Electric locomotive debuts for New York Central system
The Sew Fort Contest’s Lew High Speed OT Ton Electric Locomotive, built at Schenectady by General Electric and the American Locomotive Works, is claimed to be the world’s most powerful. One of about fifty planned for New York Central routes, it will haul trains up to 70 mph between Croton and the Harlem division, with two or more units operable from a single engineer. The design is symmetrical for bidirectional use and includes standard signaling, whistle, headlights, and air systems.
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General Electric News
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Tte Plains
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Sermon Wins Praise Amid Dinner With Arch Bishop
A dinner with the archbishop of Can in New York featured Bishop Chauncey Kreyster criticizing self praise. The talk spanned ministers praising sermons for fundraising, with anecdotes of lavish subscriptions and jewelry offerings. The tale contrasts vanity with gratitude, citing a laundress’s praise for a daughter and a quip about Santos Dumont’s impractical spending.
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Canon New York
Tuffaiower
Chauncey Kreyster
Postum Food Coffee Aids Delicate Stomachs In Families
A reader stories Postum as a safe coffee substitute that suits both children and adults, aiding digestion and calm nerves. Parents report improved bowels and thriving babies on Postum with milk or cream, while physicians endorse its use for stomach and nervous issues.
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Battle Creek
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Bowery Fire Wipes Out New Castle Bar. Two Hurt
An early morning blaze in New Castle destroyed the Bowery saloon causing about 13 000 in losses. Pipe fitter James I Meyers was badly burned by a live wire and taken home by ambulance while Edwin B Pfau secretary of Krell French Piano Co fell down stairs with painful injuries. Fire started in a saloon basement and marks the third major fire on the same block in 15 years prompting the city council to enforce frame building restrictions within fire limits.
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Ind
James I. Meyers
Edwin B. Pfau
Krell-French Piano Co
Threats of Lynching in Decatur After Shooting
Decatur Ind December 3 Adam Wise was shot by friends during a Friday hunt with Will Schruleker and Roy Elzey and lies near death. Elzey and Schruleker are jailed after the cold blood incident amid threats of a mob though no outbreak has occurred. All three men are prominent in the local community.
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Ind
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Will Schruleker
Roy Elzey
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Schruleker
Wise
Fizey
Darling murder trial ends with first degree verdict
In Versailles Indiana a 20 minute jury deliberation returned a first degree murder verdict against Clifford Darling for shooting his wife during a Thanksgiving quarrel at her father’s Pierceville home. Darling was sentenced to life imprisonment and claimed he feigned insanity, saying he fooled them all.
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Ind
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Pierceville
Darling
The Starbuck Murder Verdict Involuntary Manslaughter
Newcastle Indiana December 2 jury returns verdict of involuntary manslaughter against Haley Gipe in the murder of Mrs William Starbuck and infant found in an abandoned well on their Greensboro area farm. The trial lasted nine days with defense plans to appeal. sentence ranges from two to 21 years.
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Ind
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William Starbuck
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Wife Seeks Divorce In Mishawaka After 30 Years
Emma Clemens filed for divorce alleging her husband gives all his money to the church. Married over 30 years with 13 children, he is a leading figure at the First Baptist church. She seeks 5000 alimony and 500 monthly for three minor children amid claims of financial support and family strain.
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Emma Clemens
Prayer for Rain as Marsh Fires Sweep Indiana
Marsh fires race through Kankakee and Calumet marshes in Indiana, with railroads patrolling burn zones to protect bridges. Thousands of acres scorched and homes lost as families become homeless amid a prolonged drought. Villages consider calling pastors to lead supplicatory services if rain does not come soon.
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Laporte
Ind
Kankakee
Calumet
Domestic Troubles Spark Fatal Stabbing in Linton
In Linton Indiana Fred Bertram was fatally stabbed during a Thursday night fight at the Abbott home. His mother in law Mrs N Abbott and her son Frank Salter were slightly wounded by bullets. Salter was arrested and released on bail. Bertram is believed to be dying.
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Ind
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N. Abbot
Frank Salter
Abbot
Satter
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Rip Van Winkle Actor Trains On Slow Missouri Trip
Joseph Jefferson, famed for Rip Van Winkle, rides a famously slow Missouri to St. Joseph train. In a sleeping car tale, he orders a berth to sleep through the delay, quipping about the slow road and morning arrival while a porter drifts into a folksy exchange about his legendary roles.
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Rip van Winkle
Missouri
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St Joseph
Philadelphia
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Language Mr Dittro? Free Press fragment prompts broad claim
A fragmented Detroit Free Press snippet notes a speaker who seems fluent in many languages and questions how people travel globally yet speaks only a non English word.
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Detroit Free Press
Greatest in the World Arlington Advertisement Claim
An advertisement features Mr. Hysong, a photographer from Lane, praising Dodd's Kidney Pills as the greatest kidney remedy. He recounts severe kidney issues in 1901 and 1902, then notes substantial relief after using one and a half boxes in spring 1903, urging others with kidney trouble to try the product. The piece includes a quoted Indian remark about game laws from Lewiston Journal.
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Bright
Washington County
Lewiston
No Tongue Can Tell Medical Cure Showed Prompt Relief
An eczema sufferer details five years of intense itching and sores. After trying doctors, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment brought rapid improvement and eventual recovery. A reader, Mrs. Arfie Etson of Bellevue, Michigan, invites others to write for verification of the cure.
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Bellevue
Mich
Big Tomato Raising County in Indiana
Jeffersonville Ind Dec 3 Scott county has developed into the largest tomato raising county in the state of Indiana with a past season output of 334780 bushels all of which was used in canneries in that vicinity.
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Ind
Scott County
Indiana
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