Shot Companion and Killed Self in Memphis
In Memphis on October 6 Mrs Fannie Water a fashion dressmaker at 144 South Malcomb Street shot her male companion while he slept on a couch then killed herself nearby. Police believe murder followed by suicide with the woman as shooter. The dead man is identified as E C Flanary though the Madison Avenue address listing does not confirm his residence.
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Memphis
Tenn
Fannie Water
South Malm Atrest
Hotel Gayoso
Culd
Perry
Pollee Department
E. C. Flanary
Madison Avenue
Flanary
Dynamite Wrecks Viaduct Near Elk and Michigan Streets
Dynamite wrecked a large section of the viaduct over the New York Central tracks near Elk and Michigan streets at 1 AM. An earlier attempted destruction occurred on September 14 but the structure remained standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
New York Central
Elk and
Michigan’ Streets
Charcoal Lozenges Publicized For Gas Relief
An old advertisement touts Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a remedy for bloating belching and stomach gas. It cites charcoal's gas absorption, odor destruction, and cleansing action, recommending Willow charcoal lozenges and enema use for large intestine fermentation.
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Leared
England
Stuarts
Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Building
Maranall
Michigan
Old man dragged four blocks by frightened horses
Co. W. Nunn, 66, of 273 Woodward Avenue, was dragged four blocks on lower Whitehall Street yesterday at 8 PM when the bridle slipped. He suffered a fractured left hip and full-body bruises and was taken to Gray Hospital. The forked harness entangled him as he tried to fix the harness. the horse galloped until stopped at Whitehall and Fair Streets. Fowls in a coop wagon scattered as the incident occurred. Nunn, married with two children, remains hospitalized with uncertain recovery chances due to age.
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W. Nunn
Woodward Avenue
Whitehall Street
Gray Hospital
Mr. Nunn
Whitehall
Fair
Hanaa
Funeral notices for Elarold Thacher and others in Georgia
Elarold Thacher aged 18 dies in private sanatorium. Funeral at 2 p.m. from 415 East Georgia Ave with pallbearers Marcus M. Clayton Leyman H. Jones Charles Boatenrester Jr Jos M Hudson John McCarthy Homer Johnson. Rev Dr Farland to officiate at Weat View cemetery. William Chester Nance dies Tuesday. Funeral at 10 a.m. at 160 Grant Street with West View cemetery interment. Also notice of J H Morris of Harlem and John L Gay of Swainsboro died from gunshot wound in Augusta. burial in Gay burial ground.
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Elarold Thacher
East Georgia Avenue
Weat View Cemetery
Marcus M. Clayton
Leyman H. Jones
Charles Boatenrester, Jr
Jos, M. Hudson
John McCarth
Homer Johnson
Farland
All Saints
William Chester Nance
Grant Street
West View Cemetery
John L. Gay
Swainsboro
Augusta
Jack Walea
Gay
Holston Conference Opens in Johnson City
The eighty-ninth annual session of the Holston conference Methodist Episcopal church south convened in the morning at the Munney Memorial church in Johnson City Tennessee. Bishop FE F Hoss is preaching with about 400 ministers and laymen in attendance. Rev J A Brown of Abingdon VA and Rev BO A Shugart assistant secretary with Trev C Shugart of Dayton TN serving as statistical secretary.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Holston
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Johnson City
New Munney Memorial Church
FE. F. Hoss
J .A. Brown
Abingdon
BO A Shugart
Trev. C. ©. Shugart
Dayton, Tenn
No Hazing Rule Bans Freshman Abuse at Michigan
University of Michigan faculty appoints advisors for each group at Ann Arbor on October 6. About twenty freshmen receive notices from deans directing sophomores to supervise and prevent hazing as freshmen advance to sophomores. violators face dismissal.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Formal Decree Grants Mrs Gould Separation With Alimony
The formal decree in New York on October 6 awards Mrs Katherine Clemmons Gould permanent alimony of 3000 dollars monthly and costs of 3683 dollars in her separation from Howard Gould. Mr Gould reportedly intends to appeal. Primitive Baptists Meet in two Georgia counties with associations closed at Bethesda near Wadley and New Hope in Bulloch and Jefferson counties.
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Gould
New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Primitive Baptists
Swainsboro
Primitive Baptists of
Emanuel
Bulloch
Jefferson Counties
Progressive Primitives
Bethesda Church
Wadley
New Hope Church
American Wins Balloon Race at Zurich Cup Victory
Edgar W. Mix an American aviator from Columbus Ohio won the Gordon Bennett balloon race starting in Zurich. He landed north of Warsaw in Prussia Poland at 3 am Tuesday after a storm toss. He weathered rain fog and ballast loss while the French pilot Leblanc trailed, and an unofficial Zurich committee estimate put Mix’s distance at 1 120 kilometers.
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Zurich
Edgar W. Mix
Prague
Mr. Mix
Itnssian
Russia
Switzerland
St. Petersburg
Mix
Leblanc
Taft Resting In Carden Spot At El Portal
President Taft rests tonight in a remote Sierra foothill settlement near El Portal awaiting a three day Yosemite sight seeing trip. He will travel by stage and on foot to visit the giant Sequoias and Mariposa Grove with naturalist Jon Muir guiding him. The Yosemite, ceded by California, is now under federal control.
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Bat Portal
Fat
Taft
Bhig
Sierras
Yosemite Valley
el Portal
Mariposa
Jon Muir
Yosemite
San Francisco
K K K Three Times Warned Batter Off
A short note warns that K K K has been used once, with a claim you’ll never want any that’s batter. The line plays on a veteran phrase, implying a stronger alternative is preferable and available.
Paris Doctors Advance Fees in Rise of Medical Costs
Paris and nearby physicians plan higher charges for medical attendance with a date soon. They cite rising costs of dying over recent years. Minimum visiting fee set at four francs and consultation at three francs.
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Paris
Furs
Carnegie Endows Greensboro Female College with 190000
Andrew Carnegie sent a 25900 check to the Greensboro Female College as the final step in meeting the 190000 endowment fund. The president announced that the conditions set two years ago have been satisfied, completing the fund.
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Carnegie
Greensboro
Malig College
Andrew Carnegie
Carnagie
Ginnery Burned Near Harris County
A ginnery fifteen miles west of West Palatka in Harris County, owned by T C Pearson, burned last night. Several bales of cotton were destroyed. Fire origin undetermined. Insurance partially covered the loss.
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West Palat
Tia
Here
Harris County
T. C. Pearson
Balloon race yields cross country distances in Alabama
Balloon Centennial piloted by H E Honeywell, last at Livingston Alabama, exceeded 580 miles while St Louis No 3 with Von Puhl landed at Wahkon Minnesota after 41 hours 35 minutes of flight. Other balloons logged long journeys across Illinois Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri with varied outcomes and distances. Honeywell aimed for the Gulf of Mexico from Epes Alabama as reported in a telegram.
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St. Louis
Epes
Ala
St.Louis
H. HE. Honeywell
Livingston
St. Louis No. 3
von Publ
Wahkon
Minn
von Puhl
New York
Hannon and Post
Edina
Here
Illinois
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Indiana
H. H. McGill
Heynes
Albany
McGill
Hooaler
Dr. Crumé
Custer
Russellville
University City
Berry and Pax
Moorasville
Pommery
Arnold and Taylor
Knobel
Ark
Cleveland
Wade and
Morgan
Alexander City
Negro Fires Farmer's Home in Georgia
In Statesboro Georgia October 6 a Black man named Jack Mercer was captured by bloodhounds and jailed on arson charges after burning Merida Hendricks wealthy farmer's home and its barn and stables. The blaze started at 3 am and forced the Hendricks family to escape through smoke. The pursuit tracked from the house to Mercer's residence and led to the arrest.
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Statesboro
Merida Hendricks
Jack Mercer
Hendricks
Mercer
Weather outlook for Georgia and Carolinas
Weather bulletin notes possibly light showers Thursday for Atlanta and vicinity. General trend shows cool, cloudy conditions with east to southeast winds. Coastal areas expected to see limited showers Thursday as Georgia and South Carolina remain in a unsettled pattern.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
Weather Foretells Cool Northeast Winds With Showers
The report notes northeast winds and possible light showers for today. A previous day was cloudy and threatening with damp air hinting at rain. The Empire State Building’s flag flew as a cool morning began with 58 degrees, not rising above the seventies. The Gopher jokes about playing a winter game in warm weather and needing extra padding if it stays cool.
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Empire
Lowell Is Inaugurated President of Harvard
Cambridge Mass October 6 Scholars scientists and thesis students paid tribute to Abbott Lawrence Lowell as he pledged himself before a great concourse to the duties of president of America's oldest educational institution. The ceremony featured honorary degrees for James Bryce and Edwin Anderson Alderman among others. A telegram announced Adolphus Busch increased his gift to the German Museum at Harvard to 100000 dollars.
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Cambridge
Mass
Abbott Lawrence
Lowell
Harvard Yard
America
Charles Wiliam Blunt
Janes Bryce
Oxford University
James Bryce
United States
Edrwin Anderson Alderman
University of Virginia
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Harvard
Stratford-on-the-Aven
England
Harvard House
Robert Harvard
Can Registrar Purge the Registration List Before Bond Election
Questions arise whether the city registrar must purge the registration list before the bond election. With about 8 000 registered voters two thirds are needed to pass. If nonvoters are counted against the bonds and names of deceased or moved residents remain, ballots could be misused. A lawyer says the registrar should expunge ineligible names to ensure a correct list, and the matter may be taken up by the city attorney.
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Athulla
Hst
Cfty
Father of Harvard Founder Rescued by Ed ward Morrie and Miss Marie Corell
The article notes the father of John J Harvard, founder of Harvard University, was rescued from decay by Ed ward Morrie of Chicago and Miss Marie Corell. the property is now owned by Harvard University and opened today by Whitelaw Reid, the American ambassador. Then a separate short item details a cotton fire in Galveston destroying about 1106 bales, with losses around 25000, and a murder suicide in Highland, Illinois where Toua Genwei killed his wife and then himself amid domestic troubles.
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John J Harvard
Harvard University
Edward Morrie
Chicago
Marie Corell
Whitelaw Reid
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J. H. Morris
Harlem
FL Morris
Edgar Mix
Warsaw
Carden
AE ‘Bess
Buna Prev, A
Alabama
Farmer's
Weather Man
Parksdale
W. F. Donovan
East Alabama St
Lawia
Jacksonville
Pensacola
Cincinnati
Galveston
Texas
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Highland
Touia Genwei
National Lead Co
National Lead Company
Broadway
Brrhiye
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