Unsuccessful Iowa Lover Turns to Suicide Attempt in Dubuque
George Huber of Dubuque, a teamster, again attempted to end his life with a pistol after a prior a year ago when he jumped from a bridge into the Mississippi. He was hospitalized and expected to recover. Authorities note unrequited love as the motive, with the identity of the woman undisclosed.
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Swain
Dubugue
George Huber
Dubuque
Huberld
Mississippi
Tuber
Father of 23 Children Claims Roosevelts Family Record
Albion man John Bennett Harris and wife are praised as the state’s largest Roosevelt family with twenty three children born to one wife not twins or triplets. Harris jokes that education costs and family size would total around half a million dollars, noting his years as a miner and musician in the English army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Skidoo” Fam
John Bennett Harris
Roosevelt
Harris
First Woman Enters Trappist Abbey After Disguised Entry
Miss Mary Channing of Pittsburgia defied rigid rules by entering the Trappist monastery twelve miles from Dabungne. She dressed as a man to gain access, saying her curiosity drove the risky act and that a monk guided her on a tour.
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Thos Guink
Mary Channing
Pittsburgia
Dabungne
Cbanbing
Tegappone
Editor Sniff Found Guilty of Manslaughter
The jury in Harrison County finds ACH Sniff, editor of the Harrison County News, guilty of manslaughter for the March 4 incident after he testified he was advised by the city marshal to obtain a gun and kill Brundige. The marshal denied giving such advice and testified in rebuttal.
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A. H. St
Misnouri Valley
Con
Old Settlers Big Reunion Opens Burlington Homecoming
Burlington hosts a large old settlers reunion at Crapo Park with Gov Cusimsn praising their fortitude and service to the West. A sham Indian raid followed the Governor's tribute, featuring a band of Indians in the afternoon program drawing crowds and marking the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Lown
Crapo Park
Cusimins
Youth and girl found dead in Mississippi River at Muscatine
Bodies of a young man and a girl were found clasped in each other’s arms in the Mississippi River at Muscatine. No identification. Police unable to determine whether it was accidental drowning, suicide pact, or homicide. A separate Burlington crime notes a saloon safe blown open for $100 with no clue.
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Mississippi
Muscatine
Zyger
Ente
Darlington
Crackemen
Wrank Ober
Burlington
Convict Breaks Parole In Clinton Gang Case
Pell, a parolee of the Clinton gang, left the water wagon and faces return to prison. George Hurrier, noted gang member, likely to be penitentiary bound. Burrier, prominent thief and burglar, fell from the water wagon and was arrested after authorities wired for him. Police report parole violations and broken promises of good behavior.
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Pell
George Hurrier
Clinton
Burrier
Tragedy near Lowa City ends in double shooting
At a Solon road farmhouse near Lowa City a 18 year old girl Florence Fuhrmeister was shot and killed? by William Dohler 27 who then killed himself. Miss Fuhrmeister survived and may recover. The injury occurred at the home of her grandfather Ired Puhrmeister. The girl gave a statement but could not explain the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dobler
Florence Fuhrumeister
Florence Fuhrmeister
William Withmeister
Lowa City
Solon
William Dohler
Dohler
Lightning Strike Shields Freight Through Washout
A midnight freight faced a washed out 600 feet of track between Battle Break and Danbury after heavy rain. Engineer Huff slowed due to water on the line west of Battle Creek and, a moment before throttle, a lightning flash revealed the gap. Emergency braking prevented derailment, rail service remained halted until the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Danbury
Alea
Young Man Seized After Railway Death Tragedy
Howard Hancock of Omaha, grieving his brother H R Hancock killed in a Burlington railroad crash at Galesburg, was removed from a Burlington passenger train at Osceola and confined at Burlington. He required help to avoid harming himself or others as he was transported toward an insane asylum in Mount Pleasant in a straitjacket.
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Lecomeas Sudr
Denly
H.R. Hancock
Galesburg
Howard Hancock
Omaha
Burlington
Osceola
Mount Pleasant Insane Asylum
Iran
POSTOFFICE ROBBED AT LOWDEN IN B&.E ATTACK
The Lowden post office was robbed Tuesday night with about 25 dollars taken from the money and the safe wrecked by explosions. The burglars missed 00 dollars in the safe, which held bills and account books. Similar robberies have occurred in Calamus Stanwood and other towns, making post offices a likely target.
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Lowden
Calamus
Stanwood
State Happenings From Keen District and Surroundings
The Keen district school near LeGrand will disband this year with pupils sent to LeGrand public schools. Havelock residents bought shares in an electrical road to ensure its passage to town. Muscatine Island farms shipped nearly 500 carloads of watermelons since July 1. Charley Johnson of Dana reports a two weeks old baby weighing 27 pounds, a local record. Rev. J B Baker, 75, was robbed of $110 in Waterloo while boarding a Great Western train to La Cygné Kan. Frank McCoy sues Charles Kleindolph for $5,000 over a runaway horse incident. Marshalltown Presbyterian church planning September cornerstone ceremony with interchurch representation. Mary E Cotter of Waterloo reports her divorce case with a break-in attempt and a dangerous fall. Burlington chief of police identified Robert Newbanks in Fort Madison, found him working as a bricklayer. he is believed mentally unbalanced. Lytton forms a cooperative elevator with $6,000 capital, 106 members, and a $475 elevator. Pitman Comedy Company manager Wd Pitman poisoned in lows City, life in peril. physician unsure if it was intentional or accidental.
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Keen
LeGrand
Havelock
Muscatine Island
Charley Johnson
Dana
J. DB. Baker
Great Western
Waterloo
la Cygne
Kan
Charles Kleindolph
Muscatine
Mary E. Cotter
Qchief
Police Hills
Burlington
Fort Madison
Robert Newbanks
Newbanks
Hia
Lytton
Wd Pitman
Pitman Comedy Company
Lows
City
Ocean Race Records and Landmark Steamships
A fragmented account traces historic ocean records from early sailings to later steamship clashes. It notes the Taish anta reaching Sandy Hook after a five day and five hour voyage, the Cunard Line ships and the Deutschland benchmarks, and the Kaiser Wilhelm II’s five day record from Cherbourg to New York with speeds and durations across several eras.
Constantine Charged in Noted Chicago Murder Enigma
Italian born Frank J. Constantine stands accused in the June 11, 1805 Chicago murder of Mrs. Lethee Gentry. Police say they have his admission and a case built from his movements across New York, Naples, Argentina, London, and back to New York before arrest. The trial promises to be among Cook county’s hardest fought.
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Constantine
Mirm Gentry
Cook County
Clinois
Chicago
Tila
Frank J. Constantine
Lethee Gentry
New York
Gentry
Frank Constantine
Constantine Jaleged
Naples
Argentina
South America
Italy
London
Mik
Telegraphic Brevedes Veteran Bell Buoy Inventor Dies
Capt ioary Brown veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars and inventor of the bell buoy used at American ports died in Charleston South Carolina at 80. He served in the 0s under Farragut and Porter by exploiting the farmer's mode bed exposing ether pipes to sun rays under glass cases. Frank Shuman Philadelphia engineer chemist claims to convert sun’s heat directly into power for commercial use.
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Ioary Brown
Charleston
8. C
Tle
Farragut
Porter
Frank Shuman
Philadelphia
Why Becky Left Scotland for America to Work
Becky explains she came to America to earn money and receive fair treatment after years of low pay and harsh conditions in Scotland and England. She details wages from three dollars a month to twenty dollars weekly, notes long hours, limited board, small rations, and better prospects in the United States. She emphasizes improved respect, clothing, and savings, concluding that people come to America for dignity and opportunity.
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Becky
United States
Atreautt
New York Sun
Lima
Glasgow
Ulse
Slater
Hilo
England
Scotland
Aimerica
Much Maligned Sante Vindicated by Professor Surfaca
In a Technical World Magazine excerpt HH. P. Jones credits Professor H. W. Surfaca, Pennsylvania State Zoologist, with championing reptiles. He aims to educate the public on snake science, having gathered hundreds of snakes, dissected and sketched them, and organized habits data for citizens and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che Curae
Hig
H W. A. Surface
Pennsylvania
HH. P. Jones
Technical World Magazine
The Mind's Eye Third Eye in Vertebrates
The text explains rudimentary traces of a third eye in all vertebrates and identifies it as part of the pineal gland located near the brain’s center. It suggests the phrase "the mind's eye" may reflect this anatomical origin and frames the concept as perhaps more factual than commonly believed.
Notable Local Resident Listed Among Four Hundred
The Tuto reports that Lug was featured in a Who's Who style supplement, described as joining the four hundred group. Each entry valued at about a thousand, marking a notable social standing in the community.
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Tuto
tHtonsten Post
So Long Ago Little Nephew Grandma Dialogue Row
Fragmentary dialogue recounts a grandmother aging 75 with a light exchange about time and memory. A judge voice comments on misperceived events and boastful claims, reflecting a dated conversational fragment from a historical text.
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Phew
Vancouver Rioting Targets Japanese Quarters In 1920s Attack
A Vancouver mob attacked Japanese quarters injuring several and looting shops estimated at $16,000. Consul Ishii fled, 500 Japanese aboard a steamship faced aggression at the dock, and police blades suppressed about 4,000 laborers later. Chinatown was sealed off as Bar on Ishii cabled Britain for intelligence. Indemnity claims of $25,000 were discussed, with Mayor Bethune opposing payment. The event marks Western Canada's worst riot to date.
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Vancouver
Ohindae
Vanncouver
B. C
Obinitown
Koti
Lo Tuhir
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Saburo Hisamidan
Seattle
Baron Isbil
Glanmdzu
Tokio
Chinatown
Ishii Brave
Kaneko
London
Bethune
Dominion
Western
Canada
Alps Claim 17 Victims In Heat Hazardous Climbs
Seventeen climbers dead and thirty injured as record heat in Switzerland drives avalanches and glacier breaks. Heat and an earthquake surge blamed for dangerous slides on the Alps with ongoing avalanches near St Gothard and St Bernard threatening travelers. three Italians swept away on Swiss side and unconfirmed fate.
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Switzerland
Alps
Et Ue
She Simpson
Bodmer
St Gothard
Laverne
St. Bernard
Jungfrau
Matterhorn
Piz Berning
Algnilly Des Charmoy
Zuldo
2-Cent Fare Law Nullified by Pennsylvania Judges
In Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judges Willson and Audenrich ruled the 2-cent railroad fare law unconstitutional citing lack of profit viability for railroads. The decision directs the case to the State Supreme Court, with railroads including Pennsylvania and Reading leading the challenge. The law, pushed by legislature amid campaign pledges, would have taken effect Oct 1.
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Pennsylvania
Statan
Willson and Audenrich
Common Pleas
Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Reading
Tackera Reject Peace Pilon in New York Strike
A committee representing wagon drivers in New York City offered settlement terms to George Moyan counsel for the Employers' Association but Moyan refused to enter negotiations with the drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tackera
Peace Pilon
New York City
George Moyan
Employers’ Association
Moyan
Portuguese stowaway sinks hope in Atlantic voyage
A Portuguese stowaway aboard the Bitcamor Huelvo was told he would be deported at New York and leaped overboard at Sandy Hank with a life buoy, believed to have survived to Bhore. A St. Petersburg paper claimed a William Roosevelt pact to shield the Atlantic coast during Pacific fleet absence.
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New York
Sandy Hank
St. Petersburg
William
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Pacific
Chicago Fall operations under general conditions
Fall business activity remains steady with no near relief in sight. September dividends ease money strain, discount rates stay high, and currency withdrawals to move crops rise. Manufacturing finance holds, forward work keeps producers busy, agriculture shows progress, and Western mercantile collections ease.
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Chicago
Dun
Financial tone shapes trading at large markets
New York reports show a cautious money market with broad buying not yet robust. Northwestern and southwestern centers hint at better crop prospects, while new stock purchases are limited by tighter conditions. Some elites anticipate a busy fall as 1906 approaches, with collections improving but remaining generally slow.
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New York
Bradstreet
Historical North American Grain and Livestock Prices Snapshot
A dense list of regional cattle hog and sheep values, grain quotes, and dairy and produce prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and other markets. Notable figures include Chicago cattle 4.00 to 7.20, hogs 4.00 to 7.00, wheat No. 2 around 62 to 98 cents, corn No. 2 mixed 59 to 70 cents, butter 21 to 27 cents, eggs 16 to 21 cents, and oats varying by market.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louie—Gattle
Bsc
Detroit
Milwaukee
Northern
New York
Toledo
BO Claver Acad
Primo
Powers Seek Neutral Norway At Great Britain Backed
Reported at a recent meeting Emperor William of Germany and Emperor Nicholas of Russia agreed that their governments would regard Norway as neutral territory. The accord aligns with Britain’s strong support for Norway’s efforts to obtain guarantees of neutrality.
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Norway
William
Germany
Nicholas
Russia
Great Britain
Soldier contracts yellow fever in Cuba first case noted
All Around the Globe reports an American soldier in Clanfuegos Cuba is ill with suspected yellow fever the first such case since occupation began. Superior Judge Lawlor of San Francisco denied a motion to dismiss bribery indictments against Patrick Calhoun Thornwell Mullaly H B Schmits Abraham Ruef and others.
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Clanfuegos
Cuba
Lawlor
San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
Thornwell Mullaly
H. B. Schmits
Abraeham Ruef
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Leek
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Southampton
Lada
St. Paw
de St Parlince
Inigat
Mat McIfrath
New York Athletic Club
John Flannagan
Travers Island
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Flannagan
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