Minneapolis Board of Education Official Charged in Graft Case
W K Hicks secretary of the Minneapolis board of education faces four indictments on bribery charges after private detectives testified before the grand jury. Hicks was arrested at his drug store and arraigned in court where he pleaded not guilty. Detectives Walter J Burns and George E Burns testified as the evidence mounted.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis
W. K. Hicks
Minneapoliss Board of Education
Board of Education
Hicks
al J. Smith
Grand
Brooks
William Hicks
Wall
John Wall
C. M. Jordan
C. J. Bintliff
A. T. Ankeny
Young Woman Takes Poison Inan Desperate Act
Margaret Earl twenty arrived from Grand Forks and became dependent after reaching 151 South Washington street. She attempted suicide by swallowing nine bichloride tablets. Dr J Kelly police surgeons deemed her condition critical and she was rushed to the city hospital after temporary treatment.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Margaret Earl
Grand Forks
South Washington Street
J. Kelly
City Hospital
Man Urges Choir Singers Despite Skeptical Reader Views
A newspaper notice notes a man taking the lead in a local choir despite audience skepticism about his singing ability. The brief records his participation and reflects reader reactions without sensational detail.
Minnesota College Guard Involved in Field Fence Scuffle
Ed L. Paulsen a senior medical student at the University of Minnesota sought police protection at Northrop field after a clash with a crowd during a football game. He reportedly knocked a high school student down and struck him with a club while pursuing two gate crashers, prompting police to escort him to the armory for safety.
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Minnapolis
Minn
Ed L. Paulsen
University of Minnesota
Northrop Field
Paulsen
Wife Elopes With M E Minister In Minnesota Scandal
A. R. Speel, a Bloomfield Nebraska farmer, traced his runaway wife and Rev. E. E. Carter to Farmington and Mankato Minnesota. Speel alleges a yearlong elopement with Carter and that his wife forged an $800 check to fund land purchases. He plans to prosecute under the law.
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Mankato
Minn
A. R. Speel
Bloomfield
Neb
Farmington
E. E. Carter
Verna
Carter
Meek Inherit Earth Delayed by Trusts
A cryptic editorial note hints that the meek may inherit, but only after trusts resolve their claims. The line suggests legal or financial obstacles delaying a hoped outcome. No specific people or places are named.
Senator Crane Targets Post Stock Subscriptions
Senator Winthrop Murray Crane spent weeks in town raising stock subscriptions for a Post corporation making stockings and shoes. Yesterday a bogus $5,000,000 subscription was added, prompting Crane to boast he would visit New York to display his wealth and demand Miss Gould’s audience, claiming she would fall in love with him.
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Post
New York
Miss Gould
Winthrop Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Crane
Hitchcock
Senate
Mr. Crane
Wants to Wed Helen Gould
Edmund N. Post of Webster New York was arrested in Niagara Falls after attempting to telegram George J Gould to announce plans to marry Helen Gould. He was committed to the state hospital for the insane. Post had been troubling the Gould family in recent weeks.
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Helen Gould
Niagara Falls
N. Y
George J. Gould
Edmund N. Post
Webster, N. Y
State Hospital
Post
Gould
Thought of Horses Before Himself
Zachariah Harrison fell from his wagon at Fourth and Broadway in St Paul and suffered a gash over his left eye. He refused to have his wound treated, asking the police to care for his horses instead, and left the central station unharmed.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Zachariah Harrison
Central Police Station
Fourth and Broadway
Harrison
John Kelly
Democrats Use Post Cards in County Campaign
A Democratic County Chair man John Doherty circulated a postal card to voters countywide. The card features a dark blue background with a bottomless dinner pail and the slogan The republicans are in power while The bottom is out of the full dinner pail. It asks Wouldn't a change be desirable. The address side shows I will vote for and a portrait of Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan.
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John Doherty
William Jennings Bryan
Locals Win Sunday Baseball Game 4 1
Bumpus Jones pitched for the Colored Gophers in a 4 to 1 win over the locals with La Crosse in camp. Despite hits, Jones excelled in relief to keep the score low as Walford struck out 13 in a separate loss by 7 to 6.
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Bumpus Jones
Jones
la Crosse
Weis
Jones and Schaefer
la Crosse All Stars
Colored Gophers
Walford
Bishop Tierney in Connecticut Diocesan Crisis
Hartford Oct 5 Bishop Tierney of the Connecticut diocese was reported not to survive the day after an apoplectic stroke. His sisters are at his bedside and the last rites have been administered.
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Hartford
Hartt
Tierney
Connecticut
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Northwest
Twin Cities
M. E
Prof. Woodward
la la Crosse Theatre
Gophers
Wolford
Gatewood
Tonga
Per Wee
Nelson
Main Street
Tierney Stricker
Elens Rad
America
C. & J. Michel Brewing Co
la Crosse, Wis
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