Aviator Joseph Stevenson Dies After Biplane Crash
Birmingham, Oct 2 Aviator Joseph Stevenson leaped from a biplane at about fifty feet during a state fair aviation program. He had been aloft about two minutes and jumped when the craft became unmanageable. Stevenson skull fractured a rib broken lungs punctured witnesses include Mrs Stevenson and thousands of school children. He had just sworn in as mail carrier and feared danger due to cross winds.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joseph Stevenson
Stevenson
American Forces Hold Leon After Rebels Attack
Three Americans were killed and four wounded when marines and bluejackets moved into Leon on Sunday to seize the city. Rebels suffered heavy casualties with fifty killed and many wounded, as federalized forces regained control near Leon and Chinandega. Safe conduct for Liberal leaders to leave Leon was requested and granted with conditions.
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San Juan
del Sur
Nicaragua
Leon
Chinandego
Onel Long
Triob
Arty
Chinandega
Masaya
Wberals
Diaz
Southerland
Arias
Glidden Tour Postponed Amid Election Concerns
The National Tour Commission of the American Automobile Association announced the Glidden automobile tour will be postponed to next year. The delay stems from election conflicts and route objections from Detroit to New Orleans. Next year will feature an earlier start and route changes. Auto Overturns Kill Chauffeur In Williamsport Accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Tour Commission
American Automobile Association
Detroit
New Orleans
Troops Withdrawn as Strife Continues in West Virginia
Three companies were withdrawn from the martial law zone in Cabin Creek and Paint Creek, leaving 759 men on duty. Miners who have returned to work remain guarded, while a Zion City high school teachers strike erupted after the principal was discharged by Overseer Witbur Glen Volton.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cabin Creek
Paint Creek
Zion City
Zion City High School
Witbur Glen Volton
Benjamin {. Heas
Surrenders to Police in $75,000 Australian Bank Robbery
Oakland police received Robert Holt alias Claxton after he surrendered and confessed to stealing 75 000 from the Australian government while employed as a clerk. A separate report from Chicago says Frank West and J W Stacey, tied to a New Westminster bank robbery, arrived with Burns and Detective Capill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Robert Holt
Claxton
Rebbar
Chicago
Uicago, Il
Frank West
Pilan
J. W. Stacey
New Westminster
B. C
Ptm
Burns
Capill
Insurgent Defeat as Marines Take Masaya Fortresses
In San Juan del Sur on Oct 8 American marines and sailors stormed insurgent fortresses on Barranca and Cayotepe hills near Masaya, suffering four dead and several wounded, as federal forces repelled rebels and pressed them from the city. Rebels incurred heavy losses while Marines identified fallen, with several reports naming Private Ralph Victor Bobbett and others. Washington reports ongoing clashes in Nicaragua, prompting Taft to seek fuller accounts and condolences from the department. Leon surrenders to American forces. details scarce.
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San Juan del Sur
Masaya
Barranca
Cayotepe
Thes
Ralph Victor Bobbett
St. Louis
William H. Bobbett
Nevada
Charles Hays Durham
Indianapolis
Elis
Jay Durham
Hives
Junction City
Clarence Henry McGill
Boston
Mary Herbert
Hancock Street
Portland
Henry Pollard
Rochester
N. Y
Bliss B. Pollard
Medway
Mass
Washington
Central America
Congress
Nicaragua
Southerland
Navy Department
Long
Chimagalpa
Taft
Department
Barrancas
Leon
War Vessels Arrive in New York Harbor for Review
The battleship division led by the Connecticut with Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus arrived in New York Harbor. Ten gray warships steamed up the Hudson amid cheering whistles as sightseers gathered. A lineup of sixty warships will participate in the coming naval demonstration over the next ten days.
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New York
Connecticut
Hugo Osterhaus
New York Harbor
Battleship Division
Chedin
Hudson
Balloonists Die as Parachute Fails Over Alabama
In Tuscumbia on October 6, aeronaut H. Petty and 15 year old Loren Ottowland perished when a balloon’s rope snagged Ottowland’s leg. Petty released to save the boy but the parachute never opened. They plunged from about 600 feet to the ground in their first flight.
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Tiscumbia
Ala
Loren Ottowland
H. ©. Petty
Petty
Twin Flyers Die as Wing Collapses at German Meet
At Johannisthal aviation meet, renowned German aviator Ernst Alig and his mechanic died when a monoplane wing collapsed. The craft plunged 600 feet to the ground and the mechanic was thrown clear as the plane capsized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst Alig
Herlin
Johannisthal
Ally
Miss Braddon Celebrates 75th Birthday at Richmond Home
Mia John Maxwell known to readers as Miss Braddon marked her seventy fifth birthday quietly at her Richmond residence on the Thames. The occasion at the London writer’s home reflected her long career and lingering public appeal among fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Braddon
London
Mia
John Maxwell
Richmond
River Thames
Archbold Man Held In Default In Oil Litigation
Archbold New York Oct 7 John D Archbold did not respond to a subpoena to appear as a witness in the Watera Pierce Standard Oil case and was held in default by Commissioner Jacoba as the matter proceeded Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archbold
New York
John D. Archbold
Watera-Pierce Standard Oil
Jacoba
Dynamite plotters faced nitroglycerin charges in trial
Indianapolis report details the alleged plan by Ortie McManigal J B McNamara and others to use nitroglycerin after dynamite proved weak. The prose outlines how they traveled to Muncie to obtain the powerful explosive and rented a hidden status for the operation with a broad set of associates across several cities assisting with nonunion jobs and logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Herbert
Hockin
Charles W. Miller
Miller
Muncie
J. B. McNamara
J. W. Kaiser
Mr. Miller Asserts
Charles Neum
Minneapolis
Henry W. Seigleitner
Pittsburg
Eugene A. Clancy
San Francisco
Frank C. Webb
New York
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Michael J. Young
Boston
Train 8 Looted of 10000 in Arkansas Bandit Hold Up
Northbound Kansas City Southern Express No 4 from Port Arthur to Kansas City was menaced by at least three masked bandits near Poteau Arkansas. Two safes in the express car were dynamited and robbed of about $10000 in money and registered mail. Passengers unmolested.
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Kansas City
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Ark
Kansas City Southern
Port Arthur
Tex
Poteau
Oklo
Frisco
Tarby Prairie
Three Killed in Wilkinsburg Auto Train Crash
A fast west bound Pennsylvania train struck an automobile at Wood street crossing in Wilkinsburg, killing three occupants, two men and a woman, and fatally injuring another woman who stood nearby with her baby. the child survived.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wood Street
Wilkinsburg
Toll of a Quarter-Cent Sugar Toll Revealed
W Edward Foster testifies in the government dissolution suit that the American Beet Sugar company paid the American Sugar Refining company a quarterly toll of one quarter of a cent per pound on all sugar sold between 1902 and 1906. He says the toll totaled about $200,000 yearly.
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New York
American Beet Sugar Company
American Sugar Refining Company
W. Edward Foster
Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Irish MP John Dillon Injured In Mayo Cart Accident
John Dillon, Irish member of parliament, was thrown from a dog cart during a visit to his Mayo constituency and sustained a severe head injury. A Dublin specialist was summoned for treatment. Nationalist MP Joseph Devlin also remained in bed after an automobile accident.
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Iriah Lawmaker
County Mayo
Swineford
Ireland
John Dillon
Mayo
Dublin
Joseph Devlin
Gov Marshall arrives in New York after stone injury
Gov Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana Democratic vice presidential candidate lands in New York. He carries a sore nose from a stone thrown by a boy near Montville, Conn. He jokes I’ve shed the first blood of the campaign as he returns smiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
New York
Thomas MR. Marshall
Indiana
Montville
Conn
Two Waitresses Die in Restaurant Fire at Park Row
New York Oct 8 Two young women employed as waitresses in a restaurant at 25 Park Row suffocated Sunday as a fire started on the fifth floor from a defective flue and quickly spread to other floors making the building unsafe for patrons and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cracksmen Blow Safe in Frisco Office Heist
San Francisco on October 8 reports cracksmen dynamited the Metropolitan Life Insurance office and escaped with 2500 dollars in cash. Detectives pursue leads as security footage is reviewed and locals are asked to report any sightings of suspicious activity near the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
San Francisco
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York
Roosevelt Denies Asking Funds In Senate Campaign Probe
Theodore Roosevelt testified before the Clapp committee denying any solicitation of campaign contributions during his 1904 presidency. He stated he was assured by Bliss and Cortelyou no promises were made for contributions and no one urged him to act in exchange for funds. Morgan also testified to campaign gifts and denied any collusion with Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Clapp Committee
Senate
United States
Bliss
Cortelyou
Coronel
J. P. Morgan
Standard Oil Company
George B. Cortelyou
Cornelius N. Bliss
John D. Archbold
Roosevelt
Penrose
Charles D. Hilles
Bartholat
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Charles Edward Russell
New York
Bishop Weller Installed In Fond du Lac Diocese
Rt Rev Reginald Herbert Weller was installed bishop of Fond du Lac succeeding the late Bishop Charles Chapman Grafton. Weller, who served as bishop coadjutor for 12 years, underwent the full episcopal ceremonial. Enthronement was by Archdeacons Talbot Rogers and Campbell. sermon by Rev Howard H St George of Nashotah House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Wis
Reginald Herbert Weller
Charles Chapman Grafton
Weller
Chapman
H. Talbot
Rogers
R. J. Campbell
Oconto
Howard H. St. George
Nashotah House
Alaska Line Washed Out By Huge Copper River Flood
A vast flood swept miles of the Copper River railroad wrecking the Morgan Guggenheim built Alaska line near the Bonanza mines. The disaster forces a shutdown for weeks as crews salvage track and provide for food amid government timber cuts for fires. Superintendent Howard Birch and several workers narrowly escaped drowning.
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Morgan-Guggenheim
Tacoma
Wash
Alaska
Morgan- Guggenheim Syndicate
Howard Birch
Mother and Babe Die in Scranton Gas Room
In Scranton on Sunday police found Mrs John J Walsh and her baby dead in a gas filled room at their home. The bodies showed throat cuts and authorities believe Mrs Walsh killed herself and her child.
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Babe
Scranton
John J. Walsh
Coal Yard Fire Causes $100,000 Loss in Chicago
Fire swept a four acre coal yard of the Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron company on Sunday, causing a property loss of about $100,000 and likely killing an employee.
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Chicago
Philadelphia Reading Coal & Iron Company
Turks Lose Fight With Servian Troops
The dispatch from Belgrade reports severe fighting on Ser via southeastern frontier with Turkish forces losing 30 killed and many wounded while Servian casualties reach two killed and 18 wounded. A 300 strong Turkish detachment crossed into Servian territory near Vranya, meeting Servian infantry in a one hour engagement. The Porte rejects Greek demands to remove the embargo on Greek vessels, citing international law to requisition ships for its needs and offering compensation to owners.
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St. Petersburg
Constantinople
Servia
Belgrade
Vranya
Porte
Woman wounds rival as enraged wife fires at lover
In Cincinnati, October, Mrs Grace Haney of West Covington Ky confronted a couple on Third and Baymiller streets after seeing her husband with another woman. She fired one shot at 22 year old Miss Margaret Larkin, striking the right side of her face and narrowly missing an eye. The assailant stood passively as the wounded woman writhed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Grace Haney
Weat Covington
Third
Baymiller
Margaret Larkin
Miss Larkin
Weat Covington, Ky
Third and Baymiller Streets
Darrow Judge Is Named For Bribe Trial
Justice Conley of Madera County to preside over Clarence S. Darrow bribery trial in Los Angeles. Acting Governor Wallace named the judge after Los Angeles Superior Court asked to be excused from the second trial due to public prejudice from the first case. Trial set for October 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Conley
Madera County
Sacramento
Cal
W. M. Conley
Wallace
Clarence S. Darrow
Los Angeles
Chicago
Rescue at Sea Harnesses Lifesavers at Jones Beach
Twenty seven people were saved from the schooner Mildred stranded off Wreck Lead Long Beach as life savers ventured through a pounding surf. Four crew members remained aboard while twenty three passengers who had been fishing on the banks were rescued.
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Wreck Lead
L. B
New York
Jones Beach
Mildred
Long Beach
Black prisoner dies in Wyoming prison mob incident
In Rawlins Wyoming Oct 4 a Black ex convict named Wigfall was fatally harmed by a mob of fellow convicts at the state penitentiary after a mob tried to storm the county jail following his capture at Fort Breele for injuring Mrs Julia Higgine a white woman aged seventy eight. The white victim is reported recovering.
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Wyoming
Rawlins
Wyo
Frank Wigfall
Wigfall
Fort Breele
Julia Higgine
Woman shoots rival in Cincinnati street clash
Enraged at a dispute on Sunday at Third and Baymiller streets a woman fired at her rival, wounding the girl. Police investigated the altercation and pursued leads as the city reported the shooting incident.
Breakout cured by Cuticura in Hilltop ad
Mrs. Anna A. Lew of Hilltop Kansas describes a years long skin outbreak that itched severely and resisted salves until using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She reports healing after a few weeks and notes Cuticura is sold worldwide with free samples and a 82 page Skin Book.
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Hilltop
Kan
Anna A. Lew
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Marie Divided the Candy in Brooklyn Tale
A Brooklyn household recounts a candy division by a young girl named Marie who, when asked if she gave her brother two and a half pieces, admits she ate one piece before starting to divide since the five pieces would not split evenly. The uncle questions the fairness, reflecting a simple moral about honesty in a small dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
Brooklyn
Lippincott’s
Getting Along Fine at School in Kansas City Star Excerpt
A mother asks her six year old Dorothy about school progress. Dorothy proudly claims she and Frances Smith are the smartest and best dressed girls in the school, speaking between mouthfuls of bread and milk on Harrison boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Boulevard
Dorothy
Frances Smith
Kansas City Star
Do You Think a Woman Can Keep a Secret
A quotable exchange about secrecy and perception appears in Judge's Library. The line implies skepticism toward a woman's ability to conceal intent, suggesting themes of trust and public scrutiny within a dramatic context.
IT'S THE FOOD The True Way to Correct Nervous Troubles
An advertisement recounts a man’s journey from dyspepsia and nervous distress to wellbeing after switching to Grape-Nuts and dropping coffee. He gains weight, improved appetite, and stable nerves, crediting Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville for context. There's a final tagline that there’s a reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Adv
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