Land Fraud Trial Reveals Affidavit Admission
In Omaha on December 4 the Richards Comstock land fraud case saw defense try to bolt the witness Campbell by admitting a signed affidavit denying good faith in land filing. Campbell testified he signed without reading the typewritten document brought by a Missouri Valley acquaintance. The affidavit, dated Aug 17 1906, claimed he never met Tom Huntington and was sworn before Justice A J Bole in Harrison County Iowa.
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Omaha
United States District Court
William H. Campbell
Missouri Valley
Hulls
Huntington
Hoyt
Comstock
Gordon
Campbell
Tom Huntington
A. J. Bole
St. Johns Township
Harrison County
Old Soldiers Testify About Nebraska Land Leasing Scheme
William H. Tuttle of Woodbine describes being urged to file for land by I. D. Hull and recounts visits to Gordon Huntington ranch and Valentine with the land leased for 50 dollars a year and 25 dollars paid after initial lease. he says he sought only profit, not a home. John E F Creiger from Logan Iowa explains a 640 acre scheme with cattle company support and grazing payments. other veterans from Woodbine Missouri Valley and Council Bluffs corroborate similar leasing testimony.
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Woodbine
I. D. Hull
Gordon
Huntington
Valentine
Attorny R. S. Hall
John EF. Creiger
Logan
Nebraska
Finn
Iowa
Creiger
Edmund J. Logan
Ll. R. Mawes
Council Bluffs
Harrison Yaunt
Abner WY. Livingstone
Missouri Valley
Hagerman Heads to Washington to Answer Charges
Governor H J Hagerman travels to Washington amid a GOP fight in New Mexico. The dispute followed Hy Burst’s removal as superintendent of the territorial penitentiary over a reported $10 000 shortage and extended to other officials. Charges include disorganization of the Republican party in the southwest and several minor accusations in a bill of particulars filed in Washington.
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Santa Fe
N. M
H. J. Hagerman
New Mexico
Washington
Herman
Burst
Republican Territorial Committee
Territorial Penitentiary
Bursum
Republican
Southwest
Noted Southern Orator Dead
Columbia DC December 4 Attorney General Leroy I F Youmans has died He served as attorney general under General Wade Trampton and was famed as a brilliant southern orator He was appointed in March to succeed the late U N Gunter
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Columbia
D. C
Leroy IF. Youmans
Wade Tramnton
South
U.N. Gunter
Slanderer Dominado Gomez Sent to Bilibid Prison
Manila December 4 The supreme court denied the writ of error and remanded the case to the lower court for execution of sentence. The agitator will be sent to Bilibid prison for slandering Governor Cailles after his conviction.
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Manila
Supreme Court
Dominado
Gomez
Bilibid
Cailles
Pullman Car Company Fined for Adulterated Milk
At Beaver Pennsylvania a hearing before Judge Holt the Pullman Car company faced the state Pure Food Commission over adulterated milk. No defense was offered the company pleaded nolle contendre and was fined seventy five dollars plus costs.
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Pittsburg
Beaver
Holt
Pullman Car Company
State Pure Food Commission
Nolle Contendre
Persian regency loom as Mirza summoned to Tehran
Report confirms Mohammed Ali Mirza, nominal governor of Azerbaijan, summoned from Tabriz to Teheran to assume regency during the Shah's illness. Iran moves toward a Persian national bank and an internal loan to reduce foreign dependence.
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Teheran
Persia
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Azerbaiijan
Tabriz
Shah
Hunt for Anarchist Sender Near Bergamo
In Bergamo about forty miles from Milan a careful search was conducted to identify the author of a threatening letter to King Victor Emmanuel. The note described a plot by the so called Holy Alliance to murder the king.
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Milan
Italy
Bergamo
Here
Victor Emmanuel
Holy Alliance
Real Havana for Five Cents Cigars Sell Well in Washington
J E Lemmon, a leading Washington cigar dealer, investigated Wadsworth Bros. Chicos after a Havana filler cigar was priced at ten cents. He ordered 1,000 boxes and found customers preferred the Chicos to higher priced cigars. The sample box proved popular with tradesmen who had bought ten and fifteen cent cigars. The Chico is described as a good smoke with Banana aroma. Try a Chico today.
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J. E. Lemmon
Washington
Wadsworth Bros
Pie Supper at Dayton Grove School Benefit
A pie supper is planned at the Dayton Grove school two miles north of West Chester on Friday evening December 7 to raise funds for the school library. Hortense Benn, teacher, invites the public to attend.
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Dayton
Grove
West Chester
Hortense Benn
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Safe Under Pure Food Law
Notice informs customers Foley's Honey and Tar is not controlled by the Pure Food Law since it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults. Sold by all druggists.
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Foley
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