Any Old Way Kept No Records in Terre Haute School Board
Terre Haute Ind December report reveals the av school board and new clerk found no cash book ledger or account book. Tuition funds and library funds were co entered in a single book, with no clear records of transfers or business dealings. The board noted lack of bookkeeping and questioned why taxes rose while facilities did not improve.
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Terre Haute School Board
Terre Haute. Ind
John BE. Lamb
Indiana railway accident toll and a near wreck in Posey county
Indiana figures show 354 people killed and 3809 injured on railroads in the year to June 30 1905 with breakdowns by cause and occupation. Damages paid total 37548.03 dollars. Near Posey county two farmers flagged a cross tie blocking L and N rails but removed it before the Florida flyer passed.
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iIndianapolis
Joseph Li. Stubbs
Evansville
Ind
Upton
L. and N
Posey County
Four City Blocks Burned in Petersburg Fire Loss at Fifty Thousand
Four downtown Petersburg business blocks including two hardware stores the Citizens State Bank and the Odd Fellows building were destroyed by fire. Total damage estimated at 50 000 dollars. In Brazil Indiana a fever epidemic strikes as Joseph Howard clerk dies after illness spreading in the Staunton area.
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Petersburg
Ind
W. H. ‘Limp Hardware
Read & Snyder Hardware
Citizens’ State Bank
Odd Fellows
Joseph “Howard
Drugs Were Their Specialty Stolen From New York Wholesalers
Detectives arrested Louis Gears Edward Smith and Joseph Hogan after a third man's confession. Hogan admitted entering the Mallinckrodt Chemical Co branch storeroom in New York and stealing two cases one containing cocaine and the other iodine. The loot valued at up to $50 000 was divided with Hogan receiving $60 and Smith delivering $80 worth to Gears.
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New York
Mallinckrodt Chemical Company
St. Louis
Louis Gears
Edward Smith
Joseph Hogan
Hogan
Smith
Looting of Crescent City wreck shocks Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota a wrecked steamer Crescent City looted after grounding on Tuesday. Thieves carried off shipboard valuables including jewelry, officers’ rooms were broken into, and turkey provisions from the refrigerator were stolen. Crew had barely escaped with their lives.
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Duluth
Minn
Crescent City
Printer Stillings Moves to End Symposium Money Lending
Washington reports new printer Stillings has banned symposiums in the big printery and will clean up money lending, vowing no further financial gatherings will be allowed to flourish there.
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Washington
Dpublin
Stillings
Stilllings
Engineer and Firemen Killed In N J Train Wreck
The Central Railroad flyer wrecked at Stony Creek ten miles north of Mauch Chunk. An engineer and a fireman died named Albert and Detroy. About two dozen passengers were injured. For the second item, Young Corbett reportedly accepted a Los Angeles match offer from promoter Morris Levy for Eddie Hanlon with a $3 500 purse and will train on the coast.
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Philadelphia
Central Railroad Company of New Jersey
Flyer
Stony Creek
Mauch Chunk
Albert
Detroy
Young Corbett
Hanlon
New York
Eddie Hanlon
Los Angeles
Morris Levy
California
Shaft for a Railway Tunnel Under Detroit River
Laborers in Windsor Ontario began digging the main shaft for the Michigan Central railroad tunnel under the Detroit river. The shaft measures 17 feet wide by 40 feet long and 90 feet deep. after completion, construction pause until early spring.
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Detroit
Windsor
Ont
Michigan Central Railroad
Detroit River
Chicago Wins Intercollegiate Cross Country Race
James Lightbody of Chicago won the five mile intercollegiate cross country race with Hauser of Nebraska as the closest competitor. The event featured teams from Chicago Illinois Wisconsin and Nebraska. Ab Sin Honolulu notes Hawaii immigration rulings allowing assisted immigrants except Chinese under President Roosevelt administration.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
James Lightbody
Lightbody
Hauser
Honolulu
Missing barge Mercela pursued on Lake Huron search
Port Huron Michigan December 1 Pittsburg Steamship Company sent three steamers to hunt for the missing steel barge Mercela after its steering gear failed in Tuesday's storm. The vessel was abandoned off Pointe aux Barques following the damage. Eight men die in Alaska ice jam incident at Coal Creek near Forty Mile on October 26. names of four others not known.
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Port Huron
Mich
Pittsburg Steamship Company
Lake Huron
Mercela
Pointe Aux Barques
Vancouver
B. C
Coal Creek
Forty-Mile
Alaska
Benjamin F. Sinclair
James W. Sullivan
John Lurd
Johnson
Fifth Avenue Births Dip. City Street Records Fewest
New York health department records show Fifth Avenue has the fewest births in the city with only thirteen babies born this year across the four and a half mile stretch. The finding spotlights demographic trends on a major residence corridor.
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New York
Health Department
Fifth Avenue
Hamilton Found Says He Is Not In Hiding
The Associated Press locates Andrew Hamilton in Paris and learns he plans a formal reply to the Armstrong Insurance committee. He is ill and receiving treatment at Bad Nauheim, with a potential return to springs if doctors require it. He intends to send his complete answer to President McCall of New York Life once prepared.
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Paris
Associated Press
Andrew Hamilton
Albany
Armstrong Insurance Committee
Hamilton
Bad Naulelm Springs
Armstrong
McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
New York
Buncoed man seeks Hubbard milling half share
John N. Terrett of Grafton West Virginia claimed a half interest in Hubbard Milling Company's 200000 dollar mill in Mankato Minnesota. He produced a deed he said originated in Chicago on August 29 but the document was forged and lacked standard printed terms.
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Mankato, Minn
Buncoed
Chicago
John N. Terrett
Grafton
W. Va
Mankato
Hubbard Milling Company
R. D. Hubbard
Thanksgiving Offering Lifts $85,000 Debt for St Luke's
In St Paul on December 1 the Thanksgiving offering to St Luke's Hospital Association, an Episcopal group aiding St Luke's Hospital, raised the hospital debt of $85,000. D C Shepard and his son I F Shepard funded the donation. D C Shepard, a retired engineer and sculptor, led the effort.
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St. Aul
St. Luke’s Hospital Association
St. Luke's Hospital
D. CG
Shepard
IF. B. Shepard
St. Luke’s Hospital
D. Cc
Wrecks and riots loom in scattered world news
A roundup of late reports from Chicago to London notes a Baltimore and Ohio local passenger striking a caboose in Indiana injuring Ed Hayes and E L Winter. Italian secret society arrests in Chicago. a Vermont deposition claim about pregnancy. Mt Vernon Ohio grand jury on Student Pierson. John Mitchell III ill in Indiana. a New Jersey Central Flyer wreck near Stony Point with deaths. Danny Clark missing then found. three men die in Duluth wreck. Yates to announce Senate bid. Mrs. Roosevelt gift to Payne. Havre fire destroys a hotel block. Kokomo widow dies at 101. Marshalltown founder Henry Anson dies. silver price climbs. Mexican Catholic Bank closes. czar assassination plots alleged. mutiny threat in Manchuria. telegraph lines to St Petersburg down. Balfour resignation rumored. Turkish compromise talks. unemployed procession blocked in London.
Marriages and social events fill Elkhart week
Local society notes report Amanda Lloyd and Frank Miller wed at 900 Garfield Avenue with twenty five guests and a post ceremony supper. Other weddings include Edward Campbell and Leona Brouse at Franklin Street home and Benjamin Myers and Rebekah Axtell at 800 West Franklin. Thanksgiving dances, union services, and club events are detailed with attendees and venues across Elkhart communities.
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Amanda Lloyd
Frank Miller
Valparaiso
Garfield Avenue
Martha
Emma Lloyd
J. £. Grimes
Castle U. B
C. KE. Rice
Benjamin R. Myers
Rebekah Axtel
West
Franklin Street
Mr. Myers
Myers
Jefferson Township
Elkhart
Russia fears financial crash and mobilizes forces
St Petersburg dispatch reports a looming financial crash as officials are warned payments may be delayed. Banks near ruin and the Manchurian army said to be out of control. The government plans to mobilize all Cossacks, up to half a million.
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St.Petersburg
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Mishawaka
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