Chicago Art Student Miss Leegson Slain in Robbery Lure
Police hunt a killer who lured Ida G Leegson, a Chicago University of Chicago graduate and sculpture student, with a nurse ad. Her body was found on a prairie west of the city with signs of a struggle and a robbed, slashed satchel nearby. An abandoned car tied to the case sparked a citywide manhunt.
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Rexroat
Lang
Ida G. Leegson
Here
Miss Leegson
University of Chicago
Lorado Taft
Art Institute
Leegson
T. B. Allen
Aurora
Nome Battles Storm and Fire in Ruined Alaska City
Nome Alaska Oct 6 Fire rages at Pacific Cold Storage as gale wrecks streets and homes. Seas wash away wrecked buildings while hundreds become homeless. electric and telephone service off. Estimated loss 1 500 000 with outside aid needed for winter supplies.
Ryan Sulzer Impeachment Testimony Reveals 10000 Cash Gift
In Albany on October 6, Alan A. Ryan testified that he gave William Sulzer ten thousand dollars in cash for his personal campaign and that Sulzer asked him to press Washington officials to influence the impeachment court. Estate of intrigue surrounded the trial as Judge Cullen weighed the testimony and debate over its relevance.
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Commercial Tribune
Albany
Harvey D. Hinman
Alan A. Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
William Sulzer
Sulzer
Mr. Ryan
Washington
Senator Root
William Barnes
Herrick
John B. Stanchfield
Cullen
Brown
Senate
Ryan
Edward F. Meaney
New Jersey National Guard
Alan Ryan
McGlone
MecGlone
Mr. McGlone
Hinman
Charles F. Murphy
Smith
Assembly
Aaron J. Levy
Sphinx monument arrives for University of Pennsylvania
A twelve ton red granite sphinx bearing the likeness of Ramses II arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Schildtrum from Guez for the University of Pennsylvania collection. It is the largest ancient Egyptian monument brought to the U S. aside from Cleopatra's Needle.
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Philadelphia
Schildtrum
Guez
University of Pennsylvania
Rameses II
Ear bite helps ID highwayman in Williamsburgh robbery
John Dreschker fought off two attackers outside his Williamsburgh home. He bit the right ear of one robber during the struggle, and a police officer matched the maimed ear to the suspect, who was captured at the scene.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
John Dreschker
Williamsburg
Dreschker
Heidelberg
Purity Fountain Prank Bruises Statue in Ithaca
The Purity fountain on City Wall in Ithaca collapses after freshmen led by Cornell sophomores stage an oscalatory salute, breaking a leg and foot of the bronze figure. W C T U members protest to city and university authorities as the statue sits in a police station back room.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Miss Purity
Purity
Mary B. Wood
W. C. Tec
Woodruff Suffers Relapse in Stroke Case
New York Oct 6 Timothy L Woodruff who was reported paralyzed at a fusion meeting a week ago relapsed Sunday afternoon and is said to be in a more serious condition tonight He revived after thirty hours in a coma His wife and son remain at his side Physicians refused to comment but reports say arteries on the right side of his head hardened causing left side paralysis believed to be due to apoplexy.
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New York
Timothy L Woodruff
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Soldiers pursue payroll robbers in Ot Connecticut incident
United States coast artillerymen chased two masked bandits who stole a $16 000 payroll from Carl Koelb the velvet company paymaster at Stonington Conn. A man matching one robber was captured after skirmishing through woods and a hole in a wall yielded the satchel. The second bandit escaped as townspeople joined the hunt.
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Stonington
Conn
United States Coast Artillery
Carl A Keelb
American Velvet Company
Velvet Company
Man Returns 50 Year Old Chicken Promise From War
James Robbins of Indianapolis presented W. Welsheimer, a rural mailcarrier in this city, with a chicken fifty years after Robbins vowed to hunt one for his wounded former neighbor after the Battle of Wauhatchie. The two men, long believing the other dead, reunited when Robbins fulfilled the promise.
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Washington
James Robbins
Dianapolis
Ind
W. Welsheimer
Light
Wau
Hatchie
Welsheimer
Robbins
Indiana
Wels
Heimer
Rob
Wrights Test New Single Propeller Airplane Model E
Orville Wright personally piloted a new exhibition model E in Dayton Ohio. The aircraft features a single central propeller unit and aluminum components. In a time trial the plane was dismantled and packed in 12 minutes, with further tests planned for October 15 before potential military and international observers.
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Dayton, O
Orville Wright
International Club
United States Army
Sonora Tax Imposed on Cattle Exports to United States
The Sonora Constitutionalists impose an export duty on cattle crossing into the United States, ranging six to ten pesos per animal. All Sonora Arizona ports of entry are controlled by the insurgent state, affecting American meat imports and potentially keeping prices higher. The tax is effective immediately and was unexpected by border importers.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
United States Customs Department
Sonora-Arizona
United States
American poet Harry Kemp sentenced in ship stowaway case
Southampton records say Harry Kemp, American verse writer, received a sentence of twenty one days hard labor for stowing away on the Oceanic during her last voyage from New York.
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Southampton
Eng
Harry Kemp
Oceanic
New York
Baker recovering from neck injury after Ruggles Lake dive
Oliver Baker, who broke his neck diving at Ruggles Lake last summer, is recovering and may be taken to his Columbus home tomorrow or Wednesday. Doctors say he might walk without braces in time, though it could take years. he was captain elect of the University School football team in Cleveland this fall.
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Sandusky
Oliver Baker
Ruggles Lake
Columbus
University
Cleveland
Federal forces close on Piedras Negras as rebels retreat
From MEXICAN REBEL CAPITAL BESIEGED BY FEDERALS. Federal troops under General Maas break through at Peyotes and push toward Piedras Negras provisional capital of the constitutionalists. Refugees blocked at Eagle Pass due to strict quarantine amid smallpox fears. US authorities protest actions.
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Piedras Negras
Mexico
Peyotes
Maas
Pagie Pass
Tex
Inter
Widow Ida May Keller Convicted of First Degree Murder
In Harrisonville Missouri Mrs Ida May Keller was found guilty of murdering her husband and seven year old daughter Margaret by a first degree murder verdict. The jury returned a life imprisonment sentence on a single ballot.
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Harrisonville, Mo
Ida May Keller
Margaret
Chicago police doubt Henry Sperber murders many people
After 24 hours of inquiry Chicago detectives doubt Henry Sperber killed more than one person. They call his long confession a sophisticated fabrication by a prolific liar, with only Mrs Mildred Allison Rexroat murdered and possibly Mrs Annabel Wight tied to his claims. Police seek corroboration from other cases and continue review of the vast alleged tally.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Henry Sperber
Mildred Allison-Rexroat
de Quincy
Spencer
Halpin
Detective Bureau
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Captain Halpin
Rexroat
Annabel Wight
Emmett McChesney
McChesney
State Street
South Side
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Belt Railroad
Ida Leegson
Nome
Alaska
Pacific Cold Storage Plant
Front Street
Bering Sea
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Victoria and Corwin
Snake River
Seattle
Sulzer Camp
Elihu Root
Louis A. Sarecky
Hugh J. Reilly
Herbert H. Lehman
Pennsylvania University
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Woodruff
Harry Spencer, Alias
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Miss
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Allison
Wayne
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