Trickery Unmasked in Ohio Bank Robbery Case
Elgin observer reports a six year old bank robbery in Ohio where Mirjah Bowsher and Thomas Wilkins were indicted. A divorced wife of Wilkins, now a probate clerk, orchestrated detective work that implicated the Dunke bank’s Kalb and Michael. Hidden court reporters captured the suspects detailing the crime, promising a differing light at trial.
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Mirjah Bowsher
Thomas Wilkins
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Miller
Michael
Kalb
Dunke
Klinger
Bowsher
Viking
Scott
Sheri Freer
Mya. Wilkins
Bowgher
Claims He 13 Charley Ross Proofs Time
Galveston man William Von Hodges repeatedly claims to be Charley Ross and cites proofs after visiting German Town and interviewing Mrs. Ross. He says a Brooklyn witness saw Tinby Roxy with abductors and that a relative of the abductors is located, supporting his claim despite past denials.
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Galveston
William von Hodges
Texas
Germantown
Charley Ross
Wale Ter Stass
Ross
von Hodges
Murderers Cremate Victims to Hide Evidence
Philip T Ross and his wife were murdered for their money and cremate victims in their Kerrstown Washington home. Ross ran a saloon with his wife above it and kept cash on hand for check cashing. The burning building concealed the crime and the charred remains were found among the debris.
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Philip T Ross
Ina
Nerrstown
Wash
Moya
Kerrstown
Ross
Hudson River boat burns near Kingston
The steamer John McCausland a passenger and freight craft between Kingston and Glasco on the Hudson burned six miles north of Kingston while returning from Divoli with Masons aboard Capt Frank Reese leapt to safety swimming ashore The incident followed a string of other diversions and headlines on the same page including a scandal at Missouri Kansas and Texas railway and a push for Baptist union talks.
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Kingston
K. Æ
Glasco
Hudson River
Divoli
Frank Reese
Cvew
George Morton
Lillian Sprague
St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
W. S. St. George
New York
Morton
Fatal Japanese War Death Toll Compared With Civil War
The Japanese report 72,450 fatalities in the war with Russia, with 46,180 killed in battle, 10,070 died of wounds, and 19,800 of disease. Comparisons to the Civil War show high disease losses in the Union army but a remarkably low disease death rate for Japan, credited to sanitation, hospital organization, and rapid treatment of the wounded.
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Russia
Port Arthur
Japan
Legateas Shaoco
Liao Yang
Moikaten
Chicago Inter Ocean
Long Ange
Union Armay
Renins GE
Rural delivery costs spark debate on population thinning
Washington notes rural free delivery may cost the government up to 60 million dollars yearly while lawmakers weigh its effect on elite populations. Critics favor faster mail to congested centers like New York and advocate expanding routes even below 100 households to broaden service.
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Washington
New York City
New York
Congress
Department
Corday
Largest Trade Year Seen With Import and Export Surge
August trade data indicate the calendar year 1900 could mark record volumes of imports and exports. Manufactures exports rose roughly nine million dollars in August versus last year, with total eight month imports up by about fifty million. Customs revenue climbs with 1905 eight month totals surpassing 1904, signaling broad gains in trade and government receipts.
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Wrahington Corrapandencas
Department of Contrhierve and Labor
Menntine Minufacturers
Jane
Odds and Ende and Miscues From a Curious Ledger
The piece cites crown values at about £3,000,000 and notes a sparrowhawk’s dive at 150 miles per hour. It mentions morphine habit data with physicians making up 40 percent, bans malodorous autos at Pontresina, Afghanistan missionaries in Liverpool, and a German manufacturer selling gistromysin to boost pepsin output.
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Afghanistan
Liverpool
England
Peoria Bank President Indicted for Forgery
Newton C Dougherty superintendent of schools and president of the Peoria National Bank has been indicted by a grand jury on forgery charges. Shortage estimates range from 75000 to 200000 with total suspected misdeeds over years. The arrest followed police and bank clerk Erwin Schnebly revealing defalcations and triggering the grand jury investigation. Dougherty, a longtime city figure and educator, denies the charges, offering to repay losses from his fortune.
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Newton C. Dougherty
Peoria National Bank
Grand Juty
Peorkt
N.C. Dougherty
Dougherty
Wich
Weiglthy
Dime Savings Company
Peoria Livery Company
National Educational Association
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University of New York
Inander
Erwin Schnebly
Newton CG. Dougherty
Schnebly
Mr. Dougherty
Panorama of Northwest Prosperity and Big Crops
The Northwest experiences a boom with record crops and strong commerce. South Dakota faces large wheat and corn yields as frost relief boosts corn production, railways strain to accommodate rapid in-migration, and farmers prosper from high prices and land sales.
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Dakotas
South Dakota
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Tralna
New York
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Bradstreet
Notable Figures and Events from Royal and International Circles
King Edward reportedly paid 1200 for a French bulldog while Kaiser Wilhelm II receives 600 to 700 letters daily. The Duke of Veragua in Spain is linked to fortune via arena bullies. Royal reformer Vrines Veter Kraporkin relocates to Hromley Wayland M. Vinant D fuds leads Paris Schola Cantorium and to conduct Boston orchestra at Christings time. Marquis of Downshire part of Wokingham fire brigade while Dr Axel Bjernho uncovers a manuscript by Claudiung Olougsen.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
Duke
Imperial Library of
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Claudiug Olougsen
The Two Suns at Leek Gorge Mystery
A peculiar natural phenomenon near Leek in Staffordshire shows a hilltop opening letting daylight precede night twice daily. Gas lamps flicker as darkness settles before a second sunset returns, then daylight reappears and the spectacle repeats twice each day.
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Taln
Ling
A Sure Cure Claim For Kidney Pills From Mineral Resident
Mineral Idaho October 10 Special That a cure has been found for sem tle pains is the firm opinion of Mr 1 8 Colson a local resident He says Dodd s Kidney Pills cured his hip pains that made walking nearly impossible He praises the medicine noting kidney health fixes uric acid in the blood and removes rheumatic and spinal pains by cleansing the blood
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Cord
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Paria incident during royal procession with Alfonso and Loubet
Gaston Abroad reports a dramatic moment as King Alfonso of Spain and President Loubet ride through Paria and Lomb is pelted. A banter erupts in Parisian wit with the monarch asking who they are after and the president replying in flawless French after you, my dear Alfonse.
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Alfonso
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Loubet
Paria
An Lomb
Chereupon
New York
Tmes
Alfonse
Cuticura Offers Aid for Women’s Discharges and Ailments
For women much that every woman desires to know is found in Cuticura works. Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills are praised for antiseptic cleansing of mucous surfaces and blood, aiding local and constitutional treatment for weakening discharges, ulcerations, inflammations, itches, relaxations, displacements, and irregularities, along with associated conditions like anemia, chlorosis, hysteria, nervousness, and debility.
On Keeping Young and Amelle Rives’ Quiet Life
A Boston Transcript piece quotes Amelle Rives on perpetual youth. She describes a disciplined daily routine and rural solitude shaping her writing, noting how a fashionably busy life would drain her. Much of her work, including Selene, drew from Virginia’s Albemarle countryside and a stint in Italy.
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Boston Transcript
Avellan Rives
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Albemarle County
Virginia
Amelle Rives
Stortry
Selene
Italy
Coffee Neuralgia Relief From Postum Then Proves Effective
A woman recounts lifelong coffee use causing nervous prostration and headaches. After switching to Postum Foal Coffee eight months ago her health and energy returned, she no longer suffers neuralgia or dark-room confinement, and she resumes her daily tasks. She provides names of friends attesting to her recovery and notes a trial with coffee cessation. There’s a reason, says Postum.
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Groon
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Trade and finance tone in Chisago region report
A Bradstreet Commercial Report notes mixed signals in Chisago area commerce with bank exchange activity reflecting local business, retail expansion, and strong forward orders. It highlights high freight movements, steady employment outlook, and annual harvest pressures offset by rising costs and falling agricultural prices.
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Anles
Middle West
Chlage
Chicago toots and Midwest cattle prices slide across markets
A scrambled OCR list reports cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and other markets. Prices for hogs range near 4.00 to 8.00 while cattle usually sit around 4.00 to 4.50, with wheat and corn quotes noted as No 2 or white varieties and varying cents per bushel.
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Cholee
New York
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