Chinatown Rebuilds After Great Fire in San Francisco
Chinatown is nearly rebuilt within a year after the fire, with over 259 new brick buildings at about 20 000 each. A joss house costing nearly a million is planned under the Chinese consul’s supervision, and a modern theater seating 1 000 at 43 000 is rising on Washington Street. Two restaurants for affluent patrons are near completion as a cleaner, more picturesque oriental quarter emerges for travelers.
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Kearny
Sacramentosts
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Man Confesses Killing Partner Over Snoring
Special to The Sam roseberg Cre May 9 The elderly woodsman William Blohs confessed to fatally striking Orlando Lemmon after Lemmon snored at night Police and scientists find the case puzzling as Blohs led officers to the buried remains and stated I told him to quit his snoring but he paid no attention and began to snore louder so I chopped his head off
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William Blohs
Orlando Lemmon
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Johs
District Attorney's Office
What the People of Indiana Think of Peruna
Indiana readers praise Peruna for catarrh stomach and nerve issues with notes from Edinburg Seymour Goshen Scottsburg and Terre Haute. Testimonies claim relief from dizziness headaches stomach trouble and insomnia with repeated use and advice to others.
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Peruna
Otto Jordan
Dulver
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Sweet Singer of Buffalo Praises Theodore in Verse
Julia Ditto Young of Buffalo New York has written an epic titled Barham Beach praising Theodore Roosevelt. The manuscript was presented to the president in a hand bound volume, read by him, with the poet noting its thirteen year origin in his early police work. The poem includes sections mirroring classic epic forms and aims to honor Roosevelt’s slum reform efforts and social regeneration.
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Roosevelt
Wallst
Theodore
Barham Beach
Julia Ditto Young
Buffalo
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Young
New York
Roosevelt Poem Echoes Heroic Sacrifice And Deathless Strife
Fragmented verses laud Theodore Roosevelt as a savior of the weak. The poem contrasts heathen imagery with his crusade against oppression and danger, depicting him as risking life and soul to aid the disinherited mob and fight for liberty amid perilous toil.
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Yes, Why Not T. R Beauty Contest Claim
A playful note suggests President Roosevelt enter a beauty contest citing his versatility. Admirers argue he could win, contrasting him with past figures and describing his beauty as peony like rather than lily or forget me not in a tongue in cheek endorsement.
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Roosevelt
Garfield
PARK VIEW SANATORIUM ADVERTises TREATMENTS
Park View Sanatorium offers treatment for cancer skin uterine and rectal diseases. Dr L T Leach practices in New York and California.
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Park View Sanatorium
L. T. Leach
New York
California-ste
Faro Distilled Water Company Prices
Hail half gallon bottles six cents seven gallon? five gallon demijohns forty cents. New phone number listed as 2773 old, matn 778.
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Faro Distilled Water Company
It Came From Home Quote on Congressional Mention
In a dialog, Bunker is cited as a possible congressional candidate. A woman remarks on the faith some women place in their husbands, highlighting the era's political attitudes and gender norms.
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Congress
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Offer
A railroad surgeon’s discovery promises to cure any old chronic sore within a day and relieve pain instantly. The remedy claims to remove all inflammation, priced at 26 cents.
Sleuths Trail Famous Crooks
In San Francisco on May 9 detectives from the Pinkerton agency chase the Howard gang of Australian swindlers tied to a $198,000 theft from Denver banker Willard Green ten years ago. The group, led by Howard, formerly jailed in Sydney, rode a postwar scheme involving fake shale land and a staged crime in Alameda. Frank Casey and James Kelly aided the plan, while Kelly’s wife escaped with part of the loot. Green’s arrest at the Palace hotel signals police suspicions amid a murky tale of disguise and deception.
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Howard and accomplices flee after cashing big swindle claim
The report details a wide fraud involving Howard, Kelly, Casey and others. Casey is jailed for murder and robbery in Mexico, Kelly was killed attempting a Berkeley bank loot, and the Howards fled the state after Kelly revealed the plot to Detective Gibson. The group had ties to a land sale in Australia and a gas scheme, with Howard forced to repay $68,000 to a banker.
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Applications for Liquor Licenses in Indianapolis Ward 14
Notices announce applications to the Marion County Board of Commissioners at the June term 1907 for licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in less than five gallons and to allow on premise drinking. Descriptions specify business locations on Morris Street and Southeastern Avenue, front rooms with pool tables, in Indianapolis Center Township Marion County. RED H.
Notice of liquor license application in Marion County
Joseph Levy gives notice to citizens of Ward 65 Center Township Indiana of intent to apply at the June term 1907 of the Marion County Board of Commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquor in quantities less than five gallons for consumption on premises at No 4 West Washington Street ward 1 Indianapolis Center Township. Also seeks pool table privileges in the same room.
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Indianapolis
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Woodside
Jesse W. Worrell
Board of Comisioners
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Cenver Township
Main County
Washington Street
Sa Board
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