Stolen Mail Pouch With $106000 In Jewelry Recovered
A registered mail pouch stolen from a Kansas City union depot on June 6 containing $50,000 in currency and $106,000 in diamonds was found by a Rock Island railroad switch crew in Kansas City Kansas. Four empty envelopes indicated the currency was taken. unopened packages were handed to federal authorities.
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Union Depot
Kansas City
Rock Island Road
Kas
William Louth
Louth
Postmaster General Meyer Creates a New Accounting Division
Postmaster General Meyer signs an order creating an accounting section within the bureau of the third assistant postmaster general. The unit will record revenues and expenditures of the post office department, its administration of postal and money order services, and related resources and liabilities. The goal is correct bookkeeping principles and eventual analytical cost statistics.
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Meyer
Found guilty in land fraud case against four westerners
Frederick A Hyde and Joseph H Schneider were convicted on most counts in a government land fraud trial in Washington. John A Benson and Henry P Dimond were acquitted on all forty two counts and released. Hyde and Schneider face higher bail while Benson and Dimond had bonds set and released. Wealthy Charles Madison of Kingfisher Oklahoma was found dead with robbery suspected after receiving 4700 for a farm before his death.
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Frederick A. Hyde
John A Benson
Henry P. Dimond
Crimnal Court
Washington
Benson
Far West
Dimond
Hyde
Schneider
Charles Madison
Kingfisher
Okla
Madison
Manila Companies Fined For Trade Conspiracy
Twenty four Manila wrapping paper manufacturers were fined 2000 dollars each by Judge Hough in the U S circuit court. They pleaded guilty Friday to maintaining an illegal combination in restraint of trade as members of the Manila and Fibre association. Admits Killing His Wife. George Willoughby of Milwaukee Wisconsin pleaded guilty to shooting his wife on March 22 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Willoughby, a prominent Milwaukee businessman, threw himself on the mercy of the court.
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Manila
Hough
United States
Manila and Fibre Association
George Willoughby
Milwaukee
Wis
Willoughby
Reinstatement Reached in Des Moines Railway Dispute
Agreement ends conflict between Des Moines Railway and its workers after five men were discharged last week. All parties reached a settlement Sunday and the five employees will be reinstated.
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Des Moines Railway Company
Mrs Pinkham sails for three months in Europe
Mrs. Pinkham of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts sails with her son Arthur W. Pinkham and younger family members for Naples on May 20 for a three months tour of Europe and a vacation.
Jersey Legislation Provokes Strong Reactions in Capitol
A New Jersey legislator condemns a gubernatorial action on bills describing it as a disgusting insult while a colleague, irked by the move, quips about mosquito bills in a strained exchange on state legislative process.
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Jersey
New Jersey
Eczema Cured After Year of Suffering with Cuticura
Mrs. Algy Cockburn of Shiloh Ohio recounts her son Clyde’s yearlong ordeal with eczema. After doctors offered little help, using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent led to first night of sleep and six weeks to full recovery per a leading physician’s recommendation.
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Clyde
Veteran of Three Wars Pioneer of Colorado and Nebraska
Matthias Campbell a Civil War and two Indian wars veteran and pioneer of Colorado, now living at 218 East Nebraska Street, described by Blahr Ned. as a man of notable endurance and frontier life. The ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills, claimed to cure advanced kidney troubles, sold for 60 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Matthias Campbell
Colorado
East
Nebraska Street
Blahr
Ned
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Marine Eye Remedy and Local Ads Across Peoria
An OCR fragment presents an ad style mix mentioning Marine Eye Remedy sold by local druggists and a "4 Page Book" with pricing. It references dealers in Peoria Illinois and includes literary quotes attributed to Nerval and Norton. The text is fragmented but indicates period advertisement tone.
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Marine
Aek Your Druggs Marine Eye Remedy. Co
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Cutiura
Nebraska
Tawis
Straicht Sc
Peoria
Nerval
Allen
All Druggiete
Allen S. Olmated
Roy
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peora
Norton
Mia. Winslow
Carters
N. U. Lincoln
Excelsior Springs
F. O. B. Excelsior
Empire Mineral Water Company
Missouri
Heppes Roofers
Hoppes
Babin
Neo Pet Cies al Comant
uThe Hoopes Company
Fee Cenrenenean Mese Centee
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