Indictments In Electric Rail Crash Probe At Charleston
True bills accuse Judge Pete S Grasscup and Marshall E Sampsell with other Mattoon Charleston Interurban officers of criminal negligence tending to produce manslaughter over the August wreck. Bonds set at 5000 each. Fifteen named defendants include Botts Moore Potter Rose Underwood. Ninety nine aboard when two trains collided near Charleston. 18 killed, many injured. penalty for involuntary manslaughter ranges one to fourteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pete S Grasscup
United States Circuit Court
Marshall E Sampsell
Chicago Union Traction Company
Mattoon & Charleston Interurban Railroad Company
Charleston
Grosscup
Sampsell
Charles Botts
Mattoon
Frederick Moore
Edgar A Potter
L C Rose
Colonial Trust and Savings Bank
A W Underwood
Hlinois
Coles County Ia
Editor Harden Acquitted in Berlin Defamation Case
Maximilen Harden editor of the Zukunft was acquitted on defamation charges by Gen Count Kuno von Moltke, former military governor of Berlin. The court confirmed the statements in the Zukunft as true and justified, with Moltke bearing court costs. The verdict was delivered amid dramatic courtroom scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Maximilen Harden
Zukunft
Kuno von Moltke
von Moltke
Herr Harden
Zuhuntt
Lincoln mayor rebuffs Japanese consul over laborer quarantine
Lincoln Nebraska mayor F W Butown rejects a demand from Japanese Consul S Shimizu of Chicago seeking reasons for isolating Japanese laborers. He says the workers left quarantine at Alvo without permission and will be confined in empty box cars on a Lincoln sidetrack as a corrective measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
S Shimizu
Chicago
F W Butown
Alvo
Pewaukee High School Strike Demands Teacher Reinstatement
About 50 Pewaukee High School students walked out on Monday in protest over the alleged discharge of Miss Helen SE of C Roberts. They refused to return until the teacher is reinstated, while the rest of the school remained in session. In another report, ten thousand United Mine Workers disrupted work in Northumberland, Montana, and Columbia counties to honor President John Mitchell, with prayers for his recovery. In Marquette, Michigan, mining supervisor John Caruse was shot by George Gibbons who mistook him for a bear.
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Pewaukee
Wis
Helen SE
C Roberts
Chicago
Pewaukee High School
John Mitchell
Shamplun
United Mine
Northumberland
Monton
Columbia County
John Mitchell Colherles
Mr Mitchell
Marquette
John Caruse
Iron Mountain
George Gibbons
Back Pain Cure Praised by Virginia Woman in 1902
Mrs Chloe Page of 610 S Pitt Street Alexandrie Virginia says her back hurt terribly with sharp pains changing to a dull ache. She could not stand long and swelling ankles and upset stomach followed. Dean's Kidney Pills cured her in 1902 and she reports no return for five years. All dealers 50 cents a box. Fos ter Milburn Co Bumalo New York.
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Chloe Page
S. Pitt Street
Alexandrie
Dean
The Number of Animals and Species Counts
A naturalist discusses the uncertain counts of animal species and the growth of rodent species since 1880. Nurmann’s catalog noted 70 known rodents in 1880, rising to 1,900 by 1907, while overall living mammal species reach about 1,500 across 160 genera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurmann
Museum
Cutiora Soap Heals Child’s Severe Sores
Mrs George J Steese of Akron Ohio reports her baby suffered a terrible eruption all over the body with the face being eaten away. After using Cutiora Soap and Ointment, sores healed rapidly. She would not be without it even at five dollars, vs seventy five cents. August 30, 1905.
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George J Steese
Coburn St
Akron
Knickerbocker Club Examines Blackball Tradition
Gobso Golde faced anxious remarks as the Knickerbocker club discussed his name at last evening’s meeting. L'Oignon confirmed the matter and stated the secretary was instructed to purchase six quarts of blackballs for member use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gobso Golde
Knickerbocker Club
L’oignon
Distinguishing Popular From Classical Music
A brief dialogue explains the contrast with a playful rule. A notice offers an unusual opportunity seeking a local representative in the township and invites writing to H W Cole at 41149 15th St Washington DC for a $100 monthly potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H W Cole
15Th St
Washington D C
Queer Books and Odd Items in a Philadelphia Listing
A garbled 19th century ad lists Queer Books in the British Museum with items such as oyster shell hooks, bone and palm leaf artifacts, and mentions remedies for nervous diseases by Dr Ishnes. Includes a misprinted offer of a free $200 bottle and a treatise from 931 Arch St Philadelphia. The text critiques ecclesiastical zeal and ends with fragmented phrases about life and a Portuguese proverb.
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Ishnes
Arch St
Philidelpha
Along the Line of the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
A promotional booklet claims vast opportunities for townbuilding manufacturing mercantile ventures and farming along the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City railroad line. The publication, sent free by L L Lawrence immigration and industrial department manager, Laurel Mississippi, targets readers seeking temperate climate health and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Jackson and
Kansas City
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
L L. Lawrence
Immigration and Industrial Department
Laurel
Miss
Mail by Skyrockets
The article describes a daring method used by steamers near the Tonga group where letters are attached to large rockets and fired to shore, a process chosen because reefs make landings extremely dangerous and many letters would otherwise be undelivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonga
Pacific
Halls Catarrh Cure Promoted Over Internal Remedy Claim
An advertisement asserts catarrh is constitutional, not curable by local application, and promotes Halls Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that cures by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It cites a physician’s endorsement, lists ingredients as tonics and blood purifiers, and offers testimonials. Also mentions Lewis' Single Ginder Cigar and a Shakespeare quote about haste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F J Cheney & CO
Loledo
Price Toc
GIRLHOOD TO WOMANHOOD A Mother’s Guide to Health
A classic advertisement framing a mother’s role in guiding daughters through change. It touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy for female ailments and promotes letters from women praising its effects. Testimonials from Clara Darmstadter and Elen M Olson underscore relief from monthly pains, backaches, and headaches, urging readers to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Elen M. Olson
N. Hast St
Kewanee
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Grasscup
Grand Jury Net
Ill
Harden
Count von Moltke
Neb
British Museum
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria, Ill
Shakespeare
Dodds
Carters
Igaaters
Standard Oil Company
TMB
Putnam
Mcs
Jaw
Pearce
Moote Din Sisk Tin
New Hampshire
Ain Wie
Knapp
Thompson
California
Bay
Prorkuetty Sensins Vane nCalyfornet
Lydia E Pinkham
Clara E. Darmstadter
Breckenridge St
Buffalo
N.Y
Ellen M. Olson
Clara E Darmstadter
W. L. Douglas
Canyons
Brockton
Mass
L Douglas
Ll Douglas
Douglas
Mat
L.douglas
Wonderful Inventions
Joyce Minefanning Company
Bell Telephone
John Joyce
Joyce Mig. Co
Macdowall
Saskatchewan
Canada
Sinshatchewan
Albe Ta
Cada
Mainy
United States
Nots
Vanitobia
North West
C J Broughton
Quincy
Chicago Ui W. OH
Rogers
Traction Terminal
Indianapolis
Ind
Carrif
Callahan
Milwaukee
Charles M. Schwab
Hruts
Sen
John W Daniel
Virginn
WiiRron Sbadoa
Calica
Parker
Scald Seaces & Hart Lng
Ody
Ard Giidat Drugg Ss
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