Mixed names spark suicide confusion in San Francisco hotel
In a tangled sequence two men J F Millar of Dixon Illinois and John August Miller of Providence Pennsylvania share similar names and a Santa letter fate. Miller died by self inflicted gunshot at the Ferry Building after reading a letter from Millar s wife. Millar arrives in San Francisco learns of the mix up and visits Hotel Terminus startling staff and relatives who believed him dead.
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J. F. Millar
San Francisco
Dixon
Dixon Telegraph
San Francisco Examiner
Terminus
Register
W. A. Cavanaugh
Illinois
John August Miller
Providence
Hotel Terminus
Los Angeles
Millar
Dixon, Ill
Acme Gas Company
Chicago
Pacific Coast
California Fruit Canners’ Association
Berger-Carter Company
Beale Street
F. J. Millar
J. A. Miller
Letter Backfires As Wife’s Words Haunt Murder Suspect
J F Millar recounts how a loving letter from his wife may have driven J A Miller to suicide. He describes reading the coroner’s handwriting and a dated note, suggesting Miller killed himself after confronting a life far from his own joy. Millar recalls the hotel clerk doubting he was alive, and reflects on a dreamlike perception of reality following the telegrams.
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Ofice
Land of the Living
Examiner
J. A. Miller
J.F. Millar
Miller
J. F. Millar
Inauguration of Governor Frank Frantz in Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma reports the largest inauguration crowd in state history for Governor Frank Frantz. The day featured a civic and military parade, a crowded Brooks opera house ceremony, an inaugural address, and a celebratory reception and ball. Frantz, 33, a Woodford Illinois native with service in the Spanish American War, rose from Enid postmaster to U.S. agent for Osage Indians.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Frank Frantz
Brooks Opera House
Enid
Frantz
Burford
Supreme Court
Woodford County
Ilinois
Wellington
Kan
California
Arizona
New Mexico
McCord
Roosevelt
United States
Crisis in Mine Situation Delegates Arrive at Convention
Delegates arrive in Indianapolis for the United Mine Workers of America annual meeting at Tomlinson hall. The convention opens tomorrow and will decide the coal fields' peace for the year. The anthracite faction leans radical, demanding action, while President John Mitchell seeks to steer toward stability with support from bituminous delegates.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Tomlinson Hall
John Mitchell
Metz Farm and Residence Auction in Stephenson County
On Thursday January 18 1906 at 2 PM the master in chancery will sell at public auction the 160 acre Metz farm in Silver Creek four miles southeast of Freeport. On January 19 at 10 AM the Metz residence at 135 Oak Street Freeport will be sold at private auction premises end.
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Stephenson County
Metz
Silver Creek
Freeport
Oak Street
Perfection Gas at 8c a Gallon at Burrell B
Local grocer advertises best of 8 cents per gallon for perfection fuel at The Cash Grocers located at 110 Stephenson Street. Customer savings highlighted with emphasis on lower price offerings and limited stock.
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Burrell B
Stephenson St
Rockford Likely To Join Wisconsin Baseball League
Rockford may join the Wisconsin baseball league as an eight club circuit next season. President Powers is expected in Beloit and Rockford to discuss sentiment, with Freeport eager to add Rockford while Beloit aims to stay in the circuit. Local fans urged to organize and support a pro team in Rockford.
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Chicago Sunday Tribune
Rockford
Wisconsin Baseball League
Powers
Freeport
Asa
Wisconsin League
Beloit
Beloit Free Press
Wisconsin State Association of Professional Baseball Clubs
Holliday
Quibble and Mint Julep Gaps in Camp and Fuller Tales
Walter Camp cites a quibble about a banana share between two children and a remark about lions not eating bananas. Chief Justice Fuller visits a southern home where servant John serves mint julep. Fuller later jokes Eve found another spot.
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Walter Camp
Yale
Fuller
John
Robinson Crusoe Economists Perspective
W O Hill in Watson's Magazine argues that Robinson Crusoe, while a beloved youth read, is a profound political work. The tale portrays civilization as interdependent, challenging the lone survival narrative and highlighting social dependence among people.
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Robnson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
de Foe
W.O. Hill
Watson's Magazine
Pitcher Plants Stir Amusement at University Greenhouses
A Philadelphia Record item notes Provost Macfarlane receives letters from across the country about dangerous plants in the University of Pennsylvania botanical houses. A sensational reporter once claimed a rat-eating pitcher plant devoured a full rat, though experts say the largest prey is a cockroach. Sundews and Venus flytraps catch tiny prey, with occasional larger insects. Anxious parents are reassured it is safe to visit, even bring children, though some visitors test the plants by offering a finger to see if it remains intact.
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Victons
Pieterca
Mae
University of Pennsylvania
J. M. Macfarlane
Botanic Garden
New York
University
Philadelphia Record
Self Acting Telephone Directory Concept Described
A New York Herald report explains an automatic annunciator system that places a circular desk plate with outer spaces for 15 to 50 names and numbers. By shifting the dial indicator to a desired number, a bell rings and the operator locates the entry on a duplicate dial. Another version keeps numbers handy with a collar of flanges alphabetically arranged, each flange holding about twelve names.
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Office
New York Herald
Drink Bill of Manhattan Beer and Spirits Consumption
Manhattan consumes about 100000 barrels of whisky costing 2500000 dollars. Additionally 0 barrels of other spirits for 0 dollars, 200000 champagnes for 5500000 dollars, 4000000 gallons of wines and brandies for 27000000 dollars, and 5000000 barrels of beer sold for 100000000 dollars. Total 135500000 dollars, enough to fund a great university. If all beer and liquor flowed through a tap at one gallon per minute, it would take ninety years and thirty six days to empty.
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Manhattan
Borough of
Yale
Harvard
Pearson's Magazine
Auction prices for historic relics stir English collectors
A Napoleon chair from St Helena prompts notes on relic prices in England. Items cited include Amiens treaty pens at 2000 dollars, Napoleon head tooth at 38 dollars, Kant wig 40 dollars, Sterne wig 1000 dollars, Descartes skull 200 dollars, Newton tooth 3400 dollars, Heloise tooth 20000 dollars, Housseau waistcoat 190 dollars, and a watch 100 dollars.
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Napoleon
St. Helena
England
Amiens
Kant
Sterne
Descarte
Sir Isaac Newton
Heloise
Petits Augustins
Housseau
Patience as Virtue in The Lord's Work
The text extols patience as the sole virtuous path in difficulties. It emphasizes that patience is gracious and without shameful retreat, recommended by the Lord. It declares patience leads to salvation of souls and lives, urging steadfast endurance as the means to overcome hardship.
Disappointed author meets reader and hero likeness
A Chicago Record-Herald note contrasts an aspiring young author with reactions from a reader who misimagines the hero of a story. The piece also cites costs of tire production and disposal, noting $200 in London and $70 in New York.
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Chicago Record-Herald
London
New York
The British Soldier Reveals Harsh Army Shortages
An English writer lists hard conditions that hinder British army recruiting. Soldiers face meager free issue, out of pocket kit costs, and high wear on uniforms and gear. Food, tea, sugar, and basic comforts consume pay, while shared dining and scarce utensils worsen barracks life. Blankets double for bedding and ration storage, with infrequent washing.
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Great Britain
San Francisco Houses Faulted for Gingerbread Style
The Chicago Record-Herald criticizes San Francisco residential architecture as the worst, noting wooden structures in new districts covered with elaborate trim. It claims builders add porches and balconies to hide exterior walls with fanciful, lathe carved embellishments, comparing fronts to Turkish kiosks and arguing quality worsens.
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San Francisco
Wiliam E. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
German For Furnace At University Of Chicago Lecture
Professor Oncken, lecturer at the University of Chicago, demonstrated his linguistic flair by translating furnace as the German term for the central heating plant. The audience at the Quadrangle club found humor in his long hesitation before delivering the exact German equivalent.
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Oncken
University of Chicago
London
Herr Oncken
Helen Peabody Bequest For Church Missions
The late Helen Peabody founder of the Western College For Women at Oxford Ohio has willed property to advance Presbyterian missions. She earned about $50,000 from St Louis real estate investments and died in Pasadena California. Her home there will be The House of Rest a resting place for weary Christians from home or foreign fields with $8,000 set aside for maintenance.
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Helen Peabody
Western College For Women
Oxford
Presbyterian Church
St. Louis
Pasadena
Cal
Bible Gift, Retina Study, Cancer Institute Plans
King Edward offers a Bible to the Episcopal church in Williamsburg Virginia to mark the 300th anniversary of Jamestown’s church. Two Swiss dentists claim blue light exposure makes teeth pain free for extractions. An Ault cancer institute near Heidelberg’s Aeuduing hospital will start soon, targeted for spring 100. A leprosy treatment by Captain Rustast shows cures in Indian mission asylums.
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Edward
Episcopal Church
Williamsburg
Tamestown
Willamsburg
Ault Institute For Cancer Investigation
Heidelberg
Rustast
North Brothers at Grand opens week with free ladies tonight
North Brothers and their 25 person company open a week at the Grand. Tickets for tonight and tomorrow include free admission for ladies until 6 30 this evening. They present the four act society comedy The Way of the World. Beasie Burnell's Lady Orchestra provides a 30 minute concert each evening starting at 7 45 with show at 8 15.
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North Bros
Knorr
North Brothers
Beasie Burnell
Lady Orchestra
This Date in History Highlights Major 16th to 20th Century Events
1549 liturgy established by parliament. 1672 John Cosin dies. 1730 charter granted to New York City. 1777 Vermont declares independence. 1778 Sandwich Islands sighted by Captain Cook. 1795 Gen Miranda and Capt Lacrosse freed by French National Convention. 1815 US frigate President captured by Britain. 1842 John Hopkinson dies. 1865 Edward Everett dies. 1875 conspiracy against Russian czar uncovered. 1895 fire and explosion in Butte, Montana injures many. 1904 Asa L Bushnell dies at 69.
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John Cosin
Durham
Montgomerie
New York City
Vermont
Sandwich Islands
Capain Cook
Gen
Miranda
Capt
Lacrosse
United States
President
John Hopkinson
Columbia
Edward Everett
Russia
Butte
Mont
Asa L. Bushnell
Ohio
Electric Bitters Touted by 82-Year-Old Woman in Dublin
Mrs E H Brunson of Dublin Georgia says at 82 she feels unexpectedly young and strong after using Electric Bitters. The tonic is claimed to cure dyspepsia liver troubles inflamed kidneys and chronic constipation with a guaranteed, affordable bottle priced at 50 cents by Joseph Emmert, druggist.
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Tam
E. H. Brunson
Dublin
Joseph Emmert
Very Low Rates to Denver via the North-Western Line
Ex excursion tickets will be sold on January 27 28 and 29 limited to return until February 16 inclusive on account of Wool Growers and Live Stock Association Meetings. Apply to agents Chicago North Western Ry.
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Denver
Col
North-Western
Chicago & North-Western R'y
Four simple rules for a healthy life from a stomach remedy
A vintage health advertisement urges daily bowel regularity, slow chewing, and avoidance of indigestible foods. It claims Mi-o-na cures long standing stomach issues and related ailments, presenting it as a scientific remedy sold by Wm. F. Jungkans with a money back guarantee.
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Wm. F. Jungkans
A Tragic Finish and a Cold Cure Claim
A dramatic note compares a dyke leak disaster to a near fatal cold in Kenneth Mc Iver of Vanceboro Maine. The writer credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving his life after three doctors gave up. The ad touts the cough and cold remedy sold by Joseph Emmert with prices 50c and 1.00 and offers a free trial bottle.
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North Sea
Holland
Kenneth McIver
Vanceboro
Dr. King
Joseph Emmert
Notice of the First Meeting of Creditors in Yeager bankruptcy
In the District Court of the United States Northern District of Illinois Western Division Clarence R Yeager of Freeport Stephenson County is bankrupt. On January 27 1906 at 10 30 p m at the Freeport office of Charles H Green creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact other business. Arthur E Fisher Referee in Bankruptcy Rockford Illinois January 12 1906.
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District Court of the United
Charles H. Green
Freeport
A. T
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New Executive
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Arthur E. Fisher
Rockford, Il
Globe
Kwernicke
Kuehner Bros
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