Dowie followers seek escape as receivers seize assets
A muddled report describes Dowie followers and creditors pressing a plan to flee Chicago for Australia. John Alene and others prepare to leave January 16 while witnesses court pending examination, with Samuel Stevenson’s firm contesting notes of $15000 owed on a $159,900 judgment. Federal Judge Kollsaat ordered receivership, amid concern over the plan and Dowie’s followers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neminsdia
Zon Cits
John Aleneander
Chicago
Australia
Jou
Dowie
Kollsaat
Acmange Dowie
Reform of second class mail privileges progresses
Postmaster General Edwin Madden reports steady forward movement on curbing second class mail abuses. About thirty publications remain tied to court actions affecting privileges, with reform largely hinging on these outcomes and expected to resolve within months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin (. Madden
Opward
Madden
President Peoewelt’s heirs to receive shares from estate
The will of the late James Kine Grame is being probated in Nassau County Surrogate’s Court New York. It assigns $5 to each of his children and $2 to others, detailing all possessions and ensuring no beneficiary is omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoewelt Ois
Dames Kine
Mmandwe
Nassau Courty
New York
Gastitab
Careers of the L International Topo Crapical Tite
A garbled report notes plans for opening an independent bennedry on a co operative plain. The family aims to establish a den of founders for the comniry, with members excluded over alleged employee difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsporravtines Union
L International
Chiesa
Bennedry
Am Sipke
Fragmented OCR Note Inspires Vague Protest Mention
Vague text mentions a steep planter and a protest against a governance body. It references names and places in garbled form, with unclear actions or outcomes.
Duke of Manchester Case Revives Irish Ties
The London case reported to the New York World alleges the Duke of Manchester is deceitful and untrustworthy. The article notes the duchess is well liked in the district and that the nature of the duchy’s situation remains uncertain while some believe the duke may have diabetes.
Fatal Collision on Dayton and Western Railroad Near Maton
An eastbound empty car collided head on with a westbound passenger car near Maton UObion. Dr. Clarence W. Lehman was crushed to death and Motorman Young fatally injured in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton and Western Traction
Maton
Uobion
Clarence W. Lehman
Young
Rutgers Students Suspended Over Campus Kidnapping
Rutgers College faculty in Brunswick New Jersey suspended for a fortnight twenty two upperclassmen who kidnapped John Kergen of New York and hazed him on campus. Kergen was forced to perform in his underwear and was seriously ill from exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutgers College
Brunswick
N. J
John Kergen
New York
Bergen
Rural Carrier Subsistence Bill Draws Senate Attention
Senator Mitchell introduces a bill adding a $25 yearly subsistence allowance for every rural free delivery carrier, in addition to the salary fixed by law. The proposal aims to offset costs of service in rural routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Hon. W A Springer Deal Obituary in Washington
Former Congressman William M M Springer of Illinois died at his Washington residence from pneumonia. Funeral plans and formal notices followed the sudden illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William MM. Springer
Iliness
Washington
Parker Per Company Women Workers Benefit Move
The Parker Per Company of Janesville Wisconsin will give women and girls in its employ a premium of three years pay after three years of service and thirty three after five years. The move aims to discourage the workers from getting married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Janesville
Wis
Wife Slayer hanged in Pittsburg jail yard
Joseph Canovisky who beat his wife to death at their home in Miversville Pennsylvania on January 7 was hanged in the jail yard at Pittsburg. Death resulted in twelve months from strangulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Canovisky
Miversville
Pittsburg
Multiple Fires and Crises Hit Several Cities in 1908 News
A montage of disasters and incidents reports fires destroying coal pockets at a South Boston terminal, Hancock Leather plant in Amherst Maine, and various trains and infrastructure. Also notes robberies, shootings, traffic collisions, lawsuits, political shifts, and notable deaths.
Noted 1920s Crime and Transport Headlines From Midwest and West
Supreme Court upholds eight hour law as Ixan sus case. Butler of Columbus shoots self in hotel room. Grand jury at St Tonis returns two indictments against Major Dennis. Fifteen injured in Whittier electric car crash near Los Angeles. Bank of Chickasaw Nation official indicted at Ardmore. Jacob Hinds fatally wounds Jerry Arnold after sparring defeat at Cadiz Junction. Chicago records forty four killed and 185 injured in November transit incidents. Drews killed by Illinois Central train at 30th Street station. Francis J. McCarthy, 13, of San Francisco, invents wireless telephone with four mile range. Attorney James A. Fullenweider shot by three men in attack.
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Wabasha Avenue
Chicago
Fred ‘Strube
Macon
Alice Henniner
Lima
Ohio
Des Moines National Bank
Convention Hall
Kansas City
Knights of Pythias
Cincinnati and
Mushingum Valley
North Bend
Hayman
Hamilton
Alfred A. Nkunpp
Peter Niedermeier
Warvey van Dine
Emil Roeski
Fifty-first Street
Sargent’s
Waverly
Norfolk and Western
Caddo County
Okhi
Washita River
Fort Cobb
Anadarko
Mary Sickles
Enterprise
Kan
Robert Rogers
J. 3. Llarty
Manila
St. Leo's Church
St. Louis
Albgierpt
Robert AL Valuet
Drlobeville
Cole
Globe
Uuiem
Qiv Ball
Zion
John Alexander Dowie
Fred M. Blount
A. D. Currier
Ixchisant
Federal Court
Dowte
Frank J. Spencer
Younglove-Borgges Company
Mason City
Iowa
Bombay
Mianu
Zumbrota
James A. Howe
Pres Moines
Hudson
Jacob Niebel
Posse
United States Supreme Court
Butler
Columbus
St. Tonis
Major Dennis
Whittier
Los Angeles
Bank of the
Ardmore
30Th Street
Francis J. McCarthy
San Francisco
James A. Fullenweider
Bank of Hayti robbed and three lynchings reported
The Bank of Hayti at Dayti was robbed with nitro glycerin, yielding losses between 86 099 and 7 600 dollars. A white man’s murder in Belcher Louisiana spurred a 1 200 strong lynch mob to execute three Black suspects. Citations of additional violent deaths, a factory fire in New Orleans causing about 225 000 dollars in damage, and a Kentucky family tragedy are noted alongside a separate suicide by a deputy sheriff amid financial troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayti
Dayti
Belcher
Hart County
Kentucky
Custer Gardner
New Orleans
National Biscuit Company
W. P. Warren
Ben Northcutt
Kenton County
Asheville
N.C
J. V. Day
Jay
Beaumont Confederated Oil and Pipe Line Company
Dallas
Texas
S. J. Vonkoenneritz
Austin
Island Dwellers of Lake Chad Report by Colonel Destenave
A French army officer describes the Lake Chad region noting an archipelago of about eighty inhabited islands, a 50 000 population, and 70 000 to 80 000 cattle. He observes steamboats unseen by locals, island travel by reed canoes, and island farming aided by currents and winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Chad
Central Africa
Destenave
Foreign items loom in quick succession across world events
The canal treaty signings and naval shifts unfold as Flora, a cruiser costing 1 250 000 dollars, nears wreck near the British Columbian coast. Queen Draga of Servia jewels go on sale in London. News from China reports the steamer Athenian sinking with thousands dead and dozens of fishing junks destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres H. M.S. Flora
Queen Draga of Servin
London
South China
Swa Low
Libertad
Clyde
Enuhad
Navo Matlock
Sherif James Matlock
Hardeman County
Pexas
Hoelstad
Ben Sewall
Formosa
Morris
Bote
Obago
Japan
Russia
Paris
Tokio
Korea
Manchuria
Britain
France
Southgate Inherits After Life Saved 1893 Event
T B Southgate of Croydon Surrey now in Iosser near Winnipeg has gained 250000 from the death of A L Webbe, whom he saved in 1893. Charles T Yerkes criticizes high finance as English capitalists dump American securities after exposures. A Dewey Miles led movement seeks arbitration treaty with Britain. Ottawa University in Ottawa Ontario burned. one serious hurt. Loss about 250000, largely insured, rebuilding to take two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Southgate
Croydon
Surrey
England
Iosser
Winnipeg
A. L. Webbe
Charles T. Yerkes
United States Shipbuilding Trust
Admiral Dewey
General Miles
United States
Great Britain
Ottawa University
Ottawa
Ont
Dangers of Cheap Baking Powder Sold by Peddlers
Local warnings against alum based baking powders sold door to door. Officials note alum can harm health and is restricted in England and parts of the U S. Yale chemists cite alum in bread as poisonous. Housekeepers urged to buy from reputable brands like cream of tartar and avoid street peddlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Congress
District of Columbia
S. W. Johnson
Troessor
Yale Chee
Yate Colege
Ten early health maxims from French Medical Review
Health's Decalogue presents ten rules for wellbeing from clean living to mind refreshment. It includes retire early, air and sun, sobriety, cleanliness, sleep, sensible dress, orderly home, mindful recreation, cheerful outlook, and ongoing intellectual growth, attributed to French Medical Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Lome
French Medical Review
Prehistoric Dwellings Mirrored in Lake Constance Habitat
M Henneberg, a retired silk manufacturer, built a lakeside habitation on Lake Constance echoing a prehistoric lake dwelling. The structure, about 200 feet offshore, stands on piles above water and features a single room with yew wood framing and a five to seven foot gallery. Willow wicker walls, mud plaster, a willow floor, and a pressed straw ceiling fill the interior, while coal and bullock's blood decorate the walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Henneberg
Lake Constance
Zurich
Those Dear Girls Shortleigh Proposals Lead to Friction
The speaker recounts two marriage proposals from Mildred and Armelia Shortleigh. Mildred notes the first proposal, and Armelia says she was proposed to last week. The speaker refused Mildred’s suitor who then issued a threat of doing something desperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Jack Shortleigh
Armelia
Information Wanted Morals Quip Sparks Public Debate
A fragmented notice quotes a moralizer on greatness through goodness and early hints of a satirical exchange about criminals and morality. The readable text presents a cryptic exchange with unclear provenance and incomplete names or dates.
Senate and House Debates Highlight Tariff and Panama Talks
The Senate session extended into a second day with relief bills on the agenda while the Cuban reciprocity bill stalled as leaders sparred over adjournment timing. In the House, tariff debates dominated as Payne and Williams clashed over procedural time and policy, with minority critiques of Republican tariff stance.
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Senate
Daniel
Capitol
Cullom
Dem
Payne
Canada
Bartholdt
Patterson
Tenn
Philippine Archipelago
Sultan of Sulu
Hepburn
Rep. Town
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Parker
Rep. N. J
National Military Park Commission
Tawney
St. Louis Exposition
Smoot
Utah
Cullam
Williams
House
New York
Mississippi
DeArmond
Miss
Gaines
Wepburn
Iowa
Grosvenor
Ohio
Elemenway Ind
Robinson
Endinan
Strikes Settled in Pa Soft Coal Region and Other Gleanings
The Snowslbov coal strike in Pennsylvania’s soft coal district has been settled. Reports note a shooting in Paducah Kentucky, and a quarrel over a girl. National Grange supports woman suffrage in Rochester New York. Col Robert Sands, Confederate officer, dies at Mobile Alabama. Crown Princess Louise may reside in Ventnor England signaling reconciliation. A Circleville Ohio man returns after claiming he was shanghaied in San Francisco. Zanesville Ohio hosts stoneware manufacturers forming a $1 million capital combine. Mark Twain reportedly working on three new books including Tow an American Discovered Italy. The Anti-Saloon League targets a $1 million annual fund with 400 workers. A duel in Edmonton YT ends with Price dead and McCandless mortally wounded. New York to get a costly five story workers’ clubhouse priced at $209000. A New York soap factory vat blast injures five. John S Pineover declared insane after jumping the Brooklyn Bridge. Rev David R Hober of Trinity Lutheran Findlay Ohio listed in church notices.
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Snowslbov
Cotton
Padieah
Charles Bowden
National Grange
Petrons
Llusbandry
Rochester
N. Y
Robert M. Sands
Mobile
Ala
Louise of Saxony
Ventnor
England
Ernest Grezg
Circleville
Ohio
San Francisco
Mississippi River
Zanesville
Rome
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Italy
P. A. Baker
Ohio League
R. E. McCandless
George KE. Price
Edmonton
Price
McCandless
New York
United States
Joseph Stern & Sons
John S. Pineover
Brooklyn Bridge
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Cnagset
Santh Wuasuts Casventian
Louw
Pegitus
Cassia
Eusventan
W. A. Springer
Cyrus Edson
Boston
Hancock Leather Company
Amherst
Edward Lutz
Pottsville
Reading
Rockefeller-Gould
Pennsylvania
Nelson A. Miles
Crucible Club
Pittsburgh
Greenwood
Del
Christian Endeavor Workers
Philadelphia
Jancis BE
Clark
Emma Miller
Glenus Falls
Mary Montgomery
Pondextenni
Thoenix- Tile
John Lb. McTighe
Maxer Hays
Couduet
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Gilberton
John Zubricki
John Deyda
Michael Barna
William Wyman
Baltimore
Johns W Hopkins University
Helen Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Myersdale
Odell
Charles ID. Norris
Ithaca
Demnon Thompson Theatrics Company
Thomas J. Flynn
Lackawenna
Morristown
James D. Miller
Jay Geaald
Moers
Isabel I Miller
Joseph Jeiderson
Bilsworth
Scl
Enterel
J S.oVeuuean Buttsbues
Allesines
Ellissworth
Pan
Wumminster Deh
Werden
Mleserve
Qounty Wershouse
Delaware
Oman
Seogeid
Bishhil Teandinug
Yo Puobiie
New Michigan Inn
Western
Southern
Chad
Sesvasteir Ees
Ubger “Congress
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