Brief News Notes From The Past Week In Washington
Washington notes summarize census data valuing the 1912 cotton crop at 920 million dollars and announce parcel post stamps valid on all mail classes starting July 1. The tariff revision debate spares cotton sewing thread for free list. Wilson scuttles a Cornish trip to curb Union Pacific dissolution. Gerard named ambassador to Germany. Palmer testifies on efforts to sway Democratic lawmakers. free sugar and wool favored in tariff revision. a San Francisco investigator is suspended. income tax plans in Underwood tarifi reform narrow exemptions and thresholds.
Olympic Games Begin In Grant Park Chicago
The United States opens the games with top athletes competing in Grant Park Chicago. Rosalie Roque and Catherines Lacy, cousins and trained nurses, were found dead in their room at the Bedford Hills Montefiore sanitarium. They had been shot, with a preliminary probe indicating one woman killed the other and then died by suicide. Reports from Cabin Crack West Virginia note about a thousand miners on strike and city labor unrest echoes nationwide.
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Rosalie Roque
Catherines Lacy
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Montefiore Sanitarium
Cabin Crack
W. Va
Cordial Cries and Crises Across Early 20th Century News
The Sangamon grand jury indicts Frank D Crane of St Louis for murder linked to a carpenters strike in Springfield. Other reports note a child murder in Saskatchewan, a high society wedlock in Manchester by the Sea as an ethical eugenic marriage, banker suicides in Dayton, libel verdicts against music publisher Philip Kahn, a high level robbery of Curtis Guild in Paris, and several international incidents including a London ambassador’s luncheon and a Mongolian temple tragedy.
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Frank D. Crane
St. Louis
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Robert Wilson
Springfield
Della Farley Dana
Longfellow
Robert H. Hutchinson
Pennsylvania
Danabeach
Dana
Manchester By the Sea
Murder Mystery Solved in 1909 Arrests in Mishawaka
South Bend reports a four year old murder mystery linked to the shooting of Enoch Highshew in Mishawaka. William Arney and William Booker were arrested on first degree murder charges as detectives tie robbery motive to the fatal event. Booker confessed jail escape plans and a woman’s involvement is noted with Hattie Green receiving six months. A separate incident describes Mrs Starsinski rescuing her baby from a burning shed with injuries to her arms.
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William Arney
William Booker
Enoch Highshow
Mishawaka
Indiana
South Bend
Enoch Highshew
Highshew
Montgomery
Awaka
Arney
Booker
Arey
Reformatory
Hattie Green
Joseph Starsinski
Starsinski
Boy Commercializes Ghost in Brazil Shadow Window
June 27 report notes nine year old George George, son of Tony George, selling the family ghost with a window shadow of a woman. He asks at least 10 cents to remove the apron covering the pane. The shadow stemmed from a tree about a quarter mile away. In Terre Haute, a smallpox case drives a man to sleep outdoors at Big Four yards until health officials move him to hospital. he asks for food.
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Brazil
George George
Tony George
Terre Haute
John Moore
Smallpox Hospital
Elderly Woman Fells Over Cat, Injuries Reported
Lawrenceburg June 23 Mrs Elizabeth B Jaquot ninety one stumbled over the family cat at her son Edward T Jaquot home and fell down stairs breaking her left hip and fracturing bones in her right wrist. Recovery considered doubtful due to age.
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Lawrenceburg
Elizabeth B. Jaquot
Edward T. Jaquot
Driver Injured in Runaway Crash in Logansport
Glenn Reed, driver for the Taylor grocery on the south side, was badly hurt when a runaway horse frightened the team. Reed was thrown from his seat and crushed beneath a rear wheel. He lies in a serious condition.
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Logansport
Glenn Reed
Taylor Grocery
Reed
Babies in Parade Highlight Red Men's Fourth of July
Greenfield hosts a July 4 parade feature with a procession of infants in go carts replacing the usual baby show as part of the Red Men's celebration.
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Greenfield
Death on lawn swing ends a long hotel career
In Jeffersonville on June 27 James Hiest, age 75, longtime hotel operator at Sellersburg, was found dead by his wife. The death from heart disease closes a life marked by military service.
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Iffersonville
James Hiestand
Sellersburg
Poisoned at Earlham Homecoming Forces 200 Ill
Richmond reports two hundred cases of ptomaine poisoning after a noon meal for Earlham College homecoming attendees. Nine remain seriously ill though officials expect full recoveries as investigation begins into the cause of the widespread illness.
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Richmond
Earlham College
Iiller
Manning Smith
Young Son
Philadelphia
Son Killed by Street Car In Front Of Store
Two year old Max Sherman, son of Mr and Mrs Abraham Sherman of Chapin street, was struck and killed when a rubber ball rolled into the path of a street car as his parents watched from in front of the father's store. He died in his father's arms.
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Parente See
South Bend
Max Sherman
Abraham Sherman
Chapin Street
Arma
Indiana Briefs Highlight Local Accidents and Crimes
In Franklin a hoist mishap on a new school injured John Bebb and a Mr. Simpson. Bedford reports a coal chute fire at Monon Coal Co destroying two steel and two wood cars with a $2,500 loss. Princeton sentences pickpocket Willie Waldo to one to fourteen years, refuses parole. Warsaw tragedy as Mrs. W. M. Weaver dies from an epileptic fit after a chair fall. Hammond man G. H. Austin pinned under a machine for three hours. Muncie doctors say Mrs. Edgar Priest, 24, who swallowed strychnine, will recover. Lebanon minister spouse Mrs. Orr injured by car, promises recovery. Tipton disappearance of Rev. Alva Turner and family remains unexplained. Anderson man Enoch Hague injured after being trapped beneath hay under a track. Covington youth Floyd Mitchell, 20, faces $500 bond on murder-aimed assault charge. Greensburg robbers steal $1,072.79 from Tyner & Son elevator. South Bend meat dealer Joseph Heckler jailed on assault and robbery charges. Columbus Frank Durham, later to Kalispell, marries Mina Emma Collyer. police detain him over possible desertion.
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Franklin
John Bebb
Simpson
Bedford
Monon Coal Company
Princeton
Welborn
Willie Waldo
Warsaw
W. M. Weaver
Hammond
G. H. Austin
Lowell
Ind
Muncie
Edgar Priest
Lebanon
James P. Orr
Mary Gilmore
Tipton
Alva Turner
Anderson
Enoch Hague
Union Traction Hne
Hague
Covington
Floyd Mitchell
Lewis Teegarden
Greensburg
Tyner & Son
Westport
South Bend
Joseph Heckler
Matilda Gregg
Columbus
Frank Durham
Greenfield
Kalispel
Mont
Mina
Emma Collyer
Prisoners Escape From Leavenworth Prison
Two inmates, R. P. Murphy alias Richard Osborne and Layman, escaped Leavenworth federal prison by sawing cell bars and using a 10 foot rope ladder to scale the administration building. Authorities suspect confederates aided the getaway as an automobile awaited outside the prison. Murphy, an 18 year DC grand larceny convict, had prior escape attempts. Layman had escaped McNeil's Island before recapture.
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Western
Union News Service
Leavenworth
Kan
R. P. Murphy
Richard Osborne
Murphy
Layman
Osborne
District of Columbia
Gettysburg Anniversary Brings Blue and Gray Together
Gettysburg Pa marks a semi centennial of the Civil War battle as veterans of both sides return to town. More than 30 special trains arrive while thousands of veterans arrive from Shenandoah and cities, riding in day coaches to honor the occasion and reaffirm brotherhood.
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Gettysburg
Hall of History
Army of Blue
Army of Gray
Blue
Gray
Lea and
Meade
Shenandoah
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Price Bulletin
A dense market listing shows price quotes for corn, hay, oats, wheat, eggs, poultry, cattle, bulls, calves, hogs, sheep, and lambs. Includes No. 2 to No. 4 grades, various weights, standard timothy, clover, mixed feeds, and multiple market categories with bid ranges and per unit figures.
Ohio prison tightens search rules for visitors
Columbus Ohio Warden P B Thomas announces stricter measures to prevent opiate importation into the Ohio Penitentiary. Following a no lunch basket rule, visitors may be searched and only those with an official warden order will be admitted.
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Columbus
P. B. Thomas
Ohio
Thia
The Apostolic Message and the Love of God
The author expounds Christian faith as a response to longing for eternity, stressing the apostle’s duty to reveal the mystery of God through Christ. It emphasizes God’s love and justice, the need for scriptural study under the Spirit, and the unity of divine purpose across the Bible. It closes with reflections on providence, pain, and human perception, attributed to Sarah Grand.
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Christ Jesus
Apostle
Jesus Christ
Christ
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