Mysterious Mr Smooth Warns Norwood Women To Watch
In a rambling piece the so called Mysterious Mr Smooth warns Norwood residents to beware and describes his day calling at John Church Piano Co Hawke Bros Dressel's and a library project. He hints at avoiding capture as he visits several shops and meets a wary public.
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Norwood
John Church Piano Company
Hawke Bros
John Mitchell Furniture Company
Mr. Smooth
Commercial Tribune
Slayscalp & Co., Publishers
Dr. Cadwallader
New Library
Montgomery Street
Dressel's
the Commercial Tribune
Cadwallader
Ashland Avenue
Dressel
Norwood Library
Pastor Quit Episcopal Rector Amid Missing Heiress
The Rev. Jere Knode Cooke resigned as rector of St George's Episcopal Church Hempstead after a letter asking to be dropped from the ministry. Simultaneously Miss Floretta Whaley, an 17 year old heiress to a $125000 fortune, disappeared from her grandmother's home. The vestry and Bishop Burgess question his fitness and note the church finances are sound.
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Omercial Tribune
New York
Jere Knode Cooke
Hempstead
L. I
Burgess
Cooke
Floretta Whaley
Mr. Coolke
Rienzi A. Clarke
Hartford, Conn
Miss Whaley
Mr. Cooke
Long Island
Grace Church
Baltimore
Roosevelt unveils McClellan statue amid peace plea
President Roosevelt headlines the unveiling in Washington of Major General George McClellan’s bronze statue amid calls for peace and just conduct. He lauds the “really good woman” and stresses a two fold test for fortune, earned and spent. General N M Curtis named Potomac Society president.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
George McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Roosevelt
McClellan
George B. McClellan
New York
New Jersey
Curtis
Society of the Potomac
N. M. Curtis
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Congress
Society
Henry C. Dwight
Horatio Co. King
Frank S. Holliday
W. F
Extradition Ties Grow With Ohio in New York Case
District Attorney Jerome announces no more chances on Ohio fugitive returns after Scrugham arrest linked to New York Life matter. He cites Hahn case delays in Ohio and hints federal help in probe of the International Policy Holders Committee. Brewer fined for falsified report. Fairchild and Perkins indicted in related Prussian bond transactions.
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Scrugham
Hahn Case
Commercial Tribune
New York
Atte Eit Eee
New York Life Company
George R. Scrugham
International Policy Holders’ Committee
Jerome
Ohio
William H. Hahn
Hahn
Manhattan Fire Insurance Company
Manhattan Fire Insurance Company. “the Governor of the State of
State of
Supreme Court of Ohio
United States
Stimson
International Committee
New York Life
William A. Brewer, Jr
Washington Life Insurance Company
Brewer
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Sing Sing
Blanchard
Washington Life
District Attorney’s Office
Charles
Fairchild
Secretary of the Treasury
Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
Europe
Greenbaum
Supreme Court
George W. Perkins
Fitzgerald
First Charge Is East Haven
Rev. Jere K. Cooke served as assistant rector at Grace Episcopal Church in Baltimore for five years. He then moved to Hempstead Church as rector and had earlier begun his ministry in East Haven, Connecticut, before relocating from Hagerstown, Maryland to Baltimore about ten years ago.
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East Haven
Commercial Tribune
Baltimore
Jere K. Cooke
Grace Episcopal Church
Park Avenue
Monument Street
Hempstead Church
Hagerstown
Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
Middletown
Mrs Cooke Overwhelmed By Husband's Absence at Father’s Home
In Hartford on May 2, Mrs. Cooke wife of Rev Jere K Cooke of Hempstead L L lies prostrate at her father Rienzi A Clarke’s home unable to see anyone but her physician after news of her husband’s absence.
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Commercial Tribune
Hartford
Conn
Rienzi A. Clarke
Tenor Arangelo Rossi Tries Suicide After Earthquake
Arangelo Rossi the tenor of the Conried Opera Company in San Francisco during the earthquake attempted to take his own life in Milan on May 2. He recently lost his voice and, driven to despair, cut his tongue with scissors and was sent to a hospital in critical condition.
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Milan
Arangelo Rossi
Conried Opera Company
San Francisco
Walnut Street shooting ends in double self inflicted wounds
Albert Koenig a lineman climbed a porch broke a window and entered Nettie Woods room on Walnut street early today shooting her then shooting himself twice both were removed to the neck and it is believed they will die. The two had quarreled recently.
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Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Albert Koenig
Nettie Woods
Walnut Street
Awful War for Pacific Control
In Worcester at the Worcester Board of Trade banquet Leslie M. Shaw warned that a war for Pacific Ocean control is likely. He noted the U S lacks essential ships and supplies to last forty eight hours while foreign nations fleet contracts could pull ships into war on short notice.
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Commercial Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Worcester Board of Trade
Leslie M. Shaw
Baroness De Massy Convicted in Manslaughter Trial
In New York on May 2 Baroness Anisia Louise De Massy a fashion designer was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for the killing of Gustave Simon a shirt waist manufacturer. The jury delivered the verdict near midnight and she was taken to the Tombs for sentence due May 937. The maximum penalty for manslaughter in the first degree is up to twenty years.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Anisia Louise de Massy
Gustave Simon
Hughes Defeated in Kelsey Case In Albany
Otto Kelsey was reconfirmed as State Superintendent of Insurance by the New York Senate one year after appointment. Senate rejected removal with twenty seven votes against, twenty four for, amid applause from a crowded floor.
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Hughes
Kelsey Case
Commercial Tribune
Albany
N. Y
Higgins
Senate
Otto Kelsey
Steunenberg Murder Case Nears First Trial
Boise May 2 tension rises as William Haywood faces imminent trial in the Steunenberg murder case. Prosecutors and defense prepare for opening Thursday while fears grow of reprisals from radicals and threats sent to Governor Gooding. Harry Orchard, accused assassin, looms as a key witness amid jury concerns.
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Commercial Tribune
Boise
Steunenberg
William Haywood
American Desert
Western Federation of Miners
Coeur d'Alene
Frank R. Gooding
Harry Orchard
Railroad Admits Violating Long and Short Haul Law
Nimishalling Coal and Mineral Co sued Baltimore and Ohio in Ohio Railroad Commission hearings. Officials admitted violation of the long and short haul statute and that short hauls were charged higher than long ones. The company operates mines at North Industry Stark County and offices in Lodi Medina County.
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Commercial Trisctxe Bureau
Outlook
ColumsBus
Ohio
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Nimishalling Coal and Mineral Company
Baltimore & Ohio Road Company
Railroad Commission of Ohio
North Industry
Stark County
Lodi
Medina County
Actea
Peace of Central America Is Again in Grave Danger
Washington May 2 The strained Mexico Guatemala relations center on surrendering Lima for trial in Mexico and on a suspected Guatemalan junta aiming to spark a revolution. State Department seeks to prevent war and expand a peace effort with Nicaragua and Honduras while awaiting further treaty details.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Mexico
Guatemala
Lima
Barrillas
Americas
United States
State Department
Nicaragua
Honduras
Amalapa
Wington
Root
Bacon
Creel
Cabrera
General Barrillas
Guateamala
Pressmen Strike Hits Four St Louis Papers
A strike by Webb Pressmen's Union No. 2 affects The Globe-Democrat Public, Post-Dispatch and Star-Chronicle. No Post-Dispatch edition today as workers demand raises from 3.67 to 6 dollars daily and journeymen assistants from 2.75 to 4 dollars.
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Commercial Tribune
C. J. Rimmey
Webb Pressmen’s Union
Post-Dispatch
Globe-Democrat
Republic
Star-Chronicle
Web
Pressmen’s Union
No. 2
St. Louis
International Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union
Loca Union
International Union
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