Week's News Record Summary
The RoManian bar declares that only citizens may practice law, targeting Jews. Rescue crews from Mono Moy Point saved Capt. Milton and four others from the schooner George R. Smith near Chatham, Mass in a gale. James H. Gormley is acquitted of conspiracy to defraud in Chicago. Sentimental Tommy opens a New York office to craft love letters. Claude L. Stillman pleads guilty to larceny embezzlement forgery related charges. A streetcar crash in Indianapolis kills Conductor Sweeney and injures others. Sweeney’s head is severed. An agent flirts with a man accused of stealing batteries and metal. a pursuit ensues. Legal and railway disputes continue in various courts with potential appeals and financial claims.
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Roumanian Bar
Kelley
Monomoy Point
Capt
Milton
George R. Smith
Chatham
Mass
James H. Gormley
Temple Association
Chicago
Horton
Tommy
New York
Reil
Indianapolis
Condre
Tor Barney Sweeney
Frank Pitts
John Herman
Bertha Young
Sweeney
Chiscos
Porter
Isod Romberts
GI Cooney
Vandilia Railroad Supreme Court
Scheos
United States Supreme Cer State Supreme Court
Pooner
Balzar Means Sainted and killed his brother Claude
An Albany Kentucky incident reports Balzar Means killed his brother Claude during a family quarrel. The chaotic scene included a terrified family, with the event described in a fragmentary fashion amid other disparate notes from the era.
Major incidents across cities from crimes to fires
A patchwork of reports includes Enon Valley robbery of 482 dollars and 35 stamps, Camden saloons ordered closed, Depew mill fire in Lancaster costing 50 000 pounds with 30 000 insurance, and Gans Brothers umbrella factory blaze in Baltimore causing 200 000 damage. Also notes retrial in Nellie Cropsey case, Paul Leicester Ford will estate valued 214 801, Frick Carnegie university funding rumor, Septimus Winner death, coal strike talks, and a locomotive boiler explosion at Thompson Pennsylvania with fatalities.
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Enon Valley
Newrey
Camden
N. J
Depew
Lancaster
N. Y
Baltimore
James Wilcox
Nellie Cropsey
Hertfort
Paul Leicester Ford
H. C. Frick
Mr. Carnegie
Pittsburg
Septimus Winner
Mocking Bird
Philadelphia
Mitchell
Roosevelt
Multiple 1905 era notices mix Springfield and Oklahoma events
Summary of disparate items: Amelia Oesterlin leaves 75000 for Springfield orphans. Fred Peifer dies by morphine in Kansas City. Augustin Chacon hanged in Solomonville for murder on Christmas Day 1805. post office burglary two suspects named Howells and Johnstown. Senate Territories panel says Oklahoma may gain statehood. steamer Chili sinks after collision near Amherstburg. 200 miners strike in Athens after mine motorman fired. Engleville coal mine near Trinidad on fire with two dead. fight in Western Oklahoma premises ends with fatal outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Oesterlin
Springfield
Ohio
Fred J. Peifer
Kansas City
Augustin Chacon
Solomonville
Arizona
Pablo Salcido
West Farmington
Frank Howells
Johnstown
Senate Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
Chili
Buffalo
Detroit River
Amherstburg
Owego
H. B. Tuttle
Athens
Clarence Russell
Engleville
Trinidad
Colo
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Dr. Miller
Joseph Bishop
Multiple National Disasters and Crimes Reported Across States
Prisoner John Perry held Jailer Fuller in Dandridge Tennessee while six inmates escaped. Suwanee Springs Hotel in Live Oak Florida burned with $50000 loss. Tunis Lumber Company plant in Norfolk Virginia burned with $50000 loss. Polk County Florida Land Pebble phosphate plant burned. twelve years old, cost about $250000. George Shelby, 26, Lincoln Kentucky descendant, committed suicide in Lexington New York. Gypsy the elephant at W H Harris circus killed keeper James Rourke near Tifton Georgia and escaped. staff killed the animal. Texas official C J Horton shot and killed Earl Moore and Mrs Horton, then died by own hand. No motive given. Swift & Co and Armour plan 17 new meat plants in as many Texas cities. Prattville Alabama jury convicts Dave Lee, Andrew Howard, Burden Oates of first-degree arson. death by hanging. Sewall’s Point shipyard to hire 8000, with largest dry dock, to begin work in a year near Hampton Roads Virginia. Southern train 35 wreck in Spartanburg South Carolina. fireman killed, engineer and several passengers injured. Unconscious white man found on Arkansas end of Memphis bridge died from head wounds. police call murder.
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J. W. Puller
Portland
Ore
Ideritus
Leys
Fuller
Vito
Sheldon
E . Tlo Vellont
Topeka
Henry Nerling
Pita
Mont
Pri
Patience Conn
James Mont
Rae
Conn
Weigel Armel
Eleid
Supreme Court
Northwest
Armour & Co
Chicago
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin Central
Ashland
Wic
John Perry
Dandridge
Tenn
Suwanee Springs
Live Oak
Fla
Tunis Lumber Company
Norfolk
Polk County
Florida
George Shelby
Isaac Shelby
Kentucky
Lexington
Gypsy
W. H. Harris Circus
Tifton
James Rourke
C. J. Horton
Tunnells County
Texas
Earl Moore
Horton
Swift & Co
Armours
Fort Worth
Prattville
Ala
Dave Lee
Andrew Howard
Burden Oates
Sewall’s Point
Hampton Roads
United States
Southern
Spartanburg
S.C
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Memphis
Industrial situation shows railways raise wages and demand remains strong
Bellidi notes large railways lift wages signaling continued heavy traffic and boosted purchasing power for merchandise. Despite mild weather delaying holiday lines, producers expect demand to surge as season turns, with coal freight rising and iron and steel orders flowing in.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Minneapolis
Catanrd
Duluthia
Sinking of Bosnia steamer and Marseilles robbery headline mix
The Bosnia steamer sank in the Black Sea with about 150 aboard lost. Robbers plundered the Museum of Medals in Marseilles securing 703 coins valued over $20,000. A Danube steamer near Orsova sank, with about 30 drowned. Headlines also note balloon plans, Berlin death rumors, and assorted political notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosnia
Black Sea
Marseilles
Paris
Orsova
Servia
Danube
Railroads join to throttle train robbing, reward offered
The article notes rail and express firms unite against theft with a $5,000 bounty for capture. It mentions the Panama canal route in contention with Nicaragua, blaming Colombian delays. It reports a surge in rail traffic, wage raises for thousands, and a Havana protest where Captain Alaco and two officers were wounded and two strikers killed. Boston contractor Co W Johnson sails for Manzanillo to search for $1,171,000 from the Golden Gate sinking, asserting the wreck’s exact location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Panama Canal
Nicaragua
Alaco
Havana
Co. W. Johnson
Boston
Manzanillo
Golden Gate
Johnson
Market Summary of Cattle Hogs and Grains Across Cities
The report lists varied prices for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago New York Indianapolis and several other markets. Prices show cattle 3.50 to 6.50 per cwt hogs 4.00 to 6.50 sheep 2.50 to 8.78 wheat No 2 red 60 to 78c corn No 2 42 to 56c oats No 2 white 23 to 34c rye 50 to 58c butter 25c per lb.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Mt. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Twenty Years Lost to Kidney Trouble Recovered in Kokomo
Anna M. Willis of Kokomo Indiana endured kidney trouble for two decades. She credits her recovery to Dodd's Kidney Pills after taking six boxes. Her testimony emphasizes relief from pain and renewed life after years of suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Anna M. Willis
Dodd
Unreliable nurse worries Chicago society
Mrs Wadsleigh laments a departed nurse and a new caregiver as she fears for the children, preferring to see them at least two or three times a week amid ongoing family discomfort in Chicago.
Merely an Oversight Editor Ponders A Misplaced Poem
A Chicago News note reflects on a misplaced poem intended for a magazine. The editor and a poet exchange apologies and questions about how the error occurred, framing the pieces as a lighthearted misunderstanding within publication workflows.
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Chicago News
Largest cotton mill planned near Kansas City Missouri
A 12000 Toomes and 100000 spindles cotton mill, claimed as the world’s largest plant, is to be erected near Kansas City Missouri. The Amoskeag mill in New England is noted as the largest current operation with around 10000 looms. The article also notes 45 percent of US cotton is grown west of the Mississippi and promotes Hamburg Drops as a longstanding German health tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Amoskeag
New England
United States
Mississippi River
August Koenig
Hamburg
Burt
Fact ratios show rapid growth in manufactories
The number of manufactories doubled, their product value rose two and a half times, employees more than doubled, and wages more than tripled, signaling strong expansion in the sector.
Asbestos Towels and Underground Wires Noted
The article mentions asbestos towels which can be cleaned by burning them in a red hot fire. It also notes New Britain Connecticut as the first Nutmeg State city to lay wires underground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Conn
Frances Stafford Testimony Boosts Pinkham Medicines Fame
Mrs Frances Stafford of New York writes in on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praising its curative effects. The letter reflects growing public belief and scientific attention as skeptics recede amid a rising cohort of cured women across America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Stafford
E. 114Th St
N.Y. City
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Lydia E. Finkham
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Claude
Albany
oAnn Arts
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Alfred Posts
Turer
Richard Power
Sid
Los Angeles
Toston
Neples
Pierce Power
California
Italian General Navigation Company
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New Orleans
Quito
Lorain
N. B. Endicott
Leicestershire Manufacturing Company
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Cacthe Commission
Georgetown
Canteau Belasy
St. Vincent
Pennsylvania Road
Safford Station
George H. Mrazier
Ten Grant
John F. Clayton
Thompson
Souongahela
Pennsylvania Railroad
Carrie Nation
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Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Reginald Vanderbilt
Alexander Behrend
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Gsworth
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Siehse Sles
Wits
Notts
Acuawanda
Ang Teange
Calccn
Christopher Portland
Meany City
Ray Ins
Bere
Esc
John Dillard
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company
Portsmouth-Kentucky Fire Brick Company
Portsmouth
Lige Wells
Max Campbell
Iron Mountain
Wynne
Ark
Obie Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
New
Akron City Hospital
W. A. Belt
Kenton
Charles M. Moore
Rock Island Road
Davenport
Iowa
Julius Richele
Arapahoe County
Albert Sechrest
Louis Zorn
Linculm
Neb
Sechrist
St. Louis
United States Secret Service
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Butler County
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Western
Bellidi
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Justine
Philadelphia Inquirer
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