Silver service presented to battleship Pennsylvania by Gov Pennypacker
Gov Pennypacker presented the battleship Pennsylvania with a 143 piece hand silver service weighing nearly two pounds and valued at 25 dollars and 18 cents. Indictments were filed in Omaha against Rev George Ware and others for defrauding the government of land. News notes include Sebastopol fighting and telegraph outages, a gypsy moth parasite regulation, a rising Ohio River flood, and a dubious land deal involving Jain N. Terrett in Minnesota.
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Snd
Gov. Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Federal
Omaha
George E. Ware
Epicopal Church
Lead
Frank Lambert
Harry Welch
Sebastopol
Otchaeff
Hombandies
Wilson
Europe
United States
Ohio
Evansville
Eon
Chicago
Warill
Jain N. Terrett
Grafton
W. Va
Mankato
Minu
Hintiant Milling Company
RR. Od Hubbard
Various 1907 Briefs From Across the Nation
A string of short items notes factory fire at Lumdis Shoe Co in Palmyra Pennsylvania. the Chicago widow of Bishop Merril dies suddenly. whaling ship Alice Knowles sails from San Francisco for New Belford Massachusetts due to catches. Naval expansion, insanity verdict in Ohio, Scranton mayor burned, Montreal prison sentence, bank robberies, a Michigan football loss, Buenos Aires fire, Canadian prisoners Victoria, anti imperialist meeting, Sioux Falls water case, Morgan cancels railway sale, tobacco case fines, bishop bans remarriage, Boston bank closure, Boston rail disaster blamed on engineer, sixteen dead, and Jews celebrate 250 years in the U.S. with presidential tributes.
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Lumdis Shoe Company
Palmyra
Laws Staike
Bishop Merril
Chicago
Pacific
Alice Knowles Box
San Francisco
New Belford
Mass
China
Medonnellsville
Ohio
Weasel Stuart
Horace Porter
Alexander Conner
Scranton
Kan
Frank Meeker
Mooney
Cleveland
Westmount
Montreal
Citizens” National Bank
Owl
L. T
Sivan
Beard Brothers
Shawnee
Yost
Michigan
University of Osage
Buenos Ayres
Lesa
Lesis
Slseeesens
Charles Grant
Robert Findlay
Victoria
B. C
Anti- Imperialist League
Ac Erving Winslow
Peters Jake Carland
Tof
Sioux Falls, Sdl
South Dakota Water Company
J. P. Morgan
Cincinnati
Hamilton and Dayton
Erie Railroad
Pat Moran
James Coffee
Omaha
Scagnell
American National Bank of Boston
National Bank
W. E. Neal
Boston and Maine Railrad
Baker's Bridge Station
Tuttle
New York
United States
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Hizzins
Mayer MacClellan
Memorial to McKinley at Canton Will Be Grand Mausoleum
A public funded memorial to William McKinley rises on a Canton hillside near Woodlawn Cemetery. The 26 acre complex features a 100 foot high white marble mausoleum, plaza terraces, a central lake, driveways, and a heroic statue of McKinley facing the rising sun. Groundbreaking has occurred and completion is aimed for September 1907. Mrs McKinley visits the vault when able.
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Woodlawn Cemetery
Canton
Ohio
William Mc Kinley
William R. Day
McKinley
Linden Avenue
Mall
Niehaus
Brutal murder of Williams family shocks Independence Iowa
The bodies of Mrs. William McWilliams and five children, aged 3 to 18, were found at a farm near Independence Iowa. The husband was arrested on suspicion after an abandoned bloodstained suit was found. authorities say the mother was killed while cooking and all children slain similarly.
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William McWilliams
Independence
Iowa
Saunders
Mc Wiliams
Labor unrest feared as unions reject arbitration in NYC
President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of his cousin Lieut. Fortes que tied to the Taggart divorce case. Marty C. Campion of Philadelphia, wholesale drug firm head and Union League member, died from injuries after being run over by a trolley car.
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Roosevelt
Lieut. Fortesque
Taggart
Marty C. Campion
Philadelphia
Union League
Powers Stand Pat Over Mitylene Occupation and Turkey Demands
Detachments from the international fleet landed at Mitylene Sunday afternoon under Rear-Admiral Ritter von JEdina and occupied customs and postal buildings. The Turkish government protests while Europe insists on full acceptance of the powers demands. Istanbul notes Japan Russia war influences and Turkish publics had shown support for Japan from the start.
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Mitylene
Ritter von Jedina
Tenedos
Asia Minor
Ferid Pasha
M. Zinovieff
Austria
Russia
Tewfik Pasha
Germany
Europe
Washington
Japan
Turkey
Russians and rulers in a troubled world scene
The piece comments on Russians being better strikers than soldiers and notes sweeping changes as Sweden and Norway seek a divorce. It mentions the Czar preserving salaries, Moody pushing the beef trade, and a looming U S Senate session in December to review vindications. It hints at coal operators seeking higher prices and ongoing Russian political turmoil.
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Russia
Sweden
Norway
Moody
United States Senate
Ships Wrecked by Storm on Lake Superior
A fierce blizzard and 60 to 70 mph winds lash Lake Superior with ships ashore from Duluth to the north shore. The Crescent City, a 470 foot steamer of 5,705 gross tons, is reported a total wreck near Duluth as crews fear heavy losses among vessels struck by the gale and heavy seas.
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Lake Superior
St. Paul
Rocky Mountains
Superior
Wis
Burton Convicted Again in Kansas Senator Case
Senator J Ralph Burton of Kansas is convicted again for using official influence to aid a fraudulent post office protected company. The retrial upheld the verdict of guilt from the first trial, potentially disqualifying him from federal office. Burton vows to seek a new trial or appeal to the Supreme Court.
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J. Ralph Burton
Kansas
Curton
J. I. Burton
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Burton
Barton
United States
Joseph Ralph Barton
Birch
Tie
Convicts Escape Attempt Sparks Jefferson City Street Battle
Five heavily armed prisoners broke from the Jefferson City Missouri penitentiary wounding two guards and killing another as they blew a steel gate with dynamite and seized a wagon. They were pursued through streets by guards and citizens, a gunfight ensued, and all but one man surrendered after injuries. The escape was linked to the transfer of 71 federal prisoners to Fort Leavenworth.
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Jefferson City
Mat W. Hall
Porter Gilvin
Leavenworth
Kan
Government
Fort Leavenworth
Vaughn
Raymond
Blake
Ryan
Zeigler
Lee
John Clay
Allison
Clay
Missouri Pacific Railway
Orville Lane
Lane
Vaughan
Railroads Need Huge Gross Earnings for Dividends
The Railroad Record estimates railroads take 41 percent of gross earnings for labor and fuel and oil absorb about 5 percent. After costs for original investments, equipment, wear, taxes, and extensions, vast gross earnings are required for meaningful dividends. Annual railroad earnings are about 1 trillion dollars, with dividends averaging 2.70 percent on invested capital over 11.244 billion dollars.
Facts and Proof: Dodd's Kidney Pills Endorsement
In Hulett Wyoming on December 4, Mrs May Taber a respected resident testifies she used seven boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills for a severe kidney trouble and was cured with immediate relief and restored kidney function. The ad claims worldwide recognition as the greatest kidney remedy curing rheumatism dropsy gout and bladder disorders linked to kidney disease.
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Hulett
Dodd
May Taber
Bright
Geography as She Is Taught
Rob, the prize geographer of his class, locates cities and bounds countries from memory in a playful view of geography. He treats maps as games and maps New York as green, Pennsylvania as red, and California as fellow, unaware of the real world beyond. The teacher uses a page illustration of British Columbia to show the limit of his knowledge.
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Likue Rob
Rob
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Rot
Cuncenu
Ret
British Columbia
A Parent's Plea About a Clever Boy
A parent's lament traces eight year old boy's school days and varied lessons from physiology to astronomy and science. Despite strong reading and drawing, the parent wishes he could read, write, or add, noting his cleverness yet yearning for basic arithmetic skills. The poem frames education as both habit and heartfelt desire.
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Rattia Work
Coffee Heart Warns of Coffee Poison Effects
A letter from Oregon tells of chronic illness linked to habitual coffee use including liver trouble and heart palpitations. After switching to Postum Food Coffee, the writer reports rapid health improvements and clearer complexion. Husband also benefits, with Postum proving more strengthening at breakfast than coffee. Fos Tum Co. Battle Creek Michigan endorses Postum and references The Road to Wellville.
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Vietina
Oregon
Fostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Bessemer
M'Kinley
Titis
Ando
New York City
Sec. Wilson
Hees
Felder
Chicago Chronicle
Powers
Pat
Sultan OF
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
W. RR. Concerds
Guv. Stock
Missouri
Michigan City Penitentiary
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