Morocco Crisis Nears Settlement Amid European Talks
Paris and Berlin report ongoing discussions on the Moroccan dispute with talks between France and Germany. Premier Asquith and Baron Kiderlen-Waechter seek a partial coast concession while Britain weighs risk of war, with English public believing crisis almost resolved yet warnings that months of tension may follow.
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France
Germany
Great Britain
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Baron von Kiderlen-Waechter
William
Swinemunde
Paris
Asquith
House of Commons
Caillaux
Jules Cambon
Berlin
Figaro
London
Foreign Office
England
Morocco
Edward M. Shepard Dies After Illness
Edward M. Shepard noted attorney author and independent Democratic leader dies at Lake George after several weeks illness. Born July 23 1850 in New York City. As special deputy attorney general he sent John Y McKane and twenty followers to jail for ballot frauds.
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Lake George
Edward WM. Shepard
Mr. Shepard
New York City
Parent Asks Clemency in Murder Case in Phoenix
Henry C Yeager pleads with Governor Sloan to spare the life of Louis D Yeager's killer Alejandro Gallegos, a sheep herder condemned for the May 9 murder and facing execution.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Henry C. Yeager
Louis D. Yeager
Alejandro Gallegos
Sloan
Harvester Trust inquiry cites refunds to steel firm
Washington reports that charging records show United States Steel refunded three dollars a ton to harvester combine companies during Bonaparte's tenure. Towns-end report details McCormicks Deerings Joneses and Glessners holding capital in a four-family pool creating a trust. House committee seeks Townsend testimony and questions why prosecutions were not pursued in 1908–09.
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Washington
Charles J. Bonaparte
United States Steel Corporation
Harvester
House “Steel Trust
Stanley
Kentucky
Harvester Trust
Bonaparte
Burdette C. Townsend
Oregon
McCormicks
Deering
Plano
Wardner
Bushnell
Glessner
Milwaukee Harvester
Townsend
Deerings
Joneses
Glessners
Chicago
George W. Perkins
Wickersham
Supreme Court
Tobacco
Standard Oil
Canada
International Harvester Company
Togo to Visit as Guest of America
Admiral Togo sailed aboard the Lusitania as a guest of the United States and will call on President Taft in Washington before visiting Philadelphia Niagara Falls and Canada on his way to Victoria to embark for Japan.
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London
Togo
Taniguchi
Taft
Washington
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Canada
Victoria
Japan
Indiana Food Exhibit Aims to Educate Hoosiers Widely
Indianapolis reports a state board of health exhibit prepared by H. E. Barnard to tour Indiana beginning in September. The exhibit compares adulterated and pure foods, shows label laws, and warns housewives, with samples of meats and fruit products and noted requests from New York.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Health
Pure Food Department
State Board
H. E. Barnard
Food and Drug
Barnard
New York
Indiana
Trust Ready to Dissolve in Government Antitrust Suit
Washington report says attorneys for the electrical trust submitted a decree to Attorney General Wickersham they are willing to have entered against the alleged combination in the government’s dissolution suit. The department sees the measure as a formal move and the trust began dissolving after the action was filed.
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Washington
Electrical Trust
Wickersham
Department of Justice
Price on Head of Ex Shah Sparks Persian Money Hunt
Teheran offers one hundred thousand dollars for the ex shah. Additionally rewards of twenty five thousand dollars are set on the heads of Salar ed Dowleh and Shaa es Sul taneh, two princes cited as his principal supporters.
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Teheran
Persia
Salar
Dowleh
Sultaneh
Building Scaffold Law crackdown eyed in Indiana
John J. Walsh head of the state bureau of inspection says contractors in Indianapolis violate new scaffold rules for buildings over two stories. The law requires flooring on each floor after two stories and a three foot hand rail around scaffolding. An education campaign will start once laws are issued and posted nationwide.
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John J. Walsh
Bureau of Inspection
Walsh
Attorney General Clarifies Foreign Corporations Law
Indiana Attorney General Honan explains that foreign corporations selling stock in Indiana are not doing business in the state under the foreign corporation law. He says doing or transacting business refers to the ordinary business of the corporation. He also rules that clerk hire for Dr Hurty may be paid from a $6,000 legislative fund for general health and pollution control expenses.
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Honan
Indiana General Assembly
Lew G. Ellingham
Indiana
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Doctor Hurty
Patents for Indiana Inventors Issued
Patents were issued to Indiana inventors. The list includes Jsm B. Barnes and other named individuals, reflecting active protection of local creations.
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Indiana
Jsm B. Barnes
Indiana moves to annex meandered lands for school fund gains
Jerome Herff, head of the state auditor’s land department, prepares a ten day northern Indiana campaign to reclaim waste lands. He aims to add thousands of acres of meandered lands from river basins and lakes to state property, boosting the school fund despite disputed ownership and pending litigation.
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Indiana
Jerome Herff
Land Department
the Auditor of State
Kankakee River
Herff
National Advertising Company Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation have been filed in the secretary of state office for the National Advertising Company. The notice lists the new corporate filing and related details from the state authority.
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Secretary of
National
Alaska Graft Allegations Highlight Wickersham Hearing
Washington. Alaska delegate Wickersham accuses Attorney General of shielding syndicate criminals in coal land deals and bribery schemes. Judiciary Committee hears charges as Wickersham vows to submit further proof despite pushback from colleagues.
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Washington
Wickersham
House Committee On Judiciary
Northwest
Alaska
Sterling
Department of Justice
Love
Board of Prisoners
D. H. Jarvis
Alaska Syndicate
J. H. Bullock
John J. Lesnor Company
Howland
Ohio
Attorney General’s Department
Littleton
Mr. Littleton
Judiciary Committee
Standard Oil plans stock distribution to comply with rule of reason
New York. H C Folger, Standard Oil secretary, announces plan to distribute subsidiary stock pro rata to stockholders of record on September 1. The plan aims to restore the original companies dissolved under the Supreme Court ruling of May 16 and requires six months to conform. About 8,000 stockholders hold outstanding Standard Oil shares, many with small holdings, who will receive fractional shares in the subsidiaries.
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New York
H. C. Folger
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil Combine
Standard- Ol
Clemency plea for two Michigan City lifers in focus
Laporte A G Gates of Chicago representing the Central Howard association arrives to present clemency claims for Robert Futrell and Levi Kessler, both long-term prisoners, with their cases to be considered at the September board meeting. Also reports on the German Lutheran mutual aid convention, local crimes, and city campaigns in Indiana.
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Laporte
A. G. Gates
Chicago
Central Howard Association
Robert Futrell
Levi Kessler
Michigan City
Harry B. Darling
State Board of Pardons
Kessler
Dekalb County
Futrell
Richmond
Ind
Central Howards Association
Mutual Aid Society
German Lutheran Synod of
Iowa
O. Kranshur
Waverly
C. Fritz
Toledo
G. A. Grossman
F. P. Hageman
John Sohl
Dubuque
A. C. Ernst
Stillwater
Minn
W. Vonfisher
St. Paul
Henry Roehl
Ernest Meyer
R. Fahner
Postmaster. Since 1861, 'Dies. vue' : OW.
A terse OCR fragment notes a postmaster related item and a date cue from 1861. It references a deceased person and an unclear place or title, offering few concrete details beyond the historical context and initials. The readable bits suggest archival cataloging rather than a full news narrative.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised in Letters
Women from Peoria and New Orleans share testimonials praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash Liver Pills for relief from tumors and inflammatory conditions avoiding surgery. Letters urge others to write for information and remedies.
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Peoria
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Christina Reed
Mound St. Peoria, Ill
New Orleans
Lydia E.pinkham
Lily Peyrons
Kerlerec St
They Cheated at Cards
A young married couple at a neighbor’s poker night suspects the Halls cheat at cards. The wife claims the chips are counterfeit, saying they look like cheap store-bought pieces and cost far less than claimed.
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Jim
Four Wives Charge Sparks Court Quip Exchange
A light exchange in court centers on a defendant charged with maintaining four wives. The defendant humorously questions whether all four are alive, saying he cannot keep track of them. The judge records the remark during the proceedings.
Lucky Mistake Inspires Family to Switch to Postum
A Brookline Massachusetts woman describes receiving Postum by mistake and using it at breakfast since coffee failed. She reports her family loves it and her husband’s delicate stomach improved after abandoning coffee.
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Brookline
Mass
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