Addison, Bank President Indicted In Mail Fraud Case
G. Lewis, president of the People’s Bank of St. Louis, is indicted for using the mails to defraud and swindling government by mailing sample copies of publications at periodical rates. Other items: Russia’s emperor wounded in the hand. Tsarist guards tensions. Tisdale body found in Harlem River. gas explosion in Weston West Virginia. Delawanna barge founder and four dead. Squiers resigns as American minister in Havana. Morgan appointed to Korea. floods drown three in El Paso area. Gila River rise endangering Silver City camps. Miss Alice Roosevelt injured slightly in New Haven. Todd arrests reopen fencing case. 88,000 acres linked to Richards and Comstock.
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BH. G. Lewis
People's Bank of
John N. Tisdale
Seville
New York
Harlem River
Charles F. Douglass
Weston
W. Va
Delawanna
John B. Munsey
Boston
Scranton
Minot
Herbert G. Squiers
Havana
Washington
Squiers
Isle of Pines
Edwin V. Morgan
Korea
G. E. Kennedy
el Paso
Tex
Clifton
Ariz
Overland
Express
Gila
Silver City
N. M
Alice Roosevelt
Wawles
Farmington
Conn
New Haven
Miss Roosevelt
Amid Todd
Denver
Bartlett Richards
Comstock
Todd
Westarme
Nebraska
Richards and
Richards
Wiattsmouth
Various 1904 incidents and legal notes across the U S
A roundup of nineteenth century era items reports a lake steamer loss with nineteen crew, a suspended sentence and fine, Cuba election landslide for moderates, a Massachusetts Supreme Court reconsideration in a murder case, academic resignations at Stanford and Toronto, a gas blowout at Humble oil field, and charges against two port officials. It notes maritime wrecks after a Great Lakes gale, a Lincoln Neb. man identified as James Sampson who died by carbolic acid in Colorado Springs, a Baltimore to Philadelphia express wreck with several deaths and injuries, paralysis strike of William B Leed, and a Buffalo tragedy involving Thomas Danery and family with medical verdicts pending.
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Chicago
Ira
Owen
Lake Sufernr
United States
Burton Aa So Lous
Cuba
Palma
Bein
Supreme Court of Woassachusetts
Charlies L. Tucker
Mabel Page
Weston
Simon Jo Milean
Stanford University
University of Toronto
Humble
Flouston
Tevar
George Thumm
Robert N Kitching
Port of
Lakes
James Sampson
James McConagie
Lincoln
Neb
Colorado Springs
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Penn Haven Junction
Philadelphia
William B. Leed
American Tin Plate Company
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
New York
Thomas Danery
Buffalo
N. Y
Fwas
Geil
Dancer
Memorial to McKinleys rises near Canton Ohio
A public funded memorial to William McKinley is rising on a Canton eminence. Three million people contributed to the 300000 dollar project, with 20000 from abroad and many gifts from workers and children. William R. Day leads the association. The white marble mausoleum stands 100 feet high on a 800 foot diameter base with plazas terraces and a surrounding lake. A heroic statue of McKinley will overlook a neoclassic site. Niehaus eagle inscription honors the faith of the man. Completion is planned for September 1907 with access for the public and a vault for the President’s casket.
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Woodlawn Gametery
Canton
Ohio
William McKinley
William R. Day
McKinley
Linden Avenue
Niehaus
Hig Bier
WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN SLAIN NEAR INDEPENDENCE IOWA
A brutal family murder six miles south of Independence Iowa left Mrs W McWilliams and five children dead. The father was arrested on murder charges after investigators found a blood smeared suit and the house still warm with cooking food. The ages ranged from 8 to 18 and the baby under three wore a hood and mittens.
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William McWwilliams
Independence
Iowa
Saunders
McWilliams
Labor tensions in New York amid arbitration standoff
Short News Notes report a serious labor struggle feared in New York City as unions reject arbitration. President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Lieut. Fortes que tied to the Taggart divorce case. Harry GC Campion of Philadelphia, a Union League figure, dies after being struck by a trolley car.
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New York City
Roosevelt
Lieut. Fortesque
Army
Taggart
Harry GC
Campion
Phiiladelph
Union League
Powers Stand Pat Over Turkish Crisis At Mitylene
Detachments from the international fleet landed at Mitylene Sunday afternoon under orders from Rear Admiral Ritter von JEdina and occupied customs and postal buildings. The governor protested but no concessions followed. Diplomatic circles in Washington see Japan Russia war influencing Turkish stance as European unanimity presses for acceptance of demands. Turkish papers favored the Japanese cause from the start.
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Mitylene
Ritter von Jedina
Tenedos
Agia Minor
Porte
Ferid Pasha
M Zinovieff
Austria
Russia
Tewfik Pasha
Germany
Europe
Washington
Japan
Turkey
Rovplans and Czar Clash and Sweden Norway Divorce
The Rovplans are better strikers than soldiers. Russia appears to win freedom for many while the Czar keeps salary perks. Sweden and Norway agree to a complete divorce without alimony. US Senate to examine vindications after December convenes. Coal operators may bank on price relief through threatened strikes.
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Russia
Sweden
Norway
Avides
Wrecks in Great Lake Storm Batter Duluth Area
A violent blizzard on Lake Superior drives a mile high wind and four to six foot snow drifts across Superior Wisconsin streets. The Crescent City steamer runs aground near Duluth as many vessels are reported ashore facing heavy seas. Lifesaving and shipping losses feared as the storm rages Monday night.
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Manny
Lake Superior
St. Paul
Rocky Mountains
British Northwest
Superior
Wis
Luzzard
Crescent City
Duluth
Lake Supperier
Pittsburg Steamship Company
Steel Trusts
Burton Convicted Again in Kansas Senate Case
Kansas Senator Joseph Ralph Burton, longtime Republican figure, is found guilty for a second time in a federal case tied to using official influence with the Post Office. He faces potential disqualification from federal office, with plans for a new trial and possible Supreme Court appeal. The report notes prior convictions, legal battles, and related political context.
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Ralph Burton
Kansas
Bareton
T’ost
J. R Burtonmen
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Burton
United States
Joseph Ralph Burton
Birch
American farms show record prosperity says Wilson
Secretary Wilson reports farm products worth 6.415 billion dollars, a record high, with corn 2.106 billion bushels and eggs production reaching multi billions. He notes banks expanding in rural areas, farmers depositing savings, and wealth growth implying farmers become major stakeholders in national wealth.
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United States
Wilson
S. Atts Poten Acermbapimd Sina Resins Xetary
Rational Banking Act
North Central States
Fragmentary OCR Poem Snippet Reveals Cluttered Language
A garbled OCR fragment shows disjointed phrases and stray words about pavements and falafel with unclear characters and dates. The text resembles a scrambled diary or play notes with disrupted syntax and missing context, hindering concrete facts or events.
Kidney Pills Credited With Curing Kidney Trouble
A Prairie Moon column features Mrs Taber praising Dodd's Kidney Pills as effective cures after using several boxes. The anecdote claims relief from a severe kidney attack and ongoing bladder ailments, asserting the pills are a trusted remedy worldwide.
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Bilett
Speéla
Kfay Taber
Waterlett
Dodd
iTukabaget
Rob the Geographer Thinks In Colorful Maps
A boy named Rob imagines geography in color, seeing rivers as black lines and states as blotches. He mistakes a map in a magazine for real places, proving he has not traveled but can locate British Columbia on a page rather than in reality, as his teacher explains.
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Sekent ii
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Rob
British Columbia
Ustal
Mwass
Success Magazine
A Parent's Piea
A mother notes her eight year old son excels in raffia work boats and drawing yet laments his inability to read write or add. She lists schooling in physiology astronomy botany mythology and gravitation while fearing the loss of childhood wonder as his progress outpaces basic skills.
Coffee Heart Dangers Linked to Habitual Tea and Coffee Use
A reader from Oregon recounts how persistent coffee consumption caused liver sluggishness and indigestion, leading to blotchy skin. She notes relief after switching entirely to Postum Food Coffee and reports her husband also benefited from the change.
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Oregon
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Chicago Chronicle
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Pat
Bustan
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
W. H. Babceck
San Francisco
Banone
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