Smooth strangers run swindle in western Michigan
Two men claiming to be Dr Lorenz and B Crosby from Chicago visited Casper Schneider in Manistee county. They staged a fake medical treatment tied to a supposed Governor Warner visit, tried to extract 40 dollars and claimed funds would go to a hospital. They were arrested but released for lack of enforceable charges.
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Mich
Dr. Lorenz
Iienna
Chicago
Thomas
B. Crosby
Michigan
Casper Schneider
Pear Manistee
Destitution in Alaska Report Aims to Tame Indian Aid
Washington reports that Army officers studying destitution among Copper River Indians in Alaska oppose government mine relief. Major General F C Ainsworth backs Interior Department care, while Captain El A Helmick proposes placing Alaska Indians under a government agent to set relief levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indiana
Alaska
F.C. Ainsworth
el A. Helmick
Tenth Infantry
Fort Lisemm
Helmick
Ainsworth
Bank Clerk Arraigned Over Attempted Robbery in Tombs
Bernard Mann of the National Bank of Commerce was arraigned in Tombs Court on a charge of attempting to rob his employer. Bank counsel suspected a larger scheme involving a stolen $12.08 check, but after review they deemed this the only offense. Mann confessed to taking and attempting to cash the check and was held for trial in $500 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bernard Mann
National Bank of Commerce
Tombs Court
Mann Fms
Add
Two Men Near Death in Duluth Canal Tunnel Escape
Wuluth Ney keeper James Prior and assistant Thomas H White narrowly escaped drowning in a concrete tunnel through the Duluth canal. The two men, lying flat on a small car, propelled themselves through a two and a half foot high passage as a heavy northeast wind flooded the tunnel. Water rose higher than expected and they repeatedly found themselves without air, choking as they inched forward on a perilous gray journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuluth, Ney
James Prior
Duluth
Senator Thomas Plate Denies Residency Interview
New York reports Senator Thomas Plate rejects an alleged interview asserting he would not resign. He says he did not speak to any reporter about resigning, did not say he would stay in Washington all winter, and calls the interview untrue. He claims no plans to resign to Governor Higgins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Thomas
Plate
Higgins
Washington
Bolivia Railways project begins in New York syndicate
Construction starts on the first section of the Bolivian railroad system planned by a New York syndicate. The Bolivia Railways company is funded by National City Bank Speyer Co. and W R Grace Co. An official said completing the line will require about 35 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
New York
New York Syndicate
Bolivia Railways Company
Hank, Speyer & Co
W. R. Grace & Co
Jealousy at Racine Sparks Alleged Stabbing Case
A fragment mentions a fatal stabbing linked to jealousy in Racine with a 9 year old, a New York Demon award and a desertion from the army. It also references Senator McCarthy, a nomination for Hearst, and a visit by King George to the Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
New York
Pe Hall
McCar
Flearst
Geoce
Hyomei Cures Catarrh Says Columbia Pharmacy
Columbia pharmacy promotes Hyomei as a guaranteed cure for catarrh with a refund if not effective. The pocket inhaler delivers medicine without stomach dosing and claimed to relieve long standing throat irritation. Complete outfit costs a dollar with extra bottles at 50 cents if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colmbia
Washington
Dalhart Grows Into a Progressive Junction City
Four years ago the town had fewer than six houses. It has since become a 3500 population city with waterworks, electric light, ice factory, banks, hotels, schools, churches, and more. Dalhart sits at the junction of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific and the Ft. Worth & Denver City railways, with Rock Island making it a division point and shops. Washington Land Co. and managers J McCartney and J W Patton are promoting the area as a land opportunity near Dalhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Ft. Worth
Denver
Rock Island
Dalhart
Plains
Trigon Fraternity Brother Suspect in Michigan Student's Death
John Frazer, a Genesee New York native and University of Michigan engineering student, died from a bullet wound in the abdomen after a hunting accident on the Huron River. The shooter is not positively identified and fraternity members refuse to discuss the incident. Frazer belonged to the Trigon fraternity, linked to Episcopal church affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
John Frazer
Genesee
N. Y
University of Michigan
Huron River
Frazer
Trigon
Episcopal Church
Tall Kills an Aged Man Windfall Indiana
Sam Osborne, sixty years old, a well known farmer from six miles from here, fell from the barn roof while at work and died moments after. He had lived on the farm for fifty years and left five children: John, George, Joseph, Mrs. Jane Sineok, and Mrs. Nettie Poole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tall
Ind
Sam Osborne
Ward
George
Joseph
Jane Sineok
Nettie Poole
Tree growers' rabbit and tile protection whitewash recipe
The Minnesota experiment station notes experienced growers favor a protective whitewash. Mix a creamlike paste with blue vitriol to reach robin's egg blue, then brush onto the row sides facing the operator, passing between two rows to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Wisconsin Governor's Daughter Engaged to Milwaukee Man
Governor and Mrs Davidson of Wiseconsin announce the engagement of their daughter Mabel to Frederick Inbish of Milwaukee. Davidson's vote for governor was 158 558 with a 50 247 plurality. Prat Very, a United States citizen, ordered out of Canada over the Hamilton street railway strike. Secretary Shaw travels to Washington after Pittsburg business. The French parliament supports abolishing the death penalty. Missouri Pacific passenger train derails near Ottawa Kansas with no serious injuries. No US citizen died of disease in Panama canal zone in three months. Walter Paris, Washington watercolor painter, dies at 64. Lawrence Fagan of Altoona Pa. dies in a trolley crash.
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Giovernor
Davidson
Wiseconsin
Mabel
Frederick
Inbish
Milwaukee
Wiscosin
Panama Canal Zone
Walter Paris
Washington
England
Lawrence Fagan
Altoona
Arnica Salve Cited For Severe Ulcer Recovery
A. C. Stickel of Mile Tus, West Virginia credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with stopping a dangerous ulcer operation on his daughter and says persistent use cured burns and injuries. Available for 25 cents at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
A. C. Stickel
Miletus
W. Va
Art's
Fall pigs gain through careful care and feeding guidance
A discussion on improving fall piglets in a farm setting. Emphasizes warm dry farrowing nests, protection from drafts, exercise, and access to green feed. Recommends teaching piglets to eat by three weeks using a trough with middlings milk and molasses, feeding twice daily, and weaning at eight weeks weighing fifty to sixty pounds.
Farmers Expand Tile Drainage Across Eastern Illinois
Farmers in eastern Illinois counties intensify tile drainage by contracting specialists to lay large eight inch and bigger tiles. Contractors dig trenches, lay tile, and refill at about 30 cents per rod, with depth driving the price. A 500 acre farm in Iroquois County plans a mile of tiling this year as others drain more land to maximize cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinois
Iroquois County
Orange Judd
Local candy shops and shoppers fill city scene
Fresh homemade candies at the Vienna and Brown's Candy Kitchen drive local shopping while Johnson's offers cakes and pies for Thanksgiving. Residents visit Burlington, Chicago, Muscatine, or Buffalo on brief business trips amid plans for a basketball game at the Armory and football under new rules for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown's Candy Kitchen
Joe Limerman
Keota
Johnson's
Vienna
James Miller
Richard
Chicago
Green Squire
Muscatine
the Armory
Heavy horses prove most profitable for farms despite engines
Heavy horses yield $150 to $200 yearly when well bred and sound. Farmers avoid light horses for farm use after experiences with heavy teams. Target 1300 to 1600 pounds. raise only the best breed, with Percheron common, Shire and Clyde in some regions, Belgians and Suffolks rising in popularity for strong, compact draft stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shires
Clydes
Orange Judd
Farming Wisdom From Kimball Dairy Farmer
The excerpt emphasizes thrift on the farm noting that cheap scrub is costly and that moving fences should prompt filling post holes. It remarks half of homeowners are farmers, praises the corn crop, cautions against soil wear, and warns that feeding whole corn wastes feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Apples as Pig Feed Prove Poor for Fattening Pigs
Observations indicate apples in large quantities are not valuable for fattening pigs. They perform better when fed with a quantity of meal to dry brood sows.
Quieting Title Suit Notifies Wide Array of Defendants
In Washington County Iowa a plaintiff John G Moriarty files in district court a petition to quiet title to Lots 2 3 4 and 5 in Doigs Addition to South Washington and adjacent land described by metes and bounds seeking exclusion of defendants heirs unknown claimants and all through or under them from any claim to the real estate. The court is notified that the case will proceed at the January term 1907 and a defense deadline is set. The notice is signed by Henderson and Thorne attorneys. The publisher is Washington Evening Journal. The notice is dated November 28 1906 and issued by Judge Byron W Preston.
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Washington County
Iowa
John G. Moriarty
Johnathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan H. Wilson
Alice Wison
Jas
R K. Doig
Agnes L. Doig
James K. Doig
James Doig
W. Kk. Jeffrey
Laura Mott
A. Phelps
Albert Phelps
James White
N.O. Wheeler
James Mott
Daniel Baynes
Eliza Jane Haynes
Janes
R. Dotg
Jenaner
Mrs
Harries Wagoner
Fisher Foresman
Esther J. Foresman
Alice Wilson
James R. Doig
Helen Johnson
Louise Ree
Rankin Doig
Robert L. Doig
Anna Jeffrey
Ella Doig
Rolla Doig
James T. Wilson
John M. Wilson
Doig
South
Washington
District Court
Henderson & Thorne
Washington Evening Journal
Byron W. Preston
Hall's Catarrh Cure claims payment for cures
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio promising to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Court affidavit dated December 6 1886. Notary A W Gleason. Cure taken internally and claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Receiver's Notice in Iowa Partnership Case 1906
J T Matthews receiver in the Iowa partnership case orders all claims against the firm to be filed by January 1 1907. Creditors are to be notified by two Evening Journal publications twenty days before 1907. Personal service will be made on known creditors. Witnessed November 27 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Washington County
Iowa
Geo
H. Paul
F. L. Stewart
J. T. Matthews
A. D
Evening Journal
Washington
Happiness returns for S C Blair's daughter after Bitters
In St Albans West Virginia a school superintendent reports his daughter cured of St Vitus Dance by Electric Bitters after other treatments failed. The remedy is praised as a quick cure for nerve complaints general debility and malaria offered by Stewart drug store at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Blair
Superitendent
St. Albans
W.va
Stewar Drug Store
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Catarrg
Dahart
Washington Land Co. J
McCartney and
J. W. Patton
Stuart’s
I. Rothschild
Burlington
Clarence Baxter
Clinton
Baltimore
Stuart's
W. G. Thorne
Buffalo, Iowa
So! Rich
Laura
Carr & Grush’s
St Chas
McCreedy
Cora Davis
Fairfield
H. E. Edwards
Verdi
Raddison
Wis
Standard Furniture Company
W. A. Turner
Benz Hotel
the House of Kuppenheimer
Sol. Rich & Go
East Side Square
Lincoln Steffens
Opera
Licoln Steffens
Graham Opera
Joseph Lincoln Steffens
San Francisco
California
Illinois
Joseph Fens
Sacramento
Californi
Elizabeth Louisa Symes
Amica
New Jersey
Lincoln
Universi
Berlinberg
Leipzig
Paris
Johine
BR. B. Boncou
Lroy
State of
Ohio
North Side Square
Tipton’s
Ar Aee Prep
Syileee
Samuel Larimer
6Th Ave
Equitable Building
Des Moines
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