Washington Notes from The Chronicle of Beach ND
A fragmentary recap details Army officers appointments for second lieutenants from the War Department, with mentions of J. P. Hows and occupation shifts at Rapit Civ & D. Indian school, plus scattered foreign and domestic items, including deaths, crimes, fires, and notable figures active in late 19th or early 20th century affairs.
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Washington
War Department
J.P. Hows
Rapit
Civ & D
Waslingum
Irian Offec
TaAbh
Cis
Wyatt Chivas
Thaw's Sister Seeks Divorce Despite Bad Bargain
The sister of a noted figure files for divorce citing strained marriage and unresolved disputes. Legal filings reveal disputes over separation terms and contested property. Court records show the couple seeking a swift settlement and ongoing negotiations with counsel.
Countess of Yarmouth seeks annulment in secret divorce case
In London a secret divorce hearing unfolds as Alice Thaw, sister of Harry K. Thaw and former Pittsburg socialite, seeks annulment from the Earl of Yarmouth. Proceedings are private due to the sensitive medical evidence referenced, with no public comment from the countess. The case ties to long strained Hertford family ties and past Thaw murder notoriety.
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London
Countess of
Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Pittsburg
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Countess of Yarmouth
Earl
Hertford
Marquis of
Thaw
Foraker Declines Bindings in State Convention Call
Cincinnati Jan. 5 United States Senator J B Foraker refuses to be bound by the conditions of the call for the Republican state convention to name a state ticket and delegates to the national convention The call provides primaries for a Taft Foraker test of strength which Foraker sharply criticizes in a press statement last night
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Cincinnati
Jan
United States
J.B. Foraker
Taft
Foraker
Irish Division Persists as Reconciliation Fails
Dublin January 5 The Irish party led by John B Redmond remains divided after recent conferences with William O'Brien O'Brien demands an immediate national convention on a new representation basis Redmond refuses to agree, leaving reconciliation unresolved.
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Redmond
O'Brien
Dublin
John B. Redmond
Irish Party
William O'Brien
Iriah
Duluth Hearing Set On Interstate Commerce Complaint
The Interstate Commerce Commission schedules a Duluth hearing on January 13 for the Duluth Commercial Club’s complaint against the Northern Pacific and other railroads. Separate proceedings will hear Wisconsin railroad commission actions against the North-Western and Milwaukee at Madison on January 10, with Special Examiner Bolin H. Marble presiding.
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Washington, Jan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Duluth
D Cluth Commercial Club
Northern Pacific
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
North-Western
Milwaukee
Madison
Bolin H. Marble
Broken rail wrecks train near Montreal. one killed
A broken rail derailed an express train between Charleau and Cartier near Montreal on January 5. A colonist car and coach overturned. Mrs Slowen of Lindsay Ontario was killed and a score of others were injured.
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Torch Lake
Houghton
Mick
Née
Edgar Thompson
United States Steel Corporation
North Braddock
St. Anne's
Terre Haute
Ind
Barrie
Ont
Caumes
Montreal
Charleau and
Cartier
Slowen
Lindsay, Ont
Dedication Planned for New Methodist Church in Winnebago
The Dedicate Church in Winnebago Minnesota will hold the dedication of its new Methodist church building on January 12. Bishop Berry and Presiding Elder Kerfoot will participate in the ceremonies.
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Winnebago
Minn
Jan
New Methodist
Berry
Kerfoot
Fragmented Civil Exchange Cited in Partial Speech
A clipped exchange shows a speaker urging cordiality to a gentleman in a formal setting while another asserts repeated titles were used. The dialogue hints at tension over respect and propriety in addressing a person of rank.
Captain Aboard Water-Only Explorer Defies Doubt
A man who reportedly lived on water for three months is challenged as impossible yet defended as the captain of a sailing vessel. The exchange centers on his claimed feat and a marine role, with emphasis on verification and naval authority.
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Eailing Vewael
Editor Harden Convicted In Berlin Trial
Harden editor of Die Zukunft is sentenced to four months imprisonment and to pay all costs after a dramatic trial. He claimed he believed Bismarck and his household influenced his reports and admitted responsibility for his writings though he denied misinterpretation by others. The court found his charges unsupported and noted he failed to prove them before publishing.
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Harden-Von Moltkelve
Die Zukunft
Hardon
Price Philigy Zu
Bismarck
von Elbe
Count von Moltke
Schweninger
Harden
von Moltke
Oas
CAPRON MAY DON BLUE Weat Point After Minnesota's Great Kicker
Minneapolis January 6 George Capron a Minnesota University student famed for his kicking may pursue a military career at West Point if admitted. Coach Bob Forbes of West Point recently visited Minneapolis and proposed Capron join the soldier boys. Capron has not yet decided and is seriously weighing the offer.
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Weat Point
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Janu
Bager
George Capron
University of Minnesota
Gopher States
West Point
Bob” Forbes
Capron
Slodier Boys
Iit 4N
Black Book Case Up in Minneapolis Delays Demurrer Hearing
Attorneys in St Paul and Minneapolis busy with U S district court as demurrer arguments on the Indictment charging nineteen Northwestern lumbermen with complicity in defrauding by use of the famous little black book are postponed to January 10 before Judge William H Lochren in Minneapolis. John Lind, counsel for the defendant, and district attorneys were to argue yesterday but remain occupied with the federal case.
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Beca
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northwestern Lumber
William H. Lochren
Minneapolia
John Lind
United States District Court
Warrant Issued For Forger Of 46 50 Check In Detroit
A police court in Detroit issued a warrant yesterday charging Lieut. R Hazzard of the Seventh Infantry U S A stationed at Fort Wayne with forging Col Daniel Gorman's name on a 46 50 check. A court martial would convene at Fort Wayne next Monday to try Lieut Hazzard. Hazzard has served in the Philippines and was with Gen Funston’s party that captured Aguinaldo.
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Detroit
Mich
Aguinaldo
Islands
Tobacco Growers Union Organizes in Vernon County
In Vernon county six of eleven unions met at Viroqua to form a county society of equity. It plans to hold the 1907 crop at 15 cents per pound and demand higher prices for Wisconsin tobacco. Big firms say they will pay only 10 to 12 cents per pound.
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Wisconsin
Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
County Society of Equity
Flood threat hits craft on frozen Mississippi river
Reports from La Crosse Wisconsin say a sudden Mississippi river rise of three feet in twenty four hours endangers boat houses and steamboats caught in ice. Ice jams below may have caused the flood, with many crafts likely to sink if high water continues. In Altkin Minnesota William Clark found Gilbert Corry dead at Corry residence after wood retrieval, body frozen, suspected heart failure. In Forest City J W Judson died instantly after plunging from a second story window at Hotel Bummit, unclear if accident or foul play.
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la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi River
Lce
Lkely
Farmar
Altkin
Minn
William Clark
Gilbert Corry
Corry
Forest City
J. W. Judson
Bummit
Surgeons in New York Perform Patient Operation
In a recent procedure in New York surgeons operated on an in patient and removed internal organs. The report notes a controversial tone as readers speculate on the surgical aims and broader implications.
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New York
Cause and Effect Dialogue Between Mrs McLesh and Mr McSosh
A source fragment presents a heated exchange between Mrs McLesh and Mr McSosh. Mrs McLesh declares she would not marry someone who drinks, while Mr McSosh retorts he would not have drunk if she had not married him. The snippet hints at relationship strife and alcohol as a fault line.
Murdered Woman Identified After Newark Tragedy
A woman found murdered near Newark has been identified by authorities. Investigators are probing a mysterious incident with few immediate leads, and no suspects have been named as the investigation continues.
Woman's husband held in custody in murder case
Newark January 5. After many identifications failed the police identified Helena Baker Whitmore as the murdered woman found on Morrison flats. Her husband Theodore J Whitmore, owner of a Brooklyn furnished room house, is held as a suspect after he admitted a strained past and hinted the wife’s infidelity. Mrs Schmitter and her husband aided the inquiry with alleged letters and a trunk sent to the Whitmore home.
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Gov. B. Hartzell
Pittsburg
Perry C. Daniels
Irel Daniels
Tnd
Irel. Daniels
Lima
Ohio
Danielé
Sanders Pearlman
Cecilla
Baltimore
Father Volitae
St. Ann
Spring Valley
Harry Schauwe
Pretoria
New York
Moscow
Newark
N. J
Morrison
Helena Baker Whitmore
Theodore
Whitmore
Brooklyn
Busan Schmitter
Bronx
Mra. Schmitter
Band Martin
Frank Eng
Dannemora
Gov. Black
Harry
New Jersey
Pettibone Murder Case: Jury Delivers Verdict Overnight
The Pettibone conspiracy case in Bolee Idaho ended with the jury delivering its verdict at 8:30 p.m. The last day featured prosecutorial argument by James H. Hawley while the defense, declining to argue, followed the court's instructions.
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Bolee
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
James H. Hawley
Troops Leave Goldfield for California Posts
About 136 soldiers left Goldfield Nev Jan 5 under Col Reynolds for California posts. Remaining in camp are about 135 men, with two companies commanded by Cat Jam M Russell and Lieut Goodwell.
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Goldfield
Nev
United States
Col. Reynolds
California
Cat
Jam
M. Russell
Lieut. Goodwell
Mystery In Man's Death In Red Lodge
Mystery surrounds the death of J. F. Gist a carpenter who arrived from the cadar. He possessed a considerable sum but none was found on his body discovered in a Red Lodge rooming house. Papers on the body show relatives in Portland Los Angeles and St. Louis.
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Red Lodge
Mont
J. F. Gist
Cadar
Gist
Gil
Portland
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Bank Safe Dynamited Near Raymore Missouri
Bandits dynamited the bank safe in Raymore Case County near Harrisonville Missouri early yesterday but could not open it. They fled after finding only 75 cents in the cash drawer. Local authorities investigate the break in and search for suspects.
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Harrisonville
Raymore
Case County
Here
Death by own action shocks Warsaw village
Warsaw UL January 5 Charles Car Troll Marsh, son of the late Congressman Marsh, committed death by own action here yesterday. Health and consequent melancholia are said to have caused the act.
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Warsaw
Charies
Troll Marsh
Congressman Marsh
Notable Precedent Phrases Rooster Feathers in Liberty Tale
A fragmentary note riffs on scarcity and patriotism, mentioning willow plumes and rooster feathers in a quirky exchange. The odd dialogue involves a goddess figure and speaks to hardship and symbolic adornments in a stylized, period voice.
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Liberty
Governor orders out troops in Muncie Indiana
At a city conference between Adjt. Gen. Perry Mayor Guthrie and local officials in Muncie Indiana, Gov. Hanly was urged to dispatch state troops. Perry telephoned details and Hanly ordered Battery A and four Indianapolis companies plus eight from other cities. Martial law not intended unless needed.
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Muncie
Ind
Adjt
Perry
Guthrie
Powersi
Citigene
Gov
Hanly
Reault
Indianapolis
Folk 8 Fire Fighter Helps Save Goods From Fire
Governor Folk acted as a volunteer fireman near the Missouri governor’s mansion yesterday when a residence across the street caught fire. He helped drag out furniture and then directed firefighters though the flames continued to destroy the home of road master John Brandt and damaged two adjacent houses. A defective fire started the blaze.
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Folk
John Brandt
Missouri Pacific Rand
Woman's Death a Puzzle in New York Society
Mrs John Van Nees Roberts a prominent New York society figure died at her Riverside Drive apartment from a heart medicine overdose. Coroner notified an inquiry will assess if the poisoning was self directed during a personal crisis or not. Reports suggest financial losses followed her husband’s death in Germany five years ago.
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John van Nees Roberts
New York
Disa
John van Nean Roberts
Riverside Drive
Suburbanites Attack Railroad Office in Paris Demolition
Three thousand suburban residents along the Western railroad line riot at the St Lazare terminus after days of travel delays. They wreck the railroad office, hold police at bay for an hour, and are driven off by firefighters.
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Paris
Western Railroad
Bt. Lasare
Market Notes From Grain and Livestock Quotations
Daily price quotes from Grains and stock centers list No 1 Northern wheat around 1.08 to 1.10 at St Paul Minneapolis Chicago and Milwaukee with various No 2 and No 1 hard grades. Cattle hogs and sheep prices reported for several cities including Beaver South St Paul and Chicago with ranges for steers cows calves hogs and lambs. Health and crime brief fragments note a fatal accident in Viroqua Wisconsin a county debt payoff in January and a political shooting in Huntington West Virginia.
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Lis
St. Paul
Jan
Northern
Minneapolis
Bard
Dorum
Onte
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Blows City
South St. Paul
One Method Drink Question Sparks Debate
A terse exchange discusses drinking habits and purchases with phrases about taking one drink and returning a question. The dialogue hints at a method or approach in the conversation without clear context or named individuals.
Unavoidable Delay In Court Proof Promised
A jailhouse scene has a lawyer pressing for proof on a charge while a captured crook admits readiness but warns a week or two before he can conclusively prove his case. The exchange hints at ongoing delays and unresolved guilt.
Fragmented poem lines question proposing to a woman
A garbled literary fragment questions why a man asking a woman about carrying her purse prompts a lingering mystery. The text shows stray phrases about proposing and carrying belongings, but the source is incomplete and lacks clear events or names.
Wood of Fentreal Va Reports Kidney Pain Relief After Stone Passage
C L Wood a notable Norfolk Co merchant endured months of back pain kidney and bladder troubles with irregular secretions. After medical failure he began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and soon endured a stone passage measuring about five sixteenths by one half inch, with no further kidney trouble. Sold by Foster Milburn Co 50 cents per box. Bishop Potter anecdote recounts a country house conversation about churchgoing and duty.
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C. L. Wood
Fentreal
Norfolk Co
Mr. Wood
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Burial
Cuticura Remedies Helped Relief From Eczema
Anabel Wilson of North Branch Michigan reports three months of severe facial eczema with head involvement. After consulting a physician, she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and was entirely cured, noting she cannot specify exact amounts but is confident Cuticura helped.
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Cutiura
Anabel Wilson
North Branch
Mich
Sloan's Liniment Facts and Dr Earl Sloan’s Treatise Offer
An old promotion extols Sloan's Liniment and Veterinary Remedies as safe and practical. It outlines Dr Earl Sloan’s 20 years as a veterinarian, his horse expertise, and his life-saving remedies. Readers can request "Sloan's Treatise on the Horse" free by writing to Dr Earl Sloan at 615 Albany Street Boston, Maine.
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Earl 3
Earl
Albany Street
Boston
Mees
The Romance and a Race Track Revelation
A fragment from a page presents snippets of dialogue about romance and racing. Characters include Clarissa and Regina, with a remark on a wife driving a car. An aside mentions a horse with a named likeness and a coughing line hawking Brown's bronchial tracheas.
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