Mob Hangs Chicken Thieves After Missouri Jail Break
In Lexington Missouri a mob of 300 men assaulted the jail at 1 30 am and took Charles Salyers and Harry Gates, who had murdered Geo Johnson, and hanged them near town. Gates was wounded in the hip during the raid. Johnson had earlier been killed after interrupting a raid on his hen roost. Separately in Toledo Ohio sheriff W C Barnhill was shot in the neck while trying to arrest three chicken thieves. one boy of 15 was captured, two deputies injured, and the thieves fled.
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Ored
Geo
Johnson
Gates
Salyers
Toledo
W. C. Barnhill
Henry County
Burglars Murder Two Chicago Policemen
In Chicago on Aug 12, Officers Timothy Devine and Charles Pennell were fatally shot while pursuing burglars at Dr. Harry Shaw’s home on Ashland Boulevard. The attackers fled toward Jackson Boulevard. 80 suspects were arrested within two hours, though perpetrators remain unidentified.
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Harry Shaw
Ashland Boulevard
Deviné
Pennell
Jackson Boulevard
W. Adams Sr
Arthur
John
Sam Dillion
Jerry Hawley
George O’brien
Devine
Pudiated by his father a Terre Haute youth jailed
Brinkman formerly connected with a Terre Haute bank was arrested here on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. He borrowed $20 from Vice President Packard of Capital National Bank and passed a check on Phil Riley. he was disguised when the money was borrowed and was recognized on the street only after close scrutiny. The father in Terre Haute telephoned the police and disowned the son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pries Brinkman
Terre Haute Bank
Brinkman Bor
Packard
E. Capital National Bank
Phil. Riley
Terre
Kiley
Terre Haute
School openings set for September with new principal
The lunch basket and the book-strap will be resurrected on Sept 15 as two high schools start together. Prof Hull, new 3 H 5S principal, arrives soon. A new Martindale ave and Twenty fourth st building will be occupied this year with two extra rooms and 20 to 24 additional teachers needed.
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Hull
Martindale-ave
Fourth-St
Millionaire claims Royal Oak hotel fight over Knox insult
Charles T. Schoen of Philadelphia recounts a Newport style altercation at the Garden hotel cafe annex after a Brighton pool game with Attorney General Know and others. He says Knox insulted them by calling their group dirty cars, sparking a scuffle in which Stephenson allegedly struck Knox. Schoen describes the scene as a breach of diplomacy and dignity with no tea on their table and defends their gentlemanly conduct.
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Millionaire
Atlantic City
Charles T. Schoen
Philadelphia
Know
Cramp
Ixnox
Knox
Mr. Stephenson
Burglars Blow Safe At Highland Falls Post Office
In Highland Falls New York on Monday night a deposit safe was blown open by burglars. Postage stamps currency and jewelry totaling about $2000 were stolen. The postmaster had been away on a honeymoon and returned Tuesday morning.
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Highland Falls
N. Y
Kaiser Wilhelm de Zweite launches world’s largest liner
In Stettin on Tuesday the Kaiser was present at the launching of the Kaiser Wilhelm de Zweite. The new liner measures 707 feet, powered by 38,000 horsepower engines, with a speed of 46 knots. It will cross the Atlantic in five days.
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Stettin
Germany
Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm de Zweite
Fire Devastates Reedely Business District in August Blaze
A Monday fire in Reedly California wiped out the town’s business section, causing about 75000 dollars in losses. W Webster was arrested in connection with the blaze and is alleged to have threatened the man who led to his previous burglary arrest.
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Reedely
Cal
W. Webster
Homesick Soldier Ends Life in Leavenworth
In Leavenworth Kansas on August 12 Private Walter S Cross of Cacapon West Virginia a member of the engineer corps U S A shot himself after failing to secure a discharge while driven by homesickness.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Walter S. Cross
Cacapon
Engineer Corps
U. S.A
Typhoid Cases Rise Amid Citywide Outbreak in Chicago
Chicago notes 287 typhoid cases at the county hospital with crowded wards. The fever spreads through the city, reaching epidemic proportions.
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Chicago
Must Pay Tax on Palm Oil
Washington dated report states Commissioner Yerkes has ruled oleomargarine colored with palm oil is subject to the internal revenue tax of ten cents per pound. The decision affects producers and retailers of margarine using palm oil as a coloring agent.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Yerkes
Internal Revenue
Frost In Iowa Damages Northwestern Corn
Frost in northwestern Iowa caused considerable damage to corn during Monday night. The Des Moines area and surrounding farms reported scattered effects with varying severity across communities. Weather officials warned of lingering cold and potential crop impacts in the region.
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Des. Moines
Iowa
Strike and political notes from Ashland to Chicago
Reports brief items on a strike at Ashland sheet mill and miners’ families in Ansted needing clothing, Jim Parish a suspected train robber captured in Mexico, Prince Chen praising Roosevelt, Chicago streetcar workers voting on a strike, a meat cutters convention in St. Louis, and 8 year old John Malloy visiting Japan with hometown of Hingham Wisconsin noted amid a seizure totaling 150000 dollars.
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Jim’’ Parish
Mexico
Prince Chen
Roosevelt
Ansted
W. Va
Chicago
St. Louis
John Malloy
Japan
Fighting General Gen Smith returns to Ohio amid ovation
Hellroaring Jake Smith, veteran of three wars and President Roosevelt era retiree, arrives in Portsmouth Ohio to a thunderous welcome. Crowds mob the depot as Bailey Post leads a drum corps, bands play, and his mother greets him with emotional reunion before he is helped into a carriage. He declines to discuss forced retirement.
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Ohio
Portsmouth
Bailey Post
G. A. Sk
Post
Smith
T. M. Lyon
Jake
Gen. Smith
Devil’s muse wanders. Mary McLane in New York
New York report notes Mary McLane arriving August 12. She declines to share impressions of the city, saying she will write what she thinks when ready. The author reflects on her 19 year old devil hunt, now saying she may never find or want him. She plans to write about New York and the East after Newport and Boston visits.
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New York
Mary McLane
Miss McLane
Butte
Mont
East
Newport
Boston
Chicago
Ruth Hanna
Meetings and weddings at several parks in town
Big crowds attended Battleground camp meet fire related events while Acton park meetings closed for the year. The national Tithers convention continued at Winona Park. Mon addressed Bethany park by Keys, D R Dungan, J C Stark, S M Jefferson, B J Radford, M L Streator. William Hays of Franklin and Parry Jolly of Indianapolis were married Tuesday morning with Rev. T A Reynolds officiating.
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Winona Park
Bethany Park
Keys
D. R. Dungan
J. C. Stark
S. M. Jefferson
B. J. Radford
M. L. Streator
William Hays
Franklin
Bethany Park Hotel
Wirs
Parry Jolly
Indianapolis
T. A. Reynolds
Muncie
Anthracite Coal Price Rise Hits Retail Market
New York August 12 retail dealers raised anthracite coal prices with all domestic sizes at 9 dollars per ton No 2 nut at 8 dollars and pea at 6.50 dollars, marking another price advance in the fuel market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Magicians Supply Houses Offer Tricks and Tools
Two New York establishments sell magic tricks and apparatus for amateurs and pros at prices from ten cents to $1,000. They provide demonstrations, workshop space, and a London firm exchange, with mail order catalogs and regular new offerings.
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Hermann
Kellar
London
Ching Ling Foo
Ching
Robinson
Chung Ling Soo
Sensational charges against Illinois hospital trustee
Direct accusations of intoxication and immoral conduct with women nurses were brought against Trustee W. E. Murphy of the Illinois hospital for the insane. The charges, dated to recent events, were presented at a night session of the State board of charities in Kankakee. Murphy denied the allegations under oath, aided by corroboration from night clerk Wm Crozen and deputy Tuscola county clerk EB W Rood, who testified Murphy was in Tuscola at the time.
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W. E. Murphy
Iinois Hospital
State Board of Charities
H. H. Ball
Chicago
City Railway Company
Kankakee
Murphy
Nightclerk
Wm.Croxen
EB. W. Rood
Tuscola
Henry Warmsman Confesses Diamond Theft at Co hen Pawn
Henry Warmsman janitor for the Americas club and porter for H. Cohen & Son pawnbrokers confessed Tuesday to stealing a diamond from the Co hen pawn shop. He attempted to sell the stone for 1 dollar, the gem valued at 75 dollars.
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Henry Warmsman
The
Americas Club
Porter
H. Cohen & Son
Cohen
Warmsman
Births and deaths listed in local notices
Births include Lewis Stockman Mildred Stockman Lathern Davis Nathan Wetson McGee McKinley Carroll Smith James Mathers Updike Escott etc. Deaths list Florence Bail Margaret Leuth Logan Terrel Honea Wren Salle Powell Rupperle Wilson Bowen Cahill Kimmel Neitzel Updegraff Melton Bois Bosley Smith Olivan Updike Sedwick Wannamaker Brock McCluskey Fletcher. Local residents reported with ages and addresses.
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Lewis and
Mildred Stockman
Delossst
Henry H
Jennie Smith
Ruthst
James
Dick and
Alice Mathers
Sheffield Ave
George M
Cosette Smith, Jr
Jefferson Ave
Florence Bail
Center Township
Margaret Leuth
S. West St
Logan Terrel
Wichard
Honea
Wren
S. Uup
Ics
Salle Powell
W. Twelth
Harry E. Rupperle
W. Mer- Till
J. M. Wilson
N. Traub Ave
Gertrude Bowen
E. McCarty
Mary Cahill
Little Sisters of the Poor
Albert Kimmel
Emma A. Neitzel
Jacob L. Updegraff
Etta , Riley
Montreville Melton
Frankie Debois
John F. Bosley
Emma Studer
Erastus Smith
Edith Olivan
Charles E. Updike
Bertha L. Sedwick
Charles B. Ennis
Eva Escott
Charles B. Wannamaker
Edith B. Brock
John McCluskey
Emma Fletcher
Boy smoker dies after heavy tobacco use
New York Aug 14 Columbus Arnaldo ten year old son of John Arnaldo of Rocky Hill New Jersey died from excessive tobacco use He reportedly smoked eight cigars and four cigarettes in one day and chewed two plugs of tobacco His health was undermined by the habit and a cold developed into pneumonia leading to death.
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New York
Columbus
John Arnaldo
Rocky Hill
N. J
Sugar magnate swears warrant for governor in libel case
John D. Spreckles sues Gov. Henry J. Gage for criminal libel, in a feud seen as the west’s bitterest political clash. Gage also pursues civil libel against Otis of the Los Angeles Times and plans further actions upon DeYoung’s return. He faces a pending libel suit against the San Francisco Call.
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San Francisco
John D. Spreckles
San Francisco Call
Henry J7. Gage
West
Gov. Gage
Otis
Los Angeles Times
M. H. DeYoung
Europe
Gov
Gage
Fire truck collision injures horse after blaze at Hudson home
Hook and ladder truck No. 3 from engine-house 5 collided with a Big Four freight engine while answering a fire at 831 West Eleventh Street Monday night. No firemen were hurt. one horse died. Driver Mumford avoided injury by steering the horses away. The blaze at Charles Hudson’s veranda may have been incendiary, with neighbors reporting a strong odor.
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Eleventh St
Mumford
Charles Hudson
Hudson
German battleships to boast heaviest armament yet
Berlin August 12 The projected German navy battleships will carry the heaviest armament in the world Their batteries include four 28 centimeter and fourteen 1 centimeter quick firers plus 32 smaller guns totaling 560 weapons Each battleship is projected to cost 7500000 marks
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Berlin
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Box Label Prompt
The notice directs that the name appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, the cold and grip cure. The price is listed as 32 percent cents.
Local Ads and Notices Mix From Past City Listings
A collage of small advertisements and notices includes baby photos services at 1717 College Ave with phones listed, Auto Storage and Repair at 23 and 25 East Ohio, a 1.25 dollar Decatur and Return fare, a D. and W. Rail line item for Sunday Aug 17, and a special train from Indianapolis at 7 a.m. It also mentions Merchants' Lunch at Union Station, dentist E. Reese moved to Newton Claypool Building Room 244, post binders and transfer binder orders, WM. B. Burford in Tadianapolia, Razors and Barber Supplies, J. E. Bodine & Co. at 37 East Ohio, Knox's barber shop at Meridian and Washington, and notes on first-class service and compressed air.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Express
Anderson
Union City
Cleveland, New York
Boston
Fort Wayne Express
Everland
N.Y
Boston Limited
Knie’bkr
D.S
Benton Harbor
Benton Harbor Express
Elkhart
ST. Louis
St Louis
St. Louis Limited
P. D
Terre Haute & Mattoon
Cincinnati Express
Cincinnati Express, Son
Cincinnati
Greensburg
Wash
F.L
D.S.P
N. Vernon & Louisville
Peoria
Bloomington
Mail
JD. P
Champaign
Springfield
Columbus
Columbus & Springer
Ohio
Newcastle
Pennsylvania
Station
Cor
Illinois
Washington Streets
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Ind
Louisville
Richmond
Piqua
Col
Ove Peel
Vincennes Express
Federah
Mad
Martinsville
Telphiadelphia
Dayton
Vincennes
Madison
Pittsburg
East
Spencer
Ours Phila
Limited
Dayton and
Nenia
Northland Express
Logansport
Chicago
Bleid
North Vernon
Cincinnati Fast Mail
Cincinnati & Dayton Express
Toledo & Detroit Express
Cincinnati Limited P. D
MONON
Indianapolis
Chicago Express
P de. Ceee
Filho
Chicago Vestibule
Tehnigan
Brad Railway
Chicago Fast Mail
Armour packing plant fire destroys Memphis facility
Memphis Tennessee August 12 the Armour packing company plant was wiped out by a Tuesday morning blaze causing an estimated 115000 in losses. Officials say the fire was incendiary or sparked by crossed electric wires and the firm has no insurance. The company plans to rebuild.
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Memphis, Tenn
Armour Packing Company
Indianapolis Paint and Color Company Ad Offer
This is the best season for painting with little risk of weather issues. Use strictly pure paint and a reliable painter for a durable job. Indianapolis Paint and Color Company offers guaranteed, handsome results at 240 to 243 Massachusetts Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Paint and Color Company
Massachusetts Ave
Local Property Repairs and Wrecks Reported
Repairs and damages listed for Hugh McDonald on St Joseph Street near Pennsylvania Street a wrecked frame building valued at 500 dollars. D P Strok at 208 N East Street roof repairs. E C Rookey at 5760 Oak Avenue frame shed 35 dollars. G H Tomson at 12336 W Twenty Ninth Street repairs 300 dollars. Della M Roberts with G Stewart for Demgo ad van repairs 508 and 511 Willard Avenue.
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Hugh McDonald
St. Joseph-st
Pennsylvania-st
D. P. Strok
East-st
E. C. Rookey
Odk-ave
G. H. Tomson
Twenty-ninth-st
A Della M. Roberts
G. Stewart
Willard
The Sun's liners promise useful ads on seventh page
The seventh page of The Sun promotes liners that help locate lost articles, find a room, rent a vacant room or house, and sell or rent property. It touts that readers can transact various profitable trades through these liners.
Attempt on Prince Obolonski at Tivoli gardens
On August 12 a man fired four shots at Prince Obolonski governor of Kharkov during a Tivoli gardens performance in St Petersburg. One bullet wounded his neck and another passed through Chief of Police Bessonoff’s foot. The assailant was arrested.
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ST. Petersburg
Prince Obolonski
Kharkov
Tivoli Gardens
Bessonoff
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