Lady Curzon Dies in Washington After Illness
Daisy Leiter, Chicago born, widow of late Lord Curzon, dies at 32s in Washington after days of illness. Details recount her birth, marriage to George Curzon, heir of Salisbury secretary roles, and connections to British nobility. She leaves two daughters.
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Hedy Curzon
Redtestes
Tmdie
Alnass
Carsen
Kadiesiem
Mary Letwer
Chtenge
Ghionso
Washington
Dering
Sngland
Lester
George N. Curten
Aled
Nathaniel Oth Dh Caron
Earl of
Mints
Daisy Leiter
Cercoh
Suffol
Berkshire
Nancy Welter
Cormon
C. P. Campbell
Lady Corton
Washington Social Event Marks Marriage to Lord Carson
The April 22, 1395 Washington wedding of Mary Letter to Lord Carson drew top social and diplomatic figures. Bishops Talbot and Machkay-Syich presided as guests from wealth and travel circles witnessed a debut at Dupont Circle and a celebrated season abroad before the couple’s betrothal.
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Washington
Mary
Lord Carson
Talbot
Machkay-Syich
Dupont Circle
Georges Nathaniel Curzon
M. P
Joe Leiter Informed Of Lady Curzon Death
Chicago July 13 Joseph Leiter brother of Lady Curzon reports he has learned of her death from the Associated Press office. He has not received word from England yet and cables for particulars. He cannot decide about traveling to Hogland until funeral arrangements are clarified.
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Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Lady Curzon
Associated Press
England
Lester
Hogland
Plans Made for War on Standard Oil Prosecution
Chicago July 18 Assistant Attorney General Pagin returned from Cleveland with a transcript of testimony for a government inquiry into Standard Oil and railroads. Former District Attorney Morrison will act as special counsel. Four propositions guide the probe: illegal rebates under Elkins law, railroad rebates, restraint of trade by oil firms, and monopoly as a separate issue.
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Chicago
Pagin
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
Morrison
Morrison and Pagin
Elkins
Riot Foes Free Ice in New York City Disturbance
A large New York East Side crowd of about five hundred, including women and children, mobbed a wagon delivering free ice to holders of tickets from hospitals and infirmaries. The distribution was delayed, tension rose as theft and scuffles broke out, and police arrived too late to prevent the crowd from dispersing.
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New York
Feo
Cherry
Jefferson
Missouri Governor Folk Backs Town Papers Advertising
Missouri Governor Joseph W. Folk urged retail merchants at a Jefferson City convention to favor town paper advertising over mail orders. He praised city growth yet urged support for country merchants, stating honest business shines under public scrutiny and that town papers strengthen local commerce.
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Missouri
Fells
Jefferson City
Joseph W. Folk
Alfred Beits Fortune May Be Beneath Fifty Million
London reports speculation on the late Alfred Beit fortune and his will. Estimates have ranged widely from 125 million to 625 million, but expectations say the fortune may be under 50 million. About one third likely goes to national educational causes in Britain and South Africa. Beits sisters, mother, and brother may inherit portions.
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London
Alfred Beit
Bell
Great Britain
South Africa
Cecil Rhodes
Germany
Austria
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Longstanding Asthma Claim
An Iowa woman testifies that Foley's Honey and Tar cured a twelve year asthma, once called hopeless, after medical care failed. She notes a severe cod contract and long suffering, claiming a 50 cent bottle ended her asthma.
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Foley
Adolph Buesing
West Third Street
Davenport
Iowa
Dreler. & Bro
Port Arthur surrender report names Russian generals for severe penalties
The Port Arthur surrender inquiry recommends Lt General Stoessel be dismissed and shot, Lt General Fook be dismissed and given a year of hard labor, and General Reiss be dismissed and banished. It also suggests reprieves for Ad spiral Alexieff, Lt General Smirnoff, and General Vernader. Formal trial to follow.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Stoessel
Fook
Reiss
Adspiral Alexieff
Far East
Smirnoff
Vernader
Elks Choose Philadelphia for Next Convention
Denver hosts a large Elks reunion with about 40 000 visitors including 26 500 Elks and families. The grand parade has 15 000 marchers and a massed band of nearly a thousand musicians. Philadelphia won next year’s convention with 495 votes to Baltimore 265 after St Joseph’s withdrawal.
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Denver
Colo
Elks
Hine
Grand Lodge
Philadelphia
Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Baltimore
St. Joseph
Birthday party honors Henry Boese on eighteenth anniversary
A birthday anniversary surprise for Henry Boese, who lives two miles east of the city, marked Tuesday July 17 as the pleasant affair of his eighteenth anniversary. Guests included Misses Helen Spennigin Flora Pfleidner Irma Verweire Anna Brake Gertrude Friedline Dora Held er Oneda Foellinger Clara Schmidt Dora Boese Mary Meyer Emma Meister and Messrs. Henry Heider Oscar Wagner Edward Mertens George Schmidt Will Schlaudroff Paul Guyer Carl Patterson Eugene Schall Claud Friedline Alfred Miller Tony Zuer.
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Henry Boese
Mr. Boese
Helen Spennigin
Flora Pfleidner
Irma Verweire
Anna Brake
Gertrude Friedline
Dora Helder
Oneda Foellinger
Clara Schmidt
Dora Boese
Mary Meyer
Emma Meister
Messrs
Henry He
Feeley’s Kidney Cure Promises Relief for Bright’s Disease
A testimonial from Marion Lee of Dunreath Indiana claims Feeley’s Kidney Cure cured incipient Bright’s disease and diabetes. The ad asserts the remedy brings comfort, relief, and rapid improvement even in severe cases after taking three bottles, mentioning past ineffectiveness with eight doctors. Dreler & Bro.
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Bright
Feeley
Marion Lee
Dunreath
Ind
Foley
Dreler & Bro
Tragic double act in Warren boarding house
In Warren Ohio today laborer Charles McMillan shot Herbert Fox wounding him slightly and then killed himself with three shots to the head. McMillan is expected to die. Fox’s injuries are not serious. The motive remains unknown.
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Warren
Charles McMillan
Herbert Fox
McMillan
Fox
Liver Lively Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup Claim
The advertised tonic promises permanent relief from habitual constipation by stimulating the liver and restoring natural bowel action without irritating the organs. It emphasizes mild pleasant taste, no nausea or griping, and warns against substitutes and Dreier Pro.
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Apn
Dreier
Ice Factory 10 to Be Constructed in Port Wayne Area
C. G. Bish announced a new ice plant project to be built on Hanover Street near Port Wayne, with an initial daily capacity of sixty tons and a six and a half day construction window. The venture aims to supply local consumers, reduce street odors from fertilizer operations, and compete on price next year, with stock subscriptions to begin immediately and Mr. Bash likely leading management.
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Gevity
C. @. Bish
Port Wayne
Uader Way
Hanover Street
Bash
Bush
Would Not Stand for Chastisement Ends in Stabbing
New York report from July 18 details a quarrel between Conrad Schirmer and his 19 year old son at Miss Clara Lazarus home in East 104th Street. During a struggle the son stabbed his father with broken glass, causing a potentially mortal wound. The elder Schirmer sought to discipline the son over the engagement, leading to a fatal wound scenario as authorities arrested the son.
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Conrad Schirmer
Conrad
Clara Lazarus
East One Hundred and Fourth Street
Schirmer
Lazarus
A Modern Miracle Cited For Mrs Mollie Holt Recovery
A Tennessee observer reports a dramatic recovery from a severe lung cough after using Dr King’s New Discovery. Doctors feared death as the patient lay exhausted by coughing, but after treatment she improved and fully recovered, now described as a healthy woman. Trial bottles are free at Dreier & Bro. druggists.
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Mollie Holt
J. O. R. Hooper
Woodford
Tenn
Dreier & Bro
Lava Panacea Claims For All Ills In Lava Diet
New York July 19 J Riggs claims lava diet cures all ills from gout to hair loss. He promotes lava as universal food and medicine, arguing that proper nutrition via lava minerals strengthens blood, fights parasites, and boosts plant and animal health. He cites experience in Zurich and New Hampshire.
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J. Riggs
Ponce de Leon
My. Riggs
Hygienic Association
Zurich
Switzerland
Clifton
N. J
Wald
Granite State
Maine
Lava Ag & Oureall
Leva
Mr. Riggs
California
Europe
Little Joke Is Serious Affair In City Court
James Duncan Charles Nelson and Charles Brotherton all jailed for taking a stove from a well known house claiming a prank led to the theft. Duncan and Nelson twenty six days Brotherton fifteen. Patrolman Johnson halted the trio before they could depart. Brotherton a former Muncie officer accused others of involving him. Other cases: Farnan fined five dollars for assaulting his wife. neglecting child case dismissed with warning to provide for family. David Arnett, calling police to avoid the wagon, was released after proving no prior arrest and unfamiliarity with town ways.
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James Duncan
Charles Nelson
Charles Brotherton
Muncie
Duncan
Nelson
Brotherton
Johnson
John Farnan
East End Saloon Bar Complaints Over Boiling Bone Smell
Councilmen investigated a fertilizer factory odor that sent workers walking from nearby homes. Neighbors reported a strong stench from a bone boiling vat within five blocks, prompting a patrol and house to house canvass. Women hid on porches and closed windows, as officials seek abatement measures.
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Bush
Henry
Bayer
Ankenbruck
Syrian Jis Slugged in Street Altercation at Court and Berry
Hassan Ali Mastery was struck on the jaw by a youth during a Thursday afternoon altercation at Court and Berry streets. He was taken to St. Joseph's hospital with a jaw lump and a head wound. doctors say his condition is not serious. Deputies searched for the assailants but found none, and a fellow Syrian named Joseph Suffidy was named but cleared. Mastery had about 1400 in his possession when attacked.
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Hassan Ali Mastery
Court
Berry Streets
St. Joseph’s Hospital
McOscar
Huguenard
Paul, Stevens
Spillner
Mastery
Henry Felger
Joseph Suffidy
Kidney Cure Advertisement Claims Health Benefit
An old advertisement asserts that Foley's Kidney Cure can cure kidney and bladder disease in any form and strengthen kidneys to prevent Brights disease or diabetes when taken timely, urging readers to use the product from Dreier and Bro.
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Bright
Foley
Dreier
Bro
Japan plans sweeping nationalization of industries
Washington reports that Japan is preparing to nationalize all industries, including railways, with government supervision and development under a joint venture with private capital. Aimed at Manchuria and Korea, the plan envisions loans through Yokohama Specie Bank and a rise of state control over cotton textiles, matches, cement, beer, lumber, and more, challenging American access to Orient trade.
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Japan
Bureau of Manufactures
Yokohama Specie Bank
Manchuria
Korea
Fender Save Near Tragedy on Superior Street
Peter Johann of 1912 Maumee Avenue narrowly escaped serious injury when a Robison Park car sped down Superior Street at about 9 am Thursday. Motorman B B Hayes quickly lowered the car’s fender, catching Johann as he lay in the path, after being thrown from a wagon on Clinton Street incline during the swift ride.
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Peter Johann
Maumee Avenue
Robison Park
Superior Street
B. Hayes
Johann
Clinton Street
Atréet
Three High Officials Got 20000 Yearly in 1905 Salaries
Indianapolis July 19 four head officers of the State Life Insurance company drew total compensation of 20000 in 1905. Each received 16000 salary plus 1500 as director and 2500 as executive committee member. Names include Andrew M. Sweeney Samuel Quinn Charles F. Coffin and W. S. Wynn.
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Indianapolis
State Life Insurance Company
Andrew M. Sweeney
Samuel Quinn
Charles F. Coffin
W. 8. Wynn
Drugists to Assemble in Indianapolis Conference
The American Pharmaceutical Society meets in Indianapolis the first week of September led by president Joseph N. Lemberger of Lebanon PA and general secretary Charles Caspari Jr. of Baltimore. Local chair Frank H. Carter announces a reception at Claypool Hotel and a week of entertainments including smokers carriage drives visits to pharmaceutical houses and tours with a women’s committee arranging afternoon and evening events.
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American Pharmaceutical Society
Indianapolis
American Pharmaceutical Association
Joseph N. Lemberger
Lebanon
Charles Caspari, Jr
Baltimore
Frank H. Carter
J. N. Hurty
Claypool Hotel
Fairbank
Wonderland
Country Club
Slander suit over Schafer murder ends in favor of defendant
Paoli Ind July 19 A libel suit for 10000 damages filed by Simpson B Lowe against Archibald C Voris ended with a midnight verdict for the defendant after a night court session. Jurors sealed the verdict and only the panel and judge Wiley knew the outcome. The jury prepared a document exonerating Lowe from scandalous reports linked to the Sarah Schafer case and signed it.
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Schafer
Paoli
Ind
Simpson B. Lowe
Archibald C. Voris
Sarah Schafer
Wiley
Lowe
Hogate Succeeds Reinhard as Indiana Law Dean
Danville man Enoch G. Hogate has been elected dean of Indiana University Law School to succeed the late George L. Reinhard. Hogate, previously second in the faculty, will lead the school as Judge Woodfin D. Robinson of the Indiana appellate court fills the vacancy, term expiring this year.
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Danville
Indiana University Law School
Indianapolis
Ind
Henoch G. Hogate
Indiana University
George L. Reinhard
Bloomington
Hosare
Woodfin D. Robinson
Appellate Court of Indiana
University
Troops Begin Second Day March Toward Indianapolis
Hammond Indiana July 19 nine hundred soldiers of the regular army started the second day of a march from Fort Sheridan to Indianapolis. The force includes seven companies of the Twenty seventh regiment and two of the Fourth from Fort Brady. They camped on the Calumet river last night. one private collapsed from heat but is recovering today.
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Hammond
Ind
Fort Sheridan
Indianapolis
Twenty-seventh Regiment
Fort Brady
Calumet River
Governor Hanly Opens Iowa Lecture Tour Tonight
Indianapolis dated dispatch reports Governor Hanly is in Muscatine Iowa and will lecture there tonight. His private secretary Fred Gemmer said no further appointments had been announced by the governor.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Muscatine
Iowa
Fred Gemmer
Lincoln Dixon Renominated in Fourth District
Columbus Ind July 19 Democrats of Indiana Fourth district renominated Representative Lincoln Dixon of North Vernon with no opposing candidate. The district leans Democratic and party rally notes Dixon’s continued bid for Congress. A distracting ad jingle cites Cade's Little Liver Pills as a remedy for stomach issues.
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Columbus
Ind
Lincoln Dixon
North Vernon
Cade
Meyer Bros.’ Drugstore
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