Telegraphers Quit Work in San Francisco Strike
Telegraph operators for Western Union and Postal Telegraph walked out at 3:30 PM in San Francisco and Oakland over a 25 percent wage rise. President Small of the Commercial Telegraphers union ordered the strike as company officials refused to grant the increase or consult. The strike risks spreading if outside operators are brought in.
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San Franceisco
San Francisco
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Oakand
Oakland
Clowry
Small
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
Postal
Albert Calls On Clemenceau In Paris Wine Revolt
Marcelin Albert, leader of the south France wine growers, met Premier Clemenceau at the interior ministry after eluding pursuit. The exchange featured stern remarks by Clemenceau and Albert tearfully pledging to urge peasants to return to lawful work and end disturbances. Albert then departed for the south, promising to persuade followers to cease unrest.
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Paris
Marcelin Albert
France
Clemenceau
Ministry of the Interior
M. Albert
M. Clemenceau
South
Des Moines Adopts New City Government Plan
Des Moines voters approve a plan eliminating the ward system and electing five full time city commissioners by citywide vote. One will serve as mayor, four as department heads, while all other offices become appointive. The move parallels earlier Galveston reforms.
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Des Moines
Galveston
Tex
Child Arrested as Firebug in Parkersburg
Parkersburg West Virginia reports Clyde Gudden aged seven was arrested and placed in jail on a delinquency charge alleging arson and vandalism as a fire starter. The brief item notes offenses tied to house fires during the week.
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Parkersburg
Clyde Gudden
Lady Shot By Thief Dies Or Nearing Death
Ottumwa report of Edith Darby wife of William Darby Albia aged 23 shot May 8 1905 by a burglar in her room. Bullet lodged in brain causing memory loss and extreme danger. An operation proved fatal to safely remove the bullet. Robber never found.
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Ottumwa
Edith Darby
William Darby
Albia
Darby
Ottumwa Hospital
Farmer Defaults Fees in Foregoing Brokerage Case
In Fort Dodge the case Ware and Leland vs John H Pearsons questions whether brokerage transactions are legal. Pearsons, a local farmer, traded on the board of trade through Ware & Leland during 1905 1906 accruing a 3500 debt. Pearsons contests payment as illegal. verdict could set a nationwide precedent with D M Curtis of Chicago leading for the plaintiff.
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Fort Dodge
Reed
Job H. Ware
Ware & Leland
Pearsons
Board of Trade
United States
D. M. Curtis
Chicago
Marshalltown Safe Blowers Target Two More Suspects
Chief Hoagland reports two suspects held in Grand Island Nebraska for the Marshall Vinegar safe robbery on April 18 1908. Officers sent photographs and Bertillon measurements to Grand Island. Six men tied to the burglary, five arrested by Frank Haas. three others already jailed in Woonsocket and Mitchell. If Rogers and Corcoran are named, John Lawson remains at large.
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Marshalltown
Hoagland
Grand Island
Neb
Marshall Vinegar Company
Hutson
Frank Rogers
James Corcoran
Vinegar Company
Omcer
Frank Haas
Rogers
Mitchell
S. D
Woonsocket
N. C
Ed Wagner
George Leonard
Joseph Burns
Corcoran
John Lawson
Mason City Man Fined In Domestic Discipline Case
Homer Holcomb, a prominent resident of Mason City, was fined $10 and costs in Justice Church's court after allegedly spanking Miss Minnie Herman, his hired girl, while Mrs. Holcomb was away. The case also cites violent language used in the presence of the maid during a dispute over pay as she prepared to leave.
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Mason City
Minnie Merman
Homer Holcomb
Justice Church
SCHOOL MA AM WINS CASE DES MOINES JURY FINDS TEACHER GUILTY
A Des Moines jury took less than 30 minutes to convict Mrs Mary Tullis of assault and battery on Miss Kittle Morris a Saylorville schoolteacher The defense admitted the assault occurred but claimed the teacher had first attacked Tullis and cruelly punished her children The defendant testified that the teacher grabbed her hair dragged her across the room and struck her with a stick The assistant county attorney argued the tale lacked probability as Morris is about half Tullis size The school ma am had been prosecuted and acquitted of undue cruelty in punishing Tullis children
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Des Moines
Brennan
Mary Tullis
Kittle Morris
Saylorville
Miss Morris
CARS SMASH INTO STATION AT MASON CITY
A string of three loaded box cars derailed near the Great Western depot in Mason City ploughing through the platform. The cars left the track about 20 feet above the depot, causing window damage and general wreckage. Two heavy beams lifted and pierced the car floor, tearing cement sacks and exiting through the roof as the train damaged the track for several rods.
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Mason City
Great Western
Boy burned at stake in Waterloo playground incident
Police report several north end boys aged 11 to 14 tied seven year old David Phillips to a pump in a quarry and set a fire beneath his feet intending to burn him. Phillips was scorched but released. Leonard Horn and Wille Hawkes, ages 12 and 11, were arrested and to be examined by the juvenile court. Authorities say dime novel reading spurred the atrocity.
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Waterloo
North End
David Phillips
Phillips
Leonard Horn
Wille Hawkes
Des Moines Plan for City Government Approved
Des Moines voters approved the city commission plan in a special election, signaling broad support beyond a single faction. The measure carried in East Des Moines precincts with over 30 fewer votes against. West Des Moines precincts showed one precinct opposed. The overall tally surpassed 2,489 in favor, marking a decisive shift toward the new municipal system.
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Des Moines
Friends of the New
West
Des ‘Moines
Wild West Show Arrives Sparks Cattle Town Talk
In Idaho's Salmon River meadows a rough local cow puncher community receives a smooth talking wild west showman. He hires riders at high pay to enact perilous stunts of being dragged from horses. After practice one rider asks if the act is dangerous. the showman replies the salary will continue regardless.
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Salmon
Meadows Country
Idaho
Lippincott’s
New Board of Trustees Takes Charge at New York Life
The reorganized New York Life Insurance Company announces a new leadership core chosen by policyholders under Armstrong laws. Darwin P. Kingsley is the new president, joined by Thomas A. Buckner as first vice president and Wm. BE. Ingersoll and Rufus W. Weeks as key officers. The board emphasizes life insurance expertise and stable governance amid recent upheaval. The company reports $2,000,000,000 in in-force policies and aims to reassure policyholders about their contracts and future security.
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New York Life Insurance Company
Armstrong
Darwin P. Kingsley
New England
Thomas A. Buckner
Wm. BE. Ingersoll
Europe
Paris
Rufus W. Weeks
Buckne
New York Life
State of
New York
Cyclone Hits Barnes Farm in Sac County
A cyclone struck Sac City on the 24th, destroying the Barnes farm six miles northwest of the city. Reports from across the county indicate extensive damage with scores of hogs killed and many horses and cattle dead or injured.
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Sac City
Barnes
Trail of Crime In Cedar Rapids Involves Lumber Office Heist
A historical report from Cedar Rapids details a lumber office robbery that began months ago with William Osborne and William Maher connected to the case. The article notes ongoing pursuit and investigation as authorities piece together the trail of crime.
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Cedar. Rapids
A. Lumber
William
Osborne
William Maher
Mosquitoes Halted Growth at New Jersey Resort
Prof John B Smith notes in Popular Science Monthly how an improvement society drained breeding marshes near a New Jersey country club area. Mosquito control revived property values, attracting settlers as prior golf and tennis pursuits faded under pest pressure. About 100 new residences are planned next year.
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New Jersey
Country Club
John B.smith
Popular Science Monthly
Home Sickness of an Annapolis Servant
A naval academy officer's wife in Annapolis employs an Irish servant named Bridget who expresses nostalgia for home. The exchange shows Bridget being reminded she earns good wages and has many friends, while she responds with lingering homesickness and reluctance to face the new environment.
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Academy
Annapolis
Bridget
Yis
Headless Italian Boy Kidnapping Murder Near New Orleans
Walter Lamana, a seven or eight year old Italian boy, was found murdered in a swamp near New Orleans after being kidnapped for a $6000 ransom. Five Italians, including two women, are in custody amid Mafia era threats and a confession from Ignazio Campigliano detailing the strangling and disposal of the body in a St Rose area.
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New Orleans
Walter Lamana
St. Rose
Campigciano
Milwaukee grocer Ira Smith arrested for fraud in bankruptcy case
Ira B. Smith of Smith Thorndike Brown, a Milwaukee wholesale grocer company recently in involuntary bankruptcy, was arrested on a warrant by Oliver C. Mason. He faced charges of obtaining money under false representation of his firm’s finances and posted $6,000 bail. The bankrupt schedule showed he owed about $100,000 to the firm. Smith was a prominent local businessman.
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Milwaukee
Ira B. Smith
Man claims sleep drove Rock Island train killing
Goodland Kansas, Italian John Bello says he killed a man and wounded two women while asleep after dreaming a robber attacked him. He recalls grabbing a revolver from his pocket and firing as the assailant fled, insisting the events occurred in his sleep.
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Goodland
Kan
John Bello
Rock Island
Here
Nervous Collapse and Dr Williams Pink Pills Claim
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic for nerve breakdown and impure blood. It cites a Rochester, New York case of recovery from nervous shock, insomnia, headaches, and back pain after taking the pills. The pills are sold by the Dr Williams Medicine Company for 50 cents a box, six boxes for 2.50, postpaid.
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Williams
G. Bradley
J. O. Bradley
Rochester
N. Y
Kingston notice bans grandchildren and cats on premises
A property owner in a London Kingston area posts a notice stating no grandchildren or cats will be allowed on the premises. The text includes unrelated promotional lines for remedies and products, suggesting a damaged OCR fragment with miscellaneous ad content.
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Kingston
London
Care of Submarine Cables Maritime Vessels at Work
Fifty fine vessels are constantly employed in laying and repairing the submarine cables of the world. These ships operate globally, maintaining communication links across oceans and ensuring continuity of transoceanic telegraph and telephone lines.
Prominent Wisconsin Woman Flora Beall Ginty Dies
Flora Beall Ginty of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin died at 68 widow of Gen George C Ginty and a leading figure in state journalism She served six years as treasurer of the Wisconsin State Press Association edited the Chippewa Herald for two years and acted as vice president of the board of lady managers of the World Columbian Exposition.
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Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Flora Beall -Ginty
George C. Ginty
Wisconsin State Press ‘Association
Chippewa Herald
Isidor Wormaer, Banker, Dies in New York
Isidor Wormaer, banker, died Friday night in New York after a severe gout attack two weeks earlier. He was 77 years old and had been in critical condition since the illness began.
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Isidor Wormaer
New York
Two Brothers Drown in Mississippi River
In a tragic incident on a Sunday morning at the Mississippi River near Bt Louis, Augustus Adler aged 23 and his brother were swept away and drowned during a rescue attempt to save the other. The event ends in both brothers losing their lives.
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Louis
Augustus’ Adler
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