Six Fort Wayne Men Injured In Auto Wreck Near Noblesville
Six Fort Wayne men traveling to Indianapolis were injured when their car turned turtle near the Roby farm northwest of Noblesville Indiana. H L Bates suffered a broken leg and is in a hospital W E B Metcalf had a broken collar bone and body bruises J W Wilson was bruised C J Lose cut and bruised R B Garmire bruised William Ward Jr badly shaken All escaped minor injuries and the incident was deemed miraculous by observers The accident occurred on a level road and cause is not yet known.
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Fort Wayne
Noblesville
Ind
Indianapolis
Roby Farm
H. L. Bates
W. EB. Metcalf
J. W. Wilson
C. J. Lose
R. B. Garmire
William Ward, Jr
Power Bike Hits Train Woman Dead in Ohio Crossing
Middletown Ohio, Sept 20 Mrs Edward Faulkner was killed instantly when her tandem bicycle collided with a Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago railroad train at a crossing. Her husband sustained severe injuries including multiple broken limbs skull fracture and internal damage and is expected to die.
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Middletown
Edward Faulkner
Three Workmen Buried as Alameda Hotel Wall Collapses
In Kansas City on September 26, three workmen were buried beneath the toppled walls of the Alameda hotel under construction valued at 250000 dollars. The collapse occurred while concrete forms supporting the fifth and top floors were being removed.
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Kansas City
Alameda
Mexican ranchman rescued from pile of nine dead near Moreno
A wounded Mexican ranchman, pinned to the ground by a heap of dead men, was rescued near Moreno Sonora after being found under the bodies. The pile contained nine fatalities.
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Tucson
Ariz
Moreno
Sonora
Louisiana Mob Lynches Negro Near Grand Cane
The body of Sam Johnson, a Black man, was found hanging from a tree twenty miles from Grand Cane after being taken from deputies by fifty masked armed men. The lynching occurred near Shreveport on September 26.
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Louisiana
Shreveport
Sam Johnson
Grand Cane
Fire Burns Cleveland Wholesale Grocery Building
A large wholesale grocery building at 616-626 Huron Road owned by the H. C. Christy Company in Cleveland was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at 500000 dollars and fully insured.
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Cleveland
Burns
Aevent
Tory
Huron Road
H. C. Christy Company
Boy Bandit Badura Sentenced in Beuthen After Capture
Beuthen Germany September 30 Peter Paul Badura known as the boy bank robber and murderer was captured in New York harbor following a long ocean chase and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment.
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Beuthen
Germany
Peter Paul Badura
Yorg Harbor
Yaar
Textile strikers clash with police in Lawrence riot
A 5,000 strong procession of textile workers clashed with police in Lawrence Massachusetts. Officers attempted to disperse the marchers using revolvers as leaders including Carlo Presca sparked a battle that left one officer stabbed in the back and another with a crushed skull. The riot followed a twenty four hour strike with red flag demonstrations and hostile banners.
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Carlo Presca
Industrial Workers of the World
Wood
William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
Presca
Thomas McCarlie
Ludwig
Carlie
Muscalonge Said to Trigger Five Deaths in Canada
Coroner in Toronto reports a 14 pound muscalonge caused the drowning of William McCaffery and his family after a canoe capsize on the Pigeon River. The fish struggled on the line, suggesting the tussle toppled the vessel and sank the group. Rescue teams recovered the bodies seven miles downstream.
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Muscalonge
Canada
Toronto
Ont
William McCaffery
Canadian Electric Company
Pigeon River
McCaffery
Charles McCaffery
Muscalange
Guardsmen Are Acquitted in Prison Riot Shooting
Lansing Oct 1 The military court of inquiry exonerated Capt Frank L Blackman Lieut R F Smith and Privates Howard Jackson and Clare McArdle from legal responsibility for John Elsy's death during guard duty at the prison riots. Blackman and Jackson were arrested in Jackson City and charged with murder as the civil authorities pursued the case.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Military
John Elsy
National Guard
Frank L. Blackman
R. F. Smith
Howard Jackson
Clare McArdle
Elsy
Blackman
Jackson
Jackson City
Eley
Minister's Wife Killed In Auto Crash
Salina Kansas reports a fatal highway accident as Mrs W E Pierce wife of a Methodist pastor from Ada Kansas dies after a car leaves a bridge and injures her husband and their three children.
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Salina
Kan
W. E. Pierce
Ada
Train crash at Barstow kills two in sleeping car derailment
Two passengers died and four were injured when a Santa Fe freight train collided with a sleeping car of the San Pedro Los Angeles & Salt Lake Limited at Barstow Junction on Sunday.
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Bix
Barstow
Cal
Santa Fe
San Pedro
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Limited
Barstow Junction
Mrs Sickles Moves to Oust Husband in War at Home
New York Sept 28 Maj Gen Daniel E Sickles 93 is to be evicted from his Fifth Avenue home and stripped of all possessions if his estranged wife who is aged Spaniard carries out her plan. She pledges foreclosure on a 40000 mortgage and claims the jewelry pawned to save him was hers.
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New York
Daniel E. Sickles
Fifth Avenue
West Eighth Street
Sickles
Connecticut Progressives nominate Henry Knox Smith for governor
Hartford September 28 The Connecticut Progressives name a full ticket with Henry Knox Smith for governor and Frank S. Butterworth for lieutenant governor E H Roszelle for secretary of state F J Erbe for treasurer and H O Daniels for comptroller Smith resigned his Washington post to join the Progressives and was acclaimed. The ticket backs Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson and the party platform.
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Henry Knox Smith
Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Progressives
Frank S. Butterworth
E. H. Roszelle
F. J. Erbe
H. O. Daniels
Smith
Washington
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Hiram W. Johnson
Boy Newsie Gives Leg to Save Girl in Fire Rescue
Willie Pugh a crippled newsboy from Gery Ohio parts with his withered leg to save Miss Ethel Smith after a motorcycle crash. Doctors grafted 150 square inches of skin from his limb onto her burned area at General hospital. Both patients expected to survive.
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Newsboy
General Hospital
Suit Is One of Revenge Officers Say Ex-Employee Filed Suit
In Des Moines the Bankers Life association and Bankers Life company deny concern over Charles W. McLaughlin’s Indianapolis suit seeking a receiver. They call the action malicious by a former agent now with a rival firm. President Ernest E C Clark says the ex-employee threatened trouble after being denied reinstatement.
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Banker's Life
Des Moines
Bankers’ Life Association
Bankers’ Life Company
Indianapolis
Charles W. McLaughlin
Ernest E. C. Clark
Bankers’ Life
Morgan Willing to Tell Before Senate Campaign Inquiry
New York Sept 28 telegraphs report J P Morgan Cornelius N Bliss Jr Ormady McHarg and W W Tegethoff were notified by Senator Clapp that the senate committee investigating campaign contributions would require them to appear when hearings resume in Washington next Monday Morgan said he was willing to testify but could not travel to Washington due to prior engagements
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Senate Campaign Inquiry Committee
New York
J. P. Morgan
Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr
Ormady McHarg
W. W. Tegethoff
Clapp
Senate Committee
Washington
Morgan
Peacemaker Charles Gorton Shot in Britton
Aberdeen South Dakota reports a fatal shooting in Britton where Charles Gorton a known peacemaker was killed by a bullet meant for another man Ole Knutson fired the shot and was to be arrested for first degree murder in the incident in Britton.
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Aberdeen
Charles Gorton
Britton
Ole Knutson
Fire destroys Wyandotte shipyard plant in Detroit
Fire of unknown origin nearly wipes out the Wyandotte plant of the Detroit Shipbuilding company in Detroit. Officials estimate the loss may exceed $200,000.
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Detroit, Mich
Wyandotte
Detroit Shipbuilding Company
Madero Revolution Arms Shipments Reported by Senate Panel
A Senate subcommittee investigating Mexico relations reports large quantities of munitions, rifles, ammunition, and dynamite were shipped into Mexico during the Madero revolt. Evidence suggests possible American financing of the revolution, with findings due to the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States Senate
Mexico
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Smith
United States
el Paso
Orozco
Senator Fall
Republic
Fall
Fred Ireland
Southland
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Ex Mayor of Keokuk Dies After Health Battle
Keokuk Ind Oct 1 Jam Cameron Sr former mayor of Keokuk died of Brights disease at Excelstor Springs Mo where he had gone weeks earlier seeking health. He was a contractor and known statewide. His remains will be brought to Keokuk for burial after retirement from politics.
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James Cameron
Hot Springs
Keokuk
Jam Cameron, Sr
Cook
Bright
Excelstor Springs
Cameron
Keok
Coal price fixed at six fifty per ton for winter
New York reports anthracite for home use will stay at 6.50 a ton starting September 1, with operators promising no price increase this winter. In Foochow, the cruiser Cincinnati arrived to protect American interests without explicit orders from Washington or the consul.
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New York
Harry L. Barber
Foochow
Washington
Fowler
Cincinnati
Hedges Nominated for Governor by Republican Convention
Job B. Hedges of New York received the Republican nomination for governor after the third ballot at the Saratoga convention held September 30. His principal rival was James W. Wadsworth Jr.
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Job E. Hedges
Saratoga
N. Y
Job B. Hedges
New York
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Typhoon Swee S Japan S great losses
Tokyo reports damage exceeding 20 million dollars as a powerful typhoon sweeps Japan from coast to coast. The storm devastates Nagoya Osaka and Nara on Honshu with a tidal wave wrecking Nagoya harbor and widespread destruction across cities. Deaths and homelessness rise while ships wreck and breakwaters vanish.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nagoya
Osaka
Nara
Hondo Island
Gifu
Hedges Named Republican Governor Candidate
The New York Republican state convention on the third ballot nominated Job E. Hedges of New York City for governor, with rapid support and a unanimous vote to make the nomination. Other nominees announced include James W. Wadsworth Jr for lieutenant governor, Francis M. Hugo for secretary of state, Willam D. Cunningham for controller, William Archer for state treasurer, Meier Steinbrinkl for attorney general, Frank W. Williams for state engineer, and Frank H. Hiscock for the court of appeals.
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New York Republicans
Saratoga
N. Y
Job E. Hedges
New York City
Hedges
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Geneseo
Francis M. Hugo
Watertown
Willam D. Cunningham
Ellenville
William Archier
Westchester
Meier Steinbrink l
Brooklyn
Frank W. Williams
Orange
Justice Court of Appeals
Frank H. Hiscock
Onondaga
Cuba fears intervention drives leaders meeting for orderly polls
Havana reports President Gomez convening top political figures to avert Kennedy style unrest as Washington weighs possible intervention. Officials warn public anger could spark fatalities unless leaders rally to quell upheaval before election day.
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Gomez
Havana
Washington
Lord Roberts Honored at Eighty As Empire Salutes
Field Marshal Lord Roberts known as Bobs is eighty years old and hailed across the empire. Tributes pour in as he remains active in public service through his national service league promoting compulsory national military service in Britain.
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England
Kandahara
London
Lord Roberts
Bobs
National Service League
Moros in Manila Encounter. 15 Killed in Clash
A Filipino constabulary detachment pursued Moros who had killed a Filipino. In a hand to hand fight fifteen Moros were killed. Lieutenant Preuss and four constables were wounded.
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Manila
Preuss
W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
Constabulary
Duel Ends in Whitley County Deaths Near Bear Creek
Deputy Sheriff William King and Winfred Troxell fought a duel at Bear Creek in Whitley County. Troxell was killed and King was fatally wounded. Two companions with Troxell were slightly wounded. An old grudge sparked the clash.
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Lexington
William King
Winfred Troxell
Bear Creek
Whitley County
Troxell
King
Lord Roberta Eighty as Empire Salutes Hero
London reports Field Marshal Lord Roberta known as Bobs, celebrated his eightieth birthday Sunday with a national salute. The idol of the British army, famed for Kandahar exploits, receives widespread praise in the empire.
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Lord Roberta
London
Bobs
Kandahara
Emtire
Frees
Rebels Show White Flag in Nicaragua City
A report from San Juan del Sur dated Oct 1 says insurgents at Masaya raised a white flag. The development leaves Leon as the only major stronghold still resisting the government.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Saya
Masaya
Leon
Mourning Borders and Etiquette in Grief Stationery
The article details preferred mourning border widths from a quarter inch for widows to an eighth inch for siblings, on dead white linen paper. It notes avoiding striped or fancy papers, use of black detailing, and the high cost and bulk of mourning supplies, with advice on cards, envelopes, and multiple purchases.
How Many Words Does the Ordinary Child Know
An article explains child vocabulary growth and how many words a child may utter. It cites studies tracking a three year old with about a thousand words and younger children showing vocabularies from sixty to two hundred twenty two words, highlighting rapid growth after age two.
The Brave Old Oak in Quiet Summer Shade
A lyrical meditation on an oak tree as a steadfast, friendly guardian. The narrator describes the tree’s manifold light and color, the busy insects around its roots, and a shared sense of kinship with all living things while contemplating rest and timelessness beneath its boughs.
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Atlantic
Big dinner demand delays at London hotels
A well dressed man in a London hotel dining room demanded a large ornate breakfast and approved the order on the waiter's record. He then dictated that the breakfast be served tomorrow morning, creating a confusion over immediate service.
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West End
London
Imap
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Cuba
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