Grafters Sanderson Dies in Voluntary Exile amid Capitol Scandal
John H. Sanderson dies at Sherry's in New York City after a six month quiet spell as he faced a conspiracy conviction to defraud Pennsylvania of an estimated sum between 1.0 million and 5.0 million. The five fatalities tied to the Capitol fraud case include Sanderson and other former state officials.
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New York City
John H. Sanderson
Sherry’s
Bright
Pennsylvania
Sanderson
Tiarrisbore
Wm. P. Snyder
Wm. L. Mathues
Jas. M. Shumaker
Herrisburg
Kunkel
Mathues
State Capitol
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Capitol
Harry Sanderson
J. H. Sanderson
Pensylvania
Capiol
Tito Sherry
New York Yacht Club
Sanderso
Husband slain in bed in St Paul murder mystery
In St Paul Minnesota Louis Arbogast a butcher worth about 200000 was murdered in his bed. His head was crushed and the bed soaked with smell of smoke from a fire. An axe covered with blood lay in the cellar wrapped in old clothing. The widow and daughter give differing accounts. The daughter said she smelled smoke, found her parents turned on the bed, dragged her mother out, neighbors put out the fire, and her father died en route to hospital.
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St. Paul
Minn
Louis Arbogast
Ioa Arbogast
Kansas Politician A P Riddle Killed in Auto Crash
Salina Kansas A P Riddle former Lieutenant Governor of Kansas was killed in an auto crash five miles north of Salina. He was on a pleasure trip from Minneapolis to Salina with four companions and died about an hour after the wreck. Riddle served under Governor John A Martin after being elected in 184. He was born in Harlemsburg Pa in 1346.
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Salina
Kan
A. P. Riddle
Kansas
Riddle
Minneapolis
John A. Martin
Harlemsburg
Des Moines to Open First Anti Treating Saloon
Des Moines IA to inaugurate the nations first anti treating saloon. Permit granted to A S Kirkhart who controls local saloons and aims to extend the system if successful. Kirkhart says the plan outdoes Bishop Potter if treating is not tolerated.
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Es Moines
United States
Des Moines
Iowa
A. S. Kirkhart
Kirkhart
Bishop Potter
Five drown after capsized Hackensack river boat tragedy
In Hackensack New Jersey a row boat carrying four girls Catherine Hoffman Mary Sachs Lizzie Sinaneck Mary Horanzi and man Peter Hollowinski capsized in a gale on the Hackensack River. Three others Thomas Burke Frank Lacy and a police officer escaped but were exhausted. The victims were returning from work at the American Paper Company Bogota plant. A river crossing project had been debated for months with a $206000 planned structure and public objections.
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Hackensack
N. J
Catherine Hoffman
Mary Sachs
Lizzie Sinaneck
Mary Horanzi
Peter Hollowinski
Thomas Burke
Frank Lacy
Oyamed Peter
Chayvly
Anerican Paper Company
Bogota
Heckessa
Albany quarry blast kills twenty in sulfurous blast near South Bethlehem
A premature explosion at Callanan Road Improvement Company quarry near South Bethlehem, eleven miles south of Albany, blasts twenty men to death and injures fifteen. The blast, set to displace forty thousand tons of rock, hurled bodies and torn clothing into trees as rescuers gathered fragments and identified remains. John and Charles Callanan, linked to the firm, survived as others including Leroy McMillan and twelve Italian workers perished amid a mass of wreckage.
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Albany
N. Y
Callanan Road Improvement Company
Bethlehem
John Hoyt Callanan
Charles D. Callanan
Geartload
James H. Callanan
Schenectady
Callanan Company
Wichita storms leave towns wrecked and lives lost
A series of tornadoes in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma killed about a dozen people and injured around 160. Hollis Kansas saw three dead and ten seriously hurt while Great Bend area reported two dead and twenty injured. A Santa Fe engineer William Ackerly died near a bridge work site and conductor Freak Nicholson perished. The storms damaged homes farms and trains across a wide rural area.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Hollis
Kan
Hekstrom
Great Bend
William Ackerly
Santa Fe
Ganz
Great Bena
Frinsley
Nicholson
Ackjelly
Mirror Clears Robbery Confession Follows
New York City reports four desperados robbed a drug store branch post office and Italian bank on New Bowery. Clerk Alissio claimed the four men relieved him of 24 dollars in cash 72 in money orders and 51 worth of straps before the proprietors return. The inspector then showed him the leader by placing a mirror before him and Alissio confessed.
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New York City
Alissio
McCafferty
No. 21
New Bowery
Milwaukee Court Fines Woman For Vagrancy In Love Tale
Lottie Wirth testified in District Court that she slept in a lace yard to be near a man who did not return her affections. The judge fined her five dollars for vagrancy after she described unreciprocated love and a false sweetheart who left her.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lottie Wirth
Gary sees prosperity ahead in Gary speech
Judge E H Gary chairman of United States Steel speaks at Gary Commercial Club claiming national revival is near. He says business prospects for Gary depend on steel works and predicts the city will soon be on the high road to prosperity.
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Gary
Ind
Gary Commercial Club
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Public Cable Link Opens Between Caracas and World
Caracas hosts public opening of the Venezuela outside line cable. Tolls between Caracas and New York are cut to one dollar in either direction, making transatlantic traffic cheaper for passengers and commerce.
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Venezuela
Caracas
New York
Women Score Concession After Mayor Veto
New York City Mayor vetoes the Teachers Equal Pay bill but agrees to appoint a commission to study and consider pay increases in the 1910 budget year for women teachers. The reform effort gains a major concession while awaiting further action.
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New York City
Bank President Indicted Over Misuse of Funds
F Augustus Heinz of New York City was indicted on sixteen counts charging misapplication of Mercantile National Park funds during his tenure as president. The case outlines alleged improper transfers and questionable expenditures tied to the bank’s assets. Proceedings set to determine liability and potential penalties.
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Bank
F. Augustus Heinz2
New York City
Couis
Mercantile National Park
Death Standoff Ends With Suspect Killed In Niagara Falls
Willis White armed with a revolver and razor confronted James Thomas in a barn demanding money. After a tense chase Thomas dodged between vehicles and retreated into a corner, but White died after firing as he was struck by a hemorrhage.
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Willis White
James Thomas
Niagara Falls
White
Thomas
Washington White House aide Netherland commits suicide
Thomas H. Netherland, clerk of the White House handling social invitations, died by his own hand in Washington. Officials say a nervous breakdown from overwork in the final days of the Roosevelt administration led to the fatal act.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas H. Netherland
White House
Roosevelt
Washington
Wheat seizure nets six cars from Kansas City firm
Dallas report says Dr. Abbott state pure food commissioner seized six cars of wheat shipped by the Paul Baker Grain Co. of Kansas City to the Fort Worth Elevator Co. He says poor and good grain are mixed yet sold as the best and notes 100 mills in Texas have closed due to outside firms mixing grains.
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Dallas
Texas
Dr. Abbott
Paul Baker Grain Co
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Bishop Galloway Dies in Jackson Mississippi
Bishop Charles B. Galloway of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died at his Jackson Mississippi residence. A distinguished divine and publicist, he had for twenty years held high rank among American pulpit orators.
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Galloway
Charles B. Galloway
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Mississippi
America
Jackson
Miss
Senator Crawford Pushes Free Entry for Natural Products
Washington D C reports New Republican Senator from South Dakota Crawford urged free entry of all natural products. The proposal aims to remove tariffs and barriers on raw materials and goods, aligning with free trade principles across industries.
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Crawford
South Dakota
Washington, D. C
Captain Hains Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Flushing Trial
Captain Peter D. Hains U S A was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for the August Bayside Yacht Club shooting that killed William E. Annis. The jury debated three weeks, with four ballots before a compromise verdict and potential sentences ranging from one to twenty years.
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Flushing
L. I
Peter Do. Hains
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Wilbur C. Craft
Captain Hains
Thornton Hains
Annis
Claudia Hains
Justice Crane
Thornton
Guilty Verdict In Turpentine Trust Case Five Defendants Convicted
The Savannah jury found five individuals guilty in the Turpentine Trust case. E. S. Nash of the American Naval Stores Co. Spencer P. Shotter, board chair. George Meade Boardman of New York City treasurer. J. F. C. Myers, vice president. Carl Moller of Jacksonville manager. Charles J. Deloach was acquitted on the court's direction. Max penalty is a $5000 fine and one year imprisonment.
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Savannah
Turpentine Trust
Nash
American Naval Stores Company
Spencer P. Shotter
George Meade Boardman
New York City
J. F. C. Myers
Carl Moller
Jacksonville
Graham Launch Capsizes on Ohio River Near McKee’s Rocks
A gasoline launch named Graham turned turtle in the Ohio River near McKee’s Rocks Pittsburgh. Twenty or twenty three men, employees of the Pressed Steel Car Company McKee’s Rocks plant, drowned while returning home to the north side. Missing include pilot Albert Graham and others: George Thompson Boots O’Neill James Connor Walter Low Thomas Kennedy William Guthrie Henry Vogelér Dennis Murphy Tony Pole Ruskey Louis Goldstein William Davis Joseph Lyle William Burke two Botts brothers and three unnamed men.
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McKee
Thomas Kennedy
William Guthrie
Henry Vogelér
Dennis Murphy
Tony Pole
Ruskey
Louis Goldstein
William Davis
Joseph Lyle
William Burke
Botts
Midshipmen Face Investigating Board Over Health
Navy officials report heart disease and impaired eyesight among Annapolis midshipmen, prompting a special board to probe causes. Secretary Meyer, back from Annapolis, aims to identify why recruits enter the academy with good health yet develop illnesses during athletic training.
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Annapolis
Washington, D. C
Naval Academy
Meyer
Care of Lambs and School Gardens Notes
Care of Lambs suggests salt and anise seed on lambs to encourage ewe care and reconciliation. In favor of school gardens Prof Bailey advocates summer care with on site or home plots under teacher supervision. The Weekly Witness reports manure piling losses at Cornell: five months reducing nitrogen phosphorus and potash, making rotted manure far less valuable than fresh.
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Farmers’ Home Journal
Bailey
Cornell Experiment Station
Egg Laying and Incubator Tips From The Weekly Witness
A discussion on breeding hens for high egg yield cites Australian contests and California Petaluma Leghorns. It notes 200 eggs per hen per year as common, with peaks around 218 eggs in top pens, and emphasizes following manufacturer guidelines for incubators while encouraging careful experimentation by experienced attendants.
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Australia
California
Petaluma
Witness
Proper incubator setup for even heat and accurate temperature
R. B. Sando emphasizes leveling the incubator with a true spirit level, ensuring exact thermometer accuracy by cross checking with a physician’s thermometer, using quality oil to reduce smoke, keeping the lamp clean, trimming the wick daily, and avoiding oily hands to protect egg shells and embryos.
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R. B. Sando
Farm Notes on Stock, Housing and Breeding Practices
Practical guidance for farm management emphasizing avoiding old stock and drones, proper poultry housing and ventilation, feeding strategies, winter preparations, and selective breeding. Recommends clover and alfalfa for breeding stock, targets hogs gaining weight consistently, and cautions against crossbreeding mongrel stock.
Kodol Digestive Aid Promoted by Hillsboro Druggist
Local advertising details a digestive tonic named Kodol promising rapid digestion. It claims to restore stomach function, ease dyspepsia, and allow enjoyment of meals. A money back guarantee is offered through the druggist W A Hayes with purchase at E C DeWitt Co. Chicago laboratories.
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E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
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Frison
Hackensack River
New Jersey
Carters
Mirror
H. Netherland
Hains
Savannah, Ga
Score
The
Ohio
W. A. Hayes
Draggist
Hillsboro, N. C
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