Flying Squadron formed to guard local option vote
Danville Illinois March 28 Temperance groups fear violence as local option election looms for April 7. A "flying squadron" led by ex sheriff Harry Whitlock vows to deter fraud at saloons amid rumors of rigged results. In White County four townships seek local option with eight saloons in Carmi and nine in Danville, temperance advocates confident of victory.
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Danville
Til
Mths
Harry Whitlock
Whitlock
Carmi
White County
Thugs Busy in Illinois Bank Robbery Sprees
Two desperate men believed linked to a Chrisman bank raid robbed the Danville Water Company office forcing cashier Byers and a woman to clear the safe. They escaped with 106 dollars and a large sum more, pursued by officers and a crowd, after fleeing through a barber shop and boardinghouse. In Ohio towns Mars Hill and Westfield robbers blew safes in post offices, taking ash and stamps and likely over 1000 dollars total. The same suspects were suspected in Chrisman’s bank attempt.
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Danville, Hl
Bank of
Chrisman
Danville Water Company
Byers
Paris
Mars Hall
Westfield
He Was Afraid of Banks In Jacksonville Tale
An elderly resident, W. Corrington, withdrew 7000 in gold from bankers and hid it at home. Thieves later took his horse and the remaining five thousand dollars. the horse was recovered near a county town, but the 6500 is missing.
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Jacksonville
W. Corrington
Lincoln Memorial Home Park Plan Proposed in County Court
In Springfield Alabama a meeting at the county courthouse formed an organization to reserve four blocks for a public park with Lincoln's home as its centerpiece to be called the Lincoln Memorial Home Park.
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Springfield
Miareh Ys
Statehouse of
Ulingis Abratiin
Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial Flome
Neponset bounty team nets swift crow catch at Cambridge
Neponset and Thurston Wildes pressed a county clerk in Cambridge for bounties on 267 crows. They were paid the bounty, and forty nine of the birds were killed in a single day, reflecting a rapid take in the ongoing raptor control effort.
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Neponset
Loring
Thurston Wildes
Caibridge
Stead Sues Pavey for Fees in $45,000 Suit
Mount Vernon March 25 Suit for 45000 filed by Attorney General Stead against Paves city to recover an alleged fee shortage of about 19000. Court action seeks reimbursement of funds and resolution of the dispute in NAU context.
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Stead
Pavey
Mount Vernon
Til
Wo Paves
Cis City
Wind Storm Stalks Iowa Blows Roofs and Homes Down
A March windstorm swept across Iowa damaging Warren County and near Monmouth, destroying homes and barns. Winds knocked down telegraph lines and caused fires as residents reported injuries though details remain scarce. Fort Madison area villages were affected with structures leveled and property losses mounting.
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Burlington
Iowa
Mississippi River
Fort Madison
Warren County
Mon
Maenth
Townwide Fire Ravages Homes and Injures Dozens
A large blaze damaged multiple residences including the Mik and Patrick Canner homes. Several family members were injured but no deaths reported. Buildings belonging to M.o.D Lanver were leveled, with about a score of people injured in town and Illinois. Property damage runs into thousands of dollars.
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Mik
Kor Man
Patrick Canner
M.o.d Lanver
Ilinois
FALL DEAD IN THE STREET IN ST LOUIS
F Louis Soldan superintendent of St Louis public schools collapsed on the corner of Sarah and Olive streets while waiting for a streetcar. Heart disease is believed the cause. He was about fifty five, had served ten years as superintendent and previously as high school principal. He left a wife.
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St. Louis
F. Louis Sotdan
St. Louts
Sarah
Olive Streets
Soldan
Pte
Resignation of U S Comptroller Ridgely announced
Washington March 28 William S Ridgely comptroller of the currency has handed in his resignation to President Roosevelt and will become president of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City. He will be succeeded by Lawrence Murray assistant secretary of commerce and labor and formerly deputy comptroller of the currency.
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Washington
William 8. Ridgely
Roosevelt
National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City
Tle
Lawrence ©. Murray
Commercce and Labor
Races Update From Around The World
In the New York to Paris race the United States car sails for Seattle while the Italian car heads for Tonopah from Ely New and the French car sits at Ogden. The German car rests at Rock Springs Wyoming with a broken axle threatening its progress.
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Ogden
Utah
New York
Desperate Woman’s Deed in Nebraska Tragic Train Fatality
Mrs Marie Ma tilda Nelson, about thirty three, leaped before a Burlington passenger train at Hoaldrege Nebraska with her nine year old son in her arms. Both were killed instantly in a case described as born of poverty and domestic trouble.
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Hoaldrege
Neh
Marel
Matilda Nelson
Burlington
Police Officer Fatally Wounded in Tifin Arrest Case
Policeman D Phitrick Sween ey, a 35 year veteran of the Sifin force, was shot and fatally wounded while trying to arrest William H W Hoffman caught breaking into J M Beckley’s grocery.
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Tifin. O
Dphitrick Sweeney
Sifin Force
William HW. Hoffman
J. M. Beckley
Monument to Lee Proposed in Washington by Ferris
A resolution to erect a monument to General Robert E. Lee in Washington has been introduced in the House by Representative Ferris of Oklahoma. The measure proposes commemorating Lee, former commander of the Confederate army, in the nation’s capital.
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Washington
Robert K. Lee
Ferris
Oklahoma
Striking miners threaten blow up Alaska mines troops sent
A report cites Dounghis Island Alaska where striking miners threaten to blow up mines, prompting deployment of troops. Other items note a Janesville Wisconsin boy’s death from lockjaw after a Butler wound, and various global events from New York to Spitzbergen.
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Dounghis Island
Alaska
John Farrell
Janesville
Wis
Archie Cunningham
Teehiuid
Spitzbergen
Next Sumer
Oklahommi State Corporation Commission
Luis
Bryant
Kansas City
Wan
Salvin Demarest
Chicago
Windy City
Aostrike
United Vraction Company
Albany
Aeoree Elervis
Hot Springs OS
Ln. National Bank
Silas
Wishingtonm
Soul
Cecilia
Phev
Naples
Menador
New York
Ge Nakalo Teld Pastore
Seattle
Wash
Appointment of Paul Velton to Senate Seat in United States
In a formal move Governor Brows appoints Paul Velton to succeed Light Senator Bava of bheviday, filling the vacancy in the United States Senate. The action follows official procedures and places Velton in the seat previously held by Bava as the state names its new representative.
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Podleboasecee Pha
Setiuite
Fragmentary sketch notes on a poet and a pipe scene
A damaged OCR fragment describes a view of Baglishasen and a poet named Preneb. It notes the figure Woody Walan with a pipe in mouth, and mentions derisive actions and non removal of a headgear. The text is unclear and reads as a stray, humorous observer note.
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Meyer
Dae
Minimal Burglary Exchange Sparks Guilty Plea Advice
In a terse exchange a first burglar asks if the other thief got much from the break in. The second burglar answers he took little, prompting his lawyer to urge a guilty plea. The judge presides over the unusual dialogue.
Robbers Fail After Bank Safe Break In at Rasviere
A bank at Rasviere Missouri was recently robbed when the safe was tampered with and evidence shows the criminals took some items but left others behind. Police are reviewing surveillance footage and seeking witnesses to identify those involved.
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Rasviere
Stanford suspends forty one students over drunkenness
President David Starr Jorehin supports the faculty committee’s suspension of forty one Stanford University students. He says the action targets student drunkenness and rejects calls for reconsideration. The statement ties the unrest to faculty and university efforts to reform the institution.
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Stanford University
Col
Sheir
Ghident
David Starr
Jorehin
Mexico Town in Ruins After Seismic Conflagration
Reports from Chilapa in Goterrero say two earthquake shocks were followed by fires that destroyed the town. No lives are confirmed lost. the situation is chaotic with telegraph ties down and roads impassable. Other notices claim hundreds of deaths in surrounding areas and in Chilpancingo.
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City of Mexico
Chilapa
City of
Mexico
Goterrero
Coanriers
Chiapa
Chilpanejngo
Andre
Marehus
Vera Cruz
Mra
Emia J. Dorville
United States
St. Louis
Globe- Democrat
Chilpancingo
Chila Pr
Assassin Arraigned in Stevens Killing Case in San Francisco
In San Francisco on March 8 W Claims, a Korean suspect, was arraigned before Police Judge Donkun on a charge of theft and granted a continuance for a preliminary hearing to next market day. The defense hinted at continuing fight at higher court. Meanwhile Ming Woon Chitn, the accused's accomplice, remains at large in hospital but is expected to recover. Syracuse reports Rev. Charles No Sims, former chancellor of Syracuse University, has died at 73 in Liberty, Texas. Sims, born in Pairfield, studied at Asbury University, earned a master’s degree at Chicago Western University, served as president of Vadaparaiso college, and held pastorates in Baltimore, Newark, New No, and Brooklyn.
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San Francisco
T. W. Stevens
Sndee Donkun
Elis
Ming Woon Chitn
Liane Hospital
Syracuse
Noy
der Charles No Sims
Syreise University
Liberty
Tne
Lyr Sinis
Pairfield
Asbury University
Ghia Westeyan
Psel
Vadaparaiso College Po Psoe
Indiana Methodist Conference
Putstor of Ehtrebes
Baltanore
Newark
Prooklyn
First Sunstroke Reported in Washington District
A report from Washington describes the first prostration due to sunstroke in the district. The incident notes Mary Florence, aged twenty five, collapsing in the Cheshire area as she was walking toward an hospital, with bystanders aiding until medical personnel arrived.
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Washington
Coluohi
Mars
Mary Florence
Dlawafawa
Scaea
Contested boxing match claims in New York
In New York reports a disputed bout involving Leroy Dipesse and Willie Thoppe, with Dipesse cited for drugs and later discharged after arrest. The article notes Thoppe losing to George Sitton of Chicago by a 272 to 270 score, described as a world championship claim.
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New York
Marci Wes dPtanter
Leroy Dipesse
Lepiuthie
Willy
Viarel
Willie Thoppe
George Sitton
Chicago
Unclear fragment prompts strange townkey and parrot time
Fragmentary text mentions Poll and Jocko debating beings descended from birds versus other origins. It references a celebrated townkey and parrot time with garbled place names Chileago Tribune and Ewersun implying an odd local note.
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Poll
Jocko
Chileago
Tribune
The Country Banker and Its Town Influence
The country banker stands as the town’s financier guiding sales, land titles, life insurance decisions, and debts. During harvests his influence spans national finance as 20 000 harvesters and rail workers move workers, with bank checks and identification shaping local cash flows. An American innovator begins cement tomb manufacture.
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State Newa
Illinois
Banks
Lincoln Memorial Home Park
Ridgely
Lee
Melbourne
Micreli
Cnese
Nestenhia
Bryan
Fae Artaen
Stanford Univerarty
Shock
D. W. Stevens
Dr. Sims
Dresser
Hoppe
Ewersun
Pierpont Morgan
California
Plains
Mother
Baba
Grabfiead Regulator CO
Atlanta
Gaif
C. M. Harger
Atlantic
ALUE
Manufacturers and Dealers Club of Illinois Ote
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