Duel in Dark by Burglar and Detective
Pinkerton detective Fred Farris and burglar Herman Butler engaged in a pistol duel at Troy Laundry 210 Houston Street after Butler rifled the safe Saturday night. Butler fled through a rear door but was later arrested at his home by Detectives Coker and Gillespie.
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Pinkerton
Troy
Houston Street
Herman Butler
Rondeau Street
Fred Farris
Butler
Farris
Pinkertons
Coker and
Gillespie
Defends Wife's Name In Newspaper Notice
In St. Louis on June 16, druggist Robert C. Walsh published a newspaper notice to counter gossip about his wife Susie T. Walsh. He stated he knows his wife to be a respectable, well-meaning woman in everything and signed as R. C. Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Louis
Robert C. Walsh
St. Louis
Susie T. Walsh
R. C. Walsh
200 Mile Walk Marks Silver Wedding Day
Dr. N. R. Hubbard and wife celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary by walking 200 miles from Williamsport to Philadelphia. They say it was the best vacation outing they ever had.
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Philadelphia
N. R. Hubbard
Williamsport
Thirteenth day brings mixed luck to Alber son family
On Friday the thirteenth in June 18 the Alber son family near Dalton saw their thirteenth child born to Mr. and Mrs. J A Alber son. A Jersey cow calved a calf a prize sow bore a fine litter of pigs and the family cat produced five woolly kittens on the same day on the Barrett farm south of town.
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Dalton
J. A. Alberson
D. B. Barrett
Here
War Veteran 84 Father of Baby in St Joseph
William S. Coffield aged 84, veteran of the Mexican and two Indian wars and the Civil War, is the father of a girl baby born last night in St Joseph. Coffield draws a $55 monthly pension from the Government.
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ST. Joseph, MO
William S. Coffield
Coffield
Artist Bud Fisher and Mutt and Jeff to France Chateau Dream
Bud Fisher and Pauline Welch headed to the south of France after a Atlanta stop. They plan a chateau life with vaudeville returns in winters, praising France for value. Fisher jokes about aging, predicting long life for Mutt and Jeff and a future in easy, costly satire.
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Bud Fisher
Bride
Chateau
Mutt
Jeff
Pauline Welch
Atlanta
France
Bud
Mrs. Fisher
Piedmont
Forsyth Theater
Fisher and Welch
Matt
Fisher
America
California
Slaton's Client Fined for Ignoring Court Injunction
Superior Judge John T. Pendleton fined Edward Floding $50 for contempt of court and threatened 24 hours in jail after he disregarded an injunction restraining use of the Floding Relagia Company name. Floding's attorney was Governor-elect John M. Slaton.
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John T. Pendleton
Edward Fleding
Floding
John M. Slaton
Floding Relagia Company
Star in Eight Bells Is Ordained a Priest
Michael J. Byrne, famed Byrne brother from Eight Bells, was ordained to the priesthood at St John’s Cathedral in Altoona by Bishop A E Garvey. He is 54, widow five years ago, and after leaving acting attended St Francis College Loretto to study for holy orders.
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Altoona, PA
Michael J. Byrne
Byrne
St. John’s Cathedral
A. E. Garvey
Father Byrne
St Francis College, Loretto
Girl’s Auto Death Dream Comes True
Los Angeles report of Miss Kitty Howe a chorus girl who dreamed of being killed in a car crash. Feteregan leaped from a car when struck a rock and she landed among stones, fracturing her skull. Ten hours later she died in a hospital.
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Los Angeles
Kitty Howe
Feteregan
Lands in Jail While On a Vacation Spree
MACON GA June 16 C J Williamson of Panama City Florida visited Macon on vacation. After a night of heavy drinking he woke in the parlor of R H Plant Jr two miles from the city with his shoes hat and coat missing and Plant holding him at gunpoint. Plant fired twice narrowly missing the intruder and Williamson was jailed by Sheriff Hicks.
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Macon
C. J. Williamson
Panama City
Fla
R. H. Plant, Jr
Black Handers Hurt By Their Own Bomb
In Los Angeles on June 16 two young Italian bomb throwers were seriously injured when their blast aimed at J. D. Trapani, a rich fruit dealer, misfired. Trapani, who moved from New Orleans two years ago, said the Black Hand harassed him for nine years there, with a final demand of 300000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. D. Trapani
Trapani
New Orleans
Strike Big Gas Flow In Abandoned Field
COFFEYVILLE KANS June 16 A 27000000 foot gas well the greatest in years has been brought in south of Wann Okla by the Kasigan Gas Company The well has a rock pressure of 550 pounds The field is an old one long ago drilled up but all wells had stopped
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Coffeyville
Kans
Wann
Okla
Kasigan Gas Company
Counting Nation’s Wealth for 50 Years at Treasury
Washington June 16 Miss Emma R Graves 84 completes fifty years in the Treasury Department. For half a century she has steadily counted the nation’s wealth with a flawless record. Still an expert counting notes to be destroyed, she remains the sunshine of the place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Emma R. Graves
State and County Tax Returns Notice
Tax receiver T. M. Armistead urges immediate state and county tax returns at the office corner Pryor Street and Hunter Street. Submissions required to avoid penalties and ensure proper assessment.
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Pryor and
Hunter Streets
T. M. Armistead
Dynamite in Rescue Work Causes Strife
New York June 16 A heated dispute over the use of explosives in the search for the last two bodies of ten men killed in a Lexington Avenue subway cave in intensified tensions between Coroner W H Holtzhauser and Public Service Commission Chairman E E McCall. The bodies were recovered, the coroner had banned dynamite, and McCall opposed. McCall asserted authority as three inquiries proceed.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
W. H. Holtzhauser
E. E. McCall
Public Service Commission
McCall
Artist to Live Like Stone Age Forbears
Boston June 16 local artist John Knowles plans a three month life in northern Maine with no clothing food matches or weapons to prove twentieth century convention is unnecessary. The experiment aims to imitate Stone Age living and test human resilience.
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Boston
John Knowles
Maine
Moros Routed In Midnight Battle
American troops and allied forces under Brigadier General John J. Pershing repelled a night assault on Jolo, defeating rebel Moros. Six American soldiers were killed and seven wounded, with thirty Americans total killed or wounded. native casualties believed higher as rebels fled to the mountains. Desultory fighting had persisted for days with Pershing praising American gallantry.
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Atlanta
Manila
P. L
Jolo
John J. Pershing
General Pershing
Railroad Strike Triggered by Worker Discharges
POTTSVILLE PA June 16 Two hundred repairmen at Reading Railway shops in Schuylkill Haven and workers at Palo Alto and St. Clair joined a morning strike ordered by the International Car Workers' Association. Union officials say the stoppage followed discharges of several repairmen for being active in forming unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Reading Railway
Schuylkill Haven
Palo Alto
St. Clair
International Car Workers’ Association
Darrow May Never Face a Third Trial
Los Angeles reports that the remaining charge against Clarence Darrow, linked to the McNamara trial, likely will not be heard as it is not on the court calendar. The District Attorney has refused to confirm a third trial for allegedly bribing prospective jurors.
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Los Angeles
Clarence Darrow
McNamara
Darrow
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Slaton
Star In
Sunday American
MOROS
Rich & Bros. CO
Sim
Harvard Mills
ASA
Candler
Georgia
U. S
Europe
Mr. Candler
Ansley Park
N. Boulevard
Flagler Ave
Edwin P. Ansley
Realty Trust
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