Bryan Is Welcomed by English King at Buckingham Palace
William J. Bryan met King Edward in a private audience arranged at the king s request. The cordial interview focused on peace and the interparliamentary union. Afterwards about eighty delegates, including American congressmen Bartholldt Burton and Hoar, were received in the throne room.
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London
William J. Bryan
Ambassador Reid
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Reid
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Reid
Sneaked Culprit Away to Gallows on Ship
William Lee, colored youth sentenced for assault in Somerset county, was hanged on Smith's Island after sheriff Brown secretly ferried him by steamer from Baltimore. Fear of a mob spurred a staged execution at sea and on shore with a borrowed gallows and witnesses. Lee's crime occurred June 10 and sparked regional unrest before the swift, orderly death.
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Crisfield
William Lee
Baltimore
Somerset County
Brown
Smith’s Island
Lee
Maryland
Warfield
Baltimore City
Fire destroys Miss Maloy’s ready to wear shop in city blaze
A lamp explosion around 1 Thursday morning gutted Miss Mary Maloy’s ready to wear shop at 205 East Superior. Seven new sewing machines and about 300 dollars of raw material were damaged, with losses to the building insured and modest. The blaze also damaged an outhouse on Francis and Washington streets at about 8 last evening, stopped by neighbors before the fire department arrived.
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Mary Maloy
East Superior Street
Miss Maloly
A. L. Martin
Francis
Washington Streets
M. Blaising
Rossmore Changes Hands
Mrs. Rosa Ross sells the Rossmore hotel and restaurant at 1320 Calhoun street to W. R. Gillett of Albion Indiana for 3500 dollars. The new owner plans extensive improvements and will run the establishment in person. The restaurant has been one of the citys most popular venues and is expected to remain so under new management.
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Rossmore Hotel
Calhoun Street
Rosa Ross
W. R. Gillett
Albion
Ind
Denial Issued On Dreyfus Club Incident In Paris
An official denial addresses rumors that Major Dreyfus was assaulted at a Paris military club during a July dinner. It states the first cavalry officers held a dinner for two new lieutenants with ministerial approval, that the gathering was cordial, and officers dispersed at about 9 30 p m without any incident.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Military Club
Dreyfus Harassed at Paris Military Club
In Paris at the Cercle Militaire Major Dreyfus was slapped by an officer after a Elysee honor by President Fallieres. A near riot followed as supporters and opponents of Dreyfus formed hostile groups. The incident appears pre arranged to pressure Dreyfus from active service.
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Paris
Fallieres
Elysee Palace
Dreyfus
Cercle Militaire
France
Targe
Battle near Ladysmith pits Dietz family against six militiamen
James Hedrington reports an armed clash at Thornapple dam on July 25 between John F. Dietz and family and Sheriff Gyland’s six militiamen. One militiaman was shot thrice, Clarence Dietz was wounded in the head, and Dietz’s household women joined the defense amid about 150 shots. Logs worth millions blocked by Dietz remain undriven, with Chippewa Lumber seeking legal papers to compel access.
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Ladysmith
Wis
James Hedrington
Thornapple River
John F. Dietz
Gyland
Sawyer County
Clarence Dietz
John
Hedrington
Diet
Half Billion in Hay Crop profits and costs analyzed
The article reviews last year’s hay output from 39 million acres totaling about 60.5 million tons valued at roughly 516 million dollars. It notes an average yield of eighty acres? wait. (Note: Output must reflect the provided text. however, the source is fragmented.)
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Rhode Island
South Dakota
Pat Sheady given sobriety bonus by city court
Pat Sheady, charged with drunkenness, received an indefinite continuance in city court on Thursday as a reward for a year of sobriety, but was ordered to leave the city within an hour. Judge Skelton presided as other cases, including Johnny Appleseed Coughlin’s $5 fine and costs and a continued loitering case against W. T. Moore, were heard amid mentions of Moore's mental state.
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Pat Sheady
Sheady
Judge Skelton
Johnny Appleseed
Coughlin
Madison
Olds Warehouse Fire Damages Murray Street Works
A fire at the Olds Wagon works on Murray street damaged the warehouse and blacksmith shop, starting about 2 pm from a boiling paint kettle. Firefighters, aided by Chief Hilbrecht, contained the blaze by 2:30, with an insurance claim listing full coverage and the greatest loss on finished material. the exact extent remains to be determined as smoldering material still lay inside hours later.
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Olds Wagon Works
Murray Street
Hilbrecht
Lake boat meets disaster in fog
In heavy fog the steamer C. W. Elphicke of the Gilchrist fleet crashed into the east breakwater and sank near Kirkland street. Seventeen aboard, including the captain's wife and another woman, were rescued by life savers and the tug Grover. Loaded with coal from Ashtabula Harbor, the ship was bound up the lake to pick up its tow in Cleveland, a close harbor approach explained by Captain Dawson.
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Cleveland, O
C. W. Elphicke
Gilchrist
Grover
Kirkland Street
Ashtabula Harbor
Dawson
Warsaw Veteran James Wattleworth Dies in Lafayette Home
Northern Indiana news item reports James Wattleworth, a well known Warsaw veteran, dead at the soldiers' home in Lafayette. Other notes include Bluffton bank opening, a mentally unbalanced attorney from Churubusco, and various local happenings such as county gatherings, crop pests, and civic contracts.
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James Wattleworth
Lafayette
New Union Savings and Trust Company
Bluffton
Edwin C. Downey
Churubusco
Wells
Jay
Blackford
Pennville
San Jose
Elkhart County
VanAmburgh
Waterloo
Garrett
King and Cowan Streets
Western Construction Company
Henry B. Wysong
Washesington Township
Grant County
Emily Zimmerman
Pittsford
Mich
Emma J. Cramer
California
Pearl Parch
Oberlin, O
Farmers’ Mutual Cyclone Insurance Company
Kendallville
Alfred H. King
Joel C. Vangorder
John
Hooper
Avilla
James N. Harvey
Robert J
St. John’s Church
Zaneville
Maimed and Halt Pray at Shrine
A long New York piece describes a widow entering St. Jean Baptiste Church on Seventy-sixth Street to pray for St. Anne’s mercy. The scene follows crippled children and disabled adults kneeling, lighting tapers, and seeking healing, amid dim aisles, flickering candles, and reverent stillness. The novena draws the halt, the blind, and the paralyzed to the relic’s shrine for aid.
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New York
St. Anne
St. Jean Baptiste's Church
Seventy-sixth Street
Church of St. Jean Baptiste
Young couple seeks body sale to fund last revels
Warren Greenstreet and Miss Maggie Downhour, engaged, in Kokomo Indiana proposed selling their bodies to physic iarts to obtain money for a final spree and then commit suicide. They were arrested.
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Kokomo
Ind
Warren Greenstreet
Maggie Downhour
Navy plans and Korea mining treaty alarm Americans
Victoria B C July 26 Mrs Mary Crawford Frazer says Tokyo faces a growing educational problem with insubordination and waning moral force among students while Korean affairs cause government worry. News from Shiano cites naval program reaching 520000 tons by 1908 with 23 cruisers struck off this year. A new mining treaty tied to Korea takes effect September 1 restricting foreign concessions. A Japanese commission of 700 heads to Manchuria in August. Three American women touring Japan are arrested in Ino province and freed after cameras were destroyed for photographing bathers. A Japanese woman is arrested at Osaki for wholesale infant murder, with lynching narrowly avoided.
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Victoria
B. C
Mary Crawford Frazer
Japan
Tokio
Shiano
Korea
Manchuria
Ino Province
Osaki
Rate Revision Sought Over Indiana Grain Shipments
Shippers allege unjust seaboard rates in Indiana as the state railroad commission plans a Lafayette visit to probe Lake Erie and Western Railway and other lines. An Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry could drive new regional rates and redraw shipping districts for grain to the Atlantic coast.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Lake Erie and Western Railway Company
Lafayette
Seaboard
Chicago
Big Four
Railroad Commission
Salvation Army Picnic For Poor Children Planned
Salvation Army under Captain McKay prepares a picnic and dinner for city youngsters at Robison Park or nearby country. Date not fixed yet, but soon. Athletic contests with prizes will be held, as in other cities, to honor and brighten the day for local children.
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Salvation Army
Captain McKay
Robison Park
Bold thieves steal watches and revolvers from Libbing Co
A late night break in at L. J. Libbing & Co on East Main street yielded ten gold filled watches and ten revolvers worth about 100 dollars. The thief used a small window opening, a hidden entry near two pillars, and an arc light outside to avoid notice. Police describe the stolen items and suspect the duo fled toward Chicago by an early train. Libbing offers a reward and reports have been sent to neighboring departments.
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L. J. Libbing & Co’s
East Main Street
Libbing’s
Journal-Gazette
Clinton Street
The
Chicago
Libbing
Rehearing Ordered in Peavey Elevator Rebates Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a rehearing on charges that Peavey & Co. accepted rebates from Union Pacific. The inquiry, urged by Chicago Great Western Santa Fe and Burlington, follows a 1904 hearing that failed to fully reveal all facts. Railroads contended that an arrangement allowing 1 1/4 cents per 2100 pounds for grain handling gave Peavey & Co. an advantage.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Peavey & Co
Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago Great Western
Santa Fe
Burlington
Knapp
Union Pacific
Will Become Salesman for Oil Tank Works
W J Kerlin resigns after eight years with Peltier undertaking rooms as assistant embalmer and funeral director and will join S F Bowser & Company Oil Tank works as a salesman. He will cover territory in Ohio and was formerly part of Kerlin and Bloom in the undertaking business.
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W. J. Kerlin
Peltier Undertaking
S. F. Bowser & Company
Kerlin
Ohio
N. W. Bloom
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles With PAZO OINTMENT
Druggists authorize refunds if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. Itching, bleeding, and prolapsed piles are described as responsive to this treatment. The advertisement notes a 50 cent price and urges trial for quick relief.
Real Estate Bulletin Ad Promotes Property Bargains
Fitch & Sons Real Estate Bulletin advertises bargains in daily papers. Monroe W. Fitch & Sons promotes selling properties and insuring security, with offices in Bass Block rooms 6 7 and references to additional properties sued.
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GC. &. Pfeiffer
Bass Block
Fitch & Sons
Monroe W. Fitch & Sons
Opp P. O
Quiet Title Action in Allen Circuit Court
State of Indiana Allen County. John N. Mason sues Alexander H. Sharp and others to quiet title to real estate. Defendants are non residents. notice given they must appear or plead by September 17, 1906, or the complaint will be heard.
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State of Indiana
Allen County
John N. Mason
Alexander H. Sharp
Allen Circuit
Eliza Jeanette Sharp
Indiana
Prudence Weisbecker
George Weisbecker
W. H. Johnson
W. C. Ryan
William L. H. Jackson
Allen
Fort Wayne
David Shaffter
Wald
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Edward VII
Rossmore
Mrs. Ross
Deitz
Thornapple Dam
Wagon Works
C. W. Elphtke
Cleveland
Northern
St. John
St. John and the
Mikado
Smash Libbing & Company
Interstate Commission
W. L. Kerlin
S. F. Bowser Company
Pierce
Buffs Y
Dr. Pierce
Grover Coe
Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
Phila
Scudder
Cincinnati
Ellingwood
Hale
Lima College
Charles Christian Miller
Lima
Indiana Stock Powder CO
Huntington, Ind
Bash & Company
Fort Wayne, Ind
Oscar B. Robbins
W. A. Johnson
Allen Circuit Court
James FE. Graham
Henry A. Wetzel
Said
Tay
G Colerick
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