Fifteen Injured as Strikebreakers Hindered in Pensacola
A carload of strikebreakers imported from St. Louis to Pensacola Electric was met by a violent mob. Bricks bottles and bricks flew as workers and strikers clashed near the car sheds. Fifteen foreigners were wounded and police cleared a negro house where some sought refuge. The mayor closed saloons and deputies were sworn in to quell the riot.
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Pensacola
Fla
St. Louis
Pridar
Pensacola Electric Company
Board of Public Safety
Cit Jal
Benjamin Commons
International Association of
Raibwees
Firebugs in Perly Stir Up Government Action
Reported arsonists blamed for a spree of blazes in Pekim as Chi authorities move against alleged revolutionaries. Gazette lists two named revolutionists and an arrest order for fifty seven Dananese.
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Pekim
Fites
Issy
Frontier fortress guns shipped to Bars on Rusto Turks frontier
Sixteen heavy guns bound for Bars fortress on the Rusto Turko frontier have moved by rail from the interior. The action follows a memorandum by several officers urging strengthening after historic Turkish conflicts. A dated obsolete system with artillery mounted remains noted as vulnerable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bars
Clarke Urges Railroad Men to Organize for Defense
John E. Clarke general counsel for the New York Central and St. Louis Railroad addressed a large crowd of railroad employees in Betlevus Ohio Thursday night. He spoke on recent railroad legislation and its effects urging workers to organize for defense.
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John E. Clarke
New York, Oo and
St. Louis Relroad
Catherine of Railroad
Betlevus
Clarke
Receiver for Phone Company Named in Newark
Appointment of Fredrick T. Johnson of Newark as receiver for the insolvent United States string telephony company wired to 1959 terms. Court action declares the company insolvent with assets valued at 51,004.
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View Chay
Fredérick T. Johnson
Newark
Pendent Tele Wes Rénen
United Straihong Company
Woman Held for Murder in South Gena Shooting
Carleton Mark, 35, of South Gena, is jailed after a fatal shooting that killed Morgen. Mrs. George AL, of South Bend, identified as the shooter’s wife, is alleged to have fired the fatal shot at Cassels, Friday.
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Carleton
South Gena
Cassenils
George AL
Bouth Bend
Éeper
Morgen
Sioux City Stock Market and Tragic Local News
Examinations of the Sioux City stock market list tap beefs at 6.96 and top hogs at 5.80. A priest, Rev. Fasher Joseph Graham, shot himself in Albany in his study and died. William Worthman, Oakland Pa Savings and Trust deputy treasurer, jailed on embezzlement charges after bail set at 16590.
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Oux City
Sioux City Hee
Fasher Joseph As. Graham
Wiliam Worthman
Oakland, Pa
Children in Bonds at Friedrichshafen Labor Market
The article describes a century old labor market in Friedrichshafen where 300 to 490 children aged 12 to 14 from Tyrol and Vorarlberg are contracted for seven months to southern German farmers. Children travel with parents to the market, are inspected and assigned, with earnings around $22.96 for the seven months, sometimes $20. The practice faces widespread condemnation in Austria Switzerland and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fried- Tichshafen
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Friedrichshafen
Tyrol
Vorarlberg
Langdon Smith Dies of Malignant Erysipelas at Home
Langdon Smith, famed newspaper man and war correspondent, head of malignant erysipelas at his Brooklyn home, aged about 50. A veteran of New York World and Herald, he covered Cuba and the Spanish American War, present at Guantanamo, El Caney, and San Juan. Renowned telegrapher for over two decades.
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Langdon Smith
New York
Brooklvyn
New Yorker
Smith
New York World
the Herald
the American
Cuba
Guantanamo
el Caney
San Juan
Indictment Against John Taylor Dismissed After 26 Years
In Kingston a prominent citizen’s identity and secret past were revealed to the New York Supreme Court. Justice W C Howard dismissed the 26 year old indictment for the death of Thomas Murray after proving all possible witnesses were dead. Justice Clearwater and District Attorney Cunningham supported the action.
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Supreme Court of New York
John Taylor
Thomas Murray
Taylor
Kingston
Supreme Court
Clearwater
W. C. Howard
Troy
Panic at Newark Italian section school overruns gates
Rumor that Black Hand would blow up a public school in Newark New Jersey caused a Wednesday panic. A crowd of women forced entry, students fled, and two children were seriously injured before police restored order.
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Able Public
Newark
N. F
Evans To Gain SIAAWIT Complications Slow Recovery
Rear Admiral Evans showed improvement after treatment at the springs with rheumatism largely gone and strength up but doctors McDonald and J E Phillins warned that additional complications will slow permanent recovery. They declined to specify the complications.
Mind over Matter Fasting Death Claim Emerges
Buute Glinstead of St Paul, Wisconsin died after a self imposed fast to prove the mind can control the body. Olmstead's fast lasted thirty one days before his death or collapse.
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Buute Glinstead
St Paul, Winn
Olmstead
Invading Protesters Demand Work at Chicago City Hall
About 200 foreign men halted outside Chicago City Hall early Wednesday calling for jobs. They aimed for Tayor Busse's office but were redirected to the charity bureau. The crowd remained noisy but orderly as police warned them away and dispersed them.
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Chicago
Tayor Busse
Bureau of Charities
Suit by Sugar Refiners Dismissed in New York Action
Federal Judge Halt dismissed the PENNSYLVANIA SUGAR REFINING company suit seeking 349,900,006 dollars from AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING for alleged conspiracy to ruin the Pennsylvania firm. The action was terminated Thursday in New York.
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Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Américan Sugar Refining Company
A Pennsylvania
New York
Southern Cotton Growers Leader Urges 33 Percent Acreage Cut
Harve Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Growers' Association, calls on southern farmers to reduce cotton acreage by 33 percent in a Wednesday statement. He warns that without cuts prices will be low next fall and urges growers to hold onto remaining cotton.
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South
Harve Jordan
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Jordan
Murder at Kokema Woman Dies in Bed After Rejected Suitor
Mrs. Fairy McClain-Miller was killed Wednesday in Kokema Indiana by Worley Osborn, two discarded lovers. Osborn entered the Miller home and killed her as she lay in bed, then fled and remains at large. Authorities fear he may have taken his own life.
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Fairy McClain-Miller
Kokema
Ind
Worley Osborn
Osborn
Miller
Tragedy at Economy Station: Husband Kills Wife Then Shoots Self
Ava Reis of Pittsburg Pennsylvania died from gunshot wounds second to her husband William F Reis aged 42 proprietor of the Economy Hotel at Economy station. He fatally wounded Thursday at their home after a quarrel authorities say.
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Ava
Exama Reis
Pittsburg
William F. Reis
Economy Hotel
Reis
Cleveland Relation Refutes Wir Illness Report
Grover Cleveland and Mrs. Grover Cleveland deny a report that Wir is seriously ill. They state the claim is unfounded and offer no details beyond denying the illness.
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Grover Cleveland
Wir
Desertion Tale Sparks Patrol Pursuit in 4A Area
Unclear report describes a group of soldiers from Ucka fleeing to Flonojute, stealing two coner, and fleeing toward Tere wrecked near Agener with several arrests. Details are fragmentary and names are uncertain.
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Perio
Ucka
Flonojute
Tere
Agener
Jera
Lottery charges against Morris einnati
A report notes charges filed weeks ago against Morris einnati for operating a lottery, alleging unlawful conduct and aggregation of funds totaling thirty two thousand four hundred dollars.
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Morris Einnati
Mhled
Chicago Broker Dies by Own Action at 33
Lorenz O. Kneeland of Chicago, aged 33, formerly a senior member of Kneeland Clement Curtis brokers, committed suicide Thursday by shooting.
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Chicago
Lorenz
Kneeland
Kneeland, Clement & Curtis
Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Prohibition and 4 O’clock Closing
The Alabama Supreme Court on Thursday ruled both the general prohibition and the 4 o'clock closing laws constitutional and in force. The liquor forces of the state challenged the measures.
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Aauinet
Alabama Supreme Court
Doukhobors Arrests Grow at Fort William
Dozens of Poukhobors were arrested for naked street parading at Fort William Ontario and another group joined them in jail on Thursday.
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Fort Wilam
Ont
Clemson Expels 257 Freshmen and Sophomores Over Prank
At chapel services in Columbia Clemson College announced 257 freshmen and sophomores dismissed and 48 juniors expelled last Friday for insubordination in an April fool prank.
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Clemson College
Columbia
US. C
New York Girl Weds in Rome
Miss Annette Loeb daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Loeb of New York wed Signor Arturo Trouzzate a Tinian parliament member in Rome Wednesday Trouzzate is wealthy and has iron interests in Tuscany. Lamber Company Fined by Federal Judge Khappen Wednesday for rebates from Pere Marquette railroad shipments.
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New York
Rome
Annette Loeb
Charles Loeb
Signor
Arturo Trouzzate
Tuzyate
Tuscany
Lamber Company
Khappen
Stearns Salt and Lumber Company
Ludington
Alich
Adee to Tour Europe on Bicycle Expedition
Alvey A. Adee second assistant secretary of state leaves Washington on his annual two month bicycle tour of Europe. He will be absent from duties during the trip.
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Adee
Europe
Alvey A. Adee
Washington
Springfield judge shot by robbers near home
Judge Jamies A. Frink once grand chancellor of the Knights of Pything in the state was shot through the temple and mortally wounded in Springfield Missouri at midnight Wednesday. A purse containing 406 dollars was found near his body.
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Jamies A. Frink
Grand Eiancellor
Knights of Pything
Springfield
Colorado towns vote on liquor licenses
Nineteen Colorado towns voted against alcohol licenses and sixteen towns approved licenses in a Tuesday referendum. The results show a split stance on local option and saloon operation across thirty five towns.
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Colorado
Supreme Court rules savings banks liable for forged papers
Iowa Supreme Court decision holds that savings banks can be held liable for commercial papers sold to other banks, clarifying that state law construing savings bank liability must be read with a related statute. The ruling affects Des Moines Iowa National Bank versus Corning Savings Bank and drew statewide attention.
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State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Iowa
Iowa National Bank of Des Moines
Corning Savings Bank
District Court
Adams County
Corning Bank
Town National Bank
LaRue
Creston Woman Rescued From Doorway Chalk Line Threat
Police liberated Mrs Panmales in Creston after a man named Parmelee returned home drunk and drew a chalk line, threatening to shoot if she crossed it. She fainted as officers entered at dawn and Parmelee was jailed on attempted murder charges.
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Creston
William Parmelee
Pannales
Parmalee
Young Man Fires Doctor in Rural Incident
Eldora doctor Dr. Hewl Emeny was shot early Thursday by Edward Muckolls as Emeny tried to enter a home. Emeny, in a dangerou s condition, is at an emergency hospital. outcome unknown. Emeny is linked to a contentious custody case involving Frank W. Crockett and wife Fannie Wisner-Crockett in Des Moines.
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al W. Emeny
Tfurt
Marshalliows
Hewl Emeny
Eldora
Hreest
Edward Muckolls
Emeny
Nuckouls
Nuckalis
Frank W. Crockett
Bes Moines
Fannie Wisner-Crockett
Woman ends life at Maurice wife of Orange City merchant
Mrs Wm Van Guynum a 60 year old Maurice resident and wife of a prominent Orange City merchant died by self inflicted hanging at her home. Despondency over ill health is given as the likely cause. She tied a rope to a rafter in the coal shed and jumped from a box while her husband was away.
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Maurice
Wm. van Guynum
Orange City
Rock Rapids Mayor Orders Slot Machines Outlawed
Mayor Gradley of Rock Rapids orders all slot machines closed and gambling in any form halted. Saloons instructed to operate lawfully or face trouble as the mayor moves to restore quiet and order in the town.
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Gradley
Rock Rapids
Farmers Cereal Firm Holds Annual Meeting in Sloan
The Farmers Cereal company held its regular annual meeting Tuesday afternoon at Sloan. Officers elected were William Afe Candless president Dan Manley secretary George S Jeffrey treasurer J P Olson Chris Dahl John Carlson W E Wray Emil Johnson and James Martin directors. The company reports a prosperous year and declared a dividend of 27 percent with 17 percent surplus and 10 percent to members. W G Phipps was retained as manager for another year.
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Farmers Cereal Company
Sloan
William Afe Candless
Dan Manley
George S. Jeffrey
J. P. Olson
Chris Dahl
John Carlson
W. £. Wray
Emil Johnson
James Martin
W. G. Phipps
Reform at Mason City Sabbath Desecration Club Planned
Mason City plans a Sabbath Desecration club to aid officers in enforcing laws on Sunday observance. Pastors and city residents are pushing the movement to curb Sabbath breaking.
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Mason City
Brumbaugh Resigns Independence High for Aberdeen Post
Professor E V Brumbaugh resigns as principal of Independence high school after a year to accept the Aberdeen 3 D high school principalship at a salary of 1500 dollars yearly.
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Aberdeen
E. V. Brumbaugh
Independence High
Aecept
3. D
Lyon Falls Short in Valley Junction City Attorney Race
Assistant District Attorney General C. W. Lyon was defeated in the Valley Junction city attorney race on Thursday morning. The council declined to appoint him while he remained employed and salaried by the state.
Henry Shearer Dead at 84 in Ida Grove County Treasurer Dies
Henry Shearer age 84 of Ida Grove died Friday from a stroke. He served as county treasurer and had lived in the county twenty eight years. He is survived by his wife and four sons and his son I N Shearer.
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Henry Shearer
Ida Grove
I. N. Shearer
Shearer
Fatally Scalded by Coffee Accident In Dubuque
Herman Hostert Jr aged youth of Couler Avenue Dubuque pulled a pot of boiling coffee onto himself and sustained injuries deemed fatal by attending physicians burial plans unknown at this time
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Coffer
Herman Hostert, Jr
Herman Hostert
Couler Avenue
Dubuque
Bol
Mayor issues notice to gamblers in Cedar Rapids
Mayor Carmody announces in inaugural address that every gambler must leave Cedar Rapids by Tuesday night and bans gambling dens within the city and Linn County. John Edmondson named city attorney as old council steps down. order takes effect after 6 pm on April 7, 1908.
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Cedar Rapids
John Edmond
Carmody
Linn County
Fire Destroys Ainsworth Dairy Farm Buildings Near Fort Dodge
A large dairy farm owned by Charles Ainsworth near Fort Dodge suffered a major fire of incendiary character. Seven ty tons of hay 3000 bushels of oats seed corn and farm implements were lost along with barns and gutbuildings. Neighbors fought the flames with two wind mills pumping water. The milk house was emptied to save the residence but all other structures burned. Loss estimated at 25000 with 1500 insurance.
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Charles Ainsworth
Fort Dodge
Fire bugs terrorize Clayton County burning farms
A series of incendiary fires in Coe Creek and Ledomillo townships has ruined Pat Moyna’s Elkader farm area. The district now known as the burnt district suffers 13 milch cows 8 horses 9 calves and farm machinery losses. Authorities have jailed two men but fires continue as a determined criminal network forms to hunt the culprits.
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Clayton County
Pat Foyna
Elkader
Coe Creek
Ledomillo
Mr. Moyna
Wreck at Iowa Falls Ties Up Two Rail Lines
A collision at the junction of the Divnois Central and the Des Moines Short Line near Iowa Falls delayed traffic for hours. The eastbound Central passenger train due at 5:30 p.m. rammed the northbound Short Line freight at the south end of a high bridge, derailing several cars but causing no injuries. Both crews claimed the block.
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Iowa Falls
Trafic
Divnois Central
Des Moines
Central
New Rock Bands Creamery Planned at Hock Rapids
Arrangements completed for a modern creamery and cold storage plant on the river bank at Hock Rapids by a Chicago firm. The $20,000 facility will be erected to replace past small creameries that failed due to limited capital. Four to five receiving stations currently ship milk to outside creameries, and construction will begin at once.
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Hock Rapids
Chicago
Rock Rapids
Mason City Post Office Project Hits New Setback
Mason City waits as the post office expansion stalls after Washington orders resumption of construction. The project had been paused for a month amid protests over additional funding and debates over the contractor’s material choices.
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Mason City
Washington
Brenton Arrested on Cruelty Charge in Des Moines
Former Major Sim Brenton of Des Moines, now a teamster, was arrested by humane society officers on cruelty to animals charges. Accused of overloading horses and neglect, Brenton pleaded not guilty and posted bond for trial next week.
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Sim” Brenton
Jim’ Brenton
Des Moines
The
Humane Society
Brenton
Klines Divorce Granted and Custody Awarded
Mrs. Horace A. Kline of Manson has been granted a divorce from Horace A. Kline in Rockwell City district court and awarded custody of their 14 year old daughter. The couple were married fifteen years. Mr. Kline is described as a crack shot and sportsman. The report also notes Sibley Teachers Institute success with over 100 teachers enrolled and lists visiting professors and superintendents. The Cedar Falls school system re elected D M Kelly as superintendent for the eighth year with salary raised to 1800 dollars.
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Kline
Horace A. Kline
Manson
Rockwell City
Mr. Kline
Northwestern
Town
Benson Arraigned for Murder in Iowa Criminal Case
Frank Benson an Iowa Central engineer faced arraignment on a murder charge for killing Brakeman Byron E Boody. He pled not guilty and bail was set at five thousand dollars.
Electric car kills five on Way Home From Oak Ridge Cemetery
Five dead after an Auroray Elgin & Chicago Electric train crashes into a funeral carriage at West Madison street and Butterfield road near Bellwood. The carriage was split, rear half dragged 500 feet, driver Nuchuin fatally injured, two forwardSeat occupants died instantly, others perish under wreckage. mourners gathered as the train sped by and ignition from the third rail is blamed. Newman died after being found unconscious.
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Chicago
Oak Ridge Cemetery
West Madison Street
Butterfield Road
Bellwood
Auroray Elgin & Chicago Electric Railroad
Portia
Oak Tridge Cemetery
Nuchuin
Newman
Reformers and weapons spark Russian independence talk in New York
Ivan Norodny calls himself advance agent of Russian independence and seeks a United States of Russia, while claims of a 35 million bond issue surface. A British scientist reports Arctic climate shifts and pole movement linked to Greenlandic waters.
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Ivan Norodny
New York
Nicholas
Ald
United States
Russia
Novodar
Central Committee
Moscow
Isis
Marth Pete
M. OB. Codworth
Alaska
Victoria
Polar
Pole
North Asia
Calder
Colworth
Battin Roy
Arctic
Greenland
Siberia
Man Succeeds Evans as Magdalena Bay Fleet Chief
Rear Admiral Charles Mitchel Thomas has taken command of the U S fleet at Magdalena Bay due to Admiral Evans illness. A Philadelphia native aged 61, Thomas is a graduate of Annapolis and has long service record including posts at the Oval Office academy and the Naval War College. He commanded ships Lancaster Trooklyn Oregon and led Newport naval training station before becoming commander of the Atlantic fleet's second division in 1907 and later head of the sea and squadron forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mitchel Thomas
United States Fleet
Magdalena Bay
Evans’ Ilness
Tvy
Annapolis
Philadelphia
Thomas
Oval Academy
Naval War College
Coast Survey
Trooklyn
Oregon
Naval
Newport
Sea
Mormons Active In New York Public Proselytizing
Mormon missionaries in New York City pursue aggressive house to house canvassing with eight members in the metropolis split between Manhattan and Brooklyn. They target influential households and press reading follow ups, aided by Protestant canvass networks. The movement shows a perceptible rise, with local membership over 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Manhattan Island
Broom Inn
Upper West Side
Durh
New York
Gotham
Bre
St Louis Theater Stabbing and Panic Averted
A man was stabbed and fatally wounded in a St Louis theater causing a near panic. New York post office officials are holding an overseas letter. Edward J Toyett, a St Louis florist, received a second black hand letter demanding 300 with a coffin drawing threatening death if not paid.
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Haviin
St. Louis
New York
Fifth Avenue
Sir Abraham Lincoln
Edward J. Toyett
Statesman
Cannon
Intercollegiate Civic League
United States
Ankur F. Williams
E. M. Balstom
5. K. Ford
Chicago
Standard Title and Trust Company
Philadelphia
Trmal
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Mos
Pesacola, Fla
Perly
Trges
Prizet
Thurman
L. C. Thurman
West Point
Serfolk
Walter P. Dotson
Michigan
Vancouver
Pitt Street
Children IN Bonds
Pastic TX
Black Hand
Evans
Siaawit
Ong
Noiss
Doukhobors Crowny Adt
Owa“State
Savings Banks
Young Man
Doctor
Lew
Fire Bugs Caursee Terror
Sibley
Teachers’ Institute
A. V. Storm
Ames
Elliott
Sheldon
Wison
Fuller
Storm Leake
Council Blues
Kelly
D. M. Kelly
Cedar Fally
Uncle Sam
Dames
Czar
Ivan Worcont
Oliver A. ‘Smith
Worcester
Mass
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Fear Aumibal Thomas
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