Bribery Trial Details Past Bridge Legislation Scheme
Senator Bean Conger testifies that Senator Allds demanded 5900 to influence bridge bill actions in 1901. He recounts $6000 paid to six legislators via envelopes labeled with recipient names in Albany, with Moe delivering funds and Allds confirming payment amid internal affairs and rules committee pressure.
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Alvany
Bean Conger
Alldy
Azsembly
Frank Conger
Conger
Allds
Rules Committee
Internal Affairs Committee
Alldsin
James
W. "Osborne
Witesses
Deacon Moe
Sef
Bendtor Conger
Aessbrtary Fund
Albany
Benn Conger
Atds
Assembly
Committée On Internal Affairs
Malloy-Stevens
Benn
Mr. Alias
Alida
Hilda
Mr. Allds
Moe
I.tantra Queett
Murderer of Six Electrocuted in Virginia Prison
Howard Little, who murdered Betsy Justice, her son-in-law George Meadows, and three children near Hurley in September, was executed by electric chair in the Virginia penitentiary. Chief Justice Fuller marked his seventy seventh birthday the day prior, noting decades of service. A separate item notes the Senate passing the Bennett “white slave” bill in the same form as the House.
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Risiihoad
Howard Little
Betsy Justis
George Meadows
Mae
Hurley
Buchanan
Congress
Shialdngton
Tne Bennett
House
Man of Many Trades Seeks Work in Cheater Pennsylvania
Edward G. Barrett of Wallingford, age 46, with many skills from steam generators to farming, has failed to find steady employment after traveling Delaware County seeking jobs. He claims good habits, no bad traits, and a willingness to work to support his wife and three children. He has no money to advertise and hopes for any suitable position.
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Cheater
Edward G. Barrett
Wallingford
Delaware County
Areman
Barrett
The Kaiser in Severe Catarrh Attack Rumors
Birmingham reports rumors from London about Emperor William II suffering a severe catarrh attack and ear trouble with painful suppuration and neuralgic pains. The condition has caused nervous irritability among observers.
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Birmingham
London
the Post
Wiliam
Germany
Cavein Affects Five Acres and Six Dwellings
A mine collapse near Pittston Pennsylvania damaged six dwellings and rail lines. Five acres were fissured, affecting the Erie and Laurel Line Electric railroads and a public highway. Homes damaged include those of Fridly, Lyon, Eagan, Gerroto, Gattuso, and Mussote.
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Pittston
Erie Railroad
Laurel Line Electric
Pennsylvania Coal Company
William Fridly
William Lyon
Josep Eagan
Samuel Gerroto
Bastine Gattuso
Anthony Mussote
Read Victim Dies After Robbery Torture
Mrs Wilhelmina Ash aged 91 of Belmont Somerad county died from shock after a June 5 1909 robbery at her home. Isaac El Ms and wife and three foreigners were convicted of the crime. The report notes a later railway death of Mrs Kehm on a Reading train. The hog market at South Omaha set a new high at 8.75 per 100 pounds surpassing the prior 8.70.
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Johnstown
Wilhelmina Ash
Belmont
Somerad County
Isaac el Ms
Man Watta
Reading
Charles Kehm
Oxford
Adams County
Lancasters
Hege
Omaha
Neb
South Omaha
Simple Six Room Bungalow Floor Plan Featured
A bungalow design described as a near perfect floor plan for a six room home. The layout centers on a large living room fronting a reception hall with a single spacious area twenty nine feet wide and a pass through ball entry to rear rooms. Main level measures 30 by 38 feet with nine foot ceilings, hardwood floors, and Washington fir finishes. Building cost estimated at 1950 dollars excluding plumbing and heating with plans available for 25 dollars from Glenn L. Saeton via editor arrangement.
Bishop Hartzell Ends Farewell Tour for Algiers Mission
Rev J P Hartzell, Methodist Episcopal missionary bishop of Africa, bids farewell to the president as he departs for Algiers to raise funds for converting Mohammedans of North Africa. He notes aid from former Presidents Roosevelt and Taft and travels with his wife to the White House.
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J. P. Hartzell
Algiers
Mohammedana Washingtons
FP. Hartzell
Methodist Episcopal Missionary Bishop of
Africa
Alstora
Egypt
Roosevelt
Taft
House Rebuff for Peary Medal Instead of Promotion
Washington reports a House sub committee on naval affairs opposes promoting Commander Robert E Peary to rear admiral and favors awarding him a Medal of Honor instead. In Paterson New Jersey a trolley car incident kills James A Draney, a Lackawanna and Western railroad gateman, as his wife watches and pleads.
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Paterson
N. J
James A. Draney
Lackawanna &.Western Raillroad
Gambling Den Dynamited in Lawrenceburg Poolroom
Dynamite wreck destroys the Hanover poolroom near the Indiana Ohio line. Governor Marshall had aimed to close it, but a dynamiter beat him to it. Authorities seek three gamblers who reportedly lost heavily and are suspected of revenge with dynamite.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Hanover
Indiana- Ohio State
Here
Marshall
Peary Testimonials Eager Across States at Met Opera
Nearly every state and many countries plan tributes to Robert Peary, who will speak on his Arctic experiences at the Metropolitan Opera House New York. He will travel to England April 27 for a Royal Geographical Society dinner and address forums in Paris Berlin Vienna Rome and other cities before returning for Bowdoin College commencement. The Ledger notes a tale of wealth at a dining table and a lonely man escorted to the cold air as he is expected to recover.
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Diecoverer
Norberti
England
Royal Geographical Society
Parle
Berlin
Vienna
Rome
BL Petersburg
Crussels
Antwerp
Edinburgh
der Peary
America
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
ISU
Philadelphia Ledger
Thrilling Waikiki reefing in surfboat danger tales
In the south Pacific the reef lies five miles from shore at low tide. Surfers ride the edge of the reef as waves surge over hard coral, lifting canoes on cushions of water. A misstep can smash a dugout and scatter occupants, though Waikiki boasts no sharks.
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Waikiki
South Pacific
Ryshus
Ome Ward
Crogach
South Seas
Tone of Pins and Global Pin Production
A Philadelphia North American article notes Rogland's weekly pin output from 15 to 16 o'clock, annually about 190 tons, with vast totals from Germany and the United States. It highlights England's Birmingham firms shaping global copper and pin manufacture, one century old, the other over a century old.
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Rogland
Afteen
Aixteen
Germany
United States
England
Birmingham
Philadelphia
Crying for Help Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Relief
A testimonial from Fre delick Md praises Doan's Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney distress. The letter notes overworked kidneys and claims the remedy strengthens kidney function, with the author and another family member seeing relief. Sold by all dealers with Doan's marketed in New York.
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Mia
George W. Perry
Braddock
Frederick
Doan
Prige
Dany York
United Secale
Dona
Py Lore
Backache vanishes as Kidneys Restore Health
A vintage advertorial claims Pap e s Diurette cures backache and bladder misery by flushing sluggish kidneys. It promises relief from rheumatic pains, headaches, and nocturnal urination in a few days with a fifty cent dose kit, urging readers to buy locally from any druggist.
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Pape
Paine
Mape
Knew What She Was Doing Sermon Moment
A fragmented excerpt describes a pastor sparing a wife during a sermon while noting she wore a new hat. A doctor reassures not to alarm, citing the episode as a minor incident amidst broader talk of love and judgment.
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Frederick Unger
New York Hospital
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Footer’s Dye Works
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A. Kate Gittinger
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Edwin Devilbiss
Amos Urmer
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