Forkell Renounces Pastorate for Broker Career in Pantheist Theory
Rev. Wm. Forkell of the People's church in Aurora Illinois says he will resign June 1 to become head of bond sales at Duke Farson & Co. He rejects the Bible and Jesus Christ, doubts God's personality, and views God as everywhere in an unfinished world. He favors evolution, natural church demonstrations, and opposes raffles and similar fundraisers. He was once a penitentiary chaplain and Green Bay pastor.
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Chicago
Wm. Forkell
People’s Church of
Aurora
Forkell
Duke Farson & Co
Jesus Christ
God
Jackson, Mich
Green Bay
Laughing Stock Gaffe Sparks Mockery in Senate Panel
During testimony Senator Morris pressuring Stone over missing records. Stone answers he has no data in his head, prompting laughter from Morris and a widespread grin as the committee returns. An interjected wall paraphrase reads Confession is good for the soul but bad for the reputation.
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Morris
Anj
Stone
Tom” Morris
Election Fraud Allegations Rock Wisconsin Assembly
The testimony of Mr. Dresser revealed missing checks and $700 unaccounted for from $2,300 received, kept in a St Paul bank to separate from his funds. Assemblyman P F Leach urged an inquiry into ballot period methods and hinted at strong evidence pending before a proper committee.
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Dresser
Board of Control
Stephenson
St. Paul
P. F Leach
Milwaukee
Leach
Land Office to Add 200 Inspectors to Fight Public Domain Fraud
Washington March 11 With a million dollar appropriation available Land Commissioner Dennett organizes a crackdown on land office frauds. A field force of 200 trained men will be added this summer to the northwestern states to pursue old irregularities and new alleged offenses.
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Washington, D. C
Dennett
Land Office
Northwest
Simple Pinex Syrup Cough Cure Promoted as Home Remedy
A five minute home cough remedy costs 64 cents for a pint bottle. The mix uses granulated sugar syrup and 2% oz Pinex, claimed to ease deep seated coughs, colds, bronchial trouble and whooping cough. The ad touts Pinex as concentrated Norway Pine Extract and cites pine forests as evidence of its effectiveness.
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Norway
Stork Leads Grim Reaper in February Births
Health Officer Murphy reports February births at 50 versus 43 in January, with 27 male births and 25 deaths, including 11 male and 14 female. February shows 17 marriages, unusually high for February, and 12 accidents recorded.
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Murphy
Affinity Must Pay Divorce Ruling in Stirling Case
Edinburgh March 11 Lord Judge Guthrie issues supplemental ruling in Stirling divorce granting Mrs Clara Elizabeth Taylor Stirling reasonable access to the child now with father John Alexander Stirling. He orders Stirling to pay his wife’s expenses. Lord Northland to cover expenses of the wronged husband. Mrs Stirling appeals.
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Edinburgh
Guthrie
Stirling
Clara Elizabeth Taylor Stirling
John Alexander Stirling
Lord Northland
Postmaster Tscharner Addresses High School
Postmaster Tscharner spoke at the high school this morning on the United States Postal System. The address drew strong approval from about 696 attendees, with Tribune reporting in full for public information. He has spoken to all public schools and parochial schools in the area, totaling roughly 4,600 children instructed in postal regulations.
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Tscharner
United States
The
Tribune
St. James
Skeleton Unearthed While Digging Poles in De Soto Street
While digging holes for telephone poles in DeSoto village two young men found a human skull shoulder blade fragment and a forearm bone. Local conjecture centers on an Indian burial, with authorities likely to investigate as a possible historic grave.
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DeSoto
Fatal sewer cave in results in deaths and injuries
In Hamilton Ohio two Black workers were killed and two white men injured when a sewer cave in occurred at Front and Woods streets this morning. Fire and emergency crews responded to the incident and investigators began examining the collapse site and causes.
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Hamilton
Front
Woods Street
Local Deputy Named by Chief in Milwaukee Meeting
The chief named a local deputy and Fridley paid money to consult a lawyer three weeks before the primary. Stone testified that the game warden department has long been active in politics. He recalled spending over 600 dollars during La Follette’s second campaign, but could not recall the source.
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Fridley
Stone
Milwaukee
la Follette
Game Warden
Speech Rega ins Lawyr’s Freedom
Former Judge John Ulrich of Plainfield New Jersey, freed after ten years in Morris Plains insane asylum. He delivered a Lincoln's birthday anniversary speech to asylum doctors and guests, convincing them of his restored sanity. He is expected to resume legal practice after rest and recuperation, noting overwork had caused his earlier breakdown.
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New York
John Ulrich
Plainfield
N. J
Morris Plains Insane Asylum
Lincoln
Ulrich
12 Ft Drifts Delay Traffic at Preston
A severe snow storm blankets Preston Minnesota causing 12 foot drifts over tracks between Harmony and Canton. The Preston Reno passenger train arrives five hours late after double headed service. crews clear rails and trains run near schedule by daybreak.
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Preston
Preston, Minn
Preston-Reno
Reno
Snaufer and Mullene
Shook
Marvin
W. J. Brennen
Harmony
Canton
Male hats in many colors schedule from Broadway shop
New York March 11 A Broadway haberdashery markets a weekly color hat plan for men to indicate the day. Monday purple Tuesday greenish hue Wednesday blue Thursday light brown Friday dark brown Saturday slate Sunday rainbow effect.
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New York
Child of American Duchess Dies in Paris
Francois, Duke of Liancourt, four year old son of the Duke and Duchess de la Rochefoucauld, dies in Paris after a long meningitis illness. His mother is Miss Mattie Michell, daughter of the late Senator Mitchell of Oregon, once a Washington society beauty.
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Paris
Francois
Duke of
Liancourt
Duchess de la Rochefoucauld
Mattie Michell
Senator Mitchell
Oregon
Washington
Taft Cabinet for the Rich Man Debates in Kansas
Eugene V. Debs rails against Taft's cabinet as a whitewash for trusts and capital. He cites Standard Oil's Chicago case dismissal, calls the administration pro wealth and anti labor, and urges socialist education in Iowa Kansas and Nebraska. He criticizes Diaz and labor suppression while praising education of the people.
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Girard
Kansas
Socialist Party
Eugene V. Debs
J. Mahlen Barnes
Iowa
Nebraska
Debs
Washington
Mr. Taft
Bryan
Standard Oil
Chicago
Diaz
Mexico
America
Steel Trust
Falls Dead From Coupe To Roadway
Bridgeport Connecticut March 11 A W Wallace a wealthy local businessman was found dead beside the road near Ask Creek. His coupe with the coachman on the box had pulled ahead when a passerby discovered the body. It is believed Wallace leaned from the carriage to watch the passing cars in the New York to endurance race and was struck by one, dying on the roadway.
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Bridgeport
Conn
A. W. Wallace
Ask Creek
Wallace
New York
Conductors Spread Mumps Epidemic Across Nine Counties
In Columbus Ohio on March 11 officials report mumps spreading through street car conductors, infecting at least 1000 people and fueling an epidemic across nine counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
Murder Charge Filed After Fight in Gillette
Marshal Edward Smith, a one armed local peace officer, allegedly shot bartender H. Holcomb during a quarrel over a woman in Gillette Wyoming. Smith is in custody facing a murder charge today.
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Gillette
Wyo
Edward Smith
H. Holcomb
Chicago minister to be alderman
In Chicago third ward a Republican split could push Rev Morton Culver Hartzell into the aldermanic race. Hartzell, son of a Methodist bishop and linked to graft revelations in the water department last spring, said he would compete unless his favored candidates enter the race.
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Chicago
Third Ward
Morton Culver Hartzell
Bishop Hartzell
Methodist Church
Hartzell
Dresbach Infant Dies of Brain Fever
Elizabeth Gaskill seven months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Gaskill, died at home from brain fever. Funeral from Dresbach Methodist church, burial in Dresbach cemetery with Mrs Theodore Manstedt in charge.
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Elizabeth
Frank Gaskill
Dresbach
Theodore Manstedt
Secretary of War Dickinson Leaves for Washington
Secretary of War Dickinson departs Chicago for Washington to assume cabinet duties. He has attended numerous entertainments during his week as guest of honor while reaffirming he remains a Democrat and denying any plan to represent railroads in the cabinet.
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Chicago
Dickinson
Washington
New Casket Wagon Arrives From James Cunningham Company
Fessler and Dahl undertakers on South Third Street announce a fine new casket wagon from the James Cunningham Company of Chicago. The wagon is an innovation in city funeral vehicle design and meets with much admiration.
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Fessler & Dahl
South Third Street
James Cunningham Company
Chicago
Robbery at Manhattan Church Sees Masked Thieves Strike
Police hunt two masked robbers who aided by revolvers struck a church collection tonight. Rev. John ONeill, a parish clergyman, was robbed on Thirty Ninth Street between Sixth Avenue and Hamilton, Ontario area, as two suspects fled with an unknown amount.
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New York
John O'Neill
Hamilton
Thirty-Ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
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