Vandalia Railroad pension for workers over seventy
The Vandalia railroad retires every employee over 70 on a life pension. The Gibbs murder case in Madisonville grows into a statewide sensation. Madison County farmers plan a meeting to cut cotton acreage by 25 percent. The Salvation Army feeds 70,000 destitute children daily in New York.
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The
Vandalia Railroad
Gibbs
Madisonville
Madison County
Salvation Army
New York Daily
Open Meeting Portrays Mock Court in The Battalion
A Feb 1 report describes an open meeting of the Society presented as a court proceeding. The hall filled early and remained crowded as Judge Gleason presided with Sheriff Rollins delivering the accused Uncle Tom. Lawyers Forsgard Ramsay Reese and Baines argued. speeches impressed all.
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Gleason
Rollins
Uncle Tom
Forsgard
Ramsay
State
Reese
Baines
Not Guilty Verdict After Entertaining Trial
The defense lawyers made strong arguments and the jurors returned a not guilty verdict. The witnesses performed well, posing little contradiction during questioning. The piece notes entertainment in the chapel next Saturday by the Glee Club, with a new meeting time to be published.
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Glee Club
Track Team Ready to Train at A and M
The article urges cadets to form a strong track team from available students. It emphasizes training on campus facilities, trial meets to pick members, and improving conditions after last year's weak Southwestern showing. The call targets freshmen and sophomores to join, train hard, and support varsity competition.
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Austin
Billious
Severe Cold Wave Hits Multiple Cities In South And Midwest
Memphis reports 17 above zero while Des Moines sinks to 25 below and Peoria records 22 below. Wisconsin Lacrosse notes 30 below, Cincinnati sees many fall injuries from sleet with about twenty hospitalizations in 24 hours.
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Memphis
Des Moines
Peoria
Superior
Wis
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Cincinnati
Mi o Na stomach remedy promises relief from winter toil
An old item urges Mi o Na tablets to strengthen a weak stomach amid winter overindulgence. It claims to cure acidity gas and indigestion, restore energy and sleep, and assures readers to ask E J Jenkins for the product guarantee.
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E. J.jenkins
Oneal Arraigned Over Bank Cashier Charges
James C. Oneal former cashier of the Equitable National Bank was arraigned before U S Commissioner Rowe in Jersey City held on 10000 bail on an indictment charging falsifying reports to the treasury and the bank books. The indictment dated January 17 stems from Comptroller of the Currency evidence and Oneal’s ten year tenure at the Chattanooga National Bank is cited by friends as him being wronged by others in the dealings.
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New York
James C. Oneal
Equitable National Bank
United States
Rowe
Jersey City
Oneal
Treasury Department
Chattanooga National Bank of Chattanooga
Tenn
Lim
Hoch Faces Murder Indictment Over Chicago Case
Coroner Hoff man says embalming fluid used on Mrs Marie Walker Hoch contained no arsenic and a physician’s drugs were not poisonous. Hoch awaits to be brought to Chicago for an inquest as investigators consider murder charges amid disputes with two former wives over $600 in police custody.
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Chicago
Hoffman
Johann Hoch
Marie Walker Hoch
Hoch
Fischer Hoch
Hendricks Schmitt- Hoch
New York
Japanese Battleship Plans From Yokohama To London
On the Shinano arriving from Yokohama three Japanese naval officers report a 16 600 ton battleship being built in England for late wartime delivery. They note a 10 000 ton battleship at Osaka a 12 000 cruiser at Kaito plus submarines and torpedo boats under rapid construction. Ten merchant steamers are under construction at Nagasaki for American trade. In Batoum Caucasus a general strike spreads, with crowds in streets and military patrols.
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Victoria
B. C
Yokohama
London
England
Osaka
Kaito
Nagasaki
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Resigns Near Term End
Charles W. Darling assistant secretary of the navy resigns to take effect near the end of his four year term expiring December 1905. The president plans to appoint him collector of the port at Burlington Vermont when the resignation becomes effective.
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Pittsburg
Charles W. Darling
Darling
Burlington
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Fountain & Cos
Ng Morning Eagle
Postoffice
Connelly & Carnes
SUL Ross Society
Emmel’s Prescription Pharmacy
Lacrosse
Leggins
Regent Shoes
Hunter & Chatham
Batoum
Caucasi
Franklin's Markets
S. H. Franklin
Bryan Steam Laundry
A. E. Worley
Landreth’s
B. S
Joe B. Reed
Konecny Bros
Fixcinian's
St . Ae
Som
Silas B. Johnson
Parker
RYE
Montreal Rye
Orienial Rye
E. Rohde
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