President Roosevelt pledges exact justice in Steunenberg case
The Central Federated Union reports Roosevelt vows to review any evidence of miscarriage for or against Moyer and Haywood, awaiting trial for the Steunenberg murder. He requests Colorado and Idaho district attorney input on extradition and legal rights, signaling potential federal action if injustices are found.
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New York
lIn
Central Federated Union
Roosevelt
Moyer
Say‘wood
Toise
Steunenberg
Committee of the Union
Washington
Mover
Haywood
Moyer-Haywood
Colorado
Idaho
Intemperate Violence Mentioned in Justice Debate
A letter to the attorney general questions whether anti labor rhetoric and press coverage are pressuring Idaho authorities to wrongfully discharge or acquit defendants. It argues for fair trial rights and condemns calls to action that might obstruct justice, while the president invites evidence of miscarriages of justice for Meyer or Haywell.
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Debs
Idaho
Taras
Debs d
Messrs. Meyer
Hayweoil
Boise Varies as Court Move Draws Lawyers and Reporters
Boise residents fill every hotel and room as the Traywood murder case prepares for trial. Prosecution lawyers Hawley and Bosak anticipate no delay while defense seeks a brief question today before Judge Fremont Wood. The case center is Idaho's capital amid heightened public interest.
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Boise
Ida
May
Idaho
William Dr. Traywood
Steumenberg
Trac
Oddithius
James H. Hawley
W. J G. Bosak
Fremont Wood
Haywood
Idaho murder case builds long trial with union reps
The proceedings reveal delays costly to Idaho and the defense as opposing lawyers blame an other fellow. Numerous labor unions and federations will be represented by specially chosen members who will attend the trials and report back to their groups.
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Steinenbergs
Idaho
Girl's Fatal Anger Tragedy in Columbus
Miss Einttte Garree 17 of 653 Harrison Ave Columbus shot herself on a couch beside Harry Murphy after a misunderstanding. Murphy claims the pistol was borrowed to view it when she fatally fired into her heart. a third woman in the room fled as police arrest Murphy. Garree remains dying at City Hospital.
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Tdma
Harry Murphy
Einttte Guarree
Harrison Avenue
Columbus
Murphy
Miss Garree
City Hospital
Northwestern Co-Operative Coal and Dock formed at Ashlind
The Northwestern Co-Operative Coal and Dock company is organized to buy coal direct from eastern mines for stockholders. Construction of a modern coal dock begins in Ashlind, Wis. The group aims to bypass coal trusts by shipping coal directly to members via company chartered boats.
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Ashlind
Wis
Northwestern Co-Operative Coal and Dock Company
Northwest
Farmers’ Co-Operative Company of
Ashinud
Intervention in Strike Rejected in San Francisco
A Civil League of San Francisco committee representing major commerce civic and labor groups tried to mediate the industrial strike but both sides rejected intervention.
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San Francisco
Civil League of
Tenement Reform Drive Authorized by Roosevelt in Washington
Through President Roosevelt a vigorous campaign will push for better tenement house conditions in Washington and the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Railway Question to Feature in Memorial Day Address
Washington May 6 President will use the Indianapolis Lawton monument unveiling on Memorial Day to discuss the railroad question as an important feature of his speech.
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Washington
Lawton Monument
Indianapolis
Government Wins the Elections in Madrid May 66
Results of the senatorial elections show an overwhelming governmental majority as announced so far. Madrid reports a strong victory for the government with initial tallies indicating broad support across provinces.
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Madrid
Baseball Scores From Chicago to Kansas City
Baseball scores across leagues list results in Chicago New York Cincinnati Philadelphia and more. Saturday and Sunday games show wins by Pittsburgh Brooklyn Cincinnati St Louis Chicago Philadelphia Boston and others with weather delays noted.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Washington
Woston
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louls
Association
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Kansas City
Louisville
Minneapolis
Toledo
Columbus St Paul
Westernd
Omaha
Sioux City
Denver
Pueblo
Lincoln
Des Moines
Sins City
A Simple Prescription For Stomach Troubles
A magazine style health note promotes a stomach boosting remedy. It advises Compound Tincture of Cinchona Prosene Compound and Sherry Wine taken before meals and at bedtime, with directions to have a druggist prepare it. The piece claims Fresene Compound aids digestion by stimulating gastric secretions.
Judge Farrar Proposes Absolute Rail Regulation by Congress
Judge Farrar of New Orleans urges President Roosevelt to grant Congress full control over rail transport under post roads powers. He argues existing divided control blocks solution and envisions United States railways as federal corporations under uniform supervision, taxation, and nationwide regulation. The plan seeks to avoid state control and promote government ownership limits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harrar
New Orleans
Farrar
Congress
The
United States
Uncle Sam
Dover Boy Horace Marvin Jr Buried After Mystery Death
The body of Horace Marvin Jr was found near his home and home area on March 4. A coroner a jury identified the body before autopsy and ruled no drowning. Physicians say the stomach shows nine forty hours of privation before death. Detectives remain perplexed by the body’s proximity to the Marvin homestead.
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Dover
Del
Horace Marvin, Jr
Marvin
Secretary Wilson Visits Chicago Meat Inspection Conference
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and three aides arrived in Chicago from Washington to confer with inspectors over the inspection of meat and meat products at various stations and farms involved in animal industry.
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Wilson
Chicago
Chioaso
Weashington
Unearned Increment Sale in Chicago District
A parcel on Adams Street west of Wabash Avenue in the reruip district sold for 220000. The lot measures 35 feet by 77.5 feet with a two story building valued at 2000. Ten years ago the property was purchased for 720000.
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Chicago
Adams Street
Wabash Avenue
DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve Sold Here
Pain from boils burns cuts and skin diseases is relieved quickly by DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel salve. Also helpful for piles. Sold by Wim FF Jungkunz druggist on Stephenson Street.
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DeWitt
Wim
Jungkunz
Do Stephenson Street
Low Rates to California Via Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Ry
Travel deal offers 59.40 to San Francisco or Los Angeles with round trip by Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line daily through May 11. Return limit is 31 days. June fares shown to 1.5 with return by August 31. Tourist sleeper double berth from Chicago to California costs 7 dollars. For details see agent J B Swearr.
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California
Chicago
Milwaukee &St. P. Ry
San Francisco
Los Angeles
J.B. Swearr
Verdict in Dr Pierce libel suit over Favorite Prescription
The Supreme Court of New York State returned a verdict in favor of Dr. R V Pierce in a libel action against Ladies Home Journal editors Bok and publishers. The case centered on a May 1904 article alleging the medicine contained alcohol and harmful ingredients, which was proven false. The court rejected the slander and upheld damages.
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R. V. Pletca
Ladies' Home Journal
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Ladies’ Home Journal
Pieres
Bok
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of
New York State
Translation quirks and French renderings of English titles
A sample of early translation choices shows Victor Hugo on Birth of Forth as the First of the Fourth and Disraeli noting woehegone as douleur va ten. It cites Scott translations such as Bride of Lammermoor and Love's Last Shift with French renderings and humorous shifts.
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Victor Hugo
Disraeli
Woehegone
Scott
Buying a Gift Book and the Value of Great Authors
The piece argues for choosing books to suit a friend or to broaden interests with a work outside known tastes. It highlights Shakespeare Carlyle Ruskin Emerson and Victor Hugo as permanent figures whose seminal ideas enrich thought.
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Shakespeare
Carlyle
Ruskin
Emerson
Victor Hugo
Wbra- TV
Edwin Markham
London preacher warns Billingsgate sellers in storm
Rev. Matthew Wilkes, famed London preacher, sheltered in Billingsgate market and delivered a solemn rebuke to the fishmongers amid rain, declaring he would testify against their wickedness in judgment. A fishwife quipped that the biggest rogue turns state's evidence.
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Matthew Wilkes
London
Billingsgate
French Walnut Prices Highlight Wood Trade
A cabinetmaker extols French walnut as the finest wood, noting it comes from Persia but is prepared in France. He cites prices of 8 dollars per pound for French walnut, 82 dollars per pound for some pieces, and typical veneering use. Mahogany and ebony are mentioned with high prices for standout pieces.
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Persia
France
Press Agent Puffs Ingenue as She Clocks Century Camille Run
The Manager instructs the press to trumpet the young actress Miss Pussee as girlish and pure while boasting her ripe genius in Camille. The dialogue shows a stage article doubling as promotional hype for a rising star.
Spat and Spat Clash Over Time Share
Dialogue snippet shows Mrs Spat and Mr Spat arguing over time use. Vince involved in the dispute as plans to spend the night unfold. The exchange hints at a tense domestic scene centering on control of shared time.
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Mr. Spat
Mrs. Spat
Vince
Spat
Linguist Maud-She Exhibits Eight Tumsues at Tiesers Ends
A fragmented line notes Maud-She as a linguist holding eight tumsues at her tiesers ends while a question about Bille being in a museum appears linked to New York Tithes.
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Maud
Bille
New York
Paying Debts as a Path to Commerce Credit
A compact market note notes that paying debts can be costly yet is often the main route to obtaining commercial credit, with a wry aside about unless you are rid and the only way.
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Puck
Kadol Promises Digestion Aid and Strength
Kadol for indigestion and dyspepsia digests food, tones the stomach, and strengthens the whole body. It claims to make rich blood and is produced under the national pure food and drug law. Sold by Wm F Jungkunz, druggist, at 5 Stephenson Street for $5.
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Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Mayor Busts City Civil Service Board in Quiet Fire
Chicago May 6 Following refusals to resign Mayor Busse removes the city civil service commission and appoints Anna Carter Elton Lower Wt McKinley to replace the six ousted members. The former board fights the action as incompetence and seeks an injunction as Busse plans to present a formal account of grounds to the city council.
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Chicago
Resto
Basse
City Civil Service Commission
Anna Re Carter
Republicra
Elton Lower
Republicians
MckKinley
Civil Service
Otter
Busse
Merit Board
Powell
Wenter
Prentiss
Carter
Lower
MeKinsey
Constable's Abuse Sparks Dramatic Alton Pickup
In Alton, John Beaseley, a constable, dragged his wife Mary Beaseley six blocks to the central police station to assert authority after a dish broke. Chief Maxwell refused to arrest her. Beaseley was reprimanded for the incident as onlookers watched the confrontation.
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Alton
Muay 6
Mary Beaseley
John
Central
Maxwell
Deaseley
Rally for Dollar Wheat in Waterloo at Redbud
The Monroe and Randolph county unions of the American Society of Equity held a dollar wheat rally at Redbud in Waterloo Michigan on May 1. State President C O Drayton of Greenville spoke strongly and a delegate was chosen for the national grain growers convention in Omaha Nebraska on June 6. Farmers pledged not to sell this year’s wheat for less than one dollar per bushel.
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Waterloo
Monroe
Randolph County
American Society of Equity
Redbud
C. O. Drayton
Greenville
Grain Growers
Omaha
Neb
Illinois G. O. Officer Feared Not To Recover After Wreck
Department Commander TW LE Tuck of the Illinois G. was injured in a Milwaukee Road wreck where he served as mail clerk. He has been removed from the hospital and is in a hospital or hotel, with little hope of full recovery as he is now partly paralyzed and nearing a nervous collapse.
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Lhock Island
Department
TW. LE Tuck
Ilinois G
Wreek
Milwaukee Road
Mal Clerk Mareh
Chief Lampp Breaks Up Cemetery Crap Shooting Disturbance
May 6 report says Chief Frank Lampp dispersed a gathering of about four score youths at the city cemetery where boys were shooting craps for amusement. Several fled as Lampp arrived. Seven were arrested at the scene. some participants, including individuals identified as black, disappeared after the incident.
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Carini
Frank Lampp
Eaus Delight
Lampp
Storks Die Amid City Campaign Row
Mayor Beall faced a bizarre scandal as storks from Alton Meton Ti were reported dead. An admirer in Germany sent the birds and critics accuse the mayor of concealing the deaths to avoid harm to his election bid.
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Alton
Meton
Beall
Workmen Recorder Denies Shortage of Funds
United States Marshal Charles P. Hitch told the state convention of the Ancient Order of United Workmen on May 6 in Faust Street, St Louis, that he would pay in full as recorder and that reports of a $35,000 shortfall are untrue.
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United States
Charles P. Hitch
The
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Faust St. Louis
Relief for choking by raising left arm, doctors advise
A Philadelphia Record note quotes resident physicians at a local hospital who state raising the left arm high as a quick remedy to relieve choking. They warn against alarming the choking person and emphasize calm instruction to the child, noting back blows are less effective.
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Philadelphia Record
The Billiard Cue and Its Name History
In a London Chronicle snippet the origin of billiard cues is traced from French masse and billard to quene and cue. It notes evolution of terms for the cue tail and discusses the actor’s cue and its spelling origins. The piece also includes a Russian age rule stating a Russian cannot be of age until twenty six.
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Cowper
Littre
London Chronicle
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Combine OF Coal Buyers
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Fair Play
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State
G. A. BR
Wmarsal
Gatarrk
Ely
Hayfever
ELY Brothers
Warren Survet
Ayer
Nerves Flanigan den
J. J. Flanigan, Uv
Wilcoxon
Warner
F. A. Schulz
Japan
N. Y
Burrell Brothers
Stephenson St
Cash Grocers
Barrington Hall
Schoeffel & Brokhausen
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