Indian Girl on Bank Checks Sparks Odd Offer
Nee Bana a famed Penotmcot Indian maiden on the island across from Old Town gains nationwide attention after a Kanes postmarked letter from City National Bank of Kankakee Illinois offers money to engrave her face on loan checks. The tale intermingles local legend with a modern banking ploy as her beauty reaches far beyond her homeland. The report also notes railway executive George H Blanchard praised for his transportation expertise and wartime service.
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City National Bank of Kankakee
Kaa
Stereoscope in War Promises Enhanced Optical Aftermath
A Paris invention the long eyed stereoscope aims to augment object perception by combining two objective glasses and an eyepiece with a 49 cm separation, using corrected lenses to simulate a observer’s extended visual range. A New York druggist notes men use hair dyes more than women in recent experience.
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Paris
New York
Father of the Trusts Defends Combinations in Steel Rail Bets
The piece profiles Charles R. Funt, organizer of major trusts, arguing that trusts align with evolution and will solve collective production. It notes railroads resisting $26 per ton steel rails, billets selling at $140, and guesses of a price war to $23, with Carnegie as a pivotal but unstable factor risking a rail pool collapse.
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Charles R. Funt
United State
Mge
Ralle
Carnegie Company
U P
Ald
Atest
Great Enterprise to Span Andes From Guayaquil to Quito
James P. McDonald, a New York contractor, to lead the great engineering project crossing the Andes from Guayaquil to Quito. The 200 mile rail line will face immense challenges and cost an estimated 25 million dollars. About 1,500 workers now, rising to 6,000 native laborers, will build stonework and track at elevations up to 14,000 feet. American engineers number twenty, with wages around 122 dollars daily in silver currency.
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James P. McDonald
New York
Andess
Ouyequil
Quito
McDonald
Colepe
University of Tennesee
Guyatvil
Saf
Geothy
Hammer
Dustry
Tel cm
Richard Harding Davis
Young Sien
Daring Insurance Swindle Ties City Murder Plot
Dr August M Unger Wayland Brown and Frank H Smiley are jailed in a major insurance fraud case linked to the death of Marie Defenbach Mrs Defenbach allegedly joined a conspirac y to secure life policies with New York Life Canadian Order of Foresters and Knights and Ladies of Honor Maher of Moody Holand detective agency says he has evidence the trio planned to collect on the policies via a staged death and misrepresented a fake husband scheme
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August M. Unger
F Wayland Brown
Frank H. Smiley
Unger
Marie Defenbach
Sorder
Mise Defenbach
Edward Maher
Mooory & Holand Detective Agency
Frown
Smiley
Miss Defenbach
Brown
New York Life Insurance Company
Canadian Order of Foresters
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Frau
Brows
Misa Deferbach
Maher
Saneea Ian
Dowie Campaigning in London Attacks Churches
Rev John Altzender Dowie leader of the Christian Catholics Church tours London asking funds and denouncing all religions as his own. He claims anointed authority and brands Canterbury clergy as incompetent and vows to wage war on the Church of England. A dispute with a questioner nearly caused a free fight when Dowie’s bouncers eject a man.
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Dowie
London
John Altzender Dowie
Canterbury
Church of England
Where Women Were Vote Rights Across Rocky Mountain States
The article notes that women over 11 in Idaho Colorado Wyoming and Utah gain presidential voting rights this year. It describes past access in 186 and 1860s like Gretime era and suggests Idaho leads novelty while public opinion in Colorado Wyoming and Utah shows mixed expectations for turnout and influence. Mrs LG Clarks voices that women voters act more on sentiment than reason.
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Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Coorado
Clarks
J OG. Clarks
Women's Democratic Chad of
Denver
End of a Romance Mia Vita Paso Divorce
Vita Paso daughter of former Chief Justice Muley of the Illinois Supreme Court seeks dissolution of her marriage to Edward Paso a ranchman at San Angelo Texas. They met in San Angelo a year ago and Paso pursued her with gifts and attention. They wed secretly in Kentucky. The bride later realized a grave error and seeks separation while Paso remains devoted. The planned public Catholic ceremony date is October 2.
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Mia
Vita Paso
Muley
Ilinois Supreme Court
Edward Paso
San Angelo
Tex
Mia Malkey
Metropelia
Passo
Pandeab
Kyend
Abe
Pothimg
Pasvo
Massachusetts senator backs Wolcott for ambassador post
Massachusetts Senator Hoar confirms the suggestion that former Governor Roger Wolcott be named ambassador, noting Wolcott’s surprise at the offer and Draper’s resignation timing. Wolcott, governor 1897 to 1900, is from a prominent New England family with colonial ties. the post won't start until fall.
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McKinley
Draper
Saul
Massachusetts
Wolcott
Hoar
Lodge
Canton
Mr. Wolcott
Pari
Armbameador
Hoger Wolcott
Massachuerttes
Joby
Harvard
Borton Commos Council
Malachusetta Howes
Sir William
Edith Prescoot
Roger Wolcott
Oliver Wolccott
Te Ses
Bey
Weight at Saratoga tallest women draw crowds
Report describes an unprecedented display of heavyset women at Saratoga season avoidant of modesty among guests. The Grand Union Hotel hosts two prominent figures. one woman stands six feet three and weighs 193 pounds and is praised for her tasteful attire. A fellow guest frets over finding her dressmaker, noting the rare, well dressed weight on display.
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Saratoga
Grand Uhiom
le Conepreseus
Grand Unies
Kentucky figure linked to Goebel murder trial
The fragment references Caleb Powers a Kentuckian tied to the Goebel murder case. It notes alleged conspiracy ties, multiple conspirators, and extensive military support, including payments and witnesses, though details are incomplete and wording is uncertain.
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Caleb Powers
Nemiey
Powers
Goebel
Ewrethbeart
Culton
Ang
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Erie Railroad
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Biaschard
United States
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Mr. Blanchard
Rochester
N. Y
Cincinnati & Chicago Company
Nee Hana
Flint
Orsior
James P. M'Donald
Coger
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Thomas
Dowte
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