Indiana Herb Doctor Buried Fortune Said to Exist
Miss Mary G. Lawler of Chicago claims the estate of W. D. Lawler a local herb doctor who died recently and whose body is held by an undertaker. Lawler reportedly hid money around his home and told painter Charles Bevinger he buried a pot of gold under a Henderson Kentucky oak tree. A search for the gold will be conducted.
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Mary G. Lawler
van Buren Street
Chicago
Evansville
W. D. Lawler
Lawler
Charles Bevinger
Henderson
Auto Touring Party in Field Crash Leaves Six Hurt
A touring car driven by John C. Ellsworth overturned four miles from South Bend near Partridge farm after veering from Sumption Prairie road. Six occupants were injured including E. R. Wills secretary American Trust Company Samuel Leeper president American Trust Company Samuel Good real estate broker Samuel Lentz coal dealer John C. Ellsworth dry goods merchant and H Gerard chauffeur. The group had driven from Walkerton on a pleasure trip.
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John C. Ellsworth
Sumption Prairie Road
E. R. Wills
American Trust Company
Samuel Leeper
Samuel Good
Samuel Lentz
Death by Carbolic Acid After Attempted Filicide
Wm Hogan 30 a railroad worker in Lebanon committed suicide by taking carbolic acid following two failed efforts to murder his 2 year old child. His wife awoke to find him over the sleeping baby with hand over its nose and mouth. He claimed to have dipped matches in water and used phosphorus to kill the child. Two weeks earlier he had been found attempting to smother the baby at night. Other items note a new athletic body for Indiana reorganizing interurban track and field circuits, counterfeiters in Muncie receiving five year and two year sentences, a drowning accident involving Frank Liski Otis's 2 year old, and Marshall Hallowell shooting Miss Mary Ertel before shooting himself. Ertel may recover.
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Wm. Hogan
Lebanon
Frank Liski Otis
Marshall Hallowell
Mary Ertel
Washington Township
Miss Ertel
Conductor Killed By Train In Bedford Yards
Edward Birney aged 35 a freight conductor on the Monon railroad was killed in the Bedford yards when fifteen cars passed over him his legs severed from his body. He was found minutes after the accident by the train crew.
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Edward Birney
Monon
Bedford Yards
Swimmer Drowns in Creek on Franklin Farm
Chester A. Yelton aged 38 drowned in Youngs Creek on his farm near Franklin while bathing with two companions. He was seized by cramps during the swim.
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Chester A. Yelton
Youngs Creek
Franklin
Yelton
Chain of Local Tragedies and Small-Town News Highlights
A list of brief incidents from the state includes the death of George Price a liveryman killed by a Vandalia train in Lyons leaving a widow and child. Other items note a Mil ton stave factory worker joining 60 000 slaves during a period, a storm in Frankfort causing two deaths by lightning, and George W Stoops a Civil War veteran who poisoned himself at his Delphi farm. Also reported are Maroney's Opera House fire in Chesterton with losses of 12000 dollars affecting John Carlson's store and Harnigan meat market, a 24 pound carp caught near Jacksonville, a whisky tragedy involving a Logansport farmer's son, and Herman Beckman celebrating his fortieth wedding anniversary in Ferdinand.
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George Price
Lyons
Robert Patterson
Frankfort
William Malicoat
William Kenyon
George W. Stoops
Delphi
Maroney
Chesterton
John Carlson
Harnigan & Co
T. P. Williams
Joel Howell
Jasonville
William D. Robinson
Logansport
Herman Beckman
Ferdinand
Fer
End of Sixtieth Congress Sparks Roaring Session
Washington reports the last day of the Sixtieth Congress ended with the currency and public buildings bills signed by President Roosevelt. The session enacted wide measures including safety for government workers, drought pensions, and military pay raises while postponing certain tariff revisions and battleship plans.
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Philippines
Congress Session Ends With Broad Bill Delays And Failures
The session adjourned May 30 1908 after passing a currency bill amid a 27 hour 15 minute Senate filibuster and failing to adopt a postal savings bank plan. Other notable misses include no national child labor law and no wireless telegraphy control.
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Postal Savings Bank
Castro
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hard Luck Tales from Tornado Toll
In Mazomanie Wisconsin William Royston a carpenter died from injuries after a building collapse during a tornado. Two other carpenters were injured. In Beresford South Dakota Peter Baker about eighty years old shot himself with a shotgun after returning from Sioux City in frail health and despair, the likely cause of his act.
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Mazomanie
Wis
William Royston
Beresford
S. D
Peter Baker
Sioux City
End of filibuster and passage of emergency currency bill
Washington reports detail the long Senate filibuster led by La Follette and later Stone and Gore, ending with the 43 to 22 vote to adopt conferees on the Aldrich Vree land emergency currency bill. President Roosevelt signed the compromise currency bill near 10 pm as Cortelyou and Cabinet members looked on.
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Senate
Congress
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senator Stone
Missouri
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Mr. la Follette
Mr. Stone
Mr. Gore
Senator la Follette
Stone
Gore
Roosevelt
Capitol
Payne
Hepburn
Williams
Hale and Teller
Cortelyou
Root
Garfield
Labor union growth and activities across regions
A survey of early 20th century labor movements shows Hod carriers organized in Tulsa under the international union, New York insulators paid four and a half dollars daily, and 200000 workers employed by the National Metal Trades Association. Reports cover Massachusetts, North Carolina, England, New England machinists, and diverse progress from arbitration boards to child labor laws and extended union funding.
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Hod Carriers
Tulsa
Okla
International
New York City
England
Metal, Engineering and
Massachusetts State Council of Wood, Wire and
North Carolina
New York
Workingmen’s Federation
Kansas City
New England
Case Again at the Buttercup
Dr. W N Chalfant renews his claim that the buttercup flowers release poisons linked to measles and other diseases. He asserts the plant contains several active poisons and that ingesting one could prove fatal.
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Case
W. N. Chalfant
Ground broken for Albert Lea College science hall
Ground has been broken for a new science hall at Albert Lea college. The building will be 106 by 50 feet and cost 25000 dollars. Hamline university athletes defeated South Dakota Agricultural college in a St Paul field day meet. Five vacation schools are planned for summer in St Paul with no book studies. Grand Forks county schools plan a corn growing contest this year. One bushel of seed has been received from Fargo, and circulars are mailed. Hamline students clashed with police after a bonfire victory celebration on campus. police were overwhelmed and imprisoned students were freed. University of Chicago has abandoned intercollegiate contests with sister universities over rising oratory standards. Grinnell and Nebraska opened their baseball season on a muddy field with a driving wind and rain. Batting practice was set, but Grinnell won in eight innings.
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Albert Lea College
Hamline University
South Dakota Agricultural College
Brookings
St. Paul
Grand Forks
N. D
Fargo
Gustavus Adolphus College
University of Chicago
Chicago
Grinnell
University of Nebraska
Eight Bishops Chosen by Methodist General Conference
A report from Kansas City outlines temperance gains across the United States. It notes provinces banning saloons, legislatures enacting restrictive laws, and cities surpassing 100000 in population with saloon bans. It lists eight newly selected bishops by the Methodist Episcopal Conference at Baltimore.
Typhoon Devastates Hankow Inland and Shanghai Areas
The Shinonno Maru reported a massive typhoon near Hankow causing widespread loss of life and river wreckage. A freshet prior had killed over 1,000 and wrecked 1,000 junks while many steamers were stranded or driven away. A coal mine disaster in Kwang Sa killed about 1,000.
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Victoria
B. C
Hankow
Shanghai
Kan River
Kwang Sa
Osler Calls Homeopaths Quacks Letter Sparks Banquet Talk
During commencement at New York Homeopathic College Dean Harvey noted a letter from Dr. Osler in response to an alumni banquet invitation. The letter reportedly said homeopaths were a bunch of quacks.
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New York Homeopathic College
Harvey
Dr. Osler
Mitchell Warns Operators Over Wage Reductions
Former President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers denounces reports that anthracite operators plan wage cuts to cover damages under liability and safety laws. He says miners will not tolerate the injustice and warns that taking over the retail business would trigger further price upheaval.
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Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Nee ‘Ag
Chicago Business in the Trade Pulse Hints Stable Recovery
Dun's Review of Trade notes steadier business in Chicago with improved weather and stronger bank payments. Manufacturing demand rises for furnace and finished mill products while seasonable goods push retail sales. Cotton goods prices ease. wholesale stocks shrink. farm tools and wagons see higher interior demand. bank clearings reach 216 million, up 10 percent from a five day prior period.
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Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
Weather and trade reports show uneven crops and rainfall
New York weather and market notes indicate irregular crop prospects due to heavy rainfall and poor roads, with trade suffering in affected areas. In warmer regions trade improves as stocks clear amid reductions, while eastern and central western states report better distribution. Bradstreet's notes weekly U S business failures at 268, Canada 31.
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United States
Canada
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U S Markets
Market reports from Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York and Toledo show cattle hogs and sheep price ranges, plus grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and seeds. Notable figures include Chicago cattle 4.00 to 7.30, hogs 4.00 to 5.60, wheat near 1.00, corn 63c to 74c, oats 51c to 58c, rye around 80c, butter 17c to 23c and eggs 12c to 17c per dozen.
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Chicago
Timothy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ste. Milwaukee
Ste
New York
Seed inspection push by Texas experiment station drives reform
Agricultural notes report Texas station urging state seed inspection. Farmers in Shelby county Iowa find shocks yield better seed corn than cribbed kernels. Eastern Montana fruiters blame April cold for crop losses. F B Bone of Alva Illinois wins all first prizes in Chester White hog carcass awards at the International. Over twenty five steam plows work Sully county South Carolina turning up a section daily. A South African agricultural expert visits Texas to study dry farming methods for his country.
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Texas Experiment Station
Mississippi River
Spearfish
S. D
Black Hills Poultry Association
Shelby County
Iowa
Montana
F. EB. Bone
Alva
Ill
The
International
Chester
Texas
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