Washington Razing of Historic Homes Near Capitol Ordered
Condemned structures including George Washingtons residence of 1789 99 are to be razed to make way for a new park between the Capitol and Union Station. Other notes mention tariff vote shifts, a Potomac bridge plan, New York tax auctions, Diggs trial prep, Hammerstein suit, Ocracoke storm damage, a large fire in Hot Springs, and labor unrest in Calumet.
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Washington
Capitol
Union Station
George Washington
Delegates Attend National Encampment in Buffalo NY
Hundreds of delegates attended the tenth national encampment of United Spanish American War veterans in Buffalo New York, gathering for a three day session.
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United
Buffalo
N.Y
Turmoil Eases in Juarez After Acosta Shooting Incident
Mexican revolt calm in outward mood after Lieut Francisco Acosta was shot by Mexican officers at El Paso, the inspector of Mexican consulates blamed Acosta as aggressor. Yaquis threaten, Indians desert state troops, insurgents retreat north of Guaymas as Trevino nears Mexico City, Taft speaks in Montreal, endorsing Wilson on Mexico policy.
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Juarez
Lieut
Francisco Acosta
el Paso
Tex
Acosta
Sonora
Guaymas
Global tensions flare as crowds clash with authorities
In Tokio a 16000-strong mob protested US policy, denouncing America and marching on the foreign office after a rally over Nanking. In Rome, police guard routes from Lateran to St. Peter’s as Catholic athletes join papal audience. A German aviator died in a Strasburg crash during a trial flight.
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Rabiya Park
Tokio
Japan
Ita
United States
Foreign Office
America
Nanking
Rome
Church of St. John Lateran
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Kahl
Strasburg
Notable 1906 trials and accidents mix in regional notes
Reports from Ottawa to New York outline Thaw deportation delays and a Montreal hearing on a writ of habeas corpus. Amb. James W. Gerard sworn in as Germany envoy. A Quebec official contemplates an apology over arrest in a Vermont gambling case. George M. Cohan and daughter Georgetta injured in Hartford auto crash. Albert Trost dies in Reno after a road race injury. Harry Orchard seeks October pardon with Metropolitan church backing. Ella H. Larking and Ida H. Bartel plead guilty to smuggling in New York, fined.
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Coaticook
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Harry K. Thaw
Montreal
King’s Bench
William Travera Jerome
State of New York
Quc
Norton's Mills
Quebec
Ella H. Larking
Chicago Milner
Mra
Ida H. Bartel
Bt. Joseph
New York
Desperate 30 Minute Poultry Battle Ends in Death
Worthing Indiana reports a fighting rooster killed a two foot snake in a poultry yard after a 30 minute duel. Witnesses C B Corbin and Hamilton Welton watched as the rooster pinned the reptile and tore it apart, the flock feeding on the fragments while hens cheered.
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Worthing
C. B. Corbin
Hamilton Welton
Corbin
Watch Found After One Year In Petersburg Field
In Petersburg on Sept 3 last year Norman Selby dropped a valuable watch while preparing a neighbor’s field for Clint Malotte. While replanting the drought burned grass a year later he found the watch, dented from a horse step but still running after winding. Only the crystal is broken.
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Petersburg
Norman Selby
Clint Malotte
Farm sells for 29 an acre after wife murder case
Richmond Sept 5 A farm once linked to a brutal murder did not draw buyers. Seth Lucas, wife murderer, confined in the hospital for the criminal insane at Michigan City, owned the 110 acre property in Wayne county. The Lucas farm sold at public auction for 29 dollars per acre, far below typical values of 75 to 100 dollars per acre.
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Richmond
Seth Lucas
Michigan City
Lucas
Wayne County
Pioneer Road to Be Abandoned in Connersville Area
A historic road across the Whitewater river south of Connersville is slated for abandonment. The trail, long nearly impassable, once carried eastern and southern pioneers into Connersville and was linked to the Indiana yearly meeting at Liberty through Ben Davis’s era.
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West Mountain
Hot Springs
Connersville
Whitewater River
Ben Davis
Yearly Meeting of
Indiana
Liberty
Lights End Lovers Lane Spooning In Seymour
Seymour city council ordered electric lights in Lovers Lane to curb late night spooning. The quiet street near town edge had been a favored trysting place, with residents requesting action after night patrols found the area undisturbed until now.
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Lovers’ Lane
Seymour
Monkey Faced Owls Captured in Lawrenceburg Nest
John H Roudebush a public school teacher captured four young monkey faced owls that were just starting to fly from a nest built by the old owls on a barrel in his attic. The owls are rare for the area and will be sent to the Cincinnati zoological garden.
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Lawrenceburg
John H. Roudebush
Roudebush
Zoological Garden
Cincinnati
Woman shoots self after quarrel with husband
Mrs. Christine Unger died in Holy Family hospital from a bullet wound after a quarrel with her husband over his attentiveness. The incident occurred in Laporte on September 5.
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Laporte
Christine Unger
Holy Family Hospital
Expensive shooting ends in acquittal in famous dog case
Petersburg Sept. 6 Pike county's famous dog case ended after a third trial with costs of 650 dollars as Charley McAtee and his employer Young were acquitted of murdering a brindle dog owned by Oscar Waltz. The case began when they believed a neighbor’s dog was mad and killed the Catt dog and shot Waltz's dog. They were initially fined 25 dollars each for the Waltz killing, appealed, and after two days and 75 witnesses the circuit court jury disagreed before final acquittal.
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Petersburg
Pike County
Charley McAtee
Oscar Waltz
Charney McAtee
Young
George Catt
McAtee
Oscar Waitz
Waltz
Justice of the Peace
Indiana News In Brief From Across The State
Tipton L V Nicholson resigns as court reporter since 1897 with Frank Russell appointed. Evansville injuries claim several deaths and hospitalizations from accidents including a young explosion victim, a man in transit, and a railroad flag man. Reformatory layoffs due to salary shortages. Automobile fire destroys Stevens Auto Co vehicle. Marriage denial in Jeffersonville stirs comment. Youth forged checks to buy motorcycle, leading to reformatory terms. A boy sustains severe injuries from a horse kick near Newcastle. Warsaw funds pulmotors to cover county needs and drownings. Tipton man pleads guilty to fraud in tomato acreage contracts. sentence suspended for good behavior.
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L. V. Nicholson
Frank Russell
Ievansville
Eugene
Smith
Evansville
Robert Hurde
William Atkins
William Stemper
Oliver Houghins
Big Four
Houghins
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Jeffersonville
Indiana Reformatory
E. Mingis
P. McCormick
J. F. Gatterer
Princeton
Stevens Auto Company
Thomas Scott
Mollie Mangan
Brazil
Edwin Shonk
Coal City
Shonk
David Woody
First National Bank of
Clay City
Newcastle
Herschel Johnson
Edward Johnson
Muncie
Warsaw
Kosciusko County Council
John D. Watson
Reformatory
Watson
Was
Queen Victoria's Note of Thanks to Entertainers
A Windsor garden party memory notes politeness in Victoria's era with Sir Henry Ponsonby sending universal letters of gratitude after royal command performances. The royal secretary's generic reply thanked the goose troupe owner for yesterday's visit and wished the company safe return to London in good health.
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Queen Victoria
Sir Henry Ponsonby
Maesty
Windsor
Henry
London
No Longer a Stage in a Moving Picture World
The note suggests Shakespeare might rewrite his famous line to fit a world where life reads like a moving picture show. It toys with art and media, hinting at a modern lens on stage and screen.
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Shakespeare
Six Persons Are Injured When High-Power Autos Crash
Six injured in Cleveland clash of two autos at Clifton boulevard and Marlow avenue. Mrs. W J Palmer seriously hurt, husband bruised. William Golson and three others cut and bruised. In Norwalk near South Norwalk Ct a Millar family tragedy ends with Addison T Millar and Mia Millar dead and Dorothy Millar and Jessie Guthrie seriously hurt.
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Cleveland
Union News Service
New York
Addison T. Millar
Mia
Janie Graft Millar
South Norwalk
New York, New Haven
Miss Guthrie
Miss Millar
Clifton Boulevard
Marlow Avenue
W. J. Palmer
Wiliam Golson
Lakewood
J. A. Baldwin
W. J. Burger
R. Wiggers
Justice Grants Stay in Sulzer Impeachment Case
Albany N Y Supreme Court Justice Rudd issued a writ of prohibition delaying the impeachment trial of Gov. Sulzer. The stay, filed by James Farrell and Frederick Draper Jr. for Samuel Fowler of Rensselaer, bars the court of appeals and the state senate from proceeding until an alternative writ before Justice Chester is resolved. The petition argues the assembly action on impeachment was unconstitutional.
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Albany, N
Supreme Court
Rudd
Chambers
Gov
Sulzer
James Farrell
Frederick EH. Draper, Jr
Troy
Samuel A. Fowler
Rensselaer
Court of Appeals
State Senate
Chester
Assembly
Officer in Asheville Kills Assailant in Razor Attack
In Asheville North Carolina Marshall T B Curry fatally wounded George Keykendell with a razor. Deputy Sheriff H B Barnes shot and killed Curry during arrest resistance. Barnes had a preliminary hearing at Marshall and was released on 2500 dollars bond.
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Asheville
N. C
George Keykendell
Marshall
T. B. Curry
H. B. Barnes
Barnes
Cincinnati Market Prices Grain Livestock And Hens
Market quotes covering corn white and yellow varieties, oats and mixed grains with prices per bushel. Timothy and clover hay, seeds, eggs, poultry, cattle, hogs, calves, sheep and lambs with bid prices and ranges for shippers, butcher buyers, and markets. Includes weights and quality terms for several classes.
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Hay
Timothy
Texas investigates prison guards over inmate suffocation case
Governor of Texas, the attorney general, the prison commission and local police launch a probe into the suffocation of eight negro convicts in an underground cell at the state prison farm. Four survivors report they yelled for help through the night as guards allegedly punished laziness in the cotton fields.
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Richmond
Texas
Governor of
Attorney General's Department
Prison Commission
Policy
Fenn
Busy Being Kind And Sharing Nourishing Dishes
A collection of homey cooking ideas and verses. Recipes describe onion fried with rice and eggs, a cream cake with peach flavored whipped cream, coffee junket dessert, macaroon delights with gelatin, and a poem urging generosity based on one's abundance or scarcity.
Pretty Summer Salads From Simple Produce
A collection of attractive salad ideas using cucumber tomato pineapple green pepper and radish. Instructions describe cucumber cups cucumber roses and flower arrangements with lettuce, plus cheese and tomato and pineapple fillings. Dressings include French boiled or mayonnaise for multiple composed dishes.
Woman Becomes First US Woman Lookout in Siskiyou County
Miss Hallia M. Daggett appointed to Eddy's Gulch lookout on a Salmon Alps peak 6,000 feet high. She is in charge of monitoring for fires and reporting to the nearest forest station, making her a pioneering figure in forest reserve fire surveillance.
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Hallia M. Daggett
United States
Siskiyou County
California
Eddy's Gulch
Salmon Alps
After a Day of Rest in Tuesday Papers Cheer
A breezier Tuesday issue notes a shorter list of killed or injured, contrasting with Monday papers. It implies calmer news tone following a rest day.
Quicker Action Needed In Book Department
A store note urges faster service in the book department with a call for a cashier on duty To reduce lines customers read while waiting for their change and to handle exchanges of bought books quickly.
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Douras
Parrot's Astonishment Over Morning Letter Mail Confession
Mrs Howitzer asks if the letter was mailed this morning. Mr H. confirms with a simple reply, the parrot falls from its perch in astonishment. This quirky moment captures a humorous domestic scene involving a talking bird and its owners.
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Mrs. Howitzer
Mr. H
Aston
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