Thayer Admits Stealing From Express Safe at Keokuk
Harry Yor, son of a prominent family and express messenger on the Adams line, was indicted on his confession to robbing the express company safe of $1,000 in Keokuk on the night of September 24. A timber belt project near Clam Falls Wisconsin plans a 5,000,000 feet winter log run and a new sawmill, with rail access anticipated next year.
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Safo
Keokuk
Iowa
Harry Thy Yor
Des Moines
Acquitted but Rearrested in Wisconsin Post Office Case
In Milwaukee on December 1 Thomas Farrell Allan Oleg Dad Flynn and William Burrison known as Lefty Fitzgerald were acquitted by a U S court of robbing the Gerlin Wisconsin post office at Webrusry last. They were immediately rearrested and suspected of links to robberies in Galena Illinois Chilton Wisconsin Fond du Lac Waukesha and other places.
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Milwaukne
Thomas Farrell
Allan Oleg Dad Flynn
William Burrison
Lefty" Fitzgerald
Tornado Jim
United States Court
Gerlin
Wis
Webrusry
Galena
Chilton
Frouddune
Waukesha
Fire devastates Anson Aldred stock in Wisconsin
Fire at the Anson Aldred company’s ree stock in Firg Caunen Rhy Lona Wisconsin burns out of control, causing about 75000 dollars in losses. The blaze spreads to surrounding buildings including a store, harness shop, creamery and four dwellings, with insurance reported at 0,000. Green Bay aid helps save the town.
Damage claims settled after streetcar tragedy in Tavorm
Street railway crash on July 4 near Duiin street bridge killed forty five people and injured 106. Settlements total about 100000 dollars with the highest single payment reported as 4800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinima Seined
Tavorm
Wash
Clamis
Duiin Street
Intat
BromttX Tumbler yard sale shifts Aberdeen lumber lines
The Br omttX Tumbler company has disposed of all yards north and west of Aberdeen to Lamb Lumber. The deal covers yards on the Soo line west of Oakes and on the Milwaukee and St. Paul line toward Mahordeen. Work on the dam at Tiant Bona in 3111 Pond proceeds vigorously with new plantings to follow replication into the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wt. Croix
Aberdeen
Bromttx Tumbler Company
Lamb Lumber Company
Soo Line
Oakes
Ie Waigo
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Mahordeen
Jury Convicts Tom Candon for Assault With Intent to Kill
The jury finds Tom Candon guilty of assault with intent to kill after shooting Thily days earlier. Judge Pully sentences Candon to seven years in the penitentiary.
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Pierre
Tom Candon
Pully
Candon
Deaths and suicides in Wisconsin and Montana notices
In Welch Wisconsin on December 1 William Tsseapeil died by a gunshot in a tramcar accident scenario described as an outing. In Tete Montana on December 11 sixteen year old Theodoret Kermier shot herself with a revolver in a statement citing poor health and poverty as the motive.
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Tete
Mont. Dee
Theodore Kermier
Poly
Murder Charge After Saloon Quarrel in Wyoming
Harry Tier, long-time Homestake Mining employee in Evanston, was arrested on a murder charge for the Aug 16, 1852, Hillard Wyoming saloon killing of J. B. Wheeling after a dispute over women. Tier, using the alias Lyona, shot Wheeling twice in the back as he tried to leave, then fled to the Black Hills and has since lived quietly.
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Mack
Dew
Harry Tier
Homestake Mining Company
Wood
Evanston
Wyo
Hillard
J. B. Wheeling
Tier
Lyona
Batoon
Tuyong
Tlyont
Black Hilla
Vasa
Philadelphia man commits suicide in hotel room
Irraindrd Man, identified as Charles IXner, of the lumber firm Kaeracer & White, drank carballa neti containing acid at a hotel in Philadelphia after prayers were found on him. He recovered briefly from heart failure, was allowed to leave hospital, then disappeared hours later. The clerk found him later with a bottle of acid by his side. no money or letters were found.
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Irraindrd
Philadelphia
Charles Ixneractey
Rbrafnerd
Min
Carballa Neti
Kaeracer & White
Bratherd
Kuerachev
Statue of Senator Davis to be Erected in State Capitol Grounds
The St Paul chamber of commerce launched a drive to erect a statue in memory of Senator C K Davis and urged the legislative committee to seek an appropriation from the incoming legislature for the statue. A replica or another statue may be placed in the national capital's grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Davis
St. Paul
Chamber of Commerce
C. K. Davis
Arul
Stampede for Gold Fields Near Nelson Washington
News from Nelson Washington Dec 14 reports a stampede up Fourth of July Creek along the Scettle river. A gold strike is discovered with rich ground running to the cable yard. Digging has been secretly conducted by George Arnett for several years, with an estimated $10,000 in finds. The strike lies on both sides of the British American boundary.
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Nelson
Washi
Fourth of July
Scettle River
George Arnett
Ahold Ner
City Hall Building Accepted In Stanley Wisconsin
The city council accepted the new city hall from contractor Allan and moved the fire apparatus to the building. The upper floor will serve as a school room to relieve overcrowding, with nearly 140 pupils registered in the primary grade.
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City Itate
Stanley
Wis
Duc
Counnell
Allan
Alleged Counterfeiter Caught in Spokane
In Spokane on December 12 Wun Henson and oilus A I Lark were captured as believed leaders of a counterfeit gang. Lark formerly ran a bridge water job for the Great Western. Authorities found counterfeiting equipment and metal molds in his home along with gold and silver coloring tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spoknne
Wash
Wun Henson
Oilus
A. I. Lark
Roinsoiy
Great Warthorn
Farm Town Assault Highlights Iowa Crime Report
In Grinnell Hana Safe a Nevada teamater is jailed for a brutal assault on 15 year old Orlie Huhn. Safe allegedly struck the boy while intoxicated, leaving him with dangerous wounds and serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Iowa
Hana Safe
Nevada
Orlie Huhn
Woman Falls From Train Between Here and Portford
Mrs. James A. Campbell of Chicago fell from a Northwestern train between here and Portford while passing from one car to another. She sustained injuries from which she died.
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Tipon
Wik
James A. Campbell
Chicago
Here
Y Portford
Tha
Brakeman Killed in Ames Accident
A brakeman on the Marthe Avextern, John Tuckey of this city, was instantly killed near Ames when a pipe struck him at the sewerage ejector chamber construction site. Another worker, Regan, sustained a bad fracture to the skull while supervising sewerage work in Utah. He may recover.
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Ubu Regan
Gunton
Jown
Dee
John Tuckey
Marthe Avextern
Ames
Engineer Promotion Feared in Anticaga Division Move
Etall, chief engineer of the Min neanta and Dakuta division, has been offered a promotion to Antikaga 7 for Ant caga and Northwestern raid. The move signals leadership advancement within the company and potential organizational shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Mion
Etall
Eight Years for Life for James Tove in Neillsville
Judge O Neill sentences James Tove to eight years in the penitentiary for assault with intent to kill Adi Ds wife after a prior jury disagreement in Neillsville Wisconsin. The case follows a previous trial that ended without a verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neillsville
Wis
O'Neill
James Tove
Adi
Obscure Adultery Case In Vermilion Hearsay Trial
Preliminary hearing linked traveling salesman T C Wilson for adultery with Daly’s wife. Wilson and Dayt held on bonds to appear in April after a sequence of hotel room encounters at the Cottage in Vermilion. Dayt and Daly could not be allowed to leave, State’s Attorney order kept both in jail for witness protection. Wilson claims marriage.
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T.C. Wilson
Vermilion
Geo. Doyl
Elec Point
Daly
Wilson
State
Kelsey
Deyl
Mehit
Trink Bell
Towers Narrow Escape From Lumber Fire
Duluth Minn December 12 The village of Tower faced a near total destruction from a fire sparked by shavings near the yard of the Lumber company A strong wind carried embers toward the Duluth and Iron Range line and warehouse About ten million feet of lumber valued at unknown amount burned or doomed while the wind shifted and the flames were checked, preventing wider damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Tower
Duluth & Tron
Rangaroa
Over Lumber Company
Duluth & Iron Tyunge
Disastrous Explosion in Aspen Tunnel Kills Four
A gas explosion in a new rail tunnel near Aspen Wyoming claimed four lives and injured several workers. Twenty five men were at the site when the blast occurred during construction on the Union Pacific cut off between Aspen and Lillard. The coroner's verdict was unavoidable accident.
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Aspen
Wyo
New Rairoad
Union Pacifle
Lillard
Coroier
Earl Mosher Arrested After Assault on 72-Year-Old Man
Reports say Bart Mosher, aged about twenty, was captured after an assault on Carl Groves, aged seventy two near Gadlesville. The motive was robbery and Grover is expected to die. Police indicate the incident occurred December 12. Authorities are investigating and charges are pending.
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Earl Mosher
Bart Mosher
Tewn Yeuies
Carl Groves
Kim
Gadlesvilly
Grover
Black masked robber robs hotel office for forty dollars
A man in a black mask entered the Anderson hotel office and forced the night clerk to hand over forty dollars from the money drawer. No clue to the assailant was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxon City
Mason
Laws
Dee
Anderson Hotel
Hotel Fire Claims One Life in Ovonte Wisconsin
A hotel blaze in Ovonte Wisconsin on December 12 killed Edward Kimball by suffocation as the rest of the fourteen guests escaped. Inventory losses were reported as small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovonte
Wis
Roth
Edward Kimball
Negro Prisoner Escapes from Grinnell Jail
Hugh Dickson, a Black inmate charged with the murder of Lottle Himmes near Thayer, escaped from the Union County jail in Grinnell Iowa. The escape method remains a mystery as authorities search for the fugitive.
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Grinnell
Iowa
Hugh Dickson
Lottle Himmes
Thayer
Union County
Blackenrth's Free Cramhed at Dresser Junction
Osceola Wisconsin reports that E Higstrom, a blacksmith at Dresser Junction, was kicked in the face while shoeing a horse. His face was crushed in a horrible manner but doctors expect he will recover.
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Blackenrth
Osceola
Wis
Nee
E. Higstrom
Dresser Junction
White's Trial at Waneco Wakeca Minn Dee
The trial concerns Thomas White charged with burglary at Herbst’s store in Waneco. He is the man shot in Minneapolis while resisting arrest, with the case in progress.
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White
Waneco
Wakeca
Minn
Dee
Thomas White
Herbst
Minneapolis
Death of William Mackintosh Disturbs Langton Community
William Mackintosh, a valued resident of Langton, Minnesota, died suddenly at his home after a brief illness. The report notes his prominence and esteem in the locality as a notable life event affecting the community.
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Win
Langton
Minn
Dee
Willam Mackintosh
Ilness
Destruction hits multiple Thompson businesses in wreck
Fire at Thompson New York on December 12 gutting Seth Pharmacy Vienna Tinley Growers plant J Smiths Fine Plement Wluck Palmgyas Grocery Notion Store. Loss is total and only partially insured.
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Thompson
Thompson, N. Y
Seth Pharmacy
Vienna Tinley Growers
J. Smith
Palmgy
Notion
Wagon Overturns Crushed Man In Viroqua Wis
On a rural road near Viroqua Herman Hesacling was crushed when his wagon overturned while in motion. The incident occurred in December with authorities noting the line of travel and vehicle handling.
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Wis Wason
Wis
Dee
Herman
Devia
Dilatory Delays Complicate Chinese Demands Talks
From Pekin Dec 11 the British foreign office delays in slow prep of the preliminary note to China. Allies agree to the note language and text, with a new ministers’ meeting to follow. Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching’s credentials and edict copies trigger debate as German and others seek proof and seals before dealings continue.
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Pekin
Dilaterinesa Orf
Foreign Office
Li Tig Chang
Prince Ning
England
Ang
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Dri Munn von Schwartzenstein
Shanghai
Tai Hung Chang
Hla
Thar Gl
Prince Ching Representar Ye S
Bull
Mentsin
Moon von
Line
Li Hung Chong
Sluigan-hu
LA Hutws
Chang
Porbilden
Cunfee
London
Dec
Chaffee
Coun von Waldersee
Aiyx
Telin
Morning Post
Thuraustians Masscre Report From Kalgan Expedition
Captains Wingate and Ryder report the Kalgan expedition encountered mobs and massacres during its march. About one hundred Chotstlais were killed in deathly orders. Swedish and Norwegian missionaries were among the dead. Captains Wingate and Ryder returned yesterday after visiting multiple locales with little opposition from German forces. Details of the outrages are described as revolting.
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Tehyel
Healdes
Watts Jones
Buch
Wingate
Ryder
Kalgan
Telegraph Operators Strike Shuts 40 Percent of Santa Fe System
Telegraph operators on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad began a strike affecting about 600 of 1,400 workers and 40 percent of the system. Trains ran on schedule in Chicago as incoming services were curtailed, with Gulf and Pacific branches hit hardest and tensions rising among managers and strike sympathizers.
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Chicago
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Gulf
Mexico
Santa Pe
Fragmentary tale of a vanished performer in Alisnolle
A damaged report discusses an Austrian singer known as isrucct who performed under a pseudonym Mossbrugger. The piece mentions a man taken there recently on his own application, wearing a decayed old monte cad, signs of former success, and memories of prestigious professional status.
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Alisnolle
Ben Vranches
Frederitel Morabruener
Mossbrugger
Isrucct
Experiments in High Explosives A Lodging House Tale
In Edinburgh Professor Talt subdues a noisy Indy pianist by bagpipes. A fitted house erupts with explosions and smoke from Walt's room. The land lord questions the restraint of studies as the professor declares he has begun experiments in high explosives for advantage.
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Talt
Edinburgh
Walt
Avahory
Tut
Fragmented note on patents and economic commentary
The fragment lists patent items and inventors from Duluth Minnesota and Fort Union North Dakota, mentioning devices for engines and safety gear. It includes market analysis about business conditions, credit stability, and a cautious view on expansion after political events, with a magazine-style aside on Harper's Weekly and humorous quips from Ohio State Journal.
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Stock Exchange
Bryan Cloud
Harper's Weekly
Look Prooperonn and Mia Dress Then Dowdy Husband Lacks Help
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press notes a person named Tian and Mia with a claim about making her own dress and staying dowdy to the point that her husband cannot borrow money from friends.
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Tian
Mia
Smith
Philadelphia Press
What Saail We Bare for Dessert
This playful ad extols Jell-O as a quick healthy dessert option. It promises two minute prep with boiling water and cooling, offering lemon orange raspberry and strawberry flavors, and lists a 10 cent price at grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arass
Spellbinder and Norton Gate Exchange Pledge
A discord over compiling campaign speeches into a book ends with a remark on a spellbinder. The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes the exchange as a witty, literary barb reflecting frustration with publishing. The fragment hints at a broader cultural debate on authorship and compilation.
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Pittsburg
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Charition of Unis ¢Elty
Ifrom
Wargo
N.Y. Dee
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Joseph Inliter
Thie Ciy
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William Tsseapeil
Westersul
Welch
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Madison
D. D
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William Ryan
Luke County
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Thuraistians
Topeka
Kun. Dee
Narnia
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Mudge
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Ford
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Mildred
Paul L
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Crowe
Yucatan
Ohio State Journal
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Wisconsin
Lowa
Thorn
R. Lefever
Dobuque
Dubogie
W. Menna Linnead
Joun Morrow & CO
Springfield
O. Shea
Eiadip
Henry Langford
Greene
Rly. Hunry Langford
Henry Longford
Weston
W. Va
K. 8
Odes
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Dr. Greene
Grentie
Nervara
West 14Th Street
New York City
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