Fire Devastates Tonia in Strong Wind Sweep
The worst fire in Tonia’s history destroyed the iand Trunk depot and 31 freight cars at Pere Marquette lines, reaching Koppitz Melcher cold storage and the old Presbyterian church. Grand Rapids was asked to help as flames threatened homes, with volunteers saving many houses and the bell tolling at benediction as the church collapsed.
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Tonia
Grand Rapids
Iand ‘Trunk
Koppitz Melcher
Pere Marquette
S. Spencer
Rabies in Cattle Traced to Missing Farm Dog
In Berlin township two cows on Tracy Lowry’s farm died after likely dog bites. The dog vanished three weeks earlier. Veterinarian Randy Taylor treated the cattle and the Lowrys removed hides then fled to Ann Arbor for pasteur treatment as both Bruce and Earl Lowry show signs of exposure. Tracy Lowry and Taylor also sought pasteur therapy amid growing concern.
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Berlin Township
Tracy Lowry
Randy Taylor
Sananac
Bruce
Earl Lowry
Ann Arbor
Earl
Taylor
Delay in Ann Arbor Muddle and Wade Wade case
Regents Knappen Hill and Beal met Attorney General Bird in Lansing to discuss charges against ex Secretary Wade of the University of Michigan. Bird said a refund amount was discussed and a conference occurred in Adrian with Wade and counsel. The committee will not proceed until an adjustment is determined.
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Wade Walia
Knappen
Hill and Beal
Wade
University of Michigan
Bird
Lansing
Adrian
Robbers active in Michigan looting church and post offices
A rash of robberies hits Menominee County with church vestments stolen from Cedar River Catholic church and the Daggett Post Office safes cracked. A cash register was emptied from Peter Johnson’s shop. Over the past month more than ten safes, including several post offices, have been cracked across Menominee, Marinette and Delta Counties.
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Menominee County
Post Office Department
Cedar River
Daggett
Peter Johnson
Menominee
Marinette
Delta
State News In Brief Drownings Across Michigan
A series of drowning incidents is reported in Michigan towns including Muskegon and Webberville. Victims ranging from 12 to 19 years old perished while bathing or fishing, with several rescues and recoveries noted. In other news a University of Michigan professor is named dean of Yale College and a local firm wins government contracts for steam launches.
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Sarah Allen
Black Lake
Muskegon
Frederick 8. Jones
University of Michigan
Wright
Yale College
Racine Boat Manufacturing Company
Menominee
Fred Suhr
John Peterson
East River
Webberville
Peterson
Obliging Act Trips Up Love Wedding Delayed After Robbery
On a Rochester bound trip a groom to be Charles St Charles of Grand Rapids was robbed while attempting to marry. He chased the thief through dark streets, recovered some belongings, but lost his wedding clothes and face injuries delayed the ceremony. Two Odd Fellows rooms bought Kalamazoo sanitarium site for a new temple. In Hancock a man shot his wife and infant then himself. all hospitalized with doubtful recovery. Miss Zora Inman completes fourteen years of perfect attendance and receives silver medal. A German bride wed John Sternal after arriving by train in Muskegon. A barn burned during a severe electrical storm in Harrisville. a horse lost. Seven hundred pounds of undersized whitefish seized in Grand Rapids.
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N. Y
Charles St. Charles
Grand
Rapids
Detroit
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Ferry Dock
Windsor
Walkerville
Hancock
John Heikkela
St. Joseph Hospital
Heikkela
Yehde
Eim van Stelmacher
Zora Inman
Benton Harbor
Board of Education
Mary Josephine Frank
Muskegon
Germany
John Sternal
C. M. Lund
Harrisville
Lund
R. Peterson
Glen Arbor
Manistee County
George 8
Stone
Chicago
Darwin
Grand Rapids
United States
Gore
Oklahoma
Senator Gore
Washington
Senate
Congressional Record
Mr. Gore
State Official Calls Census Revisions for School Funds
The superintendent of public instruction urges changes to apportion the primary school fund by census. Investigations in Ionia and similar reviews show census based funds unreliable. Enumerators are paid per name, leading to dubious entries and pressure on officials to maximize town sums.
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Ionia
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Wright
Finds Daddy After 20 Years In Grand Rapids
Ralph Edwards of Grand Rapids after a 20 year search locates his father A H Edwards now a Wyoming dam superintendent. The father left him in Battle Creek 28 years ago after his mother's death and remarried West. They reunite at Douglas Wyoming as Ralph works as a passenger brakeman on the Pere Marquette Chicago division.
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Ralph Edwards
Grand Rapids
A. H. Edwards
Wyoming
Battle Creek
William Weeks
Edwards
Douglas
Wyo
Ralph
Chicago
Pere Marquette Railroad
Brown's Body Recovered After St Clair River Tragedy
The body of Eric Brown, drowned in the St Clair river near Marysville last fall, was recovered by two Indians. Brown, whose parents live in England, was crossing the river with a companion on a dark night when their rowboat capsized. The companion survived after being thrown into the water.
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Brown
Eric Brown
St. Clair River
Marysville
England
Michigan 64th commencement closes at University Hall
The University of Michigan held the sixty fourth commencement in University Hall Ann Arbor with Dr John H Finley president of the College of the City of New York delivering the oration The class was noted as graduates 887 in number and the exercises closed the ceremony
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U. of M
University of Michigan
Mails Carried in Iceboats to Prince Edward Island
The New York Sun notes Prince Edward Island's winter isolation as Northumberland Strait freezes, forcing iceboat mail travel. Sled boat combos haul mail and occasionally passengers from Cape Tormentine New Brunswick to Cape Traverse Island, a 25 mile route, amid December to May cold spells.
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Dominion of Canada
New York Sun
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Northumberland Strait
Great South Bay
Fire Island
Cape Tormentine
Cape Traverse
Island
Insular
Canada
Notable Fashion and Arts Bits From Early 20th Century News
A survey of miscellaneous cultural items notes Mary Brush of Davenport inventing a boneless corset and Mrs. Kendall creating a popular lamp shade. Mary Kies pioneered straw weaving patents in 1800. The longest submarine cable stretches from Vancouver to New Zealand. About 125,000 unskilled workers are linked to Germany’s General Federation of Trade Unions. Mary E. Beasley of Philadelphia patented a barrel-making machine in 1884. Education reforms discuss temporary teacher exchanges within the British Empire. Boston unions push licensing rules to bar women from serving liquor. An officer with many diplomas is called Captain X in Morocco. A Parisian quip mocks primary-degree officers joining the staff. Plaster portraits in London fetch half a guinea each, sculpted in 45 minutes. Six-inch high mini busts capture fine costume details. many elites collect them. St. Petersburg reports a theater treat as Glagolin plays the Maid of Orleans, with a pamphlet why I play a woman’s part being sold in advance. Critics once praised the actor for gender-bending roles, though the Maid of Orleans remains bold.
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Morocco
le Cri de
Paris
London
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Glagolin
Schiller
Orleans
A Gentle Knock In The Store For A Cigar
Cheeply refuses a gift though Shrade offers to pay for a fine cigar. Shrade suggests Cheeply keep the cigar for a future moment when he might return the gesture. The brief exchange shows light roguish humor in a small interaction.
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Shrade
Cheeply
Philadelphia Press
Ambition and Titles Among Women and Hotel Chiefs
A reflection notes that many girls give up pursuing greatness, pausing to powder their noses, while observing that a hotel man who achieves success is quickly dubbed Colonel. The remark contrasts social labels with prospects of female ambition.
Senator Gore eyesight tale and Belmont obit summary
A historical notice reviews Senator Gore of Oklahoma and his possible eyesight restoration. It also reports the death of Oliver Belmont, son of August Belmont, detailing his wealth, homes, and Newport villa status.
Six seamen survive Cacique explosion arrive in New York
Six seamen, part of a group of thirty including twenty five others, escaped death when the British steamer Cacique blew up and sank off the Peruvian coast last month. They reached New York aboard the steamer Finance after leaving Cristobal.
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Peruvian
New York
Finance
Cristobal
Cleveland laid to rest in simple Princeton burial
Grover Cleveland’s death led to a private ceremony at Princeton Presbyterian Church. President Roosevelt and governors attended as officials kept guard. The grave was filled with earth by attendees before the family left, and the cemetery opened to the public afterward to view the resting place.
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Princeton
N. J
Presbyterian Church
Roosevelt
Althout
Fort
New Jersey
Hughes
New York
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Cleveland
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Princton University
Monitor Florida attacked in Norfolk test with whitehead torpedo
In a naval experiment near Norfolk Virginia the monitor Florida was struck by a whitehead torpedo carrying 220 pounds of gun cotton. The blast wounded the ship amidships tearing steel plates and wrecking bulkheads. Florida was towed to drydock for repairs with fifteen men able to pass through the hole. Admiral Capps and Secretary Taft witnessed the event.
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Norfolk
Quinby
Capps
Navy
Taft
Metcalf
Meyer
Monitor
Navy Yard
Admiral Capps
New Zeppelin Airship Test Advances German War Balloon
Under government patronage a larger and more powerful aluminum airship by Count Zeppelin is ready for final trials. At 445 feet long and 404 feet in diameter it houses three 145 horsepower motors, wireless telegraphy, searchlights, and room for crew and explosives. If it meets expectations, the government will pay 400000 to the 70 year old inventor for testing and adoption by the German Army as a war balloon at an expected speed of 47 miles per hour.
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Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin
Gambling War Traces in New York Race Bets
After antiracing laws pass and are signed, police crackdowns halt betting at tracks. Fourteen men are arrested for violations as racing slows with sparse crowds. Rumors say poolrooms reopen and English credit betting may be used to evade the law.
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New York
Gravesend
Wisconsin Makers Propose Black Paper For Newspapers
Wisconsin paper makers propose supplying newspapers with black paper and white lettering to cut pulp usage by millions annually and halve paper costs. They claim black paper can be produced from old newspapers and diverse fibrous stock and plan to urge widespread adoption.
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Wisconsin
Anthracite Railroads Challenge Commodity Clause As Unconstitutional
Seven anthracite railroad companies defend against government suits before the U S Circuit Court in Philadelphia arguing the commodity clause of the rate law is unconstitutional. They claim it regulates interstate commerce improperly by prohibiting conduct, imposes excessive penalties, and unjustly excludes lumber and other items.
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United States Circuit Court
Philadelphia
Currency act takes effect with bank association rules
Treasury circular outlines two paths to extra national bank currency under the act. Contiguous banks may form currency associations with at least ten banks and 5 million dollars in capital plus surplus. individual banks must have at least 20 percent unimpaired capital and surplus. Members with notes worth 40 percent of capital may apply for additional circulation under section 1. Nonmembers may apply under section 8. Depository banks pay 1 percent per year on average public deposits, from June 15, 1908, payable July 1.
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Cortelyou
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Department
Comptroller of
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