Counterfeit Money Ring Busted By Secret Service
United States secret service agents arrested two men in a major counterfeit operation near Revere. The suspects allegedly produced Uncle Sam notes by photography and chemical processes, using forged paper and thread lines. The case involved offers to become government witnesses before arrest.
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Potlowine
Revere
United States Secret Service
Rester
Tee
Watson
Daeter
Wiest
Earthquake Tears Betheastern Peak From Mount Rainier
A strong quake split off the eastern peak of Mount Rainier, throwing rock and debris miles down the southern slopes. The event occurred about sixty miles southwest of Tacoma, Washington, with Mount Rainier rising 14 500 feet and the broken summit visible across the region on clear days.
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Mont Rainier
Tacoma
Mucautai
Mount Tisnir Os
Columbia Forest
Washington
Columbia
Idaho
Oregon
Frauds and Fires Roil Early 20th Century News Mix
Bank of Chicka saw Nation in Ardmore faced $79 000 liabilities after a supplemental Receiver Foster report alleging fraud and false book entries. Train wreck near Hismere Colo involved 12 year old Harry Simons confessing to the act. iron bolt on outer rail caused $3 000 loss. Dozens of incidents include wrecked locomotive works in Sayre Pa and a Copenhagen shipyard collapse. Also reports on compulsory military training in London and Pope Leo’s wealth found in a wall.
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Bank of Chickasaw Nation
Ardmore
Foster
Say
Harry Simons
Harry Neilson
Hismere
Colo. Ife
Pope Leo
Cardinal Gotti
Football Toll of 1903 Echoes Across Nations
A historical tally shows nineteen football deaths in 1903 with hundreds injured. Yale and Harvard players suffered broken legs while big nine West schools reported mainly minor injuries. Towns Columbus Junction and Greenfield halted the sport amid parental petitions.
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Yale
Harvard
Columbus Junction
Greenfield
Ohio
College enrollment rises across the nation amid higher admission standards
Enrollment reports from sixty five institutions show a record rise in new students this year with about 30 thousand last year growing to over 33 thousand. The increase spans the United States with universities from California to Maine reporting gains and freshmen forming the bulk of the new class.
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Chicago Record-Herald
University of California
University of Maine
South
Middle West
Hirown University
United States
Educaton
Europe
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Cleveland
Washington
New Orleans
St. Honis
Hal T. Lewis Dies at 52 Former Georgia Justice
Greenstoro, Indiana obituary notes Hal T. Lewis former Georgia Supreme Court justice died Thursday at age 52. He gained national fame in 1896 for a speech at the Chicago Democratic convention nominating William Jennings Bryan for president.
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Bryan
Hal T. Lewis
Supreme Court
Georgia
Greenstoro
Lewis
Makinle
Chicazao Demorritie
W Jo Bryan
Incredible Corn Husking Feat Sets Town Record
Town Charles Rennack of Shenandoh husked 201 bushels and 16 pounds of corn in ten hours to win a £170 bet. Theron H. Brown, longtime cashier of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, based in Richmond, is missing with authorities investigating a several thousand dollar shortage.
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Ornhusker
Charles Rennack
Shenandosh
Theron
Brown
Virgini
Richmond
Chicago Sees Surge in Murders and Robberies Under Citywide Fear
A sprawling crime wave grips Chicago with eight murders and 114 robberies in sixty days. Citizens form protective groups as gun sales rise and residents report fear after nightfall. Notable incidents include the slaying of James A. Fulleminder and injuries to Charles F. Bigelow, with multiple robberies across suburbs such as Winnetka and Maywood.
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van Dine
Niedermeier
Roeski
Indiana
James A. Fulleminder
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Charles F. Bigelow
Albin Fox
Rockford
Northwestern
Fox
Winnetka
Maywood
Grant’s son of Ulysses S Grant takes command in Lakes department
Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant appointed to the Department of the Lakes in recognition of service in the Philippine Islands. Born in St. Louis in 1850, he is a West Point graduate who rose from colonel in the Spanish American War to brigadier general of volunteers and later led districts in the Philippines.
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Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the Lakes
Philippine Islands
Lie
Ulysses S .Grant
St. Louis
West Point
Austria
New York City
One Hundred and Forts
New York
R Agers
San Juan
Philippines
Cavite
Luzon
Colombian Troops Reported Land at Isle of Pines Panamanian Territory
Information from Colon says about 100 Colombian troops landed at the Isle of Pines northwest of Cape Thorn in Panama territory. U S gunboat Bancroft and cruiser Nashville are near Colon. American warships prepare to sail for Panama. A 14th Hills report notes 200 Colombian troops landed on the Atlantic side of the isthmus.
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Isle of Pines
Cape Thorn
Trince
Gulf of Darien
Panama
Pines
United States
Bancroft
Nashville
Heras del Terre
Coghlan Hat
Praire
Baal Jones
Preble
Mare Island Navy
San Francisco
Independence
Poul Jones
Darien
Colamina Amencans
Cartagena
14Th
Hinas
Atlantic
Nine Die In Meteor Wreck On Fort Scott Route
The Meteor passenger train of the St Louis and San Francisco Railway bound for Texas City left Fort Worth Sunday afternoon and wrecked at Godfrey Kansas fifteen miles south of Fort Scott early Monday. Nine killed and over twenty injured as the train hit an open switch derailing all but the sleeper. The wreck occurred after a freight train preceding the Meteor opened the switch. Cars overturned and the engine and baggage car landed sixty feet away.
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Meteng
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Fort Worth
Teensas City
Godfrey
Fort Scott
Kan
Momilas
Fragmented News Snippets Show Quips and Quirks
A collage of odd observations and tongue in cheek lines covers topics from Colombia and European courts to Breathitt County KY and postal thieves. The piece mocks headlines about divorce, marriage, and car trades while hinting at broader social absurdities.
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Colombia
Jon
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Kentucky
Kaiser Wilhelm
Calantun
Senate Passes Reciprocity Treaty and Holiday Recess
The Senate voted 57 to 18 to carry into effect the reciprocity treaty with Catzincipal es werd waddé-by-att. It also approved a holiday recess from December 19 to January 4. Several senators moves covered Post Office investigations, forestry land grants in Minnesota, and isthmian canal and Cuba reciprocity issues.
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Aiis Boiles
House
Carmack
Post Office Department
Nelson
Minnesota
Hoar and Gorman
Republic of Panama
Foraker
McComas
Committee On
St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
Iill
Messrs
Scott
Isaut
Miers
Inds
Sims
Burgess
Texas
Lacey
Iowa
United States
Chicago and regional grain and livestock price notes
Market notes list cattle hogs and sheep price ranges across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Milwaukee and Buffalo markets for corn wheat oats and rye. Prices per head and per bushel in various grades reflect regional trading activity and paralleled by notes on regional market conditions and miscellaneous farm items.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ile. Com
Toledo
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