Roosevelt Pushes National Control to curb corporate power
In Provincetown Roosevelt calls for stiff penalties for lawbreaking by individuals and corporations in interstate business. He backs a national incorporation law, stronger employers liability, and receiverships for wrongdoing trusts, while warning against unfettered individualism and socialism. He argues for expansive federal oversight of railroads and a balance with states' rights.
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Roosevelt
Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod Pigrim
Prascienti
Department of Justice
Mr. Roosevelt
Illinois News Ledger Highlights Tragedy And Trials Across State
Reports from Nickerson to Mount Carroll describe a Northwestern locomotive collision killing Philip Moller and aging farmer James Kirk, with other fatal accidents in Decatur and Harrisburg. Fire damage totals 200000, while crime and legal actions unfold from Clinton to Mount Carroll..governor offers reward for a Mount Vernon murder. railway tensions rise at Peoria Heights, and alfalfa trials promise harvests in Coles County.
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Philip Moller
Champaign
Northwestern
Nickerson
James Kirk
Sandridge
Carroll County
Uly
Claude Boyd
Stoy
Frank Myers
Andrew Russell
Jacksonville
Comely Rus sian Woman Held In Keewanee Bigamy Case
Milka Bere, a young woman from Russia, was jailed in Keewanee for bigamy after leaving a husband there and planning to join him in America. She met Michael Tarbuck in town and agreed to marry him, unaware of his dispute with Paul Tamasovich. Tarbuck vanished, leaving Bere to face the charges alone.
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wRussia Charries
Nmre-Milka-Bere
Ke“anee
Russia
America
Michael Tarbuck
Kewanee
Tarbuck
Paul Tamasovich
Methodist Episcopal Bishops to Be Assigned at Annual Conference
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Illinois Toswa Indiana and Missouri announces bishop assignments and pre siding officers. Meetings include Sept at Burlington with Bishop Cranston, Northwest Indiana at Green Castle with Bishop McDowell, Central Illinois at Rock Island with Bishop Cranston, Southern Winnolg at Art Carmel with Cranston, Illinois at Bloomington with Bishop Mechen, Rock River at Chicago with Bishop Warren, and 2 Missouri at Cameron with Cranston Farber assignments to follow.
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Methodist Episcopal
Middle
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Werrithy Farmer Dies After Drinking Acid in Alton Saloon
A Greenfield farmer named Collins died in an Alton saloon after swallowing acid from a bottle. A note found on a newspaper margin referenced family members and a hospital transfer. Medical examiner Dr Bowman noted Collins faced nervous trouble and had recently undergone treatment and an operation.
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T. Toallins
Greenfield
Don Braunagel
Det Toe
Marc of
Bowman
I. M .Towman
Coline
Tereenfield
Collins
Frood-Bye
Minnie
Wit
Lester
Colling
Moon
St. Jogers S Testital
Bowie
Portmaster Dies by Own Action Near Cairo
The assistant portmaster of Cairo, Tevin, was found dead under a tree near the Mississippi River lever model hole with a single empty cartridge near his right hand. Authorities note family troubles and despondency. he was 44 years old and nephew of Mayor Dan Hogan. Local records place the incident in Pulaski County and involve the United States Court of the Federal District of Illinois.
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Cairo
Madward TL
Reto
Preaaet
Sat
Pulaski County
Dan Hogan
Eprh Sow
Tnited States Court of the Fas Oe
Feetriet
Ilinois
BOD
Woman Leaves Home After Visions of Killing
Mrs Frances Fadden of Decatur left home with her 11 year old son after claiming visions and an imagined fear of being killed. She and her son stayed at the Wahish hotel where they were found by relatives after a week. Mr Fadden later urged her to return home but she refused.
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Patrick Fragan
Kankaker
Tockford
Milwaukee
Garfield Vanderburg
Charles Girron
G. W. Shelby
Girton
Henry Girton
Indianapolis
Vermilion County
Wite Fleen
Mre
Thoma. Fadden
Decatur
Wahish
Fadden
Dis 7
Mra Fadden
DROWNED IN WATERY POND DURING BATHING GALA
Prospective brothers in law witness a drowning at John Muellers pond near Watersburg. William Nagel nine years old, engaged to Lizzie Mueller, disappears while wading with Mueller’s sons and William Hauptfleisch. The body is recovered later with a net. The wedding had been planned for soon.
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Maolsan
William Nagel
Watersburg
John Mueller
Ife
Mueller
William Hauptfleisch
Nagel
Lizzie Mueller
Hoboes Cut From Kankakee City Itinerary
Traveling hoboes have been jailed for ten days labor in the city stone quarry. About thirty tramps were kept at work but the number dwindles as arrests reduce their ranks. A separate accident injured a farmer, his left arm crushed in a thrashing machine, requiring amputation.
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van Tosen Irasher
Tio Forno A
Former Illinois Speaker John H. Miller Dies in St Louis Hotel
John Henry Miller of Mcleansboro, former Speaker of the Illinois House in 1903, died in a hotel in St Louis. He was known for being driven from the chair when the Mueller bill was passed.
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St. Louis
John Henry Miller
Mcleansboro
Illinois House of
St Louis
State Banks Earn 26 6 Million Net Profits For Year
State banks of Minnesota report for the year ended June 19, 1907 show capital stock of 71,790,000 and gross earnings on investments at 5.7151 percent. Net earnings reach 9,488,116 with per capita figures 63.861 percent gross and 2.81 percent net on total investments. Time savings deposits total 161,805.35 with 605,018 depositors.
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Eurnings
Auditor of Public Accounts
McCullough
Ex Sheriff Potter and Deputy Faced After Audit Shortfalls
Former Sheriff Daniel B. Potter of Peoria and ex Deputy Sheriff W. E. Peters are freed on bail after a three month audit found Potter short by about $11,000. Former County Clerk Lucas Butts must repay several hundred dollars to the county after the Attorney General ruled he had no right to keep fees for licenses and fishermen’s licenses.
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Sherif
Daniel BE. Potter
Peoria
Potter
W. E. Peters
Lucas Butts
Butts
Belief Old Man Murdered in Chicago Disappearance
Daniel Scannell, 78, disappeared July 9 in Chicago amid suspected foul play. Friends think he was murdered after his son James Scannell, a sewer contractor, reported the case and a $500 stash and $16 pay were missing. The last sighting placed him near Koleny Ward suburb on the St Paul railway while working as a flagman.
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James Scammell
Wan _Waylala
Daniel
Scannell
Chicago
James Seannell
Daniel Scannell
Koleny
Cuburb
St. Paul
Boys in Jail for Man's Death in Hand Car Incident
Five Joliet youths who took a hand car to swim were fined 100 dollars each after it was left on a main track and an engine struck it, killing Thomas Driscol, a Santa Fe railroad trainman. The boys did not foresee the fatal outcome.
Crown Prince Yi Syek of Korea rises to throne amid controversy
The text notes Yi Syek, son of the late Empress Min assassinated in 1895, born March 26, 1874, becomes crown prince after his father’s forced abdication. It questions his capability and mentions Japanese support for his throne, with lingering effects from his mother’s brutal murder.
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Korea
Yi Syek
Min
Borea
YL Syek
Postoffice and railroads retrenchment and grand Florida canal plan
The article notes a $1,000,000 pay cut to railroads by the Postoffice Department. It discusses a projected 500 mile canal to drain Florida swamps and reclaim 6.5 million acres. It also cites India with 1,000,000 school children and compares historical education growth. England's navy first cost is estimated at 70,000.
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Postoffice Department
Florida
India
England
Largest Playground for Jersey City Planned at Sixty Nine Acres
Jersey City approves a landscape project on sixty nine acres west of the city along the Hackensack river. A 100 foot drive will surround the site for horsemen and autos. Plans include an immense swimming pool piers baseball fields golf tennis cricket and a central fieldhouse with a winter skating rink free to all.
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Jersey City
Hackengack
Athens
Prospect
Brooklyny
Erie Canal Bridge Collapse Halts Traffic in Syracuse
A masonry arch over Onondaga creek failed at Syracuse, wrecking a flouring mill and several canal boats. The five mile break halted canal traffic and repairs will take days. Convicts were involved in the strike line.
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Onondaga Creek
Syracuse
Chronology of World Events and The Brain Diet
A compilation of historical dates from 1344 to 1906 noting battles, political events, and notable milestones, followed by Dr. Sir James Creighton Brown's remarks on the science of first love and a critique of dietary myths for brain health. He argues diet should provide balanced nutrients and frequent small meals for brain workers.
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London
James Creighton-Brown
Creighton- Brown
Minneapolis to Gulf Line Incorporation in Oklahoma
The Minneapolis Kansas Cry and Gulf Railway Company is incorporated in Oklahoma with 10 000 000 capital to build a double track electric railroad from Minneapolis to Des Moines then to Kansas City Wichita Guthrie Oklahoma City Dallas and Galveston. A Louisianan woman supports herself by mint farming and a Jersey City woman earns a living painting signs.
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Minneapolis, Kansas Cry and Gulf Railway Company
Oklahoma
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Kansas City
Wichita
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Galveston
Jersey City
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