Saturns new satellite and other oddities in brief
The Herald Eldora reports Saturn has a new little satellite. Prof Pickering notes both are doing well. Various light items follow: oranges at Valencia, Depew at 72 in active life, rising cost of living, a Boston divorce query, monkeys at a dinner, a South Dakota farmer’s $1.4 million retirement, English schoolhouse real estate decline, a Belgian indestructible glassware, jack-rabbits trained to race trains, ragtime musical post cards, fashion notes on short dresses, Mrs J W Mackay paying $300000 for pearls, Jim Jeffries plans retirement, bucketeers eyed by Massachusetts lawmakers, Tripoli lease denial, Leopold under scrutiny, and a Neptune joke about room at the bottom.
Disappointed by Columbia edict on barber shop barber hiring
Columbia students face a curbed policy barring hiring a pretty manicure for the university barber shop. Critics say the move limits staff options while students seek grooming services and social interaction on campus.
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Columbia
University
Banker Sentenced to Seven Years for Chadwick Transaction
One of Mrs. Chadwick's bankers was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty. He claimed his profits from the dealings were small and tried to justify his actions.
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Chadwick
Epidemic Response Urged to Quarantine Boeston
A report notes the meningitis germ is bean shaped and blue and that the disease targets the brain. It states quarantine of Boeston as the sole method to combat the outbreak.
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Boeston
New York Eyes Water Supply as City Grows
The article weighs New York’s future water needs as the city heads toward a population of 7 million, noting the potential drop in per capita water consumption and raising concerns about sufficiency. It analyzes how demand may outpace supply and the implications for infrastructure planning.
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New York
Sluggers Plotted Murder in Chicago Union Case
Two Carriage and Wagon Workers' union leaders tied to a sluggers plot faced arrest as eight prisoners held as principals or accessories in the Meyers murder. Police allege a $50 fund was raised April 6 to hire attackers who targeted nonstriking workers, with Gilhooley and two accomplices among the accused.
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Chicago
Carriage and Wagon Workers’ International Union
C. J. Meyers
C.J. Carlstrom
Meyers
Executive Committee of
Legal No. 4
Charles Gilhooley
John Heiden
Frank Novak
Gilhooley
Two Hold Up Men Caught In Sioux City
Sioux City Iowa May 15 police arrested brothers John and Elmer Custer who are linked to a series of holdups and a possible fatal shooting of Fritz Schmidt on the Fourth street viaduct. Victims James Smith and Charles Anderson are named. police say the men are responsible for several eastern city burglaries and warn the arrest is significant.
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Sioux City
Towa
John
Elmer Custer
Chicago
Fritz Schmidt
Fourth Street
James Smith
Charles Anderson
Dineen
Woman Killed in Storm Destroys Home in Wichita Falls
A May 15 Wichita Falls report says Mrs. Max Waller died when a windstorm demolished the Waller residence in the Thornbury area. Her husband and three children and Mrs. White were injured, with several other homes damaged in the storm.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Max Waller
White
Waller
Thornbury
Dismisses Colorado Riot Cases in Cripple Creek
Cripple Creek Colorado May 15 district attorney Hamlin dismissed the criminal docket against Western Federation of Milners members accused of taking part in the Victor riot of June 6 1904.
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Colorado
Cripple Creek
Colo
Hamlin
Western Federation of Milners
Noted Hostelry Is Closed for Lindell Hotel Teardown
The Lindell hotel in St. Louis has been formally closed after thirty years. The building will be torn down to make way for a department store.
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St. Louis
Lindell Hotel
Lindell
Father shoots suspect in Hamburg bank beating case
In Hamburg Iowa on May 15 Cal Rees shot and probably fatally wounded Joe S Baldwin cashier of the Merchants bank Rees says Baldwin abused one of the Rees children authorities investigate the incident as self defense and a possible crime noted in early report
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Hamburg
Iowa
Cal Rees
Joe S. Baldwin
Merchants’ Bank
Rees
Baldwin
Light Opera Singer Jessie Bartlett Davis Dead in Chicago
Chicago May 15 Jessie Bartlett Davis died at her residence 740 Grand Boulevard after a two day illness. The vaudeville performer had recent health improvements but heart failure due to uremic poisoning ended her career. Born 1859 in Morris Wisconsin she showed prodigy talent under her parents and grew to fame in grand operas.
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Chicago
Jessie Bartlett Davis
Grand Boulevard
Morris
Woode
Tts
New Scheme To Aid The Poor In Muncie Ind
Miss Marie Prothera secretary of Associated Charities has started a program to help poor families through summer. She distributed a large supply of garden seeds and plants with planting instructions, prompting high demand as families begin cultivation and expect meaningful benefits.
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Muncie
Ind
Marie Prothera
Associated Charities
Man Walks Off Midnight Express Near Kenosha
An unknown man presumed to be from Chicago walked off the northbound midnight express on the Northwestern road near a mile south of One Osha. He rose from his seat, opened the car door, and stepped into space as the train ran sixty miles an hour. The train halted and searched, but no trace of him was found as rain erased any disturbance on the ground.
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Kenosha
Wis
Chiesso
Balt How
Hemist
Baseball Standings From Sunday Games Across Leagues
National League results include Brooklyn 4 Viltsburg with Khivon and Bergen on the batteries and Leever. American League shows New York 6 Philadelphia 10 with Alcock Mebarlind and McGuire on the battery. St Louis 2 Philadelphia 10. American Association features Louisville 1 Indianapolis 4 and Milwaukee 7 Kansas City 1. Three other leagues report Peoria 3 Rock Island 2, Devator 9 Cedar Rapids 3, and Springfield 3 Davenport 6. Central League notes Grand Rapids 43 Terre Haute 1 and Fort Wayne 2 Springfield 3. Dayton 3 Fort Wayne 2.
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Ligachuse
Hrookilyn
Fy Viltsburg
Khivon Aml Bergen
Leever
Cierizeh
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Jene
New York
Alcock
Mebarlind
Puttolina
McGuire
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Philadelphia
Budbot
Petty
Weaver
Plank
Powers
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National League
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Washington
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St Louis O
American Association
Minneogalis Wansas
Poledo
Ho Dubuque
Peorlia
Wlack Tsland
Bloomington
Leavenport
Decatur
Sprdgield
National Bank Certificate Authorized in Mowenqua
May 15 National Bank at Mowenqua Washington reports issuance of a charter for the First National Bank of Mowenqua Illinois to commence business with a capital of 25,000 dollars. The new bank succeeds the Commercial Bank of Mowenqua.
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National Bank
Mowenqua
Washington
First National Bank of
Commercial Bank of
Hayti Plans 60 Percent Debt Reduction Bill
Port au Prince May 15 The minister of finance introduced a bill in parliament to cut 60 percent of all bonds in the domestic debt. This move targets easing fiscal pressure and reshaping Haiti debt obligations. The proposal signals a major restructuring effort by the Hayti government.
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Hayti
Port Au Prince
Minister of Finance
Reform Greed of Old Church Presbyterians Divided
The Presbyterian general assembly at Winona Lake will debate Nassau presbytery’s overture to drop the Westminster confession for the brief Reform faith statement. Dr. Carter argues the church must shed what he calls a misused creed and end grim doctrines, insisting a shift away from endless torment and toward gospel love.
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General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Winona Lake
Presbytery of
Nassau
J. J
Genera Assembly
Samuel T. Carter
New York City
Ife
Oyster Bay
Carter
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Chlurch
Presbytery
Nagsan
Jim
Snys
Westminster Confession
God
Jesus Christ
Martineau
Feneral Assembly
China
Hope for Peace in Big Strike
Chicago May 15. Leaders on both sides hesitate before a broader strike as team owners offer one more chance to retreat. The teamsters joint council faces a possible executive board session amid efforts to end the strike. The city braces for potential clashes as unions, drivers, and owners weigh next moves and a peace bid by Mayor Dunne.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Joint Council
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Bricayers’ Hall
Iast Veer
Dunne
Teamsters
George $. Pierce
Cornelius 5Lea
Employers’ Association
Teamme
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co
Chicago Team Owners’ Association
T. J. Cavanagh
Association
Cavanagh
Teamsters’ Council
National Executive Board
Alleges Promise to Guit Not Kept at May Run
Detailed reports reach Tokyo from multiple sources on Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s Indo China deployments. Russians reportedly left Kamranh Bay on April 22, returned and anchored, then sailed again. Saigon serves as a supply base for their Far East fleet as of May, with various ships and guards observed, while Japanese troop landings near Gensan are rumored.
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Rojestvensky
Indo- China
France
Indo China
Kamean Bay
Kamranh Bay
Loosok
Providence
Honkohe
Steetlin
Rerestvensky
de Jonavieros
Honkone
Indochina
Hankode
Far East
Saigon
Paris
Petit Journal
Turan
Hainan Island
Yulin Bay
Chefoo
Gensan
Pulkicheng
Washington
Mihasa
Togo
Pompeian Treasure Unearthed Near Pompeii
Excavations near Pompeii uncover a human skeleton and a collection of Roman-Pompeiian jewelry. Four solid gold bracelets with emeralds, large oriental pearl earrings, two pearl and emerald necklaces, and two emerald rings are of high artistic value from the era.
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Rome
Pompeii
Father Drowns Saving Sons on Crooked Lake
Cadillac Michigan May 15. John Stockwell sacrificed his life to save his two sons, aged 8 and 10, after a fishing boat overturned on Crooked Lake. He exhausted himself lifting the boys onto the inverted craft and sank.
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Cadillac
Mich
John Stockwell
Crooked Lake
Woman Dies After Taking Strychnine by Mistake
Sioux Falls May 15 Mrs Margaret Green matron of the boys dormitory at the state school for the deaf died within ten minutes after taking strychnine by mistake for medicine in a tragic accident attribution not yet determined by local authorities.
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Sioux, Falls
Margaret Green
State School For the Deaf
Country Editors to Meet in Chicago May 24 25 26
The fortieth annual session of the Illinois Press Association will be held at the Lexington hotel in Chicago on May 24 25 and 26. Members and editors from across the state are expected to attend the three day gathering featuring meetings, discussions and presentations on journalism.
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Chicago
Illinois Press Association
Lexington Hotel
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