Adventure of a Missionary in India Escape
A missionary recounts ten years in India and a July return to America. While walking to a nearby town to address a church gathering, she is suddenly attacked by a woman who binds and abducts her, carrying her into the woods and leaving her tied to a tree with a sunset deadline. The ordeal leads her to suspect the assailant may be an escaped lunatic from a nearby asylum.
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American Press Association
India
America
Atrest
Ond
N. Sho
Immortal Woman Delivers Address Then Surpasses It
After an eerie encounter, a woman who bound me unbinds my cords and guides me home. A farmer gives me a ride while I recover and I recover enough to read letters. The church at N. sends thanks for my address, but the woman who bound me delivered it in my stead and disappeared. Leita Downing.
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Leita Downing
Balloonists Escape 4000 Feet In Berlin Flight
A. Holland Forbes and Augustus C. Post, two American aeronauts, survived a 4000 foot fall in Berlin when their balloon tore apart upon ascent. The envelope, torn into five pieces with roof damage, stalled ascent and caused the near disaster. The pair prepared to ship the wreckage to New York as Emperor William sent a aide to inquire.
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Berlin
A. Holland Forbes
Augustus C. Post
Forbes
New York
William
Yarmouth Loses Thaw Aid Divorce Court Order
London dated October 13 reports a divorce court order extinguishing all rights of the Earl of Yarmouth under the financial settlement from his marriage to Miss Alice Cornelia Thaw in Pittsburgh on April 27 1903. The amount secured for the Earl at that time was $600000 plus an annual income of $50000 from the wedding date. Thaw’s marriage to the earl was annulled February 5 of this year and the settlement provided for life support to Miss Thaw with a $300000 contingent if she died first. The earl did not oppose the court order.
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London
Earl of Yarmouth
Alice Cornelia Thaw
Pittebury
Thaw
Elkins Denies Katherine Elkins Engagement Rumors
Pittsburg October 13 Senator Stephen B Elkins of West Virginia rejected a reported engagement involving Miss Katherine Elkins and the Duke of the Abrams saying there is no foundation for the rumors. The Duke is in the United States and expected to return to Turin.
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Pittsburg
Associated Press
United States
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Katherine Elkins
Elkins
W. Va
Europe
America
Emma Goldman Urges General Strike Against All Parties
Emma Goldman denounces all political parties as alike and urges a broad general strike. She calls for workers to quit work on election day and to oppose the plutocratic system, urging bold banners and speeches to mobilize opposition. A potential move to Charlestown navy yard awaits naval inquiry action.
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New York
Emma Goldman
Terface Lyceum
Geneva
May Abandon the Yankee at Hen and Chickens Shoals
Newport Rhode Island reports a southeasterly gale drove the U S auxiliary cruiser Yankee ashore at Hen and Chickens shoals. Naval officials believe the ship may be abandoned while salvage crews begin removing movable gear and engines amid ongoing wreckage recovery efforts.
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Newport
Bussards Bay
United States
Yankee
Militia Guards Spartanburg Jail After Riot
A mob dispersed by state troops guarded John Irby the jailed suspect in a Saturday assault charge. Three companies protected the jail as about a thousand residents clashed with authorities. Four wounded, restaurant keeper John Sparks arrested without bail for shooting Sheriff Nichols.
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Spartanburg
John Irby
Mike Talla Cerapacy
Irby
John
Sparks
Nichols
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promoted for Women
A pamphlet style claim extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the most successful remedy for women's ailments. It cites testimonials and letters from women praising relief, asserting the formula is plant based, harmless, and restores feminine health.
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Pink
Lydia B. Pinkham
Bing
Pinkham
Biase Bay
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Halley’s Comet Expected in 1910 Reports Say
Rochester Ontario reports astronomers like Prof Howard Minehlin and Prof Winehin anticipate Halley’s Comet returning around 1910 possibly earlier or later. They note the 70 year period, last seen in 1845, and describe expectations of a large dazzling tail visible across the United States.
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Rochester, N
Howard Minehlin
Rochester University
Winehin
Bethlehem
Halley
Methlehem
Profar
United States
Canary Birds Stun Panama Liner In Night Storm
The City of Para battled a fierce electric storm off the coast near Acajutla. Waterspouts and St Elmo’s fire struck the topmast amid darkness, stunning passengers as canary birds flooded the deck, with many birds dying or washed overboard. Captain Sandberg reported thousands of canaries involved and the ship ultimately rode out the tempest.
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Sandberg
Panama
Para
Jesla
San Jos de Guatemala
St. Elmo
Acajutla
Heckert
Zoal
Pare
Benide
Sam Francisco Caronicle
Effort to Free Harry Thaw Is a Failure
White Plains N Y October 19 Harry K Thaw remains at Matteawan asylum for the criminal insane awaiting the New York Court of Appeals decision on a jury hearing for sanity The New York state supreme court Justice Justine Mille denied a jury trial and Thaw was ordered back to Matteawan His counsel appealed but no evidence on sanity will be presented until the higher court rules District Attorney Jerome did not attend court and an arrest order for bankruptcy testimony in Pittsburgh was served on Thaw
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White Plains
Harry K. Thaw
Mate
Matteawan
Court of Appeals
Justine Mille
New York State Supreme Court
Thaw
Mills
Matteawan Asylum
Jerome
New York
Tustice Mills
New Rae
Pittsburg
Tawit
United States
Electricity Said to Grant perpetual health at Carnegie Hall
Andrew M. McConnell of Alabama told a New York audience that human electricity is the universal remedy for all ills. He claimed the body stores vital energy like a battery and that keeping the skin acidic and membranes alkaline generates life electricity. He urged increasing electricity at home to banish indigestion heart disease and nervous disorders and warned that many ailments would yield to this force.
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New York
Andrew M. McConnell
Alabama
Carnegie Hall
McConnell
Mayor Frediock Fines Himself Over Roaming Cows
Elkins West Virginia October 13 Mayor A M Fredrick ordered police to seize cows roaming lower Main Street. Five cows were impounded and fines levied with two owned by the mayor and one by Councilman Daniels. The mayor said he would enforce the ordinance and issue reprimands. The incident ended with mixed results and no public reprimand issued.
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Elkins
W. Va
A. M. Fredrock
Main Street
Davis
Daniels
Frediock Tly
Wireless Telegraphy Links San Francisco to Hawaii
A new wireless cord established between the San Francisco station and Kahuku station on Oahu, Hawaii. The link operated yesterday from about 1:30 until two and a half hours, with a continuous exchange over the 2,200 mile distance to Honolulu.
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San Francisco
San
Scott's Emulsion Claims Quick Cure for Colds
Scott's Emulsion is pitched as a cure for coughs and colds and for consumption. It claims to strengthen the body while curing illnesses and urges buyers not to wait until consumption or bronchitis develops.
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Scott
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