Sunday to Monday news round the world in brief
A sweeping set of brief items notes a near dead postal strike in Paris, a surge in gold supply, John Ingle buying Ina Indiana to become mayor, and 1500 attending a tablet unveiling in Chicago. Also reported are deaths of George Meredith and Henry Rogers, financial moves by Tracy & Co, and various political and maritime notes.
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Paris
John Ingle
Ina
Ind
Marquette and Joliet Memorial
Robey Street
Chicago
Death of Thomas Todd prominent Ken tuckian veteran
Thomas Todd, last of the Ken tuckians who served as a captain in the Mexican War, dies at his Shelbyville home. A Jersey City parcel to San Siesert contains zoological curios including a five legged sheep and a three legged animal. A special grand jury in Ada Oklahoma begins investigating the April 19 lynching of four cattlemen following federal deputy marshal A. A. Hobbitt’s death.
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Thomas Todd
Shelbyville
Jersey City
San Siesert
Ada
Okla
A. A. Hobbitt
Eight to sixteen year term for Hains in manslaughter case
Capt Peter C. Hains Jr. was sentenced by Justice Garretson in the Supreme Court at Flushing to an indeterminate eight to sixteen years with hard labor for the Bayside Yacht Club killing of William Ennis last August. Defense motions for a new trial were denied and an appeal was allowed with 24 hours to file.
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Peter Hains
Flushing
W E. Annis
Peter C. Hains, Jr
U Gs A
William Eennis
Bayside Yacht Club
Garretson
Supreme Court
L. I
John F McIntyre
McIntyre
Melntyre
Dr Brush
Capt Hains
McIntyre and Young
Capt. Halong
Bin
Haine
John Powers Haine
Pitcher in rage kills mother then dies by suicide
A former Bou'd Bend Green Stockings pitcher, Chares Hayy, murders his mother with a hammer and butcher knife, then commits suicide with the same knife at the Counts Jail in Sanbe ot Tad. Local report describes the act as brutal and shocking. investigation continues.
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Chares Hayy
Wwee
Bou
Green Stockings
San Be
Omar
Morris to Build Big Plant in Oklahoma City
Morris & Co plans a large Oklahoma City plant under Chamber of Commerce negotiations. The project involves an investment figures around 200 60 to 64 000 dollars and targets a packing operation with substantial output and local employment. Officials say construction will start soon and the plant will influence the state’s cattle industry logistics.
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Ons Wath
Kansan City
Fort Worth
Tracy and Co. Goes Into Receivership Amid Losses
Tracy and Co. with two Chicago offices and New York branches faced a receiver late Monday. Creditors estimate liabilities around 1.25 million dollars and assets near 500 thousand as court action proceeds in New York. William W Tracy, ex Lincoln Park board president, led the firm amid taxicab ventures and grain corner pressures linked to James A Patten. The firm belonged to the Chicago Board of Trade and New York Stock Exchange but had no exchange obligations.
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George Meredith
London
Tracy & Co
New York
Helge A Haugan
State Bank of Chicago
Chicago
James A. Patten
E A _ Benedict
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Russian Robin Hood robber chief Savitzky slain in four hour village siege
Savitzky known as the Robin Hood of the Russian Revolution, a former high school student turned bandit leader, was killed with three aides by a rural guard after a four hour engagement in a Mohlev area village. One guard member died in the fight. Savitzky had long terrorized provincial police and enjoyed disguises and daring raids, distributing spoils to his followers before being betrayed by a member of his own band.
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Savitzky
Robin Hood
Mohlev
Savritzky
Tchernigov
Russia
Pearson Ry
Big Ditch to Be Constructed Near Sea Falls
A dredging firm begins a large drainage ditch project in Hutchinson County South Dakota southwest of Sea Falls. The canal will reclaim 1555 acres of farm land now flooded and out of use and convert it into arable cropland.
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Denton
Mutchinson
Hutchinson
Oaatty South Dakota
Sea Falls
Romantic Standard Oil magnate Henry H. Rogers dies at 64
Henry H. Rogers, longtime Standard Oil vice president and Amalgamated Copper pres ident, died of apoplexy at his New York home. Born around 1840 in Fairhaven Massachusetts he rose from newsboy to financier, shaping the oil empire with John D Rockefeller and others. He masterminded rapid refinements in oil handling and helped form the giant Standard Oil group.
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Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil
New York City
Wall Street
Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Group
Amalgamated Copper Company
Henry H Rogers
Fairhaven
Mass
America
Pennsylvania
John D
William Rockefeller
Henry M Flagler
John I Archbold
John JD Rockefeller
Standerd Oil Company
Fight for the Pennants Staading of Cincinnati in the Principal Baseball leaguee
Cincinnati teams battle for top spot as the Principal Baseball League races toward the pennant. Standings show tight pack with key games upcoming among league leaders. Players from multiple clubs shine in recent matchups.
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Staading
Cinba
Paul Girl Accused in Father’s Murder in St Paul
Louise Arbogast aged 22 was formally arraigned in police court St Paul Minn on a charge of killing her father Louis Arbogast a wealthy meat dealer found dead in bed last Thursday morning with his head crushed She denies the crime and the defense may claim insanity.
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Louise Arbogast
Saith
St Paul
Minn
Louis Arbogast
Stoessel and Nebogatoff Freed From Fortress Confinement
General Anatole Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff were released from the fortress of St Peter and St Paul by order of Emperor Nicholas amid grave health impacts from confinement. Both had been sentenced to ten years for surrendering Port Arthur and the Sea of Japan battle, with Stoessel starting March 20 1908 and Nebogatoff April 15 1907. Gregorieff and Smyrnoff were pardoned and released a month earlier after commuted sentences.
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Istenced
Port Arthur
Stoessel
Nebogatoff
Gregorieff
Smyrnoff
St Peter and St. Paul
Negro Prisoner Hides Beneath Floor at Columbus Penitentiary
Harvey Johnson, an inmate recently transferred from Franklin County, evaded guards in Columbus Ohio after slipping under the bolt shop floor. Officers saw him briefly, a guard fired through a belt shop window, and a crude ladder was found with his clothes. Warden Jones ordered guards to shoot to kill if he resists. Police alerted.
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Ohio
Columbus
Harvey Johnson
Warden Jones
Bolt
Two Youngstown Twins Die In Sudden Convulsions
Helen and Edward Koch two three year old twins and children of Justice A Koch of Youngstown Ohio died within minutes of each other in suspected convulsions. Coroner Klyne to hold autopsies to determine cause of death amid fears of poisoning.
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Helen and
Edward Koch
Justice A Koch
Youngstown
Ohio
Sabo Biaston
Klyne
Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm to Begin Training at KY Track
The Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm will begin training operations at the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association track. A Columbus Ohio team, former American Association champion, opened the season with seven straight losses. John B Taylor, famed horse racing and baseball magnate of Freeport, died from injuries in a buggy fall. Governor Morris of Montana warned at Frankfort there is one force that will end racing in the West: gambling associated with racing. The Western Canada Baseball League forms with eight teams across Winnipeg, Brandon, Medicine Hat, Calgary, Regina, Moose Jaw, Lethbridge, and Edmonton and features many American players from Northern States clubs.
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Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association
Columbus Ohio
American Association
John B Taylor
Freeport
Western Canada Baseball League
Northern
Winnipeg
Brandon
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Regina
Moose Jaw
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Milwaukee Woman
Milwaukee reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing back pain and female health troubles after doctors suggested a tumor. The letter touts the remedy as a life saver and invites others to write for free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydiane Siham
Tad Ae
Sidtipet
Orne Company
Aem E Company
Mass
Lydia B Pinkham
The Seven Hundredth Ita Industry Banquet And Initiatives
The Paria based Corporation of Glovers and Stay Makers celebrated Ita Industry’s seventh centenary with two banquets and a ball. The corset’s origin traces to aristocratic restraint and a 13th century butcher’s wife. Over centuries stays symbolized silence and social control before evolving with fashion through Paris and London.
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Corporation of Glovers and
Paria
Ita
France
Paris
London
Dundee Advertiser
Curious Lot Described At Auction With Fantastical Items
An auctioneer listed a string of bizarre items including a sea of twelve waves, a rainbow, two dozen clouds edged in black, damaged battlements, a mill and eleven thunderbolts, an elephant, bottles of lightning, a setting sun and new moon, and a complete repast. The audience gasped as the seer explained the lot referenced its decraging in his chant.
Indigestion Relief Through Grape Nuts and Postum
A reader recalls severe indigestion and breathlessness that vanished after a week on Grape Nuts and Postum. Within a month heart function returned to normal, stamina improved, and weight rose ten pounds. The letter promotes these products and ends with a plug for The Road to Wellville.
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Wellville
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Illinos
Charles W Ehot
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Admiral Nebagatoff
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Jacob H Schiff
Israel Zangwill
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Mesopotamia
Northwestern Elevated
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Kansas
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W. E. Annis
Charles Rapp
South Bend
Morris
Oklahoma
Tracy
Pune
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Commission
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