Value of Farm Products in Michigan in 1903
A Michigan bulletin shows farm product values for 1903 led by hay at 27.5 million dollars, corn 20 million, oats 13 million, and wheat 11 million, with total state crop value rising from 16 million in 1803 to 181 million in 1903, and reports on fires, accidents, and local tragedies interwoven with weather notes.
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Michigan
JSON
Hays
Samed
Dacey
Detroit
Frank Lesner
Trenton
Michael Hammernick
Asylum For Criminal Insane
Ionia
Lesner
Mra. Hammernick
His Loved Ones Dead and a Soldier's Troubled Return
Charles Gilbert, 50, returns to Kalamazoo from the Philippines to find his wife and parents dead. He roams the streets in grief, learns he is father to a 5 year old, and later discovers his past legal trouble in Rochester. He served nine months in Ionia after a 1888 brass theft case.
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Charles Gilbert
Kalamazoo
Philippine Islands
Gilbert
Rochester
N. Y
Toe Kahunazevo
Gilert
Ionia
State Tax Case Challen ges Railroad Ad Valorem Law
Judge Wanty in the United States Circuit Court at Grand Rapids dismissed the bill of complaint by twenty three railway corporations challenging the 1902 ad valorem tax. The Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway is excepted due to 1855 reorganization limits. The case involves about four million dollars in unpaid taxes and is expected to rise to the Supreme Court.
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Wanty
United States Circuit Court
Grand Rapids
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway
Ford
United States Supreme Court
Curley the Trapper Warns of Michigan Deer Threat
C V Woulin known as Curley from near Republic urges rapid action to exterminate wolves lynx and wild cats to save upper peninsula deer. He cites northern counties bounty programs and claims multiple deer killed by wolves, including a night with twenty two deer felled by three wolves.
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Michigan
C. V. Woulin
Curley
Republic
Upper Peninsula
Jury Frees Farmer Engle in Slaughter Case
The Marshall jury found William A. Engle not guilty after about ninety minutes of deliberation. Engle, a farmer, shot a neighbor who refused to leave his yard despite orders, with defense counsel choosing not to offer more evidence.
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Engle
William A. Engle
Marshall
Port Huron Well Yields Forty Barrel Oil Gusher
The Port Huron mineral bathhouse well began flowing oil at about forty barrels per day after a month idle. The surface crude tested pure, and the pump was restarted to bring oil to the surface.
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Port Huron
Negaunee
Robert McDonald
Lebanon Township
Hayworth Creek
Elis
Methodist
Belding
Joseph W. Powell
Buffalo
Lewis Joelamarter
Washington Gerdner
Russia's Last Eastern Stronghold at Vladivostok
Vladivostok, Russia's final stronghold in the far East, sits on a peninsula at the Sea of Japan and is the terminus of the Trans-Siberian road. A Norwegian captain reported extensive fortifications, large stocks of food and munitions, coal reserves, and harbor mines extending seven miles with electric links three miles out. Reports also mention submarine arrivals and an estimated four submarines present.
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Vladivostok
Russia
Far East
Sea of Japan
Ussuri Bay
Amur Bay
Progress of the War Escalates In Far East Battles
The article notes Rojestvensky's fleet at sea after leaving Indo Chinese bays, sighted near Formosa, with routes open for battle. It describes Japan's strengthening of forces, Oyama's 400,000-man advance toward Kirin and Harbin, and the high stakes as decisive naval and land combat looms.
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Rojestvensky
Mukden
Far East
Indo-China
Saigon
Togo
Vladivostok
Formosa
Luzon
Bashee Channel
China
Tokio
Port Arthur
Retvizan
Poltava
Peresviet
Pobieda
Bayan
Pallada
Russia
Oyama
Kirin
Harbin
Tslsibar
Japan
Linevitch
Liluevitch
Silk hopes rise as Argentina plants mulberry trees
In two years about 5,900 mulberry trees have been planted in Argentina and the country now has roughly 10,900 trees. The text suggests raw silk production may become a significant future industry for Argentina.
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Argentina
The Deadly Automobile Toll Grows Across Cities
Since June 1 last 62 people have died and 703 injured in automobile accidents in and around New York. Similar fatal and injury rates appear nationwide with four Philadelphia fatalities and three in Pittsburgh in one week, underscoring the rising danger of motor travel.
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New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Ave
Pittsburg
Love is a Disease Curing None
A terse modern aphorism warns that love is a disease and urges the reader to embrace being an incurable case, implying romance as an unstoppable condition rather than remedy.
Emperor in Danger of Abduction Plot Alarms Russia
Russia warns the United States that a Japanese plan to bring the Korean Emperor to Tokio includes detaining him in Japan and installing a ruler loyal to Japan in Korea. Moscow alleges a Tokio palace is prepared for the Korean Emperor while the Japanese in Washington deny any such detention plan.
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Russia
United States
Korea
Tokio
Japan
Washington
Center of population may have begun moving eastward
Population experts suggest the United States center of population may be reversing its westward drift and heading eastward. Censuses in several states this spring aim to clarify the current location, with the 1900 center placed near Columbus Indiana and the trend expected to continue through the next decade.
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Census Bureau
United States
Republic
Columbus
Ind
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Washington
Baltimore
ITC
Apparition Chase Draws Crowds in Philadelphia
Police guarded Hicks and Morris streets as thousands gathered to glimpse a Virgin Mary apparition on the wall of Thomas Morris house. An electric light was blamed for producing the supposed phenomenon.
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Hicks and Morris Streets
Philadelphia
Thomas Morris’ House
Rudward Gottschalk Pleads Guilty in St Paul Murder Case
Rudward Gottschalk pleaded guilty in St Paul Minnesota to the murder of Joseph Hartman and the accomplice role in the killing of Christian Schindeldecker on February 1 six? last. He faces sentencing on Tuesday August 8.
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Rudward Gottschalk
St. Paul, Minn
Joseph Hartman
Christian Schindeldecker
Michigan Solons Set June 2 Wind Up and June 10 Adjournment
Speaker of the House and Senate leader Glasgow announced plans to wind up work by June 2 with final adjournment on June 10. The state printer faces delays in printing bills, but arrangements are being made to assist. Both houses push toward completion with minimal late sessions and little appetite for rapid further bills.
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Oklahoma
Kalamazoo
Snyder
Rose Becktenwald Wilson
Wilson
Alva
Michigan Central
Nalamazoo
Albion
Thei Escapy
Antrim
Shiawassee County
Lghtning
A. Hodge
Jil
House
Glasgow
Senate
Fruit Growers Seek Rail and Boat Alliances Across Lake Michigan
Western Michigan fruit growers press a bill to allow electric trolley lines to consolidate with steamboat lines across Lake Michigan to counter Chicago refrigeration charges. Senator Woodman of Van Buren county introduced the measure, and it was favorably reported by the Senate railroad committee.
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Western Michigan
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake Michigan
Woodman
van Buren County
Move of Governor Mason Remains to Detroit for Burial
Legislature adopts joint resolution to transfer Gov Stevens Thomson Mason from New York to Detroit for burial in Capitol Square park. Gov Warner to appoint a three member commission to manage arrangements. Remains to arrive around the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society meeting on June 7. Emily V Mason and Dorothea Mason Wright invited to attend.
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Gov. Mason
Stevens Thomson Mason
New York
Detroit
Capitol Square Park
Common Council
Warner
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society
Emily V. Mason
Washington
Dorothea Mason Wright
Newark
N. J
Tax Title Bill Fails in State House Vote
Representative Canfield criticized Lialbraith's bill ending the one year period to redeem property for non payment of taxes. The measure failed 42 to 24 as it lacked sufficient votes to pass. Governor officials and buyers of tax titles were cited in the debate over the bill.
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Beird Bill Paseed
Senate
Baird
House
Gov
Warner
Auditor General
Canfield
Lialbraith
Moriarty bill on automobile manslaughter advances in Senate
In a Senate committee of the whole session on Tuesday night Senator Moriarty's manslaughter bill for careless auto killings faced stalling moves. Senator Baird proposed sending it to State Affairs, but Moriarty pressed to kill or pass. Baird's motion failed 18 to 10 and the bill moved forward. The third reading roll call stood 15 to near passage.
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Moriarty
Senate
Baird
Holmes
Donovan Leads Frazer After Detroit Recount
The Frazer Donovan contest tally shows Judge Donovan ahead by 189 votes after a recount by legislative committees in Detroit. Chairman Baird says the second precinct of Ecorse may be discarded, potentially reducing Donovan's lead to 135 votes.
Livingston County liquor license bill clears House despite dissent
The bill by Representative Van Keuren to let cities and townships in Livingston County accept surety company bounds for liquor licenses passed the House with no margin to spare. Several members voted no, sparking fears other counties will seek similar laws.
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Garety
van Keuren
Livingston County
State Tax Commission Reforms After House Debate
The House approved a bill reducing the State tax commission from five to three members and ending field work while curbing its spending. Critics had assailed the commission for alleged discrimination in railroad property assessments. The session also taxed sleeping cars on par with fast freight lines under Representative Galbraith's proposal.
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State Tax Commission
Galbraith
Immigration and trade drive prosperity and maple sugar fate
Immigration and imports rise to record highs, a pattern seen in past panics and recoveries. Maple sugar grows tighter as the Bureau of Forestry notes seven eighths of maple products are adulterated, with only $3 an acre from a maple grove. Navy target scores stay secret while deficits loom. May and June may not offset a $30 million year-end shortfall as the treasury's cash balance dries to precarious levels.
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Bureau of Forestry
New England
New York
Atlantic
Navy Department
Great Britain
Treasury
National Bank
Shaw Hag
Immigration by the numbers and the nation’s unity drive
The article reports 812 870 immigrants last year with 210 426 unskilled laborers and 152 101 skilled workers among others. It notes Five thousand rural mail routes established and a thousand more planned. The piece cites Oliver Wendell Holmes on how longer weapons shrink borders.
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United States
Protest Against Patti Nomination to Legion of Honor
A protest is filed against the nomination of Mme Patti to the Legion of Honor, arguing Mae Bernhaatt has a prior claim.
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Mme. Patti
Legion of Honor
Mae. Bernhaatt
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Mirror OF Michigan
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Muskegon
Tieth
John Bart
Gysbert Hisebaggers
D. J. Cochrane
Smiths
Red Yasmanid
Riga
John Kraemer
Copper Country
Butte, Mont
Kraemer
Calumet
Buchanan
Pere Marquette
Berrien Springs
Frank Fuller
Benton Harbor
John Daniels
Toxco
Oscar Long
Owosso
Tressa Wood
Harvey Fayette
Isaac Fayette
Cleveland Township
Leelanau County
Traverse Lake
Ed. Sargent
Felton
Tom Dennison
Gale
Vladivostor
Emperor OF
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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