Oil scandal and enacting oil hoax in Bremer County
A lengthy report from the Iowa geology department links a bogus oil discovery in Bremer County to Standard Oil Company activity and stock schemes. The tale centers on a fake petroleum find in Fraderika and a counterfeit oil source fed by a bagged tank, inflating stock values before investigations exposed the ruse.
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State Geological Department
Iowa
Standart
Lhat
Bremer
State University
Fraderika
Ge Lenk
Srera
Steck
Chicago
Imachinery
A&s
Dowie in New York Crusade Draws World Attention
The article outlines John Alexander Dowie's New York crusade from Madison Square Garden to Carnegie Hall. Thousands attend, with Dowie claiming 5,000,000 converts worldwide and a Zion movement funded at about 250,000 dollars. Dowie’s background includes Scotland birth, Australian ministry, and revivalist sermons in Chicago.
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John Alexander Dowie
Satan
New York
Aion
Cotham
Alon City
Madison Saunre Garden
Axarelxes i Ortegla
Dawie
Millah
Brooklyn
Staten
Laland
New Jersey
Dowile
Christian Catholic Church
Zion
Tinke Michigan
Chicago
Milwallen
New York City
Duwie
Dowie
Madixon Square Garden
Carnegie Hall
Dowle
Elijah
God
Tillman Freed After Not Guilty Verdict in Editor Killing
Former Lieutenant Governor Tillman walks free after a jury finds editor Gonzalez not guilty in a fatal shooting linked to the 1900 primary fight between Tillman and Gonzalez. The case followed hostile editorial clashes and a threatened duel, with Roosevelts invitation and Cuban independence figures cited in background.
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Gonzalez
James HE
Liman
N. G. Gonzatex
Btate
Columbia
Conrad
Tillman
Hi Yace
Gonantex
Tha
Mr. Tillman
Tilman
Ambroise Jose Gonzalez
Napelson
Tropez
ANOTHER MORMON TRIAL FOR SMOOT AT UTAH SENATE
Senator Burrows to lead a committee inquiry into the polygamy charges against Senator elect Smoot of Utah. The investigation will examine whether Smoot has lived a polygamous life and if he has taken church vows as an apostle, with a moral, nonreligious approach.
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Emoot
Utah
Burrows
Committee On
Congress
REED
Lam Roberts
House of Representatives
Burrow
Smoot
Steels
United States
Damaged Cotton, Deaths, and Local Ventures in Early Texas and Kansas
Damaged cotton in Texas due to boll weevil and drought is noted along with several regional items. Catherine O. Hoskins, a Massachusetts Indian survivor, died at 104 in Massachusetts. A new daily and weekly paper, the Herald, is planned in Atchison Kansas. The First National Bank of Gaylord Kansas is authorized to open with 25000 dollars. Archaeologists plan to explore prehistoric mounds at Fort Leavenworth after government permission. A crusher plant will process ginas sand rock near Fredonia and Caney Kansas for local gum factories. A runaway horse incident in Gallatin damaged three vehicles and injured five, three fatally. Shollersen’s fright at a toy balloon and a Dover Kansas fatal accident involving August Brquuinger, a newlywed, are noted.
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Texan
Catherine O. Hoskins
Massachusetts
Kansas
Fort Leavernworth
Fredonia
Caney
Kan
Gines
Kaonans
Mw Delivery
Whgon
Gallatin
Lena
Shollersen
August Brquuinger
Dover
Flood Devastation Hits Paterson and Passaic Area
Floods sweeping Paterson New Jersey and Passaic regions halt mills drive thousands from homes and threaten health. Estimated losses top two million in Paterson and two million in Passaic area with rail and trolley disruption and a milk shortage in New York City. Bridges along the river carried away.
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Paterson
N. J
Weathen
Wassine
Dundee
Wallington
Passaic
Ieas
Duttonville
Pasenla
New York City
Raporta
Trenton
Baston
USE LIQUOR LOSE vOBS Railways Practically Isane Ultima Tum
Railroads nationwide push total abstinence for operating staff citing safer train operation. New rule books ban intoxicants and limit tobacco use on duty or near stations. Enforcement varies, with some lines like Rock Island discharging frequent violators. Officials claim accidents have fallen about 25 percent since reforms.
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Chicago
United States
Rock
Saigons
Telegraphic Brevities Run of Curio Items
Six pelicans were killed by a farmer near Perry Kansas. One bird measured six feet across its wings. Ferdinand Schendel, a wealthier farmer north of Wellsville, Kansas, was fatally kicked by a bore. Walter H. Tuttle & Co of Lynn Massachusetts failed amid strike and boycott. Cornell University opened with sharply higher attendance, 3845 students registered. Employers across liver shops demand nine hours per day with ten hours pay, effective January 1, 2004. Ferracute Machine Company plant at Bridgeton New Jersey burned, $100,000 loss, 200 workers idle. Walter Dell fell into Niagara Falls rapids while working on the Toronto and Niagara Power project.
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Perry
Kan
Ferdinand Schendel
Wellsville
Jan
Walter H. Tuttle & Co
Lynn
United States
Canada
Sease
Ferracute ‘Machine Company
Bridgeton
Toronto and Niagara Power Company
Niagara
Falls
Horseshoe
One Hundred Years Ago News Snippet Review
One Hundred Years Ago notes a natural society advising planting Italian poplars to deter insects, a Funchal Madeira disaster where a cloudburst swept streets and homes into the sea, and infant drownings. It cites a British blockade affecting a court, and Thomas Jefferson urging a return to agriculture over commerce with a quip about plowing the ocean.
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Prenos Agelnatural Society
Funchal
Madeira
Thomas Jefferson
Fragmentary 19th Century Affidavits and Kidnap Claims
Seventy five years ago John Downing of Lexington Kentucky swore of affairs leading to the battle at Jordan's house where Aaron Buhr was seized. Ex President James Monroe was paid 1200 dollars in New York to cover mortgage interest on his Virginia home. the New York City post office had twenty four employees handling 150 mails daily. Henry Clay, Secretary of State, faced a Pennsylvania accusation of kidnapping a free black man into slavery in the South.
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Des Moines
W. A. Richards
Ray
W. S. Bunge
Olin
Chicago
PB. BR. O
Lincoln
Neb
Laure Webber
Knoxville
Iowa
James Regan
W. G. Game
Grinnell
Monticello Hill
Younes County
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Runnelly
Elsia Sproul
Oskaoloosa
Ray Fenwick
Des Broines
Department of Agriculture
Land Office
John Downing
Lcexington
Beary Clay
John Jordan
Aaron Buhr
James Monrose
New York
Virginia
New York City
Henry Clay
Pennsylvania
Cular
Lake Front
Andrew Johnson
Washington
Barratt
Mexico
A. 8. Grant
Fifty Years Ago Deaths and Political Tumult Report
Fifty years ago Thomas Childs, a distinguished American officer, died at Tampa Bay Florida. William Croyd Garrison was assaulted at a Cleveland tights convention after refusing to retract statements about delegate Nevins. The New York clearing house opened with fifty two member banks as Franca negotiates with Sweden and Denmark for alliance against Russia if Turkey war breaks out, and Buenos Ayres declares independence with Dr O P Obit gato as governor.
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Thomas Childs
Tampa Bay
Florida
Wiliam Croyd Garrison
Cleveland
Ohio
Nevins
New York Clearing House
Franca
Sweden
Denmark
Rusaia
Turkey
Buenos Ayres
Dr. O. P. Obitgato
Meade and Lee Struggle as Contending Armies Move North
Forties era note recalls Gen Meade retreating across the Rappahannock after Gen Mende ordered a withdrawal of three corps to counter Gen Lee. Lee’s forces sought to cut Meade's retreat as both sides pressed northward from the river amid a tense pursuit.
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Mende
Army of the Potomac
Rappahannock
R. BH. Les
Rappahannock River
Virginia
BR. 4
Lea
Meade
Northern Virginia
Lee
Rumors of Vanderbilt's Death and 1836 Treasury Dispute
Twenty years ago rumors circulated that William K. Vanderbilt had gone under after an attempt to bull Lake Shore and other stocks. Arkansas claimed a share of the national treasury surplus divided among states by Jackson in 1836. A one mile pacing record was lowered to 2 10 at the Chicago Driving Club. Chicago courts granted witty divorces as newspapers warned of the growing habit.
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William K. Vanderbilt
Lake Shore
Arkansas
National Treasury
Andrew Jackson
Johnson
Chicago
Ten Years Ago At World's Columbian Exposition and Cup Race
Ten years ago President Grover Cleveland faced stalled financial relief as Senate adjourned and repeal of the silver purchase law seemed impossible. In Chicago a drive began to buy the eyelorama relic for a Columbian museum while 718,648 visitors entered the exposition grounds. The American yacht Vigilant won the decisive third race for the America’s Cup in New York, besting Valkyrie.
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Grover Cleveland
Senate
Chicago
Vigtant
Lord Dourguon
Valkyrie
New York
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Mae Shamethia
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Peter Jensen
Quy Jackson
Keokuk
Jenious Haaband
Thomas B. O'Halloran
Cedar Rapida
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BL. Clarke
Dubuque
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G. W. Gondrich
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M. A. Allen
Peoria
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Adelia C. Sharpless
Salem
James Gasable
Scott County
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A. H. Montgomery
Triniy Episcopal Church
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Des Mines
D. Warner
Prairia City
Reeve Pain
Dlatriet
Ea Moines
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Pinna
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Nevada
Frank Howard
Dan Ward
Cole
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Farmers’ Institutes of Iowa
State Agricultural Department
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Updike Graiy Company
Miesourt Valley
Rock Island
Yne
Clinton
Dan Murphy
Chicago Lita Insuraucs
Taare Mott Nombary Une
Dex
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Sominalee One
Charles Gotham
John the Baptist
Zion City
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