Attempted double self harm at St Joseph hospital
John Hoffman, an elderly patient at St Joseph hospital, attempted suicide again early Thursday after stabbing himself with scissors, despite past head wounds and a trephination. Ward staff and Deputy Harrod, with Dr Myers, thwarted the attack as Hoffman remains under watchful restraint and continues to threaten self harm amid a kidney disease.
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John Hoffman
Hubert Alles
St. Joseph Hospital
Hoffman
W. H. Myers
Jewell
Binos
Clausmeier
George Harrod
Myers
Howe Vee
Robbery at Arber Shop Leads to Missing Razors
Thursday burglars entered George Stier’s bar shop at 333 South poten street and stole about $50 worth of razors and paraphernalia. They pried a lock with a jerry iron file, rummaged drawers, and departed after taking two razors, a tooth, and other items. No electric-made or high-value merchandise but tools and nonessential goods were taken. Police were alerted, but no clue arises yet, and pawn shops yielded nothing.
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Shursday
George Stier
South Poten Atreet
Pebée
Buier
Cme
Willetts En Route If Kutcher Recovers or Dies
It is thought Willetts and his wife will stay away until Kutcher either recovers or dies, and if the latter occurs they may not appear at all.
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Willetts
Kutcher
Doctor Metcalf Stricken With Apparent Apoplexy
Dr. S C Metcalf former city health officer suddenly fell ill in Dr Jacob Hetricks office near Dreiers drug store last Thursday around 8 pm. He turned deathly pale and collapsed but regained consciousness after restoratives and was taken home. He remained ill overnight with a stomach related attack suspected to be apoplexy.
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S. C. Metcalf
Jacob Hetrick
Dreiers Drug Store
Metcalf
Hetrick
Clever capture and bank case headline collage
A burglary at Columbia City is linked to John Dailey and a man named Keily. Keily is jailed in Columbia City while Daily fled to Ohio, then North Dakota, then returned to be arrested in Columbia City. Separately, W C Winstandley faces charges for receiving a bank insolvent deposit in Bedford Indiana. A King’s New Discovery medical pitch and other era notices appear alongside travel ads for the Denver Rio Grande Scenic Line and regional promotions.
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Columbia City
John Dailey
Keily
Kelly
Columbis City
Thomas Wilkinson
Ohio
Wilkinson
Valley City
North Dakota
Wilmer
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Young man Frederick Lepper dies of typhoid at 42 Houstis Ave
Frederick G Lepper aged 27 or 28 died after three weeks of typhoid fever at 42 Houstis Avenue. He was born in Adams township and lived in the city since boyhood. He worked at Wagner's drug store then for C O Lepper and Waltemuth & Co. He married Emma Merrilet about a year ago and leaves a child. He belonged to Phoanix lodge Knights of Pythias and Second Presbyterian Church. The Knights will handle his funeral. life insurance was 1200 with a Pythian company.
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Frederick G. Lepper
Houstis Avenue
Fred
Adams Township
Wagner's
C. O. Lepper
Weat
Jefferson Street
Waltemuth & Co
Mr. Lepper
Emma Merrilet
Phoanix Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Knights
Second Presbyterian Church
Two Men Held After Soo Line Train Wreck Killers
Mexemt Wisconsin October 31 two men charged with murder in the wrecking of the Minneapolis Boston express on the Soo road were held for trial after a preliminary hearing. Levitt Hazelton confessed detailing the plan to derail the train at Hafford junction on October 7 harming Fireman Charles Cottrell and Engineer James Dutch while aiming to rob the express car. Williams denies involvement.
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Payter
Irma
Lake View
Soo
Helms
Chas. Cotterill
Levitt Hazelton
Ed Killetz
Potter
Anderson
F. X. Holz
Mexemt
Wis
Soo” Road
Minneapolis-Boston
Hafford Junction
Charles Cottrell
James Dutch
Brainerd
Minn
Frank Williams
Appleton
Williams
Minneapolis
Atole
Prentice
Rhinelander
Heatford Junction
Pension dispute and odd wedding tales top Covington notices
In Covington Elizabeth B. Rosenberger, widow of a railroad worker, seeks excess pension grounds amid a railroad damages suit for 25 000 dollars after her husband died following a wreck. In Xenia Ohio a bride wed beside her mother's coffin and later attended the funeral. Also brief items report Ely's Cream Balm testimonials and local travel notes with fishing catches and visitors.
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Ciscixxali
Elizabeth B. Rosenberger
Russell Avenue
Covington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Whittaker
Rosenberger
W. H. Neely
Neely
Mel. Hickens
Ohio
Xenia
George Pinkel
Springfield
Clarinda Hickens
R. P. Clark
A Mother's Duty and Lydia Pinkham's Remedy Advice
Special readers note urges mothers to act on suspected uterus troubles in young girls. Claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures numerous female ailments, promotes health, and urges immediate treatment to save daughters from misery.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia BE
Disastrous Indianapolis Fire Destroys Gas Plant and College
A major blaze in Indianapolis on Nov 3 damaged the Natural Gas company building at South Pennsylvania and Maryland, spread to Indiana Medical College and the Scottish Rite temple, with walls collapsing and 18 bodies cremated in the college. Losses exceed 200000 with extensive property damage and several injuries. Firefighters report critical conditions as the blaze ends by 7:30 am.
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Inpianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Natural Gas Company
Pennsylvania and
Maryland Streets
Indiana Medical College
Scottish Rite
Medical College
Samuel Luir
Scottish
Webster
Hacken Library
Clark & Sons
Medical College Wessex
Movable fence adoption and Clydesdale notes in agricultural page
A Rural New Yorker adapted movable fence panels with pine construction and oak supports, detailing rails, braces, notches and barbed wire, plus notes on Clydesdale origin, traits, and praised crossbreeding with stockier Shires. The column covers livestock care, market outlooks, long-lived horses, beef feeding, and varied farm practices across regions.
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Ohio
New Yorker
Rising in a good town and a fast descent
A terse editor’s remark about a cyclone lifting him to a pine then the speaker notes that men who begin rising quickly tend to descend fast. A secondary line mentions cracked wheat and a shopkeeper greeting a customer with a taunting line about damaged goods.
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Atlanta Constitution
Heirs Sought in Vast South American McKay Estate
In Peohamn Oregon and across Portland Oakland and San Francisco, potential heirs are named to a rumored $15 million McKay estate. William McKay, a Scotch diamond-field adventurer, died leaving eight siblings as primary heirs and eleven direct heirs to share equally, with Neil Morrison in St Johns Newfoundland handling the interests. Daniel McKay, executor named in Scotland, is believed deceased and in California.
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Peohamn
Ore
Portland
Oakland
San Francisco
William McKay
McKay
Kimberly Diamond Fields
Neil Morrison
St. Johns
N. B
Scotland
John Collins
Daniel McKay
Colling
California
Peculiar Rochester Wedding Breaks Over Ghost Warning
A Rochester area tale recounts John Graham engaged to Miss Florence Wright. She dreams the ghost of his first wife warns against marriage, prompting her to break the engagement. The note asks, Is it charm or lipstick and teeth that fate the vow?
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Ohio
East Rochester
John Graham
Florence Wright
Misa Wright
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