Rat bite clue leads to heiress in estate case
Logoon Nov 3. Charles Murray was sent to locate the Brooklyn heiress to 15000 from Mrs William Nash estate. A rat nibble on a document yielded a partially hidden address for Adelaide Younger, then traced to London and finally to Mrs Younger in Northumberland after a London search.
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Charles Murray
William Nash
Brooklyn
George Logan
America
Upper
Lond
London
Murray
Woman Died After Visit in Melrose
Miss Florence Palmer aged 22 of 135 Lynde Street Melrose collapsed with a hemorrhage in the hallway after an afternoon visit with her cousin. She had told her sister she would probably not see her again and had been feeling unwell, a remark she made before leaving.
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Melrose
Florence Palmer
Lynde Street
Miss Palmer
Ida Denley
SAYS TWO MEN TOOK HIS CASH
Michael McCarthy 18 of 165 Essex street Cliftondale reports he was robbed by two men Saturday evening as he walked home from work. He says he was bound gagged beaten and relieved of about 20 dollars then thrown behind a fence in a meadow near Pleasant Hill depot.
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Saugus
Michael McCarthy
Essex Street
Cliftondale
McCarthy
William Sim
Lost Paganini Works Unearthed In Genoa Discovery
In Genoa 14 compositions by Niccolo Paganini have been found, a discovery that excites music lovers in Rome report. The rediscovered works, long believed scarce due to transcription challenges, promise new insight into the violinist’s original and charming creations.
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Paganini
Rome
Genoa
Niccolo Paganini
Press Worker Killed in New Jersey Crush
John Patterson an expert erector for Walter Scott Company died after a press crush in Plainfield New Jersey. Fellow workers stood by unable to aid him as the accident occurred yesterday afternoon.
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Plainfield
N. J
John Patterson
Walter Scott Company
Oklahoma cotton growers set 16 cent price at secret meeting
Guthrie Okla Nov 3 It is reported that growers in Oklahoma and Indian Territory agreed at a secret meeting on Friday to sell the 1907 crop at 16 cents per pound.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Amundsen En Route Home Plans New Arctic Trek
Captain Roald Amundsen arrives in Boston after a Washington visit and confirms plans for a spring return to the Arctic. He discusses polar bear training, a heavier vessel, possible Fram reuse, and starting points from San Francisco. He reflects on Peary and Wellman while meeting Norwegian groups and speaking at Tremont Temple.
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Providence
John M. Anderson
Olaf Olsen
South Station
Washington
Explorer
Roosevelt
Amundsen
Ter Wellman
Peary
Christiania
Canadian Institute
Tremont Temple
Governor Guild
Explorer Nansen
Boston Music Hall
Young's
Harvard
Deaf Mute Learns to Speak in Paris Demonstration
In Paris at the Academy of Medicine a 20 year old deaf mute, once deemed incurable, sang a solo and answered doctors questions after two months of training. She is among four pupils of Dr Marage using a vowel siren to amplify voice as part of a new system aiding deaf mutes to hear and speak.
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Paris
Academy of Medicine
Marage
Lost Countess Not Murdered Elopement Revealed
Warsaw reports reveal Countess Maria Zamolvska staged her disappearance to pursue a planned elopement. Railcar evidence including a torn portmanteau and red ink stains were reinterpreted by authorities as part of the ruse.
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Warsaw
Maria Zamolvska
No Red Hat for American Cardinal Prospects
Rome gesprekken on the eve of a papal consistory hint Americans may gain a better Sacred College representation. Cardinal Bernado is cited, questioning papal whims, while Pius X. faces two obstacles difficulty of choice and the American orgy as the nation seeks new influence.
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Rome
Cardinal Bernado
Pius X
United States
Sacred College
Beware of the bargain table warns Dr Woolman
Dr Mary Woolman of Columbia University told the Women's Club of Upper Montclair to beware of bargain tables. She argued that cheap garments come at the expense of young underpaid workers who toil nights to sew those goods and that women are both producers and consumers.
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Montclair
N. J
Mary Woolman
Columbia University
Women’s Club
Upper Montclair
Woolman
Girl Says She Was Kidnapped Returns Home
Barbara Lapoukhine an 18 year old Russian girl vanished after attending a performance at the Aldwych Theatre and reappeared at her house hours later claiming two men abducted her for several days and drove her in a cab to St Pauls Cathedral before leaving her.
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London
Barbara Lapoukhine
Aldwych Theatre
St. Paul's Cathedral
Plumes and Wrinkles Linked by French Advice
Mrs May Riley Smith told Vassar Students Aid Society that wearing aigrettes in the hair ages a woman by crow's feet around the eyes. She cited a Troy Federation paper on bird preservation and warned middle aged women that plumes reveal blemishes.
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New York
May Riley Smith
Vassar Students’ Aid Society
College
Hotel Astor
Must Not Whip Pupils Warns London Schools
London education committee launches a campaign to end corporal punishment in schools. It says cane should be saved for grave moral offences and only after other methods fail. A principal reports 17 041 canings among 869 boys in one school last year.
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London
London County Council
Hypnotized in Dental Chair in London Clinic
A London dental hospital used ethyl chloride for pain relief during five tooth extractions. A cap intended to release anesthetic failed to break the capsule, and the patient entered a deep insensible state through self-hypnotism. After waking, she felt no pain, and the incident was revealed only when preparing another patient.
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London
Congo Atrocities Discussed By Reverend Clark In Boston
The Rev Joseph Clark described life in the upper Congo under Belgian rule and recounted conditions seen during his 27 years there. He rebutted Belgian supporters claims of cruelty and cited travelers’ reports as unproven.
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Joseph Clark
Upper Congo
United States
Africa
Congo
Clark
Whitely
Belgium
Baltimore
Mob Kills Two Black Men in Vinegar Bend Shootout
In Vinegar Bend near Mobile Alabama Abe Sumroll and Hank Lucas, both Black, were killed by a mob. Sumroll fatally shot Julio Boaz, a young Cuban, as Boaz attempted to arrest Sumroll for burglary. Lucas died while protecting Sumroll.
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Mobile
Ala
Abe Sumroll
Hank Lucas
Vinegar Bend
Sumroll
Julio Boaz
Boaz
Lucas
Young English Stage Beauty Publishes Her Autobiography
Phyl Dig Dare, a noted musical comedy artist, shares a day in her life. She lists visits to dressmakers, photographers, rehearsals, and milliners, plus business for pantomime at Birmingham, song writing visits, dance practice, postcard signing, and letter replies.
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London
Phyllig Dare
Birmingham
Phyllis Dare
Another Trial for Phipps Faces Hopes Dismissed
Worcester November 3 The jury in the July Lake Quinsigamond murder case against Frank W Phipps failed to reach a verdict after 11 hours. District Attorney Taft said a new trial is presumed, ending hopes for bond release.
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Worcester
Frank W. Phipps
Charles L. Burnap
Lake Quinsigamond
Taft
Man Pays Forty Dollars A Minute To Hold Child
Frederick Leonard testified in court that he paid himself forty dollars a minute for the privilege of holding his own child. The Pittsburg husband of Rev. Mrs. Mary E. Leonard is accused of non support and was brought into court by his wife.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Frederick Leonard
Leonard
Mary E. Leonard
Free Methodist Church
Brookline Church Welcomes New Pastor Lucius H Bugbee
A large Brookline congregation at St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church heard Lucius H Bugbee preach his first sermon titled The Training of Youth for Citizenship. The service drew many members and reflected on civic responsibility and community faith.
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St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church
Brookline
Lucius H. Bugbee
Schooner Hannah F. Carleton Damaged at Sea Tow Tow to New Bedford
The schooner Hannah F. Carleton, Bangor for New York, towed to Vineyard Haven after being floated from Falmouth Flats, was examined by a diver who found badly opened seams and butts. It will be towed to New Bedford for haul out and repair with Tug Orion departing tomorrow.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Hannah F. Carleton
Bangor
New York
Falmouth Flats
New Bedford
Orion
Restored Wagner Opera Published in Berlin Magazine
Berlin Novy reports three scenes from Richard Wagner opera The Wedding published in a magazine. Written at Prague in 1822, Wagner destroyed the work but a portion along with a near complete outline survives.
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Berlin
Novy
Richard Wagner
Prague
Child Necessity For Pittsburg Flats Draws Interest
In Pittsburg Penn the new Henry Phipps apartment houses in Allegheny near readiness to open will offer affordable rents. A key requirement for tenants is that households must have children, ensuring family housing for lower income residents.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Henry Phipps
Allegheny
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