Man supports twenty children on a dollar thirty a day
Henry Moore of Monroe Falls Ohio has raised a family of twenty on about 1.30 daily. Death has reduced the brood to sixteen living children. At fifty he and his 43 year old Pennsylvanian wife manage a six room home and adverts of work and insurance for all. Norah 23 Bertha 21 Lucy 20 John 19 Harry 17 Della 15 etc. Norah married two weeks ago Bertha in Akron.
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Akron
Henry Moore
Amfonroe Fells
Moore
Ohio
Monroe Falls
Norah
Harry
Della
Hazel
Maud
Deffany
Frank
Amy
Charley
Austin
Isaac
Roger
Evelene
Russell
Chester
Bernice
Bertha
Rat Ties Matrimony as Wife Vanishes in St Louis
In St Louis a missing wife is blamed on a white rat that the husband keeps in his pocket when he moves. Chester A Fry, nicknamed Ratty by boarders at 802 Prie, says his wife vanished after the rat came between them and police search the home for her. He vows she will return for the pet or for him.
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ST. Louis
Chester A. Fry
Fry
Prie St
A Curious Cave Found Near Hilo Hawaii
In July, E H Widders, a Hilo merchant, uncovered a tunnel shaped cave two miles from Hilo. A central ditch runs through the cave with two benches bearing a woman's skeleton and two child skeletons, suggesting a mother and two children once lay there.
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Honolulu
Hilo
Hawaii
E. H. Widders
Bryan speech sparks Republican rebuke in Indianapolis
Vice-chairman Payne and National Committeeman New criticized W. J. Bryan’s Indianapolis address. They faulted the speech as barren of ideas, claiming it relies on false premises and would alarm Indiana farmers about imperial domination.
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Chicago
W. J. Bryan
Indianapolis
Payne
Republican National Committee
Bryan
Philippines
Indiana
Burglary Ring Suspect Nabbed After Cocaine Poisoning
St Louis police say Frank H Peyton a traveling salesman and his wife were hospitalized after cocaine poisoning. A room yielded a wagon load of silverware ten cases of jewelry 500 volumes of books and other valuables. The couple were arrested as alleged burglars in a major heist.
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St.louis
Frank H. Peyton
City Hospital
St. Louis
Peyton
Lightning Strikes Tollgate House in Indiana Storm
A severe thunderstorm in Williamport Indiana caused a bolt to strike the tollgate house on the pike, blowing a loaded gun into fragments near tollgate keeper Elmer Palmer and his wife while they slept. Both escaped unharmed. The text also touts Dean’s Ointment for skin conditions.
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Williamsport
Ind
Tollgate House
Elmer Palmer
Abducted Girl Returns From Gypsy Captivity Near Mount Gilad
Laura Hancock, abducted at age ten from Johns Ville Ohio 26 years ago, reappears in Mount Gilad. She says she lived with gypsies for 21 years west of the Mississippi, escaped after a year. She describes harsh early life and earning passage home by door to door sales and kitchen work.
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Mount Gilad
Laura Hancock
Johns Ville
Society Arraigned Over Newport Summer Leisure
In Newport R I on August Sunday golf and bridge whist are denounced by Rev. Dr. Braddin Hamilton of New York. He labels society as leading a vulgar spendthrift ideal and warns against petty gambling spreading from cottages to homes, threatening a surge in gamblers nationwide.
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Newport
Braddin Hamilton
New York
All Saints’ Chapel
Neport
City Ticket Offices List Train Schedules and Times
Chicago and Cincinnati rail services show multiple departures from West Washington street offices. Notable routes include Cincinnati ex and fast trains, Cin and Dayton lines, and Decatur and Western connections with varied morning to evening departures.
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Washington St
Cincinnati
Det
Dayton
Dayton Lim
Toledo
Detroit
Lake Erie & Western R R Timetable Snippet
Timetable fragment lists various train times and routes including 7.0am 10.3am departures and 12.20pm 4.15pm connections among Lake Erie & Western Railway lines. Mentions D and Chilim and M L Lporte.
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Lake Erie & Western R. RT
Mich
Chilim
L’porte
City Ticket Office at No 1 East Washington Street
The stations and offices of the C., C., C. & St. L.R.-Big Four route show the main ticket office located at 1 East Washington Street. Details outline location and service points for passenger tickets and travel information.
Cleveland Line Train Schedule Fragments
Train times show Anderson and Cleveland routes with arrival and departure figures. References include New York Boston limited and Knickerbocker service with scattered timings across morning and evening.
Benton Harbor Schedule Fragments and Connection Times
Train times show Benton Harbor express departures at 6:45 am and 2:50 pm and a second at 11:15 am and 3:04 pm. An accommodation line to Wabash lists 1:30 pm and 9:03 am touchpoints, indicating limited service and transfer notes.
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Benton Harbor Line
Benton Harbor
Wabash
St. Louis Line Train Schedules Noted
A fragmented schedule mentions St. Louis connections, with times for the St. Louis Limited and St. Louis other services. Entries show arrival and departure times in the evening and early morning, including connections to Mattoon and other lines.
Transcontinental and Regional Rail Timetable Fragments
A garbled OCR timetables listing train arrivals, departures, and connections among cities including Cincinnati, Peoria, Springfield, Columbus, Chicago, and Washington. It names accommodations, express services, and local lines with scattered times and station notes.
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Siersdorfer’s
Washington
Penna
Matt Crothea
East Washington St
Rat
Mr. Neww
New
Indi
Ana
Dean
AL Beitr
Marho Ela
E. Court St
The
Indianapolis Gas Co
Z. D. Allison & CO
S. South-st
W. Washington St
Kentucky Ave
Massachusetts Avenue
Belding
Queen
Ideal
Iceland
Vonnegut Hardware Co
E. Washington St
Peterson
N. Pensylvania St
Tyler
DOCAS
the Jeweler
Park Theater
Indiana Dental
College Department of Dentistry
University of Indianapolis
W. Cor
Delaware and Ohio
Hoyi
the Sun Liners
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway
L.s
Chicago Express
Chicago Vestibule
Cincinnatifm
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
Decatur & Western Ry
St. L. m
Cleveland
Anderson
Anderson Ac
N.Y
Bos
Boston
St. Louis Accom
St. L. S. W. Lim
Dildéiam
St. Louis Limited
T. H. & Mattoon Ac
St. Louis Ex
Lafayette
Greensburg
Flex
N. Ver
Lois
Louis
Lem
Peoria Line
Peoria
Bloom
M &Ex
Bloomington
Champaign
Peoria & Blioom
Springfield
Columbus
Columbus & Spring
Lynn
Pennsylvania
Col
Ind. & Louis
Rich
Col., O
Piqua & Columbus,.co
Pittsburg
East
Dayton & Spring
Columb’s
Mad
Colum
Martins. & Vin
Pittsburg & East
Baltimore’ and Wash
Logansport
Balti
Wash
Phil
Sam Dayton
Xenia
Spencer Acc
Logans
T. H
Bringham
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