Cassie Chadwick Dies in Ohio Penitentiary Ward
The widow Cassie L Chadwick died in the Ohio state penitentiary women’s ward at 10 15 pm Thursday after a coma lasting an hour. Her son Emil Hoover was summoned from Cleveland but did not arrive. Once known as Madame Deviere in Toledo she forged Richard Brown’s name in Youngstown leading to a nine year sentence in Columbus. Her second husband was Dr LeRoy S Chadwick of Cleveland.
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Cassie Chadwick
Oberlin
Cassie L. Chadwicik
Elizabeth Rigley
Woodstock
Canada
Toledo
Ano
Madame Deviere
Richard Brown
Youngstown
Columbus
Cleveland
Hover
LeRoy S. Chadwick
Unidentified Woman Found Murdered in Chicago River
Police believe an unidentified woman about 35 was murdered and dumped into the Chicago River near the Halstead street bridge. She wore fashionable clothes and bore a cut on her neck and shoulders. A watch engraved with the initials S J and two gold rings were found on the body.
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River
Chicago
Halstead Street
S. J
Two Killed in Blast From Smoked Pipe Spark
A spark from a pipe smoked by Joseph Barbust ignited a keg of thirty pounds of powder in his home, demolishing the house. Coal miner James Jackson of Bridgeport Ohio and his 16 year old daughter Essie were killed. Mrs Jackson and Barbust were severely injured and three Jackson children were badly hurt. Barbust had been warned not to smoke near the keg.
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James Jackson
Bridgeport
Ohio
Essie
Joseph Barbust
Frithjof Lost Off Iceland. Wellman Expedition Hit
The arctic steamer Frithjof accompanying Walter Wellman’s Spitzbergen expedition was lost off Cape Langenes Iceland on October 5. The captain and fifteen crew drowned while the engineer clung to a plank and reached shore. Damaged by ice the Frithjof failed to withstand a storm while homeward bound for Norway.
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Wellman
Frithjof
Walter Wellman
Spitzbergen
Cape Langenes
Iceland
Norway
Cape Szengenes
Boat Fire Drowns Four Men From Port Amboy
Four Port Amboy residents drown after their surf skiff catches fire in Raritan Bay. The seven aboard escape the flames by overturning the skiff. four perish and three are rescued exhausted after clinging to the overturned boat for more than two hours.
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Port Abbey
Rariton Bay
Port Amboy
Four Die in Fire at Mitchell Home Near New Holland
A late report states the residence of James Mitchell near New Holland Ohio burned to the ground. The aged mother of Mrs. Mitchell and three children Jesse 11 Paul 6 and a 3 month old baby perished in the blaze. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a defective flue.
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James Mitchell
New Holland
Ohio
President Mitchell to Retire From Union Presidency
John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America announces he will not seek re election citing ill health and inability to attend to duties. The move ends his long leadership of the union.
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Mitchell
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Dramatic World Series Game Ends In Late Thriller
Detroit’s Donovan gets the win over Chicago as a tense World Series clash goes down to the final innings. Crowd of thousands fills the West Side grounds with cheers and nerves as both sides exchange leads and dramatic twists.
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West Side Jungle
Dias
Monmiber
Clini
Donovan
Firme
Wild Bas
Detroit
Chica
Cheadith
Cubs
Realbach
Hinda
Chicago
First National Corn Exposition Opens With Vast Display
The Chileno Coliseum hosts the nation’s first great corn exposition with hundreds of displays in red white and golden hues. Prizes total sixteen thousand dollars in cash and over fifty thousand more in special awards. Exhibits include corn plant crafts and a temple shrine to the goddess of corn. A 300 recipe kitchen demonstrates corn preparations and 1 520 corn varieties are shown from fourteen states and foreign entries.
Trade Volume Expands as Banks Report Strong Merchant Activity
Aggregate payments through banks show notable gains over last year with renewed confidence among leading producers. Demand for iron steel and railway equipment rises as orders for machinery and hardware strengthen, while mercantile collections stay steady despite tight money. Bank clearings rise 7 percent from 1906. failures remain limited in image with Liabilities over a thousand.
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Choice Commercial Piper
Chengo
Dun
New York Collectors See Mixed Signs in Early Spring Pace
Collectors report some improvement at several centers though money tightness keeps volume light. Activity in iron steel car manufacturing electrical goods shoe manufacturing and copper mining falls as layoffs occur. Lumber and construction slow amid approaching closed season and tighter credit, with weekly US business failures at 117 versus 166 prior week.
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Indus Rnd
United States
Bradstreet
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
The report lists regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. It includes commodities such as wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed with specific price bands and quality qualifiers.
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Chicago
Fez
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Dreyfus Retires from French Army as Artillery Post Held
The retirement of Major Alfred Dreyfus from the French army is gazetted as the nomination of an officer to the post formerly held by him, the commander of artillery at St Denis.
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Alfred Dreyfus
St Denis
Work at Panama Rapid canal progress beats earlier estimates
Digest about Panama Canal shows 185 000 cubic yards dug in 1904 014 000 in 1905 and 2 63 000 in 1906 along the Culebra cut. Seven months to August 1907 total work nears 4 985 000 cubic yards, with seven months surpassing the prior thirty six months. Army regime blamed for efficiency rise, shifting from talks to labor.
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Canalry
Culebra
Tom
Ing
Canul
Pregs
Washington
Stee
Taft
Ovenas
New Orleans
Balboa
South Sea
Taithon
Mystery cleared missing Brooklyn millionaire found in Montana cave
Abraham GH, a Brooklyn financier, vanished after selling a Montana ranch. Relatives received word from Sandusky Montana that his remains were found in a cave near the ranch. Authorities suspected gang violence. the body lay among ashes near the cave where his horse was later found.
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Montana
Abraham GH
New York City
Sandusky, Mont
Chil
Polytechhnic Institute
Gill
Brooklyn
New York
George Cobin
United States
Ghd
Cobin
Gul
Fragmented 1900s Cupboard of Quirky Prose and Scattered Thoughts
A garbled column speaks of crop years and fashion plus social satire. Mentions peach crops, hayseed, hats, heads, and marriage by affinity. Alludes to Lusitania voyage and a Wisconsin woman overwork fate. Touches on Roosevelt children and American crowds as rubbernecks.
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Lusitania
Wisconsin
Simple Kidney Cure Promoted In A Humble Mixture
A dubious home remedy recipe appears in a newspaper column claiming to cure kidney and rheumatic troubles. The mix uses Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with instructions to dose after meals and at bedtime. It cites authority from a New York paper and assures relief without stomach injury. The item also includes quips about a fox breeder in Princeton and a joke about reading government bulletins on Russia.
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New York
Russia
Philadelphia Press
Half Frantic Widow Reads Angels Favor Women Claim
A Houston post notes Jensoun of the Angela remarks her husband’s death left her distraught and she believes he ascended to heaven where she says most angels are women.
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Jensoun
Angela
Illouston
Tex
Post
Grape-Nuts Advertised as Instant Digestible Food
A health claim highlights Grape-Nuts as ready for instant use without cooking. A Chicago woman credits improved digestion and weight gain after switching to the cereal, touting its digestibility and taste.
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Chicago
Reagan
Wellville
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