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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
6
A highly garbled OCR page from the Grand Rapids Tribune mixes names, places, and events with numerous misreadings. It references Newport, Alden, New Zealand, universities, hazing, burglaries, and international figures in a fragmented, hard to decipher narrative.
President Roosevelt denounces New York World owner Joseph Pulitzer and calls for prosecution for libel after reading coverage of Panama Canal property purchase. The World fires back, defending its reporting and asserting Congress must investigate the transaction. Other items note bank embezzlement conviction in Oklahoma, Boston official surrender on perjury, actor Harry Glazier’s death, Napoleon bank closure notices, bankruptcy of actress Alice Nelson, and other brief items.
Isabella J Mor an of Oakingd Gal was found guilty by a jury after a brief deliberation of conspiracy in dynamiting Judge F. S. Ogden residence on March 15 2007. The verdict follows the charged plot and rapid jury decision.
The Dutch battleship Jacob van Heemskerk arrived in the north towing the Venezuelan coast guard vessel as a prize. The incident occurred on May 23.
Rockefeller files criminal libel charges over a December New York American article claiming peonage in a Chicago stockade. Carvalho, Merrill, and Clark of Star Company face arraignment. Merrill says the piece originated from Chicago. Rockefeller, with attorney Murphy, seeks warrants for the Star Company officials. Carvalho arrested, others missing.
A 60 year old man known as Kentu ky Toe was arrested here Thursday by federal agents under secret service direction. He is accused of leading a gang that robbed post offices and sold stolen goods across Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee for over three years. Several confederates were arrested last week in Tazewell Virginia.
Chaos erupts in Caracas as crowds topple statues and burn portraits of President Castro and allies amid clashes with authorities. Municipal officials arrest several seagoers while marshalling for order. Castro remains calm, denying reports of any uprising as unrest threatens his grip on Venezuela.
Wilbur Wright soared to 240 feet in a rapid ascent then dropped 50 feet to engine cut, gliding to a smooth landing three quarters of a mile from the start. English Acro club members praised the display of skill and control after the ascent.
New York Nine camps and subsidiaries named in a final decree as forming an illegal combination to dominate the tobacco industry. American Tobacco Company and others are ordered to dissolve as parties to the pact and halt interstate commerce until competition is restored, with appeals noted as a temporary stay of the decree.
An automobile carrying three men plunged from the Oneida street bridge into the river at one o'clock Thursday morning. Oscar Z. Nurtiett and Albert Kunz died. A. F. Solliday was rescued with difficulty and taken to the emergency hospital. The driver failed to notice the open bridge and attempted to avoid the river before the car flipped into a somersault.
Constantinople observed a general holiday as the Ottoman parliament opened its first session. Crowds filled the streets while garrisons guarded the route and schoolchildren saluted liberty as dignitaries arrived.
Taft announces Knox as premier choice. Knox would join cabinet as attorney general. Taft says Knox a great lawyer, likely presidential candidate, and Pennsylvania support may rise. Wickersham status undecided. no final selection for attorney general yet.
Wright, the Americas aeroplanist, established a new warship record for heavier-than-air machines in Dayton, Ohio while attempting the Michelin prize for one hour and 59 seconds. He also set a one hour 31 minute record on September 21, then capped the day by reaching 60,000 feet and winning the Lusthe Aero club prize.
In Somerville Miss Maud Hartley, 14, was killed on a street by Janes J. Harmon, also 14, son of Polles Sergeant James M. Marmion. Harmon reportedly fled after the shooting but surrendered to police half an hour later. The incident followed a rejection by Hartley, daughter of Mrs. Agnes Hartley.
Six men robbed the Farmers' Glite bank at Keene and the Commercial bank of Gibbon, engaging in a battle with residents before escaping by auto with 55000. One raider possibly wounded. Also in brief: stock broker H B Marchbank killed himself in Jephnu Montana reporting a note about health. James Curren, 18, killed in a boxing match in Philadelphia. Court sentencings in Harrisburg for capitol scandal conspiracy. Steamer Daghestan sunk after collision near New York with no lives lost. Kansas glassblowers strike ends at Coffeyville plant. Nebraska milling industry opposes bleached flour transport ban. Explosion at Senior Powder Company plant in Lebaron Ohio kills Clinton Scare and Urton.
A fragmented 19th century tale recounts Arthur Ovens and Hla Gx Team pursuing a moral journey. It describes hunger, travel by wagon, and a carriage mishap as the prodigal son seeks to prove himself to his father through steady work and perseverance amid hardship.
In Topeka a 25 year old man, Whosean Z Wiggin, is elected judge of the court of common pleas in Wyssiidolly county Kansan to fill the expired term of Judge Willis C. Kolt. He studied at the University of Kansas and the Kansas City School of Law. He vows strict decorum in court and prohibits smoking and feet on tables. The piece notes criticism of college yells and includes miscellaneous notes on origin of muellin and New York tea consumption.
Disjointed OCR text recounts a bank crime case involving John R. Walek and Moxey with details of ledgers, confessions, and investigators. It references courtroom style notes, suspect relationships, and a moral dialogue about love and duty interwoven with stray quotations from The New York Weekly and Denham. The fragmentary material blends crime reporting, social anecdotes, and sensational snippets.
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