Week's News Record and Notable Trials Out of Port
A tumult of incidents fills the week with drownings near Insgersrayve and Mistdhatein, a fatal horse accident in Walacnazoo, and a New Orleans real estate figure Jarry Payonte indicted previously pleading guilty. Authorities report a shooting at Thiuranessus and a separate arrest over ticket fraud linked to the Biaetholds Letters Corinatsy quashing. Miss Garee of Chita faces legal troubles, while Marpha of Lies and a nearby biography outline unfold amid club standings.
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Dela Watsen
Ben Miavelareny
Moun Pheassot
Beraessing
Insgersrayve
Afingi
Mistdhatein
Blakely
Miclu
Jarry Payonte
New Orleans
Jaws
Arpaedo
Thapurite Ye
Ghia
Dnumas
Chita
Feasoes
Multiple incidents of crime and tragedy reported across cities
A string of reports detailing robberies and killings including Marigauit thefts in Savannah and a post office safe robbery. Deaths occur as Mary Thurles and Liddie Jordan are found or missing, with searches ongoing. Clergyman Andrew Burbridgs injures his ex-wife in Wichita. Victor O Shea’s long killed wife case lingers. Trials in Luzerne and Chicago end with mixed verdicts amid national unrest over mob violence and assassination attempts near President Cabrera. A warehouse fire in Chicago stock yards causes $300000 damage, with arrests in Sterrett and Durant awaiting grand jury.
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Marigauit
Savannah
Jf Manigauit
Thomas von Faten
Eatonville
Mary Thurles
Winete
Miun
Daia
Liddie Jordan
Nes Lewis
Andrew Burbridgs
Wichita
Kan
Victor Reland O'Shea
Amy Hogenson O'Shea
Chicago
Pinckney
Trujans
Blackhand
Luzerne
Wilkesbarre
Rizza
Blackhand” Society
Cabrera
Ginceiala
Toledo
Washington
Sterrett
Durant
Ind
Ian Maclaren Dies in Iowa Mount Pleasant
Dr. John Watson known as Ian Maclaren, famed Scotch clergyman and author of Be sure the Bunnie Brier Bush, died in Mount Pleasant Iowa from blood poisoning due to tonsillitis. He fell ill in Ottumwa on April 23 during a Northwest lecture tour and died alone while his wife was briefly away. He had a Liverpool home and had visited the US repeatedly since the Brier Bush success.
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Mount Pleasant
Ioowa
John Watson
Ian Maclaren
Iowa
Watson
Ottumwa
Northwest
United States
Liverpool
Bontie Brier Bush
Lyr
Jor Watson
Grachaan
Cheverhouse
Tornado Wipes Out Towns West of Mount Pleasant Texas
A deadly tornado swept west of Mount Pleasant Texas destroying Birthright and Ridgeway nearly obliterating them. Deport Baptist parsonage and several homes were also lost, with multiple injuries and deaths reported along the embattled path.
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Mount Pleasant
Texas
Birthright
Ridgeway
Deport
Caney
Ridgrewas
Wives Claims Bias in Patrick Rice Case Trial
Mrs. Patrick says the court jury and prosecutors were prejudiced against her husband and that 2.004 million of the Rice estate was wasted to push the defendant to the electric chair. She alleges two jurors offered acquittal for financial favors.
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Sibert
Daurick
Fife
New York
Vinny Marsh Rice
Dfe
Moa
Beds Corp
Cyeume Cpa
Rickee
Gov. Pigeins
Patrick
Twee O
Fey
Four Million to South for Negro Education Gift
Miss Anna Jeannes of Philadelphia donates 100000 to Booker T. Washington to fund agricultural and trade schools for black children in the South. Washington and Wallis Vo Prissell gain full disbursement authority after the presentation. The pledge represents about one fourth of Miss Jeannes fortune.
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Anna ‘S T. Jeannes
Philadelphia
Booker T. Washington
South
Mr. Washington
Jequies
Dy Washington
Wallis Vo Prissell
Jeannes
Isaac Jeamnes
Toledo Business Scandal Involving Cirtek and National Supply
A Toledo case describes a business scandal with Cirtek and the National Supply Company facing legal actions. Investigations reveal a syndicate-like division among executives and allegations of fraud and bail issues. The text notes a bidletment and attorneys preparing for court proceedings.
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Pobeda
Che Wane
Come
Retail prices show 1906 peak amid cost of living rise
The Bureau of Labor studies wholesale and now retail prices, noting 1906 average up 0.6 percent from 1905 and 56.5 percent higher than 1897. Prices peaked in December 1906, with farm products nearly steady from 1900 to 1906, and food as a whole up 6 percent. Clothing, fuel, and various staples mostly advanced.
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Bureau of Labor
Tsu
Tsho
Iieregse Oy
Philadelphia School Gardens Grow Civic Skills and Crops
The Board of Education runs ten municipal school gardens across the city to supplement classroom work and promote outdoor exercise. Training emphasizes punctuality and scientific gardening, with teachers acting as expert farmers and disciplinarians while overseeing planting records and yields of cabbages lettuce spinach and tomatoes.
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Philadelphia
Dvant
Board of Education
Strike by Coastwise Officers Over Wages Begins May First
The American Association of Masters Mates and Pilots calls a general strike of first second and third officers on all New York bound coastwise ships starting May 1 to demand wage increases to 100, 75 and 50 dollars. The action follows resignations required by law and results in a temporary halt when Brunswick and Bull lines agree to the proposed pay.
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American Association of Masters, Mates and Pilots
New York
Brunswick and Bull Lines
Industrial Peace Prevails in Chicago and Across Nation
Reports indicate labor conditions are calmer nationwide with fewer strikes. Chicago shows no significant stoppages as building trades secure new agreements and employment remains strong. Other cities including New York St Louis and Philadelphia report similar improvement and growing compliance with negotiated terms.
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Chicago
Chietaga
Colcoo
Varhet
New York
Esberd
Andy
St. Louis
Tr Boscom
Philadelic
Enpeevers
Church Unity and Mutual Respect in Praying Faiths
A discourse on Protestant Catholics urging state neutrality in church matters. It advocates no interference with internal church affairs, burying past disputes, and scholars from both sides attending each other’s services to foster understanding and appreciation of the opposing faiths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperaex
Berlin
Fragmented 19th Century News Snippets and Observations
A string of assorted notes covers politics, tech, transport, and social oddities. Mentions AGI prose style, telegraph costs, legislative blocks, San Francisco repurposed ships, Japan’s battleship, a sports digression, Paris horse consumption, Cuban rain drought, and milk trees in South Narvernia. Ends with railroading and free passes.
Gates Quits Market Plunger Retires From Wall Street
John W. Gates, famed financial plunger, quits business as dissolution of Charles G. Gates & Co. is announced. Wall Street reports estimate losses from ten to forty million dollars as the Gates family plans to go abroad for a year while Charley leads the firm.
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America
Wall Street
John W. Gates
Gates
Charley
France
Chicago
Charles G. Gates & Co
Wall
Gateses
Rail and freight battles heat up across rail lines
The Pennsylvania House approves a three cent per ton coal tax plan while efforts to compel E H Harriman to answer Union Pacific stock questions intensify. B F Yoakum denounces stock traders and urges railroads to be a public trust. Chicago Great Western cuts grain rates to Omaha, challenging Union Pacific, and two more train wreck attempts prompt a high level crackdown. Great Northern appeals a $15000 rebate fine as Pennsylvania’s two cent fare law faces constitutional challenges.
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Pennsylvania
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Circuit Court
New York
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island System
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Chicago Great Western
Great Western
Chicago
Ohio
McCrea
Great Northern Railroad
St. Paul
Morris
Stuart
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cures Woman's Weaknesses with Favorite Prescription
Dr John Fyfe praises Unicorn root and Golden Seal root as key ingredients in Pierce's Favorite Prescription. He claims the remedy invigorates the uterus and reproductive system, easing back pain, leucorrhea, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea, and aiding debilitated states in women.
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Erce
John Fyfe
Taz EcLectic Prepicat
Helenias
Fyfe
Finley Ellingwood
Benedett Medical College
Chicago
John M. Scndder
Cincinnati
R. Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
For a Change. The fish that bit and got away
A playful verse notes a tinny monster fish that bit and escaped, while paradoxically declaring the biggest fish of the day was the one that did not bite. The lines twist humor on truth and perception in a seaside scene.
Catarrh Cure Claims Internal Remedy Effectiveness
The text promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that reaches the disease’s seat, contrasting with local applications. It states the cure is a legitimate prescription from respected physicians, combines tonics and blood purifiers, and offers testimonials. It also mentions Hall’s Family Pills for constipation and notes Worsted wool's origin in Norfolk in 1340.
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Hlall
Trall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Bold Ty Druggists
Price Toe
Take
Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot relief and shoes
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into your shoes. It relieves corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new artistry shoes easy. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25 cents. Sample mailed free. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Alen
Allen
Olmsted
le Hoy
N.Y
Earth Top Shape Theory Spotlighted by French Scientist
A French scientist M. de Papparent claims polar expeditions hint the Earth is slightly top shaped with a south pole protuberance. He argues this explains small measurement differences among astronomers and geodesists, preferring top shape over tetrahedral ideas, noting how a distant view still resembles a sphere.
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M. de Papparent
AG de l'Apparent
Philadelphia Record
Surgery's Great Benefits Improve Amputation Outcomes
Improvements in surgery have reduced mortality for amputation operations to six percent, marking a notable advance in surgical care and patient prognosis.
Coffee linked to health improvements claims in testimonial
A testimonial extols Postum Food Coffee as a remedy after quitting coffee amid heart, stomach, and dyspepsia symptoms. It cites several women including a state WCTU president who supposedly found relief, encourages reading The Run to Wellville, and promotes Postum as a healthier breakfast beverage.
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St. Paul Park
Wellville
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Denver
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing Company
Chicago Stock Yards
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Abert
T. Patrick
A. i. Patrick
Supreme Court
United Stats Supreme Court
Missouri
Frisco
Pes Ritmiy
le Agi
Japan
West Trussia
Grandina Thesys
Smith
Ismestown
Paris
Cuba
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Gustan
Wyondne
Lattace
Norfolk
England
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