Suspected Gunness Crossing Ocean to Hamburg Inquiry Opened
Alleged arch murderer Mrs Gunness is said to have departed on a liner for Hamburg, prompting a grand jury inquiry in LaPorte County. Authorities report her extreme nervousness on the voyage and proceed with an investigation into the Farm cases and possible additional victims.
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Hamburg
Tayante
Bette Gaanees
Clee Hous
Torrens
Siduetiter
Allantie
Sheri Stoutyer
Galveston
Tex
Guiness
Indiana
Indianapolis
Germany
St. Louis
Eairler
Union Station
Gunness
Fort Worth
Smutzer
Europe
Laporte County
Mumtay
Belle Ginness
Louis
Attesley Saith
Brooklyn
N. Y
Washington, D
Cochrane
New York
Abraham Phillips
Bellington
W. Va
Laporte
Iia
Harness. Daviess
Taft Home From Panama Arrives in Washington
May 1925 report summarizes Taft secretary's meetings with the president at the White House regarding Panama boundary issues with Colombia. Document notes a Monday night discussion and ongoing boundary talks in the day.
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Washington
Socreta
Taft
Panama Canal Zone
White House
Euer
Aandaying
Colombia
Pana
Baptists Condemn Liquor Traffic in Hot Springs
Amid intense enthusiasm at the Southern Baptist Convention in Hot Springs Arkansas the assembly adopted strong resolutions condemning the liquor trade. The measures were presented by Rev B C Falkey of Nashville and endorsed by conference leaders.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Pie
Southern Baptist Convention
B.C. Falkey
Nashville
Plague Report Closes Porto Cabello Outbreak Mystery
A report from Porto Cabello notes a suspected plague outbreak linked to a prevalent tibenic disease. The exact illness origin and nature remain undetermined as authorities investigate the dazed scene.
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Porto Cabello
Porto Cabella
Venescula
Dan Gatra
Atlantic Fleet Set to Sail and Roosevelts View on Cruise
Atlantic fleet departs for Puget Sound with modifications to sailing times. Roosevelt to review twenty four battleships at Hampton Roads on February 22 upon fleet return from north cruise. Wisconsin Nebraska to join Atlantic meet. Maine and Alabama to voyage together under Admiral Evans. Secretary Metcalf praises the cruise for improving machinery and fostering officer enlisted relations.
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San Peiricisen
Atlantic
Puget
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Pacific
Maine
Alabama
San Frieieisen
Evans
Merteal
San Francisco
Mae Wood Testifies in Platt Divorce Suit in New York
Mae C. Wood, Omaha girl suing United States Senator Thomas C. Platt for divorce, testified Monday identifying letters she says he sent. She recalled a note reading Odellis election and claimed she sat on his lap while he penned a “little wife” on a photo. Platt was not in court.
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New York
Mae C. Wood
Omaha
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Plat T. Hey
Odellis
Miss Wood
FIGHTS MADMAN IN MID AIR OVER CITY PLATFORM
In St Louis on May 19 Patrolman John H Omohandra captured George Gall a 40 year old patient from City hospital after a rooftop struggle on a cupola 83 feet above ground Gall armed with a leg of an iron car fought attendants and a crowd watched as Omohandra mounted a ladder fought the man subdued him and lowered him with a rope to the ground
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St. Louis
John H. Omohandra
George Gall
City Hospital
Gall
Hhis
Omohundro
Resent Insult Is Slain in Chicago Stabbing
May 19 Chicago. An effort to re sell an inst to two young women and escorts led Monday to the fatal stabbing of Frank Knight, 22, a party member. Knight died at county hospital while the shooter, unidentified, escaped amid a crowd of Creek laborers.
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Chicago
Archer Avenue
Halsted Street
Frank Knight
Mewis
Knight
Farmer Stabs Son in Domestic Quarrel Near Dyersburg
John B P Palmer a farmer seven miles west of Dyersburg stabbed his son Green Valier during a domestic quarrel. Young Palmer is in critical condition with the incident occurring on Sunday.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
John BP. Palmer
Green Valier
Palmer
Cts
Obscure obituary notes Wisconsin science academy member
A garbled obituary style note references a Wisconsin Academy of Sciences member, mentioning a passing and ties to the Cameo and various views. The entry is fragmented but indicates deaths and affiliations within Wisconsin scientific circles.
Peace Plan Fails as Sympathizers Riots Shake City
In Cleveland on May 19 the state arbitration board failed to settle the Municipal Traction Company strike as violence spread. A conductor was knocked unconscious by a brick, a motorman beaten, wires cut, and tracks obstructed. Nonunion workers faced attacks. Lakewood saw cuts in trolley lines prompting police protection on cars. The era’s tension reflected disputes over seniority and arbitration, with authorities promising action if lawlessness ceased. Also, W N Tomkins, 63, dean of the northern Wisconsin bar, died of stomach cancer in Ashland.
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Cleveland, C
State Board of Arbitration
Municipal Traction Company
Dupont
Bishop
Owens
Broadway
Central Avenue
Windemere Barns
Lakewood
Wisconsin
Ashland
Wis
W. N. Tomkins
Seamen Escape From British Steamer Sank Off Peru
Six seamen who escaped the Cacique disaster off the Peruvian coast last month arrived in New York aboard the Finance on May 1. They were among 32 crew members who survived the explosion and sinking.
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New York
Ealh
Peruvian
Finance
Tris
Beal
New Forest Bill Out for Appalachian White Mountain Lands
Washington on May 19 reports a House Agriculture Committee plan to favor a bill creating a 10-member commission to study federal acquisition of millions of acres in the Appalachian and White Mountain regions for forest preservation and stream navigability. A $20000 appropriation funds the inquiry, with additional $100000 to enforce a fire protection clause. The commission must report to the President by January 1, 1909, who will then brief Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White Mountain
House Committee On Agricultura Mandhy
House
Senate
Appalachian and
Lever-Currier
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Saloon closing law ruling limits Busse enforcement
Chicago appellate court rules Mayor Busse cannot be forced to enforce the Sunday saloon closing law. Judge Chytraus denial of writs by Rev William Bartlett and others upheld. Justices Holdom Adams Brown with Jesse Holdom presiding note the long decision covers appeal in Gartlett et al. v Busse et al. and affirms the superior court ruling.
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Chicago
Busse
Chytraus
William Bartlett
Holdom
Adams
Brown
Jesse Holdom
People of
Illinois
William A. Gartlett
Fred A. Busse
Superior Court
Woman Fatally Wounds Husband in Memphis Home
Mrs. Bessie Wills Deeson shot and probably fatally wounded her husband Hardiman Deeson 58 alone with her three children in Bart lett county home Monday. Deeson, intoxicated, stood in the yard and fired a fusillade toward the house.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bessie Wills Deeson
Hardiman
Deeson
Bartlett County
Old Soldier Slays Comrade in Barracks Fall
In Dayton Ohio on May 19 John Sammel 67 killed James Bowlin 73 by throwing him from a second story window at the soldiers home after a quarrel. Bowlin died late that night from a fractured skull sustained on impact.
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Dayton
John Sammel
James Bowlin
Bowlin
Deputy Sheriff Accused in Wells Fargo Robbery Case
Deputy Sheriff W H Farmer of Dawson was arrested in Springer on charges tied to the Wells Fargo Express strong box robbery of 35000 dollars. The money had been moved from French to Dawson to pay miners, with Farmer previously assigned to guard the treasure.
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Springer, N. M
Dupty
W. H. Farmer
Dawson
Wells Fargo T Express Company
Farmer
French
Pittsburg Faces Financial Crisis Threatens Bond Issuance
Pittsburg officials consider issuing bonds to meet current expenses after Allegheny National Bank suspends operations amid cashier William Montgomery’s embezzlement case. City, state funds held in the bank risk loss. receiver Robert Lyons appointed. State funds totaling 523,477 are secure through bond guarantees.
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wWhiel
Willian Montgomery
Pomlations
Wits
Willian L. Folds
William L. Rolds
Fifth Avenue
Montgomery
United States
Mongomery
Robert Lyons
National Bank
Allegheny National Bank
John O. Sheatz
Harrisburg
Sanders Urges Race Track Gambling Ban and Liquor Regulation
Governor J. Y. Sanders urged bold reforms in his inaugural message to the Louisiana legislature on May 1. He called for prohibiting gambling at horse racing tracks around New Orleans and for tighter liquor regulation paired with a high license, arguing all forms of gambling are a blot on the state’s economic development.
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Baton Rouge
Alleged Blackmailer Sentenced and Other Crime News
New York reports Jennie Binnnt shot Brooklyn lawyer Charles M. Santard after he refused her money. Judge Dike calls her a blackmailer and perjurer, sentencing her to three to four years in Auburn. In Matawan New Jersey a Polish farm hand Frank Zuastera confesses murder of Mr and Mrs Shepherd and their servant Miss Jennie Bendy. In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania William Caperona shot fatally after receiving Black Hand threats as state troopers seek suspects. In Princeton New Jersey the body of Bertha Vanderbilt found in Raritan canal near Carnegie lake aqueduct.
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New York
Jennie Binnt
Charles M. Santard
Brooklyn
Dike Monday
Auburn
Matawan
N. J
Frank Zuastera
William B. Shepherd
Jennie Bendy
Mr. Shepherd
Princeton
Fatally Shot by Bandits in Chicago Saloon
William Gloor aged 43 a saloon keeper at 124 Kinzie Street was shot three times and fatally wounded by two armed bandits described as colored who held him up in his Mon uny saloon on May 19 in Chicago.
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Chicago
William Gloor
Kinzie Street
Monuny
Specials and naval rites touch New York bustle
American minister to Venesuela arrives aboard. Bing Hon Gould, son of George Gould, arrested in New York for spooling. Vestal christening planned by Admiral Goodrich’s daughter. Navy yard readies for mass with 6000 sailors. Museum exhibit packing of 3500 panels. Surgeries save life of patient at New York hospital. Wax works exhibit expansion planned by Gen. Alpshire. Thousands of actors idle as wartime demand strains the profession. theatre losses mount to about 20000 dollars.
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Venesuela
New York
de Slemmer
Bing Hon Gould
George Gowld
Citys Goodrich
Admiral Goodrich
New York Navy Yard
Public Schools of America
American Museum of Natural History
Surfevons
Aarelem Hospital
Nicholas Uhngler
Dieran
Brie
Alpshire
Quartermaster General of the Arts
War Department
Reverend Coffman Confesses Fatal Attack on Wife in Fairmont
In Fairmont West Virginia on May 19 Reverend S A Coffman a 56 year old Methodist Episcopal clergyman killed his wife by slashing her throat from ear to ear. He surrendered to police claiming temporary insanity and said he planned to kill his family and himself before the act.
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Fairmont
W. Va
S.A. Caffman
Cellman
Rev. Coffman
Two Die In $350000 Lake Superior Plant Fire
Two men died when a blaze destroyed the Lake Superior Corporation plant across the river from Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. The fire wiped out the paper mill and power house. Albert Walsh, dynamo room superintendent, and Edward Gray, his assistant, perished.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior Corporation
Canadian Sea
Albert 2. Walsh
Edward Gray
Well-Known Actor Toland Dies in Germantown
Philadelphia report states Hugo Toland, a widely-known actor, died suddenly Monday at his nephew's home in Germantown after arriving from the west where he had been with Lillian Russell's company.
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Philadelphia
Hugo Toland
Germantown
Mr. Toland
Lillian Russell
Markets Report From Chicago And New York May 18
Chicago markets show flour easy and wheat dull with July and September trading. Corn firm and oats featureless as futures drift. In Minnesota and export goods jute and rye prices quoted. live poultry prices listed, with turkeys chickens roosters ducks and rings noted. New York flour quiet and unsettled. wheat opens lower on bearish cables but recovers later.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Live Stock and Hogs Prices Reported at May 18 Sale
An Omaha market report lists cattle and hog prices for May 18 with ranges for native steers at around 4.75 to 6.90, Texas steers and heifers at 3.50 to 6.10, cows and calves from 2.70 to 5.50, and hogs including heavy packers to 5.50, light barrows and sows around 1.41, and lambs market conditions noted as dull with prices from 5.00 to 7.20. Figures show various grades and weights across cattle, hogs, and sheep categories from multiple buyers and vendors.
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Chivasya
Omaha
Neb
Texas
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Wisconsin Acadeacy of Sciences
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New Forest
Committee OF Five
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Allegheny Bank
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William Caperona
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