Treasury Pensions Drain Funds as News Echoes Abroad
General news notes a $10,000,000 pension outlay this month and $8.5 million of 8 percent bonds paid against a rising gold fund. Indignation over Atlanta postmaster appointment, 17,212 War of 1812 widows on rolls, and various political shifts in Canada Britain and Ireland are reported with brief notes on social and financial impacts.
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Kelley
Merrill
Treasury
J. W. Renfree
Atlanta
Pension Bureau
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Atkins
W. J. Hotaling
New York
Minnesota
Auditor’s
Civil Service Rules
Cooke
Unionville
Conn
Washington
the Treasury
Notable Crimes and Scandals Across States and Cities
Reports detail a string of crimes and misconduct from Pittsburg to Martinsburg. Incidents include a wife shooting by Daniel Wilson, mob executions in West Virginia, mob lynching threats in Missouri, a fatal altercation in Michigan, a suspected assault in Kansas City, a clergyman accused of murder conspiracy, and diamond theft involving Mrs. C. E. Gast of Pueblo.
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Daniel Wilson
Pittsburg
J. L. Swift
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Legislative Committee
Joseph Burns
Mollie Fellers
Martinsburg
W. Va
Onekama
Mich
Martin Spandit
Ostand
Martin O’brien
Sedalia
Grant Means
Kansas City
Alfaretta Simpson
Dyson
Fires and tragedy strike Wilmington and Yale professor’s family
Record of Casualties reports a fire in Wilmington, North Carolina that destroyed business portions worth a million dollars. It also notes the death of the insane wife of Professor Waldo of Yale after a fall from a precipice. In Pittsburgh a large wholesale liquor store owned by Thomas Pollard burned due to a natural gas stove, with losses around $50,000 and insurance status unknown.
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Willmington
N. C
Waldo
Yale College
Pittsburg
Thomas Pollard
Dakota
John Brennan
Bismarck
Brennan
Grafton College
Linn
H. Moore
Susquehanna
Arthur Blake
Pierre
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Alexandria
Joslin
Fargo
St. Paul Fire and Marine
Ranson County
McConnell
District Court
Supreme Court
Mestane
Traill County
E. M. Pulson
G. B. Thompson
Evening Telegram
Gossip of Society and Dignitaries Across States
Wisconsin preacher Rev. Jerenttah E. Pond dies of paralysis in Alfred Maine after fourteen years in Wisconsin. Actress Miss Cora Tanner and Col. William E. Sinn marry in Cleveland. Addison Cammack plans marriage to Miss Gertie Hildreth of Washington. she met him at Saratoga. Mary Anderson back in Louisville noted for grander possibilities in art. Senator Jones of Florida under scrutiny amid long Detroit stay and obsessive letters to a young woman. New York heiress betrothals highlight social high life as Adele Orxiss and Marian Langdon become engaged to English or American suitors.
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Jerenttah E. Pond
Wisconsin
Alfred
Cora Tanner
William E. Sinn
Brooklyn Park Theater
Cleveand
Addison Cammack
Gertie Hildreth
Washington
Hildreth
Mr. Cammack
Saratoga
Mary Anderson
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Senator Jones
Florida
Detroit
Boquet
New York
Adele Orixs
Earl Ins
Marian Langdon
Foreign Lands News: Eviction Suppression in Montreal Armory
Fragmentary report notes policy comments by Trish and mentions Victoria rifles in Montreal. A Montreal armory is cited with a cost of about $20,000 and references suppression of evictions amid broader foreign lands coverage.
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Trish
Victoria Rifles of
Montreal
Indiana Court Rules Telephones Can Be State Regulated
The Indiana supreme court holds that charges for telephone service may be regulated by the legislature. Various items note Holman’s wheat market speculation with a $5,000 margin on 100,000 bushels, episcopal transfer of Rt. Rev. Thomas A. Becker to Savannah, Ga., and inflationary Florida freeze reports.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Holman
Thomas A. Becker
Wilmington
Del
Bishoric
Savannah
Dakota Tales Mix Rich Finds and Local Drama
A Dakota Territory page reports a rich silver ore strike near Deadwood and a coal vein northwest of Old Garrett field. It notes a debt assignment in Highmore, a suicide in Chicago, timber-cutting prosecutions, land taxes, and civic shifts including a Yankton newspaper sale and a Traill county political split proposal.
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Deadwood
John Hainey
Hammond
Dal
Chicago
Sparks
Turtle Mountain
Major Swann
Cheyenne
Charle H. Sawyer
Mapleton
Lorenzo H. Prunner
Dean
Samuel Miller
Pierre
Fred Gordon
Sioux Falls
William F. Ballard
Madison
United States
Dakota Ranch Company
Oriska
Barnes County
Watermelon Flavor Lags in Vacaville January Harvest
Vacaville reports unusually mild weather with little frost on January 13 allowing melons to grow unthrottled by freeze. Walker picks four watermelons whose flavor dips slightly from normal due to late season conditions in the area.
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Vacaville
Cal
Walker
Vacavillé
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Wis
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E. B. Childs
Wooster
Ohio
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