Actress Florence Crosby Herrmann Sues Stepmother for Alimony Funds
Florence Crosby Herrmann, once a star in The Isle of Champagne, sues her husband George Herrmanns stepmother Rose Herrmann for 50000 dollars alleging alienation of affections and seeks help to locate him. She claims he owes more than two thousand in alimony since a court decree. She notes property transfers to Rose Herrmann and hints at bigamy. Her husband is a lumber operator.
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New York
Florence Crosby Herrmann
Florence Crosby
Isle of Champagne
George Herrmann
Rose Herrmann
Herrmann
George
District Attorney’s Office
Lena Kreitzer
Charlotte Keyes
Yonkers
Keyes
Census finds 1900 Cincinnati women breadwinners count
Census Bureau bulletin shows 35 015 women over 16 in Cincinnati worked in 1900. The report details occupations from dressmakers to servants and lists marital status, heads of families, and living arrangements for single, married, and widowed women.
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Commercial Tribune Bureau
Munsey Building
Washington, D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Cincinnati
Census Bureau
Pretty Woman Swipes Colonel Hindman Wallet at New York Waldorf
In New York a 50-year-old Colonel Biscoe Hindman, once commander of the Louisville Legion, loses $275 to a demure woman near the Waldorf Roof Garden who vanishes after the theft. Hindman reports the incident to police as another Englishman also loses three sovereigns to a female purse snatcher. The day also brings riot reports from San Francisco and Antwerp with police arrests and dock worker strikes.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Biscoe Hindman
Louisville
Louisville Legion
Mr. Hindman
Waldorf
Old
Kentucky
West Thirtieth Street
Joseph H. Dickson
Hotel Astor
Twentyseventh Street
Broadway
Louisa Sanders
Mansfield's Body Laid At Rest With Simple Ceremony
Richard Mansfield was buried in Gardner Cemetery near Seven Oaks, New London, after a simple funeral attended by friends and literary figures. Mrs Langtry sent a wreath. eight officers carried the casket. Gibb Mansfield learned of his father’s death only days later. The service featured Episcopal rituals and the choir singing Lead Kindly Light. The actor’s last words were reported as God is love.
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Commercial Tribune
New London
Conn
Richard Mansfield
Little Gardner
Seven Oaks
Mansfield
Alfred Poole Grint
St. James Episcopal Church
St. James
Mr. Mansfield
Train wreck near Kanawha Falls kills five and injures eleven
A Chesapeake and Ohio local passenger train derailed about 8 pm a mile from Kanawha Falls, near Charleston, with five dead and eleven injured. One coach and two cars overturned and rolled down an embankment toward the Kanawha River, rails spread suspected as cause. Injured include Silas Vaughn and Walter Saunders, among others. one man unidentified and Robert Allen injured with a leg broken. Recovery and delays expected for several hours.
Two Ontario Girls Beat On Labor Riot Scene
Steubenville report of a Labor Day riot in which two telephone exchange workers Miss Mary Magee and Eula Rocke shielded two strikebreakers Joseph Harbison and John Hatton. Harbison suffered a fractured skull, Hatton was bruised, and the women were injured while protecting the men. Police intervened. one arrest reported.
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United Railroads
Ferry
Harbor
Ial Tribune
Steubenville
Labor Day
Joseph Harbison
John Hatton
Mary Magee
Eula Rooke
Harbison
Hatton
St. Louis
Miss Magee
Miss Rocke
Gill Hospital
Labor Day riot injures four nonunion street car workers in Louisville
A Labor Day clash in Louisville at First and Walnut injured four nonunion street car employees after a woman urged workers to strike and scuffle with nonunion crews. Motorman A. E. Whitehouse and Conductor F. Friedly suffered serious blows with boulders as two more nonunion workers endured lesser injuries until police containment halted further violence.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
United Railroads
Sutter
Montgomery
Louisville
First
Walnut Street
A. E. Whitehouse
F. Friedly
Plague Death Reported in Berkeley Amid San Francisco Cases
The Health Board reports a new bubonic plague death in Berkeley and two additional suspected cases since Saturday. The fatality was a woman unrelated to the city and occurred across the bay from San Francisco.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
the Health Board
Berkeley
Bay
Severe earthquake shock recorded in Washington
A distinct shock indicating a very severe seismic disturbance at a distant point was recorded on Weather Bureau instruments in Washington. The tremor lasted an hour and a half and was witnessed by Prof. F Omori, a Japanese seismologist.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Weather Bureau
F. Omori
Japan
Principal vanishes on wedding day in Reynoldsburg
October 2 report from Columbus notes Prof. H R Williams, Reynoldsburg schools principal, failed to wed Miss Nellie Young. A note to the bride explained plans changed and Williams would not be seen again in Reynoldsburg. Townspeople chatter as Miss Young, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Young, faces the setback.
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Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Reynoldsburg
H. R. Williams
Nellie Young
Prof. Williams
Miss Young
William
William Young
Young
Dana Miller Dies by Suicide in Charleston Home
Dana Miller aged 24 son of the State Superintendent of Schools killed himself at his Charleston home last night by cutting his throat with a razor. No motive is known.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
W. Va
Dana Miller
Mysterious Fire Destroys Vacant Factory Building
A mysterious fire at 11 p m destroyed a vacant five story Front Street Furniture building on Front and Harriet streets. Fire started on the first floor, spread quickly, threatening collapse. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars including building, machinery and stock. Neighbors recall a man with an oil can seen nearby. police investigate possible arson or careless handling by children. adjoining properties sustained water and debris damage.
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Front
Harriet Streets
Front Street Furniture Company
Joseph Boderstein
Pittsburg Coal Company
Harriet Street
Bodenstein
Thomas Fox
Sixth
Mike Fitzgibbons
Potthoff Company
Dave Dean
Wife Returns From Gotham Without Spouse In Mystery
Mrs. Heidelbach arrives in Cincinnati with sister in law after her husband Seward Heidelbach, a top Fabian Manufacturing executive, vanishes in New York. She is ill at home, under Dr Mitchell care, while detectives probe possible robbery or foul play in the case.
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Mrs. Heidelbach
New York
Heidelbach
Heide
Seward Heidelbach
Fabian Manufacturing Company
United States
Pugh Power
Fourth
Pike Streets
Julian Ms. Rauh
Heat and Work Kill Soldiers in Austrian Maneuvers
In Wiener Neustadt troops suffer exhaustion during army maneuvers. Ten deaths reported and hundreds prostrated as excessive heat and overwork hit units like the Twenty-fifth Infantry with 150 prostrations and a 32 mile march.
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Vienna
Wiener- Neustadt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Japanese Flag Raised on Island Near Philippines
A party of Japanese explorers from Formosa raised their flag over a small uninhabited island adjacent to the Philippines. Officials note the claim hinges on geography north of the twentieth parallel and question any naval value of Protus or Prates.
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Commercial Tribune
Yokohama
Formosa
Philippines
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Will Campbell
Stonecutter
Venota, W. Va
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Silas Vaughn
Gauley
Allen Loving
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Robert Allen
Colored Coalminer
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Derby School
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Razor
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Mrs. Seward Heidelbach
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Nati Merchant
Ally
Mr. Heidelbach
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Er. W. Mitchell
Europe
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Alfred Heidelbach
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