Burlington rail tours and homeseekers excursions
Cheap April one way to California and low round trips to California on April 25 and 26 and to Pacific Coast June 1 to Sept 15. Sioux City round trip $63.90 with $15 via Shasta Route. Yellowstone Park tours via Gardiner or Salt Lake and Colorado. Homeseekers excursions to Western Nebraska Colorado Utah and Big Horn Basin plus a Wyoming irrigated land drawing May 12. Oregon Basin Canal land draw May 12. Written by D Clem Deaver Burlington Landseekers Information Bureau Omaha.
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California
Puget Sound
Pacific Coast
Sioux City
Shasta
Yellowstone Park
Wonderland
Gardiner
Park
Salt Lake
Colorado
Nebraska
Utah
Big Horn Basin
West
Wyoming
Oregon Basin Canal
D. Clem Deaver
Burlington Landseekers’ Information Bureau
Omaha
Denver
Black Hills
Burlington Main Line
Test of Whitehead Torpedo on Monitor Florida at Fort Monroe
June 15 report from Fort Monroe, Virginia notes the Florida torpedo test proceeded on schedule and was deemed satisfactory. damage was largely localized, with the ship badly damaged but not fatally. observers described a dramatic water plume and noted pumps were used to prepare towing to drydock.
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Fort Monroe
Florida
Navy Yard
French Parliament Delays Abolition of Death Penalty
Paris reports growing violent crime prompts parliament to postpone any move to abolish the death penalty. The guillotine remains unused as no funds are provided for executioners and many sentences are commuted to life imprisonment.
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France
Paris
Republic
New Mining Law To Close Illinois Mines July 1
George W. Thompson of Galesburg declares a new mining law will shut down every Illinois mine on July 1 when the certificate of competency becomes mandatory. The act creates county examining boards of three miners to issue certificates, but appointments start only after the law takes effect.
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Galesburg
Ill
George W. Thompson
Illinois
Conscience contribution of 8000 sent to treasury
Secretary Cortelyou received an unsigned letter with 8000 dollars postmarked Jersey City. The sender admits taking government money years ago and says this amount brings total repaid to 40000 dollars, returned gradually over several years to the treasury.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Jersey City
Conscience Fund
The
Treasury
Hill Meets Roosevelt Then Plans Vacation Leave
J. J. Hill chairman of the Great Northern railroad conferred with President Roosevelt at the White House and announced he would take his vacation. He declined to discuss politics or finance but said any corporation violating the law should be prosecuted to the fullest extent.
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Washington
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Roosevelt
Japanese brides delayed by new immigration rules at Seattle port
More than fifty proxy Japanese brides arrived aboard the Tango Maru and about a dozen intended husbands waited at the dock to receive them. New immigration regulations prevent the brides from leaving the vessel, likely delaying clearance for two weeks while inspectors process passengers.
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Seattle
Wash
Wealthy Man Sent to Prison in Seattle Manslaughter Case
Guy C Stratton a prominent clubman and lumberman was convicted of manslaughter for running over seven year old Henrietta Johnson in Seattle on January 26. He received an indeterminate sentence of one to twenty years and a $500 fine from Judge Frater.
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Seattle
Wash
Guy C Stratton
Henrietta Johnson
Frater
Superior Court
Notice to Creditors in Horace M Stevens Estate
Administratrix Mary E Stevens seeks all creditors and claimants against Horace M Stevens deceased of Sycamore Illinois. Claims with vouchers must be filed within six months of first publication with Bailey and Voorhees at their Sioux Falls office. First publication June 4 1908.
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South Dakota
Beache
Horace M. Stevens
Sycamore
DeKalb
Illinois
Sioux Falls
Mary E. Stevens
Bailey & Voorhees
Summons in Beadle County Circuit Court 1908 case
In the Ninth Judicial Circuit Lewis A. McTaggart sues F T Walker Frederick Ely and H L Upton and their heirs executors and assigns. South Dakota greets the defendants and requires answer by thirty days after service. May 19 1908 Huron South Dakota attorneys C A Kelley and James Byrnes.
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State of
South Dakota
Beache
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Lewis A. McTaggart
Plantiff
F. T. Walker
Frederick Ely
Hiram L. Upton
Beadle County
Huron
Soth Dakota
A. D
C. A. Kelley
James Byrnes
Estate of W. S. Lamb Deceased Notice to Creditors
Administrator GC A Kelley announces an estate claim window of four months from first publication. Creditors and others with claims against W. S. Lamb deceased must present vouchers to the administrator in Huron Beadle County South Dakota. Dated June 1 1908. Attorneys C A Kelley and James Byrnes represent the administrator.
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Lamb
Huron
Beadle
South Dakota
GC. A. Kelley
W. S. Lamb
C. A. Kelley
James Byrnes
Public Sale Notice of Black Stallion on May 23 1908
John E. Ward advertises a public sale on May 23 1908 at the corner of Dakota Avenue and Second Street. A black stallion with a white stripe, about nine years old and weighing roughly 1,550 pounds, will be sold.
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Dakota Avenue
Second Street
John E. Ward
Federal Building Site Advertising Seeks Huron South Dakota Offer
Treasury Department announces June 4 1908 bid for a suitable centrally located site in Huron South Dakota for a federal building. Proposals due 2 p m June 1908 must include diagram and details on foundations streetcar proximity sewers gas water mains and city land ownership with sealed proposals marked for oral building site at Huron South Dakota and mailed to the Secretary in Washington D C.
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Treasury Department
Washington, D.C
United States
Huron
Kota
South Ota
Eee
Sabiyee Sswanton
D. C
Judge Orders Acquittal in Harrisburg Conspiracy Case
In Harrisburg a jury acquits former State Treasurer Snyder former Auditor General Mathues and former Superintendent Shumaker of conspiracy to defraud the state over a $17 789 bill for metallic furniture. The court kept Congressman Cassell and architect Joseph Hueston for trial. The judge ruled evidence failed to prove a conspiracy despite a $5 099 alleged loss and deputy actions cited by the prosecution.
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Harrisburg
June
Capitol
Snyder
Mathues
Aker
Shumaker
Mysterious Madame Ruiz Named in Divorce Suit
New York June 13 Madame Ruiz identified in a new divorce case as wife of Senor don Antonio Ruiz y Olivares Cuban legation attache. Plaintiff cites Antonio Ruiz as husband and Dona Agnes O'Brien de Ruiz as defendant. Madame Ruiz formerly Mary Agnes O'Brien born Missouri age twenty five married August 17 1903.
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New York
Madame Ruiz
Ellen French Vanderbilt
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Senor
Don Antonio Ruiz Y Olivares
Washington
Senora
Dona Agnes O’brien de Ruiz
Ruiz
Mary Agnes O
Harry Brenchley
Funeral of Colonel John F Finerty in Chicago
The funeral of Colonel John F Finerty former president of the United Irish league of America was held at the Church of the Holy Angels with requiem mass by Father Maurice J Dorny and a sermon by Rev Frank Reynolds. Active pallbearers included Judge Elbridge M Haney William Dillon and others. Mayor Busse former Mayor Dunne Bishop Fallows and General W H Carter were honorary pallbearers. Services at the home by the Grand Army of the Republic preceded the mass and the body was escorted to the church by Irish American military and civic societies.
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Chicago
John F. Finerty
United Irish League of America
Church of the Holy Angels
Maurice J. Dorney
Frank Reynolds
Aurora
Ill
Elbridge Mhaneey
William Dillon
Alexander Sullivan
John Guerin
P. T. Barry
Busse
Dunne
Fallows
Hirsch
W. H. Carter
U.S. A
Grand Army of the Republic
Nine Workmen Killed in Dynamite Blast
A premature dynamite explosion at Chamber Bros' camp east of Winnipeg on the Grand Trunk Pacific construction site killed nine workers and left several others injured. The accident occurred June 13 as the station gang carried out blasting operations.
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Winnipeg
Man
Chamber Bros
Here
Grand Trunk Pacific Construction
Actor Albert Crosby Beaten and Killed in New York Robbery
In West Twenty-seventh Street witnesses saw two highwaymen assault and rob Albert Crosby of Boston, an actor in The Road to Yesterday. Crosby died in hospital from a fractured skull after bystanders rushed to aid him as the assailants fled.
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New York
West Twenty-seventh Street
Albert Crosby
Boston
Crosby
Pearls From Flood Waters Reported Along Mississippi
The receding Mississippi flood reveal thousands of dollars in pearls cast up by the high water. About five thousand dollars in pearls were found at Prairie du Chien with other valuable finds reported from Genoa Lansing Victory and additional river points along the stretch.
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la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi River
Prairie du Chien
Genoa
Lansing
Victory
May Adopt English System For Track Bets
Gravesend L I June 13 It is apparent that an attempt will be made to adopt the English system of credit betting at race tracks in the Metropolitan district Under this system no money is passed and no settlements are made at the tracks A crowd of about 8000 somewhat smaller than usual attended the placing.
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Gravesend
L. I
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Ayer
Ayers Vers
J. C. Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Gio
HMC Hunt
V. E. Jones City Passenger Agt
Sioux City, la
W. F. R. Whorton
Office World Building
Pyr
H. C, Durkee
M. D
D.20
Root
the Embalmer
Undertaker
August Tams
Huron, South Dakota
H &. Mouser
J. H. Mahaffy
DR. Chambers
World Building
Huron FS. D
Odoentist
DR. v. 8S. Jones
Atte No
James Valley Bank
Whitehead
Uncle Sam
White House
Sec
B. Cortelrou
Vanderbilt
Grand Trunk Pacific Line
Lonestaff
Third Street
Dak
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