Hypnotic Motive Suggested in Gunness Case
Dr Charles E Jones of Austin argues Mrs Belle Gunness became a murderess through religious fanaticism and hypnotic influence. He links sudden wealth from insurance to a mental collapse and says she drew children with a peculiar power over them. Anton Olson supports the idea of dangerous fascination.
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Chicago
Ill
Belle Gunness
Charles E. Jones
Austin
Anton Olson
Jennie Olson
Sorenson
Sixty Years a King Emperor Francis Joseph Celebrates
Emperor Francis Joseph marks sixty years on the throne with a grand celebration reflecting on long reign, Austria Hungary’s enduring legacy, and the stability he has maintained amid regional tensions and shifting alliances.
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Emperor Francis Joseph
Francis Joseph Celebrated on Sixtieth Anniversary of Reign
In Vienna the sixty year reign of Francis Joseph was honored by Emperor William and other European rulers. The ceremony in the palace featured a hall of mirrors, formal congratulations, and a luncheon in Maria Theresa Hall as observers noted the historic gathering.
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Vienna
Teror William
Enmiperor
Francis Joseph
William
Vassel
Germany
Austria
Bavaria
Maria Theresa Hall
Mama Killed Papa Secret Told By Myrtle Gunness Victim
Police disclose that a week before the Gunness home fire a girl named Myrtle Gunness told a playmate that her mother killed her father with a meat cleaver. The police chief said the girl’s name would be kept confidential due to family wishes.
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Chicago
Gunness
Myrtle Gunness
Myrtle
Brooklyn Barber Shoots Five While They Sleep
A sixteen year old boy named Carmello, employed at a Brooklyn barber shop, killed three barbers and mortally wounded Antonio Peraso and his wife as they slept in a Fulton Street apartment. The youth fled. police suspect Black Hand gang involvement.
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New York
Carmello
Brooklyn
Antonio Peraso
Mollycoddle Rooster Becomes Proud Mother in Maplewood
A mollycoddle rooster in Maplewood Missouri hatched twelve Plymouth Rock chicks from fifteen eggs after three weeks on the nest. Owner N D Kitchell removed the brood to a hen to protect them while the rooster cried for access. He laid out a fresh clutch of fifteen eggs and resumed incubation.
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St. Louis
Maplewood
N. D. Kitchell
Kitchell
Mr. Mollycoddle
Black paper proposal could cut paper costs and save forests
Wisconsin paper manufacturers urge newspapers to switch to black paper for main content to save millions annually and use white paper only for colored supplements. They argue black paper can be made from recycled stock, reducing pulp wood needs and lowering prices, with eastern plants and publishers in discussions.
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Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Illustration styles in advertising reach foreign adaptions
The passage notes colored plates as a high and widely used form of illustration in foreign publications and as an impressive advertising novelty in the United States. Proponents claim the black background is easier on the eyes compared with the current white paper glare.
Frisco Parade Triumphs Navy as 8000 Marines Land
In San Francisco a vast display marks a peaceful mobilization as 8000 bluejackets and marines march through Market Street. Rear Admiral Evans leads the fleets with six other rear admirals in carriages while 2500 regular army soldiers act as escort. Secretary Metcalf Governor Gillett and Mayor Taylor participate.
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San Francisco
Cal
Evans
Market Street
Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf
Gillett
Ornia
Taylor
San Francis Trode
Oil Trust Sidesteps Chicago Court Fight Over Large Fine
The Standard Oil Company of Indiana seeks to escape a $29,240,000 fine imposed by Judge Landis as its attorneys appeal in the United States Circuit Court. The case underlines the ongoing legal battle following a lower court ruling.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Landis
United States District Court
United Years Circuit Fee of Appeals
Wounded Affections Suit Seeks 100000 Damages
Miss Marie Smith, 26, sues Robert J. Gunning for breach of promise and seeks $100,000 in damages as balm for wounded affections. The case names Gunning, a Chicago millionaire club man and head of the Gunning advertising system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marie Smith
Robert J. Gunning
Gunning
Pittsburg Nighties Burglary Stirs Y W C A Rooms
Reported in Pittsburg the specialty girls in night attire frightened a burglar who broke into the Y M C A rooms causing him to flee in panic. The intruder appeared unaware of the building he invaded.
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Pittsburg
Y. W. CG
Joseph G Cannon Celebrates 72nd Birthday in Washington
Speaker of the House Joseph G Cannon turned seventy two on Thursday in Washington marking the seventy second anniversary of his birth.
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Joe Cannon
Washington
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Murderess linked to Hoch tale and Gunness escape
The Decatur special notes Mrs Belle Gunness, accused of multiple murders, possibly linked to Johann Hoch and alleged to have escaped Laporte by feigning illness. Attorney Worden hints at a driver’s name as crucial evidence, while a cabman’s report describes a sick woman on a stretcher traveling toward Berne Indiana. Sheriff Smutzer begins inquiry into the vanishing act.
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Smutzer
Drs
Erie
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Seuth Dakota
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Berne
Ind
Gunness
DF Ieee Tothars
Identification Key in Hoch Case Ties Blond Woman to Loeffler Family
A paral identification by Elkhart police links the exhumed blond woman on the Gunness farm to Miss Loeffler. Relatives believe the remains are hers, suggesting she may be one of Johann Hoch's wives and tying into matrimonial bureau investigations in Chicago.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Elkhart Purple
Gunness
Miss Loeffler
Divorced Wife of King of Saxony Births a Son
Florence dispatch reports Mme Toselli once Countess Montignese and former Crown Princess Louise of Saxony has a son she plans to nurse herself. She is the divorced wife of Saxony's king and wife of Enrico Toselli, married in London in 1907. They relate her past elopements and royal involvement. The king is said to still be in love and seeking reconciliation.
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New York
Florence
Italy
Mme. Toselli
Montignese
Louise
Saxony
King of
Enrico Toselli
London
Giron
Europe
Monica Pia of
Countess Montignoso
Monica Pia
Fatal Quarrel in Boat at Quincey Illinois
Adam Wagner drowned in the bay while in a boat with his wife and another man. An argument led to Wagner attempting to strike and falling overboard. Survivors were arrested but the coroner's jury ruled the death accidental and they were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincey, Ill
Adam Wagner
Wagner
Atlanta Braces After Major Downtown Fire
A devastating blaze in Atlanta Georgia destroyed two solid business blocks with estimated losses around 1.5 million dollars. The Terminal Hotel, one of the citys largest, lay in ruins but all 200 guests on its register escaped unharmed.
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Atlanta
Terminal
Brewers and allied trades form anti prohibition league
Milwaukee prepares for a new league to combat the prohibition wave. Formed during the United Brewers Association convention from June 8 to 10, it will gather 60 000 members including masters and manufacturers of brewing machinery dealers in brewing supplies real estate men contractors builders wagon makers glassmakers insurance men and possibly barley farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ugwaukee
Wis
United Brewers’ Association
Allied Trades
Dangerous Explosives Plague City Schools Plot
In Las Vegas New Mexico fear grips the city as unknown amounts of dynamite and caps are reported in possession of local school children. The warehouse theft left the explosive injectionable to destroy the town. portions have been recovered while some remains missing.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Fairbanks Urges Schools Over Navy at Chicago Banquet
Vice President Fairbanks denounces socialism and anarchy and favors building churches and schools over battleships. He calls for adequate defense not excess and says armies of educated youth will win future victories, praising American Christian civilization.
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Chicago
Fairbanks
St. Stanislaus
France Seeks Full Japan Explanation Over Timber Factory Attack
Paris demands a full Japanese report on the mob attack that wrecked a timber factory owned by French nationals in Llino Japan. Miyazaki prefecture cites about 50 000 dollars in damage with no fatalities. owners fled or hid. Tokio regrets and promises inquiry. forty arrests reported.
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Paris
Japan
Llino
Tokio
Miyazaki
Tokio Foreign Office
Wedding in Whitesburg as youth wedes in poverty era
In Whitesburg Kentucky a controversial wedding occurred on Upper Rock Creek where a 15 year old groom Leonard Hall married 12 year old Annie Profitt. The ceremony was officiated by the groom's father Elder Yo e Hall a Hardshell minister.
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Whitesburg
Upper Rock Creek
Leonard Hall
Yoe
Hal
Annie 'Profitt
Sarah ‘Prattt
Great Canal Opens in Basin Wyoming Irrigates 30000 Acres
Water turned through fifty four miles of the Big Horn county canal for the first time last week. The $400000 project will irrigate 30000 acres on the west side of the Big Horn River after three years of construction.
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Basin
Wyo
Big Horn County
Big Horn River
Firemen Held for Arson in Norfolk Fire
Four Jamestown exposition firemen and two Powhatan guards face Norfolk county grand jury on arson charges. Two men confessed to starting the blaze that destroyed the Philippine village and other buildings ten days ago, alleging a motive linked to cuts in force and salaries urged by Fire Chief Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Jamestown Exposition Fire Department
Powhatan Guards
Norfolk County Grand Jury
Miller
Roosevelts Nomination Move Pressed Amid Taft Opposition
Washington reports a quiet drive to renominate Theodore Roosevelt at Chicago next month despite his firm rejection of a second term. Promoters warn delegates will face pressure from unaffiliated candidates and influential Republicans as the convention nears.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Chicago
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Taft
Mr. Taft
Congress
Republican delegates seek strongest nominee amid Taft uncertainty
The piece outlines that thousands of local candidates across states press for a Roosevelt nomination at the national convention to aid their own election. It notes Roosevelt’s strength concerns Taft and mentions Bryan as a rising factor. The President wishes Taft nominated on the first ballot but faces delegate pressure and party control considerations.
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Congress
Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt
Colonel Bryan
Fairbanks
Cannon
Opener Tee Deat
Stain of a Card Table Tragedy In Watertown Island
In Apple’s Island cabin on Black Lake, a gun discharged buckshot shattering a window as card players were present. Jerry Apple was wounded, and his son in law Albert Crowder sprang up only to be felled by a second shot in the ensuing chaos, leaving two men dead.
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Watertown
N. Y
Jerry Apple
Cabii
Apple's Island
Black Lake
Apple
Albert Crowder
Crowder
Appropriation Bill Clears House With Higher Total
The House on Friday passed the sundry civil appropriation bill totaling 106,966,369 dollars. The measure carries an extra 1,241,000 dollars beyond the committee’s report.
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Washington
Special
House
Great Conspiracy In India Uncovered In Calcutta Plot
London reports a Calcutta discovery of a wide conspiracy to overthrow British rule in India. Seized documents reveal bombs and explosives and a plan to kill Lord Kitchener and other officials. Authorities warn of an imminent revolution with prominent men implicated and sensational arrests anticipated.
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India
London
Calcutta
Lord Kitchener
Diamonds Reported Found in Quebec River Region
Toronto report says a valuable diamond field lies along the Nottaway River between Mattagami and Shabogama in Quebec. American John MacKenzie and guide Indian Joe reportedly found pockets of first water stones over a 20 mile stretch last summer. They endured a harsh winter in a dug-out before reaching New Liskeard and Toronto with stones valued at about $10,000.
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Toronto
Ont
Nottaway River
Mattagami
Shabogama
Quebec
South Africa
John MacKenzie
Joe
Lake Mattagami
New Liskeard
MacKenzie
Hope Diamond Sold for Four Hundred Thousand in Paris
The famous Hope diamond formerly owned by Joseph Frankel's Sons Company of New York reportedly sold in Paris for $400,000. It is believed to have been bought for the Sultan of Turkey. The sapphire blue gem weighs 4414 karats and was once owned by H. T. Hope.
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Paris
Joseph Frankel’s Sons Company
New York
Turkey
H. T. Hope
Tavernier
Louis XIV
Death by Own Action Cheats Aaltar New York
Isaac Frazier Williams, a solicitor for the Fidelity and Casualty Co and former cotton broker, died by own action in the crypt of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine two weeks after T. A. McIntyre & Co failed. His fiancée and 25 guests waited for him to appear for a wedding.
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New York
T. A. McIntyre & Co
Isaac Frazier Williams
Fidelity and Casualty Company
St. John the Divine
Taft on Home Stretch
Washington special reports Thursday boosted Secretary Tafts delegate tally with twenty added including four Alabama at large four teen from Connecticut and two from Alabama district totaling 450 delegates already secured or within forty one of nomination.
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Washington
Taft
Alabama
Connecticut
Frank A. Hitchcock
War Aeroplane Makes Flight at Kill Devil
Manteo special report states the Wright Brothers aeronauts built a war aeroplane near Kill Devil Hills have achieved a first. In testing the machine traveled 1000 feet under flawless control by its two makers and could have easily gone much farther. It landed smoothly and safely.
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Manteo
N. C
Wright Brothers
Aeronauts
Kill Devil Ae
British Win in Two-Day Fight at Khyber Pass
An official report from Peshawar states 300 Afghans were killed and many wounded in two days of fighting with a British force commanded by Gen. Wilcocks at the west entrance to Khyber Pass. Native Indian troops in English service led the victory.
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London
Peshawar
India
Wilcocks
Khyber Pass
Statesman Named United States Minister for Nicaragua or Honduras
James F. Statesman, formerly of Peru and later of Indianapolis, is to be appointed by President Roosevelt as a United States minister in the foreign service with a $10,000 yearly salary. He will serve as minister to Nicaragua or Honduras.
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Washington
James F. Statesman
Peru
Indianapolis
United States
Roosevelt
Foreign Service
Statesman
Nicaragua
Honduras
Bryan Jr. Outwits Crowe in Kidnap Plot Near Bayside
Houston police report Pat Crowe plotted to kidnap W. J. Bryan Jr. A day at a Bayside resort preceded his passage under close guard as the plan was frustrated by the son of the Nebraskan.
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Houston
Texas
Pat Crowe
Kidnay W. J. Bryan, Jr
Bayside
Fire Devastates Towns in the Philippines
A massive blaze in Antipolo and surrounding Morong province destroyed hundreds of houses and left many homeless. Four hundred homes burned while the famous shrine was saved. The fire was sparked by lightning in a town with about 3,500 residents.
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Philippines
Manila
Cable
Antipolo
Morong
Pittsburg Bank Cashier Arrested for Embezzling $429000
William Montgomery longtime cashier of Allegheny National Bank in Pittsburg has been arrested on a charge of embezzling 429000 in bank funds. Authorities report the case as a major financial crime within the city financial sector.
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A& Regular
Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
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