Bank Robbery Foiled in Ohio: Five Loot Bank Then Fled
In Chardon on April 3 a gang of five looted Citizens' Savings Bank but escaped after a fierce confrontation with night watchman Pomeroy and two citizens. Pomeroy was beaten and bound, shot a burglar, and later died of injuries. The robbers took $125 in gold and bank certificates, plus mortgages and other securities, totaling large sums. Two suspects were later arrested in Willoughby.
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Watclemam
Chardon
Citizens’ Savings bank
Niski
Pomeroy
Tebbers
Willoughby
LADY COOK SEEKS EXHUMATION IN HUSBAND DEATH
Lady Cook widow of Sir Francis Cook requests Home Secretary permission to exhume her late husband. Sir Francis died February 17 aged 84 from senile decay. She alleges a conspiracy to tarnish his name for blackmail and vows to expose the plot with her stepchildren’s support. Paris brief notes Premier Waldeck Rousseau’s serious illness and the cabinet plan for his care amid pending operation.
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London
Lady Cook
Francis Cook
Tennie C. Claflin
home secretary
Sir Francis
Sir Francis Cook
Francis
Lady Cool
husbe
Paris
Waldeck-Rousseau
Lonbet
ministry of the interior
A Mother To Mothers
A West Virginia mother of five recounts long labor and reliance on Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She reports two bottles eased childbirth, with minimal time under medical hands during her last delivery. The testimonial extols the medicine as a cure for womanly organ issues and as beneficial for mothers and babies.
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nuras
Aguinaldo urges insurgents to cease fighting in Luzon
Aguinaldo meets with Chief Justice Arellano and ex Mr. Fisher to discuss his manifesto and the prospect of American sovereignty. Arellano says Aguinaldo aims to spare Filipinos distress and may urge an end to resistance. text not yet available. Separate report: Lieut Boyer arrives at Calamba amid alleged misappropriation of bacon assets and broader commissary concerns.
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Caineba
Yanniles
Manila
Aguinaldo
Arellano
Fisher
Gen
Macarthur
Senor Arellana
Frederick Boyer
Thirty-ninth volunteer infantcy
Southern Luzon
Calamba
La Luan
commissary department
custom house
internal revenue department
license office
Severe Snow Grips South Dakota Near Aberdeen
A heavy snowstorm began at noon and continues to blanket Aberdeen and surrounding areas. Several inches have fallen with the storm spreading northeast, causing travel disruption and general wintry conditions in the northern part of the state.
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South Dakota
Aberdeen
Aprili
tata
Women Duel Near Newkirk Over Feud Ends With Wounding
Daush lin and Mrs. Daughson fought a revolver duel at 20 paces near Newkirk Oklahoma on a feud claim. Mrs. Seiglin was wounded in the breast and hospital bound. both women stood to duel again. The incident followed a trespass fine and court confrontation, with husbands and sympathizers preparing for further violence. Illinois miners in Springfield area idle as talks fail and no work resumes pending a yearlong settlement.
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Newkirk
O. T
Fis Seiglin
Snow Storm Wrecks Phones Tears Up Pennsylvania Links
Reports from Fayette county say a forty hour snow storm caused widespread damage to telephone and telegraph lines and poles cutting communications with Pittsburgh. Three feet of snow remains in places as streams run high and mountain snowmelt threatens floods. Johnson Company formed in Trenton along with a Philadelphia Trenton and New York Railroad venture faces local trolley opposition.
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Penehgersten
Cumberland valley
Potowmac river
Antietam
Conscocheague
Potomac
South mountain
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Fayette county
Pittsburg
The
Johnson Company incorporated
Trenton
secretary of state
Philadelphia, Trenton and New York Railroad company
New York
Philadelphia
Gaffey drills another gusher near Beaumont Texas
Gaffey of Gaffey and Lach reports a fresh well near Beaumont Texas delivering a column of oil 100 feet high when struck. A gate valve limited output as producers await pipeline to Port Arthur and added tankage. The third gusher for the company, this adds to the Lucas well in status.
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Gaffey
Pittsburg
Col
J. M. Gaffey
Beaumont
Tex
strick
Lucas
Port Arthur
Florida Convict Leases Spurs Law Reform Effort
A Florida special committee report urges ending the convict lease system. It proposes a three member commission to run state convict labor, establish a Marianna state penitentiary and state farms, and end male and female youths' exploitation in phosphate mines and turpentine camps. Reports of brutal abuses in Hillsboro County surface as well.
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Fly
Bloxham
Florida
Marianna
Hillsboro
James Miller
megro
Susie Brown
Plunger Hillses Victory And Market Rumors
Complex rural and financial notices mix with weather and transport items. April reports note grain futures movement with May corn up and wheat down, while post office rural delivery guidance demands route details and political endorsements. Also reported are a prison sentence, ship sinkings, railway wrecks, and administrative appointments.
Agnew’s Cure for the Heart Promoted in Ontario Notice
Mrs Weilvim Burton of Dartmore Ontario claims Dr Agnew’s Cure for the Heart relieved a long standing condition within twenty minutes. The ad asserts universal relief with no recorded failures and lists seller 4 L Pearre.
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Weilvim Burton
Dartmore
Ont
Agnew
Jury Hearing Tracks Murder Testimony And Wreck Verdicts
Yesterday in court the Jones murder cross examination highlighted credibility questions as Justice Jerome admonished a witness. The Trenton coroner’s jury blamed engineer Thompson and conductor Sapp for the Nellie Bly wreck with a note on double track needs. In Hackensack a Paterson damag es verdict of 3000 dollars was reached over Passaic river pollution and its ice business impact.
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Ling
Charles 2
Sonem
Justice Jerome
Langer Patrick
Jones
Abe murdes
Moore
Saat
Jerome
Patrick
Pabrick
Rice
Tullos
Trenton
Camden
Thompson
Sapp
Paterson
Hackensack
N. I
Leonard Vanderbach
Passaic river
Ber-gen
Vanderbeck
New Jersey
Government to Distribute Trees in the United States
Washington April 5 A new program to distribute young trees nationwide will be launched by Secretary Wilson of the Agriculture Department next year. Seedlings will be grown on the department grounds and tested for suitability in different regions, with distribution modeled after the Seed program authorized by Congress.
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Canada
United States
Cuba
A. W. Munchen
free delivery bureau
postattre department
congress
Wilson
agriculture department
department
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