Haywood Walks Free After Long Idaho Trial
Boise July 29 William D Haywood acquitted of murder in the Steunenberg case after a 21 hour jury deliberation The verdict surprised Governor Gooding who vows continued prosecution of Moyer Pettibone and others Orchard states he did his duty and accepts any punishment Haywood shows visible emotion and hugs his lawyers as verdict is announced
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Boise
Ida
William D. Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Western Federation of Miners
Fremont Wood
Haywood
Charles H. Mover
Federation
Geo. A. Pettibone
Denver
Gooding
Idaho
Moyer and Pettibone
Adams
Simpkins
Harry Orchard
State Penitentiary
Orchard
Judge Wood
Origin A Mystery Fire Kills Eighteen In New York Tenement
In a Christ ie street tenement disaster eighteen people are dead and at least fifteen injured. All victims are Italians. Police find no origin clue and reject early bomb/incendiary theories after review.
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New York
Christie Street
Haywood Arrival Sparks Denver Miner Parade
Secretary-Treasurer Haywood will be greeted in Denver with a big demonstration by the Western Federation of Miners and allied unions. Arrangements include excursions from Cripple Creek to attend Haywood's Boise acquittal celebration and a federation parade the first in three years.
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Haywood
Denver
Col
Western Federation of Miners
Cripple Creek
Boise
Woman Defends Self Against Four Attackers in Elwood
Katherine Noneghan was attacked by four men behind a building in Elwood Indiana. She struck one with an uppercut and knocked another to the ground then chased a third and captured the fourth as he fled. She forced the assailant to name his partners and then released him after threatening not to prosecute if such tactics stopped.
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Elwood
Ind
Katherine Noneghan
Keziah Wright swamped by replies to laborer offer
Elwood Ind August 1 Keziah Wright farmer who advertised high pay with board and room drew a flood of letters. One mail held thirty eight inquiries and a dozen marriage proposals to his daughters. Responses came from Ohio Pennsylvania Illinois and New York. Many suitors sought wealth and asked for daughters names and ages.
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Elwood
Ind
Keziah Wright
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
New York
Indiana man pleads guilty to selling liquor on July 4
Batesville Indiana July 26 Jacob Engel pleaded guilty to selling liquor on July 4 at Versailles. A second charge of running a blind tiger faced him. Authorities confiscated a liquor stock. Versailles constable and deputy raided Al Cooks place and seized $1,000 worth of bottled goods. Joe Schork's place was also raided with a small liquor find.
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Batesville
Ind
Jacob Engel
Versailles
al Cook
Joe Schork
Arrests in Rockport Case Stir Local Excitement
John Smith was arrested in Rockport Indiana on a charge of attempted rape of eight year old May Jones. He allegedly met the girls in Bigman’s grove where they were blackberry picking. Lave Haines heard cries and aided the girls. Smith held for grand jury as tension grows.
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Rockport
Ind
John Smith
May Jones
Bigman'’s Grove
Lave Haines
Smith
Mrs Lucinda Morton Dies in Indianapolis at 82
Mrs Lucinda M Morton widow of Oliver P Morton Indiana’s war governor died shortly before 3 p m yesterday at her home 16 East Twenty first Street where she had lived since early June Whose age was eighty two and death was anticipated in recent weeks with no surprise.
Murdered by Jealous Rival in Bluffton Suburb
Mrs Florence Bosanson a 41 year old woman was shot and killed at 9 15 pm by Mrs Ella La Pointe in a Bluffton suburb. The act, said to be inspired by jealousy, occurred as Mrs Bosanson passed a street side wait site on the city’s west edge.
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Bluffton
Ind
Florence Bosanson
Ella la Pointe
Embezzlement charge filed against Richmond city clerk
Richmond July 26 Wayne county grand jury indicted John F Taggart city clerk and former secretary of the Indiana Municipal League for embezzling league funds He is released on bond.
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Richmond
Ind
Wayne County Grand Jury
John F. Taggart
Indiana Municipal League
Taggart
Traylor Sentenced to Life in Murder Case
Petersburg Indiana July 27 The jury in the murder of his stepmother Mrs Martha Traylor by Albert Traylor returns a verdict of life imprisonment. He killed her after she testified in a divorce case.
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Traylor
Petersburg
Ind
Albert Traylor
Martha Traylor
Tramp deaths follow fiery naphtha wreck in Midwest
A partly loaded naphtha tank car derailed on the Big Four near Eau Claire Michigan causing six cars to burn. Two unidentified tramp remains found in the debris. In Indiana, Arnold Crouse alias Edward Graff, 25, arrested on suspicion of involvement in James Speer’s death at Lima. Speer’s widow also jailed. In Evansville, Mrs May Galman died during an operation after heart paralysis occurred under anesthesia.
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Elkhart
Ind
Big Four
Eau Claire
Mich
Muncie
Arnold Crouse
Edward Graff
Eaton
James Speer
Lima
O. Speer
Evansville
May Galman
St. Mary’s Hospital
College training shapes women for life and home balance
Miss Woolley, president of Mount Holyoke, argues that higher education benefits women beyond careers. She notes many college women end up in domestic roles yet value liberal education for general culture. The idea of a fixed mission fades as education broadens life readiness.
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Miss Woolley
Mount Holyoke
Jong
Barber Fumbles Customer’s Part in Hair Dusting Quip
The customer complains about dusting his hair on one side and the barber apologizes for forgetting the part. The man in the chair remains silent and omits the customary up from the exchange.
Notice of Liquor License Application in Fountain County
The undersigned notifies Fountain county commissioners of Indiana that for September term 107 a license to sell intoxicating vinous malt and spirituous liquors in quantities under five gallons will be sought for one year. The business and premises are in Stringtown Wabash township and described as a front room 22 by 22 feet in a one story frame building 22 by 42 feet, in Gieb Nebeker Co subdivision one NE quarter section one township eighteen north range nine west.
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Wabash Township
Board of Commissioners
Fountain County
Indiana
Stringtown
Gieb
Nebeker & Co’s
Quieting title suit notices in Fountain County Indiana
No 1189 Alta M Jones files a complaint to quiet title on real estate in Fountain County Indiana. Defendants unidentified or nonresidents include Daniel Clark and others with unknown residences. case set for trial in September 1907 at Covington Court House. Attorney L. P. Little represents the plaintiff. Clerk Anson G. Madden signs the notice.
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Alta M. Jones
Dante Clark
Fountain County
Indiana
Daniel Clark
M. D. Manlove
Mark D. Manlove
Unkown
T. J. L. Wamsley
T. L. Wamsley
Silas Best
Priscilla E. Beat
Priscilla Best
John H. Northup
John E. Scott
Casper J. Chasing
Covington
Anson G. Madden
Fountain Circuit Court
Leroy Sanders
L. P. Little
Puff
Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Promoted For Kidney Health
Prominent ad touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a top nineteenth century kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims success in kidney and Brights disease and offers a free sample bottle by mail to readers who mention the newspaper.
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Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Bing- Biyamton
N. Y
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