Misidentification Death Case Clears Banker Alive
Baltimore officials disclose a coroner’s jury verdict misidentified a man who died as banker Austin McLanahan. In fact coachman Vincent Lacourt perished diving from a thirty foot platform into seven feet of water after a pool accident.
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Banker
Baltimore
Baltimore County
Austin McLanahan
Alexander, Brown & Sons
United States
Arlington
McLanahan
MecLanahan
Chambersburg
Penn
Vincent Lacourt
Mr. McLanahan
Lacourt
Dane escapes workhouse maniac attacks in Cleveland rooftop showdown
John Christensen a large Dane escapes Warrenville workhouse farm and assaults a sixteen year old girl, then battles Police man Curtis Crumbaker on a two story roof. Christensen toppled the pair to the street fracturing ribs and an arm, leaving Crumbaker in critical condition as a mob forms. Christensen fled.
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Cleveland
Warrenville
John Christensen
Cone
Christensen
Woodland Avenue
Kattie Dawson
Maud
Bessie
Mrs. Dawson
Curtis Crumbaker
St. Alexis Hospital
HAS TWO HEARTS
Ira J. Sal yards of Sullivan Indiana has created a sensation as the only living person with two hearts both functioning normally and pumping life blood simultaneously. He will remain in Sullivan until September 22 defying medical boards to disprove his claim.
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Yards
Sullivan
Sullivan County Medical Board
Wild girl found in woods identified as Lizzie Reier
Lizzie Reier, twelve, daughter of a farmer, captured near Cantonville and identified. Authorities sent her to the School For Feeble Minded Children at Owings Mills after concerns over self harm and drugging of the infant Lizzie with a soothing syrup by a help. Father attributes condition to the syrup given in infancy.
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Baltimore
Cantonville
Lizzie Reier
Owings Mills
Forester in Chandler Injured by Dynamite Blast
John Merritt chief forester of the Woodman camp in Chandler sustained severe eye injuries from a premature dynamite blast while blasting rock. His sight in one eye is destroyed and the other may be lost. His condition is critical.
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Chandler
Okla
John Merritt
Woodman
Three Bold Holups Some Daring Deeds Are Done at Knoxville
The Knoxville scene features daring acts and bold maneuvers as locals showcase audacious feats. Spectators recount remarkable stunts and brave challenges amid a lively display of skill and risk in the city streets.
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Knoxville
Two Robberies Striking Knoxville In One Night
A Knoxville report says two white men robbed a clothing store on Gay street taking $12 jewelry and a watch, then stopped a Kingston Pike streetcar demanding money. A bookkeeper lost a gold watch and $5 before deputies arrested two artists, recovering the items. No border holdups in years.
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Chattanooga
Times
Knoxville
Fronebarger, Mills & Co
Gay Street
Fronebarger
Kingston Pike
West
Clinch Avenue
Mr. Haggard
W. J. Oliver
George Arden
Joe Dalton
Loulaville and
Nashville
Breach of promise suit heard in Allestown
In Allestown Pennsylvania on September 19 a breach of promise case before Alder man Schiffert involved widow Mary Wandel and cobbler Alexander Steiner. Steiner claims damages for unpaid farm work and seeks marriage after six months promised. Wandel counters that his strike caused her injury and denial of marriage. The jury trial proceeds.
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Allestown
Alderman Schiffert
Colesville
Alexander Steiner
Bethlehem
Mary C. Wande
Steiner
Sarcen
Associated Press annual meeting adopts strike handling course
The Associated Press held its annual meeting at the Waldorf Astoria with about 250 in person and over 400 via proxies. The group approved the officers’ approach to the telegraph operators strike and elected directors Albert Barr, Charles W. Knapp, Frank B. Noyes, Clark Howell, and M. H. De Young. The meeting fixed the next annual gathering for the third Tuesday in April.
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New York
Associated Press
Waldorf-Astoria
Albert Barr
Pittsburg Post
Charles W. Knapp
St. Louis Republic
Frank B. Noyes
Chicago
Wisconsin Andersonville monument dedication planned in Oct
The dedication of the Wisconsin Andersonville monument at the old prison pen in Georgia will be held October 17. The program allows participants to visit Civil War battlefields from Nashville to Atlanta with a special train for Governor J. O. Davidson and staff and officials.
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Wisconsin
Andersonville
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Andersonville
Nashville
Chattanooga
Chickamaugaa
Missionary Ridge
Lookout Mountain
Dalton
Kennesaw
Resaca
Altoona Pass
Atlanta
J. O. Davidson
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Howell & Newton
Southwestern Life Insuranceq CO
Dallas
Tex
Joe B. Reed
Texas
Friend-In-Need Society
M. H. James
Wi. H. James
Bryan Steam Laundry v
Hearn
Aix
Ee. Rolid
E. Ronde
Zairly
Tcotto
Jeyback
James & Nunn
Ira J. Salyards
Tennessee
Grand Opera House
Coca-Cola
Parsons
Bottling Works
W. A. Watkins
Gordon-Sewall Grocery Con
Cavitt’s Druc Store
Haswell’s Book Store
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