Nightmare kills mother as man recounts snake dream
Cleveland, Dec 25 Henry C Krause 27 years old lived with widowed mother at 50 Rogers Street. He says a nightmare of a vividly colored snake crawling over his mother's face drove him to strangling her then returning to his bed and sleeping. He led police to the crime scene and described tearing her jaws apart as he did the snake. Authorities debate whether he was insane.
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Krause
Cleveland
Henry C. Krause
Rogers Street
J. H. Wefel
Lutheran Church
Cable Street
Sixth Precinct
Henry
Bir. Wefel
Felhaber
Sherwin Williams Paint Company
Novel Races in Klondike Eddie Allen Wins in Dawson
Kudie Allen a Spokane cyclist who traveled from New York to Dawson to race in Klondike streets on July 4 won both quarter mile events through a six inch sawdust track. He earned $250 per race and received gold nuggets totaling $150 from bettors. Barna from Boston was among the rivals noted.
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Eddie Allen
Gawdust
New York
Kudie Allen
Spokane
Wash
Tacoma
Olympia
Klondike
Skagway
Allen
Dawson
Tom Barna Ps
Boston
Case against Dr Goss dismissed by Mayor Smith
Mayor Smith finds Dr I H Goss did his full duty in reporting suspected cases of scarlet fever and that the law was tracked fully. Trial centered on conflicting medical opinions and whether the Booth and Jarman cases were contagious with no citywide spread. The judge exonerates Dr Goss and urges physicians to aid the board of health in future efforts.
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Smith
I. H. Goss
A. O. Holliday
Hon. H. O. Tack
Dr. Holliday
Board of Health
Carlton
Holliday
Quillian
Conway
Dillard
Drs. Goss and
Gerdine
Maine
Mexico
Goss
Casea
Roseola
J. N. Booth
Dr. Goss
A. H. Hodgson
Jarman
Hodgson
Reed
The
Falklove
Col. Strickland
Shackelford
Athens
Perry Davis Painkiller Promoted For Cold Prevention
An advertisement extols Perry Davis Painkiller as a cure for dampness and chill, urging immediate use with warm water or milk to heat the system and prevent a cold. It claims only Perry Davis Painkiller is effective, priced at 250 and 500. A poem titled Christmas Day portrays festive scenes and reflections on kindness and healing.
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Perry Davis
The Best Plaster’s Pain Balm Remedy
A dampened piece of fishel bound to the affected area provides superior relief for back and chest pains. The Balm also claims to cure rheumatism with one application delivering prompt relief. Sold wholesale by H. R. Palmer & Sons and Saith Bros.
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H. R. Palmer & Sons
Saith Bros
Christmas at the Capital Officers Spend Christmas Day in Washington
Cabinet members plan quiet family gatherings with limited entertaining. Payne Whitney will dine with fiancée Helen Hay. War Secretary Root’s sons return from Hamilton. Treasury head hosts a small Rhode Island avenue dinner. Postmaster General Smith at Arlington hotel. Attorney General Knox with daughter and four sons. Interior and Agriculture secretaries invite friends. President and family attend church services. Mrs Roosevelt a St John’s communicant.
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Washington
Payne Whitney
Helen Hay
Root
Edward
Elihu, Jr
Hamilton College
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
St. John’s Church
Grace Reformed
Rathbun Escapes Gallows In Insurance Manslaughter Case
Jeffersonville Ind December 24 Newell s CG Rathbun was found guilty of manslaughter in the poisoning death of Charles Goodman. Punishment fixed at 21 years. Jury deliberated since Saturday. Possible new trial motion to be argued later. Goodman died after time with Rathbun. body shipped to Little Rock where Rathbun s wife lives. Insurance on Rathbun s life for 4000 dollars. Rathbun arrested in Louisville after body misidentification. corps identified as Goodman, a wanderer from Evansville Indiana who met Rathbun near Salvation Army HQ.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Newell ' S CG
Rathbun
Charles Goodman
Tal
United States Army
Louisville
Evaneville
Salvation Army
Havana Death Rate Falls in November 1901
Washington reports Havana November vital statistics show excellent sanitary conditions with 443 deaths, average November deaths 902 over 11 years, death rate 19.58, no yellow fever deaths this November, a first since 1762. Later items note Europe-Asia trade impacts of Chile–Argentina tensions, six tunnel deaths in Liverpool, Captain Cook’s slow recovery, and South African War casualties with Boer laager taken.
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Washington
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Havana
Will Develop Zinc Fields Near Mascott Knox County
J W Adams principal owner in zinc fields at Mascott Knox county says company will begin development at once. Ten years ago they bought about 2000 acres of mineral lands with rich zinc ore tests showing superior quality likely to rival Joplin mines in both quantity and quality.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J. W. Adams
Mascott
Knox County
Jopitn
Trolley Car Plunges Off Embankment Killing Six Near Coopersburg
A Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley traction company car carrying 90 passengers left Allentown and jumped the track on a wet icy grade near the Lehigh Mountain. Six people were killed including Rev. Tobias Kessler and Albert Yeager. Dozens injured as the new Coopersburg Line, opened only last week, saw the deadly crash.
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Allentown
Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley Traction Company
Coopersburg
Lehigh Mountain
Tobias Kessler
Reformer
Albert Yeager
Irwin Renner
Zion Hill
Frank Wesley
William Pfeiffer
John D. Wilt
Center Valley Hotel
J. D. Wilt
Edwin Simon
Lanark
Harry J. Retchard
A. L. Leidlich
Charles Stocker
C. F. Newcomer
Cappernburg
B. K. Hottel
Paseer
Stocker
Runaway trolley car in San Francisco crash kills one
A Fillmore Street electric car pitched down a steep grade near Union Street, wrecking an empty car and killing Mary Phelan while injuring seven others. Passengers including Mary Kelley and Mrs. M K Manaslo suffered various injuries as debris and crushed rails spread along the track. Police and medical aid arrived quickly. the runaway car halted after hitting a telegraph pole.
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San Francisco
Fillmore Street
Mary Phelan
Railroad
M. K. Manaslo
William Mansto
Mary Kelley
Robert Keller
Union Street
Hidden treasure dug up linked to Murrell gang tale
Rumors reach Jackson Mississippi that a treasure of the Murrell gang, long feared for murders and robberies, has been unearthed from a hillside along Funnagusha Creek near Lexing ton. A rusted pot with no contents was found days ago, believed to be from a larger gang member.
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Murrell
Jackson
Miss
Holmes County
Funnagusha Creek
Lexington
Old Clock Discovers Adele de Alonquin Manuscript
In Gallipolis an old clock with a secret drawer yielded a parchment manuscript in French tracing Adele de Alonquin, daughter of the Duke of Orleans. Dated Oct 15, 1789, it describes Adele’s upbringing, a hidden royal marriage, and a visit by the Duke to Gallipolis. Mr. Claude M. Wall sent the papers to the French ambassador. some names remain private.
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Gallipolis
Cincinnati
the Enquirer
Duke of Orleans
Louis Phillipe
France
Claude M. Wall
Adele de Alonquin
Louis de Alonquin
Adele
Wall
Washington
Eight year old saves house from fire heroism
Eight year old Maude Peterson risked her life to save her sister's home in St Paul from a blaze caused by hanging clothing over a lamp. She climbed on a table, grabbed the burning mass, and extinguished the flames while comforting three infant nieces. Firefighters arrived as she kept the children calm.
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St. Paul
Minn
Maude Peterson
Maude
Charles Hanley
Three Deaths From Quarreltown Shooting Tragedy
In Ducktown, Tennessee, Dave Payne, a jail escapee, killed by William Flannigan after a fight over a gun. Payne’s wife, gravely ill, died soon after learning of her husband’s death. Flannigan is doomed to fatal injuries but survives?
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Ektown
Tenn
Geena
Knoxville
Dave Payne
Ducktown
Payne
Bentoo
William Flannigan
Flannigan
Slaying at Shell Bluff prompts manhunt in Georgia
A white farmer Clinton Mobley was shot dead by Moses Reed near Shell Bluff Waynesboro on December 24. Mobley had gone to resolve a money debt from Mobley’s dairy farm. Reed fled and was not yet captured. Separate reports note Newton storehouse fires causing heavy losses and insurance, and a fatal shooting between two African American youths near Savannah. Other items include Masons naming officers in Talbotton and Meares being urged for Meares to be Wilmington collector, plus Florida postmasters appointments and convention notes.
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Gee
Waynesboro
Moses Reed
Clinton Mobley
Mobley
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