Pittsburg theory links state funds to Quay debts in probe
Harrisburg June 17 capital probes examine whether money from the state treasury paid obligations of late United States Senator Quay. Pittsburg sources bolster the claim that thousands funded Quay debt liquidation, with Sanderson linked to large notes endorsed by Quay allies. Investigators review state records and the finances of key officials, as hearings continue and Montague’s Cassel profits report is slated for submission.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
United States
Quay
Pittsburg
Beaver County
Sanderson
Qay
John H. Sanderson
State Treasury
Charles Montague
Cassel
Pennypacker, Mathues and Snyder
Roosevelt Referenced on Telegraphers Strike Intervention
President Roosevelt has referred appeals to Charles P Neill, labor commissioner, without comment. The administration sees no emergency exit akin to the coal strike, suggesting government action may be directed by the Bureau of Labor under Neill if needed. Other notes include a fatal fall in Oaxaca, a body found in the Potomac, a mistaken-identity killing in Elizabeth, and a possible recall of Japan's ambassador to the United States with a successor named Baron Kaneko.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Charles P Neill
Bureau of Labor
Mr. Neill
Dog and divorce case in New Brunswick
In a New Jersey court report, Mrs. Frederick Le Smith sues for divorce on grounds of desertion. The husband left to fetch a newspaper, took the family dog, which returned alone a week later. A conciliatory note tied to the dog failed to bring him back, and the dog delivered no message. The case is overseen by Senator George S. Sizer as special master in chancery.
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Trenton
Frederick le Smith
New Brunswick
Court of Chancery
George S. Sizer
Deceived Dying Wife in Connecticut Fraud Case
Mrs. Peter White on her deathbed in Thompsonville signed a document her husband displayed to obtain full bank funds. The husband, Peter White, left with the money and has not returned. Villagers threaten tar and feather if he returns to Thompsonville.
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Derby
Conn
Peter White
Simon Barrett
Thompsonville
Peter
White
Girl's Long Trip to Wed Across Arctic Frontier
Miss Clara G. Askwith travels 12 000 miles from London to Candle City Alaska to marry miner W J Wells on July 1. The couple pledged seven years ago when Wells left for Alaska to seek fortune in gold mines. She will journey via Seattle Nome and a sled to Candle City, where Justice J C Kepner will marry them.
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London
Arctic Circle
Clara G. Askwith
New York
Candle City
Alaska
W. J. Wells
New York Mail
Miss Askwith
Minnesoka
W. Scott Patmore
Cafe Martin
Seattle
Nome
Justice J. C. Kepner
Mass Assquith
Wells
Askwith
Kiags
England
Mr. Patmure
Mr. Wells
Milwaukee Mayor Uses Honking Horn For Ragtime To Opera
Milwaukee Mayor Sherburn Becker owns a unique automobile horn that can replicate any tune from ragtime to grand opera. The mechanism uses exhaust steam and a brass keyboard to trigger twenty eight pipes like a church organ. Becker demonstrated the device in Milwaukee parks to cheering crowds.
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Milwaukee
Sherburn Becker
Chicago Record-Herald
Xfaver Becker
Opportunities Left Pittsburg for Sunny Italy Wealthy Nine
Nine men with aggregate wealth of 520000 from local mills depart Pittsburg for Italy where they say the money will last a lifetime. Seven of the nine have large families in the old country. The Philadelphia Record notes their plans and fortunes.
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Pittsbore
Italy
Old Country
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Fellowship Farm Promoters Plan Dual Property System Near Boston
Forty socialists form Fellowship Farm on seventy five acres near Westwood twelve miles from Boston. Each man gains an individual deed for his acre plus a cooperative stake in common land, with a monthly two fifty payment and a path to full ownership in ten years. Rev George Littlefield leads the scheme combining private farms and shared facilities to foster independence and community.
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Westwood
Boston
Frere
Boston Special
St. Louis
George Littlefield
Littlefield
Harvard
Edward Everett Hale
Edward Bellamy
Hopedale
Aqiel
Fellowship Farm Association
Tinlf
Tre
Scotland
New York
Pennsylvania
Maiden Lane
Pensions for Civil War Veterans Under Various Acts
Interior Department clarifies pension eligibility for Civil War veterans with ninety day service. It details general law disability pensions, 1890 act provisions for those with at least ninety days service, and 1907 act pensions by age. The report covers specific regiments, fraudulent enlistments, and instances of furloughs and nonparticipation, highlighting how service duration and honorable discharge affect pension rights.
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Bureau of Pensions
Interior
Wananda
Suoh
Tha Eoldiar
Oce
J. W. Wilson
Mechanic Fusiliers
Dilinola
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Chicago
War Department
Rendezzong
United States
Sonth
Potomac
Assambling
Campe of Rendrzvona
Ilimota
Ono
Herp
Pension rights amid Civil War service questioned in era notes
Text recalls pensions for ninety days Federal army service and honorably discharged veterans while condemning those who avoided service. The piece shifts to a solemn report from June 17 about 18 sacred Jewish parchments buried in Washington cemetery after fire damage, with rabbis detailing ritual burial requirements.
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Department
Shell
Iatimad Nest
York
Washington Cemetery
Frederick market prices from Wraderick County exchange
Quotations for grains, hay, flour, meal, and feeds dated July 17 1907 list prices in dollars per unit. Red and white corn, oats, barley, wheat, and assorted milling products along with hay timothy mixed clover and alfalfa values. Units include per barrel per bushel and per ton with ranges across multiple lots.
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Timothy
Thugs of Paris and a Parisian Englishman attacked
In Paris three assailants robbed an English visitor, a stout stick aided his defense, a constable and watchman helped subdue the pair who were carried to the station. One attacker wounded the Englishman with a file and another with scissors. In Buffalo a man killed his wife then surrendered to police. A Leytonstone meeting seeks funds to preserve Hood's birthplace Lake House. A Lithuanian girl throws a man, he is dying from neck injury. Immigrant children die from whisky on voyage to New York.
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Paris
Buffalo
Frank E. Jackson
Jackson
Hood
Leyton Ratepayers’ Association
Leytonstone
England
Lake House
Gilberton
Anthony Pecus
Miners’ Hospital
New York
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