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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
2
Bandits Flee With 35000 After Rail Depot Heist
Three bandits escape north of French New Mexico with 35000 loot after depots at French station are robbed. Deputies chase via special trains and bloodhounds, with Dawson and Santa Fe joining the hunt as towns rally and warnings spread. Separate tornado tolls and fires are noted in Louisiana Arkansas Indiana, yielding multiple fatalities and heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French
Las Vegas
N. M
Santa Fe
Dawson
Territorial Penitentiary
Louisiana
Gillam
Bolinger
Elmore
Bishop Horstman Dies in Ohio Parsonage
Bishop Ignatius Horstmann of Cleveland, Ohio, died at 9:20 p.m. Wednesday at St. John's parsonage in Canton from exhaustion due to overwork and heart failure. In Indiana, William Sultz 25, of Warsaw and Goshen, died after eating tainted canned fruit at John Landis’s home near Packerton. his wife had died six weeks earlier. An incendiary fire at Badger Brook paper box factory in Elkhart caused about 10000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horstman
Ignatius Horstmann
Cleveland
Ohio
St. John’s Church
Canton
William Sultz
Warsaw
Ind
Goshen
John Landis
Packerton
Badger Broa
Elkhart
Bank Robber Held in Citizens State Bank Heist
A suspect tied to the Citizens State Bank of Chautauqua Kansas robbery on April 17 is jailed for $3,000 reward. Police say William Tennam confessed in Denver to part in the job and returned $33 of the loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ State Bank of
Chautauqua
Kan
Wiliam Tennam
Denver
Roosevelt nominates James J. Crossley for Alaska U S attorney
President Roosevelt says he will submit to the Senate the nomination of James J. Crossley of Iowa to be United States attorney for the third district of Alaska to succeed Nathan V. Berias, who has resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yowan
Roosevelt
Senate
James J. Crossley
Iowa
United States
Third District
Alaska
Nathan V. Berias
Chicago business reports steady gains amid wet weather
Heavy May settlements and interest disbursements push payments higher while commercial defaults keep a high average. The report notes no major new developments, uneven production in key industries, and unusually wet weather hindering retail, construction, and farm work though agriculture shows favorable winter wheat prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Weather and Trade Trends in New York and Regions
New York reports little change in weather, trade, and industry with rains and bad roads delaying farm work, retail and crop movement. Pacific coast and a few southwestern centers are exceptions. Manufacturers face cautious buyers. textiles dull on short time. iron and steel steady. leather weak. eastern shoe shipments 20 percent below 1907. Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes weekly US collections at 288, Canadian failures 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Grain and livestock quotes across multiple markets
The report lists prices for cattle hogs sheep and various grains from Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit New York Milwaukee Buffalo and Toledo. Highlights include cattle 4.00 to 7.50纷 hogs 3.50 to 6.10 sheep 2.50 to 6.00 wheat 0.90 to 1.09 corn 0.63 to 0.75 oats 0.49 to 0.58 and butter 23 to 25 cents per pound for several markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
New York
Toledo
Fires Hit Adelside Street Buildings in Toronto Losses Sum to 200000
Buildings on Adelside street in Toronto burned causing listed losses of 90000 for Jones and Moore 60000 for J J Zook and 50000 for the Canadian Silk Company. In Pittsburg advocates of Esperanto report one million studying the language as a step toward world peace. English suffrage speaker Mrs Borman Wells complains of mistreatment during a New York address at Harlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelside Street
Toronto
Jones & Moore
J. J. Zook
Canadian Silk Company
Pittsburg
Borman Wells
New York
Harlow
Murder Farm Draws Crowds as Gunness Case Probed
Laporte Indiana mayor Lemuel Darrow says the Gunness murder inquiry will gain steam with a centralized effort after a conference with notable citizens. Thousands visit the scene, gawkers stare at open graves, and lawmen pursue leads including letters to Mrs Gunness and the suspected involvement of Ray Lamphere in the death luring marriage bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel Darrow
Laporte
Ind
Gunness
Gagest
Belle Gunness
Law
Gui
Ray Lamphere
Somone
World War II era battleship fleet itinerary and church conference notes
The document outlines a fleet voyage from San Francisco via Honolulu Auckland Sydney Melbourne Albany to the Philippines and Yokohama with divisions for Manila and Amoy, plus a discussion on religious questions, bishops appointments, and the 100th anniversary of the Methodist Episcopal Church with emphasis on growth and national reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
China
Japan
Manila
San Francisco
Honolulu
Auckland
Sydney
Melbourne
Albany
Yokohama
Det
Amoy
Uatralia
Methodist Episcopal General Conference in Baltimore
The Methodist Episcopal Church holds its quadrennial general conference in Baltimore during May. The law-making body faces issues from creed revision debates to maintaining faith while adapting to modern needs and its global missionary drive. John Wesley’s world parish ethos guides a church with far reaching spires and a zealous mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buport
Board of Bishops
Joyce
McCabe
Fowler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Republic
General Conference
The
John Wesley
Deluge Hit Laredo Onion Crop Damaging One Third
Rain and hail severely damaged Laredo Texas onions with estimates that about one third of the crop will be a total loss. The report notes widespread impact and potential market effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Texas
Chickasaw County
Iowa
Stony Creek National Forest
Iowan State College
Sheldon
Town
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
United States Department of Agriculture
Henry Goina
Ilness
State Museum
Divorce statistics intrigue bachelors amid census inquiry
The article notes that a hundred bachelors surveyed for divorce statistics aim to learn fault in marriages, alimony, and temperance as causes. It highlights a large aggregate of divorces, the total value of cases, and sociological interest, alongside unrelated notes on the Metropolitan Life Tower expansion and prune shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webbie
Mergigge
Census Bureau
Wang
Philos
Harriman Answers Federal Suit In Rail Monopoly Case
Harriman asserts in Salt Lake that he and associates did not own a majority of Union Pacific stock nor conspire to restrain trade. He and other officials file denials to charges in the government suit to dissolve the Harriman rail system. He admits Union Pacific controls various lines but says the aim was not monopoly. He disputes competition claims with shipping lines and notes Union Pacific competes with Santa Fe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrivan
Harriman
Salt Lake
W. A. Clarke
Warriman
Schiff
Kahn
Stillman
Union Pacific
Ile
Southern Pacific
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Portland and Asiatic Company
Pacific Mail Lines
Santa Fe
Hard Luck Tales Shake Santa Barbara After Sailors’ Meal Charge
A restaurant keeper in Santa Barbara is mobbed by two sailors from the battleship fleet after a $6 charge for two meals. The incident follows a string of troubles from sailors being robbed by local tradesmen, while Charles Coster of Coster Knapp & Co. in New York shot himself amid financial woes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Cal
Charles Coster
Stock Exchange
Coster, Knapp & Co
Broadway
New York
Conference on Conservation at the White House
President Roosevelt hosts a national conservation conference with Governors and industrial leaders to discuss preservation of forests minerals soils and rivers. Speakers include Andrew Carnegie and Dr J C White outlining ore fuels and related resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Natron
Roosevelt
United States
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Andrew Carnesie
James J. Hill
John Mitchell
T. C. Chamberlin
University of Chicago
I. €. White
West Virginia
Willout Jennings Bryan
George Gray
Delaware
Jol A. Johnson
Minnesota
Andrew Carnegie
J. C. White
University of West Virginia
Sag Eral A
Rifford Blinchet
Pa Milion
Tase
Washington
Tidal disaster in Hankow claims vast Chinese toll
News from Hankow arrives in Seattle via the Titan detailing a sudden Yangtze bore ten thousand dead or missing. The flood washed away junks sampans and river steamers as a 26 foot wave swept the docks and river banks while thousands of Chinese slept nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cina
Hankow
Seattle
Titan
Apply It to Your Life and Its Tuning Tone
A historical ad style piece praises tuning precision in strings and notes Enders of Robertson Avenue, Wen Argyl, Pa as six years plagued by back pain and mistaken kidney health, then credits Doun's Kidney Pills with restoring regular kidney action and gravel expulsion. Also mentions Our-Pie mix from O-Zerta Food Co for quick pies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Enders
Robertson Avenue
Wen Argyl
Enders
Doun
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
O-Zerta Food Co
Rochester
Eskimo Dog Training and Life on the Trail
The article outlines how Eskimo sled dogs are trained from infancy with puppies tied to tents and dogs bred for mail service starting at one year. It notes leadership dynamics, endurance require ments, daily food needs, and the dogs’ remarkable intelligence and trail fidelity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Grocer Says Postum Helps Nervous Stomach Ailments
A Cleveland grocer testifies coffee caused nerves and poor appetite before switching to Postum Food Coffee. He credits relief of nervousness and digestive issues after two years, urging others with similar troubles to stop coffee and try Postum. A note invites reading The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wite
Cleveland
Agiuch
Wellville
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N. J
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Maroney
John Carlson
Harriman & Grant
Smith & Green
James Brown
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Methodist Church
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New York City
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Tim
Ber and Minerals Condemned
Nation
Colo
Ira DP. Williams
Hilf
Owensboro Savings Bank and Trust Company
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