Fragmented Clippings Raise Questions on Economy and Society
A jumble of notes recalls diverse topics from currency value and wages to church salaries and public events. Mentions of Asbestos, elevators made in Napoleon era, and a Philadelphia theft highlight scattered concerns. The piece notes school song traditions and a centennial for Rev S F Smith with America first sung in Boston churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornellats
Park Street
Beaton
America
S F Emith
Buffalo herd moved to new park on Kalle river
About 250 buffalo from the Pablo herd, purchased by the Dominion government, will be moved from Montana to a new buffalo park on the Kalle river, a thousand miles northwest of Winnipeg. The animals are rounded up by Michael Pablo in Montana and will be transported north by special trains.
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Pablo
Dominion
Montana
Buffalo Park
Kalle River
Winnipeg
Michael Pablo
Dogs' Toilet Club Opens on Londons Fashionable Street
A new dog toilet club offers grooming, hair styling, and dental or claw care in London’s chic district. For three shillings, pets receive baths and manicures, with teeth treatments and grooming available as needed.
Abbs prize awarded for original research work
The New York academy offers the Abbs prize of 20 000 dollars for the best original research on the Widnes topic. The prize funds aim to foster interest in the study of bright objects and related fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or Norman
Dittman
Abbs
New York Academ
Fragmentary OCR News Note Refers to Miami Relief Hopes
A rough OCR fragment mentions an American, Han, and Anise MW planter with attached terms and Miami hoped for relief. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events, dates, or definitive entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eteras
Miami
Fragmented note on suicide and charity in wake of death
A garbled passage contemplates a man who died by his own action and the Christian charity shown toward him. It hints at an arousing wake at early morning and a gentle spirit as the only defense against the event. The text remains cryptic and inconsistent throughout.
Prosecution Begins As Impeachment Effort Surges In County
A push for impeaching Gov Malcolm Bo Patterson and Judge Joseph Bo Jones circulates. petitions filed in western county areas near the Night Riders case. The state opens testimony with Col Zacharis Taylor as lead witness after a conference on prioritizing key witnesses.
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Vinion City
Malcolm Bo Patterson
Joseph Bo Jones
Night Riders
Gore Patierran
Lawlesness
Eel
Jones
Taw
Eiders Taylor
Zacharis Taylor
Walnut Log Hotel
Quentin Rankin
Hankin
Trains Meet Leave 20 Hurt Near Lilly
A collision of four Hie Four passenger trains near Lilly on Thursday injures twenty. John Stacker of Urbana is severely burned and may die, with Henry Brand in Peoria and Christopher Rapper in Pehin among others hurt. A late Patrick Monahan will, valued at 250000, is found in a Charleston will envelope and filed for probate.
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Moomington
Lilly
John Stacker
Urbana
Henry Brand
Peala
Christopher Rapper Pehin
John Andrews
Indianapolis
Ind
Porter
Stacker
Norton
Patrick Monahan
Charleston
Monahan
John Monahan
Chicago
Train brakeman dies after attempted boarding in field
N A Deadman 27 a Big Four brakeman told his crew he would not work until after the holidays. In Shefield Illinois he attempted to board a moving train and was run over losing his life instantly. He belonged to the Brotherhood.
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Carn
Sheffield
Qla
Big Four
Brotherhood
Involuntary Balloon Ascension Verdict for Mrs Roper
A Kingston jury awarded Mrs Mary S Roper $1000 for an involuntary ascent incident at Edenville on August 29 1906. She sued Ulster County Agricultural Society for $25000 claiming injury from a dangling rope during an aeronautical exhibition.
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Kingston
Edenville
Supreme Court
Mary S Roper
Roper
Ulster County Agricultural Society
Chicago Suit Dismissed by Agreement in U S Court
Chicago city and Standard Oil Company reached an out of court settlement with a $40,000 claim for inspecting naphtha and gasoline. Judge Bethea dismissed the suit Thursday in the U S circuit court.
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Chicago
Bethea
United States
Standard OW
Character of Annis Barred in Court
The judge barred the character of Annis from being asked to answer related questions. The ruling limits testimony on personal conduct and credibility during the proceedings.
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Annis
Trial of Thornton Hains for murder at Bayside Yacht Club
The Hains murder trial resumes with cross examination of Frederick Storm who says Hains talked of real estate at Bayside Yacht Club dock before the shooting. Witness Jefferson may testify for the defense while John Tanning is located as a potential witness. An automatic pistol demonstration is planned near Flushing dock, with a verdict unlikely before year end.
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Flushing
Thornton J Hains
William Annis
Frederick Storm
Storm
Bayside Yacht Club
Annis
McIntyre
Jesterson
Thornton Hains
Bayside
Jefferson
Annises
William EB. Annis
Justice Crane
John Tanning
Hains
Fridnar
Maj Hains
MelIntyre
Herbert Fo. Funke
Bayside Yacht
Hogan
Hanna
Flushing Dock
May Halne
Total popular vote for president by state totals
New York City reports the final official national vote tally by state Michigan shows Taft 7 637 676 Bryan 6 393 182 Debs 448 453 Chafin 241 252 Hisgen 3 186 Watson 33 871 Gilhaus 15 421 and overall votes 14 852 238 This total surpasses the 1904 peak by 1 341 531.
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New York City
Michigan
Taft
Bryan
Debs
Chafin
Prohibition
Hisgen
Independence
Watson
Gilhaus
Soc Labor
Mad Dog Proclamation In Shelbyville Sparks Fire Safety Steps
Shelbyville mayor declares a thirty day dog control order ordering dogs shot or muzzled after a supposed mad dog bit several others. Several dogs were killed or fatally burned following the incident. In Evavaville Ind Mrs John Rapp died in a clothing fire sparked by a match while ironing.
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Shelbyville
Knecht
Evavaville Ind
John Rapp
Kaiser Takes Pledge for Life
London reports Berlin dispatch noting Kaiser Wilhelm has become a teetotaler pledging abstinence from all alcoholic drinks for life. He will not force courtiers to quit but offers a temperance effervescing drink served like champagne at dinners.
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London
Eng
Daily Express
Berlin
Lindholmen Sinks After Collision Off Goodwins
The Swedish steamer Lindholmen of 803 tons foundered off Goodwin Sands after colliding with the German steamer Friederich Mulloch of 1790 tons from Grimsby to Stockholm. Eight crew members drowned. survivors were landed at Dover, England.
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Dover
England
Lindholmen
Goodwin Sands
Friederich Mulloch
Grimsby
Stockholm
Forest Giant Felled Near Astoria on Columbia River
A massive log likely the largest ever placed in the Columbia was hauled from Evenson on the Sorenson Logging road. The tree measured 128 feet to the first limb and 108 inches in diameter at the top, containing 47 973 feet board measure.
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Astoria
Wash
Columbia River
Sorenson Logging Company
Evenson
15 000 Beds For 600 000 Tuberculosis Patients
New York report from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis notes only 15,000 beds exist in the United States to serve 600,000 consumptives. The association has been studying the needs of destitute tuberculosis patients nationwide.
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Stock Exchange
New York
Grace Church
Lower Broadway
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Roosevelt Backs Owen for Panama Supreme Court Bench
President Roosevelt pledged to Senator Hopkins to appoint Wiley M Owen of Leroy Iowa as a judge on the Panama Canal Zone supreme court, joining Loren Collins of Chicago in holding the two Panama bench seats.
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Washington DC
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Wiley M Owen
Leroy, II
Supreme Court of
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Loren Collins
Chicago
Negro to challenge coach law before Supreme Court
Muskogee Oklahoma. J B McCulley a Black man refused to heed the segregated coach law. He was fined 25 dollars and costs. The case will be taken to the United States Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of the law.
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Muskogee
Okla
United States Supreme Court
B. McCulley
Moonshine Distiller Shot and Falls in Linville Promise
Linville Alabama resident John Wyatt a moonshine distiller was shot during a clash with United States deputy marshals. He fell over a precipice and was not located by the deputies.
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Linville
Ala
John Wyatt
United States
Caracas Mob Topples Castro Regime Amid Street Uprising
In Caracas a dawn mob swept through the city denouncing President Castro. They looted the Literary Monopoly club, burned Castro statues and inscriptions, and clashed with troops who fired on demonstrators, causing fatalities. Editor Rivas and staff face criminal charges.
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Caracas
Willenestad
Castro
Bolvar Castro
Venezuela
Holland
Netherlands
Gomez
Holivar
Castros
el Constitucional
Rivas
Second Luncheon Victim At Vallejo Launch
Mrs. August Rose wife of Bandsman Rose of Mare Island died Tuesday from ptomaine poisoning after eating food at the luncheon held following the launch of the collier Prometheus. She is the second person to die from the luncheon. James C Reynolds a waiter died in San Francisco last Wednesday from the same cause.
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Vallejo
Cal
August Rose
Bandsman Rose
Mare Island
James C Reynolds
San Francisco
Excursion Steamer City of Peoria Sinks Here
The City of Peoria, the region’s largest excursion steamer on the Illinois River, sank here early Tuesday. Built at Jeffersonville Indiana seventeen years ago the vessel is owned by Mrs G W Sivley and Herman Mahl of this city. Marine insurance covers nine thousand dollars.
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Peoria
City of Peoria
Ilnois River
City of
Jeffersonville
Ind
G Ww. Sivley
Herman Mahl
Marine Insurance
Chicago Murders in 1908 Report Shows 156 Fatalities
The Chicago Police Bureau of Records reports 156 murders in 1908 with 24 unsolved cases. For 1905 the city recorded 173 murders, the highest figure in the record.
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Chicago
Bureau of Records of the Police Department
Bank Closure Tied to Loans at Napoleon Ohio
The Citizens State bank of Napoleon filed a deed of assignment after loans by Cashier Groll to the Ohio German Insurance Co, which recently failed. Lords Own Brewery Stock in London is cited in a commentary noting that sixty two peers who rejected the Heensing bill own brewery shares.
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Napoleon, Ohio
Citizens State Bank of
Napoleon
Groll
Ohio German Insurance Co
Qwn Brewery
London
Fire hits Mexican oil refinery in Isthmus of Tehuantepec
A dispatch from Minilatlan reports S Pearson and Son Limited refinery at that site damaged by fire from an explosion.
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City of Mexico
Minilatlan
Tehuantepec
S. Pearson & Son, Limited
Illinois news brief roundup with fines and trials
Decatur six violators of the local option law were fined a total of 130 dollars. Springfield reports John W. Walker leading in national president race. Peoria declares manslaughter not guilty for Frank J Potter. Waterloo detctive arrests Charles Cramer for embezzling 400 dollars. Mount Vernon whiskey distilling declines amid high corn prices. Danville reports Mrs Laura Bell Jones found dead at 96. Marion banker Dr L O Cox bonds for trial. Normal notes inventor William Stefford dies in poorhouse. Carbondale and Marion public buildings proposed at 75000 each. Sparta reports train death of Simpson Moore. Danville jury awards Uncle Joe Cannon damages 9275 against Big Four.
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Etitor
Marshall
Mandamiietis
Ratinas Compaties
Beronnie
Dinerneath
Europe
Marta Laintse
Tor Tins
Hinks
Panbaebls
Ecamon
Diocese of
Nework
Tokyo
Esar
Germany
Petition
Col
Minos
Wiii
Xmas
Muskuger
Oklahoma
Quincy
Jan’t
Tet Filles
William Wilson
William Koester
Paul Koester
Fairfield
William Miller
Yacht Club
Kaiser
Gollide
Owen
MOB
News OF Illinois
Decatur
Walker Miner
Springfield
Illnois
John W. Walker
Tom L. Lewin
Ohio
Walker
Kansas
Indiana
Alb
Pennsylvania
Uinols
Frank Potter
Frank J Potter
Potter
Waterloo
Swift
Iron Mountain Railway
Charles Cramer
Renault
Cramer
East St Louis
Iron Mountain
Monroe Country
Bloomington
Kentucky
Linoia Distilleriies
Prairie State
Blue Grass
Mount Vernon
Mary Hayes
John Henry Hayes
Haynes
Hayes
Baptist Church
WE. Finley
Lawrence County
Luthe
Danville
Laura Bell Jones
Laura Orr
L. O. Cox
Marion
L. O Cox
Murphysboro
Marion Cagle
William Stefford
Illinois
Washington
Thistlewood
Carbondale
Marian
Tilden
Sparta
Simpson Moore
Iiunols Central
Uncle Joe
Uncle Joe" Cannon
B. D. Wise
Potomac
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