Rexroat Slayer Taken in Chicago
Chicago police jailed Henry Spencer after his confession claiming a decade of murders for robbery. He identified as the killer of Mrs Mildred Rexroat, whose bloodstained rattan suitcase and the murder revolver were found in his room near the south side levee. He described luring women to deserted spots, taking money and valuables, and killing to avoid arrest, listing eleven suspected victims across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
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Chicago
Mildred Ailigon Rexroat
Wheaton
Ill
Henry Spencer
South Side Levee District
Rexroat
Mr. Spencer
Spencer
Pennell
Devine
A. J. Scoflela
Spences
Mra. Trvenat
Tk Parket
Mra. Roxrant
Iltnoig State Penitentiary
Halpin
Weat Point
Paw Paw Lake
Mich
Lake Delavan
Wis
Belle Island
South Side
Cook County
Gardner to Run on GWA Flatfooted Platform
Boston Massachusetts Congressman Augustus P Gardner announced at the Republican state convention that he would run on his own platform. He pledged to honor promises to the people, opposing party constraints after defeats in attempts to amend resolutions. He delivered a three minute talk on Progressive Republicanism and outlined immigration limits, a minimum wage for women, state credit for suburban homeseekers, and public disclosure of labor disputes.
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Boston
Augustus P. Gardner
State Committee
Gardner
Commonwealth
National Committee to Convene in December
The Republican National Committee will meet in Washington on December 16 to confer on party matters and consider revising rules. The decision, made after talks between Chairman Charles D. Hilles and Secretary J. B. Reynolds, aims to address representation in the South and the election of delegates in states with primary laws.
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Hilles
Washington
Republican National Committee
Charles D. Hilles
J. B. Reynolds
National Committee
World Series Stage Set as Giants Face Athletics
Final preparations for the 1913 World Series between the New York Nationals and the Philadelphia Americans at the Polo Grounds. Tickets allocated largely to baseball men and longtime patrons, about 30 000 seats for public per game. Doyle expected to start for the Nationals while Snodgrass likely sidelined with a charley horse. Giants lineup may feature Merkle Doyle infield and Burns Shalleck and Marry outfield as Snodgrass and Herzog miss opening game. Giants hold a workout prior to an exhibition with the Phillies.
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New York
New York Nationals
Philadelphia Americans
National Commission
Clay
Polo Grounds
John J. McGraw
Corneliia McGillicuddy
New York Grounds
Athletics
Larry Doyle
New Yorks
McGraw
Fred Snodgrass
Doyle
Snodgrass
Charley Horse
Hit
Giants
Merkle
Ich
Burns
Shalev
Jef. Herzog
Philadelphia Nationals
War Against Modern Dress Conference At Salt Lake Condemns Women’s Fashions
In Salt Lake City President Joseph F Smith at the Latter Day Saint conference denounces present day women’s dress calling tight and diaphanous skirts abominable indecent fashions. He urges daughters of Latter Day Saints to avoid such attire. The session draws delegates from worldwide.
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Mormon Church
Salt Lake
Joseph F Smith
Smith
Standings Shuffle Across Leagues Contain uneven Records
National and American League standings appear jumbled with scattered team abbreviations and inconsistent win loss figures. The snippet lists teams like New York, Chicago, Boston, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Denver and Des Moines with varied percentages and games, suggesting a partial league table from an era with irregular formatting.
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Vw. Wol
N. York
Uhila
Pho
Cel Gh
Chicago
Weve Hand
Boston
Pape
St. Doe
Lincoln
Mtv TV Netty Vichion
Finals Results Across Leagues With Variable Scores
In the National League the Cincinnati area lost to St Louis 4 to 1 while Chicago triumphed 6 to 4. The American League saw Chicago best a foe 8 to 9 in a contested matchup and St Louis rebound to 4 while Cleveland posted 44. Western League scores included Wichita 6 to 2 over Lincoln 6 3 Topeka, Denver 17 Sioux City 22, Des Moines 1 Omaha 1 8, St Joseph 2 6.
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Cincinnali
St.ionis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Betrait
St. Lowia
Cleveland
Wiehita
Lincoln
Topeke
Denver
Sioux City
Des Moines
Omaha
St. Joseph
Osborne volunteers prison term to study convict life
Thomas Mott Osborne, millionaire philanthropist and New York state prison commissioner, self sentenced as an inmate at Auburn to work unloading coal. The photo shows him before his mustache was shaved and before entering the jail, with a tier of cells visible.
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Thomas Mott Osborne
Tom Brown
Auburn Prison
New York State Prison Commission
Mr. Osborne
Osborne Emerges From the Dungeon in Auburn Visit
Thomas Mott Osborne, chair of the New York State commission on prison reform, spent a week in Auburn prison studying the system and ended his self-imposed term after a brief confinement. He described the experience as entering the innermost circle of Inferno and criticized the prison system as singularly inelegant, ineffective and cruel while noting convicts’ material welfare is cared for.
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Auburn
Thomas Mott Osborne
New York State Commission On Prison Reform
Osborne
Boy Struck by President Wilson's Auto in Canada
Washington Ontario reports a messenger boy named Robert Crawford was hit by President Woodrow Wilson's car while dodging stones. He was taken to a hospital with minor injuries and worried about his bicycle. The chauffeur stopped the car, and the president helped at the scene. The vice president promised a new bicycle for the boy.
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Lad Weorries
Washington
Ont
President Wilson
Robert Crawford
Young Crawford
Grayson
Chanffeur Robinson
Presdent
Chiwfenn
Sucset
Crawford
Dr. Grayson
New Trial in Case Against Bishop in Seattle
The Washington Supreme Court ordered a new trial in Lizzie Magnuson versus the Catholic Bishop of Nisqually and associates. The suit involves alleged kidnapping and detention of Magnuson’s sixteen year old daughter Marjerin Rilman by the Sisters of the Visitation, with grisly details of a shack and violence reported in Aberdeen. Joe Heber, a Black man with prior quarrel, was arrested on suspicion.
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Seattle
Get
Edward J. O'Kea
State Supreme Court
Lizzie Magnuson
Nisqually
Sisters of the Visitation
Magnison
Marjerin Rilman
the Visitation
Alwrdeen
Welth
Sir
Mra
Wienfox
Dad
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