Rochford Land Co Want Ads Offer Bargains in Dakota Lands
Rochford Land Co proprietors John H Rochford and Peter Capret advertise several real estate bargains. Listings include a 7 room house with barn on Winona Street, a 6 room house with well and cement walk for 1450, two houses on Bridge Street, a 80 acre farm near town, and rental of 3 or 4 rooms. They invite shows, terms, and excursion rates to Dakota.
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Rochford Land Co
John H.rochford
Peter Capret
Winona St
Dakota Lands
Dakota
Lansing Ave
Bridge
Woman Arrested in Suspected Mrs Guinness Case on Train
Police remove a Chicago woman from a train near Syracuse on suspicion she is Bella Guinness the Laporte murderess. She claims to be Mrs L A Herron of Chicago and widow of a Chicago manufacturer, with a heavy suitcase of maple sugar. Officers doubt identity and return her to Syracuse for questioning.
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Utica
N. Y
Syracuse
Here
Weat
Bella Guinness
Laporte
Rochester
Chicago
New York
Franklin
Ashtabula
Guinness
Philadelphia
Body Found at Guinness Farm Increases Death Toll to Ten
Laporte Indiana May 9. A tenth body was unearthed at the Guinness farm as coroner Mack and Pinkerton detectives press the Lamphere murder case. Evidence includes letters from Mrs. Guinness to Lamphere, rings, and a possible motive of blackmail. Investigators, including Sheriff Smutzer and Prosecutor Smith, await coroner release and continue digs amid public interest.
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Laporte
Ind
Guinness
Mack
Ray Lamphere
Bella Guinness
Lamphere
H. F. Worden
John Wheatbrook
Mrs. Guinness
Matt
Oscar Budsberg
Lola
Wis
Ole O. Budsberg
Wisconsin
Griece
Angenberk
Dr. White
Fort Wayne
Smutzer
Pinkerton
Smith
Roy Marr
Helgelein
Colson
Tank Steamer Washtenaw Aground Off New Jersey Coast
The oil tanker Washtenaw of 2897 gross tons and 315 feet length ran aground on Monmouth Beach New Jersey twenty five miles south of Sandy Hook in heavy seas. Firemen and lifeboatmen used a breeches buoy to bring one crewman ashore while the vessel remained fast with no immediate danger to the rest. The ship belongs to the Union Steamship company and waited for the next flood tide to attempt refloating.
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New York
Coston
Atlantic
Chadwick Lifesaving Station
Washtenaw
Sabine Pass
Tex
Sand Keys
Monmouth Beach
N. J
Sandy Hook
Union Steamship Company
Trade dullness prevails in May as weather hinders markets
Bradstreet reports little change in trade and industrial conditions with rain, cold, and poor roads constraining farm work, retail, and movements of crops. Textiles fall to short time, iron and steel steady, leather quiet, and shoe shipments 30 percent below 1967. Collections remain backward overall.
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New York
Mob After Black People in Oklahoma Murder Case
In Muskogee Oklahoma on May 9 Clarence Williams and his uncle Manal Moore were accused of fatally harming Moore's wife and his stepdaughter with a public safety item and a razor. Moore escaped but Williams was captured after being struck through the legs. A mob searches the Snake river swamps for Moore.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Clarence Williams
Manal Moore
Snake River
Moore
Williams
Review of Fleet Parade Marks Navy Progress to Second Rank
Admiral Evans unable to attend as physician limits his participation during the San Francisco harbor review of Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Secretary Metcalf aboard Yorktown leads the procession past battleships armored cruisers and destroyers with Evans’ absence noted and a fatal boating accident near Babb’s Island as the party's launch malfunctions and sinks.
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San Francisco
Metcalf
Oakland
Yorktown
Minnesota
Atlantic
Evans
Connecticut
Charles M. Thomas
Evans Says Farewell To San Francisco Officers
Rear Admiral Evans bade a personal farewell to his command at a banquet for the Atlantic fleet visit in San Francisco on May 9. He urged more battleships and fewer statesmen to keep world peace, stressing that discipline and marksmanship win battles. Evans returns to retirement due to age.
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San Francisco
Evans
Fire Tears Through Atlanta Business District
A fire in Atlanta on May 9 caused an estimated 1.25 million dollars in losses and gutted two blocks. It began at the Schlessinger-Meyer bakery and spread to the Terminal hotel and surrounding properties on Forsythe Nelson Madison and Hunter streets. No deaths or injuries were reported, with S. M. Inman among the major property losses.
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Atlanta
Forsythe, Nelson
Madison
Hunter Streets
Schlessinger-Meyer Company
Terminal
S. M. Inman
Forsythe
Mitchell and
Nelson Streets
Madison Avenue
City Post Office
Liquid Carbonic Company
Central Trust and Banking Company
Five Men Drown When Gasoline Launch Sinks on Ohio River
A gasoline launch carrying five men sank on the Ohio River near East Liverpool Ohio after being carried by a fleet of empty coal barges. Rescue crews searched the area and recovered the bodies as authorities investigated the vessel’s stability and safety.
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Chester Tin Mill
Babb's Island
East Liverpool
Ohio River
Senate Debates Agricultural Appropriation and Forest Reserve Policy
The senate made little progress on the agricultural appropriation bill as sessions focused on forest reserve principles and administration. Senator Teller opposed a lump sum of 590000 for forest reserve development while Senators Nelson and Dolliver spoke in support. McCumber noted a deadlock among pension conferees over the plan to use eighteen agents nationwide instead of a single agent in the city.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Nelson
Minnesota
Dolliver
Iowa
McCumber
Pensions
Army Pay Increase Passed by House on Conference Report
Washington May 9 officers and enlisted men of the army won their fight for higher pay as the House approved the conference report on the army appropriation bill. The appropriation totals 7 000 900 with 5 060 900 for enlisted personnel and 942 retired officers also receiving the raise. Bills under suspension of rules placed the Porto Rico regiment of infantry on a permanent basis and authorized more aids to navigation in the lighthouse service.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry
Superintendent Joseph Young Mourned In Ohio Infirmary Fire
In Marietta Ohio on May 9 the superintendent Joseph Young of the county infirmary died from injuries after an explosion and ensuing fire that destroyed part of the facility. His body was burned and his right leg shattered by leaping from a window. The loss is about 3006 dollars. About 200 inmates suffered minor injuries as panic arose but inmates organized a fire brigade and saved the building.
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Marietta, O
Joseph Young
County Infirmary
Northern Pacific Opens 200000 Acres Near Glendive
Helena Mont May 9 Howard Elliot president of the Northern Pacific announced the company will open 200000 acres near Glendive to settlers immediately with 500000 acres near Billings to follow. Deeds will be conditional on residence and the land will be offered to actual settlers.
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Helena
Mont
Howard El-liot
The
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Billings
Cleveland considered improving at hotel in New Jersey
Reports from Lakewood New Jersey say former President Cleveland remains ill but improving while Mrs Cleveland confirms his progress. Officials expect to move him to his Princeton home when May weather allows.
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Lakewood
N. J
Cleveland
Princeton
Convict Shot and Killed by Guard at Fort Ethan Allen
Patrick Rynne, a deserter serving an eighteen month sentence, was shot and killed while trying to break from the guard line at Fort Ethan Allen by Private Thomas Mallory of the Fifteenth Cavalry. Rynne had listed New York City as his residence at enlistment.
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Burlington, Vt
Patrick Rynne
Fort Ethan Allen
Thomas Mallory
Fifteenth Cavalry
Rynne
New York City
Woman Murdered in Watertown Case Names Mary Farmer
Coroner Charles E. Pierce rules Sarah Brennan died from head wounds. Brennan’s body was found in a trunk at Brownsville. The verdict cites Mary Farmer as the person inflicting the injuries.
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Watertown
Charles E. Pierce
Sarah Brennan
Brownsville
Mary Farmer
Anti-Semitic Demonstration in Russian Duma During War Session
In St Petersburg on May 9 an anti Semitic demonstration erupted in the duma amid debate over 1908 recruits. M Zamislovsky urged excluding Jews from the army while others pressed for head taxes and conscription limits. Roditcheff defended Jews, while Rudiger announced troop redeployments toward the Far East.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
Rudiger
Iswolsky
M. Zamislovsky
America
Mr. Krupensky
M. Roditcheff
Constitutional Democratic
Russia
Mukden
Japan
Great Britain
War Office
Far
Night Clerk Stabbed at Grand Hotel in St Paul
Michael Gavin, night clerk at the Grand hotel on Eighth and Robert streets, was stabbed by an unknown man after ordering him to leave for nonpayment. Police search the city for the assailant, who is described in detail, as Gavin's injuries may prove fatal.
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St. Paul
Michael Gavin
New Grand Hotel
Eighth and
Robert Streets
Gavin
Minneapolis Boy Killed in Wagon Accident
A six year old named Herbert Wilford Strand was killed when he was run over by a Northwestern Lumber Company delivery wagon in Minneapolis on May 9 while attempting to ride on the wagon.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern Lumbes Company
Herbert Wilford Strand
Baseball Scores From Major Leagues and American Association
Scores from the American Association games in Milwaukee Toledo 7 to 2 St Paul 7 to 2 Louisville Minneapolis 5 to 1 Indianapolis 1 to 5 Kansas City 5 to 4 in ten innings. In the American League Boston 0 to New York 38 Washington 3 to Philadelphia 2. In the National League St Louis 3 to Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 4 to Brooklyn 8.
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Milwaukee
Toledo
St. Paul
Louisville
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Columbus
Boston
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
National League
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Market Quotations Wheat Prices and Grades
Minneapolis Wheat quotes for May show May at 1.11, July 1.095 and three quarters, Sept 0.98 and three quarters. On track prices list No. 1 hard at 4.13 and three quarters, No. 1 Northern at 1.115, No. 2 Northern 1.095, and No. 8 Northern 1.027.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Livestock Prices Reported From St Paul Market
St Paul market data shows cattle good to choice steers 6.00 to 6.75, fair to good 5.00 to 5.75, cows and heifers 4.50 to 5.50, veals 3.75 to 5.26. Hogs 5.40 to 5.50. Sheep wethers 5.25, good to choice lambs 6.25 to 6.50.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax price reports from Duluth markets
On May 8 in Duluth market notes prices for wheat to arrive and on track list No 1 hard at 1.138 and a half cents, No 1 Northern at 1.11, No 2 Northern at 1.08, May 1.09, July 1.09, Sept 9344 cents. Flax prices to arrive and on track show May 1.21, May 1.20 and a half, July 1.23, Sept 31.23 and Oct 1.22.
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Duluth
Northern
Chicago Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Sheep May 8
Prices listed for cattle including Texans Western cattle stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves with ranges from 2.50 to 6.60. Hogs show varying classes from light to rough with values from 4.40 to 6.25. Sheep report figures for general, yearlings and lambs between 4.00 and 7.65.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Prices Report May 8
Wheat May at 1 05 percent, July 934 935, Sept 88% 88%c. Corn May 74c, July 664% 65%c, Sept 63% 63%e. Oats May old 65c May 55c July old 48c July 46%4c Sept 37%c. Pork May 13.50, July 13.65, Sept 13.90. Butter Creameries 19 26c, dairies 18 24c. Eggs Eig. Poultry Turkeys 14c, chickens 11%¢, broilers per dozen 3.00 5.50.
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Chicago
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Bugs
Caine
Ile C
Murphy
First National Bank
Austin, Minn U. S
O. W. Shaw
H. L. Banfield
N F Banfield
H J Droft
Thomas Rochford
South Kenwood
Burlingame Bro
Austin, Minn
Mrs
Suspect
Mrs. L
A. Herron
Weekly Review OF Trade
Admiral Evans
Royal Baking Powder
American Association
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago Grain and Provisions
P. I. Cordier
Mannington
W.L. Straub
Fla
Bay
Port Tampa
Foley’s
K. O. Wold Druggist Corner
Main and
Bridge Street
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