St Charles Man Shot By Burglar
Frank Sigmund a St Paul merchant in St Charles county was shot at 9 20 pm as he locked his store by two masked intruders. Bound hand and foot they robbed the cash drawer and escaped. Sigmund freed himself, went home in severe pain and was sent for surgery to remove a bullet likely lodged in his back. Sheriff and posse search for the assailants as the Missouri state origin noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Charles
Frank Sigmund
St. Paul
St. Charles County
Sigmund
St. Lovie
Madd
Collins
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Louis
Dierker
Boosse
Rabbis Discuss Transferring Sabbath to Sunday
New Orleans May 7 conference of American rabbis debated moving the Jewish Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. Supporters argued revival or transfer, opponents warned of undermining Hebraic faith. Dozens of addresses given. decision deferred to tomorrow afternoon with several days possible for final ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Conference of American Rabbis
United States
Israel
Biliousness Remedy Ad By H L Tucker
When the liver fails to secrete bile, the bowels become constipated. Herbine claims to act on the liver and excretory organs and a few doses will cure biliousness. Price 50 cents. H L Tucker.
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H. L. Tucker
Out of Revenge in Hamburg Man Fatally Shot
Charlee Clark a Hamburg business man was fatally shot by Lafayette Daniel also of Hamburg while Clark visited the divorced wife of Daniel. Daniel says the act was revenge for Clark influencing the divorce. Daniel is jailed after recent release from an insane asylum. Clark held in high esteem.
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St. Joseph
Charlee Clark
Hamburg
Lafayette Daniel
Clark
Daniel
Earthquake Devastates Martinique and St Pierre City
Reports from St Thomas to St Lucia describe Martinique and its main city St Pierre destroyed by volcanic disturbance and earthquakes. Roddman wrecked with crew losses. Roraima feared lost. Dominica and Leeward islands affected. Mount Pelee active. 160000 island population with 40000 in St Pierre.
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St. Thomas
Roddman
St. Lucia
St Pierre
Martinique
Freeman
St. Pierre
Quebec Steamship Company
Roraima
Muggah
New York
Island
St. Vincent
Windward Islands
Leeward Islands
British West Indian Island
Dominica
Martinque
Pierre
Madiann
Mount Pelee
Fort de France
Guatemala City
Republic of Guatemala
Sierras
Quesaltenango
Republic
Amatitlan
San Juan
San Marcos
Esquintla
Santa Lucia
Utalan
Schley Postpones Silver Service Presentation
Baltimore plans for a silver service presentation to Rear Admiral Schley are indefinitely postponed after Admiral Sampson's death. The donors will forward the gift with a letter to Washington by express.
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Baltimore
Schley
Cristobal Colon
Sampson
Washington
Rheumatism Treated By Herbine, Liver Blood Action
Rheumatism is traced to a poisoned blood condition and is most effectively treated by Herbine. The preparation acts on the liver and kidneys to cleanse the blood and alleviate symptoms.
Hero of 2 Duels Comes to America
New York May 8 Lieut Jean Marezai de Zoley late of the Fif teenth Hungarian Infantry arrives after twenty nine duels and one pistol duel, declaring he will earn an honest living in a free country. He paid 12 000 florins of debt, faced duels to defend honor, and seeks employment as a laboring gentleman. He intends to stay in America and work.
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New York
Europe
Jean Marezai de Zoley
Lieut
de Zoley
Emperor Francis Joseph
Patricia
de Zoldy
Hungary
Maesty
Mme
Budapest
Young de Zoldy
Secret water torture exposed in Philippines court martial
Secretary Root orders court martial for Captain James A. Ryan after a special prosecutor reports a brutal interrogation method used on Filipino natives. The method allegedly bound arms, flipped victims, and dunked heads in water, repeated three times, with about a dozen victims affected.
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Washington
Root
Philippines
James A. Ryan
Ryan
William Rhodes
Waldo Abing
Niece Captured Her Husband in Denver Case
In Denver May 8 district court Mrs Mabel D Piggott of Philadelphia won a 50000 judgment against her niece Charlotte Wheeler Byram for alienation of her husband Henry Herbert Piggott a former prominent Philadelphia lawyer. Piggott and Miss Byram married in Denver and Philadelphia years ago. Mrs Piggott pursued the litigation afterward.
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Denver
Uolo
Mabel D. Piggott
Philadelphia
Charlotte Wheeler Byram
Henry Herbert Piggott
Piggott
Miss Byram
Stops the Cold and Works off the Cold
A vintage advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for a cold with a no cure, no pay guarantee. The price is listed at 25 cents.
Murder by Wife Ends in Shooting in St Louis
In St Louis on May 9 William Murphy a 36 year old electrician was shot and killed by his wife Mary Murphy after a quarrel. She says he came home intoxicated and threatened to kill her and himself. They fought to the bureau drawer where the pistol was kept and she fired two shots.
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St. Louis
William Murphy
Mary Murphy
Murphy
Bethea flies to Chicago to file anti trust injunction
United States District Attorney Bethea arrived from Washington to prepare a Chicago filed bill against the beef trust. The suit targets six large packing houses and their branches for alleged price manipulation with rail and transport firms, seeking possible confiscation of meats and stock under a new legal theory. Pack ers fear large seizures and may unload meats to avoid loss.
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Chicago
United States
Bethea
Washington
Seven Die in Maumee River Pleasure Launch Disaster
In Toledo Ohio seven youths from a Sunday school class of First Baptist were drowned when a niptha launch capsized after being struck by a tug on the Maumee River. The boat owner Joseph W Hepburn invited eleven youths aboard. Survivors include Miss Clara Marks Arthur Marke and Miss Brave Lowe. Hepburn could not identify the drowned. survivors were too shaken to speak.
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Toledo
First Baptist Church
Maumee
Joseph W. Hepburn
Hepburn
Clara Marks
Arthur Marke
Brave Lowe
Buckeye Pile Ointment Promoted For Hemorrhoids
An advertisement touts Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment as a cure for stubborn piles and rectal cancer risk. It claims relief from inflamed nodules and lists prices of 50 cents per bottle and 75 cents per tube, signed H. L. Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabler
H. L. Tucker
Wanted to Be With Mother in Atchison Kansas
Paul Schmitt died at his Atchison home after his wife had died two weeks earlier. At 81 he remained active until Saturday morning and expressed a wish to be with his mother. The aged couple had been married fifty years and were only separated briefly. Schmitt, born in Germany, came to America and settled in Atchison in 1879.
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Atchison, Kan
Paul Schmitt
Schmitt
Mr. Schmitt
Germany
America
Atchison
Rebels Strike at Cheng-Ting-Fu in China Uprising
May 7 dispatch reports 10 000 armed rebels with several cannon active in Cheng Ting Fu Chi Li Province. Governor Yoon Shi Kai may lack sufficient troops as government forces with ten Gatling guns head to the disturbance. The uprising is led by a military matron who killed her family before the revolt.
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Pekin
Favier
Vier Apostolic
China
Cheng-Ting-Fu
Chi-Li
Yoon Shi Kai
Five Men Charged in Cincinnati Murder Case
In Dayton Kentucky early today G W Herget was killed during a disturbance at his home. His husband William Thornton Frank Kent Thomas Shields and William Murray were arrested on murder charges. Herget, son of a wealthy dairyman, had been in Pekin Illinois two years ago. After a monthly remittance arrived Thornton Shields and Murray visited the Herget home. a night disturbance followed. At 1 a.m. officers heard screams and found Mrs Herget prostrate in the yard badly stabbed. she died unable to name attackers.
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Cincinnati
G. W. Herget
Dayton
William Thornton
Frank Kent
Thomas Shields
William Marray
Ford Mattox
Lave Bao
Marrier
Herget
Pekin
Til
Caime Thornton
Shields
Murray
Ac lLoclock
Canker Worm Pest Strikes Northern Missouri Orchards
May 7 report from St Joseph notes a canker worm outbreak in Northern Missouri fruit belts, with ageple and peach cherry varieties affected. Growers apply standard copper sulfate sprays. one Armour orchard facing a $10,000 apple crop loss this year.
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St. Joseph
Missouri
Armour
Cold Sufferer Hails Allen's Lounge Balsam Cure
A distressed patient proclaims relief from a harsh cold after using Allen's Lounge Balsam. He describes the medicine as breaking the merciless cough fits, making the cough easier after a few doses and promising a complete cure with time.
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Allen
Carried a Lamp in His Sleep in Pueblo Tragedy
In Pueblo Colorado on May date Walter Craddock aged 14 died this afternoon from burns suffered last night when a lamp exploded as he approached his sister Edna in bed. Edna was burned as well and not expected to recover. The lamp lit bedclothes and the children's night dresses, causing severe injuries to both siblings.
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Pueblo, Colo, May
Walter Craddock
W. J. Cradcork
Edna
Educate Your Howels With Cascarets Candy Cathartic
An early 20th century advertorial promotes Cascarets as a cure for constipation claiming lasting relief. It mocks competitors and asserts broad effectiveness while urging readers to buy through local druggists and retailers.
Kitchener to Return to England for Leave
The Pioneer reports Lord Kitchener will go to England in July for four months leave and then command the Indian army beginning Christmas, as stated in the Indian city Allahabad.
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Allahabad
India
the Pioneer
Lord Kitchener
England
Perry Davis Painkiller Promised for Sprains and Sores
The advert notes slips on ice and wet ground cause soreness and bruising and promotes Perry Davis Painkiller as relief for bruised flesh and throbbing muscles, claiming it has given relief to many and remains the sole Perry Davis Painkiller.
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Perry Davis
Anti Beef League Forms at General Electric Plant
Lynn Massachusetts May 6 an anti beef eating league is being organized among five thousand GE employees between fifteen hundred and seventeen hundred names have been secured representing three thousand five hundred consumers local dealers report falling meat consumption St Paul May 9 dispatches from Northern Minnesota report a heavy snow storm this afternoon garden stuff is said to be injured to some extent
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Lynn
Mass
General Electric Company
St. Paul
Minnesota
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J. Tygard
Newserry
J. C.clare
E Bates Rag
Batan Lianep Dev
Bates County Investment Co
Ibutler, MO
Capital
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Troan
Jee
C. Hayes
Abetractor
How
J. Bb
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J.C. Crasn Seo'y
Trons Tanmoen
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Offett
J. Mopfett
M. D. St Louis
Chris
Tian
Walgoe
Kitchener
Anti-Beef League
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