Ghouls Open Mausoleum and Desecrate Willer Scott Tomb
In Erie cemetery the mausoleum of late William L Scott is desecrated by ghouls who opened the tomb and stole the body of his sister in law Anna M McCollum. The Erle Cemetery Association offers a $1000 reward for information leading to arrests. Family members and investigators search the area as doors and caskets were tampered with after the incident.
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Willer
Connery
Briecemthe
John A
Murder Trial Prompts Courtroom Confusion Tale
Fragmentary notes describe a murder case in court with references to a coroner and a suspect. The passage hints at testimony confusion and unresolved questions about the defendant and ages, suggesting an unsettled trial atmosphere.
Seattle mayor leads recall bid amid enfranchised vote
Mayor Hiram C. Gill of Seattle faced recall over alleged misconduct with women voters decisive, Father Theodore Valery died in San Francisco, George H. Kahmann the corn cob pipe king died in Kansas City. Lord Decies and Vivien Gould wed in New York. Other items include Haitian unrest, train crash deaths, and a push for embassies purchase by Congress.
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Hiram C. Gill
Seattle
Wash
Theodore Valery
Maximilian
Quarataro
San Francisco
San Luis Potoni
Mexico
George H. Kahmann
Kansas City
Kahmann
Lord Decies
Vivien Gould
George Gould
New York City
Frederick Krelamann
St. Louis
Montreuil Guillaume
Nord Alexis
Port Au
Prines
Capa Haitien
John Whitelaw
Multiple incidents fade into one chaotic police blotter
A garbled dispatch records a string of events including a Nazareth man killed during a religious service and confined to an asylum, a Canadian reciprocity pledge by Democrats, a rail collision injuring Pekin Eureka and Bloomington residents, and various disasters. It mentions a dynamite blast near Ishpeming, a gas explosion in Carpenterville, a fatal blizzard in Chicago, a Rio Grande neutrality patrol plan, a governor’s reaction to rail inefficiency, a Juarez federal entry, and a fire at the Missouri capitol. Also referenced are Taft, a Persian minister shot, and missing officials in Philadelphia. The piece ends with scattered notes on priests, unions, a telescope claim, and a missing postmaster.
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Robert 4. Bachman
Nazareth
Holy Rollers
Wada
House of Representatives
Pekin
Peoria
Eureka
Bloomington
Penoria
South
Bartonville
Congress
United States
Lodge
Massachusetts
United Stated
Phlute Powder Company
Ishpeming
Mich
Rootler
Oflce
Wilburn
Carpenteraville
Howard Mann
Adam Oberst
Carpentersville
Main
Chicago
Capael
Rio Grande River
War Department
Frank Slasgow
Kenosha
Wik
John P. Whits
United Mini Workers
Oskalocna
Herman Cary Bumpua
University of Wisconsin
Order of the Crown
Roumania
Rant-d-Dowteh
Teheran
Persia
Theussaneine
Hitchcock
Rabago
Juarez
Mexico
Misaout
All Souls Congregation
Washington
Taft
Andrew Carnegie
Mount Wileon Observatory
Edward C. Pickering
Harvard
Seattle
Miniaterial Association
Hiram ©. Gil
George W. Dilling
Wis
Q. J. Jacobson
Mary Zahon
Paul Zahon
Bornard
Mise Zahon
Richard J. Ashurat
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
N. J
John Streckfus
Rock Island, I
Ling
St. Goule
New
Tax Commission Proposed To Control Iowa Tax Assessments
Des Moines debates a Spaulding bill creating a permanent three member tax commission with $4,000 salaries to oversee all state tax assessments including railroads and corporations, stripping the executive council of its current powers. The plan requires governor appointment and senate confirmation, with one member a lawyer, one an economist, and one a political scientist.
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Des Moines
Spauding
State Executive Council
Permanent Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Executive Council
Atate
Pverson
Absole Power Ag
Iowa Ia
Helau
Senate
United States
Iowa
Alten
Pocahontas
Cap Maines
Bills Waterlooed DeMchio Indicts Water Works and Roads
A long list of proposed state measures is detailed, including a Butler county bill to fund jails, a Lenocker measure restricting shorthand depositions, and several highway and bridge projects. Other items authorize tax commissions, regulate motor vehicle licenses, school ordinances, and public notices. Additional bills address railroad property assessments, clothing for indigent children, intoxicating liquor, fare adjustments on trains, street naming, and municipal charter changes. Legislative notes mention flag protection petitions and new publications.
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Judiciary Committee
Eichigier
Jasper
Nowell
Plymouth
Akron
Tame Af
Contoryuleglo
Bruce
Floyd
Alan
Stoddard
Buchanan
Sherman
Poweablok
Lakg Ylace
Executus Council
Hazen
Pottwwattamle
Dewey
Guthrie
Fehegalong
Jacobs
Calhoun
Goodykoonts
Boone
Lande
Greene County
J. A. Jusalehky
Gondykoont
Cann Oll Aboll
Moore
Linn
Midfeher
Iowa
Cunningham
Buena Vista
APW
Traina Railyaads
Hl. BP
Harding
Woodbury
Glying Eltles
Booltyar Af
Scott
Illesa Elded
Tayea
Brown
Wright
Griges
Sevanth
Tientioth
Scott County
Hi. B
Johnson
Mitch
H. I
White
Benton
Stina
Page
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praise from Mrs Jordan
Mrs J C Jordan of Scottville Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after thirteen children and long farm work. She recommends the remedy to others for backache bearing down and painful periods. The product is described as made from native roots and herbs with no narcotics or harmful drugs and boasts numerous cures of female diseases.
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Lydia
B.pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkharm
J.¢. Jordan
Scottville, Mich
Pinkham
Too Much For The Corpse In An Irish Theft Tale
A fragmentary Irish dialect tale recounts O Grady in a grim street plot where poverty drives the corpse to beg for money. Friends tempt fate by leaving him at the doorway while an old woman threatens, and the scene shifts to a tense confrontation about change and pity in Dublin.
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P.o'connor
York
Mickuness
O'Grady
Iroland
Q'Grady
Gb O'Grady
Waslington
Blame Physicians For Growth Of Dope Habit
A chaotic clipping blames physicians for morphine addiction growth, accusing them of preferring the drug and of dangerous preservations. It cites a city ordinance restricting retail morphine and its salts, aimed at narcotics and elomactromedias, with health officials backing the measure. A druggist recalls opposition from sanitariums and notes a high share of addicts linked to doctor influence.
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New York
Clama
Wight
Board of Health
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