Conspirators Defraud Montgomery Ward Co in Chicago Scheme
A multi-person conspiracy at Montgomery Ward & Co involved clerks John T Ballinger Albert Anderson and brothers Jim and Liman Ward Boland Detective Agency uncovered the scheme. Goods were collected via staged purchases and hidden stock transfers, with accomplices supplying fake purchases and cashing checks through the music department. The suspects were confined in the county jail.
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Mon Werd & Co
Chicago
Montgomery, Ward & Co
Mounes Boland
Yester
John J. Ballinger
Limander
Albert Anderson
Joie Sharpes
John T Ballinger
Anderson
Montgomery
Ward & Co
Mon
John Iattin-Ger
Jim
Liman
Tromery
John
Dr. Favorite Prescription Promises Health For Women
A 19th century style sales blurb argues disease stems from a woman neglecting health and money matters in marriage. It touts Dr. Favorite Prescription as a direct remedy for reproductive and general weakness, claims to restore strength, vitality, and resilience, and asserts women’s ailments improve quickly.
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Kraith
Bank of Boakts
Bank of ‘Sealth
Pay for their mail outrage at Dyea and Skaguay
A dyea and Skaguay mail crisis is blamed on post office inefficiency with delays of days and hours at windows. Citizens pay sellers to deliver letters locally while soldiers assist. Reports cite mismanaged sorting, long queues, and early mail handoffs to carriers amid harsh weather and widespread frustration.
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Dyea
Skaguay- Dyes
Alaska
Navarro
Seattle
Akasuay
Washington
Skequay
Dyeu
Peteons
Étend
Jno
United States
Skaguay
Dyeo
Big Linen Mill Sale In Hartford Coverage
The Warner Whartman Textile firm reports a syndicate will pay 425 dollars per share for 50 000 shares of the Wilmantc Linen block. The money is with the Seligman bank in New York and confirmed by the Seligmans.
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Hartford
Conn
Wimantic Linen Company
Seligman Banking House
New York
Seligmans
Sartoris Ranch Sold to English Investors in Wyoming
April 12 report that the Douglas Willin Sartoris ranch near St Taramie Wyoming was sold to Dr William Fiurris for 21. O dollars. The ranch, started in the cattle boom by wealthy Englishmen, involved a multi million dollar investment. the purchase price exceeds the cost of the fencing.
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St. Taramie
Wyo
Douglas Willin Sartoris
William Fiurris
Dr. Artis
Reduced Rates to Grand Encamp Mining District
The Union Pacific announces reduced fare tickets from Barstraws to Grand Encampment via Que Fare. Round trips May through November, daily except Sundays between Rawlins and Grand Encampment. Ticket Agent J Fulton, Depart. Agent, Mineral Water. Includes ad for health remedies and a drug store promotion with various products and claims.
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Grand Encamp
Wye
Union Pacific
Bars
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
Rawlins
Grand Encampment
Formnl
Fulton
Cuban policy splits Congress with weak presidential plan
Washington April 22 the Cuban policy message draws sharp division among senators. Pettigrew calls it the weakest yet while Hale of Maine praises it. White of California faults any interference, Tillman finds the plan inadequate, and Chandler lauds its humane aims yet questions recognition and arbitration. Spais’s cessation of hostilities complicates action while Maine’s destruction heightens the stakes.
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Washington
White
Tom
Cal
Tillman
Dem
Deserters Returned to Duty at Navy Yard
At the navy yard the ship Vermont Sterling being transformed into an auxiliary warship, eight deserters were returned to duty after two years away as war loomed. Three draftees left the Vermont, with others sent to Ivy Unions, Sioux, and Mayflower. Annapolis to send 150 apprentices aboard Vermont. gunboat’s hull war color uncertain. About 50 tons powder and shells loaded on Mayflower. Sxtuen to leave dry dock for sea stores. Victor Albizua from Dolphin to be honorably discharged. Rheumatism remedy marketed locally as Mystic Cure with claims of rapid relief.
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New York
Navy Yard
Vermont
Aniapolis
Annapolis
J. J. Hunker
Bezingakine
Victor Albizua
Breidenthal Proven Right Over Greensburg Bank Collapse
Excerpt recalls 1893 Greensburg bank closure by Bank Commissioner Breidenthal. Receiver C F Mingentuen reports assets worth 107000 in notes, with total sale proceeds a little over 600. Crowd violence fears at closure referenced, and former congressman Peters attacked the decision as political.
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C. F. Mingentuen
Greensburg
Kan
Bank of Greensburg
Breidenthal
S. R. Peters
Mr Lee's Fight Misleads Havana View
Havana April 12 La Lucha runs a piece headlined Mr. Lee's fight that mocks Spanish papers for misreporting Gen Fitzhugh Lees departure from Havana. It claims Blanco issued an exequatur to a British consul to represent the U S and asserts Lee frightened his government and bears responsibility for the Maine affair while pursuing U S interests.
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Havana
la Lucha
Lee
McKinley
United States
Cuba
Spain
Maine
Nails in his leg at Santa Fe hospital
A Wichita Santa Fe freight department employee, Charles Maddox, is hospitalized with two three inch steel nails driven through both bones of his left leg below the knee after a fall at the Santa Fe freight house. The nails hold the fractured bones together after surgery. removal planned once healing occurs.
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Wichita
Santa Fe Hospital
Charles Maddox
Santa Fe Freight Department
Ain
Santa Fe
Maddox
Alaska Champagne Schemer Heads to Klondike
Klondike figure Swiftwater Bill Gates travels to Dawson with plans to manufacture champagne for sale to miners. He carries bottles labels and carbinic acid gear, aiming to sell in Dawson at about a dollar a quart. He left behind dogs purchased for Arctic travel and shipped north only what he could use.
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Klondike
San Francisco
Swiftwater Bil" Gates
Dawson
Cautornia
Swiftwaters
Fortune Trading Stamps Pioneer Shelley Hutchinson Dies Wealthy Starter
Detroit April 12 Shelley B Hutchinson who launched the trading stamp scheme was born in Ypsilanti. He opened prize stores in Jackson Ann Arbor and Xpshantz and organized a trading stamp company. New York observer Speary saw the scheme's potential and Hutchinson's wealth is estimated at nearly 1 million.
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Detroit
Shelley B. Hutchinson
Ypsilanti
Stich
Leo
Battle Creek
Jackson
Ann Arbor
Xpshantz
T. A. Speary
New York
Hutchinson
Hutchnsen
Hanna Man Indicted Over Editorial Libel
Toledo April 12 reports Levi A Cass editor of the Toledo Commercial was indicted by the Lucas County grand jury on two counts of criminal libel. The charges stem from editorials Cass published attacking Senator Mark Hanna and Governor Bushnell amid a highly partisan era.
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Toledo
Mark Hanna
Saytannery
Levi A Cass
Lucas County
Grand Jury
Ibel
Cass
Pehich
Althodeh
Charles P. Grittin
Receives His Commission First Lieutenant Harry B. Smith
Lieutenant Harry B. Smith of the United States regular army received his commission as first lieutenant of the Fifth United States Infantry. He has been at the adjutant general's office as instructor and inspector of the K N G and was promoted from second to first lieutenant to fill a vacancy caused by the death of the 61st Heutenant. He expects to be ordered to join his regiment at Atlanta Ga.
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Harry B. Smith
Fifth U. S. Infantry
United States Regular Army
Adjutant General's Office
Fifth United States Infantry
Atlanta
Smith
Lee Their Hero Is Converted Into A Triumphal Tour
Waycross Georgia April 12 Every station along Consul General Lees special train lavished tributes upon him. The country for miles furnished ardent admirers arriving in carts wagons and on horseback. At Jasper Fla crowds urged him to appear and a local company of state troops Confederate veterans met him. Lee thanked the people for their commendation and said the American people have shown unity in sanctioning his Havana course.
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Waycross
Lee
Jasper
Fla
State Tropps
Havana
Gen. Lee
Col. GS. McClenden
Georgia
Fitzhugh Lee
America
Washington
Rich Klondike Strike Sparks Swede Creek Gold Rush
In a February 17 letter from Winfred Hopkins at Swede Creek reports a major Klondike discovery on Valentine’s Day. First pans yield 15.75 in gold dust, 4.50, then 31.75. gravel pays 15 cents per pan. Nuggets run 1 to 2.25. the bench claim sits on a mountain slope requiring a rocker due to lack of water. News of the strike caused a stampede.
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Vacuina
Klondike
Winfred Hopkins
Swede Creek
Rt. Valentine's Day
E Dorado Creek
DYNAMITE SHORTAGE IMPACTS MINES AND COAL FIELDS
Reports from Indiana and Ohio describe dynamite shortages as factories curb output due to government purchases and high raw material costs. Coal operators face powder shortages while some mines rely on limited dynamite for blasting. war could shift coal flows to seaports. Also notes drought in New Mexico and frost damage in Kentucky crops.
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Terre Machte
Ind
Pittsburg
Indiana
Ohiy
West Virginia
Ohio
Doctors Claim Consumption Curable With Three Remedies
Doctors now agree that consumption is curable. Three things, taken together, cure most cases in early stages, many advanced cases, and some far advanced cases. The trio: fresh air, proper food, and Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites. To cure, avoid weight loss and gain if thin. Nothing equals Scott's Emulsion to keep you in good flesh.
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Scott
Kidney Cure Claim Promoted By Kilmer S Crude Ad
An 1890s advertisement extols Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles and uric acid issues. It describes symptoms of kidney disease, praises Dr Kilmer and Co, and offers free samples by mail with stamps, urging readers to mention the State Journal.
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Ewamp-Root
Br. Kilmer
Bright
Hoth
Swamp Root
State Journal
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Slaughter of Squirrels Prompt County Bounty Halt
Monterey officials report a 2 cent bounty on squirrel tails has caused a near wholesale slaughter. Since August 20 1807 tails collected reach 43 481 with only a quarter counted, implying about 174 204 squirrels killed in seven months. Supervisors plan to end the bounty this month as pests are deemed reduced.
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Monterey
Board of Supervisors
Monterey County
San Joaquin Valley
Boyle Vice Porter. McKinley eyed Boyle for secretary role
Columbus April 2 President McKinley may offer the secretary to the president post to James Boyle United States consul at Liverpool. He has soured on J Addison Porter whose newspaper writing drew disfavor. The president asked Boyle to return to America and promised salary from his own funds.
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Columbus
McKinley
James Boyle
United States
Liverpool
J. Addison Porter
Porter
Tin
Ohio
Boyle
America
Packer
Washington DC Guide For Teachers And Tourists
A promotional guide offers information on places of interest in Washington DC, a comprehensive city map, and train routes from Chicago to Washington via Pennsylvania Short Lines. It advertises reduced fares for the National Education Association meeting in July and invites readers to order by mail.
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National Capital
Chicago
Washington
Pennsylvania
National Education— Wl Association
South
Opera Songbird Departs Mime Nordica Satis for London
New York reports Mme Nordea Dom, renowned Waenerian opera exponent, will appear in London with Maurice Gray Opera company. A lavish farewell in New York featured flowers and receptions as Nordiva prepares for performances in London. Detailing travel routes, Santa Fe Railway offers through train options via Pueblo and Colorado Springs to Denver with various seating choices and schedules.
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London
New York
Mme_ Nordea Dom
Réuteet
Waenerian Opere
la Beetagon
Joe Favre
Whenes
Lagedon
Sre
Maurice Gray Opera Company
Uvon
Hur Villa
Teporte
United States
Mimo
Nordiva
Hern
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Springe
Santa Fe
Palmas Aleepera
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