Grisly discovery under Chicago bridge rocks onlookers
A mutilated unidentified male body was found under the Randolph Street bridge in Chicago. The remains show crushing by a 500 ton bascule mechanism, with a single YMCA Grand Rapids membership card as possible identification. Police theorize robbery or murder with disposal by the bridge, and a newspaper cover was placed over the body during the grim discovery.
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Chicago
Randolphy Street
David
Young Men's Christian Association
Grand Rapidy
Mich
Uts
Lax Marriage Laws At National Reform Meet
Delegates at the fifth annual meeting of the National Reform Association in Winona Lake discuss lax marriage and divorce laws. Rev. J S Martin of New Castle Pa notes worsening conditions based on US government statistics and cites trial marriages among notable figures as a symptom of broader ethical decline. He argues the fault lies with faulty laws and modern marriage rites rather than state alone.
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Natonal Iteform
Winona Lake
United States
Martin
Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Newastie
Elis
Mr. Martin
Guard killed by lightning at St Joseph brigade
A guardsman at brigade headquarters in St Joseph Missouri was struck by lightning during a violent thunderstorm while arranging for the review of the Missouri National Guard by Governor Folk Major Miller of Battery A St Louis was killed instantly Privates Thomas and Ulrich were severely Khockerl General Telegraph Strike ordered President followed by a conference with President Gom era of the American Federation of Labor and other labor leaders
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St. Joseph
Misouri National Guard
Folk Beryt
Miller
Battery A
St. Louis
Thomas
Ulrich
Khockerl
United States
Canada
Small
Gomera
American Federation of Labor
Inbor
Reported assurances calm fears of Persia frontier clash
United States Ambassador Lelsinan has received assurances from the party that American interests near Ur amiah in Persia are not in danger from the Larks who recently crossed the frontier. Gene Coxey, famed hobos’ march organizer, plans a new pilgrimage but declines to disclose details or purpose.
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United States
Lelsinan
Uramiah
Persia
Coxey
Gene Coxey
Washington
Ste Hon
Government approves Saint Gaudens coin redesign plan
Announcement from the government confirms acceptance of Augustus St. Gaudens proposed designs for American coins. The new obverse will retain Liberty’s hand in a stylized form while the Indian head is kept with altered likeness, and the reverse of the $20 piece features a spread eagle. Radical changes are indicated for the ten gold coin, with the eagle modeled after the Mint Bird.
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Bt. Gaudens
Augustus St. Gaudens
Armerican
James M. Dongneve
Philadelphia Mint
Engle
Liberty
Tongacra
Christian Gobréecht
Peter
Whales Chase Ship Miles to New York Voyage
Passengers aboard the Saint Line steamship Brooklyn arriving from Porto Rico witnessed a dramatic show. A school of fourteen whales trailed the vessel for miles, one even bumping the hull and prompting stokers to repel it with coal humps. On Friday morning Captain McLean noted a comet, with passengers rising to view the event. Saturday saw a towering water column surge ahead of the steamer, a striking waterspout-like display during the voyage.
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Elisha
Saint Line
Brooklyn
New York
Porto Rico
McLean
Daiva
Skeleton Found in Colorado Mine Recalls Orchard Story
The skeleton of W. J. Barney a timberman at the Smuggler Union mine was exhumed twelve miles from Westuride Colorado by Bulkeley Wells the mine manager. Steve Adams now jailed in Idaho awaiting trial allegedly confessed to the murder of Arthur Collins former Smuggler Union general manager and to the killing of Burney for incurring the union’s displeasure. A dentist could not confirm the skull’s identity.
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Colorado
Orchard
W. J. Barney
Arthur Collins
Burney
Wrong Death, Funeral Ruptured by Identity Error
In Union City Pennsylvania a funeral for Thomas Kelly from Galveston Texas dissolved when his mother found the collected body in a casket not belonging to her son. The mixup happened as the minister concluded a sermon on Death before the undertaker unveiled the body to mourners.
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Union City
Thomas Kelly
Galveston
Texas
Erie
Williams wins Mississippi Senate nomination in Democratic canvass
John Sharp Williams is the Democratic nominee for U S Senator after a Mississippi party canvass showing 50 490 votes for Williams and 53 848 for Vardaman with 648 vote plurality. Gary Indiana is noted as the steel capital with plans for a $45 million model city and steel plant areanear Chicago.
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Williams
John Sharp Williams
United States
Mississippi
Democratic State Executive Committee
Twa
Vardman
Gary
Ind
United States Steel Corporation
Hay
Model City
Luching State Line
Chicago
Reward Offered for Mount Vernon Murderer
Governor Deneen puts up 200 dollars for the capture of the Mount Vernon murder suspect James Ty Willits, with citizens adding 100 dollars. Other items note Landis denounced as a demagogue, Chancellor Day slamming Judge Dandle og a demagogue over a heavy fine on the Standard Oil Company, Pope Manufacturing faced 21 million capstone, and Adams Express Company case in Kansas City circuit court.
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Gov. Deneen
James Ty. Willits
Mount Vernon
Landis
Day
Syracuse University
Dandle
Standard Old Company
Immunity Talks Tie Railroads to Standard Oil Rebates
A Washington correspondent reports that immunity extended to the Alton by Q K Morrison could signal wider protection for railroads that granted rebates to Standard Oil in illegal traffic deals. The aim was to reach the giant trust by pressuring railroads while acknowledging the difficulty of obtaining insider evidence from Standard Oil.
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Chicago, and
Alton
Standard Oil Company
Washington
Giant
Trust
Moody
Q. K. Morrison
Te Department of Justice
Wife Knocks Out Robber With Bat in JeNergon Pa
Mrs Thomas Cooper of JeNergon Pennsylvania fought an armed robber alone in her home. She used a baseball bat to disarm the intruder and protect a hidden $1000 as he demanded money. After the struggle she blocked the room with a shotgun and held the door until her husband arrived.
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Thomas Cooper
JeNergon
Cooper
Turns From Faith To Doctor In Boston Founder
Joseph Armstrong a prominent Boston Christian Scientist, sought to testify in depositions for a litigation against Mrs. Eddy. Ill at his Boston residence, he has been under medical care for six weeks for pleurisy, away from duties at the Christian Science Journal and literature.
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Boston
Joseph Armstrong
Eddy
Armstrong
Christian Science Journal
Telegraphers Strike Shuts off Chicago Ties Across City
Strike by telegraphers and postal workers nearly halts outside communication in Chicago on Saturday. Officials say the walkout lacks justification and will not concede to employees. Long distance telephones are used as substitutes for wires.
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Chicago
Three Generations in Teil and Civil War Links
The report notes arrests of eight Keys family members in Milton Pennsylvania for complicity in moonshine robberies. It mentions Bill Quantrell living on Vancouver Island and doubts from old comrades about his fate. It also covers Catfish causes a woman’s death in Valdosta Georgia, and the delayed trial of Harry K. Tho for Stanford White’s murder. Yellow fever kills Sergeant Wesley Merritt, and Lords pass Irish evicted tenants amendments. W B Bosinger seeks government authority to murder near Ravenna Ohio.
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Teil
David Keys
Milton
Keys
Quantrell
Bill Quantrell
Vancouver Island
B. G
Frank James
Louisville
Bayonets for Irish Rioters in Belfast Clash With Troops
Violent disorders erupted in Belfast as strike meetings filled the afternoon. Crowds gathered in Green’s Square and dock quarter, fighting while troops and police attempted to restore order. Bayonet charges occurred on Grosvenor Road and Falls Road, injuring one officer and twenty-one constables, nine seriously.
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Belfast
Eome Wild Avenes
Dock
Crows of Man
Green's Square
Anil
Faulls Wood
Grosvenor Road
Goldier
Avetity
Bor
Araa
Southern Road Bows To State In Alabama Rate Pact
After two days of talks, B B Comer of Alabama announced a deal with Southern Railway to restore its right to operate in Alabama. The agreement requires Sept 1 implementation of the 244 cent passenger rate and a new commodity freight rate, with both laws kept in effect pending federal court adjudication likely to reach the Supreme Court.
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Rata Tawn
Alabama
Southern Railway
Goy
B. B. Comer
Apbame
I Tenge
Algbnda
Tt Wor
United States Supreme Court
Milwaukee firm forms to market new battery invention
A Milwaukee company with capital of 5 006 000 forms to exploit an invention by Wrank Curtis. The battery uses electricity from chemical decomposition with electrodes from newly discovered assays. Cost per cell may fall below five cents. In tests a fourteen cell battery maintained eighteen sixteen candle power lamps for seventy eight hours while an eighteen cell unit powered an electric run for about two hundred hours.
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Milwaukee
Wrank Curtis
Omaha women demand removal of leg model displays
Women from OrfRhn church societies petition police to force stores to remove plaster of Paris toga clad hosiery models in shop windows. Police take no action, fire and police commissioners offer no reply, while women vow to pursue removal as they condemn the displays as vulgar and immoral.
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Church
OrfRhn
Pavia
Omaha
All Telegraphers Quit Strike Spreads Across Cities
Telegraph operators in New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Buffalo Baltimore and other eastern cities joined the walkout. The strike spread to the South and West and reached Canada as Associated Press circuits halted newspaper service nationwide.
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New York
Washington
Philadelpha
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Baltimore
Canada
Head On Crash Kills Four Near Dalton Georgia
Four people died and three were seriously injured in a head on collision between a south bound gear freight and an extra freight train on the Western and Atlantic railroad one mile north of Dalton Georgia.
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Western and Atlantic
Dalton
Kicks $5,090 Along Pavement in Albany Incident
Albany man George O Drumm found a roll of money worth 5900 on the sidewalk after an automobilist said he dropped it A passerby helped recover the funds In another item three Columbia Yacht Club members drifted 40 hours on Lake Michigan in a disabled boat near drowning Mrs Sage donates 850000 for a Long Island City YMCA building The Long Island Railroad employer will benefit plus a police court fine in St Louis for kissing a woman against her will A street scene in New York misidentification of a man with his child as a kidnapper Nearly lynched A Nebraska flood survivor William Wilcott and wife are rescued Center Nebraska A Belfast man finds his long lost son after 30 years and dies from the shock Gaynor in jail at Macon Ga awaiting Supreme Court appeal in Savannah harbor fraud case
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Albany
George O. Drumm
Drumm
Behind the Scenes with Wild Animals by Madame Velgin
Madame Velgin outlines dramatic escapes from danger in her new book. Illustrative tales include Claire Hellot at the New York Hippodrome battling a lion and a frightened train ride with a performing mule beside wild beasts, underscoring the perilous life of animal trainers.
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Madame Velgin
Claire Hellot
Lelpzig
New York Hippodrome
Inca
Dia
Attuck
Lion
Animals argue over daily chores in Munician's Chronicle
A hen, muley cow, and parrot dispute daily value and rewards while a hired man remarks that usefulness lies in work. The hen boasts of eggs, the cow in milk, and the poodle and parrot perform tricks, but the man counters that arts define effort and worth.
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Allie
Munician
Chronicle
Cat Spirit Punishes Cookie Monster Theme Tale
A Chinese belief holds that harming animals invites the animal spirit to possess the wrongdoer until guilt is purged. A servant girl in an oriental tale reportedly killed a cat and three kittens. the cat's spirit, speaking through the girl, denounces the killings before she dies in convulsions.
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Skee
How did they catch the railroad eating house thief
An absurd Michigan satirical exchange notes a thief weighed down by plunder could not run. The punchline reveals the culprit carried only doughnuts, a twist reported by the Milwaukee Sentinel about a playful crime anecdote.
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Milwaukee Sentnel
Chronology of Historic Conflicts and Events Across Centuries
A dense timeline lists conflicts, explorations, political milestones, and notable deaths from 1040 to 1902. Highlights include Harvard's first commencement in 1642, Missouri's 1821 statehood, 1890 Limerick siege, and the 1890s electricity execution in the U.S. Also noted are Frederick the Great, Peter the Great, and events in Canada, Ireland, Spain, and England with various battles, treaties, and inaugurations.
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Frederic I
Carcend
Athenry
Cartier
Harvard College
Dungan Hill
Canada
Quebec
Greenwrich Observatory
Limerick
William Iit
Narva
Czar Peter
Tunasia
Virginia
Williamsburg
Orsova Tiken
ITA
Frederick
Brvelau
Missouri
Lori Castlereagh
Louis Philippe
ASM
Louis McLune
Delaware
United States ‘Treasury
Iran
England
Madrid
St. John
Washington
United States
Natal
Ayr
Robert
Hiarus
Sweaborg
Napoleon
Eugenie
Queen Victoria
of Culpepper Court House
Woerth
Gordon
Khartoum
Florence Maybrick
William Rkemeler
Auburn
N. Y
Buffalo
Memphis
Tenn
Republic of Hawaii
Benor Canovas
Spein
Abu-Hamid
Nile
New Foundation Method Described by British Paper
The Literary Digest cites a foreign engineer describing the compressor system for foundations. It uses a tapering arm to bore through soft soil to a birdpan, then fills holes with stones and rubble in layered, rammed pours. No ground is removed, yielding a monolithic, strong block with compact sides.
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Literary Digest
Trust restrains American Seating in anti trust ruling
Judge Landis issued a perpetual injunction against American Seating Company for conspiring with school boards to monopolize the school furniture market. The trust did not contest the order, arguing the practices had already been halted.
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Louiis Kile
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