Lovelorn youth in St Joseph attempts suicide after rejection
Gustav Baum an 18 year old in St Joseph shot at his temple when spurned by the girl he loved. Friends wrestled the pistol free and he was jailed for disorderly conduct. At court he pleaded pathetically and received a suspended sentence on condition he not again attempt suicide and forget his love troubles. He said it was worse to be mocked by friends than to endure the heartache of losing the girl.
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Gustav Baum
St. Joseph
Baum
Young Baum
New York World
Washington Post
Pittsburg
New York
Ellis Island
Chicago News
Henry T. Stedman
Harvard Medical School
Springfield Union
Plainwell Manslaughter Case Re-arrest of Mrs Neelley
Mrs David Neelley, a Christian Scientist, is re-arrested in Plainwell on a manslaughter charge connected to the death of her infant December 29, 1907. The case involves two healers and claims she relied on their word rather than medical aid. the child died of pneumonia. The prior charge was dropped due to warrant error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Neelley
Plainwell
Neelley
Defalcation Figures Grow in Fraternal Embezzlement Case
Investigation into the defalcations of Secretary W L Wilson of the United Home Protectors Fraternity raises the shortage to 125000 with fears it could reach 150000. Wilson sits in Port Huron jail on the verge of collapse after arraignment on 75000 embezzlement charges. he refused to plead and entered not guilty. Bail is set at 50000.
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W. L. Wilson
United Home Protectors’ Fraternity
Wilson
Port Huron
Benedict
Hangs for Breaking Pledge in Muskegon
Despondent over long unemployment and breaking a pledge to abstain from drink, Fred Anderson aged 31 hanged himself in a Muske gon woodshed. The body was found at 6 a.m. by his eldest daughter who suspected suicide.
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Fred Anderson
Muskegon
Roads Must Keep Up Service Under Nine Hour Law
Railroads scale back daily service as the nine hour law prompts curtailment. Citizens at small stations report removal of agents to larger depots. Chairman Glasgow said the commission may be lenient for sixty to ninety days before forcing compliance and proper service.
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Michigan
Railroad Commission
Glasgow
Death on Lake Shore Train Ends Whit e Pigeon Man’s Farewell
Charles Hitchcock of White Pigeon was killed when he fell from a moving Lake Shore train after bidding departing friends goodbye. He attempted to step off backward, struck his head, and the skull was crushed. The brakeman halted the train. Hitchcock, about 35, leaves a widow.
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Charles Hitchcock
White Pigeon
Lake Shore
Friends
Hitchcock
Ile
Immersed Converts Draw Crowd at Lake Michigan Rite
Sixteen converts, mostly women and young girls, joined a new sect in the foreign colony at St. Joseph and were immersed amid Lake Michigan ice floes on Sunday. They wore ordinary clothes, shivered, and sang hymns as they claimed deliverance. A 300 strong crowd watched. anger toward the preachers was noted, but no violence occurred. The faith has stirred family tensions in the area.
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St. Joseph
Lake Michigan
Fire Claims Two Children in Lovell Home Blaze
A fire at Ben Boutel's Lovell residence destroyed the home and resulted in the cremation of two children, ages 3 months and 5 years. The infant was wheeled toward a window in a failed rescue attempt when the flames overtook the house.
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Ben Boutel
Lovell
Fire destroys Stratton's livery barn in Holland
The Holland fire leveled Stratton's livery barn with about 2000 dollars in loss covered by insurance. John Fox, a discharged employee, is jailed on charges of incendiarism in connection with the blaze.
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Stratton
Holland
John Fox
Westphalia Farmer Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter
John Miller, a Westphalia township farmer, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in St. Johns Circuit Court after shooting his wife in the leg, causing fatal wounds. Judge Searles sentenced Miller to seven to fourteen years in Ionia.
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John Miller
Westphalia Township
St. Johns
Searles
Miller
Ionia
Mayor calls militia as Anna Arbor mob wrecks town
A crowd of about 2000 students damaged two buildings including Star theater and a saloon, knocked down Police Chief Aprel, stole fire hose, and danced on a piano. Police arrested twenty two students, triggered by a university yell dispute, as officers clashed and facilities were trashed.
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Mayor Henderson
Anna Arbor
Angel
Dean Hutchins
Aprel
Star Theater
Schlimmer
Returns as a Catholic priest to Manistee
Rev Ernest Willoughby Jewell, once rector of the Protestant Episcopal church in Manistee, is readmitted as Father Edward Joseph Jewell. He was ordained at Grand Rapids and will serve in Manistee. about fifteen former parishioners are expected to follow. He is a widower with three children and previously led congregations in Petoskey Calumet and Manistee.
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Manistee
Ernest Willoughby Jewell
Jewell
Father Edward Joseph Jewell
Grand Rapids
Episcopal Church
Petoskey
Calumet
Immature Trout Seizure Under Ice by Warden Bedell
Game Warden Bedell and assistants seized eighty seven 2 foot gill nets set in three fathoms of water and eighty seven 2 foot gill nets. The haul included pounds of immature trout and nets valued at over $1,000. The heavy load broke a sleigh on the ice during transport, reflecting the scale of the enforcement action by the Menominee area authorities.
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Bedell
Death Robs Destitute Family After Train Incident
A destitute Chicago couple Mr. and Mrs. John Olson and their two children were forced off a train near Cadillac while en route to Carp Lake after the older child fell ill. Passengers raised funds for a doctor, but the child died before aid arrived. The mother kept the body in the depot until Sisters of Mercy aided the family.
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Erie Street
Chicago
John Olson
Sisters of Mercy
Rescue in Ice Aided by Three Men in Whitehall
Three men Charles Snyder Edward Sprigg and Robert Jervies of Whitehall risked eight hours in a mile of ice to free a collie marooned for three days in Lake Michigan or White Lake harbor. The dog, swollen and frozen, barked gladly as rescuers arrived. The dog was emaciated.
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Charles Snyder
Edward Sprigg
Robert Jervies
Whitehall
Lake Michigan
White Lake Harbor
Muskegon Widow to Wed Seattle Gold Mine Owner After 30 Years
After thirty years Mrs. L. M. Clark of Muskegon will marry Owen Mulholland a Seattle gold mine owner who disappeared while seeking gold in the West. The remarriage follows her prior marriage and a long separation.
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L. M. Clark
Muskegon
Owen Mulholland
Seattle Wash
State News In Brief Landmark Deaths And Local Incidents
William Fraser, target man at Florence, was found dead at the base of his tower. Alice Hollis of Port Huron is reported cured of lifelong blindness by a European specialist. Charles H Washburns 3-year-old daughter dies in Owosso after eating eighteen match heads. Chief of Police Farrington of Battle Creek received a life threatening letter signed Committee of Black Hand. Albert Barker and John Maracong were nearly drowned in mud at Grand Rapids soldiers home when their wagon slid into a pig pen. Munising Paper Co increases wrapping paper capacity from 60 to 70 tons daily. new $25,000 machine to add about a dozen workers.
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Alice Hollis
Port Huron
Charles H. Washburn
Owosso
Farrington
Battle Creek
Committee of
Black Hand
Albert Barker
John Maracong
Grand Rapids
Munising Paper Co. of
Munising
Idle Men Across Nation Reach 200000 Mark
Secretary Donnelly of the general arbitration board notes almost no destitution among union men while about half are out of work. New York leads with 230000 unemployed, Chicago at 90000. Union labor leader boasts members are not in want despite the slack.
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New York
WOR
Donnelly
General Arbitration Board of the
New York Building Trades
Little Rock
San Pee
Wilmington
Indianapol
Lewiston
Detroit
Bette
Ay Goldfield
Philadelph
Knoxville
California
Colorado
Delaware
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
Nebraska
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
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New York City
Ters Seseee
Boston School Tragedy Links Two Founders Remembered
Photos accompany a report on the Laurens School for Girls tragedy in Boston. Miss Weed, the assailant and suicide, and Miss Hartee, longtime friends and cofounders who studied at Wellesley College, are highlighted amid details of the deadly incident. Miss Weed had recently escaped a sanitarium after months of overwork, and when she feared another move she shot Miss Hartee and then herself.
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Laurens School For Girls
Boston
Miss Weed
Miss Hartee
Wellesley College
Laurens School
Czar Commutes Stoessel Sentence Amid Wire Briefs
Sparks from the wires report the Southern Railway’s layoff of about 700 shopmen in the South. In St Petersburg, unofficial word says the Czar commuted Gen Stoessel’s death sentence. In New York, Rev Dr Huntington objects to a Broadway tunnel under his Grace Church, leading to the tube being re-routed under the Wanamaker building near the church.
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Southern Railway
Southern
St. Petersburg
Gen
Stoessel
Dr. Huntington
Grace Episcopal Church
New York
Lexington Avenue
Wanamaker
Quips and Quirks from the Nation’s Press
A collage of jokes and wry observations from multiple papers lampooning politics, society, and daily life. Bits include an Ohio judge on cats, a mouse dancing a Merry Widow, proverbs on money and divorce, and satirical notes on war, taxes, and labor. Notable lines poke at governance, fashion, and Prohibition era trends with sharp wit.
New York magistrate laments low moral tone at opera
Municipal Court magistrate Leroy B. Crane slams New York society for lax morals. He urges schools of morality and cites women in low cut gowns at the opera, restaurants, and public dances as evidence of decay comparable to ancient Rome. He warns daughters should not attend public entertainments with such attire.
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New York
Leroy B. Crane
Rome
Gotham
Crane
Theroigne
Legal precedents on liability and domicile across courts
A survey of court rulings on municipal snow liability, corporate debt, and guest hotel liability. It cites Madam v City of Marquette, Du Vivier & Co v Gallice, De Wolf v Ford, Calye's Case, Pickering v Winch, and explains domicile versus residence with three essential elements for change.
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Madam
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
England
McLaughlin
Farmers Favor Oyster Stew Insight
A reflective note on common wisdom and rural life, contrasting stubborn folly with shared meals. The line suggests that practical, everyday pleasures like oyster stew resonate with farmers more than abstract truths.
Timeline of world events from 1621 to 1907
Summary lists major historical milestones and notable events by year including treaties, battles, discoveries, political changes, disasters, and explorations spanning 1621 through 1907. It notes Plymouth treaty with Native Americans, Massachusetts plans, Groton attack, wind gauge invention, Continental Congress actions, Arnold resignation, Uranus discovery, New Orleans fire, Napoleon era, War of 1812 end, U.S. recognition of South American independence, parliamentary reform, Goliad battle, Montreal Trade Board, Niagara Bridge train, Kansas fraud reports, Lucknow siege, Lecompton politics, Italian unification, Grant and Sherman campaigns, Bentonville actions, Russian American transfer, Johnson impeachment, Paris insurrection, Nihilist bombing, Costa Rica quake, Utopia sinking, Wellman Arctic voyage, Bloemfontein, Pittsburgh floods, and U.S. Marines in Honduras.
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Peekskill
Benedict Arnold
Nerschel
New Orleans
Etruria
Napoleon
Duke of
House of Commons
Goliad
Texas
Montreal Board of Trade Incorporated
Niagara Bridge
Kansas
Lucknow
Colin Campbell
Senate
Kingdom of Italy
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Grant
Sherman
Goldsboro
Schofield
Terry
Slocum
Bentonville
N.C
Russian America
United States
High
President Johnson
Paris
Alexander NI
Russia
Costa Rica
Utopia
Gibraltar
Montana stockmen brace for heavy cattle shipments
Montana stockmen prepare for extra heavy cattle shipments to early markets due to excellent winter condition. Register Schmit of Helena's state land office deposits 192710 to credit state educational institutions. In Iowa Falls, action seeks electric lights for farmers along a high tension line. Durum wheat convention in Grand Forks endorses price protections and county organization. J L Cashel elected president and T R Atkinson secretary. Minnesota clears park land for an agricultural school. 11 000 appropriation planned. La Crosse County fair group donates grounds. John Berg elected president. project funded by county supervisors.
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Montana
Register Schmit
Helena, Mont
State Land Office
Towa Falls
Iowa
Peterson Heat, Light and Water Company
Des Moines
J. L. Cashel
T. R. Atkinson
Bismarck
Minnesota
Itasea Park
la Crosse County
Wis
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Mrs. Neelly
State Commission
Ann Arbor
Jeotas
Maankatee
Warden
Muskegeen
Muskegon School Board
Glaske
Frank P. Glazier
Ingham County Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Justice Grant
Lansing
Chelsea
Glazier
Mason
State News
William Fraser
Florence
Miss Wefd
Miss Hardee
Pulge of
The
Ohio
New York American
Philadelphia Bulletin
Dallas News
Philadelphia Press
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Turkey
Washington Herald
Chicago Record-Herald
Confederate States of America
Arkansas Gazette
New York Tribune
Philadelphia Ledger
Kentucky
Philadelphia Inquirer
Uncle Sam
Cortelyou
Wich
Coxey
St. Louis
the Weekly Historian
Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts Colony
Groton
Mass
Wolfius
American Congress
Walter Wellman
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Hlonduras
Nubbins
Farm News
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