Missing Chinaman linked to Elsie Sigel case at New York room
A damaged clipping reports a man calling himself Joseph Lang a Chinese man visiting the New York room where a trunk was found. Lang claimed his cousin Elsie Sigel lived there with parents and had performed at a Chinese theater three weeks earlier.
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Elsie
Elizabeth Sigel
Wadsworth Avenue
New York City
Joseph K. Lang
Eighth Avenue House
Lang
Philadelphia
Elsie Siget— Er
E Chinese Theater
Dayton Honors Wright Brothers for Aerial Breakthrough
Ohio applauds Wilbur and Orville Wright as Dayton presents government medals in a grand ceremony. General James Allen outlines their historic public contract and flight achievements, while Governor Harmon lauds their genius and industrious character before 2,500 students and statewide officials.
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Wilbur
Orville Wright
Dayton
Wright Brothers
James Allen
Army
Secretary of War
United States
America
General Alien
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Philadelphia
Wilbur ‘Wright
England
Spain
Italy
Rome
Wright
Allen
Ohio
Milton Wright
Katherine Wright
Harmon
California Fig Syrup Co Promotes Product Purity
The California Fig Syrup Co explains its laxative Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna by detailing the full statement on each package. It claims strict manufacturing methods, uses California figs for flavor, and urges purchases from leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
California
Fornia Fig Syrup Co
Wright brothers honor parade ends with medallets
At Dayton a public demonstration for the Wright brothers concluded with medals awarded by J Sprigg McMahon and presented to Katherine Wright. Midshipman Richard W Wuest from Cincinnati attended the event while awaiting sea duty. The brothers planned to depart for Washington that night as spectators watched an aviation display including balloon ascents nearby.
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United States Navy
Wright Brothers
Dayton
First Regiment
Kessler
Cincinnati
Richard W. Wuest
Annapolis Naval Academy
Erson Ithe
Katherine
Wright
Washington
O Stevens
New York
Fair Grounds
Mechanic C B Taylor Arrives to Prep Wright Airship
C B Taylor, who aided Orville Wright at Fort Myer trials, arrived in Washington to ready the aeroplane for a flight on Monday as Orville and Wilbur Wright resume official trials before the army board.
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Washington
C. B. Taylor
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Orville
Wibur Wright
Army Board
Balloon catastrophe in St Petersberg claims four lives
In St Petersburg a military balloon crash killed Court Chamberlain Palitzin and his wife, fatally injuring them and injuring two others. Captain Korbe survived with a broken leg while Count Rostof seff suffered severe contusions as the balloon descended after Rostoff pulled the rip cord by mistake.
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ST. Petersburg
Palitzin
Wannowski
Army Department
Korbe
Count Roatof
Empress
Alexandra
Count Rostof
Count Rosofft- Seff
Mrs Pierce Quietly Takes refuge at Beverly Farms
Boston reports Mrs Tom Pierce now resides at Beverly Farms with Adele Ritchie after a tumultuous public life. Once Alice Crowinshield Rogers she enjoyed Boston society until marriage to railroad heir Tom Pierce yielded divorce in 1907 and alimony of 500 dollars a month. Pierce has since planned remarriage.
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Boston
Tom Pierce
Beverly Farms
Mass
Adele Ritchie
Alice Crowinshield Rogers
Salem
New England
Pierce
Chasing Chickens As A Young Child
A childhood memory recalls living in the country with father keeping hens. The narrator loved chasing chickens to watch them fly. He captures two pullets in a coop, sits to rest, and is soon rescued by his mother who scolds him gently.
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Mother
Andrew Deck
Electric sign blaze at Pickering building injures none
A large Gillette safety razor sign atop the Pickering building burst into flames as wires near its base crossed. P Connor from the Denison hotel attempted to extinguish the fire before an alarm summoned help. Fire crews doused the blaze and the sign remained dark afterward.
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Gillete Safety Razor
Pickering
P. Connor
Denison Hotel
Treans
Wes
Police Chiefs Convene United to Exterminate Mafia Ties
Major Richard Sylvester of Washington and Harvey Carr of Grand Rapids were reelected president and secretary treasurer at the International Association of Chiefs of Police meeting. Michael Regan of Buffalo was named first vice president, James McSweeney of South Bend second. A resolution condemning Mafia linked murder and urging chiefs to aid efforts to exterminate such criminals was adopted. Chicago hosts next convention.
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Buffalo
N. Y
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Richard Sylvester
Washington, D. C
Harvey C. Carr
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michael Regan
James McSweeney
South Bend
Ind
Haager
Louisville
Sicilians Arrigo and Spadora Plead Not Guilty in U S Case
Arrigo and Spadora were arraigned before United States Commissioner Joseph Adler on charges of being accomplices and leaders in black hand outrages and extortions. They pleaded not guilty. bonds set at $5,000 each, hearing scheduled for July 2.
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Vincent Arrigo
Francisco Spadora
United States
Joseph Adler
Cogan & Williams
Showman's Bride Suspected of Poison in Circus Town
Mrs. Murphy, a bride from Nashville now living in a circuses’ quarters, was found dead by suspected poison. Neighbors recall her as generous and well liked. a coroner found no note of self harm. She had recent purchases, medicines, and a possible acquaintance from Nashville appeared before the tragedy.
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Mrs. Rose
James Wasseman
Fifth and Vine Streets
Bride
Bismarck
First Porto Rican Women Doctors Ready to Practice
Two young women graduates from the Women's Medical College, Dr. Anita Janer and Dr. Biliza Rivera, will be the first Porto Rican female physicians to practice in Puerto Rico. Both earned top marks, with perfect 100s and an overall 95 percent average. Janer, 21, received the college gold medal, while Rivera, 21, earned high praise for her work.
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Commercial Tribone
Baltimore
Anita Janer
Biliza Rivera
Women's Medical College
Baltimore Medical College
Woman's Medical College
Miss Janer
Miss Rivera
Janer
Girl With Manly Voice Gains Quick Fame in London
A 16 year old tobacco firm worker nicknamed Marie Dreams, trained by Miss Almy Jones, astonishes doctors and laryngologists with a contralto voice described as a perfectly formed male throat. The girl’s rapid rise follows a private training and public trials before London experts.
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London
Almy Jones
Miss Jones
Marie
Mias Jones
Reading
Theatrical Man's Wife Must Serve Her Term
The appellate division of the supreme court confirmed the conviction of Mrs. Margaret Teal wife of Ben Teal theatrical manager for attempted subornation of perjury in the divorce case Helen Kelly Gould against Frank J. Gould. She is imprisoned on Blackwell's Island serving a one year term.
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New York
The
Supreme Court Today
Margaret Teal
Ben Teal
Helen Kelly Gould
Frank J. Gould
City Sued for 10000 by Church Over Landslide Damages
The German Evangelical Protestant Church of Lower River road sues the city for 10000 claiming earth cracks widened by a city driven road project and a recent rain caused a landslide that damaged the parsonage, church walls, ceilings, and outbuildings. Attorneys Tischbein & Tischbein represent the church.
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Mdttini
Lower River Road
Biberen Avenue
William Littleford
Tischbien & Tischbein
John Berger
Anna Berger
D. C. Tappe
Va Brandenburg
Modern Furniture Company
Anna
W. C. Mardoff
Cushing
Frank H. Batsche
Traction Company
East Front Street
Joseph T. Harrison
Outcast & Hickenlooper
Fred W. Elberg
Conray Fey
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
Elmwood
Archbishop Moeller
Albin B. Overman
Conrad
Spangenberg & Spangenberg
Love Potion Motive Behind $6 Robbery in West Side Court
Astina Sandron, a Finn, admits stealing Minnie Henry's dress, feather boa, and a gold watch from a Third Street flat after claiming a fortune teller provided a love potion that excused her acts. She says the potion provoked her, and judge Corrigan holds her for the grand jury in bond of 3000.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
One Hundred and Third Street
Minnie Henry
Minnie
Judge
Forty-second Street
Astina
Corrigan
Bonda
Bitterly Fought Divorce Ends in Butler County
In Hamilton Ohio on June 18 Judge Hartkoff granted Elizabeth Dearmond a divorce from Byron Dearmond after a lengthy contested case. Mrs Dearmond seeks $20 000 damages from her former mother in law and others accused by Dearmond in counter pleadings. The decree is believed to close the long running dispute.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Butler County
Hartkoff
Elizabeth Dearmond
Byron Dearmond
City Briefs Chronicle Local Community Happenings
Rabbi Louis Grossmann installed Samuel Schwartz as rabbi of the Bene Yeshuram in Cleveland. Rabbi Martin Zielonka plans study in Chicago then return for a summer visit. Frances Kurozski, 401 Center Hill Elmwood Place Ohio, missing since Tuesday. mother seeks police help. Six Carthage High School graduates received diplomas. address to class by Rev. C. W. Blodgett. Joseph Cordy 55 found dead from brain hemorrhage. $271 cash, $600 in bank, $1,300 note found. North Fairmount Improvement Association met at Macebabe Hall on Carl Street. Switchman David Morris injured after being crushed between cars at Pennsylvania yards.
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Louis Grossmann
Samuel Schwartz
Bene Yeshuram
Cleveland
Martin Zielonka
Betts Street
Chicago
Frances Kurozski
Center Hill Avenue
Elmwood Place
Carthage High School
C. W. Blodgett
George R. Babbs
Walter Phillips
Louisa Hines
Edith Krause
Hilda Miller
Erna Hettrich
Joseph Cordy
St. Joseph's Foundling Asylum
Coe
Cordy
North Fairmount
Pennsylvania Yards
David Morris
Eastern Avenue
Good Samari Eee Moo Theadjaritan Hospital
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Thekla Meder
Adam Meder
Chico Humane Society
Alice M. Washington
Henry M. Washington
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Bernard Klein
Lunkenheimer Company
Sixth
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Bates & Meyers
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Denman Institute
Probate Court
Mary A. Adams
Little Sisters of the Poor
Clifton
Florence Avenue
St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum
St George's Catholic Church
Sts Xavier's Church
Jessie Trumpeter
Ellen Schafer
Longworth Street
Agnes Fitzpatrick
Minnie Mappes
Katherine Hempelman
Anna Maria Hartke
William G. Woods
Charles H. Wood
Alice Raschig
Herman H. Raschig
William W. Henrie, Jr
B. Henrie
Rufus E. Burgess
Warner
John Grace
John J. Molley
Pinchkowsky Art Manufacturing Company
George P. Houston
Hostetter Company
Alexander Fries
Jerse
Keck Manufacturing Company
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Esau Sallah
Muller
Iday
Unita
Common Pleas Court
Ministratrix
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Frei W. E
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Lawrence Creefen
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Elmer Company
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