Michigan Official Demands Arrest of H G Lewis
Deputy Attorney General Henry M Chase announced the arrest of Athens Bank cashier Harry G Lewis for forgery after a scathing arraignment of the bank's directorate. The Athens Bank was declared insolvent with suspected perjury forgery and false entries while directors were blamed for shifting responsibility to a 23 year old employee.
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Michigan
H. G. Lewis
Athens Bank
Athens State Savings Bank
Henry M. Chase
Harry G. Lewis
Lewis
Athens
Wells
Albertson
Seven Tons of Bad Eggs Held in Detroit
Seven and a half tons of allegedly bad eggs are held at a Detroit cold storage warehouse since July 26. Officials say the eggs, gathered near Cincinnati, were possibly destined for use in cookies and crackers. Action taken under the pure food and drugs act prohibits interstate shipment of filthy, decomposed, or putrid foodstuffs.
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United States
Pure Food
Detroit
Cincinnati
Land Fraud Accusation Brought Against former South Haven alderman
Charles R. Hemenway, once in real estate and an alderman in South Haven, was arrested in St. Louis on charges of swindling Myron H. Detrich of Chicago in a land deal connected to Cold Springs on Black River. Indicted last January and vanished, Hemenway reportedly had offices in St. Louis. Detrich identified him on the street, and authorities arrested him. Hemenway proclaims his innocence.
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Charles R. Hemenway
South Haven
St. Louis
Myron H. Detrich
Chicago
Detrich
Cold Springs
Black River
Hemenway
Coleman Baime
Behan
Pittsburg
Fighting Island
Detroit
William Seely
Port Huron
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Charles
Grand Trunk
W. W. Fewlass
Haring Township
Edward Dodge
Plainwell
Michigan
Plainwell Park Association
Gifford Warner
Prairieville Township
Thurber Buzzell
East Court Street
Flint
Geo. Mosher
Shelby
Mosher
Charles E. Rason
Harold E. Rason
Fourteenth Avenue
William Vann
Muskegon
R. A. Furman
St. Casimir’s
Lake Michigan
Roy Reed
Fred A. Peed
Otsego
Waukegan
Ill
Young Greenville Man Fends Off Burglars Firefights At Farm Home
Clyde Russell 23 confronted two burglars at his father's farm home three miles east of Greenville after dark. He lit a match and was fired upon three times but not hit. The robbers fled. the house had been ransacked with nothing of value taken.
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Greenville
Clyde Russell
Young Russell
Court Lectures Son In Probate Case Of Mrs Podamer
In Kalamazoo probate court Mrs. Max Podamer, a wealthy widow, faced a petition from her son Max Jr seeking a declaration of insanity. The court refused the petition and lectured the son after detailing his efforts to put them in Germany and start a business.
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Germany
Kalamazoo
Max Podamer
Max, Jr
Portage Lake Ship Canal
Clifford Watson
Calumet
E. B. Jackson
Miller-Ryder Washburn Coal Company
Bradley Farm Fire Destroys Houses and Barns Near Bay City
Fire at the M. B. Bradley estate farm twelve miles east of Bay City in Tuscola county destroyed two houses five large barns and most of this year’s grain and hay. Four horses perished while cattle and other livestock were saved. Bucket brigades preserved the Bradley residence and another building. loss estimated at 10000 to 12000 dollars, partly insured, with suspicions of arson.
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M. B. Bradley
Bay City
Tuscola County
Bradley Farm
Bradley
Lands on Glass Roof at Reed's Take
Grant Merrell a young balloonist landed on the glass roof of a greenhouse during a parachute drop at Reed's Take Grand Rapids. He sustained several painful but not serious cuts and injuries.
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Grant Merrell
Reed
Grand Rapids
Flock Sold With Church to Michigan Methodist Protestants
A church building and its congregation were purchased by the Methodist Protestants of Michigan. The sale was approved at a Lansing conference. The Britton church, once part of the Dutch Reformed denomination, changes hands.
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Flock Soldwith
Methodist Protestants of Michigan
Lansing
Britton
Steam roller crushes boy to death in accident
Sixteen year old Leslie Osborne of Clay Banks was killed instantly when he was trapped under a steam road roller as his parents were bringing him his dinner. The tragedy occurred despite efforts to free him. Authorities investigated the accident and funeral arrangements were announced.
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Leslie Osborne
Claybanks
Veterans Parade Through Toledo Streets Dedicate Fort Meigs Shaft
Toledo veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic led a grand parade with flags, bands, and crowds as Fort Meigs shaft dedication, a 82 foot granite monument, commemorated the preservation of the American boundary. An estimated 150000 visitors arrived from Ohio Indiana Illinois and Michigan for the forty second encampment.
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Toledo
Grand Army of the Republic
William H. Taft
Heims
Foraker
Brand Whitlock
Burton
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Fort Meigs
William Henry Harrison
Proctor
Hull
Detroit
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Harrison
Montreal
Quebec
Cincinnati
New Orleans
President Heads Peace League
The Peace and Arbitration League formed by the North Carolina Congress has named President Roosevelt honorary president. Senator James B. McCreary of Kentucky serves as active president, while another group in New York forms the League of Peace proposing a world federation with a permanent international league court, interparliamentary union, world executive, and an electoral college of about 100,000 leaders to vote by mail, counts at Berlin’s interparliamentary session next September.
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Peace League
Peace and Arbitration League
North Carolina
Roosevelt
James B. McCreary
Kentucky
New York
League of Peace
Legislative Department
Interparliamentary Union
Berlin
Negro Celebration Forbidden at New Orleans Meeting
Mayor Behrman refused a permit for a Negro citizens meeting to honor Marie Bolden, who won the national spelling contest at the Cleveland sessions. Popular sentiment and race tensions surged as supporters urged restraint. prominent Black leaders intervened to cancel plans.
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New Orleans
Behrman
Marie Bolden
National Educational Association
Cleveland
Blacksnake’s Big Appetite On Wood River Bridge
Alton, near East Alton, spots a nine foot blacksnake on a bridge. He shoots. the snake dies. Inside its stomach he finds three turtle shells, six frogs, three sparrows, two woodpeckers, a beefsteak bone, two newspaper clippings, and a quart of raspberries, eaten in reverse order.
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Alton
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
al Borden
Dr. Paillous
Beef Trust
Wood River
East Alton
Compendium of Art and Science
Directoire
Supreme Court on Spiritualism and Testamentary Capacity
The Michigan Supreme Court in O'Dell v Goff rules belief in spiritualism alone does not prove insanity. Persistent monomania that destroys free will negates testamentary capacity, invalidating wills under such influence. Also, a claim for nursing and physician fees in bankruptcy may be pursued. not a property right until judgment. New York law restricting female factory hours is unconstitutional for violating contract rights, upheld by Court of Appeals.
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Michigan Supreme Court
O'Dell
Massachusetts
Supreme Judicial Court
Sibley
New York
People Vs. Williams
Court of Special Sessions
City of
New York Supplement
Court of Appeals
Allotment of Benefits Quip Reflects Mercenary Age
A Waeshington Star quote frames a debate on social welfare. The altruist asks if the greatest good matters, while Mr Dustin Stax replies the greatest number counts only with a dollar sign in front. The exchange underscores money’s primacy in policy thinking.
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Dustin Stax
Waeshington
Name Changes Across Life Prompt Reflections
The saying notes that a girl’s name often shifts from birth to adulthood as she adopts or adapts to new social roles. It highlights identity evolution through marriage, culture, and personal choice, reflecting broader naming customs across communities.
Man Always Hopes for Fortune in Daily Life
A humorous sketch follows Mr. Blinkers who, like many, remains hopeful each morning and night for a fortune from Uncle Sam. He imagines checks for large sums and jokes with his wife, yet accepts daily life with cheer as he continues to work and dream of riches.
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Glinkley Winl
Bus
Blinkers
New York
Sam
Ife
Bell
Esra
Ofice
The Cheese Joke That Outwitted a Stingy Parson
A New England village tale recalls a penny-pinching clergyman who Pleaded poverty while hoarding gifts. After years of quiet miserliness, he meets a just dessert as women donate entire cheeses to his wife and nine hungry children. The sleigh accident dumps cheeses to the curb, yielding a century‑long parish joke.
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New England
Mack
Pearson
Willing to Help Elopement Ends With Vehicle Seizure
An 19th century note claims a man attempted to elope with Mrs Jinx but his auto was seized for debt. Mrs Jinx then learned of the trouble, paid the judgment, and elopement proceeded. A separate quip notes women deem greens preferable to salad over masculine taste.
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Jinx
Nouston
Sunday School Lesson on David's Rise to Kingship
The lesson outlines David becoming king over Judah and later over Israel, noting his measured leadership, avoidance of unnecessary bloodshed, and reliance on God for guidance. It contrasts his rule with Ish-bosheth and Abner, highlights Abner's treachery, and cites 2 Samuel 3 1 and 5 1 5 as context, linking David's kingship to prophetic anticipation of Jesus as the greater king.
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David
Israel
Judah
Nosts
Ishbosheth
Saul
Abner
Ish-bosheth
House of Saul
House of David
Ishbesheth
Urim
Hebron
Abraham
Lot
Sodom
Mamre
Sarah
Machpelah
David King
Samuel
Joab
Jesus
Lesson in English Clarifies Inconsistency
Freddy asks for the meaning of inconsistency and Pa explains it with a simple, blunt homely example. The dad says inconsistency is a man who growls all day and then kicks the dog for barking at night.
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Freddy
No Children Let Flats Denied by Janitor in Yonkers
A Yonkers Statesman item reports a janitor refusing to rent to children in certain flats. The incident highlights housing policy toward families and the landlord's stance in Yonkers.
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Yonkers
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Anna Margaret Bloom
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Charles Enisley
Carrie Nation
James E. Rumsey
Burgess Hospital
Blacksnake
Cheicer
RCCL
Waitic
Uncle Sam
Mrs. Blinkey
Mr. Blinker
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