Desperate Chicago murder and robberies headline
A jealous husband threw a man from a third story window during a deadly struggle, leaving the victim at county hospital with brain concussion. Officerbeat. Shemet resisted arrest and was overpowered. Also covered are a Park Garfield hold up where a woman saved rings, a secret wedding amid parental objections, and a failed safe burglary at P D Madigan Co. with no loot.
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Chicago
Joseph Shemet
West Fourteenth Street
Frank Godwin
John A. Sandborn
Caroline Jurgensen
Garfield Park
Sandborn
Jurgensen
Jas
Shortall
Mary Doyle
Garfield Boulevard
St. Anne's Church
Mackinac
Mich
P. D. Madigan & Co
Thirty-first Street
Suitcase Found in Chicago River Sparks Police Mystery
A suitcase recovered from the Chicago River between Madison and Monroe contains clothing letters newspapers in Italian a woman's photo and a child's shawl. Detective Longobardi is tasked with locating the owner amid theories the owner fell or was thrown into the water. Captain Marsh of the schooner A Thompson handed it to police.
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Chicago
Madison
Monroe
Gabriel Longobardi
George A. Marsh
A. Thompson
Pollee
Farmer Loses Big Fire Hit Near Horace
Paris T Aug 4 A large barn on the farm of Charles Waggoner near Horace burned, destroying hay straw grain and farm implements. A five year old stallion valued at 1500 a driving mare 150 and a mule 200 were also lost. Insurance will cover about one third of the total nearly 3000 dollar loss.
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Paris
Charles Waggoner
Horace
Stevenson Stumping Tour Dates Released
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stevenson announces a series of campaign stumpings across Illinois towns including Cullom Chatsworth Aug 18 Caxon Aug 26 Warsaw Aug 28 Savoy Bloomington Sept 7 and Leroy Sept 8 with plans for additional events in Bloomington and nearby cities.
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Stevenson
Bloomington
Wic
AEK
Oas
Cullom
Chatsworth
Pann
Caxton
Warsaw
Savyanna
Hilsboro
Leroy
McBride to Contest Montgomery Nomination in Primary
Springfield Aug 14 Representative Charles McBride of Springfield served notice on Morgan County Clerk Graff not to issue a certificate of nomination to R K Montgomery one of the Democratic candidates for representative in the last Saturday's primary McBride will contest Montgomery's nomination.
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Springfeld
Charles McBride
Springfield
Graff
Morgan County
RK. T. Montgomery
McBride
Montgomery
Man Goes Suddenly Insane in Vandalia
Aug 14 in Vandalia Oscar Behnelder became suddenly insane and seized a butcher knife terrorizing a neighborhood before his arrest.
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Oscar Behnelder
Peculiar Blaze Leaves Families Homeless at Glen Bed
Pittsburg Aug 14 six men were injured fighting flames at Glen Bed a small station along the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago railway west of the city. A warehouse and several fire dwellings burned causing eight families to lose their homes as workers connected pipes of the line.
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Pittsburg
Glen Beld
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Fire Destroys Buildings as Oil Spill Feeds River Blaze
Oil from a Standare pipeline leak near Sewickley valley and Corapolis refinery poured into a small stream. The oil on the water ignited, likely from a locomotive, sending flames through the town. Buildings along the creek burned, and townsfolk faced a severe fire with limited fighting water.
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Standare
Sewickley
Coragpolis
Not Daniel Boone's Body Bossed by Local Minister
Rev R R McQuie of Montgomery Missouri tells a local paper that a party visiting the Ryan graveyard near Martha'sville Warren County Missouri concluded Daniel Boone's body was never moved to Kentucky. The group asserts Kentucky men mistakenly exhumed a stranger buried near Mrs Boone's grave.
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Montgomery
R R. McQuie
Tocal
Ryan
Marthasville
Warren County
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Boone
Chinamen arraigned in Ogdensburg face deportation
Ten Chinese men were arraigned before U S Commissioner Kellogg on charges of unlawful entry from Canada via Trouses point last January. Defense sought to prove relatives in the U S as five groups of two identified by necktie pairs. Officials concluded neckties served as identification marks. Commissioner Wellagy ordered deportation.
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Ogdensburg
United States
Kellogg
Canada
Wellagy
Four Chicagoans Drowned In Wisconsin River Capsize
Aug 14 Kilbourn Wis Four Chicagoans drowned when a pleasure launch with nine aboard capsized after brushing the wake of a passing steamer on the Wisconsin river near the dock. The dead include Miss Miahel Ward Mrs W G Weath and M J Prete and his son Ralph.
Thugs Victim Fights for Life in Bellevue Hospital
Phillip Tully, 24, was beaten by two assailants and admitted to Bellevue Hospital. Doctors reported his jaws locked, wounds infected with tetanus germ, and death expected.
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New York
Phillip ‘Tully
Bellevue Hospital
Dadiy
Found Dead in the Woods in Wisconsin Woodsman
Fond du Lac August 14 John Thivta aged seventy of Ibundee Wis was found dead in a woods after a forty hour search. The body was uninjured and authorities believe hunger and exhaustion caused the death.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
John Thivta
Ibundee
Unemployed Conference Declined by Eugene Webebs
Eugene Webebs declinesio position to attend New York unemployed conference due to campaign engagements. Fire at VYart Mont destroys Anheuser Busch hotel and twelve saloons incurring heavy losses. Newfoundland fisheries modis vivendi reached between Britain and United States. Knights of Pythias vote to hold next convention in Milwaukee. William Q. Hint of Milwaukee drowns at Enterprise Sun while bathing.
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Eugene Webebs
New York
Vyart
Mont
Idaho
Anheuser- Busch
Foreign Office
United States
Newfoundland
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
Milwaukee
William Q. Hint
Enterprise
I Sun
Accident claims life of Detroit youth in Oklahoma City
John A. Wrumholz of Detroit Mt. was accidentally shot and killed in Oklahoma City by sixteen year old Andrew Tarshey. Both youths are sixteen. The Scandinavian Brotherhood of America, meeting in Youngstown, adjourned to convene in Chicago next year. A Havana movement seeks to move the Cuban presidential election date.
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Smoky Til
John A. Wrumholz
Detroit
Okllahoma City
Okhio
Andrew Tarshey
Scandinavian Brotherhood of America
Youngstown
Chicago
Havana
Scots golfers chase long drive bets through history
The article notes 18th century wagers in Scotland on driving golf balls to great heights. In 1798 Burgess Golfing Society members Scenles of Leith and printer Smellie each lofted six balls well over St Giles steeple weathercock. Donald McLean later drove over Melville’s monument in Edinburgh.
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Burgess Golfing Society
St. Giles
Scenles
Leith
Smellie
Donald McLean
Signet
Melville’s Monument
St. Andrew Square
Burntsfield Links
Arthur's Seat
Westminster Gazette
A Little More Than Your Income
A young New York city clergyman visiting a starving family learns their poverty. The man out of work, five children and a baby, receive aid totaling 25 dollars. The mother defends purchases like a baby carriage and coffee as necessities, revealing hardship and daily survival.
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New York City
Appleton's Magazine
A Strange Eighteenth Century Cough Remedy
In a January 1758 letter Mrs. Delaney, famed in her era, describes a bizarre cough cure for Mary using boiled snails in barley or seawater. The mix is to be prepared fresh every few days and given in small amounts, kept secret, and the cure is questioned whether Mary ever benefited.
Scotsman in Smoking Caruta Encounter on Train
A Scotsman in a third class smoking carriage objects to a fishwife boarding at a small station. He insists this is a smoking carriage, but she sits opposite him, lights a large pipe, and declares no one but himself can take a smoke. The scene ends with her taunting him about sharing his own smoke.
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King
Greece Census Shows Population Rise to Two Million
Figures from the November census place Greece's population at 2,031,952, marking an increase of about 200,600 over the prior year. The upsurge reflects demographic shifts and ongoing urbanization across the country.
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Greece
A New Invention for Princess Gown Hangers
A pasteboard mailing tube twelve inches long and two inches in diameter is covered with Dresden ribbon. Edges are sewn together and ends folded in. A yard of ribbon is threaded through the tube to form a bow. The gown hangs with the waist on the tube and the skirt on the ends.
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Dresden
A Cure for Freckles From An Old Time Skincare Formula
A vintage remedy describes a freckle treatment using Lac tic acid four ounces glycerin two ounces rosewater one ounce. Apply to the face several times daily, then massage with elder flower cream to prevent burning and soften skin. The cream also smooths rough dry skin and gives a delicate appearance.
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Yan
Harry Thaw’s Move Shows He Is Very Sane, Legal Experts Say
New York opinion pieces by Eugene Philbin and John F McIntyre argue Thaw could gain freedom once he leaves New York state. They contend a writ of habeas corpus or outside-state rulings would free him if he stays out of New York, noting his commitment was state-specific and not extraterritorial.
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New York
Eugene Philbin
New York State
Trarry Thaw
Pittsburg
New Jersey
John Fr. McIntyre
Thaw
Grand Army encampment premiums for river display
Toledo officials announce premiums for a four mile electric display on the Maumee river by yacht or launch on Sept. 2 and 3 during the Forty second national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. The pyrotechnic Sheridan ride show requires 260 troops and the decoration committee may spend more than ever before on street and indoor decor.
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Toledo
Grand Army of the Republic
Maumee
Sheridan
Willson denies considering notifying Taylor on Goebel murder case
Governor Willson of Kentucky emphatically denies ever considering notifying W. S. Taylor after the election that he should return to Kentucky to stand trial on indictments tied to the Goebel murder. He says there is absolutely no foundation for any such reference claimed by a Louisville paper.
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Frankfort
Willson
W. S. Taylor
Kentucky
Goebel
Louisville
Provernor
Voted in Favor of Striking in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio August 14 4 4 Following the desire for an expression from the Sanchinista employed by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway vow the advisability of striking if piece work is continued 800 men employed here voted in favor of strike.
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Cleveland, O
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Death by own action ends trip to Decatur Florida
Stewart Huntley aged seventy five traveling from California to his Decatur Florida home died by poisoning. He had recently been robbed of money and was divorced from his wife and estranged from other relatives. The report notes Parsons Ian and Aug T4 as context in the OCR snippet.
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Parsons
Ian
Stuwart Huntley
California
Decatur
Habit and Habit in Moevaland Clerk Speech
A short quip from the Moevaland Leader quoting a stenographer and an old shoe store clerk about habit. The exchange jokes on pronunciation and habit in dialogue, reflecting local speech and workplace lore.
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Moeveland
Girl of Twelve Ends Life in Kansas City
Kansas City story reports twelve year old Vivien Burden committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. Authorities believe the death of sixteen year old May Williamson, a classmate and schoolmate, on Tuesday influenced the girl to take her own life.
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Kansas City
Vivien Burden
May Williamson
Chia
Two Views of St Parson married couple joke
A comic exchange comparing groom and bride families during a wedding moment. The bride’s kin favor “better” while the groom’s family jokes it’s “for worse,” reflecting lighthearted marital misunderstandings.
Rehearsing the Play From Broadway Overheard Line
A lurid stage aside from a Broadway rehearsal features a dangerous mock crime. The dialogue includes strangling poisoning pistols dynamite and a dramatic fatal fall ending with a claim over a girl though it remains a theatrical venting of melodrama.
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Bunko Bill
Scores on the Ball Fields from Chicago to Milwaukee
Baseball standings and daily scores across major leagues with games in Pittshure New York St. Louis Philadelphia and Milwaukee. Highlights include Chicago and Pittsburg a 1-1 draw and Cincinnati rallying to defeat St. Louis 7 1 with key pitching from Coltz and McLean.
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Pittshure
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cltesgo
Rauerbach
Moran
Liebeld
Gibson
New York
Brooklyn
Bateteries
Cinccinnati
Coltz
McLean
St. Louis
Bedie
Bliss
Philadelphia
Boston
Thuts
Frrors
Dorner
Graham
Moren
Dooiy
Nationat
Dr. W F
Metehlurg Oo
Het Philadelphiia
Cincinnati
Bens Ay
Brooklyn St. Louis
American
Pr. W. T
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Markets Report From Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago quotes show grain livestock and fats with mixed inland prices. Wheat and corn traces, oats and provender figures, live stock receipts and prices for hogs cattle sheep and calves at Chicago and East Buffalo markets with assorted bid ranges and weekly dates.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Dee
Tlard
Northern
Faso
Indatna
Wisconsin
East Buffalo
Mast Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N.Y
Headsman’s Ax Marks the Path of Capital Punishment
The old custom in London showed the headsman marching before a prisoner to the Tower with the ax pointed forward until death was decreed. Once sentence is pronounced the ax’s edge shifts direction, signaling the condemned status and the impending execution.
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London
Tower
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