Speedy Lake Shore run ties Chicago Toledo to broker
A Sunday incident on the Lake Shore line shows the Twentieth Century limited can be made to catch a broker’s schedule. Broker Foster rode a special train from Chicago to Toledo to reach New York in time for Monday market open, shaving minutes off the usual 290 minute trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo Times
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
Toledo
Lake Shore
New York
Foster
Ecatch 112 Limited
Edgerton
Faledo
Union Station
Wall Street
Farmers Ad Brightens Coal Supply and Elephant Parade
Farmers assured the public there is no coal shortage and offers best domestic Imp coal at four dollars per ton. M H Kerr Co promotes the Adam Forepaugh elephants and Selis Brothers parading and performing on the same day in a grand display. Also advertised are Banner Salve for piles, City Pharmacy stock, and Lake Shore rail low-rate tours to California from July 31 to August 13 with return by October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Kerr & Co
Adam
Selis Brothers
Plan to Commute Sentence for Detroit Bank Wrecker
Detroit Governor Bliss weighs commuting the sentence of Frank G. Andrews, the wrecked Detroit City Savings Bank, as lawyers and local politicians push for parole. Senators Moriarity and Navin press for action amid tax and public works concerns, with a two year commute followed by parole proposed to avoid further charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss
Detroit
Michigan Commission
Detroit Free Ippess
T. J. Navin
Senator Moriarity
Crystal Puls
Navin
Moriarity
Frank G. Andrews
Detroit City Savings Bank
Andrews
D. W. HL. Moreland
Detroit Public Works Department
Gov
Goveror
Bliss Arst
Harry P. Andrews
GAMES OF WAR FOR NAVAL MANEUVERS NEAR NEW ENGLAND
Shores, Washington July 29 elaborate program for the manoeuvres of the combined North Atlantic Fleet off New England and Long Island Sound August details by Navy department Admiral Barker commands. August 3 10 search between East Port and Cape Arn. Fleet anchors at Oyster Bay August 15 reviewed by President Roosevelt. August 22 29 demonstrations against Portland batteries day and night. After maneuvers ships sail south for target practice at Gay Head Martha's Vineyard first week September then disperse to yards for winter cruise in West Indies. More than thirty vessels expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
Long Island Sound
Navy Department
Barker
East Port
Cape Arn
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Portland
Gay Head
Martha's Vineyard
West Indies
Still At Large After Folsom Prison Break
Placerville California July 29. Thirteen convicts escaped Folsom penitentiary on Monday. Twelve remain at large as Jesuit action foiled by a staged release of hostages. One convict Joe Murphy was killed at Pilot Hill. Leader M Gordon deserted followers. a negro Sea gis may be wounded. Fugitives head for the Sierra Nevada mountains. sheriffs and militia pursue with deputies and guards. The pursuit intensified after a hostage release and a battle at Pilot Hill. The posse plans to shoot on sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Placerville
Cal
Folsom
Joe Murphy
Pilot Hill
M. Gordon
Seagis
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Sacramento
Eldorado
Placer Counties
Jesus
Plaestville
Eldorado County
Pilot Hi
Ile
Requiem Masses for Pope Leo Held in Rome and New York
The first great requiem mass for Pope Leo was celebrated in Rome’s Sistine Chapel with cardinals diplomats and nobles present. In New York St Patrick’s Cathedral a similar service drew a large crowd with a grand catafalque and mourning decorations. Also noted were Adam Forepaugh-Sells Brothers’ notable Hippodrome races and Coliseum sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Sacred College
Pope Leo
Sistine Chapel
Pius DX
New York
Leo
St Patrick’s Cathedral
Adam Forepaugh-Sells Brothers
Weather outlook and temperatures across Michigan
Yesterday’s records show a high of 89 and a low of 68 in Lower Michigan with threats of thunderstorms tonight and possibly Thursday. Forecasts for Washington note Ohio clearing with showers along the lakes, and winds shifting from fresh northwest in Upper Michigan to fresh northwest and fair conditions elsewhere.
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Lower Michigan
Washington
Ohio
Michigan
Upper Michigan
Confessed to Choking Wife Then Dumped Body in Sewer
Mt. Vernon New York July 29 Martin Epelt held for grand jury for murder of Augusta Epelt whose body was found in a sewer. He confessed freely saying financial worries prompted him to kill by choking and strangling with a shoestring before casting the body toward the Sound. He was examined by the sheriff and Chief Foley and committed after his signed confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Martin Epelt
Augusta
Ebele
Carcher
Foley
Weiman
Quadruplet dies in Toledo. others survive
Late news item reports one of the Spyschalski quadruplets, eight months old, died in Toledo amid other items: Italian lottery crackdown in Chicago, Princeton and Johns Hopkins students involved in a perilous rowing incident near Gravenhurst, a major Russian labor strike in Baku spreading to Tiflis and Novo Teherkask, and Rock Island control over Evansville Terre Haute lines via a syndicate stake.
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Samuel Jones Spyachalski
Spyschalski
Toledo
Ella
Polley
Chicago
Grand Jury
Citizens’ Association
Joseph Hosack
Carnegie
Princeton
Walter Medard
Mercer
Johns Hopking
Hosack
Gravenhurst
Ont
Simday
London Times
Baku
Russia
Tiflis
Nostoft
Novo Teherkask
Dor Cossacks
Far Eastern Railway
Rock Island
St. Louis
Michigan Roosevelts Attend Republican Reunion Sought
Port Huron notes Mrs. George Taylor died protecting Jennie Thompson from drowning after entering Canualan river to rescue the child. Taylor left her infant on the bank as both were swept away. the baby cried as rescuers arrived. Thompson’s father and detectives search the river for the bodies amid a crowded scene. Alpena reports a fierce lightning storm kills Ferryleton and injures two others. Marquette notes Toba Stonebreaker struck by lightning. Battle Creek wedding details leak as Joseph L. Hooper and Leah L. Lucas wed at Englewood Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
George Taylor
Jennie Thompson
Port Haron
Thompson
George Thompson
Collins
Alpena
Alpena County
Ferryleton
Wilson Township
Marquette
Toba Stonebreaker
Chicago
Battle Creek
Englewood Church of Christ
North Normal Parkway
Joseph L. Hooper
Calhoun County
Michigan
Leah L. Lucas
Purse Pleaser Telegram Delivers Late Lenawee News
The Telegram is praised as a dependable Lenawee paper known for delivering more late news for the money. The note emphasizes value and consistent coverage.
Wasting Away Letter from Robert R Watts
Salem Missouri man Robert R Watts writes of long kidney illness and poor health after years of doctor visits and treatment. Two bottles of medicine left him tired and weak before he recovered and felt sound and well. Sold at City Pharmacy and Alf Thompson.
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Robert R. Watts
Salem
City, Pharmacy
Alf, B. Thompson
Boy Killed on Freight Train Near Ypsilanti Michigan
A 20 year old, John Dickson, was killed while riding a freight train from Petroit to Chicago. His body was found on the tracks near Ypsilanti Monday night. cause unclear but likely fell from the moving train. In Alpena, mill workers strike continues with Gilchrist mill tied up and Richardson Lumber crew refusing to work. Battle Creek marks the burial of 101 year old Uncle Ben Williams, early Black resident and Civil War era storyteller. Also, veteran lumberman L. B. Clapp dies at home after brief illness.
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Petroit
Mich
Michigan Central
Chicago
John Dickson
Ypsilanti
Ted
Alpena
Gilchrist
Richardson Lumber Company
Battle Creek
Ben” Williams
Michigan
L. B. Clapp
Maple Street
Corunna, Mich
Harry Harrington
Missoula
Mont
Northern Pacific
May Ask Roosevelt to Attend Celebration of Birth of Republican Party
Jackson Michigan July 29. Officials plan a state wide celebration marking the fiftieth birth of the Republican Party. A Detroit meeting Aug 6 will form a general state committee to organize officers and committees for the event to be held in July 1914. President Roosevelt is expected to be invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Jackson
Mich
Common Council
Lincoln Club
Cadillac
Detroit
Roosevelt
Escanaba Man Sues Hadden Rodeo Commission
Joseph E. Reinger of Escanaba sues the Hadden Rodeo Commission of Milwaukee in U S circuit court for 18000 alleging a $15000 deposit and missed profits after the disappearance of George Dit Jon from the Escanaba branch. The firm disputes the alleged deposit.
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Marquette
Mich
Joseph E. Reinger
Escanaba
United States Circuit
Hadden- Rodeo Commission Company of
Milwaukee
George Dit Jon
Reinger
Dillon
Mergins
No Suppression of Divorce Suits in Circuit Court
Port Huron Mick July 29 Judge Law rules no further divorce suits will be suppressed in the circuit court. Many divorces have been started recently and attorneys urged quiet handling. The court says rich and poor will be treated alike, and a case like that of Helen Naumann against H T G Naumann is among those not suppressed.
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Port Huron
Mick
Law
Circuit Court
Helen Naumann
H. T. G. Naumann
German Herald
Germany
Tragedy At Pittsburg Dam Opens Leaves Four Dead
Four youths and a girl were drowned after a boat was pulled under by suction at Dam No 1 on the Allegheny near Herrisland during the dam opening ceremony. Lena Dedig and Annie McIntyre were rescued unconscious but recovered. Edna Shipley is among the missing. Bodies recovered except Edna Shipley.
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Pittsbore
Allegheny
Herrisland
Joseph Brown
Henry Brown
Joseph
Frederick Bulger
Edna Shipley
Allegheny River
Lena Dedig
Annie McIntyre
Michigan Boys Pass Navy Physicals for Midshipman Admission
Annapolis Md July 28 R G Thomas of Iowa and E Anderton of Michigan passed their physical exams for the navy Tuesday and were admitted as midshipmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Annapolis
R. G Thomas
Iowa
E. &. Anderton
Navy
Michigan Retail Furniture Dealers Open Annual Convention
Furniture dealers from Michigan gather in Detroit for the annual convention. The event began Tuesday and sessions are taking place at the Griswold house as the Michigan Retail Furniture Dealers' association opens proceedings.
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Furniture Dealers
Detroit
Mich
Michigan Retail Furniture Dealers’ Association
Griswold House
Children bitten by a dog in Michigan hospital report
Ant Achar and a bar and gin of hotland Michigan, both bitten by the same mind dog, have been received at the Pasteuc institute here. This makes a total of twenty nine patients resolved since April 1.
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Ant Achar
Tily Fbo
Hotland
Mich
Pasteuc Institute
Baptist Assembly at Orion in July
The Michigan Baptist assembly will meet in Orion on Monday July 24 and continue until August. A large number of well known men will deliver addresses during the assembly.
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Baptist Assembly
Orion
Mid
Michigan Baptist Assembly
Monay
Independence urged for Hawaiian islands at home rule convention
At the home rule convention in Honolulu on July 29 Delegate Wilcox urged Congress to grant Hawaiian independence and to establish a Cuban like government for the islands. The proposal drew applause and may be presented to Congress by Delegate Kalanaole with Native signatures likely. The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers circus trains claim the largest tents and canvas covering twelve acres.
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Honolulu
Cule
Wilcox
Congress
Cuba
Kalanjanole
Adam Forepaugh
Sells Brothers Circus
Not Hard to Buy Telegraph Offer for Lenawee Readers
Not hard to buy and not as far as the Telegraph regards. The offer is 10 cents for two weeks in the city or 22 percent yearly by mail. G A R Encampment in San Francisco. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway sells excursion tickets to San Francisco or Los Angeles and return July 31 to August 13 at far less than half rates. Return by October 15. For details apply to ticket agents or write to A J Smith GP and T A Cleveland Ohio.
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California
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Rywill
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Alj. Smith
G. Pét
Cleveland
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry
A. J. Smith
T. A. Cleveland
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Lake Shore Road
Acker
H. F. Wyatt & Co
W. Or. Flint
Orchard, In
City Pharmacy
Alf B. Thompson
F.C. Andrews
Navin and
Moriarty
East
Goast
North Atlantic
Weather Forecast
Martin Ebelt
Milwau
KEE
Bayalty
Martha. Tarziemski
Martha Cwiklinski
Fr. Matkowski
Tate Paste
St. Stanislaus Church
Manistee
Little One
Law and Order League
Daiily
Fred W. Palmer
Uunt
Brooklyn
Jackson County
Jefferson Barracks
Henry D. Thomasor
Albion
Buch
Whipples Barracks
Arthur M. Whaley
Fort Brady
Fort Sheridan
Edward F. Geddings
Fort Keogh
Montana
Cheboygan
Pea-Ciniig Factory
Standish
Frank Gray
Prescott
Corunna
Pittsburg Dam
Guba
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