Headless Body Found in Berry Patch Near Leavittsburg Ohio
The headless body of Albert Kennedy of Ellis Missouri was found in a Berry patch near Leavittsburg with $3 in pockets and a watch. He had been living in Mantua and hoped to bring his daughter back to Ohio. she is unaccounted for. Police pursue clues about the daughter and Kennedy’s last sighting in Kansas City June 2.
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Leavittsburg
Ohio
Albert Kennedy
Ellis, Mo
Ile
Mantua
Kennedy
Kansas City
Chicago
Mantua Station
Floor Collapsed at Leather Firm In St Louis
A section of the third floor of the American Oak Leather Company at 512 St Charles street collapsed onto the lower floors and cellar. Two boys suffered internal injuries while the rest of the plant remained unaffected. Mayor Johnson of Cleveland fixed October 15 for three cent fare streetcar service on Fulton road line to the public square despite an injunction.
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American Oak Leather Company
St. Charles Street
St. Louis Mo
Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
Municipal Traction Company
Fulton Road
Public Square
Turbulent clash near Mulusa as sultan's forces prevail
Tangier dispatch reports an aileday engagement near Mulusa with pretenders defeated by sultan troops. Rebels' heads were displayed on bayonets as trophies of victory. Separately a major fire nearly destroyed Cleveland Country Club buildings east of Cleveland Ohio, with losses put at 3 and partly insured. Fire blamed on faulty wiring.
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Tangier
Morruccy
Mulusa
Cleveland Country Club
Cleveland
Ohio
Federal grand jury returns three indictments in sugar rebating case
The federal grand jury returned to the United States Court of New York three indictments reported to arise from an investigation of alleged rebating on sugar by the American Sugar Refining Company. Progress noted as Kingston Tennessee born six children to a Negress. all well and alive. Prince Murat killed in auto crash near Munich. Eugene Murat perished as his car overturned en route to Karlsbad. Cornelius Johnson, a Black man, hanged in Louisville for murder of white saloonkeeper Conrad Kaiser. Great Northern Hotel in Leeds England burned. loss estimated at 650000 dollars.
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United States Court of New York
American Shear Ridining Company
Kingston
Williams County
Tenn
Progress
Prince Murat
Munich
Bavaria
Prince Eugene Murat
Karlsbad
Cornelius Johnson
Louisville
Conrad Kaiser
Lightning Ignites City Blaze Destroys Homes and Stores
A lightning strike set Maryville Tennessee ablaze destroying the county courthouse Harper’s department store and warehouse along with several other buildings. Loss estimated at 125000 with partial insurance. The fire began in Harper’s store.
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Harper's Department
Maryville
Tenn
Harper’s Store
Wreck on St Louis & San Francisco Train Near Springfield
Thirty people were injured and two killed when the St. Louis & San Francisco passenger train No 1 bound for St Louis wrecked near Springfield Missouri due to a defective split switch.
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St. Louis
San Francisco
Springfield
Chain Works Destroyed by Fire in Wapa koneta Ohio
Fire at St. Mars's Standard Chain works in Wapa koneta Ohio destroys the plant. Two oil explosions intensified the blaze. Seven workers lose employment. Loss estimated over 100000 dollars. Company headquarters listed as Pittsburg.
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Chain Works
St. Mars’s Standard Chain Works
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Pittsburg
Fire damages Dundee bonded warehouse of James Watson & Co
A fire at the James Watson & Co bonded warehouse in Dundee scorched a large whisky stock. Blazing liquor poured into the streets. Estimated loss set at 81,250,000 pounds.
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James Watson & Co
Dundee
Scotland
Terror in Odessa as Cossacks plunder and Jews resist
Anti Jewish outbreaks erupt in Odessa with Cossacks looting Jewish homes and shops while police stand by. Jews armed with scythes and pitchforks fight back as troops mercilessly fire on them. Mutiny in Warsaw failures linked to artillery corps ends with troops subduing mutineers. Narva gate Viborgski districts echo with dispersed crowds and fraternizing troops amid revolutionary boasts.
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Odessa
Srednaia
Warsaw
Artillery Corps
Narva
Viborgski
Neva
Douma Manifesto Urges Rights and Possible Revolution
The Viborg meeting adopts a parliamentary manifesto calling on Russian citizens to stand up for their rights. It openly urges withholding money and soldiers from government while signaling a revolutionary threat between the lines.
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Viborg
Dissolution of Parliament and land reform clash in Russia
To the People from Their Popular Representatives Citizens of All Russia Parliament has been dissolved amid plans for land distribution to working peasants and expropriation of church and crown lands. The government promises a new parliament in seven months while unrest grows and opposition faces suppression. In Chicago markets factory output and trade show optimism with rising demand, strong grain movement, and high clearings, as building and steel sales trend up.
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Russia
Gov
Chicago
Dan
Review of Trade
New York
Bradstreets
Warsaw
Schiastopol
Odessa
Trepoff
M. Pobiedonostseff
Holy Synod
Orloff
Baltic
Peterhof
Revolutionary unrest and mass fleeings rock Sebastopol
Reports describe critical conditions in Sebastopol as citizens flee inland while the fleet and garrison sides hover toward joining the people. Disaffection spreads from Warsaw to Odessa with calls to refuse taxes, avoid recruitment, and support a representative parliament amid martial law.
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Russia
Sebastopol
At Pompeii I Heard a Woman Laugh Poem Fragment
A narrator recalls Pompeii scenes where a silent girl and a living mother scream through centuries. A little maid sheltered her face as time reveals fear in the mold. The speaker hears a woman's laugh amid the tragedy of ancient death.
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Pompeii
Earth
Rest cure brings Emily back a radiant worker
Emily is sent to live with her Aunt Rebecca in Ohio for rest from constant activity. She adapts, gains strength, helps with cantata and school, and discovers the country life revitalizes her. Her health improves, and she returns home energized and eager to continue community work.
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Tupper
Emily
Mrs Wade
Louise
Ted
Tor
Bertuse
Rebecca Lye
Market Prices Mixed Across Commodities in Chicago and Midwest
The report lists varied quotes for grains, livestock, dairy, and produce. Wheat, corn, oats, and rye show fluctuating ranges. hogs, sheep, beef, and butter move with regional demand. price notes reference Chicago, St Louis, Milwaukee, Toledo, and Indianapolis markets with multiple No 2 and prime grades and several cents shifts.
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St. Louis
Carhi Sho SA
Milwaukee
Attles Chote
New York
Lowes
State
Toledo
Alcohol for Gas Engines Studied by Agriculture Dept
The Department of Agriculture engages Prof. Charles E. Locke of Columbia University to assemble data on using alcohol in small gas engines and to run experiments on producing alcohol from grain and potatoes.
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Department of Agriculture
Charles E. Locke
Columbia University
Forty six colleges to receive gifts for deserving professors
The executive committee of the Car negie foundation for the advancement of teaching announces a list of forty six colleges to receive gifts for deserving professors. Institutions with formal denominational connections or requiring trustees to church membership are omitted. Also left out are state or municipal institutions below the trustees formed academic standard.
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Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
St Louis Sues Ice Firms Over Price Fixing
The city of St Louis through Circuit Attorney Sager sues Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Co and Merchants Ice and Coal Co for restraint of trade and price fixing. It seeks 71400 dollars against each as a fine for 714 days of alleged agreement and to void their charter. Ice prices rose from 80 cents to 40 cents a hundred.
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City of
St. Louis
Sager
Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Company
Merchants’ Ice and Coal Company
Ice Trust, Divorce Trials and Panama Bonds in Era of Reform
The piece surveys a wave of reform era topics from Ice Trust scrutiny and Pittsburgh divorce cases to Cincinnati laundry indictments. It notes Panama canal bonds as attractive investments and references public figures like Lyman J. Gage, Dowie, and Cassie Chadwick amid legal and financial tensions.
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Russia
New York
Lize Dowie
Ice Trust
Central America
Trust Busters
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Dowie
Lyman J. Gage
Airship Thrace Wild Sets Record Over Chicago City
Thrace Wild pilots a new airship flight across Chicago city airspace breaking distance records. After initial eleven mile climb she navigates rooftops and stacks before landing uninjured on a flat roof. She restarts engines and completes five more miles, then returns over the lake. A cautious flight ends without further incident.
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Thrace
Chicago
la Foyer
Government transfers oil trust inquiry to Chicago
The government moved the standard inquiry from Cleveland to Chicago on Tuesday, citing unsatisfactory grand jury relations with jurors who had ties to interested parties.
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Oil Trust
Cleveland
Chicago
Attorneys target Utah coal lands fraud cases
The Attorney General and the Secretary of the Interior instructed filing a series of civil suits to recover coal lands in Utah alleged to have been fraudulently acquired.
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Utah
On the Way to Blarney Stone Jaunting Ride
A fragment recounts a trip from Cork to Blarney Castle to kiss the Blarney Stone. It describes riding in a jaunting car with a four bob fare, uneven seating, and a bumpy, unfamiliar experience for an American tourist.
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Blarney
Bob
Roberts
Visers and the Irrawaddy Valley hunting controversy headlines
A caustic column discusses plunder and colonial hunting in Asia praising British Nimrods while criticizing natives. It features extravagant language about foot chasing, elephant back shoots, and humanitarian justifications for intervention. The Boston Transcript quips about a social scene with fromage and a broken remark about stinginess.
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Pritish Shikarrh
Africa
London Globe
Irrawaddy
Steiner
Sarmay
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