Fragmentary riot scene near St Elizabeth's church sparks tension
Readable lines describe a chaotic incident at an unnamed church where a priest and bystanders faced threats. An attempted shooting by an Italian man failed, a suspect named Cronin was mentioned, and Chief Guatanaccia was jailed. The text shows hostility toward German priests and local authorities amid disorder.
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St Elizabeth's
Curtie Ody
Ates
Lew
Aniel’ Cronin
Aire
Guatanaccia
Wife tells police of pistol duel killing husband and brother
In Newington New Jersey on January 2, a pistol duel between Roy Corkins and his brother-in-law occurred after a family dispute. Mrs Roy, wife of Corkins, reportedly led authorities to a kitchen scene with bullet holes and wall marks while claiming self defense and concealment of the incident. Autopsy plans were ordered to determine cause of death.
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Brovier
Paul, i Roy
Gracia Delta
George A. Carkins
Newington
Oficiala
Caulkin
Corkins
Beales Hotel Fire Threat Near Muskogee
A failed arson attempt occurred Saturday morning at the Beales hotel in Muskogee Dilla as about 100 delegates to the Democratic convention slept inside. Fire was poured onto the floor of two vacant rooms and ignited but was extinguished before any damage occurred.
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Beales
Muskogee
Dilla
Scolding Tragedy and Embezzlement News Across Rail Lines
Reports describe a range of incidents from a fatal domestic tragedy after a man shot his wife and killed himself near Watchkins Cole to embezzlement charges against Emigi and J W Harper for $32,000 at a First National Bank in Huttsles Nize. Rail orders place 4500 tons of steel with Pittsburg Chicago and Northwestern and others. Joseph J Dubrutel, Rock Island official, dies in Yop ska from tuberculosis.
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Dury
Pittsburg
Chicago and Northwestern
Timord
Ohio
Ty of
Cleveland
Naane
A. Stoneburner
Watchkins
Cole
Emigi
J. W. Harper
First National Bank of
Rock Saland
Joseph J2. Dubrutel
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Yopska
Kan
Plan to settle families in Louisiana farms offered in Pittsburg
J Knoepfer, secretary of the Louisiana State Board of Immigration, promotes a program in Pittsburg offering forty families farm homes tools and seed with ten year credit for small land tracts. Transportation paid and houses provided. Plan aims to increase cultivation of Louisiana lands from 6 to 27 million acres.
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Pittaburgore
Knoepfer
Louisiana State Band of Immigration
Pittsburg
Knoepffer
Louisiana
Leaders of Philadelphia Riots Apprehended in Court
In Broad Street Philadelphia a mass march by unemployed foreigners led to clashes with police. About 1000 demonstrators confronted more than 400 police as four leaders were charged with assault and riot. Fourteen Italians paid bonds. nine others faced incitement charges. A woman speaker allegedly urged men to jail for food. Red flags appeared during the procession.
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Philadelphia
Poisoning case ties sister in law to child death
Mrs Sarah Morasch a sister in law of Charles Miller father of Ruth Miller a 4 year old child died in Kansas City Kan Feb 42 from poisoned candy meant for her half sister Ella Van Meter She was jailed in Harrisonville Mo Thursday night on complicity charges Her 17 year old daughter Blanche was arrested on the same charge Miss Van Meter ate some of the candy but recovered
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Aries
Kansas Munter
Sarah Morasch
Charles Miller
Ruth Miller
Kansas City
Kan
Ella van Meter
Harrisonville
Troops Held in Readiness in Rome Chamber
Rome reports a heated debate in the chamber of deputies over religious teachings in primary schools. To prevent disorder, authorities adopted precautionary measures with troops held in readiness and soldiers occupying buildings around the chamber as extreme factions planned a Friday demonstration demanding abolition of religious instruction.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Dual Maine Tragedy: Deane Kills McKay then Takes Own Life
James A. Deane broke into Charles McKay's West Forks home near Bingham, Maine, and killed Mrs McKay with an ax after pursuing her to a neighboring yard. He then killed himself by cutting his throat. Deane, 30, worked in a lumber camp. Mrs McKay, 20, married three years. Jealousy is believed to have prompted the act.
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James A. Deane
Charles McKay
West Forks
Bingham
3Tro
McKay
Deane
Three Miners Killed In Wilkesbarre Shaft Accident
A collapse of ice in the Stanton mine shaft of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania knocked the cage hood and wrecked it. Three miners died and three others were severely injured and expected to die.
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Stanton
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Wilkesbarre
Lodge Officer to Prison
At Dubuque Iowa on Friday Victor P Remy record keeper of the local Maccabees was sentenced to six months in Fort Madison penitentiary for embezzling 660 dollars of the order funds.
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Prnson
Dubuque, Ia
Victor P. Remy
Maccabees
Fort Madison Penitentary
Emigration from Antwerp Slumps to USA
Emigration from Antwerp to the United States has practically ceased amid belief that securing employment there is now very difficult. A separate report notes a large fire at the Brad Dayton automobile plant in Dayton, Ohio, causing estimated damages of 250000 dollars. In another item, Frisco Bank Closes after a Friday morning outage on Market Street in Ken Francisco, with an inquiry by bank commissioners and deposits totaling 1 153 000 dollars.
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Antwerp
United States
Dayton, O
Braddard-Daylton Automobile Factory
Dayton
Frisco Bank
Market Street
Ken Francisco
Riot on Broad Street as marchers clash with police
In Philadelphia on Broad Street, a mass march led by Italian and Polish participants escalated into a riot. About twenty people were injured as drivers were dragged from wagons and beaten. Police and mounted units intervened, arresting fourteen, while firearms were reportedly used by some marchers.
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Jin
Reyburn
Broad Streat
Philadelphia
Tower
Ely
Broad Street
Nuc
Russian General Stoessel Condemned to Death
Reports from St Petersburg state Gen. Stoessel has been found guilty by a Russian court and sentenced to death. Generals Smirnoff and Relas were reprimanded or dismissed, with Stoessel’s sentence possibly commuted to ten years at a fortress and removal from service. The verdict ends a controversial saga surrounding the Port Arthur defense and Stoessel’s wartime reputation.
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Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Gen. Stoessel
Port Arthur
Autos Battle in Snow in Paris to Kendallville Race
Montague Roberts drove the American car from Corunna at 7 30 Wednesday night toward Kendallville seven miles distant. Farmers along the route shoveled passage for him through snowdrifts overnight, reaching Kendallville by 8 35 Thursday morning. Roberts exhausted, planned to rest in a Kendallville hotel. In the afternoon St Chaffery with the French car was stuck five miles east of Kendallville, and Adedoln in a French machine arrived at 411 p.m.
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Montague Roberts
New York
Kendallville
Ind
Corunna
Roberts
St. Chaffery
Adedoln
Woman in Brown Is Sentenced in Rochester Prison Case
Miss Aimee Lloyd aged 24 known as the woman in brown pleaded guilty to forging checks and swindling businessmen in Washington Baltimore and other eastern cities. She was sentenced to the state reformatory until released by the state board of control following the Rochester court appearance on Thursday.
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Aimee Lloyd
Brown
Washington
Baltimore
Mochester
Milan
State Reformatory
State Board of Contro
Explosion at Hercules Powder Works Kills Many
A nitric glycerine mixing house at Hercules Powder works in Pinota California exploded Thursday afternoon. The building was destroyed and reports say between twenty five and twenty seven Chinese laborers and four white men were killed.
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Hercules Powder Works
Pinota
Cal
Deaths From Baseline Explosion at Dodder Home
Bath Willie of Burns and Mrs E L Dodder wife of a Omaha undertaker and Mrs Hamilton partner died after Baseline explosion at the Dodder home early Thursday. Both women were burning lace curtains when five gallons of Muld exploded causing severe burns.
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Bath
Willie
Burns
E. L. Dodder
Omaha
Heaister
Hamilton
Dodder
New York Mystery as Body Found in Brooklyn Dump
A dismembered male body, believed Italian, was found in a Flatbush Brooklyn dump on Thursday. The trunk and limbs were severely cut, the face unrecognizable. Details show a violent act with missing facial features and body parts.
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New York
Brooklyn
N. Y
Judge Upheld Injunction Favoring Harriman Over Illinois Central
In Chicago, Judge Ball ruled Thursday that the injunction against Illinois Central stock granted to Stuy vexant Fish last October is resolved in favor of Harriman. The decision narrows the dispute and confirms Harriman's stance in the ongoing case.
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Deellon
Warriann
Chicago
Harriman
Cedar Rapids Bank Loses $300 To Smovel Stranger
A Cedar Rapids bank cashes a $300 draft from a man named Wilken claiming relation to Gov. Curus Us Goukd of Massachusetts. The draft proved forged after he wooed local friends with tales of a Western trip for his wife's health. Police investigate the con tied to a party and banquet in his wake.
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Cedar Drapids Bank
Cedar Rapids
FE. Webb
First Baptist Church
Cedar Rapals
IM. Wilken
Cedar Rupid Savings Bank
Continental Bark of
Chicago
Tragedy Ends Night at Chicago Dance Hall
Audubon girl Miss Blanche Arnold, 15, died after remarking she had a splendid time at a Morgen park gymnasium dance in Chicago. Her home was Audubon Sq. She attended Starrett school for girls and was awaiting a carriage when she collapsed. Two physicians were summoned.
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Danehy Arnold
Audubon
Vietka
Mies Blanche Arnold
Morgen Park Cymnasiurm
Chicago
Audubon, Sq
Starrett School For Girls
Vincennes Avenue
Bride of four days dies after wedding in Reinbeck
Adolph DeGrove home at Reinbeck mourns as Anna DeGrove, who wed Fred Uirk on Feb 12, dies four days after the ceremony. The 18 year old bride fell ill with nervous prostration and died at Edgerton Minnesota where the couple had planned their honeymoon. The wedding brought sorrow to the family shortly after joy.
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Quickly
Ellsworth Men Stop Suicide Attempt in Lakin Office
Oscar Gorman and two Ellsworth men attempted a self harm act with a revolver in Fred Lakin's office. Lakin restrained Gorman, taking a bullet in the leg, while Gorman sustained a non serious wound. Temporary insanity cited as the motive. Gorman to be examined by insanity commissioners.
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Kilsworth
Stevolves
Des Moines Attorneys Clash in Equity Court
A. J. Steet and Warren Walker, two Des Moines lawyers, fought in Judge Flugh Brennan's courtroom over a bitter dispute tied to a civil case. Court officials separated them as the judge ordered a severe reprimand and the incident halted further proceedings.
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Des Moines
Equity Court
Attourneys
Warren Walker
Flugh Brennan
Brennan
Intina
Cherokee Orators Lose in Fort Dodge Debating Meet
Fort Dodge high school defeated Cherokee Friday night as two judges favored Cherokee. Large Cherokee and Bugle Grove delegations provided spirited rooters in a bid for the state debating championship.
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Fort Dodge High School
Cherokee
Bugle Grove
Harsh blizzard traps rural mail carrier near Boone
In a severe snowstorm on rural Route No.2 near Boone, mail carrier Crouch battled a blocking drift. The wagon stuck, his horse struggled, and the man was blown toward a snow bank before reaching safety at a nearby house. He was cared for, then returned home to Boone.
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Boone Hay
Row
Excape
Utzenrd
Boone
Paul
Crouch Waitehad
Express rates to be unified by Iowa railroad board
Attorney General Byert issues opinion forcing a complete overhaul of express rules in Iowa as the state railroad commission will compel a uniform rate structure. He asserts long and short haul provisions apply to express companies, prohibiting higher charges for shorter distances and opening the door to potential prosecutions under the 1890 rate statute.
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Byert
State Railroade Commission
Towa
Lowa
Chazy Woman In Guandi Before Insanity Commission
A Des Moines woman, sister of attorney A D Hugh and member of the state board of educational examiners, went insane during a Plymouth Congregational prayer service. She raved, was restrained by deacons, and six policemen escorted her to the Insanity Commission after violent scenes at the church. Reporters were assaulted in the process.
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John Bye Ane
Fire Sweeps Sioux Causty Insuring Losses At Night
A half block of Hospern’s valuable business section was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning at 6 o clock. The blaze started in the post hall owned by S J Van Dyke and is thought incendiary. Loss about 38000 with small insurance. The prevailing wind hindered the fire engine. Postmaster Laudhaly saved all the mail and his office remains in the drug store. Insurance of 600 on the postoffice building.
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Sioux
Hospern
S. J. van Dyke
Laudhaly
Postoffice
County roads sink after cave in near Livermore
A seven mile southwest of Livermore county road suddenly sank thirty feet into a deep cave with surging water and washing away the precipice. The road was fenced to prevent mishaps as water spouted 100 feet into the air and undermined the roadway, with subterranean water cited as the probable cause.
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Cavermory
Fort Dodge
Livermore
Uway
Woater
Hetty Greco Predicts Poverty and Political Change
Boston interview reveals Mrs. Hetty Greco, the so called Queen of Flop, detailing alleged Vanderbilt prosperity myths, claims of a forthcoming marriage, and her prophecies on politics. She says financiers will push Roosevelt for renomination while Taft’s supporters seek his backing.
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Hetty Greco
Boston
Vanderbilt
Grout
Roosevelt
Grega
Mass departure rumors for Doukhobors from the Northwest
Ottawa reports indicate 7600 Doukhobors may leave Northwest communities for a new pilgrimage. Accounts accuse sect leaders of harsh decrees including food limits, sale of assets, and severe living conditions. Women face embroidery bans. labor is controlled with coerced wage remittance. In one district 600 people live in two houses with extreme crowding and forced sleeping arrangements.
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Ottawa
Onti- Glento
Pilgrhnaga
Agena
Hard Luck Tales and Tragic Accidents Across Small Towns
A jumbled clipping recounts grim incidents including two women found dead in a furnished 22 room New York house, miner and farmer deaths in Minnesota, a ship captain's suicide on a voyage to Cuba, a Morrisonville orphan sent to reform school after eight years of fraud, and a boy named William Robbins killed by a wagon wheel. The text mixes errors and corrupted names, but preserves a string of local misfortunes and tragic deaths across several states and towns.
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Lee
Rnilth
Mub!ld
Aln
Nips
Cuba
Polton
Iin
Oo Ainting
Willam Winrleh
Morrisonville
Wis
Waukealin
Ati
Willian
Untold Snowbound Rescues Stir Kitchen Mystery
A snowy scene unfolds with a servant and a master in a tense kitchen moment. The unnamed narrator notes the master’s order to heat a pot and the servant’s prompt response as tensions rise.
Cure for eczema and other maladies advertised in 1900s style print
A collage of old advertisements and anecdotes describes cures for eczema and stinging claims like Cutt cura remedies, Vazo ointment, and Teheran telegraph lore. It mixes testimonial notes, odd medical claims, and a courtroom anecdote about a Swede witness. The fragment conveys era tone with varied subjects and glimpses of early 20th century journalism.
Grape Nute and Postum Claim Brain Power Boost
An Indiana writer and mother praises Grape Nute as a dual food for brain work and child development. She shares a history of poor appetite and nursing, then credits Grape Nute with restored milk, energy, and mental clarity, noting improvement after adding a daily dose. The ad cites Postum Co claims from Battle Creek Michigan and Wellsville.
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Sha
Inter
Postum
Rattle Creek
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