Rawn Death Thrusts Rail Scandal Inquiries Weakened
Ira G. Rawn president of the Monon railroad faces fatal questions at a Chicago hearing on July 7 regarding losses to the line. Police cite two possible causes of death in his Winnetka home a burglary one accidental discharge of his revolver. Neighbors heard a single shot and investigators note no intruder evidence.
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Chicago
Ill
Ira G. Rawn
Monon Road
Winnetaka
Rawn
Illinois Central
Walter L. Fisher
C. F. Pately
Gun breech blast at Fort Monroe kills nine artillerymen
Nine artillerymen died and several were seriously injured when a breech block blew out in a twelve inch shore gun at DeRussy Battery during coast artillery practice. Lieut Van Dusen suffered a broken leg and Lieut Hawes was Injured. The accident occurred as student officers attempted to sink a fleet of towed targets near Washington.
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Fort Monroe
DeRussy
Coast Artillery
Washington
Sergt Henry Haas
Sixty-ninth
United States Coast Artillery
Cheaspeake Bay
Lieut
van Dusen
Hawes
Army
Navy
Hampton Roads
Geo. L. van Dusen
Passaic
N. J
Mother and Babe Die in Grand Rapids Fire
Mrs. Gracie Wilson perished with her week old baby when fire swept the old Dedyard block at South Division and Fourth. Nurse Amelia Keeney suffered severe burns but survived. the infant died in hospital. Fire suspected to have started from a gasoline explosion.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Gracie Wilson
Dedyard
South Division Street
Fourth Avenue
Amelia Keeney
Babe
France Seeks Compulsory Marriage to Boost Birth Rate
Paris reports Prof Lamnelongue pushes a bill to force bachelors in civil service to marry by age twenty five and grant perks for children. The plan, aimed at 900000 officials, would also alter inheritance rules and impose extra military service on single men, with penalties and incentives to raise family size.
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Paris
Lamnelongue
Lannelogue
Lannelongue
Senate
France
Deafness Cure Promised by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It explains Eustachian tube inflammation causes hearing loss and that nine of ten cases stem from catarrh. The notice offers one hundred dollars for a deafness case cureable by Hall's Catarrh Cure and invites readers to request circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Not If I Know It Says Loeb
Collector William Loeb of New York visited the Treasury Department Customs Bureau in Washington. A reporter asked about the New York gubernatorial race. Loeb replied with a playful denial and said he would not discuss politics. He planned to return to New York tonight after business.
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Washington
William Loeb
New York
Customs Bureau
Treasury Department
Solicitor Wells’s Mother Dies at Bennettsville
Mrs. N F Wells, mother of solicitor W H Wells, died Sunday at age 76 in Bennettsville. widow of Jacob Wells she left four children I W Evans Marion C P Wells living with him C Wells Island Grove Fla and W H Wells of Columbia. Funeral held in Columbia yesterday conducted by Rev E O Watson. Mr and Mrs W H Wells attended from Florence.
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C. Wells
Island Grove
Fla
Solicitor Wells
Columbia
E. O. Watson
Methodist Church
W. H. Wells
Florence
Jeffries Urged to Fight Kaufman for 50,000 Offer
Wireless news from the Catania Islands reports Billy McCarney Philadelphia promoter offering 50 000 dollars to James J Jeffries for a six round no decision bout with Al Kaufman at a Quaker City park on Labor Day. Jeffries to choose between a lump sum or forty percent of gross receipts.
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San Francisco
James J. Jeffries
Catania Islands
Billy McCarney
Philadelphia
al Kaufman
Quaker City
McCarney
Jeffries
Doan's Kidney Pills Proclaimed by Georgetown Resident
Mrs. Jasper Martin of 8 Wood St Georgetown S C reports backache weakness and frequent urination. After using Doan's Kidney Pills from Iseman Drug Co one box cured her troubles and she praises the remedy. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold everywhere for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Foley's Kidney Remedy also advertised as effective for kidney and bladder issues.
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Mollie McRaney
Prentiss
Foley
Iseman Drug Co
L. C. Croft: Drug Co
Dean
Georgetown
Jasper Martin
Wood St
S.C
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
L. C. Croft Drug Co
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Frange
Ben
Papa
getZon
Durand
Dupont
Loeb
Wells
Imperial Pharmacy
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