Michigan Fiend Kills Family Then Wounds Baby and Self
Howard Cirr Mich May 12 Joseph Harvey Wednesday night killed his wife his uncle Robert Pierson and his grandmother and mortally wounded his three months old child and his father in law John Logenslayer He shot himself in the neck but survived Despite killings the motive remains undetermined Authorities report a grisly scene at Piersons home and at Harvey’s residence with threats of lynching and no clear trigger given
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Howard Cirr
Mich
Jos
Harvey
Robert Pierson
John Logenslayer
Pierson
Freight Handlers Strike Grows At Burrato Port
About 2,000 freight handlers pledge not to work for any contractor and walkout at Burrato. Sympathy actions with grain scoopers spread.
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Burrato
N. Y
Lehigh Valley
Central
Erie
Woman jumps from sixth story at Michigan sanitarium
A Thursday night incident at a BaTTLEE CREEK sanitarium reports a woman leaped from a sixth floor window and died instantly. Officials refuse to name the deceased, though rumors say she was a prominent Chicago woman.
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Battlee Creek
Mich
Sanitarium
Chicago
Barber shoots woman then kills himself in Milwaukee tragedy
Milwaukee May 13 George Hinkley a barber at the Plankinton hotel shop shot Miss Bertha Kruege then killed himself Thursday afternoon. The tragedy stemmed from a love affair. A corset steel deflected the first bullet and the girl escaped with only a flesh wound.
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Milwaukee
Wis
George Hinkley
Plankinton House
Bertha Kruege
Navy to not influence Dewey in route home
May 13 Wasinixdoxs Secretary Long stated the navy department will not seek to influence Admiral Dewey in any manner in choosing the route by which he returns to the United States.
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Wasnixdoxs
Long
Navy Department
Adm
Dewey
United States
Admiral Dewey Coming Home From the Pacific
Adm. Dewey notified the navy department that he would depart for home within days, making the probable arrival in the early part of July if nothing delays him. The report places a high profile naval figure returning amid postwar tidings and public interest.
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Dewey
Wasnixctos
Gavy Department
Train Collision Near Exeter Kills and Injures Many
A Philadelphia Reading line collision at Exeter six miles south of Rea ding Friday night left 15 to 25 dead and at least 50 injured. An extra party train rear-ended the express while stopped for orders, telescoping three cars. Sen ator Boies Penrose and Gen E Burd Grubb survived uninjured, with relief trains dispatched and casualties transported to Reading Potts town and Morristown.
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Reaprxe
Philadelphia & Reading
Exeter
Pottsville
Philadelphia
Reading
Harrisburg
Morristown
United States
Boies Penrose
Gen. E. Burd Grubb
Penrose
Pottstown
Ex Gov Roswell P Flower Dies at Eastport Club
Former New York governor Roswell P Flower died Friday night at 10 30 at Eastport Country Club Long Island after a day of acute indigestion and heart failure A fainting spell preceded the death and his wife and nephew rushed to him from New York City with his physician Dr Thomas H Allen accompanying them by special train to Eastport
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New York
Roswell P. Flower
Eastport Country Club
Eastport
L. I
Flower
Filipinos Routed at San Ildfonso Fortifications Fall
A Manila dispatch reports General Lawton's forces attacked rebels behind strong fortifications at San Ildfonso north of Balinag and drove them out. One American was wounded in the action, the New York Herald noted on May 13.
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Lawton
San Ildfonso
New York
The
Herald
Manila
Balinag
Uawton
Mrs Choate Opens Cromwell House Art Exhibition
Mrs. Joseph H. Choate wife of the United States ambassador officiated for the first time at a public function opening the amateur art exhibition at Cromwell House in the presence of a distinguished company Friday afternoon May 13.
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Choate
Luspex
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Cromwell House
Fatal Accident at Centralia Colliery Reported
CENTRALIA Pa May 13 An accident at the Centralia colliery Friday resulted in the death of four men and the fatal injury of two others Six more men sustained cuts and bruises in the incident.
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Centralia. Pa
Centralia
Sailship Nelson sinks after gale off Grand Marais
The schooner Nelson carrying coal sank in 309 feet off Grand Marais after a gale of 59 miles per hour drove her tow line to part. Captain Haghney and crew of six sailors perished. only the Folsom and Mitchell escaped damage as they returned to port.
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Grand Marains
White
White Fish Point
Nelson
The World Without Christianity Would Wind Toward Eternal Winter
A sermon imagines a world without the gospel, depicting global catastrophe if atheism triumphs. The speaker argues Christian influence raised women and restrained vice, warning that losing faith would unleash societal decay, infanticide, and unbounded immorality.
Janitor fatally struck after refusing drinks in Cutcaco
A Cutcaco janitor refused to buy drinks with two men at a saloon on Sunday. He was struck a fatal blow by one companion and died minutes later after being found unconscious by two policemen. He was father to Henry P. Reitz, second baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Edward R. Reitz, of Sacramento.
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Cutcaco
Jefferson Eshock Avenue
Laflin Street
Reitz
Henry P. Reitz
Pittsburgh
Edward R. Reitz
Sacramento
Cal
Dr John T Greene elected president of southern baptist seminary
Louisvi ll e Ky May 15 Dr John T Greene of Missouri was elected at noon Saturday to succeed Dr W Hi Whitsitt as president of the Southern Baptist seminary. The decision ends a long struggle with Whitsitt faction victory seen. Dr J H F Kerfoot and Dr J R Sampey had been considered candidates but withdrew.
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John T. Greene
Missouri
Southern Baptist Seminary
LouisviL_e
W. Hi. Whitsitt
Greene
Whitsitt
J. H. F. Kerfoot
Cleveland alive after death rumors travel to Middle Bass Island
The special tug sent to Middle Bass Island reached Sanduky shortly before two, confirming ex President Cleveland is alive and well. He denounced the rumors as absurd, became provoked, and walked into the club house.
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Tolepo
Middle Bass Island
Cleveland
Sanduky
Kerr convicted of second degree murder in Valley case
Omaha Neb May 15 John Kerr was convicted of murder in the second degree for killing his father in law John Reid at Valley Douglas county last year The killing arose from Kerrs attempt to reconcile with his divorced wife during which he was severely beaten by Reid
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Omaha
Neb
John Kerr
John Reid
Valley
Douglas County
Kerr
Reid
Morris Sale of Yearlings Contestor and Lator
New York on May 15 reports A H and D Morris sold their promising year-olds Contestor and Lator for about 15000 dollars. Purchaser named as F Alexandre.
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New York
A. H
D. Morris
Contestor
Lator
F. Alexandre
Wooden stirrups saved him in trolley accident
Clarksville Tennessee May a horse ridden by Louis Johnson struck and killed on a live trolley wire. The animal died instantly but Johnson credits a wooden thick blanket and padded saddle for saving his life.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Louis Johnson
Infidels and atheists in a prophetic call to take the world for God
A fiery sermon decries infidelity and atheism threatening civilization. It calls for extremist religious zeal, denounces missionaries being sent home, and prophesies a divine restoration as Christianity triumphs globally across Britain, the United States, Asia, and Africa.
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Talmage
Fies
Tropics
Arctic
Antarctic
Cotopaxi
Vesuvius
Etna
Stromboli
California
Hemisphere
Universal Nova Zembia
Earth
Archangels
England
United
China
Barbary
Borneo
Tartary
Egy
Hindustan
Hersband
Bethlehem
Greenwood’s
Laurel Hill
Jesus
Heaven
Pelion
Ossa
Pearl
Lim
God
Christ
Sandwich Islands
India
Dr. Duff
David Abeel
Dr. King
Greece
Judson
Burma
David Brainerd
The
Cross
London Missionary Society
American Board of Foreign Missions
London
Great Britain
Europe
United States
America
Asia
Africa
Zerubbabel
Be Was a Real Boy Lady and the Neighbor Boy
A fragmented Harlem Life dialogue shows a moving scene with a woman about to relocate and a neighbor’s child. The boy Sam replies dramatically that once she leaves he will break all the windows, implying mischief or distress tied to the departure.
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Sammy
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Hell
Eider
St. Peters
St. Pauls
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Morris
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