Vaudeville star and wife perishing while saving animals
Edinburgh May 10. Bodies recovered from Empire music hall ruins include Lafayette the Great and two company members Alice Dale and Joe Coster. Other victims include orchestra members. three unidentified. Lafayette died saving his horse and dog during a spectacular military pageant fire after a panic by the audience.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Ehight
Empire Music Hall
Brit@fm
Lafayette
Lord Roberts
London
Lafayette the Great
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve the Supreme Heal All Ailments
An ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the perfect healer for cuts corns burns bruises sores scalds boils eczema salt rheum sore eyes cold sores chapped hands and piles. It promises unrivaled relief and sells for 25 cents at druggists.
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Bucklen
May Pork Falls as Prices Tumble on Delinquent Short Squeeze
May pork prices fell $1.45 a barrel to close at 16 dollars from 17.45 dollars yesterday in Chicago trading. The drop followed a squeeze against short sellers and was seen as delinquents settling losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wealthy Harfield Conrad kills ally in grave robbery trap
In Great Falls Montana on May 10, Harfield G. Conrad and his brother set a trap to deter grave robbers of a child’s resting site. They killed Joseph Hamilton, former Cascade County sheriff, who assisted them, after mistaking a pursuing figure for a robber. Investigators say the fatal shooting occurred near a lantern left on the Fort Benton road.
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Mont
Harfield G. Conrad
Hatfield
Conrads
Joseph Hamilton
Cascade County
Conrad
Fort Benton
Hamilton
Judge Carpenter Rules Sherman Act Constitutional in Beef Trust Case
Chicago May 12 Judge Carpenter overruled demurrers by the Chicago packers in the be eff trust cases and held the Sherman act constitutional. He said sections 1 2 and 3 define the offenses, the indictment is valid, and the plan to control meat production and prices shows intent to restrain trade. Trial likely not before fall with proceedings set for May 17.
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Chicago
Chicago Packers
Beef Trust
Carpenter
United States District Court
J. Ogden Armour
United States
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Who Will Win in Dekalb County Schools Race
Special to The Sentinel Auburn Indiana May 10. The DeKalb county board of education will elect a county superintendent for a four year term at a June meeting. Prof Henry E Coe the Republican incumbent seeks another term against Democrat Prof Willis Maginnis a former Auburn teacher now a candidate.
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Sentinel
Auburn
Ind
DeKalb County
County Board of Education
Henry E. Coe
Willis D. Maginnis
Coe
Maginnis
Coe Hag
Board of Trustees
Prof. Coe
Merica
Garrett
Will Franke
Willis Maginnis
Coliseum
Normal College
Angola
Sweden's Prohibition Crystalized by Five Week Strike
The Greensboro Telegram reports on a Swedish general strike in 1909 during which sale of alcohol was halted. It cites Salvation Army accounts of calmer streets, improvised welfare aid, and a shift in behavior among fathers and drinkers, plus police observations of record order and a nationwide temperance plebiscite showing strong pro prohibition sentiment.
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Ernest Gordon
Raleigh Christian Advocate
National Prohibitionist
Salvation Army
Stockholm
Sweden
America
Gothenburg
Helsinborg
South Wales
Wes
Helsingor
Elstmore
England
Greensboro
Five Die in Delaware and Hudson Mine Fire
Five men died from smoke suffocation at the Boston colliery in Larksville near Wilkesbarre after a Tuesday strike left only a small crew. The dead were George Feeder 20 John Melodicki 17 Jacob Kenulla 39 Charles Kermuski 25 William Adamee 25. Rescue crews saved several miners despite dangerous conditions as the blaze continued.
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Wilkesbarre
Boston
Delaware and Hudson Company
Larksville
Government Rescue Corps
George Feeder
John Melodicki
Jacob Kenulla
Charles Kermuski
William Adamee
Hfe
Soen
Fort Wayne High School to Hear Dean Reed at Commencement
Dean John QG Reed of the University of Michigan will deliver the principal address at Fort Wayne High School’s annual commencement on Tuesday June 20. The event marks the first outside Indiana speaker in years, with Miss Margaret Pickard valedictorian and Miss Lucy Jacquay salutatorian. The baccalaureate sermon is June 19 at First Presbyterian Church by Rev Henry B Master. School closes after the Friday following the ceremony.
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John QG. Reed
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Fort Wayne High School
Dean Reed
Indiana
Michigan
Fort Wayne
Margaret Pickard
Lucy Jacquay
First Presbyterian Church
Henry ‘B. Master
Foley Kidney Pills Improve Health Says Bloomington Man
Allen Campbell of 322 S. Morton St Bloomington Ind reports relief from kidney and bladder troubles after using Foley Kidney Pills The back ache and bladder pain diminished and kidney action became normal and regular The testimonial is from a local reader sponsored by Dreier & Bros.
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Foley
Allen Campbell
S. Morton St
Bloomington
Ind
Dreier & Bros
Demolition of Pennville School House Underway
The Pennville Indiana school house that housed the high school and town grade schools for years will be demolished this week. Most materials will be moved to the new building site for reuse.
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Pennville
Ind
Prohibition's Local Toll and Railroad Drinking Ban
A Baltimore and Ohio Railroad notice bans employment of staff who use intoxicants on or off duty. A Baptist Standard letter from Nacogdoches cites rising crime after local option law, listing murder to forgery cases from 1903 and 1911 docket items as alleged effects.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Baptist Standard
Nacogdoches
Texas
Robert Lindsley
J. C. Harris
District Court
Nacogdoches Crime and Tax Figures From 1903 to 1911
The record lists docket items for murders and assaults dated to 1903 and 1903 September term, plus felony theft burglary and forgery counts. It notes school enrollment rising from 750 in 1903 to 1,287 in 1910 with nine month terms, and bank deposits growing from 220000 to 708000 by 1911. Tax maintenance at 25 cents per 100 and 1908 to 1911 property values show growth to 2,199,754. The text laments losses from crimes as bad but suggests a positive view of growth.
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Nacogdoches
New York Leader Predicts Taft Loss Risk
Former New York Republican State Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff warned at the White House that continuing bad business conditions could boost the Democrats in New York’s presidential race. He credited reciprocity for Taft’s urban popularity but noted farmer discontent may shift votes by election time.
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Washington
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
White House
Mr. Woodruff
Taft
Measles Cure Claims From Foley’s Honey and Tar
Mrs. O B Palmer of Little Rock says her child recovered completely from a severe measles cough after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. She warns against substitutes and prompts other parents to trust the genuine yellow package from Dreier Drug Co.
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O. B. Palmer
Little Rock
Ark
Foley
Dreier Drug Co
Falls From Telephone Pole Injures Lineman in Huntington
Huntington Ind May 15 Frank Kemp a Roanoke telephone company lineman fell from a telephone pole Saturday and was severely injured He was unconscious but revived after a surgeon arrived and an exam showed no broken bones in the accident The injured man is a brother of Dr Kemp of Huntington
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Huntington
Ind
Frank Kemp
Roanoke Telephone Company
Kemp
Foley Kidney Pills Suggested By Fort Wayne Mother
Mrs Louis Shoppell of 2009 No Clinton St Fort Wayne Indiana reports her two sons aged twelve and fifteen had weak kidneys since childhood. After trying various medicines without improvement they took Foley Kidney Pills and their kidney and bladder strength improved markedly. Both boys are now strong and robust and she recommends the product.
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Louis Shoppell
Clinton St
Fort Wayne
Ind
Foley
Dreier Drug Co
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