Widow Pension Questions and Civil War Claims
A sequence of Pension Office Q and A items from Paducah and other towns addresses widow rights under the 1908 act, veteran disability, and marriage proofs. Topics include filing dates, service requirements, prior claim rejections, and how to pursue half-pension support for children. Also covers bounty land warrants, guardianship of minor children, and civil war veteran allowances.
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Ofice
Bureau
Oity
Bounty
Penelon
New York
George Ky
Vistula
Ind
Hobe
Germany
Boldier
Eee
Fire in Chicago tunnel kills seventy workers
A powder house explosion and resulting fire in a submarine tunnel crib near Seventy third Street Lake Michigan claim about seventy workers' lives. Ninety five men were employed. many slept in temporary bunks as winter worsened rescue efforts. The T Morford and a mail boat led the escape and rescue operation.
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Spieces
Michigan
Chicago
Store
Seventy-third Street
George W. Jackson
Orth
George W.W. Jackson Company
T. T. Morford
Johnson
Liquor Men Hit by Tennessee Prohibition Move
Tennessee lower house passed a bill to prohibit the manufacture of intoxicants after January 1, 1910, by sixty to thirty six. The measure, already cleared by the Senate, heads to the governor who is likely to veto it, as with a prior liquor sale ban. Pennsylvania boards call for commuting William L. Cate’s death sentence for Belle Vernon murder of the city police chief.
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Tennesee
Tennessee
Senate
Cate
Pennsylvania State Board of Pardons
Willim L. Cate
Bellevernon
Billek Escapes Noose in Chicago Murder Case
Governor Deneen commutes Herman Billek’s death sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of Mary Uzi in Chicago. The action follows the state board of pardons recommendation after the supreme court refused to intervene.
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Chicago
Deneen
Ilinois
Herman Billek
Mary Uzi
State Board of Pardons
Supreme Court
Wheat market bears raid Chicago grain closes lower
In Chicago on January 25 increased receipts and favorable fall weather spurred a bear raid on wheat, producing closing declines of percent. Corn and oats ended weak with May options closing Wheat at 107, corn and oats at 514 and 51%s respectively.
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Chicago
Pittsburg Market Prices and Slaughter Cattle Report
Market results show hay prices steady while cattle and hogs feature a broad spread. Cattle receipts total 110 head with prices from 15 to 25 cents lower. best steers $6.25 to $6.35, prime $5.90 to $6.10, good $5.60 to $5.85. Sheep and lambs light, lamb prices up 25 cents. hogs active with prime heavies $6.70 to $6.76 and middlings $6.65 to $6.60.
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Pittsburg
Ohio
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Wey -Patiita
Mrsoldiers An KY
Matilda
Paducah, Ky
United States
Ghigaso
Lake
Billek
Samad
Lambertville Rubber Co
Lambertville
Jim
Wil . B. Good
Smicksburg
Dixon Store Co
Idamar
Cochran & Co
Plumville
Christy & Son
Indiana, Pa
Menry & Co
Blakevilla, Pa
Guthrie & Work
Marion Center
Ysu
Pittsburgh
Y Mail
Enoki
Akring
Vogel Bros
Appleby &Peterson
Plano House
Pennsylvania
Hamilton
Pattison
THE
L. Pattison CO
Philadelphia St
Indiana
W. Hill
U. S
Pure Food Department
Washington, D.C
Western Millers
Wilson
Wiley
Agricultural Department
Buffalo
Victor Roller
David Ellis & Son
Penn
Citizens National Bank
Imperial
Hetrick & Wilson, Proprs
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