Pleasure Led to Death of Twelve People and Wounding of Thirty
Memphis April reports Levi Charles near death with smallpox at Clarksdale post Liouke confesses to murdering Capt Day and Patrolman Long in New Orleans between July 24 and 27 1000 He says he killed ten more and wounded thirty others driven by sheer enjoyment identity not established
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Memphis
April
Levi Charles
Clarksdale Post
Liouke
Day
Long
New Orleans
Charles
Bank Robber Prentice Tiller Captured After Escape Try
Prentice Tiller, badly bandaged, was taken to Cincinnati after a failed escape attempt. Authorities were tracking his companion G. H. L. Brent, who eluded officers at Union Station the previous night.
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Tiller
Chcago
Prentice Tiller
Cincinnati
G. H L. Brent
Union Station
Runaway couple arrested in Akron then released
Frank Butler and Mabel Smith, a runaway from Akron, were arrested by police Friday evening and jailed briefly. The girl claimed 21 but later said she and Butler were not engaged. They left home due to parental opposition over Butler courting her. Butler, reportedly divorced, had come to the city from Spokane and worked at the Empire barber shop, with recent work in Youngstown.
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Akron
Miss Smith
Shee
Butler
Spokane
Wash
Empire
Miss Amith
Youngstown
McKinley to Make First Presidential Visit to Louisiana
New Orleans reports President McKinley will become the first sitting American president to visit Louisiana. The planned trip, announced today, marks a historic milestone for the state and underscores McKinley’s outreach to southern states.
First President Sets Foot in Louisiana During 90th Anniversary
The arriving president will mark a peculiarly significant moment en route to the west as the nation celebrates the 90th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. He will be the first president to set foot on Louisiana.
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Louianna
France
United States
Louisiana
Easter Celebrations and Forced Marriages Among Indians
In Wichita Kansas on Easter near Darlington Oklahoma an after sacrifice dance drew crowds as Indians danced from daybreak. Report claims 500 young squaws were to be sold to marry as offerings to unseen powers but many were present and objections by squaws were overruled by Yellow Feathers an Arapahoe medicine chief.
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Wichita
Kas
Darlington
Oklahoma
Yellow Feathers
Arapahoe
Canton Akron Railroad Incorporation Announces Electric Line
Canton Akron Railroad company formed in Columbus with 600000 capital. Directors include Wm H Hoover Charles A Kolp John G Welty Austin Brant Aaron Wagoner and Philip Saltonstall. Mission to build and operate an electric railway linking Canton and Akron. Wagoner says grading will start soon after preliminary work finishes.
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Columbus
Canton-Akron Railroad Company
Wm. H. Hoover
Charles A. Kolp
John G. Welty
Austin
Brant
Aaron Wagoner
Ohio
Philip
Saltonstall
Wm. A. Tucker
Massachusetts
Canton
Akron
Goveror White Wears Silk Hat for First Time
In Parkersburg West Virginia on Easter April 8 Gov White recalls his early wish for a silk hat and how his wife granted it. He wore the first silk hat since becoming governor during a public appearance, noting the moment as a personal milestone and family joke.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
White
West Virginia
Kuster
Metal Beds Rise in American Homes Amid Traditional Wood
The article notes a shift from ornate woolen beds to metal frames in the United States, mentioning remaining carved wooden beds for sale and reader commentary on preferences. It reflects a trend toward modern metal bed frames and hints at enduring older models in fine goods shops.
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Met
Incorporation Papers Filed to Extend Clerkin and Mang Business
Papers sent to Columbus for the incorporation of a company to extend Clerkin and Mang in this city with capitalization of 150 dollars. Incorporators include Wm Clerkin Geo Alig W G Wike de BR Nutt and Joseph S Benner. Plan to manufacture heating furnaces steam and hot water heaters stoves and registers. Additions have been built.
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Columbus
Clerkin & Mang
Devastation in Transvaal Reported by Correspondent
A correspondent notes ongoing British devastation in the Transvaal with eight neutral families burned and destroyed. Johannesburg, once South Africa’s busiest hub, shows roughly seven per cent damage since British possession began.
Self inflicted guillotine death shocks San Jose logger
The body of John Connelly was found with his head severed, the logger having placed his head on a log under a crude guillotine he built, a huge saw used as a razor, and then resting to end his life. In Liverpool Agnes & Sons report the recover of a stolen Gainsborough painting valued at $70,000, the Duchess of Devonshire, from 1876.
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San Jose
Cal
John Connelly
Connelly
Liverpool
April
G. Moreland
Agnes
Agnes & Sons
Etruria
Gainsborough “Duchess of Devonshire
Langdon Receives Promotion At Akron Rail Office
The Democrat notes long service of Mr Langdon and confirms his promotion. An Akron railroad staff change moves Wigh to Erie freight office, with May 1 as start for Erie passenger trains stopping at Union depot and April 30 abandonment and remodeling of the Erie station as a receiving freight depot.
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Langdon
Akron
Wiigh
Erie
Union Depot
Bor
Merkin and Mung: New Articles to Extend Business Reach
To the plant of Merkin and Mung, and the new articles to be manufactured will extend the business of the company into more necessaries than it now carries.
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Merkin & Mung
Akron Seeks City Class Upgrade and Government Change
A circular from Columbus states Akron qualifies for first class city status, third grade, and outlines a potential government shift similar to Toledo. It would elect a Mayor, Controller, Treasurer, Police Judge, and other officials with two councilors per ward plus an Alderman, plus city officers and four commissioners serving without pay. Cuyahoga Falls advances from village second class to first class, and Copley from village second to first class.
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Columbus
Akron
Pecome & Municipality
Toledo
Couseil
City Cly
Iinanes
Cuyahoga Kalle
Sreund Chine
Elise
Copley
Wale Wo
Plague Case Totals Update From Cape Town April
Cape Town reports total bubonic plague cases at 1444 with 874 Europeans among them and 570 remaining cases. Officials note ongoing monitoring as health authorities urge precautions and recordkeeping continues.
Easter hat with one dollar bills shocks shoppers
Misa Ethel Benbow and Mrs Flora Powell of the Dyhum-Brouse Co millinery department designed an Easter bonnet adorned with twenty five one dollar bills. The display, costing $45, attracts attention and doubles as advertising, prompting curious shoppers to compare price and style.
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Powell
Dyhum-Brouse Co
Bertha Benbow
Tilleh
Final Summons for Robert J. Cumming Dies at 51
Robert J. Cumming died unexpectedly at his home, 114 Turnacen Street, Saturday evening at age 51. Funeral services are planned at 2 p.m. Tuesday at his residence.
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Robert J. Cumming
Tstul Leite Duylag
Wehl
Pan American Exposition stamps to go on sale in Akron
Uncle Samuel announces Pan American Exposition stamps to be issued in Akron from May 1 to October 31. The stamps feature steamers express trains Niagara Falls and a bridge. Denominations 1 2 4 5 8 and 10 cents are altered in honor of the Buffalo show. Images chosen from many submitted to the Postal Department.
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Samuel
Akron
Apportionment Debate Tests County Support Across Party Lines
The new state legislative apportionment discussed Saturday night places Cuydhoga Hamilton and Lucas counties in the Republican column, but Republicans face weak footing since spring elections. Democrats hope to swing these counties next fall, aiming to lift the Republican majority in the Legislature.
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Cuydhoga
Hamilton
Lucas
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