Tramp Confesses Murder Then Hangs Himself in Nevada Ravine
The body of Charles Herzig, who wrote a confession to a Youngstown Ohio murder and rape from decades ago, was found hanging in a secluded ravine near Minot North Dakota. A note linked to Lizzie Grombacher’s case named Charles Sterling and referenced a veil fragment tied to the crime.
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Charles Herzig
Minot, N. C
Youngstown
Ohio
Herzig
Minot
N. D
Here
Ligzie KE
Grombacker
Charles Sterling
Catherine Herzig
Girard
Lizzie Grombacher
Olson
Death Valley
California
Loss of the Mikasa Casts Gloom in Tokyo
Tokio reports the flagship Mikasa sunk after a mast fire at Sasebo harbor. The disaster caused heavy casualties among rescuers with theories ranging from an electrical overcharge, while Admiral Togo was not aboard.
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Tokio
Togo
Sasebo
Japan
Curious phenomena succeed earthquake in Monteleone Italy
The burial work for earthquake victims continues as tents shelter the houseless. Wells at Piscoplo dry up while those at Santos Noerle overflow. The torrent at Pateno grows hot and valleys yield new springs and water courses.
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Monteleone
Italy
Piscoplo
Santos Noerle
Pateno
Christian Science Lecture in Pocatello by Judge Hanna
Judge Septimus J. Hanna will lecture in McNlchols and Wright Hall on September 14 1905 at 440 pm under the First Church of Christ Scientist of Pocatello Idaho. Admission is free and the subject is Christian Science is the Religion of the Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Septimus J. Hanna
Christian Science Board
First
Church of Christ Scientist
Boston
Mass
McNlchols and Wright Hall
First Church of Christ Scientia
Pocatello
Idaho
Ballard's Snow Liniment Praised for Sprains in 1901
A testimonial from Mrs. A. L. Cook of Claco Texas dated March 11 1901 reports a severe wrist sprain cured by Ballard's Snow Liniment after other remedies failed. The note lists price 1.00 and signature.
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Claco
Texan
Ballard
A. L. Cook
Komura Stricken With Typhoid Fever In New York
New York Sept 13 Doctors attending Baron Komura report the Japanese envoy has typoid fever. His temperature is high and his condition is described as dangerously ill. Nurses are stationed at his Waldorf apartment this evening as allies monitor his recovery.
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New York
Baron Komura
Fas
Waldorf-Astoria
Two Years for a Kiss at Suburban Hotel
John Fedderman a Black waiter at a suburban hotel received a two year jail term for assault after he kissed Mary White a guest's nursemaid on the cheek to win a wager. The act provoked strong hostility among hotel guests.
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Lalitimore
John Fedderman
Mary White
Armistice Talks Convene Near Mukden
General Fukashi, for Field Marshal Oyama, and Russian commissioners met at Shaboth station north of Chan tufu to arrange the details of the armistice.
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Mukden
Fukushima
Oyama
Shaboth
Chantufu
Hero of Three Wars General Graham Dead
General Lawrence Pike Graham U S A retired dies at Providence Hospital in Washington He served in the Seminole Mexican and Civil wars as an officer of the celebrated Second Dragoons and earned recognition across three major conflicts.
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Washington
Lawrence Pike Graham
Providence Hospital
Chloroform Plot Targeted Five in Portland Burglary
Frank Schurtz was arraigned in Portland municipal court on attempting to chloroform a five person family during a burglary at the home of Jacob Pusch a blacksmith reputed to keep a large sum of money. The assailant was identified by Pusch his daughters and the druggist who sold the chloroform.
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Portland
Oregon
Frank Schurtz
Jacob Pusch
Busch
Schurtz
Standard Oil Raises Crude Oil Prices Across Trades
Pittsburg reports Standard Oil today increased crude oil prices across all trades. Pennsylvania oil moves up three cents to $1.30 with other items including Tiona at $1.45 Corning 97 cents Newcastle $1.22 Cabul $1.05 North Lima 88 cents and South Lima Indiana 83 cents Somerset Tice Raglan 49 cents.
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Standard Oil
Pittsburg
Standard Oilompany
Pennsylvania
Tiona
Corning
Newcastle
Cabul
North Lima
South Lima
Indiana
Somerset
Tice
Raglan
Bannock Hotel Seeks Kitchen and Service Staff
Wanted advertisement listing a second cook dining room pivs and a chambermaid at the Bannock Hotel 339. The notice calls for roles in food service room service and housekeeping with unspecified duties and contact details.
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Bannock Hotel
Beauty and Health Claim for Herbine Advertisement
An 1901 testimonial promotes Herbine as a constipation preventer and digestive aid. Mrs. Wm. M. Stroud of Midlothian Texas credits it with health benefits after meals. Another line from Mrs A L Cook mentions its use for fever and malaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. M. Stroud
Midlothian
Texas
A. L. Cook
Fearful Odds Against Him and Final Recovery Tale
An aged soldier J. J. Mavens of Versailles O., long plagued by kidney disease, found no relief from doctors until Electric Bitters, which restored his health and prompted his on the road to complete recovery. The remedy, praised for liver and kidney troubles and stomach bowel complaints, is sold by Mrs. A. L. Cook for 600 with guarantee.
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Nedridden
Buch
J. J. Mavens
Versailles
A. L. Cook
Roosevelt denounces Parisien interview as fabrication
President Roosevelt rejects a Parisien interview report as an absolute fabrication. He says Gaston Richard obtained access under false pretenses as a supposed grandson of Marshal Augereau and had just returned from Manchurian battlefields. No peace terms discussion occurred.
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Oyster Bay
Petit Parisienne
Paris
Roosevelt
America
Gaston Richard
Marshal Augereau
Cromwell Testifies Mutual Life Profited From Syndicates
Frederick Cromwell treasurer of the Mutual Life Insurance Company disclosed at the legislative insurance investigation committee that he personally earned twenty six thousand dollars over the last five years from syndicate operations in which both he and the Mutual Life participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Life
New York
Legislative Insurance Investigation Committee
Frederick Cromwell
The
Norwegians Mobilize Second to Sixth Year Conscripts
Stockholm reports a Dagbladet dispatch from Christiania noting that second to sixth year classes of Norwegian conscription have been mobilized.
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Stockholm
The
Dagblad Today
Christiania
Norway
Chicago Wheat Futures Report
Chicago market notes No 2 Red Wheat trading for September 13 shows prices at 834 and 44 on the board with December futures listed at 82 percent.
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Chicago
Fugitive Motorman Sought After Fatal Elevated Crash
New York police broadened searches to all ferries and railroad stations for Paul Kelly the motorman blamed for a deadly elevated train wreck that killed twelve. A general alarm was issued for homicide. The state railroad commission opened the wreck investigation.
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New York
Paul Kelly
Kelly
State Railroad Commission
Election disturbances continue in Spain report
Valencia reports ongoing election disturbances with eight prominent Republicans wounded in an affray. Soldiers guard clubs and newspaper offices amid the unrest.
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Spain
Valencia
Professor Killed by Pupil in School
Professor Albert Watchenberger was slain by student Ernest Powers in Athens Tennessee. The teacher had attempted to discipline the pupil before the fatal attack. The incident occurred at the school during regular hours.
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Athens, Tenn
Albert Watchenberger
Ernest Powers
Watchenberger
Federation of Women's Clubs Meeting in St Anthony
The Oregon Short Line offers round trip tickets at one and one fifth fare on the certificate plan for the Federation of Women's Clubs gathering in St Anthony September 20 and 21 1905 contingent on at least 50 outsiders with receipts for full fare. If attendance falls short half rates apply on return signings by Mrs KE Gray and agent D B Lowrie.
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Federation of Women's Clubs
St. Anthony
Oregon Short Line
Gray
Lowrie
Agt
Notice to Architects for City Building in Pocatello
The City of Pocatello invites specifications for a 20 by 80 foot city building with basement jail police headquarters and police judge space. Details available at the office of Dr C E M Loux. Signed Finance Committee, Pocatello City Council.
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Pocatello City
Pants Patterns Highlight New Supply at C. J. Cannon's
A fine new lot of pants patterns arrives at C. J. Cannon's tailor shop offering customers fresh design options for forthcoming wear.
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C. J. Cannon
Lost Control of the Car Strikes Workmen
Sixty passengers are injured, nine seriously, when a trailer on the Homestead Division streetcar overturned near the Glenwood bridge in Pittsburg. The motorman lost control while descending a steep hill, dragging the trailer before it toppled. Crowded cars carried workmen aboard at the time.
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Pittsburg
Homestead
Pittsburg Street
Glenwood Bridge
Contract Awarded for Atlanta Road to Story
The state wagon road commission opened bids from Chas Story and McDonald & Abbott. Story offered 26 400 dollars, won the contract, with 5 000 dollar bond and 10 percent bid check. Construction to begin at once with traffic expected by January 1.
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State Wagon Road Commission
Atlanta
Chas. Story
McDonald & Abbott
Story
Gooding
Lewis
Messrs
John McMillan
Max Mayfield
A. R. Cruzen
Boise
Man
American envoy honored by Russian czar for famine aid
Charles J. Murphy, formerly a U S foreign agent in Berlin for the Department of Agriculture, received from Emperor Nicholas I the Order of St Stanislaus via the Russian embassy in Washington. The decoration recognized his effort to ship corn to Russia during the 1891 famine while he urged aid for peasants. Murphy, once an Iowa resident, now lives in New York.
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New York
Charles J. Murphy
United States Department of Agriculture
Nicholas of
Russia
Washington
Berlin
Department of Agriculture
Murphy
Iowa
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Reward
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo and Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, 75 cents per bottle, sold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Scenic Midland Route Advertises Mountain Travel
The text promotes the Popular Mountain Way from Idaho to eastern points via Scenic Midland Route. It claims unique mountain wonders and suggests contacting L. H. Harding, General Agent in Salt Lake City, for arrangements and illustrated books. It emphasizes planning through a ticket agent and Colorado Midland routes.
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Idaho
Midland
Ucket
Colorado Midland
L. H. Harding
Salt Lake City
Kidney Cure Endorsed by A J Jennesse
A. J. Jennesse of 9201 Butler Chicago says a cold settled in his kidneys and Foley's Kidney Cure cured two thirds of a bottle. Mrs A L Cook is also mentioned in the customer remarks.
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A. J. Jennesse
Butler
Chicago
Foley
Directors of Western Union Discontinue Horse Racing News
The Western Union Telegraph company board approved the executive committee recommendation to stop collecting and distributing horse racing news. The measure ends racing news distribution for use in pool room gambling, effective immediately.
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Telegraph Company
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company Today
Bannock County Special Session Fixes 1905 Tax Levies
The Bannock County Board of Commissioners met in a special session on September 11 1905 in Pocatello Idaho to set levies for state and county purposes for 1905. They directed the assessor tax collector to collect levies for the General Fund Current Expense Fund General School Fund Interest Fund Redemption Fund Road and Bridge Fund and the Live Stock Sanitary Fund with specific allocations per hundred dollars of assessed value and to cover bonds and debts due in 1906.
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Board of County Commissioners
Bannock County
Pocatello
Idaho
Hyde
Larkin
State General Fund
Court House
Benteuges
Yellowstone Park Railroad Incorporation Forms in Idaho Territory
Articles filed by W. H. Bancroft and others for a Yellowstone Park Railroad company to build a 75 mile line from St. Anthony through Marysville to Rea's Pass and extend to Victor in Idaho and Montana. Principal office is Pocatello, 50 year charter, capital stock $125000. Nine directors with officers including president and treasurer.
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Yellowstone Park Railroad Company
St. Anthony
Marysville
Rocky Mountains
Rea
Victor
Bingham County
Bingham
Fremont
Idaho
Gallatin
Montana
Pocatello
W. H. Bancroft
E. Buckingham
P. JL. Williams
Wm. Ashton
D. E. Burley
C. J. McNitt
F. H. Knickerbocker
T. J. Duddleson
J. A. Reeves
Old Crow Bourbon and Mount Vernon Rye at Bannock Bar
A brief bar listing notes Old Crow Bourbon and Mount Vernon Rye available at Bannock Bar without additional details or context.
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Bourbon
Mount Vernon
Bannock Bar
Social at church opens M I Association season in 1908
The Mutual Improvement Association held its fall and winter meeting at the church with a delightful program led by President Edith Lovesey and the Ladies Association. The event featured hymns, recitations, songs by the Juvenile Quartette, a humorous sketch, and closing remarks before guests moved to the Amusement hall for dancing until midnight.
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Mutual Improvement Association
Leiven
Young Ladies Association
Edith R. Lovesey
Mary Bruce
Edith Lovesey
Mesdamen
Bernice R. Haddock
Elisabeth P. Riley
Louie K. Pond
Tilda EH. Williams
M. A. Hen
Louie K Pond
Mra. L. J. Maddock
Lovesty
Mra. Riley
Thone
Also Mentioned on This Page
Christian Science
MR. Komura
Negro
City OF
Kane's
Western Union
Rea's Pass
George T. Hyde
E. G. Gallet
M. I. Association
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