Loves Chinese Husband Pretty Stenographer Weds Chinaman
Miss Anna M Workman an American stenographer and former House member's aide wed May You Cuen, a Washington porter, in Baltimore after a hastily planned elopement following a year engagement. She expresses affection for him despite race prejudice and explains the term Ah Bok as a fond nickname.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna M. Workman
House of Representatives
Baltimore
May You Cuen
Washington
Ah Bok
Aged Couple Murdered in Easttown Barnyard
Mr and Mrs Henry James aged between sixty five and seventy were found murdered on a farm in Easttown Pennsylvania. A club was used to kill them and both bodies were hacked beyond recognition. Robbery is suspected as motive.(Return from Berwyn presumed).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry James
Easttown
Berwyn
Young Man Kills Actress Then Ends Life in Philadelphia
Mazie Kennedy a 20 year old burlesque actress was shot in Philadelphia by an unidentified enamored young man. He then fired a bullet into his own brain and died soon after at a hospital. Friends know little of the killer and say he had courted her for about four months despite her being married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazie Kennedy
Philadelphia
Ther
West Virginia's Oldest Man Dies at 115
Henderson Cremeans, reputed to be West Virginia's oldest man and perhaps the nation's oldest, died at his grandson's home near Point Pleasant in Mason County at age 115 after a brief illness. Born in Virginia, he came to the Ohio Valley at eighteen. He never drank liquor or used tobacco. He leaves 76 grandchildren, 131 great grandchildren, and 19 great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Cremeans
West Virginia
United States
Clark Cremeans
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Blug Ridge
Virginia
Ohio Valley
Arsenic in the Milk Case Arrests Woman
A woman is arrested on a charge of administering poison to Mrs. Ida J. Maynard of Warren Ohio. Abbie Cross forty five widow of Jamestown Indiana is held to the grand jury under two thousand dollars. A. F. Maynard husband of the injured woman is held as a witness under six hundred dollars. Mrs Maynard says Cross brought a jar of milk to the Maynard home on December 23 1908 and forced her to drink it. Prompt medical care saved her life. Arsenic was found in the cup by chemical analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida J. Maynard
Warren
Abbie Cross
Jamestown
A. F. Maynard
Maynard
Cross
Lincoln on Coins Described as Plan for Half Dollar
President Roosevelt approves placing Abraham Lincoln's head on a U S half dollar with Victor Brenner's new Lincoln designs submitted for approval. The article notes Lincoln's portrait on one side and the usual coat of arms on the reverse and hints at potential legislation to effect the change. It also mentions plans for a large battleship and ordnance estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Tdnecatn
Victor D. Brenner
New York
Lincoln
Five Die in Boswell Mine Disaster in Somerset County
Gas explosion and ensuing fire trapped ten men in the Merchants mine of United Coal Co in Boswell Somerset county Pennsylvania. Five workers died J G Logan of Pittsburgh superintendent badly burned George Morris assistant superintendent John Cole day foreman Andrew Shulock and his son, German miners. Eleven foreigners were with the supervisory party when the blast occurred, ten-ton motor flipped, mine passage blocked, three foreigners severely burned escaped and alerted the superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boswell
Merchants Mmine
United Coal Company
Somerset County
Jt. G. Logan
Pittsbill's
Burr
George Morris
John Cole
Deaf mute hurls himself before express train at city station
Herman Hoerdt a deaf mute printer and importer of calendars killed himself by leaping in front of an express train at the Twenty eighth Street station on the Third Avenue elevated line New York city. His act caused crowd panic and police were called. letters on his body cited alleged domestic troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Hoerdt
Twenty
Brrest
Third Avenue Elevated
New York City
Hoerdt
15 Injured In Wreck Near New Albany
Fifteen persons were seriously injured and many more bruised when a portion of Southern Railway train No. 9 derailed near New Albany Indiana after striking a defective rail as it exited a long tunnel. The smoking car overturned and three other coaches tipped. Pierce Waltz of MIU town Indiana is believed fatally injured. A two year old child survived by landing in mud after being thrown from a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
Southern Railway
Evansville
Loulaville
Pierce Waltz
Miu
Town
Batr
Admiral Evans Calls Naval Reform Essential
Rear Admiral Evans argues against the bureau system in a Washington interview. He asserts that a department run by bureaucratic procedures and endless conferences hinders efficiency and that an efficient navy is the lifelong aim. The remarks reference the president's letter to naval investigators and cite "Fighting Bob" as a member of the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Washington
Naval
Bob
Admiral Evans
Unknown man killed by patrolman in railroad yards
Patrolman Stone was fatally wounded with five shots during an encounter with a suspicious man in the Laurens railroad yards. Patrolman Walker arrived as Stone weakened and fatally shot the burglar after Stone loosened his grip. The unknown man died at the police station. Stone lay mortally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
Laurens
Walker
300 Miners Escape Two Die in Madison Coal Dust Blast
A coal dust explosion at the Keystone Coal and Coke mine in Madison, Pennsylvania, killed Alonga Carnathan, 21, and Paul Brozia, 23, while about 300 miners escaped. The blast was confined to two teams, leaving a widow and child for Carnathan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Maree
Sewickley
Keystone Coal and Coke Company
Alonga Carnathan
Paul Brozia
Baby left at door in Indiana county sparks mystery
Jacob Wachob in Co Vode Indiana county received a call and a stranger left a three month old boy in a basket inside the door. A tag reads Presley from Sears Roebuck and Co. The donor’s identity remains unknown and the family plans no search. The infant is healthy and adapting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Wachob
Covode
Indiana County
Wachob
Presh
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Greenville Summer School promes largest ever in town
Greenville hosts a summer school with promises of being the largest yet. The notice urges prospective teachers to pursue certificates and train at a strong school, with Dr. T. D. Stephens and others listed for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
T. D. Stephens
Penn Run
D. Tl. Wingar
Indiana
Brown
Conemaugh
The Editor Essay From Rapid River Trustler
A child riffs on editors in a humorous essay about newspapers. He jokes editors survive forever, wear no socks, dodge lawsuits, and differ from doctors in language, punishment, and death outcomes, ending with a rough hometown voice.
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Deag
Congress
Bureau of Ordnance Bag
Hears, Seebuck & Company
Salh
Savan Station
J. A. Snyder
Covode, Pa
Vogel Broz
Church Street
Rapid River Trustler
Waverly
Pennsylvania
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L. Pattison Co
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Pattison
Hamilton
Philadelphia St
J. W. Hill
Indiana, Pa
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Chris Twy
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