Assistant Secretary of State Heroic Rescue on the Charles River
Boston October 12 Assistant Secretary of State Robert L Bacon performed a daring rescue after a canoe capsized on the Charles River. He swam to save a Harvard student and one boy who had submerged twice while a Harvard peer aided the other. bacon reached the unconscious boy and with help of the Veritas crew brought both to safety on board.
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Charles River
Boston
Robert L. Bacon
Harvard
Veritas
J. S. Reed
Bacon
J. Nutting
Reed
Skiff capsizes on Cumberland River drowning three Warmack family
On an October hunting trip in Nashville a skiff capsized in the Cumberland River. Thomas J. Warmack and his two sons, aged twelve and thirteen, drowned. A fourteen year old occupant swam ashore.
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Nashville
Cumberland River
Thomas J. Warmack
Young Hanged for Assault in St. John Parish
News Young, a fifteen year old black boy, was hanged in St. John the Baptist parish after being convicted of criminally assaulting an elderly white woman. A lynching mob formed but authorities promised a quick trial to avert mob violence.
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St. John the Baptist
Young
Fire Devastates Arcade Dry Goods Store in San Jose
A blaze at the Arcade dry goods store on South First and Fernando streets destroyed the building. Reported losses range from 300000 to 400000 dollars, with authorities assessing the total as a major monetary hit.
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South First and
Fernando Streets
Daunting Cassie Chadwick Dies in Ohio Penitentiary
Mrs Cassie J Chadwick who rose from fortune teller to alleged fraud mastermind died in the Ohio state penitentiary women’s ward at Columbus. Her life included forged Carnegie notes and a bank collapse linked to her plots with Oberlin officials. her son Emil Hoover arrived after her death.
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Columbus
Casete Chadwick
Oberlin
Ohio State Penitentiary
Chaiwick
Emil Hoover
Cleveland
T. E. Powell
Cassie J. Chadwick
Elizabeth Bigely
Woodstock
Canada
Toledo
Madame de Vere
Richard Brown
Youngstown
Hoover
Leroy S. Chadwick
Carnegie
Reynolds
Newton
Brookline
Mass
Charles Beckwith
A. B
National Bank
Chad
Woman killed in Marlin as husband is arrested
In Marlin Texas on October 12 a Black woman named Mary Williams was shot and killed in the Brazos bottom. Her husband was arrested and says the shooting was an accident.
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Marlin, Tex
Mary Williams
Brazos Bottom
Here
Hart Kelly Shot Dead Near Daingerfield
Four miles from Daingerfield Texas Hart Kelly a Black man was shot and killed Ocis his thirteen year old son was arrested in connection with the incident reports say the shooting occurred in the vicinity on October 11.
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Daingerfield
Tex
Hart Kelly
Ocis
Long Wagon Trip Through Cleburne Heads to Corpus Christi
From Lincoln Nebraska to Corpus Christi a pair of travelers Messrs Baldwin and Puckett journey by wagon passing through Cleburne Texas on October 14 encountered local interest as they press toward their southern destination.
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Cleburne
Tex
Baldwin and Puckett
Lincoln
Neb
Corpus Christi
Austin Oct 11 Tragic Incident Leaves Elderly Man Dead
In Austin on October 11 an elderly Black man named Henry Rogers, seated on a curbing, suddenly expired. Police and witnesses report the event occurred without forewarning and authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
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Austin
Henry Rogers
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Meo
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Lares S
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Up River
Cottage Farm Bridge
Crim
New Orleans
San Jose
Cal
Royal Brand Clothes
ROYAL
the Royal
Wacner & Brannon
Bryan, Texas
Mrs. Chadwick
Ohio Penitentiary
Son
Grand Opera House
Percy R. Benton
Story of the Plains
Carload
Gordon-Sewall Grocery Company
E. J. Jenkins
Haswell’s Book Store
Telmo
Telmo Sweet
Magnet
Holland Brand
Will S. Higg
N.jametta
James & Nunn
J. D. GA
Daly
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