Taft signals delay on Cuban elections after talks with rebels
Peace commission statements limit immediate U S withdrawal from Cuba as Governor Taft and officials assess conditions for a fair vote. Alfredo Zayas led a committee requesting policy clarity on posts and governance while Magoon settles into provisional rule. Taft urged that Cuban voters decide peacefully.
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Havana
United _States
Taft
Gow Taft
Bagan
Charles E. Magoon
Mr. Taft
Ional
Alfredo Zayas
Gov. Taft
United States
Isiona
Abe
United, States
Cornered in Warrensville Farmyard Smith Ends Life
A man named Smith, reproached in a rejected courtship with Miss Shepard, shot himself behind a Warrensville barn two hours after leaving his job at the South Euclid school. Four Cleveland policemen armed with revolvers briefly confronted him before he died instantly. The tragedy ends a painful courtship episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Esther
Warrensville
Smith
Shepard
South Euclid School
Murdered Family Near Lickia. Hamilton Arrested
Houston, Missouri reports the Parsons family murdered near Lickia. A farmer named Hamilton was arrested and said to confess. Parsons sold his farm to Hamilton over disputed terms. the killings occurred during an ambush on the road. Hamilton is jailed in Houston, with claims of a full confession.
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Houston
Barazey Parsons
Lickia
Hamilton
Parsons
Hiamilton
Missouri
Harmilton - ‘Wren
Big Hiney
Bath
Damiton
Par Zer
Texas County
Rivers and Harbors congress urges action on Mississippi channel
Congressman Joseph E Ransdel of Louisiana chairs the National Rivers and Harbors congress executive committee urging appropriations for river and harbor improvements. He cites a six foot channel Minneapolis to St Louis, reservoir extensions, and broad regional cooperation among 37 states to secure funding. Invitations extend to the Deep Channel Congress on September 15–16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Joseph
Ransdel
Lowisiana
National ‘Rivers and Harbors Congress
United AG
Light
House
Army
2Hs
St. Louis
Mississippi
Aew Sace
Fairbanks Son Elopes Amid Pittsuburgh Protests
Announcement from Stephenville reports Frederick Cole Fairbanks son of the U S vice president eloped from Pittsburg with Nelle Scott and married here after Mr Fairbanks objected. The bride is said to be daughter of a prominent East Side Pittsburg resident.
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Fairbanks
Stephenville
Frederick Cole Fairbanks
United States
Pittsburg
Nelle Scott
East Side
Burglars Loot Superior Furniture Store and Vault
Thieves entered the Turnbull Cameron Degler furniture store in Superior Wisconsin on Thursday night. They tampered with the vault, but left it in a jammed state leaving the owners unable to determine if the safe was opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
Turnbull-Cameron-Degler Furniture
Russian Revolvers in Berlin Reach Polish Rebels
A consignment of several thousand revolvers bought by the Russian government in Berlin has fallen into the hands of Polish revolutionists in Warsaw. The capture heightens tensions as rebels gain access to arms previously controlled by Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Berlin
Banemaster Drops Dead in Newport Dirge
Prof. Michaels a pioneer bandmaster in Newport Kentucky died Saturday while playing a dirge for his friend Emi Christian whose death had occurred during a marriage ceremony.
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Banemaster
Newport
Michaels
Emi Christian
Cere
King
Hit Son
Three Die in Paris Railroad Collision
Three people were killed in a Sunday railroad collision near Epernon in the Paris region. Authorities reported a derailment and ongoing inquiries into the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Eperhon
Department
Standard Oil on Trial in Ohio in Major Legal Clash
In Findlay Ohio the Standard Oil case sees daily courtroom battles over evidence admissibility. Rockefeller testimony from 1898 is admitted as prosecution evidence while Manhattan Oil Company details reveal ownership by General Industrial Development Company Limited of London and their pipeline operations in Ohio.
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Standard Oil
Ohio
Manhattan Oil Company of
General Industrial Development Company, Limited
London
England
Manhattan
F. T. Cuthbert
The
Cuthbert
Galatea
Ohio Oil, Company
Manhattan Company
S. P. Trainor
Standard
Joseph Seep
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
South Lima
Buckeye
North Lima
North Lima Field
White Sox Win World Series In Sixth Game
The Chicago White Sox defeat the Chicago Nationals in the sixth game of the post season series to claim the world championship. Doc White pitched well for the Americans while Three-finger Brown struggled for the Nationals. The Sox collected 14 hits and 3 errors as nearly 30,000 spectators watched the decisive game.
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Chicago Nationals
Chicago
Cljb
Nationals
Tosd
Brown
Doc” White
Sox
Cubs
Gamblers Duel in Denver Brokerage Office Wounds Thornton
In Denver, James Thornton and FE Hossess, gamblers, fought a pistol duel in a Curtis street brokerage office on Thursday afternoon. Thornton was wounded in the abdomen and may die. Hossess was shot in the wrist. Thornton walked to a drug store but collapsed in the doorway. Hossess, recently discharged from the brokerage firm, is among those involved.
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Denver
Col
James Thornton
Hossess
Curtis Street
Thornton
Feh
Vienna Singers May Join North American Saengerbund
The Vienna Singers or Wiener Maennerrgesang Verein may accept Indianapolis mayor’s invitation to participate in the North American Saengerbund in June 1907.
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Vienna
Vienna Singing Society
Wiener Maennérgesang Verein
Indianapolis
Saengerbund
Pope Is Not. Wi. heaith, eac Be 'paid vate.
Vague OCR fragment notes a papal or public event with garbled phrasing about health and payment while referencing an audience on a Saturday. The readable content shows no clear individuals or organizations to anchor a fuller summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaith
Eac Be
New York Bankers Fail Under Defalcation Scandal
Announcement that J. M. Ceballos & Co. bankers and merchants with liabilities of 3 to 4 million will fail due to defalcation and absence of Havana agent Manuel Silveira. Silveira allegedly misappropriated about 1 million and has left on the Carmenia with his wife and children. efforts to locate him continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. M. Ceballos & Co
Manuel Silveira
Silveira & Co
Havana
New York Company
Silveira
New York City
Carmenia
Visible Cotton Supply in New Orleans Report
Secretary Hester releases world visible cotton supply totaling 2,344,648 versus 2,146,130 last week. American cotton accounts for 1,609,645, up from 1,393,1130.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syaibie-Supplytr
New - Orleans
Hester
New Orleans
Corn Crop Improves In Washington Bulletin
The crop estimating board of the Department of Agriculture released Bulletin No. 901 showing corn condition on October 1, 1906, improved compared with September’s figures.
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Washington
Department of “Agriculture
Life Sentence for Stayer Leo Deibel in Akron Murder
Akron Judge Fannmaker imposes a life term on Leo Deibel who confessed to killing his sweetheart Minnie Bernat last January. He shot the girl with a rifle and concealed her body.
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Stayer
Akron
Fannmaker
Leo
Deibel
Minnie
Bernat
San Bernardino Firefighters Respond to Incident
In San Bernardino California firefighters rushed to a reported emergency as crews worked to control the blaze and secure the scene amid ongoing investigation and safety measures for residents.
Remarkable local suit over beds and errands at Logansport
In Logansport T M Keyes sues landlord and landlady Robert and Elizabeth Wild claiming payment for making his own bed 1166 times and ten cents for 300 errands. He also seeks rent for two blankets 100 nights seven cents a night and charges for a whisk broom carpet beating cat care and clock winding totaling 381 with interest. The suit aims to offset a $125 rental claim including items like patching trousers. Crown Point reports the death of Capt Rodman H Wells 68 a noted figure in racing circles and track construction who died after a stroke. He helped build several tracks and served as a Republican leader and Civil War veteran.
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Logansport
T. M. Keyes
Robert
Elizabeth Wild
Wilds
Crown Point
Rodman
H. Wells
Chicago
John Condon
Wells
Condon
Roby
Lakeside
Forsythe
Cost of converting sinners varies by city in synod report
Rev Dr Donald Morrison reports to the Indiana state synod that converting a sinner costs 212 in large cities 27 in country churches and 620 in Indianapolis with sinners valued on average. The study notes larger city churches spend more per convert and discusses varied denominational statistics.
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Frankfort
Indianapolis
Donald Morrison
Indiana State Synod of the
Presbyterian Church
Morrison
Heavy snowstorm breaks Indiana record in Laporte
A government observer in Laporte Indiana reports six inches of snow fell in one day with Stillwell seven miles away seeing 14 inches on the level. Rail and electric train service were disrupted by the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Indiana
Stillwell
Hillsdale Men Boasting Notre Dame Prep for Hard Fight
Hillsdale college sent word that Coach Barry must field his best lineup to win against Notre Dame. The starting line includes Munson Dolan Eggman Sheehan Donovan Beacon Hutzell Dwan Bracken Callicrate Miller with Dwan delivering 50 yard punts. Doyle has left the squad for class work and substitutes may be used if the visitors are easy.
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Hillsdale
Notre Dame
Hillsdale College
Barry
Munson
Dolan
Eggman
Sheehan
Donovan
Beacon
Hutzell
Dwan
Bracken
Callicrate
Miller
Doyle
He Crowed Too Late at Reed Station
Alfred Walker of Reed station awoke to a rooster crowing at an odd hour and found his chicken house robbed of ten fowls leaving only the crower and a fat hen. He quipped the rooster should have warned him earlier like a man who locks the stable door after the horse is stolen.
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Muncie
Alfred Walker
Reed Station
Walker
Beasts of Eight Husbands in Evansville
Mrs Polly A Weed aged 65 wed to William Baker 48 in Evansville. An error said she would take a seventh husband but Baker is the eighth groom. Four former husbands were divorced, three died.
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Evansville
Polly A. Weed
William Baker
Wilcox Lumber Company Organized in Oregon
Announcement in this city details the formation of the Wilcox Lumber company of Oregon with 100000 capital to operate in Baker county pineries. H S Wilcox is president, R A Wilcox vice president, L Wilcox superintendent, H E Wilcox secretary and treasurer, and Lee S Russell superintendent. Directors include J W Missner and Dr J W Stapish. The Wilcox brothers are sons of T J Wilcox, formerly of Lapel.
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Anderson
Wilcox Lumber Company
Oregon
Baker County
H. S. Wilcox
R. A. Wilcox
Lapel
L. Wilcox
H. E. Wilcox
Lee S. Russell
Sangear
Ore
Wabash Ministers Accept $50,000 Gift for Aged Home
Rev E L Semans reports a $50,000 donation from Mr and Mrs William Chopsin to found a home for aged and indigent people in Wabash. The offer requires the Methodist conference to maintain the facility. Donors are 70 and childless.
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Wabash
E. L. Semans
North Indiana Methodist Conference
William Chopsin
Verdict Finds Laura Ayers Died By Self Inflicted Bullet Wound
Shelbyville coroner Frank Bass returns a verdict of death by own action in the mysterious case of Mrs. Laura Ayers. The finding holds Ayers responsible for a self inflicted gunshot to the right temporal region while she was temporarily deranged, absolving her husband.
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Shelbyville
Frank Bass
Shelby County
Laura Ayers
Ayers
Fire devastates Monroe City business district in Vincennes
A blaze of unknown origin consumed the two story Coonrad building housing W H Harrison dry goods Noes butcher shop and Summers restaurant in Monroe City causing heavy damage to nearby structures. G W Smith general store also damaged with total loss around 50000 dollars and only 5060 dollars insured.
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Vincennes
Monroe City
Coonrad
W. H. Harrison
Noe
Summer
G W. Smith
Engineer and Fireman Killed In Derailment At Chicago Ridge
An east bound freight train of the Chicago Junction railroad derailed at the Wabash crossing called Chicago Ridge. Engineer John J Haverty and Fireman Emil Buzzard were killed when the locomotive plunged down an embankment. Conductor J Davis supervised the wreck recovery at Blue Island after dusk.
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Hammond
Chicago Junction Railroad
Wabash Railroad
Chicago Ridge
John J. Haverty
Emil Buzzard
Haverty
Buzzard
Blue Island
J. Davis
Authorities Bar Schreck Hart Fight In Terre Haute
Officials appear set to block the Schreck Hart matchup in Terre Haute as the planned boxing bout faces refusal from local authorities. The decision ends hopes for the Hartford and Schreck national title bid in the announced venue.
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Hart
Schreck
Terre Haute
iIt
Schreck-Hart
Escapes Noose to Repent in La Porte Case
Abbott Alexander Kendall once known as Edward Black avoided the gallows after years of deception. He had been declared dead by his family and sentenced to life in prison, but a reprieve changed his fate and left him with a chance at atonement.
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Laporte
Abbott Alexander Kendall
Edward Black
Chicago May Lose Seminary Move
The Heidelberg University theological seminary trustees postponed a decision on moving the seminary from Tiffin Ohio to Chicago after an all day session. Indianapolis and Dayton Ohio also want the seminary. A final decision will be made at the next Ohio synod session of the Reformed church.
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Chicago
Goshen
Theological Seminary
Heidelberg University
Tiffin
O. Indianapolis
Dayton
Ohio Synod of the Reformed Church
Rubens Painting Duty Sparks Treasury Controversy
In South Bend a customs official failed to claim duty on a painting said to be a Rubens in the possession of M. Wetzstein of this city. Treasury agent Chichri reports a $250 payment for a $10,000 work, triggering a public furor over the handling at the Canadian border.
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Rubens
South Bend
M. Wetzstein
Treasury
Chic Rri
Women Health Ad Claims Lydia Pinkham Miracle
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the remedy for painful or irregular periods backache headaches and other female ailments. A testimonial from Mrs. Chas F. Brown of Hot Springs Arkansas credits the product with restoring health and renewed affection from her husband. The copy urges immediate use to regain health and strength.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Chas, F. Brown
Mothers’ Club
Cedar Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Lydia E. Finkham
Lydia_Erinkham
Brilliant Jamaican Fireflies Read by Night
Fireflies of Jamaica glow so bright a dozen enclosed in a tumbler let a person read or write at night. They are as large as a common hive bee and harmless. Unusual numbers signal rain to locals as a natural barometer.
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Jamaica
Japan to send teachers and students to Manchuria and Korea
The Japanese war department plans free trips for middle and high schoolers and college students to Manchuria and Korea during vacation. More than 50,000 people are expected to take part.
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Japanese War Department
Manchuria
Korea
Alliance Israelite helps five Bialystok orphans enter Ahlem school
The Alliance Israélite Universelle placed five orphans from Bialystok in the Ahlem agricultural school and paid 16,000 marks as the first installment for their maintenance and education.
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Alliance Israelite’ S Universelle
Bialystok
Ahlem
Cast all your cares on God that an chor holds
Poetic line attributed to Tennyson urging reliance on divine care. A single reflective motto highlighting faith and surrender.
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God
Tennyson
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