Railroads freight rates and celestial odds collide in LaPorte
An 1908 style report blends a Satunlay convention scene with political jabs at Auditor Guil bert and Treasurer McKinnon. It notes President Roosevelt delaying a rail rate bill while observing no panic as business failures rise versus 1907. Local readers in LaPorte also hear mentions of astronomical events and Mercury near the sun.
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Mercury
Son
Waising
Vieln
Laporte
Indiana
Fragmentary Political Rhetoric Mentions Mouser Convention Bluff
A disjointed OCR passage describes conflicts within a conference and attacks on rivals, noting that Genatore Foraker and Dick were omitted from resolutions while Mous ter threatened to lead a floor fight for recognition. The text hints at bluffing and internal maneuvers at a convention.
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Genatore Foraker
Congressan Mouster
Cleveland Improves After Illness at Lakewood Hotel
Lakewood N W May 11 Reports say former President Grover Cleveland has had a comfortable twenty four hours and continues to improve. Flowers fill the Cleveland apartments as friends send blooms. Mrs Cleveland visited services at the Presbyterian church and walked about town, saying he is doing nicely and had a comfortable night.
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Lakewood
N. W
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Mra. Cleveland
Presbyterian Chrch
New Anaesthetic Brovaine Promises Long Lasting Block
A report from London outlines a new anaesthetic called Brovaine, aka Chlorohydrate of Dimethylamine benzoyipentanol, injected into the spine and lasting ninety minutes with numbness but preserved consciousness. It contrasts with gaseous anaesthetics for control, notes trials in Paris hospitals, and cites cautions from English doctors about neural risks and the need for controlled dosing.
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Fourseau
Paris
London Mall
Currency Committee Reports Broad Emergency Banking Plan
Washington May 11 Special currency committees of the house Republicans met in a final session with Representative Burton. They intend to report a complete bill to the adjourned season of the Republican conference. The plan includes a unanimous report and outlines an emergency note system backed by banks forming citywide associations with joint liability. A redemption fund would safeguard notes with a tax on emitted currency. Details on total issue size and tax are not yet set and will be determined tonight.
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Republican Conference
Fowler
House
Republicans
Burton
Big
Tonijsht
House Banking and Orrency
Axwork
Murder Frustrates Baseball Game in Mahanoy City
On May 1 a tied game between Mahanoy City and a Pottstown team was halted when a fielder found a murdered infant’s body, strangled with a string. Umpires halted play. players consented to call the game after the grisly discovery.
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Mahanoy
Mahanoy City
Pottaville
Jim
Antley
Ted
Public dispute over Venezuela expulsion spurs Franco and Roosevelt barbs
Parle reports that the expulsion of eight Frenchmen from Venezuela intensifies French anger at Castro's treatment of foreigners. The Temps criticizes Franco for not sending ships and urges Roosevelt to act boldly, framing a potential lesson for Venezuela and Franco's stance amid diplomatic tensions.
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Venezuela
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Temps
Franco
Puerto Cabello
M. Talgny
Veneucla
Mays
Rock Crashes Through Roof of Coach Near Fate
A rock crash damaged a coach on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Fate seven miles from Hemmwood, as the Chicago and New York exprom on the road. The incident occurred on a Sunday, with debris breaching the roof and injuring no reported passengers.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Chicago
New York
Baltimore
Ohio
Tient
Warly
Train crash injures three on hillside derailment
A hillside collapse rolled onto a smoking car, injuring three passengers as the train, at forty miles an hour, halted at Fadmont where physicians tended to the injured men.
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Fadmont
Surgeon Resuscitates Patient by Squeezing Heart During Lung Operation
In Hartford on May 11 Dr. D F Sullivan performed a daring heart squeeze during a lung surgery on Nunvlo Chiatti La lying in St Francis hospital. The heart beat was briefly irregular then stopped and was restarted by Sullivan squeezing the heart and pushing blood through arteries. A second squeeze near the operation’s end restored circulation, allowing the patient to rest comfortably post procedure.
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Hartford
M J
Sullivan
St. Francis Hospital
Wreck Averted On Pennsylvanian Line Near McDonald
Washington May 11 a would be train wrecker failed to count on the ring of shifting engine and an obstruction placed on the Penn Handle line between Lenore and McDonald. The fast eastbound train from St Louis to Pittsburgh was saved when the switching crew found the obstruction and ran into it causing a derailment of the wrecking train instead. Detectives are probing a crew tied to the incident.
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Washington
St.outs
Pittalung
Pennylvania
Lene
McDonald
Monsey
Curious Visitors Continue Page One Rumors
The article fragment notes curiosity about an old Lindhoe affair as visitors and a hired man on the farm are mentioned amid rumors that YWlu had appeared in the past several days, suggesting a developing local intrigue.
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Vourch
Olt Lindhoe
Fam
Ywlu
Mystery surrounds Mrs Guinness case in Laporte
Laporte officials prepare to search the Guinness house for evidence after new letters surface linking Mrs Guinness to a marriage scheme. A $5000 reward is offered for Belle Gunness or any accomplice as deputies plan further digs and investigations into the house cellar and yard.
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Thamas Lindoe
LaSalle Street
Chicago
Laporte
Olaf Landbow
Guinness
Carl Peterson
Waupaca
Wis
J. T. Queeleay
Blair
Trempelean County
Amit
Smutzer
Louis Scholts
Ind
Taporte
BeMe Gunness
Final Adjournment Delays as Pension Bill Passes Congress
The Final Adjournment notes the largest pension bill ever passed by Congress and that the legislative executive and judicial bills remain in conference since March. The delay arises from absent conferees rather than substantive disagreement. Progress is expected this week on remaining conference bills, with a senate vote on the agricultural bill at 4 p.m. Monday before it goes to conference. An omnibus building bill with substantial funding is also anticipated.
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Ttme
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