Last Rites for the Widow of Slain McKinley
Canton Ohio May 29 The body of Mrs Ida Saxton McKinley rests beside President McKinley in Westlawn cemetery receiving vault. Funeral atMarket street home witnessed by President Roosevelt Vice President Fairbanks Governor Harris and other officials. Banks stores and parks closed. The service in the Methodist Episcopal rite used four songs identical to the late president's funeral. Secret Service and police guarded the crowd. The McKinley mausoleum will replace the temporary vault possibly in September.
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Canton
Ohio
Ida Saxton McKinley
President McKinley
Westlawn
McKinley
Market Street
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Harris
Root
Wilson
Garfield
Corbin
Loeb
Associate Justice Day
The
McKinley Memorial Trustees
Secret Service
Washington
Buffalo
Hanna
Isle of
Dr. Buxton
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Dr. Holmes
Henry W. Harter
John C. Dueber
Joseph Biechele
Robert A. Cassidy
George B. Frease
McKir'y
Austin Lynch
R. S. Shiel
C. C. Bow
Treasury
Gary
Knox
Pittsburg
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Herrick
Cleveland
Webb Hayes
James R. Garfield
Charles W. Fairbanks
Justice
W. R. Day
Garrett A. Hobart
M. E. Church
Eva Booth
Judge Day
Latta
H. H. Kohisaat
Chicago
Czolgosz
Michael Czolgosz
Sutton
Federal Secret Advice
Smith
Pr . Roosevelt
May Revert to Township in Monroeville School Case
Monroeville may revert its independent school district to township status after discussions between town council, school board, and Superintendent Feiger. A key factor is the unsafe old building condemned by Dr. Hurty a year ago, while finances hamper a new facility. A Monday meeting is planned amid local debate on prestige versus governance.
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Monroeville
Feiger
Hurty
State Board of Health
Lkely
Autograph Letters Show Kelker’s Devotion to Mrs McKinley
Anthony Kelker, a veteran retired passenger engineer and noted flower grower, prized autograph letters from Mrs McKinley. They acknowledge bouquets Kelker sent to the President’s wife when she was ill. After McKinley’s death he sent a spray for the grave, kept as a cherished memory.
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Anthony Kelker
Mediums and spirits cannot influence wills says court
In Indianapolis on May 29 the supreme court ruled that advice from mediums and clairvoyants has no legal standing in probate disputes. The decision involved probate of Wilhelmina Albertsmeyer's will valued at $10,000, where heirs claimed unsound mind and undue influence through spiritual communications.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Wilhelmina Albertsmeyer
WANTS ROOSEVELT 10 SHOW SQUARE DEAL IS NO SHAM
Stamford Conn May 29. Dr William J Long demands a public apology from President Roosevelt for his attacks on Longs book Northern Trails. He challenges Roosevelt to admit error in public, asserts wolves kill caribou by chest bite and cites Sioux and Newfoundland witnesses. He vows to withdraw books if accused falsely and urges a square deal.
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Stamford, Conn
Roosevelt
William J. Long
Long
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Ang
County infirmary opens new modern buildings and dining
The county infirmary unveils two new wings for men and women with airy dormitories bath rooms showers and enhanced heating and lighting. Officials including Judge O Rourke Prosecutor Ninde and numerous county figures attended the opening tour and costed improvements total 56024 24 dollars for construction and upgrades.
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County Infirmary
Thomas Turfiinger
Turflinger
Boards of
Edward O'Rourke
Q. N. Heaton
Dan B. Ninde
William Smith
H. D. Roller
Matt Metcalf
George V. .Coverdale
Edward Ely
Valentine Shaffer
C. L. Centlivre
Joseph Tonkel
William Hockemeyer
John B. Wyss
George W. Lindemuth
Edward Hoffman
O. B. Wiley
William B. Cooper
Jacob Stouder
Clark Fairbank
C. C. Schlatter
A. T. Lukens
W. H. Scheiman
Board of Children’s Guardians
J. L. Smith
Charles G. Grie
Frank Koblentz
Ferdinand Busse
Charles A. Becker
Ernest Ehle
Henry Ehle
Fred Gumpper
Charles R. Weatherhogg
Board of County Commissioners
Eres Tae
New
Khitehen
New North Wink Oo
Madicoes
Emacs
Espeeeeee
Fort Wayne and Bryan interurban subsidy vote stirs anger
In Springfield township the anticipated June 6 election on the Fort Wayne and Bryan interurban subsidy provokes bitter debate with frequent arguments and denunciations. In Millersburg a Lake Shore employee, William Kemp of Swanton, was killed when he fell while repairing a locomotive, his body ground by cog wheels.
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Springfield Township
Fort Wayne
William Kemp
Swanton, O
Millersburg
Lake Shore Company
Kemp
American forests yield valuable medicinal roots say experts
Dr. Pierce endorses American forests as rich in medicinal roots and touts Golden Medical Discovery as a potent stomach tonic liver invigorator and blood cleanser. He claims cures for digestion liver and heart ailments and offers a free booklet from Buffalo New York. Both medicines use glyceric extracts from native roots and are alcohol free with ingredients listed on the bottle wrapper.
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Pierce
B. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Forced Family Jump to Death in Well in Swatow
Canton dispatches sent thirteen hundred troops from Canton to Swatow and another detachment from Shiuhing, after revolutionists captured a Chinese brigadier general's entire family and forced them all to drown themselves in a well.
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Canton
China
Swatow
Shiuhing
Proclamation from Swatvan revolutionists targets government
A Swatowan proclamation declares the uprising harms only officials and government, not foreigners or common Chinese. Missions mostly safe except German at Lien Show. missionaries flee Swatow. Local officials urge Canton to send gunboats as searches occur for travelers on the Choachoulu line.
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Swatow
China
Swatvan Revolutionary Society
Yemen
Lien
Canton
Choachoulu
Rats the Country's Bank Destruction by Rodents Highlighted
Washington May 29 The department of agriculture issues a statement on methods of destroying rats. It calls the brown rat the worst mammalian pest and warns cereals loss could reach 100000000 yearly if every farm animal hosts a rat. It notes rapid breeding would yield over a hundred million by the eleventh generation. Mild smallpox cases appear in families of L Keller and Oliver Alen at South Whitley.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
L. Keller
Oliver Alen
South Whitley
Closing Session of Indiana Masons Held
Indianapolis on May 29 reports from theGrand Lodge of Masons of Indiana as officers were re appointed at the Knights of Pythias building Massachusetts avenue and Pennsylvania street George D Wolfe grand chaplain Frederick Glass grand lecturer Edward W Bowen grand marshal Roger Parry grand steward and ryler Edward H Wolfe junior grand deacon Elmer Gay appointed to succeed William H Schntz senior grand deacon and William Ridley elected junior grand warden Plans for a new temple at Illinois and North street were approved and the building committee work continued The remainder of the morning session covered committee reports and officer installations.
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Indianapolis
Grand Lodge of Masons of Indiana
Knights of Pythias
Massachusetts Avenue
Pennsylvania Street
George D. Wolfe
Frederick Glass
Madison
Edward W. Bowen
Delphi
Roger Parry
Ryler
Edward H. Wolfe
Rushville
Elmer Gay
William H. Schntz
South Bend
William Ridley
Illinois
North Street
Misidentification tragedy shocks Ridge twp families
In Van Wert Ohio a mistaken burglar scare ended in tragedy when George Morrison shot Carey Farling during a late night search at the Joel Johnson farm. Farling, a trusted farm employee and Morrison’s cousin, was killed by multiple shotgun wounds. H. B. Barrett of Kendallville also injured in a hay wagon mishap.
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van Wert
Ridge Township
George Morrison
Joel Johnson
Jennings Road
Carey Farling
Can't Miss It Dr Miles Nervine Cures Nervous Ailments
A reader testifies that Dr Miles Nervine restores nervous energy and strengthens organs, improving heart action and digestion. The letter recalls nearly crazy symptoms before using the product, then relief after two bottles and eventual use of Dr Miles Heart Cure. Local buyer Anna T. Feel Bier endorses the remedy from Lewistown Pennsylvania.
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Miles
Anna TR
Feel Bier
Lewistown
Miles’ Nervina
Federal Court Term Postponed to June 18 at Fort Wayne
The U S district and circuit court term in Fort Wayne is postponed one week by Judge A B Anderson. trial will begin Tuesday June 18. Principal case involves Mrs Mattie Odenkirk administratrix suing Baltimore Ohio Railroad for 10000 dollars over her husband Zane B Odenkirk’s death in a 1905 wreck near Albion. Limited criminal business anticipated.
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United State District and Civit
Fort Wayne
A. B. Anderson
Anderson
Logan
Garrett
Mattie Odenkirk
Zane B. Odenkirk
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Albion
United States
Circuit Court
District Court
Goshen Banks Deposit Records Reach $1.177 Million
A local banking report notes Goshen banks hold $1,177,000 on deposit, surpassing all prior records. The figure signals strong savings activity and regional financial growth among residents and businesses.
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Goshen
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
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Miles Redical Co
Ietkhart
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Kinehn & Melching
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