Relic Stone Found by Julian Duprront in Michigan Fields
Julian Duprront of Provement digs up a skull shaped stone dated to LIS and bearing a crude portrait and a sword like implement. He says the stone proves Columbus expedition members were left behind and wandered into Michigan five centuries ago.
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Julian Duprront
Provement
Duprront
America
Lake Michigan
Puprrent
Duprient
Northwest Passage
Fear of microbes drives Parker to insane asylum
Miss Geace TH Parker of Montague township, urged by her sister Violithia A Parker, petitioned Muskegon probate court to admit her to the northern Michigan asylum at Traverse City. The woman has never suffered a microbe illness yet fears them and holds delusions of persecution.
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Geace TH. Parker
Montague Township
Violithia A. Parker
Muskegon
Northern Michigan Asylum
Traverse City
Miss Parker
State funds tied up curtail December tax intake
At year end the State treasury shows 350,000 tied in the Glazier bank Chelsea and 400,000 more from the City Savings Bank Detroit deposits, plus 346,000 by the bank depositors. About 400,000 remains available for state uses while December taxes begin arriving.
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Siastateys
Glazier Bank
Chelsea
Cholaen Bank
City Savings Bank of Detroit
Man Pleads Guilty in Assault over Frozen Baby
Asa Wilson pleaded guilty to assault and battery in Adrian. He received 90 days in the Detroit house of correction after officers found his wife and children nearly destitute. The baby’s feet were frozen and the child nearly starved, with Wilson cited for non support and involvement in a shove through a plate glass window.
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Asa Wilson
Adrian
Detroit House of Correction
Wilson
TRC
Judge Rules Cereal Water Sausage Adulteration Under State Law
Circuit Judge Wiest of Lansing holds that using cereal and water in sausage makes it adulterated under the state pure food law. One decision involved Armour & Co seeking an injunction to stop the dairy and food department from interfering with sausage sales.
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Judee
Judee Wiest
Lansing
Armour & Co
State Diary
Food Department
Local Option Question Submited for April Election
The board of supervisors voted 16 to submit the local option question to St. Joseph County voters at the April election. Lawyers for saloonists argued but made little impression. A petition with 2000 seven hundred signers supported the submission, exceeding the legal requirement by 1000.
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St. Joseph County
Board of Supervisors
Grand Rapids man shoots wife then shoots self after double murder attempt
Leonard Brown of Grand Rapids killed his wife at the Ludington home where she lived with Hebert Johnson, then shot at Johnson and attempted suicide by firing three shots into his head. A letter found in his pocket accused his wife of misconduct with Johnson.
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Leonard Brown
Grand Rapids
Hebert Johnson
Ludington
Trown
Johnson
Butchered Otters Landed near Grand Marais Break Record Size
George Butler, an old hunter, trapped two giant otters near Grand Marais. The two otters measured 5 feet 4 inches and 4 feet 6 inches tip to tip, reportedly valued at $60.
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George Butler
Grand Marais
Joy Scott Killed by Switch Engine Near Ann Arbor Docks
Joy Scott brakeman for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company was fatally struck while switching near the Ann Arbor docks in Menominee. The accident occurred when he fell under the tracks as the switch engine moved.
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Joy Scott
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Ann Arbor
Menominee
Santa Claus figure helps town youths with charity gifts
Michard Crawford, prominent St. Joseph grocery man and son of the late Andrew Crawford of Chicago, appeared in the role of Santa Claus at a charity event. He distributed several hundred dollars worth of presents to the town’s poor boys, aiding the community with generous donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michard Crawford
St. Joseph
Andrew Crawford
Chi
Santa Claus
Trias
Big Chimney Completed in Battle Creek Cement Stack
The tallest chimney in Battle Creek, a cement structure at the Grand Trunk locomotive shops, has been completed. It stands 175 feet high with a base of 2 by 28 feet and a total weight of 280 tons. The wall is two walls with a four inch air space up to 60 feet, then six inches thick above.
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Battle Creek
Grand Trunk Locomotive Shops
Muskegon Boy The Limit In Odd Court Case
Adams Burrows a fourteen year old from Muskegon County has no birthday knowledge and little grasp of Christmas or the Fourth. He filed a wage suit against an employer, and was examined in justice court as the case proceeds.
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Adams Burrows
Michigan
Muskegon County
Justice Court
Menominee Judge Sets Record for Marriages
Menominee Justice Van Den Berg earns the nickname marrying justice by tying the knot for nearly 200 couples in a year. He surpasses regional records as couples travel from Wisconsin to avoid the five day notice required by that state.
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Toy
van den Berg
Menominee
Upper Peninsula
Wisconsin
Lamphere Family Behind Bars in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids arrests reach a family string as Harry Lamphere aged 21 is jailed for highway robbery. Grace Lamphere sister-in-law serves sixty days for shoplifting. Garfield Lamphere brother convicted for stealing a chicken and meat. Florence Hall sister sentenced for shoplifting.
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Fuuuire
Grand Rapids
Harry Lamphere
Grace Lamphere
Garfield Lamphere
Florence Hall
Webb pleads guilty in Ann Arbor theft case
In the Circuit Court in Ann Arbor Scott Webb pleaded guilty to complicity in a theft from Mrs. M. Bush amounting to 81,000 in diamonds and money. Judge Kinne sentenced him to a minimum of eighteen months and a maximum of two years in Jackson prison.
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Ann Arbor
Scott Webb
M. Bush
Kinne
Jackson Prison
Never Saw His Children Pioneer Dies in Ne gaunee
William Mengennett, pioneer of Ne gaunee, died at age 8? The widow survives. Mengennett was blind when married and had never seen any of his 23 children. He lost his sight in a mine explosion but his wife urged the wedding.
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William Mengennett
Negaunee
Ile
Mengennett
Minor state items reported in scattered Michigan notes
November oil inspector approved a half million gallon figure. Michigan ranks second in grindstone production with STS,000 worth in 1906. Local factories in Monroe and Marshall avoided closures and paid checks. Albion bride Norah McConnell wed her long-lost antebellum sweetheart after forty years. Bliss coal mine near Swan Creek to expand threefold. Bay City sugar beets pile weighs 3 tons valued at 17 dollars per ton, two feet by 17 feet. Richard's Landing on St. Joseph Island suffered near total ruin with losses over 200,000 dollars. Albion clergyman James Osborne touts perfume as a germ killer. Civil War veteran Isaac Having, 8 feet tall, dies in Gladstone. St. Joseph grocer Rh Crawford stirs local markets by backing open county politics. Fire at Greenville home of J W Belknap, M A Kemp injured. housemaid escape. Charle H. Tidy’s 20,000-dollar home destroyed. 65-year-old Leo Berman perishes in a Marinette hotel fire. cause unknown. Lee township father Ir W Remensnider gives sons axes for Christmas. boys encounter a bear attack in the woods. oldest, age 15, fatally strikes the bear with an ax.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
Monroe
Marshall
Norah McConnell
Albion
Bliss
Swan Creek
Bay City
Richard's Landing
St. Joseph's Island
Sault Ste. Marie
James Osborne
Jesus
Isaac Having
Gladstone
Upper Peninsula
Rh. C. Crawford
St. Joseph
Chicago
Andrew Crawford
Berrien County
J. W. Belknap
M. A. Kemp
Charles H. Tidy
Greenville
Tidy
Belknap
Kemp
Leo Berman
Chassell
Marinette
Wis
Ir. W. Remensnider
Lee Township
Brain
Bryan Defines Democratic Issues at Chicago Banquet
William J. Bryan praised Theodore Roosevelt for adhering to Democratic tenets while endorsing many Bryan principles. He reaffirmed loyalty to the 1904 platform, argued the party’s aims are stronger now, and urged voters to decide without editor or magnate interference. He noted Republicans may have adopted Democratic positions on trusts, railroads, currency, arbitration, and imperialism as evidence of unity.
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Roosevelt
Wiliam J. Bryan
Chicago
Bryan
Learncratic Party
Democratic Party
Hiim
Jenkin
Present Cost of Panama Canal Report Details Expenditures and Staffing
The Isthmian Canal Commission report through July 1 notes 98 000 000 for canal construction and related work, not including surrender payments to the French Canal Company or Panama right of way. Expenditures include civil government sanitation and miscellaneous items, with a total available balance of 1 - 1 1 SA S. The fiscal year saw workers brought to the Isthmus from the United States Europe and the West Indies, ending with a skilled and unskilled labor force of about 4 404 marked for subsequent year.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Sie
Panama
Indele SP
SISOS
S&s
Sil Saas
United States
Europe
West Indies
Panama Railroad
Cleveland’s Hippedrome Opens as Largest US Playhouse
The new Hippedrome in Cleveland, the nation’s largest playhouse outside New York, seats 4 548 and costs 200 dollars. Its stage floor uses hydraulic lifts with a 435 foot tank for aquatic exhibitions beneath, a 44 foot deep proscenium, and a 100 by 11 foot stage. Built by local capitalists, it will operate as an independent house.
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United States
New York
Chce Found
Aryl
Loreal Capitalists
Taxation plan targets corporations under state assessors
The Michigan constitutional convention tax committee recommends a measure to assess corporate property including rail and freight lines by a state board at true cash value. The proposal adds public service corporations to taxed classes and raises questions about city control and utility commission implications. The convention also plumbs judiciary reform, anti cigarette measures, and legislature salary terms as it adjourns.
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Taxation Committee
Constitutional Convention
Bird
Tax Commission
Board of Assessors
Pay Army More Says War Secretary Taft
Secretary Taft urges higher army pay to improve enlistment and retention, proposes adopting naval pay limits, creating a general-service corps, and building new posts in the Philippines. He calls for enlarging Fort McKinley, an electric Mindanao railroad, more surgeons, and coast defense expansion. He also recommends a statue for Edwin M. Stanton in Washington.
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Taft
Congress
Baguio
Philippines
Ile
Fort McKinley Reservation
Manila
Lake Lanne
Subig Bay
National Coast Defense Board
Coart
United States
Edwin M. Stanton
Washington
Pettibone Acquitted in Governor Murder Case at Boise
George A. Pettibone, a Western Federation of Miners official, is found not guilty of the murder of Governor Stennenberg at Boise Idaho. The trial followed the acquittal of Secretary Haywood who faced the same charge. Pettibone and Haywood were linked to confessions by Starry Orchard and Steve Adios amid numerous bloody plots. Western Federation members nationwide express satisfaction with the verdict. John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, calls it highly satisfactory.
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George A. Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Boise
Idaho
Stennenberg
Pettibone
Haywood
Iaywood
Starry Orchard
Steve Adios
Western Federation
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of Americas
Power Lifeboats Prove Successful Rescue Tool
The United States lifesaving service completed a careful test showing the power lifeboat's efficiency in rescuing persons from wrecked vessels and plans to add several of these boats to life saving stations along the New England coast.
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United States Lifesaving Service
New England
Cotton Mills Pay Dividends in New Belford
The cotton mills of New Belford Massachusetts have paid dividends totaling 13 percent, the largest in the city's history, reflecting strong local industry and fiscal performance.
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New Belford
Mass
Chicago business outlook eases into new year says Dun's Review
A Chicago report notes holiday easing in business activity but the new year shows clearer, encouraging indications. Wholesale inventories rise as road salesmen prepare to depart, iron and steel expect relief next week, and dividends surge in January. Failures in the district total 28, with liabilities over $5,000 at 1.
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Chicago
Dun
Quiet New York Trade Amid Steady Financial Upturn
New York reports calmer post holiday trade with continued financial betterment. Retail activity boosted by reduced sales in some cities, though mild Northwest weather curbs seasonal distribution. cotton holds affect the South. Money is easier to obtain in big centers. Dry goods and clothing show overall light activity but improved tone versus last month. Leather trade muted with small sole leather stocks due to cut output while hides remain plentiful. Wholesale buying tempered. a 7 percent drop in 1007 shipments suggests modest stock levels. Weekly business failures reach 45 in the week ending Jan 2, versus 218 prior week and historical peers 185 in 1907, 220 in 1906, 278 in 1905, 262 in 1904. Canada reports 71 failures, up from 50 and 16 in the year-ago week.
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Canada
Bradstreet
Midwest Market Grain and Livestock Prices Report
A dense price ledger lists cattle hogs sheep and grain quotes across major markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and barley with ranges and grades noted for each locale.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Short News Notes From Across The Nation
Twelve men arrested in Camden N J charged with stealing and carrying off a two story house. Trading Railroad Company to pay shop bonds in cash at Reading Va other employees to be paid in checks. The Bishop of London plans to tour Russia and visit chaplaincies after a notable September visit. Offiers of the St Louis insane asylum took a party of women with mild insanity on a shopping tour with beneficial results. Prof Oscar Lassar a noted dermatologist and Berlin university faculty member died in Berlin from injuries in an automobile crash.
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Camden
N. J
Reading
London
Russia
St. Louis Insane Asylum
Oscar Lassar
Berlin
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Supreme Court
Justice of the Peace
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