Miscellany Notes From A 1900s Page In Brainerd Dispatch
A jumble of quips and anecdotes covers topics from a Missouri evangelist Pepper converting sinners, to Boston store closures on mothers funeral days. Other items joke about tin and gold, electricity shocks, Cuban correspondents, a New York paper with a staff king, and an Oregon pioneer sending a tomahawk to Major McKinley with no hawks needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepper
Missouri
Oregon
McKinley
Tennessee Bill Targets Collar Button Fashion
A Tennessee woman proposes legislation to abolish the collar button, arguing it is unnecessary as it is rarely worn. The remarks reference Mr Lexow’s stance on the tobacco trust noting much smoke implies fire and suggesting water may be involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Lexow
Tobacco Trust
South Carolina Lawmaker Proposes Tax on Washerwomen
A South Carolina legislator suggests taxing washerwomen to raise revenue. The proposal is criticized as crass and unworthy of a statesman, described as scrubby and aimed at exploiting labor for a few dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Scientist foresees Earth dying in 300 million years
An Eastern exchange reports a scientist predicts the earth will be dead in about three hundred million years. The note leaves whether total annihilation or mere dormancy will occur, and cites David B. Hill only as a vague comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Hill
Civil War Veteran Seeks Pension for Onward Wound
A veteran wounded while fleeing a Confederate force asserts entitlement to a pension, saying he was injured during a rapid march in front of the enemy and expresses a refined hope for recognition of his injuries and service.
Smile rewards a neighbor with generous will gift
A lonely English bachelor left all his property to a young woman who lived opposite him, moved by her consistent cheerful smile over the years. The gesture shows how a simple, kind greeting can yield unexpected financial thanks in his will.
Domestic duties drive man to rebellion in era of new woman
A New York husband decries perpetual chores, noting his three years of washing dishes, cleaning, and child care while his wife worked. He argues the current arrangement is harsh and fears where female domination could lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Employment over alms gains traction in New York lodges
In New York work rooms hire women for simple tasks and men at the Wayfarers lodge. Tickets at 3 for 12 or 5 for 2 grant a day’s work a hot lunch and about 50 cents worth of groceries to take home. The piece argues work for all willing hands proves moral progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wayfarers’ Lodge
Massachussetts Congressman Sprague’s Washington Car Caravan
Reports describe Congressman Sprague moving domestic appurtenances to Washington in nine large cars. One car held the conservatory, another the horses and groom, others carried carriages harnesses saddles and riderly gear. Massachusetts papers debate his wealth versus Daniel Webster. A Missouri item notes a downtrodden farmer’s wife countering peddlers despite cheating on rag calf skin and eggs while selling feathers and an old boot with geese feathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Sprague
Massachusetts
Washington
Daniel Webster
Missouri
Circumstantial Evidence Takes Another Hit in Murder Case
Bud Lindsay, imprisoned for the Joseph Murdock murder, died after twenty one years in the Virginia penitentiary. Murdock later reappeared alive. A Chicago woman’s “negative ear” theory is discussed as affecting photographers and charity appeals. Some Atlanta society women reportedly did not warmly greet Forger Hale, but counts are incomplete.
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Bud Lindsay
Virginia
Joseph Murdock
Murdock
Chicago
Atlanta
Hale
Senator Brush Bill Seeks Military Tactics Teaching in Public Schools
New York Senator Brush proposes a bill to require teaching military tactics in public schools. The author is concerned that citizens with martial ardor may not embrace the measure, signaling division over the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Brush
New York
Brush
PITH of the Week News Summary
General weekly resume rounds up major world events in concise form. Highlights cover political shifts, economic updates, and notable incidents from multiple regions, presenting a compact snapshot for quick reading. Portraits of leaders and key organizations appear among the overarching trends shaping global affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Whisky Exports Rise As Tariff Watch Tightens
Canadian distillers ship large whisky consignments to the United States ahead of expected tariff hikes. The Senate Judiciary Committee favorably reported the nomination of Willie Van De Vanter of Wyoming as assistant attorney general for the interior department. A pension bill for John Green late of the Fourth U.S. Cavalry and for Fletcher Kidd late of Company F Seventh Wisconsin Infantry was introduced. Washington figures attended a Wellington hotel dinner in honor of ex Senator Dubois for silver cause support, with Senators Cannon Pettigrew Mantle Turner Stewart and Representatives Hartman Shafroth Jones Newlands present. A House bill by Representative Howe of New York would require respectful treatment for the U.S. flag, with firing employees who insult the flag and thus the government’s livelihood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Willie van de Vanter
Wyoming
Interior Department
Spooner
John Green
Fourth United States Cavalry
Fletcher 8
Kidd
Seventh
Wisconsin Infantry
Dubois
Wellington Hotel
Washington
Cannon
Pettigrew
Mantle
Turner
Stewart
Hartman
Shafroth
Jones
Wash
Newlands
Howe
New York
Notable Deaths and Verbal Notices in Brief
Jane Frances Clinton widow of Marlborough dies in London at eighty. Mrs Mary Skiffington dies at Woonsocket aged 102. Mer Petro, pope chaplain and Portsmouth cathedral priest, dies. Billy Birch minstrel stricken with paralysis in New York at Elk’s lodge meeting. Rudolph Spreckles wins California Supreme Court confirmation of one million dollar property. owned by him and conveyed by father. James R Otton professor of natural science dies in Cairo Egypt. born Hamilton New York. career in Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri. John W Foster seeks embassy in Constantinople if mission raised.
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Jane Frances Clinton
Duke of Marlborough
London
John W. Foster
Constantinople
Mary Skiffington
Woonsocket
R. L
Mer. Petro
Pope
Portsmouth
Billy Birch
New York
Elk’s Lodge
Rudolph Spreckles
Claus Spreckles
Supreme Court of California
James R. Otton
William Jewell College
Liberty
Cairo
Egypt
Hamilton
N. Y
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
ISG
Accidental Happenings Across Several States
Fire damages in Reading Pennsylvania destroy the Acne Bicycle works, valued at 75 dollars and fully insured. Sickness Bros paint store in Superior Wisconsin sustains damages of 3000 dollars, fully insured. General Joseph S Fullerton of St Louis, president of the Chickamauga Park commission, killed in a railroad accident. Trempealeau Wisconsin farmer Melvin Booth breaks a leg after a building collapse. he had previously broken both legs in two spots. RB Garber found unconscious in a Chicago alley with a head wound. his Belleville Illinois home. Ollie Mash shot in the neck at Georgetown Ohio. physicians believe recovery possible. Walter Mash, who shot and fled, later found in the woods. refused to return home, then went to a relative’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acne
Reading
Sickenough Bros
Superior
Wis
Joseph S. Fullerton
St. Louis
Chickamaugaa Park Commission
Melvin Booth
Trempealeau
Tragedies and crimes unfold across states in grim report
William Leland of Chicago, smoked too many cigarettes and hanged himself. Bradrach Roach was shot and killed at Hendrick, Iowa, by Frank Merryfield after a quarrel over a woman. Risk Bros. general store at Stanley, Iowa, broken into, $100 in clothing taken. two men captured with part of the goods. Sheriff Waite of Crystal Falls, Mich., caused the arrest at Eagle River, Wis., of Charles Benner charged with forgery. Benner confessed forging a $70 check. The man arrested in Valley Mills, Texas as Josef Blanther, the San Francisco murderer, reportedly committed suicide. Charles L. Lyons, apparently unbalanced, was arrested on White House podium seeking protection from the president, suspect in his mother’s Cincinnati killing. Kittie G. Clark, longtime Galesburg teacher, committed suicide by shooting herself while insane. Court note: Christ Yager’s remand dispute stirs comment. he is on $3,000 bond with seven-year minimum. Mills, Texas, Joseph Blanther, San Francisco murderer, suicide in county jail. he taught school, once Austrian army officer. A tragedy near Orrick, Missouri: Bee Rainwater killed his wife and mother-in-law, then killed himself, with Gentry Rainwater and John Thurman involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradrach Roach
Hendrick
Iowa
Frank Merryfield
Risk Bros
Stanley
Waite
Crystal Falls
Mich
Eagle River
Wis
Charles Benner
Benner
Valley Mills
Tex
Josef Blanther
San Francisco
Charles L. Lyons
White House
Kittie G. Clark
Galesburg
Christ Yager
John Bohn
Joseph Blanther
Orrick
Ray County
Bee Rainwater
William Artman
Gentry Rainwater
John Thurman
Benson
Citizens
East Grand Forks
A. C. Rhinehart
Hugh Dunlevy
Joh H. Rich Sewer Pipe ‘Works
Red Wing
F. O. King
Park Rapids
St. Croix
Red Lake County
George H. Gilbert
Imperial Elevator Company
Elmer
Hickson
Moorhead
E. M. Pope
C. E. Hunt
Mankato
Sacred Heart
Alexander Norman
Otter Tail County
Joseph E. Furben
Furben & Fur
Martin Schliech
Caledonia
Delavan
Pope
Chicago Board of Trade
Security Bank of
Graceville
St. Cloud
M. J. Nugent
Joseph Edelbrock
Red Lake
George Washington
Moose Iung
Bakoe
Global rumblings and deaths from distant realms
Reports indicate Cuba libre president Cisneros is dead while Cuban prisoners face trials and potential release. Princess Victoria and her mother head to Copenhagen as Emperor William shows intermittent madness. In Sudan peace talks surface with Khalifa Abdullah. The pope greets Rear Admiral Selridge after a Vatican audience on a background of Victoria Woodhull marriage rumors. Baroness Gruenwald dies in the Canary Islands. John King dies near Nice. Montevideo reports a Melo clash with 600 insurgent casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess of
Waites
Princess Victoria
Copenhagen
Emperor William
Cuba
Cairo
Khalifa Abdullah
Soudan
Selridge
United States
John Birdulph Martin
Victoria Claflin Woodhull
Las Palmen
Canary Islands
Reval
Russia
Gruenewald
Julia Rossiter
Chicago
New York
John King
Erie Railway
Beaulieu
Nice
France
King
Montevideo
Melo
Chiquito Saraiva
Insurgents Defeated in Manila Province Battle
The insurgents suffered four dead and many wounded in a recent battle in Manila Province. Government casualties were under twenty dead and wounded. A German syndicate reportedly plans to fund Krupp warships for the Reichstag to approve in future budgets. Newcastle shipping magnate W. Peterson signs Canadian trans Atlantic plan for four 1000 ton ships at twenty knots with subsidies totaling 750000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippine Islands
Pgseng
Krupp
Reichstag
W. Peterson
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Eng
Canada
Multiple political and social notices from early era
A collage of brief items notes a September carnival prep by Dan Stuart, a filibuster escape from Punta Gorda, the New York charter bill passage in the assembly, a Chicago treasurer leaving with $3560, and various sparse legal, civic, and social events across Maine Illinois Wisconsin Iowa and New York including a prize fight bill, tariff shifts, school indemnity lists, a failed petition to form a lumber trust, a telephone franchise grant, a receivership filing, bond payout in Sedalia, and a sensational domestic incident in Paris involving a Hungarian musician and a former Detroit social figure. The report also mentions ambassador Bayard’s arrangement to return the Mayflower log and a bank receiver’s liability disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Stuart
Punta Gorda
Fla
Greater New York
New York Assembly
D. J. Sachsel
Christopher Columbus Building and Loan Association
Chicago
Fail River mills agitation over hours of labor debate
A strong campaign unfolds in Fail River Massachusetts over proposed hours reduce labor for mill workers with both supporters and opponents active in the public dispute. The article also notes political and civic developments across several states, including judiciary rulings and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fail River
Mass
New York Court of Appeals
Union College
Fayerweather Will
Senator Theden Pushes Anti-Department Store Tax Bill
In St Paul on March 26 the senate debated Senator Theden's anti department store bill in committee of the whole. He argued that sellers of multiple goods lines enjoy greater privilege and should pay higher taxes, moving the measure toward calendar placement before it stalled amid discussion of a special Tofo cate and site requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Theden
Senate
Minnesota House Session Nears End With Key Bills Debated
Bt Paul March 29 The house remained in session until 6 o clock Saturday afternoon working in committee of the whole Jacobson chaired rushed business with many bills acted upon A prominent measure proposed by Mr Kelley would grant a five year bounty for long line spinning fibers and spun tows produced in the state The package also included creating a state drama commissioners board fixing court dates in Jackson Cottonwood and Washington counties enabling $50 donor endowed university professorships and authorizing county commissioners to act on civil engineer examinations and food adulteration controls
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
House
Johnson
Freeborn County
Lloyd
State University
Forestry Board
Hastings-Anoka Insane Hospital
Senate
Hastings
Committee On
Jacobson
Sixth Judicial District
wWnuosuai Esfavimm
Gillow
Insurance Commissioner
Lake Superior
Grain Commission
Secretary of State
Bt. Paul
Mr. Jacobson
Kelley
Board of State Drama Commissioners
Mnd
Jackson County
Cottonwood County
Washington County
Proposals on Public Roads and Local Governance Measures
A collection of proposed duties and regulations including canceling collectable personal property rights and public road usage protections. It also covers duties shift to county auditors, pauper burials at public expense, justice of the peace jurisdiction, savings bank incorporation, independent school districts, railroad signal safety at flag stations, protection of the U S flag, and a bounty for sugar beet industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justices of the Peace
United States
Minnesota Senate and House Tackle Broad Bill Package
In St Paul on March 30 the senate used its last day to introduce eighty two bills, addressing village incorporation weed control highway safety probate and prison laws tax reform road and rail regulation and beet sugar manufacture among others. The house, after passing the Wyman bill for the Gettysburg trip with only minor changes, saw the Longton liquor penalty bill fail 40 to 42 as 84 new measures were opened and a special session held to finish introductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringdahl
Senate
Olmsted County
Rochester
Minnesota
National Guard Medical Corps
St. Paul
Stebbins
Hastings City
William R. Marshall
Minnesota Institute For the Deaf and Blind
Gettysburg
House
Wyman
Col
William Colville
Littleton
General Revenue Fund
School Text Book Fund
Hastings
Mississippi River
Minnesota River
Chippewa
Lac Qui Parle
Department of Labor
The Markets Latest Grain and Live Stock Quotations
Chicago and Minneapolis price listings for wheat corn oats and hogs cattle and sheep dated March 31. Prices show No 2 spring No 1 Northern spring and other grades across Chicago Milwaukee South St Paul and St Paul markets with ranges for hogs beef cattle lambs and other livestock and grain futures.
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Chicago
Texas
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Ard
Northern
South St. Paul
St. Paul
Oate
American Sailor Ramsay Sentenced in Lima Jail Term
In Lima on March 30 the American sailor Ramsay of the Cambrian Monarch was imprisoned for three months without trial for alleged disorderly conduct at Calioa Ramsay received a year in jail in contravention of the US treaty article 15. Ambassador McKenzie demanded Ramsay's immediate release. An English seaman arrested then was sentenced to six months imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Calioa
Ramsay
United States
Inister McKenzie
Eailer
Retirement of Major General Ruger Ends Army Career in 64th Year
Retirement of Major General T H Ruger commander of the Department of the East with headquarters on Governor s Island occurs Friday next as he reaches the age limit of sixty four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rugeyp
New York
T. H. Ruger
Department of the East
United States Army
Governor’s Island
Ministers Call on President McKinley in Washington Visit
All district Methodist ministers gathered at the White House led by Bishop Hurst to pay respects to President McKinley in Washington on March 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Washington
Hurst
Steam Fitters Locked Out Sparks City Strike
New York on March 30 saw a steamfitter strike after about 1,100 men refused to work in their shops. The walkout affects an estimated 30,000 to 60,000 workers and stems from a practical lock-out by shop bosses, signaling a major labor confrontation in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnesota News Roundup of Happenings in New Ulm and Beyond
North Star state notes include Joseph Schmucker planning a large New Ulm brewery this spring. Kenyon, Benson, Red Wing, and Warren report legal actions, house fires, flood effects, and public works issues. Multiple arrests for liquor sales, burglary sentences, and foreclosures. deaths of local farmers, settlers, and officials. college exhibitions. seed loans. and a notable suicide in Spruce Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Schmucker
New Ulm
William Gilbert
Kenyon
Benson
Clemenson & Jerobak
Minneola
E. I. Leeland
John Frey
Vermillion
J. W. Walstrom
St. Paul
West Point
Carleton College Athletic Association
North
Equinox Gale Faltered in Portland Oregon
An equinoctial gale roared through Portland and surrounding areas for several hours with exceptional fury. Sustained winds reached fifty five miles per hour, blowing down signs and breaking plate glass. Streetcar service was suspended for much of the day due to wire trouble, and the Willamette’s suspension bridge at Oregon City shifted eighteen inches on its piers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oore
Williamette River
Oregon City
PennsylvanIa editor found guilty of criminal libel
Special-Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow editor of the Pennsylvania Methodist was adjudged guilty of criminal libel in a suit brought by Captain John A. C. Delaney superintendent of public buildings and grounds. Swallow alleged Delaney had received gifts from contractors with whom he awarded contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harisburg
Silas C. Swallow
Pennsylvania Methodist
John AC. Delaney
Swallow
Good Citizens Conven tion Called for Nashville May 18
The provisional executive committee led by W. Binkley and secretary 8. Nichol son issues a call for a national good citizens convention to be held in Nashville Tennessee on May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Good Citizens Meet
W. Binkley
Nicholson
Provisional Executive Committee
Good Citizens
Nashville
Enn
Banker Will Come Home to Managua Remains
United States Minister Lewis Baker will convey the body of the late United States Consul Hiram Lott from Managua to the United States. Lott died June 6, 1895, in Managua and was buried with military honors in the Managua cemetery. The removal will be funded by the United States government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nic
United States
Lewis Baker
San Francisco
Hiram Lott
Fatal Blast Ends Linco County Farmer's Life
Canton 8. D. Special-Col. C. P. Gleason, a wealthy Linco county farmer, was fatally injured when a blast he supervised prematurely exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
8. D
Col
C. P. Gleason
Linco County
Maj Carland Contends Life Hard For Him In Deadwood
Maj M Carland, cousin to Judge John E Carland of the U S Court for the Eighth District of South Dakota, attempted suicide in Deadwood by shooting himself in the left breast. The ball passed the upper left lung and lodged under the shoulder blade, not necessarily fatal. A young lawyer from Sioux Falls, he had come to work for Homestake Mining Co. Five weeks in town, he claimed his cousin kept him from a position, and he faced monetary and employment pressures. He had threatened to die without work or money from home. his parents in Corunna Michigan were notified but given little heed. He went into a hardware store, looked at a revolver, then shot himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. Carland
Deadwood
Maj. M. Carland
John E. Carland
United States Court For
Eighth District of
South Dakota
Carland
Sioux Falls
Maj. White Dead From Fall In St Paul
Maj. George Y. White United States army retired founder of the Loyal Legion in the Northwest is dead at his residence in St Paul after a fall on an icy street at Seven Corners. His right arm had been shot away in battle and internal injuries worsened by chronic liver disease ended his long service to his country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
George Y. White
United States Army
Loyal Legion
Northwest
Seven Corners
Red Cliff logging ops to close April 1
Ashland Wisconsin March 20 The Red Cliff Indian logging operations on Lake Superior will shut down by April 1 with a total cut between seven and seven and a half million. Six and a half million already banked. Indian Agent Scott ordered cutting all burned timber to save it from destruction. Only one of five camps closed so far. Daily cut about 150000. Every able bodied Red Cliff Indian employed this winter. Work a great success and profits to the Red Cliff Chippewas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Red Cliff
Lake Superior
Scott
Kellihan Murder Trial Progresses as State Rests Case
Fairmont Minn March 29 The Kellihan murder trial continues with most of the state’s evidence submitted. Attorney Mathwig opened for the prosecution outlining the intended proof. The state claims a strong case against Lewis Kellihan for the killings of George A Thorburn and O E Oestern at Sherburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Minn
Lewis Kellihan
George A. Thorburn
O. E. Oestern
Sherburn
Mathwig
Cut His Own Throat Pepin Wis March 29
Gustaf Israelson, a pauper boarded by Pepin town at Andrew Grunds home three miles from Pepin, attempted suicide in a private room. He cut his throat with a razor, severing the windpipe nearly, but arteries were not damaged. After an operation he rallied enough to speak briefly, though recovery is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepin
Wis
Gustaf Israelson
Andrew Grund
Himelf
Ex County Official Indicted In Butte Montana
Charles Q. Johnson former county clerk and recorder is indicted for embezzling 3156.70 of county funds he kept as fees and did not turn over to the treasurer. He has disappeared and is believed fleeing the country. Telegrams have been sent to intercept him. A prominent A P A politician, he served four years starting 1892 and failed to win reelection last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Charles Q. Johnson
Sioux City Capitalist Narcesse Despardis Dies in Office
Narcisse Despardis a leading Sioux City capitalist died suddenly in his office at age fifty two. Born in Montreal he came to the city in 1867 and built wealth as a bridge contractor railroad promoter and major property holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Narcisse Despardis
Montreal
Wealthy Helena pioneer John Steadman dies suddenly
John Steadman a wealthy Helena pioneer died of heart disease while on hillside outing. Born in Maine he moved to California in 1835 and to Helena in 1867. A brother Dr Arnold Steadman lives in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
John Steadman
Maine
California
Arnold Steadman
Denver
Decapitated at a Caucus in Wisconsin caucus fight
Three Lakes March 29 A row at a Watersmeet caucus left a man named Shoeman with his head nearly severed by a drunken companion Taylor who is jailed at Bessemer. He is reported to die from the wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Lakes
Wis
Watersmeet
Shoeman
Taylor
Bessemer
Forty-Year Resident Patrick McHugh Dies in Red Whig
Patrick McHugh aged seventy two died in Red Whig Minnesota March 20 after living in the county for over forty years. He was a longtime resident of the area and part of the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Whig
Minn
Patrick McHugh
Railroad Brakeman Loses Leg After Switch Engine Accident
Edward M. Connors a railroad brakeman on Milwaukee tracks was run over by a switch engine. His left leg was injured and required amputation below the knee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Edward M. Connors
Milwaukee Tracks
Burglars Intercepted In Canton Mercantile Burglary
Canton South Dakota March 29 burglars entered two large mercantile establishments and escaped with some money. They were frightened by the night watchman before they could crack a safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
S. D
Neighbors Feud Ends in Murder at Monroe County Farm
In Ottumwa Iowa John Steele fifty five a Monroe county settler killed Jake Werner twenty five a German. The men with adjoining farms had a feud over a line fence from years ago. A recent quarrel led Steele to shoot Werner twice in the breast. Steele and his three sons were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Iowa
John Steele
Monroe County
Jake Werner
Werner
Steele
Two of the Benders Located in Chillicothe Ohio
Detective George W. Caldwell says Kate and Jake Bender, once part of the family blamed for nine murders near Independence Kansas over twenty years ago, are now living in this county. He expects to arrest them once Kansas authorities confirm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benders
Chillicothe
Ohio
Marci
George W. Caldwell
Kate
Jake Bender
Independence
Kan
Kansas
Mysterious Disappearance in Spencer Grove Farm
John Winger a Bohemian aged twenty left the farm of William Trever at Spencer Grove on February 15 and has vanished since with no trace found. Local authorities and residents seek any information regarding his whereabouts or welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Iowa
John Winger
William Trever
Spencer Grove
Reichstag Votes Compensation for Members
Berlin report notes the reichstag passed the radical people's party pay proposal by 179 to 49. The minority consisted of Conservatives Imperialists and minor Liberal factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reichstag
Radical People’s Party
The Faults and Follies of Laxatives Cited
A critical note denounces promiscuous use of laxatives and drastic cathartics as harmful. It urges Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a gentler alternative to relieve constipation and protect the stomach bowels and liver without pain.
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Brainerd Dispatch
Ingersoll & Wieland, Publichers
Lexon
Rattan Trust
Boston
William Leland
Cisneros
Cuba Libre
Marie Ricks
Marinette
Michigan
John Nordhouse
Illinois
Morton
Wilson
Bliss
State of Minnesota
Crookston
Dubuque
Pittsburg
W. W. Wood
Johnson (Kan.) County
Sedalia
Iowa Legion of Honor
Fort Dodge
Bayard
Canterbury
Buffington
Eau Claire
Elva Ham
Vandalia
Ark
Linton
Terre Haute
Ind
Washington Morris
Arkansas
Janos Rigo
Princes de Chimay
Clara Ward
Detroit
Terminus
Paris
Rigo
Harry Murphy
Western Transit Company
Buffalo
Upper Lakes
Trenton
N. J
Composite Type Bar Company
Charles F. Blake
Iowa National Bank
Plano
Lincoln
Jacob Ade
Tenn
William M. Glenn
Springfield
Glenn
Associated Press
Chippewa Valley Electric Railway Company
Chippewa Falls
Conigsky
Peoria
Lil
Bradley
Ontario Street
Cleveland
Cc. B. Oldfield
Mexico
Sho Nemoto
San Diego
Asano
trans-Pacific Steamship Project
Legislature
Gring
Mit
Frank P. Dufresne
Supreme Court
District Court
Mille Lacs County
Woodlake
State Reformatory
Icf
Lisane
Mille Lacs
West
Meyers
Erskine
Red Lake Falls
Naval Reserve
Medical Corps
National Guard
Tri-City
Whitney
Cass
Beltrami
Congress
Commissioners of Labor
Minnesota News
North Star
Albert Lea
James Cassey
Albert Lea National Bank
Mike
Tom Smith
Mike Smith
Cassey
Maj. White Dead
Injans
Kellihan
Chicago, Special
Illinois Central Railway
Hood
Louisa Ereeson
Fosston
Hood’s Pills
Schuneman & Evans
Wabasha Streets
Mian
Men's & Rrbine
Hanover
Peerleas “Hiawatha
Credi
Gilyndon
Grace
Womyn
Sixth
Wabasha Sts
St. Paul, Minn
Diamonds
Bessie Taylor
Fourth Street
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Jake Marklein
Marklein
Vine Street
Miss Taylor
Cincinnati Enquirer
Washington Post
Sorghum
New York Press
Flimmer
Fate
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kansas City
Bac
Sterling Remedy Co
Andrew Bair
Warfieldsburg
Tampa
Fei Sae
Andora
Pyrenees
Campermier, Bolivar, Polk Co
Atchison, Kan
Cecil
Pies
Rata
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