Unwritten law motive in Mishawaka killing and other late items
Police link Eneop Highshow murder to unwritten law in Mishawaka Indiana. Senator Cullom argues South negro disfranchisement could swing Dixie Republican. Chicago auto crash drowns man and woman. four others missing. Brooklyn fire kills nine. Crop report promises higher food supply. British budget clears first Lords reading as debate looms. Taft outlines annual message including anti delay commission. Various reports: Cairo and Cairo Illinois mob actions. wag wages tension. sugar trust probe. Steinheil case weaknesses. New Albany bank robber shot. Kennedy will bequeaths 26 million. Rockefeller gift faces opposition. Russia Turkey trade, treaties idle. British army food experiment. czarina health fears. Cummins praises tariff opponents.
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Eneop
Mishawaka
Ind
Cullom
Illinois
South
Dixie
Jackson Street
Chicago
England
Cairo
Will James
Annie Pelley
Taft
Glasgow
London
Deneen
Ballinger
Fincher
New York
Steinhell
Henry Salzner
New Albany
Kalamazoo
John Stewart Kennedy
Russia
Turkey
United States
Experimenta
Bt. Petersburg
Cummins
Iowa
Marquette Club
Aldrich and Cummins Heard in Chicago Banquet
In Chicago Senator Aldrich and Senator Cummins spoke at a Commercial Club banquet at the Congress Hotel. Aldrich outlined the need for a comprehensive plan to reform the monetary system and hinted at a central bank while Cummins urged scrutiny of Republican leaders Cannon and Aldrich, insisting on defending Republican principles.
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Nelson W. Aldrich
National Monetary Commisston
Commercial Club
Congress Hotel
Chicago
Aldrich
St. Louis
New Orleans
Taft
Winona
Joseph.g.’ Cannon
Republican Party
Albert B. Cumming
Marquette Club
Cannon
Payne
Cummins
Safe Blower Steals Nearly 10000 In Burlington Home
A masked bandit blew open a safe in the Burlington New Jersey residence of Schuyler Ranier, 72, after forcing confinement on housekeeper Jane Nickson. Cash and bonds totaling about $10,000 were taken, leaving Nickson in critical shock after a desperate struggle.
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Schuyler’ Ranier
Burlington
N. J
Jane Nickson
Exhibition mile by Sureno shocks Philadelphia crowd
Sureno ran a 2 1644 mile exhibition at Philadelphia, taking the midtrack route. Belmont Park’s Champagne Stakes saw Fauntleroy win by three lengths over Grasmere, with The Turk snatching the Lynnbrook handicap at Jamaica by a nose over Cherryola. L C Hull, a Rhodes scholar from Michigan, was elected president of Oxford University Athletic Club. The national horse show aims to promote breeding as a solid investment for U.S. horse owners.
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Guideleas
Sureno
Philadelphia
Fauntleroy
Belmont Park
New York
Grasmere
Jamaica
Heo
Cherryola
L. C. Hull
Michigan
Oxford University Athletic Club
Hull Ign
Athletic Club
United States
Nye Ptock
Auto Plunges Into River Near Jackson Boulevard Bridge
An automobile with four to six occupants plunged into the Chicago River when the draw at Jackson Boulevard bridge opened at 10 10 Sunday night. A woman survived to describe the event as rescuers searched in darkness under heavy rain. Police and fireboat units grappled for clues to identify the car and its occupants as they towed the area for the vehicle number.
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Jackson’ Boulevard
Chicago
van Buren Street
Iinots
Kansan implicates woman in Mrs Short murder case
Fred Fanning of Topeka Kansas confessed to poisoning Mrs Mary Short to seize her property. He now says Mrs Minnie Haglish aided the crime and was arrested as an accomplice. Fanning previously claimed he tainted Mrs Short’s coffee and that Mrs English advised poison amounts and received $1460 of the woman’s money. He prepared to go into the restaurant business with Mrs English.
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Kansan
Mary Short
Fred Fanning
Topeka
Kan
Minnie Haglish
Fanning
Woodmere Town With 808 Houses Sold for 8 Million
Woodmere Long Island town of 400 acres with 306 houses, home to wealthy families including James McCrea vice president of Long Island Railroad, Henry Zeigler of Steinway & Song, and George L. Stebbins bank president, sold to a real estate company for 8 million in what is described as the largest suburban New York deal on record.
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Woodmere
L. 1
James McCrea
Long Island Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Henry Zeigler
Steinway & Song
George L. Stebbins
Blackmailers Kill 250 Horses in New York Poison Plot
A gang poisons horses in east side stables, killing over 260 and possibly up to 609 as blackmailers demand hundreds of dollars. Detectives say owners paid at least 10,000. Dr H Stark of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals notes many horses poisoned but saved, as method and motives unfold with rising grief.
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New York
East Side
H. Stark
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Nine Killed in Brooklyn Fire at Comb Factory
An explosion and ensuing blaze at the Robert Morrison & Son comb factory on Columbia Street Brooklyn New York killed nine workers and injured nearly a score of employees. The blast occurred in the basement as flames raced to fire escapes and the roof. Proprietor Robert Morrison was found badly burned in the hallway.
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Robert Morrison & Son Inn
Columbia Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert Morrison
Berlin Professor Helsser Dies in Winnipeg Mission
An obituary note reports Dr. Helsser, a Berlin University professor of political economy, dying in Winnipeg while on a Western Canada mission. The piece notes his academic role and recent travels without detailing cause or date.
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Helsser
Berlin University
Winnipeg
Western
Canada
Stockholm
New Governor General Named for Islands
W Cameron Forbes of Massachusetts is named by President Taft as governor general of the Philippines to succeed James Smith, whose resignation takes effect November 11. Forbes, a grandson of Ralph Waldo Emerson, was 1904 appointee to the Philippine commission and secretary of commerce and police.
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Cameron Forbes
Islands
W. Cameron Forbes
Massachusetts
Philippines
Taft
James Smith
Smith
Forbes
Ralph Weldo
Emarson
Roosevelt
Philippine Commission
Commerce and Police
Eleven Die In Sinking Off Block Island
Belated news from New York reports a disaster at sea with eleven feared dead. Six crew members aboard the coal laden John 8. Bennett perished when the vessel sank after a collision with a four masted schooner near Block Island. The Merrill C. Hart of Thomaston, Me. is also thought lost with five aboard.
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Black Anland
New York
John
Bennett
Halifax
Block Island
Merrill C. Hart
Thomaston
Gimlet burglar shot by watchman in St Louis yard
A known “gimlet burglar” robbing area homes for eighteen months was shot and killed by watchman William F. Mannion in Colonel Edwin A. Batdorf’s yard at 5057 Washington boulevard. The suspect, a Black man, was caught while trying to break into James Kavanaugh’s residence next door. A gimlet used to bore holes in shutters was found on the dead man, identity not yet confirmed.
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Gimlet
St. Louis
Willam F. Mannion
Edwin A. Batdorf
Washington Boulevard
James Kavanaugh
Batdort
Theater Fire in Terre Haute Destroys Coliseum Theater
A blaze at the Coliseum Theater in Terre Haute Indiana killed one man believed burned to death and seriously injured three others. Firefighters Arthur Ballinger and John Bayless were injured by falling debris while battling the flames. Stable hand missing. Fred Osborn a stable man trampled by a horse as others freed plunging animals. Total loss estimated at 25000 dollars.
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Terre Haute
Coliseum
June Harlan
Ind
Arthur Ballinger
John Bayless
Fred Osborn
Osborn
Taft New Kaneas Town Marks Map Emergence
William Howard Taft's special train was delayed by a block signal five miles west of Kingsley Kan during the last campaign. The new town of Taft has just been placed on the map and, though not yet a week old, already shows a population of three.
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New
Kaneas Town
Taft
William Howard Taft
Kingsley
Kan
Pastors bar out revivalists in Ohio meeting
A gathering of pastors from fifty northern Ohio Baptist churches decided to ban professional revivalists from the field. The Rev. James A. Francis of Boston advised the move, and the resolution directs regular pastors to conduct revival services in exchanged church settings across Cleveland, Ashtabula, Lorain, Wooster, and other large Ohio towns.
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Ohio
As the Baptista
James A. Francis
Boston
Cleveland
Ashtabula
Lorain
Wooster
Anderson Hardware President Struck and Killed in Atlanta
Harvey L. Anderson, Atlanta business leader and president of Anderson Hardware Co, was hit by an unknown car that fled the scene. Police arrived to find him deceased. the driver did not stop.
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Antolut Klimn
Speede
Harvey L. Anderson
Anderson Hardware Company
South
Atlanta
Anderson
Cured patent remedy and fashion obsessions in old notice
An excerpt details a pine compound prescription with dosages and a local druggist selling the concentrate in sealed bottles. It contrasts fashion anxieties influencing clothing and accessories with the relentless cycle of trends and fickle tastes affecting beliefs and opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
A Pig in the Stable Cellar Becomes a Neighbor’s Jest
A family in the suburbs keeps Lulu the pig in the stable cellar. The pig visits a neighbor and shows interest in the bird. When asked if they keep a bird, Lulu quips that they instead keep a pig. Delineator notes the humorous remark.
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Lulu
Lesson from the Past about Croesus and Rockefeller
A fable tone remark on ancient Croesus counting wealth and doubting its published value while imagining Rockefeller faced the same issue. The punchline shows steady counting despite uncertainty, preserving a cautious, reflective mood.
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Croesus
John D. Rockefeller
Nature decides path beyond law or church
The speaker notes a friend’s remark that fate chose not to push him toward law or preaching. Archie retorts that nature made the decision even before birth, implying a predetermined life direction beyond traditional professions.
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Algy
Archie
Nature
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