Funeral of Gov John A Johnson Moves in State Pomp
The body of Gov John A Johnson was paraded from the Minnesota Capitol to a train bound for St Peter. Military escorts and civic groups led the procession as schools closed and mourners filled the streets. Students carried pennants and girls strewed flowers as the hearse passed.
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St Peter Minn
John A Johnson
Green Mis
St Paul
Presbyterian Church
E . Clarke
Minneste
Peopia
Fara
Mttle
Capitol
St. Paul
John A. Johnson
State Capitol
St Peter
L. F Bubbard
John Lind
R. van Sant
Kaute Nelson
Bherbert
Start
John Burk
North Dakota
Cyrus Northrup
University of Minnesota
University Regents
Minnesota
The
Masons
Hike
the Pythiana
Peary Receives Warm Bangor Portland Welcome
The date of reception in Bangor and Portland featured Governor Bert of Vermont, Mayor Leighton of Portland, Major Hamilton of South Portland, and many dignitaries. Peary spoke briefly, received a silver loving cup, and was escorted through crowds including schoolchildren and city officials. A subsequent Bar Harbor press briefing discussed submitting records to a competent authority to verify polar claims, with Dr Cook’s data similarly reviewed by a scientific tribunal.
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Milk Street
Bert
Yernard
Leighton
Portland
Major Hamilton
South Portland
Falmouth Hotel
Hyde
Bowdoin
Alfred E Burton
Boston School of Technology
Gow Vondy
Oma
Paul
Old Town
Hangorton Fe
Ferr
Windenta
Ulelptwa
Erie
John F Woodman
Gen Hubbard
Bangor House
Peary
Sanger
Bar Harbor
New York Express
Waterville
National Guard
Mayoc Redington
J HO
Chidran
Feary
Colby College
Chage
Bheers
E Tiger
Oain
Explorer
Lewiston
Bondholders Seek Higher Settlement in Sugar Suit
In New York a $3.1 million antitrust dispute between the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co. and the American Sugar Refining Co. is heard in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court. Judges Willson and Audenfeld act as arbitrators to decide if the American offer should be accepted. George H. Earle, as receiver, charged the American firm closed the local plant in violation of the Sherman Act. Minority bondholders oppose the settlement, arguing trial could yield a larger recovery.
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Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Willson and Audenfeld
Common Pleas
George H Earle
Pennsylvania Company
Employer Is His Accuser Alleged to be Wanted in Mount Carmel
Paul Vercis three years old was arrested by Policeman McCarthy of the Sixth precinct yesterday afternoon. Inspector Boardman says the prisoner stole 5180 from Nicholas Theophilos proprietor of a shoe-shining parlor and pool room in Mount Carmel. When searched at the station Vercis had 186 in his pocket. Although police were informed that Vercis stole the money during his employer’s absence the prisoner declared he and Theophilos were business partners and that he took the money with Theophilos knowledge.
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Mount Carmel
Paul Vercis
McCarthy
Boardman
Stola
Nicholas Theophilos
Verris
Theophilos
Peary to Quit Navy and Report Tidal Data
Commander Robert E Peary, under orders of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, is said to resign from the Navy to lecture and write. He will deliver north pole data to the survey, then return to Navy service as a civil engineer if not resigning, with no confirmation of pole discovery yet reported to the Navy.
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Explorer
Coast _ and Geodetic Survey
North Seas
Navy
Robert E Peary
United States Navy
Washington
Feary
North Pole
Navy Department
Greenland
Grantland
Peary
Frank W Perkins
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Renart
Perkins
Dole
Secrretary
Pearys
Peaty
Pearyia
Capis Ulysses Grant Simpson
White
Frank Oscar Maxson
Ats
Eea
Nlust
Ft ix
Department
United States
Ramier
Flouriah
John RB Bradley
Bradley Sp
Explorera
Bradley
Licensed to Marry Names Amidst Fractured OCR List
An OCR damaged record lists numerous names and clergy references for marriage licenses. Entries mention individuals such as Fred Chathagn, Nellie, Mary Crate, and Annie M Campbell, with reverends including Rev BO McLaughlin, Rev John McGill, and Rev RF Williams. The garbled text resembles a ceremonial license register fragment with scattered dates and partner names.
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Fred Chathagn
Clentel
Hoot
BO McLaughlin Millard H Turner
Nellie
Pultin
John McGill Stonry
McFerland OY
Marr
Mac
Mary Crate
Fos Ritchie
Bruton M
Irene Fields
Howerd Thomne Tasser
Minnia Mark
WP Gibbons
Polar explorers recount. a basket of gratitude to sponsors and peers
A speech praised courage and shared gratitude to supporters including John R Bradley and the Canadian expedition. It credited Danish, Dutch, Norse, Italian, and American for guiding polar success, with thanks to Hakima and Indian helpers, and noted April 1 1908 landfall near the one hundred second meridian.
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John R. Hradley
Creditors Seek Receiver for Timals National Life Insurance Co
Fifteen creditors filed a petition in Decatur seeking a receiver for the Timals National Life Insurance Company, owned by Harry Fairbanks, brother of a former vice president. The petition alleges mismanagement and calls for closure and reinsurance elsewhere to hasten settlement. A separate domestic incident at 1357 First Street Southwest ended with John Joseph allegedly attacking his wife Louise with a pocket knife. she was treated at the Casualty Hospital.
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Decatur
Timals National Elie Insurance Company
Lm | Fairbanks
Fairbanks II
Springfield
Percy RB Sullivan
Fairbanks
Meadean
Honduras
Fairbanksides
Josepha
First Street
John Joseph
Louise
John
Saks Improves Store on Seventh Street and Market
Saks completes remodeling of its Seventh Street and Market store, transforming it into a leading mercantile establishment. The interior features new carpets, wallpaper, and lighting, with oak paneling on the first floor and cherry finishes on the upper floors. The dress of beauty includes the tailoring shop and offices on the fourth floor, and extensive work and decorations across all levels showcase an enhanced display of men and boys clothing, shoes, neckwear, and sporting goods.
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Meahrs
Hove &E
Boye
Coor
Torture on Electric Rage Student Conducts Experiment
New York reports a student, Lawrence Goetz, injured at Edison plant on 14th Street and Rider Avenue when a 3000 volt bus bar shock during an electricity experiment caused severe burns. Power cut by Night Superintendent Kingsley Martin saved him from worse injury as flames enveloped his clothes and he was treated with an emergency blanket.
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New York
Edison Company
St. 14Th Street
Rider Avenue
Lawrence Goetz
Lebanon
Goetz
Bronx
Edison
Kingsley Martin
Kingsley
How Pogrom Rumor Started Blog Sept 8
A blog clarifies that no massacre occurred locally and reports were sensational abroad. It notes nightly clashes in Slobodka and Kiev, with Jews clashing with reactionaries over meetings, beatings, and window smashing. Police involvement followed after September 2 and 7 incidents.
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Abroai
Slobodka
Kirov
Kiev
2,700 Wife Desertion Cases Stir Cincinnati Drive
The Cincinnati Woman's Civic Union opened a campaign to spur federal laws to curb wife desertion after reports of 2,780 cases in three months. Dr Stewers urged action, arguing deserters endanger wives and children and deserve penalties similar to military deserters. The group urged women clubs nationwide to press Congress, with New York leading the campaign. Dr Blowers sent a letter to President Taft supporting a federal desertion law.
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Pole
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
WC. T. U
Stewers
Uncle Sam
New York
Congress
Railroads Seek Injunction Against ICC Rate Decree
Several railways led a bill in equity in a United States court seeking an injunction to block enforcement of the Interstate Commerce Commission rate order on bituminous coal. Plaintiffs include Philadelphia and Reading, Baltimore and Ohio, Cumberland Valley, Lehigh and New England, and Benjamin F Bush Receiver for Western Maryland. They contend the fixed rates cause huge stockholder losses and constitute taking without due process.
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Phitagetonia
Sept
Interstate Commerce
United States
Philadelphia and Reading
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Lehigh and New England Railroad
Benjamin F Bush
Western Maryland Railroad
Commission
Roanoke Fair Draws Vast Crowds and Busy Race Program
Roanoke Va attracted thousands as excursion trains poured in for the fair. Norfolk and Western shops closed, poultry exhibits expanded, and cattle prizes dominated the event. The racing card featured purses and notable entrants from Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and beyond, highlighting a bustling exhibition with broad regional participation.
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Sheetal Co
Washington Prat
Rroanoke Va
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Poultry Department
Fredericki
Burnle Farms
Stanford Ky
Mary Duna Atkinnoy
Baithaore Frag
Virginia
Petar Chane Armatrong
Princew
Ana
Ily Bo Bary Roucavorte Bess Nhiltle Jee Hanna “Reanoks
Triby “Moore Charan
Maxis Lockarat
Orlando Falaze
Maggie Tyson
Newark del
Vato Dowss
Canada
Lynchburg
Daud Brees
Copemherer Roanoka
Jony White
Patchen
Ferm Falls
Russell
Washington
Boys Admit 100 Robberies Confessed in Court
Spectal to The Washington Post Wheeling West Virginia September 24 James Burch William Hallman and Alexander Hanlan confessed to about hundred robberies in police court after arrest. They admitted stealing from J E Freese stationery store following a chase. They also stole a horse and buggy and sold it. They carried a hatchet and broke windows in several break-ins. The case links a surge of robberies to several youths, with further arrests anticipated.
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Weuhington
Wheeling
W Va
James Burch
Willam Hallman
Alexander Hanlan
J E Freese
Onolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Honolulu Water Shortage Prompts Garden and Launa Suspension
In Honolulu a water shortage looms as harbor conditions raise consumption and threaten garden irrigation and laundry operations. The report notes Admiral Charles E. H. Clark’s arrival and the sudden illness of Rear Admiral Clark, with temporary suspensions possible if the drought continues.
Knox's Son Fined for Overspeeding in District Court
Providence dispatch reports Philander Knox Jr son of Secretary Knox paid a $15 fine and costs after pleading guilty to overspeeding a car in district court. He was en route to Boxton on September 14 to attend a dinner for President Taft when arrested.
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Providence
Philander Knox Jr
Knox
Boxton
Real Dent Taft
At the Hotels listing varied names across cities
A crowded roster of travelers and guests appears across many hotels in cities including Raleigh Chicago New York and Pittsburgh with numerous individuals and couples listed by name state and hotel. The fragmentary sheet shows multiple entries such as Raleigh Moore and Crane Newbern and Moore and others in alphabetical hotel by city groupings.
Vast toll of West Indian hurricane cripples Louisiana and Mississippi
New Orleans reports a death toll near 100 as storms devastate rail hubs and cut telegraph lines. Railroads struggle to restore service across Louisiana and Mississippi while relief teams race to repair tracks, depots, and bridges. A lost passenger train was later found safe after detours. Weather warnings had anticipated the hurricane’s Gulf coast path.
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Louisiana
Ares
New Oheana
Mississippi
Fee
Loulaville
Nashville
Canal Atreat
Queen and Crescent
Vlinois Central
Manchac
Wey
Yazno
Mississippi Valley
Miinois Central
Hurricane District
Baton Rouge
Pittsburg
Tle
Mississiam
Vicksburg
Miss
Exiled Siberians Murderous Breakout Ends in Slayings
A group of nineteen prisoners at a Siberian jail battled guards during an attempted escape last evening. While at exercise they attacked their warders, fired, and four broke for liberty. Military guards pursued the fleeing prisoners. several were killed and others wounded, with some escaping.
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Omsk
Cal
Berty
Greatest composer to debut secret opera in New York
A renowned composer announces plans to write an opera to be produced in New York City. Details remain under wraps until the work is completed, with Antwerp and September 2 referenced as context for the project.
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New York
Antwerp
Jan Block Gatgum
Aviator Liane Hurlburt Demonstrates Dual Propeller Plane
In September reports describe Liane Hurlburt achieving several successful flights with an aeroplane featuring two propellers, one front and one rear, in Berlin and at Tempelhof Parade Ground. Latham also performs test flights, while press summaries note mixed views on war usefulness and future capabilities.
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Tuceme Switzerlard
Liane Hurlburt
Berlin
Hubert Lazham
Ducator
Ierti
Latham
Tempeltol
Almmenne Reesemblage
Michaer
Weenenblatt
Francesco
Piedmont
Oakland
Constructea &T Aero
Guey
China
New York Aero Society Reports First Flight at Morris Park
New York Aero Society members announce a flying machine built on their Morris Park grounds. The craft flown by member Grout reached feet height, resembling the Wright brothers’ design. Thirty-nine society members now own air planes.
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New York
Left Boy Helps Father After Tragic Event
In Chesgo Sept a family dispute ends in tragedy as Mrs Amnes Winle, despondent over health, kills herself and her baby by turning on the gas. Mrs Fiala had rearranged the home and instructed her son Hugo before the catastrophe. The father returned home to find mother and child dead, prompting a grim scene at the house.
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Amnes
Fiala
Hugo
Higa
Ant Hahy
Unclear OCR Snippet About Dr Cook Travel Ad
Fragmentary item mentions Dr Cook and travel, with garbled words and unclear context. Reading shows references to readers and Norfolk but no cohesive event or date. Unable to determine a definite person, place, or outcome from the legible text.
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