Philadelphia voters rally as spring municipal elections span PA
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania voters turned out in heavy numbers for Tuesday's spring municipal elections. In Philadelphia two magistrates 17 select and 14 common councilmen 12 school directors in each ward were chosen amid minor disturbances and several arrests. Republican Charles P Rooney and Democrat Edwin K Borte won magistrate seats, while a notable feature was the candidacy of 50 women for district school director with many elected on reform tickets.
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Logan
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Megal
Charles P. Rooney
Edwin K. Borte
Democrats
City Party
Lincoln Party
Reform
Longworths Board Steamers for Havana Honeymoon
Mr and Mrs Longworth travel from Tampa on the Ely sian and Mas cote to Havana to spend part of their honeymoon. In Tampa floral gifts and a serenade greet Mrs Longworth and U S minister H W Morgan as the steamer sails for Havana. Havana authorities plan an opera gala inviting the couple to attend with the president's box as guests.
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Tampa
Fla
Longworth
Elysian
Port Tampa
Havana
Cue
HS Ety
Roosevelt
Washington
Resting Too Easily, Col David B. Henderson Afe Report
fragmentary OCR notes report Col David B. Henderson resting, with vague references to sight and illness. no clear events, dates, or locations readable.
Suspect in Chicago murder linked to Constantine case
Police announce arrest of a railroad worker under liquor influence who confessed a false name Frank W Constantine. He allegedly murdered Mrs. Arthur M. Gentry in Chicago on January 6. A jail confession followed a recantation. A police photo matches the suspect.
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Constantine
Brazil
Ina
S.toss
Ass Thomas
Farragher
Frank W
Arthur M. Gentry
Chicago
Zenor Retains Scott County Lead in Democratic Primary
Zenor carried Scott County Indiana with five delegates by ten votes in the Third district race. Vienna Lexington and Jennings townships backed Zenor while Finley and Johnson townsships voted for Cox. The result marks a swing from two years ago and reflects the local counties divided support.
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Zenor
Lexington
Ind
Scott County
Zenor-Cox
Vienna
Jennings
Finley
Johnson
Cox
Death Releases Big Estate
Sudden death in Evanston Illinois of Mrs Lavinia Holladay wife of Jesse Holladay triggers release of G W Ewing estate valued at one million dollars. Trust held by Holladay dissolves and one third of the estate passes to his four children as Lavinia was the last surviving Ewing descendant.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Evanston
Ill
Lavinia Holladay
Jesse Holladay
G. W. Ewing
Holladay
Ewing
Col Al Dred Ribeyre Buys Schutz Farm In Indiana
Evansville Indiana February 21 Col Al dred Ribeyre known as the Corn King has purchased the Schutz farm near New Harmony Indiana for 16500. He now owns over 6000 acres and his largest holding is on the Cut off island below New Harmony a 3200 acre property with 35 farmers and solid homes.
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Evansville
Ind
Aldred Ribeyre
Schutz
New Harmony
Freight wreck at McCooks kills engineer in Indiana Harbor crossing
At McCooks crossing of the Indiana Harbor and Santa Fe lines in Hammond a freight wreck killed engineer Arthur Wright, 65, and injured fireman R. Miller, 26. The body was recovered from beneath the overturned locomotive. Nearby Laporte reports a push to transfer the Michigan road to the state forestry board for road improvements and maple tree planting along the route.
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Hammond
Ind
McCooks
Indiana ‘Harbor
Santa ” 'Fe
Arthur Wright
Indiana Harbor
R. Meller
Laporte
Lake Michigan
Ohio
Michigan Road
State Forestry’ Board
Muncie coroner parts with murder charge in taxi driver case
In Muncie Indiana the coroner's inquiry into Andrew Johnson's death by paralysis after a murderous assault names Otis Manor as the likely killer and orders murder charges. Johnson's funeral was held in Wheeling. Lawson of Boston may visit Indiana parks for camp meetings and hunts this summer if dates are arranged.
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Muncie
Ind
Andrew Johnson
Otis Manor
Johnson
Wheeling
Lawson
Indiana
Anderson
Thomas
Boston
Bondsmen Ordered to Pay Lavélie Bond Case
Terre Haute court orders bondsmen to pay in the Lavélie case involving James C. Lavélie, manager of the Washington Ind branch of the Terre Haute Brewing Company. Early 20th century notice appears from February 21.
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Terre Haute
Ind
James c. Lavélie
Washington (Ind
Terre
Haute Brewing Company
Woman Threatens to Throw Children Overboard Then Leaps
New York woman Mrs Watters 20 and her three children aged four two and ten months were found after a note suggested she planned to throw them overboard and end her own life. A letter to John W Watters 179 Broadway New York asked forgiveness and hinted at insanity. A hurried will disposed of personal property naming Watters. Neighbors heard a child cry around midnight. the stateroom was later found unoccupied. Dwight Brady identified belongings as hers. Watters an insurance agent said the motive was unhappiness.
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New
York
John W. Watters
Broadway
New York
John
John W. Waitters
Dwight Brady
James Brady
Fall River
John* Watters
Brooklyn
N. Y
Watters
New ‘York
Brady
Mr. Watters
Providence
R. A
Chicago
Coal supply pressures loom in Indiana coal fields
Reports from Indiana indicate growing strain as coal field workers threaten strikes. Authorities have sent agents to the fields to secure fuel for immediate delivery amid price rises from 15 to 25 cents per ton.
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Tundianapolis
Indiana
Ex-Gov Steunenberg assassination links deeper in miner group
Denver officials of the Western Federation of Miners and their allies are tagged in a sweeping confession chain. Orchard allegedly fired the bomb that killed ex Governor Steunenberg in Caldwell Idaho on December 30 1905. The inner circle allegedly planned further murders including Judge Goddard Colorado and ex-Gov Peabody. Pinkerton head McParland jeers at the fate of those connected to the plots.
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Ees
Steunenberg
Orchard
Caldwell
Idaho
Judge Goddard
Colorado Supreme Court
Gov
Peabody
Colorado
Mminers’ Federation
Haywood
Moyer
Independence Station
Denver
Col
Western Federation of Miners
James McParland
The
Pinkerton National
Boise Iia
Molly Maguires
McParland
Pennsylvania
Creby
Denyver
Oy Baume Aeration
Muroe Steunenberg
Adaho, A
Mexican War Veterans to dine with Roosevelt at White House
Captain George T. Barney plans to travel to Washington next Tuesday for the Mexican War Veterans reunion. About 1,700 veterans remain, with roughly 100 expected at the gathering. Barney will join the president at a 3 PM White House reception for the old soldiers.
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Daily Truth
George T. Barney
Washington
Capt
Barney
Roosevelt
White House
Public School Exercises Honor February Birthdays
Friday afternoon public scholars will celebrate the anniversaries of Lowell Longfellow Lincoln and Washington with recitations essays and class exercises. An outside speaker may address pupils. Two or three rooms will be combined for the program and visitors are invited to attend the literary and patriotic event.
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Lowell
Longfellow
Lincoln
Washington
Car Strikes Horse and Doctor in Mishawaka Collision
An interurban car struck a horse and buggy owned by Dr. A B Seaman of Osceola near the Campbell addition Mishawaka yesterday afternoon. The horse was fatally injured and the doctor suffered a deep head wound plus bruises with no broken bones. A prior car buggy collision at the same location two months earlier left a woman named Mrs Rogers fatally injured.
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A. B. Seaman
Osceola
Mishawaka
Campbell Addition
A. Bugsy
Suffocated at Coppes Melchers kiln in Nappanee
David Osborne 50, a well known local character, was found dead in a dry kiln at the Coppes Melchers plant in Nappanee yesterday morning. He had no relatives and is believed to have crawled into the kiln Sunday night seeking a swarm and suffocated.
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David Osborne
Goshen Bank Trustee Buys Cosmo Soap Plant at Auction
James S. Drake ag trustee for Goshen City National Bank bought the Cosmo Buttermilk Soap Co. plant at receiver sale for 15100 dollars. The glycerine plant did not sell for lack of bidders. The sale leaves the plant ready for a Goshen company to organize or another firm to locate and take over the plant.
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James S. Drake
Goshen City National Bank
Cosmo Buttermilk Soap Co
Goshen Company
Troops May Enter Regular Camps Under Army Plan
The army appropriation bill may fund special honors for National Guard regiments that enter camps with regulars. Governors will designate regiments with strong prior efficiency to receive pay and allowances of regulars under the Dick law. Camps planned for Indiana with four week practice marches and a two month permanent camp, cost kept low.
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National Guard
Congress
Jong
India
It .Is
Indiana
Salem church revival scene noted in terse report
Fragmentary Salem item notes a revival at the church with mention of Mrs Cal and villagers involved. The brief reads as a damaged OCR fragment offering minimal names and actions without clear dates or outcomes.
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Salem
Cal
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