Evidence of fraud alleged in City Trust Company collapse
Philadelphia Sept 15. District Attorney Bell says he has found evidences of criminal fraud connected to the City Trust Safe Deposit and Security company which failed in June 1905 with liabilities over 600000. He plans prosecutions and arrests after reviewing statements from state banking officials with experts.
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Philadelphia
Tretrict Attermey Bell
City Trust, Safe Deposit and Security Company
Bell
City Trust Company
Real Earate Trust Company
State Banking Department
We Win or We Strike: Tobin Defeated in Shoe Workers Vote
In Brockton on Sept 15 John F. Tobin, seven year general president of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union in the United States and Canada, lost re election to Thomas B. Hickey, Brockton Lasters' business agent. Hickey's win signals potential shifts for shoe industry labor relations as manufacturers await outcomes. Hickey's platform declares we will win or we will strike, contrasting the union's prior arbitration policy.
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Trockton
Maas
John F. Tobin
Majon
United States
Canada
Thomas B. Hickey
Brockton Lasters’ Union
Hickey
JAP AS A SEAL POACHER
Jap sailors planned an organized raid on the Pribyloff islands to raid Robben and Commander rookeries. Five Japanese were killed and twelve captured during the attack on St Paul Island. The robben bank rookery suffered heavy losses with hundreds of seals killed amid wartime patrols by Russian ships.
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Hakodate
Japan
Pribyloff Islands
Robben
Commander Island
Bering Sea
St. Paul Island
Robben Bank
Thaw Defense Adds Two Lawyers in Tombs Case
New York on September 15 reports two more attorneys have joined the defense of Harry K. Thaw awaiting trial for the Stanford White shooting. John I. Iselin and Howard S. Gans met Thaw at the Tombs, accompanied by Clifford W. Hartridge, who will join the defense.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
John I. Iselin
Howard S. Gans
Gans
Iselin
Thaw
Clifford W. Hartridge
John Harvard Memorial Chapel restoration begins
Work started this week on St Sonn's chapel in St Saviour's church to honor John Harvard founder of Harvard University. Harvard graduates raised 12500 pounds for the restoration which will take about six months and the chapel will be renamed the John Harvard Memorial chapel.
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London
St. Sonn’s
St. Saviour’s Church
John Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard
Francis Visita King Mredérick Receives Royal Audience
Francis Visita King Mredérick, president of the Louisiana Purchase exposition, and L. DD. Dogier, a deputation member, were received by King Frederick of Copenhagen. The king heartily thanked Francis and Dozier for the gold medal and the diploma of the exposition and for the trip.
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Francis
Mredérick
Copenhagen
Sept
Reverend Marlsoe Released After Student Raid on Saloons
Waonkegan Tl report says Rev Geo Marlsoe, pastor of Highwood show, freed by his congregation. Marlsoe led a Garrett Biblical High school student raid on local saloons and seized machines and devices. another raid was planned according to reports.
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Waonkegan
Geo. Marlsoe
Highwood
Marlsoe
Garrett Biblical High School
Yil- Meee
Maine
Delegates Arrive for Central American Peace Conference
Delegates from Guatemala Salvador and Honduras arrive in San Jose Costa Rica for a peace conference after a treaty signed aboard the US cruiser Marblehead last July. Officials expect sessions to begin today. Also in brief, broom corn sells for 99 a ton in Charleston Illinois as the first 1906 carload shipped east by Harryman Bros.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Salvador
Henduras
Unite States
Marblehead
Heve
Charleston
Ill
Harryman Bros
Motherless Girls Rescue Scheme Aims City Work
Catskill New York September 15. A rescue scheme for motherless girls to be put to work in many cities and towns is announced as a nationwide effort. Local officials express cautious support while outlining safety measures and supervision plans.
Maggie Van Cott Launches Motherless Girls Clubs Plan
Evangelist Maggie Van Cott age 77 announces nationwide cities and towns to form encouragement clubs for motherless girls. She stresses mutual aid sympathy and protection and says she will personally organize in New York Boston Philadelphia and Chicago.
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United States
Maggie van Cott
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Davis explains election inquiry limited to close districts
Does Not Charge Fraud Portland Maine September 15 Cyrus W. Davis the defeated Democratic candidate for governor explained his statement that the election of state legislators will be investigated He disclaimed any suspicion of fraud and said the examination will be only of the close representative districts where recounts seem advisable Davis does not question his own defeat.
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Portland
Cyrus W. Davis
Davis
Homesick Hollander faces crisis in U.S. exit tragedy
Kalamazoo Michigan September 15 John Hammin a Holland emigrant kissed his 61 months old child goodbye and hanged himself in the pump house after his wife refused to return to Holland with him They came to the United States four months ago with their five children.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
John Hammin
Holland
United States
Baseball scores from Chicago and across leagues
Chicago and other cities report baseball results with ten inning and seven inning games. Brooklyn tops New York five to three in New York, then wins one to zero in the rematch. Philadelphia beats Boston four two in Rosaton. Chicago loses to St Louis three none and then four three in separate games. Washington defeats New York five one as Chicago falls to St Louis three four in another. Cleveland beats Detroit two one in the first and six zero Detroit in the second. Poston’s Philadelphia four zero over Philadelphia.
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Chicago
New York
Brooklyn
Rosaton
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
American
Washington
Poston
Cleveland
Detroit
Tents for Consumptives in Illinois Hospitals
Springfield Illinois September 15. State board of charities reports tent colonies for consumptive patients at Watertown and Bartonville hospitals. Watertown tent dwellers became quieter with better sleep appetites and fewer untidy habits. Bartonville colony shows per capita cost around 8M a year and patient improvement.
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Springfield
State Board of Charities
Watertown Hospital
Taylor
Bartonville Asylum
Is Charlies Bates Dead
Clarkston Michigan September 15 Charles Bates of Watertown appears dead here and alive at Mayville officers investigate if the dead Bates had a double or if he migrated. A Charles Bates who owns a Watertown farm is seen walking streets in Mayville.
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Clarkston, Mich
Charles Ates
Watertown
Mayville
Bates
Charles Bates
Farmer Finds Gobbler Nesting Red Apples Near Orchard
Three miles west of Petersburg, farmer Mfiyder reported a curious scene in his apple orchard. A large turkey gobbler was found in a nest of thirteen bright red apples, as if attempting to hatch them, raising a temporary aberration in this rural area.
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Petersburg
New York City Railway Raises Wages Across Staff
The New York City Railway company has boosted wages for employees on a graduated scale. The total financial commitment exceeds 6250,000 as part of the pay increase.
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New York
New York City Railway Company
Manhattan
Prominent Grain Dealer Duff Dies at 69 in Nebraska City
Lincoln Neb Sept 15 M E Duff a well known grain dealer with interests in Omaha Kansas City and other western markets is dead at his home in Nebraska City Neb aged 69 years He had lived in Nebraska City for twenty five years
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Lincoln
Neb
M. E. Duff
Omaha
Kansas City
Nebraska City
Prince Henry Promoted to Commander in Chief Navy Squadrons
Berlin Sept 15 Prince Henry of Prussia has been appointed commander in chief of all active service squadrons. He succeeds Admiral von Koester who remains chief inspector of the navy.
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Berlin
Princce Henry of
Prussia
Admiral Vor Koester
Artistic Furnishing Color Guidance from The New York Herald
The New York Herald suggests papering hall and parlor alike with green felt paper No.356 as a cost effective choice. Ivory paint and wicker furniture should be accented with flowered chintz cushions. Wicker furniture would benefit from a dull olive or turquoise stain to harmonize with blue and green floor coverings.
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New York Herald
Green tones and chintz guidance for a vintage parlor plan
The excerpt outlines interior decorating ideas using a Netter shade of green, plain green terry rug, white skin mats, and green chintz for furniture coverings. It recommends curtains, well framed wall pictures, a chestnut or oak table stained green, a tan dining room scheme with an old fashioned dresser, plate rails, tan felt ceiling, foliage paper, red accents, and a Moody red and tan rug about 9 by 13 feet to cost $18. The library and hall share green wallpaper with cream ceilings, favor lighter Mission furniture, and avoid bulky pieces.
How to Clean Jewels in Household Care
A Boston Traveler note warns against sharp pointed implements for cleaning rings as they loosen stones. Soak gems in liquid ammonia, then polish with a soft cloth. Rings stored in sawdust retain brilliancy. warm water and chalk clean plain or chased rings. Small items brighten in boiling water in an aluminum receptacle without powder. polish with clean chamois leather and prevent silver tarnish.
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Boston
Cleaning Grease From Wooden Floors With Potash Paste
Grease stains on kitchen floors respond to a hot potash solution. If one application fails, repeat once or twice. A yellow stain may appear on very white wood. counter with a lime paste and leave it for twelve hours. For delicate floors use a weak salsa and fuller's earth solution.
Cleaning Glass Globes for Bright Ground Surface
When cleaning glass globes wash with soap and water with a little salt of Jethon added. Grease settles in roughness making whitening difficult. soap and water alone or soda etching helps. After washing, do not dry with a cloth. let water drain away and air dry.
How to Renovate Gilt Frames
Instructions for brightening gilt frames describe washing with a damp sponge using spirits of wine or oil of turpentine. The sponge only should be used, not soaked, to remove dirt and fly marks. Do not wipe dry. allow frames to dry naturally.
Long walk in office reveals daily miles logged
A downtown office mall tested a pedometer over six weeks, recording daily distances. The weekly averages reached about six and a half miles per working day, totaling roughly 200 miles and a half mile, equating to two dollars at a cent per mile over six weeks.
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Im Ve
Ents
Pressi
Across country route linked to diverse cities
The note describes a wide travel corridor from New York to Bismarck North Dakota or to Galveston Texas, illustrating the breadth of the cross country journey mentioned by the Brooklyn Eagle.
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New York
Bismarck
N. C
Galveston, Tex
Brooklyn Eagle
Painful Faces From Unfelt Pain
Peril in painless faces is described as facial neuralgia. A man operated on for tic deloureux can lose facial sensation yet laugh and joke. The new operation relieves tic deloureux, but many victims still live with numb faces and danger from unnoticed injuries. New York Press reported the account.
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Maindy
Redbot
Tie Deloureux
Tic Deloureux
The World in a Minute: Surging Speeds of Light and Electricity
The piece marvels at speeds from sound and a rifle shot to light and electricity. It notes sound travels twelve and a half miles per minute, rifle bullets sixteen and a half, light loops Earth seven and a half times each minute, and electricity completes the globe eleven and a half circuits in sixty seconds.
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Earth
Decline of Parliamentary Oratory in London Weeklies
A London weekly laments the decay of oratory in the house of commons. An observer classifies speaking styles as Haw baw, hum and baw, and he haw. The first marks haughty gentlemen on the treasury bench, the second the keen front opposition bench, and the third the effort of the private member.
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London
House of Commons
Treasury
How to Open New Cans of Powder
Instructions describe removing an inch of label around the can top then rolling the can on the floor with the foot to apply slight pressure. This makes the lid easy to remove from near the top.
How to Revive Patent Leather Care Guide
How to revive patent leather by rubbing with a linen rag dampened with olive oil or milk. Polish with a dry soft duster. Cream and linseed oil provide a good polish for patent leather boots.
Local Notes and Classifieds Highlight Personal Moves and Offers
William Wells of Dublin was in the city on business yesterday. Mrs James Patterson returned home at Titus yesterday morning after a brief city visit. For Sale International Correspondence school course at a bargain inquire at this office. 77-56 Bacon WELL WORTH TRYING. W H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont praises Dr Kings New Life Pills for health and quick relief from headache constipation and biliousness. 25c guaranteed at Stewart drug store.
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William Wells
Dublin
James Patterson
Titus
City
W. H. Brown
Pittsfield
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