Mystery of Explosion Row Solved in Boulder
In Boulder Colorado Tom Reeves a railroad employee was held as a suspect for a fatal explosion at the freight depot last Saturday. Police say Reeves confessed while rank Keyser, another suspect, was arrested. Five people were killed fifty injured and property valued around four million dollars were destroyed. The blast flattened much of the city breaking many windows and razing several structures. A mob gathered when Reeves’s confession became known and authorities rushed him to Denver to avert lynching.
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Boulder
Colo
Tom Reeves
Colorado and Northwestern Railroad
Rank Keyser
Tion
Reaves
Resyes
Denver
Contractor falls thirty feet from roof in near fatal accident
Jacob W. Keller Mes fell thirty feet from a roof corner on a four house project at Boone and Osage streets. He sustained arm fractures in both arms and possible internal injuries, was unconscious on impact, and later shown to be improving with an expected recovery in a month or six weeks at St. Joseph hospital under Dr. George B. Stemen.
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Jacob W. Keller
St. Joseph Hospital
George B. Stemen
Kellar
Stemen
Keller
Henry Bekart
Boone and
Osage
Rare Caesarian section performed in city hospital
Very rare operation by Dr. WH Al Duemling at Lutheran hospital ends in success. Patient Mrs. Ford Reckeweg and newborn baby girl, nine pounds, both healthy. Delivered early Tuesday with assistance from Drs Wrater and Von Swaringen. sixth child in the family. prior appendicitis surgery three months earlier.
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Lutheran Hospital
AL Duemling
Ford Reckeweg
John Street
Duemling
L. P. Wrater
B. von Swaringen
Allen County
Iate
W. H. Myers
M. F. Porter
Hope Hospital
Workman Dies After Gruesome Crane Accident
Indiana Harbor Indiana Aug 14 John Scorzan 22 employed at the Indiana Steal company plant was caught in a grappler lowered into a vessel hold to pick up ore. The grappler carried the dangling man to the deck sixty feet above where his leg was torn off and he died before aid could reach him.
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Indiana Harbor
Ind
John Scorzan
Indiana Steal Company
8Eerzan
Bscorgan
Quits Place as Head of Jefferson School
Prof. T. M. Miller resigns as principal of Jefferson School effective immediately, ending years of service in Fort Wayne public schools. The board has not selected a successor. Miller’s departure follows the opening of the new school building near term’s end, while Prof. Alter shifts focus to his business interests in Sidney, Ohio.
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T. M. Miller
Jefferson School
Fort Wayne
Alter
G. W. Maxwell
Limes Buggy Company
Sidney, C
Sidney
Miller
Waterloo Grants Franchise for Home Telephone Company
Waterloo Ind August 1 The town council in session granted to the Waterloo Home Telephone company a franchise for an independent telephone system to enter a territory long controlled by Bell. J M Popp Fort Wayne G B Spake Monroeville Daniel Strouse Auburn and H P Stroph Waterloo organize the Wateriga company with Fort Wayne’s Home Telephone and Telegraph behind it. A five hundred line exchange is expected to be in service soon in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Ind
Waterloo Home Telephone Company
Bell Company
New Wateriga Company
J. M. Popp
Fort Wayne
G. B. Spake
Monroeville
Daniel Strouse
Auburn
H. P. Strop
Golden Medical Discovery Claims Alcohol Free Formula
An advertisement extols Glycerine based “Golden Medical Discovery” as a potent remedy from native medicinal roots. It claims nutritive, anti ferment, and therapeutic properties for coughs, consumption in early stages, throat and lung conditions, and skin ailments. It praises sea of roots including Golden Seal and Black Cherrybark and notes no alcohol content.
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Tinley Billngwood
Bennath
Med. College
Chicago
Golden
Rv, Pierce
Bulalo
Fort Wayne Men Elected to State C B L Officers
Huntington Ind Aug 14 The state convention of the Catholic Benevolent Legion adjourned with officers elected for two years. President D D Coffey Decatur Vice President F B Rosenberger Fort Wayne Secretary John Langan Tipton Treasurer W J Margowske Delphi Marshal Peter D Smith Gunsport Guardian Henry Coleman Fort Wayne Orator Philip Young Huntington Trustees John Zweseler Richmond M D Brorder Lafayette Anthony Geraghty Elkhart Representative to Supreme Council John Langel Tipton Alternate D L Coffey Decatur Spiritual Director Rev Anthony Nenneberger Tipton Tipton chosen as the two year convention site King Knights of Columbus hall social evening session.
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Huntington
Ind
Atete
The
Catholic Benevolent Legion
D. D. Coffey
Decatur
F. B. Rosenberger
Fort Wayne
John Langan
Tipton
W. J. Margowske
Delphi
Peter D. Smith
O- Gunsport
Gunard
Henry Coleman
Philip Young
John Zweseler
Richmond
M.D. Brorder
Lafayette
Anthony Geraghty
Elkhart
Supreme Council
John Langel
D. 1
Coffee
Anthony Nenneberger
Thyton
Knights of Columbus
Hull
Hasty Conclusion Leads Woman To Believe Mother Dead
Kalamazoo August 14 Miss Nellie McDonald a Fort Wayne hospital nurse rushed home after a telegram claimed her mother Mrs J Benns was buried today She learned the message was a mistaken signature from a patient and collapsed in relief now seriously ill but likely to recover The mix up involved another sister Mrs Schwartz who denies sending the telegram
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Nellie McDonald
Fort Wayne
Ind
Grand
J. Benns
Nana
Laine
Miss McDonald
Misa
Donald
Elevator Contract Let for Marriot Building Elevators
The contract for the elevators in the new Mariott building on East Main Street goes to Warner Elevator Manufacturing of Cincinnati. Two elevators will be installed, a passenger and a freight, powered by electricity and of the newest design. The freight platform will be one of the largest in the city at 10 by 14 feet, heat safety devices will be used, and installation soon begins.
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Mariott Building
East Main &Troot
Warner Elevator Manufacturing Company
Cincinnati
Murderer Goold Confesses Then Ends His Life in Prison
Vere St Ledger Goold son of a distinguished Irish gentleman and descendant of nobility confessed in Marseilles to murdering Emma Levin whose body was found dismembered in his trunk and valise. He killed himself in prison at Marseilles. Levin, a wealthy Swedish woman, was believed killed at Monte Carlo for her jewels.
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London
Vere St. Ledger Goold
Marceilles
Emma Levin
Goold
Marseilles
Monte Carlo
Goold Confesses Murder of Emma Levin at Monte Carlo
Vere St Ledger Goold admits killing Emma Levin and dismembering her body with his wife in Monte Carlo. They planned to dump the remains in the sea in Marseilles. jewels were taken to hinder discovery. The trunk with torso was found in a Marseilles station. Mrs Goold corroborates.
Cedarville Man Exposes Many to Disease and Is Isolated
William Maryin was removed last Wednesday from 125 Baker Street to Isolation Hospital with a well developed case of smallpox after suffering several days. He exposed a great many people while at work in the city. Dr H C Bruggeman, health department secretary, searched contacts, vaccinated exposed individuals, and fumigated the house to curb spread. Another report lists a scarlet fever case at 1404 Hurd Street involving Lydia Welgman.
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William Maryin
Baker Street
H. C. Bruggeman
Health Department
Hurd Street
Lydia Welgman
Selling a Wife in English History and Lore
The item notes that in England fifty years prior wife selling persisted with a judge like form, requiring three conditions: no double sale, price above one selling, and delivery with a halter. It cites Hardy and his novel, and recalls 1887 Wakefield sale for half a guinea plus 1884 York incidents, reflecting archaic practices tied to local legal color.
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England
Thomas Hardy
Casterbridge
O With
Wakefield
York
London Daily Mail
Don t Neglect It Heart Cure Claim Ad
An old advertisement urges readers to not neglect a weak heart and promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as the top remedy. The personal testimonial from Dunnam of Livingston Texas claims rapid relief and near cure, with money back guarantees via Miles Medical Co of Elkhart Indiana and retail druggists standing behind the first bottle and refund if unsatisfied.
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Miles
Dr. Miles
Dunnam
Livingston
Tezas
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
County Honors the Memory of Mr A Ferguson
Allen county Indiana officials mourn ex commissioner Matthew A Ferguson with resolutions praising his public service to 1854 1904 and his role in the Allen County courthouse and gravel road program. Ex commissioners Jasper W Jones J H Stellhorn C Fl Orff A R Schnitker approve the tribute.
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Matthew A. Ferguson
Allen County
Board of County Commissioners
Indiana
al- Ten County
Aillen County
Mr. Ferguson
Ferguson
Fort Wayne
Allen County Court House
Brent
Joseph Tonkal
John Wyas
William Hockemeyer
Board of Commissioners
Matthaw A. Ferguson
Jasper W. Jones
J. H. Stellhorn
C. Fl. Orff
A. R. Schnitker
Cormlissioners
Judge Landis delays grand jury probe into Chicago and Alton rebating case
In Chicago Aug 14 Judge Landis postponed the grand jury investigation into rebating charges against the Chicago and Alton railroad in connection with Standard Oil. Immunity promises cited by Attorney General Bonaparte prompted the delay, with records to be reviewed before Sept 3.
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Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
Grand
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Standard Oil
Standard
Bonaparte
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Standard 631
United States
Standard Qi
Department of Justice
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Chicago and Alton Road
John Snyder Dies In Field On Farm Near City
John Snyder a 60 year old retired farmer died suddenly while in a corn field on his farm about two miles northwest of the city on the Goshen road. He was with his wife when he collapsed uttering a final plea and died before help arrived. An undertaker moved the body to the residence as the coroner viewed the scene. Snyder had lived on Huffman street for about twenty years and left a widow a son and a married daughter.
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John Snyder
Bill Huffman
Goshen
Snyder
Huffman Street
Lax Marriage Laws Debate At National Reform Meeting
Warsaw delegates at the National Reform association annual meeting at Winona Lake discuss lax marriage laws and divorce. Rev J S Martin cites tainted rites and “trial” marriages among actors and actresses, blaming faulty laws as contributing to the trend. Hart Schaffner & Marx suits offered at half price in the Patterson Fletcher Co. sale.
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Warsaw
Ind
Nfth
National Reform Association
Winona Lake
United States
Martin
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Newcastle
Mr. Martin
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Patterson-Fletcher Coq
Thaw Trial Granted Yet Another Postponement
New York Aug 14 report that the second Thaw trial for the Stanford White murder has again been postponed and likely will not begin before January 1. After the first trial ended in a jury deadlock in April, District Attorney Jerome had set retrial for October. Thaw has shown great impatience for the case to start. TB 1 Tarael and a family are home frame trip to Milwaukee.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Thaw
Tarael
Milwaukee
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Reeves
Pect
OR. Duemling
Mrs. Ford Reckeweg
Phenix
Gustave Sello
L. F. Curdes
Come Ume
Ariz
Gready
Workman
Ohio
C. BS
Henry Coleman Guard
Nellie McDonald Ili
Vere St. Ledger
Magistrats
Violet
Gould Salls
Somma
Amma Levin
Irish Land Commission
Dubln
Montrest
Holland
Monta Carlo
Maraelites
Goolida
T Hat
Mma Lavin
Nick Stockholm
Goolds
Goulda
Monte Carto
Barker
Tway
Hey
Cedarville
William Marvin
County
A. Ferguson
Grand Jury
Alton
Winona
Infante
Suns
Klaehn & Melching
Amius
Anor
Homo
Slayer of White
CUY- Aat Palnliss
Calhoun Street
Frutt Howes
BR. Burest
ISTS
DR. Wells
Brinkerhoft
Fort Wayna
East Berry S&t
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