Postmaster General Returns, Forecasts Postal Scandal Indictments
Postmaster General Wayne Payne returns from Virginia Hot Springs and speaks of six more indictments expected from the federal grand jury in Washington. He says names of those under consideration will be released and that the post office probe nears conclusion as President Roosevelt is to be briefed upon his return.
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Washinton
Wayne
Washington
Virginia Hot Springs
Payne
Federal Grand Jury
District of Columbia
New York
Bristow
Robb
Wachington
Roosevelt
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Ohio
Mill Owners Refuse Arbitration in Minneapolis Strike
Minneapolis mill owners sent an open letter to Mayor Haynes refusing arbitration. They threaten to shut down mills if unable to hire workers at current hours and wages. Pickets number about fifty surrounding mills with no disturbances reported as police monitor the area. Another mill resumed grinding but strikers say output remains insufficient and remain discouraged.
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Minneapolis
Haynes
Goverty
End of Romance in Storm Lake Divorce Case
Tleta B. Thomas daughter of W B Brown president of First National bank was granted a divorce from Frank W. Thomas son of Congressman Jot Thomas for cruel and inhuman treatment. The secret proceedings followed a Sioux City elopement about two years earlier, ending after months of separation.
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Lot Thomas
Storm Lake
Iowa
Tleta B. Thomas
W. BE. Brown
First National Bank
Frank W. Thomas
Jot Thomas
Sioux City
Swine Plague Returns in Freeborn County
Albert Lea Minnesota reports swine plague breaking out again after supposed eradication. W S Carey loses twenty one hogs and Charles Johnson twelve. Hayward township also reports cases. Dr Brimhall of the state board of veterinarians enforces strict quarantine. The disease had affected the Carey and Johnson farms a year ago with many hogs dying.
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Albert Lea
Minn
W. S. Carey
Charles Johnson
Hayward Township
Brimhall
State Board of Veterinarians
Carey
Post Office Robbery Nets Stamp and Money Order Funds
United States authorities report the Farmer post office on the Omaha line in Hanson county was robbed Thursday night. Stamps were untouched but the stamp and money order funds were carried away. A suspicious stranger who lingered in Farmer for days has been arrested on alleged involvement.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
United States
Farmer
Omaha
Hanson County
Slump in Stocks as Banks Rally Support Seen
A nervous opening on Friday followed Thursdays liquidation with declines in steels and Atchison hitting new lows. London markets and early trading weigh on prices but stronger bids and large buy orders quickly lift some shares. Market observers credit possible backing from wealthy local bankers for the rally.
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New York
London
Steels
Atchison
Roosevelt May Decide Fast On Nicaraguan Canal Treaty
Washington report says if the president approves the state department can wrap up the Nicaraguan canal treaty in a week. Nicaragua and Costa Rica promise swift ratification, with a skeleton already drawn and only brief drafting needed. Both nations seek a treaty similar to prior versions before U S backing shift.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
United States
Navy to dispatch warship to protect American interests
Washington Sept 27 the state department asked the navy to send a warship to Bluefields Nicaragua amid trouble affecting an American steamship company. Orders will direct the gunboat Asheville at Pensacola to proceed to Bluefields within days.
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Washington
Bluefells
Nicaragua
State Department
Navy Department
Ashville
Pensacola
Bluefields
Delmar Equals Lou Dillon's World Record at Yonkers
Maj. Delmar matched the world record at Empire City Yonkers track by running 2:00 1-4 for a mile 780 yards to the quarter in 78 1-2 seconds the half in 69 seconds and the three quarters in 1:29 thus tying Lou Dillon's record at the wire.
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Lou Dillon
New York
Empire City
Yonkers
Maj. Delmar
Mayer indicted in Mattoon for fraud in office case
Mattoon Illinois September 27 Francis M ffenke has been indicted on twenty nine counts charging misfeasance and malfeasance in office. He posted bond and the trial was set for next week.
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Mayer
Mattoon
Ill
Francis M. Ffenke
Msifeasaccs
Kiet for Thirty Cents Quarrel Ends in Fatal Shooting
In Widalesboro Izy on September 27, Jom Jones shot and killed Lawrence Duffy in Middleaboro's main street. Baiffy was wounded by five bullets after a dispute over 30 cents.
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Kiet
Widalesboro
Izy
Jom Jones
Lawrence Duffy
Middleaboro
Baiffy
Former Spanish Officer Charged With Rebellion in Manila
Dominador Gomez a former Spanish officer awaits sentence after being charged with rebellion for organizing the Union Obrero and summoning Ja lrone leaders in Rizal Bulacan Laguas Cavite and other provinces to rise in arms against United States authority.
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Manila
Dominador Gomez
Union Obrero
Ja Lrone
Rizal
Bulacan
Laguas
Cavite
Arma
United States
More trouble for Al Packer charged with bigamy
Winona Minnesota September 27 Al Packer who has been jailed here on non support charges was moved to St Paul on a bigamy count. Police allege two wives in Minnesota and Iowa with Mary J Bowen named as his second wife now in Elba Iowa.
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Winona
Minn
al Packer
St. Paul
St. Charles
Mary J. Bowen
Elba
Iowa
Yellowstone Boundary Survey Cuts Park Acreage
Inspector Barrett completed the Yellowstone Park boundary survey and sent the report to Washington. The new lines reportedly remove about a million acres from the reserve, restoring to entry many grain and agricultural lands currently within the reservation.
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Butte
Ment
Barrett
Yellowstone Park Forest Reserve
Washington
Engine explodes injuring workers near Bradley town
Peterson & McFarland threshing engine exploded near Bradley North Dakota killing Martin Peterson the engineer and badly scalding four laborers. Fire blew into a wheat field but workers saved a large field and the town. Oldest resident Joseph Bellanger dies at ninety near White Earth after long service with fur company and state reservation.
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Bradley
Peterson & McFarland
Martin Peterson
White Earth
Joseph Bellanger
Old American Fur Company
H. M. Rice
Burglars Loot Rok Saloon Near Lady Smith
Robbers broke into Tom Baker's saloon near Lady Smith six miles west of here early yesterday morning. They demolished three coin machines and the cash register, securing about $100 in cash. Detectives investigated the break in.
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Tony, Wis
Tom Baker
Ladysmith
Here
Bloodhounds on the trail of jail escapees
Bloodhounds track C. Driscoll and Harry Parry who tunneled out of the O'Brien county jail in Primghar on Wednesday night. They were jailed for robbery.
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Sioux City
Iowa
C. Driscoll
Harry Parry
O'Brien
Primghar
Foreman Frank Hammond Dies in Elk Falls Fall
Frank Hammond of Topeka general foreman at Santa Fe Iron Bridge works was killed at Elk Falls Kansas when he slipped from a bridge and fell thirty feet yesterday.
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Topeka
Kan
Frank Hammond
Iron Bridge Works
Santa Fe
Elk Falls
Wisconsin Student Killed by Derrick at Rock Island Shops
Morris Gaylord aged twenty two, a senior at the University of Wisconsin, was killed yesterday afternoon when a derrick fell at the Rock Island road's sew shops in Rock Island.
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Wisconsin
Rock Island, Jr
Morrris Gaylord
University of Wisconsin
Rock Island Road
Northwest wheat crop yield tops two hundred million bushels
St Paul report based on over a thousand threshing reports estimates the Northwest wheat yield at 202,454,892 bushels. Minnesota averages 13.1 bushels per acre, North Dakota 13.2, South Dakota 14.4. Government acreage figures are questioned. other grains rise above last year.
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St. Paul
Northwest
van Dusen-Harrington Company
Minneapolis
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Dr Ames Appeals Supreme Court Over Bribe Conviction
Former Minneapolis mayor Dr Albert Alonzo Ames has filed an appeal to the state supreme court after conviction by Hennepin county district court for receiving a bribe tied to protecting disorderly houses. The defense argues the verdict lacks support and cites new facts and faulty indictment.
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Supreme Court
Minneapolis
Albert Alonzo Ames
Hennepin County District Court
State Supreme Court
Dr. Ames
Believes in Husband Wife of Barber Seeks Bail in Sleepy Eye
New Ulm Minnesota sept 27 a woman claiming to be the wife of Charles Kimball a barber who sparked a Sleepy Eye sensation after being shot by a tramp arrived from Baraboo Wisconsin. She says they married in Fort Wayne Indiana on nov 10 1893 and have a daughter Lulu seven. She intends to secure bail and nurse him while visiting Sleepy Eye to confront Mrs Toomey who alleges Kimball owed money. The wife disputes the love tale and remains confident in Kimball’s fidelity.
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Sleepy Eye
New Ulm
Minn
Charles Kimball
Baraboo
Wis
Kimball
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lulu
Hye
Mining Forces Reduced In Lake Superior Region
Ishpeming and Marquette authorities report orders to reduce mining work by about 400 men. Section 16 mine to close with cuts at nearly all trust mines in the Lake Superior region. Total reductions run into several thousand workers as a result of ore overproduction and resulting curtailment.
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Marquette, Mich
Ishpeming
Lake Superior
Two Men Die In Gas Flood At Roebling Works
In Trenton New Jersey three Roebling Sons workers were digging a cesspool thirty five feet deep when gas sapped their strength. Two men died and one was rescued in a critical condition as authorities probed the incident.
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Trenton
N. J
John A. Roebling’s Sons “Company
Diggitz
Papal Pronotary Appointment Not Secretary of State
Rome dispatch notes Osservatore Romano reports Mgr Wilpert named papal pronotary, correcting a mistake that he was appointed papal secretary of state. The secretary of state post remains a separate office.
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Rome
The
Osservatore Romano
Mgr. Wilpert
Americ
Sault Ste. Marie Feels Strike and Plant Shutdown Strain
The Canadian Sea near Sault Ste. Marie faces worsening hardship after the Consolidated Lake Superior company shut plants. Streetcar workers threaten a strike for full pay next Monday, ferries and American side workers voice pay concerns, and relief requests rise as cold weather deepens hardship.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Pope May Leave Vatican Reported With Royal Backing
A Rome dispatch says King Victor Emmanuel wrote to Pope Pius X offering government support to the pontiff if he leaves the Vatican for Castle Gandolfo. The king’s letter followed a papal message, and authorities note arrangements to ease the pope’s movements and repairs at the castle.
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Italy
London
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Castle Gandolfo
Pius X
Suicide attempts rise in Sioux City county jail
A suicidal mania grips the Sioux City county jail. On Monday A Frank, jailed for forgery, tried to cut his throat while departing for prison. That evening W R Crickett, held for assault to kill, slashed his jugular with a razor. A third inmate threatens self harm and is under constant watch.
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Sioux City
Iowa
A. Frank
W. R. Crickett
Sioux City Man Bites Mustache Linked to Illness
J J Snyder, a cigarmaker in Sioux City Iowa, developed appendicitis after biting his moustache. Surgeons at Samaritan hospital found hairs from his moustache in the appendix. He admits the habit and has sworn off.
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Sioux City
Iowa
J. J. Snyder
Snyder
Samaritan Hospital
Destructive Wisconsin River Flood Impacts Grand Rapids Area
The Wisconsin river flood has destroyed about fifty bridges in the Grand Rapids vicinity. The dam across the Wisconsin is abandoned and parts of gofferdams breakwaters and Pioneer Pulp company dam have been carried away. Four local paper mills suspend operations.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Wisconsin
Pioneer Pulp Company
Killed While Stealing a Ride in Arlington
Arlington South Dakota September 26 a man named Foxney who has used Arlington as his base for a year was killed while attempting to steal a ride from a passenger train. He is believed to have fallen from the trusses striking his head on a tie. His skull was crushed when the body was found by section men.
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Arlington
S. D
Foxney
Heland
Convicted of Forgery in Elysian Trial
Charley T. Kelly, a longtime Le Sueur Center resident, was convicted of forgery in the second degree in Elysian Minnesota on September 26. He faced four counts for forging farmers’ names on notes and discounting them. sentence has not yet been passed.
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Elysian, Minn
Charley T. Kelly
Kelly
le Sueur Center
le Sueur County
Housekeeping as a Business Belated Industry View
Jane Addams labels housekeeping a belated industry and argues that daily home life, especially in kitchens, should be systematized like a science. She urges college women to elevate domestic work, treat it as business, and transform rooms, meals, and routines into efficient, artful practice.
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Jane Addams
Dutch Electrician Walked from Baltimore to Brooklyn
Herman Ostendorf Edewart Osten of Harlem Holland told Officer Schilp at the Brooklyn Bridge end he walked from Baltimore to New York to find his old schoolmate William Block in Alabama Avenue Brooklyn. He carried electrician tools and had 72 cents, later showed 1 cent. he slept wherever possible. He arrived in this country six weeks ago aboard the Chatois from Rotterdam. His wife is hospitalized in Rotterdam and his twin babies died. The police aided him with a dollar after much persuasion.
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Brooklyn
Herman Mendrick Edewart Ostendrf
Harlem
Holland
Schilp
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Alabama Avenue
William Block
Ostendorf
Baltimore
Chatois
Rotterdam
Babios
New York World
Illinois Woman Praises Dodd's Kidney Pills
Miss Ethel Bradshaw writes from McCormick Illinois praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for curing her kidney trouble. She urges others with kidney complaints to use the remedy and notes Dr. Dunaway of Benton Illinois endorses it as the best medicine for kidney troubles. He even claims it can cure diabetes in final stages.
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Dr. Dunaway
Benton, Ill
Dodd
Childish Amusements In Boston Folly
A Washington Star quip from Boston recalls a benevolent man asking a child if he will play horse. The boy declines and explains they amuse themselves by imagining brother Waldo as an ichthyosaurus while he pretends to be a prehistoric man pursuing him.
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Boston
Waldo
Washington Star
June Tint Butter Color Tops Market Butter
The June Tint Butter Color leads the market as buyers seek standard shade and consistency. Trade observers note steady demand from dairy buyers and retailers, with producers highlighting uniform coloring and shelf appeal.
Accidentally Shot Boy Hurt Recovering in North Dakota
In La Moure County a twelve year old boy riding a header with his brother accidentally discharged a shotgun. The load struck his side and he was wounded. Physicians report he has a chance to recover.
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Fargo
N. D
Joel Schockman
Lamoure County
Fraternal Beast Riddle In Sydney Bulletin
A reader exchange from the Sydney New South Wales bulletin presents a riddle about the animal that provides most food and clothes. The child answers reindeer and then identifies the animal as father, in a playful exchange.
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Tommy
Sydney
N.S. W
Falls Deed in Field Near New Ulm
Bernard Klinger 37 died after a corn harvesting accident in Lafayette township while operating a binding machine. Heart disease listed as the cause. He left a family in good circumstances.
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Falls
New Ulm
Minn
Lafayette
Bernard Klinger
Cold Storage Quip About Emerson Echoes in Boston
Mrs Backbay quips that Emerson appeals to Boston women and remains in their hearts while Miss Wabash notes the contrast of being kept in cold storage after death, as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
Three Actors Shot by Manager in Cincinnati Theater
Joseph Monger, manager of a theatrical company performing Marked for Life at the Robinson opera house in Cincinnati, shot three members of the company last night after reportedly acting queerly for a week.
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Cincinnat
Ohio
Joseph Monger
Robinson Opera House
Monger
Photo as profile sparks tense exchange in room
In a sharp back and forth, Blobbs and an older man argue over a photograph. Blobbs insists the image is a profile, while the man accuses it of being a sideshow. The exchange hints at underlying tensions and reputations.
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Blobbs
Old Man
Bonds Voted for Court House in Windom
In Windom Minnesota on September 26 the proposition to issue 50004 bonds to construct a new courthouse won by a 400 vote majority. Voter turnout across the county was light.
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Windom
Minn
Piso's Cure Cited by Local Resident
Local resident J. W. O'Kavin of 322 Third Ave Bilencapolis Minn dated Jan 6 1900 hails Piso's Cure as an exceptional cough remedy.
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J. W. O'Kavin
Bilencapolis
Minn
Clara and Maud Exchange Nervy Banter in Herald Clip
In a New York Herald snippet, Clara admits embarrassment after an acceptance. Maud notes how worry affects some people, reflecting a light social moment from the era's column.
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Clara
Maud
New York Herald
Brown County Lets Jail Contract
New Ulm Minnesota September 24 The contract for the Brown county jail was let with Cronan and Ruhlmann of New Ulpt and the Pauly Jail Company of St Louis handling steel work. The project is expected to cost about $20 000.
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Brown County
New Ulm
Minn
Cronan & Ruhlmann
New Ulpt
Pauly Jail Company
St. Louis
Abouit
Osceola tragedy claims Houghton lodge leader
In Houghton Michigan on September 24 A M Cowling, vice president of the local International Leagueshoremen’s lodge, fell from the Osceola into the hold and was instantly killed.
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Houghton, Mich
Cowling
Osceola
The
International Leageshoremen’s
Fortunate Outcome Touched by Unmarried Lineage
A concise remark notes that for certain men, marriage proves fortunate for their wives, implying social or personal relief from nuptial bonds and its consequences.
Peruna Touted By Brooklyn Woman For Summer Health
Josephine Morris of 236 Carroll Street Brooklyn says Peruna helps her endure hot weather. She reports two summers of use keeping her system malaria-free and avoiding a worn-out look. She favors Peruna as a tonic and a bath aid for skin and mucous membranes.
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Osephine Morris
Carroll St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Josephine Morris
Two Weeks At Summer Resort Ends In Return Home
A Chicago Post fragment notes a woman spent two weeks at a summer resort, then returned home exhausted. The dialogue underscores the strain of that life and the need for rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
Nell Faces Dilemma Over Marriage and Dogs
In a Philadelphia Ledger dialogue Nell fears marrying Jack Lawfer to avoid a threatening fate. Belle consoles her as Nell confesses she is fond of dogs, highlighting a moral cruelty joke and dilemma.
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Nell
Jack Lawfer
Belle
Philadelphia Ledger
Trolley Racket Delays Clocks in Philadelphia Scene
In a Philadelphia Press item, Mr Stalate complains about noisy trolley cars blocking sounds near a door while Miss Bord notes they pass at inopportune moments, causing the clock to go unheard on the last two strikes.
Dark horse role unfit for friend says politician
A Washington Post exchange frames a rival as a mule before a political debate. One politician suggests the friend could be a dark horse if he subsided, while the other doubts that fitting role due to his natural kicking temperament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Rindlaub Highlights Medical Practice in Fargo
Dr J H Rindlaub specialist in eye ear nose and throat practice based in Fargo North Dakota reflects on daily life and social differences. The piece includes a joke about a women’s whist club and a men’s poker club contrasting dinner and breakfast outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Self-Depreciation in a Washington Star Bit
The item quotes Willie Washington humorously praising a sensible girl and then noting the speaker’s doubt about proposing. He reasons a sensible girl would decline, delivering a light social quip on courtship and self awareness.
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Willie Washington
Washington Star
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Tressie Nelson
Broad St
Nashville, Tenn
Peruna
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Acara
Druguiats
Price
J.W. Cole & Co
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Paxtine
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Vaxton . Com
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