Seattle Officials Indicted in Wide-Spread Case
In Seattle on April 1 a grand jury indicted nineteen prominent figures including Mayor T J Humes Chief of Police Sullivan and Justice W H Sann. Indictments cover malfeasance perjury larceny and related offenses with details noting fraudulent property handling and a 1902 lighting franchise grant to Furth and Shuffeton amid court clashes.
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Wash
T J. Humes
Sullivan
George Cann
Justice Vy. H. Sann
George A. Tipper
Jacob Furth
Walter Shuffieton
Charles R. Whittlesley
P. P. Padden
W. H. Whittlesley
Sin Francisco
Cann
Messrs
Furth
Shuffieton
Seattle Electro Company
Tragic double murder suicide shocks Ohio town
Forrest McCord a 2 barber living at Bournville killed Charity Storts at her home near South Salem with a razor then slashed his throat and died. The couple had been sweethearts for years and had been drinking prior to the attack prompting a warrant for McCord’s arrest.
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Forrest McCord
Chillicothe
Bournville
Charity Storts
South Salem
McCord
Storts
Miss Storts
Lothario shoots after guarding jealous husband in New York
William J. Peppler 26 a clerk in One Hurviced and Nineteenth street was killed by William Earl Dobson a stock broker cashier after Peppler drove out a visitor from his wife home. Dobson fled and police issued a general alarm.
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New York
William J. Peppler
Hurvired
Nineteenth Street
William Earl Dobson
Peppler
Dobson
North Carolina
Friends
West One Hundred and Eleventh Street
Washington, D. C
New York Officials Face Dismissal Calls Over Fire Commissioner
Controller Grout asks Mayor Law to dismiss Fire Commissioner Sturgis for alleged city charter violations in awarding contracts. He urges rigorous application of law, noting a history of removals and precedent with former Chief Croker.
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New York
Grout
Law
Sturgis
Sturg
Croker
Arbitration Wins at Buffalo Dock Workers Dispute Highlighted
Buffalo N Y workers at the dockside settled a dispute after arbitration. The team involved faced delays but resumed duties as negotiations continued to address the issues raised by both sides.
Milwaukee Boasts Largest Baby Output In Nation
Milwaukee plans a publicity display for President Roosevelt claiming it leads the nation in birthrates, school children, and family size. Officials cite 800000 residents and about 10000 births yearly as proof, plus a proposed group photo of a large family. Senator Quarles notes the Milwaukee address may touch on German baiting.
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Milwaukee
America
Wis
United States
Roosevelt
Senator Quarles
Washington
Nce
San Francisco
Timepiece alarm disrupts New York theater performance
A New Jersey couple caused an alarm during the aria Speak Low at Herald Square theater when an electric clock in a bag set off during Miss Louise Gunning's solo. The pair struggled to stop the device as ushers escorted them from the venue.
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New York
Miss Gunning
Shert
New Jersey
Women to Run Paper in Chicago City News Venture
A new daily newspaper is to be started in Chicago owned and edited by women with Dr. Francis Dickinson of Harvey Medical College to head the organization. Backers aim to purify city reporting by truthfully covering the city council board of education city hall and other public institutions without political bias.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Great Russian Riot at Slatovsk Kills Twenty-Eight
A violent strike riot near Slatovsk in the Orfa government district along the Urals resulted in twenty eight deaths and fifty injuries, with bloodshed reported during the disturbance on March 30.
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Slatovsk
St. Petersburg
Slatousk
Orfa
Ural Mountains
Trusts Grow Nervous Over Garfield Led Corportions Bureau
Large U S trusts seek details on how far the new Bureau of Corporations will compel disclosure under the Commerce Department. Garfield heads the bureau, raising fears of an expansive inquisition with power to subpoena, prosecute, and publish under presidential direction.
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Bureau of Corporations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Knox Watches Packers Move to Evade Antitrust Laws
President Roosevelt and Attorney General Knox push to broaden the Northern Securities case and the beef packers suit. Justice officials report intensified monitoring as gossip swirls about a new National Packing company formed to test antitrust laws. Four U S district attorneys have orders to report any possible violations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Knox
Northern Securities Company
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
National Packing Company
United States
Swift, Armour and Morris
Lady Sybil Primrose Weds Lieutenant Grant
London wedding report states Lady Sybil Primrose, eldest daughter of Earl Roseberry, married Lieutenant J. Co. Grant son of Lieutenant General Sir Robert Grant in a quiet ceremony held today in London.
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Sybil
London
Crest of Mississippi levee crevasse at Hymlia threatens severe flood
Reports from New Orleans on March 31 describe a serious Hymlia levee breach with much cribbing swept away by a strong current. Large forces and boats are at the site, but authorities say the break may be abandoned only in a major flood event rivaling the Davis crevasse of 1384.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
Lunner
Davis
Grand Old Maids Defy Convention In Love and War
Millicent Shattuck vows never to marry and pledges herself to humanity through a life of college settlement work and lectures. Her fiancé Howard Oldham faces bankruptcy and illness after Oldham & Grayling fail, yet Millicent returns to him in the Calumet club, declaring their engagement and prioritizing their shared mission over society’s expectations.
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Millicent Shattuck
Piazza
Clarand
Florence Nightingale
Field
Gail Hamilton
Fran Willard
Susan B. Anthony
Fudge
Millicent
Howard
Maud Nolan
Howard Oldham
Oldham
Dilliard
Exchange
Oldham & Grayling
Central
Calumet Club
The Rise and Fall of Jim at Graham's Extract
A veteran advertising executive recalls Jim Durham, the son of a wealthy man, who keeps bouncing between jobs in a trading house. Jim drives cost savings, pushes new tools, and steers a beef extract venture into bold advertising, eventually earning a reprieve after a string of risky gambles.
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Jim
Mister Jim
Graham
North Pole
Africa
The Official Silly Season in State Legislatures
A humorous take on the annual silly season in state capitals. The piece notes February through March as peak prank legislation, cites examples in Albany Illinois Utah and the Southwest, and jokes about bills taxing bachelors and seizing Miss Roosevelt’s cotton handkerchief. It urges sympathy for lawmakers and suggests cutting sessions in two.
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New York Mail and Express
England
London
Providence
Washington
Southwest
Albany
Illinois
Utah
Northwestern
Hubbards
Texas
Missouri
The Ptarmigan Seasonal Color Change
Pointed study by EB Warren describes the ptarmigan of the Rockies and Alaska changing from brown to white across four seasonal molts to blend with snow. It notes the bird’s behavior near nests, increased shyness in winter, diet of willow buds and moss, and contrasts with musk-scented crows and the weasel’s tail as camouflage.
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Ptarmigan
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Rockies
Alaska
EB. R. Warren
Butte
Mr. Warren
Weasel
Pardon mi madam and gate meter inquiry
In a fragment from a Chicago Tribune style scene a uniformed man asks to inspect the gas meter at a door. A skeptical young wife denies there is any issue with the meter as dialogue plays out in a witty, period-tinged exchange.
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Chicago Tribune
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Ada Patterson
George Horace Lorimer
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