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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1905
Page
2
A dense clipping lists varied items from transportation and industry to government acts. It mentions a Peru related incident, a college event in Hoek, and a senate note. It also covers naval tests, corporate formations, pardons, and a rubber company capital stock adjustment reflecting broad civic and economic concerns.
A sprawling, fragmentary market update names many entities and places including Ghigaga Prevuea and Phyfees Conbarmieny and TEC. It references New York trading activity, port notes, and assorted companies, with scattered mentions of individuals and ships. The garbled text notes prices, cargoes, and market mood alongside unrelated political and personal items.
Shen and Young accuse being asked to pay bribes to tie union rivals in the Montgomery Ward case. Testimony before a grand jury names Peabody Coal, Thorne, and Sears Roebuck figures tied to attempts to corrupt union leaders and employers. Reports describe a broad bribery scheme linked to the ongoing strike turmoil and grand jury proceedings.
New York reports Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton plans to resign from Roosevelt's cabinet within months and return to private life. He has been in New York consulting with financial and street railway leaders. Interborough Rapid Transit, controlled by August Belmont, runs Manhattan's elevated and subway lines. Officials declined to confirm the rumor of his shift toward the Gould railroad interests.
Barron dispatch reports a boiler in a Barron mill exploded sending debris and wrecking the engine room. Walter Stowell and Oscar Patterson were badly injured with Patterson found over 100 feet from the mill and Stowell crawling free. Both are expected to recover.
Milwaukee dispatch reports A H Milligan who fled with Florence Groves from Chicago on January 16 and agreed to commit death by own action at the Blatz hotel. After the girl killed herself he pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter and received the maximum ten years at hard labor in Waupun. Dunkirk dispatch notes Alvin Adams died from injuries after a gasoline sprayer explosion mangled him and severed a leg.
Montreal dispatch reports Judge Lafontaine delays extradition proceedings in the Gaynor Greene case for eight more days due to the judge not being ready. Carthage dispatch notes grain shippers in Adams and Hancock counties meet to push for new laws aiding grain shippers. A Stockholm cablegram says the American consular corps honored retiring minister W. W. Thomas Sr with a silver loving cup.
An assassin threw a bomb at King Alfonso of Spain and President Loubet of France after leaving the Paris opera. The weapon grazed escort officers and injured a dozen, including a stenographer and several women, but the king and president escaped unharmed. The crowd gasped as the carriage moved toward Palais Royal, with police surrounding the scene and riders throwing themselves clear as fragments flew.
The Standard Oil Company has bought 100,000 acres in eastern North Carolina to supply a new cooperage plant on the planned line of the Virginia and Carolina Coast railroad from Norfolk. The venture aims to produce its own barrels locally, with the project centered in Norfolk Virginia.
In Columbus Ohio the state Republican convention adopted a platform upholding the administration and nominated Herrick for governor with Harris second on the ticket. The contest was quiet, opposition withdrawn, and all candidates were proclaimed by acclamation. Harris previously held the same post during McKinley’s two terms.
Stockholm students from Wgh schools take over street cleaning as strikers press for better conditions. Volunteers rally behind municipal authorities. if the strike continues, military and civil officials plan to form a brigade to maintain sanitation and duties in Stockholm. Panama cablegram reports General Benjamin Herrera named military chief of the Venezuela frontier with Gen Adam Vargas as chief of staff.
Davenport Iowa reports a severe hailstorm between Tipton and Mechanicsville with blocks up to twelve inches in circumference. Hogs in pastures were killed while horses and cattle stampeded into barbed wire fences and died. Other items include a cowboy lassoing a cow in Northumberland Pennsylvania and a ship collision on Kanawha river. A New York city ticket proposes municipal ownership of utilities. A $10,000 reward is offered for a lost packet of letters.
A chaotic report outlines rumors about a continuing war with Japan, court intrigues, and the role of advisers as pressure grows on Emperor to decide peace or continued fighting. It cites the imperial assembly, public sentiment, and fears of agitation as authorities weigh possible settlement terms.
Fragmented read with jumbled names and scenes. A mistaken mix of theater notes and hoax advertisements references Moravia New York and various figures including Harry Thow and Marconi. The piece blends a Shakespearian production with stray names and products, lacking a coherent narrative.
A garbled mix of patent medicine pitches and oddities appears, mentioning De Muntred Buller award, Camalleceniut cures, Cheney & 60 Toledo, and Hall's Catarrh Cure. It also references Pope Pius X, asparagus gift, and Defiance Starch with scattered product claims and promotional chatter. The text blends quirky ads with a brief note on a papal audience and household goods.
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