Inquest Hears May Klosser Linked To Poison Deaths
Coroners inquest in imberland Md hears testimony that May Klosser showed cyanide poisoning symptoms before Grace Twigg death. Dr Foard described convulsions and blood tinged foam while Grace died and May fainted. Wreck near Mulvane Kan kills three aboard freight and no passengers hurt.
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Imberland
Mary Graceser
Charles Edward Twigg
W. RR. Foard
May Klosser
May
Poard
Fly
Twigg
Mr. Blosser
E& H. Ash
Keyser
W. Va
Cumnd
Ash
Wis
Thomas K. N
Francis BE
Harring
Ernon
Willard Twigg
Misseo
Baker Jacob Seligman killed in mixer accident
New York January 7 report states baker Jacob Seligman was fatally harmed when pulled into a power driven mixer while sleeping near the machine. His grieving wife and six children face the loss as the business struggles to survive.
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York
Jacob Seligman
Will
Kissenger Granted Annuity by Congress for Yellow Fever Study
John Kissenger, Indiana volunteer soldier who allowed himself to be bitten by yellow fever mosquitoes in Cuba for infection study, was awarded a $72 monthly annuity by the House. The Senate-passed relief measure would give him $125 a month.
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Washington
John Ro Kiesenger
Indiana
Cuba
House of Representatives
Kissenger
Senate
Falls Dead From Engine
Murphysboro engineer Joshua Thorp died after leaving his train cabin during a heart attack and tumbling onto a stone embankment. his skull was crushed and he expired within minutes.
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Murphysboro
Joshua Thorp
Mail Pouches Stolen From San Francisco Banks
Three bags of registered mail valued at 50000 dollars were stolen in San Francisco or en route to Oakland. The sacks held late Christian shipments and money orders drafts checks and currency sent by local banks to close year accounts in the east and northwest. The theft likely involved three or four men and targets banks most.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Imports of 1910 Show Luxuries Worth Over 200 Million
New York report from the Bureau of Statistics notes 1910 imports of luxury goods such as diamonds laces art works wines tobacco and related items totaled about 200 million dollars. The analysis compares yearly luxury imports with broader business trends and highlights shifts from 1893 through 1910.
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New York
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Commerce and Labor
Import Value of Laces and Embroideries Reaches 45 Million
The report notes imports of laces and embroideries for the just ended year valued at about 45 million dollars, with a large portion consisting of cotton. It also cites overall import value reaching 300 million dollars. The figures highlight the scale of textile imports and the prominence of cotton in lace and embroidery goods.
Explosion hits Minneapolis General Electric plant
An explosion wrecked the eastside power plant of the Minneapolis General Electric company in Minneapolis Minnesota on January 7 wounding two men seriously. The city was left temporarily without electric current.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minneapolis General Electric Company
Thugs Kill Hotel Van and Policeman in Duluth Robbery
William Mazzary and Algot Johnson, bellboy and night porter, robbed the Hotel Melay in Duluth on January 7, killed a policeman, bound two men, and escaped with $50. A citywide manhunt with orders to shoot on sight followed as authorities pursued by car, motorcycle, and ice patrol.
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Duluth
Minn
William M&zzary
Algot Johnson
Melay
Harry Chesmore
St. Louis Bay
Wisconsin
Peary Seeks Navy Honor For North Pole Claim
Commander Peary presented proofs to a sub committee of the house naval affairs committee to support his claim of reaching the north pole. He may be placed on the retired list with the rank and pay of rear admiral after full committee approval. The Royal Geographical Society endorsed his record after independent review.
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North Pole
Washington
Peary
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
Naval Affairs Committee
Bates
Pennsylvania
Royal Geographical Society of London
National Geographical Society
Peary Naval Committee Rivalries Reported
The first announcement places Representative Bason of Arkansas as Peary's principal opponent on the naval committee. Representative Roberts of Massachusetts, who led the fight against Peary last year, is likely to withdraw his opposition once Peary submits his records to the naval committee.
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Bason
Arkansas
Peary
Naval
Roberts
Massachusetts
Naval Committee
Guard stabbed at Indiana re formatory by convict
Jeffersonville Indiana January 7 BE P Law a guard at the Tagiana state re formatory was stabbed in the left breast over the heart by convict William Russell with large shirt department shears. The wound was an inch and a half deep but not fatal Law returned home. Russell about 22 was sent from Floyd County in November 1909 to serve ten to twenty years for burglary. No motive known beyond his long sentence.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
BE. P. Law
Tagiana State Reformatory
William Russell
Russel
Law
Russell
Floyd County
Solons May Go on Bench
Representatives Smith of Iowa and Boutell of Illinois are under consideration by President Taft for judgeships. Smith would succeed Judge Vandeventer on the circuit bench while Boutell would fill the customs appeals court seat vacated by Judge Hunt’s promotion to the court of commerce. Boutell was not reelected.
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Washington
Smith
Iowa
Woutell
Ilinois
Taft
Willis Vandeventer
Boutell
Court of Customs
William H. Hunt
Court of Commerce
Houtell
Congress
Confesses Before Death in Clinton Prison Execution
Dannemora N Y Jan 7 Dominick Ferrera and Vincent Leonardo two young Italians from Albany were executed in Clinton prison electric chair for murdering a rent collector at the behest of the Black Hand. Leonardo confessed just before his straps were placed while Ferrera declared his innocence to the end. The executions lasted about twenty minutes.
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Dannemora
N. Y
Dominick Ferrera
Vincent Leonardo
Albany
Clinton
Leonardo
Ferrera
GetS Jag on Lemon Essence
George Pringle a Butler hotel cook was arraigned on drunkenness before Justice Fraser. He claimed his intoxication came from two bottles of lemon extract and the judge suggested he may be able to stand trial by next Thursday after further detoxification.
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Lansing, Mich
George Pringle
Butler Hotel
Fraser
Pringle
Market Summary from Chicago on Friday January 7 1921
Estimated receipts 14000 with 2255 left over from yesterday. Market slow with light hogs 7 80 to 8 lu mixed packers 7 80 to 15 heavy shipping grades 7 80 to 8 15 rough 7 80 to 7 90 cattle prospects steady by 40 cents sheep about 2000 prospects steady. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co. 544 and 645 Postal Telegraph Building Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Illinois
Chicago Market Reports for January Seventh, 1911
Chicago market notes include estimated receipts today at 12000 official receipts yesterday 20025 official shipments 6689 and leftovers 2255. Tomorrow's estimated receipts 37000 with bulk 8 to 8 15 light 785 to 8 20 mixed packers 7 SS to 8 20 heavy shipping grades 785 to 20 rough 7 SS to 795 porkers 800 to 815 pigs 7 60 to 15 cattle estimated receipts 400 market steady sheep estimated receipts 20cu.
Market opening bids by grade and commodity
Opening loads show 25 Bulk and 8 OS to 15 Light, 7 to 5 20 Heavy shipping grades. Cattle and sheep prices steady with 7 85 to 8 20 Rough and 7 Si to 7 95 for rough grades.
If You Want to Be Liked
A dated note on tolerance invites not taking offense when others fail to share viewpoints. It argues that every person has a right to an opinion and that there are multiple ways to see most issues.
The Local Markets Washington City Prices
Prices on the Washington City market list items such as oats, corn meal, straw, flour, and bran with per unit costs. Only partial readable lines exist for several commodities including oats, coals, straw, flour, and corn meal.
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Washington City
Aes Butler
Quotations and Produce Items From Local Market
Fragmentary OCR reads like market listings for Reister and Son produce and quotations. Mentions roosters ducks eggs lines and pricing fragments with unclear dates or places.
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Reister & Son
Livestock consignments advertised by John A. Babcock Commission
U S Yards Chicago Illinois invites consignors to direct livestock consignments. Rooms 27 58 on the main floor Exchange offer services for merchants.
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John A. Babcock Commission
U. S. Yards
Chicago
President Taft Rejects Pardon for Wealthy Peonage Convict
Taft refuses pardon for W. B. Harlan convicted under the peonage law. He notes fines are inadequate for wealthy offenders and imprisonment is needed to deter such crimes. Harlan, a lumber and turpentine businessman with southern and Iowa ties, faced detailed testimony of labor coercion and attempted escape.
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Washington
Harlan
Taft
Florida
Alabama
South
Iowa
Rudolph Lanniger
Harlan Was Privy To Whole Peonage Plan. Mr. Paft
Gas Fatal to Three in Chicago Home
Four deaths occur at 2948 North Hamlin Avenue as a gas leak kills Victoria Hornung thirty six and her children Stanley thirteen and Emily eight. Neighbors find the trio with gas pouring from a torn tube and an open stop as the house fills with fumes. The mother appears to have been responsible for the crime.
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Chicago
North Hamlin Avenue
Victoria Hornung
Stanley Hornung
Emily Hornung
Starch Plant Damaged by Fire in Lancaster Jan
A Lancaster starch plant suffered damage in January when a building collapse or spontaneous event damaged planks and wall sections causing about 12000 dollars in losses. No injuries reported. Local officials investigated the incident.
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Lancaster
Jan
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Into Fe
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Kan
Atcht
Topeka and Santa Fe
John Shields
O. H. Zarn
Passeng
Mule
Ker
U. S
House
Dan Cupid
Frank Gotch
Frank A.gotch Swees
Jobe
Gladys Oestrich
Alvin Gotch
Humboldt
Heaven
Dan
Frank
Gotch
Trumbeldt
Frank Goteh
Oestrich
Bell “Hop
Duluth, Minn
London Geographical Society
Pole
E. P. Law
Solons
Smitch
Boutel
Lansing
Cook
Grain Market
Ae Vewe
Gelief
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