Infant Prodigies and Nobler Minds Stir Public Curiosity
A Chicago feature surveys child prodigies Willie in St. Louis who memorizes 54 classmates and may soon teach, and five year old Oklahoma boy Fred who spells complex words without schooling. It links talent to broader art emigration and notes Pope Leo XIII’s death and papal succession chatter in Rome.
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Willie
Rollo
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Fred
Blagovestchensk
Marais Des Cygnes
Epworth League Convenes Next in Denver After Vote
The sixth international Epworth League convention ends in Detroit with Denver chosen as the next site after delegates from Minneapolis Saratoga Springs and Denver argued the case. The Denver group led by Dr J F Berry urged that the assembly consider the city and the committee favored Denver. The program featured talks on Christ Our King His Conquering Kingdom and My Place in the Army.
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Mich
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Resolutions Committee
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Saratoga Springs
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Removal of Charles Hedges Over Diary Falsifications
Charles Hedges was removed as superintendent of free delivery after admitting falsification of his diary and misreporting travel per diem. Inspectors led the case. Ervin H. Thorpe acts as interim superintendent. The dismissal follows evidence of being at wrong places on several dates, including Joplin and San Antonio, to collect per diem.
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Washington
Charles | Hedges
Post Office Department
Hedges
Ervin H. Thorpe
Postoffice
New York
Mr. Hedges
Bristow
Charles Hedges
Free Delivery
Joplin
Mansfield
John Sherman
San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Philadelphia
Bridgeport
Conn
Camden
N. J
George Sutton
Bennett
Jones
Fought With Pistols in Breathitt County Feud
Jackson Ky July 22 a pistol fight at Cave Run school house east of Jackson left James Barrett shot in the head Mack Howard elbow shattered and 12 year old James Vires shot in the abdomen The boy may recover while the two men are believed fatally hurt Howard was paralyzed from a prior fight Soldiers arrested the Howards and Barretts plus Indictments for arson and witness bribery surfaced as investigations continued.
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Cave Run
James
William Barrett
Mack Howard
James Barrett
James Vires
Howard
Foley
Howards
Lieut
Dward Taarpph Crawford
Teamsters
Ewen
Gardner Plummer
J. J. Ewen
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
Defalcation at Buffalo Law Firm Totals $300000
A confidential clerk and trusted bookkeeper at a Buffalo law firm is accused of defalcation totaling $300000 with potential for more. The clerk, under two years in age, allegedly used firm funds for unrelated ventures, including financing a parkway project in Elmwood and a manufacturing suburb. Wealthy clients and local professionals are said to have unknowingly aided the schemes. None of the firm's money was reported as lost, only invested in risky enterprises.
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Centenary of Fort Dearborn to be celebrated in Chicago
Chicago prepares for a fall carnival centennial commemorating Fort Dearborn. Events run September 26 to October 1 with night parades, floats, athletic events, fireworks, and a camp show of aboriginal life. President Roosevelt may attend.
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Fort Dearborn
Chicago
Roosevelt
Basin lynching aftermath and Wyoming unrest reported
A Montana telegram details the Basin Wyoming lynching of Jim Gorman and Walters after Deputy Sheriff C. E. Pierce was killed guarding the jail. The incident sparks calls for militia aid, investigations, and further tensions amid cattlemen vs sheepmen in Thermopolis and Big Horn county.
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Led Lodge
Jim Gorman
Walters
Hoover
Hot Springs
Basin
Wyo
C.E. Pierce
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Moffett
Montana and Wyoming Telephone Co
Sheriff Fenton
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Gorman
Alston
Pierce
Big Horn
Mendé
Meade
Ben Minnick
Cheyenne
Chatterton
Jim McCloud
Ben’ Minnick
Two Heat Wins Highlight Detroit Driving Club Stake Action
Wainscott and John Taylor each won two heats in the Merchants and Manufacturers $10 000 stake for 2 24 class trotters at the Detroit Driving Club meeting on the Grosse Pointe track. John Taylor upset Wainscott in the fourth heat after a third heat collision, delivering a sensational moment before about seven thousand spectators.
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John Taylor
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Driving Club
Grosse Pointe
Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Keene
Page Hal
Pan Michael
Keene
Elastic Pointer
King Direct
Dick Wilson
Judge Cullen
Elderone
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Hal Chaflin
Peculiar defense in grand larceny trial
In New York the trial of Lawrence Murphy former treasurer of the Journeymen Stone Cutters association for grand larceny moved with testimony. His counsel argued the funds were extortion money not dues and fines and cited a Brooklyn builder paying 10000.
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Newburger
Lawrence Murphy
Journeymen Stone Cutters’ Association
the Evening Post
Journeymen Stone Cutters’ Association For Grand Larceny
Brooklyn
Fone Builder
Government prints Miller reinstated after union expulsion
Washington July 21 William A Miller removed May 15 from assistant foreman at the government printing office for union expulsion. Civil service commission and President Roosevelt push for reinstatement. Public Printer Palmer to reinstate Miller with ongoing investigation into Miller's second communication. The president endorses labor freedom principles from the coal strike award.
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