Turpentine Camp In Florida Charged Peonage Case
S. S. Schwartz of New York is arraigned on peonage charges over Bennie Wilenski a Russian Jew who says he paid $13 for passage and was forced to work in a harsh Florida camp under brutal foremen. He describes dog houses scarce food no water without payment and a hostile guard system. He eventually returned to New York with aid from a Jewish relief society.
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S. S.schwartz
S. S. Schwartz
New York
United States
Shieldson
Rot
Bennie Wihemski
Wilenski
America
Jacksonville
Super Res Milling Company
Maston
Fla
Walenski
Shaarden Tiente
Wilensk
Sah For
Fused and Water
Fren Hears
Wilen‘eEi
Jewish Relief Society
Strife for the Pennut: Lakeside fires burn several buildings
Fire at the summer residence of Edward E. Berry in Lakeside Ohio followed by a tank explosion injuring Mrs Berry and setting others alight. Crowds fled as flames spread through the resort while one guest, Nettle Hogs, broke an ankle. Around forty thousand watched. Other reports recount water deaths near New York on Sinus trips, a St Louis area wreck injuring many, and a Pa brewery plant fire.
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Lakeside
Edward E. Berrys
Elyria
Kerry
Lake Ule
Ohio
Nettie Hogs
Lakesale
Bujdines
Berry
Rasone
Explosion at New York elevated station halts merger talks
A hostile trio caused an explosion at a New York elevated station injuring eight and stalling negotiations for Blunders' union merger. Russia’s Premier Stolypin vows strong reform and suppression of opposition as financial disaster looms.
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Focatta
New York
Stolypio
Russia
Infanticide Confession Linked to Riverhead Farm Fire
A wrongful but unpunished case emerged as authorities investigated a barn fire at a Riverhead area farm. The Beck family mourns as charred infant remains were found, while local youths admit details but face no arrest.Neighbors aided in the two day search amid widespread shock.
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Manger
Riverhead
L. L
Clarantes Bank
Beck
John Beck
Building Associations Gain at United States League Meeting
Secretary Cellarius reports at the fourteenth annual meeting in Cincinnati that U S League of Local Building and Loan Associations assets total 629,344,257 the largest ever. Membership across 5264 associations reaches 1,642,127 with a gain of about 11,000 in 1905 and asset growth near 50,000,000 over two years. Pennsylvania leads in assets with 412 519 182,519 and New Jersey Massachusetts Indiana Nebraska show notable figures. Pennsylvania has 1257 associations followed by Ohio 674 Illinois 505 and Indiana 357.
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Cellarius
United States League
United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations
Cincinnati
United States
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Hinds
Indiana
Nebraska
Ohio
Alinoig
Indiane
Fire wipes out Kirklin business district
A Wednesday blaze destroyed almost the entire business section of Kirklin Indiana. Fifteen frame buildings and twenty more structures were consumed in the fire. The Wills opera house and properties owned by Bert Wils R W Thompson and Noah McComas burned. Loss is estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Kirklin
Ind
Ffteen Busiframe
Wills Opera House
Bert Wils
R. W. Thompson
Noah McComas
Pulajanes Repelled in Leyte Engagement Kills Fifty
Advices from Leyte Island report a clash near Baneun where Pulajanes attacked a column of constabulary and regulars under Captain George E. McAstor of the Twenty Fourth Infantry. The invaders were repulsed with about fifty killed and sixty wounded while U S troops and constabulary suffered no losses.
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United States
Leyte
P. I
George EI. MeAster
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Baneun
Land Sinks Into Long Lake Bordering Fond du Lac County
A 37 acre tract of cultivated land on the border of Long Lake in Fond du Lac County Wisconsin sank and is now submerged under deep water. The sinking is blamed on a minor earthquake shock. Nearby farmers are alarmed and hesitant to approach the area for investigation.
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Long’ Lake
Long Lake
Fond du Lac County
Boy slain over a pickle dispute claims 8 year old victim
A dispute over a pickle led to the killing of Willan Burkhart eight years old by his playmate Ralph Bailes seventeen, in Newton, Pa. Postmaster in U S Post Office John D. Strassburg, the nation’s oldest postal worker, died in Louisville, Kentucky after sixty five years of service.
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Kaling
Willan Burkhart
Ralph Bailes
Newton
U. By
John D. Strassburg
United States
Louisville
Zion Case Ends In Receiver Appointment And Election Plan
A court ruling voids Voliva power of attorney over Zion property and names J. C. Hately as receiver with bonds set at $25,000. The judge ordered an election on the third Tuesday in September for the people to choose their overseer, marking a resolution to the Dowie Zion crisis and the bankruptcy adjudication being set aside.
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Dowie
Zion
Roberts Gets Twenty Years In Joliet Prison
Chicago judge denies motion for new trial for George Gill Roberts convicted June 1 by Judge Kersten's court in Chicago of murder. The jury verdict imposes twenty years in Joliet penitentiary. Defense motion to vacate judgment denied. arrest of sentence postponed to August term to prepare records for appeal.
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Chicago
George/ Gill
Roberts
Kersten
Ten Dead and Four Missing in Framingham Building Collapse
Ten bodies rested at the morgue at dawn and eight injured were in hospital as four more were listed missing after a collapse in South Framingham Mass. Officials could not determine the cause and consider possible charges over faulty construction. The town enforces building laws to protect against unsafe work.
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South Framingham
Mass
Orie Mies Ippeet
Miss Nellie White Heads for Hawaii Leper Colony Wedding
Miss Nellie White heiress and niece of ex Secretary Long travels to Hawaii with her fiancé Dr W R Brinckerhoff to wed at the leper colony. A New York life insurance scandal report notes a sharp fall in life insurance business due to recent scandals.
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Nellie White
Long
Formne
New York City
Hawaii
W. RB. Brinckerhoff
New York State Insurance “Department
Bryan Meets King Edward at Buckingham Palace Visit
William J. Bryan was received by King Edward at Buckingham Palace London on a private audience requested by the king. Bryan attended with three fellow Americans and eighty Interparliamentary Union members in a throne room levee style reception.
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Bawarra
Wiliam J.bryan
Meld
Bawardat
Buckingham Palace
London
Lis
Reid
Bryan
Interparliamentary Union
Richard
Barstholdt
Missouri
T. E. Burton
Ohio
Rockwood
Immigrant earnings fund Italian banks, says Rome official
Records indicate millions in American gold are sent to Italian banks by temporary residents. Immigrants aim to accumulate wealth in the United States and return to Italy with it. The Naples bank reports 183,000 accounts and over 0,000 in deposits, with additional transfers from Argentina and Brazil.
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Italy
United States
Wong
Rome
Deine
Tel Inus
Argentina
Brazil
Naples
Jealous Husband Fatally Wounds Wife Then Shoots Self
Charles D. Schmidt an assistant bookkeeper for the Helena Montana Water Works Company shot and killed his wife Wittan at Fort Assiniboine after reportedly finding a letter implicating her. He then shot himself in the chest. doctors say he will recover though his left arm is ruined. Schmidt is 27.
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Charles D. Schmidt
Heléna, Mons
Schmidt
Wittan-at-Fort
Assiniboine
Lbs Vifey
Baltimore and Ohio Fireman Tries to Blow Up Home
Joseph Drake a Baltimore and Ohio fireman attempted to destroy his Newark Ohio residence by arson. He then cut his throat with a pocket knife severing the esophagus and refused anesthesia claiming he wished to die. Doctors repaired the wound but recovery is doubtful.
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Fox
Joseph Drake
Baltimore and Ohio
Newark
Ohio
Seven Arrested in Trenton Boat Tragedy
In Cincinnati seven men including Capt. Agnew and six crew members were arrested on murder charges over a fatal shooting from an excursion boat into a shore crowd at Trenton Ohio. They deny knowledge of the shooters and say a deputy sheriff was the victim.
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Cincinnati
Trenton
Ohio
Agnew
Douma Adopts Revolutionary Manifesto and Yields to Force
The douma, pressured by soldiers at Viborg with threats of violence, adjourned after approving a radical manifesto. It urged the nation to resist tyranny by withholding from the throne all revenues and army recruits until representative government is restored.
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Douma
Viborg
Widow Inherits Brussell Shige Fortune In 1901 Will
The vast fortune of Brussell Shige largely goes to Mrs Sare by a 1901 will. An insignificant be quest to Fannie Chapin of Oreida New York was left to an only sister who died two years ago. Relatives plan to contest the will. Tear Up Street Car Tracks in Cleveland Protest Led by Mayor Johnson 400 laborers tore up tracks to lay rails for a new 3 cent fare system.
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Johnson
Cleveland
Traction Company
Box Factory Burns in New Orleans Blaze
A major fire destroyed the box factory of S. T. Alcus & Co in New Orleans causing substantial loss. Nearby stock and warehouses of the Minejes Central narrowly escaped damage and were temporarily displaced as crews battled the flames.
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Wastaneon Brewing Company
Lienervlle, Pa
Lau.w
S. T. Alcus & Co
New Orleans
Miinejs Central
Manhunt Ends With Capture After Perry County Attack
Bloodhound search in Perry county Ohio ends with the capture of Law Eblin after he attacked the 9 year old daughter of Charles Kammers of Misco who was picking blackberries in the woods.
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Perry County
Ohio
Law Eblin
Charles Kammers
Misco
Beaumont rice mill fire devastates Texas site
The McFadin Weiss Kyle mill in Beaumont suffered a massive blaze described as the largest in Texas and among the nation’s biggest. The warehouse held about 150000 bags of rice, both clean and rough, and the structure was practically destroyed by flames.
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McFadin-Weiss-Kyle
Beaumont
Texas
United States
Anti Jewish Outbreaks Reported in Odessa
Outbreaks targeting Jews reported in Odessa Russia with Cossacks and mobs looting Jewish homes and shops. Reports indicate persons killed or wounded though exact figures are unclear.
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Odessa
Russia
Trade and commodity markets show continued strength and gains
The report notes rising demand across leading industries with stronger raw materials and grains at port. farm goods and jobbing trade improve as buyers crowd markets. Grain movement reaches 6,872,494 bushels, livestock receipts up to 297,035 head, lumber at 52,478,000 feet. bank clearings 218,004,793. Trade optimism persists in Bradstreet and Dun's Review.
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Iides
Chicago
Dun
Daily Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains
Regional and city level commodity quotes list cattle hogs and sheep prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and more. Grain futures show wheat corn oats rye and barley with varying No 2 and No 3 grades and mixed lots.
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Chicago
Thy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
Airship flight records stun city with long distance triumph
Idraca Wild’s airship feats over Chicago set a distance mark with a first leg eleven miles at about thirteen hundred feet. After a mechanical setback amid urban hazards he landed safely on a building roof and pressed on for five more miles before resuming the course.
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Idraca
Chicago
Jeiecsen
Rez
Fragmented chronicle of battles and events from antiquity to modern times
A garbled ledger lists dates and names of wars, rulers, and incidents from 1293 through early 1900s. It mentions Godfrey de Bouillon, Mary Queen of Scots, Wolfe, Paulus Hook, and Knighthood heroes alongside ships, sieges, and political shifts, with scattered notes on industry and railroads. The text blends Byzantine crusader era through 19th century America and Britain, reflecting a battered cross-section of historical items.
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