MISS WOOD ON STAND IN PLATT DIVORCE TRIAL
New York testimony reveals Miss Wood identifying letters she alleges Platt wrote claiming a marriage contract on November 9 1901 She describes sitting on his lap and holding his hand while composing a letter and says two men witnessed a formal acknowledgment of marriage in a hotel Miss Wood names Tillan Janeway as co respondent Platt calls the marriage claim false and alleges a forged wedding certificate and threats of further suit since 1906
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CG. Wood
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Jesuit
Platt
Odell
Miss Wood
Senator Platt
Tillan Janeway
Chicago
Minister Confesses Insanity in Wife Slaying at Rosstown
Rev S A Coffman a 50 year old Methodist Episcopal clergyman killed his wife by slitting her throat from ear to ear in Fairmont West Virginia. He claimed temporary insanity and surrendered to authorities after the act. Coffman directed several revival services while his wife belonged to a prominent family and was 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
S. A. Coffman
Coffman
Rosstown
Whisky Warehouse Destroyed at Hoover Distillery
A bonded warehouse at the CG A Hoover distillery in Oskaloosa was burned, destroying 2,600 barrels of whisky. The Hoover distillery is the only one operating in Iowa. The warehouse will be rebuilt immediately. the loss is estimated at $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. A. Hoover Distillery
Oskaloosa
Hoover
Iowa
Negotiations in Japan and Korea Protect U S Commercial Interests
In Tokyo on May 16 talks between the United States and Japan on conventions to safeguard American commercial interests in Japan and Korea including patents copyrights and trademarks have reached what is believed a satisfactory conclusion. Papers move from Tokyo to Washington as final signatures are hoped. American Ambassador Thomas J. O'Brien pressed the matter through numerous meetings with Japanese officials leading to a mutually satisfactory agreement to avoid future differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
United States
Japan
Korea
Washington
Thomas J. O’brien
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Eyes South America
The International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers plans a canvass to recruit members in South America and Panama. The drive aims to include both American and native engineers, with Panama alone reported to have about 250 locomotive engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caimmopus
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
South America
Panama
Brotherhood
Brief Bits of News From Around the World
Emperor Francis Joseph is slightly indisposed. Cardinal Logue leaves Montreal for Quebec. Eugene Francis Marie Henri, ninth Duke of Marcourt, dies in Paris. born 1864. W M Tomkins, 63, dean of the Northern Wisconsin bar, dies at Ashland. Frederick May Holland, author, dies at Concord, Mass., age 72. Twenty four battleships to be reviewed by President Roosevelt in Hampton Roads Feb 22 as the Atlantic fleet returns from its world cruise. A wife and another man in a near-arrest incident. a man shoots himself and likely dies. Professor J P Conner, former president of colleges in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, dies at Hopkinsville, Ky at 70. Right Rev William M Fitzpatrick challenged to a one mile run by Speaker Cannon, accepts.
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Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria
Cardinal Logue
All Ireland
Montreal
Quebec
Eugene Francis Marie Henri
Duke of
Marcourt
Paris
W. M. Tomkins
Wisconsin
Ashland
Frederick May Holland
Concord
Mass
Roosevelt
Hampton Roads
Frederick A
Bower
J. P. Conner
Cortexes
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
United States
Hopkinsville
Market Quotation Summary from Minneapolis to Chicago
May 15 to May 18 market notes show wheat futures at 1.04 to 1.05 dollars, cattle and hogs at St Paul and Chicago yards with steers around 6 dollars, cows and vealers around 4 to 5 dollars, hogs near 5.20 to 5.45, and sheep around 5 dollars. Chicago and Duluth quotes list wheat, flax, and corn values with May and July contracts and mixed grain prices across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minneapotis
St. Pauli Union Stock Yards
St. Paul
Duluth
Artiva
Northern
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Aus
Vigilance Committees Form in Des Moines to Protect Women
Des Moines residents of all races organize parallel vigilance groups after a spate of assaults. Officials note legal hurdles to secure convictions, while both white and colored committees pledge rapid action and cooperation with police to guard women and curb crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Tes Moines
Lamont Frederick
Mann
Iowa
Department of Public Safety
Colored Vigilance Committee
White Vigilance Committee
Forgery Ring Tied to Bank Of Corwith Sees Major Loss
Forgeries totaling about $90,000 linked to the Bank of Corwith case involve defrauder J A Standring who absconded. Judge Smith sets July 20 for hearings. North Iowa bankers are claimants. Victims include Cordoville Clayton county and St Benedict in Kossuth county with $15,000 loss. Standring is believed in Mexico, last sighted in Houston Texas. total forgeries may exceed $100,000 with $20,900 in hand.
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Bank of
Cordoville
Clayton County
St. Benedict
Kossuth County
Standring
Mexico
Houston
Tex
Cyclone Destroys Farms Across Fremont and Page Counties
A cyclone swept from Missouri into Fremont and Page counties wrecking farmhouses and the Wit Finley home in Northboro, with Mrs. Finley killed. It damaged the Watson area near Missouri, injuring several people, then struck a school near the Finley house before moving northeast and dissipating six miles west of Clarinda at the Herzberg farm.
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Missouri
Fremont
Page
Wit Finley
Northboro
Watson
Finley
Clarinda
Fred Herzberg
Fire Claims Two Young Children At Farm Home
Walter Potter and his wife returned to their Greene County farm to find the house in flames. Their sons Charles nine and Merle seven were badly burned and died later. The children reportedly started the fire with kerosene and an oil can exploded. Merle ran forty rods with burning clothing to a neighbor, who helped but collapsed. The girl Merle and Charles died at the scene or shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Potter
Greene
Charles
Merle
Relics of mound builders near Boone oast grand find
Remarkable discovery near Boone reveals a mound forty feet wide and thirty feet high. Beneath the Des Moines River bluff, seven feet below surface, stone galleries contain over 2000 pieces of ornaments pottery tools weapons and human remains. Iowa Historical Society guards the site and arranges removal to Field Museum Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Field Museum
Chiesga
Des Moines
Iowa State Historical Society
Maiden Fleming in Manslaughter Case Near Winthrop
In Buchanan county at a coroner inquest the jury ruled Fremont Fleming died from a 29 caliber rifle bullet fired by his daughter Maude Fleming during a family quarrel. The 24 year old was arrested on manslaughter charges and held on 35000 bond supplied by her mother claiming defense of her mother amid a confrontation she believed the rifle was not loaded.
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Fremont Fleming
Winthrop
Buchanan County
Fleming
Maude Fleming
Miss Fleming
Trimmer clubs and a stabbing scar in Des Moines area
A wealthy Des Moines man proposes Trimmer clubs offering 15 dollars per boy after three years with a 50 cent initial deposit and one penny daily, each boy pledging to avoid smoking chewing drinking or swearing. Separate reports note Ernest Fidler seriously stabbed by his father at Tittleton as the victim protected his brother. the assailant seized a knife and wounded the son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Saucerman
Des Moines
Ernest Fidler
John Fidler
Tittleton
Two Sanborn Men Drowned While Boating on Lake Milwaukee
Lee Richardson and Ames Hendricks, prominent Sanborn residents, lost their lives in a Lake Milwaukee boating accident. Authorities investigated the incident as a tragedy among local citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanborn
Milwaukee
Lee Richardson
Ames Hendricks
Remarkable Paris Death by Own Action
A Paris visiting Frenchman devised an elaborate self execution using window weights, six larges irons, a chef knife, and a balloon to lift the neck. He decapitated himself by releasing the window clamp with the balloon attached, his head found later in a field eighteen miles from Paris.
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Paris
Wade
Old Maps Show Louisiana’s Vague Frontiers in Museums
A Louisiana State Museum exhibit features antique maps portraying Louisiana from New France in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south and from Virginia to the Pacific. The maps, mostly Italian French works, blend imagination with geography, showing fictitious mountain ranges and lakes. One map highlights the Mississippi River bending along today’s Louisville and Nashville railroad path and draining into Florida. A strip near English Lookout and Bay St. Louis marks the land of the man enter.
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Louisiana
Louisiana State Museum
Canada
New France
Gulf of Mexico
Virginia
Carolina
Pacific
Italy
Bolland
France
Mississippi River
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Gulf
Florida
English Lookout
Bay St. Louis
New Orleans
A Coveted Picture by J G Brown in Broadway Magazine
A western man once entered J G Browns Studio and sought ownership of a group picture he and juvenile pals appeared in. He had modeled in New York streets in youth and hoped to buy the work to recall his boyhood, offering $25,000, but Browns unable to locate the piece for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Brown
New York
W. Howard Standish
New Broadway Magazine
To His Benefit Story From a Tennessee District
A Tennessee congressman shares a tale of Mose a darky in his district who blends philosophy with trouble. Mose explains he earns more in jail than at work noting a judge's sentences versus his steady wages and board, illustrating a cynical view of labor and punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Darky
Mose
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Diagnosed the Case of the Misfiring Shotgun Barrel
A noted expert tested a pew shotgun in marshes by firing at a small target with each barrel. One barrel proved nearly tight while the other was all wrong. The analyst concluded the gun suffered severe strabismus with asthmatic symptoms, per a Modern Selescope account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flescon
Tim
The Cost For Repairs From a Philadelphia Ledger Quote
A Philadelphia Ledger quotation questions why a car was sold, noting repairs cost more than the machine’s value. It recalls the machine as first rate but damaged by a pedestrian, illustrating care and repair costs influencing decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Judicial Ignorance in Disorderly Charge
Police judge questions a man charged with disorderly conduct about a supposed dash to the cellar. The man asserts the car sound stopped, joking whether it reached China, revealing the tense exchange and confusion in the courtroom.
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China
Modern Facilities Quiz: Who Was Dis Rin Van Winkle
A playful quip contrasts the idea of a resident in the mountains with modern facilities and public libraries. It reflects a Louisville newspaper style noting old time routines and changes implied by progress.
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Rin van Winkle
Louisville
Con- Her-Journal
Youth Shot By Brother At Farm Near Dunkerton
Ray Maile, eleven, was shot in the eye by his younger brother while visiting a farm near Dunkerton in Bennington township. The injury, caused by a gun fired a day or two earlier, may blind the boy. Their father G. F. Maile was present as the incident occurred.
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Roy Maile
Ray
G. F. Maile
Dunkerton
Bennington Township
Moy
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Ghartton
F. R. Crocker
First National Bank
Mr. Dooley
Amartea
William M. Fitzpatrick
St. Gregory's Church
Ashmont
Boston
Cannon
House of Y Representatives
Bank of Corwith
Bashier
Man
Aaron I. Walters
Rockwell City
Mr. Walters
E. A. Edgington
Bryant Asphalt Company
Waterloo
Presbyterian Hospital
Clifton Nelson
Peter Nelson
Fort Dodge
Aries Aldrich
Dept of
Sca Garment
Hi. W. Beebe
Prop
Balzac
Munger
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