Miscellaneous Notes From Classic Newspapers Include Trades and Oddities
A wide array of items cites fluctuating prices in New York markets, prunes grown in California, and varied international notes. Mentions of tariff topics, government roles, Pittsburgh theater, Belgrade petitions, and Berlin store reports appear alongside local anecdotes from Mobile and Chicago including a Washington pairing of politics and daily life.
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New York
Santa Clana
Cal
Washington
Los Angeles
Wall Energy Oil
eMann
Pittsburgh
Theatore Brittle
Birrie BR Obrastanker
Schoen
Fifeh Avenue
Treen
Missour
Lacis
King Meier
Belgrade
Verktown
Crears
India
Berlin
Pester
Seuss
Gaerne
Woaginsat O
California
Fifty Years of Senate May 1 2 Reported Treaties and Nominations
The May 1 session notes a broad agenda including the Chinese treaty report and Melville Fuller nomination to Chief Justice. Bills passed cover Post Office funding, public buildings in Asheville, Woonsocket, Fort Dodge, Sterling, Brian, and Dover, plus a railroad forfeiture bill and inter state commerce amendment. May 2 lists calendar actions, promotions, and oceanic rights, with debate on tariffs continuing into the evening.
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Washington
Sunatre
van Aiverse
Melvinle Fuller
Indianapolis
Atchison, Kas
Wilmington
Asheville
N.C
Woonsorket
Ko. Maem
Ft Dodce
Sterlins
Brian
Duluth
Minn
Dover
N. We
Senate
Wilson
Mimnesotar McCemas
Marvingne
Lanham
Texas
Alen
Massachusetts
Caruth
Hentucky
AOI
Wasteleton
House
DiLantharizito
Alfred Pivasenton
Orecon Reagiway and Navigation Company
Peters
Stewart Intro
West Point
Nica- Tacha
Cepfersnes
Wits
Messrs. Wilson
Ding Fey
Medvtring
Agoat Pomi
Woashimatos
Mic
Calferria
Minever
Messrs
Oss
Viet
Minnesota
Poe
Mir
Ayesis
Pitear
Wueayite
Berdin T
Uitis
Cebainbes
Tlariestan
Sof
Tastinis Beatries
Nei
Nesta
Serate
Barbop
Stathe
New York
Peaboan
Vorhee
Baltimore
Rene
Newsy Jackson
Miss
Vickethuire
Mass
Bree
Prunese
Abram Hewitt
Donnell
Woodbern
Nevada
Stockdale
Mississippi
Hopkins
Manser
Missouri
Tarter
Obie
Hichardson
Tennessee
Ame- Adge
New Jersey
Morrow
California
Confession Clears Burlington Train Wreck Case
A confession by M A Eckert cleared up the 1879 Burlington railway wreck near Chicago. Reward of 31.00 offered. Four arrests reported. others to be rounded up. Also notes deaths and obituaries including Adolf Haerpreex, a Milwaukee lawyer drowned fishing at Philips Wis. A late 19th century effort to unify state laws set for May 2 in Washington.
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Burlington Railway
Chicaget
John Datin
Helena
Mont
M.A’ Eckert
Cincinnati
Owen
Adolf Haerpreex
Milwaukee
Philips Wis
Washington
Remarkable Surgery Clears Path to Recovery
In Kent Co s woodenware works Corny a large circular saw fragment severed the crown of E L Bishop s skull exposing brain tissue. Surgeons operated within six minutes preserving life. Bishop regained senses and walks about his room days later despite missing skull.
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May
Kent & Co
Corny
E. L. Bishop
Bishop
Gishop
Old Nervy Escape From Lepanon Jail Mystery
Lepanon Pennsylvania May grave prisoner William Showers escape from jail overnight by digging a hole in a stone wall and lowering himself out using a rope of blanket fragments. The 70 year old killer of his two grandchildren left two letters to his wife and to those who threaten him as police search the town.
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Lepanon
Wiliam Showers
Geelock
Showers
Terrific Explosion Destroys Sash and Blind Shop
A blast at J Hodges sash and blind shop on Elm Street Manchester N E L leveled the boiler house and shattered surrounding windows. A heavy boiler fragment landed near a residence three hundred feet away. Three bodies were removed from the ruins and several others injured by missiles.
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Manchester
N. EL
J. Hodges
Elm Street
Sveral
Confederate Veterans Pension Act Passes in South Carolina
South Carolina legislature approves a pension plan granting five dollars monthly to needy Confederate veterans. A commission will administer aid to about 1,035 persons with a total appropriation of fifty thousand dollars funded by borrowed money.
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Crannrearox
S&s. C
South Carolina
Michigan Crop Report Forecasts Low Wheat Yield
Advance figures from the forthcoming Michigan monthly crop report show Lut sixty-eight percent of an average crop of wheat. The 1915 crop reached 22,515,000 bushels. The current crop is twenty-one percent lower than last year with a bleak outlook.
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Lansing
Alicn
Michigan
Conspirators Fined for Attempted Sabotage in Buffalo
In PSSI, May Sr Hiram B Everest and Charles S Y Everest of the Vacuum QO Company were convicted of conspiracy to affect trade and commerce by planning to blow up the Buffalo Lubricating Oil Works. Judge Haight fined them 52 each in the State Supreme Court.
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Reocnesten
May
Hiram B. Everest
Charles SY. Everest
Vacuum QO. Company
PSSI
Haight
State Supreme Court
Two Murderers Throttice Charged at County Prison
At 10:13 this morning Robert G. Hall an actor and David Vincent an Italian were charged at the county jail. Hall murdered his mistress Mrs Lullian K Rovers last year. Vincent killed a sailor of his countrymen.
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Pronaperpura
Robert G. Hall
David Vincent
Hera
Hall
Lullian K Rovers
Vincent
National Democratic Convention Preparations Planned
Chairman Barnum has called the executive committee to meet in New York on the 15th to arrange preliminary work for the National Democratic Convention. The May gathering aims to finalize advance gear and organize activities ahead of the event. All members are urged to attend.
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Wasmioton
May
Wll
Barnum
New York
Mother of Twenty Four Children
Mrs Geo Springer buried in this county was the mother of twenty four children. She had six pairs of twins, three triplets and nine single births.
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Breernive
Geo. Springer
Homa
Explosion at Calby mine in Bessexen kills two men
A poster house at the Calby mine exploded this morning blowing up and killing two workers with another likely fatally injured. The engine room was destroyed in the blaze.
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Powdsr
Bessexen
Micy
Calby
Sif
Unknown Chinaman Dies by Shooting Self in New York
A man described as a Chinaman shot himself in the right temple with a revolver this morning at 3:30 near 119 Seventh Street in Duibar New York. The death is believed to be self inflicted and the scene was reported by local authorities.
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Duibar
New York
Chinaman
Seventh Street
Great Guns Testing Cast Iron and Wrought Steel Cannons
Boston May 7 Government invites proposals to transport a fifty three ton breech loading rifled gun from South Boston Iron Works for Sandy Hook experiments. The weapon, second of three heaviest rifled guns, seeks to determine powder charges and endurance. Built at South Boston over five weeks, it blends cast iron with a steel tube and props and features a 12 inch bore.
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Boston
Sandy Hook
South Boston
Storm Cloud Burst Destroys Homes Near Maize
A violent storm over Maize Nebraska produced a rectangular rain area of about 54 by 1,000 yards. Torrential rains flooded streets, washed away houses, and sank a Rockley family home into the Arkansas river drowning three family members. Livestock drowned. property damage expected to be large.
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Wruia
Nas
Maize
Anize
Arkansas River
Arkansas
Rockley
Rackley
Women barred from Methodist Church high council
The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church voted against admitting women to membership in the church's high Parliament and Supreme Court after four days of debate. Delegates elected are declared ineligible under the current constitution, a ruling likely to influence the four year meeting.
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New York
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
High Parliament
Supreme Court of the Church
Wll
Cinreh
Emperor Frederick Failing in Benin May 7
The emperor's fever persists with no new abscess forming. Dr. Mackenzie urges nourishment as weakness grows serious. He naps briefly, shows strength by clenching his fist and moving his arm. General alarm rises as he refuses food and pus discharge requires frequent canula cleaning.
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Frederick
Benin
Mackenzie
Remarkable Double Death in St. Louis
In St Louis on May 7 Mrs Annie E Eisenbarth collapsed at home and died before help arrived. Her sister Mrs Mary Holtman, visiting after a dance at the house, then fainted and died shortly after.
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St. Louis
Annie E. Eisenbarth
Mary Holtman
Governor veto overrides repeal on half holiday law
Albany reports Governor Hill vetoed the bill that repealed the Saturday half holiday measure. The Legislature had passed the repeal with sizable majorities, enough to override the Governor's veto.
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Albany
Hill
Supreme Court Affirms Hanging Sentence in Murder Case
The Supreme Court today affirmed the lower court ruling in Henry Pangrat’s murder conviction. Pangrat is condemned to hang, with the sentence set for June, after a March crime in the city.
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Sr Lov
Supreme Court
Henry " Pangrat
Junge A
Dynamite Blast Wrecks Town After Freight Train Crash
A freight train on the Philadelphia and Reading line exploded at Locust Gap near Snamorm Pennsylvania killing seven and wounding twenty. Eight houses burned, four blocks leveled, and hundreds of other structures damaged as debris and blown objects across Mount Carmel area. Rescue crews saved lives amid widespread destruction and charred remains.
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Snamorm
Philadelphia and
Reading
Locust Gap
Llo’clock
Philadelphia
Mount Carmel
Kerwich
Singer
Family of Counterfeiters Arrested in Brooklyn
U S Secret Service officers arrested Anton Carlo his wife Sarah and daughters Josephine and Antonia aged fourteen and ten for passing counterfeit silver dimes. The Brook lyn residence at 255 Van Brunt street was searched under a United States Commissioner warrant and bare metal molds and related paraphernalia were seized.
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New York
U.S. Secret Service
Anton Carlo
Sarah
Josephine
Antonia
van Brunt Street
Brooklyn
United States
Murderer Lynched Near Biount's Creek After Slaying Lumber Dealer
Thos Frazier, a saloon keeper, shot and killed Joshua H. Cox, a leading lumber dealer at Biount's Creek. Frazier was captured that evening. mask men seized him at night and executed him at the murder site, leaving his body mutilated.
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Wasncinetox
Thos. Frazier
Joshua H. Cox
Biount’s Creek
Here
Frazier
Cox
Train Plunges Into River. Two Die at Floodwood
A Milwaukee and Northern freight train plunged through a bridge into the Michigan River at Floodwood this morning. The engine and eight cars sank. The engineer, fireman, and head brakeman were carried down. the last two were instantly killed, while the engineer escaped after freeing himself.
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Milwaukee and Northern
Michigan River
Boy Burned to Death in Home Fire
In Nansaville Tesn May 6 a white seventeen year old named Andrew Logan died when his mother's residence caught fire while he slept. The blaze killed him as flames engulfed the room. Authorities say the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Nansaville
Tesn
Andrew Logan
Woods fire leads to large timber find in Preston County
A poplar tree cut on George W. Watson's Preston County farm yielded 5,379 feet of lumber with 16 feet producing 1,549 feet. The property holds several larger trees including one 33 feet in circumference. Local report from Parkerstown dated May 1 to May 6 notes the substantial timber potential on the farm.
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Parkersbu
W. Va
George W. Watson
Preston County
Death of the Oldest Mason in Mexico
A republic era notice reports the death of the oldest Mason in Mexico. The obituary notes a ninety eight year age and long service in the Masonic order.
State Intelligence From Indiana Turmoil and Tragedy
Incendiary fire at Urbana destroys the Cincinnati Wabash and Michigan station. Dozens of crimes and trials unfold across Indiana including murders, rapes, assaults, forgery, and horse stealing. Notable deaths and accidents occur in Nashville, Lafayette, Seymour, and Indianapolis along with political rifts and local government shifts.
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York
Gan
Cotunbus
Gronek
Pincentia
Calremenio
Sudston
Tun Great Northern Railway Company
Enwland
Tin Fereth
Boa. Hoxry
Virginia
Keepens
George Washington
Serresus
Cardinal Richeleu
Wes
Dronet
Trix
PI. Rixa
David Leisester Hing
Akron
Barry Washington
Concord
N.el
Potter Palmer
Leake Shore
Chicago
Win
Michigan Crop Report
Efome
Kansas
Mexico
Bio
Alfred
Petaies
Sao
Bean
S. Mason
Wabash and
Michigan’ ‘Railroad
Urbana
Henry Winters
Logansport
Pepauw
Greencastle
W. J. Kaper
Haute
Iowa
Hannah Stone
Nashville
Columbus
Scott Bedgood
Otis Bussell
George Hill
Jonesville
al Gaston
James Asapor
Lebanon
Lafayette
Seymour
Tuere
Shelby County
Bennett Basher
P. Toper
North Marchchester
Wm. Helms
Dan Voorhees
Aldred Burton
Indiana
Jonas Sith
Connersville
A. M. Alexander
Fort Worth
Tex
Hox
Wat. S. Hotman
Congress
Indiana Dstrict
Gecondr F. Montcomeny
Syracuse
Shelbyville
del Ferguson
Union City
Frank McClintock
Wabash
Ross & Powell
Goodlander
Grace Evans
Boar of
Peru
Preston Mongan
Harmony
Fayette County
Andrew Krams
Center Point
Banxer Triesex
Delphi
Barney Tieben
Hhe
Tieben
Terre Haute
Busivilre
Wim. Caldwell
Hilling Wo. Caldwell
Norman E.conds
Joseph Larkin
Eli Larkin
Lon Pea
Joseph Wolfe
Jordan “Calines
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