Policyholders Demand Change at Mutual Life Board
Colonel Shook of Nashville denounces extravagance and mismanagement at Mutual Life Insurance. He says policyholders must control the board, not administration allies, to protect policyholder interests and end reliance on trustees who favored former leaders. He warns a minority role under administration proposals.
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New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Shook
Nashville
Tenn
Trum Tea
Board of Trustees
Democrats Open Campaign HQ in Chicago Western division set to run August 1
The western division of the Democratic Congressional campaign committee will open headquarters at the Palmer House in Chicago August 1. Congressman Rainey of Illinois and Lloyd of Missouri led final arrangements, appointed by Chairman Griggs to direct the movement. The division covers Ohio and all states west of it plus territories west of the Mississippi except Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
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Congressional Campaign
Chicago
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Palmer House
Rainey
Linois
Lloyd
Missouri
Griggs
Congressional Committee
Ohio
Mississippi River
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Five men arrested in New York for selling used tax stamps
In New York five Brooklyn men Frederick Thompson William O Reilly Patrick King Co H Lawrence and Luke McSherry were jailed on charges of selling used mortgage and stock transfer tax stamps after removing marks with chemicals and ironing them. Officials say the scheme defrauded the state of over 200000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mayer
Jerome
Wall Street
Frederick Thompson
William O’reilly
Patrick King
Co. H. Lawrence
Luke McSherry
Brooklyn
Republicans of Alabama Mobilize Full State Ticket
Heavy rains flood crops around Norfolk Virginia while political moves unfold. A night watchman in Portsmouth Ohio is bitten by a copperhead with critical condition. An Ohio brewer agent dies in a German hotel over a money movement from Marshall Field estate prompts tax evasion concerns. Stromboli volcano erupts again sending ash to Sicily as lava spills from its crater.
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Alabama
Norfolk
Ide Hag
Leyte
Philippine Islands
James Hart
Portsmouth
Joseph A. Miller
Ohio Brewers
Kaiserhof
Marienbad
Germany
Marshall Field Estate
Chicago
New York
Stromboli
Sicily
Island of
Grain and live stock prices across major markets
The report lists cattle, sheep, hogs, calves and grain quotes from Chicago East Buffalo Pittsburg Cleveland Cincinnati with ranges for steers cows bulls stockers heifers and milkers. sheep lambs and yearlings. hogs prices by grade. and grain bids for Wheat Corn and Oats including No 2 red and No 2 mixed at several centers. Notes bulk meats and bacon prices.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Arrests and Seizures Across Russia Amid Telegram Demand
Telegrams from Premier Stolypin call for renewed order and legal measures across Russia while police close clubs and suppress revolutionary activity. In St Petersburg 200 arrests were reported and four newspapers seized as agrarian unrest grows near the city.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Journal
Stolypin
Russia
Caucasus
Plehve
Bouligin
Constitutional Democratic Club
Constitutional Democrats
Paul Doigourokoff
Viborg
Moscow
Baron Fredericks
Frederick
Gatchina
Amnesty Granted in Finland for Pre November 1905 Offenses
An imperial manifesto from Helsingfors, Finland, grants amnesty for all offenses prior to November 17, 1905, cancelling fines and promising repayment. It also covers illegal acts by Russian officials during Finland’s attempted Russification. A separate note reports Clayton C. Smith drowning while fishing near Greenville Creek after trailing from a boat near Columbus station.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Greenville
Clayton C. Smith
Union
Columbus
Greenville Creek
Here
Foreigners in this country and Selocking arrest tale
Police capture Johann Hoppe posing as Mrs Theresa Bornero’s gown wearing impersonator after a ransom letter demands 300 dollars. Hoppe claims two weeks in St Louis and 18 days in the country but refuses to state more, chased then caught hiding in an ash bin. Funeral services for Russell Sage held at Far Rockaway First Presbyterian church with prominent mourners and clergy present.
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St. Louis
Theresa Bornero
Carpenter
Johann Hoppe
Hoppe
Russell Sage
New York
First Presbyterian Church
Far Rockaway
L. I
Andrew Hageman
D. D
Collegiate Reformed Church of
Lyman D. Collins
Sage
Federation Rumor Denied by Premier Bond in St Johns
Premier Bond denied Canadian federation talks involving Earl Gray and Ottawa ministers. He stated the government has no knowledge of any proposed conference and will not participate in actions reopening the federation question. The clarification followed press reports from July 23.
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Bond
St. Johns
N. F
Earl Gray
MacGregor
Canada
Laurier
Ottawa
Yappa Custom From Chilean Market Tales
New Orleans readers know the lagniappe custom where merchants give a small gift to entice repeat customers. A New York Globe report notes Chileans call it yappa and recall a fruit stall example where a girl received extra figs, then a confectionery child demanded a centavo and was granted it as her yappa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Cable
Martin
New York Globe
Bits, oe
A brief exchange about a magazine story’s hero and heroine and their forthcoming marriage in the final chapter. The dialogue hints at a planned twist and reader payoff with the couple tying the knot at story’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagens
Warrant raids and German labor camp abuse reported
United States deputies in Pensacola with warrants for Jackson Lumber officials raid Lockhart Alabama amid accusations that about 100 German immigrants are held in brutal peonage. The workers allege forced labor, starvation, beatings, and torture if they attempted escape. German consular assistance sought for protection. Early July reports place the company under southern scrutiny. accusations tie to Michigan and Wisconsin investors.
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Pensacola
Fla
United States
Jackson Lumber Company
Lockhart
Ala
Ger Mans
South
Michigan
Wisconsin
American Jew and Schiff on the future of Jewish unity
The American Jew speaks through Jacob N. Schiff who says across the United States the crossing of Russian and German Jewish types will, in fifty years, yield the finest American Jew. In Ohio news Youngstown chosen as next meeting site at the convention of the Building on Loan associations in Cincinnati dated July 23.
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New York
Crescent City
City Park Jockey Clubs
New Orleans
American Turf Association
Western Jockey Club
Jacob N. Schiff
Youngstown
Cincinnati
The
Ohio Building On Loan Associations
The Impatient Son and the Left Hand Waltz
The Italian tenor Marconi visits Clever Rubinstein. Rubinstein’s young son proclaims, This is my festa, papa, and I want a present, a new waltz. Rubinstein grants a gift and improvises a left handed waltz while giving Marconi the right hand overture, an astonishing musical moment witnessed by Marconi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubinstein
Marconi
Ord
Last pillory sentence dated 1830 in London history
The pillory, once a public punishment in England, involved a man fixed in a wooden frame for hours while crowds watched and sometimes pelted him. The last known instance occurred on June 22, 1830, when Peter James Bossy was punished for perjury, according to the London Mail.
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England
Peter James Bossy
London Mail
Romance Versus Reality and a Quiet Household Tale
A Chicago News note reflects on romance versus reality with a wry line about a woman who vowed never to wed until a handsome knight rode in. It contrasts with Homer’s spinster turned housewife tale where she prospers with a silk wagon and two chargers. A brief quip then has a child asking when her mother will return, replying that she will return as soon as the caller leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreamer
Homer—Oh
Chicago News
Fragmented Life Reflections On Love And Mortality
Quote from Life contrasts knowing a husband with a money request after marriage and Rousseau’s claim that earthly life is not the sole measure of existence, challenging the idea that life ends with death.
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Rousseau
Ohio News Briefs Reflect Franchises and Crimes Across Cities
Cleveland eyes 25 year franchise extensions with 85 cent seven ticket transfers while rival lines bid 3 cent fare. Perry county manhunt ends with capture. Augusta to Grimes?. several assaults, suicides, crashes, and a child death linked to a sweetheart dispute. Local incidents include a painter’s accident, a public building note, and a bigamy arrest in Akron.
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Utah
William S. Dalton
Supreme Court
Homer P. Burt
Salt Lake
Congresman
Idaho
Colorado
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Frank Brennenberg
Washington
Justice Gould
Frederick A. Hyde
John A. Benson
Henry P. Dimond
Joost H. Schneider
Oregon
California
Pacific
W. T. Swinburne
General Board
Army and Navy Joint Board
Pacific Squadron
Goodrich
South Framingham
Mass
Henry L. Sawyer
Department of Justice
Navy Department
Department
Vienna
Los Angeles
Cal
Wiliam J. Hudson
Pasadena
Dr. A. Hoag
St Petersburg
Stalypin
Revolutionista
Striks
Buffalo
N. Y
International Paper Company
Paper Makers’ Union
Federation
Maccabees
Knights of the Maccabees
Suisun
Yappa
Manchuria
Tientsin
China
Japan
Chamber of Commerce of
Shanghai
Mukden
Antung
Hearst
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
William R. Hearst
Tammany
Toronto
Ohio Valley
Philadelphia
Board of Health
Jackson Smith
Canal Zone
Smith
Panama Canal Commission
J. Vu. Bonnette
Saltair
Mience
Rie
Chicage
Philadelpha
Patterson
Sbell
Fer
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R. H. EL Detroit
Mullin
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Warner
Newton
Klemow
Minh and Wakefield, Howell and Spencer
Boston
Tannehil
Peterson
Rhoades
Eels
Buelow
C_alPhS
LPC
Phila
Det't
UL Cleveak Ob Wash
Chica
Bost
Ceixcinnati
Philadet Plan
Wicker
Lundgren
Reulbach
Kling
Eason and Ritter
St Louis
Bt Louis
Leever
Dibson
McGinnity
Ames
Bresnahan
W. Ju PC
W. L. F.C. Chica
Pitts
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Kansas City
Toledo
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Louisville
W. IL
W. Ta
Colum
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St Pan Ba
Ind
OLIIO
Buckeye
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Forest City Railway Company
Municipal Traction Company
Tom L. Johnson
Zanesville
Perry County
Glouster
Charles
Misco
Lew Eblin
Eblin
Sherif King
New Lexington
Marietta
Jeff Sharp
Pearl Pitts
Marion
O. G. Johnston
Johnston
Cora White
Louis Berger
Agosta
Galion
Edward Metcalf
O. C. T. Interurban
Museum of Fine Arts
Edmund M. Wheelwright
L. E. Holden
Lima
Daisy Wade
Ben Wade
Ohio Penitentiary
Effie Pearson
Delaware
Thomas
Tucker, Jr
T. B. Tucker
Toledo Exposition
Charles Scherer
Scherer
Tucker
Mahoning County
Akron
Robert R. Crawford
Breckenridge
Massillon, O
Massillon
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