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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1906
Page
6
Moorish Prisoner Stensiand Tales Of Banks And Chicago Ties
Stensiand, a Moorish prisoner, spoke on Sunday and Monday about banks and Chicago institutions. His guard and custodian faced incidents as authorities moved him to a secure cell amid unclear loyalties. He discussed a model bank run by a president who could dismiss directors if trouble arose and indicated plans for his estate and bequests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Paul OG
Stersland
Cader Beishesi
Tores
Stensisnd
Stensiand
Gasor Riot in San Francisco Dispersed by Police
Disorder erupted Monday evening as a mob attacked near the United railroad depot. Guards and police contained the crowd. several suspects were arrested and a dozen or more people reported wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Draak
United Railroad
Armad
Unclear OCR snippet reports a family road incident
Fragmentary OCR record describes a highway collision or accident involving relatives, with names and places partially readable. context is obscured and cannot confirm outcomes or exact actions. The readable bits mention a father-in-law, a son, and a road event on a Sunday near Richmond Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaunter
Richmond
Land Fraud Suit Filed by Government Official
Government employee from a city campaign files a land fraud suit alleging irregularities in property deals. The complaint centers on misuse of entitlements by an official connected to a local campaign group.
Rebels Lose In Stil Isl Report From Havana
Report spread that an armored train with 300 men, horses, and equipment was derailed near Herradura after leaving Havana Friday. Government forces reportedly recovered the scene east of Consolacion del Sur, with insurgents repelled by a railway locomotive and ensuing clashes under uncertain claims of authenticity. Local officials awaited confirmed dispatches from Pinar del Rio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ise
Geaverunone Pe
Airoad Etciais
Cormespohienis
Dred SY Bevan
EQTEL
Pase
Havana
Herradura
Western Railway
Grsi Teesraphic
Paso
Puso
Col Avalos
Pinar del Hie
Consolacion del Sur
Pao Real
Cans Sar
Injunction Guards Hotels From Police Interference
Judge Barnes issues an injunction protecting hotel owners from police interference in Chicago. The order, granted at the sth Perigr court on agreement with city police, aims to curb vice operations around the Grand Stern and Great Western hotels. Attorney Brand Adumerfoml represents police. Judge Barnes says police must stay on watch to prevent vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harnes
Pour Houses
Chicago
Garnes
Sth
Perigr
Impao Spectuon Pollos
Stamdunmi
Great Western
Aval
Grand Stern Hotels
Brand Adumerfoml
Police Department
Barnes
Alr
Comerford
Final Defeat for Joints in Kansas City
Mayor William Rose of Kansas City Kansas resigns amid a power struggle between law enforcement and liquor factions. The city council accepts resignations of Vernon Rose and Police Captain J C Helly as a special election is scheduled to choose a successor. The move ends legal challenges after state Supreme Court contempt rulings over Rose enforcement of anti liquor and gambling laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Kansas City
Kan
Wiliam Rose
aStea
Joseph C. Mn
Mee Vernon Rose
J.C Helly
Ister
Ritnsas State Supreme Court
Ueceasedil
State Supreme Court
Arein
Mexican General Declares Revolt Suppressed in South
A Mexican general claims the unrest known as hava irrim is ended in the south and warns against further revolts. He asserts strong precautions and maintains control across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Presbyterian funds tied to church collapse in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia statement reports nearly $200,000 of Presbyterian funds tied to the Meal Estate Trust collapse. Funds lost include church trustees assets and donations from the General Assembly, Board of Publication and School Work, and Women’s Foreign Missionary Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingelphia
Dre Roberts
Presbyterigan Church
Meal Estate Trust
Com- Tascent
Ste
Tested
Ihe General Assembly
The
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Skeletons Found Under Floor At Rural Hut Near Trent Lake
Two skeletons were found under the floor of a burned hut in a woods area near Trent Lake. The hut housed homesteader James Janes until about four years ago when he died by his own hand. Seboéy remains reported missing and the cabin's occupant identity is not known. Nearby, the schooner With iam Crosthwaite sank after a collision with the steamer Homer Warren off Heller's Thursday. the Warren was badly damaged and sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cebin Sault Ste. Marie
Trent Lake
James Janes
Seboéy Wes Eer
Manute
Sandy O
Withiam Crosthwaite
Homer Warren
Heller's
Warren
Sthwaite
Romance of Astor Heiress Miss Margaret Chanter to Wed Editor
Miss Margaret Livings ton Chanter Astor heiress sister to Joan Armstrong Chanter Leiis Stuyvesant Chanter and William Astor Chanter is engaged to Richard Aldrich of the New York Times editorial staff. Aldrich met Miss Chanter through newspaper work and the engagement surprises friends who expected her marriage to philanthropy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Chanter
New York
Margaret Livingston Chanter
Astor
Joan Armstrong Chanter
Leiis Stuyvesant Chanter
Yilliam Astor Chanter
Miss Chanter
Richard Aldrich
Statt
New York Times
Milwaukee Tragedy: Man Slain in Room by John Pollock
Milwaukee bricklayer Frank Thompson, 28, was shot and killed by John Pollock in Pollock’s room on Thursday night. Pollock, supported by landlady Mrs Bert Kreugere, claims the shooting was in self defense. In a second report, the Lake steamers collide near St Clair river. Mills sinks with several lives lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Frank Thompson
John Pollock
Pollock
Bert Kreugere
Waukee Call
Elson Mills
St. Clair River
St Clair
Shaw Starts on Campaign Tour
Secretary Shaw opens a campaign sweep through Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee visiting Washington D C and other states as part of an early effort in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Washington, D.C
Virnia
North Carati Ting
Tennessee
Washington
25 Destroy Feater Mish The Hotel the Retorder
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a hotel or block named The Retorder and a phrase mishandled as 25 Destroy Feater Mish The Hotel. Readable context is insufficient to confirm full event or entities.
Unclear OCR item with partial names and numbers
Fragmentary text appears to include names and numbers but lacks a coherent event or context. Readable elements include scattered letter groups and possible references to people and a date, but no verifiable facts.
Charles Rocker Convicted of First Degree Murder
The jury at Sibley found Charles Rocker guilty of murder in the first degree after fifteen hours of deliberation and recommended life imprisonment. The case concerned the 1960 murder of August Schroeder in Lyon county, Rocker later marrying Schroeder’s widow who testified about the crime. Rocker had previous trial in Roeek Rapids, resulting in a hang sentence later overturned by a supreme court grant of a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocker
Sibley
Charles Rocker
August Schroeder
Lyon County
Schr
Wellman Citizen Shoots Himself Aged 70
John C. Lynch a well known Wellman resident aged 70 who had suffered rheumatism and long illness died Thursday morning by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. He had just met with an attorney for a brief matter not believed connected to the suicide and was found after the shot. Lynch formerly ran a hotel and outlived by his daughter Maude who was away in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Hime
Wilf
John C. Linch
Afr
Lynch
Maude
Des Moines
Garretson Named New Chief Conductor of Railway Conductors
A S Garretson succeeds to the office of grand chief conductor of the Order of Railway Conductors in Cedar Rapids. He joined the order in the 1880s and has held various top posts since 1887, including grand senior conductor and assistant grand chief conductor, with reelection at each convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. K
Garretson
The
Order
Cupid beats college elopement in Des Moines family tale
A Des Moines girl fled for a college elopement with her lover Frank Howard instead of attending Ames. Joseph Tiare and wife had planned to outfit her for college, but she married Howard and honeymooned in Mankato Minnesota. Her wealthy Polk county family faced objections to the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Joseph Tiare
Des Blaines
Ames
Frank Howard
Mankato
Minn
Polk County
Files Answer to Charges in Traction Stock Case
J B Sax of Ottumwa replies to accusations by Merrill Garner and Manning in an Ottumwa district court filing seeking an accounting. The petition claims Sax withheld 7680 dollars from the Ottumwa Traction and Light stock. Sax says he acted under an agreement with Byllesby Co to move stock at a set price and that he and Mahon earned compensation for labor in arranging delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Sax
Oitumne
J. H. Merrill
J. W. Garner
Calvin Manning
Byllesby & Co
Bytlesby & Co
Mahon
Yeomen Suit Settled In Des Moines Payment Reached
The $85,050 case against the Protherhood of American Yeomen was settled in Des Moines Monday with a payment of 86,669. Plaintiff J B Gossage of San Francisco claimed commissions and damages from contract cancellation. The compromise was agreed upon by the company and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Gossage
San Francista
Des Moi
Direc
Fragmented OCR Summary Noted
The readable text is garbled. It mentions people on a car, a place in January, and unclear names or events. No coherent facts or identifiable entities can be confirmed from the fragment.
Recluse Doctor C M Billings Dies of Heart Failure at Nashua
Dr C M Billings a long time Nashua physician died suddenly of heart failure while at the breakfast table. Once part of a large medical practice he withdrew from society in retirement living alone with medicine and newspapers. He came to Nashua in 1868 built a thriving practice then faded from public life. He was 60 with a brother and sister in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Billings
Nashua
Dr. Billings
Medicing
Sraduahy
C. B. Hickok
St Louis
Mrs Sparks Settles Case With Northwestern
Mrs Sarah A Sparks of Algona who was hurt July 3 at Webster City fell between a station platform and train and sustained two broken legs and bruises. She received 2000 dollars in full settlement from Northwestern and hospital and medical expenses were paid. She remains unable to walk and requires support to sit up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Sarah A. Sparks
Algona
Webster City
A. H. Sparks
Northwestern Company
Bih
Union Labor Protests Over State Binder Contract
Representatives of the State Federation of Labor and the Des Moines Trades and Labor Assembly filed a protest with Secretary of State Martin against paying Tedford for binding 25 000 copies of the Iowa official register in Chicago. They claim the work violates state law requiring in state completion and about 2300 dollars is involved. Martin accepted service and said the matter would be adjudicated when the state binder presents his bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicas
Martin
State Federation of Labor
Des Moines Trades and Labor Assembly
Tedford
Iowa
Chicago
Afr
Sald
Drowned Keokuk Official Perishes While Aiming for Bird
Harry P. Bisbee a bookkeeper deputy revenue collector and county club member from Keokuk Iowa drowned Sunday near Gregory Missouri during an outing. He swam after a gunshot bird fell in shallow water but stepped into a sinkhole and drowned. his body recovered shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry P. Bisbee
Heokuk Savings Bank
Keokuk
Farmer Hurt by Stray Shot Near Charter Oak
Fred Stender, a farmer near Charter Oak, was struck by a stray 38 caliber ball Monday morning while tending fields. He initially mistook the shot for mower debris and found the wound after removing his hat. The shot came from a Berna depot agent aiming at a dog a mile away. Stender was not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charter Oak
Fred Stender
Berna
Stender
Big Fire at Havelock Destroys Local Stores
A early hour blaze in Havelock damaged the business district. The Cox general store burned completely, the Moffatt hardware store and Otto Lentz's restaurant were badly damaged, with total losses around 18000 dollars. Fire likely started in unknown cause. discovered by freight crew blowing locomotive whistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havelock
Gamage
W. S. Cox
Monks Prepare Major Apple Harvest in New Matlery
Catholic monks at New Matlery in Dut Que County have assembled twenty five workers to harvest and process a large summer apple crop. They plan to market the fruit, packing in cider and vinegar, noting the perishable nature of the harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dut Que
Doas
Miss 4 Us Leads Fare at Arms in Aarsten
Unclear readable text reports a local event with names and places. The fragment mentions Miss 4 Us, Aarsten and Ava DT but lacks coherent details or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ater
Walt Laake
Aarsten
Fey
Timeline of historical events and notable dates
A compilation of dates and brief notes from 1280 to 1905 including exiled Jews, St Augustine landing, Drake raids, Mayflower voyage, treaties, sieges, bombardments, discoveries, and early railways. It references battles, explorations, and political actions with scattered figures and places. It also notes a Century magazine article by Prof. L H Bailey on farm education and outcomes among students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward 1
England
Gov. Menendez
St. Augustine
Drake and Frankins
West Indies
L. H. Bailey
Cornell University College of Agriculture
Bailey
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