. M. Stedman
Isaac Brandt
R. 8. Finkbine and R. D. Kellogg of Des Moines
von der Ahe
Buffington
Chris von der Ahe
Bendel
You der Ahe
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