Elgin Echo Reports Robbery After Wagon Spoke Blows
Miss Yona Heckert, 18, a Kansas operator at De Soto on the Santa Fe line, was knocked unconscious by a wagon spoke and robbed of a small sum. She later recovered consciousness and identified a white man about 25, possibly Leonard D. Connor, a Fort Leavenworth escapee, as her assailant. Four factories burned in a separate Lynn mass incident.
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A. Cobber
Yona Heckert
de Sota
Kan
Santa Fe
Miss Heckert
Fita
Leonard D. Connor
Company T
Engineer Corps
Federal Military
Fort Leavenworth
Locoweed Mystery Solved by US Biologist
Former Wisconsin biologist Dr. C. D. Minrich, once Ripon College biology head, now with the U S Department of Agriculture, identifies mature toxic compound in loco weed. The plant poisons grazing animals and the effort continues to find an antidote and an annihilating agent for the toxin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
C. D. Minrich
Ripon
Wie
oNega
Nate States Department
Fof Agriculture
Marsh “Ban
Hugo
Cdlo
Four Factory Explosion Destroys West Lynn Plant
A four story BP shoe company factory at West Lynn Massachusetts was destroyed by an explosion and fire. The blast damaged three adjoining factory buildings and injured six workers, with no fatalities expected. Authorities estimate losses at 450000 and say the explosion occurred just before shifts began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Lynn
Many
Dewtrdys Beversl
Ithe
Harney’ ‘Shoe! ‘Company
Mass
Boston Ant ‘Miie Railroad
Mn Shumbar
Train hero saves many as wreck nears Ruddock
Edward Laborde a town man from Ruddock, forty miles north of New Orleans, leapt to action as a freight train derailed near an open switch just before a Monon passenger train reached Ruddock. He pulled bystanders clear and is hailed a hero after the collision prevented disaster.
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Howe
Linois ‘Central
Chicago
Edward Laborde
Ruddock
New ‘Orleans
Mae 'Himwelf
Fragments Span Crime, Court and Society News
A jumble of items reports an elderly Cumberland Gap couple wed after 53 years mountain life, a thwarted suicide attempt in New York, Bertillon system ruling in Cleveland, deputies snubbing Parisian officials, an Apache witch accusation near Fort Apache, and a Brown County judge’s suicide in Minnesota. Names include Billard Cole Nancy Wiseman Greco Brown and Judge Webber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlppetto
Monntain
Billard Cole
Nancy Inne Wiseman
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Lexington
Millions May Starve in Seven Russian Provinces
Report from Moscow famine relief representatives describes nearly total crop failure in Samara Saratov Sembirsk Kugan Pena Tambov and Udmurtia provinces. Up to 20 million people may need aid for four to ten months as relief seeks 75 million dollars or more before winter. Officials blame obstructions to soup kitchens and medical aid amid looming epidemics of typhus and scurvy in February in Tula Kazan and Samara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow Famine Relief Organization
Samaru
Saratov
Sembirsk
Kugan
Pena
Amboy
Zainatvo’ Organization
Prince Loof; Whorls
Tula
Kazan
Samara
Great Northern underreports Minnesota taxes says official
Witness R J Farrington testified at a Minneapolis hearing that Great Northern pays only a fraction of assessed value under the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba charter. He estimated Minnesota property value at 40.543 million and the proper tax at 1.06 million, while the road paid 527 thousand last year, a loss to the state of about 500 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnenota
Great’ Northern
R. J. Farrington
Great Northern Road
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Manitoba
Great ‘Northern Road
Marrington
Great Northern
Minnesota
Mistake Proves Deadly Inoculation At Philippine Prison
Ten prisoners at Fili bid prison in the Philippines died after inoculation with a plague serum misread as cholera vaccine. Tubes of bubonic plague germs reportedly mixed with serum, with Sr. Richard P. Strang overseeing the lab. Twenty four inmates were inoculated. two died within two days and eight more in the following five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine
Sctantini
Philippines
Biological Laboratory Bureau
Richard P. Strang
Polite man attacked by mob in Pittsburgh streetcar incident
John Brand, a Meleesport merchant, tried to help Mrs Mary Bell, 70, from a streetcar in Pittsburgh. Misreading his motives, she attacked him with a basket. A mob believed Brand attacked the woman, knocked him down, and he returned with a sword and revolver before police subdued him and he was fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brand
Mary Bell
Pittsburg
Brand
Bute Brand
Roosevelt Demands Repayment of Campaign Contributions
President Roosevelt insists the $148,000 given by the Bigaire life insurance firms in the 1901 campaign be repaid as part of his push to remove what he regards as errors in his administration. The request has been refused by Republican National Committee leaders Cortelyou and Bliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Bliss
Republican Matriional Committee
Baby Found Dead in Carriage on Ninety Ninth Street
A baby boy aged several months was found in a carriage on East Ninety Ninth Street New York. He was bundled in neatly made clothing and showed indications of strangulation. A colored boy told police he saw a figure place the infant in the carriage and then disappear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninety-ninth Street
New York
Rich Merchants Arrested for Selling Missouri Plunder Goods
Three Kansas City retailers including carge retail ery goods and millinery firms were arrested on a complaint by the deputy game warden alleging violation of the state fame law paused by the last Legislature. They are charged with selling or offering for sale plunder native to Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Geome
Gale
Eorklin
Missouri
Woman Begs 80'in an Hour at New York Public School
A beggar woman with two children was grabbed on the steps of a New York public school. She reportedly earned 46.00 in one hour, according to arresting officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Public School
Mob Burns Factories in Kentucky Town Raid
A mob of masked men seized Pringeton Kentucky facilities including the pall er station telephone office and water works and then moved to torch large textile factories. Governor Beckham may order out the militia to protect other important plants.
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Paller
Pringeton
Beckham
Supposed Robber Arrested in Butte and Canton Murder Conviction
Reported arrest of a supposed robber in Butte Montana with several thousand dollars missing from Abel and Co New York. In Canton Ohio a man named Cornelius convicted of murder for fracturing his wife’s skull with a window weight in a jury verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Buck
Butte
Mont
Deweley
Abel & Co
New York
James Cornelioy
Canton
Ohio
Cornelius
Maniac Runs Amuck in Ashtabula Ohio Killing Man
A drunk laborer Kejamona a Winn, in Ashtabula, injures five men with a knife and revolver across Oak Street confectionery, a saloon, and dock area before Policeman John Hummer shoots him through the heart. Victims include John Herlery and Otto Mackey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joba
Kejamona
Ashtabula
Ohio
Kejampaa
KomJampaa
Ashtabula Harbor
Fie
Oak Street
John Herlery
Otto Mackey
Mil Tupper
Wntering
Alexander Rosrotin
Matt Hakulinen
Oscar Kosching
John Hummer
Kejampan
Clifton Arizona Dam Burst Flood Claims Sixty Lives
Private dispatches report about sixty killed as a dam burst in Clifton Arizona unleashes a flood that sweeps through Chase Creek canyon. The disaster destroys business buildings, wipes out the Arizona Copper Company smelting plant, and tears up miles of railroad track. Homes and saloons are swept away. a man, a woman, and a child perish in wreckage or the torrent. The town, in a narrow valley, faces extensive loss and fear of more deaths as rescue efforts begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Ariz
Rallroad
Arizona Copper Company
Arizona & Mexico
Arizona
Chase Creek
Detroit
Mra
Joseph ‘Thron
Cropsey Deposed From Ministry in Rochester Ceremony
Bishop Walker of western New York formally deposed Rev. Algernon Cropsey of Bt. Andrew's Rochester from Episcopal ministry. The ceremony at St. John's Episcopal Church was witnessed by Rev. Cameron J. Davis Rev. G. W. Ayres and Rev. Thomas Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cropsey
Walker
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Western New York
Algernon &. Cropsey
Bt. Andrew's Church
Rochester
N. Y
Episcopal Guard
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cameron J. Davis
G. W. 8. Ayres
Thomas Berry
Wits Tegses
Five Men Crushed In Dayton Building Collapse
A three story structure facing Market Street near City Hall in Dayton Ohio collapsed trapping five men. One man was crushed to death. The upper floor housed a restaurant run by Sam Wagner and the lower floor was being remodeled when the upper floor gave way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
City Hall
Dayton
Ohio
Sam Wagner
Fire Loss at Montreal Downtown Stores
A Montreal blaze in the downtown business district caused about 150000 dollars in damage. The fire began at the Sx celsior Clothing Company on Notre Dame Street and was hindered by zero weather and narrow streets. Twelve cases of losses ranged from 2000 to 15000 dollars. The Marcug Daly estate offered to settle the government salt monopoly controversy for 100000 dollars, claiming to recover from forest devastation in Montana. The government victory could enable recompense for vast frauds in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Sxcelsior Clothing Company
Notre Dame Street
Firma Muntained
Marcug Daly
Montana
Secretary Shaw Touts Reform Fund and Bank Powers
In his annual report Secretary Shaw urges currency reform by creating a $100,000,000 fund for the treasury head to deposit or withdraw as needed and grants authority to contract national bank circulation. The proposal aims to stabilize finance and empower fiscal policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Favora
Treasury
Five Divorces and Marriages Shake Limm Family History
Reports detail George Timm of Omaha reversing a May divorce to wed his brother’s ex wife who was divorced in June, with his sister marrying the same day. The line notes five marriages and five divorces in the Limm family over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Timm
Omaha
George
Limm
Regiments Record of 25th Infantry’s 1885 Fort Sturgis Rampage
A congressional probe traced alleged 25th Infantry misconduct at Fort Sturgis in 1885. Negro troopers reportedly shot up a town and a trooper was killed in a Brownaville incident, leading to a lynching by locals after they forced disclosure of the killer’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sturgis
G. D
Wear Department
Congress
Twenty-Ofth
Roosevelt
Twenty-Ffth Infantry
Brownaville
Voxan
Bank Raider Kills Himself After Bendena Hold-Up
A lone bank robber identified as Jesse L Harris, a Westport Missouri farm hand, robs the Bank of Bendena Bendena Kansas st 3 pm. He orders staff to the vault. clerk Theodore Selb retreats to rear door and is shot at. Harris then flees and shoots himself, dying instantly. William Dillon president and Theodore Selb clerk were inside. About $6000 in currency lay on the counter within reach. The robber was well dressed and unmasked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Bendena
Kan
Jesse L. Harris
Westport
Wiliam Dillon
Theodore Selb
Belb
Belle
Efarris
Woman Burglar Caught After Confessing Twelve Robberies
Mary Brown alias Mary Cook, Westchester County's first woman burglar, confessed to twelve robberies in Mount Vernon and two weeks of plundering about $5,000. She refused to name her accomplice, saying she would rather serve forty years than reveal him. Arraigned before Judge Baroge, she claimed to be about 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. White
Pelham Heights
New York
Sla
Mary Brown
Mary Cook
Westchester County
Mount Vernon
Mary
Chicago salesman found dead in Providence hotel
Edmund Fiske, a traveling salesman from Chicago, was found dead in his room at a Providence hotel. Police believe death by his own hand after reading telegrams from Jim wife in Lincoln, Neb, implying family estrangement. Mrs Fiske confirmed marital problems and a divorce action begun three weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Providence
Edmund Fiske
BR. I
Jim
Lincoln
Neb
Fiske
Edmund D. Fiske
Ugo
Duplicates Daughter's Death Farmer Hangs Himself
Harrison Bell a 65 year old retired farmer from Moore township near Boston Pa died by hanging in the garret of his son in law Samaritan Dech's residence. He selected the same spot and rafter where his daughter Mrs Dech hanged herself on Christmas day two years earlier. Mrs Bell died six years ago and since then Bell had been despondent. family kept watch over him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Bell
Moore Township
Boston
Samaritan Dech
Bell
Dech
Express Robbers Loot Cotton Belt Car Near Tedwater Texas
Robbers on a Cotton Belt train car near Tedwater Texas escaped with more than $10,000 after throwing messenger W A Grissette from the car door. Grissette suffered a fractured skull and medical chances for recovery are hopeless according to reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tedwater
Texas
W. A. Grissette
Grissette
Northwest coal famine prompts railarrest and theft probe
Westerners and Cimarron officials plus North Yakima residents seize coal from trains amid shortages. The Interstate Commerce Commission will begin an inquiry into the car shortage with a Northwest start. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia League Island navy yard reports theft of the Minneapolis silver service for its cruiser, with other valuables missing and secret service on the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cimarron, Kun
North Yakima, Wash
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest
Minneapolis
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Denver
Secret Service
Ends Her Life as Son Weds in Newark and Washington
Mrs Archibald Lance 54 years old committed suicide by hanging in her cellar in Washington New Jersey during her son's wedding in Newark New Jersey. She disappeared at the hour of the wedding and left no stated motive. Sisters die in double tragedy in Portland Oregon where Ina and Minnie HUM were found asphyxiated by their sister Wikia IM on returning home from work. Notes express farewell but no reason given. Governor Magoon informs Cuban moderates of Roosevelt decree to annul second Cuban Congress elections triggering protest.
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Archibald Lance
Hame
Washington
N. J
Newark
Lance
Portlhal
Ore
Ina
Minnie Hum
Wikia IM
Lome
Hilda
Prosperity Boom Across Farm Sector Shatters Records
The 1906 farm value reaches 6.704 billion dollars, with corn and cotton leading exports. Secretary Wilson notes a $485 million rise over 1905, while sugar beet, tobacco, and other crops show substantial gains. Meat production and livestock welfare reforms also feature, alongside a vaudeville church offering by Rev. Frank Goodchild to attract worshippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whison
Na Ture
Wilson
Farm Deporta
Department
Congress
Jewish Home Colony Plans Suburban Long Island Village
A movement forms among New York Hebrews to establish an affordable housing colony on Long Island for 1,088 families. A large tract is laid out as a model village with space for a market, city hall, and a temple, advertised in thin paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Long Island
Ayace
Golden Medical Discovery and All Healing Salve Promoted
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleansing tonic and All Healing Salve for eczema, ulcers, and skin diseases. Claims include proven cures for sores and glandular swellings, with instructions to mail stamps to Buffalo for the salve and notes on availability in drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Main St
Buffalo
Ought to Have known Josiah asks about ax to grind
In a brief Chicago Tribune exchange, Mr. Chvawater and Mr. Chugwater discuss the phrase ax to grind. They explain that a politician has an ax to grind when preparing a vote and pursuing a split ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah
Chvawater
Mr. Chugwater
Chicago
Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promotes Internal Treatment
An old advertisement claims catarrh is incurable by local applications, urging internal medicine Hall's Catarrh Cure to reach blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts a physician’s prescription, a tonic and blood purifier blend, and requests testimonials, with a 75 cent price and druggist availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chunry &,Co
Toke Hall
Dream of the Wife and Mother-In-Law in a Burlington Dream
A Burlington Free Press item recalls a man named Thia hearing a vivid dream of his wife and mother-in-law arguing about visits and temperance. The mother-in-law urges leniency toward her husband, stressing he is a man not a child and urging gentleness and patience. The scene ends with him waking from the dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Tiluk
Wijl
Burlington Free Press
Change of Food Gave Fink Relief from Indigestion
A washwoman describes relief from stomach troubles after switching to Grape-Nuts and cream, citing years of dyspepsia and ineffective medical care. She credits the change with improved digestion, clearer brain, and steadier nerves, and references the book The Fond to Wellville.
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A. Washwoman
Inalde
Samantha 7
Cam
Wwe
Bat
Tle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Implgte
Dhere
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Towa
Holves
Monon
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Prankfort
Ind
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Siyenrs
Auictie
Greco Brown
Heater
Glilette
Gan
N.Y
Dale Keepers
Cleveand
Castellana
Boni de Gnatellane
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Dhalf
Hoenix
Aris
Fort Apache
Webber
Distriet Court
Brown
Adjswent
Kimeslf
Minn
Hill Road
Maniac
Amuck
Finn
Aahubila
Policauinn
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Annie
United States
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Indianapolis
Coast
California
Internal Revenue
Internal Reveue
Illinois
BANK
Magoon
Frank Goodchild
Central Baptist Church of New York
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