Taylor Chosen Mayor in San Francisco Bribery Probe
Dr Taylor elected mayor by the San Francisco board of supervisors amid graft prosecutions ending the reign of the “big stick” era. Hamilton Spreckels and District Attorney Langdon offered the position. Taylor, 60s, accepted after 4 pm Tuesday. Conflicting claims linger about Mayor Schmitz’s capacity while the city faces dual governance.
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Bayardak
Mayr Eugene Schmitz
Samuel Sawyer
Typographical Union
Charles S Baxton
Schmitz
Afteen
Taylor
Court of Last Resort
Mays
Bloody attack in Alexandropol kills officials
Bombs struck a convoy near Alexandropol Russia at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning killing General Homas Slav a woman and coachman and injuring a son and daughter of Gilebon tained. The Ali fikhanost party leader Alikhanov is famed for harsh campaigns in Kutai district and faced revolutions over his punitive expeditions.
Boni de Castellane Divorce Appeal Denied
The appeal of Count Boni de Castellane of Paris from the Nov 14 divorce decree granting Countess Boni de Castellane formerly Anna Gould was dismissed Tuesday afternoon. The lawyers conducted the case with no contest, and negotiations aim to settle creditor claims out of court.
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Grantet
Anna Gould
Bnt de Castellane
Paris
Ute
Boni de Castellane
Madame Gould
Ouida Improves. English Novelist 111 in Rome
Lourde de la Mia mee, known as Ouida, the English novelist, is "much improved" in Rome at age 111. She refused interviews and was angered by what she called exaggerated British newspaper coverage of her health and circumstances.
Oklahoma Lynching Report Shocks Prairie Town
A mob of about fifteen men and boys lynched Frank Halley in Osage Oklahoma Tuesday night after he mortally wounded brakeman Frank Kelly who had ejected the suspect from a train. The piece also notes market quotes on the Stars City Jive block market and a separate Frisco freight train robbery nearby. Heat in Pittsburg Pennsylvania caused numerous deaths and prostrations with a high of 87 degrees.
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Oklahoma
Frank Halley
Osage
Okla
Frank Kelly
Miisouri, Kanaan
Pittsburg
Harvest of Death in India Plague Six-Month Toll
Reports show 1,060,067 deaths from the plague in India for the six months ending June 30. The monthly toll is falling, with June at 62,064.
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India
Bankhead Elected to U S Senate by Alabama Legislature
The Alabama legislature elected former Congressman John H. Bankhead to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Morgan.
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Alabama
John 4 H. Bankhead
United States Senate
Morgan
Terrible naval catastrophe off New England shores
The battleship Georgia suffered a devastating explosion during target practice in Cape Cod Bay. Eight officers and thirteen sailors were killed or badly burned as two bags of chowder ignited near the after turret, with the ship reaching Boston for emergency care and portside burials.
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Omsig Mur
Georgia
Boston Harbor
Cape Cod Bay
Charlestown Navy Yard
New England
Georghi
Barns Sindle
Goodrich
Casper
Leutenant
Brooklyn
Willamas
Seaman
Newport
Fair
William F
Seiman
Barkentine Castle Reports Russian Boarding at Sea
The barkentine Castle arrived in San Francisco from Siberian cod grounds reporting the Russian gunboat Mandjur boarded her and seized ship papers, warning to stay 30 miles offshore under threat of confiscation. Officers and crew were taken to Patropavtusk. a volcanic eruption near Kamschnika plunged the country into darkness for over 48 hours, causing widespread hardships.
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Barkentine Castle
San Francisco
Siberia
Veseal
Mandjur
Patropavtusk
Kamschnika
Oteers
Mrs Annie Bradley Granted Bail in High-Profile Murder Case
Justice Wright of the District of Columbia Supreme Court allowed Mrs Annie Bradley bail of 550,000 after investigators alleged she murdered former Utah Senator Brown. Medical testimony cited open air exercise as essential for her recovery before the September trial.
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Justice Wright
Supreme Court of the Bistrict of Columbia
Annie Bradley
United States
Brown
Utah
Davite
Bradly
Afri. Bradley
JAP SPAT AT OUR LAG LOSES NO INJURY FOR WIPER
A Japanese wiper, T Yont, narrowly escaped serious injury in Los Angeles shops when mobbed by American workers after he spat on two American flags on an engine. Employers intervened and he was beaten and forced to flee. A separate note reports the death of Italian woman Mrs. Gendu in Sterling Ohio from a bullet wound in a suspected Black Hand case.
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Los Angeles
T. Yont
Southern Pacific
Cal
Yont
Ginanella Gendu
Sterling, Qol
Black Hand
Lewnout Stret Malle
Emeb
Fadler
Dhe
Epon
Congress Critics Over Wharf Access In Honolulu
Members of Congress denounce the exclusion of a delegation from Honolulu at the naval wharf during the arrival of the transport Sherman. They say private individuals were admitted while they were barred.
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Congress
Honolulu
Naval Wharf
Sherman
Western Missouri Storm Damages Farms Bridges and Fatalities
A Sunday night storm drenched western Missouri with significant damage to corn fields bridges and culverts in lowlands. A separate sensational bride poisoning case reports Mrs Juhi Duckies of Mishawaka Indiana aged 22 drinking poison and dying beside her husband.
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Missouri
Mra Juhi Duckies
Mishawaka
Ind
Kho
Convicted in Blue Mountain land fraud case
Marlon R. Blges of Portland Oregon was sentenced to ten months in Multnomah County Jail after a conspiracy conviction in the Blue Mountain land fraud case.
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Vrands
Marlon R. Blges
Portland
Ore
Blue Mountain
Somuah County Juil
Steamer Rhinnecook Runs Aground at Cartleland
Steamer Rhinnecook ran ashore and grounded on Cartleland shoal during calm seas on Monday. All passengers were safely landed.
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Bop
Ieland Sound
Rhinnecook
Cartleland
Bomb explodes outside American Embassy in Yent-Jieuk
A bomb exploded in front of the American embassy there injuring several people, including women. Authorities cordoned the area as investigators searched for clues.
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Amerikan
Yent-Jieuk
Weather Wreaks Havoc on Kansas Rail Lines Near Yopeka
Flooding from heavy rains washed away bridges on the upper Saldler and Tighday creeks twenty miles west of Yopeka Kansas. The portion of the Pacific road bed was damaged as over inches of rainfall inundated the area.
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Allen Seeltie
Yopeka
Kan
Pate
Attempt on French President Faillieres in Paris
A naval reservist Leon Mattie of Havre fired two shots at President Faillieres on the Champs Elysees as he rode back to the palace from Lang Champs. Police arrested Mattie and extra precautions were taken after anti militarist demonstrations as the president, accompanied by Premier Ale Mence and secretary M. Lanes, proceeded past Boulogne and Lerner street amid cheering crowds.
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Wren
Tleres Et
France
Lots de Boulogne
Elysees
Lerner Street
Malle
Failleres
M. Failleres
New Eastern Bureau Created for War Questions
The State Department forms a Far Eastern Bureau to handle all diplomatic and consular matters with Japan and China. It will oversee correspondence and preliminary treaty negotiations with Oriental governments. Limntington Wilson, long secretary to the Tokyo legation, becomes chief of the bureau in this experimental move.
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Japan
China
Orient
State Department
Limntington Wilson
Tokio
Icon Procession Sparks Anti Revolutionary Riot
A ceremonial replica of a Palestine church ikon toured Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg with bishops and thousands of faithful. Cossacks guarded the shrine as it moved toward Hazon cathedral, but demonstrators pressed to kiss the ikon and many fainted during the crowd's fervor.
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St. Petersburg
Palestine
Patriarch of Jerusalem
Nevsky Prospect
Hazon Cathedral
Selating
Thieves Loot Jewels From New York Banker Safe
Gems valued at twenty thousand dollars were stolen from a private safe belonging to J M Ceballos & Co of New York. The private detectives are tracing the jewels, which are the personal property of Mr Ceballos, with officials slow to act. Police were not alerted, and the theft remains undiscovered for two weeks.
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New York
J. M. Ceballos & Co
Western League Da serailm Schedule at Sioux City
Schedule lists Western League games at Sioux City with dates in July and August including Lincoln and Des Moines matches. The text also notes a shift to wartime tuberculosis conversion and mentions Connecticut Governor Woodruff authorizing a nine member commission to study tuberculosis prevalence.
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Sioux City
Lincoln
General Geombly
Connecticut
Woodruff
Death of Sir Henry Perkin Pioneer of Coal Tar Dye
Obituary notes the death of Sir Henry Perkin of Landen Med Sundeg aged in his 70sal. He founded the coal tar industry by the discovery of mauve dye in 1856 and became famed for his chemical breakthroughs.
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Sir Henry Perkin
Lon
Fay Henry Perkin
Landen
Med
Arrest at Wanattd lall details of crime and arrest
An arrest report describes Prack Anyolewier, 23, arrested in Tad during an attempted theft at $160, signed by Cork Lindner. Four similar crimes are noted involving Anyolewier, linked to a northern region. The incident involves a street square and civil and military unrest in Parla.
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Prack Anyolewier
Tyatah
Cork
Lindner
Anyolewies
Tbrail
Ehawka
Sneha
Gartbaldl
Creveredd
Vlatute
Chorthahdd
Tony
Parla
Sensational Charges Reported Against Cedar Rapids Jurors
In Dubuque federal court Judge Reed reviews motions for new trials in suits against Northwestern road subsidiaries. Jurors from Cedar Rapids allegedly favored defendants after signals of bribery while several thousand dollars changed hands. Court may summon three jurors and Milwaukee claim agents to answer why they should not be punished for alleged wrongdoings.
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Nantage
Reed
Milwaukee
Sheldon Man John Woods Ends Life
John Woods, about 60, an oil resident of Sheldon, killed himself at his son’s home by strangling with a pillowcase. Despondent after poor health and the death of his wife last September, he had returned recently from California. He leaves three children and three brothers as survivors.
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Sheldon
John Woods
Wood
California
Wallace Woods
Emma Goldie
Dr. Miller
Sanborn
B. T
Weeds
Miles Woods
Henry Woods
Kansaa
Rominger Announces Candidacy for Congress in Iowa Seat
Elsworth Rominger of Bloomfield enters the race for Congress in Davis County Iowa. A Mt Pleasant Wesleyan and state university law graduate, Rominger was a Roosevelt elector in 1904 carrying the district by 12000 votes and has chaired the Sixth District Republican committee. Opponents already announced include Jasper Roberts and Kendall.
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Elsworth Rominger
Woonleh
Davis County
Ion
Bloomfield
Congress
Rominger
Mt. Pleasant Wesleyan University
State University Law Department
Tle
Aghter
Maj
John L. Lacey
Omim
Jasper
Roberts
Mahaska
Kendall
Montrose
Des Moines Flood Recedes After Crest Passes
Des Moines river flood has crested with water slowly receding. Lowlands remain flooded with about thirty houses affected. damage to gardens and crops south of the city estimated in the thousands of dollars.
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Tate
Des Moines
Veiled insult and injuries strike Clear Lake
Hoodlums hung an effigy labeled reversible Wasser atop a pole during a Sunday night disturbance at Clear Lake as a church mass meeting took place in the park. Pastor W I Main Wasser of the Methodist church attended the event and spoke while the band played. W J Knowalink, wife of a Cedar Flap resident, was seriously injured with several broken ribs in an unrelated incident nearby.
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Eiliey
Clear Lake
Wimain Wasser
Methodist Church
Weied
Wasser
Nev
W. J. Knowalink
Cedar Flap
Ids
Shipley
Maedon City
Porty-Four Years in Navy Retired as Rear Admiral WoT Reeder
Retired after forty four years of naval service Captain WoT Reeder of Muscatine leaves active duty with the rank of rear admiral. He graduated from Annapolis and served through all grades, commanding the United States vessel Hancock at retirement. The report notes a long career with honors and connections to major naval stations.
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Navy
Wot Reeder
Muscatine
Annaport
Coraind
United States
Hancock
Two Cent Pai Victory Denies Road Restraint Writ
Judge Smith McPherson of the district court in Des Moines denied with a 9 o clock Thursday morning the petition for a writ of injunction restraining the operation of the two cent fare law passed by the legislature last winter. The opinion says stockholders of a road have no authority to restrain such action by railway operators and irrigation against the state’s officials who enacted the statute. The ruling reviews equity powers to decide such questions and concerns eastern stake holders including Amalia, the Lowen Commercial, Dink Minneapolis and St. Louis roads.
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Smith McPherson
Dea Moines
Deeiiun
Oitelats
Tnd
Court of Equity
Amalia
He Lown Cumnteal
Dink Minneapolis
St. Loula
Fort Dodge Mayor Warns Saloon Keepers Over Drunken Patrons
Port Dialgo mayor acts to curb liquor sales to intoxicated laborers. He warns saloon men to refuse service as patrons approach drunkenness, saying continuing practice drains a week's wages in one Saturday night. A threatened revocation of licenses follows violations.
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Port Dialgo
Acton
Laircely
Dunecunke
Fort Dodge
Hauer
Fortune Brings Inheritance to Clio Night Clerk
Charles Hougen, longtime Witton hotel night clerk in Jewell near Webster City, inherits about $125,000 after a brother dies in Trenton New Jersey. Routher Maxson, a German bachelor, remains a night clerk and may not travel east unless needed to prove the will. He never takes a vacation in seven years.
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Charles Hougen
Witton
Juwell
Snail Town
Webster City
Trenton
N. J
Tossen
Jewell
Maxson
Editor Alfred W. Lee Dies Amid World Tour
Alfred W. Lee, president of the Lee syndicate of evening papers, died in England on a trip with his wife and daughter. He published the Otlimiya Courier Muscatine Journal and Davenport Times and died at his uncle Consul Frank Matiti's home. Lee had heart trouble and leaves a wife and one child.
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Tommy Engl
Othaawa Courier
Alfred W. Lee
Lee
England
Str
Eopland
Otlimiya Courier
Muscatine
Pearl Worth Over Six Hundred Found Near Muscatine
John Phillips of Asherman found a shoe button sized pearl near Muscatine while shelling. The gem is unusually beautiful and nearly round. He was removing a shell when it dropped into the boat hatch and rolled out. He has been offered 500 for the pearl but keeps it.
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Fran Iiver
Muscardine
Muscatine
John Phillips
Museatine
Prups
Abelly
Two Held Up at Mason City for Company Money
Police nabbed two men after a hold up at the Milwaukee and Central roads junction netting them $45 of company funds. The suspects escaped from Jul before recapture, while damages from a separate blast at Blut City laundry caused $2,000 in losses.
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Stair
Heldup
Hiram
Milwaukee and Central Roads’ Junction
Mason City
Cleveland Democrat Leader Gell Remembered
Mr. Gell, longtime United States cent er, former Wolater City resident, was a prominent figure in Cleveland democracy. The article notes his role as a lender to the party and his influence in progressive circles. Public notices mark his memorial under the local Democratic lineage.
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Ryding
Noo W
Cear W. Dell
United States Centenere
Wolater City
Mtr. Gell
Cleveland
Fragmented OCR delivers jumbled text with political unrest imagery
A garbled account describes protests and political figures amid a city scene. Scattered names and actions hint at clashes near a public building, with references to leaders, supporters, and the crowd’s reaction.
Fragmented OCR notes reveal court case and society gossip
The text reports on a convoluted legal matter involving Christian Selentiat and others, noting trial details and testimonies. It also mentions boxing results, registry notes, and local officials, with fragmented references to names such as Mutton, Mary Sutton, and La Moore, plus a penitentiary context and local leadership shifts.
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Ji Shinpe
Daserailm
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Joan Woods
Poreman Brown
Uridge
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Vrokl
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Mity
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Itvente
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Hota
Sabres
Mistral
Mary Sutton
Dh Diterntte Honstein
Stes
Teuuilern
Mhighanih
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Lagu
Etvanebod
Hlanotiati
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Creek
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MG la Moore
Elty Marshal
Phith Wirkoman
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