Possesses rare Indian peace medal with Tecumseh link
Winton, Indiana owner W Prank Wood holds a rare Indian peace medal dating to 1811 or 1813 during President Monroe era. The coin bears Monroe’s likeness and the peace friendship motif. Its provenance includes a Texas medicine show era tale and a claim of high historical value over monetary worth. Separately, Sioux City nurses raise weekly pay from 20 to 25 dollars, aligning with Omaha and Minneapolis peers and citing identical workloads and roles in homes.
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Wi. S. AL. D
Unie
Washington
Tecumseh
Birk Wood
Wood
Mr. Wood
Sioux City
Graduate Nurses’ Association
Associaton
Omaha
Minneapolis
Tragic crush fatal in Milwaukee rail yards
Edmund Dillon, 39, lost balance and was crushed by a moving engine in Milwaukee railroad yards yesterday morning. He was an employee of the road, son of John Dillon, unmarried, and the death was instantaneous.
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Forest City
Edmund Dillon
Milwaukee
John Dillon
Towns Report Appointments and Bank Figures From Washington Notes
Post masters appointed in Alburnett Linn County George W Shakespear vice J A Rogers resigned Hynes Monroe County James Mee Millen vice Fal ley Hynes deceased Manhattan Dickinson County and others Rural carriers appointed Osceola Perr J King Ora Bing New Allin H Gilbert Claude M Steele National Bank of Cedar Rapids reports lower reserve higher loans and discounts rise in deposits Fairfield reports Billy Sunday denounces graft and vows confrontation at a public event City of Slous notes rapid Iowa migration with 5000 leaving this year as farm values drive年轻 residents toward Dakota and Pacific coast towns. Names cited include J I Myerly J A Rogers Fal ley Hynes Hynes and others.
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Washington, D. C
Alburnett
Linn
George W. Shakespear
J. A. Rogers
Hynes
Monroe County
James Meée Millen
Falley Hynes
Manhattan
Dickinson County
Harry B. Myerly
J. I. Myerly
Osceola Perr J. King
Ora Bing
New Allin
H. Gilbert
Claude M. Steele
National Bank of Cedar Rapids
Comptroller of Currency
Slous City
Apri
Hans
Dakotas
Colorado
Pacific
Tomes
Iowa
Uke Mitchel
Huron
Pierre
Otp
South Dakota
Northwest
Corey predicts re election of United States Steel president
New York April notes that E Corey is expected to be re elected president of United States Steel at the directors meeting after the annual stockholders gathering on April 15. Judge Gary, chairman, remains optimist about country needs and steel demand, with March orders far above last year and unfilled orders enough to run capacity for nine months.
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New York
E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Judge Gary
United Steel Corporation
Chicago Evening Post
Gary
Steel Corporation
Letter Delayed Five Miles From Midvale to Paterson
New York reports a letter mailed July 28, 1904 by Midvale assessor David Beam reached Paterson, New Jersey, nearly three years later. It acknowledged burial certificates for twenty excursionists killed in a Greenwood Lake railroad wreck. The envelope shows a July 23, 14a date with no explanation offered.
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New York
Midvale
Paysale County
New Jersey
Paterson
David Beam
Greenwood Lake
Register of Vital Statistics
Wisconsin Police Prepare to Arrest Dietz in Campaign
Sawyer county district attorney F L McNamara returns from his wedding trip as Wisconsin authorities plan to pursue John Dietz. Sheriff Fred L Clarke, a veteran, expects orders soon and vows to bring in Dietz or face danger himself. Indictments were issued after McNamara left town. McNamara wed Florence Child of Omaha last week.
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Wisconsin
John Dietz
Howard
Wis
Amit
John F. Dita
F. L. McNamara
Sawyer County
Fred L. Clarke
Dietz
Clarke
Diets
McNamara
Florence Child
Omaha
Preventics touted as early cold cure and pneumonia stopper
An early 20th century notice promotes Preventics candy tablets to treat colds at the sneeze stage and claims they cure seated colds and prevent pneumonia. Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin offers free samples and a book in exchange for letters. Wangier Bros sells Preventics in 25 cent boxes. A softened soup mix added to mead by some bakers is mentioned as lightening.
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Shoop
Racine
Wis
Wangier Bros
Miscreants At Work On Pennsylvania Rail Lines
Pittsburg reports three new attempts to destroy trains on the Pennsylvania system in 36 hours heightening railroad alarm. Wreck attempts occurred near East Bradley on Allegheny Valley road eighty five miles north of Pittsburg on Train No 62 and at Alliance Ohio when a switch was opened. Pinkerton detectives guard lines as President McGrea travels to Pittsburg to lead drastic measures. Rewards totaling 10600 dollars offered for information. officials believe wrecks aim at robbery.
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Pittsburg
East Bradley
Allegheny Valley Road
Alliance
Pennsylvania
Pinkerton
Tle
Philadelphia
McGrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atterbury
McCrea
Mineral Point
Stewart
Turtle Creek
Hudson, C
Travis
St. Louis
Parliament Confronts Dense Agenda After Easter Recess
London reports Parliament reassembled to tackle a packed program from the king's speech. Only three minor measures touched so far as Campbell-Bannerman aims to speed business with a new standing committee. War Secretary Haldane's army bill faces stiff opposition. the budget arrives April 18. An autumn session is likely due to the heavy workload.
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London
Campbell- Bannerman
Rouch
Sentences Commuted in Missouri Murder Case
Jefferson City April 5 The death sentences of Mrs Aggle Myers of Kansas City and Frank Hottman of Higginsville Mo for the murder of Clarence Myers were commuted by Governor Folk to life imprisonment. They will be sent to the state penitentiary at once. Mrs Myers is jailed at Liberty and Hottman in Kansas City. The case drew wide attention for its brutality and the calm behavior of Mrs Myers since arrest.
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Jefferson City
Aggle Myers
Kansas City
Frank Hottman
Higginsville
Clarence Myers
Folk
Missouri Woman Involved in Fatal Conspiracy Murder
In Missouri a divorced woman plotted to murder her husband Myers to marry her lover Holtzman of Higginsville. The pair lured Myers to sleep, where Holtzman struck with a billiard cue, then the woman joined in stabbing and slashing with a pair of scissors and a pod slut, leaving Myers fatally wounded.
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Missouri
Myera
Myers
Hottmar
Higginsville
Kangad Selys
Hottman
Holtzman
Slot Machine Graft Tests Hit San Francisco
San Francisco grand jury probes bribery linked to slot machine operation and police protection as part of anti-gambling enforcement. Witnesses include Fred Hilbert, M. A. King, John A. Peters, G. Schulz, Dr. Joseph F. Poheim, and Matt Larkin. Trial of Abraham Ruef adjourned. De Young and Young cited over a critical editorial.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fred Hilbert
Schmitz
Europe
Ruef
M. A. King
Home V Telephone Company
John A. Peters
G. Schulz
Joseph F. Poheim
Matt Larkin
Abraham Ruef
Dunne
Henry Act
M. B. de Young
San Francisco Chronicle
John PF. Young
Last Round in Chicago Malfeasance Case Arraignment Today
In Chicago at Judge Kavanagh's court George Williams building commissioner under Mayor Harrison will be arraigned on malfeasance in office. The case ties to the Iroquois theater disaster and could end the long legal saga or open a merited round of charges. The outcome is awaited by many as a potential Supreme Court pivot.
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Chicago
Kavanagh
George Williams
Harrison
Wavanagh Long
ABC
Kimbrough
Danville
Win
J. Davis
Extraordinary session convened in Missouri to pass gambling ban
In Jefferson City on April 9 the 44th general assembly met in an extraordinary session. Governors and lawmakers plan to act on measures recommended to the special session, including an emergency clause to immediately enforce the statute prohibiting rave track gambling.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Forty-Fourth General Assembly
Amone
Govert Inor
Folk
Governor Grants Conditional Pardon for Willie Sells
Topeka Kansas April 9 Governor Hook pardoned Willie Sells who killed his father mother brother and sister and has served in the Kansas penitentiary since 1888 on a life sentence the pardon is conditional
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Hook
Willie Sells
Kansas Penitentiary
Indictment Charged Kansas Man in Mail Fraud Case
Federal grand jury in Topeka returns an indictment against H. H. Tucker Jr of Cherryvale Kansas charging use of the mails to defraud. Tucker is secretary of Uncle Sam D Co which holds a capital for seventeen million dollars.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Topeka
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Cherryvale, Kas
Uncle Sam D. Co
Nicholas and Leopold Nicholas Case to Jury
Chicago April 9 the murder case of Howard Nicholas and Leonard Leopold against actress Margaret Leste was given to the jury this afternoon in a high profile trial with the defendants facing severe charges and the trial unfolding with closing arguments and jury deliberation underway
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Associated Press
Chicago
Howard Nicholas
Leonard Leopold
Margaret Leste
Minnesota House Backs Roosevelt Third Term Nomination
The Minnesota house today adopted nearly unanimous resolution urging Theodore Roosevelt to be nominated for a third presidential term.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minnesota House Today
Roosevelt
Representative Hitchcock Endorses Roosevelt in House Vote
In Harrisburg on April 9, Representative Hitchcock of Tioga County introduced a resolution in the house endorsing President Roosevelt's stand against corporations and expressing confidence. The measure was unanimously adopted.
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Harrisburg
Bitchcock
Tioga County
Roosevelt
Millionaires to join Chicago ministers for world missions
Chicago on April 9 reports thirty three New York millionaires will join thirty Chicago churchmen in a tour to inspect foreign missionary fields. The list of Chicago participants is not yet released. Speakers urged uniting churches to a universal mission effort aiming to convert the pagan world in twenty years at two dollars per person. A western lay missionary headquarters may be established in Chicago.
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Chicago
New York
United
J. G K. McClure
McCormick Theological Seminary
T. Campbell White
United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Russell Sage
Great Falls Smelter Strike Palmuts 6000 In Butte
Fifty two electrical workers machinists and blacksmiths at the Boston and Montana Mining company Great Falls smelters strike, shutting down the plant and all mines in Butte, leaving about six thousand workers unemployed. They sought a fifty cent daily raise, but were offered 24 cents with a two year contract which they rejected. A separate note from Terre Haute describes a joint meeting of United Mineworkers and operators to settle a dispute at Rosebud mine after drivers allege animal cruelty charge against Mine Boss Risher. W. C. Van Horne new UMW president says discharge of drivers was unwarranted.
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Butte
Mont
Montana
Great Falls
Boston and Montana Mining Company
Tve
Cenfer
Terre Haute
Ind
United Mineworkers and Operators
Rosebud
Risher
W. C. van Horne
United Mineworkers
Kalamazoo Street Car Strike Ends In Arbitration
After three days of talks Mayor William Thompson failed to broker a settlement in the Kalamazoo street car strike. Cars ran after dark with city protection, and Eddie Burke and Merrill King, sons of wealthy families, were arrested for egg throwing. If courts enforce the policy, they face jail.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
William Thompson
Eddie Burke
Merrill King
Read of Her Death in Rush to Read Mock Death Report
Evansville Indiana April 3 A woman 49-year-old Louisa Daley collapsed after reading an afternoon note of another woman's death. She fell unconscious, recovered briefly, then cried out I am dead and died in hysterics. An error had reported the other woman's death as hers.
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Evansville
Ind
Taté
Louisa Daley
Italy's King Visita Athens in Greece Visit
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy arrived in Athens with Foreign Minister Titton and Marine Minister Mirabello among court dignitaries to meet King George of Greece. The reception was warm with an enthusiastic populace welcome.
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Athens
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Titton
Marine Mirabello
George
Greece
Wisconsin senatorial race resumes as campaign tightens
Madison reports renewed activity in the Wisconsin senatorial contest as both houses convened. Lenroot of Superior is leading aggressive campaigning backed by Nye and Durley while denying withdrawal to back Stephenson. Stephenson arrives with his son amid rising speculation of a caucus, though some oppose any caucus action or consensus.
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Madison
Wis
Lenroot
Superior
Assembly
Nye and
Durley
Stephenson
Easler
M. Stephenson
Marinette
Capitol
Covington Trial Sparks Heated Exchange in Arkansas Case
Little Rock details from the Covington perjury trial show Senator Webb Covington as the central figure. Prosecutor Hhoton and assistant James A Gray faced taunts and a near-physical clash as Covington attacked Gray and court officials urged restraint.
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Little Rock
Ark
Iin
Covington
Webb Covington
Hhoton
James A. Gray
Lea
Mr. Gray
Gray
Archbishops Meet in Washington at Catholic University
The annual meeting of the United States archbishops will be held at the Catholic University in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday. Ten of the fourteen archbishops plan to attend. Quigley will not be present due to travel from Rome, and Riordan of San Francisco cannot come because of private matters. Ireland, Messmer, and Kean are expected. Glennon of St. Louis will attend the first session.
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Washington
United States
Catholic University
Quigley
Chicago
Rome
San Francisco
Mgr. Riordan
New Orleans
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Mgrs
Ireland
St. Paul
Messmer
Milwaukee
Kean
Dubuque
Glennon
St. Louis
Express franks to be suppressed under new law
Washington reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission will hold exact equality applies to transportation of property while passes may be granted only for persons. Express companies will be prosecuted where it can be shown that full published rates are not collected.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lane
Death and accident in Cedar Falls claim two lives
In East Cedar Falls, L. J. Wilcox died this morning and his two year old grandson was badly scalded when a hot water stream from a washing machine toppled from the stopper. The child may not survive while the mother, Mrs E R Towsley, faced with grief, had just learned of her father's illness. The incident occurred around 10 o'clock.
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Cedar Falls
East
L. J. Wilcox
E. R. Towsley
Not Our Island Declared Not American Territory
The U S Supreme Court ruled that the Isle of Pines is not American territory, declaring it an integral part of Cuba in the Edward J Pearcy versus Nevada N Stranahan case. The decision was delivered by associate justices in Washington on April 8.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Isle of Pines
Supreme Court of the United States
Edward J. Pearcy
Nevada
N. Stranerhan
New York
Cuba
Woman Overdoses On Laudanum In Alleged Accident
Jeeup Iowa April 9 Mrs W Harris took an overdose of laudanum to ease a severe headache. Her husband found her upstairs in bed and she was too sleepy to answer. Physicians treated her for two hours and she recovered sufficiently to be about the house the next day. This is her second marriage, formerly Mrs Monte. A rumor of intent was denied.
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Jeeup
Hill Arraigned Over Harriman Letter Publication
Frank W. Hill a former Harriman stenographer was arraigned at the Tombs on a charge of publishing a Harriman letter to Sidney Webster. The case hinges on Harriman’s testimony. he was not present, and a postponement was requested. Alexander Millar of the Southern Pacific appeared as complainant’s representative. Former Magistrate Alfred B. Ommen aided Hill’s defense.
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New York
Frank W. Hill
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Sidney Webster
Wahl
Tombs
Alfred BE. Ommen
Alexander Millar
Southern Pacific Railway
Mr. Marriman
Hill
Mr. Harriman
Northwestern to Close Telegraph Offices in Iowa under Nine Hour Law
Associated Press reports Chicago & Northwestern railroad closing scores of telegraph offices in Iowa as staff shifts to larger offices. The Galena division sees reductions. officials say nine hour law did not cause layoffs, noting end of winter work and addition of 150 miles of automatic signals. Officials claim reductions are routine post season.
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Associated Press
Council Bluffs
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Towa
Galena
Chicago
Northwestern Railroad
Bomb explodes in Barcelona blood and panic spreads
A bomb blast in Barcelona this morning leaves several casualties and triggers widespread fear. Censorship limits details as residents react with panic and authorities assess the incident.
Mystery of Treasury Thefts Traced to Scrub Woman
The Chicago Evening Journal reports the United States sub treasury theft of 173000 dollars has been solved as a hoax. Secret service officers have detained a black scrub woman to extract any trace of the missing funds.
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Associated Press
Chicago
the Evening Journal
United States Sub-Treasury
Secret Service
Pilipots to Move to Dubuque
Special report from Cedar Falls Iowa on April 9 states Nr W Philpot deputy U S marshal will sell his Cedar Falls home and move to Dubuque to live His wife has remained for the summer to dispose of the residence Mr Philpot one of Black Hawk county s oldest residents George Philpot senior settled in Cedar Falls in 1856
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Cedar Falls
W. Philpot
United States
Dubuque
Philpot
Black Hawk County
George Philpot
Governor Hanly Confined To Quiet Rest For Three Weeks
Indianapolis April report states Governor Hanly is gravely ill with stomach troubles and ordered by physicians to remain in absolute quiet for three weeks.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Hanly
Special Exposition Stamps For Jamestown Issued
Washington April 9 The post office department informs post masters that a special series of stamps commemorating the founding of Jamestown will be issued beginning April 18 for sale to the public during the Jamestown exposition from April 24 to November 30, 1907.
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Washington
Posted Office Department
Jaméatown
Blizzard hits Copper Country in early spring storm
Severn Weather Bureau reports a severe late season blizzard in Calumet Michigan and nearby copper country. The 44 hour snowfall plagues residents, with heavy drifting and dangerous travel conditions reported across the region. Local authorities issue cautious advisories as crews begin snow removal and assess damage.
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Copper Country
Associated. Proas
Calumat
Mich
Arfin
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