Secret of transmutation: Carnegie Trust ex-president dies in Scranton
Scranton Pa May 26 A mysterious death centers on C C Dickinson former Carnegie Trust company president in New York He died after inhaling fumes during an alleged base metal to silver transmutation experiment by Dr F W Lange Lange claims a long sought secret to multiply silver and perhaps gold was confirmed by assays from New York Philadelphia Boston Chicago The incident ends Dickinson's bid to back Lange's discovery amid a publicized chemical theory and intriguing claims of wealth via alchemy.
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Scranton
C. C .Dickinson
Carnegie Trust Company of New York
F. W. Lange
Dr. Lange
Mr. Dickinson
Dickinson
Dr. Langer
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Curtiss weighs Albany to New York flight plan
Aviator Glenn H. Curtiss considers a lengthy air voyage from Albany to New York. The item notes his contemplation and potential route for a historic overland air trip. The report places Curtiss among early aviation pioneers planning crossstate flight.
Governor Bandala of Tabasco praises Peruna remedy
Abraham Bandala governor of Tabasco writes from San Juan Bautista on 6 September 1906 praising Peruna for catarrhal affections. He states that users have found it efficacious and offers the letter for use as appropriate to interests.
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Bandala
Tabasco
Abraham Bandals
San Juan Bautista
G Co
Enorot
Atate
Distinguished Mexican Doctor Praises Peruna Remedy
Dr. Augustin Rivera of Guanajuato endorses Peruna after successful nasal catarrh treatments. He offers to recommend the medicine to his customers and signs the letter as a friend. Rivera notes impartial doctors find catarrh less formidable once Peruna is known.
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Mexico
Augustin Rivera
Lilac
Guanajuato
Perans Drug Co
Peruna
Highwayman Holds Tiage Center Postmaster in Tiage
Abner H. Hill the Tiage Center postmaster was held up by a masked highwayman near Owego N Y Hill fired back but his gun misfired The robber fled while Hill reloaded later reports mention a postal savings bill caucus in Washington and a separate murder verdict and 25 year sentence in Illinois for Miles Bell
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Owego
N. Y
Abner H. Hill
Tiage Center
Hill
Kentucky Lover Not Daunted by Barbed Shotgun Visit
Gill bert Edwards, 36, tried to elope on horseback with Miss Nellie Brown of Sanders Kentucky near Lawrenceburg Indiana on May 26. The girl's father fired two barrels of buckshot. Edwards escaped with help from a boatman. Edwards vows to marry despite shotgun and dynamite threats.
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Kentucky
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Gillbert Edwards
Nellie Brown
Sanders
Edwards
Rege
Child Run Over by Traction Engine in Logansport
Five year old Raymond Gingring, son of Henry O. Gingring, was killed when the rear wheels of a traction engine backed over him as he tried to climb aboard and grabbed his father's trousers leg.
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Logansport
Ind
Raymond Gingring
Henry O. Gingring
Richard C. Harding
Senate Demands Report On Women And Child Workers
Senator Beveridge won passage of a resolution directing the secretary of commerce and labor to send to the senate the results of his investigation into the social moral educational and sanitary conditions of women and children workers in the United States.
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Senate
Washington
Beveridge
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Congress
United States
La Follette Leads Senate on Railway Bill Discussion
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin occupied the Senate floor for most of yesterday to discuss the railway bill. His colleagues gave him a fair audience, with more than a quarter of the senators present at all times.
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Senate
la Follette
Washington
Wisconsin
Spitzer Adds Little to Heike Trial Testimony
Oliver Spitzer, superintendent of the sugar trust’s Williamsburg refinery, testified that higher-ups directed no falsified sugar weights. He claimed the frauds began before him and that he only improved on them to keep his job. He denied coordinating with Havemeyer and maintained he told the truth.
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York
Oliver Spitzer
Sugar Trust
Williamsburg
Taft
Charles H. Heike
United States Circuit Court
Trust
Spitzer
Viety
Wall Street
Mr. Havemeyer
Heike
Washington B. Thomas
Pena
Mysterious Tragedy in Fulladelphia Leaves Couple Dead
In Fulladelphia on Vine street Miss Mary Blump and John McGovern were found with bullet wounds, allegedly as a couple. McGovern survived only briefly after hospital admission. Blump died. The shooter remains unidentified as investigators seek the truth. In Fort Smith Oklahoma Wister town burned, $100000 loss, smoker perished. Richmond Indiana sees Finley H Gray nominated for Congress on the twenty first ballot.
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Fulladelphia
Mary Blump
John McGovern
Vine Street
McGovern
Washington
Joseph Klump
Ward
Richmond
Ind
Finley H. Gray
Connersville
Mayor Herman C. Baehr Suspends Cleveland Police Chief
Cleveland Mayor Herman C. Baehr has suspended the city’s police chief amid an internal review. No details were released on charges or timeline for the chief’s return, and the mayor promised a prompt statement.
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Cleveland
Ballinger Pinchot committee to publish report soon
Washington reports the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee plans to issue its report as soon as briefs are reviewed, with timing depending on Congress session length. If adjournment occurs first, work will continue and findings made public promptly. In Indianapolis, Herman Miller receives a new trial after supreme court reverses a murder conviction linked to a Woodburn burglary three years ago.
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Washington
Ballinger Pinchot
Congress
Ito Labor
Miller
Indianapolis
Herman Miller
Columbus Croy
Woodburn
Ind
Supreme Court
National League results from St Louis to New York show varied scores
Baseball action across leagues reports multiple games with line scores and key players named. Rucker, Berger, Ames, Meyer, Sparks, Olmstead, and others appear in box scores for St Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. American Association games note Minneapolis 1 Milwaukee 0 and several Toledo Louisville and Columbus matches. Rain halted play in Washington.
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National League
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Bt. Louis
Rucker
Berger
Sallee
Bachman
Phelps
Pittsburg
R.h.le
New York
Ames
Meyer
Moore
Lever
Gibson
Chicago
R.he
Philadelphia
Sparks
Maroney
Sheetler
Doolin
Cole and
Archer
Cincinnati
R.hle
Boston
Parsons
Brown and
Graham
Fromme
Rowan and
McLean
Washington
Detroit
Summers
Stanage
Schmidt
Groome
Street
Powell
Petty
Stephens
Killifer
Coombs
Thomas
Rehle
Olmstead and
Block
Ford and Sweehey
the American Association
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Toledo
Louisville
Columbus
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Terre Haute Hosts Large Indiana Grand Army Parade
Terre Haute Indiana May 26 the annual parade of the Grand Army of the Republic department of Indiana drew one of the largest crowds as old soldiers in review passed along the streets. The day featured the Vigo county soldiers and sailors monument dedication at the courthouse with Major Frank Crawford presiding and speeches by Governor Thomas Marshall and Commander Orlando Somers.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Nual
Grani
Knights of Columbus
Commer Somers
Pastmander Stormont
Samuel R. van Sant
Minnesota
Vigo County Soldiers’ and Sailors' Monument
Frank Crawford
America
Daniel Ryan
Hymera
Ctalain
L. Pierce
Monument Association
A. Crane
New York City
Highty-fifth
Indiana
Thomas Marshall
Orlando Somers
Clinton Glee Club
Samuel M. Mench
Fort Wayne
H. B. Shemman
Greensburg
Pap Thomas Post
Geennetburg
D. Thompson
Lafayette
A. PB. Asbury
Farmersburg
Richmond
South Bend
Crawfordaville
Needle Pierced Heart in Brookville Child
A two year old girl in Brookville Indiana was pierced in the heart by a needle hidden in her mother’s dress as they played. Doctors reported the needle reached the heart and the child began convulsing but is expected to recover fully.
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Brookville
Ind
Charles Masters
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