Train Robbery Near Pittsburg Leaves Victims Counted
Three unidentified men robbed an eastbound Missouri Pacific passenger train five miles east of Pittsburg Kansas. About 400 dollars in cash watches diamonds and jewelry were taken. The attackers boarded at the local stop near Cornell and escaped on foot into town as deputies pursue leads tied to northern mining camps.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Here
Coffeyville
Nevada
Gernell
Garritty
Cornell
Merriwether
Fire damages $50,000 at Gallaudet College
A blaze at Gallaudet College for the Deaf in Maryland caused about $50,000 in damage to the men's dormitory and recitation rooms on the building’s upper floors. Students were in the dining hall during the fire and the faculty said it was fortunate the alarm was heard in time and that the students were not locked in their rooms at night.
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Washington
Gallaudet College For the Deaf and Dumb
Maryland
Panama Carnival Welcomes King Momo In First Run
Panama Panama February 7 carnival season opens with the formal entry of King Momo Manuel A Vallerino elected king Similar celebrations to New Orleans Consul General Agacio promoted to Chilean legation secretaryship Panama
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Panama
Momo
Manuel A. Vallerino
New Orleans
Agacio
Chesterton Ends Dry Spell with Four Saloons Opening
Chesterton Indiana population 1200 ends two year dry period as four saloons open today. Remonstrance carried last time but this year dry faction trails by sixty votes short of a majority.
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Laporte
Ind
Chesterton
Mrs. C. H. P. Belmont Addresses Negro Women’s League
Mrs. C. H. P. Belmont spoke in New York Sunday to the Negro Women’s League, addressing members about social progress and civic engagement.
Mrs Belmont Crosses Line for Political Equality
New York reported Mrs H P Belmont crossed the color line in a drive to recruit black voters to a Political Equality association at Mt Olivet Baptist Church in West Fifty Third Street. The event, arranged by Mrs L Moorman of the Negro Women's Business League, featured remarks by Mrs Belmont and Mrs Ella Hawley Crossette.
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New York
H. P Belmont
West Fifty-Third Street
Believed Husband Dead Reunites With Civil War Bride
In Wabash Indiana a woman, Mrs Albert Holly, found her long lost husband James Stull believed dead for forty seven years after marching as a Civil War soldier. Stull, a wandering carpenter and later a motorman, was killed ten months ago in a streetcar accident. The couple will remarry after reunion.
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Wabash
Ind
Albert Helly
Holly
James Stull
Stull
Taft in Chicago March 17 Likely Speech on Conservation
President Taft likely to visit Chicago on March 17 as a guest of civic groups to discuss conservation policies. Walter L. Fisher extended the invitation and proposed a delegation from Chicago to present it personally. Taft replied he would be glad to receive them and would probably be in Chicago that date.
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Chicago
William Howard Taft
Chicago Marsh
Walter L. Fisher
Child Dies in Alexandria Fire After Gasoline Spill
Three year old son of Mr and Mrs Charles Geiling burned to death in their home as a store fire spread from a gasoline can. Neighbors evacuated the child but arrival of help came too late.
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Alexandria
Ind
Charles Geiling
Neteh Bors
Man ties up traffic as three engines are stolen
Brakeman P A Chapman, reportedly intoxicated, eluded guards at a roundhouse in Trinidad Colorado and coupled three locomotives. He started them on the main track tearing up switches before being stopped nine miles out for lack of steam. Dispatchers rerouted trains to sidetracks to clear the line.
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Trinidad
Colo
Colorado and Southern Railway
P. A. Chapman
Roundhouse
Chapman
Brewer Defends Dr Cook in Pole Claim Debate
Professor William H. Brewer of the Sheffield Scientific School says Dr Cook did reach the North Pole in his view and that enemies seek to ruin him. He argues that future generations will believe Cook truly reached the pole and that Cook believed he did.
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New York
William H. Brewer
Sheffield Scientific School
Jury Discharges in Mrs Ford Blackmail Case
Cincinnati February seventh. The jury in the Mrs Jeanette Ford case charged with attempting to blackmail C L Warriner the defaulting Big Four treasurer has been dismissed by Judge Swing after failing to reach a verdict. The panel was eight for acquittal and four for conviction.
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Cincinnati
Jeanette Ford
C. L Warriner
Big Four
Swing
Heat Escaped From Coke Ovens to Power Plants
Pittsburg reports a plan to capture escaping oven heat in western Pennsylvania and convert it to electricity. The Shamrock plant at Fayette Coke will pilot boilers over each coke oven, aiming to utilize about 32 million dollars worth of heat annually from the Connellsville region.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Shamrock
Fayette Coke Company
Connellsville
Illinois Forecast Warmer Today Then Tomorrow
The region expects warmer conditions today with a rise in temperatures tomorrow. Rain is forecast for the southern portion on Tuesday.
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Tlinois
Four Men Indicted in City Shale Rock Graft Scandal
Chicago February 7 four men M H W McGovern John Ericson Paul Redieske and Ralph A Bonnell were indicted for conspiracy to defraud and for obtaining money by false pretences in the shale rock scandal Capisses were issued with bonds set at 10000 each. The case centers on city payments totaling 34149 drawn Sept 9 1908 and forty warrants for 15000 later paid.
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Chicago
M. H W. McGovern
Lawrence Avenue
John Ericson
City
Paul Redieske
Public Works
Ralph A. Bonnell
Socialist Congress Opens in Nimes France
The Socialist congress opened in Nimes with delegates including Jean Jeurez and Arthur Grosier among others from the chamber of deputies. The first session was held in secret.
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Nimes
France
Socialist Congress
Jean Jeurez
Arthur Grosier
Chamber of Deputies
Pittsburg Man Ends Life Amid Severe Mumps Pain
John Hughes a 30 year old resident of Pittsburg died by suicide after suffering with mumps, cutting his throat with a razor, according to local physicians. The death occurred in February.
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Pittsburg
John Hughes
Glazier Sentenced to Prison in Michigan Case
Former State Treasurer Frank P Glazier of Chelsea was sentenced by Judge Wiest at Mason to five to ten years for misappropriating 685000 of state funds. Glazier controlled a Chelsea bank that failed in December 1907 and the money was deposited there contrary to law. The state has recovered about 100000 from bonding companies and expects more.
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Lansing
Mich
Frank P Glazier
Chelsea
Wiest
Mason
Antil Glazier
Drexel Daughter Engaged to Viscount Maidstone Heir
A cable from Mr and Mrs Anthony J Drexel in London announces the engagement of Margaret Armstrong Drexel to Guy Montague George Finch Hatten Viscount Maidstone heir to the earldom of Winchelsea and Nottingham.
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Altimate
Anthony J. Drexel
London
Margaret Armstrong Drexel
Guy Montague George Finch-Hatten
Maidstone
Winchelsea
Nottingham
Supreme Court Affirms Glazier Conviction and Bank Funds Case
The court affirms the conviction of the former treasurer for unlawfully using state funds to aid his bank and related financial ventures. Judge Wiest suggests a maximum ten year sentence. Recovery of 100,500 from other bonding firms noted. bank assets unlikely to yield sizable dividends.
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Glaziers
Supreme Court
Wiest
Roosevelt Awards Gifts From Africa Expedition
Nimule Uganda Feb 7 Theodore Roosevelt will donate rhinoceros specimens to the Smithsonian, two skins to the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and a rhino head to William T Hornaday. He will not keep any white rhino trophies from the Belgian Congo.
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Nimule
Uganda
Theodore Roosevelt
Smithsonian Institution
American Museum of Natural History
New York
William T. Hornaday
Roosevelt
Markets Echo Higher Prices Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago markets report Friday gains for hogs cattle and sheep with receipts around 38000 hogs and 16000 cattle and 12000 sheep. Prices rise 10 to 15 cents for most hog grades and cattle and lambs 10 to 20 higher than Saturday's averages. Wearily, receipts tomorrow projected at 20000 hogs and 12000 cattle with continued higher bids across light mixed and heavy hog classifications.
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Texas
Washington City market price listing with varied commodities
The note lists prevailing prices for goods such as straw, corn meal, buckwheat, flour, bran and shorts. Items shown include straw by load at 4.00 to 5.00, flour per sack around 1.60 to 1.70, and corn meal and buckwheat priced per unit, reflecting a midwestern market catalog.
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Visa
Keister and Son Quotations and Local Poultry Market
Fragmentary OCR lists Keister and Son Quotations and references to poultry items and prices. Includes stray phrases about chickens and spring sale mentions, with unclear dates or places due to garbled text. The readable items imply a local market brief with poultry offerings.
Babcock Case Involving North American Livestock Commission
John A. Babcock stands in a legal matter with the North American Livestock Commission Company at U S Stock Yards Chicago LLL. The case concerns regulatory or corporate dispute activity, with proceedings filed in the ongoing docket.
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Case of North American Livestock Commission Company
U.S
Taft national incorporation bill eyed for passage this session
The Taft federal incorporation bill would regulate large combinations and give government control. Senator Clark and Representative Barker lead the judiciary committees as plans progress. Attorney General Wickersham drafted a national plan aligning with Taft ideas, with administration optimism rising that the bill could advance this session despite uncertain odds. Prominent backers include George Perkins Frank Vanderlip and James A. Hull.
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Congress
Clark
Wyoming
Barker
New Jer
Judiciary Coi
Senate
House
United States
Wickersham
Kent Taft
Sion
Stard Oil
American? Co Company
George” Perkins
Frank Vanderlip
4 Hull
Opposition to Fisheries Treaty Sparks Bay City Protests
Fishermen in Bay City protest a U S Canada fisheries treaty targeting Saginaw Bay and nearby waters. They claim it bans fishing with meshes under 2 1/2 inches, threatening to ruin an industry employing hundreds in Bay County with tugs boats nets and houses at stake.
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Bay City
Mich
United States
Canada
Saginaw Bay
Huron
Ames
Bay County
Typhoid Fever Epidemic Strikes Leavenworth Prison
An outbreak of typhoid fever spreads through Leavenworth Prison in Kansas with several inmates sickened and Eugene Ross of Washington reported dead. The prison hospital holds many fever cases and alarm grows over the epidemic.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Oral
Port
Eugene Ross
Washington
Bank Head Arrested After Lakota Bank Closure
Lakota North Dakota authorities arrest the head of the People's State Bank overseen by a relief examiner after a closure. The bank official faces forgery charges as investigators pursue warrants and examine records linked to the bank’s past operations.
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Lakota
N. D
F. A. Raeders
People’s Stat Bank
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School For the Deaf and Dumb
C. H. P. Belmont
Negro Women's League
J. P. Morgan
ATLAS
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Negro Women's Business League
Taft
Mother
Alexandria Tot
Brewer
DR. Cook
Michigan
Margarite
A. Drexel
A. J. Drexel
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Washington City
He Ie
Keister & Son
Torkays
John A. Babcock
Hay City
Saginaw
Fort Leavenwepen
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