Thaw Move Seen as Path to Freedom by NY Lawyers
Prominent New York lawyers believe Harry Thaw will be free within months once outside New York limits. They say a valid sanity finding is not extended across states and that bankruptcy filing signals Thaw’s stable mind, with confinement confined to New York only.
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New York
Neetie Philbin
Esistinet
Sabb
New York State
Harry Shaw
Judee Dowling
Shaw
Pittsburg
Thaw
United States
Pittshore
New Jersey
al Jude
O Miust
Grand Army Encampment approves electric river display
The Forty second Grand Army of the Republic executive committee in Toledo authorizes premiums for the best electric display on the Maume river aboard yachts and tinnich on Sept 2 and 3. The Sheridan ride pyrotechnics are set for Sept 2 and 3 requiring 200 troops. The decoration committee may spend more on street and interior decor than ever before.
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Toledo
Grand Army of the Republic
Maumee
Sheridan
Governor Willson Denies Tay lor Notify Plan
Governor Willson emphatically denies he ever considered notifying W. S. Taylor after the Goebel murder indictments. He says there is absolutely no foundation for any reference to him in the matter and that Taylor should return to Kentucky to stand trial.
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Frankfort
Willson
W. S. Taylor
Kentucky
Goebel
Louisville
Machinists Approve Strike at Lake Shore Line
In Cleveland 300 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway machinists voted in favor of a strike over piece work terms, following a wave of sentiment seeking an expression on the advisability of striking.
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Cleveland, O
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Nothing to Live for He Thought
Parsons Kansas August 14 Stewart Huntley seventy five years old from California to his home in Nic committed death by own action poison He was recently found in his rented room with a bottle of poison nearby authorities said the man had suffered recent reverses and declared he had nothing to live for.
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John J. Melntyre
Thana
Parsons, Kan
Local figure listed as estranged in family records
A fragment notes a man who was the subject of a money dispute and who had divorced his wife and become estranged from other relatives. The text provides no further details on names, dates, or places.
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Pobhed
Girl of Twelve Commits Suicide in Kansas City
Vivien Burden twelve years old killed herself here by swallowing carbolic acid. Authorities believe the death by own action Tuesday of May Williamson sixteen, a classmate and schoolmate, influenced the girl to take her own life.
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Kansas City
Aug
Vivien Burden
May Williamson
Fusion men trich triumph in Nebraska ballot ruling
In Lincoln Neb Aug 14 Secretary of State Junkin allows Sephus Neable to appear on the primary ballot as elector for both the Democratic and Populist tickets under fusion rules. National Committeeman Rosewater’s protest against fusion is overruled while Noble is listed as Democrat and Populist.
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Lincoln
Neb
Rosewater
Repullican Party
Fusion
Nebraska
Junkin
Sephus Neable
Secon
Partty
Noble
US Navy Show Impresses Auckland Visitors
Two thousand New Zealanders toured the battleship Louisiana as US Navy officers led them through the ship detailing its mechanisms. Auckland Mayor Myers praised the crews for exemplary conduct and sobriety while shore leave allowed many sailors to join impromptu baseball games with locals.
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Auckland
N. Z
United States Eet
Louisiana
IE U A. Myers
Aackland
W.oal Prickett
United States
Papke Triumphs in Two Quick Wins at Armory Club
Bil Papke of Tamaqua handled John Carroll of Brooklyn and Frank Mantelle of Pawtucket in rapid defeats. Carroll was stopped in round two after severe punishment, while Mantelle fell in the first round.
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Papke
Boston
Aus
Bil Papke
Tinois
Armory Athletic Club
Greer John Carroll
Brooklyn
Staupypual
Frank Mantelle
Pawticket
R. I
Alabama Protest Against Railroad Rates
Washington August 14 strong protest against railroad rate increases on grain products fresh meats packing house products and hay in the southeastern territory will be filed with the interstate commerce commission within the next two or three days by the state railroad commission of Alabama on Aug. 1.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Railroad Commission of
Alabama
Wife Didn't Talk Enough in Lincoln Shooting
William Lush, a wealthy Lincoln German citizen, fired four times at his wife of thirty years when she did not talk to him enough. A bullet grazed her hair with no injury, and another chipped his skull as he tried to shoot himself. He survived the attempt.
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Lincoln
Neb
William Lush
Canadian Pacific hires more workers in Toronto shops
New Hands Going to Work reports the Canadian Pacific railway filling vacant shop positions in Toronto and West Toronto. Forty more strike breakers have been brought into the West Toronto shops. The car repairing department is fully manned and half the regular blacksmith staff are at work.
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Toronto
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
West
West Toronto
Too Much Wind for Baldwin Airship Speed Trial
Washington August 14 A ten mile south wind forced Captain Baldwin to postpone the second official speed trial of his airship until today He remains confident he will reach the required speed.
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Baldwin
Washington
Captain Baldwin
Queen Victoria to Visit England From San Sebastian
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria left San Sebastian as she travels to the Isle of Wight to see her mother Princess Beatrice of Battenberg. The queen will briefly stop in Paris incognita for one day.
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Queen Vic
England
San Sebastian
Alfonso
Victoria
Sale of
Wight
Beatrice of Battenberg
Paris
Wealth not his that enjoys it
The fragment reflects a quotation attributed to Franklin contrasting wealth with the pleasure of possessing it, suggesting that value lies not in accumulation but in delight.
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Wealth
Kiss
Franklin
Social notes mark visits and arrivals in Goshen area
A flurry of personal mentions records visits from G C Berkey to Nebraska W B Hazelton to Christiana lake and many others from Dun Kirk Mishawaka Elkhart and Goshen. The lists include births engagements trips business calls and upcoming departures among residents and visitors.
List of the Sick
A laundry of illness and ailments among residents. John Ort, Carl Collar, and L M Foltz's son suffer glandular, intestinal troubles, and danger. The Smee infant and Margie Stem battle head abscess and cholera infantum. Mrs Guyer and Larry Kreigbaum’s daughter improve after sudden sickness. Suffering, quinsy, facial erysipelas, heart trouble distress families on Garfield and Sherman streets with relatives in Chicago.
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A. B. Smee
John Guyer
Hickory Street
Larry Kreigbaum
Rice Thompson
Clark Dawson
Third Street
David Gaff
Sherman Street
Frank Lees
Earl Darling
Chicago
Ice cream socials advertised by local groups this week
Kane Lodge F and A M meets this evening. Ice cream social at Flossie Loudenslager 1020 Center Friday evening. Ladies of Castule A B church serve ice cream on the Island Saturday August 15 for the Pennsylvania picnic. St Johns church Guild hosts ice cream at Main and Pratt Saturday evening. Brethren U P S C EB at William Foltz 202 Kenyon Friday evening August 14. Indiana Hive LT M August division serves ice cream at Mrs Whyler 306 East Jackson Saturday evening August 1a.
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Kane Lodge
Flossie Loudenslager
Center Street
Ladies of
Castule A. B. Church
Pennsylvania
Ladies’ Guild of
St. John’s Church
Main
Pratt Streets
the Brethren Church
William Foltz
Kenyon Avenue
Indiana Hive
J. B. Whyler
East Jackson Street
Elks Plan Funeral Attendance for Brother Schuler
Special meeting of the Elks lodge is held tonight to arrange attendance at the funeral of Brother Charles Schuler. The notice calls members to participate in organizing transportation and ceremony details.
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Elks’ Lodge
Charles Schuler
Feed the Brute Breakfast Comic Opinion Card
A Cleveland Plain Dealer card notes a restaurant proprietor’s quip that men are disagreeable before breakfast and that women are generally kinder in the morning. The piece contrasts male grumpiness with female composure and humorously reflects on breakfast routines. Also a thank you statement expresses gratitude for sympathy after a loss and thanks for floral tributes and named well-wishers.
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Walter
Cleveland Plain Dealer
John Stansbury
Mary Little
J. Vance
Dora Bender
Times Have Changed From Folk Cures to Modern Medical Feats
A humorous note contrasts old remedies with current medical practices from colds to appendicitis. It ridicules past home treatments such as soaking feet and pork neck wraps, and mocks shifts in language and politics across eras.
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Hatten
Westphalia
Iran
Mere Pittance Mention Sparks Debate Over Employment
A Philadelphia Press excerpt quotes Mrs Nurich urging Widow Downes to find her son work, even for a mere pittance. Mr Nurich denies offering a position despite the note stating the need for any job at a low wage.
Just a Change
Poor man asks about blindness and the reply explains a recent ailment. The piece reflects a terse dialogue from a Louisville Courer-Journal item, hinting at hardship and resilience in short exchange.
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Louisvilte Courier-Journal
Bees and Their Baskets Then Gray and His Elegy
Bees carry a pollen basket on hind legs formed by fringe hairs that trap grain. The article notes bees store enough pollen for two to three days. It also recounts Thomas Gray keeping his elegy for nine years, polishing it like a gem before publication.
Diverting Attention Dialog Mixed With Accent
A brief excerpt shows a man named Comrox expressing preference for a family member with an English mother so his relatives can be critiqued by others. The Washington Star quotation contrasts standard schooling and foreign language use in family discussions.
A Good and Safe Rule by John Ruskin
A preservation minded aphorism urges living fully in every place. It advises kindness truthfulness and making friends as guiding principles for a considered life.
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John Ruskin
A Man's Idea Hat Priced at 139 Cents
A Nashville American item notes a man’s plan to craft a hat for his wife valued at $1.39. The brief mocks the cost and project as a small domestic endeavor.
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Nashville
Texas Homebuying With Kelsey and Schafer & Son
Say ve your money and buy a home in Texas. The plains south Panhandle beckons. Go with Kelsey the Texas man on the 18th. See Schafer and Son at 104 Monger blog, home phone 832.
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Texas
Beautiful Plains South Panhandle
Kelsey
Schafer & Son
Monger
Hewitt beaten path voice signals wavering pride
The quote depicts Hewitt as cautious and worn down by past hardships while Jewett carries the weight of repeated defeats, suggesting a tense dynamic of resilience versus pressure in the narrative.
More lying in the matter of congratulations noted
A quotation from the Florida Times Union remarks that there is more lying in the matter of congratulations than on any other subject. The line highlights distrust in celebratory rhetoric.
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Florida Times-Union
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Cost Moore
Elkhart
Harry Thaw
Criminal Tribunals
Grand Army
Taylor
Tricumphant
G. C. Berkey
Hazelton
Christiana Lake
Emmet Kenyon
Dunkirk
N.Y
J. S. Fralch
Goshen
Walter Eldridge
Fish Lake
Mrs. Elmo Cummings
Gary
Arthur Helpin
Mishawaka
Jennie Shelley
Charles Cloyes
N. K. Miller
Klinger Lake
June Williams of
Sturgis
Edwin Walley
V. V. Anderson
Western Union Messenger
Nappanee
J. H. Neds
R. Kingsbury
E. C. Crow
St. Joseph, Mich
Mr. Walden
Walden Bros
Goshen Democrat
Mattie Cook
P. R. Judkins
William Brown
Marie
Minnie Gephart
C. B. Reynolds
A. D. Franks
John Cloutier
Lake Shore
Montreal
Quebec
Zoa Cloutier
Kendallville
Howard Sheldon
Helen Wise
Wabash
Henry Wise
1St Jackson Street
E. H. Drake
Momenee
Canton
Ind
C. M. Hisenbeiss
Ira Zivler
F. A. Reece
R. G. Manning
Ambridge
R. W. Monger and
Detroit
Niagara Falls
Thousand Islands
Hazel MaeCarthy
South Main Street
Katharine Doutt
Gertrude Smith
L. €. Bishop
Middlebury
Monuval
Irvin D. Landis
City
Lilian Spohn
Irma Stepheng
Guy Rohrer
South Bend
Kenneth Winegardner
Buffalo Bill
Fred Gampher and Son
Niagara
Mackinac Island
Emna Goard
Victor Simons
Benton Harbor
Nina Kade
June Williams
Ned K. Miller
Benton
N. B. Corny
John Bickel
Etta Kiblinger
Frances Reichelhoffer
Fort Wayne
Clinton Rookstool
H. P. C. Lent
Elkhart High School
Bay City
Mich
A. P. Bartholomew and Son
Warsaw
Mildred Shawl
Leesburg
Thomas Oliver
Indiana City
E. M. Walden
Helen Walden
Jefferson Street
Connecticut
Walden
Waldens
John Ort
Carl
Charles Collar
L. M. Foltz
Garfield Avenue
Barney Oldfield
Orittle
Hewitt
Jewett
New York Press
B. C. Godfrey @ Sons
Lamp Post
A. C. Keene
So. Main St
Electric Department
Borneman @ Sons
Hoosier
Inets
G. Curtis
Uncle Sam
W. H.theis
South Side
Main St
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