Condengations Of Greater Or Lesser Importance
National political notes and brief items. Justin Tyler of Grand Rapids walked 300 miles in winter to enlist in the Union army after Lincoln called for volunteers and received a government check for hardships. Arthur C. Hastings, president of the American Paper and Pulp Association, admitted curtailment advice. Senator Frye plans Maine return after long service. Secretary Wilson declines Omaha visit. Dr Melvin invited. naval officers to be retired.
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Washington
Justin Tyler
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Lincoln
American Paper and Pulp Association
Arthur C. Hastings
Association
Frye
Congress
Maine
Senate
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department
Omaha
Melvin
Fires kill five children in Utica Kansas blast
Five children died in a Utica Kansas fire caused by an explosion. Other items note President Taft denying pardons for Walsh and Morse, Mexican governorship rivalry, a Presbyterian heresy ruling, Alaska railroad jurisdiction, a Mexico City protest over Diaz, trainmen convention, and various political and legal movements.
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Utica
Kas
Taft
Walsh and
Morse
Grant
Northumberland
Presbyterian Assembly
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alaska
Mexico City
Diaz
Brotherhood of Railroad
San Francisco
Gamble
South Dakota
Senate
J. D. Elliott
Levi Z. Leiter
Beverly
Mass
New York
Mary Platt Partuele
Louis D. Brandeis
Post- Office Department
Henri Maurice Berteaux
Paris
Madrid
Macon
Emory Speer
United States Circuit Court
Thomas B. Felder
Georgia
William Carren Embezzlement Case Shocks St Louis Theater
Former St Louis theater manager William Carren pleaded guilty to embezzling $22,000 of theater funds and received a five year penitentiary sentence. The report ties the case to broader financial crime inquiries and notes related corporate actions within the era's entertainment industry.
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Anthony" Howard
Hunkie
Gied
Hot Springs
Treland
Mannhes
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
United Presbyterian Men’s Movement
First Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
Carnegie Endowment Fund For International Peace
William
Buckingham Palace
George
George Reas
Missouri
St. Joseph
Steel Trust
Bureau of Corporations
House
United States Steel Corporation
Taft
William Carren
St. Louis
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Union Pacific Railroad
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Baring Brothers & Co
Union Pacific Company
Katherine Elkins
Stephen B. Elkins
Europe
Billy” Hitt
Mlingié
Wickersham
Department At Justice
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court
Senor Zamocona
Senor de la Barra
United States
Mary Baker Eddy
New Hampshire
Theodore Roosevelt
John W. Foster
Diaz
Mexico
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Clear Lake
Commercial Club
Texas Railroad Commission
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Mexico President Diaz Resigns and Flies to Spain
The report notes Diaz resigns as president of Mexico and sails for Spain immediately after stepping down, with Congress accepting his renunciation. It mentions Madero becoming a private in the ranks and hints at Lorimer probe tensions and other political items including a rumor of Lori mer resignation and a split in the Democratic senatorial caucus.
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Madero
Diaz
Lorimer
Champ Clark
Spain
Mexico
Congress
Treasury
Curtis
Kansas
Harlan
Standard Oil
Preapyterian College
Rockefeller General
Value of Real Estate Deduction in Bank Stock Taxation
Opinion from the attorney general holds that the real estate in which a bank's capital stock is vested may be deducted from the stock's value before listing for taxation, avoiding double taxation when bank shares reflect land value. Also reports on temperance barleybrew labeling, state school budget progress, state employee raises, new Iowa corporations, and a peculiar parole case involving Roseboom tied to butter and egg theft.
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Barney
State Food and Dairy Department
Iowa Supreme Court
Chittick
Supreme Court of
State Board of Education
Cedar Rapids
Holden of
Ames
State Board of Parole
Sioux County
Iowa
Wilson, Grilk & Wilson
Davenport
Quincy Willis
Willis
Elise Montenson
Dalum
Denmark
Peter H. Peterson
Scott County
United States
Tama
Ogden mine unrest over negro workers fuels dispute
Reported dispute at the Ogden mine near Ottumwa Iowa centers on employing black miners who carry union cards. Operators say about 200 workers, largely new, are employed while miners aim to bar the workers from the union. Conference in Des Moines failed to reach agreement.
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Ogden
Des Moines
W.H. Rodgers
Ottumwa
Tory
Roosevelt Defends Real Peace and Arbitrate Steps
In a Memorial Day speech at Grant's Tomb General Daniel W. Sickles and a large crowd heard Roosevelt denounce false prophets of peace. He linked 1861 cries for peace to untruths and argued for peace as justice’s handmaiden, urging a strong navy, insistence on good faith in arbitration, and refusal to sign any pact the U.S. cannot honor. The address framed peace as achievable only through justice and steadfast national resolve.
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New York
Roosevelt
Daniel W. ‘Sickles
Grant
Harroun Wins First 600 Mile Indy Race
Ray Harroun won the first 600 mile speedway race at Indianapolis driving a Marmon in 6 hours 41 minutes. Ralph Mulford Lozier placed second and David Bruce-Brown finished third in a Fiat as seventy seven thousand spectators watched the 40 starters tackle the long course starting at 10 am amid a day of high excitement and cheering for leaders and challengers.
Thaddeus M Schnell Dead Telegraph Pioneer
Des Moines reports the death of Thaddeus M Schnell 77 a member of the first US military telegraph corps formed at the Civil War start by Andrew Carnegie He died at Mercy hospital after an operation and old age loss of vitality connected with telegraph development with Thomas A Holigan Germany shows willingness to join negotiations for a general arbitration treaty per Knox draft now in hands of Great Britain and France
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Des Moines
Jay Thaddeus M. Schnell
United States, Military Telegraph Corps
Andrew Carnegie
Mercy Hospital
Mr. Schnell
Thomas A. Holigan
Germany
Washington
United States
A& General
Knox
Britain
France
Wireless Officials Punished In Mail Fraud Case
New York. Christopher Columbus Wilson, president of the United Wireless Telegraph Company, and four associates were convicted in the criminal branch of the state circuit court on Tuesday for using the mails to solicit subscriptions to wireless stock. Judge Martin immediately imposed sentence. President Wilson faces a three year term.
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New York
Christopher
Columbus
Wilson
United Wireless Telegraph, Company
Criminal
Thed State Circuit
Martin
Santénée Ap
Wilrous
Paxton Toilet Co Ad Promises Free Sample
Fragmentary ad claims a tobacco-like scent and taste improved by a product named "tinge the' The smouth'." It touts sanitary uses and claims availability at drug stores with a 26 or 50 cent box, asking readers to send for a free sample from The Paxton Toilet Co Boston Mass.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
True Courage in a Private Moment
Dialogue reveals Natalie and Estelle weighing a man's courage to propose. Natalie suggests he may have shown courage by not proposing, while Estelle contemplates whether courage was lacking or present in delaying. The exchange highlights social expectations around romance and timing.
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Natalie
Estelle
Criminal neglect of skin and hair advertised
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin and hair care, urging warm baths and gentle anointing. It highlights suffering from neglected skin and hair and promises a free Cuticura health guide via Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Boston, Mass.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Head on Crooked and a Child Named Paulie
A mother teaches gratitude for God made Paulie perfect but he notices his head is crooked when inspecting a new cook stove. He sees his own reflection and expresses concern that his father made him imperfect though all else is complete.
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Paul
Paulie
Improve Laundry Results with Defiance Starch
The piece advises using Defiance Starch to achieve better stiffness with less quantity, avoiding hiding the fabric’s beauty and improving wearing quality compared to other starches. It argues Defiance is stronger and can be applied thinly for superior results.
New Fishing Industry Expands in Nova Scotia Waters
Albicore fishing in Nova Scotian waters shows growing interest driven by profit. Catch weights reach over 5600 pounds and the fish, called horse mackerel, were shipped to Boston last season at about three and one half cents per pound. Previously these fish were dismissed by fishermen.
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Nova Scotian
Boston
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Hayt End San Domingo
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New Iowa
Cresco Stone’ and Concrete Company
Cresco
Capitel
E.H. Allen
B.L. Ravenport
C. W. Reed
W. L. Richards
W. L. Barker
E. J. Thomas
A. J.’ Thompson
West
Union Cement Company
Union
H. G. Blunt
A. J. Gurnsey
A. B. Loomis
R. C. Williamson
J, A. McElree
G. P. Schatz
B. Hughes
Coege For the Blind
Vinton
State College For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
State Reformatory For Boys
Eldora
State Reformatory For Girls
Mitchellville
Glenwood
A. M. DeVoe
Assurance Company of
Office of Auditor of State
Grinnell
J. Cola & Son of
Sears-Frizzell Co
Merchants National Bank of
Etta F. Sears
Western Silo Company
Dea Moines
Heyward
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Grain
Brock and Lumber Company
Harroun
Thaddeus M. Schnell
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