Forestry Bureau Rules Over Millions Of Acres
The Forestry Bureau now administers more land than any other body and reports grazing statistics for the public lands of the West. It notes 156 million acres in national forests with regulated grazing to protect grass and conserve forests, detailing permit processes, trespass fines, and the aim to prevent overfeeding while reducing friction with western stockmen.
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Ashington
Forestry Bureau
Great West
Uncle Sam
Newspapers rapidly consume American spruce forests
Government inspectors warn that the paper industry is rapidly consuming spruce timber. Daily consumption reaches 1,765,000 feet of timber with US mills supplying most logs. In 1905 paper demand used 900,000 tons of white paper, supported by 15,000 workers earning $9 million.
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United States
Canada
Paper Trust
Automobiles Proposed for Panama Canal Railroad Use
Panama Canal officials in Washington consider automobiles on canal railroad tracks as a potential fad. The commission seeks two ten passenger cars capable of 40 mph on level track, eight percent grade climbing, 60 mph on demand, with 125 mile range, burning stove gasoline for use by the inspection department of the chief engineer and aides.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Commission
Isthmus
Panama
Nortmal
bin Aace
Government to Suppress White Slave Traffic Through New Inspector
The immigration bureau plans a systematic drive against the white slave traffic especially in Atlantic cities. Ellis Island commissioner Robert Watchorn appoints Helen M. Bullis as an immigration inspector to develop information on the traffic and provide proof for deportation and prosecution.
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Bureau of Immigrations
Atlantic Seaboard
Robert Watchorp
Ellis Island
New York
Helen M. Bullis
Bullis
Travelers’ Aid Society
Watchorn
United States
Still Owed for Them in Club Smoking Room
In a club smoking room a conversation centers on a friend who has not paid for car repairs. One man says he has not paid a copper for nine months, another repeats the same tale from a third party, highlighting owed repairs and pay delays.
Fortune for Princess Henry of Pless After $20 Million Inheritance
Princess Henry of Pless and her husband inherit $20 million from the duke of Pless estate. Known in society as Daisy West before marriage, she adapts to life at Furstenstein castle and keeps up fashionable ties with London. Their son was baptized in London with the queen as sponsor.
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Princess Henry of
Pless
Duke of
England
Princess Henry
Daisy West
Cornwallis-West
Prince Henry
Furstenstein
Prince
London
A Bald Spot Feels Hot to Kadger
Kadger confesses to a doctor that a hot spot on his head worries him. The physician confirms the heat signals a developing bald patch, delivering a blunt explanation about hair loss.
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Kadger
Advice Is Cheap and Easy Says Senator Burrows
A newspaper interview quotes Senator Burrows on giving advice, noting its low cost and ease. He recalls a rural scene where a thin boy pushes a heavy cart uphill, and an old man suggests zigzagging to ease the load while the boy curtly asks for a shove.
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Burrows
Big Lake Steamer Nimmick Wrecked Off Whitefish Point
The $50,000 lake steamer Alexander Nimmick of Cleveland wrecked on the southern shore of Lake Superior 13 miles west of Whitefish Point. Six or seven crew perished, including Capt. John Randall and Steward Thomas Parent, with First Mate James Hayes among the dead. Eleven survivors struggled ashore after their vessel broke apart in the gale.
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Detroit Mich
Alexander Nimmick
Cleveland
Lake Superior
White Fish Point
John Randall
Algonac
Mich
Thomas Perant
Port Huron
James Hayes
Detroit
Amon’g
Grand Marais
Vermillion Point
Whitefish Point
Randall
Big Lake
St. Mary’s River
Capt
Steward Parent
Parent
Hayes
Mob Drags Suspect After Attempted Assault Near Mobile
Mrs. Reeder, an elderly Whistler resident, was assaulted by Mose Dossett. Deputies attempted to transport him to Mobile for safekeeping but a mob of about twelve men stopped them, hanged Dossett from a tree limb, then dispersed. Dossett was identified and captured earlier.
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Mobile
Ala
How to Clean Marble and Nickel Items
How to remove stains from a marble washstand use lemon juice first if stains persist rub with spirits of salts on a cloth this is last resource as it roughens surface and can burn hands. For nickel clean like silver or with metal polishes safe for nonfood contact then dry with whiting.
Liar Finds Pride Tested by Love and an Engagement
In a stormy scene near the sea Elaie tells Mr Manner ing she loves him not. He mocks her silence and reveals his engagement, insisting his pride and jealously drive the moment. The exchange ends with his cold warning.
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Elaie
Mr. Mannering
Railroad velocipede struck by freight train kills three near Waukegan
In Chicago on Sept 23 a Northwestern freight train hit a railroad velocipede near Waukegan causing three deaths. Victims are Frank Greenman a telegraph operator from Upton Illinois Michael Fum of Chicago and Roselle Filipelli from Waukegan both section hands. The wreck was blamed on missing signal lights. All were married.
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Chicago, Ill
Northwestern
Waukegon
Frank Greenman
Upton
Michael Fum
Chicago
Roselle Filipelli
Coal Pockets Destroyed by Fire in Elmira
Fire wiped out the Erie railroad coal pockets at the Erie division headquarters in Elmira on Sunday night. The loss is estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Elmira
N. Y
Erie Railroad
Erie Division
Quite the Reverse
Towne notes a clever little book for clubmen with a play on misdirection while Browne focuses on clues and omits any worry about the don'ts. The Philadelphia Press cites the exchange as a pointed remark on intrigue and social clubs.
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Towne
Browne
Philadelphia Press
Conscience Shoals In a Parlor Debate Over a Horse Trade
A fragment recalls a man praised as good yet accused of cheating in a horse trade. A companion quips that when a man trades his conscience it always sails away, spirit and ethics adrift in a breezy exchange.
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Sir
Sloop
Insanity Motive Alleged in Armstrong Homicide Suicide
Simon Elison, station agent at Armstrong, shot and killed his 1 year old daughter Artis during a fit of insanity and then fatally wounded himself with a revolver, intending the wound to be fatal.
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Armstrong
Minh
Simon Elison
Artis
Tell us Tellus Runs Aground Near Grays Harbor
Norwegan steamer Tellus laden with coal from Nanaimo to Portland ran ashore on North Spit at Grays Harbor entrance. The vessel broke in two and the cargo was deemed total losses.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Tellus
Nanaimo
B.C
Portland
North Spit
Grays Harbor
Hillsboro Celebrates 100th Anniversary with Large Parade
Hillsboro marks its 100th settlement anniversary drawing over 20,000 visitors. An industrial parade three miles long showcased city manufacturing and business leaders. A week of rail and tram activity accompanied concerts by six bands. The afternoon program began at 2 p.m. with Col. Dr. Morrow presiding and several judges and local officials delivering addresses.
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Hillsboro
Union
Dr. Morrow
Cyrus Newby
S. F. Steele
George L. Garrett
This City
Ted B. Galloway
J. S Boardman
Columbus
R. T. Trimble
New Vienna
Mrs McKinley's Body Placed in New Mausoleum Casket
In Canton Ohio the remains of Mrs McKinley lie in a new sarcophagus at the McKinley mausoleum on Monument Hill guarded by U S regulars. Half a mile away the late president rests in a parallel casket in the vault, also guarded. Both bodies are in good preservation and moved from older caskets to the new mausoleum containers.
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Canton
McKinley
Monument Hill
United States
President McKinley
Attempted Blackmail Sentence in Bellefontaine Case
Chas A Dudium a Cleveland draftsman was brought here on a charge of blackmail filed by the Bellefontaine Bridge and Steel Co where he was formerly employed. He is charged with writing a letter demanding a $100 draft be sent to him in Cleveland or he would inform an Indianapolis firm that work done for it was not per contract.
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Bellefontaine, O
Chas. A. Dudium
Cleveand
Bellefontaine Bridge and Steel Co
Dudium
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Storm claims life and damages in Muskingum valley
A storm in the Muskingum valley caused one death and extensive property damage. Herman Pletcher was struck by lightning at Deavertown, Morgan County, and died. A belt struck and razed Isaac Ford’s large barn near Fultonham.
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Zanesville
Muskingum Valley
Deavertown
Morgan County
Herman Pletcher
Isaac Ford
Fultonham
Vermilion writer committed to Toledo asylum after mental adjudication
Mrs Stelen Kelsey Fox of Vermillion was found sane by Judge Sloane but committed to the Toledo asylum. Physicians attribute her condition to overwork as a contributor to magazines and writer of children’s stories.
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Sandusky
Stelen Kelsey Fox
Vermillion
Sloane
Toledo
Erie railroad bed collapse near Creston traps line
A 100 foot section of the Erie railroad bed one mile west of Creston, Wooster area, subsided twenty feet leaving impassable track. Authorities suspect a large underground lake nearby, noting other roads have suffered similar subsidence.
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Wooster, O
Erie
Creston
Typhoid Outbreak Traced to Hamburger Meat
Ten families in Lima report typhoid fever after eating hamburger steak. The typhoid germs traced to the meat raise fear of an epidemic. Local health officials investigate and urge caution.
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Lima
A Chinaman's Fear Ends in Tragic Death at Ra Vine
Yee Fong a Chinese laundryman of Mingo Junction Ohio was found dead with his throat cut in a ravine near town. Officials say his mental distress stemmed from fear that his money would be stolen.
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Mingo Junction
Farmer John Metz Makes Assignment in Wapakeneta
John Metz a wealthy farmer of Wapakeneta Ohio assigns his assets for creditors. He lives two miles east and reports assets about 12000 dollars with liabilities over 9000 dollars. The move aims to satisfy debts through the assignment.
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Wapakeneta
John Metz
Urbana to Get American Automatic Telephone Co Plant
Urbana, Ohio, will host the American Automatic Telephone Co moving from New York with 500 mechanics to be employed. The city completed valuing the company’s stock at 150000 dollars as required by the firm.
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Urbana, O
American Automatic Telephone Co
New York State
Urbana
Lima man named receiver for Anchor Oil Co assets
Charles H. Bast is appointed receiver for Anchor Oil Co with properties in Allen and Auglaize counties. The company, formed by Lima residents in 1894, has failed to provide an accounting to the treasurer.
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Lima, O
Charles H. Bast
Anchor Ol Co
Allen County
Auglaize
Lima
Fourth Brother Killed in Cambridge Coal Mines
John Manley aged 4 a mule driver in the Idea coal mines was killed by a fall of grate. He is the fourth brother in the family to die in the same manner.
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Cambridge, O
John Manley
Idea
Rockefeller cuts wages for student workers at Forest Hill
In Cleveland, John D. Rockefeller trimmed student summer pay from 1.50 to 1.25 dollars a day. Ten years of giving to education total about 85 million, Chicago university receive 21.4 million, while the Forest Hill estate hires college men to mow lawns. Workers see longer hours and shorter lunch breaks under the policy.
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Cleveland, O
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Education
Chicago University
Forest Hill
Jones
Use of chemicals in rejuvenated potatoes worries state dairy
Food Commissioner Dunlap reports a Ohio State University professor found potatoes with last year’s crop traits treated with chemicals. The husky peeled skin and pinkish color worry officials as to safety and possible action if these potatoes enter this year’s market.
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Columbus
State Dairy and Food Department
Dunlap
Ohio State University
Health Conference Set for October 17 in Cincinnati
A state board of health conference with representatives from local boards is scheduled for Thursday October 17 in Cincinnati. The meeting, held under a recent act, requires each city village and township in the southern half of Ohio to send a representative.
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Columbus
State Board of Health
Boards of Health
Cincinnati
Wellston Brakeman Crushed While Attempting Train Board
William Pickering of Portsmouth, a B. and O. brakeman, slipped while trying to board an engine and suffered both legs crushed. He refused anaesthetic during amputation, showing remarkable nerve. He died a few hours after the operation before his wife could reach Wellston.
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Wellston
William Pickering
Portsmouth
Pickering
Urbana mother accused in child abduction case
In Urbana Ohio Mrs Mary S Shaffer allegedly kidnapped her 11 year old son and left on a southbound train. She had previously taken the boy to the Children's home after his birth and was later unable to care for him. Mrs Anna Goldsberry took him from the home and refused to return him when Shaffer claimed him.
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Wamsleyville
Jesse Wamsley
F. A. Coleman
Wamsley
Urbana, O
Mary S. Shaffer
Despondent Ohio Woman Taken Own Life Near Oakwood
Mrs Walter Harmon 26 living near Oakwood Ohio committed death by taking carbolic acid. She phoned her grandmother and mother before the act. She lived only four hours after relatives arrived. Despondency from ill health cited as cause.
Athens reunion honors county soldiers and sailors
A two days reunion in Athens Ohio brought together county veterans with Gov. Harris as guest of Maj. J. M. Goodspeed. Prominent representation came from the 92d 180 and 75th regiments, the latter including the governor as a member.
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Athens
Athens County Soldiers and Sailors
Gov. Harris
J. M. Goodspeed
Missing Berea native Norman A Churchill
Norman A Churchill, 75, a former Berea Ohio resident, is missing from his New York home. His sister Miss Sophy Churchill reported the disappearance to police. He is in feeble health and is believed to have wandered away after moving here five years ago.
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New York
Norman A Churchill
Berea
Sophy Churchill
Merkle Appointed Receiver for Long Dump Wagon Co
On the board of directors application Charles K. Merkle was named receiver with a bond set at 10000 dollars. The firm was organized three years ago but has been active in business since last April.
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Marlon, O
Long Dump Wagon Co
Charles KE. Merkle
Train Avoidance Incident Injures City Officials
Superintendent of Streets James Miskell and George McCue of Martin's Ferry were seriously injured when a Wheeling Traction Co car struck them as they swerved to avoid a train. They drove onto a street car track during the evasive maneuver.
Black Hand Suspected in Columbus Laborer Death
The body of Tony Natick an Italian laborer was found in Pantandle yards with his skull crushed by a coupling pin. Police suspect the Black Hand organized crime group was behind the murder in Columbus Ohio.
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Black Hand
Columbus
Tony Natick
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