Napoleon of Finance Amid Bank Theft Chaos
A Singapore dispatch reports Tong Kong and Shanghai Bank notes valued at £50,000 stolen from a Singapore branch with no trace of the thief. In Michigan, Charles Bonnell, a leading fruit grower, becomes violent during a severe cold spell attacking his wife and children until neighbors intervene. The Iowa Homeopathic Medical Society ends its annual session with officers named and a request for a £30,000 appropriation to expand the homeopathic department at the state university.
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Mich
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Des Moines
Iowa Homeopathic Medical Society
F. A. Remington
Sioux City
I. RR. Ames
Rolfe
The
State University
Saginaw Grand Rapids Electric Line Progress Report
Saginaw Michigan May 31 The project to connect Saginaw and Grand Rapids by electric railway is assured of success with incorporation of a 1,000,000 capital company and bonds taken by an eastern syndicate The proposed route runs Grand Rapids to Greenville to Stanton to Lake Odessa to Alma and to St Louis Wahington May 31 Hiram Price former congressman and Indian affairs commissioner died at 87 of heart trouble He was longtime president of Iowa State Bank Found Evidences of Murder Kendallville Indiana May 31 bones of a human skeleton unearthed in a gravel bank indicating possible foul play Indianapolis May 31 Union Trust Company executor filed Harrison estate appraisement listing personal property at 176625.52 and Indianapolis realty at 184500
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Alma
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Congress
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Price
State Bank of
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Ind
Wilson Farm
Indianapolis
Union Trust Company
Walker
Benjamin Harrison
Tope and Pratt Whitney Cut Work Hours for Strike Crew
Hartford reports both plants will run on a nine hour workday with ten hours pay starting today affecting about 450 workers. Other items note a May 31 settlement in Delphi over a $14 000 claim for care of a father, and a Chicago land 160 acre inheritance tied to Clark Hollenback with heirs including Mrs. Alice Lamar.
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American Academy of Medicine
The Graduates Sermon Reflects On Education And Worth
The speaker notes education now reaches all classes and asserts every person has infinite value in God's sight. The message contrasts worldly status with inner qualities, urging focus on heart and faith rather than calling, and highlights the dignity of man as crowned with glory and honor through belief in a risen Savior.
Revered Schreckengast Addresses High School Class
Rev Schreckengast spoke to the graduating high school class on a theme called to be rulers. His address urged lofty ambitions and warned against becoming slaves to work or pleasure. He praised babies and noted their protection by angels, concluding with praise for the minister as a model for youth.
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Schreckengast
Kate Pencoyer
Commencement Seats Distribution and Staff Moves
Seats for the high school commencement will be checked at 9 o clock tomorrow at the opera house box office. After that they go on sale at Rowland and Shields drug store. News mentions Crawfordsville visitors Robert McCall Neal Cherry Claud McCall and Will Neal and Latta leaving Tipton for a foreman job at the Waterloo Reporter with family plans to relocate.
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Robert McCall
Neal Cherry
Claud McCall
Will Neal
Crawfordsville
Major Latta
Tipton
Waterloo
Wife defies Rev Sheldon precept in story about servants
In Topeka Kansas on June 1 the wife of Rev M Sheldon did not follow his book Born to Serve which says servants should have equal privileges with family. A servant was hired and when her meal supervision began an extra plate was set for the servant prompting the wife to object. The servant left the home the next day after discussion.
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Topeka
Kan
M. Sheldon
Mrs McKinley Reported Not Improved in Washington
Washington June 1 Mrs McKinley remains seriously ill with extreme weakness and no signs of improvement despite hopeful past patterns. The report notes her condition as unchanged and emphasizes the severity of her illness.
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Washington
Bliss to call extra session over failed Michigan measures
Governor Bliss signaled a fall special session to push through the failed Michigan bills despite Senate inaction. He cites party and public interest, aiming to pass the Hardingy freight rates bill Robinson railroad fares tax sleeping car firms tax law amendments and cigarette sale restrictions.
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Lansing
Mich
Bliss
Tie
Senate
House
Hlardy
Robinson
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
State Tax Commission
Tragedy in Cassopolis as Nick Connor shoots wife
In Cassopolis Michigan on June 3 Nick Connor a Black man fatally wounded his wife with three shots after a quarrel. He tried to kill himself with the same weapon firing three times. He is not yet dead but expected to die.
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Cassopolis
Mich
Nick" Connor
Connor
Clergy Urge End to Social Card Playing
The Portland Indiana ministerial association passed resolutions asking members of all churches to cease playing social games of cards.
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Portland
Ind
Ministerial Association
Chief Indian role nearly proves deadly in wild west show
Larry ODoono Hue O Donohue 11 of 4101 Ashland Ave played chief Indian in a Chicago wild west show. The plan had him tied to a stake with nearby flames and grass catching fire. Companions rescued him as his trousers burned and his legs were badly burned before release.
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Chicago
Larry O’doonohue
James O' Donohue
Ashland Avenue
Henry Bennett
O'Donohue
O' Donohue
Young O'Donohue
King Solomon's Mines Found In West Africa Exploration
In the Gold Coast region, American diamond drill operatives report shafts 200 feet deep, long drifts and tunnels, and primitive hoisting gear. They found free milling gold and relics of hurried abandonment with human bones near water level, suggesting rich potential at greater depths.
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Negaunee
Mich
Gold Coast
West Africa
King Solomon
Dowie Grand Jury Indictment Not Returned
Chicago grand jury did not indict Dowie. Queen Helene of Spain is a mother. its a girl. The king says he is happy.
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Grand Jury
Chicago
Helene
Spain
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