Chicago Turf Raids Sweep Several Firms in Money Scare
Chicago detectives raided three turf investment houses including H. Brolaski Benedict & Company Mid-Continent Investment and A J Demorest & Company. Distressed patrons gathered outside locked doors clamoring for refunds as investigations stretched across multiple cities. A separate St Louis manhunt targets B J Arnold, while a New York poolroom raid nets pugilist Jack McAuliffe. Indianapolis reports 100 customers linked to St Louis rich firms and 400 Ithaca typhoid cases. Tampa diamonds worth 5000 dollars vanish from Adams jewelry store with two arrests made.
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Chicago
H. Brolaski Company
Benedict & Company
Mid-Continent
A. J. Demorest & Company
Demorest
A. J. Demorest
Brolaski & Company
Brolaski
George H. Vincent
Davenport
Brolask
Continental National Bank
Auction Innovations Open Vast Indian Lands in Oklahoma
Congress may dispose of Indian lands by legislation without treaty. A plan to open about 500000 acres of Kiowa-Comanche reservation to settlement adopts sale by 160 acre tracts to the highest bidder, replacing fixed-price openings to curb “Oklahoma rush” scenes and favor bidding on good farmland. The piece also notes political maneuvering for President candidacy and Roosevelt family travel patterns, with Alaska interests and land surveys cited.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Ebmany Congress
Thei
Ine Ward
Yound
O Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Turolans
Judge Parker
New York
Parker
Olney
Gorman
Roose- West
White House
Roosevelt
Se Nimeh
Quay
Nelson
Minnesota
Mie
Ona
Wilson Dal
Alaska
Cushman and Jones
Washington
Washington Senators
Cushman
Jones
Alaska Territory
Interior Department
Arthur W. Dunn
Two Weddings Reported for Weeks and Dinsmere Couples
Frank W. Dinsmere and Harriet L. Weeks wed on the tenth in a ceremony conducted by Roy Irving Kohler. In a separate service on Thursday afternoon, the minister united Tisrry Young and Ennis Sneld.
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Frank W. Dinsmere
Harriet L. Weeks
Roy Irving Kohler
Tisrry Young
Ennis Sneld
Strange funeral of dead elephant confounds witnesses
A witness from Ceylon recounts how a herd killed the largest elephant, cut off its tail and feet, and carried the body to a stream bank. overnight the herd moved the corpse through tall grass into the water, revealing a remarkable nonhuman funeral carried out by elephants.
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Ceylon
Women and Store Detectives in Big Shops
A New York Times quote highlights the hidden craft of store detectives. A superintendent laments revealing methods while noting a clever woman can outwit them. He praises a former minstrel turned detective as the best in New York, earning his substantial salary.
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New York
New York Times
The Roling Passion and a Final Wish
A dying woman who loved gossip asks if the doctor and nurse are engaged as her life ends. The scene centers on a wife and mother facing death and the last words she utters to her husband.
Running as a great beautifier of figure and movement
The piece argues running improves muscular development, heart action, and lung power, shaping shoulders, spine control, and foot alignment. It notes Greek ideals and claims American Indians are naturally better runners. An exchange snippet mentions a father with presence of mind and a daughter remarking on wedding gifts.
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Henesitna
Almed
Fred
Stella
I M The Hands Of Commissioners In New York Coal Strike
Philadelphia Feb 14 Open hearings before the coal strike commission end after three months of testimony. Clarence Darrow argues the miners side praising counsel and predicting a righteous deliverance. He condemns evictions on the Markie property and cites violence in the anthracite fields. The commission will meet in secret in Washington, with a verdict expected by month end. If wages rise, the date starts Oct 31. President Mitchell attends.
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Philadelphia
Clarence S. Darrow
Coal Strike Commission
Marrow
Gray
Darrow
Markie
John Markie
Gobin
Parrow
United States
Washington
Death of Young Man in Conesville
Nelson Brice aged twenty died Friday night at his home in Conesville of pneumonia. A well known and popular railway worker, he was a son of Henry Brice and left many friends. The funeral was held Sunday with burial at Adams Mills.
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Nelson Brice
Conesville
Henry Brice
Adams Mills
A Silkworm of the Sea From Pinna Shellfish Silk
The Mediterranean pinna shellfish yields a viscid silt spun into fabric in Sicily. The creature attaches filaments to rocks and can reproduce them. Harvested at low tide, the material is washed dried and carded producing one pound of coarse filament yielding fine golden brown thread.
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Mediterranean
Sicily
Settled in Full by the Battle of New Orleans
A historic note recalls Andrew Jackson visiting Salisbury North Carolina. He allegedly left without paying a hotel bill at Trockford later noted as county seat. The hotel ledger later bore the entry Settled in full by the battle of New Orleans after the January 8 1815 victory.
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Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Five Small Fiery Nations Ready For War
The Acapulco reports Honduran revolutionists entrenched at Amapala awaiting a government attack as troops march against them. The anticipated clash is said to ignite a war among five Central American republics.
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Age
San Francisco
Acapulco
Honduras
Amapala
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Mrs Griffis in Sidney
Mrs J B Griffis of 292 West Avenue Sidney Ohio says Doans Kidney Pills relieved her husbands back pain headaches and kidney distress after six months of use. She bought them at J Briggs drug store and recommends the remedy to others. For sale by all druggists 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Carter
Eomine
Drogg St
Mal Carter Medicine CO
New York
J. 8. Griffis
West Avenue
Sidney
Doan
J. Briggs
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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Middle States
Grand Jury
Arnold
St. Louis
B. J. Arnold
B. J. Arnold & Company
Hot Springs
Ark
Union Station
Tower Grove
L. A. Gil
Jack McAuliffe
Pugilfer
McAuliffe
Miles O'Reilly
Indianapolis
Ndianapolis
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Crawfordsville
Princeton
Marion
Bloomington
Massachusetts
Salmon
Bureau of Animal Industry
Boston
Wilson
Ithaca
Cornell
George A. Wessman
Passaic
N. J
Tampa
Fla
Chojen
Adams
Washington, DC
Carters
TYTLE
PILLS
Ees Eagle
Eagle Paint and Varnish Company
B. Cochran
Eitltsburg, PA
Anderson
Ramonscills
Ramon
C.E. Anderson
Forbes Block
Rein Stef
Burns & Goss
Oshecton, Q. A
Onio Ables
Ser Wres
Cordova
Standard OK CO
J. M. Compton
Coshocton
Sam H. Nicholab
Merrell Nicholas & Merrell
Attorneys-At-Law
Ge Umicke F. C.iHay
Burms Block
R. Pomerene
F.E. Pomerens Pomerene
T H. Wheeler
O.—A
Frank May
Stockum & Donley
Ricketta Building
Coskant
Seth C. Duncan
Selby Block
Main Street
B. Finley
F. A. Wernett
Finley & Wernett
Main
Fifth Streste
Depot
R. A. Powelson
Hunt Brock
Coshocton, Ohio
Boxwell J
Uelock
Ehly
Board of Examminers
N.S. McClure
W.a.mccurdy
Frank Pigman
Board of Examiners
Isues
John Norman
Mrs. Sawyer
Congo
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