Rural carriers seek higher pay amid dissatisfaction
Rural delivery carriers nationwide protest pay as they saddle own horse and wagon on $720 yearly. They cite city carriers earning $850 plus $250 for a horse, totaling $1,100. Pay orders arrive from Indianapolis. Also notes NY Central plans a fast mail car and a claim of a straight 71 mile east run from Butler Indiana.
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Uncle Sam
Indianapolis
Star
New York
New York Central
Lake Shore Road
Butler
Ind
Miscellaneous Historical Briefs From Transcribed Columns
A collection of scattered notes mentions Australia’s traffic in leading engagement rings, King Edward preserving participation programs, a five month old homing pigeon returning to its Isle of Man loft, and Emil Kerkowitz’s voyage data from a book on American commerce from a Hungarian view. It also notes officials Huff Haskins and Connor, Pierre Loirat as a 100 year old French seaman, a Lindsey England jury verdict on false pretenses, and a reminiscence from an Irish priest quoted about addressing his flock.
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Australia
Edward
Isle of Man
Liverpool
Emil Kerkowitz
Huff
Pennsylvania
Haskins
Vermont
Connor
New York
Pierre Loirat
Heo
Lindsey
England
Agen
Czar and Kaiser Form New Alliance Over France Split
In St. Petersburg on January 23 Emperor Nicholas announced a political shift aligning Russia with Germany after a gala for William II. The toast emphasized brotherhood, signaling that the Russo-French alliance may fade as talks with Britain gain traction.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Germany
Morocco
France
Tsarskoe-Selo
William
Nicholas
Prussia
Herr von ~Oehoen
Allance
Britain
Great Britain
Senate finance act faces practical issues in Senate
Washington January 28 Senate finance bill encounters practical hurdles as lawmakers debate limits and allocations. Details remain unsettled as committees refine provisions and target outcomes.
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Washington
Millionaire's Wife Slain by Former Coachman
Mrs. C. A. Canfield, wife of a southern California millionaire, was shot at her Los Angeles home by Maurice Buck, a former family coachman, after she refused to lend him $2,600. Buck fired twice, stood over the body as bystanders gathered, then fled but was captured.
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Los Angeles
Cal
C. A. Canfield
California
Maurice Buck
Buck
Col Mann Arrested in Libel Suit Case
New York Jan 29 Col W D Mann editor of Town Topics and key figure in a criminal libel suit was arrested Saturday afternoon in his Knox building office. He faces perjury charges after bail was set at 10000. The case stems from testimony denying initials on a letter to M Wooster from Count Reginald Ward requesting free list placement.
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New York
Col. W. D. Mann
Town Topics
Justice
Deuel
Norman
Hapgood
Colliers
Knox Building
Fifth Avenue
Fortieth Street
District Attorney’s Office
Robert J. Collier
M. Ellis Wooster
Col. Mann
Wooster
Reginald Ward
U S Russia Trade in 1905 Slightly Down From 1904
Washington reports US Russia trade in fiscal year 1905 totaled 28.8 million dollars, with 11.8 million imports and 17 million exports. The total fell short of 1904’s 31.3 million, due mainly to the war and unsettled conditions.
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Washington
United, ‘States
Russia
Bureau of “Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
William Aye for Lite An Joliet Jan 1 28
Fragmentary OCR text indicates a Joliet item referencing William and a date January 1, 28, with unclear context. No further readable facts or entities to establish a fuller summary.
Cure Pills Help Nervous Disorder Patient Recovers
In a testimonial from Truthville New York county resident Harry Bemis, severe nervousness paralysis and vision loss allegedly resolved after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills. He credits wife and the pills for restoring facial form energy and full work capability. The pills are claimed to purify blood nourish nerves and strengthen all organs and are sold by druggists or the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady New York with a free booklet upon request.
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Tam
Winona Neighborhoods Aid Street Lighting Plan
The Winona people work with the Milford town board to supply street lighting from the electric railway's current. The South Bend and Southern Michigan Con. has secured an option on Avers grove at Berrien Springs and will build a $59,000 hotel making the resort on the St Joseph river. Mrs Mary Roass mother of Charlie Ross, who disappeared from Philadelphia thirty years ago, is visiting Warsaw as the abduction case remains unsolved.
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Winona
Milford Town Board
South Bend & Southern Michigan Con
Berrien Sprries
Mary Roass
Charlie Ross
Philadelphia
Warsaw
Twins Born to Veteran Farmer in Auburn Family
George Driver, 70, and his wife in Auburn welcomed twins last Friday. It brings their total children to twenty four with seventeen from his first wife and seven with his current spouse. Driver is a retired farmer and was married first forty five years ago in Dekalb County.
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George Driver
Auburn
Driver
Wiffe
Dekalb County
Acting Postmaster Chooses Assistant for Goshen Term
M We Starr of Goshen announces Theodore F Garvin as his regular term assistant postmaster. Garvin, a Civil War veteran, trained in duties and has four years as Elkhart assistant postmaster under Col Tucker, plus years as Erie Railroad paymaster before moving to Goshen four years ago.
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M. We ‘Starr
Goshen
Theodore F. ‘Garvin
Garvin
Elkhart
Col. Tucker
Erie
Fragmentary text on Bihar ceremony and disease reference
The readable fragment mentions Bihar and ritual ceremonies with uncertain disease reference. No clear event, date, or names are detectable to form a full news item.
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National Biscuit
Pn Air
Dé Dees
National Biscuit Company
Poe
St. Joseph Valley Bank
Thomas Snell
S. Hazelton
Cashie
John W. Fieldhouse
Herman Borneman
Walter S. Hazelton
Thos. T. Snell
Mill
Mishawaka, Indiana
Perkins
Hackensack
Ooter A Dealers
Czar and
Kaiser
Bihar
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