Night Joyride Senior Held on Grand Larceny Charge
Hugh Blaker and a companion took Charles Megley’s Buick for a midnight joyride from Osceola to South Bend. The car wrecked east of Osceola after a high speed chase, Blaker bound over to the superior court under bonds of $1000 for grand larceny. his companion’s name is withheld.
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Hugh Blaker
Chas. Morley
South Bend
Hughes
Ponds
Blaker
Sheviff Zivsel
Birker
Younty Mand
Megley
Osceola
Sergt. Rinehart
Louis B. Tracy
Warren Sirage
Battle Creek
Mich
Tony Tino
Rinehart
Jvonis Tracy
Sid
Msouth Bend
Teventieth Century Garage
Mosley
Wikhart Blaker
Hebron
Atoa
Tragic carriage crash injures family near Lawton street
A carriage collision on Lawton street left Mrs Emma Clark and her daughter severely injured, with Mrs Clark’s life threatening injuries and the infant killed. Mrs Wlessie Appel and her mother-in-law were also injured. The horse bolted, breaking the baby’s neck, and the family prepared for an inquest ordered by Coroner Clarke Willield.
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Clara
Clark
Pennsylvania
Emma. Clark
Plessie ‘Appel
Lawton‘ Street
Wlessie Appel
Margaret Appel
Sailor Brothers
Pennsylvania, Avenue
Clarke Willield
Billy Sunday In Auto Accident Near Yellow Creek Lake
The evangelist Billy Sunday and his wife were in a car crash near Yellow Creek Lake in Fulton County. Mrs. Sunday was seriously injured. Sunday escaped with minor bruises as both cars damaged in a high speed collision while attempting to pass. Several other injuries and two deaths reported in separate accidents in Illinois and Wisconsin.
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LaPorte
Ind
Billy Sunday
Sunday
Yellow Creek Lake
Fulton County
Chi
Rabig
Genévieve
Garfield Boulevard
Ghienago
Pla
Itahig
St. Xavier's Academy
Forty-ninth Street
Cottage Grove’ Avenue
Martin
Amelia
Fiftieth Street
Chicago
Granger
George
Jeannette
Paul
Inbusch
Davidson
Alma
Peterson
Soldiers Grove
Swenson
Sansa
Manhattan Deed and Land Frauds Across the Frontier
A fragmentary narrative recounts Columbus gifting Manhattan to Astor’s crew and distributing remaining lands west of the Mississippi. It notes railroad grants and land frauds as real estate offices rise and prices surge, while migrants pay rent, framed by a satire on origins of discovery and ownership.
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Olumbus
Heaven
Earth
Adam
Educated Soldiers Far More Loyal Says De Wet
Boer guerrilla leader Christian de Wet told South African students that educated soldiers proved braver and more reliable during the war. He noted that about 80 percent of remaining Boer fighters were educated, while many backveld men quit. He praised education’s spread in the Transvaal.
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Europe
Christian de Wet
de Wet
Conquering a Mountain Range In Mexico
A historical note describes how Mexican authorities and foreign capitalists sought a Pacific railroad route from Mexico City. Pioneers explored the Sierra Madre, finally finding a natural pass that opened toward the Pacific, enabling the rail line to reach the coast.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Pacific
Sierra Madre Mountains
Sierra ‘Madre
Fragmentary note on women and men in society
A garbled OCR fragment discusses women and men with scattered phrases about beauty and behavior. It mentions using nets and a vague call for reflection on gender roles without clear context or actions.
The Rifle Exercise for Obesity Cure
A narrator recalls an anti fat program using daily rifle exercise. A woman, urged by a doctor, gains a waist line but overexcitement strains her nerves. Despite risks, the method appears to yield dramatic changes and the narrator jokes about advertising it as a cure.
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Baia J
Ana
Dix
Fragments Navigate a Wry Soup Riff
A quirky jumble of words and punctuation evokes a play on soup without a spoon. The text reads like a surreal linguistic snippet with scattered foreign phrases and stray letters hinting at a puzzle of language.
Melon Melange Ends In Wry Farmer Tale
A Buffalo Express item recalls a cook who injects melon with champagne for dinner. The drink spices the melon flavor, the cook spoils it, Sukey finds and finishes the lot, then naps under a tree for hours. The cook avoids ordinary melon thereafter.
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Sears
Buffalo Express
Messina's One Legged Hero Sacrifices for Survivors
A writer recounts Salvator Stellario, a one legged survivor in Messina who searched wreckage after the earthquake. He shared scarce food with crying children, hid apples from the greedy, and distributed portions while seeking escape routes and shelter for others amid ruins.
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McChire
Messina
Savatore Stellario
Local Produce Trade Flows From New Jersey to Newark and Beyond
Fragments describe how New England residents buy small fruits and vegetables from dealers who ship from Newark New Jersey and other states. The text notes farmers in New York grow limited quantities and hints at cross regional trade dynamics affecting availability and prices.
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New England
Newark
W. York
New Jersey
Delaware
South
New York
Dakota
Burns Scott and Widow Near Adelaide in London Chronicle
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Violet, Margaret and Constance Burns as relatives of a landed proprietor near Adelaide. The London Chronicle appears as the source, with unclear phrases and names. Further readable context is needed to confirm events or dates.
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A Burns Scott
Adelaide
Ars
Violet
Nts
Margaret
Constance
Burns Fuitchingon
London Chronicle
Man builds lifelong passport collection in city
A man around 50 has for about 20 years annually applied for a passport. He uses the same notary, pays the fee, and sends the filled application and passport fee to the state department. He keeps passports valid for two years and has amassed a personal archive of papers and seals for potential future travel or identification needs.
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Départment of State
New York Sun
Department of “State
Fowler Attacks Speaker Cannon in Bankers Bill Clash
In a forceful address Fowler charges Speaker Cannon with misdeeds in the 1907 panic and accuses him of conspiring with Senator Aldrich to undermine the president and defeat the Payne tariff bill. He warns of central bank plans and declares the congressional session will end the era of political Bourbons.
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Ini
Cannon
Rowler
United States
Banking and Currency Committee
Fowler
Ananias Club
The Woman of Charm and Selfless Temperament
A fragment discusses charm as a humane temperament. It suggests true charm lies in unselfish care for others and the pleasure of those around, a quality seen as a difficult to define but deeply sympathetic trait.
Johnson III says he gives up presidency ambitions
Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota plans hospitalization in Minneapolis in September for a fourth operation on his appendix. At an Aurora chautauqua last week he appeared ill and stated he will never again approach the presidency as closely as last year, saying his psychological moment has passed.
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Aurora
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Gould divorce decree grants joint custody to parents
Mrs Helen Gould obtained a final divorce from Frank J Gould without alimony. The judge signed on May 20 this year. The decree awards custody of children Helen and Dorothy to both parents for six months each year and bars Mr Gould from remarriage in the state following the death of his wife.
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New York
Aus
Helen Kelley
Gould
Frank J. Gould
Supreme Court
Giegerich
Helen
Dorothy
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Chas. Megley
Companion Gives Story
Joy Driver
Billy
Be Wet
Delancey Nicoll
Clarence Shearn
Connecticut
Pearly
Nicoll
Shearn
Withers
Aenea -Miller
Cleeland
State Department
Gov. Johnson III
Savanah
Wells
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