Acquittal Shocks Detroit After Bowin Confession
An 18 year old Percy Bowin of Windsor Ontario was acquitted in Detroit of the murder of 63 year old Cornelia Welch. Bowin had confessed after days in custody with a signed confession admitted in evidence. Judge Phelan condemned the verdict and urged the community to shame the jurors, barring them from further criminal trials for three years.
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Detroit
Phelan
Recorder's Court
Percy Bowin
Woodville
Bowin
McDonnell
Gen Byron M Cutcheon Dies at 72 in Ypsilanti
Gen Byron M Cutcheon former four term U S congressman from Manistee and Civil War veteran died at Ypsilanti at age 72 after an illness. Born May 11 1836 in Pembroke Illinois he graduated Michigan University in 1861 and served in the Twentieth Michigan with 25 battles earning a congressional medal of honor. He married Marie Annie Warner in 1863 and is survived by four sons Frank M Charles T Max II and Fred R Cutcheon.
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Maniistee
Congress
Byron M. Cutcheon
Manistee
Michigan
Ypsilanti
Cutcheon
Pembroke
Pembroke Academy
University of Michigan
Twentieth
Michigan Volunteers
Ilo
Marie Annie Warner
Frank M
Charles T
Max II
Fred R. Cutcheon
Interurban Line Planned From Ishpeming to Marquette
Chicago capital to build an interurban link connecting Ishpeming Negaunee and Marquette. Yarwell interests report engineers favor a 12 mile expansion from Ishpeming to Marquette. Marquette County Gas and Electric already runs a three mile trolley between Ishpeming and Negaunee with plans to extend to Marquette.
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Chicago
Ishpeming
Marquette
Negaunee
Yarwell
Marquette County Gas and Electric Company
Not Guilty Verdict in Ward Manslaughter Case
Judge Connelly in Detroit acquits former Representative Charles FE Ward of Bancroft on a manslaughter charge linked to the illegal operation that caused Edith Cresley’s death. Ward’s lawyers argued lack of proof of crime or connection. It is assumed Dr George KR Fritch’s manslaughter charge will be dropped.
Millionaire Leaves $1.5 Million to Battle Creek Sanitarium
Charles E. Wood of Washington Idaho left nearly $1.5 million to the Battle Creek sanitarium with the condition that a branch be built at Atlantic City. Dr. John H. Kelley, once head of the sanitarium and expelled from the Adventist church, says the bequest makes the hospital independent. he had expected the bequest to be around $200,000.
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Charles E. Wood
Washington
ID. C
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Atlantic City
X. J
John H. Kelley
Adventist Church
Tie
Higher Insurance Rate Valid in Catholic Mutual Case
Michigan Supreme Court rules 1904 rise in Catholic Mutual Benefit Association insurance rates valid. Court holds membership petition forms part of the life insurance contract, reversing a lower court ruling that blocked the increase from 1.65 to 5.86 dollars per month. Also reports a fatal shooting during a boyhood game, shipyard layoffs at Wyandotte, and a half mast flag at Charles T. Foster Post in Lansing.
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Michigan Supreme Court
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association
Michael Wiliams
Ann Arbor
Supreme Court
Charles T. Foster Post
Lansing
Detroit Woman Reunites with Missing Son in Lansing School
Mamie Savinski of Detroit found her son Stephen Steidle at the Michigan Industrial School for Boys in Lansing after he disappeared with money from a check given by his employer. The tale begins with the family in Ohio and ends with a Detroit reunion sparked by a Detroit newspaper ad.
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Detroit
Lansing
Mamie Savinski
Ohio
Stephen Steidle
Battle Creek
Steidle
Longshoreman Sandberg Nears Death After Botched Suicide
John Sandberg a Manistee longshoreman attempted death by own action in the morning. After taking liniment he used a rope and wheelbarrow to hang himself. The rope broke, he fell and sustained a deep scalp gash. Found alive an hour later he improved under a physician’s care. He has a wife and several children.
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John Sandberg
Manistee
Sandberg
Hlis
Finnish Infant Death Case At Kreetan Town
Prosecuting attorney investigates the alleged murder of an infant found in a trunk in Kreetan on Drummond Island. The mother Mary Rnohmoki is held pending results, a physician says the baby was alive at birth and bled to death. John W Wilkeman denies knowledge. Kreetan is a Finnish colony.
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Babe
Olden
Kreetan
Drummond Island
Mary Rnohmoki
John W. Wilkeman
Woman Dies in Novel Manner After Divorce
Gertrude Stover aged 29 daughter of Emanuel Stover a farmer near Berrien Springs died by taking hydrocyanic acid after locking herself in a bathroom. She dressed in a burial robe made a bed in the tub and arranged a bandage and sponges to ensure death. The act is blamed on an unhappy marriage and recent divorce.
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Gertrude Stover
Emanuel Stover
Berrien Springs
DIES KNEELING AT DEVOTION IN DETROIT
Henry C Kuill died while kneeling in prayer at the home of his daughter Mrs 8 A Munger 255 Lincoln Avenue Detroit Coroner Bennett ruled heart disease not an inquest required He is survived by two daughters Mrs Frank Linden of Chicago Mrs Munger of Detroit and IL A Knill Jr president of the Michigan Trotting circuit of Port Marion
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Chicago
Detroit
A. Munger
Lincoln Avenue
Henry C. Kuill
Bennett
Ile
Frank Linden
Munger
Knill, Jr
Michigan
Port Maron
Girl Tries Suicide After Family Quarrel in Battle Creek
Myrtle Hillman, 14, of Battle Creek, after quarreling with her brother over a newspaper, shot herself in the mouth with a revolver. The bullet lodged in the roof of her mouth and was not fatal. She was taken to Nichols hospital where doctors are locating the bullet.
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Myrtle Hillman
Battle Creek
Nichols Hospital
Arm Found on Train: Woodsman Lesis Lasharal Dead
A human arm on the Marquette and Southeastern tracks led to a man's corpse five miles away, dragged by the train that killed him. The victim was identified as Lesis Lasharal, a Munising woodsman.
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Lesis Lasharal
Munising
Minor state items mix danger and oddities
Notes from Sawyer Michigan report a smallpox quarantine with widespread exposure. A Massachusetts to Mass City traveler cut her throat and was described as deranged. A Port Huron officer found $100 hidden by a recipient of welfare. A Shelby hotel fire caused minor damage with all residents escaping. A mad rat terrier was shot after biting a person and three dogs on Main Street Midland. Canned corn caused food poisoning for four adults in Ann Arbor. all recovered. The Stearns Salt and Lumber Co was fined $20,000 for railroad rebates. A bunk house fire at Paulding killed woodsman Charles Lindstrand. Mathias township Alger County reports five births to one couple in eleven months. Twins and later triplets arrive to the Cliffswood camp family in 1997 with all in good health.
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Sawyer
Berrien County
Ida Waukunkoski
Massachusetts
Mass City
Port Huron
Poor Commission
Shelby Hotel
Main Street
Midland
John W. Kosh
H. W. Nichols
Ann Arbor
Knappen
United States District Court
Grand Rapids
Stearns Salt and Lumber Company
Ludington
Pere Marquette Railroad
Charles Lindstrand
Paulding
Lindstrand
Mathias Township
Alger County
Fudd
Cliffs Wood Camp
Rural mail routes show rapid growth in listings
The article notes a surge in rural mail routes with 7,728 carriers listed. It highlights expansion of routes, increased coverage, and the shift impacting rural communities and postal operations nationwide.
Jesus Teaches amility in April 1908 lesson and rural mail costs
Washington notes on rural free delivery growth from 40 000 initial appropriation to 28 250 000 last year with 37 582 carriers and 37 728 routes. It tracks cost, routes by state, and impact on roads and post offices, then shifts to Golden Text John 13 34 about a new commandment to love one another and Jesus washing the disciples feet as symbol of service.
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Bezum
L&r
Student of Postal
Free State
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Iowa
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Missouri
Michigan
New York
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Texas
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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Maine
California
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Jesus
Christ
Earth
Judas
Devil
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Grace
Ife
Heavenly Kingdom
Peter
Son of
Fire damages Joy Line pier in New York
Fire at the Joy line pier in New York caused a loss of 150000 dollars. Texas issues execution on Waters-Pierce Oil Company property for 1025108 dollars. Rev Dr Charles N Sims former chancellor Syracuse University dies at home in Liberty aged 73. M Saito former Japanese cabinet minister arrives in Seattle to campaign for Japanese workers' union membership. Union Pacific board declines stockholders suit to recover profits from stock sale.
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Joy Line
New York
Union Pacific Railroad
EL HH. Warriman
Charles N. Sims
Syracuse University
Liberty
Seattle
Tokio
Banker Tisdelle sells Padre isle claim amid bank failure
Archie Tisdelle Chicago banker promoted seafaring investments from his gold yellow bank paper. He claimed a $500,000 interest in Padre island off Texas, a reef 70 miles long and three miles wide, rich in poor quality sand, while his bank lingered insolvent at $61,000 and faced charges for accepting deposits after knowledge of insolvency.
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Archie Tisdelle
Chicago
Mystic Isle of Padre
Texas
Isle of Padre
Tisdelle
Masonic Temple
Riots Hit Michigan and Georgetown Colleges Amid Student Protests
The article notes two major campus riots, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where students overwhelmed police and damaged a theater, and at Georgetown College where 150 students protested a St Patrick’s Day break request. It also reports Stanford’s faculty actions, Prussia Carnegie teaching exchanges, Wyoming’s firing of President Tisdel, and Swarthmore rejecting a land bequest tied to ending intercollegiate sports.
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Ann Arbor
Michigan University
Georgetown College
Washington, D. C
Jordan
Stanford University
Prussia
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
University of Wyoming
I. M. Tisdel
Tisdel
United States
Clark
Swarthmore College
Anna T. Jeanes
Philadelphia
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