Port of Missing Men Echoes From New York
A Sentinel correspondence surveys disappearances in New York City, detailing motives from drink, stage life, and domestic trouble to business reverses. It notes the city as a refuge, challenges in tracing missing persons, and cases like John H. Poggenburg Jr. and the eventual Walker affair.
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the Sentinel
New York
England
Salvation Army
The
Volunteers of America
War Cry
Borhood
Mercantile
John H. Poggenburg, Jr
Mr. Poggenburg
South Norwalk
Conn
Peggenburg
H. LeRoy Jones
Mrrs. Jones
Canada
Honduras
Japan
Walker
Connecticut
Attorney Visits Huntington on Walcott Land Claim
Maumee lawyer Duncan, acting for John W. Walcott nephew of Anne Turner, arrived in Huntington to probe county records on land tied to a patent issued to Walcott. He notes possible flaws in the record such as missing consent from J Q Adams and explores options, with Walcott described as a Maumee Justice of the Peace who holds some property.
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Duncan
Maumee
Ohio
Toledo
Chamber of Commerce
John W. Walcott
Anne Turner
Wabash Valley
Air
Iunean
Wuntington County
Huntington County
Walcott
Herile Pert
Andrews
Poo Menat Sutterthwaite Farm
Ptebon County
Ords
J. Q. Adams
J. @. Adams
United States
Fort Wayne
Indiana appeals court upholds saloon remonstrance validity
An Indiana appellate court ruling holds saloon remonstrances valid and binding in a Lake County license renewal case where a Sunday bar was operated by the applicant. The decision reinforces community opposition as a legitimate factor in license considerations.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Appellate Court
Lake County
Cruel vivisection fears echo in London study
Correspondent notes Dr Stephen Smith of Royapo Per oof Surecens condemns vivisection after examining European and English hospital practices. He cites brutal experiments on dogs and frogs with little or no anesthesia, and questions the supposed human benefits. The Anti Vivisection Society backs his views.
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London
England
Stephen Smith
The
Roy
Dr. Smith
Dess
Girl tells police she was kidnapped by Chinese slave traders
Pittsburg report says 16 year old Lorenece J arvingstone captured in raid on a house run by Lee Ping in the Chinese quarter. She alleges she was taken from Cincinnati at age nine and held as a slave by multiple Chinese men across the nation, kept from writing to friends and even forgetting her street name. She now speaks Chinese fluently.
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Pittsburg
Wlorenece Jarvingstone
Lee Ping
Cincinnati
Wireless saved his life aboard Plymouth
In Fall River on January 18 George H. Allen was found aboard the sound steamer Plymouth with a bottle of poison about to be ingested. A wireless telegraph warned of his intended suicide after leaving letters in New York, prompting a shipwide search that located him in a state room.
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Fall River
Mass
George H. Allen
Plymouth
New York
Allen
Alen
Theater fire mystery deepens as unidentified woman in male disguise found
In Boyertown Pennsylvania a theater fire left unidentified bodies in the temporary morgue. Coroner Strasser discovered a body in male clothing believed to be a woman, with features burned beyond recognition and no local memory of any man likely to be the deceased.
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Boyertown
Strasser
Kosciusko Civic League backs poker raid action
The Kosciusko Civic League, representing all townships, approved officers who raided a Sunday poker joint and offered league support to the state attorney and mayor in the anti gambling crusade. Representative Jesse Eschbach resigned as vice president and ex Mayor A G Wood was named to replace him. Prof Charles Meriea launched a YMCA movement with a contribution toward funding an association.
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Kosciusko Civic League
Warsaw
Ind
Jesse Eschbach
A. G. Wood
Charles Meriea
Young Men’s Christian Association
Harvester Trust Mulcted In Antitrust Ruling
Judge Dana in Shawnee County District Court fines International Harvester $12,600 for three counts of violating Kansas antitrust law. Each count carried a maximum of $1,000 and a minimum of $100.
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Topeka, Kas
Jam
Dana
Shawnee County
International Harvester Company
Fort
Mahan Sentenced to Life for Murder of Niece
A Vermont jury found Altred Mahan guilty of second degree murder in the killing of his four year old niece Ethel Mehan in North Bennington last summer. The verdict carries a life sentence. The defense plans to enter an insanity plea.
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Bennington
Altred Mahan
Ethel Mehan
North Bennington
Mahan
Tobacco warehouses close week with huge sales
Lexington Kentucky January 18 under guard of national guardsmen with a gatling gun and police the tobacco warehouses report a massive week. The week totals 1 769 265 pounds of loose leaf barley tobacco sold for 186 425 dollars.
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Lexington
Saloonkeepers fret over potential beer price rise
In New York on January 18, saloonkeepers fear a threatened $1 beer price increase prompts concern among owners and patrons amid ongoing protests and discussions.
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New York
Fortune to Priest Heir Revealed for Local Cleric
Father Charles F. Kearful of St Joseph Missouri has learned from Washington that he is heir to a 500000 fortune left by his granduncle Karl Kierkfogel who died in Sydney Australia. He plans to donate much to charity and then travel to New York and on to Italy to visit the pope before heading to Sydney.
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State Department
Washington, D. C
Karl Kierkfogel
Sydney
Australia
Father Kearful
New York City
Italy
Rome
Missouri
Kansas
New postmasters named for Argos and Walkerton
Frank M. Pickerel will serve as postmaster at Argos and Thomas Turner is appointed postmaster at Walkerton. The appointments reflect recent changes in local postal leadership.
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Frank M. Pickerel
Argos
Thomas Turner
Walkerton
Tetrazzini Hailed as New Patti After New York Debut
New York critics praised Mme Luisa Tetrazzini after her first New York performance in La Traviata. The Florence native has an eleven year opera career and earlier drew acclaim in London and San Francisco.
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New York
Mme
Luisa Toetrazzini
London
England
Patti
Tetrazzini
Ative
Florence
Inez
France
United States
San Francisco
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Amorgaire
Robert
Animals Guardian
Dr.malassez
Wireless
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Priest
St. Joseph, Mo
Charles F. Kearful
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