Negro burglar tells rambling poker story in court
A Chicago man named William Johnson faced burglary charges in city court after a rambling tale about poker wins and stolen Salvation Army funds. Police captured him after a chasing struggle near the transfer corner. He admitted to breaking into the McMillan residence then the next home, ending at the Salvation Army citadel.
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William Johnson
Chicago
Circuit Court
Salvation Army
Sadie Watkins
Johnson
Ads
McMillan
Rundell
Cheviron
Louis Jaap
Ed Kleinhvist
Hartzog
Noah Hartzog
J. W. Brown
Huntington
Dickson
Spiliner
Russia proposes $100 million international loan
Russian finance minister Kokovosoff proposes an immediate international loan of 100 million dollars to fund the 1908 budget deficit with 50 million, famine relief 8 million, and 30 million to wartime munitions and stores. Emission advised before budget ratification and credits becoming available.
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St. Petersburg
Kokovosoff
New H. H. Land Company Plans 6000 Acre Purchase Near Billings
Fred W. Hart and partners from North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Indiana closed a deal for a 6000 acre tract of select agricultural land near Billings Montana. The Indiana based company will be incorporated with offices in Fort Wayne and Lovina Montana. The field lies within five miles of the Billings and Northern railroad which began service five weeks ago.
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Columbia City
Fred W. Hart
Billings
Montana
O. T. Hart
McHenry
N. D
J. W. Haley
Fort Wayne
Ind
S. E. Schoonover
Greenville
Indiana
Lovina
The
H. H. Land Company
Billings and Northern Railroad
Judge Ogden Sentences C G Richie in Oakland Surrogate Case
San Francisco June 2 Judge Ogden of Oakland sentences C G Richie once a Louisville surrogate court judge after a brief hearing. The case details remain limited in today’s report with no further prosecution notes provided.
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San Francisco
Louisville
Ogden
Oakland
Sanantha
City lighting plant ready for test next month
Mayor Hosey says a preliminary test of the municipal lighting plant should occur in July with streets to be lit later. The turbine engine is set, 430 lamps to be hung, and full system testing ahead as work nears activation in early fall. Reservoir work requires two weeks for waterproofing after draining.
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Hosey
Board of Public Works
City Hall
Fred H. Grote
Hilgeman & Bro
Paul Kinder
Edwin Helmke, Jr
J. A. Hermann
Sheriff Orders Gypsy Camp to Move Near City
Sheriff Grice and former deputy Julius Hugusnard inspected a gypsy camp four miles south of the city on Monday afternoon and ordered the camp to relocate after complaints about their presence. They checked the wagons for missing Chicago children but found only local youths.
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Grice
Julius Hugusnard
Chicago
Poe News Tidbits From Poe Indiana Visit Families
Sentinel correspondence from Poe Indiana notes social visits among residents and relatives from Fort Wayne Ossian and Union Michigan. Hilda Spiegel and Edward Spiegel visit cousin Ethel Snider. Ira Somers and wife visit W H Somers family. J W Fenner and wife visit D M Fenner. Robert Mercer subpoenaed for circuit court duty. Willie Shearer and P H Snider visit in Ossian. Oberlin family attend bedside of ill matriarch Mrs J S Caston. Mrs C F Cook called to Union Michigan due to serious illness of granddaughter.
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Poe
Ind
Hilda Spiegel
Brother Edward
Fort Wayne
Ethel Snider
Ira Somers
W. H. Somers
J. W. Fenner
D. M. Fenner and
Ossian
Robert Mercer
Circuit Court
Willie Shearer
Atwell Shearer
P. H. Snider
Ed Somers
J. Essig
J. W. Lipes
Oberlin
J. S. Caston
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Ginham
Chlhoun St
Tony Strasser
Edward Thomas
George Smith
William Eckhart
Frank Bechtel
Marcus Mulline
Thomas Mallon
Frank Jones
Ida Poretta
Harber’s
Main
Harrison Streets
NEW Land Company
Fort Wayne Investors
H. A. Yergens
POE News
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