Lamphere Found Guilty of Arson in Lamphere Case
Ray Lamphere was found guilty of arson after a six hour jury deliberation in Laporte Indiana. Judge John C. Riechter sentenced him to an indeterminate term from two to twenty one years and a 5000 dollar fine. Jurors indicated the adult body in the ruins was Mrs. Gunness. Lamphere maintained his innocence and indicated he felt lucky.
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Ray Lamphere
Laporte
End
John C. Riechter
Drst
Atnleborn
Lamphere
Gunoens
Tamphere
Aoman
Theo
Soldier Frozen to Death on Five Day Hunting Trip
A lone explorer in Alaa province, described as a simud carpe operator, perished on a five day hunting expedition. His frozen body was found eight miles from Minta, eight days after departure. General Allen of the United States Simad Corps oversees the incident from Washing to Trivedi Willau Hommes.
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Almakan Tinethas Rh
Philadelphia woman confesses to starting fires in tenement homes
In Philadelphia, Johanna Kelly confessed to arson after interrogation, admitting she started multiple fires to watch the engines. She described luring women and children from burning buildings and claimed she began last December with an early fire at 1036 Callowhill Street, among others.
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Villadelphia Wonan
Say Pattee
Philadelphia
Juhanna Kelly
Po- Hee Kay
Mauia
Callowhil Street
Ship Sardinia Burns Off Grand Barbour with Nearly 200 Lost
The Sardinia, sailing from Liverpool November 14 to Mediterranean ports, caught fire soon after departure. A gale hampered rescue efforts as nearly 200 passengers and crew perished or were trapped amid flames and the burning vessel. Survivors faced a chaotic scene on deck with tents pitched for shelter and some attempting to abandon ship without lowering boats.
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Sar Whia
Fre
Alexandri
Beyph
Videtia
Island of Main
Sardinia
Grand Barber
Hner
Uie
Liverpool
Meniterranean
Malta
Alexandria
Joliet Mail Carrier Palmer Sentenced After Guilty Plea
Robert F. Palmer, a Joliet letter carrier for seventeen years and Sunday school superintendent, pleaded guilty to robbing the mails. Judge Bethea in Chicago sentenced him to three and a half years in the house of correction. Palmer’s wife fainted in court as the sentence was announced. He was noted as president of the City Letter Carriers’ Association of Illinois alongside his wife and two state senators and a bank official referenced in the report.
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Op. Paulivee
Driewell
Robert FP. Palmer
Joliet
Bethea
Chicago
House of Correction
Palmer
Vaunt
City Letter Careers’ Association of
Hlinoix
Fires at 252 North Tenth Street endanger residents
In April four fires broke out at 252 North Tenth Street in two places. Many residents, including women and children, were evacuated as the fires occurred while Mrs Kelley lived there. The fire marshal led his crew to investigate the incidents.
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North Tenth Street
Placs
Ares
Mra. Kelley
Hin
Mins Kelly
Lordeay
Resignations, presidencies and funding proposals in early university news
Dr. S Copeland now dean of the New York Homeopathic College will resign from the University of Michigan faculty. Prof Richard C Maclannin of Columbia has accepted the presidency of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Southern Minnesota teachers form committees with others to push winter school legislation. Minnesota Regents will not repair the burned anatomy building but erect a new facility. Rockefeller proposals offer funds for the Richmond College of Redmund, Va, if the Tennessee Baptists press for additional 250000 to support a southern university development.
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S. Copeland
New York Homeopathic College
University of Michigan
Richard C. Maclannin
Columbia
Massachanena Institute of Technology
Minnesota
Minnesota Honed of Regents
de la DP
Rockefeler
Richmon Colles
Redmund
Senate
Gratinorist University
Hoeckefeller
Four men plead for leniency in Chicago post office case
Four capitalists and a minister were present to plead for leniency. Calmer received the heaviest sentence ever meted out to a post office letter thief in federal courts of Chicago. He faced the court coolly, then wept after being led away by bailiffs.
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Calmer
Chicago
Well Digger Shows Remarkable Vitality After Skull Hole
Patrick Smith a Newark well driller aged 44 survived a Saturday blow that caused a two inch skull hole and a compound fracture. Doctors removed an iron bolt from the wound and he rode to St James Hospital, eventually recovering enough to talk to visitors.
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Newark
N. J
Hert
Patrick Smith
Caiii
Simith
St. Tames
Telitte
Smith Lo
Cotton Croker Hired by Trata Firm in New Orleans Incident
Cotton Croker was hired by Trata, Peter BE. Wellwege of Voter EL Alebvoze & Co. was run over by a railroad train at Elysian Mields Avenue and North Aror Street in New Orleans. Mr. Hellwege was about a year of age.
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Cotton Croker
Trata
Peter BE. Wellwege
Voter EL Alebvoze & Co
Elysian Mields Avenue
North
Aror Street
New Orleans
Mr. Hellwege
Three Black Men Executed After Lynching in Tiptonville
In Tiptonville Tennessee a mob lynched three Black men after a rapid trial at a specially convened session. The men were accused of involvement in a related incident and were convicted and sentenced before the mob carried out the executions.
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Tiptonville
Tenn
Conti
Trade and Economic Trends From Dun’s Review Report
The report notes general recovery in manufacturing and sustained demand with new permits and stricter imports. Thanksgiving sales rose but colder weather could boost retail lending. Commodity distribution slows while tonnage increases. Chicago area failures rise from last week and notable declines due to creditability metrics.
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Reall
Chileago
Dun
New York Trade and Industry Outlook Amid Mixed Conditions
Bradstreet's Commercial report notes wholesale trade and crop developments show general improvement with less idle machinery and optimism in domestic manufacture. Demand tightens for some materials like cotton woods, while retail faces irregularities. US weekly business failures total 193, up from 173 last week. Canada lists 25, down from 43.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Rockefeller and Hazardous Business Claims Parade
A collection of editorials mock Rockefeller testimony and Standard Oil profits as hazardous, noting dangers in the oil business and Roosevelt's push of new regulatory elements. Multiple papers lampooned the era's industrial power and political oversight.
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John
Hockefeller
Tnndianapolis
Mockefeller
Galveston
Deacon John
Atlanta Constitution
John D. Rockefeller
Eil
Kansas City Star
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Toledo Blade
Standard Oil
Roosevelt
Kansas City Times
Trade and Industry notes lumber tariff stance and rates
Lumber manufacturers of the Middle Northwest plan a Washington committee to press for removal of the tariff on lumber. Pacific coast lumber interests favor keeping the duty. Winona jobbers and manufacturers protest recent rate changes by Sea Board lines that raise East to Winona and La Crosse freight rates above those to St. Paul. It lists US mineral production values for coal copper petroleum natural gas silver sand and gravel phosphate rock salt mineral waters and other commodities.
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Middle Northwest
Washington
Pacific Coast Lumberm Net
Winona
Seaboard
la Crosse
St. Paul
Winons
United States
Iran
Ad. Sustotato
Divorce rate surge marked in twenty year study
A long historical analysis shows U S divorce totals rising over two decades, with total marriages and divorces increasing in line with population growth. It notes a higher divorce rate among women and calculates per hundred thousand married people, with about one in twelve marriages ending in divorce during the studied period.
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Dilvorce
Censis Bareaty
Hedte
Ally
Togo
Cari Ni Gweld
ISM
Isso
United States
Labor unions and underground rescue efforts across nations
The report notes 5310 members in the Society of Carpenters and Joiners, union organizing in bakeries in San Francisco, and Knoxville appointing labor reps to draft a city charter. Major growth includes Caribbean migration to AF of L membership, widespread rescue apparatus in mines across Austria, France, Germany, and Britain, and California labor data collection to curb strikes. Mining regions in Britain report 787,500 workers and 59,244 union members with a 100,000 gain that year, alongside underground religious services in Westmoreland.
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Reps
France
Giermany
Westmoreland
Harris Weinstock
California
Europe
England
Scotland
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Practical Kitchen Help From An Old Newsletter
A quirky compilation of home cooking tips and remedies including odor removal from silver using earth, layered angel food cake instructions, steamed meat balls with hamburg steak, whipped cream desserts, boiled cake, apple dessert, baked tomatoes, steamed potatoes, and pickled onions with steps and measurements.
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Hendon Crete
Homemade Biscuit Dough and Household Tips
A guide lists mixing a basic dough with Hour, salt, butter and lard, then baking in a quick oven. It adds practical tips for organizing kitchen utensils, polishing with alcohol and whiting, stain removals, lamp wick prep, and refrigerator cleaning with borax or washing soda plus charcoal to absorb odors.
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Benton
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