Multiple Indiana youths fatally and seriously wounded by accidental gunfire
In Indiana towns from Angola to Seelayettte during December, several youths ages 13 to 18 suffered fatal or critical injuries from accidental gun discharges and hunting mishaps. Cases include Willie Searfoos 16 killed by companion Floyd Westervelt. Harry Zimmerman 15 critically wounded. Gertude Geerkins 18 head wound from a revolver misfire by a younger brother. Charles Sutton 4 miles south shot arm off. Frank Rayle 14 shot in face injuring sight. Daniel Trent 21 night operator wounded. Floyd Bannon 13 killed by Tennrs Payne during hunting at Seelayettte.
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Angola
Ind
Willie Sear-foos
Floyd Westervelt
Harry ‘Zimmerman
Harry Zimmerman
Fort Wayne
Gertrude Geerkins
Kokomo
Charles Sutton
Quail
Bloomingdale
Frank Rayle
Karper Rayle
Brownsville
Daniel Trent
Great Central Railway Company
Seelayettte
Floyd Bannon
Curdy Resigns as Mutual Life Insurance President
Richard A. McCurdy resigns from the Mutual Life Insurance Company presidency. Board accepts the resignation and Carroll Cronmarrill, the treasurer, becomes temporary head. No permanent successor named. rumors tie Francis H. Rexel to the role. Rexel currently runs a bank in Cleveland.
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New York
Hard A. McCurdy
The
Mutual Live Isurance
Board of
Pyre Cronmarell
Mutual
Tor McCurds
Ure Company
Fanies BH. Rexel
Enriones Coulpy
Clevene
Me Baleels
Confer
Bank Robbery at Wallonia Branch Surfaces After Break-In
The Wallonia, Indiana, branch of the People's State Bank was robbed on November 29. Burglars opened the safe without heavy tools, suggesting expertise, and stole just over $2,000. This marks a second bank robbery in Wallonia recently after Hunsucker’s Savings Bank was robbed in February of $4,000.
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Stownstown
Ind
Talluonia
Milas
Here
People's State Bark
Tnis
Wallonia
Hunsuckers’ Savings Bank
Jealous man shoots family in Tirand Haven tragedy
In Tirand Haven Michigan on November 2, Carl Kokosinski killed his wife Gareel and their son Eddie, mortally wounded five-year-old Mayr, shot neighbor Joseph Smith, and then killed himself after allegedly hearing gossip that his wife favored his friend Frank Dubrowski.
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Tirand Haven
Mich
Gareel
Frank Duhrowek
Carl Kokosinski
Dubrowski
Eddie
Mayr
Joseph Smith
Frank Jones
Scranton
Driefontein
South Africa
Demand to Disgorge in New York Taxes Probe
Frank A. O'Donnell, president of the board of taxes and assessments, moves to collect 25600 dollars from New York Life Insurance Co or Central National Bank as taxes and interest on 70900 dollars transferred to avoid tax payments, per testimony of Theodore M. Bante at the insurance investigation.
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New York
Frank A. O'Donnell
Board of Taxes and Assessments
New York Life Insurance Company
Central National Bank
Theodore M. Bante
Hoffheimer Arrested for Mortgage Bank Fraud
Samuel W Hoffheimer nephew of Nelson Morris was arrested in Chicago on a charge of defrauding S W Straus & Co mortgage bankers of 256000. He could not post 150000 bond and was jailed after a warrant issued by Justice Cochran.
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Chicago
Samuel W. Hoffheimer
Nelson Morris
Packer
S. W. Straus & Co
Lasalle Street
Justice Cochrane
Hoffheimer
Farmer shoots at thieves foiling turkey roost robbery
Edward Ghildness of Barl Park Indiana fired a shot to scare off three men robbing his turkey roost. He wounded Clyde Tivers who died hours later. The accomplices fled in a carriage. one man, later identified as John F, was arrested in Kansas City on a separate matter.
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Barl Park
Ind
Edward Ghildness
Clyde Tivers
Kansas City
John Fi
Cermeriy
Sains W. Baldwin
Johnson County
Striking Labor Faction Backs Off Eight Hour Day Bid
In St. Petersburg on November 20 the conservative workmen halted the eight hour day push after a seven hour debate. The council rejected proposals to shorten hours fearing a lockout and winter hardships. The move signals support for law and order efforts and a shift against radical agitation.
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St. Petersburg
Council of Workmen
Cronstadt
Poland
Russia
Law and Order
Tsar Grants Land Concessions and Peasant Bank Expansion
An imperial manifesto in St Petersburg offers land concessions to peasants. Tax payments will be halved from Jan 14 1906 and fully abolished from Jan 1 1907. Peasants' Bank capital rises and gains new loan privileges to facilitate land purchase. A Jewish relief commission plans travel to Russia, funded by Rothschild interests.
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St Petersburg
Peasants’ Bank
Georgia Completely Isolated In Trans-Caucasia
Twenty four thousand Georgians armed with modern rifles hold Georgia in Trans- Caucasia as three major Russian forces converge there. The region remains isolated with most movement restricted and only runners still active.
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Georgia
St. Petersburg
Trans- Caucasia
British Squadron Departs for Sea After Welcoming Drake aboard
The British squadron began its voyage from the Nerfa river at 10 09 this morning. The Cunard liner She Drake took the admiral aboard at the last moment and led the squadron down the bay and out to sea toward Maw York.
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Pipes Toons
Battenders
York
Nerfa
Anna
Cunard Plier
Drake
Bishop Merrill Dies After Long Chicago Service
The Rev Stephen E Merrill Methodist bishop of Chicago since 1877 has died. The dispatch notes his decades of leadership and service to the church in the Midwest.
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Stephen E. Merrill
Chicago
House of Representatives
Arlington Cemetery
Fred Thomas
Culver Academy
Bremen
Turbulence Between Greek and Bulgarian Bands Continues
Disturbances between Greek and Bulgarian bands persist. An explosion in the Taylor coal mine near Searight Pennsylvania killed one man and seriously injured seven others. The entire town of Burk West Virginia, a mining town of 2000, was destroyed by fire with over 100 buildings lost. The Greene and Gaynor conspiracy trial will be postponed beyond January 1 next. A petition urging President Roosevelt to intervene against atrocities in Russia was adopted by the New York board of aldermen.
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Indiana
Yica
Taylor
Searight
Burk
W. Va
Benjamin Greene
John F. Gaynor
Roosevelt
Russia
New York Board of Aldermen
Strike Renewed Over Siberian Rail Corridor
The report notes a renewed strike impacting a Siberian railroad. Fire destroys half a city block in Grantsburg Wisconsin causing substantial property losses estimated at 67000 dollars. Isle of Pines residents seek U S territorial status. Eight miners die and three injured in a Brazner Coal shaft explosion at Monongahela City. An inter church conference on federation gathers 24 denominations with 600 delegates in New York. National Grange delegates total over 000000 farmers from 28 states at Atlantic City for the 39th annual convention.
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Grantsburg
Wis
Isle of Pines
Cuba
United States
Brazner Coal Company
Monongahela City
Inter-Church Conference On Federation
New York
National Grange Patrons of Husbandry
Atlantic City
Two Die in Buckeye Powder Works Explosion Near Peoria
An explosion at Buckeye powder works near Peoria Illinois killed two men. The blast disrupted adjacent land and raised safety concerns at the facility, with authorities beginning inquiries into the cause and potential hazards.
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Peoria
Oaxaca
Mex
Notable Deaths and Global News Roundup
The Grand Duke Adolph of Luxemburg and the Count of Flanders, brother of King Leopold, have died. In St Petersburg over 26,000 foreign passports were issued in two weeks. Poland resumes rail traffic after a railroad workers strike ends. Secretary Wilson urges a national pure food law. US business failures total 198 for the week, up from last week. The Tron and Steel plant in Covington KY closes, 3006 workers lose jobs. A Glasgow lodging house fire kills 39. Anti Jewish riots in Wishiness cause pillage and arson, several killed. Two Baltimore & Ohio freight trains collide near Warren OH, two engineers die. Isle of Pines council denies bordering on anarchy. Mrs Marvel Hills is killed and Duncan Vereh wounded in Hopkinsville KY. Jenloisy is named as a probable cause. The consulting engineers board endorses sea level Panama Canal construction.
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Adolph
Luxemburg
Count of
Flanders
Leopold
St. Petersburg
Poland
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
United States
Republic Tron and Steel Company
Covington, Ky
Baltimeri & Ohio
Warren
Ohio
Isle of Pines
John Chaney
Marvel Hills
Dancerans
Duncan Vereh
Hopkinsville
Jenloisy
Csaise
Jisturlian Can Commission
Panama Canal
Peruna advertised as a universal remedy for catarrh and grip
An old newspaper ad claims Peruna cures coughs colds grip and nervous dyspeptic catarrh across the body. It touts epidemic catarrh and promises remarkable results with personal letters to Dr Kartman for readers who do not improve.
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Kartman
Japan's Peaceful Victory at Korea Convention
The Japanese press hails the quick success of the new Korea convention. Ito's influence on the emperor and his ministers is credited with the accord, placing Korea's foreign relations under Tokin a management.
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Japan
Teioi
Korea
Ito
Tokina
Norway plebiscite results favor Prince Charles as king
In Christiania on November 14 the plebiscite tally from 418 constituencies shows 233,955 votes for Prince Charles of Denmark as King of Norway and 62,739 against him. Republicans had hoped for 3 percent but totaled 21 percent.
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Christiania
Norway
Prince Charles
Denmark
House Republicans and Democrats Call Caft for Officers
The Democrats call a caucus for officer nominations on Saturday afternoon December 2 in the house hall. The Republicans set a caucus for the same day in the evening in the house hall.
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Washinetisi
Democraats
House of Representatives
House
Vicious Boy's Horrid Deed in Chillicothe Case
David Gillwater, 13, confessing to burning his younger brother Albert to spite their mother, led to Albert’s death by fire. In Washington Indiana Violet Faith, 7 miles north of town, died from burns after a bonfire scene. Colfax Indiana Rev V C McKenagie offers his $12000 farm to any minister proving sprinkling is Scriptural baptism in a public challenge.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
David Gillwater
Albert
David
Washington, Ind
Violet Faith
Here
Colfax
Ind
V. C. McKenagie
Indiana
Inventor Henry Distin Praises Peruna Cure
Henry Distin of Williamsport Pennsylvania says he suffered from la grippe for over three months with lingering catarrh. He started Peruna in March and reports it cured him and plans to recommend it to friends. He signs from Suh Street Philadelphia.
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Henry Distin
Henry Distin Mfg. Co
Williamsport
Philadelphia
Suh Street
Peruna
New Amsterdam Notes Local Happenings and Socials
The town reports a rising river and notes hunting remains a popular pastime. Emmett Colpin returns from five years in the U S Navy, Mrs Minnie Mowrer comes back improved after Louisville surgery, and social events fill the week with box socials and a masquerade party for a fifteenth birthday. A grand ball honors Elija Willett on his fifty seventh birthday.
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FE. Sendle
Falls
Chas. Kintner
Scott Township
Emmett Colpin
U. S. Navy
Minnie Mowrer
Louisville
M. BE. Church
Doris Matthews
Corydon
Martha P. Stoker
Elija Willett
Wood Neely
Dixie
Katie French
Stoker and Son
Lois Jack
Denbo's Offers Stoves and Ranges for Home Heat
Denbo's advertises stoves and ranges including hot blast air tight heaters and cooking stoves for home heating and cooking needs.
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Denbo’s
Peruna Endorsed by Congressmen from Vermont and Florida
Congressman H Henry Powers of Vermont and ex Congressmember W J Purman of Florida endorse Peruna as a family remedy for coughs colds catarrhal nervousness and stomach troubles. Both letters praise its effectiveness from Morrisville Vermont and Washington DC and Columbus Ohio respectively.
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Powers
Vermont
H. Henry Powers
Morrisville
W. J. Purman
Congress
Florida
Q Street
N. W
Washington, D.C
8. B. Hartman
Trartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Georgetown News Roundup and Local Updates
Georgetown notes report Thanksgiving school closure, visiting relatives, and local residents returning home. Updates include church resignations, upcoming canning factory efforts, new surveys, carpentry moves, and a thriving pew creamery amid health precautions and minor illnesses.
Rowe Offers Iron Beds and Folding Furniture Line
Rowe advertises a neat assortment of iron beds folding beds lounges and couches in a compact furniture line. The display emphasizes practical living items suitable for small spaces and easy storage.
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Rowe
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