Petition to President Pardon Escaped Burglar Kim Anderson
Missouri Legislature votes 640 to 3 to send a petition to President Roosevelt for clemency. W. C. Anderson, once jailed at Fort Leavenworth, escaped years ago after five years served, lived in Kansas City, built a family, and prompted widespread petitions and thousands of signatures for a pardon.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
House of
Rooswell
W. CG. Anderson
Woo
Kaning
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas City
Jamestown Exposition Opens Norfolk Venues for Spectators
In April 2011 Norfolk shows transportation links to the Jamestown Exposition. Hampton Roads waters host yachts motor boats and naval craft including torpedo boats and submarines while rail lines and trolleys bring sightseers to Sewell's Point and the exposition grounds.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Exposition City
Sewall
Exposition Grounds
Death of Pat O'Hanlon in Deadwood
Friends learned by telephone that Pat O'Hanlon died at St. Joseph's hospital in Deadwood on March 31. A veteran stonemason who worked on the Evans hotel and Cascade buildings, he had suffered a severe pneumonia and a subsequent illness before passing away surrounded by relatives.
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Friends of the World
O'Hanlon
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sania
Irena
Mb O'Manleon
Evans Hotel
Cascade
Din Tude
Obituary Notice for Mr. O'Hennon
A long obituary note honors Mr. O'Hennon as a valued community member. It notes his wife and distant relatives, his sister in Omaha, cousins and an uncle and aunt in Chadron Nebraska, and that Knights of Columbus will conduct funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Lis
Minny
Hhese
Oimaha
Chadron
Neb
Iam
Secret within Eddy case sparks shocking claims in Chicago
An evening paper prints a witness statement alleging a former Eddy household servant disclosed that Calvin A Frye possessed securities of Mrs Eddy. The witness recounts being told Mrs Eddy warned of ruin if she failed to cooperate and speaks of threats connected to black magic and madness.
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Chicago
Borster
Chandler
Maury
Ich Eddy
Jester Jersi
Eddy
Baily
Calvin A. Frye
Bachelors Tax Campaign Moves On In Danville
Unmarried women publish pleas urging city council to legalize a tax on bachelors arguing they face unfair economic pressures in the commercial world and seek protection and shelter from marriage. They state they would not reject good men who approach them for marriage.
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Danville
Annie Lynch Burned at Norfolk Insane Asylum
Annie Lynch of Yvankion Nebraska probably fatally burned at the Norfolk asylum for the insane where she worked as a purse. A wax candle fire spread to her clothing as she tended wardens. she suffered severe burns to her breast and legs, with her lungs largely consumed, despite doctors hoping to ease her agony.
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Annie Lynch
Insane Asylum
Yvankion
Norfolk
Neb
Miss Lynch
Missy Lynch
Phisteians
Dons
Public official fined for off duty loitering in stable
A St. Louis report states Patrolman Patrick Plagcapton of the Ninth district was fined 240 for loitering forty minutes in a stable while off duty. The policy board fined him as public officials time is valued at one dollar a minute.
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Chicago
Illinois County
Vencen
State Board of Charities
St. Wouis
Lover shot then kills herself in city office
In city, Miss Harry Belle Stroup learned Thaddeus Stevens Ross was to marry another. She telephoned from Bradford and shot Ross in the office of Dr. George Magee, then killed herself. The doctor found both bodies with multiple gunshot wounds and blood.
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City
Harry Belle Stroup
Thaddeus Stevens Ross
Druzilla Sampsell
Bradford
Ross
Lin
George Magee
Flora Wolff Fights Bequest in Beresford Will Case
Flora Wolff, claimed common law wife of the late Lord Beresford, resists a $10,000 bequest from the decedent who died in a North Dakota train wreck. Creditors seek appointment of an administrator for the will as the estate, valued over $1 million with lands and cattle in Mexico and Canada, awaits settlement. The named beneficiaries include two Beresford brothers, while Wolff asserts a wife’s share under Mexican law.
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EL Paso
Tex
Flora Wolff
Lord D. J. Beresford
Charles Beresford
Lord Beresford
North Dakota
District Court
Mexico
Canada
Beresford
Wolff
Ute Chiefs Plead at Cheyenne River Council
Appah chief of the Utes held at Port Meade presented their case at the Cheyenne River agency council. Major Johnson of Fort Robinson delivered a sharp critique of federal Indian policy. The Sioux lease covered about 100000 acres in the northwest reservation for 4 4 cents per acre per year for five years.
Rockefeller Donates Land to University of Chicago
John J. Rockefeller announced a gift of a ten block tract valued at about 2 million dollars to the University of Chicago. The land runs from Cottage Grove to Madison avenues as part of the Harper building plan, and the giver has contributed 5 million in the past sixteen months, bringing total gifts to 16 4 16 thousand?
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Chicago
John J. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Cottage Grove Avenue
Madison Avenue
Harper
Rockefeller
University
Instituto Eryanals
Cyclone Destroys Henning Village in Texas
Storms hit Texas with Henning in Cooke County wiped out by a cyclone. Five persons killed or missing and twenty injured. Dallas reports damage along a wide path nearly a mile long with many structures leveled. Fort Worth notes a general Texas-wide storm event.
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Dallas
Texas
Henning
Cook Eonty
Fort Worth
Storm Strikes Gainesville Area Killing Several
Reported terrible storm near Gainesville sixty miles north of here leaves eight dead and widespread outages. Telegraph and telephone service cut off as winds topple poles and sever lines. Details on casualties and damage are unavailable. trains run on schedule with crews awaiting information.
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Gainesville
Gainesvide
Belp
Timber Supply Crisis Warns of Looming Famine
The article argues U S timber use far exceeds growth, risking a future famine. It cites low annual growth per acre, 700 million plus feet cut since 1850, and advocates German style government control to boost productivity. It notes southern and Pacific state shifts in production and the need for wider public and private forest management.
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United State
Milous Ope
Theorests
United States
Forest Service
Germany
Saxony
Prussia
Europe
Tie Lake
Pacific States
Washingington
Mistralt
Settlement rush swells at Bear Lodge country
Many settlers arrive near Bear Lodge country as government irrigation boosts migration. Families from Mertill and Lys.. move to ranch homes near Haley and Dickinsom. Hettinger town site planned east of Haley with county seat prospects. Local fishing, mining, and assay activity noted along Sand Creek and Lake City.
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Sand Creek
Belle Pynrebe
Bev
G. A. Knowles
Lete Bosrehe
Mowilay
Chery Ranch
Bear Lodge Country, Inc
Knowles
Sauntey
J. & Corbin
Jo Oo S. Sehyrek
Mertill
Awa
L. Barthain
Haley and Dickinsom N. i
Lys
Wiokinen
Siddan Ais
Jakota
Thie Heen
Biite
Midwauker Etens
Haley
Hettinges
J. C Beeles
Ted Wiieslayes
Jack Boydonsanks
Sund Creek
Dave Ta
Mining move brings former Blackhiller to Lake City Colorado
P T Guild once tied to the Big Four mine in the Black Hills now operates from Lake City Colorado. He plans mining and mill work with a workforce to be expanded next month. Mrs Baird and children join him at the camp with high grade ore reportedly found. Mark Mirach of Kaportal Mining intends to return to the Black Hills camp. AL Oh Eebrtt, known for Black Hills reports, remains noted here.
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Blackhiller
Lake City
P. T. Guild
Big Four
Black Hills
Colorado
Baird
Mark Mirach
Kaportal
Black [Hills
Northwestern railroad lowers Nebraska rail fare to under two cents
The Northwestern railroad asks the railroad commission in Nebraska to authorize cut rate tickets from Omaha to Lincoln and Omaha to Ogden at under two cents per mile. The company promises not to exceed Lincoln-Omaha consumer rates for intermediate towns, with planned reductions at Norfolk Crawford and other points, while other lines resist similar moves.
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Lingoln
Camea
Guorney
Loveh
Seria Pointe
Nebraska
Omaha
Liiveys
Lincolne
Ondta
Lurlingen
Pointe
Dhe
Unio
Bianly
Wewen
Rails Road
Norick
Crawford
Spearfish Team Beats White River 11 8 in Local Game
Spearfish town baseball team defeated White for 11 to 8 to cap Sunday action. Lineup included Short, Douglas, Thompson, Kamman, Bitney, and Boland as starters. Also notes on local moves as Millett family relocates to Nahant and A C Potter linked to Okemah Oil Company formation with $125000 capital.
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Spearfish Enterprise
Cress and Flarry
Short
Douglas
Thompson
Believes in Nevada Man Sees Mining Boom and New Towns
Stewart Thompson of Goldfield Nevada writes of a four week trip through Fairvein Wonder Seven Troughs and Lovelock camps. He praises Goldfield as the best in the United States and notes his two years of mining experience and a fortune made in the Hills.
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Stewart Thompson
Goldfield
Nevada
Fairvein
Wonder
Seven Troughs
Lovelock
Mamy
Vernon
Piant
Mrr
Thompson
Coud
Black Hills
United States
Thompson Svas
Trial This Term Sioux Falls Em a Kaufman Murder Case
Trial for Emma Kaufman accused of murdering her servant June Poirois is set for the Sioux Falls circuit court term beginning Monday Judge Smith may preside and the case likely won’t be reached for at least two weeks as the civil calendar concludes The jury for this term of court met yesterday
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Emma Aufman
J Unes Poirois
Smith
Kaufman Ve Athens
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Tilindis Boarg
Charlie
Jamestown Exposition
Pat O'Hanlon
Ervant
Scobald
Misa Halla Belle Stroup
V'ravela
AN Indian Council
John D
Storris
LIXES
Northwestern
Kaufman
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