Captors in dispute lead to dramatic rescue at Reelfoot
In Tennessee near Reelfoot lake Captain Rankin is seized by masked men and hanged from a limb amid a dawn gunfight. Col. Taylor survives by hiding in a bayou as hundreds of bullets rip through the night. Gov. Patterson orders troops and a large reward as authorities pursue the mob and restore order.
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Romville
Tenn
Zachary ‘Paysoul
Might Om Latke
Quentin Rankin
Colawlor
Taylor
Col. Taylor
Col
Rankin
Reelfoot Lake
Carpenter
Union City
Ward Hotel
Vecessus
Gov. Patterson
Capt
Hankin
W. S. Tatum
Charles Eliot Norton Dies in Cambridge
Charles Eliot Norton, noted philanthropist and scholar and longtime Harvard faculty member, died Wednesday at his Cambridge home after a long association with the university and prominent intellectual circles.
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Charles Eliot Norton
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Spiritualists Open Sixth Annual National Convention
The sixth annual convention of the National Spiritualists Association of the United States opened in Indianapolis Indiana on Tuesday October 22. Leaders and members gathered to discuss beliefs and practices and to advance the association’s aims through lectures and organized sessions.
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Spiritualists
Indianapolis
Ind
National Spiritualists’ Association of the United States
Four Men Die In Hudson River Steamer Fire
Four men perished when the New York steamer at Miatvel's shipyard caught fire after midnight. The vessel had just moored, pumps failed, and a waiter spotted the flames. Many colored workers were asleep. one named Joseph Matthews tried to rescue others but vanished. The shipyard and hull were consumed, leaving only a broken wreck in the river.
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New York
Miatvel
Theal
Newbury
Thames
Joseph Matthews
Nantryman
Matthews
Texas Tornado Ravages Tucumcari Area Killing Four
A tropical force tornado struck Tucumcari New Mexico on October 22 killing J S Owens eight year old daughter and injuring his wife and 12 year old son. The storm wrecked many homes windmills and shanties across Hartford and Quay Valley with several residents killed and an area sixty miles wide left bare.
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el Paso
Tex
Tucumucari
N. M
Claim
Quay Valley
T. C. Williams
Exoneration and Smock Removal Recommended in Coal gate Bank Probe
A grand jury investigating the closing of the Coal gate state guaranty bank exonerated its officers and urged the removal of Herb H. Smock, a bank examiner. The officers Dr. L. A. Connor and Lee Elzy argued that loans to themselves did not equal the bank’s salary debt.
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Coalgate
Okla
Bank of Coalgate
Herb. H. Smock
Oklahoma
Smock
L. A. Connor
Lee Elzy
Three Days of Quakes at Manila
Three days of tremors were felt in Mania with three slight shocks reported Wednesday. The quakes continued at intervals. no damage has yet been reported.
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Manila
Dem Vice President Candidate Barricades Campaign After Ill Son
Oct 23 reports that John W. Kern Jr., the Democratic vice presidential nominee's eight year old son, is seriously ill with infantile paralysis in Syracuse. Kern abandoned campaign plans, returning to Indianapolis with his wife’s request for his presence. Bryan attacks campaign tactics in Ohio as Taft begins a quiet Indiana swing.
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Southwestern Limited
Ling
Kerr
Oswego
Ashtabula
Conneaut
Syracuse
Indianapolis
Ind
Julit W. Kern, Jr
John W. Bern
Bryan
Ohio
Newark
New York Central
William J. Bryan
Republican Party
Mr. Bryan
Louisville
Mount Vernon
Mansfield
Ashland
Creston
Akron
Ravenna
Warren
Niles
Youngstown
East Liverpool
Bellaire
Wellsville
Steubenville
Marietta
Williamstown
Taft
Indiana
Cincinnati
W. H. Taft
C. P Taft
New York City
Hitchcock
Connecticut
Sinton
Lad Drowned in Lehigh River Near Easton
In Easton Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon James Brixius eight years old drowned when a canoe with Walter Cramer also eight was upset at the Lehigh river mouth. Professor W T Lyle of Lafayette College rescued the surviving boy.
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Easton
James Brixius
Walter Cramer
Lehigh River
Brixius
W. T. Lyle
Lafayette College
Alleged murderer held for trial in Ohio case
Medina, Oct. 22 Guy Rasor, held for the murder of his sweetheart Orie Lee on the road near Wadsworth on Oct 8, was bound over to the grand jury on a first degree murder charge by Justice Van Deusen.
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Medina
Guy Rasor
Orie Lee
Wadsworth
Justice van Deusen
Vermont Senators Chosen For U S Senate
In Montpelier Vermont on October 22 William P Dillingham and Carroll S Page were formally elected to represent Vermont in the United States Senate at a joint session of the General Assembly.
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Vermont
Montpelier
William P. Dillingham
Carroll S. Page
United States Senate
Genval Assembly
Three Burned to Death in New York Tenement Fire
A blaze on East Third Street, New York, on Wednesday burned three people to death and imperiled the lives of about 100 tenants in a six story tenement. The fire caused extensive damage and prompted emergency evacuations as firefighters battled the flames.
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New York
East Third Street
Blast Kills Five In Panama Canal Zone
Five men were killed in a dynamite explosion in the Panama canal zone, reports reaching New Orleans via the steamer Cartago from Colon on Wednesday.
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Panama
New Orleans
Panama Canal Zone
Cartago
Colon
Miss Grace Barber Guides Children Through Forest Fire
In Alpena on October 22 Miss Grace Barber a 19 year old school teacher led her Krakow township pupils to safety as flames threatened the schoolhouse. She formed a double line kept embers off clothing and escorted leaders toward a plowed field preventing harm. Wildlife approached at night including bears but the children remained in the field under her watch until morning. Gale fans fires around Sault Ste. Marie reports say Sugar Island buildings burned and river traffic halted with no confirmed loss of life amid rumors.
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Alpena
Mich
Presque Isle County
Grace Barber
Krakow Township
Detroit
Sault Ste. Marie
Sugar Island
Whitefish Point
Postoffice Robbery Nipped in Mayville Strike
Three burglars blew the Mayville Michigan post office safe but the explosions alerted villagers. Citizens fired on the cracksmen driving them from the building before rifling the safe. One burglar is believed wounded. all three escaped.
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Mayville
Mich
Will Leaves 19000 For Masses In Catholic Church
Gregory Koering's probate filing in St Paul Minnesota allocates 19000 as a trust to fund Masses for the repose of the deceased and relatives, and for the late Bishop Thomas Grace and the present archbishop of the diocese.
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St. Paul, Minn
Gregory Koering
Thomas’ Grace
Noted Railway Builder Hayes Dies in Butte Hospital
Richard Hayes, veteran general foreman for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway, long credited with constructing famed tunnels and bridges, died in a local hospital after an operation. He was among the oldest railway constructors in the western United States.
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Butte
Mont
Richard Hayes
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Hayes
Tokyo entertained fleet officers with grand garden fete
In Tokyo on Wednesday Admiral Togo hosted a lavish garden party at the Shinjuku imperial gardens for 1600 guests including all senior U S officers and Japanese elites. Ambassadors and admirals shared a table as amply decorated souvenirs were distributed and the fleet plans Yokohama departure on Sunday. Amoy authorities tighten security during American visit with householder reporting non residents and deporting questionable characters.
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Tokyo
Versailles
Thomas J. O’brien
Sperry
Ambassador O'Brien
Viscount Terauchi
Arsenal Gardens
Yokohama
Amoy
Thaw appeal filed in circuit court over habeas corpus dismissal
In Philadelphia on October 21 former Gov W A Stone legal counsel for Harry K Thaw asked the United States circuit court of appeals to review Judge Young of Pittsburg s habeas corpus ruling requiring Thaw to appear in bankruptcy proceedings. The panel Dallas Gray Bufington set December for argument after Thaw’s writ of error. In Ohio Seneca county voted to keep saloons wet with Tiffin and nearby towns shifting to wet status.
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Philadelphia
W. A.stone
Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Young
Thaw
Court of Appeals
George M. Dallas
Georke’.Gray
Joseph Bufington
Thaw Court
Ohio County
Fire destroys Hungarian Mills elevator in Denver loss $450000
Fire of incendiary origin wiped out the Hungarian Mills Co elevator in Denver on Wednesday causing a loss of 450000 dollars. The blaze consumed 400 600 bushels of wheat stored in the elevator.
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Denver
Col
Hungarian Mills Co
Trolley wreck injures ten in Springfield Ohio
Ten persons were badly injured when a Mine Transfer trolley left the tracks on a curve west of Springfield and toppled onto its side Tuesday night as brakes allegedly failed.
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Springfield
Miller Directory Entry for Sulte and Gillespie Building
Listing for G. R. Miller at Sulte 2 in the Gillespie Building Musson, with office phone 396 and Atlantic line.
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Gillespie
Musson
Atlantic
Gillespie Building
Res
Homeopathic Physician-Surgeon in Iowa State University Hospital
A former interne at the University of Iowa State Hospital is listed with a homeopathic physician surgeon designation. The address appears as 461 Black and office 263 Black on Black street.
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Interne
State University of Iowa
Atlantic
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