Baltimore Steamer Sinks After Storm Two Crews Missing
A northeast gale sank the coal laden Baltimore off Au Sable with thirteen drowned. The tug Columbia and its dredge and two lighters are lost. six crewmen on the Baltimore remain missing. Two men were found near death on a raft and rushed to Hast Towns. The schooner A Bradley went ashore near Port Washington with six rescued from wreck.
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Bay City
Mich
Tribune
Tawas City
Baltimore
Au Sable
Columbia
Detroit
Soo
P. H. Fleming & Co
Chicago
Montmorency
Charity Islands
Tawas
M. H. Place
Cleveland
Michael Brethren
Edward Owen
C. W. Sears
G. W. Scott
Herbert Wining
August Anderson
George Meinnis
John Delgers
Milwaukee
Wis
A. Bradley
William C. Ertel
Port Washington
Pettigrew Seeks Railway Role Denies Presidential Tender
Ex Senator R F Pettigrew denies any offer from President Hill and rejects claims of a Northern Pacific presidency bid He also says he has no comment on a possible head of the Great Northern legal department Pettigrew and his wife head to the Pacific coast after departing Sioux Falls.
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Minneapolis
Minn
the Times
Sioux Falls
R. F. Pettigrew
Hill
The
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Land Department
Pacific Coast
Sunny Women and the Cure All Promoted by Dr Pierce
An article extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a temperance remedy that restores health to young wives weakened by illness. It links sunshine in the home to female vitality and cites a testimonial from Mrs Maud of Stoutsville Ohio claiming twelve years of weakness cured after taking about twelve bottles plus Golden Medical and Pleasant Pellets.
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Dr. Pierce
Typographical Union Holds May Meeting in Philadelphia
May 1908 events include JL. H. Hopkins of Rhode Island chosen supreme secretary at Philadelphia gathering. President J. M. Lynch of the International Typographical Union received a reception and banquet in Omaha with 250 members attending. Also in Burlington, C. C. Wright a railroad dispatcher jumped from a bridge into the Mississippi, citing ill health as the cause.
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Philadelphia
JL. H. Hopkins
Rhode Island
Omaha, Neb
J. M. Lynch
International Typographical Union
Burlington
C. C. Wright
Mississippi
New York
Challenge
New York Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Challenge Committee
Nothing Small About This Family Celebrates 58th Wedding
South Bend Indiana May 25 Mr and Mrs Samuel Witmer near North Liberty have celebrated their fifty eighth wedding anniversary. They are the parents of fifteen children.
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South Bend
Ind
Samuel Witmer
North, Liberty
Tlart Knocks Out Creedon in Sixth Round Bout
Louisville boxer Marvin Tlart knocks out Australian Dan Creedon in the sixth round of a 25 round bout at the Southern Athletic club. Berlin reports Herr Brefeld will travel to study commerce in Britain and the United States.
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Louisville
Marvin Tlart
Dan Creedon
Australia
Southern Athletic Club
Berlin
Herr Brefeld
Commerce
Great Britain
United States
Funeral of Gov Tanner in Springfield Illinois
The remains of ex Governor John R Tanner will rest near Lincoln at Oakridge cemetery with a large funeral expected. Mrs Tanner purchased a 7000 foot lot about 800 feet from the Lincoln monument for burial. Active pallbearers include Whitemore Van Cleave and Smith. honorary pallbearers include Governor Yates and others. A union miners meeting was called to arrange attendance and the funeral will feature a military procession with Fifth Regiment I N G, cavalry, artillery and engineer units. The body will lie in state at the state house rotunda from 8 am to 2 pm Sunday.
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Springfield
John R. Tanner
Lincoln
Oakridge
Tanner
Lincoln Monument
Assisant
Whitemore
James I. B. van Cleave
Randolph Smith
Flora
James B. Smith
Clay City
John T. Peters
Thomas W. Scott
Fairfield
Charles H. Parnells
Jacksonville
Lewis H. Miner
The
State Journal
Grand Army of the Republic and Sons of Veterans
Fortune tale about Mrs Costello proven a sham
Mrs John Moon, mother of Ethel Costello, arrives in Kalamazoo to challenge a circulated claim she inherited 300000 from an uncle of Costello's first husband. Moon says Costello was never married to a man named Costello and the fortune story is false. Costello allegedly left town after Moon warned she would expose the hoax.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
John Moon
Ethel Costello
Miners Entombed After Senghenydd Explosion
About 100 men were in the Universal collieries pit at Senghenydd when an explosion trapped all underground. Five bodies were recovered early. the pit wreck left seventy miners entombed with slim chances of rescue as the search continued. Meanwhile in Minneapolis a strike by twenty five wire stringers arose over union recognition and scale signing.
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London
Universal Collieries
Senghenydd
Rhondda Valley
Minneapolis, Minn
Electrical Workers of
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Des Moines Cattle Auction Tops $15800 For Forty Eight Head
Martin Vivan of Des Moines sold forty eight Shorthorn cattle at auction for 15800 dollars. The top price went to Minnie Benson sold to H F Brown of Minneapolis for 1080. H W Weise of Sutherland paid 1000 for Gem of Gloster.
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Des Moines
Martin Vivan
Minnie Benson
H. F. Brown
Minneapolis
Traveling men gather for Iowa travel council meeting
Sioux City Iowa May 25 traveling salesmen from all parts of Iowa attend the second grand council of the United Commercial Travelers of Iowa.
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Sioux City
Iowa
United Commercial Travelers of Iowa
HE MARRIED A FILIPINO AND HER IOWA NEIGHBORS FIND HER BRIGHT
Mrs. Carmen Benware of Villisea now in Clarinda Iowa, is said to be the only Filipino woman in the state. She married Burt Benware after an unusual courtship in the Philippines. The tale, likened to Paul and Virginia, centers on a love triangle with her sister initially preferred by the groom and Carmen ultimately winning him.
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Clarinda
Carmen Benware
Burt Benware
Villisea
Lowa
Benware
Philippines
Carmen de Perfectos Y la Azora
Paul
Virginia
Zola
Carmen
Senora Chica Y Portuondo
Chica
St. Louis
Mich
Prison Commission
Yates
Market report details hogs cattle sheep from Chicago and East Buffalo
Chicago on May 24 reports hog receipts about 24 000 with prices from 4.40 to 5.99 for various hog classes cattle receipts around 2 500 with steers and dairy categories priced from 1.75 to 6.65 and veal 3.10 to 5.65 western and native sheep and lambs quoted 3.75 to 6.85. East Buffalo NY trade shows cattle 5.50 to 5.60 for veals hogs 5.80 to 6.95 with larger car counts and lambs 5.70 to 5.75. Milwaukee grain markets close with wheat steady and rye easing.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live
Board of Trade Today
Cy ‘Ork
Septimby
Burbanks
Peerless
Hebron
Illinois
Tax on Mortgage Tackled by National Tax Conference
The National Civil Federation tax conference resumed talks on mortgage and inheritance taxation and local option. Frederick N. Judson argued mortgages escape taxation, burdening mortgagors, and urged taxing land without mortgage reductions while seeking an effective overall system for personal securities.
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Buffalo
The
National Civil Federation
James A. Garfield
Ohio
Frederick N. Judson
St. Louis
Judson
California
Missouri
County Eyes Tax Dodger Contract to Reclaim Missing Revenues
Woodbury county supervisors consider hiring the Fleener Carnahan company to collect omitted taxes. John J. Carnahan boasts at least 100000 dollars in delinquent taxes could be recovered with minimal burden on small property owners and widows.
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Mleener-Carnahan Company
Lst
Sioux City
Woodbury County
John J. Carnahan
Fleener-Carnahan Company
Carnahan
Fist Fight Between Neighbors Leaves Man Severely Injured
In Union City Indiana May 25, U N Glant of Greenville Ohio and Wesley Ross his tenant seven miles southeast clashed in a dispute. Ross knocked Glant down and beat him badly. Glant later pressed assault with intent to kill and Ross bonded at $500. Glant sustains a broken nose and a fractured skull with possible brain bleed. prosecutor seeks higher bond.
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Union City
Ind
U. N. Glant
Greenville
Wesley Ross
Ross
Glant
Bond
Fake confession story rooted in Quincy origins
A May report claims Ferguson confessed in Jacksonville but the item is false and originated in Quincy. Ferguson and Mrs. Barnes face grand jury charges over Dr. J L Barnes’s poisoning. trial slated for November with Harry Gage as the sole witness not heard by the coroner.
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Jacksonville
Tils
Ferguson
Barnes
Quincy
Harry Gage
Springfield
Presbyterian general assembly debates revision and declaratory statement
The Philadelphia assembly voted to continue considering revision to the confession of faith while defeating an amendment to dismiss the topic. Debates centered on a declaratory statement asserting scripture as the source of doctrine and the fate of infants, with speakers defending and opposing changes.
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Des Moines
General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
George D. Baker
John Dewitt
Charles A. Dickey
Dewitt
Dickey
Br W. H. Roberts
Jolson
Robert M. Patterson
Pennsylvania
Johanson
Chicago
Patterson
Roberts
Mickey
Stickey
McKinley completes programme and returns to Washington
President McKinley wrapped up his San Francisco itinerary with a series of public functions including receptions at the Scott residence and Palace hotel and a school children’s review in Oakland. Mrs McKinley’s physicians report improvement and say she may travel to Washington tomorrow morning.
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McKinley
MckKinley
National Capital
Scott
Palace Hotel
Sons and Daughters of the American Evolution
The
Loyal Legion
Oakland
Scott Residence
Cortelyou
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L. W. Chambers
State Street Presbyterian Church
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Chicago Grain and Produce
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Thomas F. Rumbold
America
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Ark
Kan
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Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
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Crry
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Celambia Pharmacy
T. J. Dempsey's
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South Side
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
Ashing Ton, Iowa
H. Knecht
Journal
J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Cpfior
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Temple Building
W. H. Butterfield
Orat's
Lews
Marsh W. Bailey
City Hall
Saenenason
Roseyedinner
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
W. E. Anderson
Klein's Clothing Store
Ashington
City ‘Hus
Phos No. i
Allen
Frank Bowers
W. D. Lowry
Mercer & Chilcote
W. A. Stiles & Co
West Main St
Washington, Ia
Lila Whitmore
Hotel Allen
Wanamaker's
R. A. Riley
Wase
National Bank
Capital
We. Hoare
A. Werre
Kron
Asst
Oagh
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
Robinson
Ar Henderson
W. KR. Jeffrey
Pres
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Ana’t Onah
Doposten
Don General
E. ©. Townsend
D. C
Columbian School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
M. Lombardo
Puget Sound
Denver
Salt Lake City
Colorado
E. G. Fox
Niagara Falls
Adams Street
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