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Modern America glimpsed in scattered notices
A digest from many states reports deaths and legal actions. Mrs. Louisa Taft mother of a secretary of war dies in New York. Henry Haven Moyer head of American Sugar Refinery dies in Long Island. Judges appoint receivers for Jamestown Exposition. Petti bore murder case jury completed. Jim Grow bill passes Idaho senate. Fires and deaths occur in Indiana Kansas and Nevada. notable incidents include a burned farmer, a child abduction plot, and a fatal tar paper accident. Also reports drownings in Michigan and a Baltimore train crash with several deaths. Senate and treasury actions include Panama canal bonds issued, and a Kentucky town riot by night riders ending with significant damage.
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Milbury
Mans
Louisa Maria ‘Taft
Secretary of War
New York
Henry C. Haven Moyer
American Sugar Refinery Company
Commack
L. I
Norfolk
Var
United States
Waddill
Boisé
Idaho
George A. Pettiboro
Steunenberg
Guthrie
Oklo
Jim Grow
Senate
Kendallville
Ind
Zachary Widdell
Ligonier
Waddell
Nicolizia Gebbia
Leonardo
Walter la- Thana
Gebbias
Oldfield
Nev
Gov. Sparks
Goldfield
Goldfields