Biddles Escape Ends in Shootout Near Mount Prospect
Pittsburg reports a dramatic close to the Biddle escape. Edward Biddle and John Biddle were shot during a ranch-style chase two miles east of Prospect in Butler county. Mrs. Peter Soffel was wounded in the breast but expected to recover. The officers pursued in eight sleighs and a one-horse sleigh, meeting the fugitives at McClure's barn.
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Prospect
Butler County
McClure
Pittsburg
Perrysville
Edward Biddle
John Biddle
Biddles
Mrs. Soffel
J. J. Stevens
Mount Chestnut
Butler
McClure’s
Mount Prospect
Riddles
Brain Food Nonsense Debunked By Authorities
The piece rejects the idea of targeted nutrition for specific body parts and urges a balanced diet. It warns that digestion issues destroy nutrients and promotes Green's August Flower as a preventive aid, touting Dr. G. G. Green's remedies at Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co. and advertising the almanac.
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G. G. Green
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Green
Palma consults Cuban commission on sugar duty cut
T Estrada Palma president elect of Cuba, living in Central Valley New Mexico, meets Cuban commission in New York to press a 50 percent sugar import duty reduction. He declines to discuss positions publicly, saying another conference may yield a statement. He would not confirm reports he might refuse Cuba presidency without tariff concessions.
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New York
T. Estrada Palma
Republic of Cuba
Central Valley
N. M
Cuban Commission
Cuba
Negroes seeking land options in Mills County
A southern Alabama Negro has been in Hastings Iowa and Mills County for days obtaining options on large tracts five miles east of Tabor to colonize Negroes for farming. He has options on several farms and pays up to $200 per acre to secure land for sending produce to the Omaha markets.
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Hastings
Alabama
Mills County
Taboro
New York Physicians Push Isolation of Consumptives
Doctors in New York call for public protection through tuberculosis isolation. Bellevue Hospital moved 30 consumptives to a new Metropolitan pavilion on Blackwell's Island with more transfers planned as weather allows.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Metropolitan Hospital
Blackwell's Island
Jameson Resigns as Texas Revenue Agent for Oil Company
Austin Texas February first state revenue agent Joe Lee Jameson resigns to join an oil company in Beaumont. No exact effective date given. he plans to finish departmental duties before leaving. Jameson was appointed from San Antonio by Governor Sayers at the start of his first term.
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Austin
Tex
Joe Lee Jameson
State Revenue Agent
Beaumont
Jameson
San Antonio
Sayers
Wrestlers Under Bridge Face Freezing Incident
Two Austrians wrestled under the West Main street bridge in Trinidad Colorado. Charles Penosa was forced under the ice and became trapped. He was found by two men and revived with restoratives and is expected to survive.
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Trinidad
Colo
West Main Street
Charles Penosa
Twen
Spurious Butter Seized In Jersey City
E J H Kracke announced the seizure of a quantity of alleged spurious butter and an illicit mixing plant in Jersey City. One arrest was made by United States internal revenue officers. The alleged butter was sold on the east and west sides among the poor classes of this city.
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New York
E. J. H. Kracke
State of
Jersey City
United States Internal Revenue
Capture of the Biddles in Butler Pennsylvania
Edward Biddle lies grievously wounded and near death while John Biddle is reported in good condition. Mrs. Soffel underwent an operation and is said to be fair. She offers two differing accounts of the shooting, claiming self harm in one tale and that Biddle shot her in another.
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Butler
Edward Biddle
Biddle
Pittsburg
Governor Sayers Proclaims Feb 22 as Tree Planting Holiday
Austin reports Governor Joseph D. Sayers issues a proclamation declaring February 22 a legal holiday for planting and caring for forest shade and ornamental trees across Kansas. Communities should hold appropriate ceremonies to mark the day.
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Austin
Joseph D. Sayers
Mexican Girl 6 Dies After Clothes Catch Fire
A six year old Mexican girl died from burns in Laredo Texas after her clothing ignited while she and other children jumped over a fire built in a trash pile. She lived about thirty minutes after the accident.
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Laredo
Tex
Pan American Congress Ends with Arbitration Victory
At Mexico City on February 1 Pan American delegates closed their session with Ignacio Mariscal praising progress toward arbitration. He highlighted agreement to submit international disputes to The Hague and to allow U S Mexico negotiations for admittance to Hague conventions.
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Pan-American Congress
City of
Mexico
Ignacio Marshal
America
Permanent Court of the
Hague
Washington
Mariscal
Potatoes in Sight for Grayson County This Season
Sherman Texas February 1 John S Kerr secretary of the Grayson County Potato Growers association says deals total about 6000 bushels of seed potatoes and members have ordered at least 3000 more. Together they plan to plant about 1500 acres and estimate 2000 acres already in sight for Grayson county this season.
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Sherman, Tex
John S. Kerr
Grayson County
Death of Aaron Garter Prominent Newark Jeweler and Banker
Aaron Garter a leading Newark New Jersey manufacturing jeweler and director of Newark City National Bank and other financial institutions has died.
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New York
Aaron Garter
Newark
N. J
Newark City National Bank
New York Bans Standing Room Only Signs in Theaters
Fire Commissioner Strugis orders abolishing standing room only signs and enforces statutes prohibiting patrons from standing in aisles or passageways in public amusements. Fire captains directed to enforce the rule.
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New York
Strugis
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Peter K. Soffel
Tyler Haswell
James & Castles
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Allen Academy
Ain Street
Brazos Bottom
City Market
Messrs. Smith & Adams
Notte
John W. Hicks
W. A. Watkins
Bryan
Texas
PALMA
The
Ban Commission
Blackwell Island
Man
Lee
Ignacio Mariscal
Houston
Texas Central
Dallas, Austin, Waco, Fr. Worth
Southern Pacific
S. F. B. Morse
Traf. Mgr
T. J. Anderson
M. L. Robbins
Denison
Houston, Corsicana
Gee
John Wiitman
Aod
Foss
Paul Jones
J. E. Ponder
Louisville, Ky
Fuicion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos. W
Liza
F. A. Lee
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