City Woman Seeks Jail Then Visits Dead Sister’s Children
Jennie Scheer, 51, known as a police visitor for drunkenness, begged to stay free and visit her dead sister’s children after returning to the city from a Laurel farm. Judge Orton offered to suspend jail if she left with intent to return Monday, but she insisted on seeing the nieces who resembled her sister.
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Milena
Jennie Scheer
Jennie
Laurel
Ana
Duncan
Judge Wilkinson
Indianapoli
Yulee
Orton
Antil
Orion
Prisoner Looms Tall in Courtroom Exchange
In a wartime style scene, a prisoner tall as Mike Raftery sits and jokes in the courtroom as Mike questions him. Gus Anderson banters about height while other men, part of a boxcar group near Addison and the Vanilla tracks, receive fines. Capt Drawson negotiates dismissals. one man is sent to St Louis after a light sentence.
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Mike Raftery
Gail
Gus Anderson
Mike
Gus
Erron
Addision
Vanialla
Cincinnati
Herr
St. Louis
Solis
Cireur
Andersen
Capt. Drawson
Hearst Favoring Penn Delegates Draws Mixed Reaction
In Penn Jerom Hert seeks support to attend the national convention for Parker but results show strong Hearst backing locally. Primaries across DeKalb Clinton Fountain Daviess Elkhart Boom Carrell Newton elect delegates to the state convention amid rural influences. Dr Fletcher lectures on Japan and Rural at George W Sloan School with stereoscopic views predicting Japan’s victory. Helen Buchanan, 2, daughter of Richard Buchanan News assistant city editor, dies at 32nd and New Jersey Welday.
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Penn
Jerom Hert
Hertt
Judge Parker
Mr. Hearst
Hearst
DeKalb
Clinton
Fountain
Daviess
Elkhart
Boom
Carrell
Newton
Fletcher
Japan
A. J. Fletcher
Ruraia
George W. Sloan School
R. T. Buchanan
Helen Buchanan
Richard Buchanan
The
News
Thirty-second
New Jersey
Welday
Prison sentence after confession in international trial
A man confessed to a crime in an international trial, was found guilty, and sentenced to prison. Moments later the judge ordered him removed to a holding area as the proceedings concluded.
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Denver
Cab
Cote
Ernest
Gudiy
Gift of $100000 Aims for Dr Finlay Yellow Fever Work
A bill introduced in Congress seeks a $1,000,000 appropriation to be presented as a gift to Dr. Carlos Finlay, the Canadian expert whose mosquito theory helped curb yellow fever in Havana. Finlay’s work credited with enabling Havana to end quarantines and boost commerce by clearing Miranae and opening Cluba to trade.
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Wavana
Haseen
Congress
Carlos Finlay
Finlay
Havana
Cluba
Blizzard shuts Buffalo street cars. heavy snows hit towns
A brisk April blizzard blanketed Buffalo delaying streetcars while sections of New Castle Indiana and Glenn Falls reported deep snow. The report notes burglaries and criminal court activity amid chaotic weather, with mention of local businesses and a bank.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Huffalo
Ing
Glenns Falls
Weekend Weather Forecast for Saturday and Sunday
Partly cloudy conditions prevail with a cool start Saturday night and Sunday. Temperatures rise from 30 degrees at 7 a.m. to 38 at noon and 42 by 2 p.m. Freezing temperatures expected Saturday night with light northerly winds.
Lost family wanders city streets seeks return home
Chartes Smith Pacey Jew and family of ten slept in a stranger’s home after getting lost. Police aided as the family tried to return to their address in Torre Hamte. The incident highlights ongoing thefts by ubiquitous plumbing thieves. Wing at 120 W. Thirtieth says faucets were stolen multiple times after replacement from a Shelby home.
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Chartes Smith
Pacey
Leeann Font
Torre Hamte
Thirtieth St
Shelhyat
Fragmented OCR notes hint at a local meeting outcome
A garbled report mentions an executive committee, a date, and possible actions on a project or event. It references stakeholders, a planned week, and power or governance themes, but details are unclear due to incomplete OCR text. The piece reads like a brief municipal or organizational update with uncertain specifics.
Pair of cuff buttons theft case linked to engagement rings
A fragmented early 20th century report mentions arrests for stealing cuff buttons and engagement rings. It references individuals and a Chandlery/ jewelry business on Monument Place and a drug store at the Maryland-Limo street corner, with unclear local names and dates.
Sevastopol Destroyed With 700 Men At Port Arthur
London April 16 reports from St. Petersburg say the Russian battleship Sevastopol and another vessel were blown up at Port Arthur. The Sevastopol, a first class battleship with 700 men, matched the Petropavlovaki class. It had four 14 inch guns, twelve 6 inch guns, and smaller arms. Built in Russia, she was disabled by the Japanese fleet on February 9, then later paired.
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St. Petersburg
Sevastopol
Por Arthur
London
Port Arthur
Petropavlovaki
Admiral Alexieff Assumes Command After Sevastopol Sighting
London April 16 report from Port Arthur says Admiral Alexieff viceroy of the Far East transferred his flag to the battleship Sevastopol and assumed command of the Russian fleet. Sevastopol reported destroyed, officials seek the admiral s fate amid a contrasting St. Petersburg denial that Sevastopol was sunk.
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London
Port Arthur
Alexeff
Sevastapo
Sevastapol
St. Petersburg
Russians Beat Japanese at Yalu in Surprise Attack
April 1 report from London declares a Russian victory as they decimated Japanese troops at the mouth of the Yalu River. Russians attacked from concealment, wrecking transport ships and causing heavy Japanese casualties and stampedes as they seized troops, artillery, and provisions.
Kuropatkin Urges Czar to Abandon Port Arthur
An unverified message from Rome relayed by Mukden reports General Kuropatkin, commander of the Russian army, advised the czar to abandon Port Arthur, a decision said to have already been made. The dispatch offers no definitive confirmation and the source is unclear.
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London
Uoa Meenage
Rome
Mukden
Kuropatkin
Port Arthur
Lewin
Chinese Armament Raises Tensions On Manchuria Front
St Petersburg April reports renewed Chinese military activity with troop redeployments toward Manchuria. General Ma is named commander of the northern army as frontier tensions grow. Chinese forces press on Russian lines, with losses and naval damage at Port Arthur. Washington April notes warn that correspondents may be treated as spies, heightening war coverage.
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Manehima
Correas
Thrysta Velo Witelers
St. Vetersturg
Plotted to Blow Up Bridge in Manchuria Arrests
Two Japanese officers were arrested in Manchuria while attempting to dynamite a bridge over the Nei river, posing as Tibetans to carry out the attack. In Petrograd, April 16, orders were issued to complete five Holland-type submarine hulls and five Beklomishaft-type boats for shipment to Port Arthur.
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Manchuria
Petrasaurg
Nonni River
Smanchuria
Russia
Petersburg
Able
Uke Haldle
Neva
Port Arthur
Naval officers pursue new methods to reclaim Russian supremacy
The officers hope to use adapted tactics against Japan, aiming to restore Russia's naval dominance through unconventional methods.
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Russias
They’re “Bad Business” on Mines Regulation
Vienna leader Ane M Coont proposes at the international congress in Lents next September that stops Giken to regulate mine use. The count notes that the Russia war proves mines and torpedoes are the most barbarous tools of destruction and danger to ships.
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Vienna
Ane
M—Coont Aipert Penyi
Wader
Nay Liberad Party
Lents
Togo Recalls Tokio Attack Report As Japan Sinks Ship
A fragmented report recalls the attack on Pearl Harbor and Japanese strikes on a U S vessel near the harbor. Admiral Ogo is cited regarding the events with Wednesday night action and morning developments.
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Ogo
Por Arthur
RSIN
Mortgage Plans for Island Pacific Firm In Missouri
The Independence Missouri suit details a $163 million mortgage by Laventure for Island & Pacific Co. seeking to file another $267,000,000 lien in Central company through a New York trustee. Additional actions aim to record the mortgage in other Missouri counties and eight other states. Rock Island officials consult railroad contractors on a new main line from Kansas City Eldon to shorten the distance to Chicago by three miles.
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Independence
Jam Laventure
Nica Meck Island & Pacific Company
da BR
Frances
The
Central Company
New York
Missouri
Rock Inland
Kansan City
Eldon
Kansas City
Chics
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