Officer Unshushed In Ambush in Milo Near Columbus
Frederick Lange a Marion township constable living in Milo suburb was shot from ambush and rushed to St Francis hospital in precarious condition. The assailant fired from behind the Milo schoolhouse wall and fled after Lange collapsed on the sidewalk. The bullet hit Lange’s neck and lodged behind the shoulder.
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Columbus
Frederick Lange
Marion Township
Milo
St. Francis Hospital
Lange
Rockefeller Delinquent In Tax Record At Forest Hill Estate
John D. Rockefeller is listed as delinquent for 76 dollars due on a personal return of 3800 dollars in property. He settled the remainder of his taxes before the deadline while his Forest Hill estate faced tax action. An interurban wreck in Elyria on July 25 left three people seriously or fatally injured and numerous others with minor injuries on the Cleveland & Southwestern line.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Elyria, O
Cleveland & Southwestern
Elyria Hospital
Joseph Crane
K. J. Washburn
F. J. Gibson
Oberiin
Conneaut, O
Pittsburg and
Conneaut Dock
A. Matson
B. Quick
Matson
Quick
Beware
St. Louis
Ivan Demeter
Appalachia
Union Station
Warner Sparks
Hugh Gavin
Inter state Products company forms amid elevator network
Toledo reports a new Inter state Products company with capitalization of 4 million dollars. Francis J. Wing, ex judge for the northern district of Ohio, leads the venture which now controls 200 elevators. In Kenton Clyde Longfellow killed W B Pool, reportedly after Pool accused his son in law of abusing his daughter. Cleveland warns of dockworkers and miners strike risk affecting ore transport by rail if it lasts. Wellston records death of August Deerin crushed unloading ties when a car rolled over him near Chapman mine.
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Toledo
Interstate Products Company
Francis J. Wing
United States
Northern Distrct
Ohio
Kenton
Clyde Long
Felow
W. B. Pool
Pool
Longfellow
Wellston
Deerin
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway
Chapman Mine
Deeing
William “Nelson
Sing. Sing
Osinning
Lizzie Norman
Co. W. Porter
Bowling Green
Toronto
Butte
Haywood
John A. Zuck
National Branch Bank
The
National Order of Red Men
Marion
Ind
John “Maxwell
Amsterdam
Chicago & Northwestern
Kenosha
Wis
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Clements
Interstate Commerce Commission
Augusta
New York
Roediger
Margaret Carpenter
Brooklyn
Mineral Wells
Tex
Newton C. Blanchard
Louisiana
Washington
Charles W. Fairbanks
Boston
Danvers
Brazil
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oz Company
Fairhaven
Mass
Boston Plumbers’ Union
Arizona Coppermpany
Clifton
Ariza
New Haven
Elijah J. Pearson
Ross Pearson
William Collins
Enoch Collins
Sweetwater
Ten
Eau Claire
Michadame Fromkina
Lay
R Bote
Moscow
Charles E. Johnson
Bigler Johnson
Anna Benjamin
Towanda
Joseph Turner
Williams Creek
Harlan
Cumberland River
Little Rock
Ark
Anna Loowe
Prominent Kenton Lawyer jailed for forgery charge
Thomas Black a leading Kenton lawyer and former two term mayor surrendered to the sheriff and confessed to forging papers involving about $28,000. The prominent figure is jailed as authorities investigate the case.
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Kenton
Thomas Black
Black
Local notices cover deaths, accidents, and crimes in Ohio
Annie Hawk 12 rides a horse when struck by lightning near Gallipolis and dies instantly as the horse perishes. Rose Maddox is murdered by two unknown black men opposite Huntington, West Virginia. A wharfboat at Portsmouth sinks bearing heavy freight, with losses over 4000 dollars. Otto Balser, three, drowns in a well at Jacksonburg. Pearl Waring is shot and killed by Orb Anderson after refusing marriage. he later poisons himself but survives. An Ohio judge upholds a county salary law as constitutional.
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Gallipolis
Annie
John Hawk
Ironton
Rose Maddox
Huntington
W. V
Multiple world events and crimes reported in a single dispatch
A mix of executions, accidents, thefts, and political notes spans the U S and abroad. Highlights include Nelson executed in Sing Sing for Lizzie Norman’s murder, Porter injured in Toronto, miners in Butte jubilant over Haywood’s acquittal, and a Kansas City heat tragedy.
Embezzlement Charge Shocks Retiring County Clerk
William J. Lemonin, retiring Jefferson County clerk in Louisville, faces arrest on embezzlement charges alleging a shortfall of about 45 000 to 50 000 dollars. Mayor Bingham prompted the arrest amid public uproar as officials confirm a multi year shortage. State Auditor Hager reports accounts correct only up to June 1 1907.
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Louisville
William J. Lemonin
Jefferson County
Bingham
Semonin
Court of Appeals
Democra
Phillip B. Thompson
Hager
Lemonin
Plans for Salvation Army succession by General Booth
General Booth announces a sealed plan for the Salvation Army's leadership, with Bramwell Booth likely to succeed him and Commissioner Howard and Commissioner Booth-Tucker named as alternates if needed. The army would be led by a single leader rather than a committee.
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General Booth
The
Salvation Army
London
William Booth
Great Britain
Electric Flash
Booth
Army
Bramwell Booth
Howard
Booth-Tucker
Live Stock and Grain Prices Across Cities Reported
Chicago livestock prices show cattle ranges with steers at 4 60 to 7 385, cows at 3 00 to 5 25, heifers 8 00 to 5 50, bulls 2 80 to 5 00, calves 3 90 to 7 25, sheep 3 73 to 6 00, lambs 5 00 to 7 25, hogs 5 70 to 8 45. East Buffalo ships cattle at 3 00 to 8 00, sheep 4 70 to 7 25, hogs 4 00 to 6 90. Pittsburg reports cattle 3 50 to 6 75, calves 5 00, hogs 6 60 to 7 75. Cleveland lists cattle to 5 60 fat steers 4 60 to 5 60, milkers 16 00 to 60 00, calves 8 00, lambs 6 00 to 9 00. Grain prices include Wheat No 2 red 1 92, Corn No 2 56 66, Oats 46 46 42, Rye 3 Bic, Barley 1 00. Hogs 5 25 to 6 60, Cattle 2 25 to 6 00, Sheep 2 00 to 4 88, Lambs 4 75 to 7 50. Boston lists wool quot. Ohio Pennsylvanian wools, while Toledo notes wheat 9 10, oats 49 14.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Boston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Toledo
New Jury Demanded in Halsey Bribery Case
In San Francisco Judge Dunne ordered a fresh panel of 60 jurors for the bribery case against T W Halsey former competition agent for Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph. Trial delayed to Wednesday morning as Sheriff O Neill returns jurors for valid excuses. Louis Glass bond renewed in Lawlor court and bail settled with Pacific Surety remaining as surety.
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Dunne
San Francisco
T. W. Halsey
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
O’neill
Loan Bank Looted in Chicago Heist at Malone Bank
A thief robbed Leonard Malone’s private loan bank at 159 West Taylor Street of 2000 in gold and 1500 in negotiable checks. Mrs. Malone alerted police after spotting the suspect in the office and he escaped via the back door. The checks were indorsed and transferable by railroad employees.
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Chicago
Leonard Malone
West Taylor Street
Malone
Armed Conley sisters guard tribal graves in Kansas City
Helena Ida and Lida Conley of the Wyandotte tribe have armed guards at the Huron cemetery in Kansas City Kansas as Congress authorized selling the burial ground. They threaten to shoot anyone who attempts to move the bodies and began erecting a shanty on the cemetery edge. The dispute centers on sale proceeds to be divided among remaining Wyandotte members after graves are disturbed.
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Kansas City
Helena
Ida
Lida Conley
Huron Cemetery
Kan
Congress
Conley
Ministerial fate rides on Hen family tale
A New York Tribune excerpt narrates a macabre farmyard fable in which a boy Willie is killed by an ax during a quarrel among sisters after the minister visits the farmhouse. The Mother Hen consoles the brood while joking Willie would have made a poor layman in life.
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Hen
Willie
New York Tribune
The Slow Pottering Gordon Setter in Hunting
The Gordon setter, once popular with American sportsmen, is described as the slow, pottering bird dog noted for close work, good nose, steadiness on point, and retriever ability. Critics say modern aims favor speed and wide range, reducing the breed’s hunting role.
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Gordon
Ed I’. Huberlein
Boots With a Drawback in South Africa Camp
An army officer gifts a native boy a pair of heavy nailed boots. The boy wears them briefly, then explains the boots are too slow for walking or running and keep them for wear in bed. The tale highlights cultural misunderstandings and humor in colonial settings.
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South Africa
Chums
Origin of a Well Preserved Joke
Nasica visits Ennius at his home and finds the poet away only to discover later Ennius really was home. Nasica then uses the servant’s word to justify a false alarm and Ennius questions the claim. Cicero notes the anecdote in De Oratore.
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Nasica
Ennius
Enniua
Cicero
Class Geometry Class Prank Text Returns as Impudence
A geology class collector joke ends with the teacher misclassifying rocks and concluding a brick represents impudence. The scene shows a teacher examining specimens and naming quartz feldspar sandstone before branding the brick as impudence.
Five men arrested in Rich Ore theft at Little Florence mine
Five assay ers were arrested and 1500 pounds of high grade ore valued at $50,000 were recovered from the Little Florence mine. Suspects named M. J. Smith S. H. Prince C. J. Trask Henry Dutzenheiser and Fred Dutzenheiser under surveillance as more arrests are expected.
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Goldfeld
Nev
Little Florence
M. J. Smith
H. Prince
C. J. Trask
Henry Dutzenheiser
Fred Dutzenheiser
Abbe Felix Klein sails for United States lectures in Chicago
Abbe Felix Klein a Paris University professor and French academy laureate sails for the United States. He will stay briefly in New York then lecture at the University of Chicago on French church and social matters. Longshoremen strike at Cunard docks in New York as Umbria arrives demanding 60 cents hour for Sunday work.
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Abbe Klein
Paris
Abbe Felix Klein
United States
University of Paris
French Academy
New York
University of Chicago
Cunard Line
Umbria
Liverpool
Passengarz
Tcer
Zoa-Phora Promises Safe Women’s Medicine by Pengelly
An advertisement extols Zoa-Phora as a trusted remedy for uterine and female ailments. It claims careful ingredient selection avoiding narcotics and alcohol, cites medical authorities and Dr. Pengelly’s two decades of practice, and offers a sealed bottle with instructions and a booklet to women.
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Pengelly
United States
Zou-Phora
Dr. Pengelly
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