Wild Giant Attacks Girl and Sparks Vendetta in Wyoming
A alleged giant assailant attacked 17 year old May Hoffman a Wyoming telephone operator, chasing her to her home where her brother beat the man with a chair. Two other women, May Sander and Mrs James Lanford, were similarly accosted as a one hundred person pursuit spanned the night through Wyoming and Lockland.
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Wyoming
May Hoffman
Wyoming Exchange
Miss Hoffman
Mary E. Hoffman
Grant
Hoffman
Wyoming Avenue
Vine Street
Walnut Street
Joe
Jesse Glazier
Oak Street
Lockland
May Sander
Elm Street
James Lanford
Miss Sander
Patrolman French
Distler
O. Co. Williams
Burns Avenue
Marshal Bracker
James Lunford
Hollis C Johnston denies Ashworth interview claim
In a letter to Governor Herrick Hollis C Johnston Speaker pro tem of the last House says Perry J Ashworth travel in state and is not connected to any interview. Johnston claims the Enquirer interview story is false and notes Ashworth spent much of his recent trip in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Hollis C. Johnston
Mr. Johnston
Herrick
Perry J. Ashworth
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ashworth
Cincinnati
Honing
Cellar Death Traps Mother and Daughter in Oil Field
In Delaware County near Muncie Indiana a cellar filled with salt water gas from an oil tank proved fatal to Mrs Williams 50 and her daughter Maggie 17 who entered to get supper items. Husband J C Williams and son John were rescued but weakened. The family and farm workers acted to remove the victims and collapse of fumes is described as a rare fatal incident in the Indiana oil region.
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Indiana
Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
J. C. Williams
Delaware County
Mr. Williams
John
Williams
Smithfield
Bellefontaine Hosts State Republican Campaign Kickoff
Bellefontaine Ohio anticipates the Republican State campaign opening with speakers including Senator Foraker from Cincinnati Senator Dick and Governor Herrick from Columbus and Vice President Fairbanks from Indianapolis. Judge Dow will chair the event with Dr George L Kalb as chaplain. An expected 20000 visitors plus a noon parade and evening fireworks mark the day.
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Foraker
Cincinnati
Charles Dick
Herrick
Columbus
Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Glee Club of Columbus
Judge Dow
Duncan Dow
Dow
George L. Kalb
Presbyterian General Assembly of the Nation
Policing Tragedy Flare in Cuba as Congressman Killed
Dispatches report the death of Congressman Enrique Villuendas leader of the Liberal party and the Cienfuegos Chief of Police during a clash with Liberal gunmen at a hotel. Six killed and twenty five wounded. election boards face disruption as fears of further violence rise in Havana and Cienfuegos.
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Havana
Cienfuegos
Enrique Villuendas
Liberal Party
Liberals
Moderates
Villuendas
Illance
Robbers Hold Up Four Men on Eighth Street Viaduct
Four men Benjamin Kolks Price avenue Henry Nieman Glenway avenue Joseph Reisterberg Warsaw avenue and Thomas McGrath Wayne street report two armed hold ups on the Eighth Street Viaduct early Friday morning. The robbers demanded halt and took the cash on each man before fleeing. Police quickly arrested Franklin White and William O Hearn nearby on suspicion.
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Benjamin Kolks
Price Avenue
Henry Nieman
Glenway Avenue
Joseph Reisterberg
Warsaw Avenue
Thomas McGrath
Wayne Street
Eighth Street Viaduct
Tehan
Ringhand
Frank White
William O’hern
Death claims two in county suicide reports
In Urbana county two deaths by carbolic acid self harm are reported. Gussie Bowers, 40, wife of a farmer, was found dead in her bed with a note urging kindness. Hughie Brown, 27, North Lewisburg farmhand, left a note saying he must go to his wife Nellie who died last May.
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Spectal
Commercial Tribune
Urbana
Gussie Bowers
Hughie Brown
North Lewisburg
Nellie
Indiana Grand Jury Probes Sherrick Case and Bank Records
Indiana Attorney General Charles W. Miller testified before the Marion County Grand Jury investigating former State Auditor David E. Sherrick. The panel also questioned Fletcher National Bank executives Stoughton J. Fletcher and Stoughton A. Fletcher regarding notes and a $10,000 certified check tied to the J. H. Murray Lumber Company and Wickard. John E. Reed was named receiver for securities held by Sherrick.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Charles W. Miller
Indiana
Marion County Grand Jury
David E. Sherrick
Miller
Grand Jury
J. H. Murray Lumber Company
Stough
Fletcher Bank
John E. Reed
Auditor of State
Allen
Marion Circuit Court
Davis E. Sherrick
Cuba election violence linked to local rivalries
In Washington a Cuban minister called the Cienfuegos trouble a local matter with no national significance. He warned that tomorrow’s elections must be held strictly by law. The slain congressman Villuendas was under 30, a former Cuban army colonel, prosecuting attorney, and member of the constitutional convention.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Cienfuegos
Quesada
Villuendas
Congress
Beloit College Makes Sunday Church Attendance Optional
Beloit Wisconsin September 22 Beloit College ends mandatory Sunday church attendance for students after nearly sixty years of compulsory worship. The change allows students to decide on religious participation during weekends.
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Beloit
Commercial Tribune
Wis
Beloit College
Winton Place Grade Crossing Verdict Blames Conductor and Watchman
Coroner Otis L. Cameron assigns blame for the August 16 grade crossing wreck that killed five and injured eight. The verdict says the crossing watchman and the street car conductor failed to prevent the collision with Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Train No. 3. It urges abolishing grade crossings to save lives and notes the tragedy spurred by persistent dangers at crossings. Describes victims including Robert J. Smith and William Tueting Jr. and details the rescue efforts and subsequent deaths.
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Winton Place
Otis L. Cameron
Cameron
Queen City Avenue
Cincinnati Traction Company
Mitchell Avenue
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Robert J. Smith
Winton Road
William Tueting, Jr
Elmore Street
Alfonso Steinfritz
Elm
Henry
Girl abducted beaten by roaming gang member escapes
Ollia Wilson, seized from Washington Pa relatives, was found hiding near Sistersville after being beaten with a blacksnake whip. Samuel Ellis, a roving gang member, was arrested, fined, and ordered to transport her home. Citizens urged his departure from the state as he fled by swimming the river to Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ollia Wilson
Washington
Sistersville
Samuel Ellis
Band of Rovers
Ellis
Ohio
Peace Congress Thanks Bartholdt
The International Peace Congress in Lucerne telegraphed congratulations to King Oscar of Sweden and to the Norwegian Cabinet for resolving Sweden Norway tensions. Samuel R. Thayer addressed the assembly amid applause, and the congress unanimously thanked Missouri Congressman Richard Bartholdt for his push to create an international parliament.
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Lucerne
International Peace Congress
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Samuel R. Thayer
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Fashionable Dude Horsemen Of East Turned Her Head
Attorney Charles B Wilby defends John E Madden in alimony and custody case with dramatic courtroom language. Stanley Bowdle argues Mrs Madden’s life at stake with race track lineage and high society expectations. Judge Swing warns against personal remarks and schedules closing arguments by noon.
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East
Chas. B. Wilby
Anne Louise Madden
Dude Horsemen of
New York
John E. Madden
Swing
Western Negro Press adopts Roosevelt policy stance in meeting
The Western Negro Press Association in Muskogee Oklahoma denounces state laws that abridge Black political rights and vows to urge against statehood for Indian Territory and Oklahoma unless Jim Crow laws are barred. They endorse Roosevelt policy, support Booker T. Washington, and elect W. H. Duncan as President and C. N. Sellers as Vice President.
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Muskogee
I. T
Western Negro Press Association
Congress
Territories
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Booker T. Washington
Roosevelt
Hitchcock
W. H. Duncan
Colorado Springs
C. N. Sellers
Buxton
General Strike Orders Split Over Eight Hour Day
Union leaders announce unity among Typothetae against the eight hour workday demand while employers warn higher rates and patron loss. Sympathy actions loom as pressmen and other workers prepare to back the printers. A mass meeting is set to decide on a broader walkout and nonunion hiring continues as offices in the region adopt the eight hour schedule to start January 1.
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Typothetae
Typographical Union
No. 3
Wattiz
Employers’ Association
Covington and
Newport
Robert Curl
Nylic Agent Bonuses Under Fire In Insurance Probe
Thomas A. Buckner testifies on Nylic system of agent bonuses at New York Life. Details show five Nylic grades from Freshmen to Senior with monthly per thousand payments and premium thresholds. Board of Trustees controls a mortuary and severance provisions, while total Nylic payments reach about 1 percent of renewal premiums.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Thomas A. Buckner
New York Life Insurance Company
Nylic
Buckner
Life Insurance Company
Father Breaks Child's Neck in Apparent Kiss Death
Jason Chumbley, a Gravel Switch resident, returned home to visit his wife and child. He grabbed his six year old daughter's chin and lifted her head, causing her neck to break. a physician ruled death by neck fracture.
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Commercial
Tribune
Gravel Switch
Jason Chumbley
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