Tragic Bicycle Fatal in East St. Louis Train Collision
Miss Clara Zehnder was killed when her bicycle was struck by a locomotive near the Vanfalia roundhouse as she rode to telegraph lessons. The tragedy occurred on a trackside path used by Zehnder and other workers who knew her. Mrs Gertle Duff witnessed the death and the body was moved to undertaker rooms.
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East St. Louis
Central Park
Clara Zehnder
Gertle Duff
Miss Zehnder
Vanfalia Roundhouse
George Riethman
Lame Goose
Collinsville Cross
Clara
Var
Roundhouse
Watterson on Bryan and the Washington charge
Buffalo report notes Henry Watterson of the Courier Journal claims U S diplomacy pushed Bryan for world fame. It contrasts Bryan’s 1900 vote total with Parker’s 1904, suggesting Watterson’s judgment is flawed while praising his prose.
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Buffalo
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Washington
The
Times
W. J. Bryan
State Department
Watterson
United States
Roosevelt
Bryan
Mr. Watterson
Mr. Bryan
Judge Parker
Former janitor arrested in Shreveport for mail robbery
Belcher, formerly Texarkana office janitor, was seized in Shreveport on a warrant by Post Office Inspector Stafford, charged with robbing a United States registered mail pouch on March 16. He was remanded after bond set at $1,000, with requisition papers to follow.
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Shreveport
Belcher
Texarkana
Post Office
Stafford
United States
Lea
Yost
Nervy Burglar in Ramapo Farms House Raid
A masked thief entered the home of Count Max Gebhard Seckendorff near Ramsey New Jersey, awakened the couple, and held them at gunpoint while stealing the countess jewels valued at 6000 dollars and the count’s watch and chain from a chair. The count is a younger brother of Count Gert Seckendorff and the countess is a Washington society figure formerly a wealthy New York widow. A dozen servants heard nothing and no doors or windows were found unlocked after the robbery.
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Ramsey
N. J
Max Gebhard Seckendorff
Ramapo Farms
Count Seckendorff
Gert 1
Seckendorff
Washington
New York
Man Dies From Alleged Dentist Neck Injury
Chicago Aug 21 John Davis died at county hospital from a broken neck diagnosed as caused by efforts to pull his teeth. Physicians believe the dentist dislocated a portion of the spinal column during difficult extraction. Concord Aug 21 In the equity suit over Mrs. Eddy’s church property an out of court agreement was reached to withdraw the suit.
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Chicago
John Davis
Concord
N. H
Next Friends
Eddy
Christian Science Church
Hello Girl Personal Crisis Found Dead in Indiana Pa
Gertrude Moorhead, 21, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James Moorhead, committed suicide by hanging at Mrs West Goft home in Penn Run where she boarded. A telephone operator for Indiana Farmers Telephone Co, she left the switchboard in the afternoon and was later found in her room hanging by a strap. A note stated I’m tired of life and am unhappy.
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Indiana
Moorhead
James Moorhead
West Goft
Penn Run
Miss Moorhead
Indiana Farmers’ Telephone Company
Cow Tail Blow Believed To Kill New Jersey Man
Albany Aug 21 A blow from a cow s tail caused the death of William F Wells a prominent resident of Newark Valley He was milking when the cow switched her tail striking him on the forehead His pain worsened and a physician declared a stroke of apoplexy induced by the blow Mr Wells died shortly after at his home
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Albany
William F. Wells
Newark Valley
Wells
Poison in Pie Suffering Death in Oklahoma
In Shawnee H A Courcier a 35 year old traveling salesman died after eating a soggy pie posioned by ptomaines from a tin pan ten days earlier. In Kenton Oklahoma lightning struck James Mackey a cowboy on the Potter ranch killing him and injuring Frank Gripe whose iron roof was torn and a piece hit his neck.
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Shawnee
Okla
H. A. Courcier
Kenton
James Mackey
Potter Ranch
Frank Gripe
Gripe
Case of Karl Hall Appeals Murder Conviction
Berlin August 21 The case of Karl Hall convicted of murdering his mother in law Mrs Molitfer has appeal under review The question of his mental state is in dispute with experts arguing he is in s consigned so he cannot grasp the crime If a rehearing is granted new trial evidence on mental responsibility could become a major factor.
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Berlin
Karl Hall
Immense Slockade in Tampico Strands Global Freight
Tampico Mexico reports a severe freight blockade with thousands of tons of coal coke and imports stranded. Over 1500 loaded rail cars await movement as nine vessels lie in port. Shipmasters warn global commerce is strained beyond rail and steamship capacity due to power and equipment shortages.
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Tampico
Mex
United States
Family's Hard Luck in Danville Tragedy
John Boyd fatally injured by a falling rock in Danville Michigan. His young daughter, entering his room, fell into a bucket of boiling water and was fatally scalded.
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Danville
John Boyd
Fine Cotton Gin in Seminole Texas
Seminole Aug 21 reports Gaines county town gains a fine new cotton gin showcasing local agricultural growth and investment.
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Seminole
Tex
Gaines County
Goldie the Steeplejack Falls From 448-Foot Chimney
London report says John A. Goldie, famed steeplejack, died after plunging from the Towend chimney, claimed to be the tallest in the world, standing 448 feet high.
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Goldie
London
John A. Goldie
Pessimism and a good dinner cannot both be in one man
A compact aphorism notes that a person cannot maintain deep pessimism and enjoy a satisfying meal at once, reflecting a paradoxical view on mood and appetite. The line juxtaposes mindset and appetite as mutually exclusive traits in a single individual.
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Saratoga
Graham
Nabisco
Fig Newton Social Tea
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Lemon Squares
Fuzu
Barnum's Animals
Howell & Newton Incorporated
Southwestern Life Insurance CO
Dallas
Texas
Joe B. Reed
Friend-In-Need Society
M. H. James
Trevor
Fort Ds
E. Rohde
James & Nunn
Washington Correspondent
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Parsons
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Itdon
T. R. Batt
R.H. Brogdon
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
Hau
Tampico, Mex
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J. D. Ganter
Jeweter
Ock
Holmes & Parke
Dunn & Dalw
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James
B. Hudson
W. Wilson
Bryani
Franklin Texas
Hudson & Wilson
Bryan and
Franklin
Brazos
Robertson
Dr. J. F. Eaves
Smith Building
Paul M. Raysor
James’ Drugstore
Riz Otto
Parsons’ Building
North Main Street
Willis
Mes. W. F. Miller
Prope
Best Dollar A Day Hotel
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