Lovelorn St Joseph Youth Baum Tries Suicide
Gustav Baum an 18 year old from St Joseph attempted to end his life after being rejected by a girl. He fired a pistol at his temple multiple times, but friends stopped him. The revolver was rim fire and he had misfired center fire cartridges. He was arrested for disorderly conduct and sought a suspended sentence by pledging to forget his love troubles and not attempt suicide again.
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St. Joseph
Gustav Baum
Baum
Young Baum
Plainwell Manslaughter Charge Reforged Against Neelley
Mrs. David Neelley, a Christian Scientist, was re-arrested in Plainwell on a manslaughter charge tied to the death of her 2 year old child on December 29, 1907. The case centers on two Christian Science healers who reportedly advised against medical attendance, with the child later dying of pneumonia after spinal meningitis was allegedly misread. The prior charge was dropped due to an error in the warrant.
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David Neelley
Plainwell
Neelley
Nee
Defalcation Figures Grow In Fraternal Fund Shortage
Investigation raises the shortage in the United Home Protectors Fraternity to 125000 with fears it may reach 150000. Secretary W L Wilson is jailed in Port Hinron on the verge of collapse. He was arraigned on embezzling 75000 and pleaded not guilty as Justice Benedict set bail at 50000.
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W. L. Wilson
United Home Protectors’ Fraternity
Wilson
Port Hinron
Justice Benedict
Muskegon Man Hangs Self Over Drinking Pledge Break
Fred Anderson, 51, was found hanged in the woodshed of his Muskegon home at 6 am by his eldest daughter. Despondent over long unemployment and dwindling funds after breaking his vow to abstain from drink, he ended his life by hanging from a raf ter.
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Muskegon
Fred Anderson
Roads Must Keep Up Service
The nine hour law causes Michigan railroads to curtail service at small stations as agents are moved to larger depots. Chairman Glasgow said the railroad commission may be lenient for sixty to ninety days before compelling compliance to restore proper service.
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Michigan
Railroad Commission
Glasgow
Man Killed After Falling From Lake Shore Train
Charles Hitchcock of White Pigeon died after bidding friends goodbye and attempting to exit a moving Lake Shore train. He fell backward, struck his head, and his skull was crushed. The brakeman stopped the train. Hitchcock, about 35, left a widow.
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Charles Hitchcock
White Pigeon
Lake Shore
Friends
Hitchcock
Immersed Converts Endure Ice Bath Ceremony
Sixteen converts to a new faith in the foreign colony at St. Joseph were baptized in icy Lake Michigan amid cheers from a 300 strong crowd. The ritual drew anger at the preachers but no violence. Separately, a Lovell fire killed two young children, aged 3 months and 5 years, whose bodies were recovered near a window the elder used in a failed rescue attempt.
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St. Joseph
Lake Michigan
Ben Boutel
Lovell
Incendiarism Charged Over Holland Livery Fire
Stratton's livery barn in Holland was destroyed by fire causing about $2,000 loss covered by insurance. John Fox, a discharged employee, is held in jail charged with incendiarism.
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Stratton
Holland
John Fox
Farmer John Miller Pleads Guilty in Manslaughter Case
John Miller, a Westphalia township farmer, admitted guilt to manslaughter in St. Johns Circuit Court after shooting his wife in the leg and causing her death. Judge Searles sentenced him to seven to fourteen years in Ionia.
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John Miller
Westphalia Township
St. Johns
Searles
Miller
Ionia
Ann Arbor Mob of 2,000 Students Attacks City
Mayor Henderson called the State militia as a student mob wrecked two buildings in Ann Arbor. Police and fire crews were assaulted and a hose stolen. Star theater and nearby saloon windows shattered while the piano was rolled into the street. Twenty two students were arrested as clashes began after a university yell led to ejection and a House Officer was clubbed.
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Mayor Henderson
Ann Arbor
Angell
Dean Hutchins
Aprel
Star Theater
Hoppe
Schlimmer
Priest Jewell Returns to Manistee as Father Edward Jewell
Rev Ernest Willoughby Jewell, once rector of Manistee’s Episcopal church, returns as a Roman Catholic priest named Father Edward Joseph Jewell. He was ordained after minor orders in Grand Rapids and will head the Manistee parish with about fifteen former Episcopalian followers joining the Catholic church. He is widowed with three children and previously led congregations in Petoskey Calumet and Manistee.
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Mangistee
Ernest Willoughby Jewell
Jewell
Father Edward Joseph Jewell
Grand Rapids
Manistee
Episcopal Church
Petoskey
Calumet
Immature Trout Seized by Game Wardens in Menominee Waters
Game Warden Bedell and assistants seized eighty seven 20 foot gill nets set in 35 fathoms of water and 600 pounds of immature trout. The confiscated nets are valued near $900 and the haul exceeds $1,000. The load was so heavy that a sleigh broke down on the ice during removal.
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Bedell
Menominee Ward
Death Robs Destitute Family on Railroad Journey
A Chicago couple Mr and Mrs John Olson with two young children were forced off a train near Cadillac after leaving 457 Erie street. An ill toddler died before reaching a hospital while passengers raised funds for a doctor. The mother remained at the depot with the dead child until Sisters of Mercy aided them.
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Erie Street
Chicago
John Olson
Sisters of Mercy
Daring Rescue Saves Collie From Lake Michigan Ice
Three men Charles Snyder Edward Spriggs and Robert Jervies of Whitehall braved eight hours in mile long ice to rescue a collie marooned three days on Lake Michigan near White Lake harbor. The dog, swollen and frozen, barked as rescuers reached it and was rescued alive though exhausted.
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Charles Snyder
Edward Spriggs
Robert Jervies
Whitehall
Lake Michigan
White Lake Harbor
Mrs L M Clark to wed Owen Mulholland after thirty years
After thirty years of waiting Mrs L M Clark of Muskegon will marry Owen Mulholland a gold mine owner of Seattle who disappeared while seeking gold in the West.
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L. M. Clark
Muskegon
Owen Mulholland
Seattle
Wash
Death at Florence tower cited as state news in brief
William Fraser, target man at Florence, was found dead at the base of his tower. Alice Hollis of Port Huron reportedly cured of thirty years blindness by a European specialist. A three year old daughter of Charles Hk Washburn dies in Owosso after eating many match heads. Chief of Police Farrington of Battle Creek received a life threat signed by Committee of Black Hand. Albert Barker and John Maracong, Grand Rapids soldiers' home inmates, nearly drown in mud in a pig pen after their wagon slid down an embankment. Munising Paper Co. increases wrapping paper capacity from 60 to 70 tons daily. $25,000 machine to create about a dozen more jobs.
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Alice Hollis
Port Heron
Charles Hk. Washburrn
Owosso
Farrington
Battle Creek
Black Hand
Albert Barker
John Maracong
Grand Rapids
Munising Paper Co
Munising
200000 Idle Men Throughout Country
Figures show New York leading with 250000 unemployed and Chicago around 80000. Union labor leader claims members are not in want despite joblessness, signaling official optimism amid broad unemployment.
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New York
Tragic Boston School Killing Details Principal Trio
Photographs show the principals of Laurens School for Girls in Boston. Miss Weed, the shooter who killed Miss Harvee and then herself after escaping a sanitarium, had been a longtime friend and co founder with Miss Harvee. The two were Wellesley College classmates.
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Laurens School For Girls
Boston
Miss Weed
Miss Harvee
Wellesley College
Laurens School
Railway layoffs shock Southern shopmen
Sparks from the wires report the Southern railway layoffs near 700 shopmen across Southern States. Unofficially, Czar commutes Gen Stoessel’s death sentence in St Petersburg. Rev Dr Huntington objects to a Broadway tunnel under his Grace Church. the tube will route beneath the Wanamaker building just below the church.
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Southern Railway
Southern
St. Petersburg
Gen
Stoessel
Dr. Huntington
Grace Episcopal Church
New York
Lexington Avenue
Wanamaker
Quotable quips from many newspapers on public life
A collage of humorous and pointed lines from various papers critiques on society politics and culture. Jests about divorce titles taxes and Prohibition mingle with remarks on crime lending a snapshot of early 20th century headlines and social trends. Notable quips reference Vanderbilt marriage law and labor issues.
New York magistrate laments decline in public morality
New York Municipal Court magistrate Leroy B Crane denounces low moral tone in Gotham likening it to ancient Rome. He criticizes society women wearing revealing gowns at the opera and restaurants, urges schools of morality, and warns of harmful influence on young girls amid public dances and fashionable dress.
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New York
Leroy B. Crane
Rome
Gotham
Crane
Theroigne
Legal Notions on Liability and Domicile Across Courts
A retrospective survey of cases on city liability for sidewalk neglect and snow removal, corporate debts extending from partnerships, antique hotel guest liability, and the definition of domicile versus residence. Key holdings include Michigan Supreme Court affirmation of a charter provision shielding cities from some damages, and circuit and state court distinctions on corporate liability, innkeeper duties, and domicile criteria.
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Madain
City of Marquette
Northwestern Reporter
Michigan Supreme Court
du Vivier & Co
Gallice
Federal Reporter
C. C
C. C. A. 556, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals For the
Second Circuit
New York Supreme Court
de Wolf
Ford
New York Supplement
Calye
Smith
Ile
England
McLaughlin
Ambiguous Quotation on Wisdom and Oysters
A short aphorism notes that arguing with a fool is futile and a quirky aside suggests that the average farmer loves oyster stew. The lines mix a caution about intellect with a humorous regional image of rural cuisine.
Timelines of global events from 1621 to 1907
A condensed sequence of historical milestones including Plymouth treaty with Native Americans in 1621, Massachusetts colony plans in 1628, 1776 letters of marque, 1781 Uranus discovery, 1855 Niagara Bridge train, 1861 Italy established, 1881 Alexander II assassination, 1900 British army actions, and 1007 floods in Pittsburgh. The list pairs dates with events across colonies, wars, science, and disasters.
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Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Grant
Sherman
Goldsboro
Schofield
Terry
Slocum
Bentonville
N.C
Russian America
United States
High
President Johnson
Paris
Alexander NI
Russia
Montana stockmen brace for heavy early cattle shipments
Montana stockmen plan extra large cattle shipments to early markets citing excellent winter conditions. State land sales deposits $192710 credited to state educational institutions. A Durum wheat convention in Grand Forks urges organizers to protect durum growers against price discrimination and elects J L Cashel president with T R Atkinson secretary. Minnesota clears Itasca Park of dead timber, selling 11000 feet at 11 per thousand. La Crosse County Agricultural Association donates fair grounds for state agricultural school. $11000 appropriation to aid the project.
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Iowa Falls
Alden
Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota
J. L. Cashel
T. R. Atkinson
Bismarck
Minnesota
Itasca Park
la Crosse County
Wis
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