Philanthropist Pearsons Plans Wide Mountain Education Gifts
Daniel K Pearsons, famed philanthropist, marks his eighty fifth birthday and says he will donate five colleges in Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina and West Virginia 150000 each to educate Appalachian youth He aims to raise matching funds from the schools and notes he already contributed to thirty two colleges He defends Rockefeller and his own charitable funding against critics and says the belated Yankees of America deserve a chance.
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Daniel K. Pearsons
Silicoleges
Go Tritute
Kentucky
North Carolina
West Vir
Pearsons
Ottering Biloxi
Hinsdale
Ill
South
Appalachian
Tennessee
Virginia
America
Union
Confederacy
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Rockefeller
Monkey Diet of Soldiers Survived Nineteen Days on Simian Flesh
A San Francisco dispatch reports United States Cavalry Troop G lost in Mindanao fought Moro forces for days. Cavalry Sgt John Cavin recounts the rescue mission, noting the 19 day diet of monkey flesh after two days of rations ran out. He aided General Woot in Mindanao.
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Mindanao
Philippines
United States Cavalry
San Francisco
John Cavin
Fourteenth Cavalry
Sherman
Cavin
Woot
Swiss Colony to Settler Ozarks Dairy Poultry Fruit
The Frisco Magazine reports a Swiss colony will settle in the Ozarks as a forerunner to larger groups. The settlers favor intensive farming and small farms, with dairy poultry and fruit industries seen as highly profitable in the region.
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Ozarks
Ozark Region
Frisco Magazine
Mystery of a Murder Near Big Ugly
In Huntington West Virginia on April 24 a well dressed unknown man was found near Big Ugly tied to a tree with a knife through his heart and his throat cut from ear to ear. Authorities believe he was murdered before being immobilized. A note pinned to his coat reads You will bother us no more.
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Huntington
W. Va
Big Ugly
Attorneys Seek US Supreme Court Review in Rudolph Case
Jefferson City Missouri April 24 Attorneys for William Rudolph who is under sentence to be hanged at Union May 8 for complicity in Detective Schumacher murder have sued out a writ of error in federal court to carry the case to the United States supreme court but the state supreme court refused to grant the writ. The attorneys will appeal direct to the United States supreme court.
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Jefferson City
William Rudolph
Union, Mo
Schumacher
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Ouden Iowa Struck by Tank Collapse Knocks Out Light
Dea Moines April 24 The town of Ouden Iowa is without light and water after a water tank of twenty thousand dollars collapsed from a height of 100 feet wrecking the city electric light plant located directly beneath it.
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Dea Moines
Ouden
City Electric Light Plant
Deaths and trips in brief from early 1900s notes
The entry lists Miss Anna Wietzke aged 10 as LaCrosse Wisconsin's first meningitis death. Senator Platt's funeral is planned for tomorrow at the Congregational church in Washington. Marchioness Pallavicini, 27, died by suicide in Milan Cathedral crowded with worshipers. The French Chamber adjourns Easter recess to May 15. Secretary of State and Mrs Hay arrive at Bad Nauheim from Nervi to take the waters. Moroccan tribes in revolt include Doukala Chindma and Mtouga. Saltus’ father dies in Tarrytown New York. The Britt White fight in San Francisco postponed to May 6 for permit issues. William J Bryan attends Liberal Club banquet in Buffalo and speaks on the value of an ideal. A child asks a homely question about comfort. a father replies with acquittal as likely.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Anna Wietzke
Senator Platt
Congregational Church
Washington
Cent
Marchioness
Pallavicini
Milan
French Chamber of Deputies
Hay
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Nervi
Italy
Morocco
Vraneia
Saltus
Mdaar Saltus
Tarrytown
N.Y
Jimmy Britt
Jabex White
San Francisco
William J. Bryan
Liberal Club
Buffalo
Judge Amos Thayer, Northern Securities Author, Dies
United States Circuit Judge Amos Thayer who authored the opinion in the Northern Securities case died at his St. Louis residence last night.
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St. Louis
United States
Amos Thayer
Northern Securities
Baseball Scores Across Leagues On April 25
In Chicago the Pirates beat Chicago 7 to 1. Philadelphia defeated New York 5 to 4. Cincinnati topped St Louis 0 to 0. Brooklyn lost to Boston 4 to 3. In American League St Louis beat Chicago 6 to 1. New York defeated Washington 8 to 4. Detroit beat Cleveland 2 to 0. Boston beat Philadelphia 3 to 1. In Association play Indianapolis defeated St Paul 4 to 1, Milwaukee overwhelmed Louisville 7 to 1, Minneapolis beat Toledo 8 to 5, Kansas City edged Columbus 8 to 1.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Cincinnati
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Brookte-Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louia
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Louisville
Milwaukee
Toledo
Minneapolis
Columbia
Kansas City
Columbus
Greentown to Impose License on Handbill Ads
Public notice from Greentown Indiana announces a prohibitory license on scattering handbills to shield local merchants from foreign advertising. The item lists contact details for agent A B Cutts and outlines regional railway fare promotions and summer excursion plans by Rock Island and Iowa Central Railway with dates, routes, and ticket offers.
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Greentown
Ind
Lowa Central Ry
Minnesota
Dakota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
A. B. Cutts
G. P.2
T. A
Minn
Eye cure product promises cure for aged weak vision
Eyerine cure marketed for eye and lid inflammation pink eye and blurred vision. Claims lashes mat and form yellow scales on lid border and that Eyerine will positively cure them. Targeted at old people with weak vision and offers one bottle priced at 1.00 from EYVYERINE REMEDY co. Chicago.
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Eyvyerine Remedy Co
Chicago
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