Fire devastates nearly all Los Gatos business district
Nearly the entire business portion of Los Gatos California was destroyed by fire yesterday with losses estimated around one quarter million dollars. Other items note Baltimore house fire losses of seventy dollars insured, Polish Alliance biennial delegates in Toledo, and various brief notices from public figures and incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Gatos
Cal
Nation House
John Horner & Co
Baltimore
National Polish Alliance
Toledo
Genemally
George W. Howe
Cleveland National Leage Baseball Elit
Cleveland
Weyler
Spain
United States
Pekin
Diplomatic Corps
Monastir
Turkey
John Clancy
Elphin
Sligo
Etruria
Queenstown
East Liverpool
WANTS FAIR TRIAL Pat Crowe SURRENDER DEMANDS BAIL TERMS
Omaha dispatch reports Patt Crowe writing Chief Donahue to surrender for the Eddie Cudahy kidnapping. He seeks a fair trial, pledges to surrender now, asks bail of 500 dollars, and would await a jury verdict before confinement. Donahue believes the letter genuine.
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Omaha
Neb
John J. Donahue
Patt Crowe
Crowe
Eddie Cudahy
Donahue
Crowe Surrenders Demand for Fair Trial Before Captor
Omaha police pursue Edward Crowe who, amid a flurry of letters and threats, demands a fair trial by twelve jurors in Douglass County Nebraska before surrendering. He asserts resolve to resist capture, weighs 200 pounds, and seeks bond terms of 500 dollars while urging officials to withdraw rewards.
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Crowe
Manchester
Chief Donahue
J. A. Donahue
Omaha
Neb
Cudahy
Mr. Donahue
Douglass County
Nebraska
Herod
Gov. Savage
Iowa
South
Edward Cudahy
Savage
John Power
Shields
J. J. Donahue
Donahue
Cudahys
James Callahan
Callahan
Reduced Rates to California on Queen and Crescent
Special reduced rates to California via Queen and Crescent. Great oppor tunity to visit the Pacific coast with quick schedule and excellent train service. Ask Queen and Crescent ticket agents or address W. Rigenewon, G. iP. A., Cincinnati, for particulars.
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California
Queen & Crescent
Pacific Coast
Queen & Crescent Ticket Agents
Rigenewon
G. Ip. A
Cincinnati
SCHOONER MONT BLANC SANK IN LAKE ERIE GALE NEAR BAR POINT
In a Saturday night gale on Lake Erie the coal laden schooner Mont Blanc sank two miles from Bar Point. The crew clung to rigging through the night and were rescued by the tug Cheboygan, taken to Amherstburg. Owner John Little of Port Huron, the Mont Blanc measured 137 by 26 feet with 174 net tons and carried about 500 tons of coal for J. W. Thompson. Other vessels in tow, Mineral State, John Kilderhouse, and Roberts, suffered damage but anchored off Bar Point. The captain's wife, Mrs Littletton, remained ill aboard the Cheboygan.
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Detroit
Mont Blanc
Lake Erie
Bar Point
Cheboygan
Amhersburg
Roberts
John Little
Port Huron
J. W. Thompson
Kilderhouse
Michigan farmers swindled by Watson & Co impersonator
A man posing as a member of the Watson & Co commission firm defrauded Michigan farmers of thousands in fruit and produce. He used fraudulent checks bearing Geo J Watson Sr, shipped goods to Chicago, and vanished after selling the consignment. Michigan banks face liability for the bad checks.
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Chicago
South Water Street Commission
Watson & Co
Michigan
George J. Watson, Sr
Milwaukee
Prairis State Bank of Chicago
Geo. J. Watson, Sr
Watson
Watson &Co
New Corporations Filed in Michigan and Nearby
Articles of association were filed in Lansing on October 14 for multiple corporations including Michigan Vending Machine Co in Lansing with 8000 capital and White Sewing Machine Co in Cleveland with 1 235 000. Other entrants cover Detroit Sault Ste Marie Port Huron and more, with capital stock totals ranging from 5 000 to 1 235 000.
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Ander
White Sewing Machine Co
Cleveland
Port Huron
Michigan Briefs Roundup of Local Crime and Causality
Albert Stroud of Pontiac convicted of manslaughter in death of Fred Newbirth after a drunken altercation. Joseph Wrinkle sought for assault and house breaking. captured in Sarnia, he fled Alpena. Pere Marquette freight collision at Williamsburg damages worth about 2000. Walter Weber nets a 36 pound iron mountain area catch, first music challenge ever. W M G A Michigan to hold 16th annual convention in Jackson, Oct 20 week. Owosso postmaster told to investigate tampering with rural mailboxes. Marshall case Mains v Hulbert dismissed for plaintiff absence. Ex bank chief William Lacey remains in marshal custody awaiting $16,000 bond. Kalamazoo painter Herbert Lewis gravely ill with baffling symptoms. Bees kill a boy and blind him in Mishawaka area incident. Grandma Morley dies at 94 from blood poisoning. State troops pay distributed at Jackson. Copper Country building boom with 100 carloads of material delivered to hubs. Port Huron post office robber Arthur Coleman captured. confesses. several others implicated. Fire destroys a Standish area barn by spontaneous combustion. Flobert rifle accident injures a hand in Post Huron.
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Albert Stroud
Pontiac
Fred Newbirth
Joseph Wrinkle
Sarnia
Alpena
Wrinkle
Williamsburg
Iron Mountain
Spread Eagle Lake
Walter Weber
Michigan
Jackson
Dewey
Owosso
Post Office Department
Chas. R. Mains
Hulbert
Marshall
Mains
Ransom and Robbery Notes Across Cities
In Constantinople Miss Helen B Stone remains abducted with funds for ransom reported as forwarded via the US legation secretary Spencer Eddy. In Morristown Indiana burglars blow a post office safe with nitroglycerine, netting 700 dollars in notes and 300 in postage, then escape in a stolen rig.
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Constantinople
Helen B. Stone
Spencer Eddy
United States Legation
Washington
Indiana
Morristown
Ind
Phillips
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Offers Back Pain Relief Promise
In a 19th century testimonial, J L Campbell of Sycamore Illinois credits Hood’s Sarsaparilla with curing years of backache and weakness in the kidneys. The advertisement asserts the medicine can defeat despondent feelings and borrowing trouble, urging readers to begin treatment now.
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J. L. Campbell
Sycamore, Il
Hoon
Hood
Capital and Labor Church Resolution Proposed at Convention
An Episcopal church resolution to form a standing joint commission on capital and labor would study labor aims, investigate causes of industrial disturbances, and act as arbitrators between workers and employers to foster conciliation. The commission would be reappointed every three years. In a separate dispatch, Russian Ambassador Zinovyoff pressed the Sultan to punish those responsible for Armenian persecutions in Mush district.
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San Francisco
General Convention of the
Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
Unth
Holt
Turkey
Constantinople
M. Zinovieff
Sultan Bridzy
Mush
Itching Scalp and Eczema Cure Claim by Dr. Chase Ointment
An 1880s style testimonial claims Dr. Chase's Ointment quickly cures itchy scalps and eczema in children, noting chronic progression if untreated. A Detroit reader, J H Grant, reports three years of intense itching eased after few applications, following a recommendation from H A Nicolai at 379 Division Street.
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Dr. Chase
Piers
J. H. Grant
Joseph Campas
Detroit
Mich
Hla. Nicolai
Atreex
Baby Eczema Relief Claims From Dr. Chase Ointment
Mrs Rose of 133 Sixteenth Budalo writes that her baby boy suffered eczema until Dr. A W Chase's Ointment was applied. She reports itching stopped, sores healed, and a bright skin replacement now visible. The product reportedly soothes without causing palm or surface irritation.
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FS. Rose
Budalo
A. W. Chase
W. Chase
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Mammoth Novelty Store
Pris
Permoges
Sore Masonic Temple
J. G Haviland
Geo. H. Allen
Wat Paper
Cash Market
Jewett
Taylor Bros
Portoffice
Rocky Mountain
Madison Medicine No
Johnson , Andrews
Lewis Ackerman
Goshen
DeWitt
Johnson & Andrews
C. M. Phelps
Forestdale
de Witt
James Stevenson & Son
Wesley
Pat Grows
Direct
Dic
T Crowe
California, Queen & Crescent
Amherstburg
Nriter
Climax
Jack Hannon
Here
Charles Schemild
Crofoot
Michigan Briefs
Macey
Reas
Grand Rapids
Wm. K. Lacey
First National Bank of Niles
Strange Hines
Kalamazoo
Herbert D. Lewis
Lewis
Mish
Mishawaka
John Hillis
Standish
Kidd
Cos
D and C
Houghton, Mich
South Shore Road
Houghton
Hancock
Calumet
Arthur Coleman
Buell
Sanilac County
South Lyons
Martin Callen
Post Huron
Xavier Beachler
Fort Street
Detroit Southern Railway
Adrian
Deroit
Johnson & Andrewa
Capital and Labor
Episcopal Church Will
Johnson & Andrews Citizens
Dept
Childs
Haviland
THE
Michigan Granite CO
City
Bea
Russia
Ladlas
Qur
Bess
M. Mulzer & Son
North Main Street
Roe Clothing Co
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