Bay City Youth Held Over Unmailable Letters Case
Herbert Wells a 17 year old Bay City resident is in custody as police probe a letter writing case. A clever ruse using violets pinned to his hat led to his capture after he arranged a meetup at a downtown corner with a young store worker who alerted authorities. Detective Craig supervised the undercover meeting.
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Bay City
Herbert Wells
United States
Wells
Polce
Craig
Man of Mystery Dies at Goulais Bay
Walter Van Norman aged 49 died under mysterious circumstances at Goulais Bay. The coroner could not determine a cause. He lived alone on a small farm, bought land recently, and was found speechless by a neighbor. No past or relatives could be traced, and he kept to himself without visible signs of mental illness.
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Walter van Norman
Goulais Bay
Noubody
T 9
Ile
Doctor Pitcher Adjudged Insane and Committed
Prominent Battle Creek physician Dr Festus Pitcher is ordered sent to Kalamazoo asylum after Probate Judge Hama accepts mental illness claims. Pitcher, a leading social figure and president of the Athelstan Club, faces commitment. his father Dr Pitcher of Mount Pleasant Iowa and Dr Sherman Fowler filed the petition.
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Pestes Pitcher
Battle Creek
Hama
Festus Pitcher
Kalamaze
Titcher
Athelstan Club
Pitcher
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Sherman Fowler
Mail Carrier Admits Destruction of Letters in Hart
James M Moorberg, a rural route carrier in Hart and Civil War veteran, confessed to destroying letters at day’s end and is taken into custody. The aged messenger testified he could not deliver all mail entrusted to him and admitted tearing up every term left on his hands.
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James M. Moorberg
Hart
Sal
Moorterser
Lightning injures four children in Eszieston township home
Four children aged 4 to 6 were in Frank Beattie’s Eszieston residence when a lightning strike blinded a 4-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl and scarred them, while two other youngsters were unharmed. In Long Rapids, Arthur Lamsden, 5, shot and killed his sister Vina, 6, and fatally wounded another sister Tena, 4, after the gun discharged while they were alone. the father had left the loaded musket nearby to shoot crows.
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Frank Beatties
Eszieston Township
Musketon
Arthur Lamsden
Vina
Tena
Long Rapids
Bes
Death of Lida Densmore in Stony Creek area
Lida Densmore, living two and a half miles south of Stony Creek, was found dead in bed by her mother after retiring in good health. The family physician attributed death to heart disease. Miss Dunsmore had taught in district schools for many years.
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Lida Densmore
Stony Creek
Sayer Golden Wedding Anniversary in Sun Field
Mr and Mrs John Sayer celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in Sun field with forty relatives present. The couple, both prominent residents, reach the milestone after many years of marriage. Notably, ten children are part of the family with nine living within seven miles of the homestead and another in Blanchard.
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John Sayer
Sunfield
Sayer
Blanchard
Court annuls underage marriage of Walton and Dunkley
Nellie Walton of Battle Creek and Charles W. Dunkley of Kalamazoo had their marriage annulled by the Circuit Court because both spouses and witnesses were under age. The ceremony was performed by Probate Judge Hamm on May 21, 1995, when Dunkley was 17. The couple has not lived together since.
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Circuit Court
Nellie Walton
Battle Creek
Charles W. Dunkley
Kalamazoo
Hamm
Duckley
Opposition plan for Sank Ste. Marie refinery opens against Standard Oil
In a bold move, opponents announce a new refinery at Sank Ste. Marie should oil be struck this season. The facility would operate in direct competition with the Standard Oil Company, signaling a major challenge to its dominance.
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Sank Ste. Marie
Standard Oil Company
Blacksmith Discovers Gold in Back Yard
John Marshall a blacksmith in Marshall found a yellow metal while digging behind his house. A chemist later confirmed the substance as gold.
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John Marshall
Marshall
Michigan Railroads Earnings Rise in March Report
Michigan railroads earned 1 128 007 in March, up from last year. For the quarter ending March 31 earnings totaled 1 227 521, an increase of 1 277 124 or over 11 percent.
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Michigan
Maren
State Map of Highways Project Underway
State Highway Commissioner Earle assigns numerous Agricultural college students to draft road maps for every township. The team aims to complete the extensive mapping task by June 20.
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Earle
Agricultural College
Reforestation Efforts Expand At Cleveland Cliffs Plant
Cleveland Cliffs Company advances its year-old reforestation program with a new forest tree nursery at Coalwood Alger County this spring. Four acres of 2-year-old white pine seedlings and other trees from the Negaunee nursery will be cultivated, while a ten-acre wild cherry orchard thrived through winter with minimal losses. Additionally twenty thousand Norway spruce plants near Munising survived cold well, and spring planting is planned near Trout Bay on Grand Island with at least 10 000 white pine Norway pine and Norway spruce trees set out.
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Cleveland Cliffs Company
Coalwood
Alger County
Munising
Trout Bay
Grand Island
Physician Adjudged Insane In Battle Creek
Dr Festus F Ditcher a leading society man in Battle Creek Detroit and Chicago triggered a demand for commitment to the insane asylum. He heads the Battle Creek 400 as president of the Athelstan Club and serves as assistant surgeon for the Grand Trunk and director of the Post theater. After illness he acted strangely and drove his car through the business district prompting his insanity order and immediate examination.
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Battle Creek
Festus F. Ditcher
Detroit
Chicago
Pitcher
Athelstan Club
Grand Trunk System
Post Theater
Tie
Iris
Dr. Pitcher
Deranged Italian Miner Attacks Baby In Iron Mountain
Bragini Giacomo, a 7S years old Italian miner, seized a 4 month old child from Mrs. Enrico Montennato and dashed the infant’s brains against a wall. He pursued the mother amid screams until arrested after a desperate struggle that injured six bystanders.
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Bragini
Giacomo
Iron Mountain
Enrico Montenatto
Fear of Typhoid and Sanitation in Refugee Camps
San Francisco faces typhoid fever danger as refugees camp in parks and empty lots. Red Cross agents urge strict hygiene and boiled water, warning filth surrounding camps pollutes air and complicates enforcement. Officials consider concentrating campers in Golden Gate Park Presidio or Fort Mason to better guard water supply and cleanliness.
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San Francisco
Red Cross
Monere
Golden Gate Park
Presidio
Fort Mason
San Francisco Earthquake History Highlights Early Shocks
San Francisco has endured numerous earthquakes over 50 years with 250 shocks recorded. Major events struck in 1868 and 1898, with 1898 causing property damage and a tidal wave at the waterfront. The Mare Island yard sustained $150000 in damage, and later tremors in 1899 1900 toppled sections of the St Nicholas hotel.
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San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
St. Nicholas Hotel
Little Girl Shot by 1 Year Old In Kitchen Tragedy
Eva Bullis aged three, daughter of Davis Bullis of Brighton, was killed by a shotgun blast fired by Claude Newman’s one year old daughter Nellie while the children were alone in the kitchen. Nellie was too frightened to explain how the accident occurred. The shot pierced Eva’s right side, tearing her chest. some pellets narrowly missed Mrs. Newman.
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Eva Bullis
Davis Bullis
Brighton
Claude Newman
Nellie Newman
Nellie
Newman
Eva
Mrs. Newman
Merrill of Marshall Named President of Naval War College
Captain John T. Merrill of Marshall was appointed president of the naval war college at Newport Rhode Island. Merrill, who once commanded the battleship Oregon and earlier led the New Orleans, was named a cadet by Zachariah Chandler about fifty years ago and now serves on the ex-officers naval advisory board that meets with the President and Secretary of War in Washington.
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Merrill
Marshall
John T. Merrill
Naval War College
Newport
R. I. Merrill
Oregon
New Orleans
Zachariah Chandler
Ex-Officers Naval Advisory Board
Washington
Attorney Dies at Banquet During Society Address
Alfred Russell, newly elected governor of the Society of Colonial Wars, collapsed and died of heart disease at a Detroit club banquet after chatting with friends. A prominent Detroit lawyer, he served as general counsel for the Wabash railroad and was 75 years old.
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Society of Colonial Wars
Alfred Russell
Detroit
Michigan
Russell
Wabash Railroad
Missing Ypsilanti Bridegroom Calls Off Wedding
The ceremony in Ypsilanti collapsed as bride Josephine Furlong, 25, awaited Charles IL. Crane. Crane, a father with grown children, quietly left the city amid objections from his own children, causing the wedding to be called off.
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Ypsilanti
Charles IL. Crane
Crane
Josephine Furlong
Burglar chased by Amlont woman in local incident
An Almont woman chased a burglar a mile through Port Huron and caught him. The report notes a Port Huron man chewed his tongue during a nightmare and is unable to speak. A Whitehall man, 75, fell eighty feet from a tunnel bridge but walked away with little injury. A derelict wreck near the Southeast Shoals lightship is feared a navigational menace near Detroit.
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Almont
Union City
William Ganby
Pearl
Thomas Brooks
Whitehall
Pere Marquette Tunnel
Fayette Brown
Detroit
Gleason
Southeast Shoals
Blasts Shake Bridgeport Rocks Union Metallic Cartridge Plant
Four magazines at the Union Metallic Cartridge Company testing grounds in Bridgeport Connecticut exploded causing loud blasts and widespread alarm. The city shook as windows shattered and crockery fell but no major damage occurred to company buildings. People fled in night garments while many women became hysterical awaiting reassurance.
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Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Bridgeport
Conn
Cartridge Company
Town Farm
New Haven
Relief and Reconstruction Plans for San Francisco
The relief work shifts to a retail style distribution of bedding, cots and clothing at Crocker School, with cheap restaurants to feed workers and families. A proposed $100,000,000 corporation would rebuild San Francisco in zones controlled by a commission, separating flames and preserving city realty as security, while prohibiting dynamite and aiming for high dividends for investors. The effort notes 50,000 in camps and 250,000 fed daily, with extensive blast and quake damage across the city and surrounding counties.
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Crocker School
Relief Committee
San Francisco
California
Wall Street
Czar's Admiral Kuzmich Slain by Workmen at Saint Petersburg
Vice Admiral Kuzmich, commander of the port of St. Petersburg, was assassinated by a workman amid a May Day dispute at the new admiralty works. The assassin fled after stabbing him, as troops sealed the area and investigated. Kuzmich was known for a harsh, despotic reputation among workers and revolutionists.
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Kuzmich
St. Petersburg
New Admiralty Works
Colombia and Venezuela Clash Over Diplomatic Slur Incident
Colombia and Venezuela exchange sharp remarks as Acting President Gomez refuses an audience to Colombia's representative Dr. Herrera over a slight, signaling rising tensions between the two nations. The dispute centers on perceived disrespect and diplomatic snubs affecting regional relations.
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Colombia
Venezuela
Dr. Herrera
Gomez
Sunday School Feeding the Five Thousand Miracle Faith
Sunday School lesson explores Jesus feeding five thousand and the role of faith. It contrasts faith with reason, notes Jesus trusted God, and shows faith as the link to divine power guiding believers through perplexing times. The text urges active trust through prayer and practice to build a strong Christian character.
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Jesus
Wfe
God
Lazarus
Christ
Ilim
Isis
Golf Champion to Tie Knot with Beloved Player
A noted golf champion Gunner plans marriage to a fellow top player, with the ceremony to be presided by a minister who shares a strong fondness for the game. The union unites two high profile golf figures in the sports community.
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Gunner
Guner
Emancipated Woman's Club Meeting Sparked Debate
A Dolly described the gathering as a great success. A daring sister proposed that all women should have husbands. Dick asked if this was revolutionary. Dolly replied it was not. She argued that with someone at home to sweep and wash the dishes the members could devote more time to the club.
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Dolly
Chicago Labor Troubles Boosts Business Confidence
A broad labor and economic assessment shows reduced drawbacks from strikes as dock hands return, higher wages for iron erectors boost operations, and a favorable crop report alongside easier money and improved bank exchanges. Reports cite rising commercial defaults temporarily, replenished ore and fuel stocks, but potential shortages in hides and lumber. Construction activity grows with strike embargo lifted, and demand for building materials drives high prices. Weather aids sales of seasonable merchandise, while retail gains widen in dry goods, furnishings, and clothing. Transportation and agricultural outlooks remain solid, with railway earnings up and deliveries smoother. Failures in Chicago district fall to 43. overall, conditions look favorable per Dan's Review of Trade.
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Illnoss
Chicago
Dan
Commodity price table across multiple US markets Cattle hogs and grains
The report lists mixed price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and other markets. It covers wheat corn oats rye and barley with varying No 2 and mixed grade figures and spot egg butter and clover seed values. Market spreads show cull ranges and shipping values for cattle and hogs along with grain quality notes.
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Chicago
Hay
Timothy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cattl
Detroit
Ste
Milwaukee
Toledo
ST. New York
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