Indictment Unsealed in Federal Mail Fraud Conspiracy
A federal grand jury in Council Bluffs returned an indictment charging James Maybrey and eight others with conspiring to defraud by misuse of the U S mails. The names of most defendants were kept secret, with many alleged to be well known local figures. The scheme allegedly caused losses exceeding half a million dollars. Arrests are anticipated soon as the 27 page indictment details letters to victims and subsequent events in Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Maybrey
8&4
United States Grand Jury
Oyeell Bluffs
Londa
United States
Mali
Maybrayn
Maybray
Council Bluffs
Iown
Cornell
Flood Toll Estimated at Three Thousand in Northern Mexico
Gen Trevino, district military commander, estimates 3000 lives lost in the northern Mexico flood zone. About 2000 bodies were recovered between Monterey and Temples. All crops, homes, and stores have been washed away, creating a severe need for external aid. Property loss is described as total.
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Trevino
Mexico
Monterey
Tarmples
Travine
Tome
POUND GUILTY OF GHARTING
Police Inspector Baward McCann was found guilty of grafting after a Chicago jury trial. The judge ordered further hearings on sentence but no definite penalty was set, with a new trial hearing planned and an indeterminate term possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baward McCann
Chicago
Dairyman Finds Injured Girl Agnes Steiner in Avondale
A dairyman found a girl injured near the Wing Inn in Avondale Cincinnati. She was nearly suffocated but revived enough to give her name as Agnes Steiner and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Avondale
Cincinnati
O. Fe
Prison Break Attempt Ends in Fatal Clash at Oxh
Nineteen prisoners tried to escape from the fall street jail on Friday. They attacked warders during exercise, wounding five, then broke for liberty. A military guard opened fire, nine escaped uninjured, nine were wounded, and one man was killed.
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St Oxh
Awatic Rue
Neelng
Automobile crash near Mel Videre injures trio. one dead
A traveling salesman Auto Turos Turtle and three others were hurt when their car overturned returning from Mel Videre Illinois. Charles W Blodgett of Chicago was killed and Albert Westerberg fatally injured by Oscar Johnson Ernest Christhdieon Dengston were hurt.
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Charles W. Blodgett
Chicago
Albert Westerberg
Oscar Johnson
Ernest Christhdieon
Rod Fried Dengston
MelvVidere
Ill
Girl's Ball in River Mystery Finds Body of Kate Patten
The body of Kate Patten, 25, a hosiery factory worker, was found in the Ohio River at Portsmouth, Ohio, on Friday. The death is reported as a mystery with investigations underway.
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Kate Patten
Hie
Ohio River
Portamouth
Sions City Live Stock Market Report
Thoreby notes on the Shor market with quoted prices and figures. The record cites bids and notable prices such as 500 and 6270, reflecting day to day activity and market sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sions City
Thoreby
Riot Rumors in Kiev Nuala Lack Confirmed
Investigation finds no confirmation of fatal anti Jewish rioting circulating in America over the past two days. Rumors about Kiev Nusala are unverified and uncertain.
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America
Kiev
Nusala
Hundred Die in Syria Disaster Hit Hutte Town
A catastrophic event in northern Syria results in about 100 fatalities and the destruction of around 600 homes in the Hutte area. Emergency teams mobilize to assist survivors as authorities assess the damage and coordinate relief efforts.
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Torrella
Hutte & Town
Syria
Riots in Omaha Hurt People and Damage Street Cars
A night riot after the Omaha street car strike injured several, including John Petricek who was shot in the hip. Bricks and stones damaged cars and a new building under construction provided ammunition. Two hundred non union carmen arrived from New York as efforts to end the four day strike continued with normal service not yet restored.
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John Petricek
Twenty-fourth
Vinton Streets
Omaha
New York
Amstatant
Lenssler
Wdmen
Offerte
Cornell Blut
Campany
Six Killed in Virginia Home Robbery Mystery
An entire family of six was murdered at Hurley Buchananominty Virginia early Thursday. Mrs Justice aged Aunt Betty was believed to keep a large sum of money. Victims include Mrs Justice son-in-law George Meadows his wife and three children. Bloodhounds followed tracks to a cornfield as three men's footprints were found.
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Hurley
Buchananominty
Betty” Justice
Justice
George Meadows
Faith Sect Prepares for End Time Cataclysm in Duxbury
Rhode Island families of the Latter Rain Apostolic church travel to Duxbury Massachusetts to await a predicted earth upheaval. They expect a triumph on Friday September 24 at 10 a.m. and report leaders nationwide are gathered at Duxtury. Some have sold possessions and abandoned palaces.
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Rhode Island
The
Apostolic Church
Duxbury
Mass
Duxtury
Three Men Executed by Guillotine in Valence Drome
At daybreak in Valence Drome France three men Herruyer David and Juinltard were executed by guillotine for a series of atrocious crimes. An event crowd witnessed the death by guillotine and applauded as each execution occurred.
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Herruyer
David
Juinltard
Valence
Drome
France
Department of Drome
Maj Nutt, Last Surviving Barnum Midget Troupe Member Dies
Rodnie Nutt, the last male survivor of the P. T. Barnum famous midget troupe, died at his Dorchester Massachusetts home on Wednesday aged 69. Retired nineteen years, he had run a successful real estate business.
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Rodnie Nutt
P. ‘T. Barnum
Dorchester
Mase
Maj” Nutt
Woman sustains broken arm in Munsey reliability run crash
Mrs. Frank Hall of Washington D C suffered a broken arm near Allentown Pennsylvania when the machine she rode with Wer hus Hand collided with a telegraph pole during the Washington to Boston reliability run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hall
Washington, D
Wer
Washington
Boston
Allentown
Prominent Minnesota Lawyer Shot in Sleepy Eye Office
George W. Summerville a noted Minnesota lawyer and politician was shot while seated in his Sleepy Eye law office on a Wednesday by a man named John Hayner. Hayner was arrested at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Summerville
Minnesota
Sleepy Eye
Minn
John Hayner
Hayner
Gulf Storm Sweeps Gulf Coast With Severe Damage
The Went Indian hurricane, moving east of Townsile after peak near New Orleans, weakened but caused extensive damage along the Gulf coast. Orleans property losses exceed 100000 with many structures destroyed or damaged. Mobile Bay waters rose over Water Street. Pensacola faced hurricane gusts driving residents to shelter with no reported deaths.
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Townsile
Tetpert
New Orleans
Ulf
New Orbans
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Mobile Bay
Pensicola
Pin
Wooley
Warrington
Penmcola
Cora
Santa Rosa
German dirigible service eyed for 1910 May
If expectations hold, German air routes may begin between Berlin and empire elites in May 1910. The Air Navigation company is backed by twenty financial institutions and wealthy individuals. It plans to acquire Zeppelin Parsefal and Grone dirigibles plus Wright aeroplanes for passenger service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Empire
Air Navigation Company
Zeppelin
Parsefal and
Grone
Scale Signed by Union for Chicago Street Cars
Peace for at least three years is assured in the Chicago street car situation as union officials sign on Monday to accept the wage scale offered by Chicago Railways Company serving the north and west side lines. The agreement mirrors the south side settlement, granting material concessions to workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Railways Comming
Secne
Ines
Leopard attack halts crowd at St Paul exhibition
A runaway leopard at a St Paul Minnesota show panicked about 70 000 spectators Monday. It attacked 4 year old Martin Martinacy in front of his father tearing the right arm and severing tissue before Charles Austere a blacksmith intervened and killed the beast with an axe.
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Leopard
St. Paul
Minn
Mondiy
Martin Martinacy
Charles Austere
Gaynor Nominated for New York Mayor by Independent Group
The first independent body of tens in Greater New York nominates Supreme Court Justice William J. Gaynor from Brooklyn for the upcoming municipal election. The nomination was presented Monday night as the honor.
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Greater
New York
Supreme Court
Willam J. Gaynor
Rookyyy
Fire ravages Meridian workshop and nearby houses
A strong wind fanned a blaze that destroyed a planing and creosoting plant in Meridian Miss and damaged several adjacent homes. The fire department made only slight progress against the spreading flames as crews fought through the gale.
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Meridan
Miss. Planing
Creosote Mile
Collision of Bicycles Near Bridgeport Claims Victor Yago Nar
A bicycle collision Monday near Bridgeport killed Victor Yago Nar and seriously injured John Downey, brother of Cincinnati Nationals shortstop Tom Downey who will recover.
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Bridgeport
Cann
Victor Yagonar
John Downey
Tom Downey
Downey
Meeting of Principals Fails to Break Street Car Strike
Mayor Dabiman asked President Wattles and street car union reps to meet with the city council but no progress occurred. Union members sought arbitration while Wattles insisted the company faced no arbitral obligation and would be insured against any damages from the strike.
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Wattos
Wottles
Genera
Laurance
Will and estate dispute over Wilson fortune heats up
In a Long Island probate matter multiple claimants contest the estate of John Wilk and his wife. A wife of John Wilpon Jr navigates her claim from Texas seeking legal help as others push for a share of assets valued near £30,000.
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Wilson
John Wilpon, Jr
Theiath
Cloudburst Ravages Furhase County and Stamford
A mighty water spout and storm swept southwestern Furhhase County and Stamford last Saturday night. Eight inches of rain flooded Stamford stores to a foot, cellars filled, and streets three feet deep. The Burlington line suffered three wrecks between Stamford and Orleans as a blind washout nearly forty feet long and twenty feet deep halted a passenger train saved by Conductor Enright. Hail pummeled the area. livestock losses were heavy and the Stamford mill bridge washed away in Beaver Valley’s worst storm on record.
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Furhhase
Stamford
Harlin
Burlington Railroad
Orleans
Enright
Uhreemilan
Stamford Milla
Beaver Valley
Board Finds Home Poorly Managed and Personnel Discord
A board of public lands and buildings officials visited Grand Tal to inspect the home. They expect a preliminary report noting poor conduct, possible lax discipline, and internal strife among employees and board members. The formal report is not yet issued.
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Board of Publics Land and Buildings
Grand Taland
Pharwe
Eli Barnet
Joseph Metraw
Ghaift la
Carnegie Asked for 250000 for Omaha Public Library
Andrew Carnegie is urged to provide 250000 for a new public library in Omaha, with the current building to become a free museum. The library board member Piret- Went Haller presented the plan to the city council, which agreed. A non ordinance to be introduced seeks 75000 to buy a site for the new library and to fund the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Omaha
Piret- Went Haller
Lbrary Board
Alsy
Temperance Resolution Dominates Methodlet Conference Session
The business session at Lincoln Tuesday focused on passing a resolution to advance the temperance movement. Delegates pledged to advocate for candidates in the coming elections who support temperance principles and push to place pro temperance advocates in national offices.
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Lincoln Tureday
Coal mine operations shift at Peru as mining leases and tunnels expand
The Uemew coal mine at Peru switches to selling coal in large quantities after leasing to a new operator. A Work o Delag push is noted. A new tunnel west of the old shaft opens enabling easier access to coal, with updated handling of ore and production.
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Uemew
Peru
Delag
Reed Injured In Roadside Robbery Near Kearney
Dick Reed, a young man, was found unconscious with head injuries near the freight house at Kearney after a alleged mugging. Doctors treated him and he gave a vague description of two assailants, claiming he had money on him. condition described as not dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Reed
War
Utter Pacific
Kearney
Reed
Lexington
County Treasurer Plans Bond Payments to Reduce Debt
Belge County seeks to pay bonds totaling $20,000 through Premont Court hours with $70,000 outstanding. About $44,000 remains in the elk fund to meet obligations, and the levy is expected to cover them with three men. This would place the county out of debt.
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Belge
Boni
Coaunty
Kool
Premont
Elke
Land Sale Draws Attention Near Walthill Inherited Lands
The sale of inherited Indian land north of Walthill drew wide interest with bidders from outside the reservation. About 3,500 acres were offered, attracting a large number of interested parties and highlighting the long standing dispute over the tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis
Walthill
Thor
Accusm of Tore Stealing Five Horses Charged
George Boowerle faces charges for stealing five head from Julian's ranch on the Niobrara River. The horses are held at Myonnie Thin, marking his second incarceration for similar thefts.
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Accusm
Tore
George Boowerle
Movement Aims to Bury Electric Wires on O Street Lincoln
A public drive begins to place the city’s electric lines underground on O Street in Lincoln. Citizens complain about the tangle of wires along the street and the hazards they pose to pedestrians and traffic.
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O Street
Lincoln
Judge sustains demurrer in school bond election suit
The case brought by Ira Wollve against Lexington school authorities challenges a vote count in the recent school bond election. The court sustained the defendant's demurrer, dismissing the action on the grounds stated by the judge.
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Hoxteller
Ira Wollve
Lexington Schow
Ermal Geo
Bank robbery reported near Ames Oklahoma
Robbers entered a bank about twenty miles east of Bend Oklahoma on Thursday. They dynamited the safe and rifled its contents but no exact amount of money stolen was announced by bank officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Bnd
Okla
Foul Play Suspected In Child’s Death Near Muvenburg
Mere Broma Oberg aged 1 was found dead in the ashes of her home five miles west of Muvenburg Kansas early Thursday. Authorities say foul play is suspected as investigators search for clues around the charred scene.
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Mere Broma Oberg
Muvenburg
Kan
Incal option vote in Staunton Va favors drys by 22
Wet Worsted by Lirys notes a July 22 election in Staunton Virginia on an incal option. The contest favored the drys by 22 votes with a narrow margin and a noted turnout.
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Staunton
Spanish Troops Advance Against Moora at Melila
It is officially announced that the Spanish forge ahead at Melila as they begin their advance against Moora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melila
Untidy OCR Note on WW Beats and Local Event
A fragmented OCR item mentions WW Beats, friends of Weir For at fifteen year Tok Deo Sorkin on Sunday, the NewWeet part of Mie state, and a plan to provide mint tent for a test. The readable content is unclear and lacks concrete details or dates.
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WW. Beats. Weir
Bishop Ward Dead at Tokio Tokyo
Bishop Ward, a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church south, died Monday afternoon in Tokio Japan. The report notes his leadership and long service in the church.
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Ward
Oth Wanrl
Methodistpiecopal Church
South
Tokio Jap
Pioneer Physicians Die in Kans Clin Missouri Civil War Major
Pioneer physician Siecusa tn Maj Joseph FF Hume and a Missouri physician died in Kansas City, Missouri, Monday at age 87. He served in the Civil War in the Missouri Guards, rising to the rank of major.
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Siecusa Tn
Joseph FF
Hume
Minkouri
Kans Clin
Hirst
Miesouri Guards
Gardner Defeats Finalists in Atlantic Floret Cutter Rowing
The crew of the battleship Minnesota defeated the Vermont crew on Thursday to win the Atlantic Floret Cutter Rowing championship.
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Gardner
Minnesota
Onaga Street Car Strike Grounds Transit Ire
Motormen and conductors of the Conwineal Cound Abus Traction company walked out on Saturday causing streetcar service suspensions. Union leaders said the strike began after a dispute over wages and working hours. Transit officials urged passengers to seek alternate routes and expect delays.
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Onaga
Conwineal Cound Abus Traction Company
Vague county funding plan outlined for 4 percent rate
A garbled report indicates county proposed a loan or grant of up to 10 000 dollars with a 4 percent rate to support a state or local project. No clear entities or dates are readable. The fragment mentions funding aims but lacks concrete details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trepeuera Vivo Pam
Bowie
Unclear Names Prompt Albion Official Enquiry
A garbled passage mentions Abiion Marie Piscypietins and J C Botaford linked to Albion and a potdant role. It references an adjutant general during a jetty meeting and a national organization, but most details are unreadable.
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Abiion Marie Piscypietins
J.C. Botaford
Albion
Sao
Taft Defends Tariff as Best Way to Preserve Party
President Taft defended the Payne tariff bill in Winona Minnesota calling it the best tariff law the Republican party ever passed He praised Tauney and warned that defeating the measure would harm party unity and delay tariff reforms He supported a longer trial for the law and welcomed a broader use of the tariff commission He also backed postal savings banks as a tool to help Americans save and to fund Treasury needs.
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Winona
Minn
Taft
Representative Tawney
Winens
Roosevelt
Tawney
Biof
Congress
Tariff Commission
Milwaukee
House
Senate
United States
Treasury Department
Explosion at Tin Plate plant manager’s home near Youngstown
The residence of Charles J. Gibson, manager of the Struthers plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co., was dynamited Sunday amid a strike. All occupants escaped injury as the blast shattered the cellar window and damaged the house. Gibson had been active in reopening the mill under the open shop plan.
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Chelal
Duaring
Charles J. Gibson
Struthers
American Bheet and Tin Plate Company
Youngstown
Gibson
Unclear text from archival note on Lincoln project funds
Fragmentary report notes a committee and a date with mentions of funds and figures. Readable names and places are not present. Further context is needed to derive a solid headline and summary.
Shrine of Shorthorn Grant at Nebraska State Fair
The American Shorthorn Breeders Association sent a check for 820 to honor premium payments to exhibitors at the Nebraska State Fair. The note explains the amount covers exhibitor premiums as part of the state's agricultural event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heorotary Mellon
Neebraska
Taft in Chicago Praised for Welcome Tour and Speech
President Taft spent a day in Chicago amid a warm, varied program. He was greeted by leading citizens, thousands of schoolchildren, a baseball crowd, and elite society. He urged tariff reform, condemned faulty criminal justice, and called for a Congress funded commission to overhaul courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard Taft
Chicago
Congress Howl
Commerciallab
Chicago Beautiful
Chance
Hamilton Club
Taft
Congress
Aelon
Roosevelt
Masers' Victim Severely Hurt in Hazing Incident
Harry Kirk, a 14 year old Coshocton High freshman, suffered a fractured skull while fleeing sophomores who were hazing him. He fell into an open cellar and hit his head as he escaped. surgeons removed part of his skull in the emergency response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masers
Harry Kirk
Coshocton
Ohio
Hazers
Kirk
Robbery at Fairview Leaves Teenager Naked
Milton Garfield, a teen from Fairview near Birmingham, reported being held up Sunday night by two white men who stripped him at gunpoint and sent him home naked. Garfield was said to have shown clothing before the assailants fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victin
Milton Garfield
Fairview
Birmingham
Ala
Garfield
Ex-Cadet Richard Hocker Barred by Kansas University
Richard Hocker of Kansas City, recently remisited from West Point, was denied admission to the University of Kansas. Officials cited his status as an expelled West Point student as the reason for rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
Richard Hocker
Kansas City
West Point
University of Kansas
Walk on Meldge Hall Fatal Bet Ends in Tragedy
Lugi Brazaleone aged 40 fell 150 feet from the railing of the Pan ther Hollow bridge in Schenley Park Pittsburg while walking on a bet. He died at the scene. Local authorities investigate the accident and no immediate charges are reported.
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Meldge Hall
Panther Hollow
Schenley Park
Pittsburg
Lugi Brazaleone
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