Marion E Hay Washington Governor and pioneer merchant
Marion E B Hay of Spokane born on a farm in Wisconsin in 1868 rose from country merchant to governor of Washington after serving as lieutenant governor since 1908. His career included farming, storekeeping in Davenport and Spokane, lending to wheat growers, and weathering financial crises in 1894 and 1901 02 before political leadership.
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Spokane, Wash
Marion EB. Hay
Spokane
Washington
Samuel G. Cosgrove
Paso Robles
Cal
Wisconsin
Haston
Massachusetts
New York
Iowa
Cosgrove
Hay
Boston
Wis
Jackson
Minn
Lizzie Muir
Davenport
Wash
F. T. Hay
Big Bend Land Company
Hay & Hay
Politica
Central Committee
Lincoln County
Leutenant
Als Family
Georgia Strike Violence Erupts On Lithonia Rail Line
In Georgia the first violence of the railroad firemen strike erupts at Lithonia as a negro fireman is hit by a stone while an engine carries perishables toward Atlanta. Trains are halted, brakes set, cars uncoupled, and officials fear racial clashes amid possible state or federal intervention. Engineer Downing injured. security measures boost to protect crews.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Lithonia
Georgia Road
Burgess
Scott
Downing
Youthful Jockeys and Early Racing Stars
The piece highlights young riders like 16 year old Frank Wootton, nicknamed Pokey, who has started a bright flat racing season at Lincoln after five years of riding. It recalls Fred Archer’s early successes and mentions George and Tom Can in their early mounts, noting precocious beginnings and rapid early wins in British racing history.
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Frank Wootton
Pokey
Lincoln
Fred Archer Regan
Ih Hia
Yer
George
Brighton
Ae Harwip
Eet Ik
Tom Can
Bret
Highwaymen Rob Bank in Broad Daylight at Merrill
Four highwaymen robbed the German-American State Bank in Merrill Wisconsin on a Friday. Three men held the cashier R Ballstadt while a fourth accessed a vault securing over 1000 dollars. another vault contained about 20000 dollars. A posse pursued, two captured after a swamp exchange of shots. one likely to die. The detainees, a 17 year old and a 20 year old, were strangers and inexperienced yeggs. They carried ten shot Mauser rifles.
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Merrill
Wis
R. ©. Ballstadt
Bank Cashier Robbed In Benbow City Illinois
Bank cashier Stephen Moore at the People's Bank in Benbow City Missouri was robbed of an express shipment totaling 24 one hundred dollar bills and 50 one dollar bills by a tall unmasked man with a revolver. An armed confederate stood at the door as the pair fled toward the river after demanding a check be cashed. Moore said he could not rise or raise the alarm during the holdup.
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Louis
Stephen Moore
People's Bank
Benbow City
Moore
Trago
Woman burned to death near Dwing Lea county Virginia
Mrs. Robert Johnson died in a residential fire near Dwing in Lea county on Friday. She reportedly slept near the fire and her clothing caught fire, with responders arriving too late to save her.
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Big Stone Gap
Robert Johnson
Dwing
Lea County
American kills daughter in cafe near Central Market
A New York man named Henderson shot his daughter dead in a cafe near the Central Market and then killed himself. The incident occurred on May 28 and is being investigated as a tragic family-aftermath shooting.
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Paris
Henderson
New York
Central Market
Indictments Charge Haskell in Muskogee Lot Scheme
Indictments against Gov. Charles N. Haskell and Muskogee businessmen for conspiracy to defraud the government in town lot scheduling were returned by a federal jury. The case centers on dummy buyers securing more Creek Nation town lots than allowed, under the 1900 agreement. One co-defendant, Jesse Hill, was found not guilty. bond set at 5 000 each. Haskell disputes merit, pledging to show the truth in open court.
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Tulsa
Okla
Charles N. Haskell
F. B. Severs
W. R. Eaton
A. Z. English
W. T. Hutchings
C. B. Turner
Muskogee
Jesse Hill
Gov
Haskell
Grand Jury
Secret Service
Washington
Oklahoma
United States
Hyams
Immense Crop Damage From Mississippi Storms
May 28 reports detail millions of dollars in crop damage across the Mississippi valley from five days of heavy rainstorms. Cotton and corn ruined. replanting unlikely as streams overflow and residents move to higher ground. Shubuta citizens flee, Southern trains detoured, mobile and Muskogee areas also affected.
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Greenville
Miss
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Shubuta
Winona
Illinois Central
Mobile
Ala
Aa Miss
Muskogee
Okio
Ex-Gov Crittenden Stricken at KC Baseball Game
Ex-Gov Thomas T. Crittenden suffered a stroke while watching a Kansas City vs St. Paul baseball game. He was taken home and remained unconscious Thursday night.
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Kaneas City
Thomas T. Crittenden
Kansas City
St. Paul
Missouri Quarantine Extended to Fevered Cattle
Governor Hadley signed a bill to bar an affected ute with fever from entering Missouri and to quarantine cattle as needed, aiming to prevent disease spread within the state.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Hadley
Wool Fire Destroys Three Warehouses in Bogton
Fire swept three wool storehouses tied to the Geo. A Talbot & Sons mill in Bogton Massachusetts causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. The wool burned belonged to twenty different firms from across the country.
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Bogton
Mass
Geo. A Talbot & Sons
Four States Rocked by an Earthquake
Chicago and four states endured a quake that rattled skyscrapers and shattered windows. The tremor, felt from Peoria to Milwaukee, caused panic among residents and disrupted daily life for seconds across Illinois Iowa Wisconsin and Michigan with reports of varying local impacts.
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Chicago
Ill
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Maywood
Evanston
Weather Bureau
Peoria
Federal
Towa
Cox
Springfield
Freeport
Aurora
Bloomington
Kewanee
Geneva
Streator
Dixon
Rockford
Moline
Milwaukee
Janesville
Beloit
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Burlington
Kalamazoo
Muskegon
Mich
Boiler Explosion Kills Five at Dowagiac Mill
In Dowagiac Michigan a boiler at Geesey Brothers hoop and stave mill exploded after 4 pm killing five men and injuring several others. Victims Frank Geesey Deforest Geesey Otto Behnke Chas Fritz and Estil Zamber were locals. The cause was not known but suspected low boiler water.
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Detroit
Mich
Geesey Brothers’ Hoop and Stave
Dowagiac
Frank Geesey
Deforest F. Geesey
Otto Behnke
Chas, Fritz
Planer
Est
Railroad Official Cameron Sentenced For Bribe in Pittsburg
Charles E. Cameron president of the Tube City railroad, convicted of offering a bribe to former councilman W A Martin, was sentenced by Judge J Q Van Swearingen to two years in the penitentiary and a $500 fine. Obstructing justice causes another sentence set for next Wednesday.
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Pittsburg
Charles 8. Cameron
Tube City Railroad
W. A. Martin
J. Q. van Swearingen
Cameron
Vans
Explosion at Bradford nitroglycerin plant kills two workers
A DuPont Powder Company nitroglycerin factory at Howard Junction near Bradford Pennsylvania exploded late Wednesday. Two men at work at the time are believed killed.
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Pie
Bradford
DuPont Powder
Howard Junction
Tempest Claims One Hundred Fishermen Off Bilbao
A violent storm off Bilbao on May 27 sinks over 60 fishing vessels and reports say 100 fishermen have drowned. Rescue efforts continue as the fishing fleet is crippled by the tempest.
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Bilbao
Spain
Bilgao
Taft Reverses Roosevelt Order on Public Building Councils
President Taft revokes the executive order creating the council of fine arts and endorses Section 9 limits on funding commissions. He plans to continue the conservation commission without government pay and to limit costs, while Roosevelt and Taft clash over authority to appoint and fund advisory bodies.
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Washington
Taft
Council of Fine Arts
Congress
Roosevelt
Fine Arts Council
Country Life Commission
Conservation Commission
Gasoline boat Dorris sinks. six men drown near Yazoo canal
In Vicksburg Mississippi on May 26 the gasoline boat Dorris capsized during a midnight storm on Yazoo canal. Ten passengers were aboard. six known dead are Mandy, McHliroy, Murphy, Tickle, Alexander, and Page. Sid Chambers survived. The boat was returning from an island saloon. Waves reached four feet. body recovery delayed until later in the day.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Dorris
Yazoo Canal
Wdl Mandy
Reif McHlroy
Charles Murphy
Eddie Tickle
B. Alexander
Joe Page
Negro Porter
Sid Chambers
Panic mob storms East Side school as fire breaks out
In New York on May 26 a mob of about a thousand women and relatives of 500 children at a Forsythe and Stanton Street school stormed the building when a fire started in a neighboring six story tenement. The janitor bolted the doors and teachers kept the startled children calm to prevent danger inside.
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New York
East Side
Forsythe and
Stanton Streets
Four Burned Deaths In Iowa Home Fire At Widon
An elderly veteran John Garter aged 75 and his granddaughter Lela Shaw's three children perished in a Widon Iowa house fire caused when a lamp toppled during a storm. The blaze destroyed the Shaw home twelve miles east of Ottumwa.
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Ottumwa
John Garter
Lela Shaw
Shaw
Widon
Here
Provincial mayor's faux pas delights royal ceremony
The Weymouth mayor, during King George's visit, refused to kneel and grabbed the queen's hand instead. Col. Gwynne advised kneeling, but the mayor retorted that everyone does it and proclaimed he had a wooden leg. The king laughed as the queen smiled.
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England
Penzance
Clive Holland
Weymouth
George
Rome
Col. Gwynne
Cure for Skin Eruption by Cuticura Products
H A Kruts koff of 5714 Wabash Ave Chicago reports eruption on his hands spreading to the body with severe itching. After trying various doctors and ointments he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, ceasing itching within days and eruption resolved in about three weeks. No further trouble since November 1907. Potter Drug Room Corp sole props Boston.
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H. A. Krutskoff
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Ill
Potter Drug & Uoom, Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Theater blaze near miss prompts cautionary tale
A near fire at the theater was averted after a man allegedly lit a cigarette and tossed the match into the snow. The incident prompted warnings about fire safety and vigilant behavior in crowded venues.
Weston speech promotes walking as remedy linked to Root Face powder
Weston argues walking lifts spirits and suggests readers try it to feel rosier quickly. The piece notes rising walking in communities and links the trend to Allen’s Root Face antiseptic powder, claimed to aid tired feet and persuade millions to walk more.
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Weston
Walker
Alléen
Allen
Olmsted
Ley,n. Y
The Young Dream in a Conservatory Nonsense
A young girl nervously tears at mauve fabric while a fountain plashes nearby. The youth speaks softly about microbes in kisses, claiming his microbes are lonely as passion unfolds in a quiet conservatory setting.
A Plea for Bachelors Tax Debate
A London Daily Graphic view argues bachelors are generous and self denying yet should be taxed only if necessary. The piece favors taxing the pampered, over-indulged bachelor rather than the frugal, self denying men in the community.
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London Daily Graphic
Relief Claimed for Red Weary Watery Eyes with Seripe Remedy
A fragment recalls a remedy labeled Seripe deemed by ex physicians to ease red, weak, weary and watery eyes. It warns against weak formulations and promotes Murine as a soothing eye drop option.
How did Smith fare with new apartment house project
Round Sum reports on the reception of Smith's new apartment house. Viewers question how the project performed, with critique noting it as a flat failure and drawing attention to its financial and architectural outcomes.
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Smith
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Marlon E. Hay
Giles
Crittenden
Grand Rapids
Consolidated Water Power Co
Bessie Anderson
B. Begoger
May Forse
Ralph Anderson
IS Fine Arts Council
MR. Roosevelt
Treasury
General Fund
Hero
Dodds
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