Burglar Leaves Note After $15 Safe Theft in Minneapolis
A polished thief entered Bintner & Lawson sash manufacturers at 216 Sixth Street South, Minneapolis, and took $15 from an inner safe. He left a card reading Thanks, for making things so easy. In a related incident Lillian Leray, 18, of 120 Iglehart Avenue, suffered severe facial burns when kerosene ignited while she tried to kindle a coal fire with a match.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Bintner & Lawson
Sash Manufactuers
Sixth Street South
Minneapolis
Lillian Leray
Iglehart Avenue
Miss Leroy
Vicious dog drives Minnesota man into bankruptcy
George R. Wormwood a White Bear Minn steam boat conductor filed for bankruptcy after his vicious dog attacked Ogden Randall a White Bear boy on November 27 1907. A Ramsey county district court verdict of 305.33 plus costs left Wormwood deeply in debt and unable to recover.
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ST. Paul, Mill
George R. Wormwood
White Bear
Minn
Federal District Court
Wormwood
Ogden Randall
Ramsey County District Court
Ogden Boy
Mrs McRaney’s Kidney Remedy Revival Story
Mrs McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi recounts three months bedridden with kidney and bladder trouble. After two doctors failed to help, she began Foley's Kidney Remedy and, after two bottles, she improved greatly and urges other women to try it. Clinician O T Erhart endorsements.
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McRaney
M. McRaney
Prentiss
Miss
Foley
O. T. Erhart
Sign that a girl likes to be kissed says no
A wry note notes that saying no can signal desire in romance. It jokes that when one waits for an opportunity it often passes, like a train.
Christmas Pin Case Craft Materials and Design
Instructions describe making a pin case from a paper pins pack with five cent price, ribbons in various widths and yardages, and a tied hanging loop. A subsequent testimonial touts Electric Bitters as a curative for malaria and stomach issues, praising blood purification and nerve strengthening with a 50 cent refund at D T Erhart's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Kiestler
Halliday
Ark
D. T. Erhart’s
Masquerading Man Arrested in Woman’s Clothing
Frank Watson, posing as Elsie Day, was arrested in Council Bluffs Iowa after alighting from a Northwestern train and jailed on a masquerading charge. He claimed to be Elmira New York resident and a vaudeville female impersonator and was released on a 100 dollar bond for a Dec 16 hearing as he continued west.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Frank Watson
Elsie Day
Northwestern
Watson
Elmira
N. Y
New York
Denver
All-Expense Tours From Chicago To Mexico and West
A series of first class escorted tours lasting twenty one to fifty three days, arranged by the Tourist Department of the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line. Journeys cover Old Mexico California Colorado with routes via Southern lines, leaving Chicago in January and February 1909. Correspondence solicited. Contact A Hutchison manager 212 Clark St Chicago.
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Chicago Union Pacific & North-Western Line
Old Mexico
California
Colorado
Chicago
Utah
New York
New Orleans
A. Hutchison
Union Pacific & North-Western Line
Clark St
Farmer Lost in Heavy Woods Near Deer Park
Polk county dispatch reports Martin Nelson of Deer Park was lost for three days and four nights in Alden town woods with no food or shelter. Clad in overalls and jacket, he wandered from a farm toward Menominee and Hay river, and was found believed to be an escaped insane patient.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Alden
Polk County
Martin Nelson
Deer Park
Nelson
Son
Menomonie
Hay River
Dunn County
Woman Dies of Grief Over Missing Husband
Mrs. Oswald Linsdau of Menasha Wisconsin died grieving over the 5 year absence of her husband Oswald Linsdau who vanished from their home five years ago. No trace has been found to determine if he is alive or dead.
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Menasha
Wis
Oswald Linsdau
Mr. Linsdau
Postal worker caught in act robbery at Des Moines
Jas Page, a 13 year Des Moines post office watchman, was arrested on a mail robbery charge after postoffice Inspector Caine caught him in the act of opening a letter. Page had been under suspicion for some time. History note included.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jas. Page
Postoffice
Caine
Page
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Bears
Max Rogers
Roger Brothers
New York Company
ANS
Wee
Stockhaus & Peterson
Northwest Cor
PEARL
Minnesota
Northwest
Vicious Dog
Big Sum
Mexico
Panama
la Crosse Theatre
Larkhitt
Buffalo, N. v
South Fifth Street
Larkin
Reed Rocker
Axminster
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