Fragmented 1905 World Notes From Across Europe and America
A杂 mix of brief items: piracy by a Welsh bishop query, Ogden Goelet’s business recall, a world typing record by Ray Vanettsche, Tolstoy’s bookbinding efforts, Mark Twain’s summer home purchase in Redding Conn, Paris eye care with yellow spectacles, a dentist’s bankshot of crime, a London artist portrait, church sabbath views in Taunton, Canadian Pacific rail expansion, German education reform critique, Madagascar manioc sugar yield, a Newfoundland dog statue, and Australian mine ventilation concerns.
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Madagascar
Paris
C. Wyatt
John Corbet
Many Accidents To People Of Yankton Reported
Fragmented report describes several injuries in Yankton including a girl who ate glass and another bitten by a dog. A boy suffers a fractured skull after a tree fall. Text mentions doctors, a hospital, and injuries to multiple residents with uncertain outcomes.
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Yankton
Runaway horse causes fatal injuries near Yankton
An eastbound freight halted after a frightened horse bolted along the track. A rider boy was thrown from the stirrup and died later from injuries. Investigators note his age and local report details.
Senate Passes Measure for Missouri River Bridge in Walworth
Washington May 7 The Senate approved a bill authorizing construction of a bridge across the Missouri River in Walworth County Dalots for railroad use and amended laws to reward issuance of gold certificates. The House also debated the naval bill and related measures.
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Senate
Missouri River
Washington
Walworth
House
Sully's Widow Seeks Pension After Notorious Cattle Rustler's Death
Mrs John Sully widow of the famed cattle rustler known as Jack Sully the so called King of the Cattle Rustlers applied for a government pension. Sully a Union Army veteran died in a running gun battle with a posse near Gregory county two years ago while trying to escape.
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Hier
John Sully
Jack” Sully
Gregory County
Sully
Dakota
Adventists Set Camp Meeting in Woonsocket Park
Adventists of the South Dakota conference plan their annual camp meeting in Woonsocket park from June 7 to 10 and 17. Last year about 1,100 members attended. this year preparations aim for 1,500. Baptisms are expected near the hike by the park as Woonsocket prepares the venue.
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City Park
Woonsocket
M. D
South Dakota
Seventh Day Adventists’ Church
Woonsocket Park
Nein
GIVES $1 000 FOR HURON PARK
M M Winter, longtime Beadle County resident now farming stock, donates 1000 dollars to Huron city for park purposes with conditions to create a permanent endowment. A 190 foot steel tower and flagstaff will fly Old Glory on the high school grounds. A Beadle County farmers meeting is set for May 19 to organize farmers insurance.
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S. D
M. M. Winter
Fannie Harris
Mt. Ayr Lu
D. Rifenbark
Beadle County
Farmers’ Insurance
Rapid City to Get Street Cars Under New Franchise
The Rapid City city council granted a franchise to M. Kerns of Huntington, West Virginia, to install a trolley system and obtain a right of way on city streets. He plans a station six miles upriver and a 2000 horsepower power plant to operate the line and supply power locally, with total project costs around a quarter of a million dollars.
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Rapid City
M. Kerns
Hunted
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Lockhart Water
Rapid Ergok
Mately
Fever heat as witness against county official leads to arrests
A tangled conspiracy case unfolds as a state witness connected to a county official faces serious charges. Detectives arrest a woman and a man linked to a plot to disrupt testimony and steal secrets amid a web of domestic aid, a wedding trip plot, and planned alibis.
Boy injured in dynamite cap blast on log
A curious boy found a dynamite cap left on the ground and placed it on a log. He struck it with an ax and was badly mangled in the face and hand. Doctors hope his eye may be saved as he loses sight in the other eye, but he is not believed to be instantly killed. In Sioux Falls a temporary injunction against striking printers was dissolved, allowing them to resume pressure on replacements.
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Aucy
Willy Williac
Rositzky
Hanton
Agian
Canal Gore
Orama
Andrew Hade
Erick Hade
South Dakota
Sioux Pall D
Sioux Falls
Stongalls
Guideo Jones
Invitations To Governors Spark Jubilee In Aberdeen
Invitations were sent to Governors Elrod of South Dakota Johnson of Minnesota and Searles of North Dakota for a June 1 jubilee in Aberdeen South Dakota. Elrod has accepted and large delegations from multiple states are expected to attend officials predict attendance will exceed last year's. Local merchants back the gathering as a major event.
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Minnesota
Aberdeen
S. D
South Dakot
Elrod
Johnson
Searles
North Dakota
Ace
War's Head Appears in Diplomatic Rift Over Venezuela
Washington reports deepening estrangement between Colombia and Venezuela amid stalled river dispute talks and tensions in South American diplomacy. Officials say negotiations in Caracas and Bogota stalled as concerns over border waterways fuel mistrust and risk of escalation.
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May
Colombia
Veneaueta
Gores
Herrera
Atesinary
Gare
Anthracite Strike Seems Now Assured
In Scranton Pennsylvania reports indicate an anthracite strike is likely. A committee regrets delaying action but aims to secure improved wages and conditions from operators. The convention adjourned into executive session as delegates weighed the path forward.
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Scranton
Mitchll
Teac
Mitchell
Walsh Held to Grand Jury Over Chicago Bank Collapse
John R. Walsh, former president of the defunct Chiefko National Bank, is held to the federal grand jury under bond of 50 000 by U S Commissioner Fouts in Chicago on May 1.
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John R. Walsh
Chicago Bank
Chicago
John 2. Walsh
Chiefko National Bank
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Fouts
Notorious Character Allegedly Abducts Waukon Junction Girl
An armed posse searches for a man believed to have abducted the 11 year old daughter of Butler of West Junction, near Mabuque, Iowa. The victim was seized last night by a described Jolson figure amid a mob fatality threat.
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Waukon Junction
Butler
W. Junction
Jolson
Bieric
Mabuque
Swapped Families in Pana Misdirected by Mistaken Claims
Two men in Pana swap wives and children after a misread claim spurs a plan to formalize a settlement. A lawyer drew up contracts for a hypothetical exchange, but the deception unsettles locals as the scheme collapses amid confusion and unintended consequences.
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Law
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Nnit
Boxewier
Alame
Maren Ub
Chriazinds
Frog
Jackman
Snd
J.M. Mosby
Jaen
Mosby
Biehy
Mozby
Tanec
Harris Challenger for Kansas Governor Lives in Chicago
Democratic nominee William A. Harris is identified as the only living candidate for Kansas governor though absent from the state. He claims a Chicago residence on Porty Street and has campaigned long distance from there. Harris served in the U.S. Senate until March 1903 after earlier tenure in the state senate and Congress.
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Gaid
Kansas
Chicago
Portey
United States
Willian A. Harris
Kane Hss
Linwood
Ian
St Porty-titthy Street
Hinesi
Harris Galand
Emen
Hoch
Harris
Congress
Venate
Sind
United States Senate
Sister of Accused Harvard Instructor Urges Return to Cambridge
Bertha Muenter, sister of a Harvard college instructor charged in the suspected murder of his wife, broadcasts across the west urging him to return at once to Cambridge to face the charges. She says counsel is secured and friends will support him and that he is innocent.
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Bofton
Muenter
Cambridge
Ace
West
Bertha Muenter
Harvard College
Miss Muenter
Investigation of Doping Allegations In Trotting Prize
New York May 3 The National Trotting Association board orders an investigation into alleged mercury doping of Lou Dillon who was defeated in the Gold Cup race. The probe will be held in Lexington Kentucky next month. Charges against E S Smathers who drove Deloitte were dismissed without prejudice.
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Low Dillon
New York
Rgia
Lou Dillon
Major Delmar
Board of Review
National Trotting Association
Lexington
E. 13
Smathers
Del
Wert
Coroner’s Jury Rules Infanticide in Jeep Hoover Case
Sioux Falls coroner's jury finds Jenne Van Hoover's illegitimate infant strangled by a cord tied around its neck. The mother faces arrest once moved from her parents’ home, with the jury noting deliberate killing. The case was reported alongside a separate Sioux Falls drowning verdict and poison test results.
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Mitchail
S. D
Jenne van Hoover
Vian Hoover
Liuit
Sherif
Nix
Mitriss
Shawhys
Wireless work delayed by government contract
In Deadwood South Dakota May 5 wireless telegraph project slowed as De Forest Wireless Telegraph Co wins a $15 000 000 government contract delaying station installations in frontier towns Deadwood station to be ready within six months.
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Deadwood
de- Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
Mauler
Lolita Armour Still In Dr Lorenz's Care
London reports reveal Lolita Armour, once treated by Professor Lorenz in Vienna for hip dislocation, remains a helpless cripple. J Ogden Armour and wife are with their daughter en route to Vienna, where the surgeon’s bloodless method had been used years earlier.
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London
J. Ogden Armour
Lolita
Lorenz
Vienna
Iss Armour
United States
Armour Girl
Ridion
Academy of Medicine
New York
Con
Savannah Vets Rage Over Sherman Heirs Plan Lynching Threat
Confederate veterans in Savannah endure indignation over news that Father Sherman son of General William Tecumseh Sherman planned to travel with a U S cavalry escort along his father’s famed march from Atlanta to the sea. Rumors of lynching threats circulated amid the uproar.
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Father Sherman
W. T. Sherman
Ch Nove
United States
Athintt
Wealth By Curse Haunts Double Wife Case In Brooklyn
New York May 5 The District Attorney permits four reconciliations but insists the guilty man must leave the country. Thomas W Kiley, said to have two living wives, returned to his first wife at 201 Jefferson Avenue Brooklyn. He faces possible bigamy suit. he seeks to live abroad while claiming wealth has been a curse.
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Sioux Fats
Eait
Martindale
Jones
New York
Thomas W. Kiley
Willian Amilionstire
Wig
von Jessitie
Jefferson Avenue
Brooks Jyil
Coebre
Kiley
Brooklyn Avenue
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Cont
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Grocklyn
Reyd
Reed
Chirke
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Musope
Riley
Europe
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Mrs. Colt-Kiley
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Tr “Wiley
Murderous Cobbler Unearths Twenty Six Bodies In Morocco Yard
A Mogador dispatch reports cobbler Hadj Mohamed Mestewi unearthed twenty six female corpses under his Rayad Zejtour shop yard. Authorities will clarify later as a large crowd is expected. The killings are described as unprecedented in recent memory.
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London
Mogador
Morocco
Tangier
Evine
Waa
Hadj Mohamed Mestew
Rayad Zejtour
Mestewi
Is Deeper In Trouble Over Bank Collapse Here
In Chicago on May 5 Judge Bethea allowed 50 more complaints to be an intervening petition in the case against American Reserve Head company. The claimants seek aggregate damages around 20 000 dollars. The court increased the ban on the Trust and Savings bank acting as receiver from 26 000 to 250 000 dollars due to deposits and securities tied to safety deposits. Deposits held in Kentucky Missouri and elsewhere were discussed in court.
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Chicago
American Reserve
Bethea
Tern ‘Trust and Savings Bank
Securi
Desault
Tdi Yon
Missouri
Equodling Charged Instructs Grand Jury to Probe Convention
A staged OCR fragment shows Judge instructing the grand jury to investigate operations of a county convention. The note mentions a renomination and a contested convention process, with unclear names and dates due to transcription errors. This brief item suggests political tension surrounding the event.
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Madetta
Jones
Regiabiean
Jonck
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