Panicked Passengers Escape Burning Sleeping Car
Telegraphic notes report a sleeping car fire near New Haven where gas ignition caused flames and smoke. Twenty passengers fled in night attire. a woman suffered a minor back and arm injury, an elderly man almost suffocated but was helped out. Immigrants were later reported aboard the wrecked vessel Vera Cruz as cargo papers were lost.
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Poison Kills Insured Baby in Missouri Case
Fourth death in the Nesenhiever family prompts new suspicions toward mother Alice Nesenhiever of Lannivar. Carbolic acid poisoned the infant. 6 cent worth of ash used for bedclothes, bottle discovered. The mother had life insurance on each child and husband, with prior deaths and investigations linked to her. A broader inquiry into the latest death is ordered.
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Lannivar
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Supreme Court
Nesenhenor'a Fife
Russia and Allies Clash in Manchuria and Shandong
The report notes Russian forces backed by a fleet occupying Manchuria and threatening AERIAL and ground actions. It mentions Lettsians reoccupying New Chwang, Resesian squadron arriving in De Chi bi gulf, and large troop movements and supply efforts amid broader regional tension.
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Parrot Alarm Sparks Rescue After Owner Falls
Neighbors rushed to aid George Andrews of Washington DC after his parrot cried out loudly revealing he lay unconscious with a severed neck wound from a ceiling fall. A physician stitched six times and warned death would have followed in minutes. The parrot had previously alerted neighbors during a house fire years ago.
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George 2. Andrews
Washington
Andrews
Ile
Steve
Pastor Not Liable for Church Salary in Missouri Ruling
Western Missouri Court of Appeals held a church congregation not liable for a pastor's back salary. Rev C J Riffe sued Que Firse Baptist Church of Marion City after salary shortfall of 800 dollars a year. Trial court ruled for the minister. appellate court reversed.
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Que Firse
Kiffe
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Daughter Kidnapping Case Sparks Five-Decade Recheck
A Baltimore mother seeks a reformed felon to help locate her daughter Ethel Clarke taken 23 years ago. The newspaper reports detail the abduction near a grocery in a sparsely settled neighborhood. Police have not confirmed positive identification of the missing woman.
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Mes
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Baltimore
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Gabel
Spor
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Clarke
Washington
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Aid
Alien Felons For America Plan to Rehabilitate Criminals
Reports from various U S papers describe plans by the Teplin Society to send reformed criminals to the United States and instruct them in a target language before transport to the seacoast. Separate items note a gambling bribery case in Stenelula, a Jacksonville flood, and a Pennypacker libel bill debate shaping press liberty.
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Teplin Society
Tics
America
Boston plaintiff claims $1 million in shoe machinery case
Starry J. Cilley of Boston sues United Shoe Machinery Company in the U S Circuit Court seeking $1,000,000 under the 1890 trade and commerce act. He states he invested about $800,000 in manufacturing shoe machinery and patents and alleges monopolization and market control by the defendant, harming his business and property.
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Starry J. Cilley
Boston
United States Circuit Court
Explosion Wrecks a Mill on Madison Avenue Indianapolis
An explosion from a boiler at a mill on Madison Avenue Indianapolis caused the building to collapse injuring many workers. Charles Bowers was buried under debris while several others were rescued and rushed to hospitals. Fire crews and doctors responded as the roof and walls were blown apart and workers were chaotically evacuated.
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Ind
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Paul Stern
Lost Boy and Tramp Arrested in Lawrenceville Yard
Archie Davies, a Kansas City boy, and a tramp accused of kidnapping were found in Lawrenceville HL railroad yards by Sheriff Peter J. Garr. The boy identified himself as Archie Davies. The suspect, named Wrank Wilmohndti, denied the crime as Mrs. Davies had searched six months.
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O.da Davies
Lawrenceville
Peter J. Garr
Archle Davies
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Mystery of Four Teen Tramps In New York And Connecticut
Mystery surrounds four teenage girls seen tramping through upper Westchester County New York and Connecticut. They sleep under trees carry knapsacks and visit farmhouses for milk water and to cook on campfires. They reportedly study nature and may be students from a Connecticut seminary. Closing Chapter in Noted Failure. The Purcell failure ends with $15 000 left to distribute from sureties on John B Mannix bond. Suspends Sentence of Mrs Lillie. Nebraska Chief Justice signs order delaying Mrs Lena Lillie sentence for murder while the case goes to the state Supreme Court. Federal Clerk Robs Mall. Frank M Barnett a clerk in the US Bureau of Ethnology is arrested for forgery stealing two checks from private mail. Girls Loap from Flames. Fire at Pittsburg Bedding Co results in three girls jumping from a fourth floor window into a net. injuries serious. Damage about $50 000. Order Bars Picketing. Omaha judges sign a restraining order blocking picketing by the Waiters Cooks and Bartenders Union. Machen Is Put Out. Postmaster General dismisses A W Machen appointing M O Fosnes to the free delivery post. Strikers Secure an Injunction. Omaha strikers obtain a court injunction against merchants to stop boycotts and meetings. Sickness on Receiving Ships. Three deaths and five meningitis cases aboard Philadelphia naval ships Minneapolis and Puritan. 1 200 recruits exposed.
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Crop Outlook Improves Across States Amid Slow Planting
A weather bureau crop report notes late corn planting and hard ground slowing progress in the central and southern regions. Winter wheat shows improvement in some states while Indiana and Missouri report deterioration from insects. Pacific coast wheat varies with rain shortages in Washington and California.
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