Terrible Tragedy in New York State
A grim Middletown case reveals the bodies of Willy and Fred Olney in the woods and Alice Ingerick in the cellar. Mrs Ingerick and Lulu Ingerick survive as investigators note no robbery motive beyond pockets taken from the brothers. The scene shows aligned body positions and deadly wounds consistent with a planned attack.
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Middletown
Bena Lele
Willich
Willy
Fred Olney
Aunig
Ingerick
Georga Ingerick
Wao
Olney
Willis Olney
Fred
Man and wife duel ends in Brooklyn murder
Denton H Hopkins a die cutter in Brooklyn shot and killed his wife during a hallway duel at her John Street flat. The couple who had lived apart after thirty years quarrelled over money. Hopkins was wounded in the hand and arrested on murder charges.
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New York
Denton H. Hopkins
Brooklyn
Johnson Street
Hopkins
Daughters Elect Officers in Confederacy Group
San Francisco October 9 The United Daughters of the Confederacy elected officers for the coming year President Miss Lizzie George Henderson Mississippi First vice president Mrs Alfred H Moore Louisiana Second vice president Mrs V A S Vaught Louisiana recording secretary Mrs P Hickman Tennessee corresponding secretary Mrs A W Rattey Mississippi custodian of crosses Mrs R Gadbett Georgia custodian of flags Mrs A Cantril Kentucky treasurer Mrs James O Lasw resting
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San Francisco
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Lizgie George Henderson
Mssissippi
Fist
Alfred H. Moorhies
V. A. S. Vaught
Louisiana
P. Hickman
Tennessee
A. W. Rattey
Mississippi
R Gadbett
Georgia
A. Cantril
Kentucky
James O' Lasw
On the heights of success and its quiet price
A reflective piece on the cold costs of success, noting cheerless moments behind achievement. It weighs whether the hardship endured is worth the overall gains and questions the common belief that success brings constant happiness.
Sentiment Against Count Witte in St. Petersburg Banquet Debate
A St. Petersburg caucus voiced strong opposition to Count Witte amid calls for a city banqueting honor and granting freedom of the city. Protesters argued his Portsmouth actions were a betrayal to political allies and not worthy of recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Count Witte
Grecuss
Portsmouth
Neatukes
Conductor Caldwell Mistrial in Wreck Negligence Case
A mistrial was declared in the criminal negligence case against W B Caldwell a railroad conductor on a train wrecked near New Market Tennessee on September 24 last year The circuit court at Dandridge heard the case Prosecutor Judge C W Heiskell led the trial The jury split ten to convict and two for acquittal with two hung The prosecution's key witness S E Civag testified Caldwell admitted forgetting orders at the scene resulting in the crash
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Knoxville
Tenn
Get
W. Bb. Caldwell
Southern Railway
New Market
Dandridge
Caldwell
C. W. Heiskell
Memphis
Clayton Heiiskell
S. E. Civag
The
Tomb Beneath Ypsilon Peak Claims Cantons Man
Five hundred feet below Mount Ypsilon summit at Estes Park Colorado a tomb is being built around art student Lewis G. Levings of Canton Illinois after a fall killed him. The body lies beside a bottomless lake and recovery is impossible.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Estes Park
Colo
Mount Ypsilon
Lewis G. Levings
Canton
Uls
Reasons for England's Decadence Highlighted by Jordan
Stanford University California October 6 President David Starr Jordan told students that England’s decadence stems from two causes. He cited mass emigration of England’s best brains and brawn and the deaths of thousands of the finest men in the many wars England fought over the past century.
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Stanford University
Calif
David Star Jordan
Europe
England
Great Britain
Three Wives Testify in Bigamy Arraignment
A 25 year old painter Roby Benyicker was arraigned in police court on a bigamy charge after two women Norma 19 and Emily 20 testified they were his wives and that a third wife lived with him in Wigamwenta street. The women claimed they were unaware of each other’s marriages and that Benyicker deceived them about a Lowell, Massachusetts wife.
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New York
Wigamwenta Street
Roby
Benyicker
Norma
Eamily
Mra
Lowell
Mass
Bennicker
Hll
Tacey
Eighteenth Street
Benyiched
Emily
Connect Pacific and Gulf new railroad line planned
President P Ripley of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe directs a new Gulf Santa Fe and Northern railway to connect San Francisco with Galveston Texas. The line will run 350 miles from Brownwood Northwest to Texico on the Texas and New Mexico boundary linking via Rio Puerco to Albuquerque.
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Galveston
San Francisco
P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Tex
Gulf, Santa Fe and Northern Railway
Brownwood
Texico
Texas and New Mexico
Yexico
Pecos Valley
Santa Fe Railway
Rio Puerco
Santa Fe
Overland
Albuquerque
Eastern New Mexico and
Santa Fe Company
California
Marines for Philippines Contract Awarded by Navy
The Southern Pacific passenger department reports the Harriman lines awarded a navy contract to transport a large number of marines to the Philippines. An average of 45 marines will be moved each month for several months, with the voyages across the continent to continue on schedule.
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Philippines
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Passenger Department
Harriman Lines
Navy Department
Pelippines
Caracas Telegraph Refuses Cable Payment Standoff
The Venezuelan telegraph department offered the money collected for cable messages by the French company during late September to the Caracas bureau, but the latter declined the funds saying it has no instructions to accept.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Venezuelan Telegraph Department
New York Reports Lowest Death Rate in Centuries
New York City health department report released yesterday shows the death rate for January to June 1905 at 19.23 per cent per year, down from 22.24 per cent, based on an estimated population of 3,938,000.
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New York
New York City
Department of Health
Father Kills His Son in Danielaville
In Danielaville Georgia on October 3-4 G Graham living three miles from town shot and killed his son Gip Graham. The son reportedly had been drinking and attacked his father with a knife prompting the father to use a shotgun and fatally wound him. An inquest was held but the outcome was not yet announced.
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Danielaville
G. Graham
Gip
Gip Graham
Texas Negro Escapes Mob
Monk Gibb son, the negro accused of murdering the Condit family at Finn, has been captured and landed in the Edna jail with troops guarding him. Large posses had hunted him for days after threats he would be burned, prompting Governor Lanham to send state troops to protect the suspect. He was found asleep in an outhouse by Walter Warren and turned over to the sheriff.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Monk Gibbson
Condit
Finn
Edna Jnil
Lanham
Edna
Gibson
Walter Warren
Warren
Preparing for Roosevelt Visit in Montgomery
Montgomery Alabama October 12 the program for the reception and entertainment of President Roosevelt during his Montgomery visit on October 24 is complete and public. The city council approved ample funding for presidential hospitality despite opposition from two aldermen who argued it would violate the city charter.
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Roosevelt
Montgomery
Ala
Roosevet
Laree
Hearst Accepts Nomination for New York Mayor
William Randolph Hearst publicly accepted a nomination for mayor of New York from Judge Samuel Seabury and the Municipal Ownership League. The league’s convention is Thursday, and Hearst already held offers for three mayoralty tickets this fall, including Democratic and Republican lines.
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New York
William Randolph Hearst
Samuel Seabury
Municipal Ownership League
League
Hearst
Democratic
Republican
Atlanta Gets Another Evening Paper The Georgan Company
Atlanta announces a new penny evening paper to begin soon. The Georgan Company, led by wealthy, well known newspaper men, will provide the equipment already ordered to start publication in the city.
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Atlanta
Georgan Company
In the Clouds the Poet Sees Common Things
A brief poetic fragment contemplates perception and daily objects, noting the poet as a keen observer who finds meaning in ordinary scenes such as a stove in use. The verse hints at reflection on imagination versus mundane detail.
Coal Operators Plan Concerted Action With Miners
Chicago dispatch reports miners leaders Joan Fahey T D Nichols H Dettry plan to return to Pennsylvania as operators consider a nationwide meeting in Chicago for April to align on a new agreement amid tensions over the miners contract. Meanwhile a Peoria banker dies suddenly at 79 after a run on the Nelson dam stock. Burnham held 150 shares and was a longtime Nelson National Bank shareholder with an estate around $500000.
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Chicago
Joan Fahey
T. D. Nichols H. Dettry
Pennsylvania
Fahey
Tribune
Peoria
Dougherty
Peoria National Bank
Burnham
Fragmented Accessory Quote Sparks Language Debate
A jagged OCR passage suggests a reflection on learning language and thought. It mentions thinking in Russian and a barb wire metaphor, though the context and attribution are unclear. The text reads awkwardly and appears to be from an isolated clipping.
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Waysaw
Phraes
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Gulf
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Sweden
Karlstad
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Norway
Dothan National Bank
LR. Faircloth
Jop Baker
J. L. Crawford
H.G. Forrester, Ass’t AS
Dove Brand
G. E. Roland
Ghent
Dothan
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