A Bold Swindler and a Tangle of Legal Threads
New York reports James J. Bedell a real estate clerk in Shipman, Barlow, Loroque & Choate swindling clients out of about 264500 over five years by forging bonds and mortgages. He faced Tombs examination as other victims, including policy shop partners Philip Goss and Joseph Emerson, awaited custody. Separately, Ex Judge David S Terry and wife Sarah Althea Terry face grand jury indictments for contempt and assault in San Francisco.
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New York
James J. Redell
Shipman, Barlow, Loroque & Choate
Bedell
Philip Goss
Joseph Emerson
Byrnes
Westchester
Farmer’s Loan and Trust Company
San Francisco
United States Grand Jury
David S. Terry
Sarah Althea Terry
United States Circuit Court Room
Sharon
Justice Field
Terry
United States Marshal
Yellow fever reports trigger wide quaran tines across several cities
New fever cases and deaths surge as relief work expands in Jackson Louisiana while Memphis Cairo Helena and Natchez impose gunboat style quarantines on southern trains and travelers. Officials inspect fumigation stations and prepare indefinite travel bans amid anxious regional response.
Natchez Pullman Train Sought for Stranded Riders
A special train was dispatched at 11 o'clock tonight to transport Natchez residents along the railroad to Jackson after service disruptions near Hamilton. The note recalls a 1878 shotgun quarantine that kept yellow fever out of Natchez and suggests a repeat might work again. At Fort Worth Texas, Sept 21, the Republican state convention met in two sessions and adjourned without action. Debates split on fielding a state ticket, some backing a joint electoral slate with union labor and Prohibition.
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Columbus
Hamilton
Natchez
Jackson
Fort Worth
Texas
Union Labor and
Prohibition
Army Orders From Washington Read Transfers And Details
Army orders released from Washington list Captain Story of the Fourth Artillery moved to multiple posts including Fort Monroe and West Point under Major General Schofield. Lieutenant Smiley of the Eighth Infantry assigned as professor of military science at Rutgers College New Jersey. Colonel Nelson Switzer of the Second Cavalry relieved at Fort Walla and sent home to await retirement. Two months and fifteen days leave granted to Lieutenant Wiles Second Artillery. Lieutenant Morris assistant surgeon relieved at Fort Thomas Arizona and ordered to Fort Shaw. Captain Gibson assistant surgeon relieved at Alcatraz Island and ordered to New York City for examination for promotion, then to Fort Trumbull.
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Washington, D. C
Story
Fourth Artillery
Fort Monroe
Washington
Annapolis
Wilmington
New York
Sandy Hook
West Point
Schofield
Smiley
Eighth Infantry
Rutger’s College
New Jersey
Honeycutt
First Artillery
Nelson Switzer
Second Cavalry
Fort Walla
Wiles
Morris
Fort Thomas
Arizona
Fort Shaw
Gibson
Alcatraz Island
New York City
Fort Trumbull
Surplus Plan: Send It to Smithereens and Shift Climate
A satirical proposal says to reduce the national surplus by blowing it to Smithereens, leveling rockies to alter climate and force Italy to withdraw from a climate show. The piece mocks Congress and presidential candidates, urging immediate law to implement the idea.
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United States
Congress
Maine
California
Michigan
Texas
Wiggins
Ar Cadia climate talk and town ads mix in old notice
Fragmented town column blends a scientist boast about changing climate with a string of local ads. Mentions merchants Stinson’s, Abe Geld, J. B. Lay, and Billy Burton plus beverages, foods, hay, and wood orders. Includes multiple names and places hinting at a late 19th or early 20th era.
Non-sectarian military academy open for students
Receives students of both sexes. Non-sectarian. Non-political. Excellent accommodations for board or rooms at reasonable rates. Tuition remains $3.00 per month. Systematic drill in Military exercises led by Capt Gregory Barrett US Army. Term opens Sept. 3. Special classes planned in French German Spanish Stenography Book-keeping Commercial Law Type-writing. Apply to E Lyman Hood.
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Gregory Barrett
E.lyman Hood
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Belgium
Walter C. Newberry
Chicago
N. B. Judd
Cheyenne
Wyo
Frank Williams
Sam Brown
Hartville
Justice of the Peace
Stuart
Committee On Public Lands
St. Louis
Augustus V. Braconier
Henry I. Harding
O'Conner
Alonzo V. Hyde
Salt Lake City
Hyde
Jacksonville
Wise
Memphis
Commercial Exchange
Mississippi River
Greneda
Corinth
Mississippi
Decatur
Alabama
Cairo
Ilinois Central
Mobile
Ohio
Helena
Ark
Arcadia
Stinson
Stinston’s
Jarom McEawean
Wal Examine
Sxtraman Buo's
Santa Fe
N. M
Ke, Andrews
Plaza
Denver
Colorado Saloon
Morgan Curry
Winchester
Kentucky
Abe Geld's
J.B. Lay
Billy Burton
Harry Scranton
Abe Geld
Fischer
O. F. C. Taylor
Guckenheimer
Stinson’s
Bon Ton
Abe Gold’s
Abe Gold's
le& H. Huning
Abe Gold
Oscar Pepper
University OF New Mexico
New West Education Commission
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Gent's
J. H. Gerdes
the Clothier, Hatter, and Gent's Furnisher
San Francisco Street
Santa Fe, N. M
Life - Insurance
OF New York
Life Insurance Institutiona
Santa Fe, N.M
Second National Bank
First National Bank
Santa. FE
WM W. Griffin
Pedro Perea
R. J. Palen
Cashier
New Mexico
L. Spiegelberg
W. G. Simmons
St. Michael's College
Brothers of the Christian Schools
Brotharar Botulph
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Santa FE Bakery
F. Schnepple
San Francisco St
Santa Fr, N. M
August Kirchner
Francisco ST
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