Shaywood trial opens as Orchard testifies in Steunenberg case
Boise dispatch reports Harry Orchard, self confessed killer of ex governor Frank Steunenberg, testifies on the stand as the State of Idaho pursues William D Haywood for murder. Prosecutors say Orchard’s confession establishes Haywood as accessory before the fact in the bombing at the gate on December 30, 1905.
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Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Boise
Idaho
Marry Orchard
William D. Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Orchard
Steuenberg
Haywood
T Haywood
Mob holds vigil at jail as Monken is moved to Edwardsville
Louis Monken, 65, fled from a mob of about 100 in Wighland JL after shooting and killing Albert Britsch in a saloon. Police escorted him through a rear door to Edwardsville jail to avoid lynching, while witnesses recalled the quarrel that led to the fatal shooting.
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Wighland
Louis Monken
Buesy
Edwardsville
Monken
Albert Britsch
Gay Brishh
Brothers in Ashland Knife Duel Ends in Fatality and Injury
Marvin Mathers was killed instantly in a knife duel with his brother Don Mathers of Ashland Mississippi. Don was wounded several times and not expected to recover.
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Marvin
Don Mathers
Ashland
Miss
Don
Jury acquits Eugene McClellan in Indiana murder case
After a three hour trial at Goshen Indiana the jury acquitted Eugene McClellan of Elkhart of murdering James Rinehart two weeks earlier.
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Goshen
Ind
Eugene McClellan
Elkhart
James Rinehart
College sports condemned by Warvard president at Cornell
President Fliot of Warvard told the Association of New York State Colleges at Cornell that modern college sports are immoral and dishonorable to a large degree and stated his college would be better off without any athletics whatsoever.
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Fliot of
Warvard
Association of New York State Colleges
Cornell
Ithaca
N. Y
Democratic picks for 1908 ticket reported
New York dispatch says Democratic leaders selected Joseph W. Folk of Missouri as presidential candidate and John A. Johnson of Minnesota as running mate for the 1908 race.
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New York
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Trade review notes May bank activity and improved money supply
The report shows no grounds for declining confidence as May bank payments indicate high business volume in the district. Money supply is larger with a lower discount rate, while breadstuffs markets calm and crop prospects improve. Local demand rises in lightweight goods, and country stocks shrink as agricultural buying strengthens. Bank clearings reach 1,917,104, exceeding 1906 by 42 percent. Chicago district failures tally 17, down from last week.
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Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Unseasonable Weather Delays Retail Trade and Metals Markets
Unseasonable cold and wet weather hampers retail activity with frosts in the north. Shoe and leather markets quiet, while shoe makers receive more orders. Pig iron prices are strong though markets quiet, with scarce supplies for early delivery and foreign iron purchases. New steel rail business rises, 1908 delivery expected, structural steel tonnage high with several orders anticipated. Business failures rise in the US for the week ending May. Canada shows lower totals.
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Southern Iron
Bradstreet
Grain Prices and Idaho Murder Case Mentioned
The report lists varied commodities with price ranges from hogs to mustard seed and butter in markets across cities like Indianapolis Milwaukee New York Toledo and Buffalo. It shifts to details of the Idaho murder case where Frank Steunenbergs is said to have been killed in a conspiracy led by Haywood Moyer Pettibone and Orchard with other Weathern Federation of Miners members named in prosecutions.
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Ste
Milwaukee
Ste; Burney
New York
Toledo
Abe
Tawley
Toa Doven
Frank Steunenbergs
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood
Moyer and Pettibone
Pharry Orchard
Steve Adlans
Jack Simpkins
J. A. Pianches
Weastern Federation of Miners
Hawley
Idaho
Colorado
William D. Traywood
Notable Judges and Incidents Across the States
A series of brief items reports Judge Charles T. Woodruff’s new Maine Supreme Court post with no portrait taken, Greenville Mississippi police chief William Juinn death by own act before his daughter, Moor the alleged poisoner arrested in Roanoke, Roanoke death of two men and two women in a Youngstown sand bank cavern incident, and National Medico Psychological Association planning a meet in Cincinnati. Also notes strike actions by longshoremen and grain handlers, bond reduction for Charles C. King in South Dakota, and Illinois and New York state discussions on insane asylum care plans.
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Charles T. Woodruff
Maine Supreme Court
William
Cincinnati
Harry Bowen
Steamship Combine
New York
Montreal
Whisky Tax Ruling Triggers Higher Bottle Prices
Attorney General Bonaparte confirmed his ruling on real or straight whisky. Wholesalers were notified that straight whisky bottled in bond would now be retailed with a 20 to 25 percent price increase.
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Bonaparte
Bond
Wheat breeding promises wealth from tiny yields
The passage praises plant breeding, noting the Minnesota 1690 wheat strain raised from seed selection at the Minnesota experiment station. It claims a 25 percent yield gain already achieved, potentially boosting world wheat supply by 625 million bushels and annual value by 300 million dollars. It argues breeding costs are minimal and accessible to farmers.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
W. M. Hays
Minnesota Experiment Station
Hays
Commonwealths
Peter Gideon
Minnesota
Great Northwest
Yuto
Fire Destroys Carnegie Business District in Oklahoma
A large blaze wiped out Carnegie Oklahoma's business section with an estimated loss of 65000. The disaster left one man dead and several injured in the boiler mill explosion at Sycamore Ohio.
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Carnegie
Okla
Nathan Hawk
California
Folsom
Cal
Sycamore
Ohio
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Boston
Irving Talley
United States
Baltimore
Atlanta
New Orleans
Penigon
Chestnut Streets
Filipinos and Philppine savings bank discussed by academy
Prof E M Kemmerer of Cornell told the American academy in Philadelphia that Manila opened the first postal savings bank Oct 1 and by Jan 21 there were 62 banks with 621 depositors totaling 92500 dollars. Of the depositors 500 were Americans and 90 Filipinos, highlighting improvidence and the need for education to build thrift for future independence.
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Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Philadelphia
E. M. Kemmerer
Cornell University
Philippine Savings Bank
Postal Savings
Manila
Postal Savings Bank
National Tuberculosis Congress Debates Morphine Treatment
Reports from the Washington National Tuberculosis Congress describe debate over using morphine for hopeless consumptives and support for home treatment classes for workingmen and schoolchildren. Doctors discuss creosote and codeine options while emphasizing family involvement and open air schooling to improve outcomes.
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Pr. Knopff
Flick
Landis
Knept
Fulton
Lowman
San Franciscans Fear to Ride Amid Transit Crisis
The United Railroads runs over half its usual cars as a strike by union men bites. Public fear keeps patrons away despite service, with stores offering omnibuses for workers and warnings of dismissal for riders.
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United Railroads
San Francisco
Pete Alty
Hoosier Happenings: Local Incidents Mar Mayhem and Deaths
Incendiaries burn two Plain Township schoolhouses near Warsaw. Willard Hayes dies after head wound from an assault. Three year old Paul Workings dies in Wabash from matches. Rev Noah Metzler dies of heart failure while preaching near Goshen. Bert Ainer commits suicide in Jeff ersonville over headache. Abe Lewis arrested in Whit ing for bigamy and arson. Powder explosion at Farnsworth mine near Sullivan kills two boys and injures three. Smallpox outbreak in Alexandria. Thomas Sherman killed at Fortville hoop mill. Newcastle Casket Co ships a 500 pound coffin to New Albany. Remonstrance against liquor traffic in Owen County. Five Elmer Wraener children burned in Hammond boiler explosion. Cat attacks and is killed near Hazleton. Indianas workers suffer injuries at Union Traction Co power house. Brown loses foot after railway accident. James Miller keeps unusual pets. Elwood auto rocks barber shop window. Bollinger family hit by diphtheria. Harry Irvin stabbed in Anderson. Jasonville house burns, likely incendiary. Diphtheria hits Goshen nurse. Hummingbird found dead in Milton likely lightning.
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Abe Lewis
Minnesota
Whiting
United States
Farnsworth
Sullivan
Alexandria
Enos Rutledge
H. S. Adams
Fortville
Thomas Sherman
Newcastle Casket Company
New Albany
Pink Pills Promised to Cure Nervous Ailments
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a tonic for nerves and blood. It links pallor to nervous weakness and cites Mrs Harriet Porter of South Medford Massachusetts as a successful user. Pills claimed effective for anemia rheumatism headaches neuralgia and partial paralysis with a home treatment booklet offered free upon request.
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Williams
Harriet E. Porter
Liberty Avenue
South
Medford
Mass
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
Coal rich beds found beneath Clover field in Sloward County
In Sloward County the four story farm near Pavelle on Charles Ridge Way is described as having rich coal beds under a clover field. The report notes excellent buthting and a large crop of aydetes amid a scene of Verdant plants and distant towers and orchards.
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Sloward
Charles Ridgeway
Pavelle
Mr Ridgeway
Miscuri
Coloibia
Allen's Foot-Ease Free Sample Offer in New York
A vintage advertisement offers a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder from Alen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York. It claims relief for tired sweating hot swollen achy feet and helps shoes fit better. Also marketed as a cure for corns and bunions.
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Allen
Alen S. Olmsted
le Ruy
N. Y
Pleased Are Va Education Progress Voice
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Va progress and a football game scene with a mother and clothing items. The readable lines are garbled and do not provide a coherent event, names, dates, or places to form a clear news item.
Women diver recalls perilous voyage and vow at sea
An unnamed female diver recounts a perilous journey aboard a steamer near Austhue City en route to ALPHes and a vow about water and food. Fellow travelers recall her caution, and discussions turn to restraint, survival gear, and the crew’s austere journey amid rough seas.
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Imoum
Alphes
Described Her and Old Flame In Philadelphia Press
The dialogue recalls a former engagement and a fiery memory as Lovett admits the woman's past involvement. Newitt notes she was an old flame, and the retort implies she burned through his money.
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Lovett
Newitt
Old Editor Finds Grape-Nuts Worth More Than Doctor Bills
An Oklahoma editor testifies that Grape-Nuts improved his health and weight, restored strength and brain power, and inspired him to endorse the nutritious food publicly. He praises its taste and claims the advertising truth. Read The Road to Wellville in the packages.
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Okla
Wellville
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SAM_E. THURSTON
OSEK
Ketcham
William A. Ketcham
Indiana
John R. Fesler
Indianapolis
William Warren
Evansville
Dan Waugh
Tipton
R. S. Chamberlain
Charles W. Wheat
James RB. Roach
Monticello
A. A
Russia
London
Tilinoix Mob
Hielen M. Gouger
Lafayette
Marion Majalsky
Ohio and Erie Canal
Cleveland
Majalsky
John Montgomery
Trucksville
Kelly
Chas. Bueche
Southend
Feldman
Folk
Louie Cuitie
Cory Bae
Stennenberg
Charles C. King
Scotland
S. D
Carland
United States Court
Sioux Falls
King
McGarr
New York State Commission
Albany
Illinois
Northwest States
S&s Ist
Hoosier
Plain Township
Warsaw
Willard Hayes
Jasonville
Paul
John Workings
Wabash
Peru
Noah Metzler
Bert Ainer
Jeffersonville
J. M. D. Huddleson
Hazleton
Eoon Weizhed
Vic Noor
Indiana Union Traction Company
Anderson
Cook Stolver
Trower Aso Jderreps Brown
Tawrene Bure
Brown
James A. Miller
Plymouth
Elwood
Anderson Street
Barnes Barber Shop
R. E. Bollinger
Wilma Lé&Kock
Harry Irvin
Charles Hudson
Irvin
Jess Sipes
I. F. Sweeney
Milton
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Heantifab
Steck In
Prade
Miles Oyer
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