Quaker Mayor Targets City Gas Deal and Firing Spree
Philadelphia May 24. Mayor Weaver moves to block a 75 year lease of the city gas works to United Gas Improvement for 25 million dollars by dismissing two top officials from the public safety and public works departments. He announces a bitter political battle to the November polls and brings in Elihu Root and James Gay Gordon as counsel. Colonel Sheldon Potter and A Lincoln Acker named ad interim to fill the vacancies.
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Philadelphia
United Gas Improvement Company
Weaver
David J. Smyth
Department of Public Safety
Peter E. Costello
Department of Public Works
Elihu Root
New York
James Gay Gordon
Gordon
Sheldon Potter
Director of Public Safety
A. Lincoln Acker
Girl Holds Brother on Stove After Taft Story
In Indianapolis on May 24 Geraldine Evans, four year old daughter of farmer Bernie Evans of Davies county, heated her infant brother on a hot stove after she heard her father read about Taft. The child died from burns and the parents attribute the act to a Taft story in the household.
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Indianapolis
Geraldine
Bernie Evans
Davies County
Taft
Roosevelt
Wall Paper and Interiors Sale at 626 Main Street
We sell high class wallpaper at unprecedented prices to reduce stock. Over stocked on room mouldings plate rails and related items with special prices. Also offering painting and interior decorating at moderate, first class guaranteed work. Come in for a quote. 626 Main Street.
General Paper Co Inquiry Continues in Milwaukee
At a government hearing in Milwaukee George A. Whiting vice president of General Paper Co and president of Wisconsin River Paper and Pulp testified about the formation stock distribution profits and payouts while Secretary Alexander testified earlier. Both sessions focused on how the General Paper Co was launched and the events preceding its incorporation.
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Milwaukee
George A. Whiting
General Paper Company
Wisconsin River Paper and Pulp Company
Alexander
Special Examiner
Whiting
Fire at county insane asylum saved by cool leadership
In Janesville Wisconsin on May 24 a fire in the cook’s room at 6:30 p.m. threatened the county insane asylum and its 167 patients. Superintendent Killam directed the county asylum fire department, confining the blaze to the rear of the main building and keeping losses under 1000 dollars. Patients were moved to the assembly room and kept safe during the alarm. The hospital had a prior fire three years earlier and now features improved waterworks and weekly drills.
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Janesville
Wis
County Insane Asylum
Killam
County Asylum Fire Department
Stricken at a Dinner in Omaha Leader Nash Suffering Paralysis
Edward W. Nash president of the American Smelting and Refining company was struck with paralysis at a dinner hosted by banker Herman Kountze in Omaha. Physicians were summoned as Nash remained unconscious with brain hemorrhage. He is also a director of the South Omaha National Bank and a large stockholder in several Omaha firms. Late in the day his condition slightly improved and recovery was hoped.
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Omaha
Neb
Edward W. Nash
American Smelting and Refining Company
Herman Kountze
Nash
South Omaha National Bank
Northwestern Line Schedules Festive Coast Trip to California
Very low excursion rates apply from all stations May 23 24 25 29 30 31 and June 1 2 for travel to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and nearby points via the Northwestern Line. Two fast trains daily to the Pacific Coast The Overland Limited electric lighted nonstop in under three days The California Express offers drawing room and tourist sleeping cars Rates and tickets available through Chicago and Northwestern Ry agents.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
National Council Knights of Columbus
Pacific Coast
California Express
Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Curious Bank of Goldfield Shows Strain in November Ledger
At Goldfield, the Goldfield Bank and Trust Company reports liabilities of 8227 with assets 4821, including 4800 in notes. Five dollar gold piece found, vault holds 16. President J B Young also heads Goldfield Lida Investment. Two 5000 checks drawn on John Cook Bank by W R Hale paid to Francis L Burton, promoter of the investment firm, with one dated May 23 but paid May 20. Bank shows debit slips for 26300 and 7200 in stocks and bonds as collateral.
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Goldfield
Goldfeld Bank and Trust Company
J. B. Young
Goldfield Lida Investment Company
John Cook Bank
W. R. Hale
San Francisco
Francis L. Burton
Cook Bank
Goldfield Bank and Trust Company
Boxer Indemnity Settlement Delayed by Russo-Chinese Bank
The Boxer indemnity issue stalls as Russia requests silver in Shanghai at London price to gain a 1 percent advantage while the Russo-Chinese bank pushes the plan. Na Tung, governor of Peking, consented but was not ratified. Chinese assent could prolong settlement, inviting similar demands elsewhere.
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Na-Tung
Peking
Board of Revenue
China
Mexican Patriot is Dead
Joseph Gonzales nephew of the late Cardinal Gonzales of Mexico dies at his New York home. A revolutionary who helped overthrow Emperor Maximilian, he was captured and sentenced to death but reprieved. His hair turned white on what he believed to be his last night of life before relocating and becoming a cigarmaker.
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New York
Joseph Gonzales
Cardinal Gonzales
Mexico
Maximilian
Gonzales
La Crosse Tribune: Your dependable newspaper choice
A promotional blurb endorses the La Crosse Tribune as a trustworthy daily paper deserving of reader subscriptions. It highlights reliability and consistency as key reasons to choose the Tribune.
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la Crosse Tribune
State News Condensed: Wisconsin items mixed
Condensed state news reports various Wisconsin items. A boy accidental gun discharge injures a peer in Racine. Oskosh notes a tram wreck with no injuries. Fairchild ends local industry. logging complete. Oshkosh body found from Drown case Ada Stoll. Kenosha jewel theft over $200. Palmyra declamatory winners listed. La Grange Center teacher injured in carriage accident. Bishop McDowell to preside at Swedish Methodist church dedication. Wisconsin Firemen convention dates set.
Trains, Fires, and Rail Docks Highlight Midwest Notices
Green Bay brakeman Green Bay Ward Patter, 26, fell under his train at Chilton and died from injuries. Nelson coal-sheds of Chicago Burlington and Quincy at Nelson eight miles north of Alma burned Monday night delaying trains. Edward Patske, about 50, crippled carpenter, believed drowned near Sioux Rapids river north of the dam. Kenosha Outdoor Art association forms a band of over 1,000 school children to aid clean streets. Union Grove hosts meeting of fifty Milwaukee District Ministerial association ministers.
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Green Bay
Ward Patter
Chilton
Cago
Burlington and Quincy
Nelson
Alma
Sioux Rapids
Edward Patske
Sat
Kenosha
Kenosha Outdoor Art Association
Racine
Milwaukee District Ministerial Association
Union Grove
Admiral Hichborn Endorses Peruna as Invigorating Tonic
Rear-Admiral Philip Hichborn of the US Navy from Washington endorses Peruna as an invigorating tonic after a short use. The letter cites catarrh risks for soldiers and sailors exposed to changing climates. Peruna claimed to prevent colds and to break up established ones, urging prompt use.
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Philip Hichborn
United States Navy
Washington, D. C
Peruna Endorsements From Notables Speak To Catarrh Relief
Commodore Somerville Nicholson, Ex-Lieut. U S Navy James M. Morgan, and Admiral James A. Greer advocate Peruna for catarrh and throat ailments. They praise its curative qualities and tonic effects, urging others to try the remedy.
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Peruna
Commodore Somerville Nicholson
U. 8S. Navy
James M. Morgan
James A. Greer
Endorsements for Peruna Cough and Cold Remedy
A collection of testimonials from Rear Admiral J A Howell Colonel C J Porter and other notable figures praising Peruna as an effective remedy for coughs colds and catarrh. The piece notes many endorsements and claims thousands of testimonials on file while offering readers a glimpse of the overall praise.
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J. A. Howell
U. S. Marine Corps
C. J. Porter
Perana
Hartman
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Frederick J. Shoyer
Department of Supplies
Arthur R. H. Morrow
Department
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Costello
Canada
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United States and Canada Land Co
Arnt T. Flow
Dist. Migr
Lienlokken Bank
la Crosse
Wisconsin
S. E. Hanson
Main Street
General Paper CO
Coolness
Insane Hospital
State News
Sas
Hans Anderson
Jorgenson
McDowell
Chicago
Oskosh
Winnebago Traction Company
Wisconsin Central
Fairchild
N. C. Foster Lumber Company
Rice Lake
Wisconsin State Firemen’s Association
Oshkosh
Ada Stoll
Lake Winnebago
Dodgeville
Oarty
Waukesha
S. F. Shirley
Depot Express
St. Louis
Waukesha County
T. S. Lockhart
Palmyra
Palmyra High School
Diana Thayer
Bessie Deah
Ellen Gilbert
la Grange Center
Bessie Marr
Chi
Thompson
Hichborn
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George Powell
Jessie Green
Electrical Princess
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