Multitudinous Michigan State News Chronicle
A long scan of state items reports multiple deaths and investigations including Anton Hedicka in St Joseph with suspected suicide and life-insurance links, a 13-year-old bride case in Sarnia, a Muskgon ferry wreck, a Colby House fire, mass marriage licenses in St. Joseph, and developments in Calumet, Grand Rapids, Green Bay, and Ypsilanti with new factories and canning plans.
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Colby
John McCartney
New Lothrop
McCartney
Church of
Rural Delivery Expands in Michigan and Midwest
More Rural Free Delivery lines up for expansion with 44 routes active in Michigan on January 1 and about 50 more planned next month. Ohio leads with the most routes, while Indiana reports 470. Charlotte gains four routes by February 1, with Brookfield and Partello post offices to be discontinued. New carriers are CL LL Strickland and W J Spear across routes of fifty one miles serving bow houses and population figures pending.
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Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Postoffice Department
Charlotte
Brookfield
Partello
CL LL
Strickland
W. J. Spear
Bow
Battle Creek Pair Wed in Southport Nuptials
Miss Ada White of Battle Creek and Frederick TL Jennings, manager of a Southport general store, married after a letter found in a case of tools from Battle Creek inspired their courtship. Jennings, who failed some criteria but liked the tone, replied and later wed following a West trip together.
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Southport
Conn
Ada White
Battle Creek
Frederick TL. Jennings
Jennings
Tie
Miss White
Heirs Claim Large Dutch Estate Ties to Depew Family
Freeman and Finley Cronk of Dowa Riae are said to be heirs to a Dutch estate valued at 880 million. An earlier effort to prove the claim yielded little encouragement, but a new motive arises as the bride of Senator Chauncey Depew is among the heirs. Some heirs hope she will enlist Depew to press the claim through U S and Dutch consuls.
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Freeman
Finley Cronk
Dowa- Riae
Holland
Chauncey Depew
United States
Edol
Maccabees Seek Lost Funds Case Moves Ahead
A new phase of the Thompson defalcation case in the Supreme Tent Knights of the Maccabees develops and will be brought on behalf of the order against Port Huron Savings Bank for money said to be paid from embezzled funds Thompson used to recoup a paper held against him.
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Maccabees
Thompson
Knights of the Maccabees
Port Huron Savings Bank
Local notes from 1901 Michigan minutely report posts and incidents
Charles W. Stacy appointed Akron postmaster replacing Robert B. Martin. Reports of fox hunting near Boyne Falls, widespread wolves in upper peninsula, and Chippewa County tax list record highs. Imlay City swamp land deals for fuel prep. Grand Haven longshoremen end strike as wages restored. Child of William Rice at Willow died after scalding incident. Central City to host a canning factory. Special bond election yields seven no votes. Flint man Mathew Conway dies after a coughing fit. Thornapple river dam backs flood up land. Anchorville railway work halted till spring. St Clair County 1901: 490 marriages and 114 divorces. Stilson MacLeod in Grand Rapids water works scandal confesses, could trigger perjury probe.
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Sarnia
Port Huron
Ella Sharp
Nelson Cabol
Cady
Nicholas de Vris
Jamestown
Mt. Pleasant
Phil Hunt
Ypsilanti
Water Works
Michigan Central
Hastings Industrial Co
Charles W. Stacy
Akron
Robert B. Martin
Boyne Falls
Upper Peninsula
Chippewa County
Imlay City
Grand Havens
Crosby Transportation Company
William Rice
Willow
Mathew Conway
Flint
Thornapple
Labarge
Thornapple Electric Company
Anchorville
Rapid Railway
St. Clair County
Stilson MacLeod
Grand Rapids
Malsbury
Court in Pekin Returns to Temple of Heaven
Crowds line the road as the emperor and his mother enter the Temple of Heaven in Pekin, with the yellow-robe escort and a vast imperial retinue. Shuang Hsu appears despondent while the dowager sits in her car observing the ceremony amid incense, gongs, and chants.
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Imperial City
Pekin
Temple of Heaven
Yuan-Shi-Nai
Po-Chi-Li
Shuang Hsu
Capital
Elijah Dowie vows eternal life amid Zion tax protest
John Alexander Dowie declares he will never die as Elijah restored, vowing to fight in receivership case. He plans relocation to Zion City, reorganizes church to include fifteen minor tabernacles, criticizing Chicago taxes on Zion. Dowie says Zion must be taxed like other churches and seeks to shield church coffers.
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John Alexander Dowie
Tuley
Chicago
Elijah
Zion
Dove
Zion City
Lake County
Dowle
Old Central Tabernacle
Michigan Avenue
Dowie
Canadian Farmers Happy Grain Crop Largest On Record
Manitoba farmers report a very prosperous year with grain yields among the largest on record. The favorable conditions boosted crop fortunes for agriculturists across the province, signaling a strong agricultural season and positive economic prospects.
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Manitoba
Crowded Procession Highlights Imperial Attendants
The scene centers on a crafty alert queen accompanied by attendants as she moves through a crowd. After the dowager’s carts pass, the painted young wife of the emperor leads the march, followed by the heir apparent’s chair. The princes of the blood close the cortege, with Yang Li, minister of the grand council and dowager’s favorite, as the final notable.
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Princes of the Blood
Yang Li
Grand Council
Six Masked Robbers Loot East St Louis Bank Vaults
Six masked men robbed the National Stock Yards Bank near East St Louis overnight. They held two night watchmen and a fireman at the plant, blew open steel vault doors with dynamite, and escaped with about $5,000 in currency and coins after a nine hour operation that began Monday night and ended Tuesday morning.
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East St. Louis Stock Yards
National Stock Yards Bank
East St. Louis
Plague reports span many nations worldwide
The plague during the past year has been reported in Cape Colony and Egypt in Africa Arabia the Argentine Republic Australia Brazil China England Formosa Germany Hawaii India Japan Madagascar Paraguay Philippine Islands Mauritius Portugal Reunion Russia Scotland Straits Settlements Turkey and Wales likely broader than any previous global spread.
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Cape Colony
Egypt
Africa
Arabia
Argentine Republic
Australia
Brazil
China
England
Formosa
Germany
Hawaiian Islands
India
Japan
Madagascar
Paraguay
Philippine Islands
Mauritus
Portugal
Reunion
Russia
Scotland
Straits Settlements
Turkey
Wales
Western Canada Grain Boom Drives Rail Congestion
The Northwest reports vast wheat exports with estimates reaching hundreds of millions of bushels and a $12 million cash gain over 1000. Manitoba alone yielded 85 million bushels. Farmers spend extra income on mortgages, barns, land, and home improvements including pianos for daughters, while railways struggle to move the bumper crop.
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Northwest
Manitoba
Canada
Dominion
WRECK OF THE ASPHALT TRUST
Receivers appointed for National Asphalt Company and Asphalt Company of America amid daunting deficits and high capitalization. Philadelphia investors face losses. Chicago official labels the move a strategic court maneuver to gain federal backing over Venezuelan asphalt claims.
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Asphalt Trust
National Asphalt Company
Capital
Asphalt Company of America
Capita
Philadelphia
Public Works
McGann
Chicago
Murderer Elijah Wisdom Captured Near Hohenwald
Elijah Wisdom, a colored man, who killed Rev. A. J. Brooks near Mount Pleasant Tennessee the day before Christmas, was captured near Hohenwald and jailed in Columbia Tennessee. Gov. McMillin had offered a $200 reward for his arrest.
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Elijah Wisdom
A. J. Brooks
Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Hohenwald
Columbia, Tenn
Fifteen Die In City Tunnel Train Collision
A rear end collision in a New York Central tunnel under the city killed fifteen and injured more than twenty as flames and smoke filled the darkness. The Norwalk bound accommodation was struck by the Harlem line train, the rear cars telescoped, and a rescue effort brought ambulances and crews to the scene amid intense heat and confusion.
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New York City
New York Central
New York, New Haven
Hartford Road
Norwalk
Conn
Harlem
Tlarlem
Mrs Leslie M Shaw to perform social duties in Washington
Mrs Leslie M Shaw in Washington will undertake social duties with modesty and delicacy to maintain the prestige she earned in Des Moines since her husband became Governor. The Shaws have lavishly entertained, their hospitality surpassing the governor’s salary. Oil lands in Texas and farm lands in Iowa have boosted the fortune to about 250000 to 300000 dollars, enabling her to meet social demands. She is not a club woman but is a gracious hostess.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Washington
Des Moines
Shaws
Texas
Towa
Shaw
The Early Christian Church Sermon From Acts 2
This Sunday School lesson surveys Peter’s Pentecost sermon and the early church’s rapid growth and unity. It notes the crowd’s conviction, the call to repentance and baptism, and the communal life that supported believers amid social pressure, all grounded in the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.
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Peter
Jesus
Peters
Hiter
Mayors Reform Move Severs Quasi Public Ties
The article notes Seth Low before taking office as Mayor of New York sold stocks and bonds worth over a million dollars to avoid conflicts with future franchise decisions. He plans reinvestment in securities unlikely to interact with city government.
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Seth Low
New York
Mr. Low
Low
Treed by wild hogs in Indian Territory tale
J P McGee faced a terrifying night after killing a young hog when hundreds of wild animals swarmed the area near Kiowa and Wichita reservations. He climbed to the top of a pecan tree and stayed there all night as the hogs rooted below seeking to topple the tree.
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Indian Territory
Kiowa
Wichita
J. P. McGee
Sockless Jerry Simpson Quits Politics for Cattle Buyer Role
Jerry Simpson, the former Kansas congressman known as a sockless statesman, ends his public life by burning eight tons of letters from supporters. He now works as a cattle buyer at the Wichita stock yards.
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Sockless
Jerry
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
Mr. Simpson
Wichita
Notice of Death for 107-Year-Old Almon Streeter
Almon Streeter of Rensselaer Falls New York died at age 107. The obituary notes a long life in the community with relatives and hometown ties. Further details on service or survivors are not provided in the readable fragment.
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Almon Streeter
Rensselaer Falls
India's Famine Leaves Millions in Fretful Hunger
A historic famine in India affected about 14 million people after rainfall fell eleven inches short of normal. Relief efforts and relief measures were discussed as authorities assessed the impact and sought aid.
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India
Farmer dialogue mocks agricultural department in wheat price query
In a terse exchange a First Farmer complains of the Agricultural Department’s ineffectiveness. The Second Farmer asks the cause, and the First explains he wrote for wheat price expectations but received no satisfaction.
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Puck
The greatest Methodist was Jola Wesley, the founder of this denomina
The sentence notes Jola Wesley as the greatest Methodist and credits him as founder of the denomination, reflecting a concise biographical claim.
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Jola Wesley
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