Noted 1900s Forging Case Ties Carnegie Heiress Chadwick
Mrs Chadwick, linked to forged Carnegie notes totaling 7500 dollars, faced trial for conspiracy to defraud a national bank. Her health declined in Columbus penitentiary after a two week hearing. Beckwith died before trial. The case unraveled grand schemes involving high society figures and a son from her first marriage.
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Will Hoover
Cleveland
Madame Devier
Richard Brown
Kingstown
Columbus
Hoover
Leroy
Chadwick
Beckwith
S Pear
Mre
A Certain Care for Croup-Need for Ten Years Without a Failure
Mr. W. C. Bott of Star City Indiana praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for ten years of use with his children who suffer from croup and whooping cough. He reports rapid cures and safety at home and recommends it to friends. For sale by G. M. Ramsey.
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W. C. Bott
G. M. Ramsey
Court ruling delays canvass of vote in statehood issue
The court temporarily requires sending original poll books to the canvassing board before a legal canvass can proceed. Attorneys for the Democratic Committee argued that despite the board’s correct interpretation of the law, it has no right to decide the technical questions before the board. The move aims to avoid permanent obstruction and preserve the will of the people.
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Cide
Ngain
Democratic Committee
Color Line Sparks Rhodes Scholar Debate at Oxford
Color line protests erupt at Oxford over A L Locke the Negro Rhodes scholar chosen by the Pennsylvania committee. American scholars many from the South fear racial prejudice will hinder educational aims and trust work while university authorities voice no objection to his race.
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London
Oxford
Rhodes
South
A. L. Locke
Rhodes Solesian Committee
Pennsylvania
Trust
Lord Gray
Penn
Mortford
Locke
Birds Understand Our Voice Tones, Says Angell at Meeting
Geo T Angell notes birds respond to human tones and can be made happy or miserable by kindness or harshness. He recalls anecdotes of a canary and a mockingbird to illustrate how speech and tone affect animals. The piece reflects on mercy bands and humane treatment of creatures.
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Atlantic
Consequenes
New Orleans
United States
Hendricks
Geo. T. Angell
Pie duel in Chicago ends as bakery emptied
In Chicago on October 11 two men fought for twenty minutes using pies as weapons. Dugan and Oxley exchanged pies near a bakery, splattering bystanders and police. After two patrolmen intervened, the combatants were arrested as the pies finally ran out.
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Chicago
Ot Rockefeller
Duggan
Oxley
Martin
Dugan
Doing Business Again
An old buyer reflects on recovery using what appear to be medicines Mestris and Erejoinee, saying friends believed he would die but he is now doing business again and gaining daily. The excerpt notes irony in advertised cures and hints at dubious remedies.
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Holley
Prison officials deny appeal in murder case of Morris
Tulsa officials Frank McGlothin and GB Wilson, Deputy U S Marshals, indicted for first degree murder in the Rev. Sylvester Morris killing. Judge Lawrence denies right of appeal from a prior habeas corpus bail decision. Trial date not yet set.
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Tulsa
J. T
Roosevelt camp moves as bear hunt yields no game
At Monticello crossing in Stamboul Louisiana Roosevelt camp leaves at dawn for Bear Lake and then Newell in Tensas Parish. The decision follows lack of bear signs after days of search and a report that no bears have been killed or seen.
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Stamboul
Roosevelt
Monticello
Bayou Tensas
Bear Lake
Newell
Tenses Parish
Iron Mountain
Pane
Upper
Tensas
Monticello Crossing
Bruin
Ben Lilley
Parker
Garter Factory Sparks Astonishment Over One-Year Output
Dialogue shows a man and a woman reacting to a claim that a garter factory produced ninety million pairs in a year. They question where such large quantities could come from, sharing surprised disbelief.
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Lowy
Muskogee
Arkansas River
Mississippi
Gulf
Morris
Eee
Scheel
Sedge Lawrence
Rockers
Sue Teiet
Ujuiung
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