Robbers Taken After Post Office Safe Blowing Attempt
Three armed criminals attempted to blow open the Morris post office safe, defended by police led by Chief John Law. They were cornered in a Chicago yards box car after a pistol battle, overpowered, and taken to Grundy county jail. the strong box contained about $5,000 in money and valuables.
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Morris
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Ofice
Liberty Street
Wafe
John Law
Grundy County
Rich Man Elope in Overalls With Mountain Bride
W. G. Phillips, 26, married Lilly, 17, a mountain girl from Shady Springs, after eloping to Bristol Virginia. The groom wore work clothes and paid a marriage fee, having just earned 82,000 dollars from coal land sales in West Virginia. He said circumstantial pressure forced the hurried elopement.
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West Virginia
Bomb wrecks Philadelphia store linked to Black Stand threat
The 840 Christian Street Ih dealer Joseph Tuan’s shop in Philadelphia was wrecked by a bomb likely from Black Stand agents. A note signed Black Stand demanded $1,000, threatening harsher action if unpaid. Henry Siegel’s summer home in Mamaroneck NY was looted with valuable oil paintings and bric a brac stolen and closets ransacked.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Tuan
Christian Hirect
Uand
Tusa
Turnwax
Henry Siegel
Mamaroneck
New York
Chicago
Robber Gang Revealed After Confession in New York Case
Buttless is arrested in Parle with 42000 in American securities on suspicion of aiding thieves who stole about 400000 from the French Line steamer La Provesce in New York. He confesses to implicate a gang of international robbers.
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Buttless
Parle
la Provesce
New York
Furnace Fall Kills Five at Woodward Plant in Alabama
A Bessemer telephone message reports that a furnace lining collapsed at Woodward Tron Company in Woodward Alabama amid ongoing repairs. The incident left five workers dead and several others injured or missing.
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Bessemer
Ala
Woodward Tron Company
Woodward
Japan Buys Many Guns In Large Krappa Deal
Japanese buyers sanction a large gun purchase linked to Krappa, with many weapons inspected by Japanese officers at Mixen Preparatory for acceptance. Several Japanese engineers are employed at the works, signaling friendly ties with the Mikado. A bomb exploded before Judge Ogden’s Oakland home, destroying the facade but injuring none. The assailant fled. Ogden suspects an insane man whose name he has given to police. Abe Ruef and lobbyist I V Halsey indicted on bribery and fringe counts. Two people drown at Venice Island when a launch capsized during loading.
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Japan
Tanan Ts
Krappa
Mixen
Judge Ogden
Oakland
Cal
The Russian Douma Coalition Prospects in 1907
The second Russian Douma sits in the Tauride Palace at St. Petersburg drawing world attention. With 405 members plus 20 to be elected, factions include Monarchists Moderates Constitutional Democrats Poles Progressives Socialists Independents. Golovin elected speaker leads a coalition leaning toward constitutional government amid varied aims and social groupings.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Chamber of Deputies
Reichstag
Douma
Reactiourriey
Constitutional Democrats
Downy
Feodor Golovin
Golovin
Moscow Zemstroo
Socialista
Thaw Case Drags and Sentiment Turns
A New York correspondent notes a shift in public mood against Shaw as Thaw case coverage lingers. Early speculation tied Evelyn Tunn’s testimony to potential quick jury action, but delays and ongoing investigative queries fade the immediate verdict narrative.
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Chaw
New York
Evelyn Tunn
Jerome
Shaw
Thaw Trial Defense Faces Nine Experts in Sanity Question
The prosecution plans to show Thaw acted with rational deliberation when he killed Stanford White, aided by Drs. Pilnt Mahon and MacDonald. Nine experts for the defense will contest every act and argue brain storms as evidence of Thaw's mental soundness while the defense seeks to frame intoxication or jealousy as factors. The case has seen internal clashes among the six counselors, but the defense moves forward as costs rise to roughly 250000 for the state’s attempt to seek the chair.
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Tors
Jevoue
Wssall
Lins
Haw
Thaw
White
Jerome
Terry Thaw
Jon
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Harry K. Thean
Ife
Pittaburger
Vatican silent on Montagnini papers amid French actions
Rome dispatch says Vatican delays comment as the Montagnini correspondence remains sensitive. It notes the Vatican sits as third party awaiting developments in the French nunciature dispute. A Canadian Lord's Day Act expanded across Canada except Quebec with bans on entertainments, gambling, liquor sales, cigars, and foreign papers.
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Rome
Vatican
Mgr. Montagnini
Nunnciatura
Paris
Canada
Quebec
Boma
Mln
Dover Kidnapping Case Tarnishes Tiny Victim’s Turf
The four year old Horace Marvin, son of Dover physician Dr H N Marvin, vanished during a farm move. Detectives chase a $27,000 reward as officers suspect kidnapping with a possible move to Philadelphia. A New York agency letter claiming pay for recovery sparked wide alarm. Witnesses recalled Horace playing on a haystack prior to disappearance.
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Black Hand
Dover
Marvin
H. N. Marvin
Philadelphia
Walter Wiuner
Market Street
New York
Daotroit
Little Horace
Dr. Marvin
Charles Goodall
Mr. Goodell
Goodell
Horace
Eels Spawn at Sea Revealed by Danish Scientists
Danish marine researchers report that European eels spawn at about 8,300 feet in the Atlantic southwest of Ireland. From countless eggs emerge leptocephali, transparent larval forms that drift for six months before becoming elvers, about two inches long, then migrate shoreward in vast, columned swarms. They invade rivers and waterways, bypass ships, and ascend waterfalls and swamps toward inland ponds.
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Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Supreme Court rules railroads owe Nebraska property tax
The United States Supreme Court, announced by Justice Solmes, orders Union Pacific and Burlington railroads to pay Nebraska property tax totaling 3,100,000 including penalties for 1904 05 08. Railroads had offered 2,200,000. Objections claimed the equalization board doubled values by including interstate property. the court rejected those arguments.
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Nebraska
United States Supreme Court
Justice Solmes
Union Pacific
Burlington
Equalization Board
Teachers' Association backs simplified spelling board plan
The Teachers' Association of Hero City endorses the simplified spelling board's recommendations to ease learning for foreign-born children and reduce hardship in mastering English, citing the importance of intelligent citizenship and clearer language instruction.
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Iieia
Dr Williams Pink Pills Claim Cure for Rheumatism
A Detroit machinist recounts two years of rheumatism including swollen legs and heart pain until Dr Williams Pink Pills. After treatment he improves rapidly and remains symptom free. The ad promotes pills sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY with pricing.
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Williams
Gurad Grute
Willams Pink
Robert Odbert
Cameron Street
Detroit
Mich
Dr. Williams
Dr. Wilams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Constant Reminder Chicago Tribune dialogue gag
A humorous exchange between Mrs Rawler and Mrs Grossway notes a wife smelling her husband’s cigars despite his long trips. The light domestic quip highlights how absence fuels imagined presence in the home.
One Hundred Dollars For Deafness Cures Promoted
An advertisement claims deafness is incurable except by constitutional remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any case cured by it. The text also includes stray schoolroom anecdotes and misspelled notes about a teacher and a student dialogue.
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Wien
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
A Vivid Imagination and the Make-Believe Skates
A Philadelphia Press item shows a boy named Youmy describing adventures with make believe skate play. Mr Stinjay questions his activities and Youmy insists he has been busy with imagined skating.
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Mr. Stinjay
Philadelphia Press
Good Natured Refocus by Grape-Nuts User
A Battle Creek reader reports chronic indigestion and nerve weakness improved by Grape-Nuts breakfast cereal. After trying other foods, the writer notes restored digestion, steadier nerves, sharper vision, and a noticeably improved disposition, praising the product and its claimed health benefits.
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Hamar
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mion
Wellvile
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