Louis James Recalls John Wilkes Booth on Stage
Louis James, famed actor and veteran, recalls his wartime start, eyewitness to Lincoln's assassination night in Washington, and long acquaintance with John Wilkes Booth. He praises Booth's Richard III performance, notes Booth's charisma and athleticism, and contrasts his impulsive genius with a sense of remorse over Booth’s fate.
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Louis James
Peer Gynt
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Booth
Baltimore
Uttle
John Wilkes
Richard
Ed Tilton
Richmond
Tilton
Sam Crester
Harry Langdon
Owen Fawcett
The Chicago Record-Herald and Public Service
An independent Chicago daily praised for fearless fair reporting and strong public welfare stance. It emphasizes independence from interests, comprehensive news coverage of political events, and a mission to battle for the community’s welfare.
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United States
Chicago Record- Herald
Chicago
Record-Herald
Record- Herald
Track Laying on the Electric Road Delayed
Track laying between Pueblo and the Turkey Creek stone quarries by the Kansas Colorado Electric Railroad is delayed ten days to two weeks, postponing expected work to begin today or tomorrow.
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Kansas-Colorado Electric Railroad Company
Pueblo
Turkey Creek
Locomotive shortage slows Pueblo project work
Unable to hire any locomotive from Colorado lines, the Kansas Colorado Electric project must await a Chicago-ordered engine. Rail traffic has surged post election, tying up rolling stock. The Pueblo mill rails and grade ties are ready, and track laying depends on securing motive power to meet January road completion deadlines. The delay is expected to end by month’s end.
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Colorado
Chicago
Midland
al Hed
Cripple Creek
Denver & Rio Grande Company
Kansas-Colorado Electric Company
Prisoners Arraigned in District Court on Monday
Five jail inmates and two penitentiary convicts appeared before Judge Bailey. The two horse thieves, recaptured after escape, pleaded not guilty while handcuffed together. Several defendants entered not guilty pleas. Ben Alberta pled guilty. Defense counsel appointed for some, with motions and demurrers dominating court business.
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Tony Disantis
Ian Italian
Everett Hofflicker
United States
Arthur McCant
Percy Tullis
Chandler
McCant
Rawlins
Wyoming
Tullis
Walter Knight
Knight
Ben Alberta
Portland
Leroy Miller
Miller
George Arnold
Canon City
Prospect Heights
Meys
Fire at Dodd & Bros Book Store Causes Large Loss
Fire in the rear of Dodd & Bros book store on 58th street Little Rock Ark caused an estimated loss of 100000 with only partial insurance. Officials investigated the blaze reported this morning.
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Little Rock Ark
Dodd & Bros. Book
58Th Street
John Bradley Given Forty Five Years in State Prison
John Bradley alias John Brennan, the horse thief who killed Patrolman W. P. Stevens in Denver, was sentenced by Judge Riddle to 35 to 45 years. He will serve about 18 years 7 months if a model prisoner. The murder occurred August 25 at South Emmerson and Evans streets after Bradley rode one horse and led two. Detectives arrested him after a ranch stop and a dead horse nearby was found. The verdict rested on circumstantial evidence linking Bradley to the shooting and horses described by Stevens.
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John Bradley
John Brennan
W. P. Stevens
Denver
Riddle
Westside
Bradley
Stephens
South Emmerson
Evans Streets
Sullivan
Tylee
Kinney
Leyden
Pit boss shoots woman after loan request refused
Trinidad reports Jack Madden a Ludlow pit boss at Green Canon Coal mines shot and seriously wounded Ida Hart and Thomas Hart after she refused a money loan. Madden fled and remains at large.
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Trinidad
Jack Madden
Green Canon
Ludlow
Ida Hart
Thomas Hart
Hart
Madden
Miners Trapped After Radbed Mine Blast In Hamm
Rescue teams remain unable to reach entombed miners at the Radbed mine after a fire damp explosion. About 260 miners are believed beneath the ground with no hope of rescue. Twenty seven injured were brought to hospitals and thirty bodies recovered. Authorities keep the shaft area closed as families react in distress and dynamite stores risk further blasts. Efforts to fight the fire continue.
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Hamm
Westphalia
Germany
Canon City Merchant’s Aassociation official returns home
Secretary D. W. Ross of the Canon City Merchants Association was discharged from Minnequa Hospital in Pueblo after a three week stay and returned home Saturday.
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D. W. Ross
Canon City Merchant’s Association
Minnequa Hospital
Pueblo
Local executive shows improved condition and recovery hope
Ratification notices indicate Mr. Ross is in greatly improved health with general hope for a speedy recovery. He hopes to return to his office in a few days.
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Ross
November District Court opens with light docket
The November term of the county district court began with Judge M. Bailey presiding. Prisoners in the county jail were arraigned, jury to be called next week. Only fourteen criminal cases scheduled, term likely two to three weeks. Prof. F. F. Thompson returns from Missouri after his mother’s death. friends extend sympathy.
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Bailey
F. F. Thompson
Canon City
Fyan
Missouri
Thompcocs
Rockefeller to Testify in Standard Oil Dissolution Case
New York November 14 John D Rockefeller is expected to testify when the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil resumes next week He plans to tell the story of the corporation and clear up matters he says are left unclear He has long desired to set the record straight about the company
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New York
John D. Rockafeller
Standard Oil Company
Rockafeller
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