Angered Inmate Denies Fair Treatment At Lansing
Miss Kave Barnard testified at Lansing penitentiary investigation that she was not being treated fairly and warned the commissioners that God witnesses the proceedings. The governor's investigation committee found little substance to her charges and largely exonerated Warden Haskell while recommending abolition of the contract labor system.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kans
Kave Barnard
Lansing
Reed
Shawnee matriarch Nancy Blackfeather dies at 84 on North First
Mrs. Nancy Blackfeather widow of Chief Jonathan Blackfeather of the Shawnee tribe died at her home this morning. At 84 she was famed among early settlers as a fine Shawnee woman and a neat, generous neighbor. She came to the area with the Shawnee in 1867 and lived a long life in this community.
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Nancy Blackfeather
Jonathan Blackfeather
North First Street
Professors Call for Self Defense Against Detractors
President G Stanley Hall of Clark University urges professors to unite for protection against opposition and news gathering. He warns against being mocked and silenced. The item also includes a weather talk explaining an inch of rain and rain measurement concepts in plain terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Stanley Hall
Clark Univerally
Misetresses' Clothes Yarn Questioned as Fact
The fragment discusses rumors about Cooke wearing his mistresses' clothing being a claimed fact. It notes skepticism and seeks verification of the tale within the gossip. Entities appear as Cooke and mistresses though details are unclear from the OCR fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke
Giver Vor of Indiana Defends Temperance
Governor J Frank Hay defends temperance in a statewide message. He warns reform opponents within the political machinery of Indiana about repealing the county option law and its impact on party fortunes.
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Giver Vor
Indiana
Indianapolis
Gous
Five Boys Face Murder Charge In Shaw School Case
Five boys were arrested in all rooms of Shaw School in St. Louis charged with the murder of William Wachter a peddler killed yesterday. The arrests followed a tip from Mary Godhardt mother of three prisoners. The boys named are Joseph Lee George Remmor Frank Mamie Henry and Arthur Gosbhardt. They admitted they stoned Wachter for fun.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Shaw School
William Wockhter
Mary Godhardt
Thro
Joseph Lee
George Remmor
Frank Mamie
Henry
Arthur Gosbhardt
Wachter
In Chicago a mother loses jewels in a child's slipper
A New York Herald note recounts a Chicago incident where a mother placed jewelry valued at 1609 in her daughter's slipper. She forgot the slipper and discarded it with the trash the next day, leaving the gems presumably lost.
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Chicago
Gourne
Sayls
New York Herald
New Selway to Alpen Peak Rail Line Project
A new electric railway is planned to reach the highest Alps peak on Bavarian soil, climbing toward the summit at about 10 000 feet. A hotel is to be built at the 7 000 foot level along the route.
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Alpen
Zogepttse
Alps
Raihway
Vienna Eyes Moravian Coal Mines Purchase
The city of Vienna seeks to gain control of Moravian mines citing escalating coal prices and a tight municipal gas and electric supply. Officials argue city ownership would stabilize fuel costs and ensure steady energy provision.
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Vienna
Moravia
House Will Not Consider Disrespectful Message
Washington January report on the secret service debate shows a committee recommending the House decline to consider any communication deemed disrespectful. Chairman Perkins defends congressional integrity as the chamber debates the president’s December 8 1908 message and its claim of inquiry breaches.
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House Committee
Washington
D. C
Secret Service
House
Roosevelt
Socret
Perkins
Congress
Domestic discord and social reform excerpts
Fragmented domestic scene features Mr Battever-Gette asking for a latch key amid quarrels over duty and a week of parish events. A London Lancet expose is cited arguing clothes and hygiene trap humans, urging a return to alleged barbarism as science critiques modern living.
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Sufferer- Getle
Mr. Battever-Gette
Mision Hall
Nancy
Ana
Women's Emancipation League
Sintern of Charity
Police
Daughters of Toll Loetdre
London Lancet
Kitches
A Feat for Blondin and Political Quips
A satirical item depicts Champ Clark quizzing Republicans about tariff revisions. The speaker Cannon retorts with a long fable about a man who walked in the middle of the street. The piece plays on Blondin and political theater in a humorous fashion.
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Blondin
Champ Clark
Cannon
Champ
Cheage
Elub
John
Johan
Blondini
Hyening Post
Senator Owen proposes Indian Home in Oklahoma bill
Senator Owen in Washington has introduced a bill to establish an Indian Home in Oklahoma housing 1000 citizens of Indian blood. It calls for purchasing two sections of land for grounds and an annual $20,000 maintenance appropriation with a majority of trustees of Indian blood. He also seeks transfer of Wichita lands claims to the Court of Claims for adjudication between the Canadian and Red rivers.
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Washington, D. C
Owen
Senate
Oklahoma
Court of Claims
Red Rivers
Fort Gibson Seeks State School for the Blind
Guthrie Ohio January 8 Fort Gibson plans to attract the state school for the blind by offering twenty acres of land for a site. The temporary school for the blind run by Mrs William Lowery is now at Fort Gibson and $6 000 was appropriated for the institution at the last session.
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Guthrie
Ohio
Port Gibson
William Lowery
Fort Gibson
Missouri Officers Declared Elected by Legislature
Jefferson City January 8 state officers who won a plurality in November were declared elected by the legislature except for lieutenant governor. The bi partisan committee could not settle that contest and asked to hold its report until next Monday afternoon. Also notes a stage play The Woman's Hour featuring Adelaide Thurston with wholesome entertainment for matinee girls beginning January 13.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Adelaide Thurston
Dalton barely escapes drowning during bank robbery reenactment
Emmett Dalton, survivor of Coffeyville’s famous bank raid twenty years ago, nearly dies during a moving picture reenactment in Bartlesville Oklahoma. His horse falls into a river hole and both horse and rider sink, but fellow cast members rescue him before surfacing. Dalton’s Winchester rifle is lost.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Emmiet Dalton
Coffeyville
Win Caney
Dalton
Shane
Expenses Prompt Recall of Chinese Diplomat in Washington
Tang Shao Yi, currently in Washington on a special Chinese government mission, is recalled to Peking and will depart immediately. The expensive mission fuels charges of extravagance against Xuan Shi Kai, recently dismissed from a governmental post.
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Associated Prey
Peking
China
Tang Sheo Yi
Washington
Tang Shao Yi
Hin Revall
Xuan Shi Kai
Gramequ
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Commissioner of Charities
Kansas Prison Committee
Electric
Abe
Couraé
Bristol Atreet
Succéss Magazine
Acre
J. Frank Haoby
Bt. Louis
Civilc Orvice
Emall
Isabel
Teatel
Milford-Berger Shoe Co
Baw
Missouri
Emmett Dalton
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