Will of Charles T. Yerkes Creates Yerkes Galleries In NY
New York reads Clarence A. Knight states in a will that upon the death of his wife the Yerkes estate will fund a New York art gallery with 750 000 dollars for its maintenance The will provides for a hospital in New York and for bequests to the widow son and others The house on sixty eighth street and Fifth avenue and all artworks are left to the wife with a future transfer to a NY corporation for the gallery under five trustees including the mayor and four appointees from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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New York
Clarence A. Knight
Charles T. Yerkes
Greenwood Cemetery
Mary Adelaide Yerkes
Sixty-Eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Yerkes
New York City
State of New York
Yerkes Galleries
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yerkes will bequest and hospital plan outlined
The will details large bequests to son Charles E Yerkes and daughter Bessie Rondinella with $100,000 trust for Ethel Link Yerkes and varied legacies to relatives. Remainder funds fund a Yerkes Hospital in the Bronx and Yerkes galleries, with income to Mrs Yerkes and two lifetime shares. Trustees must open hospital publicly and allocate remaining estate to care for patients with limited means.
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Charles E. Yerkes
Bessie L. Tondinella
Ughter
Alo
Ethel Link Yerkes
Clarence Yerkes
Louis S. Owsley
Chicago
University of Chicago
Yerkes Observatory
Lake
Geneva
Wis
State of
New York
Yerkes ‘Hospital
Yerkes
Bronx
Yerkes Hospital
Charles
PeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Claims Rapid Heal Benefits
The ad claims PeWitts Witch Hazel Salve soothes sores cuts boils and pain almost instantly. It says it draws out the infection reduces swelling and circulates the diseased areas to permit trouble to end. The copy emphasizes natural healing properties and quick relief.
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PeWitt
Illlinois Home. Executors Named in Will for Wife and Estate
The will directs income from the estate to be paid to the wife and children, providing a dower flow and appointing Lots 8 Ownley and the Milnois Trust and Savings Bank as executors. The home is located at Sixty-eighth Street and Fifth Avenue, and the provision places the home in Illinois.
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Sixty-eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Yerkes
Ownley
Milnois Trust and Savings Bank
State of
Illinois
Strike of the Printers in New York Sparks Eight-Hour Demand
New York reports twelve hundred union printers across forty book and job shops striking for an eight hour day and closed shop. Typographical union says progress toward eight hour day is evident in the city with some firms choosing nine hours or open shop. Reports from other ports show mixed results with several shops adopting the eight hour policy while wage cuts accompany some gains.
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New York
New York City
Typothetae
Portis Ts
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Dayton
O.—Ay
Trouston
Tex
Chicago
Typothetre
LaCrosse
Wis
Typographical Union
Roosevelt Denies Sympathy for British Political Parties
London dispatches claim Roosevelt expressed hearty sympathy with the Liberal party in Britain. The White House confirms no recollection of Mason's call and states the president did not express support for any British party or candidate.
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Roosevelt
Washington
London
Great Britain
J. N. Mason
Mason
White Horse
Government builds twenty one country roads in year
The report shows government encouragement in road building with twenty one rounds constructed nationwide. Mendim roads cost up to 98 cents per square yard, averaging 55 cents. Sand and clay roads cost ? cents, burnt clay 20 cents, and shell ? cents per square yard.
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Washington
Mendim
Reprimand for Commander Lu c ien Young
Secretary Bonaparte acted on court martial proceedings against Commander Lucien Young of the Bennington after the fatal summer explosion. The court found him guilty of negligent duty in part of the specifications and sentenced him to a letter of reprimand.
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Young
Washington
Janu
Bonaparte
Lucien Young
Bennington
Letter That Was a Myth in Shamokin Meeting
Hazelton and Padan of this city report as secretary of a special committee from the Shamokin miners convention that no coal company letter was received or opened before being handed to President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers.
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Hazelton
Padan
J. DP. Cgallaher
Shamokin
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court Dismisses Congdon v Michigan Case
The Supreme Court of the United States dismisses the Congdon versus Michigan case on lack of a final judgment. The suit challenged Michigan's local option law as applied to druggists, but the proceedings have not reached a final decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Congdon
Pabst Brewing Company Denies Rebating Violations
Milwaukee Jan 3 The Pabst Brewing Company answered the government charge alleging violation of the biking law by receiving rebates. The response is a general denial of the alterations claimed in the complaint.
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Milwaukee
Pabst Brewing Company
Washington monthly receipts and expenditures report
The government reports December receipts of 50,850,408 and expenditures of 444,084,745, resulting in a surplus of 85,418,718 for the month.
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Washington
Jan
National Debt Aggregate Statement Update
Washington reports the monthly public debt tally showing totals at month end. The document notes the debt excluding cash in the treasury, with figures near 80.0 percent and references to adjustments and formal wording. The summary highlights the broader debt position versus cash holdings and official accounting terms.
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National Debt Aggregate
Washington
Jan
Phe
O'Brien and Rublin Set For Twenty Round Fight
New York boxing scene announces a twenty round bout between O'Brien and Rublin scheduled for March 1 at the new Wuxedo Athletic Club in Philadelphia. Officials confirmed the match as a feature event with local interest high.
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O'Brien
Rublin
New York
Cham
Oprien
Jus
Ublin
Wuxedo Athletic Club
Philadelphia
Recluse in Alaska Posts Bone Warning on Cabin
Charles T. Worthley, resident of Wluchendan, Alaska, has nailed a large bone to the side of his cabin with the message that he does not welcome visitors. The inscription reads that the bone belonged to the last man caught fooling around there.
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Charles T. Worthley
Wluchendan
Alass
Mexico Refuses Lightweight Championship Fight
The Mexican government will not permit a lightweight title bout between Colin and Esheron. The planned match was slated for April 4 in Anish, but the government rejection blocks the contest.
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Mexico
Perusic
Colin
Esheron
Revolution Grips Siberia and Baltic Provinces
Dispatches report revolts among reserves returning from the Far East with insurgents releasing imprisoned agitators at Cheliabinsk. Baltic provinces face critical conditions with rail sabotage, train derailments, and arrests. Polish and Moscow area tensions rise as rail traffic is disrupted and workers strike.
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St. Petersburg
Far East
Cheliabinsk
Orenburg
Trans-Siberisa
Moscow Revolt Sparks Liberal Shift and Casualties
The governor general described the Moscow uprising as heavily suppressed with many leaders killed or arrested. Casualty figures cited include significant killed and wounded among troops and police, with reports of widespread arrests and large-scale property losses. Peasants and ralliers are being summoned. Eaglewood hosts a shifting security scene as spectacular drills by girl soldiers draw curious crowds.
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Moscow
Dan
Poubassof
Associated Press
Hibor
Hospitas
Red
Puolice
Annan
de Nunber
Ciestians
Ald
Peoria Gas and Water v City: Supreme Court Reverses
The Supreme Court ruled on Peoria Gas and Light Co v City of Peoria. It reversed the circuit court’s finding, ruling no proven combination with another gas firm to fix gas prices and uphold the validity of the Peoria ordinance setting rates. The decision focuses on anti trust contention and the lack of a proven "combine."
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Washington, SauduThe Supreme Court of the United States
Peoria
Elrcurt
Supreme Court
Traffic Agreement Declared Unlawful in Bondholder Suit
Justice Trunas rules that a traffic agreement among Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad St Louis and San Francisco Railroad and St Louis Memphis and Southeastern Railway harms bondholders of Chicago and Eastern Tinovis. Gustav Jowir and Susan Ratimer filed the suit to nullify the pact. LaCrosse strike shows eight hour day efforts yield limited unions with mixed shop status.
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New York
Trunas
State Supreme Court
Chicago and Eastern Ilinois Railroad Company
St. Louis and
San Francisco
St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railway Company
Chicago and Eastern Tinovis Company
Gustav Jo, Wissel
Susan Ratimer
Justice S Ruax
Chicago Drainage Case Begins in Supreme Court
Washington January 3 The Missouri versus Illinois case on Chicago’s right to divert sewage into the Mississippi via the Chicago drainage canal and the Illinois River has commenced in the Supreme Court.
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Chicago
Washington
State of
Missouri
Linolts
Supreme Court of the United States
Markets Report From Chicago Board of Trade Prices
Quotations for wheat corn oats pork lard and short stocks shown for Chicago futures and cash markets. Hogs and cattle receipts and bid ranges noted. eggs poultry hay and other livestock prices listed. A separate item notes a Wallachian postage stamp dated June 1 1818 and a Lords figure Lord Templemore's early tenure and maiden speech context.
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Chcago Board of Trade
Chicago
Choice Prairie
East Batik Lovemaakfest Muttalo
Punming Ok Stevens
Fae Bauffalo
N.Y
Allerdes
Ecécnesque Business Sheet in St Heller's Jer sey
In Jer sey's St Heller isle the Quite Ecécnesque business sheet notes prosperous firms named Adam Bye Cain and Abel establishing ventures in the local economy amid a quirky, maritime backdrop.
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St. Heller
Isle of Jersey
Adam
Bye
Cain
Abel
Board Hotly Rated Report on School Board Shortage
Everett Audit finds seven year shortage of 54140850 with forged scripts totaling near a million over eighteen years. $582000 caused by fictitious bills through Peoria National Bank where Dougherty was president, bank held liable. Board order seeks recovery in court. officers censured for years of service.
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Peoria
Everett Audit Company
Dougherty
Everett
Snst
Veorla National Dink
Peoria National Bank
Bank
David McCulloch
Orville Berry
Carthage
Barnhart Keals
R. J. Dooley
O. J. Dailey
H. C. Triebel
W. Eiwin
A. BR. Tolson
R. N. Woodruff
W. T. Bryan
H.W. Lynch
A. Peters
H. O'Connmn
J. H L. Boyd
J. S. Wolf
Bk. XN. Reitz
J. A. Weisbrack
Illinois coal production and mining stats for 1905
The 1905 Illinois coal output across 56 counties totaled 7,188,74 tons with 9 killed and 12 widows. The state report notes 168 new mines opened, 110 closed, 3277 ships, 31, QOT NT tons shipped, and an average of 41,202 miners employed. Other figures cover coal types, prices, machinery, and employment across underground and surface operations.
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Springfield
NNO
Fu Iinois
Inbor Dnvean
Oslgos
Has a Wife or S80 Too Many
Springfield Illinois police investigate a bigamy case involving Olver Flickinger who already has wives in Elkhart Indiana and Chicago He left to work for the Union News company over a year ago and married Sadie Allen of Auburndale. reports indicate another wife in Pikeart. He faces inquiries about multiple marriages across states.
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Springfield
Ill
Dan
Olver Flickinger
Elkhart
Ind
Chicago
Union News Company
Sadie Allen
Auburs
Pikiart
Man Charged With Perjury Over 14 Year Old Marriage
Paris IML report says John Downs of Edgar county caused the arrest of Ernest Harris of Grand View for marrying Pearl Towns, then 14, after Harris swore she was 18 to obtain a marriage license. Harris posted a $300 bond.
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Paris
Iml
John Downs
Edgar County
Ernest Harris
Grand View
Pearl Towns
Harris
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promises Digestive Relief
Advertises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a digestion aid that digests food, rests the stomach, and helps it recover. Claims relief from indigestion belching sour stomach and heartburn and that it enables digestion to produce rich red blood. Sold by all druggists.
Mrs Austin Pancake Flour From Three Great Stuffs
Mrs Austin's pancake flour is described as made from the three great stuffs of life: wheat corn and rice, promoting its wholesome mix for wholesome baking. The message extols simplicity and nourishing value as a public advertisement note.
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