Notable early 20th century crimes and society notes
A broad chronicle lists Roy Young pleading guilty to burglary arson and riot with a Pontiac reformatory sentence. Other items include marriages and elopements, political nominations and campaigns, destructive fires in Sumter and Rawhide, a Grand Army encampment vote, international tensions, assassinations, and other varied incidents across cities such as St Paul Chicago Boston and Omaha. The long list blends crime, politics, and social events from multiple locales.
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Roy Young
Springfield
Pontiac Reformatory
Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
Maldwin Drummond
Westminster Registry Office
Drummond
Edgar Atheling Drummond
Kermit Roosevelt
Northwest
Willam J. Bryan
St. Paul
State Central Committee
Gov. Johnson
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Helen Berger
Milwaukee
Thomas J. Hisgen
Massachusetts
New York
Independence Party
Vast assembly of 1906 world events in one year report
A sweeping chronicle covers a forest fire near Calaveras, indictments from a Springfield grand jury on race riots, Warmer leading Michigan primaries, Orville Wright and students testing aeroplanes, veterans encampments, Manila court sentences, and various accidents, weather, and political developments across the United States and abroad with named places and people.
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Calaveras Big Tree
Springfield
Michigan
Fred Warmer
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Ithaca
Carnell
Tacoma
Wash
Territorial Supreme Court
Manila
Dunaharra
Parang
Mindanao
J. W. McDonald
Vandeventer
United States Circuit Court
St. Paul
Arkansas Railway Commission
Gill
East St. Louis
Ransome Paine
Philip Wolff
St. Clair County
Akutan Harbor
Bering Sea
Robert Olsen
McCulloch
First National Bank of
Charles O. Jones
Waterville
Grand Army of the Republic
Toledo
Tait
Foraker
Ine
James S. Stackpole
Stackpole Brothers
Lewistown Pa
Mifflintown
Flemington
Melbourne
Sperry
Paris
Sidi el Mokhri
Abd-el-Aziz
Governor Johnson appeals for aid after devastating Minnesota fire
Governor Johnson announces a major disaster in northeastern Minnesota with 6,000 homeless, millions in losses, and possible 12,000 homeless total as mining sites Shenandoah, Harty, and Pilsburg destroyed. He forms a state-wide relief committee and names mayors as special commissioners to organize aid efforts promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Johnson
Minnésota
Saba Range
St. Louis County
Shenandoah
Harty
Pilsburg
Minnesota
R. D. Haven
A. C. Weiss
Milton Bunnell
A. Tl. Ordan
A.J. Washburn
H. M. Peyton
Duluth
Martin Hughes
Hibbing
John A. Johnson
Mesaba Range
Buhl
Nashwauk
Wrenshall
Coleraine
Chisholm
Sothern
Sibley Law Argued Over Express Charge Reductions
In Lincoln Nebraska on Monday Supreme Court Referee John J Sullivan heard arguments on the Sibley law reducing express charges by 25 percent Attorney General Thompson urged judgment against express companies while Attorney Breckenridge opposed the motion claiming the law could impose minimum penalties of 6 million and maximum penalties of 60 million under its terms.
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Sibley
Lincol N
Nebraska
Supreme Court
John J.sullivan
Thompson
Express Companies
Breckenridge
Canadian Pacific Yields in Winnipeg Strike Talks
Canadian Pacific Railway decides to return on the wage scale agreed by the majority report of the board of conciliation held in Winnipeg. A second board will reexamine disputed points. The move is an unexpected concession as British mechanics are expected to start distribution to the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Board of Canciliation
Canadian Pacific Railway
Knox Auto Is Overturned in Swiss Mountain Drive
Senator Pil lander C. Knox of Pennsylvania narrowly escaped serious injury when an automobile overturned on a Geneva to Evian les Bains route. He was accompanied by his son, who escaped with minor cuts. The incident occurred in Switzerland near Geneva amid a swift rescue.
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Knox
Geneva
Switzerland
Pillander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Evian Les Bains
Iowa Governors Call For Primary Law Changes
Governor Cummins urged a general amendment to the primary law to cover all political parties and to allow voting at the November election to avoid extra costs. He opposed the Oregon plan and stressed party membership for nomination, signaling an extra session to enact reform as lawmakers organize.
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Cummins
General Assembly
Curtains
Iowa
Congress
Oregon
House
Senate
Gart
Appropriations Committee
Senate Elections Committee
Crossley
Elections Committee
Alaska
Gilliland
Petersen
Whipple
Mattes
Colonel B. F. Rena Dies After Civil Engineer Career
Colonel B F Rena a pioneer Iowan civil engineer and husband of Sedra Woolley died his remains are headed to Marengo for funeral. He was from a military family and brother to General Rens who fell at Gettysburg another brother distinguished in the Indian War rising to general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Rena
Clinton
Th. F. Rena
Sedra Wooley
Wash
Marengo
Rena
Rens
Gettysburg
Record of State Fair Attendance and Gate Receipts
This item reports that this year’s state fair exceeded last year in daily attendance and gate receipts. It provides a day by day statement of gate money collected, detailing totals for each day of the fair in both years.
Waterloo Has a Weston and a Forty Mile Walk
Osage reports James Sandy a famed walker from Waterloo to his home covered sixty miles in three days at an average of twenty miles daily. The aging Scotchman, described as four half old, completed the journey from Waterloo to Osage, highlighting endurance across northern Iowa.
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Paris
Leon de la Grange
Aviators’ Elite of
France
M. de la Grange
Henri Farnam
Osage
Iowa
James Sandy
Fort
Waterloo
Rich Land Threatened By Missouri River Erosion
Sioux City region resident H. M. Bavers of Jefferson, South Carolina seeks government engineers to help stop the Missouri River from eroding farmland in the local area of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
H. M. Bavers
Jefferson, S. C
Much Money for Missions at Gospel Tabernacle Meeting
At the missionary meeting in Boone At the Gospel Tabernacle one of the citys smaller churches the crowd showed great enthusiasm and within minutes five thousand nine dollars was subscribed to fund foreign mission work.
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Boone
Gospel Tabernacle
Oldest Settler P M Casady Dies in Des Moines
Judge P M Casady, described as Des Moines oldest settler among those alive, died at his home. He led the Des Moines Savings Bank as president until its recent reorganization, retired due to age, previously practiced law, and served as a district judge. He arrived in Des Moines in 1824, having origins near Conville Indiana.
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P. M. Casady
Des Moines
Savings Bank
Tye
Dex
Conville
Indiana
Noel elevator near Eagle Grove and Vincent opens at new siding
A new farmers elevator named Noel rises on the Chicago Great Western siding between Eagle Grove and Vincent. The report also notes a $15,000 damage suit in Glenwood over Earl Moore's death and a string of local incidents from Iowa towns including a fatality near Hastings, a fatal auto crash linked to Prof. Fitzgerald in Los Angeles, and a domestic case in Centerville.
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Chicago Great Western
Eagle Grove
Vincent Leains
Noel
Glenwood
J. S.penettl Ys
Wabash Railroad
X Clan
Earl Moore
Belista
Iowa
Hardin County
New Mexico
Nara Visa
John Knauss
Des Moines
Dayton
William Ramsey
Blanche Cosner
Centerville
McDaniel
Kuown
Gilman
Lmb
Cedar Falls
Frank Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Cal
State Normal
E. M.overton
Hastings
Overman
Anti-Saloon League
Woodbury County
H. A. Sawyer
John Gang Brewing Company
Victor Johnson
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Anheuser Buseh. Brewing Company
Stephen Kennedy Company
Val Hats Brewing Company
J. A. Hatey
Clarion
Frank Kerchival
Burlington
Kas
Haley
Kerchival
Elise
Colorado
Town
Hampton
North English
Limecrest
Nels Thocn
Kensett
Medgarten
J. M. Brown
Manson
George G. Brown
H. R. Burrell
George
Texan Clergyman Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
Whitesboro Texas clergyman Rev GM Gray testifies that four years of lumbago caused constant pain until Dean's Kidney Pills quickly removed the difficulty. He reluctantly allows his name to be used to help others with kidney trouble. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Gray
Whitesboro
Tex
Dean
Cape
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Timid Kard D does poetry around here editor
A terse note questions the quality of poetry submissions and mentions a recent batch that apparently went out of the window, reflecting reader editor friction.
Three Cures of Eczema Promised by Cuticura Remedies
A reader recounts eczema cases across three summers cured by Cuticura Ointment and Remedies. Claims include a brother’s back eczema clearing after use and a Michigan child’s persistent eczema resolved, with dates noting Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk of Coldwater, Michigan, in 1997.
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Indiana
Sarah E. Lusk
Coldwater
Mich
Fiveyearold Brooklyn Girl Reviews Newborn Baby
A five year old daughter of a Brooklyn man, famed as a doll connoisseur, inspects a real live baby in the house. When asked by the nurse if the baby is nice, she admits it is nice but notes the head is loose.
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Sables
Brooklyn
Starch Choice Praised for Fine Fabrics This Summer
The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of great importance. Defiance Starch, being free from injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffener makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with a perfect finish.
Fragmented quotation and ad copy from old newspaper
A mixed OCR fragment contains quips about genius and punctuality, plus an advertisement tone for guns and tobacco products. It references catalog 105 NW, Ide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, and Lesgis' Factory in Peoria. The passage also includes a Jefferson quote and stray punctuation.
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Ide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
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Salt Lake City
Washington
Ohio
Youngstown
Gov. Harris
Gov. Hughes
Beveridge
Albany
West Australia
Daniel Gadell
Omaha
Edna Kennett
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employer of America
New England
Sumter
Miss
Hanly
Indianapolis
Niigata
Yokyo
Japan
A S. Waters
Tampa
Pia
Hot Springs
Ark
Peter J. Schollert
Britain
Mulal Hafid
Henry M. Nevins
Red Banty
N. O
W. L. Gillman
Roxbury
Maas
Womans’ Relief Corps
Chester Jordan
Honorah
Earl Hallam
Springhelst
George Richardson
Frederick T. Austin
Neb
West
Frederick Cornelius
Muskogee
Okla
Miss Babe Die Metcalf
Tulsa
Ilinois and Michigan Canal
Channahon
Joliet
Pittsburg-Wablash
Ville de Dieppe
Niagara Walls
Edward Burnett
Chicago River
William C. Cummings
Ionia
Saul Ste Marie
George Bailey
Lida Dans
Wellington
Kaw
Columbus
Lieut. Bénedict
T. J. Semple
Lake Erie
Ghisholm
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
White House
United States
Little Village
OWA
HOS
Dee Bees
Jefferson
Tewis
Uealer
Lesgis
Peoria
Fic Syrup Co
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