Michigan State News Pays Tribute to Retiring Angell
At Ann Arbor a high tribute to President James B Angell marks his impending retirement. Prof R W Wenley hails Angell as a rare leader who shaped the nineteenth century while urging students to admire character over circumstance. A university dinner honored Angell with a silver loving cup from the students.
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Ann Arbor
R. W. Wenley
Department of Philosophy
University of Michigan
James B. Angell
Angell
Professor Wenley
Dr. Angell
Parma Banker Burletson Sentenced Eight to Twenty Years
William H. Burletson once a Parma financial magnate and bank manager for Parma Pittsford and Hanover banks pleaded guilty to banking fraud. Judge Parkinson imposed eight to twenty years at Ionia with a ten year maximum, stressing deterrence against falsifying entries and false returns.
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Parma
Ionia Reformatory
William H. Burletson
Parma Village
Pittsford
Hanover
Parkinson
Ionia
Burletson
Michigan Tilt Theory Sparks Scientific Debate
Scientists study a proposed tilt line across Michigan from Port Huron to Manistee following Wednesday's quake. They say the earth north of the line tilts one way and south tilts the other, with slow movement except during tremors. Data from the quake may test the theory, while topography remains unchanged and tilting is about six inches per 100 miles per century.
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Michigan
Port Huron
Manistee
Lane
Byron Elevator Burned Amid Wool and Grain Loss
Fire set by sparks from a passing freight loco destroyed the Byron wool and grain elevator owned by F. E. Close & Co. About 50,000 pounds of wool and 2,000 bushels of beans were lost. The blaze also consumed the Ann Arbor railway depot and freight, with office supplies saved. The Ice and Church lumber yard was protected by bucket brigades. Close & Co. loss around 40000 dollars. railway company about 500 dollars.
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F. E. Close & Co
Byron
Ann Arbor
Ice & Church
Fight All Over State Prohibition Drive Planned
In a Lansing meeting Anti-Saloon League leaders outlined a state wide push to place local option on the ballot next spring in counties eligible for such action. Wayne Bay and Saginaw would be excluded from the drive as plans were made to gather petitions and launch the campaign.
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Wayne, Bay
Saginaw
Lansing
Wealthy Menominee Farmers Hurt In Runaway
Jacob Slewie and Frank Kusnier, prominent Menominee County farmers, were badly injured as a team of fear-maddened horses ran wild along Ogden Avenue. Dr Eugene Guinong narrowly escaped death when the rig crashed into a telephone pole while attempting to turn a corner.
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Menominee County
Jacob Slewie
Frank Kusnier
Eugene Gunnong
Ogden Avenue
Menominee
Guinong
Insanity charge follows infant death in woods
Mary Bloch 45 brought to Sault Ste. Marie for examination after allegedly striking her two month old daughter and leaving the body in water in the woods. Neighbors report she cannot recall the act. authorities note evidence of a blow to the temple. The case prompts concerns of mental illness. Local notes list theater acts and assorted regional business visits.
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Mary Bloch
Soo
Rudy
Cers
Sault Ste. Marie
Husband shoots at rival. Salvation Army orders couple to quit city
Capt Bringe of the Benton Harbor Salvation Army post returned from Chicago to find another man in his wife’s affections. He fired at the man, pursued him, and later had his wife arrested. Justice Weldon ordered the couple to leave the city and not return.
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Salvation Man
City
Chicago
Bringe
Benton Harbor
Salvation Army
Justice Weldon
Stabbed by His Helper In Labor Dispute
Frank Hancock a 35 year old Saugatuck fisherman was stabbed in the shoulder blade during an altercation at Kittie Walsh’s home. Joe Lake, his helper, is charged with the stabbing after a drunken dispute over labor matters. Hancock was weakened by blood loss and the seriousness of injuries remains under medical care. Jake Lake was arrested and held pending Hancock’s outcome.
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Saugatuck
Frank Hancock
Kittie Walsh
Joe Lake
Hancock
Jake
Three men convicted in Port Huron Circuit Court
Ed ward Laffery of St. Clair Elmer Quil man of Capac and Otto Schroeder of China township were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six months to fifteen years. Other items note fruit crop prospects in Michigan and local incidents including a fatal shooting of Mrs. Lizzie Atkinson and the death of rail official Robert C. Jones.
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Port Huron
Edward Laffery
St. Clair
Elmer Quilman
Capac
Otto Schroeder
China Township
Peach Belt
Minnesota crops promise well amid regional fires and plans
Reports indicate a good fruit crop outlook for Minnesota despite prairie fires near Fergus Falls damaging land. Education to begin in Warren public schools with agriculture instruction. State Insurance Commissioner Hartigan opposes slot machine accident insurance policies in Minnesota. About a hundred National Retail Grocers' Association officers depart St. Louis for the Alaska Yukon exposition. Superior Commercial Club backs the Lakes to Gulf canal scheme and pledges support. Alfalfa Food Mill in South Omaha owned by M. C. Peters Mill Co. of Omaha burns, losses estimated at 125000. United States Steel Corp halts Sunday work in McKeesport mills, signaling broader oil?
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Warren
Hartigan
National Retail Grocers’ Association
St. Louis
Superior
Wis
Gulf Canal
South Omaha
M. C. Peters Mill Company
Omaha
National Tube Works
McKeesport
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Western States Land Designation For 157 Million Acres
About 157,170,800 acres across Oregon Washington Utah Wyoming New Mexico Nevada Arizona Colorado and Montana are designated by Secretary Ballinger for 120 acre homestead entries. If all lands were suitable for entry 492,000 homesteads could be created though most land is not irrigable and much is already held by individuals. Maps and entry regulations will be issued to local land offices soon.
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Ballinger
Oregon
Washington
Utah
Wyoming
New Mexico
Nevada
Arizona
Colorado
Montana
JOLT FOR MARRIED WOMEN IN LOUISIANA LAW
Judge W W Ferguson told Era Club in New Orleans that Louisiana property law favors single women over wives. He argued the Code Napoleon inheritance restricts married women, limiting their ability to own or control property and to testify against spouses. The remark spurred talk of legislative reform and a push from the Era Club for change.
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Louisiana
Era Club
New Orleans
W. W. Ferguson
Ferguson
Tornadoes Batter Texas Oklahoma Leave Towns in Ruins
A severe storm system lashed Texas Oklahoma with multiple tornadoes. Zephyr Texas suffered 32 dead and dozens wounded as fifty homes were destroyed and a fire gutted a business block. In Oklahoma Key West and Depew were devastated with at least ten killed and extensive flooding. Langdon North Dakota also saw heavy damage with several fatalities and Jamestown Fair Association buildings destroyed.
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Brown Country
Texas
Brownwood
Santa Fe Railroad
Thad Cabler
Oklahoma
Key West
Depew
Salt Creek
Stroud
Sapulpa
North Dakota
Langdon
Jamestown Fair Association
Labor and union items across states and nations
Canadian civil servants form a civil service federation and printing in Oneida New York must bear a union label. Red Lodge Montana to get a labor temple. Kansas Legislature passes eleven labor backed laws. A Hebrew local typographic union to be formed in Boston. Texas creates a state labor and statistics bureau. Arkansas enacts semi monthly payday. Fifteen unions of hodcarriers and building laborers formed in a month. Washington union women at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing exceed 300 members. Hazleton Pennsylvania children under 14 to be removed from mills by truancy officers. Northumberland England agrees to 8 percent wage cut. Vallejo California gas workers win charter and raise hours and wages. National Labor Congress began in 1866 Baltimore August 20 and met in cities thereafter. John E Nolan reelected president of Boston branch of Amalgamated Society of Engineers for 20th term. Washington Legislature adopts eight hour day for women and minors and appoints a woman deputy factory inspector.
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N. Y
Red Lodge
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Kansas
Typographical Union
Boston
Mass
Hodcarriers
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Washington, D. C
Hazleton
Northumberland
England
Bargain Seeks Baby Carriage For 35th Grijalva Child
San Francisco charities advertise for a baby carriage to celebrate the thirty-fifth child of Juan Manuela Grijalva a 70 year old man whose California land once spanned thousands of acres. Once wealthy he now has only his numerous offspring to mark the years since his first marriage nearly fifty years ago.
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Associated Charities of
San Francisco
Juan Manuela Grijalva
California
Juan
Man Accused Slain by Mob Drives Town from Manifold
English miner George Englert died in Washington Pennsylvania after a mob of about 250 women, angered by alleged slander and defiance of warnings, forced him from Manifold. Officials rescued him and placed him on a streetcar. His wife remains unconscious after surgery.
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George Englert
Washington
Manifold
Englert
Clyde farmer killed in quarrel at Tremper home
Morris Donovan a wealthy Clyde, New York farmer, was killed by neighbor Beckwith Tremper at Tremper's house. Donovan and Fred Hart, Donovan's employee, had spent the night in Tremper's barn drinking cider when a quarrel began and the killing followed.
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Morris Donovan
Clyde
N. Y
Beckwith Tremper
Tremper
Donovan
Fred Hart
Chicago Trade and Commerce Mixed Outlook Pushed By Banks
In Chicago a rise in trading defaults is small beside gains in bank payments. Weather improves crop prospects with healthy germination and larger corn and spring wheat acreage. Retail and wholesale trade advance in apparel, footwear, furniture, dry goods, and furnishings. Railroads report strong freight and passenger activity. lake vessels likely to benefit from quick lake worker settlement. Bank clearings rise 26.3 percent from last year, with several past years’ figures cited.
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Chicago
Furnace
Mixed signals in trade and weather temper outlook
Improvement is evident this week but irregular weather and crop conditions plus shifting trade flows hinder a clear general view. House trade with jobbers and wholesalers is slow for the season and clearance sales have not fully succeeded. optimism grows for the distant future, while immediate demand shows backwardness. Bradstreet's notes 205 U S failures this week ending May 27 versus 219 prior week and 263 in 1908. Canada reports 22 failures, down from 25 and 31.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Commodity price rundown across major markets
Chicago to New York listings show cattle trading mostly $4.00 to $7.25 with hogs $3.50 to $7.50 and sheep $2.50 to $6.50. Wheat No 2 around $1.49 to $1.62, corn No 2 near 73c to 74c, oats 54c to 90c, butter 22c to 27c, eggs 15c to 22c, rye near 90c to 96c. Regional quotes include Indianapolis $3.00 to $7.40 for cattle and St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Toledo, and New York livestock and grain prices.
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Sic
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Plan to build grain warehouses endorsed in Missouri meeting
A plan to construct a chain of warehouses in the grain producing territory to hold wheat for high prices was endorsed at a mass meeting of the grain growers and cattle drovers branch of the national farmers union in Springfield Missouri.
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Grain Growers and Cattle Drovers’ Branch
The
National Farmers’ Union
Sprigfield, Mo
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