Rockefeller Adds 2 191 000 To Chicago Gifts
Martin A. Ryerson said John D. Rockefeller increased his gifts to the University of Chicago by 2 191 000, lifting total benefactions to over 23 000 000. He also offered to triple all contributions to the Harper memorial library, seeking an 800 000 campus structure. Separately, Judge Pritchard named S Davies Warfield and R Lancaster Williams receivers for the Seaboard Air Line, bond set at 40 000 each, amid a 2 611 mile system with about 130 000 000 in securities and rumors of a Ryan party motive.
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Seaboard Air Line
Pritchard
United States Circuit Court
S. Davies Warfield
Baltimore
R. Lancaster Williams
Richmond
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Ryan Party
Ex-Treasurer Charles Becker Ends Life in Belleville
Charles Becker age 67 a former Illinois state treasurer died at his Belleville home from a self inflicted gunshot wound after a family conference attended by three of his four children His former wife died two years ago and he had remarried last June to Mrs Frank Eepenham The note of the article describes a family discussion about his life after retirement and omits further details about his career.
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Charles Becker
Ilinois
Belleville
Becker
Frank Eepenham
Beckers
Lofe
Pecher
Stolen Money From Rochester Railway Car Office
Two men stole a bag containing cash from a street car at a Rochester location and fled in an automobile. The funds were the Rochester Railway Company earnings for the Rast eth Division being transferred from Federal Freer boris to the State street office for daily counting.
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Che Macin Street
Barnsnto Reenesien N.Y
Rochester Railway Company
Checabiy
Custom
Freer Boris
Shot at Rival Kills Sweetheart in Des Moines Case
Ninteen year old Roy Howard was convicted of murdering Miss Martha Pieray in Des Moines Indiana on November 29. He was sentenced to eight years in the Anamosa Iowa penitentiary. Howard claimed the shooting was accidental while aiming at a rival.
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Roy Howard
Martha Pieray
Des Moines
Anamosa
Iowa
Howard
Miss Pieray
Second Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Peoria
Night Riders Reported Burning Russellville Kentucky
Information from Louisville Nashville dispatcher states night riders are burning Russellville Kentucky with no further particulars. The L and N depot is reported in danger.
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Louisville
Nashville Dispatcher
Russellville
Fire destroys home. Mrs Boyer and child perish
A blaze at a residence near Hamden Vinon County Ohio consumed the home and the occupants Mrs Boyer and one child were killed while another child suffered serious burns.
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Boyer
Hamden
Vinon County
Ohio
Anti-Laloor Fight Engulfs Washington Liquor Debate
Washington correspondence outlines anti prohibition lobbying by breweries distilleries and liquor dealers seeking to block a dry capital. The piece notes efforts to portray prohibition as national in scope and explores potential political timing and financial implications including internal revenue dependence and federal river and harbor projects.
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Washington
Congress
United States
South
Gucht
Dead and Injured List 57919 From Yearly Accidents
The New York Tribune summarizes yearly accidents with totals: 85 012 killed and 22 307 injured. Major items include earthquakes storms railroad wrecks and other disasters. Philadelphia strike threats and New York heat strikes are noted alongside rent strike tensions in the East Side Hebrew ghetto.
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New York Tribune
STO
José
New York
Lower East Side
New York City
Fendhords
Tuberculosis Deaths Hit One Tenth of Yearly Toll
Records of the Bureau of Vital Statistics show tuberculous deaths in Pennsylvania reaching 10 780 for the year, accounting for about one tenth of all deaths.
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Bureau of Vital
Vixen and Roderick Find Betrothal Amid Turmoil
In a sunlit scene at Les Tourelles, Vixen and Roderick confess long-held love after a fraught past. He admits folly over a late mother's dying wish, she forgives, and they pledge betrothal as they discuss Briarwood versus the Abbey House and plan a home together.
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Jock
Hazeldean
Hazeldean! Wasn't It Fun, Vixen
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Mallaw
Visen
Anthle
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Lord Marlow
Jersey
Rovie
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Briarwood
Keear
Les Tourelles
Carollan
Skipwith
Hampshire
Rorie
Rorte
Mark Ash
Rolce
Mama
Madame Theodore
Miss Tempest Receives Urgent Telegram From Hampshire
In Jersey Violet Tempest receives a telegram from Captain Carmichael urging her to return home with Miss Skipwith’s approval. Roderick Vandrey seeks care with a telegraph to confirm her mother’s health, while Miss Skipwith’s quiet manuscript work unfolds amid the anxious reunion.
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Miss Tempest
Southamptonn
Norie
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Roble
Captain Carrmichael
Vixen
Rorie
Mamma
Love
Roderick
Teo. Hoefter
Rolce
St. Helier's
Jersey
Abbey House
Hampshire
Vandry
St. Heler's
Les Tourelles
Violet
Manor House
Miss Skip
Doddery
Mr. Vandrey
Rorle
Violet Tempest
Effects of a Great Earthquake on Global Motion
A scientist notes that the Colombian earthquake sent initial impulses to antipodes within two hours. He says in the interval every inhabitant felt a ground swell for three to four hours, and global instruments recorded teleseismic motion with pervasive oscillations in spirits levels balances pendulums and magnetic needles.
Show Season Promise for Well Bred Cow
The speaker outlines a detailed regimen to prepare a cow for show including full feeding washing grooming and hoof care. After a year of care the animal should present creditably for the show season.
Vase from an Emerald Vase of Genoa Cathedral
An emerald vase, cut from a single stone, has been observed for 60 years in Genoa's ancient cathedral. It measures twelve and a half inches in diameter and five and three quarters inches tall. Kept under multiple locks in separate hands, it is rarely shown and only by Senate order. When displayed it hangs from a priest's neck by a cord. no one else may touch it. Some claim it was a gift to Solomon from the Queen of Sheba.
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Cathedral of
Genoa
Senate
Salomon
Sheba
Virginia Merchant Aid Of A Very Big Gravel Stone
A Norfolk County Virginia merchant, C. L. Wood of Fentress, suffered months of back and kidney pain with irregular kidney secretions. He found relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills, reporting a kidney stone passed after four days of pain and no recurrence since. Manufactured by Foster Milburn Co. Padua NY. 40 cents a box.
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Virginia
C. L. Wood
Fentress
Norfolk Co
Mr. Wood
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
N.Y
Fragmentary courtroom quip shows judge remarking on Archie’s resolve
The excerpt presents a judge addressing Archie with rough, garbled speech about courage and facing adversity, suggesting a tense moment in a courtroom or school setting. The text is damaged, with unclear names and actions.
Fragmented historic ad reel with mixed 19th century products
An OCR led jumble listing patent medicines and old goods. It mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and Dr. Cheney Toledo, Wake Halls Family Pills, a slave price vignette, Almanac promotions, and various consumer items. Little coherent narrative remains beyond catalog listings and dubious claims.
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Ami
Hall
Cheney &C
Toledo
Wake Halls
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