Rail plan to transfer control to Baltimore and Ohio
After lengthy talks the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton railroad will be brought under Baltimore and Ohio control through secured general mortgage bonds. Holders of 4 1/2 percent notes will be paid in cash or exchanged for new 4 percent bonds, with options to issue successor bonds before 1916. Oakland City and Petersburg courts report related litigation and oil field leases.
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New York
Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Central Trust Company of New York
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Baltimore & Oniao Railroad Company
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Company
Governor Marshall policy sparks debate over party loyalties
Washington dispatch reports Governor Marshall’s stance to appoint Republicans where public service benefits, provoking Southern Democratic opposition ahead of potential presidential nomination. Critics argue a Democratic governor should not name Republicans to state offices, while some Indiana Democrats defend the policy as pragmatic.
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Washington, D.C
Marshall
Eree
Indiana
Edenhartéer
Hosspital For
Sand
Marateau
Nastor Arrested After Streetcar Fall Injury Rampage
Sesca Nastor suffered a deep scalp wound from a fall from a street car and lashed out in a pharmacy. He was arrested after causing destruction inside the store and was arraigned before Justice Llewellyn, fined ten dollars plus costs, and jailed in default.
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Baltimoré
Sesca Nastor
Becaing
Nastor
Hopkins
Llewellyn
Erratic New York Dispatch Reflects Turbulent Tides
A ragged news wire excerpt shows disjointed chatter from Hamburg and New York. It references a wealthy resident Geiger and angry mood over freedoms and treatment, plus a Pittsfield incident with a Shaker and a chasing bull near a barnyard fence.
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Pittsfield
West Pittsfield
Tito
Mosquito Plan and a Dead Bull Highlight Mixed-Narrative Report
A ragged item blends a dramatic animal encounter with a bull and a boy’s timely shot in self defense, then shifts to Dr William Kudelich in Hoboken proposing a malaria control plan. He cites Arzolla, a plant from Africa, claimed to suffocate mosquito larvae and deter malaria in waters near Wilhelmghavén and St Louis.
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New York
Willian
Kudelich
Hoboken
Health Board of
Ludlich
Board of Health
Africa
Wilhelmghavén
Soan
St. Louis
Local chickens discover gold nugget in Shelbyville farm
Shelbyville resident George S Winans bought several chickens from Ben Kokentied of Flatrock Shelby County. Thomas J Noblitt bought two birds. One chicken yielded a nugget of pure gold from its craw, prompting authorities to monitor feeding areas for more gold.
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Shelbyville
Ind
George S. Winans
Ben?Kokentied
Flatrock
Shelby County
Thomas J. Noblitt
Kokentied
Lehigh Valley Clerk Rescues Woman, Child Amid Tracks Incident
William Groak, a Pittston railroad clerk, saved a woman and one child from an oncoming passenger train and narrowly avoided death while pursuing a second child who was killed when struck by the locomotive. Separate report: Rev. L Halderman warns of a near future world war and a confederacy of ten kings banishing religion and elevating science as god.
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Wilkesbarre
William
Groak
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pittston
Staem
New York
L. Halderman
The
Fist Baptist Church
Mr. Halderman
Halderman
Wreck on Santa Fe Fast Mail Kills Kansas City Clerk
A Santa Fe through train from Chicago to California wrecked near Peabody on the east bound track after a freight wreck blocked the west bound line. Postal clerk H C Thompson of Kansas City was instantly killed. Brakeman E Perkins and baggageman A W Travis were slightly injured. No passengers harmed.
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Topeka
Kas
Santa Fe
California
Peabody
H. C. Thompson
Kansas City
Thompson
E. Perkins
Braeman
A. W. Travis
Chicago
Kansas
Burglar Targeted Pies and Gum Factory in Indy
A burglar operated in Indianapolis on June 1, entering Elwood Smith at 3705 Massachusetts Avenue and stealing pies and chewing gum from Al M. Fitch’s factory. No injuries reported. Police seek information to identify the suspect.
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Indianapolis
Elwood Smith
Massachusetts Avenue
al M.' Fitch
Petrified Human Foot Found in Indiana Stream Bed
In Clay City Indiana on June 1 Joseph Cooprider found a formation in a small watercourse that resembles a petrified human foot though toes are misformed. The item has drawn observers who believe it to be a fossilized foot.
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Clay City
Ind
Joseph Cooprider
Wild Man Marvin Whitehead Captured Near Prentiss
Sheriff John Laird tracked and captured Marvin Whitehead in swamps near Prentiss Mississippi after five years in isolation. He wore scant ragged garments, had five inch nails, waist long hair and beard, and refused cooked food. Relatives had long searched for him.
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Prentiss
Miss
John Laird
Marvin Whitehead
Brightest Kansas girl to wed Seattle man
Miss Annie Marie Nellis famed as the brightest girl in Kansas will marry A. C. Phillips of Seattle on Wednesday. She once refused to marry the Sultan of Sulu while abroad and reportedly stopped Minister Wu from asking questions at a Washington reception. She quipped about Chinese people when pressed for her opinion.
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Topeka
Kas
Annie Marie Nellis
Kansas
Sulu
A. C. Phillips
Seattle
Washington
China
Boy Sacrifices Rabbit to Save Sister in Strange Local Tale
Cleveland reports tell of eleven-year-old Johnny Tender who gives up his pet rabbit after neighbors claim it is diseased. Dr. Dunn confirms rabbit fever and the boy, urged to spare his sister from illness, permits the animal's execution. In Boston, a separate note covers Dr. Timothy Leary's antitoxin trial saving Clifton Baker from blood poisoning after serum injections.
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Cleveland
Johnny Tender
Humane Society
L. J. Dunn
Jack
Johnny
Boston
Timothy Leary
Taft's Medical College
Clifton Baker
Twdnty
Holbrook
Leary
Brocton City Hospital
Dr. Leary
Boy saved from suffocating dust at sawmill spill
Six year old Ray Grim of Felton fell into a shin gle mill pile and nearly suffocated when dust filled his mouth nose and eyes. His father quickly carried him to a creek and forced his head underwater to rinse away the powder. The report notes a separate line about a driving horse owned by Horace Wright of a nearby locality.
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Peter Volin
Wille Volin
York
Ray Grim
Felton
Peculiar Hanging Fatality Involving Horse And Mule
A report from York Fur nace describes Gene Wright dying after a strange incident with a horse and mule on a top stem embankment. The rope around the animal’s neck broke as the pair went over the dank neck, ending the horses life and Wright’s.
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Red 'Lidn
York Furnace
Gene Wright
Bugsy
Mad dog scare halts work at Whitby home in Norristown
In Norristown on June 1 Mrs. Whitby cried mad dog as laborers dug a passage to the Whitby garage. The distressed dog, frothing at the mouth, threatened the crew prompting a defensive stance with sod and picks as the incident unfolded near Main Street and Franklin Avenue.
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Norristown
Bennjamin F. Whitby
Main Street
Kranklin Avenue
Whitby
Mail Car Hidden Compartments Discovered Between Butte and Salt Lake City
Denver reports a mail car en route between Butte and Salt Lake City spent four years in service before a hidden back of the pigeon hole was found. A carpenter uncovered four cramped chambers where mail lay intact. The letters were redistributed to destinations as if delivered on time. no complaints were raised by those awaiting mail.
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Denver
Butte
Salt Lake City
Wheeling Moves to Regulate Awnings on Streetwear
Wheeling West Virginia officials plan to assess and tighten controls on shop awnings after repeated complaints. Col J H Devore on city council cites public nuisance and mentions a charter barrier to women’s suffrage as part of his argument. A separate report from St Louis notes Alyssus Loewe, 12, to lose sight in his right eye after a mumblepeg game accident at his home.
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Wheeling
J. H. Devore
Board of Public Works
St. Louis
Alyssus Loewe
Willian Slowe
Upper Alton
The Rat Problem Experts Report in Washington
A statement by the biological society of the Department of Agriculture notes rats cost the United States about 100 million dollars yearly in grain and spread bubonic plague. It warns rats destroy untold millions annually and a single pair can grow to over 20 million in eight years.
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Washington
Biological Society
Department of Agriculture
Unclear Bloomington Report on Mayan Malott and Police Officials
Fragmentary text mentions Prosecutor William M Louden Mayan Claude G Malott Chief of Police Johns Officers Theodore Moore and J W Brown with references to a pool and billiard venue. Details and context are missing and names may be partial or garbled.
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Bloomington i
William M Louden
Claude G. Malott
Poligs
Johns
Theodore Moore
J. W. Browning
D. Opon
George M. An
TimberlakeHeld on Alleged Beer Brew Charge
An affidavit accuses Timberlake of violating the law by obtaining three wagon loads of Egyptian Hop and Malt Extract labeled beer with high alcohol content. He bonded $200 for appearance before the mayor. Officers found about 500 bottles and large quantities of the brew at his Lafayette–based operation. Prosecutor Louden says real beer has 2–4 percent alcohol and plans to press the case.
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Timberlake
Timberlake i
Lafayette
Fumberlake
Eagt Gat Loulg
Ill
Lsbel
Inteb
Tim' Si
Realind
Louden
Train Fire Sparks Jumping Commuters on Long Island
In New York on June 2 a fire from a third rail short circuit forced about two hundred commuters to jump from car windows as a Far Rockaway bound Long Island train pulled away. The reduced speed prevented injuries among jumpers though the engineer was slightly hurt and mail pouches were saved with difficulty.
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New York
Long Island
Far Rockways
Case estate heirs and caveat filed in Elizabeth York Case will
Baltimore reports the will of Elizabeth York Case filed as heirs include nephew Alazo Lloyd of Greenwood Indiana while two brothers Josiah and Charles A. Lloyd filed a caveat. Case’s writings and a famous poem There Is No Unbelief are noted with Lloyd set to receive a substantial share and some personal belongings. Greenwich records A J Farwell draftsman wins a local contest by writing 1170 words on a postal card in two weeks with 40 hours of effort. Bridgetown reports a dog mauling incident ending in the shooting of a St Bernard valued at 100 dollars after it struck a child playing with a dog belonging to John Quinn.
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Dr. Byers
Ais
Alabama
Terre Haute
Tim
Flone
South
Rica
Baltimore
Elizabeth York Case
Alazo Lloyd
Greenwood
Ind
Greenwich
Conno
A. J. Farwell
Brooklyn
James F. Lally
Farwell
Bridgetown
N. J
Albert Parvin
John Quinn
Wonder She’s Cross and the Family Remedy
A fragmented ad copy extols a herbal tea named Family Met as a simple natural remedy for weak women. It promotes the herb tea to strengthen and warm headachy individuals, suggesting it is free from drug dealers and gifts, priced at 25c.
Mrs Rebecca Burns Dies at 115 After Onion Diet
Bellefontaine Ohio report notes Mrs Rebecca Burns aged 115 died here Monday. She attributed her long life to eating onions twice daily, grown in her own garden and forming the principal part of her diet. A passerby said she saw George Washington in a child.
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Bellefontaine
O. Jung
Rebecca Burns
Pnoen
George
Washington
Gerden
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Borship
Philadelphia
Grace Graf
John i
Campden
York, Pa
Horace Wright
Lloyd
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