Ghouls Loot Indiana Family Graves in Ohio Looting Carve
A. K. MecClosky of Columbus and James McClosky of Indianapolis opened the Kennard burying ground near St. Charles Ohio to move relatives to Crown Hill Indianapolis but found the graves emptied with no bodies. Suspected sale to a Cincinnati medical college. families fear more looting as alarm spreads.
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Indianapolis
Ohio
A. K. MecClosky
Columbus
Ind
James McClosky
Kennard
St. Charles
Crown Hill Cemetery
John H. MacClosky
Cincinnati Medical College
McClosky
John A. McClosky
Would Unite Bible Classes Under Rockefeller Plan
John D. Rockefeller Jr forms a national Bible class association aiming to unite classes across the country. The inaugural meeting will be at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church on Friday April 3, with representatives from major New York Bible classes. The organization promotes a big brother program pairing each member with an underprivileged youth to lift them from their environment.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New Association
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Rockefeller Church
New York
Rockefeller
Love and affection noted as price for South Dakota land
In Aberdeen the deed for 240 acres of farming land from Joseph T. Peck of Oregon to Mrs. George Tooker and Mrs. Whitman Stone of Salem Oregon lists love and affection and 1000 dollars as the consideration. The unusual entry marks love and affection as the stated values of 2500 dollars each for the two parties.
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Aberdeen
S. 1
Joseph T. Peck
Oregon
George Tooker
Whitman Stone
Salem
Ore
South Dakota
Hitchcock Acquitted in New York Blackmail Case
Comedian Raymond Hitchcock was acquitted by direction of Justice Blanchard. He had been arraigned on an indictment accusing him of wronging Telen Van Hagen, who was not yet 16. Justice Blanchard reportedly found evidence of a conspiracy among Van Hagen, Elsie Voecks and Florence Whiston to blackmail the actor.
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Hitchcock
Raymond Hitchcock
New York
Justice Blanchard
Stelen van Hagen
Telen van Hagen
Elsie Voecks
Florence Whiston
Band of Ochelata Pursues Tyre Bank Robbers
A posse from Ochelata Oklahoma rode out to Tyre Kansas to chase bank robbers who got away with 2500 dollars. The outlaws were found but not captured. instead the posse took several rifles and a horse.
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Ochelata
Okla
Tyre
Kan
House approves motto restoration on U S coins
Under suspension of the rules the House passed the bill restoring the motto In God We Trust on gold and silver coins after it was removed by the President’s order. The measure cleared 255 to 5.
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House of Representatives
United States
Senate
Tillman
South Carolina
Beveridge
Indiana
House
Manila
Medical Department
Army
Consular Service
Alaska
Governor Slughes Declines Intervention in Gillette Execution
The governor of New York will not interfere with the execution proceedings in the week starting March 30 for Chester Gillette of Cortland. Gillette was convicted of murdering Grace Brown in the Adirondacks in July 1906 and is now on death row at Auburn prison.
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Slughes
New York
Chester Gillette
Cortland
Grace Brown
Adirondacks
Auburn Prison
Farm Death Near Hopkinsville Shocks County
Crape Knight a Wrigg County farmer was shot and killed by Nelson Soward after Knight allegedly attacked his wife. When Howard intervened Knight turned on him with a large knife and Soward fired, killing Knight.
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Hopkinsville
Crape Knight
Wrigg County
Nelson Soward
Knight
Howard
Soward
Dresser Charged With Theft After Shipbuilding Crash
D Le Roy Dresser, prominent New York merchant and society man, faces charges of stealing $4000 after his failed $5,000,000 investment in the shipbuilding combine following the crash. The case highlights the era's financial collapse and high society under scrutiny.
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D. le Roy Dresser
New York
Emma Goldman Silenced by Police at Chicago West Side Rally
Emma Goldman is dragged from a Chicago hall by police as she attempts to address a West Side crowd. The incident underscores tensions at the gathering and raises questions about public speech within the city.
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Emma Goldman
West Side
Chicago
Rioters clash as militia called to Ann Arbor
Two thousand students in Ann Arbor defied police and firemen as President Angell and Mayor Senderson urged restraint. State militia was called to the scene to restore order.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Angell
Senderson
Actor Will Become Evangelist
Robert L. Downing, actor, has been converted at a revival in Washington and will forsake the stage for evangelistic work.
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Robert L. Downing
Washington
Lincoln Telegraph Operator De Witt Fuller Killed in Crash
De Witt Fuller of Hancock New York longtime private telegraph operator for President Lincoln during the Civil War died after being struck on the Erie tracks near Narrowe urge. A caleed note lists 70 as a clue to the incident.
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Lincoln
de. Witt Fuller
Hancock
N. Y
Erie Tracks
Verdict in Collinwood fire cites false economy and faulty design
Coroner absolves janitor Fritz Wirter of blame after the Collinwood school disaster. He notes overheated pipes started a blaze in a closet under the stairs and a faulty partition at the bottom of the stairway trapped 167 children. The coroner urges an overhaul of older school buildings nationwide.
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Collinwood
Fritz” Wirter
Hitter
W. S. Lougee
Cleveland
Attempt on Norwegian King at Christiania Fails
An assailant named A Swede fired rifles at the royal castle in Christiania, Norway, aiming to kill King Haakon VII. The king and Queen Maud were absent, and the attempt ended with the attacker captured and disarmed. The monarch, born 1872, has ruled since 1905 after Norway’s split from Sweden.
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Norway
Christiania
King Haakon
Thaakon
Queen Maud
Voxenkollern
Haakon VII
Frederick
Denmark
Sweden
Storthing
Christian
Isaakon
Maud
Edward
Great Britain
Olaf
Politicians and activists target suffrage and reform
At a New York judiciary hearing delegates from the Socialist party defend a proposed amendment removing male from the state constitution as a matter of social right. Morris Lillquit cites global suffrage momentum while Samuel Gompers warns President Roosevelt lacks full remedy insight. The Public Ownership Party challenges a $10 filing fee as unconstitutional in Minnesota.
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Judiciary Committee
New York State Senate
Socialist Party
Morris Tlillquit
New York City
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
House Committee On Judiciary
Roosevelt
Gompers
Party of St. Paul
Minnesota de Pratic
Cen
Wants Land Worth Millions Joins Suit Over Pelham Manor Property
Edmund C. Jessup of northern Connecticut sues to recover 50 acres in Pelham Manor New York valued at 3 million dollars. He claims he owns an undivided one fourth share as sole heir of his sisters who sold the land after his disappearance. The property includes homes of prominent New Yorkers and was farm land under his father.
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Edmund C. Jessup
Connecticut
Pelham Manor
N. Y
Jessup
Railroads push total abstinence for workers nationwide
The article notes a wave of prohibition in railroads with 25 000 Chicago and Northwestern employees becoming abstinent this year. Baltimore and Ohio bans off duty intoxication for train personnel, affecting thousands. By year end estimates place nearly 1 000 000 railroad workers under abstinence rules as banks consider similar actions. The Fifth Avenue National Bank of New York sues to bar employees from entering saloons or gambling venues and forbids speculation.
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Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Fifth Avenue National Bank of New York
Chicago Syndicate Buys 83 Million Ranch Deal
A Chicago syndicate linked to Swift & Company has purchased a ranch deal valued at 83 million dollars. The acquisition involves a large tract of 2- to 300,000 acres, marking a major consolidation in regional ranch holdings.
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Chicago
Swift A
Bidwells Convicted In Chicago Confidence Game Case
Benson Bidwell and son Charles Biz Bidwell were found guilty of operating a confidence game tied to the Bidwell Electric Company. The defense claimed invention of an electric motor but prosecutors argued the investors were misled about treasury stock and the motor proved impractical.
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Benson Bidwell
Charles Biz
Bidwell
Electric Company
Chicago
Game
Benson
George
Austin
Bank of England
Ife
United States
Bidwells
Treasury
Ida C. Palmer
Charles Bidwell
Supreme Court Rules Elkins Act Applies Nationwide
The Supreme Court ruled against Armour Packing, Swift, Morris, and Cudahy Packing in Kansas City case. Justice Day held Elkins Act covers transport nationwide and applies to both shipper and carrier. Earlier convictions fined $15,000 for receiving rebates on export shipments.
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Armour Packing Company
Swift & Co. Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Kansas City
Kan
United States Circuit Court
Western District of Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Day
United States District Court
Smith McPherson
Mea
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company
George L. Thomas
New York
L. B. Taggart
Thomas
Taggart
McPherson
Burlington
United States Supreme Court
War on Dr Wiley surrounds FDA reformer
Washington report says Dr Harvey W Wiley, originator of the poison squad and foe of adulterations, may quit the Department of Agriculture. Supporters say he upholds the pure food law for the public good despite strong opposition from foes who claim his hard line burdens him personally.
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Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Senate and House Dramatic Battle Over Post Office Funds
The Senate debated reinstate of discharged colored soldiers from the Twenty fifth Regiment and discussed the Aldrich currency bill. The House advanced the post office appropriation bill to a record $272,190,3892 while expanding clerical pay and rural delivery funding.
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Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Senate
Warren
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Aldrich
Clarke
Arkansas
Bailey
House
Overstreet
Senator Bacon
Georgia
White House
Panama Canal
Simmons
North Carolina
Wealth from Western Canada Promises Prosperity for Farmers
Long letter from W H Ellwanger, once of Green Mountain Iowa, praising Western Canada. He cites ideal grain climate, abundant hay and water, timber from government, and strong yields for oats and wheat. Also notes abundance of wildlife and fishing near Turtle Lake, and urges others to move north for income and living.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Canada
W. H. Ellwanger
Green Mountain
Iowa
Sume Mer
Central
Ellwanger
Western
Paynton, Sask
Montgomery
Paymtan
Turtle Lake
Yankee
Des Moines
United States
Seven terrorists hanged for plot on Grand Duke in Kronstadt
The seven conspirators were condemned to death and hanged at Lissy Ness opposite Kronstadt in Russia for the plot against Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch. In New York, a window washer on the tenth story was saved by workers as he fell from the eleventh floor.
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Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch
M. Chtcheglovitcf
Lissy Ness
Kronstadt
Russia
T. I. Isham
New York
Congresses Tackle False Reports and Manganese Tariff
National Capitol Notes report Congressman Hamilton of Michigan proposing severe penalties for circulating false reports about national banks. Congressman Cook of Colorado plans to introduce a bill to restore the duty on manganese ores used in steel, after the Dingley tariff removal in 1897. Senator Culberson seeks Treasury disclosure on complaints by national banks outside New York City between October and November 1907.
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National Capitol
Hamilton
Michigan
Cook
Colorado
Culberson
Secretary ‘of the Treasury
Senate
New York City
Headache Causes and Remedies Highlighted in Brief Item
From October to May colds are the frequent cause of headache. Laxative Bromo or Nine removes the cause. Animal life exists at all depths of the ocean, but vegetation will not thrive at great pressures.
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K. W.grove
Local smoker verdict on Lewis' Single Binder 5c cigar quality
The judgment reads that Lewis' Single Binder 5c cigar is among the best. Berlin is noted for a higher per capita number of pol men compared with others. The fragment suggests comparisons of quality and demographics in a dated trade note.
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Lewis
Binder
Berlin
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