Senator Platt Love Letters Case Continues In Court
Mae C Wood testified the letters from Senator Platt concerned marriage promises and alleged threats. Defense showed a petition Mae filed against Wynne Loeb and Miller claiming conspiracy to obtain letters for a planned book The Love Letters of a Boss. She described visits in 1603 and a $10 000 settlement dispute with partial payment received.
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District Court of
Douglas County
Neb
Robert J. Wynne
William Loeb
J. Martin Miller
Miss, Wood
Platt
Secret Service
Wav
Miller
A. H. Hummel
Ataf
Hummel
Stanchfielde
Miss Wood
Senator Platt
Third District Dems to Nominate in Eaton Recess
Third District Democratic Convention will not nominate for Congress and will recess until September. A second Hamilton meeting is expected to nominate in Hamilton. Judge C. C. Foos and Charles E. Mason named as delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Judson Harmon will attend.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Eaton
Congress
James M. Cox
Dayton
Catron
Charles E. Mason
C. C. Foos
Judson Harmon
Tariff Revision Rejected by House Committee
Republican leaders in the House Rules and Means Committee served final notice that there will be no tariff revision this session. Representative Champ Clark urged an omnibus favorable report on about eighty tariff bills, but the motion was defeated by all Republican committee members.
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Washington
House
Committee On Ways and Means
Champ Clark
Missouri
Obituary notices of notable figures from around the world
The deaths include the Rev. Dr. I. W. Cate aboard the steamship Minnesota en route from Japan to Seattle. Frederick May Holland in Concord aged 72. General Wenceslao Bulnes in Santiago. Prof. J. H. Coyner in Hopkinsville aged 70. G. A. Finkelnburg in Denver. Prof. Alfred Gabel in Sioux City aged 74. and John Roll in Oxford aged 72, all noted for varied public roles and affiliations.
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I. W. Cate
Minnesota
Seattle
Wash
Japan
Cate
Boston
Universalist
University At
Tokyo
Frederick May Holland
Concord
Mass
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences
J. H. Coyner
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Hopkinsville
G. A. Finkelnberg
United States District Court
St. Louis
Denver
Col
Cologne
Prussia
Alfred Gabel
Sioux City
John Roll
Fourth Ohio Cavalry
Oxford Masonic Lodge
Oxford
Butler County
Feeding for Health Diet Change for Better Health
A guide to a ten day breakfast plan featuring two soft boiled eggs, fruit, toast with butter, four heaping spoonfuls of Grape-Nuts with cream, and Postum Coffee. Emphasizes predigested foods with Giastase to aid digestion and advises avoiding desserts and overeating.
Mrs. Eddy Noted in Carriage Ride Observed by Public
The text recalls Mrs. Eddy’s long practiced carriage drives in Concord and Brookline. It notes public attention as neighbors and policemen failed to observe her taking the ride in a carriage driven by Calvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Brookline
Mrs. Eddy
Calvin
Missing Princeton librarian found dead in canal near Princeton
Miss Bertha Vanderbilt, an assistant in Princeton University library, disappeared Wednesday and was found today in the Raritan Canal near the Carnegie Lake Aqueduct. Autopsy to follow. no foul play suspected though clothing is missing and facial scars noted. Vanderbilt resided in Amsterdam New York.
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Princeton
N. Y
Bertha Vanderbilt
Princeton University
Raritan Canal
William Balke
J. Millwood Lake
Trenton
Carnegie Lake
Miss Vanderbilt
Middlesex County
W. G. Chase
Amsterdam
New York
House panel backs forest reserve inquiry commission
The House Agriculture Committee agreed to a bill creating a 10 member commission to study federal acquisition of millions of acres in the Appalachian and White Mountain regions for forest preservation and stream navigation. A $20,000 appropriation funds the inquiry with a report due January 1, 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Agriculture Today
Commission of Investigation
House
Senate
Appalachian
White Mountain
Taft returns to Washington after Panama trip
Secretary of War Taft arrived in Washington from Panama aboard the Prairie and met with the President at the White House. He declined to discuss the border dispute and planned to consult with Secretary Root while hoping for a solution. Taft is scheduled to address the Tennessee Bar Association on May 22.
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Panama
White House
Washington
Taft
Charleston
Prairie
Isthmus
Root
Colombia
Tennessee Bar Association
Majestic Lease Decision Ends Heirs Battle
The U S Supreme Court ruled against Garley’s heirs in the long dispute over the twenty year Majestic premises lease at 526 6528 Vine Street. The case involved Brown’s bankruptcy and a transfer of remaining lease terms from Gazley’s heirs to Kueney then Brown, with key questions on forfeiture and lease conditions.
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Majestic
Vine Street
United States Supreme Court
Garley
Fletcher R. Williams
Harry W. Brown
Brown
The
Gazley
Supreme Court
Coke
England
Joseph D. Kueney
Kueney
Williams
Pogue
Greve
Court of Appeals
Missing librarian Bertha Van derbilt linked to Princeton man
New York report says Bertha Van derbilt disappeared last week after being seen in a car with another young woman and a man. The man, a Princeton graduate and former suitor, allegedly came to Princeton last Wednesday for the Cornell Princeton baseball game.
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New York
Bertha Vanderbilt
William Robinson
Princeton
Miss Vanderbilt
Arkansas Solons Fail to Convene
The Arkansas Legislature failed to convene today under Speaker Allen H. Hamiter acting as Governor, with no quorum in any of four sessions. The House adjourned sine die and the Senate, meeting as a mass session, recognized Acting Governor X. O. Pindall's power to call an extra session and agreed to disperse and return home.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Allen H. Hamiter
Senate
House
X. O. Pindall
Hamiter
Blackmailer Jennie Blunt Sentenced in Brooklyn
Jennie Blunt shot Brooklyn lawyer Charles M. Sanford after he refused money and was sentenced by Judge Dike to Auburn State Prison for three to four years. Blunt claimed Sanford’s misconduct in her defense, while the judge denounced her as a blackmailer and perjurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jennie Blunt
Charles M. Sanford
Brooklyn
Denied by Paper Maker in Wood-Pulp Inquiry
Washington May 18 Officials of the International Paper Company testified before the House special committee on the wood pulp and paper question. Tom T. Waller said paper cost increases were decided by the Board of Directors not by any combination. The committee hopes to finish testimony tomorrow night. Chairman Mann urged an early report to Congress.
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Washington
International Paper Company
House
Tom T. Waller
Congress
Mann
Yerkes Urged for Post in West Virginia Virginia Suit
In the U S Supreme Court today former Secretary John G. Carlisle for West Virginia asked to modify a decree appointing a master to take testimony. Names of John W. Yerkes and Representative Littlefield were suggested for appointment as master on behalf of West Virginia in the interposed conflict with Virginia.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
John G. Carlisle
West Virginia
Virginia
John W. Yerkes
Kentucky
Internal Revenue
Littlefield
Maine
Paynter and McCreary Clash Over Jackson Court Bill
Kentucky senators Paynter and McCreary argued over a bill to establish a United States Court at Jackson. Paynter warned local boarding house and hotel keepers and Richmond lawyers might object. McCreary, urged by the eastern district judge and district attorney, opposed the measure but the bill passed almost unanimously.
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Washington
Kentucky
Jackson
Paynter
Richmond
McCreary
Harding Wins Injunction Over County Election Boards
Congressman Harding of the Third District obtained a local court injunction in Dayton Ohio preventing the election boards of Preble Montgomery and Butler Counties from meeting to decide if his name or Colonel Catrow should appear on the Republican ticket. Both men were nominated at factional Eaton conventions last Thursday.
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Dayton
Harding
Preble
Montgomery
Butler Counties
Colonel Catrow
Catrow
Eaton
Alabama Primary Signals Bryan Support At National Convention
Late returns from Alabama's primary show Bryan likely to win the state's delegation. Early tallies favor Governor Johnson in the south, Breen in the north, with Demopolis reporting for Johnson and Birmingham hinting Johnson leads Mobile County.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bryan
Alabama
Johnson
Breen
Demopolis
Birmingham
Harry
Mobile
Actor Hupgo Toland Dies Sudden in Germantown
Philadelphia on May 18 reports that actor Hupgo Toland died suddenly at his nephew's Germantown home. Toland had just arrived from the West where he acted with Lillian Russell's company and was stricken with Bright's disease in his sleep at age 39.
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Philadelphia
Tobacco Trust Case Ready For Trial In New York
The government sues the American Tobacco Company in a Sherman antitrust matter. Four federal judges will hear the case in the United States Circuit Court in New York. Preliminary hearings featured testimony before Commissioner Shields as special examiner from November to February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
American Tobacco Company
Shields
Democrats pick Bryan delegates at territorial convention
In Honolulu on May 18 the Democratic Territorial Convention selected delegates for the Denver National Convention and instructed them to support William J. Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Honolulu
Denver
William J. Bryan
Hundley Nomination Not Confirmed in Error
Washington May 18 news states Judge Hundley for the Northern District of Alabama was not confirmed. The earlier announcement of confirmation by the Senate executive clerk was an error and no final confirmation has occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Hundley
Alabama
Senate
Suit over Street Car Wreck Seeks 3500 Damages
Miss Susan Austin sues for 3500 damages from injuries in an Elberon avenue street car crash on Price Hill last year. Judge Outcast defends traction company stance on damages while several physicians testify about the nervous and physical injuries. Trial to proceed to the jury after morning arguments. Separately Farmers Cooperative Harvesting Machine Co directors refuse to accept a receiver's extension offer, stating insolvency is denied and requesting cooperation to settle creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Austin
Elberon Avenue
Price Hill
United States
Traction Company
Miss Austin
Walter R. Griess
Ransohoff
Stark
Bonnifield
Hall
Webb
Withrow
John Caldwell
Louis B. Sawyer
Farmers’ Co-operative Harvesting Machine Company of
Springfield
Co. 8
Olinger
W. N. Whitely, Sr
Probate Court Publicizes Wills and Admin Actions
Contests of wills and administration filings include Israel B. Karr's estate detailing life interests for Minerva G. Karr and remainder to Susie R. Karr. Other filings note estate distributions to Joseph Rosenthal and Barbara Rosenthal's heirs, and Dele Haider as sole beneficiary. Additional probate actions involve Elizabeth Longworth, Alfred Trevor estate votes, and a settlement for Henry Blauz injuries.
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Israel B. Karr
Norwood
Andrew
Karr
Section Avenue
Minerva G. Karr
Susie R. Karr
David Abraham
Joseph Rosenthal
Fanny Leopold
Barbara Rosenthal
Charles Haider
Dele
Joseph S. Trevor
Alfred Trevor
Toledo, Bowling Green & Southern Traction Company
Toledo, Urban & Interurban Railway Company
Elizabeth Longworth
Mary Locke Longworth
Conrad H. Blauz
Cincinnati Traction
Henry Blauz
Mandamus Sought to Require Medical Exams in Four Cities
The State on relation of Joseph H. Shaw asks Circuit Court to compel the Ohio State Board of Medical Registration and Examination to hold examinations simultaneously in Cincinnati Cleveland Toledo and Columbus. The petition claims the board barred other schools and set June 8 9 10 1908, forcing hundreds of students to travel to Columbus. Workum Bowle and Mitchell Wilby represent the petitioner Ohio Medical College student.
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Ohio State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
August Ravagli
H. H.baxter
S. M. Sherman
E. J. Wilson
H. E. Reeve
James A. Duncan
J.M. Stephenson
G. H. Matson
Joseph H. Shaw
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
Columbus
Ohio Medical College
Miami Medical College
The
Eclectic Medical College
Pulte Medical College
Workum & Bowdle
Mitchell Wilby
Judge rules on French Ice Cream name rights dispute
In Common Pleas Judge Woodmansee allowed Atilio Ferario to use the words French Ice Cream on his wagon but requires his name to appear with them. The case involves John Giacin trading as The French Ice Cream Company and rival business use of the name. Other matters include a Port er negligence verdict and will contests.
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Woodmansee
John Giacin
Atilio Ferario
Ferario
Scott Bonham
J. B. Derbes
French Bros
Giacin
Pfleger
Richard B. Porter
Interurban Railway & Terminal Company
Mason, C
Warn
Malloy & Grace
Frank F. Dinsmore
Wilhelmine’ Munzenmaler
George A. Munzenmaler
Testatrix
Catherine’ Heacker
Catherine Heacker
Morse, Tuttle & Harper
Bunyan & Stanley
Laura D. Evans
William H. Evans
Evans
Elizabeth W. Smith
Arthur O. Evans
Pearl Keith
Charles D. Keith
Prescott Smith
Carrara Paint Agency Company
Woman Seeks Divorce After Avon dale Shooting Plea
A wife who filed for divorce recounts the March 4 shooting by her husband John McDermott at his mother in law s boarding house near Avon dale car barns. McDermott pleaded guilty to shooting and received a suspended two year sentence after promising to quit drinking. A streetcar conductor Samuel Saffin intervened to protect Mrs McDermott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDermott
Avondale
Samuel Saffin
McDermott
Hunt
William Brown
Brown
Ditto
Robert G. Brown
W. H. James
Ryan Attorneys Move For New Trial Over Murphy Verdict
Superior Court motion filed by Cogan Williams for John J. Ryan argues the jury verdict of 3000 against Ryan was influenced by improper factors. The case concerns Daniel Murphy’s win in last Saturday’s trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Murphy
John J. Ryan
Cogan & Williams
Ryan
Fechheimer seeks discharge after final accounting in tailors receivership
Henry S. Fechheimer receiver for the Ladies' Tailoring Company filed his final account in Superior Judge Hoffmeister's court. The report shows 43361.85 received from January 25, 1908 to date and 17427.34 paid as a 50 percent dividend to creditors. With the receivership lifted Fechheimer asks for discharge. Burch and Johnson represent the receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Fechheimer
Ladies’ Tailoring Company
Hoffheimers
Fechheimer
Burch & Johnson
Springfield printer’s helper files bankruptcy petition
Thomas M. Atherton of Springfield, a printing pressman’s helper, yesterday filed his petition in bankruptcy with debts totaling 340 dollars and no assets. William Madden of the West End was appointed a clerk on the United States Court Clerk Dilley’s staff, replacing the resigned George W. Hays Jr. William Williams seeks divorce from Cora Williams and custody of their child, citing infidelity and absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Atherton
Springfield
William Madden
West End
United States Court
Dilley
George W. Hays, Jr
William Williams
Cora Williams
Bates & Meyer
Watson Sues Foster Brokers Then Settles Dispute
Attorneys for L A Watson & Co of Pittsburgh report attachment proceedings against Foster & Co brokers Havlin Hotel were dismissed and all disputes settled to the satisfaction of all concerned. Watson regrets the action taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cogan & Williams
L. A. Watson &Co
Pittsburg
Foster & Co
Havlin Hotel
Watson
Banquet for Saddlers at Chester Park
The National Wholesale Saddlers Association plans a large dinner at Chester Park during June 10 as part of a week of events. The convention runs June 7 to 11 with 400 members and guests seated around 100 tables in the vaudeville pavilion and staged speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association
Chester Park
National Wholesale Saddlers’' Association
Martin
Chester
Cure For Infant Eczema With Cuticura Remedies
Mrs H F Budke of LeSueur Minnesota recalls her two month old daughter’s severe facial eczema. After years of failing remedies and a doctor’s discouragement she reports dramatic improvement in three weeks using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. By two years old no signs remained and she cites total cost of a dollar seventy five cents. April 15 and May 2 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
The
Herald
Docton
H. F. Budke
LeSueur
Minn
Sleep cured by Cuticura remedies in Arkansas letter
A Hamburg Arkansas reader Travis Bates reports severe itching skin and sleepless nights until Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Pills provided immediate relief. He notes after one vial the eruption vanished and urges others to seek the remedies. April 26, 1907.
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Travis Bates
Hamburg
Ark
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