Saloon Crackdown Follows Supreme Court Ruling
In South Range near Houghton seven saloonkeepers were ordered to close or face prosecution after the Whealkate Mining Company won a Supreme Court appeal over saloon licensing. The firm, which owns most of South Range and imposed liquor reserves on sales, pushed the action following last year’s venue shift and judge’s ruling for the defendant. The high court reversed, and drastic measures now proceed against the saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Whealkate Mining Company
Mulari
South Range
Houghton
Stiit
Chippewa County
Streeter
Michigan Students Cleared In Ann Arbor Riot Case
Fifteen University of Michigan students facing rioting charges for the March 16 Ann Arbor Star Theater outbreak had the case dismissed after reimbursement of county expenses totaling 208.50 and a 1000 division payment to those whose property was damaged. The group drew students from across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Star
Washington Circuit
United States
Postoffice Cashier Is Suspended Amid Shortage Probe
Franklin D. Eddy longtime Grand Rapids postoffice cashier and former county clerk lies ill at home as Postoffice Inspector Larmour probes an alleged shortage in Eddy accounts estimated at 1500 dollars and potentially higher. Eddy has not been arrested and is under federal surveillance.
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F. D. Eddy
Franklin D. Eddy
Grand Rapida
Postoffice
Larmour
Eddy
Woman Delays Ambulance to Put on Hat Before Life End
Miss Slelen Carter of Battle Creek attempted suicide by chloroform after brooding over her brother’s death. She later phoned police and changed her mind, sending herself to the hospital where doctors removed the poison. Police say she delayed the ambulance until she could wear her hat and veil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slelen Carter
Battle Creek
Miss Carter
Ann Arbor Man Honored by National Surgical Association
Dr Nancrede heads the American Surgical Association session in Richmond Virginia and is elected president for the ensuing year. Vice presidents named include Dr A I Gerster of New York and Dr Leonard Freeman of Denver. Other officers include Dr W H Carmall of New Haven and Dr Vander Ver of Albany with Dr Dudley T Allen of Cleveland among the counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancrede
American Surgical Association
Richmond
C. B. G. de Nancrede
Ann Arbor
Mich
A. I. Gerster
New York
Leonard Freeman
Denver
Colo
W. 11. Carmall
New Haven
Onn
Vander Ver
Albany
N. Y
Dudley TI. Allen
Cleveland
Ohio
North Boyne Family Survives Fire After Window Escape
Frank Mitchell of North Boyne City hurled his wife and children from a second story window to save their lives, then leaped to safety. Mrs Mitchell suffered severe burns as flames cut through the lower house. the family escaped serious injury. The blaze destroyed the house and contents valued at $2,000, partly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Boyne
Frank Mitchell
North LT Boyne City
Baby Boy Burned In Kitchen Accident
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Devries of Varis township suffered severe burns after tipping a boiling tea kettle while left alone in the kitchen. A high chair was pushed against the stove causing the accident and the child was stripped of its undergarments during treatment.
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Joseph Devries
Varis Township
Store Fire Destroys Upper Floors of Detroit Dept Store
Fire gutted the three upper floors of the six story Gold berg Bros department store on Woodward Avenue Detroit causing a loss of 150000 with 100000 covered by insurance. The three lower floors remained intact but flooded with water.
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Big
Detroit
Goldberg Bros
Woodward Avenue
Bean Thief Convicted Over Barrett Elevator Theft
Ray Depew of Owosso was found guilty in the Circuit Court in a wholesale theft of beans from Barrett Elevator Company. The beans were hidden in the cellar of George Blanchard in Elsie and identified by their peculiar polish at the Corunna elevator. Blanchard faces trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Depew
Owosso
Barrett Elevator Company
George Blanchard
Elsie
Corunna
Barrett Company
Blanchard
Slayer Gets Life Term In Michigan Slaying Case
Joseph B. Blunt, a Battle Creek liquor salesman, was sentenced to life in Jackson State penitentiary for fatally shooting his wife's parents, Homer and Mrs. Jones, in their home. He muttered "Much obliged" as the judge imposed the sentence and claimed he felt better than ever before. He admitted no intent to kill his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Blunt
Battle Creek
Homer Jones
State Penitentiary
Jackson
Blunt
Death by own action sparks Black Veil club myth
The Muskegon death of Herman De Kruyter, found under a sidewalk with black gloves, socks, and a cloth over his head, fuels rumors he belonged to a Chicago New York based Black Veil death by own action Club. Townsfolk recount tales of a fatal number sent by a New York secretary and five Chicago girls who reportedly killed themselves.
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Herman de Kruyter
Muskegon
de Kruyter
Black Veil Suicide Club
New York
Chicago
Hardware Plunder Solved by Chicago Arrests in St Joseph
Two Chicago men, R J Collins aged 22 and Roy Summers 24, were arrested by Chief McCantee in St Joseph for the robbery of the C B Dickinson hardware store. About $400 in cutlery and jewelry was stolen. They attempted to flee on a steamer with a dress suit case containing the goods. Albert Summers, believed to be a third conspirator, had returned to Chicago and may be arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
C. B. Dickinson
R. J. Collins
Roy Summers
Chicago
Pollie McCantee
Albert Summers
Bald eagle bears evidence of wildcat feast in Michigan woods
Taxidermist Vigeant of the Sea found two ears and other remains in the crop of a bald eagle killed in Chippewa county. The bird, over a century old, was shot in Munoskong region a month ago, suggesting it had slain and eaten a wild cat, one of the fiercest regional predators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa County
Upper Michigan Woods
Munoskong
Danish mill hand dies by hanging after family quarrel
Hans Jensen a 40 year old Danish mill hand in Ludington hanged himself in his barn after leaving the house during a quarrel with his father. Found by a son the body hangs from a rafter. Domestic troubles are blamed for the act. He leaves a widow and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Jensen
Ludington
Jensen
Russian Colony Established in Menominee County
A group of Russians and Russian Poles from Buffalo and Chicago are establishing a settlement in Menominee County. They are building homes on lands sold in small tracts and plan to grow sugar beets, tomatoes, cucumbers, and other truck garden crops. A new post office named Orloff will be established to serve the colony.
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Menominee County
Buffalo
Chicago
Orloff
State News In Brief From Michigan Facts
Mrs William Nevison wife of a Muskegon lumberman dies aged 50 after recent illness Miss Alma Vidar Gladstone has skin grafting operation again Newaygo mills leased by Henry and W J Easley to reopen Jerome Bacuerle Kalmazoo awarded 8000 damages by Supreme Court against Michigan Central for leg loss Three Charlotte druggists jailed 20 days and fined 200 each Huntington Grand Rapids teen abducted masked attackers force awkward haircut and leave him tied in vacant lot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nevison
Muskegon
Alma Vidar
Gladstone
Newaygo Mills
Henry
W. J. Easley
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Grand Rapids
Jerome Bacuerle
Kalamazoo
Michigan Central Railroad
James H. Bryan
F. H. Emery
A. B. Collins
Charlotte
David D. Huntington
Edgar W. Huntington
Huntington
Navy Yard Clothing Factory Reaps Pacific Requisitions
The Brooklyn Navy Yard clothing factory has received large requisitions for jumpers overshirts trousers and overcoats to be delivered before May 1 at Mare Island and Bremerton on the Pacific coast. The yard’s factory, founded 1870 by R W Thompson, now supervised by Paymaster Jewett, employs cutters and inspectors in building No 81 and about 150 workers in shops nearby or at home. Women, often wives or daughters of veterans, make jumpers overshirts and some trousers and are paid 20 to 25 cents for jumpers and 48 cents for overshirts with small add ons for finishing touches.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Yards
Mare Island
Bremerton
Pacific Coast
New Orleans Picayune
Navy Department
Navy
Philadelphia
Marine Corps
Navy Yard
R. W. Thompson
Jewett
United States
Sands Street
Revising Classics and Global Book Trends In Current Literature
Brief notes cover Jesse Lynch Williams romance My Lost Duchess set in Fifth Avenue and Central Park, a revised edition of John Galsworthy The Island Pharisees with preface, Henry van Dyke translations in France praised by Emile Faguet, Lord Roberts diary project, and a survey of English politics. It discusses world publication totals, translation reach, and the quality that makes a book vital across eras.
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Jesse Lynch Williams
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
John Galsworthy
Henry van Dyke
France
M. Emile Faguet
The
Academy
Lord Roberts
India
Bobs
Dove E
G. Peterson
Hopeless Case in the Black Forest Ride
A Dutch traveler, needing the famed helper from Philadelphia, is seated to ride backward through the Black Forest. At a stop he asks for a new seat, claiming illness. The postmaster retorts that no one sits opposite, leaving the man unable to ask for a swap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Black Forest
Michigan Taft Unit Rule Endorsed At State Convention
Michigan delegates to the Republican national convention are bound to cast an undivided Taft vote under the unit rule. The platform endorses Roosevelt's administration with no tariff revision mention. Delegates at large E D Starr, J W Blodgett, James McNaughton, and F W Gilchrist chosen. George W Cook and G J Diekema contest for state chair.
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Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Ohio
United States
Michigan
Taft
E. D. Starr
Detroit
J. W. Blodgett
Grand Rapids
James McNaughton
Calumet
F. W. Gilchrist
Knife Boys of the Philippines Slavery of Toddlers
The New York Dress describes in stark terms how five to twelve year old children in the Philippines are bound out by poor parents as knife boys. They scour utensils, fetch food, and endure harsh living conditions for scraps and lodging, often in ragged potato sack garments.
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Philippines
New York
Odds and Ends From a Distant Past
The note lists a variety of facts including the atmosphere ranging 120 to 200 miles in depth, tea origin in India, sugar from China, illuminants from England in the eighteenth century, tobacco first grown by Indians in Virginia, and Baltimore's population reaching 700,000 with a gain of 200,000 since 1000.
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India
China
England
Virginia
Baltimore
Nation unity urged at White House conservation conference
Governors and territorial leaders gather at the White House to discuss conservation and development of national resources. The article notes shifting unity beyond state sovereignty, the impact of commerce on borders, and calls for federal and interstate cooperation to harness forests, irrigation, and swamp lands for national prosperity. It mentions telegraph and telephone franks, drainage economics, and ongoing public notices.
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White House
United States
Mississippi
Maine
Florida
Washington State
Sprinter Roseben beaten at Aqueduct. crews collide
QO0S 8 ENDS reports Roseben’s poor season debut after a rough race at Aqueduct. Two Cornell four oared shells collided on the river, both sidelined. Also noted are a possible English tennis tour in America, Tennessee anti-pool laws under debate, Amos farmers training weight qualifiers, and tallied baseball and track headlines including Miller’s high jump prospects.
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Roseben
Aqueduct
Cornell
America
Tennessee
Amos
Chicago
Tom Jones
Williams
Lord
Wagner
Boston
Montgomery Park
Billings Park
Memphis
Indiana University
Long Johan" Miller
le Roy Samse
Tere
Miller
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Mirror OF Michigan
Slayer
State News
Pacific
G. J. Diekema
Republican State Central Committee
Knife Boys of the
Odds and
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
United States Senate
Telegraph Trust
Senate
Department of the Interior
Interior Department
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Iowa
Department
Georges
Hildreth
Phoenix
Ariz
Thildreth
First Volunteer Cavalry
Rough Riders
Land Office
Northwest
Alexander McKenzie
War Department
Edward, Prince of Wales
Henry VI
Battle of
Tewkesbury
William of Nassau
Stadtholder
Netherlands
Rhode Island
Great Britain
Norfolk
Postoffice Department
Bonaparte
St. Jean D'Acre
Seringapatam
Hyder Ali
Sultan Tippoo Sahib
Island
Surinam
Robert Morris
York
Canada
Oswego
Eugenie of Frances
Granada
Adams County
Gen. Taylor
Texas
Fort Brown
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Geneva
Quebec
Turkey
Napoleon
Delhi
Heligoland
Palmetto Rancho
Johnson
Wis
Ismeraire
Batoche
Haymarket
Peary
Greenland
San Domingo
Jimineaz
Fengwangcheng
Marquette
Kan
Esquimault
Ernest W. Sluffeut
Gien, Kuroki
Japan
Duke of Abruzzi
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