Mexico dollar's hold in orient stirs US coin plan
Secretary Root pursues a silver coinage scheme for the Philippines as natives refuse to swap the Mexican dollar for a United States silver coin. Traders in China and the Philippines favor Mexican money for its recognized value and chop marks.
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Washington
Root
War Department
Philippines
United States
Congress
Philipines
Iesir
Mexico
Far East
Orient
China
Siam
Straits Settlements
French China
Roberts
Mint
Aig
Ching
John Barrett
England
Singapore
Hong Hong
Prisoner in Elizabeth plots jail escape with improvised tools
Thomas Doyle sentenced to 26 years for murder hides a steel shank and auger device in his cell. He digs at flooring but is discovered by a trusty, a guard shifts him to another cell, and Sheriff Houston transfers him to the state prison.
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Elizabeth
N. Oo
Thomas Doyle
van Sickle
Maurice
Baldwin
Springfield
Doyle
Dovie
Houston
State Prison
Crandall Sews Now Road as Evangelist Preacher
F G Crandall of Omaha has left a 21 year drug sales career to drum souls for the Lord. He plans plain talk rather than sermons and will resume work in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska with his family of wife and four children.
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Mer
F. G. Crandall
Iowa
Nebraska
Shorty
Mr. Crandall
Crandall
Trinity Methodist Church
Cop seeks divorce from widow he married by possible hypnotism
New York police officer Peter Miller at Mulberry Street station seeks an annulment from Marie Jacobs the Rockaway Beach widow he was allegedly hypnotized into marrying. Jacobs is indicted for keeping a disorderly house and Miller claims the marriage was coerced by a minister and events since then include constant alimony and telegraph reminders.
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Miller
Mulberry St
Marie Jacobs
Queen's County
Merrill
Valley Stream
Rockaway Beach
Tivoli Hotel
Jacobs
Green
Rockaway
Miler
Timber fall traps man. dog delivers rescue note
Oakland Florida report tells of Jim Carson pinned by a pine trunk for ten hours after a timber accident. He scratched HELN in blood on a chip, prompting a dog to fetch help and aiding his frantic rescue. condition described as delirious but improving with nursing. Also from Paducah Kentucky a man nicknamed Snake Jones known for subduing a rattlesnake at a market show years earlier.
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Carson
Paducah, Ky
John
Snake” Jones
Metropolis
Brill Case to Proceed Despite Weir’s Wound
In LaPorte Indiana on January 26 Lemuel Darrow Weir’s partner denies rumors the case against Cleveland man J W Brill who shot Attorney E B Weir will be dropped if the wounded man recovers. The prosecution will push the case to the bitter end.
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Laporte
Ind
J. W. Brill
Cleveland
E. EB. Weir
Lemuel Darrow
Weir
Love Dare Ends In Tragic Suicide
New York reported tragedy as 18 year old Harry Baumeister hanged himself after a girl named Katie Strausa, 16, allegedly dared him to prove his love. Baumeister left German letters to Katie and others, placing blame on the taunt while his father sought him at the gilding factory.
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New York
Katie Strausa
Harry Baumeister
E. Eighty-second-st
Wirth & Syse
Baumeister
Katie Strauss
Harry
Watie
Two Sets of False Teeth Spark Londonhattan Tale
A boarding house mistress and Miss Clarence Mason clash over six false teeth worth ten dollars. The teeth, seized on Jan 7 and later found on Herman Stone after a burglary, trigger assault and theft whispers as courts sort jurisdiction between Newark and New York.
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New York
Clarence Mason
Annie Franklin
W. Fortyfourth St
Miss Franklin
Miss Mason
Hogan
Newark
Herman Stone
Essex Market
Charles 8. Saunders
Broadway
Cure for Epilepsy Promised by Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer
Mrs Jos Keller of Converse Indiana recounts ten years of epilepsy with failed treatments and expenses before reporting a cure after six months on Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer. She claims relief from seizures and urges others to try the medicine. Sold by dealers or prepaid express at 1.00 per bottle, six for 5.00 by The J W Brant Co Ltd Albion Michigan.
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Wheeler
Jos. Keller
Converse
Ind
J. W. Brant Co.,Ltd
Albion, Mich
Man Recovers from Digestive Trouble with Stuart's Tablets
A man describes persistent stomach problems and kidney and heart strain from poor digestion. After trying many doctors and two years of treatment, he used Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and reports improved appetite, sleep, and vitality. He explains the tablets digest food with aseptic pepsin malt diastase and natural digestives, restoring nourishment.
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Pillar
Stuart
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Amendment to postal code bill defeated in Senate
Washington near unanimous defeat followed a prolonged debate on adding a clause to bar sub letting star routes contracts. The rest of the item touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best protection against fevers pneumonia and diphtheria in the era.
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Washington
Hood
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething pain, gum softening, wind colic and diarrhoea priced at twenty five cents per bottle.
Indiana Dental College Clinic Hours and Fees
Indiana Dental College at S. W. Cor. Delaware and Chiosis accepts patients from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for all dental work. Fees are stated to cover only the cost of services.
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S. W. Cor
Delaware and Chiosis
New Florida Service Via C H D Ry
New Florida service via the C, H and D railroad runs Mondays and Thursdays each week from Indianapolis to St. Augustine. The solid train departs at 5:15 p m and reaches Jacksonville at 7:30 p m and St. Augustine at 8:30 the following evening, with only one night out. For reservations and details contact ticket agents. R P Algeo D P A.
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Indianapolis
St. Augustine
Jacksonville
R. P. Algeo
Complex Rail Schedule Fragments Across Cities
Readable fragments show train connections among Peoria Bloomington Champaign Columbus Cincinnati Dayton Chicago and Decatur with assorted times and accommodations. Indicates city pairings, stopovers, and special ex services amid a scattered timetable.
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Columbus & Spring
Ohio
Lynn Accommodation
Dayton and
Xenia
Spencer Ace
Cot. Ind. & Louis
Logans
Chicago
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