Fugitive named in brutal farmhouse torture case
Three robbers beat farmer William Hartley after heating an iron to red hot. Two suspects, William Wundell and Oscar Platt, have been captured. a third man remains at large. Hartley had just deposited $1,000 from sheep sales with his daughter in Montrose before the attack in Glenwood, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
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Lackawanna
The
Erie
Ontario and Western
William Hartley
Glenwood
Susquehanna County
Pennsylvania
Ile
Montrose
Hartley
William Wundell
Oscar Platt
Fight for the Pennants. Standing of Clubs in Principal Baseball Leagues
The National League standings show New York at 80 wins 46 losses and Cincinnati 60 50 with Boston 75 and Chicago 81 51. Other teams include Brooklyn St Louis Philadelphia and more tied to midseason records, reflecting competitive balance across city clubs and regional franchises.
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New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Boston
Chicago
Brookly
St Philadelphia
St. Louis
Forest Fires Rage Across Duluth Extension in Canada
Large fires sweep the Duluth extension of the Canadian Northern railway, from Arrow River to the US border, burning timber and lighting Thunder Cape. East of Port Arthur the fires threaten the worst in history with camps destroyed on Pigeon River. Jacob Hernesniemi and his two sons perished fighting the flames near Otter River, Calumet, Michigan.
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Duluth
Canadian Northern Railway
United States
Arrow River
Slymers
Thunder Cape
Port Arthur
Canadian Pacific Railway
Symers
George
Pigeon River
Jacob Hernesniemi
Otter River
Calumet
Mich
Reward for Van Dyck Theft Stirs Art World
Notices offer 1,000 crowns for the discovery or return of a Van Dyck head of a child stolen from a Vienna gallery. The Austro Hungarian consulate in New York circles customs inspectors and art dealers with the reward.
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Vienna
New York
A Booth & Co Receiver Appointed Over Chicago Firm
A receiver has been appointed for A Booth and Co a Chicago based fish and seafood corporation valued at 12 million dollars. The move follows financial troubles at the company affecting creditors and operations in the city.
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A. Booth & Co
Fish and Seafood Corporation of Chicago
Accused of Doctor's Murder in Omaha
County Attorney English filed a first degree murder complaint against Charles Z. Davis over the shooting of Dr. Frederick Rustin on the morning of September 2. The case centers on the Omaha incident with charges approved and prepared for court.
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Omaha
Neb
English
Charles 2. Davis
Frederick Rustin
July Fourth Death Toll Tops 160 With Thousands Injured
July Fourth fatalities total 163 and injuries 5 623 across the nation per Journal of the American Medical Association. Firearms caused 481 accidents leaving 89 dead and 3 tetanus cases. toy cannons caused 399 injuries including 7 deaths.
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United States
Journal of the American Medical Association
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Dist.o&Col
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Tikinola
Indiana
Iowa
Kansga
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massa
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
Ayia
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Carolina
Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
R. Island
Annessee
Washington
Ag W. Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Wheat and oats crops eyed by Manitoba Grain Exchange
Manitoba Grain Exchange members estimate Western Canada wheat at not more than 100 million bushels and oats at 80 million. Heat is blamed for shrinkage. A Minnesota conference of health officers dairymen and cattlemen urged legislation to prohibit sale of breeding cattle not tuberculin tested, with stockmen seeking universal testing.
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Manitoba Grain Exchange
Western Canada
Minnesota
St. Tanl
German inventor demonstrates telegraph writing over wire
Gustav Greanna in London showcases a device that transmits writing and sketches via a twelve volt current. A pencil contact and light ray reproduce movements on a receiving box, with paper developing in ten seconds. A second film can receive another message simultaneously.
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Gustav Greanna
London
Zeppelin Sets New Airship Distance Record
Count Zeppelin failed to complete a 24 hour continuous flight but achieved a 261 mile journey from Friedrichshagen on Lake Constance. The aerostat flew over the Rhine to Mayence then returned amid gun salutes as thousands watched the spectacle.
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Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshagen
Lake Constance
Rhine
Mayence
Iowa and national political notes from the era
The Iowa executive council certifies nomination for Congressman J A T Hull. W J Bryan receives honorary membership from Lincoln Typographical Union. B F Nelson presents Bryan with a mule as a jest. John Temple Graves for Vice President faces a private hospital procedure. Illinois Independence party holds a state convention in Chicago naming George W McCaskrin governor candidate. Oklahoma Democrats renominate Thomas P Gore. Debs doubts Independence party impact. Tremont Temple sues Debs meeting on October 5 denied by Supt. Plimpton in Boston.
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Iowa Executive Council
J. A. T. Hull
Typographical Union of
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Demon
John Temple Graves
Independence Party
New York
Chicago
George W. McCaskrin
Rock Island
Oklahoma
Thomas P. Gore
Indiana
Socialist Party
Boston
Supt
Plimpton
Tremont Temple
SARGENT DIES. IMMIGRATION CHIEF PASSES IN WASHINGTON
Frank Pierce Sargent, Commissioner General of Immigration, died in Washington on Friday from stomach ailments and related diseases. Born November 18, 1854 in East Orange Vermont, he started as a locomotive fireman, led the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen for 17 years, and served in various federal posts before Roosevelt appointed him immigration chief in 1902.
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Frank P. Sargent
Washington
Frank Pierce Sargent
Yast Orange
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Peoria
Georgie M. McCullough
McKinley
Mr. Sargent
Industrial Commission
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Roosevelt
Beet Trust competition pushes stock yards plan in Chicago
Chicago hears of a new independent stock yards operator the Chicago Stock Yards and Transit Company with 2000 dollars capital stock. Twenty shares already bought at Thirty ninth street and Forty-eighth avenue and buildings under construction. The firm aims to cut prices. Also a Fort Snelling fall school for children to be established to serve officers enlisted men and employees. St Paul school board proposes furnishing public school teachers to place the fort school on equal footing with city schools. fort authorities accept the offer.
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Beet Trust
Chicago
Chicago Stock Yards and Transit Company
Thirtyninth Street
Forty-eighth Avenue
Fort Snelling
St. Paul
Standard Oil rehearing reply challenges government appeal
In Chicago on Thursday Standard Oil lawyers urge the federal appeals court to let stand its defeat of a 29 million dollar fine. They label the government petition a mass of technicalities and repeat agreements and attack Bogardus testimony as the main basis for reversal by Judge Grossenbacher.
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Chicago
Standard Oil
Federal Court of Appeals
Landis
New Jersey Corporation
Standard Oil Company
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bogardus
Grosscnp
Rail and Railroads in a Turbulent Era
Reported sales of the New Haven stock to an unnamed buyer draw protest from New Haven officials who fear hostile use. Canadian Pacific workers strike over a new schedule affecting 8000 to 10000 mechanics across St John to Vancouver. Union Tank Line seeks capital increase from 3.5 to 12 million dollars signaling expansion for parent company and subsidiaries. Clarion Iowa to lose Chicago Great Western shops as Fort Dodge becomes central division site. Winnebago Traction Company foreclosed sold for 950000 to Milwaukee buyers. Reading and Lackawanna plan creosote and zinc chloride plants to treat mine timbers in the anthracite region.
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New Haven
Boston
Vancouver
Arbitration Board
Montreal
Bell Hardy
Federated Mechanics
Union Tank Line Company
The
Oil Trust
Trenton
N. J
Clarion
Iowa
Chicago Great Western Railway
Fort Dodge
Omaha
Hayfield
Oelwein
Winnebago
Wis.) Traction Company
Trust Company of America
Oliver C. Fuller
Fred C. Best
Russell L. Smith
Milwaukee
Reading and Lackawanna
Peruna praised in medical testimonial from 1902 notice
A San Antonio reader recalls suffering catarrh with night sweats and deep cough in 1902 and credits a Peruna regimen with removing alarming symptoms and restoring health, noting it has helped again with bad colds since. Also featured is a Parisian style King Edward hat inspired by feminine pot lids, worn by arrivals from Paris.
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E. W. Walton
P. Ry
van Ness St
San Antonio
Tex
Paris
King Edward
France
Backache relief leads to permanent cure claims
Mrs. Thomas Dunn of 153 Vine Street Columbus Ohio testifies that ten years of backache left her exhausted and despondent until Foster Milburns Dean’s Kidney Pills provided quick relief and a permanent cure sold at 50 cents a box. The Star Arcturus notes its immense distance and slow southwest drift across the sky despite bright appearance and minimal parallax.
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Thos. Dunn
Vine St
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Honor in Debt Weighs on a Gambler's Conscience
Uncle Jerry Peebles muses that honor can drive extreme acts such as starving to settle a gambling debt. He recalls a man who would sacrifice greatly yet remains haunted by a preacher’s twenty seven year old debt.
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Uncle Jerry
Uncle Jerry Peebles
Pale Girl Finds Warmth Without Coffee
A North Dakota woman known as the pale girl explains coffee worsened her health, causing headaches and indigestion. After switching to Postum and Grape-Nuts, her complexion improved, headaches vanished, and energy returned, benefiting her husband and two children. The letter promotes Postum with a testimonial tone.
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Dak
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Canada
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St. Petersburg
Tabriz
Persia
Shiral Khan
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Minnesota Agricultural Society
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Commissioner of Immigration
Dianbardou
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Arcturnus
Arcturus
New York Press
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Weilville
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