Interior Department Annual Report Highlights Land Patents and Pensions
The annual report of Secretary of the Interior outlines policies on public domain disposal and land patents, noting 162,582,132 acres entered by homesteaders since 1850, with 103,000,000 to be patented when conditions are met. It covers railroads, wagon roads grants, timber access limits, and plans to fund reclamation and arid regions programs, plus recommendations on commissions to address Indian land payments and trust funds. The document discusses potential arbitration shifts in foreign affairs and mentions separate items on Austrian officers and whiskey distributor activities.
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Daves Commission
Alaska
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Colorado
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Fitzsimons and Shanki y Maus Caste Ne
Fitzsimons and Shankiy stumble through a jumble of names and events. The piece mentions legal battles, a trial over a coastal fortune, and a sensational telegram about a boxing figure Sharkey. It also reports executions and forgeries in Gotham, Bay City, and Newark, tying together a chaotic wartime era of crime, debt and punishment.
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Aaddas
Phat
Furzsimmens
Fitzsigimens
Mattus
Seoteast
Danny Needham
Adsisine Cie
Iara
Sharkey
Fiendish murder ends in hanging in McLean County
Dec 5 in McLean County Illinois Pred Behme who killed his wife and infant on Easter Sunday was hanged yesterday. He brain the wife with an ax and hanged the 3 year old in a barn until strangleed. The crime described as fiendish in southern Illinois.
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McLeanssoro
Ill
Behme
Ilinois
Alleged Poisoner Extradited to Canada After Poisoning Case
Mrs Olive Sternaman is held for extradition in New York by U S Commissioner Fairchild over the poisoning of her husband George Sternaman. The body was buried at Cayuga Ontario, later exhumed for arsenic evidence. Sternaman says she expects Canadian acquittal. Also notes Ohio congressman Grozvenor doubts cabinet appointment for an Ohioan and opposes ad valorem duties. In Columbia South Carolina ice storms leave many trees and wires down, with estimated company losses around 20000 dollars.
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Burrow, Delk
United States
Fairchild
Olive Sternaman
George Sternaman
Cayuga
Ont
Canada
Sternaman
Ohio
New York
Charles Grozvenor
Hanns
Eet
Wil Avi
Colcusus
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City of
Columbia
Poisoning scare hits a hundred families in city bread
A mass arsenic bread poisoning outbreak sickened hundreds in the northwestern city area. Arrests made. health department and police treat it as intentional contamination. Also notes on counterfeit coin concerns, misbooked Baltimore and Ohio accounts, flood aftermath, and a freight-train derailment with three deaths.
Violent coastal gales hit England with wrecks and chaos
Reports from Brighton and Dover describe violent gales along the coast causing fatalities and wreckage. The chain pier at Brighton is ruined, and rockets signaled trouble as the Ostend packet struggled to reach harbor. A separate Dover shore incident is noted and another vessel reportedly went ashore near Dover.
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England
Brighton
Dover
Ostend
Letters From The People On Christian Unity
A reader details Sunday church activities including services at St Paul’s Epinco ts Church in Baltimore and a Betegius, Md, stop for preaching. The letter argues for Christian unity citing Corinthians and Ephesians passages and praises Catholic doctrine. Reverend Sinumeax Buacoan signs the item.
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Hyheneal and Benchoff Harbaugh Wedding at Foxville Church
Benchoff Harbaugh wed Miss Annie Harbaugh at Foxville Lutheran Church in a ceremony attended by relatives and friends. The bride wore traveling dress and carried chrysanthemums. James Benchoff served as best man? and groom left for a trip to Baltimore Philadelphia and Altoona after the ceremony. The groom, an agent for W M RR at Edgemont, and the bride received many handsome presents. Separately Mrs Cora Belle Nichols of Bartonsville obtained a divorce from Samuel Thomas Nichols on grounds of abandonment. Another marriage occurred in Baltimore on June 9 between Banka and Miss G J Ritchie.
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Foxviile
James Benchoff
Hagerstown
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Tuler
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Altoona
W. M. Br.r
Edgemont
Nichols
Cora Belle Nichols
Bartonsville
Samuel Thomas Nichols
Wemnesdey
George A. Bier
Pearl
William I. McKenney
Bare ‘Ritchie
G. M. Duckner
D. F. Banka
G. J. Ritchie
Frederics
Philomathian Society Debates Imperialism at Hall
The Philomathian Literary Society held a weekly meeting led by President Alfred Rintera with Jacob J. Houff as secretary. A spirited debate on whether signs of the times foretell imperialism in the United States ended in a negative verdict. new members were admitted and a challenge to Frederick’s Catoctin Society proposed.
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Alfred Rintera
Jacob J. Houff
United States
Edward Bowlus
Yacob Rohrback
William &. Nicodemus
H. Dorsey Ediison
Lloyd T. MacGill
William T. Haver
Frederick
Catoctin
Hursday
Edward Lowius
Thaddius
Pardon Case Hearing Draws Mrs Booth to Baltimore Court
Mrs. Booth of the Salvation Army visited Sunspolis to present pardon evidence. Governor invited her to the Court of Appeals where Chief Justice McSherry introduced her to judges. She then met with Isidor Rayner in the Gosier versus Schleisner appeal and later toured the Naval Academy.
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Isidor Rayner
Curt
Lewis HL Gosier
Solomon Schleisner
Baltimore City
MsShery
Reyer
General Wilmer
Boothaate
Deaths of Stockman and Bowlas In Ohio Areas
Two local notices report the deaths of Brnce Stockman twenty one a Middletown area resident who died from typhoid pneumonia after a week long illness and Samuel Bowlas a former Middletown Valley resident who collapsed and died at his Bowinsville Ohio home shortly before burial plans are discussed in the articles.
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Middletown Valley
Bowinsville
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Ohio
Silver Senators Debate Attendence and Party Steadfastness
Washington reports show Senators Cannon Dubola and Pedgreen among those leaving the Republican coaching convention. Debate centers on whether silver Republicans will attend future caucuses, with mixed views on timing and potential action before upcoming senatorial elections. Some fear stalled legislation while others push for clear stance on protection and gold standard.
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Kansas
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Menominee River Floods Hit Grand Rapids Region
Reports say the Menominee River rises above the surge flooding farms barns and cellars as people flee their livings. The overflow extends to Cedar River, altering its course and wrecking fodder and provisions. In other news the Currency Reform Convention plans to meet January 12 with business and trade representatives urged to attend. Charles Wetter of Winthrop dies suddenly at Masonic Temple shrine ceremony aged 60, from valvular heart condition.
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Aaronson theatrical manager dies in New York
Perth of Manager Arenna New York December 3 Albert Aaronson theatrical manager died yesterday at his home. He was part of the Aaronson brothers whose guidance made the Casino theater a major success. Aaronson had suffered lumbago for six weeks yet kept up Bijou theater duties.
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Guaimort
Majac Vzsood
Spain
Uberti
Cisneros
Perth
Arenna
New York
Albert Aaronson
Aaronson
Casino Theater
Finance prospects shift in weekly travel review
A weekly travel review notes a shift in financial signals with a weaker post election rally and a move toward a monthly overview. It highlights a dip in demand, rising prices, and a cautious outlook for iron and steel, plus a sharp summary of related market dynamics and a tragic local explosion incident.
Long Standing Suit Against Pullman Yale Car Ends
The case brought by James McGaffbin, a chemist of this city, against the Pullman Yale Car company over injury to health from a take cold in a car ended with a verdict for the defendant after the suit had persisted since 1902.
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Kallman Winson
St. Jons
N. BL
Pullman Yalnes Car Company
James McGaff- bin
Ten Murchane
Duciding Go Saver
Marsh opens new hotel and restaurant in Court Street
Mr A F Marsh former Groff House proprietor succeeds late Job K Sheppard as Court Street host. Opening night Thursday 8 to 10 PM showcased dining room and parlor, two floor dining areas, and rooms for travelers. Mrs Marsh oversees the ladies dining room while Mr Marsh Jewell, known hotel keeper and caterer, operates the new establishment.
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Groff House
Job K. Sheppard
Court Shest
Marsh
Casey
Marsh Jewell
Harvest of Toiches at Willlam*sport Aqueduct Scene
A novel scene at the espa aqueduct in Williemspor t shows icicles forming along the Conococheague Creek. Van Lear Woltz, owner of Hotel Van Leat, directs workers to knock them down with poles and catch them in rowboats, yielding two loads of icicles for cooling at his house.
Adjudged Inanee In Knoxville Jury Adjudges Grimes
Benjamin Grimes of Knoxville was adjudged as insane by a jury de lunatico inquirendo seated in the sheriff's office. After the verdict he was recommitted to jail pending court action.
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Benjamin Grimes
Knoxville
Bakers Saffer Bread Price Rise Hurts Local Trade
Bakers of Frederick formed an association raising loaf price from four to five cents causing widespread hardship with many residents baking their own bread to cut costs.
Mrs Jesse Clagett Joined Church at Mt Marys Church
On Sunday last Mrs Jesse Clagett of Motter's Station was received into the church by Rev B J Bradley in a ceremony at Mt Marys Church after the high mass.
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Motter’s Station
B. J. Bradley
Mt. &J. Mary’s Church
Schedule Change Delays Frederick Middletown Trolley
The trolley schedule from Frederick to Middletown has been revised. The 8:15 departure from Middletown now leaves at 7:59 from Frederick and arrives Middletown by 8:50, altering previously listed times.
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Middletown
Quarterly Meetings of the Junior Fire Company
Regular quarterly meetings of the Junior Fire Company will be held Monday night. Officers will be nominated for the office in January.
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Snd United Pire Companine
Sice
Turkey Crop in Tharmani Hits Low Prices
The turkey crop in Tharmani is larger than usual and prices are low, with buyers paying little per pound. Local farmers report excess supply as demand remains weak and market activity slows.
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Turkey
Tharmani
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