Family of Eighteen Survive on 2.25 a Day in Fulton
Mr and Mrs Thomas Bennett of Fulton Indiana are parents of eighteen children eleven daughters seven sons. The youngest is under a week old and two daughters are twins. One son died in infancy. The family eats at the same table. The Bennetts, both born in Fulton, married there 24 years ago. The father, a stonecutter, supports the large family on 2.25 daily. He is 48 and she is six years younger.
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Thomas Bennett
Fulton
Inl
Bennett
Miser Farley Dies From Gas Asphyxiation In Indianapolis
Thomas Farley an elderly pioneer saw maker and member of Masonic and Odd Fellows orders was found dead in his Indianapolis home from gas asphyxiation. His estate was valued around $100000 and a safe in his bedroom reportedly concealed between $50000 and $60000. He reportedly paid bills in cash from the safe.
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Miser
Masonic
Odd Fellows
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Farley
Lightning kills flock along fence near Princeton Indiana
A lightning strike hit a barbed wire rail fence six miles southwest of Princeton Indiana, killing thirty six sheep and three cows owned by H. W. Smith. The animals lay stretched along the shade of the fence for fifty yards with no external marks or displaced rails. A slight cut on a sapling marks where the lightning left the wire for the ground.
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H. W. Smith
Princeton
Ind
Great Corn Crop Is Promised In Indiana
Reports from Indiana’s seventy corn counties indicate a fine crop likely the largest in state history. With a week of good weather the intended acreage will be planted and farmers will move to hay and wheat harvest then corn cultivation with confidence.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Hogs Uncover Arm Bone at Gunness Charnel Farm Site
Hogs wallowing in a pond at the Gunness charnel farm near La Porte Indiana unearthed a human arm bone. Sheriff Smutzer believes other bodies lie under the pond mud and an extensive search with long rakes will scour the shore to raise any additional remains from the water.
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Gunness Charnel Farm
Laporte
Ind
Cholera Cases Reported in Philippine Provinces
Cholera has taken a foothold in Pangasinan with four cities including Dagupan infected as the Bureau of Health plans control measures. The Capiz province reports 231 cases since January in Rizal and Zambales, but officials say no general epidemic is feared.
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Philippines
Pangasinan
P. I
Dagupan
Bureau of Health
Capiz
Rizal
Zambales
Gettysburg Hero General James Parke Postles Dies
General James Parke Postles, Civil War veteran and Morrocco leather manufacturer, died in Wilmington Delaware hospital from injuries after falling down stairs two weeks earlier. He received a special Congressional Medal for bravery at Gettysburg.
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Gettysburg
James Parke Postles
Wilmington
Del
General Postles
Congress
Battle of
Admiral Crowninshield Dead
Admiral A. S. Crowninshield U S N retired died at Episcopal Hospital Philadelphia Pa Wednesday after about a month in the hospital following noseOperation for an affliction of the nose.
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Crowninshield
A. S. Crowninshield
Episcopal Hospital
Philadelphia
Big Fire in Hillsboro Ohio Burns Several Homes
A major blaze in Hillsboro Ohio threatened total destruction but was controlled after multiple residences burned. Loss estimated at $25,000 with partial insurance coverage.
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Ohio
Hillsboro
Violin Overt Four Centuries Sent to Professor
Prof. August Wolf of Valparaiso University inherits a violin claimed to be over four hundred years old. The instrument was bequeathed by his uncle who recently died in Heidelberg, Germany.
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August Wolf
Valparaiso (Ind.) University
Germany
Heidelberg
Woman Pleads Guilty in Sharon Murder Case
Mrs. Ann Dahringer pleaded guilty in Sharon Pennsylvania to second degree murder for killing her husband to obtain a $15,000 life insurance. She was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary.
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Ann Dahringer
Sharon
Attack on Salisbury Priest Ends Mass in Salisbury Missouri
A maniac assaulted Rev. Father Joseph F. Lubeley as he finished Mass at a Salisbury church. Injuries were serious and could be fatal.
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Joseph F. Lubeley
Salisbury
Trade shows slow finish with cautious optimism
The Dun's Review of Trade notes slower overall business activity but growing confidence and steadier gains. Weather eased burdens on distributive sectors, construction and outdoor work improve, iron and steel demand rises, pig iron and finished steel in demand, while rails stay quiet. Factory output edges up as farm Implements, foundries, and wood products hire more workers amid solid leather goods and footwear demand. Bank clearings total 227 430 132, down 9.7 percent from 1907, with Chicago district failures 28 and liabilities over 5 000 at seven failures.
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Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
Mixed crop and trade conditions show slight improvement
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes overall crops are in better shape than a week ago and wholesale trade shows improved tone in some lines while retail remains steadier in the Southwest and Northwest. Industry stays slack and failures rise in the United States to 284 for the week ending May 21, with Canada at 39.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Grain and livestock price summaries from major markets
Chicago and other city markets report cattle hogs and sheep ranges with wheat corn oats rye and hay prices. New York Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and more note varied No 2 and No 3 grades plus creamery butter and eggs prices.
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Soc
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Facts for Farmers Across States Report Cattle Losses
Widespread animal and agricultural updates include texas cattle losses, new agricultural studies for teachers, national corn exposition plans in Omaha Nebraska, a Iowa ranch purchase for stock farming, cotton price actions by southern and farmers unions, a fatal rhubarb greens meal in Iowa, Washington state orchard crops worth millions, a Wisconsin dairy cow test yielding 154 pounds of butter, Sun River immigration project land openings, Dearborn tract market under Carey act, and Mason City dairy herd tuberculosis inspections leading to slaughter of positives.
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Finois
Omaha
Neb
Illinois
Iowa
Southern Cotton Association
Farmers’ Union
Washington State
W. J. Gillette
Wisconsin
Colantha IV
Johanna
Sun River
Dearborn
Eight Methodist bishops chosen at Baltimore
The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church selects eight bishops in Baltimore amid temperance debates. The report notes strong prohibition progress with millions living under bans and cites cities enacting liquor restrictions while stressing education and moral suasion to curb drink. Other items include Cooke's appeal against Chancellor Day being dismissed.
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Prohibition States
Prohibition
United States
General Assembly of the
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Kansas City
Kan
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Birmingham
Ala
Worcester
Mass
Temperance Committee
M. E
Methodist Episcopal Conference
W. F. Anderson
W. S. Lewis
J. L. Nelson
E. H. Hughes
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C. W. Smith
F. M. Bristol
George A. Cooke
David HH. Moore
Mr. Cooke
J. R. Day
Syracuse University
Judiciary Committee
General Conference
Cooke
Day
New York
Roosevelt
Typhoon Ravages Hankow and Floods Beset Rivers
The Shinonno Maru brought word of a devastating typhoon at Hankow following a catastrophic freshet that killed over 1,000 and wrecked 1,000 river flats. Banks along the Kan river were littered with corpses and many vessels perished while others fled upstream. A separate coal mine disaster at Nwang Sa claimed about 1,000 lives.
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Victoria
B. C
Hankow
Shanghai
Kan River
Nwang = Sa
Homeopathic College Dean Cites Alumni Banquet Letter
During commencement exercises at New York Homeopathic College Dean Trarvey said Dr Oster replied to an invitation to address the alumni banquet with a letter claiming homeopaths are a shunecb of quacks.
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New York T Homeopathic College
Trarvey
Oster
Mitchell Warns Operators on Wage Cuts Under Laws
Former United Mine Workers president Mitchell denounces reports that anthracite operators plan wage reductions to cover damages under the liability and safety appliance laws. He says miners will not tolerate injustice and notes that government takeover of retail would effectively cut wages with no price fluctuations to share.
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Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court affirms damages in brakeman’s death case
The United States Supreme Court sustains Arkansas court ruling awarding $1 242 to the widow of a brakeman killed on the Tron Mountain while coupling cars lacking the standard automatic coupler. Justice Moody states there is no escape from the law’s express provision despite the road’s claimed precautions.
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United States Supreme Court
Moody
Fire destroys Central Warehouse in Minneapolis
A central warehouse located at 630 to 700 First Street North in Minneapolis was burned, causing an estimated loss of $100,000. Fire crews battled the blaze, with authorities investigating the cause.
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First Street
Minneapolis
First Gooseberries Reach Evansville as Market Soars
The Evansville market sees the season’s first gooseberries, touted as the largest crop in years with prices notably low. The report highlights brisk early movement and strong demand despite economical prices.
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Evansville
Senate gridlock fleeting progress on sundry civil bills
The Senate under Mr. Aldrich pursued delay to avert adjournment, approving the conference report on the sundry civil appropriation while House leaders sparred over responsibility for current conditions. Several conference reports and bills passed, including pension and sundry civil measures, with adjournment set for Wednesday and plans to tackle the currency bill next.
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Hale
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Porto Rico
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Cheyenne
Standing Rock
Committee On Appropriations
Rock Creek Park
Washington
Messrs. Mcftavin
Sabath
Illinois
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Cordova Bay
Alaska Terminal and Navigation Company
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Philippine Islands
Brain operation on Ritz leaves all faculties intact
An operation on Jacob Ritz in New York removed four ounces of brain yet he retains all mental faculties. A Kanab Utah boy Alvin F Heaton Jr is said to have confessed murdering Mary Stevens aged 19 to whom he had shown attentions. Citizens in Mexico City hold a lively ballot on intoxicants at the Fourth of July celebration. The defalcation of William Montgomery former Allegheny National Bank cashier at Pittsburg rises to 1 250 000 from 469 000. Truesdale of the DLW rail line says the anthracite trade has not fallen as badly as feared. Fire at Barrytown Landing New York destroys property worth 58 000 and nearly all town structures. caused by a plumber lamp at Riverside Hotel.
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Jacob Ritz
New York
Alvin F. Heaton, Jr
Kanab
Utah
Mary Stevens
United States
City of
Mexico
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Pittsburg
William B. Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Barrytown Landing
N. Y
Riverside Hotel
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Laxative Appeal
The General Demand for a simple pleasant laxative is met by the California Fig Syrup Co with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. Physicians sanction its wholesome, gentle and effective action. Buy the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product only, sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Flying machine bids sought for two passenger craft
The U S government invites bids for heavier than air aircraft. Machines must carry two people totaling 350 pounds plus fuel for 125 miles and fly at least 40 miles. They must take off from any field and land safely. New York City婚 status: 61 unmarried, 31 married, 5 widowed, 3 divorced.
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United States
That Will Interest All Suffering Women
A column-like item summarizes medical claims for Dean's Kidney Pills with a Kentucky user testimonial. It then shifts to a discussion about leap year proposals, quoting a New York Herald exchange on how women influence proposals and love, noting women propose more than leap year.
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New York Herald
First Taste Learn Coffee Harms Children Says Testimony
A reader recalls coffee caused nervous spells and sleep loss until switching to Postum. After trying Postum, sleep improved and headaches faded, leading to a recommendation. The note, signed by Postum Co in Battle Creek, Mich, invites readers to consult The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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