Bitter battle over control of Northern Pacific stock
In Minnesota a hearing examined allowing intervention by E H Harriman and Winslow Perce in the federal suit against Northern Securities. The case hinges on whether Harriman interests can regain control of Northern Pacific from the San Hill group. Disputed is stock once owned by Oregon Short Line Railway and a $4,918,656 bonus, with a claimed original value near $78,000,000.
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ST. Paul, Minn
United States Circuit Court For the District of
Northern Pacific
Star- San-Hill Group
Harrman
Securities
Harriman
Securities Company
Oregon Short Dine Ailway Company
Pie Securities
Limetger
Miss Fannie Sersier Seeks Marriage Despite Death News
Plainfield New Jersey April 13 A Swiss bound bride to be Miss Fannie Sersier sails toward her fiancé Englebert Bantle who has died before she reaches him. The couple had pledged vows long ago and Bantle’s death arrives as she travels to marry. The loss arrives after word had reached him too late.
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Plainfield
N. J
Man with big ears remark lands Kansas City forgery case
In Kansas CityJudge Wolford scolded a guilty forger remarking that a man with large ears betrays something inside while warning beware the man with small ears. He sentenced the offender to six months imprisonment and placed him on probation.
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Kansas City
Wolford
Nurses Consider Striking Yet Not Official Decision Made
Staff nurses debate possible action amid uncertain timetable with union leadership awaiting formal approval. Hospital administration continues to seek patient care continuity while negotiating with representatives.
City Hospital to Stage Its First Nurse Commencement
City Hospital announces its first training school commencement for ten nurses including Jemima Thitl Neille Schwartz Maude Rash Verrill Vara Gault Josephine Edith Jackson Lilian Smith and Mia Davenport. Board of Health and faculty members will attend with brief addresses in Clinic Hall Green. The long awaited event marks the end of three years’ effort among the city’s injured and sick.
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Florence Grant
Nospital
Jemima Thitl Neille Schwartz
Maude Rash Verrill
Vara Gault
Josephine Edith Jackson
Lilian Smith
Mia
Board of Health
Freak From Philadelphia Where Boys And Men Wear Hats
A curiosity item noting a Philadelphia trend where boys and men increasingly wear hats in public spaces as fashion shifts. The piece highlights local observations and social ambiance, with no cited officials or dates.
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Philadelphia
Rooming-house oddity tests nerves and manners
A couple seeking a room in a Penn town is exposed as novel curiosities by a landlady. The man boasts five trunks of clothes and nervous visitors discuss hats on the porch. The exchange reveals an unusual request and a potential future return.
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Penn Town
Ncme
N. Delawarest
Indiana News Items From Various Indiana Towns
Prisoner in Kekoma jail. Atlanta tinplate mills near sea. San Jose scale hits Elkhart. Bloomington elects J. K. Beck as superintendent. Cayuga post office money and stamps seized. Andrew Carnell donates for Unrary in Mammond if city raises 2900. J P Gladvach jailed at Berghoff brewery, Fort Wayne. Mrs Guinth dies after fall. labor day prep starts at Muntington. Kokomo to Marion railroad nearing completion. dirt removal on flood-swept sidewalks by Nat Cox in Martinsville. Jaybird hymn draws crowds at Schwartz-Kapt, Columbus. Mrs Hundy in Kekomo bears fifteenth child. Roosevelt mentioned. Ed Burt battles Belgian hare mishap. Bertha Montgomery dies at Evansville insane asylum. principal accused in control incident. Richmond factory chief to ban gala fiends from work next year. pale excursions risk half-day rests.
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Quyane
Kekoma
Atlanta
San Jose
Elkhart
Irwin Starch
Edinburg
Mendy
J. K. Beck
Bloomington
Cayuga Post
Andrew Carnell
Mammond
Felix Gladvach
Berghoff Brewery
Fort Wayne
Thesday
Daniel Guinth
Millersbury
Muntington
Huntington Union
Peru
Kokomo, Marion & Western Trace UN
Jay Bird
Schwartz- Kapt
Opera House
Columbus
John Hundy
Kekomo
Ome Tribune
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Ruston
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Reta
Mackey
Hston
Ed Burt
Kokomo
Jie Wan
Misa Bertha Montgomery
Owensville
Southern Insane Hospital
Evansville
B. Lasile
Richmond
Death of Mrs Vonnegut, German city prominent figure
Mrs Clemens Vonnegut, a well known German resident of the city, died at her home Tuesday night after a brief illness. She came from Daden, Germany in 1852 and married Clemmens Vonnegut a year later. Four sons survive: Clemens Jr, Bernard, Franklin and George. The funeral will be held at 2 pm Friday from the residence.
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Clemens Vonnegut
Daden
Germany
Clemmens Vonnegut
Clemens, Jr
Bernard
Franklin
George
Memorial Service for Nathan Morris Held at Jewish Temple
The first annual memorial meeting honored Nathan Morris who died while trying to save Joseph Haas’s child during a dance hall fire. The service featured a musical program with Augusta Rentsch Katherine Bauer Mrs Edmunds and others and included a principal address by Ralph Bamberger.
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Nathan Morris
Morris
Joseph Haas
Augusta Rentsch
Katherine Bauer
Edmunds
Khel Bamberger
Gundicfinger
Ralph Bamberger
Jap Thinks Japan Will Defeat Russia, Says Taskasuga
Dr Eijiro Taskasuga lectured at Roberts Park Church on the Russia Japan war predicting a long conflict with many casualties but eventual Japanese victory. Commercial clappers approved bridge commission plans for Pogues Run altering channel width and bottom gradient awaiting later sewer conversion. Lithographers and employers reach a new agreement ending the lockout pending union referendum.
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Eijiro Taskasuga, Jap
Roberts Park Church
Russia
Japan
Bridge Commission
Man Foiled in Attempted Hold Up at Anderson Office
Word reached Indianapolis on Wednesday of a bold hold up attempt in Anderson Lucsuay evening. An unknown man rushed into Liberalfc Insurance president H Terhune’s office demanding money. Terhune, startled, asked for amount and the intruder fled after handing him a dime. Police searched, but the man was not found. Terhune, a wealthy Indianapolis figure, helped fund a Technical Institute project.
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Terhune
Hlurre
McV. Hunt
North Anderson
Hunt
Pred C. Dickson
Dickson & Talbott
Indianapolis
Technical Institute
Mormon President Signs Order Permitting Sale of Whisky At Resort
Salt Lake City Utah April 18 After two years of resisting liquor sales at Saltair pavilion the Mormon church approved whisky sales at the Salt Lake resort due to church losses. The bar, closed for two years amid criticism, will reopen this season. The move follows pressure over financial impact on church funds.
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Salt Lak City
Utah
Mort
Joseph Smith
Saltair Pavilion
Salt Lake
Avalanche Buries Train Workmen Near Glacier
Many workers are feared buried after a massive avalanche swept a work train from its tracks near Glacier. Snow and rock overwhelmed the cars, obscuring the scene and delaying rescue efforts as authorities investigate the collapse and possible casualties.
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Gran Padre
Glacier
Ster
Poison in Shells Stokes War Reporting From St Petersburg
Reports from St Petersburg describe a new toxin in shells used by Japanese forces weakening breathing organs. Russian doctors note deaths among wounded soldiers despite recovery hopes, indicating poisonous gas as the cause. Other dispatches cover Labouchere’s Russian confidant predicting summer war end, Japanese moves near Chahedii, Polish emigration from Russia, and General Miles forecasting a prolonged conflict with possible European involvement.
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ST. Petensburg
Husrhi
Petershburg
Kasntannakh
Yalu River
Kuropatkin
Samalind
Chahedii
Poraahorha
Sure If It Shows You What Has Robbed Your Health
A terse line urges readers to seek a remedy by identifying what has robbed health and comfort, hinting at a guide to regain power and well being through self awareness and action.
The Road to Wolfville package title clue
A cryptic note hints at a book titled The Road to Wolfville found within each package. It suggests a reason tied to the title in bundle contents.
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Wolfville
Special Trains to California Reach West Coast
Special trains run from Chicago to San Francisco and Los Angeles via Union Pacific and North Western Line with $50 round trip, April 2 and 27, stopovers at Denver Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City, plus $30 Chicago and other points. Tickets valid on Overland Limited, two daily trains, direct transcontinental route. Write W B Kniskern Cincinnati for itineraries.
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California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicago
Union Pacific
North-Western
Denver
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Overland Limited
Missouri River
W. B. Kniskern
Cincinnati
Metall committee clears congress members in post office probe
ALL SERENE WASHINGTON April 12 The Metall committee found charges against congress members over pestetiee seases allowances and dirt hire unfounded. It reported no misconduct or improper use of influence and that members benefited in no financial way from criticized Tivistow transactions. The panel urged less effort on increased allowances and post office changes, easing responsibilities. members feel relieved by the exoneration. The McCall report supports Indianapolis Congressman Oversted’s course.
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Washington
Metall
Jay
Congress
Pestetiee Seases
Dirk
Tivistow
Congressman Oversted
Committee On Post Offices
McCall
Indianapolis
Another Lake Formed Near Queen’s Waterfall
Tacoma dispatch reports a new lake formed in the Olympic mountains after a recent earthquake. The water filled a low valley off Queen’s water and created a lake three weeks after the quake, stirring excitement among local Indians to the west of the Olympic range.
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Tacoma
Wash
Gimpie
Queen's Wailer
Dee
Olympic Mountains
German Theater Night Presents Im Weissen Roves
At English's aspera home on Thursday evening the German theater moiety presents Im Weissen Roves by Blumenthal and Kadelberg. The performance is billed as among the finest German plays and closes the season with Lie Colds. The program promises strong cultural entertainment.
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Aspera
Blumenthal
Kadelberg
Colonist Rates Cut for Union and Southern Pacific Travel
Beginning March 1 to April 30 the Union and Southern Pacific will launch one way second class colonist rates to California Oregon Washington and Idaho. From Chicago to the Pacific coast the rate is 23 3 00 and from St Louis or New Orleans 63 0 0 with intermediate points proportionately lower. Through tourist and reclining cars daily from the listed points with seats in their cars. For details contact W H Connor general agent 53 E Fourth St Cincinnati Ohio.
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Union
Southern Pacific
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Pacific Coast
St Louis
New Orleans
St Catharines Well Spa Guides North American Healings
In St Catharines eleven miles from Niagara Falls on the Grand Trunk main line lies the historic St Catharines well famed for curative waters. Described as clearer and more penetrating than seawater, it treats rheumatism gout scrofula neuralgia and nervous prostration with baths electricity massage exercise and rest under a house physician. Full details available from G T Bell Grand Trunk Railway Montreal.
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St. Catharines
Canada
Niagara Falls
Grand Trunk
St. Catharine's Well
North America
G. T. Bell
G. P. and
T. A. Grand Trunk Railway System
Montreal
Croker denies return to New York amid campaign chatter
William Croker declares no plan to return to New York during the presidential campaign. He says his duties keep him in Wantage and he will not dictate to others in politics. Recent Windmill Hill purchases and a stock sale are noted with no indicated connection to any political action.
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Wantage
Eng
Croker
New York
William J. Bryan
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