Boodle investigation links checks to bribery vote
Subpoenas issued for Broker James Campbell and cashier Wim Reed in the Boodle inquiry. Two checks totaling 47500 linked to bribery for a lightning bill passed by the House of Delegates. Campbell and Reed reportedly absent in the east. Grand jury sessions continue as habeas corpus petitions for four former delegates fail.
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St. Louis
Fork
James C. Campbell
Wim. Reed
Yuling
Ed Butler
Campbell
House of Delegates
Upton
Reed
East
Vallant
Supreme Court
Roumania Reportedly Suspends Jewish Emigration Passports
Washington notes that Roumania may stop issuing passports to Jews seeking to emigrate to America. Officials view this as a direct acknowledgment of Secretary Hay's warnings on Jewish immigration and its root causes. The action would shift the U S stance to reliance on the note to the powers while still urging betterment of Roumanian Jewry.
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Washington
Roumania
America
Hay
United States
Out of Deaths Jaws and Smallpox Report
A Durham North Carolina man credits Dr. King s New Life Pills with saving his life from years of stomach and liver trouble. The ad notes the pills cost 25 cents at local druggists. The governor received word of five or six smallpox cases in Laurens county.
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P. Muse
Durham
N.C
Dr. King
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Laurens County
Real Estate Agent T. S. Carter Promotes Listings
Before buying, selling or renting, it will pay you to see T. S. Carter, the real estate agent.
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T. S. Carter
Shocking Butchery In New York Restaurant
Wealthy patron James B. Craft dies after a brutal assault at the Empire Garden cafe on West Twenty ninth Street. Police say Tobin and accomplices used knockout drops then hacked Craft with a cleaver and hid the body in a furnace. Robbery is suspected. multiple suspects are in custody.
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New York
James B. Craft
Glen Cove
L. L
West Twenty-ninth Street
Broadway
Craft
Thomas Polic
Tobin
Withuthe
Walter Craft
Cortlandt Street
Alexander McAnerney
Robert Kelly
Plo
Lobin
Thomas Kelly
Porter Kelly
Empire
Mamie Moore
MeAnerney
Observations in the Rocky Mountains by an Lancastrian Traveler
A Lancaster native recounts a Colorado journey from Denver to Grand Junction. He notes sights on Tennessee Pass and the Grand River Canon, Glenwood Springs baths, Grand Valley’s fruit riches, cabbage and oversized apples, beet prospects, wheat yields, and cheap coal. He praises Colorado climate and Grand Valley’s health appeal.
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Rocky Mountains
Old Lancaster
United States
Canada
Panhandle
Colorado
Denver
Boulder
Manitou
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Trinidad
Grand Junction
Leadville
Tennessee Pass
Great Western
Range
Grand River
Glenwood Springs
Saratoga
Grand Janet
Boon
Grand
Gunnison Rivers
Salt Lake
Little Rock Cliff Mountains
Grand Mesa
Book Cliffs
Grand Valley
Grand Lake
America
California
Lancaster
Westward fever warning and local notices
Letters warn against western migration and high living costs while highlighting Colorado visitor trade. A South Carolina reader urges young men to stay home and gain education before chasing riches in the West. Also reported is a Colorado marriage case and a tonic advertisement noting iron and quinine in tasteless form.
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Colorado
Colorado Springs
South Carolina
Loncaster County
Joan M. Crata
Grand Junction
Colo
Grove
Life in peril: Texan credits Electric Bitters cure
Alfred Bee of Welfare Texas tells how biliousness back pain and fatigue left him worn out until Electric Bitters revived his health He now sleeps well eats normally and works hard He praises the tonic as giving vigor and strength Available for 50c at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co drug stores.
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Molineux
Young
Pulitzer
Tobin
McAnerney
Kelly
McAncroey
Alfred Bee
Welfare
Tex
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Cough Remedy Claims Quick Cure for Cold
An ad touts iStops the Cough and the Cora claiming to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. The offer promises no cure no pay and a price of 25 cents.
Bank official in Vienna robs bank then drowns himself
A Vienna bank official robbed the bank of 1,150,000 dollars before taking his own life by drowning, according to initial police findings. Investigators are reviewing security footage and financial records to determine motive and whether other staff were involved.
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Vienna
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