Fire Destroys Four Stores In Farwell Michigan
Early morning blaze originating at L. F. Leonard general store destroys four shops Miss Myrtle Sifton J L Littlefield D R Wall C I Maurer lose stock and buildings. Loss totals about $9,000 with limited insurance. K O T M hall above Wall’s store also burns. Glass shattered across the fronts. cause unknown. block expected to be rebuilt.
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Farwell
L. F. Leonard
Leonard
D. R. Wall
Miss Sifton
C. I. Maurer
K. O. T. M. Hall
Wall
J. W. McMicael
Farwell Banking Company
Masonic
New Agreement Demanded by Michigan Street Railway Men
Thirty unionized street railway workers from Jackson to Kalamazoo met in Kalamazoo with Michigan United Railways officials led by Clarke and Millspaugh to avert a strike. They seek wage increases, a closed shop, and reinstatement of several dismissed Kalama zoo car barn workers. The current contract expires May 31, after which a walkout is threatened if no new pact is signed.
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J. R
Street Railway Men’s Union
Jackson
Lansing
Battle Creek
Albion
St. Johns
Kalamazoo
Clarke
Millspaugh
Michigan United Railways Company
Local boys found drunk sparks Hastings investigations
Sheriff Ritchie and Hastings officers uncover troubling conditions fueling local option tensions. A 15 year old is jailed for supplying whisky to younger boys, and 25 year old Claude Wiseman is arrested for similar acts. Four youths, aged 14 or 15, were found heavily intoxicated and linked to Wiseman and the arrestee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchie
Hastings
Claude Wiseman
Wiseman
Priest Buys Farm Resort On Lake Michigan Bluffs
Chicago Polish clergyman Father Adelbert Furman buys the C. C. Flint farm in Norton Township near Muskegon to establish a rest place for Chicago Catholic clergy. He plans to remodel farmhouses and invite priests to visit, with Sisters of the Resurrection also interested in establishing a retreat on the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lake Michigan Bluffs
Adelbert Furman
C. C. Flint
Norton Township
Muskegon
Lake Michigan
Furman
Sisters of the Resurrection of the Polish Church
Wreckage of Adella Shores Found East of Munising
Parts of the deck twenty feet square from the Adella Shores raft were recovered ten miles east of Munising by the Marquette fishing tug. A coat and an oar bearing the ship’s name were found, along with a seaman onion card for Peter Olson of West Allis Wisconsin. A hole in the deck with the oar through it suggests Olson used the oar to steer his raft before washing away.
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Munising
Marquette
Adella Shores
Peter Olson
West Allis
Wis
Olson
Copper Combine Rumors Of Mine Consolidation In Ontonagon
Reports suggest Calumet and Hecla interests are purchasing Lake Copper Company stock and weighing a merger of Lake Copper North Lake Adventure and Aztec mines. Located adjacent in Ontonagon County, the group holds a total capitalization of 8 590 000 dollars and spans 3.39 acres.
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Hese Copper Combine
Calumet and
Hecla
Lake Copper Company
Lake Copper
North Lake
Adventure
Aztec
Ontonagon County
Dearborn Patriarch 99 Ends Life With Paris Green
In Dearborn, longtime community figure Uncle Billy Gray aged 99 consumed paris green and died, ending a life described as the family’s patriarch. The death closes a lengthy chapter for the town’s oldest residents.
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Billy” Gray
Dearborn
Grand Rapids Block Burned. Loss Put At 400000
The Gilbert Block seven stories tall in Grand Rapids housing the Ira M. Smith department store and numerous offices was nearly razed by fire. Officials estimated damages around 400 thousand dollars.
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Grand Rapids
Gilbert
Ira M. Smith
Three Millions Lying Idle in Primary School Funds
Under present law the primary school fund in this state holds 3,036,238.95 dollars that can only be spent on teachers salaries. As districts lack enough teachers the idle balance grows, and an additional 3,719,000 is to be distributed, likely widening temptations for graft and misappropriation among school officers and districts with large idle sums.
Rival for Roosevelt Charles Sphung Hunters Record
Charles Sphung of Thompson claims an extraordinary three week hunting spree. He killed a bear and two cubs a wolf five minks and two martens and captured five wolves alive. Bears were near Indian River and he tracked a wounded wolf five miles to its lair and dispatched the old predator gaining the wolf litter.
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Charles Sphuong
Upper Peninsula
Charles Sphung
Thompson
Indian River
Sphang
Teacher’s hand mangled by buzz saw in Peters burg
Charles Fillmore a local school teacher working at the mill during and after hours suffered severe right hand injuries while operating a buzz saw. Doctors fear amputation may be necessary as he supports a family of four.
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Petersburg
Charles Fillmore
Fillmore
Eleven Year Old Burglar Faces Court in Port Huron
George Strueving aged 11 of Marine City appeared before Judge Graham in Port Huron on charges of breaking into a launch owned by Robert M. Folsom and stealing a car buretor worth 20 dollars. Earlier he was charged with entering Blood & Hart store and stealing 45 dollars. He likely will be sent to the Lansing Industrial School.
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George Strueving
Marine City
Graham
Port Huron
Robert M. Folsom
Blood & Hart
Lansing
Man Sentenced for Perjury and Fishing Offense
Levering Zebell was convicted in Marshall Circuit Court of perjury and sentenced to Jackson prison for six months to fifteen years. He had previously been tried for seining fish in Mudlake and jailed after swearing he did not own a net, which was later found to be in his possession via a friend.
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Levering Zebell
Marshall
Jackson
Zebell
Boy Killed by Train on Glenwood Avenue Owosso
Ten year old Glenn Knickerbocker riding a bicycle on a down grade on Glenwood avenue failed to stop at the railroad crossing and was struck by a Grand Trunk passenger train. He was carried forty rods and thrown into a ditch, dying shortly after being found. His head was crushed and one leg and an arm broken.
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Glenwood Avenue
Owosso
Glenn Knickerbocker
Grand Trunk
Nose Broken by Batted Ball at Hart Game
An 18 year old Hart player Gordon Aurie was struck in the face by a batted ball during a baseball game and rendered unconscious for several hours. His nose was broken and investigators note he had wandered attention from the play.
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Gordon Aurie
Hart
Young Aurie
Kalamazoo Merchant Sigmund Speyer Dies Suddenly
Sigmund Speyer a longtime Kalamazoo merchant died at his home from heart trouble. He had spent over 25 years in business and had not shown signs of illness before his sudden death while carrying out daily duties.
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Kalamazoo
Sigmund Speyer
Elba Woman Killed by Train In Tragic Accident
Mrs William Taylor a 65 year old Elba resident was instantly killed when struck by a Grand Trunk passenger train at Elba authorities said the accident occurred as the woman attempted to cross the track no further details were released by officials
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Elba
William Taylor
Grand Trunk
Among Our Neighbors and Tragic Deaths
South Haven celebrated Navigation Day as a boat sailed to Chicago. Finnish miners Victor Norse and Edgar Ylensen died in the Mary Charlotte mine at Negau nee after being found. Gladys Brown, age 3, burned to death at Painesdale from a stove fire. Ernest Tyler, a popular law junior from Otsego, N Y, died in hospital of cerebrospinal meningitis from overwork.
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South Haven
Chicago
Victor Norse
Edgar Ylensen
Mary Charlotte
Negaunee
Gladys Brown
Painesdale
Ernest Tyler
Law
Ann Arbor
Otsego
N. Y
University Hospital
Tyler
Chicago and Vicinity Shaken by a Quake
A rare earthquake woke Chicago and reached four states with minor damage reported. The tremor struck at 8 40 a m and was felt as far as Iowa and Michigan with chimneys displaced in Joliet and fires suspected in Aurora. No serious losses occurred and seismograph records note a five to ten second duration in the city.
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Chicago
Springfield
Milwaukee
Burlington
Iowa
Kalamazoo
Mich
Maywood
Lockport
Joliet
Riverside
Downers Grove
Hinsdale
Naperville
Elgin
Evanston
New
Weather Bureau
Peoria
Federal Building
Freeport
Aurora
Bloomington
Kewanee
Geneva
Streator
Dixon
Rockford
Moline
Janesville
Beloit
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Muskegon
China
Illinois Elects Lorimer Senator After Deadlock
William Lorimer of Chicago was elected United States Senator ending a months long Illinois legislative deadlock that began January 20. Albert Hopkins, who led for most of the battle, was overtaken as Lorimer gained strength. the final ballots had 135 distinct votes cast with 114 Democrats and 22 Republicans supporting various candidates before Lorimer prevailed.
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William Lorimer
Chicago
United States
Illinois
Albert J. Hopkins
Lorimer
Joint Assembly
Hopkins
Stringer
Foss
Shurtleff
Mason
Fires and deaths across cities reported in brief
Fire at Long Island Kansas destroyed four business buildings with losses around 100000. Ruth Mitchell five died instantly in Highland California from accidental revolver discharge by her brother eight. Brooklyn and New York fires caused substantial damage totaling about 1000 and 200000 where Grand Rapids Furniture used a five story warehouse. Taft aide Frank W. Carpenter received fraternity banquet in Washington.
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Ruth Mitchell
Highland
Cal
Harold
East Side
Star Baking Company
Lt. Thomas Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
7Th Avenue
New York
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
Frank W. Carpenter
Taft
Washington
Georgetown
Delti Chi
Bush fires cause heavy loss across Kootenays region
Reports from Winnipeg note hundreds of thousands of dollars in property destroyed as bush fires from Notch Mill to Three Valley and Sycamore to Vernon merge. Two saw mills were consumed, Carlin mill at Notch Hill and Carrigan mill on Salmon River worth 75 000 and 35 000 respectively, with cattle losses and settlers fleeing. Telegraph lines and fences damaged over twenty miles, cutting Revelstoke Kamloops communication for hours.
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Winnipeg
Notch Mill
Three Valley
Sycamore
Vernon
Kootenays
Carlin
Tappem Siding
Notch Hill
Carrigan
Salmon River
Canadian Pacific
Revelstoke
Kamloops
Mother's Toil And Child Sent Back From Ellis Island
A Russian mother Mrs. Hode Chanin and her four children faced return of a sick baby girl to the port of entry as Ellis Island charges of 23 per month for hospital care go unpaid. The infant suffers malignant ringworm and may be sent home with the line that brought them here. Acting commissioner Joseph Murray notes such cases are not unusual, though usually a parent travels back with the child.
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Ellis Island
Hode Chanin
Joseph Murray
Immigration
Decision for Tobacco Trust Sets Legal Boundaries
Chief Justice Cullen of the New York Court of Appeals rules that the American Tobacco Company or tobacco trust controls so large a share of staple tobacco goods that dealers must handle its products. An exclusive New York selling agent was found not to render the complainant’s case illegal unless a conspiracy among several parties is shown. He suggests legislative action could address economic evil from concentrated control.
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Tobacco Trust
Cullen
New York Court of Appeals
John A. Locker
American Tobacco Company
The
New York
Socialist Editor Convicted At Fort Scott Trial
Fred C. Warren, editor of the Appeal to Reason, was found guilty in Fort Scott Kansas of using the mails to promote a $1000 reward for kidnapping former Governor Taylor of Kentucky and returning him to the state. Taylor testified briefly for the state. Warren plans to appeal, arguing free-speech and citizen-initiative rights.
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Fred C. Warren
Appeal To
Reason
Fort Scott
Kaw
Taylor
Kentucky
Colorado
Idaho
Warren
Observation of Mothers Day Observed Widely
The 9th of May was observed more broadly than ever with the white carnation as a symbol of reverence. Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia inspired the idea two years ago and ministers themed sermons around the observance.
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Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
City Planning Exhibition Opens in New York Drill Hall
The Conference and Exhibit on City Planning is open to the public free for two weeks in the Twenty second Regiment drill hall, New York, with models, designs, pictures and maps. Lecturers explain proposed improvements as thirty American cities are represented before it heads to Washington.
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Twenty-second Regiment
New York
Washington
Department of Civic Improvement
Coal Trusts and Rail Mergers Highlight US Reports
The Interstate Commerce Commission sent Congress third in a series on railroad discriminations, this time on coal, detailing Ohio and West Virginia company mergers under the Trunk Line syndicate and its monopoly tendencies. Charles M. Pepper notes Britain's income tax as a major revenue source, while Philippine tariff revisions place petroleum on the free list and adjust steel rails and sugar machinery duties. The Treasury plans to replace weighers with automatic electric scales to curb fraud. Cabinet rifts on forest conservation prompt White House review. Mrs. Matthew T. Scott offers use of the Daughters of the American Revolution mansion for research and lectures. A Pennsylvania hosiery workers delegation visits the President, who stays noncommittal. Speaker Cannon turns 73 with a Tar Heel gift dipper.
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The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Ohio
West Virginia
Trunk Line Syndicate
Wars and Means Committee
President backs tax plan using inheritance and corporate levies
The President states income tax is only a last resort. He proposes first resort to an inheritance tax and then to a corporation tax if the new tariff act yields a deficit.
Consular Probe On Carrie K Knowles Crew Prisoners In Venezuela
Consular representatives will investigate and report to the state department on the story that the crew of the whaling ship Carrie K Knowles, supposed to have been lost at sea five years ago, are prisoners in Venezuela. Secretary Dickinson of the war department will visit Fort Snelling for a summer inspection.
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State Department
Carrie K. Knowles
Venezuela
Dickinson
War Department
St. Paul
Fort Snelling
Sign of Prosperity in Diamond Imports March Rise
A sign of renewed prosperity appears as diamond imports by New York dealers jump in March. The value of stones imported by firms handling most of the country’s diamonds rose over the previous month, reflecting a rebound after the panic and prior recession.
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New York
Sit
Europe
Man Sleeps On Cement Bed In Dawn Incident
John Murray of Philadelphia wandered home at 2 am and fell into a shallow cement mortar bed in front of a new building. He could not move until a policeman heard his cries and pried him out with a crowbar.
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John Murray
Philadelphia
Trade optimism sustains gains amid improving bank data
Payments through banks rise and defaults fall signaling healthier conditions. Outlook sharpens as tariff revisions loom, with strong activity in heavy materials factory goods and grain. Prospects improve in iron wood brass leather sectors and railway orders while building materials sustain high consumption and prices. Bank clearings soar to 271 million, failures fall in Chicago district to 24 from 36 last week. Dun's Weekly Review notes broadened inquiries and upcoming shipments.
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Chicago
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade
Weather and Trade Woes Mark 1900s Market Outlook
New York reports irregular weather moderating into a better staple crop situation and slight retail gains. Reorders from robbers and wholesalers quiet, though optimism grows for next fall and winter trade. Cold wet spells hinder New England and mid Atlantic business. Pacific regions slow to improve. Tariff uncertainty looms as a potential catalyst for future activity. Bradstreet's notes US weekly failures at 219 with Canada at 25. compares with prior weeks and years.
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Great Central Valley
New England
Middle Atlantic States
San Francisco
Pacific Northwest
Unite States
Bradstreet’s
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U.S. Markets
Market listings show Chicago and other cities with varied prices for hogs, cattle, sheep, and grains. No. 2 wheat chiefly around $1.49 to $1.57, corn near $0.42 to $0.75, oats and rye in mixed ranges, with cattle and hogs priced by grade and weight across Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Buffalo, New York, and Toledo. Some regions report shipping and creamery butter and eggs pricing.
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Chicago
S&c
Timothy
St. Lewis
Cincinnati
New York
Catte
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Michigan State News
Barry County
Priest Buys Farm Resort
Peter Olsonlang
Roosevelt
Middle States
Long Island
Kan
Cr. L. Hutchinson
American Federation of Arts
Charles M. Pepper
Department of Commerce and Labor
Great Britain
Mr. Pepper
Treaserry
Sugar Trust
Bollinger
Wilson
Wickersham
Matthew T. Scott
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Pennsylvania
Speaker Cannon
North Carolina
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