Tragic love story ends in murder at Fort Sheridan
A man Amann and a 12 year old boy Walter Knobel wander two days in the woods near Fort Sheridan seeking death by their own hands. The boy dies first, Amann wounds himself and later confesses to the nurse and coroner’s jury. Letters reveal a shared plan and the motive tied to a troubled life and family dynamics.
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Fort Sheridan
Amarin
Tlient
Frank Grits
Knobel
Walter
Mary Knobel
Racine Avenue
Amann
Henry Rudolph
Otto Street
North Woods
Walter Knobel
Edward Martin
Chicago
Mr. Martin
Hermann Fiedler
Germany
H. R. Amann
Sago
Company D
Ealter
Sheridan
Sage
Lake Bluff
Lake Forest
Craln
J. L., Taylor
Edward Conrad
Lake County
Hanna
John Congdon
Ident
Griffis
School Street
Martin
Taylor
Waukegan
Chance the Latin lecturer provokes a campus laugh
Vanderbilt University Chancellor Kirkland, nicknamed Chance, presided at chapel and Latin class. A student reading Horace misheard the line It is hard for us to endure the blows of chance, triggering laughter as the class realized the pun on his nickname.
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Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
Chance
Indorse Roosevelt Platform Shaped by Taft Talks
Washington reports open conferences between Secretary Taft and allies to shape the Republican national platform. A White House meeting with Roosevelt aides hints that a Taft backed plank will closely follow the Ohio tariff and trust reform lines, potentially influencing the Chicago convention and Taft's nod to Roosevelt policies.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Taft
White House
Garfield
Wade H. Bilis
Ohio
Hopkins
Ilinois
Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Presiden Roosevelt
Sixty-first Congress
United States
Ellis
House Judiciary Committee
Sion
Three Men Drowned Near Lime River and Austin
Mason City reports three drownings in nearby waters. B W Morton died while chasing a horse across Lime River and J W Norton perished midstream entangled in harness after a horse kick. Edward and William Muamer, brothers, drowned near Austin while attempting a boat rocking stunt as the craft capsized and rescuers struggled to reach them.
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Mason City
B. W. Morton
Lime River
Edward
William Muamer
W. Norton
Norton
Dubique
Manakee Road
Austin
Minn
Hearst Gains Steadily in New York Mayoral Count
In New York on June 2 election workers recounted twenty six ballot boxes for Hearst and McClain. Hearst net gained eighty nine votes for mayor after tallying boxes yesterday. Ten boxes from the court area added four more Hearst votes. Over 1,900 boxes remain to be counted.
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Hearst
York
William R. Hearst
Cearge BR
Mr. Hearst
My. Hearst
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Otto
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Atlantica
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D. O
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Finley & Finley
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6Th and Poplar Sts
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