SLAIN BY CRAZY MAN IN OKLAHOMA TENANT FARMER
Ida Hermit, an elderly hermit two miles west of Arapaho Oklahoma, shot Art Bronskill a tenant and soldier home from the Philippines, then stabbed and decapitated him after a pursuit on the Butler road. He was killed by a sheriff deputy after the attack. Walters and Bronskill families located in Missouri and Pontiac Illinois. Ouster county noted for numerous crazies.
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al Walters
Arapaho
Okla
Art Bronskill
Bronskill
Philippines
Butler Road
Barral
Whal
Ila
Walters
Gassvilla
Brunskill
Pontiac
Ouster County
Oklahoma
Suspected murder plots unfold in Chicago and Ohio beef clash
Disputed cases surface as Joseph Banzard and Son Went Chances pursue exoneration after years of savings to defend against a murder charge linked to Antonio Jongo. In Ohio, attorney general rules state institutions must buy Ohio beef, disqualifying Armour from contracts. A jewel theft near Atlanta involves Mrs Hopkins, yacht Adroit, and a missing crew member. Harry Orchard's Boise testimony shows remorse and possible motive.
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Joseph Banzard
Joseph Lantori
Phillip
Chicago
Antonio Jongo
Joseph Santori
Ohio
Elia
Ohio Beef
Armour & Go
Sandusky
Russell Hopkins
Atlanta
Mayor Schmitz Convicted of Extortion in San Francisco
Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco has been convicted of extortion. The ruling ends the grip of the corrupt machine, with a five year prison term imposed. City officials say the city is now freed from the machine's influence.
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Schmitz
San Francisco Inc
Shooting gallery owner killed in Bold Ohio accident
A. O. Harris, proprietor of a Bold shooting gallery, was accidentally shot and killed while he was painting a target board. A young woman, examining one of his rifles, caused the fatal incident.
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Bold
Ohio
A. O. Harris
Record Breaking Coal Cargo Reaches Superior
The steamer W. B err arrived at Superior Wisconsin with 13,000 tons of coal, surpassing the prior Great Lakes record by 2,000 tons.
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Great Lakes
W. Berr
Superior
Wic
Will J Davia Is Married In Chicago Mystery
A garbled report notes Will J Dayte, WMissofs Theater manager and part owner, and Nellie Hagen, longtime stenographer, connected to Buchanan and Michigan. Mentions Nesy Metcalf, Nakhoon, Admiral Evans, and Dolphin at Newport News as part of unclear Settlement context.
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Will J. Davia
Will J. Dayte
Wmissofs Theater
Chicago
Nellie Hagen
Buchanan, Mich
Dovotan
Ilo Nesy Metcalf
Woashinetor
Evans
Newport, News
Rampage by Circus Elephant Kills Boy in Buffalo
A circuses elephant named Ruth attacked spectators at Lafayette Square in Buffalo, injuring a 12 year old boy, Rocco Laquino, whose skull fractures proved fatal after transport to the morgue. Trainer R S Dunlop was briefly detained and later released. Ruth, 10, valued at $7,000, was slated for execution by chloroform.
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Ruth
Cole Brothers
Ghreus
Aid
Lafayette’ Square
Main Street
Buffalo
Rocco Laquito
Eby
Laquino
Hogmtal
Taquino
Dunlop
Abbott
Probing Railroad Mail Plot Spreads Through Agency Clash
The Cincinnati Times-Star reports a government probe tied to a Roosevelt initiative that has saved over 2 million dollars by scrutinizing railroad Post Office relations. Thirty two postal inspectors have studied mail cars since December, amid changes by Postmaster General Meyer to use weighing days for compensation, standardizing payments and ending Cortelyou era divisors that favored seven day service.
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Post Office Department
Roosevelt
Cincinnati Times-Star
Meyer Hay
Cortelyou
Cortelyon
Flees Sanitarium Murdered In Corona Ly
The body of R. Steiner once a New York City merchant was found beside a road near Corona Ly 3 after escaping a private sanitarium where he was treated for insanity. Inmate Joseph Kleine who fled with Steiner is missing and police suspect homicide.
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R. Steiner
New York City
Corona, Ly. 3
Joseph Kleine
Queitarium
Mr. Steiner
Steiner
Heavy Taxes on Rich and Nation’s Resources Policy
President Roosevelt, in Jamestown Exposition speeches, urges heavy taxes on the rich to curb intergenerational fortunes and calls for stronger resource conservation. He also supports employer liability for worker injuries and deaths. In Philadelphia a girl, Miss Margaret Chance, 18, caught fire when her clothing burned as she rode a crowded Fox Chase trolley car, despite passengers rushing to help.
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Roosevelt
Margaret Chance
Philadelphia
Harriman Immune From Prosecution After ICC Testimony
President Roosevelt and advisers decided at White House conferences to shield E H Harriman from criminal prosecution due to his testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission. A new campaign against trusts and railroad abuses was discussed during the meetings.
Eight Hour Law Applies in Arctica for Public Works
The War Department in Washington will enforce the eight hour workday in Arctic regions as in other areas, covering rondal and other public works projects despite daylight variation. The decision underscores uniform labor standards across distant territories.
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War Department
Washington
Rondal
Government crop report shows wheat yield and exports
Government crop report states total wheat production at 616,593,000 bushels with 308,628,000 winter and 248,004,000 spring. No surplus remains for export after domestic needs.
Green Bug Ravages Ohio Crops Near Circloville
A green bug from Kansag is at work around Circloville Ohio destroying oats fields. Twenty mile stretches show extensive damage as the pest appears to move southeastward, threatening additional acreage and prompting agrarian concern.
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Ohio
Circloville
Sudden Canal Hazard Kills Seven Near Pedro Briguel
A premétine accident of hazardous material on the Panama Canal line at Pedro Briguel caused seven instant deaths and left several injured. Local responders secured the area as authorities investigate the incident and its causes.
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Canal
Pedro Briguel
Panama Canal
Rural Mail Routes Report Shows Growth in Service
The fourth assistant postmaster general in Washington released figures on rural mail delivery. As of June last, 14,225 petitions were filed with 14,777 adverse reports. Since May 1 there has been an increase of 477 routes, totaling 87,741 in operation serving 86,568 regular barriers. Daily service excludes 048 with tri weekly runs. Pending petitions total 1,664, 241 favorably noted and ordered established. $1,840,493 of the new service appropriation remains unexpended.
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Upi
Washington
Siumbat
Byi
Ynexpendad
Saloon clashes injure two preachers in Frontenac
Temperance crusaders Rev. J Primrose and Rev. A F Berkatroser, arrested on liquor charges, were beaten by about twenty saloon supporters in Frontenac Kansas after leaving jail. They were punched and kicked, then fled on a trolley car with facial wounds and bruising.
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Kansas
J.,primrose
A. F. Berkatresser
Jallin
Frontenac
Rey
Primrose
Berkatrosser
Hquoriv Fronténic
Ra- Penge
Soldiers Preference Law Questioned by Attorney General
Kansas Attorney General HF H. B. Jackson says the Veterans Preference Act hinges on appointing officials who decide competency. The opinion from Topeka suggests the law could be rendered practically valueless, since the appointer can deem an old soldier unfit for the job.
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Kansas
Jackson
Slayer of Four Is Dead in County Jail
Thoma Baldwin, a Colfax, Alabama businessman linked to a February wholesale murder near Bloomington, was found dead in his county jail cell Wednesday morning after a period of poor health. He had testified in a prior assault case, killing Mrs. Simeon Eisenburg, her daughter Cora, and Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy.
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Thoma Baldwin
Colfax
Bloomington
Baldwin
Simeon
Eisenburg
Cora
Mra. Kennedy
Electric Swing Fall Injures Eight at Electria Park
A large electric swing at Electria Park in Kan ang City collapsed from the base, sending the 65 foot center shaft snapping and falling. Eight people were hurt, eight injured, one seriously, as the ride toppled to the ground near Por ty-aixth Street and Lydia Avenue.
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Electria Park
Amnsement Regort
Porty-aixth Street
Lydia Avenue
Kanang City
Great Strike in France Shocks Wine District
A million residents in southern France’s wine belt overthrow civil government and launch a general strike. Mayors and councils resign as a former obscure winemaker takes supreme command.
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France
Woman Says She Is Burglar In Cleveland Case
Mrs. Bessie Metadorf eighteen confessed to Cleveland police that she was a burglar. She admitted accompanying her husband Otto Metzdorf on raids as a lookout. Nettie Lucker, mother of Mrs Metadori, is charged with receiving stolen property.
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Bessie Metadorf
Cleveland
Otto Metzdorf
Nettie Lucker
Metadori
Sinking of French Schooner Ta Jalousp Off Barbados
Twenty eight passengers and twenty one crew members were lost when the French schooner Ta Jalousp sank off Barbados while en route from Cayenne to St Louis. The captain and twenty one crew survived.
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Aed
Cayenne
St. Louis
Barbados
Dorchester Celebrates 277th Founding Anniversary
Dorchester Massachusetts marked its 277th founding anniversary on Monday. The town noted as the first in the United States to adopt a town meeting and to establish a free tax funded school, is among New England’s oldest settlements.
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Dorchester
Mass
United States
New England
Eleven Sailors Lost After Jamestown Ball Collision
A launch carrying six midshipmen and five crew members returning to the battleship Minnesota from a Jamestown exposition ball was struck by a steamer. All eleven aboard were drowned.
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Crown
Minnesota
Lady Novelist Julia Magruder Dies in Richmond
Julia Magruder famed for novels and children stories died in Richmond Virginia. Her career included popular works and contributions to American literature, reflecting era trends and child literature.
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Julia Magruder
Richmond
President Dias Invites Root to Mexico Visit
Secretary Root accepted an invitation from President Dias to visit Mexico as the guest of the republic, planning to travel in the latter part of the term.
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Root
Dias
Vinit Mexico Os
Lieutenant Richardson Resigns Over Engagement Collapse
Mae Richardson of Browndville recounts Lieut. Richardson’s failed engagement to Capt. Kelly’s daughter Miss Kelly while stationed at Fort Brown and later at Fort Houston San Antonio. The War Department reportedly disapproves the officer’s conduct and his resignation followed the scandal as his regiment proceeds to the Philippines.
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Mae Richardson
Tntatty
Richardson
William Kelly
Browndville
Doxa
Fort Brown
Miss Kelly
Tvan
Bani
Houston
San Antonio
Misa Kelly
Revolutionary Boston Doctor Advocates Euthanasia of Idiots
A Boston physician Andrew Christian urges extreme measures to prevent degeneracy. He supports a board of marriage overseers to decide which babies with idiocy or deformity should be quietly killed, arguing only the fit should marry and reproduce. He suggests educating women to accept ending such lives as the kindest option.
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Boston
Anddrew Christian
Board of Oversea's
Nun Abducted From School in Duluth Incident
Sister Borromen of St Clement’s Catholic school in Duluth Minn was abducted by two men while teaching. She is 24 and the daughter of Edward Deigie superintendent of the St Paul terminal railroad yards. Abductors fled the scene with no trace. Relatives suspected though no firm motive given. The nun was to take final vows July 11.
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Borromen
St. Clement's Catholice School
Duluth
Minn
Edward Deigie
St. Paul Terminal
Ife
Conspiracy of Japanese in Nation Reported In City
In Washington a report describes an international conspiracy by Japanese in the United States and Japan to overthrow Tokyo government, force an apology, and demand indemnity for San Francisco attacks, plus unrestricted coolie labor. In Minneapolis a council meeting ordered a citywide work stoppage against contractors using open shop materials, affecting most building operations.
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Japan
Tokio
United States
San Francisco
Washington
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Building Trades Council
Fire Sweeps San Francisco Block on Bryant Street
A blaze destroyed property valued at 200000 dollars on Bryant Street between Seventh and Eighth. The Franklin grammar school Yo semite flour milla a lodging house and wholesale houses of Custume Seed Company and San Francisco Paste Company were consumed by flames.
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Bryant Street
Seventh
Eighth Streets
San Francisco
Franklin Grammar School
Yosemite Flour Milla
Custume Seed Company
San Francisco Paste Company
Missing Dentist Found Alive in Army Assignment
Dr Valle Burgee a Coffeyville Kansas dentist who disappeared March 8 and was believed murdered is en route to the Philippines as a member of Company F Twenty sixth regiment The Coffeyville cab driver charged with the murder has been freed
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Army
Valle Bucgee
Coffeyville
Kan
Philippines
Burgee
Utility bill becomes law after senate agrees
The New York Senate concurred with the Assembly to pass the public utilities bill over Mayor McClellan’s veto. The vote was eight to something and the measure has been signed by Gov. Hughes, finalizing the passage into law.
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New York Senate
Assembly
McClellan
New York City
Gov. Hughes
Hit by Pitcher Ball, Professor in Critical Condition
Professor Erneat D. Siweetvar, civil engineering instructor at Washington University, was struck by a pitched ball and suffered a brain concussion. He remains semiconscious at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis after the incident caused by a student.
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Erneat D. Siweetvar
Washington University
Jewish Hospital
St. Ould
Worden Wins Torpedo Boat Destroyer Flotilla Run
Worden led the torpedo boat destroyer flotilla from New York to Cape Henry Virginia finishing first. The squadron reached 2244 knots per hour between Scotland Lightship and Cape Henry. Swedish heir born Princess Margaret, wife of Prince Que tayug Adolphus, delivered a son who is future Swedish heir. Marygaret is a niece of King Edward of England.
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Worden
Margaret
Quetayug Adolphus
Sweden
Marygaret
Edward of
England
San Francisco Mayor Schmitz Found Guilty of Extortion
San Francisco mayor Eugene E Schmitz has been convicted of extortion for taking 1175 from Delmonico's French restaurant as part of a wider reform license battle. District Attorney Langdon vows to prosecute other powerful figures tied to graft, including Abe Ruef, once seen as city political boss.
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Eugene E.schuilts
San Francisco
Langdon
United States
Big
Eugene
Schmitz
Lils
Schimitz
Ruef
New York Singer Building Uses Bar Anchors in Concrete Caissons
Anchoring a skyscraper, a new departure in architecture stabilizes the 45 story Singer building site in New York. C M Ripley in Engineering World reports embedded front bars in concrete caissons beneath the basement to counter wind uplift. The system, said to be unprecedented, aims to resist wind pressure at 80 pounds per square foot, equating to about 330 tons on one side.
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Singer
New York
C. M. Ripley
Engineering World
Notable Italian Tenor Donates to Immigrant Aid Fund
Enrico Caruso has contributed 4000 dollars to the New York society assisting Italian immigrants. Gardner F. Williams, a mining engineer who oversees global diamond output, was born in Michigan. A Russian guardsman nicknamed Long Ivan stands seven feet eleven inches tall at age twenty-one.
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Bhort Peraonnis
Enrico Caruso
New York Society
Gardner F. Williams
Michigan
Ivan
No Secret and The Oriental Dream Beauty Claim
An ad style fragment claims a method to enhance beauty with medical endorsement and secrecy. It cites Dr. T Felice Gouaud as purported medical authority and lists Peep Hopkins at 87 Great Jones Street New York as proprietor. Product marketed widely through druggists and dealers in the United States Canada and Europe.
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Bone
T. Felice Gou'aud
T. Hopkins
Great Jones Street
New York
United States
Canadas
Europe
Poets Speak On Diminishing Fame And Ads Impact
Richard Le Gallioune and Hoetlag't Ty Dull discuss the poet's waning status in society. They note poets once held rank and riches, now struggle to earn through poetry alone. Advertising versification and product ads have become a major income source, with dull reception for new verse and declines in poetry related to breakfast foods and canned meat.
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Author's Club
New York
Richard le Gallioune
Bild
St. Panl Ploncer Press
Untitled fragment from Tales from Filegende Blactter
A fragmented translation recounts a professional exchange about calls and a dinner with the great tenor Alberti. The narrator notes two years of work and mentions applause after each course and three recalls at the finale.
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Alberti
Tea Tastes Better Than Coffee Says Snifebury Woman
A Snife bury Maryland woman claims coffee harmed her health for years causing weight loss and dyspepsia. She switched to tea then to Postum Food Coffee and regained her weight plus improvement in health. She endorses Postum as pure and better than coffee and praises its nourishing effects.
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Snifebury
Alice
Wellville
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