Brakeman Howland Faces Bond Refusal in Fatal Shooting Case
Brakeman Frank Howland of the G. and M. line remains in the county jail awaiting trial for shooting fireman Charles Carroll of Hik hart with intent to kill. Bond set at 500 dollars. bail efforts failing as Mrs Howland also jailed and not charged, with authorities hoping she testifies when the case comes up.
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Frank Howland
G. & M. Branch
Charles Carroll
Hikhart
Howland
Michigan
Mich
Mauch
Carroll
Indiana
Landmark LaPorte depot destroyed by fire
The Lake Shore passenger depot at LaPorte burned to the ground, an estimated $5,000 loss. Plans for a union station with Lake Erie and Western were delayed by Indiana railroad laws but will proceed, with a temporary waiting room created from the old depot. Forty men from Elkhart aided in clearing debris as firefighters fought the blaze.
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Lake Shore
LaPorte
Lake ‘Shore
Lake ‘Erie & Western
Vanderbilt
Elkhart
United. States
Express’ Company
Sumitomo-Bessis Mining Plant Modernizes Ore Transit
An old article notes a cableway moving 9 000 tons daily from a mine to rail, delivering ore to the sea. It highlights Sumitomo-Bessis establishing a modern mining plant with advanced engineering and claims no foreign engineer aided the work.
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Sumitomo
Bessis
Wife Defers Move Despite Parlor Ceiling Woes
A couple debates a new flat as the wife pushes for relocation after repeated ceiling collapses. The husband remains calm, claims satisfaction with current rooms, while she reluctantly stays, noting a five week church absence and a quip about science.
Teacher Demands Licking Trustees Over Bad Boys
A teacher, facing unruly students, asks the board to back corporal punishment. The chairman rejects the method, and the teacher insists someone must be licked, threatening to target trustees if discipline fails.
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Board Oftrustees
Queens Not Better Than Kings In Cigar Machine Bet
A Denver Post recounts a cigar machine dispute where a young man won two queens and argued that queens beat kings because of a rule stating kings or better. The proprietor disagreed, noting the actual winning hand was two queens and refused the cigars.
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Denver Post
Elkhart Bidder Plans Mammoth Plant Move to Rochester
National cash register company, with Elkhart as bidder, will relocate its large Daytona operation to Rochester New York. Rochester has donated 200 acres and a half million dollars as incentive. Manager John H Patterson confirms a decision on the plant’s new site after consultations with about sixteen hundred Dayton citizens.
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National
Register
Elkhart
Mammoth
Daytona
Rochester
N. Y
Patterson
Dayton
Ncluding
Providence wedding gift retold as coincedental initials
A Providence girl who wed six months ago exchanged a duplicate silver card-tray from her wedding gifts with a friend. She asked a jeweler to monogram the tray but he warned it cannot be remonogrammed again after five prior changes as the metal has worn thin.
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At -Providence
Providence
Barroom Debate on Peary's Polar Claim
In a bar a stout man with a polka dot vest questions whether Peary won the nearest to the pole claim. The fattest man and a sports-minded patron debate if Peary reached the pole or was merely among the also rans, dismissing jockeys and the latest dope sheet.
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Lieut. Peary
New Orléans
Washington Post
Student Visits Harvard Observatory Accesses Large Telescope
A visitor gained permission to examine the night sky through a prominent telescope at Harvard Observatory, viewing a range of stars and celestial bodies. The experience highlighted the observatory's public viewing traditions and the astronomy program.
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Harvard
St Houta
Cat Spirit Causes Dual Murder Tale From Oriental Fable
A servant girl in an oriental tale kills a cat and three kittens after her mistress suspects cruelty. The cat's spirit speaks through the girl and denounces the act, leading to the girl's violent death as the tale ends.
Street Arab Wit Competition Sparks 1851 Sharp Grins
A fragment hints at a street battle of wits in 1851 with bold cleverness on display. The scene centers on quick thinking and spirited humor among participants and bystanders.
Late Fish Pile Sparks Old Man’s Wily Offer
A storekeeper guards a load of dried fish after hours and tests Eliphalet Hoskins with two fish as bait for safety. Hoskins weighs the proposal, pauses, and hints he could demand more, showing cautious appetite for the late haul.
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Eliphalet Hoskins
Eliphalet
Wigs and vanity: men join the hair craze
A hair dresser notes men increasingly wear wigs to avoid baldness, with many heads of hair sourced from hair stores. He observes women as equally concerned with appearance and suggests husbands often fund wives’ new hair while also sporting wigs themselves.
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Papa
Mamma
Earth Seeks Mars Contact Then Shifts To Jupiter Signal
A long effort to establish Mars communication fails as signals from Belpher are incomprehensible. Earth scientists, unable to find an interpreter, pursue Jupiter next, but signal stations are dismantled in the rush.
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Earth
Mars
Uttervain
Jupiter
Emperor's Mustache Debate Sparks Paris Theater Night
Mme Rejane stages a Napoleon I play in Paris drawing claims about the emperor's mustache color. Witnesses describe it yellowish, reddish brown, black, or with polish. several doctors who knew him say it was dark chestnut brown.
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Mme. Rejane
Paris
Napoleon I
Tricks of the grogger and a noted whisky trade
A food inspector explains grogging as a slum trade. He describes how old whisky barrels are reused by filling them with boiling water and waiting days to produce a new drink. The practice is noted as a recognized technique in some areas.
Clerks threaten strike over Lake Shore discharge
A Lake Shore rail line general strike threat looms as the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks plans to vote if a satisfactory settlement with Local Freight Agent G B Husted is not reached. Johnson, a former clerk, claims discharge due to union activity amid seniority disputes and hiring of new staff.
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Allmieeel
EB. Johnson
Toledo
Lake
Hogan
Johnson
Brotherhood
Clerks’ General Adjustment Board of
Lake Shore
Wilbur Brasgins
Kansas City
Clerks’ Brotherhood
Charles J. ‘Myers
City ‘Court
Husted
Tocal Bernigenie
AZO
General Board
Rreason
Fire at South Main Street home caused by lamp explosion
A small fire at 1009 South Main Street was reported yesterday morning. Fire crews responded to a lamp explosion that sparked a kitchen fire. damage was confined to the kitchen and pantry, not exceeding 25 dollars.
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Gentral
South Main Street
Vaca Ee Tivenedod
Death in electric chair noted for Sears Sexton in Auburn
Seward Sexton, sentenced to death in Auburn New York, endured five full contacts with the electric chair and showed remarkable resistance during the execution conducted this morning.
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Auburn
N. Y
Seward Sexton
Dr Williams Pink Pills touted to cure nervous breakdowns
A testimonial from W W Munroe of Everett Massachusetts describes four years of decline from overwork and confinement with weight loss memory trouble and low mood. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with lifting his nerves and restoring interest in life and work at a Boston chemical plant.
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Williams
W. W. Munroe
Hazel Park
Everett
Mass
Boston
Cmemory
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Uite
Farris
Venars
Canada
W. H.rogers
Indignapolie
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Mark
Erec
Erie & Western
Dianapolis
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