Crazed Magician Shoots Woman and Little Babe
Cincinnati reports a magician named Robert M. Willard shot and killed a woman believed to be his wife and a baby girl in a hotel lobby after an argument. He fled screaming through the street, was captured on a bridge, and later denied or blurred details of his marriage. The piece includes a long aside on typhoid carriage and fly-borne contamination linked to a local health official.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Robert M. Willard
Covington
Willard
Baby
Typhoid Germ Carriers Warn of Contagion Risk
Grafton Sentinel reports physician warning that typhoid fever spreads via germs from the bowels or kidneys in water milk and contaminated hands. Typhoid carriers may feel well yet carry germs for months, posing danger to others through everyday food and drink.
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Grafton
W. Va
Raitor Grafton Sentinel
Decias
Spirited Away Widow Makes Escape From Monticello Jail
A Monticello jail escape occurred between 1 and 6 am Sunday when Sheriff Kinnie and an assistant spirited Adelaide M. Brance to Fallsburg Station then west by train. She left with her mortgages, which she could not sell, after an agreement with her brother I O Brance to meet her. Dr. Lanham warned in the Sentinel about typhoid prevention and spread.
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Monticello
Delaide M. Brance
Kinnie
Lie West
I. O. Brance
Miss Brance
Fallsburg Station
Brance
Riley Fined for Shortage in Federal Court
Charleston report states Elmer C. Riley son of a former Clendennin West Virginia postmaster was fined 85 dollars and costs by Judge Keller in federal district court. The fine may be remitted if Riley reimburses the government the amount alleged to have been taken while serving as assistant postmaster at Clendennin. He was indicted three years ago.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Elmer,c. Riley
Clendennin
W. Va
Federal District Court
Keller
Riley
Inquest Probes Calumet Christmas Eve Panic Toll
Calumet December 29 The inquest into the Italian hall panic on Christmas Eve, which killed 72 people, concentrated on witnesses in the crowded town hall. Coroner Fisher presided as Mrs. Annie Clemmens of the Western Federation of Miners testified about holiday gifts averted by the disaster.
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Calumet
Fisher
Annie Clemmens
Womans Auxiliary
Western Federation of Miners
Go to church movement boosts Watertown attendance
In Watertown the committee reports 14,000 residents attended church yesterday, about half the population and double the normal turnout. This follows a citywide initiative encouraging church attendance across the community.
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Associated Press
Watertown
Fire rips Montreal block as water famine halts efforts
Fire erupted in a cluster of shops and homes at the St Hubert and Ontario corner in Montreal. Firefighters, hampered by a water famine, could not halt the blaze and by 2 30 PM the fire had such headway that dynamite was used to check it.
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Associated Press
Montreal
St. Hubert
Ontario Street
Federal reserve bank committee opens for applications
Washington December 29 The reserve bank organization committee today notified banks it is ready to receive local applications for membership in the new federal reserve system. The committee will define actions needed by banks to enter the system and will not require stock holder approval. Morrie Jackson of Florida is visiting his parents in the First ward.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reserve Bank Organization Committee
Federal Reserve System
Treasury Department
Organization Committee
Board of
Morrie Jackson
Florida
Mr. J and
Mra. T.W. Jackson
First Ward
Trunk holds warm corpse of murdered man in East Side
New York dispatch reports a push cart trunk dumped in the East Side contained a still warm murder victim about 40, bound and smothered with a red bandana. An 8 year old boy watched the scene and alerted police as finger print evidence tied suspects to Pittsburg. Investigators seek the killers and note Mrs. Warthen was formerly Miss O Clark.
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Associated Press
New York
East Side
Samuel Trabel
Pittsburg
Warthen
O. Clark
Ships Wrecked in Gulf Storm Include Cheslie and Griffin
A Christmas Day Gulf storm sinks the British schooner Cheslie with all hands after leaving Pascagoula. The American schooner Griffin, also from Pascagoula, is missing. The bark Bilwa is abandoned. its crew rescued by the steamer Cestrian. Crews from the bark Cidar are saved at Pensacola.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Cheslie
Pascagoula
Gulf of Mexico
Griffin
George F. Seamel
Ches- Mwe
Cuba
Bilwa
Cestrian
Gulf Ports
Cidar
Ihs
Pensacola
Cash Register Inventor John Kitty Dies at 45
Associated Press reports Dayton Ohio native John Kitty 45 creator of the cash register died at his sister Mrs. Robert Cooper’s home in Dayton. The idea reportedly came from observing a distance recording device in a boiler room aboard an ocean steamer. Kitty’s death is noted as modest, with few details beyond family mentions including Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Warthen.
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Associated Press
Dayton, D
John Kitty
Robert Cooper
Kitty
Protests Planned Over Moyer Attack in Illinois
On December 29 John H Walker head of the Illinois federation of labor announced five meetings of protest against the Calumet attack on Charles H Moyer. One rally is set for Chicago tomorrow night with four more on New Year’s Day across Chicago Pullman and South Chicago. Moyer is in hospital resting well with no complications expected.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles H. Moyer
Calumet
John H Walker
Illinois Federation of Labor
Pullman
Moyer
Couple Found Shot In New York Apartment
A young woman identified as Mrs William Nasbu and a man named Robert Nagowski were found shot dead in the rear of a Little apartment on New Yorks lower East Side. Police consider two possible murder cases and the initial theory of self harm was revised. Later, William A Bennington of Charleston married Miss Tillie Florence Morgen near Grafton Park in a ceremony at the U B parsonage. The groom works as a bridge builder for Grafton Traction Company. Sentinels best wishes are extended to the couple.
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al Press
New York
Uttle
Lower East Side
U. B
William A. Bennington
Charleston
Tillie Florence Morgen
Grafton Park
M. EB Organ
E. H. Waters
Grafton Traction Company
Goth
Sentinel
Riots Lock Down Los Angeles Unemployed District
Martial law-like measures stud the Historic Plate District as rioting by jobless men left one dead and over a dozen injured. Police cordons seal passages while detectives raid nearby Mexican quarters for clues. Saloon and lodging houses on Jpell Street are raided to seize idlers and anyone linked to the unrest.
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Los Angles
Uaur
Plate
Wits City
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Grafton Testimony
Grafton citizen Kuh at 108 Pearl Street testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved years of rheumatic backache kidney pains and regulated kidney secretions after trying the advertised remedy. Sold by all dealers, price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo New York sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Grafton
Kuh
Pearl Street
W. Va
Foster-Miburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Biggest gas well yields 11 million feet daily near Morgantown
Dec 29 Morgantown reports Lowrie and McDermott struck the largest gas well in Clay district. The well yields about 11 million feet per day, marking a major discovery in this section of the state.
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Morgantown
Associated Press
Lowrie and McDermott
No More Bodies Found In Fireworks Factory Ruins
Rome December 26 no additional bodies have been found in the ruins of the fireworks factory destroyed by yesterday s explosion at Corres Annunciata The two story building at the foot of Mt Vesuvives reported teen employees killed and five seriously injured cause of explosion unknown A safety commission examining Harry Thaw is on the job and appears to take the inquiry seriously.
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Rome
Italy
Corres ‘Annunciata
Mt. Vesuvives
Actress 30 Falls to Death in Chicago Hotel
Mrs. George Seapord, 30, an actress, died after falling from a fifth story hotel window in Chicago. No witnesses. Her husband, an actor, recently toured with a theatrical company. The report adds a tangential note about pedestrian safety and city jail space in San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Chicago
George Seapord
Better Times Promised for Grafton Workmen
The town expects a brighter winter after several weeks of layoffs as shops and major employers resume full operation on January 2. With two large gas factories, construction projects including the Columbia Tire Plant, a big pottery, and other buildings, employment should rise to its highest in months. Local officials assure patience now will yield a robust new year with heavy work and fewer idle workers. A warrant was sworn for C. L. Cafferty known as Lou McCafferty on a non support charge, with authorities planning to return him from Parkersburg to Grafton for a hearing. He left his wife and children in August while working with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad transfer of baggage.
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Grafton
Bill Bailey
Tailey
Bailey
Filly
T. F. Lanham
City Health of
Sentinel
Columbia Tire
Justice
McCafferty
Auust
Parkersburg
Baltimore and Olio
Parlburg
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