The Rathcoole Smuggling Plot and the Tobacco Ruse
In a aged tale of Billy Treharne aboard the Rathcoole, he schemes to outsmart revenue officers by hiding tobacco and tobacco scraps in bunkers. When suspicion grows, he orchestrates a risky ruse using nicotine solution and coal to mask the contraband. The revenue crew uncovers the scheme but is outwitted in the end as Treharne secures a payoff for his deception.
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Billy Treharne
New Orleans
Treharre
Rathgouly
Bleso
Billy
Dhet
McKay
Bivy
Aaid
Stoke
Hare
Treharne
Iohaven
Enal
Mixed 1900 Era News Items Surface in Kansas City
A jumble of short items reports on tax counts in Kansas City, naval weapon changes, a fisherman near St Clar Lake, a large Indian land farm estimate, Dawes commission figures, and a humorous aside about altering footwear to relieve tiredness. The pieces mention Jamce Wnennedy as enumerator and notes on the admiralty's guns and fish weights.
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Dawes Commission
Remedies For Burns And Fashion Notes From A Past Era
A column discusses Rene Ear MeK for burns and describes a home salve using cat fall fust. It then surveys fall dress trends with brown and blue hues, gray shades, trimming, and copper accents, plus notes on round skirts and ankle-length styles. Also warns against rapid eating and promotes mindful meals and sleep for better digestion and health.
Notable literary notes from Four-Track News excerpts
Four-Track News previews Uncle Remus stories to be issued by McClure Williams in 1905 and notes Sally of Missouri's success in England. It highlights Gen Lew Wallace’s Ben Hur written in the Governor’s Palace room, Niagara pronunciation debate, Churchill's The Crossing in print, and political commentary on reform and graft from Lincoln Steffens.
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Joe Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
McClure- Whillipa
R. R. Young
Sally of
Missouri
England
K. E
Lew Wallace
Gen. Wallace
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Willam MacLeod Raine
Trek
Niagara
Oawegen
Tor-on-to
Wisconsin
LaPallette
Isourt
Deneen
United States
Roosevelt
Gollifeiain
Lincoln Steffens
Wetaver McClure
Workhouse Overcrowding Reaches New High in Sarion County
Monday morning the Sarion county workhouse housed 32 prisoners, an all time record. Fifteen inmates were enrolled, fifteen more than ever confined at once. two wagons sent from police vault carried three cells for the prisoners. Two men are now kept in the same cell, a situation never before necessary in the workhouse history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarion County
Polien Vovirt
Letter Mania Inquest Finds Schuster Insane
At an inquest held Monday morning Squire Nickerson Alvin Schuster and a German in Indianapolis about six months ago declared insane and county officials were urged to place him in the insane asylum. Schuster imagines he is the foremost man and has a mania for going to hotels and writing letters on hotel stationery to everyone he knows including himself. He believes he was born and spends much time writing to attorneys about it.
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Squire Nickerson
Alvin Schuster
Indianapolia
Martha
Schuster
Hatel
Bert
Tracy Hon Cata
City approves permit window for street cutting work
Tearing Up Works board approves a resolution by Cles engineer Jeu to grant permits from November 1 to March 1 for cutting into permanently improved streets. Notices were sent to Central Tron telephone, Merchants light and heat, Ma ron county hot water heating, tome heating and lighting, Indianapelle Wealh and power, Western union and Indianap ois telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Works Board
Cles-engineer
Jeu
Ite
Central Tron Telephone
Merchants’ Light and Heat
Maron County Hot Water Heating
Tome Heating and Lighting
Indianapelle Wealh and Power
Western Union
Indianapois Telephone
Threats Made by Father of Saloons Keeper at City Hall
Charles Boeglan father of a Virginia saloonskeeper railed at the city clerk’s office on Monday. He demanded mercy for his son, asked that jail time be canceled, and warned city officials he would publish the threat in papers. Boeglan also vowed to target Fogarty if his demands were not met.
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Charles Boeglan
Virghviaary
Baturdey
Ity
Roeglan
Indianyyolis
Efe
Giork Mugarty
Booglanen
Reales
Fogarty
Rexall
Three Notes Involved In Brokerage Receiver Case
Information withheld was obtained affecting the examination of the Barton brokerage firm for the benefit of Hugh Dougherty as receiver of the Marion rust company. Judge Carter postponed the hearing as Milton A. Woollen provided missing data to preserve company integrity and control. Papers included three notes for 8900 deposited in banks as collateral to Woollen.
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Bfarton
Hugh Dougherty
Marlonrust Company
Carter
Superior Court
Milton A. Woollen
Full of Addision Nordyke
American Central Ute Inagre Ance
Woollen
Columbus
Indiana
Capital
Columbia National
Banka and Charneg
Ioana
Woollem
Hill Expected Tour Comes During Indiana Campaign
Senator David B Hilwil planned a week long tour of Indiana in the campaign’s late phase. The committee awaits decisions on debates and hopes to hear about 18 speeches from him across the state.
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David B. Hilwil
Indiana
Doctor Lyle to Represent California at International Tuberculosis Conference
Prominent Dr. Ann Lyle of San Francisco is appointed to represent California at the International tuberculants conference to be held at St. Louis. The article notes her medical reputation, honors, and influence among leading physicians, alongside broader political commentary and social excerpts.
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Ann Lyle
San Francisco
California
St. Touts
Prisoner Harrett Returned to Workhouse After Incident
In a fragmentary report Harrett, a prisoner from the criminal court, was sent back to the workhouse to serve the remainder of his sentence after an earlier infraction. He reportedly argued he faced harsher conditions elsewhere despite his homelessness and prior travel, and was admitted to City Hospital for treatment before returning to the workhouse.
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Damen Harrett
Shaw
Criminal Court
Ny March
Water Spout Triggers Property Dispute in Brookside Fight
A dispute erupts in Brookside over water spouts allegedly affecting Ramneste addition to Hreinkatsle Indiana adjoining property owned by Frank J. Raven port. The suit seeks removal of damages and claims a feud over lasting impact on Raven port’s property and the Nissan house.
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Brookside
Joby Nodickson Saya
Ingham Port
Frank J. Raven
Vie
Antfo Jackson
Sentencing for Willam Shoemaker in Alfant case
Willam Shoemaker received a prison term from Judge Alford after records showed four prior arrests for alleged theft. The judge decided the sentence aligned with the law after considering the prior arrests and Shoemaker's statements on the day of sentencing.
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Willam Shoemaker
Daudge Alfant
Manda
Aléaling ‘ Bey
Hut
Alford
Hmitt
Suit Involves Butler College and Mary Walamire
Mary Walamire sues Chiuneey Butler for 1.50 dollars over a loan from Butler College funds. The case stems from an agreement connected to the transaction and the college's involvement is central to the dispute.
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Butler College
Mary Walamire
Chiuneey Butler
Butler
Teste Show Incre ment Of Candle Power Of Gas
A historical note records Bathday showing candle power of artificial gas at 162, higher than recently but below the city ordinance standard for candle power. The report notes the city rules also set a related candle power requirement.
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Ordimaries
From Rags to Riches A Drifter Learns a Trade
A young immigrant doctor arrives in America with little money and endures hunger while seeking work in New York. A Comiseo cook helps him wash dishes, he learns English and a trade, and becomes a teflar earning steady wages as the season turns. The piece also discusses vast incomes of mutual and life insurance firms and a political voting anecdote in Indiana.
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America
New York
Roush House Ruth disputed in San Francisco Court
Annie Davis accuses Ruth Clifford of disorderly conduct in a dance hall incident prompting a judge to note marks on Davis’s face. Clifford denies the nickname Rough House Ruth and prepares witnesses for a Tuesday hearing. Meanwhile and at Port Huron, Ladies of the Modern Maccabees gather for cornerstone ceremonies with leaders Frances Burns Anna Holtke Emma Bower and Rachel Bailey present.
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Annie Davis
Pacificegt
Ruth Clifford
Ruth
Miss Clifford
Mise Clifford
Amd
Miss Davis
Miser Davie
Judge Morgan
Miesniffoni
Miss Cliford
San Francisco
Maccabees
Port Huron
Frances E. Burns
Tohn
Pine Grove
Leutenant
Anna
Holtke
Emma
Bower
Kate Graves
Rachel A. Bailey
Bella
Holdom
Detroit Journal
Wack laments killing of dog by touring car driver
In Haughville a young man in a large touring car fatally ran over Charles Wack’s dog, a prized beetle hound, while the animal slept on the road. Wack says the driver laughed and drove off, with no police action or repairs underway on nearby bridges and streets.
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Charles Wack
Big Place
Haughville
Iman
Wack
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