Sheriff Arrests Youth in Old Perjury Indictment Case
Sheriff Meyer arrested Willis Heistand in Montpelier on a perjury indictment connected to a whiskey sale on October 23 1907 that led to Clem Boze being killed by a train. Heistand then a minor, claimed he had not spent long in the Young saloon and did not buy whiskey, though records showed longer presence and purchases. He was bonded out in Geneva under 500 dollars after witnesses were located.
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Sherif Meyer
Montpelier
Willis Heistand
Heistand
E. S. Young
Clem Boze
Heisland
Boze
Roy Young
Meyer
Geneva
Decatur Times
Eleven Indiana Wells Highlight Oil Field Activity
The Indiana oil report for last week shows the field not dead with eleven productive wells. Keyston e 2 wells 62 barrels Camden 3 wells 105 barrels Marion 3 wells 0 barrels Warren 2 wells 50 barrels Muncie 1 well 100 barrels
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Indiana
Muncie
Indiana Field
Keystone
Camden
Marion
Warren
Square Deal Boys Fall 7-0 to Eaton
Sunday at the race track diamond the Square Deals baseball team lost 7 to 0 to Eaton. The Montpelier squad, largely the former Matamoros Specials, lacked cohesion after changes in the lineup and did not have a practice session before the game. With more practice they could challenge other independent teams in the gas belt.
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Race Track
Square
Eaton
Montpelier
Matamoros
Eaton Boys
Gas Belt
Children’s concert tickets selling fast for church benefit
Miss Harriett Putnam presents a July 2 juvenile concert to raise funds for the Presbyterian church. All performers are under sixteen and include members of Miss Putnam’s music class and other city children, with a full house anticipated.
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Harriett Putnam
The
Presbyterian Church
Miss Putnam
Filipino forest lovers feared slain in Negros Island pursuit
H D Everett of the Philippine forest service and Theodore Wakeley a school teacher are reported murdered by hill tribesmen on Negros Island. They, with two native foresters and servants, left Cabancalan in May to study coal deposits near Mount Tipasi. Authorities plan a search with the constabulary to recover bodies and seize the killers.
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H. D. Everett
Phillippine Forest Service
Theodore W. Wakeley
Negros
Wakely
Everett
Cabancalan
Tipasi
Bais
Forester Aheron
Resignation Sought of Lee Levy & Co by National Model License League
Louisville June 29 an executive committee of the National Model License League adopted a resolution demanding the resignation of Lee Levy & Co of St. Louis. Levy firm is indicted in Tennessee for circulating obscene literature in Rebels on bottlings of gin sold to greed. A league officer said the group aims to curb liquor abuses by a national law, disavowing responsibility for individual misconduct and refunding Lee Levy & Co’s contributions by mail.
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Louisville
National Model License League
Lee Levy & Co
St. Louis
Levys & Co
Tennessee
Gegracs
the Nations
Model License League
League
Mex Rail Merger Financiers Close 30 Million Bond Pact
New York financiers announce that Kuhn Loeb Specter Ladenburg Hallgarten group has closed negotiations with leading French bankers for about 30,000,000 National Railways of Mexico 4 per cent general mortgage bonds guaranteed by the Mexican government.
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New York
Ladenburg, Thalman & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Specter & Co
Hallgarten & Co
National Railways of
Mexico
Railway firm files $15 million mortgage bond
In Youngstown Ohio on June 29 a $15,000,000 mortgage bond was filed by the Pittsburg Youngstown and Ash tabula railway company in favor of the Central Trust Company of New York as trustee. The funds will back bonds to meet maturities and support improvements. the vote occurred last March.
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Read
Youngstown
Pittsburg
Railroad restores most salaries to pre March 1 levels
Vice-President L L Russell of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad issues official orders restoring salaries of officers and employes to amounts drawn before March 1 last. No further wage reductions will be made among the workers.
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Mobile
Ala
L. L. Russell
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Narrow Escape From Drowning Near Louisville
Marvin Hart, a purtist, escaped drowning at Salt River fishing camp 20 miles from Louisville. He tried to save comrade Heeb, who dragged Hart under. Hart surfaced after uppercutting Heeb, but Heeb drowned.
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Louisville
Marvin Hart
Salt River
Heeb
Hart
Telephone Saves Man From Lynching in Parkersburg
About 1,000 people gathered around the jail in Parkersburg West Virginia as Charles Brown a black man charged with attacking Myrtle Calb a white girl was moved to court. Authorities feared a lynching and arranged for his examination by telephone to keep the peace.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Charles Brown
Myrtle Calb
Obscene Labels Under Ban Indictments In Memphis
Memphis June 29 Lee Levy of St. Louis and several local saloon keepers were indicted for possessing and distributing gin bottles with obscene labels and advertising material deemed obscene by authorities.
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Memphis, Tenn
Lee Levy
St. Louuis
Oldest Mercer County Resident Mortally Ends Life
Lexington reports Henry Miller a 104 year old resident of Harrodsburg Mercer County died by suicide using Paris green. He was among the oldest men in the area.
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Lexington
Henry Miller
Harrodsburg
Mercer County
Paris Green
Whipping Schoolmaster’s Chestnut Raid at Etown
John Hawtrey, famed whipping schoolmaster, spanks pupil F for chestnut stealing while the boy kneels by a shovel fire in the pupil room. Hawtrey discovers the mistake, apologizes, and the room erupts in laughter at the London Graphic’s account.
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Itad
John Hawtrey
England
Etown
Hawtrey
London Graphic
Danton and the Organ Grinders in Paris History
The Westminster Gazette notes Paris has long contested organ grinders with both friends and foes. Danton once argued for the musicians of Barbary during the revolution asserting liberty to hear their tunes, a speech that came as he faced execution for reasons unrelated to that oration.
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Danton
Paris
The
Conventiou
Westminster Gazette
Hotel conditions in India cited as poor value
A writer criticizes Indian hotels for charging 7 to 23 rupees daily in different seasons while delivering inferior food, dirty tableware, and poorly kept bedrooms. The piece argues basic comforts and service fail to meet the price, comparing unfavorably with third rate English boarding houses and calling for better standards.
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India
England
Calcutta
The Mescal Button and the Kiowa Connection
Describes mescal button, a psychedelic plant used by the Kiowa and later restricted by missionaries. Notes its vivid visual effects and aesthetic appeal for painters, but admits it does not enhance efficiency. Cites Dr. William H. Thomson via Everybody's Magazine.
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William H. Thomson
Everybody’s Magazine
Io Grande
Lightning and Thunder Distance by Sound Travel
The method uses the interval between lightning and thunder to estimate storm distance. At 1,100 feet per second, multiply the seconds by 1,100 to get feet from the lightning. Example shows ten seconds equals about 11,000 feet, a little over two miles.
No Cause to Be Discouraged in Child’s Speech
Exchange between Mr Youngpop and Mr Henpechke cited in the Philadelphia Record. A parent worries over a nearly two year old not speaking while the other reassures that speech may start later, with anecdotal evidence of a delayed but eventual normal development.
Impostor and Malefactor in Scots Accent Riddle
A quip explains a Scottish mother describing two sons as an impostor and a malefactor. The family misheard as Glasgic weeks with her meaning upholsterer and manufacturer, revealing a playful linguistic misinterpretation.
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Carlyle
Intent of the law sparks debate in Syracuse Herald
The Syracuse Herald quotes critics saying the law’s aim is to generate business for lawyers while others defend its purpose as clear and necessary. The exchange highlights a tension between legislative intent and practical impact on legal practice.
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Syracuse Herald
Amusing Pardon Tale In Sam Houston Era
A humorous anecdote about Governor Sam Houston recounts a penitentiary agent who opposed his election yet sought job protection. After citing years of service, Houston asks about eight years in the pen and, upon confirmation, pardons him as a priceless favor.
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Texas
Sam Houston
Houston
Put Out of Commission
Abernethy used brusque manners to influence people. A voluble mother insisted on storytelling during a medical consultation with her ill daughter. He cut her off, commanded the mother to stick out her tongue, and then proceeded to examine the girl.
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Abernethy
Grand Magazine
A Queer Complication in Sydney Sunday Dining
In Sydney a 500000 population city, a man from Italy faces arrest risk for clandestine meals on Sundays. A waitress, posing as fiancée, helps avert capture when police raid a restaurant. The man later pays 2500 for breach of promise as legal troubles mount. His wife then sues for divorce and remarries.
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Sydney
Fragmented Text With Odd Phrases and Odd Vocab
A long paragraph presents odd phrasing and unusual word choices. It weaves references to Cleopatra, an oasis, economic details, a wound, a misogynist, a tiny idyl in a vase, an aesthetic apparatus, a book, a dog in squalor, a breakfast, a national expert in appendicitis, and obsequies.
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Cleopatra
Oasis
Plot of a failed attempt to kidnap Queen Victoria in London
Peter Latouche in Anarchy Its Methods and Exponents recounts a 19th century plots to crown a republic. The coup was timed with a major dock strike in London but was halted by striker success and unexpected backing from wealthy classes. The episode influenced mass sentiment and the revolutionaries hoped for mass support.
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England
Republic
Peter Latouche
NSS
London
Bride declares love amid harsh prison terms in exchange
A dramatic exchange quoted from the Sydney Town and Country Journal reports a bride pleading that the groom be spared from life imprisonment, while he answers that love does not equate to lifelong imprisonment but to capital punishment.
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Sydney Town and Country Journal
The Villain in a Writer's Tale
A novelist describes creating a villain as a perfect masterpiece and claims inspiration from his wife who attributes all wickedness to him when she is angry. The exchange highlights character imagination and marital dynamics influencing fiction.
New Foreman Jimmie Impresses with Skills
A trade-room exchange praises the new foreman Jimmie noting his printing speed and ability to fit all he knows into display type on a postage stamp without canceling the stamp.
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Jimmie
Exchange
Uncomplimentary Howell Powell Exchange Fragment
A fragmented OCR item notes Howell as a one man of parts and Powell remarking that most of them seem to be missing in an exchange.
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Howell
Powell
Exchange
Colten Seeks Acquisition of Good Friends and Good Books
A brief note by Colten discusses pursuing valuable friendships and the selection of quality books. The tone suggests a reflective focus on personal growth through friendships and reading.
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Aes
Colten
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