Count Nogi Seeks Grave With Teeth Hair and Nails
The will of Count Maresuke Nogi published in Tokio requests that, after his wife’s death, only his teeth hair and nails be placed in the grave. He names gifts to public institutions and notes the countess’s death. Nogi and his wife died as the emperor’s body began its journey to the tomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan
Maresuke Nogi
Nogi
Knox
Mikado
Yosihito
Taft
Monoyama
Matsuhito
United States
Dietz Family Freed in Wisconsin Court Dismissal
The Wisconsin circuit court dismissed four assault with intent to kill cases against Hattie Dietz, Clarence Dietz, Leslie Dietz, and Elmyra Dietz on motion by Sawyer County DA Williams. The cases cited witnesses Rogich in Australia and Hesse as a detective, with county officials seeking nolles following Dietz life imprisonment in a related matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin
Hattie
Clarence
Leslie
Elmyra Dietz
Wickham
Williams
Sawyer County
John Rogich
Australia
John Hesse
County Board of
John Dietz
Haitie
Trial of Mary Rockey for Father's Slaying in Pittsburgh
Seventeen year old Mary Rockey wife of James Muir faced a criminal court jury seeking a not guilty plea in the April murder of her father John Rockey. The couple eloped to Cumberland against the father's wishes and, upon returning home, Mary allegedly stabbed him with a bread knife in defense during a confrontation. The prosecution signaled no aim for a first degree verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Mary ‘Muir
John Rockey
Mary Rockey
Cumberland
James Muir
Duchess Yacht Missing Off Portland Crew Feared Lost
New York dispatch reports Warner B. Leeds’s yacht Duchess has not been heard from since departing Portland Maine last Thursday. Steward Henry Dieckman, who traveled to New York, fears the vessel found gunk and that all five crew members are lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Warner B. Leeds
Duchess
Portland
Henry Dieckman
Bar Harbor
Natates
Fire Chiefs Convention Opens in Denver With Exhibits
Denver Sep 17 The four days convention of the International Association of Fire Chiefs opened led by President W H Holler of Roanoke Va Exhibits from manufacturers have been arranged papers prepared by top firefighters from the United States and Canada and several trips planned An exhibition drill in pompier work and lifesaving by the Denver department will feature the gathering
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
International Association of Fire Chiefs
W. H. Holler
Roanoke
United States
Canada
Denver Department
Engle Rescued After Fog Floats Hydro Aeroplane
Albert J. Engle piloted a hydro-aeroplane from Clarendon Beach to Grant Park in heavy fog and ran out of fuel. Fifteen miles out in Lake Michigan the craft was towed to shore after lifesaving crews retrieved him uninjured but the plane damaged. This marked his second rescue during a similar flight, with a prior incident occurring the previous Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Albert J. Engle
Lake Michigan
Clarendon
Grant Park
Engle
Great Lakes Dredging Company
Menschik Arrives to Testify in Szabo Murder Case
Franz Menschik, brother of Rosa Szabo, who drowned at Greenwood Lake, arrives in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. He goes to the Austro Hungarian consulate with a death certificate showing his mother died in Vienna. Gibson, jailed for Szabo murder, claims the mother is living and had obtained a waiver of citation for the estate. Menschik intends to testify against Gibson at the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Franz Menschik
Rosa Menschik Szabo
Greenwood Lake
Orange County
Burton W. Gibson
Vienna
Gibson
Ssabo
Allen gang members moved to Roanoke jail cells
Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards, last of the gang that shot Carroll county courthouse, were returned from Des Moines and placed in Roanoke cells with imprisoned relatives. Floyd and Claude Allen face death by execution, while Friel Allen has fifteen years. Miss Maude Ircher, Edwards' sweetheart, is confined nearby after betraying the fugitives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Carroll County
Des Moines
Floyd
Claude Allen
Friel Allen
Mayors Meet in Buffalo for Municipal League Address
Buffalo mayor Louis P. Furman welcomed the League of American Municipalities as John MacVicar of Des Moines, president, delivered the annual address. Officers reported on the library city relation via John Cotton Dana. Erie mayor W. J. Stern spoke on Civic Awakening, with Fort Wayne’s Charles J. Steiss and Omaha’s John J. Rider weighing in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Louis P. Furman
League of American Municipalities
John MacVicar
Des Moines
John Cotton Dana
Newark
N. J
W. J. Stern
Erie
Charles J. Steiss
Fort Wayne
Ind
John J. Rider
Police and Sanitation
Omaha
Frontier Troops 2 On the March to Guard 1500 Miles
Washington reports war department orders General Breever to parallel rebel movements along the Mexican frontier. Two additional regiments will guard a 1500 mile line as patrols move daily and nightly. Orozco’s location uncertain while Madero warns of ongoing disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Breever
Mexico
Wood
United States
Orozco
Madero
Zapata
Tigre
el Tigre
Sonora
Rojas
Salazar
Douglas
Ariz
Sanjines
Harry Nolan Discharged in Panama Abduction Case
Harry Nolan of Chicago, recent secretary to the United Gates legation at Panama, was discharged by Magistrate Murphy on motion by Prosecutor Reynolds. The case hinged on evidence for abduction of Marion McVickar, a Glasgow innkeeper’s daughter, with age listed as sixteen then corrected to eighteen by her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Nolan
Chicago
United Gates Legation
Panama
Marion McVickar
Glasgow
Murphy
Reynolds
Miss.McVickar
Mayor Gaynor Sued For $100,000 Libel
New York September 18 Mayor Gaynor was served with a summons in a $100 000 libel suit brought by Alderman Curran chair of the aldermanic committee investigating graft in the police department. Curran alleges the mayor made remarks derogatory to his character in connection with the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gaynor
Curran
Aldermanic Committee
Bandits Hold Up Fast Mail Train in Alabama
Five bandits raided the New York & Memphis fast mail of the Southern Railway at Stevens Gap Alabama taking all registered letters and valuable packages. They bound mail clerks James Flint Frank Hamlet John Bruce and L B Powers and escaped with three sacks of mail after forcing the train to stop near Huntsville where a posse began a statewide search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
New York
McMahon
James Flint
Flint
Frank Hamlet
John Bruce
L. B. Powers
Huntsville
Villacoubray Pilot Sets New Altitude Record
Georges Legagneux, a trench aeronaut, set a world altitude record at 5 720 meters 18 766 feet in Villacoubray France on September 18. The previous record was held by Roland Garros who reached 16 240 feet on September 6 in a monoplane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villacoubray
France
Georges Legagneux
Roland G. Garros
Two Killed in Explosion at Weing Malt Drying Plant
An explosion at the Weing Malt Drying plant in Coleman, seven miles south of Elgin, killed two men and seriously injured a third. Fireman Robert Payne was blown 75 feet and died, worker Stephen Webeck was blown 150 feet and died. another worker was fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Coleman
Robert Payne
Stephen Webeck
Public Health Association Opens Fortieth Meeting
Washington opens the fortieth annual meeting of the American Public Health Association with President John N. Hurry of Indianapolis chairing. Attendees grow as sessions precede the International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, with topics including typhoid fever bubonic plague eugenics city waste disposal and child welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guardians of Public Health
Washington
American Public Health Association
John N. Hurry
Indianapolis
Kellar Chosen Grand Sire of Sovereign Lodge in Acclamation
Winnipeg report states A. Kellar of San Antonio Texas was selected grand sire of the Sovereign Lodge I. O. O. F. by acclamation. The Sept 18 announcement cites the appointment by the lodge in Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Kellar
O. F
Winnipeg
Man
Cc. A. Kellar
San Antonio
Tex
Sovereign Lodge
Eggs may rise to five cents a piece next winter
Columbus Ohio January 17 eggs at five cents each may be needed next winter says Prof. F S Jacoby head of Ohio State University poultry department He blames higher poultry prices last spring as farmers and chicken raisers could profit more by selling hens than feeding them for egg production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
F. S. Jacoby
Ohio State University
Woman Licensed to Fly in Westbury Flight Run
Miss Bernette Adams of Canton Ohio receives an Aero Club of America aviator license now the only woman in the country to hold this honor. The license followed flights on the motoordrome here including a 60 mph speed and 1600 feet altitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbury
N. Y
Aero Club of America
Bernette Adams
Canton
Ncense
Indictment for Coercion Ties Boston Elevated Railway
Suffolk county grand jury returned an indictment charging coercion against the Boston Elevated Railway company after the street car workers strike. Four counts allege coercion of John J. Van Wart and Frank J. McGuire to join a loyal employe organization and coercion of unnamed individuals to refrain from joining a labor union as a condition of employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Boston Elevated Railway Company
John J. van Wart
Frank J. McGuire
Defense Shown In Harvester Case
Clarence S. Funk testified as the International Harvester Company argues its defense in the federal dissolution suit. He outlined counts of competitors across product lines from reapers to wagons, and described the large funds spent on binder twine research. Government questions focus on merger history and purchase dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Robert S. Taylor
Clarence S. Funk
International Company
Mr. Funk
International
Funk
Harvester Corporation
Deering Company
Fatally Wounded by Masked Bandits Near Burlingame
San Mateo City Attorney Charles M. Kirkbride was fatally shot by two masked bandits who held up two San Mateo cars near Hast on Burlingame. Conductor William Sterett was grazed by bullets as passengers were robbed. An all night search by posses combed the peninsula for the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Charles M. Kirkbride
San Mateo
Haston
Burlingame
Kirkbridge
William Sterett
San Jose
Loss of Sealing Ship in Arctic Expedition
Captain J Bartlett reports the Nep tune reached St Johns after a harsh Arctic voyage. Their gold hunting expedition to Baffin Land failed to find gold. The sealing ship Algerine was lost in Ponds inlet. crew walked forty miles to land and found a cache. They subsisted on four crackers a day for two weeks until reaching Button Point.
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St. Johns
N. F
J. Bartlett
Neptune
Baffin Land
Algerine
Ponds Inlet
Bernier
Button Point
Degres North Latitude
Robbery at Leroy Exchange Bank Nets $5050
Robberg used nitro glycerine to blow the safe at the Exchange bank in Leroy near Cadillac Michigan and escaped with 5050 dollars. The robbers cut telephone lines to hinder pursuit. The Bloomington Star notes mail delays from weekend accumulation and questions if Sunday mail service should resume after clerk rest periods. Mable Brown, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albn Brown, North Street, is seriously ill with malaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadillac
Mich
Exchange Bank
Leroy
Yeggs
Bloomington Star
Mable
Mrs. Albn Brown
North Street
Mrs Ruth Miller Visits Then Returns Home
Mrs Ruth Miller of Bedford rere turn ed home after visiting at the home of Eugene Roberts of the Manon.
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Ruth Miller
Bedford
Eugene Roberts
Manon
Lafayette Courier
Birth Announcement: Son Born to Mr and Mrs Cyrus Mills
Born Friday east of the city a son to Mr and Mrs Cyrus Mills. The report notes the new arrival in local families without additional details.
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Cyrus Mills
Friday
Julian granted divorce in Lawrence circuit court
Friday afternoon in the Lawrence circuit court Julian was granted a divorce from James H. Julian. Mrs. Mary E. Porter of Orleans visited the Mail's new office in town on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova
Julian
James H. Julian
Lawrence
Mary E. Porter
Orleans
City
Mail
Mrs Blanche Boyd Moves to New Albany with Relative
Mrs. Blanche Boyd and her daughter Pauline will live in New Albany with Mrs Boyd’s brother Dr Hazelwood. Mrs Gordon Gould and her daughter have returned home after visiting relatives in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Boyd
Pauline
New Albany
Gordon Gould
Local visitors return home from Louisville Bedford
Mr. and Mrs. August Lambrecht visited Louisville for a few days and returned home Sunday. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson returned to Bedford after visiting Mrs. Frank Pool Bloomington Telephone. Mrs. Oliver Lanam, guest of Mrs. Otha Bennett, has returned to Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Lambrecht
Louisville
Elizabeth Wilson
Bedford
Frank Pool
Bloomington
Oliver Lanam
Otha Bennett
Mrs R F McKinley Expected Home Friday From San Francisco
Miss Elman Nattee visited relatives and friends in the city for a week and returned to Cortland Saturday. Mrs R F McKinley, who spent the summer as guest of her sister in San Francisco, is expected home Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. McKinley
San Francisco
Elman Nattee
Cortland
Aviator Jugetti Killed in Ground Accident
Rome reports Signor Jugetti an aviator died at Chietti in an extraordinary accident. He readjusted the propeller shaft using six screws while watching the motor start. A cast iron screw broke, the propeller struck him, and he was killed instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Signor Jugetti
Chietti
Jugetti
Schwab May Move Permanently to London
London rumor says Charles M. Schwab may establish permanent residence there. Mrs. Schwab has visited London several times in eight months to view proposed homes, but none meet her standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charles M. Schwab
Local Residents Face Illness and Housing Occupancy Changes
Mrs. Jesse Gardner of Lincoln Avenue and 7th Street is ill. The new Zollman flats on West 13th Street will be occupied by Frank Tech and family and L. E. Scherb and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Gardner
Lincoln Avenue
7Th Streets
Zollman
West 13Th Street
Frank Tech and Family
L. E. Scherb and Family
Mrs Johnson and Colleta Return From French Lick
Mrs Johnson and her daughter Colleta have returned from French Lick where they accompanied Edward Johnson who resumed his school work at St Meinrads in Dubois County.
Edwards Divorce Granted in Lawrence Circuit Court
Victor Edwards was granted a divorce from Anna Edwards by Judge Shea in the Lawrence circuit court on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Edwards
Shea
Lawrence
Anna Edwards
Train Kill Ends Ironmaster's Life at New Rochelle Station
Adolph Ruhling of New York a wealthy iron and steel manufacturer was struck and instantly killed by a Boston flyer west bound at the New Rochelle station. OSHA
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Adolph Ruhling
New York
Batman brothers attend David Long funeral
Charles C. Batman of Bloomington and James W. Batman of Mitchell attended the funeral of David Long at Leatherwood on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Batman
Bloomington
James W. Batman
Mitchell
David Long
Leatherwood
Special Campaign Rate for The Weekly Mail
The Weekly Mail offers home delivery until after the election at 25 cents prepaid. The notice specifies advance payment and continuous delivery across addresses during the campaign period.
Local Social Notes Record Visits and Travel
Miss Sylvia Simpson spent a few days with Miss Mary Rariden at Hill Top farm southeast of the city. Mrs. Henley Cannedy left Thursday for Cincinnati to join her husband before heading to Florida. Mrs. Walters, mother of Ron Walters of Washington Avenue, who had been seriously ill with acute bowel trouble, is improving.
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Sylvia Simpson
Mary Rariden
Hill Top Farm
Paul Tindall Improves After Illness
Paul, the little son of Mr and Mrs George Tindall, who has been seriously ill with bowel obstruction, is improving.
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Paul
George Tindall
John Gresham Pleads Guilty in Assault Case
John Gresham pleaded guilty in Mayor Fields' court to assault and battery on Policeman McBride. He was fined five dollars and costs. the intoxication charge was dismissed on motion. Mrs George Tindall has been ill for two weeks and is slightly improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gresham
Fields
McBride
George Tindall
Hatfield buys Charles Craig property at Williams
Jacob Hatfield purchased the Charles Craig property at Williams. Mable Miller, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Miller of South M street, who was seriously ill, is improved. Dell and Watson of Oolitic welcomed a daughter born Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Hatfield
Charles Craig
Williams
Mable
John Miller
South M Street
Dell Watson
Oolitic
Local residents return from visits to Indiana towns
Miss Anna McMahan who has been attending Normal at Terre Haute returns home. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stipp return from Erie where they spent the former’s vacation with his father Thomas Stipp. Mrs. J. G. Phipps and daughter Dorothy come back from visiting Judge and Mrs. Kent at Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna McMahan
Terre Haute
J. B. Stipp
Thomas Stipp
Erie
J. G. Phipps
Dorothy
Judge
Gyger Visit Highlights Tippecanoe Kin in City
John Thompson Gyger of Tippecanoe County visited his mother at Heltonville and spent Friday in the city with his brother William Gyger and his wife on South N Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thompson Gyger
Tippecanoe County
Heltonville
William Gyger
South N Street
Miss Norris of Salem Visits Cousin in City
Miss Norris from Salem stayed with her cousin Fred Norris and wife on South N street Thursday. She left for Indianapolis Thursday afternoon to attend school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Norris
Salem
City
Fred Norris
South N Street
Indianapolis
North Carolinian Donates Cow to Democratic Campaign Fund
The Lafeyette Courier notes a North Carolinian contributed a cow to the Democratic campaign fund, joking that the move hints at stopping milking corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafeyette
Chicken theft case drags two days in Bedford circuit court
A two day Bedford circuit court session featured lawyers arguing over a chicken theft case. The Bloomington Star notes humor as no one explains why a chicken crosses the street. Bedford residents Mrs I A Stipp and daughter Mrs Bernard Lundy and son Raymond visit relatives. Born to Carl Scherschel in Coxton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Bloomington Star
I. A. Stipp
Bernard Lundy
Raymond
Frank Spaulding
James Moore
Bloomington
Born Thursday night a son to Mr and Mrs Walter Kinder Williams
A baby boy was born Thursday night to Mr and Mrs Walter Kinder of Williams. Fred Burton from near Bryanzaville delivered a load of fine Ice Cream Ice berg and Monte Cristo watermelons to the city today. Elder Thomas Mitchell of Spencer visited Thursday night with S B Inman en route to Salem for the association meeting. Samuel McClung of Williams sold his hotel and store fixtures and stock with household goods and will move to Florida within a week, renting out his real estate. Misses Ula Warren Burns City and Naomi Matthews Campbellsburg are visiting their uncle Homer Allen on West 18th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Kinder
Williams
Fred Burton
Bryanzaville
Monte Cristo
Thomas Mitchell
Spencer
City
S. B. Inman
Salem
Association
Samuel McClung
Wiliams
Florida
Ula Warren
Burns City
Naomi Matthews
Campbellsburg
Homer Allen
West 18Th Street
Birth Announcement for Eva Mosier in West 138th Street
A daughter named Eva was born on Monday afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. Bina Mosier of West 138th Street. The birth adds a new member to the Mosier family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bina Mosier
West 138Th Street
Eva
McCain Couple Homeward Bound for Danville Visit
Mr and Mrs O P McCain left Tuesday for Danville Virginia to spend several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. McCain
Danville
Virginia
Miss Gertrude Kennison Returns Home
Miss Gertrude Kennison, who visited Seymour for several days, returned home Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Kennison
Seymour
Metz Woman Honors Guest With Family Visit
Miss Hallie Dye of Metz Missouri is the guest of Miss Myra Owens on West 10th Street and other relatives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallie Dye
Metz, Mo
Myra Owens
West 10Th Street
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