Indictments Expected in Illinois Indiana Coal Conspiracies
Chicago January 15. A special grand jury in the fuel inquiry is expected to return indictments against members of at least three coal combinations operating in Illinois and Indiana. Corroborative evidence from witnesses’ testimony could bring these men to trial. Assistant State's Attorney Albert C. Barnes has been brought in to help name those against whom guilt is believed proven.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Albert C. Barnes
Information Filed Against the Detroit Coal Exchange
Detroit prosecutor files information against the Detroit Coal Exchange, a 50 member group, charging violation of the state anti trust law of 1899 and seeking an injunction. Judge Hosmer set arguments for January 26.
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Detroit, Mich
Slunt
Detroit Coal Exchange
Hunt
Dlunt
Exchange
Hosmer
Power of Congress Called to Study Coal Seizure
Washington Jan 15 The judiciary committee chairman introduced a resolution directing a full inquiry into Congress power to declare necessity for taking possession of all coal coal beds and mines and all transportation lines and instruments essential to coal transport. If power and necessity exist the committee should report a bill detailing occasions modes conditions and agencies to exhaust Congress authority.
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Washington
Judiciary Committee
The
House
Committee On the Judiciary
Congress
United States
Why Gotsch Stole Coal Story Heads to Jail
Joseph Gotsch serving a White Plains jail sentence for coal theft was found with over $220 in bills strapped to his legs. He claimed dealers refused to sell coal, so he stole, saying banks are untrusted and he needed to carry money to guard against freezing.
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New York
Joseph Gotsch
White Plains
N.Y
Foolish Chicago Barber Ends Suicide After Domestic dispute
In Chicago on January 15 Charles Lewie a 19 year old barber shot his wife at her workplace wounding her in the shoulder after which he fired two pistol shots into his breast and head. He died soon after in a hospital the woman likely to recover.
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Chicago
Charles Lewie
Coal Duty Rebate Bill Advances in Congress
Washington, Jan 15. The house galleries were packed as lawmakers debated the coal rebate measure for foreign coal for one year. A rules resolution creating subcommittee testimony was adopted 144 to 115, and the bill passed the House by 258 to 6.
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Washington
Grosvenor
Committee On Rules
Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Infirmary Destroyed in Pensacola Fire
Fire leveled Dr R I Bryans infirmary at Baylen and Darden streets in Pensacola on January 15. Twenty five patients were saved except Blockton who died in his room. The rebuilt building had just been upgraded with an A ray apparatus. All property was lost.
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Pensacola
Fla
R. I. Bryan
Baylen
Darden Streets
Blockton
Mae
St. Anthony's
New York Central On Trial For Murder In Herkimer
New York Central Railroad Co faces second degree murder charges in Herkimer County Court after a devastating August 2001 explosion at the Herkimer roundhouse killed five men. The tragedy stemmed from storing high explosives in the building in violation of law and village ordinances.
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New York
New York Central Railroad Co
Herkimer County
Times
Utica
N. Y
Herkimer
Joint Hei r to Fair Estate in New York Boy
A six year old boy, James Webster Leffler, an orphan home inmate, is a candidate for a share in the Fair estate of California. He is said to be the nephew of Mrs Charles T Fair, killed with her husband in a France auto crash last summer. The boy's father, George Leffler, is at Orange poor farm.
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New York
James Webster Leffler
Fair Estate
California
the Tribune
Orange
N. J
Charles T. Fair
France
George Leffler
Bandit Morley Identified After Fatal Skirmish
In South McAlester on January 15, the slain bandit in the Spira conflict with U S deputy marshals was identified as Samuel Morley. Morley, who had murdered three men before, had a $3,000 reward on his head. His killings include a San Antonio butcher, a Chickasha man, and Sheriff Jacob Hartman of Reno, Oklahoma, in recent years.
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South McAlester
I. T
United States
Spira
Samuel Sarreb
Samuel Morley
Morley
San Antonio
Tex
Chickasha
Jacob Hartman
FI Reno
Okla
MOROCCO TROUBLES UPDATE FROM TANGIER DESPATCH
A Tangier to Fez courier reports no confirmation of the sultan's defeat or his alleged retreat westward. Paris officials note no current Tangier information contradicts earlier rumors, as of the dispatch dated January 14.
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Tangier
Paris
Morocco
Fez
Neat doll bookcase and tea trays showcased in Tribune
A New York Tribune item describes a clever doll bookcase built from wooden spools stacked to form the upright with shelves of cigar box covers. It advises gathering spools from neighbors and aunts and varnishing the piece for a small reading nook. Also noted are tea trays with brass or wooden handles and a removable glass bottom for decorative inserts.
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N. Y. Tribune
The Echoback Legend Turns Hunters Backward
A poem recounts two young boys from Over the Way and the Rail Road Track venturing into a snowy day hunt for the Echoback. Armed with words and bravado, their struggle ends as the Echoback repels their bullets, returning them to the speakers with a sharp blow on the tymparum.
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J. Wiley Owen
Minenapolis
Misguided Wing Lee Etiquette Lesson in California
A California houseguest misadventure unfolds as Wing Lee, a Chinese servant, is taught to usher guests. Observing the drill, Wing uses a borrowed card to greet a caller and, finding it matched, rejects the visitor with a curt line and closes the door, leaving the lesson in comic confusion.
Egg and Card Trick Demonstration
An old Brooklyn Eagle note explains a simple magic feat using a wineglass water egg ring and playing card. Place the card on the glass with a ring on top then balance the egg on the ring and flick the card to drop both into the glass without touching them. A coin on a card balanced on a finger works similarly with a precise kick.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Dogs as Travelers in Old Canal Days
A sett er on a crowded packet boat is lost after a drunken owner disembarks. The dog Carlo calmly listens aboard, leaps when a packet horn sounds, and hitchhikes back to his master’s guest home. The tale also notes a bulldog surviving a car transfer to return home, suggesting canine navigation beyond rails.
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James River Canal
Carlo
Uoward Meon
Christian Endeavor World
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured in Long Running Customer Letters
Thousands praise free trial as cures for Bright's Disease dizziness backache and kidney issues. Oakland and New Orleans readers report rapid relief from back pain dizziness and swelling. Letters claim improved urine clarity and overall health, urging wider use of the medicine.
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Doan
OaxLane, Cau
Bright
New Organs
C. L. Cusack & Co., Ltd
Dean
Geo, Junnoville
Preston & Stauffer
New Orleans
Oan
Practice Males Perfect Hope for Literary Career
Dialogue from Penn Punch Bowl mocks a graduate's claim to pursue writing for money. Father remarks on his son's four years in college and his supposed lack of other achievements. The exchange highlights expectations and ambitions in a college era.
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John
Penn
Frisco System Introduces Observation Cafe Cars
Frisco System adds handsome Observation Cafe Cars to through chair car and Pullman Sleeper service. Operating trains from Saint Louis and Kansas City daily, these cars offer a large library observation room, comfortable seating, writing materials, the quickest newspapers, electric lights, and electric fans under Fred Harvey management.
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Frisco
Saint Louis
Kansas City
Fred Harvey
Smily’s Manners in Question in Chicago Daily News
A humorous exchange notes Smily’s reputation for loose manners, while another insists Smily himself is nearly always tight, reflecting light social banter in the newspaper’s pages.
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Smily
Chicago Daily News
Cough Remedy Ads and Quotations from 1900
A collage of vintage ad lines and quotes including Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents, Rochefoucauld on prosperity, and brief maxims from Indianapolis News, N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove, and a United Presbyterian motto. It also notes town farm pricing and regional attributions to Mulhall and Sioux City, Iowa.
A playful dime store quip on boys and girls from youth paper
A quoted Young People's Paper passage jokes about gender roles and parenting with lines about boys becoming men and women replacing men, noting Eve outshining Adam and a wish for more girls and dolls. It ends with praise for a father described as nice, implying he might have been a girl as a boy.
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God
Adam
Eve
Young People’s Paper
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