Brown swindles firm then confesses and is freed
Mrs. Alice Cheney Brown of New York swindled a Chicago brokerage out of $20,000 in bonds, was arrested as she left for Denver, surrendered the loot, confessed and was allowed to go. Other brief items include Whitmore acquitted in Jersey City murder trial and various stateroom notes on Roosevelt Thanksgiving proclamation and Wright leaving Fort Myer hospital.
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Alice Cheney Brown
New York
Chicago
Denver
B. C G. Whitney
Detroit
Brownstown
Ind
Thomas F. Levis
Grant Works
Ill
Roosevelt
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
W. Va
Jersey City
N. J
Theodore Whitmore
William H. Plichner
Wall Street
Alfred Reynolds Cowden
Navy
Gov
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Pittsburg
Noted crimes and disasters across the nation and world
Guilty pleas enter in Michigan for murder linked to illicit affection. Buffalo executive’s son commits suicide by river plunge. A Philadelphia lumber yard fire causes $750000 loss. A Kansas man killed during airship propeller tests. Floods devastate Keelung area with 40 junks wrecked. Boxer Jimmy Britt defeats Johnny Summers in London. Westinghouse lands a $5 million electrification contract for New York Pennsylvania lines. St Paul livery fire claims 100 horses and a missing man. Boston safe robbery nets $1000. a $15600 bag of diamonds left. Palmyra man Harry Sampson shot dead. Ky. fight ends with Angel dead and Ross injured.
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John Kurka
Anthony Schultz
Justice of the Peace Gerhard
Hamtranck Township
Michigan
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagrara Falls
R. A
J. J. Willame
Philadelphia
H. W. Strubble
Call
Girard
Kan
Antilochus
Kormosa
Keelung
Cham
Jimmy” Britt
Johnny Summers
Ingland
London
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Long Island
St. Paul
Minn
Samuel J. Hahn
Boston
Harry Sampson
Admiral Sampson
Palmyra
J Tiddelberg
Lee County
Ephraim Angel
Harvey Ross
Illinois Happenings and Local Tragedies Highlight State News
Count Zeppelin flew an airship with his daughter and Duchess Vera of Wurtemburg aboard. A London interview angered Chancellor von Buelow, fueling talk of his resignation. Venezuela curbs trade spark tensions with the Netherlands. In Rome N. Y. 150 inmates were rescued from a fire. A Boston Tex. compression plant lost 10,000 bales of cotton in a $250,000 blaze. Catholic centennial parade drew 40 000 participants in Boston. Russia warned Austria Hungary as mobilization began. Aeronaut Dr. Julian P. Thomas injured after a wind wagon test. A Kentucky case acquitted a woman over murder. A Pittsburg banker died after a fall from a horse. Wright’s flight, a plane engine explosion near Le Mans. Battleship fleet reached Amoy. Texas oil fields losses reported from poisonous gas. Smyrna reports Turks plotting to dethrone the sultan. Boston celebrates diocesan centennial with mass. Yaqui defeat in Sonora left many dead. Chicago jury awards back pay to a coal company worker. Illinois items include farm boys returning north, a near-accident rescue, and various local contracts, protests, and deaths across multiple towns.
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Count Zeppelin
Vera
Wurtemburg
von Buelow
Foreign Office
London
Castro
Curacao
Netherlands
Rome
N. Y
Hallowe’en Rousterers
Boston
Tex
Russia
Austria- Hungary
Julian P. Thomas
Morris Park
Aeronautic Society
Nancy Murrill
Jackson
Mary Terry
Oscar Hoganson
Marengo
Standard Oil Company
St. Louis
John B. Jackson
Pittsburg
Wilbur Wright
le Mans
France
Qlongapo
Bronx
New York
John Schink
Bridgeport
Conn
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company
Fort William
Ontario
Sir Percy Scott
South America
Housewives’ Society
Roosevelt
Congress
Medi
Val Association
A. S. Blake
John M. Kelly
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
San Francisco
William H. Emory
Amoy
China
Tampico
Mexico
Church adopts full time business manager in Cleveland
Epworth Memorial Methodist Church in Cleveland appoints a full time business manager to handle finances benevolences dues subscriptions and expenses. The manager will secretary the standing committees and forward records to the official board freeing the pastor for pulpit work. The church has the largest membership among local Protestant churches and contributes over 35000 annually. district superintendent Dr G K Morris endorses the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth Memorial Methodist Church
Cleveland
Epworth Memorial
G. K. Morris
Farmers Hopeful as Uplift Plans Stir Debate
The quote reflects farmers reacting to proposed uplift efforts. Some express optimism that new measures will aid agriculture, while others question the methods or timing and worry about broader impacts on rural communities.
Fifteen Years of Pain Healed by Cuticura
A wife from Upper Frenchville Maine recounts rheumatic leg sores that tormented her husband for years. After consulting three doctors, he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. In three weeks the sores dried and the burning stopped. after three months he was well. Mrs V V Albert July 21 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. V. Albert
Upper
Frenchville
Vote for John Henry McCarthy The Friend of the Hebrew
A clerical campaign anecdote recalls a window banner praising Judge John Henry McCarthy as the “friend of the Hebrew.” An Irish voter, offended by the line, pledged to vote for the rival Henry M. Goldfogle, thus switching his support.
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John Henry McCarthy
Henry M. Goldfogle
Catarrh Cure Claim Offers $100 Reward
The advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy and claims it cures catarrh in all stages. It offers $100 to anyone it fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio with a 75 cent price for Hall's Family Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Taho Hall
The Good That Never Dies Dickens Quote
A reflective Dickens line asserts that no innocent act truly dies. An infant’s memory lingers in loved ones’ minds and guides future deeds, even if the body perishes by fire or water. The passage emphasizes enduring moral influence through remembrance.
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Dickens
I Am a Mother I Am a Mother
A reflective piece questions how many American women long for maternity but face infertility caused by organic derangement. It argues that preparedness for healthy maternity hinges on certain remedies or practices, urging readers to inform themselves about the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthura
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted to Sick Women
Mrs Maggie Gummer of West Union writes of renewed health and motherhood after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Josephine Tall of Bardstown reports relief from female troubles and new motherhood. For thirty years the remedy has claimed to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and other female ailments. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Maggie Gummer
West Union
D. C
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Josephine Tall
Bardstown
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Rockford
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Virden
R. Mead Shumway
Macoupin County
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Bloomington
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Wentworth Avenue
Chicago & Alton
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Joseph Hoover
Mason City
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William Doyle
William Finney
Petersburg
Rochford
David S. Morrisey
Cleveland Institution
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J. Broughton
Quincy Bldg
W. H. Rogers
Traction Terminal
Indianapolis
T. G. Currie
Callahan Block
Milwaukee
Wis
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Washi Hotel
Savoy
NGTON
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Des Moines
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State Street
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