Church Union Declared Final as Cumberland Presbyterian Joins USA Presby Church
Des Moines May 26 union of Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was officially proclaimed by Moderator Hunter Corbett. The assembly erupted in cheers though two commissioners opposed the measure, sparking pandemonium before Cumberland delegates were welcomed and agreed to greetings plans.
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United States of America
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Spatter Named Private Secretary to Treasury Chief Shaw
Arthur F Spatter formerly of Sioux City Iowa and now of Walla Walla Washington has been appointed private secretary to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw the appointment to take effect July 1 John H Edwards will succeed H A Taylor as assistant secretary of the treasury in Wisconsin
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Thur F. Spatter
Iowa
Washington
Arthur F. ‘Spatter
Sioux City
Walla Walla
Wash
the Treasury
Shaw
John H. Edwards
H. A Taylor
Wisconsin
Treasury
Lightning kills herder in Montana county strike
Montana ranchman Henry Gallatin, a sheep herder near Grass Range in Fergus County, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. The bolt hit him on the head, tearing his hat to shreds, in the first lightning death reported in the state this year.
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San. Helens
Mont
Fergus County
Henry Gallatin
Oldest editor dies in Missouri at eighty seven
Col W W Switzler aged eighty seven died in Columbia Missouri yesterday. He founded the Columbia Statesman in 1841 and served as editor most of his life except for years writing Missouri university history. He retired from active work two years ago. Electric shock killed Edward B Cronin in Minneapolis after contact with a live wire near a blacksmith shop window while extinguishing a fire on Central Avenue.
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Missouri
Columbia
Col. W.W. Switzler
United States
Columbia Statesman
History of
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Bie
Minnespolle
Edward B. Cronin
Central Evenue
Milwaukee's Tracke Gone Across River Division Detours
Bad washouts and landslides on the Milwaukee road river division near Etter force passenger trains to run over the Burlington road. Hastings, Mibn., May 26.
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Hastings
Mibn
Milwaukee Road
Etter
Burlington Road
Swiss woman engineer makes early European mark
A fragment mentions Mile. Butttcar, a Swiss woman who chose engineering as a profession. She earned a diploma with honor at Lausanne, ranking sixth. She is now in Geneva as an octopods?
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the Firat
Lausanne
Fhe
Oractops
Geneva
Bernhardt Train Delay Near Mankato Kansas
One of the trucks on the special train carrying Sarah Bernhardt and her company derailed two miles from Mankato Kansas delaying the train for hours. A following Omaha Commercial Club excursion was halted to avoid collision. Bernhardt demanded a new locomotive after replacement, claiming hooded engine. The derailment blocked the railroad while the tender ran along the ties.
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Mankato
Kan
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Here
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Nelson Herrera bout called off over weight dispute
Los Angeles May 27 There was no fight last night between Battling Nelson and Aurelio Herrera as scheduled. After a two and a half hour wait the crowd of 4500 was dismissed at 10 50 because Herrera refused to weigh in. Both sides accused the other of sharp practices over weight and a squabble followed between fighters and managers.
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Cal
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Aurelio
Herrera
Discovery of Vanadium in Peru to Transform Steel
A Peru find of almost pure vanadium may revolutionize iron and steel making. Reports tie Standard Oil interests to a company with Peruvian concessions. Vanadium, a gray white powder, is linked to tougher steel and lighter armor plate, potentially halving current weights.
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Pittsburg
South America
Standard Oil
Cassatt Sails Home After Charge Reveals
Philadelphia reports President Cassatt, after a holiday trip begun May 9, sailed from Cherbourg and will return to teach this country by June 2. The move follows revelations before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Pennsylvania’ Railroad
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Cherbourg
France
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Markets Summary From Wheat to Hogs Across Cities
Grain and livestock quotations update from St Paul Minneapolis Chicago and Milwaukee on May 28. Wheat and corn prices vary by grade across markets, with cattle hogs and sheep figures from Sioux City Chicago and South St Paul. An explosion near Dretcher Louisiana injured several, and a sanity inquiry paused the Terranova murder trial in New York.
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Duluth
Rye
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Iowa
Chicago
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Here
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Jerome
Scott
Josephine Terranova
Wante to Know teatime tale of courtship and names
Fragmentary dialogue recalls a scene of a lord considering a marriage proposal and a humorous remark about naming parlor cars after great men. The text mentions millinery, a refrigerator car, and Fairbanks as an illustrative detail in a distractingly garbled passage. The source preserves quirky diction and oblique references without a clear narrative.
Senate Pivots on Sea Level Canal Debate
Washington May 25 A strong senate bloc favors restricting canal appropriation to a sea level canal across the Panama isthmus, unsettling the administration which backs a lock canal. President Roosevelt, pressed by leaders, weighs the split while Taft warns Congress if no canal type is chosen the lock plan may proceed. House officials say they back the administration lock canal for cost and time, leaving a brisk session to decide the fate of the canal project.
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Paroled after bribery conviction in Lake Michigan scandal
Thomas F. McGarry of Grand Rapids Michigan, a prominent attorney and one of two men jailed over the Lake Michigan water scandal, was paroled yesterday from Iona prison by Governor Warner. He had been convicted of bribery as part of the indictments stemming from the case.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
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Lansing
Thomas F. McGarry
Lant K. Salsbury
Lake Michigan
Iona
Warner
McGarry
Missing Gladys Olney Near Fargo Sparks Alarms
May 25 news from Fargo reports seventeen year old Gladys Olney missing after arriving with her peripatetic healer father. Parents fear kidnapping though police are asked to help and authorities suspect elopement. The item also notes a separate May 26 Washington update on Panama canal material bids and domestic production rules.
Steamer Sunk In Collision At Detroit Mouth
Detroit May 24 The steam er John Duncan bound down was sunk near the mouth of the Detroit river after colliding with the up bound steamer Wisconsin Preacher is Drowned Rock Island May 25 The body of Rev Frank W Hoover a Congregational minister of Sherrard was found floating in a pond near his home It is believed he drowned while bathing Duelists Fatally Wounded Anadarco Okla May 25 Deputy US Marshal Jamen Bourland and Fred Hudson recently acquitted of murder engaged in a pistol duel yesterday both fatally wounded
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John Duncan
Detroit River
Wisconsin
Rock Island
Frank W. Hoover
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Anadarco
Okls
United States
Jamen Bourland
Fred Hudson
Principally the Baby in a Quip about Wives and Wrongs
A brief skit centers on a caller asking after a wife and a henpecked husband. The husband admits his wife is away with nine women’s rights activists while he stays home with the baby to nurse his wrongs.
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Henpeck
Hinpeck
The Only Way
The fragment shows dialogue about a woman named Belle and a plan to marry an older man for money. It hints at motive and social conflict without complete context or clear resolution.
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Belle
Abi
Battle at a Flaxton blind pig ends in gunfire
In Flaxton deputy sheriff W S Towne and village board members attempted to search Leonard H Burton’s grain building den for intoxicating liquors. Burton fired on them wounding himself. two bystanders Hindes and Gerheke were inside. Burton later moved to Minot for an operation. Burton’s identity and past are uncertain.
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W. 8. Towns
Leonard H. Burton
Burton
W. S. Towne
L. M. Botton
Dr. Paulson
P. Ware
Snerim
Minot
Hinites
Gerheke
Tolley
Farmer Kills Wife and Then Self in Lethal Tragedy
A farmer near New Salem killed his wife and then shot himself after a four year marriage described as happy. He first killed his wife in bed, then wounded himself slightly, retrieved a rifle, and killed himself in the barn. Neighbors restrained him briefly before he carried out the act, and his brother handled the bodies for burial in Minnesota. The couple had four other children besides the newborn.
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New Salem
Henry A. Brandt
Brandt
Minnesota
Brands Brother
Minnes
School board fraud case centers on C C Adams
C C Adams, a school supply agent, allegedly gained about $100 from several Ward County school boards by false pretenses and signatures on warrants. Supt. Warren vows to prosecute or recover funds. boards may drop charges if settlements occur. Irregular schemes included signing a district clerk’s daughter to a warrant and forged signatures to obtain cash.
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Lanaford
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Warren
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Daughter Seen in Vision as Police Search for Disappeared Girl
Fargo Moorhead police search for Gladys Olney a seventeen year old missing girl believed kidnapped by her mother who says she saw her in a vision. Gladys left her father’s office Monday morning and has not been seen since. The girl is the daughter of Dr. Olney a healer recently in the city and mother asserts she was duped and restrained.
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No Girl Friends Mentioned In Stranger Tale
Dr. Olney voices grave fears that an Impressionist woman may have been drugged and abducted by malicious parties, as he discusses concerns shared with her mother about the safety of the presumed victim.
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Dr. Olney
North Dakota College Sees Strong Attendance Year
Attendance reached 930 at North Dakota Agricultural College marking its best year yet. The main challenge is fitting full courses into students schedules with many taking shorter or special courses. Eight graduates emerge from the four year program and seven from short courses. Final exercises open June 6 with the musical department and run through June 13. Rev C B Adatis of First Presbyterian will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on June 10, with W D Sweet of Fargo as chief orator at the final exercises on June 13.
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North Dakota Agricultural College
C. BR. Adatis
First Presbyterian Church
W. D. Bweet
Fargo
North Dakota News Roundup From Minot to Mandan
North Dakota notes report frequent town events from Minot to Mandan including school discipline in Dickinson and price trends for grain in Mora. Officials debate new offices in Minewall and Park River speed enforcement, while road and bridge works accelerate. Community fairs at Cooperstown and Highland county promise larger crowds as farmers plan harvests and creamery growth expands across the state.
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Fargo
Northern Pacific Park
Manau
Dickinson
State Reform School
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Knox
Linton
Standard Old Company
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Company L
Hillsuare
Hope
Hichland County
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Litchville
Lindstroms
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Cooperstown
North Dakota Towns Report Rapid Growth and Incidents
North Dakota towns Incorporate this spring as rural lines expand east of Grafton and new exchanges rise in Bowbells and Minot. Reports note accidents, burglaries, and law cases across counties, including a murder charge potential, a fatality in Jamestown after multiple operations, and a big county bridge plan in Grand Forks.
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Linton
Minot
Mandan
Courtenay
Hyatt of Oakes
Bathgate
Rock Lake
Kenmare
Grafton
Ryder
Valley City
McHenry
Binford
Sone
Forbes
Blamarck
Devils Lake
Coggawell
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