Trunk Fatality Linked to Covington Wife Murder
Police identify the body found stuffed in a trunk on South Alki Beach as Agnes Trueman McCombs Covington, age 17, wife of Frank Covington of Seattle. Covington, missing for a week, is suspected of murder after a quarrel and alleged recent disputes at shared residences. Evidence includes a April 11 1906 letter from Edith Covington found in the trunk. Authorities investigate a possible South Alki tent residence to explain the crime and cover-up.
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Covington
Trueman McCombs
Vernon
B. GC
Elizabeth Robinson
Jennie Robinson
George Robinson
Seattle
Louisville
St. Paul
Edith Covington
Frand Covington
Misa Jennie Robinson
M. Plumer
Fifth Avenue
Ninth Avenue
Pearl Streets
Ninth
Stewart
Covingtown
South Alkia
South Alki
Fifth
Madison
First electric car trip through Belmont tunnel
New York on September 24 officials crowded to watch the first electric car run through the Belmont tunnel under the Harlem River from Jackgoon Avenue Long Island City to Lexington Avenue station Manhattan. The journey began slowly but four more runs followed increasing speed until the final trip covered the distance in 3 minutes 35 seconds at 45 miles per hour for the entire route.
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New York
Belmont
Haat River
Forty-second Street
Aion
Long Island City
Lexington Avenue
Manhattan
Shipping In Danger and Fire Destroys New York Grocers
Shipping along the New England coast faces grave danger as a severe gale of up to 50 miles per hour with rain rages from Newport to Maine. In New York an eight story wholesale grocers building at Beach and Washington streets burned, causing losses estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Newport
R. 1
New England
New York
Lews de Groff & Son
Beach and
Washington Streets
Desperate Fight Recaptures Escaped Chicago Prisoner
Chicago reports Stanley Wesciek, among county jail escapees, was recaptured after a violent confrontation. The item also notes a prominent singer Ehiot and mentions Rose Ettinger, wife of Francis Braun, wounded at her South Milton summer home in England with recovery expected. Additional dispatches from St. Johns Newfoundland and coastal steamers show multiple ships lost, with figures unclear.
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Chicago
Stanley Wesciek
Ehiot
Waterloo
Rose Ettinger
Francis Braun
South Milton
England
Rowe Etuinger
A. L. Ettinger
Big Lake Steamer Wrecked Off Whitefish Point Coast
Detroit dispatch reports the lake steamer Alexander Nimmick of Cleveland wrecked on the desolate Lake Superior shore 12 miles west of Whitefish Point. Six or seven sailors dead, including Capt John Randall and Steward Thomas Parent, with First Mate James Hayes among the missing. Survivors reached the rocky coast in lifeboats as the ship broke apart in a northwest gale.
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Detroit Mich
Alexander Nimmick
Cleveland
Lake Superior
White Fish Point
John Randal
Algonac
Mich
Thomas Perant
Port Huron
James Hayes
Detroit
Grand Marais
Vermillion Point
Whitefish Point
Saulte Ste. Marie
Boo River
Whitefish Bay
Randall
Big Lake
St. Mary’s River
Capt
Steward Parent
Parent
Hayes
Mob Rescues Suspect After Attempted Assault Near Whistler
News from Mobile reports a mob of about a dozen men halted Deputy Sheriff Charles Smith and Hutchinson Adams as they transported Mose Dossett, alias Dossett, the accused assailant of Mrs. Reeder of Whistler. They suspended him from a tree and dispersed, after identification and an attempted rescue. Mrs. Reeder, a 50 year old widow, was attacked while alone in her Whistler home. she screamed, attracted aid, and the suspect was later captured.
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Mobile
Ala
Lmb
Smothered to Death by Mother in New York Twins
Anna and Roce Auerbach, three day old twins, were smothered in bed at No. 640 Sixth Street by their mother who leaned on them as they slept. The tragedy occurred as the babies died in minutes from the suffocation. Coal Pockets Destroyed By Fire in Elmira caused about 100000 dollars in losses at Erie railroad headquarters. In Armstrong Minnesota, Simon Bilison fatally shot his eight year old daughter Artis during a mental breakdown before wounding himself. The steamer Tellus broke in two near Hoquiam after leaving Nanaimo with coal bound for Portland, with the vessel reported at the entrance to the harbor.
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New York
Anna and
Roce Auerbach
Sixth Street
Armstrong
Minn
Simon Bilison
Artis
Hoquiam
Wash
Tellus
Nanaimo
B. C
Portland
Woman Kills Three Children Then Tells Husband
Buffalo report details Bertha Mund a 57 year old mother strangling her three children Christopher eight Helen two and infant Freda at their Chinton street home. She confessed to police saying she did it to prevent them from growing up and going crazy claiming a sudden insanity illness. Police say she does not grasp the crime’s enormity.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Bertha Mund
Christopher
Helen
Frede
Chinton Street
Pennsylvania Railroad Yards
Jim
Mund
Tewan
Wen
Poison Trial Shocks Philadelphia Bride and Mother
In Philadelphia the coroner held Sarah Eichenlaub and her son Russell on murder charges for poisoning Mary Eichenlaub, the bride of six weeks. Mary died after taking what she believed was medicine on June 28, 14 minutes after ingestion, authorities say cyanide killed her. The couple, married last May, pressured by Mary's mother, allegedly forced the union. Bash For the Pole. Valifax yacht Dr. Cook Beardley Bartlett crew sail Greenland Eskimos dogs planned dash for the pole amid heavy seas.
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Philadelphia
Sarah Eichenlaub
Russell
Mary Eichenlaub
Thomas Sterner
Fichenkach
Valifax
N. S
Dr. Cook
New York
John R. Beardley
Thos
Bartlett
Greenland
Etah
Pole
Birchy Cove
Strike Meeting Discusses Broad Telegraphers Walkout
New York September 25 a meeting of the striking telegraphers will discuss calling out every union operator in local newspaper and brokerage offices whether under contract or not. Brokers fear losing operators and many plan to seek Roosevelt’s settlement of the strike.
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New York
Girl 12 Struck By Negro Porter On Steam Boat J C Woodward
Florence Boone, 12, of Pittsburg, sustained serious injuries after a brutal beating by a negro porter aboard the steam boat J OC Woodward. Doctors fear a fractured skull and possible death. The assailant escaped after a struggle with officers and passengers.
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Pittsbore
J. OC. Woodward
Florence Boone
Pittsburg
Passeng Bera
Snowstorm blankets Lake Superior region and Vermillion range
Heavy snowfall spreads across the Lake Superior area with a fierce storm over the Vermillion Iron range. Mainland despatch notes unusual weather and distant administrative updates from Pekin about Wu Ting Fang’s reappointment as China’s minister in Washington.
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Pdtwiuth
Minn
Lake Superior
Vermillion Iron Range
Peking
Pekin
Wu Ting Fang
Minster of
China
Washington
Committed 200 Robberies by 14YearOld in New York
In a calm confession Edward Bridgeman aged 14 admitted to about 200 robberies since August 5 averaging four per day. He said he always worked in daylight. A separate item reports a woman pirate who robs wealthy summer dances by approaching victims and escaping by motor boat near Glen Cove.
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New York
Edward Bridgeman
Young Bridgeman
Glen Bove
Brink's County Store Sells Everything From Tacks to Mausoleums
John Brink runs the county's largest general store with a sign proclaiming total availability. He instructs clerks to ensure every customer makes a purchase and to suggest items if the shopper is unsure. A first customer, a relaxed man, browses but says he is short this morning.
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John Brink
William
Mr. Brink
Starper's Weekly
Fears of the Crocodile and the Crocodile Tears Tale
An excerpt notes the origin of crocodile tears as a fable tied to early travelers. It cites Sir John Mandeville's Travels (1499) describing crocodiles weeping while attacking prey, with vivid but archaic details from a Montreal Standard reprint.
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Sir Joan Mandeville
Silla
Montreal Standard
Plow Used Aboard Ship To Unload Frozen Cargo
A ship at San Francisco carried 1,500 tons of frozen water forming a solid mass. Conventional methods failed, and a bystander proposed using an everyday farm plow. The captain bought a plow and, with a block and tackle and steam winch, worked it along the hold to loosen and scoop the ice into scow buckets, a unique discharge method noted by Popular Mechanics.
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San Francisco
Butcher Meets Emperor and Discovers His Barber
A village encounter unfolds as Emperor Francis Joseph asks directions to an inn and inquires about the Kaiser. The butcher boasts of having shaved him, only to reveal he is the court barber in a humorous twist.
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Francis Joseph
Francia Joseph
Fad Party Showcases Diverse Emblems and Sketches
A fad party featured guests wearing emblematic tokens of their chosen fad and leaving a signed autograph plus a pen and ink sketch in a guest book. Novel items included a bicycle, tennis racket, baseball bat, golf club, canoe, stamps, poster, paint set, guitar, rake, hoe, and shovel with prizes for best and worst drawings.
Sadness Is Penalty of Humor in Literature
Michael Monahan writes in Papyrus that great humorists such as Cervantes, Moliere, Swift, Sterne, Heine, Richter, Balzac, and Dickens endure sadness as a natural penalty for deep knowledge. If a writer never weeps, humor may fail. yet eventually he may weep too much, signaling a failure of art.
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Cervantes
Moliere
Swift
Sterne Heine
Richter
Balzac
Dickens
Michael Monahan
Papyrus
Angelle Lingerie Question Stuns Sun Day School Parent
Charlie asked his mother about angels underclothes after Sunday school, prompting puzzled replies as the child pondered a string of odd questions and early misunderstandings about religious terms and attire. The scene reflects a child’s literal take on faith based phrases and the parental attempt to explain.
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Angelle
Charlie
Angela
Ward
Abraham
Adyville Social Roundup Notes Visitors and Travel
Local letters list residents and visitors including Miss Winnie Mullen in Jasper and Miss Eva Mullen in Bristow. Several townsfolk, such as T D Taylor, John Taylor, and J W Jeffers, are noted for trips and calls. A large crowd attended the tin wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Paul Denning at St Meinrad. Hoosier Schoolboy.
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Winnie Mullen
Jasper
Eva Mullen
Bristow
Henry Paul Denning
St. Meinrad
Hoosier
Local Notices and Social Updates Mention Area Residents
Mariah Hill notes John Bott of Louisville spent Sunday with relatives in the community. Miss Tillie Wolf departed for Louisville after a several week visit with her mother. Andrew Schum, previously ill with typhoid fever, shows slow improvement. August and Frank Schurig of Burg spent days in town installing lights at F. W. Wi store, a notable improvement. Mr and Mrs Frank Jellig and Miss Briggie Jellig traveled to Ferdinand Monday. The text records various sick lists and local social movements without a single cohesive event.
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John Bott
Louisville
Tillie Wolf
Adam and
Eugene Grundhofer
Troy
John Ackerman
Chicago
Henry Feldhans
Evansville
Frank Schurig
Tingburg
Our Town
F. W
Frank Jellig
Mies Briggie Jellig
Ferdinand
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Him
J. A. Sondermann
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
J. C. Goldbach
Gustav Wearter
Spraud
Indiana
Dubois
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T. D. Taylor and Family
Francis Jacob
Edgar Hill
Ida Jeffers
John and
Joseph Volz
Siberia
Peter Bonifer
Willis Hensley
Florence Jeffers
Joseph Schriffer
Katie Jacob
Edward Hensley
Moosilers
Clara Aders
Alvin
Greenville, Ky
F. A. Griffith
John Taylor
J. W. Jeffers
Adan Shott
Fulda
Hera
Cinderella Lanman
James Lilpop
Cannelton
Willie Miles
Mt. Vernon
Floyd Dixon
Rube Wilmes
Mariah Hill
Andrew Schum
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