Clever Defrauding Note Trick Tries Farmers’ Patience
A well dressed young man in Clyde Ohio ran a fraudulent scheme selling horse hay forks to farmers through sub agents. He issued fake contracts that concealed a $180 promissory note with seven percent interest and a claim of delivery of forks. Farmers signed, trusting the up front appearance, then faced note protests when funds failed to materialize.
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Joseph &. Bowtes
Clyde
Nichols House
Greans
Dupes
Sandusky County
Freeport
Defrauding Note Court Action For Payment Promise
A damaged note fragment describes a payment promise and an arrest related to defrauding activity. It mentions Jas OMT order for one hundred and twenty an dollars value received with interest and witnesses named. The text references payment terms and a court process with witnesses like Wa Daves and Alreev Daves Howse Hay.
A Complicated Machine
Hartford Courant reports a man who bought a steam car last winter and still has not ridden it by July. Owner Mr. Blank has spent about 800 dollars adding lamps gauges a dragon horn a steam whistle a rear er us eradic actor and other gadgets to his auto with current storage batteries under the seats and a rear steam jet alarm for misbehaving boys.
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Hartford Courant
Blank
Mr. Blank
Not Rich
A dialogue exchange attributes a remark about wealth to Miss Pert with sharp retorts. The Houston Post presents a snappy quarrel line about money and brains.
Pope Pius X Mocked For Train To His Cassock
The pope joked about women’s skirts and trains as he received visitors. He noted trains hinder movement and, after a brief talk, moved about the room lifting his cassock to illustrate the point. The scene underscored his simple, humorous approach in public audiences.
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Pius
Holy Father
Pius X
Bank examiner defined in wit of Chicago Sun
The Chicago Sun quotes a quip defining a bank examiner as the man who inspects a bank after a cashier has looted it, contrasting the role with a prior looted institution.
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Chicago Sun
Insect Plague Hits Wheat in Virginia and Midwest
Reports trace a long history of the wheat stem sawfly outbreak from 1848 to 1854 in Virginia and spread to Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and Kansas by 1905. The pest overwinters as a larva in stems and emerges in spring with eggs laid in the grain straw. Preventive measures include burning stubble promoting rapid grain growth and crop rotation to force adult migration.
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Charlottesville
Gordonsville
United States
Canada
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylva
de. Riley
Jannia
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Kansas
G. I. Reeves
Warrenton
R. H. Pettit
Michigan Agricultural College
Sauerkraut Press Patented to Submerge in Brine
An Indiana inventor patents a sauerkraut press that keeps sauerkraut submerged under brine to prevent spoilage. The device uses a lever and a removable, circular plunger head with chain links and hooks to apply and hold pressure, allowing easy access to the kraut and draining portions back into the barrel.
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Indiana
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Stormy Weather Affects Grain Infestation and Sowing Choices
The text notes wind and storms hinder the movement of pests, suggesting many MI grants would be killed or blown astray. It argues that applying infested straw to new fields before sowing wheat would avoid migratory needs, and that sowing early ripening varieties is advantageous.
Hearts in Road Making by German Farmers
A Prairie Parter report praises German farmers in a neighboring county for building their own roads. They bought a gravel pit and haul gravel in winter to ready the roads for spring, showing determination, thrift, and willingness to pay the price for better highways.
Neatness as a Habit for Home and Farm Work
Emphasizes systematic order and placing every item correctly. Encourages pride in keeping land and especially barn areas neat and healthy. Advises studying profit in neatness and applying it to both farm and home tasks.
Yield of American farms profits reach record wealth
Secretary James Wilson reports 1906 with farm wealth at 6.416 billion dollars, corn at 2.7 billion bushels and value gains across crops. Dairy, poultry, cattle, and exports add to agricultural wealth, with more banks and deposits expanding in rural areas as farm prosperity rises.
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Washington
United States
James Wilson
South
North Central States
Reform in Football Pivots at Penn Circulation
Following President Roosevelt's call for uniform eligibility rules and reduced roughness in college football the University of Pennsylvania leads by sending a circular to heads of colleges and other institutions nationwide seeking reforms.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Two Perished by Fire in Towanda Township Conclusion
In Towanda Pennsylvania on November 27 Mary Shaylor aged 30 and Henry Whit Miller eight months died in a house fire that destroyed William Ackley’s residence. Two men were seriously burned and several others suffered severe injuries.
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Towanda
Mary Shaylor
Henry Whitmiller
William Ackley
Towanda Township
Gompers Reelected President of AFL
Samuel Gompers was reelected president of the American Federation of Labor by practically a unanimous vote in Pittsburgh on November 27.
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Gompers
Pittsburg
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison Dies in Auto Crash on LI
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, wife of ex congressman, was killed when a car on a San Francisco party overturned on a steep Long Island City hill due to steering gear failure. Injured were Lawrence J. Scott and Charlies T. Crocker. Scott’s wife unconscious but revived. Harrison heirs split a fortune of 12 to 15 million.
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F. B. Harrison
New York
Long Island City
Francis Burton Harrison
San Francisco
Lawrence J. Scott
Sanfrancisco
Charlies T. Crocker
San‘i’janeisca
Yale
Harrison
Scott
Crocker
Burton N. Harrison
Jefferson Davis
Eighteen Killed In Massachusetts Railroad Wreck
Eighteen people died and about 25 were seriously injured when the Boston and Maine regular Sunday express crashed into a rear Marlboro branch train at Bakers Bridge near Lincoln. Most victims were passengers on the Marlboro train. two aboard the express perished, including the Montreal express Tagihear Barnard and his fireman. Several others perished from burns or suffocation.
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Lincoln
Mass
Bakers Bridge Station
Fitchburo
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Montreal
Rutland
Pority
Marlboro
Hear Barnard
Montreal Express
Senator Burton Found Guilty on Six Counts
In St Louis on November 27 Senator J KR Burton of Kansas was found guilty on all six counts of an indictment in federal court. He faced charges of violating a federal statute by agreeing to accept and accepting compensation from Rialto Crane and Securities Co of St. Louis to appear as an attorney before the post office department. The verdict came at 12:60 after the jury deliberated two hours and 26 minutes. Burton was ordered to return at ten o clock this morning for a Bill of Exceptions and possible appeal.
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St. Louis
J. KR. Burton
Kansas
United States
Elrcutt Court
Rialto Crain and Securities Company of
Post Office Department
Burton
Russian Sailors Revolt Threatens Black Sea Hold
Sebastopol reports a mass mutiny as 4,000 shore troops rebel, seize officers, and the Brest infantry defect to the mutineers. Fortress commander Gen Neplueft is captive, endangering Russia's control of the Black Sea.
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Sebastopol
Russia
Black Sea
Brest
Neplueft
Noted Will Case Decided In Milwaukee Probate
Judge Carpenter sustains the will of Mrs. Lisette Schandein and admits the instrument to probate. Mrs. Jacob Heyl named chief beneficiary of a 7 000 000 estate while Mrs. Ella Frank and Emil Schandein receive small allowances. Contestants allege undue influence by Heyl as Rob an Illinois Bank. Springfield bank robbery nets 800 in cash stamps and government property. thieves escape on a handcar.
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Jacob Heyl
Milwaukee, Wis
Milwaukee
Carpenter
Lisette Schandein
Ella Frank
Emil Schandein
Frank
Springfield
Pleasant Plains
State Entry of Haakon VII and Maud in Christiania
The state entry of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud into Christiania occurred with widespread demonstrations of goodwill. The new sovereigns were greeted warmly as they arrived, marking a ceremonial welcome.
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Christiania
Haakon VII
Queen Maud
Student ends life at church hour in Winona
Myrtla Cory a 23 year old normal student at Winona Normal School died by her own action on Sunday by leaping from the wagon bridge into the Mississippi River. A note found on her body asked forgiveness and cited religious unrest as the cause.
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Winona
Minn
Myrtla Cory
Normal School
Relief Fund Grows for Russian Hebrews
New York reported the relief fund for suffering Hebrews in Russia rose by 50932 dollars on Sunday, bringing total collections to 878511 dollars to date.
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New York
Russia
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