Menace of a Hatchet Murder Near Marengo Causes Alarm
Oscar Hoganson, a Chicago trans plant, was found murdered on John Betford’s Marengo farm. Betford fled with three horses and money. a deputy sheriff heads to Beatrice Nebraska to pursue him. Rumors of a murder farm are denied as officials note Betford’s arrest nearby.
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Marengo
Oscar Hoganson
Chicago
John Betford
Hoganson
Betford
Beatrice
Neb
Metleury County
Nebraska
Accor
MelWeiry
Belford
Fara
Woganson
North Artesian Avenue
Hopganson
Freak ear seeds yield corn identical to parent ear
Bloomington Indiana November 12 A year ago H J Sconce and Taylor Garlough Vermilion county bought seed corn in Indiana A freak ear with husk wrapping instead of a cob inspired Sconce to plant every kernel This fall the ears were exact reproductions of the single ear yielding as much corn with kernels large and solid The ears filled well with kernels growing among the stalks
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Bloomington
H. J. Sconce
Taylor Garlough
Vermilion County
Indiana
Sconce
Danville Foundry Worker Killed by Machinery Accident
Fred Chesley, an employee in the mechanical department at Danville Foundry Company, died from injuries sustained at work. He was caught in the belting and machinery, after being thrown violently. Chesley had married just a few weeks ago.
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Danville, UL
Fred Chesley
Dainville Foundry Company
Chesley
Tie
Newspaper Leader Dies After Primary Defeat
In Chicago on November 12 Jules Bellheriff, long time president of the Republican precinct organization, died of a broken heart after the death of his wife and his loss in the August primaries. He had served twenty years in office.
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Chicago
Jules BE Lhleriff
Clybourn Avenue
Fear for safety of deep waterway amendment dispelled
Returns from ninety three counties show the amendment in the general election has a majority of 74000 votes. A few small counties remain to report but are not expected to reduce the margin.
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Springfield
Navy
Blacksmith Potter Duchesne Attacks Officer With Knife
In Peoria on November 12 Harry Duchesne a blacksmith battled with GG L Schmidt in the business district stabbing him repeatedly with a pocketknife. Schmidt was hospitalized and is expected to die. Duchesne claims Schmidt destroyed his home and admits to the attack.
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Peoria
Harry Duchesne
GG. L. Schmidt
Schmidt
Duchesne
Fire damages Weber & Co plant in Chicago
The four story Weber and Co wagon manufacturers building at Seventy ninth and Wallace streets was wrecked by fire. The loss is estimated around 650 000 with the Navy and Chicago teams responding to extinguish the blaze.
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Chicago, Navy
Weber & Co
Seventy-ninth
Wallice Streets
Three Killed In Temiskaming Boiler Explosion
An explosion aboard the steamer Temiskaming in Canadian waters near Mattawa Ontario on November 12 killed three people and left two missing. Captain Jones steered the vessel to shore where the injured were taken for care as a list of the dead and missing grows.
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Temiskaming
Fireman Victims Named In Montreal Area Crash Report
The list names missing Joln Tergeouniam fireman Ville Marie and John Minard fire man Temiskaming along with an unknown man. Injured are C. Ryan Ottawa serious James Morrison Liverpool England serious YP ley Montreal serious James Keenan Matta wa critical Frank Laver dure Lévis Que S Lament Maisson euvre Que W C Towers Vankleelz Hill Joseph Thereyn Hull Que Six others with slight injuries.
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Joln Tergeouniam
Ville Marie
John Minard
Temiskaming
I Chartier
Guineau Point
J. McBride
Columbus
C. Ryan
Ottawa
James Morrison
Liverpool
England
YP Ley
Montreal
James Keenan
Mattawa
Frank Laverdure
Lévis
Que
S. Lament
Mai
Chinese Official Statement Explains Amoy Visit
The official Peking newspaper reports that only half of the U S battleship fleet visited Amoy and attributes the fleet’s dispersion to a storm with the fate of the remaining eight ships unknown.
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Peking
Yuan Shah Kai
United States
Amoy
League to launch pledge signing movement nationwide
Des Moines reports that the American Anti-Saloon League will inaugurate a pledge signing drive early next year across the United States. Dr. Russell, currently superintendent of league work in New York, will oversee the effort. The announcement came during the league meeting in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
American Anti-Saloon League
United States
Russell
New York
Bryan urged to become evangelist in revival letter
Rev. French E. K. Oliver, conducting a revival in Burlington Kansas, issues an open letter to William J. Bryan urging him to switch to evangelism and predicting he would be an equal of the Apostle Paul.
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Bryan
Burlington
Kan
French EK. Oliver
William J. Bryan
Apostle Paul
Death of noted lawyer Silas W. Pettit in Philadelphia office
Silas W. Pettit a prominent corporation and constitutional lawyer was found dead in his Philadelphia office on November 12. He had been struck while writing a letter and was sixty four years old.
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Philadelphia
Silas W. Pettit
Corporation
Live Stock Prices and Receipts Across Markets
The report lists commodity quotes and livestock receipts from multiple markets. Corn, oats, and other grains show mixed dec and may figures. Hog, cattle, and sheep quotations are provided with ranges for prime and good stock, plus regional notes from East Buffalo.
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ANS NT
AOH Cao Lork
Tinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Queen Alexandra’s Favorite Perfume Revealed
A Paris perfumer with long experience identifies the scent loved by Queen Alexandra and Victoria as a rare blend of rose violet jasmine lavender and orange blossom. The formula remains guarded and purchasable only by the manufacturer.
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Queen Alexandra
Queen Victoria
Paris
Speech at Marine Hospital Describes State’s Children as Anemic
Chas W. Stites at the Marine Hospital Service told two members of the Roosevelt county commission that the state’s children suffer from anemia and a deficiency of color in their blood.
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Raleigh
N. C
Chas, W. Stites
The
Marine Hospital Service
Roosevelt Country He Commission
Ex Queen Lili Files a Mortgage Record
Honolulu November 12 ex Queen Liliuokalani places a mortgage deed for 70000 on record. The deed is executed in favor of Claus Spreckels and W G Irwin.
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Lili
Honolulu
Liliuokalani
Claus Rpreckels
W. G. Irwin
Moon area and vision science noted in brief
Science Siftings reports the moon’s surface spans about 14 685 000 square miles four times Europe’s area. Dr H C Stevens Seattle finds indirect vision makes objects look larger in the right half of the field. Prof Rubner Berlin introduces a device to count ear noise waves in a period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
H. C. Stevens
Seattle
Rubner
University of Berlin
Animal Oddities
A kangaroo can jump sixty to seventy feet in length and fourteen feet high. Rabbits swim with heads high and bodies buried, hips and tails dry. Eagles cannot rise from the ground due to wide wings and short legs and need pinnacles or steep ledges to soar.
City Planning Aims At New Workers Housing In Genoa
The article notes Genoa plans to build 200 to 400 apartments with 8 000 to 10 000 rooms for laborers and salaried workers earning up to 500 dollars annually. It compares to Boston’s 807 647 dwellings and 65 000 built in the last decade, highlighting one tenth area and rising housing needs.
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Boston
Parka
Philadelphia
Genoa
Melancholy of the woods and plains in summer’s end
A McClure's Magazine excerpt by Madison Cawern contemplates autumnal sadness in misty valleys after rain. The piece describes dim woods, ripened garden gourds, and a tranquil moonlit evening. It evokes a dreamy peace that moves like tears, guiding memory beside a stream through faded fields.
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Madison Cawern
McClure's Magazine
Markets Report Wheat Prices at Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago November 1 quotations show Dec Wheat at 1.02 to 1.04, May around 1.08, July near 1.01. Open, high, low figures are incomplete in text but indicate fluctuating prices across contracts with minor gains and losses.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Shopper and Salesman Debate Wall Display
A courtroom exchange centers on whether a shopper may mount a paper display themselves. The salesman agrees it could be wall ready but notes it would look better if done by a professional, as the judge considers.
Heavy price paid for millroad missteps in express wreck
A Great Northern express crashed into a New Orleans and Northern local near Little Woods killing twelve or more and injuring several as crews battled fire. Authorities begin identifying responsible parties among workers from multiple companies as the wreckage cleared.
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New Orleans
Great Northern Express
Soroordoef
Bart
A. Crawford
Attewoy
Leavin
Agmerigan Creosote Works
Schloth
Witans A. Martin
Seth Fang
Shaws Morrison
Miss.c Cay Touvis
Phattiesburg
Atros Pheithaipr
Pearl River
Miss. Trefessor
Roos
Torekima Fox
Fatal freight collision near Borio claims nine lives
In Cheyenne Wyoming on November 1 a head on crash of two freight trains near Borio eleven miles west of the city left nine dead and four severely injured. The doomed eastbound train ran down Sherman hill losing air and spewing thirty one cars into a burning wreck. Among the dead were WC Schlei engineer Martin Christensen fireman John Murphy conductor Clarence Stitt and W Rodgers and F Duprienn brakemen plus three Japanese laborers.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Borio
Here
WC. Schlei
Martin Christensen
John Murphy
Clarence Stitt
W. Rodgers
F.C. Duprienn
Sherman Hill
Went Gunning For A Man Shot Him From A Telephone Pole
Armstrong, Mo. Nov. 12. Roger McCnikie a young farmer was on a telephone pole when Williamson rode up and shot him causing him to fall and break an arm. Found unconscious by passersby he was carried home and it is feared he will die. Williamson has not yet been arrested accused McCullie of telling improper stories about his eighteen year old daughter.
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Armstrong
Roger McCnikie
Williamson
McCullie
Young Woman Killed in Car and Street Car Collision
Miss Elsie Dutton twenty daughter of H B E Dutton railroad official of Green Bay and Western was killed in a collision between an automobile and a street car in Green Bay Wisconsin on November 12. Chauffeur Ross Pandy suffered multiple injuries including broken ribs and facial cuts.
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Green Bay
Wis
Elsie Dutton
H. BE. Dutton
Green Bay and Western Railroad
Ross Pandy
Ex Queen Liliuokalani to seek Washington recognition
Honolulu on November 12 reports former Queen Liliuokalani intends to travel to Washington to personally press for recognition of her claim to lands in the Hawaiian group formerly held by the creawn.
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Honolulu
Liliuokalini
Washington
Creawn
Notable Women and Family Tades In Campus and Industry
Miss Dora Eaton of Mills College has been elected superintendent of the women’s dormitory at Ohio State University. Miss Ginlla Strakeseh, seen in New York musical comedy, is daughter of Max Strakesch who helped bring grand opera to the U.S. and niece of Patth. Mrs. A. BR. Mbright of East Concord, Vermont, is county supervisor of schools and active beyond her church duties. Miss Day, professor of bioeconomies at Missouri State University, is credited with a kitchen arrangement program to ease housework. Jessie May Vinelox, dubbed the little sister of Pullman, is daughter of the Pullman car works’ general superintendent and a longtime friend to workers and wives.
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Dora Eaton
Department of Home Economics
Mills College
Californian
Ohio State University
Ginlla Strakeseh
New York
Max Strakesch
Patth
Austria
A. BR. Mbright
East Concord
Taree
Miss Day
Missouri State University
United States Department of Aeriewirtire
Faeble
Jessie May “Vinelox
Pullman
Pullman Car Works
German Gleanings Excerpt on Population and Industry
The item notes Germany's population rise from births excess deaths, cites 1 660 boot and shoe factories with 60 000 workers earning 12 000 000 dollars annually, and mentions the emperor's tea policy and a protest over drawing instruction using dead birds in German schools.
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Germany
German Empire
Fourteen Missourians in Oklahoma House Members
Short notes record fourteen former Missouri residents serving in Oklahoma's House of Representatives. Mention of a North Woburn Mass. grower with a fourteen and one half inch apple. Ingalls Hall in Atchison Kan, a former senator's home, now a theological school. Daki Indians in Canada to gain wealth from pine land sales. total revenue near 1,000,000 with some families receiving up to 20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
House of Representatives
Oklahoma
North Woburn
Mass
John James Inglls
Atchison, Kan
Ingalls Hall
Canada
Gown Gossip Highlights Fashion Trends This Season
The cloth dress remains the smartest choice for all occasions including dancing frocks. Soutache braiding is favored by designers this season and used lavishly. Evening gowns feature substantial gold embroidery as the aim is to create a long, uninterrupted line.
London Telegraph notes schools for feeble minded children
The London Telegraph lists eighty four schools in London for children not labeled idiots or fimbeciles but described as feeble minded and defective. About 6,000 children attend, two thirds learning some manual work while the remainder require permanent custodial care.
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London
London Telegraph
Engagement Ring Sparks Quick Promise
A witty quip from the Baltimore American notes a rapid shift of attention as an engagement ring appears, leading to immediate expectations and swift commitment.
Professor at chemistry examinationys
Under what combination is gold released most quickly. Student Marge Tlage Fliegende Blatter question fragment hints at a chemistry exam topic about rapid gold liberation with unspecified conditions.
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Mar- Tlage
Optimistic Talk Echoes From Detroit Free Press
A clipped quote compares optimistic talk to a mine prospector, reflecting the newspaper voice of Detroit reporting. The remark highlights how optimism is framed as rugged, exploratory speech.
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Detroit Free Press
Marconi set for Nobel physics prize claim sparks debate
An outline of events notes William Marconi’s anticipated Nobel physics prize, a major Minneapolis department store fire causing heavy losses, a Mississippi governor’s relapse, Labour politics in Australia, and other scattered items including naval and polar expedition news. The report also mentions an epidemic and various unrelated incidents across several states.
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Stockholm
William Marconi
Wireless Telegraph
Wells Brothers’ Company
Liteltie’d
Deakin
James M. Miller
United States Naval Home
Philadelphia
Warccry
Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union
New Orleans
W. T. Ware
Norwood
Haakon Hes
Capullin Imuudsen
Lycuster Caraivek
Fuode
Nashville
Pen
Rolin Cooper
Miaccom
Cuba
Mabuer
Winter cough remedies promise strong lungs this season
Winter blasts, causing pneumonia, pleurisy and consumption will soon be here. Cure your cough now, and strengthen your lungs with Foley's Honey and Tar. Do not risk starting the winter with weak lungs, when Foley's Honey and Tar will cure the most obstinate coughs and colds, and prevent serious results. H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkuunz.
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H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkuunz
Damson Shade Debuts in Felt and Velvet Hats
Damson emerges as a new shade shown in felt and velvet hats. It appears exquisite when trimmed with game color plumes, offering a slightly different tone for accessorizing outfits.
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Damson
Brooklyn Eagle
Trees as Animals Sleep and Die With Weather
A New York Herald piece contends trees behave like living beings, sleeping on clear days and drooping leaves in clouds. It explains plant respiration, leaf function, and the role of sunlight and heat in growth and vitality.
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Tseke
AMD UI
Iptriadte
New York Herald
Iceberg Gardens Bloom on Oceanic Iceberg Expedition
A tourist reports passing icebergs on the return from Europe where a yellow garden bloomed in a level recess of a great berg. The captain notes iceberg gardens are common as moss is carried by animal feet, decays, and forms soil for buttercups and dahlias blown by Arctic summer air.
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Europe
New York
Presa
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Ayer
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Crerman
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Crosby Caey
Harriet M. Burbank
Grove St
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Albany
Waycross
Central of Georgia By
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Jacksonville
Carbondale
Chk J
Florida
Nassau
G. Hatch
A. H. Hanson
P.T.M
Union Loan and Building Association
Freeport
III
S. Galena Ave
R. I. Greenings Baldwins
King of Tompkins Co
Northern Spy
Burrell Brothers
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