Opening of Jamestown Exposition Sees Crowd Panic
President Roosevelt led a crowded opening ceremony for the Jamestown tercentenary exposition in Norfolk with 37 nation representatives and 20 state governors. A panic erupted near the grand stand, but Roosevelt’s quick rallying cry and cavalry charges restored order as the event honored America's 300th English settlement anniversary.
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Norfolk
Roosevelt
America
United States Army
International Fleet of
Hampton Roads
Sylph
Aie
Barry St George Tucker
Jamestown Exposition Co
Virginia
Lee
United States Cavalry
Atlast
Rousevelt
New Wick
Warnlus
Tucker
Unclear fragment of Reporter issue inquiry
The readable text is a garbled note asking about a Reporter issue and requesting a phone call to Calivoret Tegu ae. No clear event or named entities present.
Test Case Brings Convict Labor Law Challenge
Columbus April 27 Judge Bigser grants Baldwin Forge and Tool Co a temporary injunction preventing penitentiary managers from cutting its 75 employees to 22 under the Ohio convict labor law. A merits hearing will determine the case, testing Wertz law on convict labor. Col Glenn replies to critics defending patriotism while eastern papers urge restraint. Bowling Green holds first public auction under plan to sell unused goods from a central warehouse. Gov Harris appoints delegates to the National Civic Federation Chicago conference to discuss trusts with nominees from Ohio and unions.
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Columbus
Bigser
Baldwin Forge and Tool Co
Ohio
Col. Glenn
E C Gleon
Allegheny Mountains
Bowling Green
Harris
National Civic Federation
Chicago
Charles F Watts
Toledo
Washington Gladden
John H Patterson
Dayton
James A Rice
Canton
Horace Chapman
W. O Thompsonn
The
State University
George Selly
Portsmouth
H Morrissey
Cleveland
William Green
United Mine Workers
Charles R Atherton
Metal Polishers' Union Cinemnatt
Express Company Halts Beer Shipments to Dry Towns
A Toledo area dispatch reports the Pacific Express Co Toledo superintendent ordered a stop to shipping beer and liquor to dry towns on the Lake Erie rail line. The action disrupts taverns and temperance efforts along the Alliance Wheeling route and prompts regional comment on enforcement.
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Express Company
Bowling Green
Davidson’s
New Rochester
Here
Alllatee
E P Newtall
Pacific Express Co
Toledo
Lake Ene
Alliance & Wheeling R
Will disputes swirl over Goodnow estate after missing wills
District Attorney Short of Ontang county New York and heirs’ attorneys took depositions here regarding two wills of Josephus Goodnow millionaire stockman. The first will was destroyed when a second was made in 1905. The later will vanished, shifting the vast estate from six heirs to many poorer relatives in Ohio New York and Michigan.
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Baar
Batate
Marion
Short
Ontang County
New York
Josephus Goodnow
Stockman
Goodnow
Ohio
Michigan
Columbus Ohio Railway Consolidation Proceedings
Incorpora tive papers reveal plans to merge the Columbus Kenton and Lima Railway Co with the Columifeq group in a consolidation approved by officials. The move aims to unify operations across central Ohio and streamline rail service linking Columbus with Kenton and Lima.
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Columbus
Columbus, Kenton & Lima Railway Co
Columifeq Ur
Rockefeller gives land to University of Chicago
Chicago reports that on April 26 John D Rockefeller announced a gift of a tract of land about ten city blocks to the University of Chicago valued at two million dollars. The donation underscores Rockefeller’s support for higher education in the Midwest.
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Chicago
John D Rockefeller
University of Chicago
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