Inheritance In Western Canada Opens Lands for Settlement
A reader-driven feature touts Western Canada lands in Saskatchewan Valley and Assiniboia for homesteading and purchase. It notes strong soils, high yields of wheat oats and barley, excellent climate, and rapid farmer prosperity on limited means, urging readers to contact Canadian government agents for details.
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Western
Canada
Railway
Colonization
Saskatchewan Valley
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Iowa
Jewel Robbery and Extortion Case At Edwards Sloan Firm
Twenty year old William Dearduff a clerk at Edwards Sloan wholesale jewelers Kansas City stole diamonds worth 3100 then hatched an extortion plan sending a letter to threaten kidnapping of the jeweler's son. He later confessed after rings were found in the basement and said he wounded himself during the incident. He has admitted planning the robbery alone and will be prosecuted for grand larceny.
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William Dearduff
Kansas City
Edwards & Sloan
Dearduff
Edwards
Havana Gas stockholder alleges extortion scheme
A Havana Gas stockholder sues alleging extortion by individuals claiming Washington clout to regulate crude oil duties. The company reportedly paid 40000 in commissions over two years as Governor General Wood orders an official investigation. General Miles and party return to Washington from Cuba duty tour assessing Platt Amendment fate and Cuban defenses.
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Havana, Cuba
Washington
Wood
Udeal
Miles
Cuba
Root
Havana
Trains collide at junction in Columbus. fireman gravely injured
A Big Four freight train straddled the track at the junction with Baltimore and Ohio when a passenger train on the latter line hit the coupling and split the freight. The impact shook passengers but caused no serious damage. Fireman James Drake leapt from the cab after the crash and suffered a fractured skull and broken jaw. doctors say he will die.
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Columbus
Baltimore and
Ohio
James Drake
Coabh
New Bank to Start Up in Niles Michigan
Word from Niles Michigan reports a suspended First National bank building and fixtures listed for sale to James Reynolds and D. S. & Co. as the start up of a new bank venture.
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Niles
Michigan
First National Bank
James Reynolds
Bank figures linked to New Carlisle move
New Carlisle Indiana and Charles F Pears of Licuian will launch the Niles City bank with Mr Scoffon serving as president. Pears already acts as cashier at the First National Bank of Buchanan, which is headed by Scoffon.
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New Carlisle
Ind
Charles F. Pears
Licuian
Niles City Bank
Mr. Scoffon
First National Bank of Buchanan
Pears
Will Edits Paper From Prison Stripes For Editor Ray
George M. Ray editor of the Shelbyville Daily Democrat began a prison term and plans to run the paper from Stripes. He vows to continue opposing political foes while serving an intermediate sentence of two to fourteen years for defrauding Shelby County on printing contracts.
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George M. Ray
Shelbyville
Ind
Daily Democrat
Shelby County
Ray
Sultan Regime Heads Toward Political Endgame in Sulu
A Manila dispatch reports that post April 1 rebels in Sulu lose voting and office rights under local code as General Trias wraps insurgent remnants. The Philippine Commission extends the date to May and sails from Iloilo to Jolo for talks with the sultan. No new legislation is planned as the sultanate maintains control of the Sulu group.
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Manila
Trias
Philippine Commission
Tloilo
Jolo
Kidnaping Reported at Harvard Nebraska
A man named Lee from Inland allegedly abducted his daughter from Harvard after visiting the child left with the mother and grandparents. The couple had married years before but separated. the mother is visiting home when the incident occurred.
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Harvard
Neb
Lee
Stone
Kohlsaat Acquires Chicago Record in Record Herald Tie
Victor F. Lawson sells the Chicago Record to Hermann Kohlsaat who will publish with the Times Herald as the Chicago Record Herald. The Times Herald becomes the Record Herald and Frank B. Noyes gains an interest and will be publisher. H H Kohlsaat dedicates full time to editorial duties.
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Chicago Record
Victor F. Lawson
Record- Herald
Kick of Horse Proves Fatal in Nebraska Youth Death
Funeral held for Joel Hedman in Stromsburg Nebraska from the mission church. Revs Huttihan and Hedbloom officiated. Hedman, 19, died after a horse kicked him and he succumbed later. He was the son of a local family.
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Joel Hedman
Stromsburg
Neb
Huttihan
Hedbloom
Hedman
Kilkenny Cape discovery unveils 1641 42 Lords records
A bound volume or volumes found among Kilkenny Cape monuments contain the 1641 42 omners of the Lords Justices and Council of Ireland. They cover the early phase of the war between Confederate Catholics of Leinster and Ulster Irish versus Scotch Puritans and English Monarchists in Dublin.
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Kilkenny Cape
Lords Justices and Council of Ireland
Leinster
Ulster
Dublin
Odds and Ends From Owosso Theoselective Health Remedies
Owosso Michigan March 25 Special Elite Rebekah Lodge nearly loses its secretary Julia A Mallahan after a winter cold settled in her kidneys. Dodd's Kidney Pills praised for curing backache and kidney trouble. Elijah Collins dies at Highland station aged 86. Allen's Foot Ease advertised for tired feet. A Kansas man once bitten by a rattlesnake still drinks whisky to ease effects after seventeen years.
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Owosso
Mich
Rebekah
Lodge
Julia A. Mallahan
Dodd
Michigan
Dodds Medicine Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Elijah Collins
Magonic Lodge
Kansas
Highland Station
Garfield Tea Herb Medicine Purifies Blood and Life Boost
A 1900 letter from Maple Street, Notwen, N Y claims Garfield Tea purifies blood and renews vigor after winter. The writer credits Piso's Cure for Consumption and mentions a dressmaker aiding a distracted woman. Dated February 37, 1900.
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Piso
Maple Street
N. Y
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Kew
Great Saskatchewan Valley
Aasiniboia
Fessen
Indiana
Willo
Sultan
Kohlsaat
Chicago Times-Herald
Leeds
England
Nebraska
Ire Jatin A. Mallahan
Owesean, Mich
Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
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