Elgin Echo Reports Shumaker Threatens Capitol Graft Confession
Former Harrisburg public buildings head, James M. Shumaker, declares he will testify fully in September trials and reveal a high official’s role in a state treasury shortage. He lives in Johnstown and has long resisted prior inquiries into the capitol graft scandal.
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Arrisburg
Capitol Investigation Commission
Larvisburg
Treasury
Shumaker
Johnstown
Capitol
Siumaker
Uarrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio girl weds twice before legal age
Anna Hutchinson of Chillicothe, Ohio, 15, married and later divorced. She sought a second marriage in Chillicothe Probate Court with James Homer Milton White of Vigo, both under age, requiring written parental permits. The first marriage to Albert Wenry Wing ended in divorce.
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Anna Hutchinson
Ofice Hn Chillicollie
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Wenry Wing
James Homer Milton White
Vigo
Frost Kills Late Grain In North Dakota
Frost across North Dakota damaged late grain with flax especially affected. Minot report notes frost over the region could cut seed yield by about 20 percent, exact losses pending threshing. In Montgomery Alabama Judge Jones instructed grand jury that officers who interfere with railroad workers enforcing new statutes face removal. Governor Comer warned of an extra legislative session if railroads continue violations by October 1.
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First shovelful of earth breaks Cape Cod Canal work
The ceremonyless event occurred Wednesday as William Barclay Parsons of Newark, chief engineer, threw the first earth in the Cape Cod Canal project at Sagamore. The canal will run from Sandwich through Bourne to Buzzards Bay, marking a major maritime route.
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Cape God Canal
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Sagamore
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Bourne
Buzzards Gay
Steeplejack Falls 449 Foot Towend Chimney Near London
John Goldie, famed steeplejack known as the sideplejack, plunged from the Towend chimney towering 449 feet near London. His body disintegrated on impact, rendering identification impossible.
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Towend
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Sultans Troops Rout Large Moroccan Rebel Force
Reports from Paris describe a bloody victory by the sultan's forces over a major Moroccan rebel band. Six hundred Moors killed, towns burned, and fear of wider fanaticism spreading as Morocco's crisis deepens. Colonial troops mobilize, while France resists direct action under the Algeciras framework amid talks of a broader mandate.
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Moreece
Eddy Case Is Dropped In Eddy Suit Dismissal Motion Filed
The March 12 equity suit by George W. Glover and others as next friends against Origin 8 Frye and others for Mrs Mary Baker Eddy's property ends after court opened in Concord New Hampshire. Attorney William J Chandler, senior counsel for the best friends, moves to dismiss citing the unprofitableness of an immediate favorable decision and the burdens it would impose.
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Dinmian II
Equity
George W. Glover
Mus
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Origin 8
Frye
Christian Science Eatin
Best Friends
Cbandlee
Internal Revenue Receipts Rise for Fiscal Year Ended 1907
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports higher receipts across sources for the year ending June 30, 1907, with total collections reaching $209,064,022, a gain of $20,001,284 from the prior year. Major categories include products, fermented liquors, margarine, and butter, while minor miscellaneous revenue fell by $40,400.
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Producta
Iite
American Rush to Canada Poet on Immigra tion Tour
Jeremiah W. Jenks of Cornell and a United States Immigration Commissioner tours the Canadian Northwest to study American immigration into Canada and Asiatic worker movement to British Columbia. He plans a confidential report to the President on findings and a scheme to redirect the American current back to the United States.
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Canada
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Cornell
United States
The Census The Unlikely Publisher Uncle Sam
The text describes the Census as a prolific publisher with two annual issues and massive print runs. It notes 11 million copies sold, a new 250000 copy edition of Special Diseases of the Horse, and argues Congressmen will fund extra copies for constituents. It adds scale comparisons and discusses prison population trends from 1880 to 1904 with shifts in gender and race.
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Uncle Sam
Washington Monument
Census Bureau
Forest Fires Ravage Massachusetts Timberlands
Unusually dry conditions have sparked major forest fires across southeastern Worcester county Cape Cod and Bristol and Plymouth counties in Massachusetts. About 7500 acres burned despite 2500 firefighters. The Douglas woods fire alone destroyed 5000 acres and crossed into Connecticut while spreading through Sutton East Douglas Webster Millbury Oxford and Bridge towns.
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Odds and Ends and Oddities from the Era
Danish engineer finds a beer making process from tablets while 31 large steel vessels await service on the Great Lakes. Sweden leads in telephone use in Europe as Spain shows low literacy. German steamers threaten Atlantic mail service unless paid more. Elke parade in Philadelphia on a scorching day. 4430 sunstruck people recorded. William Abrams Martin, survivor of the John Brown raid, marks his 95th birthday in Virginia. India rubber imports valued at 50 million dollars, Brazil as chief source. A Pekin merchant sentenced to death by sleep deprivation for murder. four warders guard him, and a tenth duke died.
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Philadelphia
William Abrams Martin
Il John Brown
Virginia
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Brazil
Pekin
Atlantic coast coast defenses keep great cities safe without battleships
Naval experts report Atlantic harbor defenses have been intensified over the past decade to protect major cities from bombardment. A single weak point remains at Chesapeake Bay entrance needing an artificial island with disappearing guns. current plans allocate funds and mine capability to guard all harbors on the Atlantic.
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Berlin Police Crack Down on Moving Picture Shows
Berlin police wage a campaign against the ubiquitous moving picture shows as doctors warn they harm vision, especially for the young.
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Berlin
Germany
Government Best Ship Builder Connecticut Sets Speed Record
The battleship Connecticut, first government built ship of its kind, proved superior to its sister Louisiana in measured Maine coast runs. Connecticut averaged 18.73 knots on its five best runs with a fastest mile of 10.01 knots before tidal corrections, while Louisiana posted a best average of 18.4 knots.
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Maine
Louisiana
Newport News Company
Taft Speech in Columbus Outlines Policy Stance
The talk reviews William Taft's Columbus address to Republican leaders, endorsing further railroad rate legislation, ICC powers, and anti trust reform. It notes his opposition to Roosevelt’s socialistic labels, opposition to government ownership of railways, and preference for tariff revision after the next election. Bryan is named as a leading opponent.
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William Award
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Catt
Chu
Nam
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Tle
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Mr. Bryan
World to War on Bad Food Crusade Across Nations
Dr. Wiley of the Department of Agriculture visits Europe and signals plans for an international congress to standardize food and drug practices. Nations largely agree on sanitary standards, but differ on definitions of adulteration. The U S pure food law strengthens the department’s leverage against European restrictions as imports of foreign delicatessen and liquors rise.
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Sam
Europe
Dr. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
United States
Agricultural Department
Quirky Odds and Ends Highlight Early 20th Century Notes
A roundup of oddities and social curiosities from a 20th century newspaper page. Items include long divorce delays, remaining war headlines, a New York butler’s retirement wealth, a Nebraska judge praised, peanuts versus porterhouse, a patriotic prize tied to a Fourth of July, a Midwood asylum postcard souvenir, and a Washington girl lauded for bravery after a wreck.
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New York
Nebraska
California
Ohio
Middetown
N. Y
Washington
Fragmented American News Snippets Lampoon Protests
A collage of satirical quips from multiple papers lampoons politics, business, and society. Ironic takes target Roosevelt, Rockefeller, and British-American affairs, with jokes about war, taxes, ships, cabbage farming, and sea gulls.
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