Fatal blow in saloon quarrel linked to private detective
New York police investigate the death of Nicholas Fish after a choking argument in Erhardt's saloon. Thomas J. Sharkey, a private detective, is jailed on homicide charges after witnesses and Sharkey conflict over who struck the fatal blow. Coroner rules cerebral hemorrhage caused by a heavy impact, not a skull fracture.
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Nicholas Fish
Galdon
Thomas J. Sharkey
Phillips
Casey
Sharkey
Fish
Vish
Jackson
Trojan
Jerome
Hamilton Fish
Grant
Columbia College
Harvard
Berlin
United States
Belgium
Cuba
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Las Guasimas
Mr. Fish
Hamilton
New York Assembly
Stuyvesant
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Miners' Disaster at Algoma Mine Claims 17 Lives
In North Fork West Virginia the Algoma mine explosion killed 17 miners and several mules. The last body was recovered at midnight, as reports from Roanoke confirm the fatal gas and powder blast. In Butler Pennsylvania Joseph Bennett, who escaped mob violence for assaulting a child, pleaded non contendre and received 15 years in prison.
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Roanoke
Algoma
North Fork
W. Va
Butler
Joseph Bennett
Hereford Bull Crusader Sells for 10000 at Indy Yard
In Indianapolis on September 17 Clem Graves of Bunker Hill farm sold the Hereford bull Crusader for 10000 to Edward F Hawking of Earl Park Ind. The sale took place at the stock yards yesterday.
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Indianapolis
Clem Graves
Bunker Hill
Edward F. Hawking
Eari Park
Ind
Concord notices and church officers named
The passage records local Concord society items including the death of Mrs. Mary Elwell and burial in Concord, a Corinthian lodge visitation, a rule at Concord Canoe Club, the Tarian church annual meeting with officers elected for the year, and then brief international notices on whether strikes affect iron markets in England and a war frontier fortification assessment by Colonel Townshend.
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Harry M. Thayer
Basel M. Trager Meytekion
Mary Elwell
Fred Blwell
Concord
Waltham
Corinthian Lodge
Charles Hart
Thian Pean
Concord Canoe Club
George
Eas
Trinitarian Church
Thomas Todd
Walter A. Carr
William C. Bass
Willard T. Farrar
Ole O
Chas
H. Towle
Edward R. Farrar
G A. Tewksbury
C. W. Benjamin
Edna L. Hatch
Chas. H. Towle
Ralph Petersen
Geo. W. Hopkins
London
The
Daily Express
Townshend
England
War Office
the Express
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Massachusetts Democrats Back Quincy Platform in Resolutions Vote
Boston Massachusetts Democrats reconvened to debate resolutions on the Kansas City platform with Josiah Quincy leading a substitute platform that passed 14 to 7 over George Williams. The document calls for tariff reform free raw materials and arbitration in labor disputes and opposes imperialism and subsidies while urging state and federal reforms.
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William A. Gaston
Chartea
Iamlin
Committee On Resolutions
Kansas City
Revere House
Georgy’. Williams
Josiah Quincy
Bryan
East
General Committee
Otlock
Quincy
Gaston
Williams
Hamlin
Toto
Resolutions
Boston
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
New England
Canada
Philippine Islands
United States
Concord Locals Ad Listing Supplies and Properties
Eastman kodaks and supplies available with films and dry plates developed and printed at Whitcomb's. Furniture bedding and carpets offered at L. N. Fowler & Co's in Boston. Houses for sale and to let, house lots for sale. Apply to Frank E. Foss, Concord Massachusetts.
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Eastman Kodaks
Whitcomb’s
Boston
L. N. Fowler & Co
Frank E. Foss
Concord
Mass
Riot at Presidio as Soldiers Loot Saloon
Five hundred soldiers rioted at the Presidio injuring no one but striking at Adolph Redfield's saloon. They forced entry, drank stock, and took cigars before a rescue by a reservation squad ended the disturbance and sent the troops back to camp.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Adolph Redfield
Redfield
Humor Of The Hour In Law And Laughter
A collector of rural legal humor features two vignettes. An Irish American farmer seeks a family divorce from his spouse and argues the judge lacks jurisdiction. A preacher recounts two parishioners visiting a lawyer, joking about whether they are black or white sheep and the danger of remaining with the lawyer.
Newport to Form Society for Homeless Cats
Homeless cats in Newport Rhode Island will be cared for by a society modeled on the Boston group. Newport, a city of notable feline population, plans a local effort to address the issue. The Syracuse Herald notes the interlaced anecdotes and a physician's quip about truth in a lawyer witness exchange.
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Newport
R.C
Boston Society
National Baseball League
New York
Syracuse Herald
Memory Culture Student Leaves Payment Behind
A professor laments a former student who completed the memory culture course but left without paying tuition or fees, and the professor cannot recall the student’s name.
Vacations and a Quiet Funeral Service Discussion
The exchange mocks newsroom routines with editor and reporter quips about quiet rest and covering a deaf mute funeral service this afternoon. The piece uses humor about truth and feints from a fencing instructor.
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Los Angeles
Drunk Tramp Refuses Bread and Coffee Inquiry
A dialogue from the New York Journal features a drunken tramp asking for bread and coffee, while Mrs. Closefist-No refuses to give anything. The tramp questions whether the simple sustenance would worsen his intoxication.
Trusts Take Shape in Clerical Exchange
A clerical looking man in a rusty coat cautions against trusting riches while a prosperous figure replies that he places wealth in trusts. The exchange appears in the Retail Grocers' Advocate as a wry, moral contrast.
Engagement notice hidden in business opportunities header
Isabel suspects an editor hid her engagement announcement under the label business opportunities. Judith asks why, and Isabel explains the header obscured the engagement to the young Stoppington.
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Isabel
Judith
Young Stoppington
Pairly Healthy. Eastern Man in the Rockies Cartoon
A New York Weekly panel contrasts two men debating national health. Eastern Man praises a simple healthy country while Western Man cautions against pretense and airs as they discuss wellbeing in the Rockies.
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Rockies
New York Weekly
As to Advice
Advice, bredderen, said Uncle Eph, am er good deal laik trubble, de less yo' want de mob yo' git, an' de mob yo' git de less yo' want.
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Bredderen
Eph
Colorado Springs Gazette
Prohibition plank sparks fight at New Hampshire GOP convention
Concord dispatch says a plank on the prohibitory law and its enforcement stirs delegates amid a contest for governor with Nathan Batchelder and Stephen Gale. Hartford note reports convention opening and Roosevelt endorsement resolution referred to resolutions committee.
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New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
Committee On
Nathan J. Batchelder
Andover
Stephen H. Gale
Exeter
Stern
Hartford
Roosevelt
Devery Leads Ninth District in New York Democratic Primary
In New York the Democratic primary results show William S. Devery ahead in the Ninth district with a 211 plurality across 19 districts. Opponent Rheehan acknowledges Devery's likely election as results from six districts remain. Dover Del Democratic State Convention nominates H A Houston for Congress by two vote margin amid Republican split.
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New York
William 8. Devery
John C. Rheehan
Devery
Dover
Del
H. A. Houston
Handy
Seaders
Steam car sets five mile record at Cleveland meet
Rollin White drove the steam machine five miles in 6 43 at the Cleveland Automobile club race meeting, establishing a new steam machine record yesterday.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Automobile Club
Rollin White
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