Dorothys euchre party clash with Deacon Browns ban
Dorothy Irving plans to attend Grace Hammond euchre party despite Deacon Browns opposition over gambling concerns. Aunt Eliza arranges a ride home for Dorothy as autumn's eve darkens. Dorothy leaves the Hammond household to join relatives while reflecting on Tom Hammonds invitation and her own cautious romance.
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Dorothy Irving
Agnes
Tom
Miss Irving
Agnes Mills
Hammond
Tom Hammond
Oigas
Grace Hammond
Dorothy
Aunt Eliza
Eli
Child
Suz
Deacon Brown
Mr. Hammond
Dearie
Sophie
Eliza
Dorothy Irving Rescued From Quagmire by Tom Hammond
A young woman sinks in a mud quagmire beside a highway. Tom Hammond and his man rescue her, carrying her to safety. They reunite at her aunt’s house, teasingly start a romance, and later marry amid family gatherings and college friends.
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Deacon Brown
Tom Hammond
Riley
Miss Irving
Dorothy
Ton
Dorthy
Tom
Brierwood
Dorothy Irving
Agnes. Mills
Cholera Fatal to Prof Rudolph Zumstein at Manila Wedding Aborted
Rev Hans Zumstein learns of his brother Prof Rudolph Zumstein's death in Manila from cholera just hours after a planned wedding to Miss Jeanette Williams of Denver. The ceremony was delayed to 8 pm, five hours before he died. His family in La Porte and Trainor Ohio mourn. Meanwhile in Charlottsville Indiana a horse and buggy collision near Cleveland injures no one, but the horse dies.
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Laporte
Ind
Hans Zumstein
Manila
Rudolph Zumstein
Jeanette Williams
Denver
Meade
United States
R. Zumstein
Rev
Carl Zumstein
Trainor, O
Charlottsville
Joe Sample
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Morphe Route Dr Foote Dies In Kansas City
Dr S N L Foote, an eccentric Kansas City physician, died from morphine poisoning. A dying note he drafted described sensations in graphic terms. He had starved lately, lived alone, and once claimed a musical body, marrying a long-lost love, filing for divorce in blank verse, and pursuing a failed flying machine experiment.
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Kansas City
S. N. L. Foote
Dover
Drr. Foote
Four More Troopers Die After Cape Return
Four more troopers who returned from the cape on the overcrowded transport Drayton Grange died Wednesday. Dr Gillis, the ship's medical officer, reported the crew's deteriorating condition and ongoing fatalities.
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Melbourne
Cape
Drayton Grange
Gillis
Tion
Cool Weather Fails to Deter Summer Travel North
Despite cottage owners protests over a cool season, rail lines report steady lake trade and strong Sunday excursions. Pennsylvania and Big Four officials say the northward run remains robust, with large crowds and full trains despite cool weather. Some lake steamship operators complain of slower tourism.
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Wheeler
Pennsylvania Ticket Office
South Bend
Indianapolis
Hice
Big Four
Young Bellevue newsboy sells out Bellevue stake for 500
John Mangles, 18, the more senior of two Bellevue Hospital newsboys, sells his paper claim to Benny Barrett for 500. Both teens began selling papers young and are popular with staff. Mangles plans to start a regular business, possibly plumbing, and hopes to marry. Barrett may do well on his own.
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Bellevue Hospital
Benny Barrett
Bellevue
Mangles
Barrett
J. P. Morgan
Eve
Judge Alford to Be a Second Blackstone
Judge Alford has spent eight years compiling a beach study in a time-saving law book. The volume groups all forms and Supreme Court decisions under each crime, avoiding the need to consult multiple sections. He wrote it for personal use and has no publication plans at present.
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Alford
Supreme Courts
Dr. Pierce
Flora I. Greer
Howe Street
Akron
Finance committee reports ready guarantee fund total
The Fall Festival and Society Horse Show finance committee notes strong donor response as the guarantee fund reaches 16150 dollars. This week contributions include 200 from L. G. Deschler 100 from Sander and Becker 100 from C. F. Meyer and Bro and 10 from D. M. Parry.
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L. G. Deschler
Sander & Becker
C. F. Meyer & Bro
D. M. Parry
Man From Brown County Attempts Suicide Over Separation
Columbus Indiana report says Thomas Morrison and his wife visited when he tried to kill himself Monday evening to go home after his wife hid his coat. Morrison survived the attempt and received aid, with authorities noting the motive involved their separation.
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Columbus
Ind
Thomas Morrison
Brown County
Coal as a fuel does not cut fire insurance costs
An Indianapolis man hopeful that ending natural gas and switching to coal will lower fire insurance is contradicted by Indianapolis agents. They say insurers have not earned profits and may even be losing money, and fuel switch is not expected to reduce rates.
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Indianapolis
Trolley Wreck in New York Leaves Several Injured
An open car on the Union Railway derailed on Jerome avenue late Tuesday night, tipping over and plunging into a ditch. Eight people were injured and rushed to Fordham Hospital, with two in critical condition from suspected skull fractures.
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New York
Union Railway
Jerome Ave
Fordham Hospital
Fordham
Penny Shooters Nip Big Poker Game In Parkersburg
In Parkersburg West Virginia on August 20 a large poker game ongoing since Friday reportedly had $15000 on the table at one time and a $4000 check in the pot. While the gambling persisted 25 boys were arrested for shooting craps for pennies.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Artificial Respiration Saves Man After Street Fight
In Hamilton Ohio on August 20 Henry Heidkamp of Cincinnati was hurled to the pavement during a quarrel and knocked unconscious. Dr. Jacobs revived him with artificial respiration after his pulse stopped, and Heidkamp remains in Mercy hospital in critical condition.
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Hamilton, CO
Henry Heidkamp
Cincinnati
Heidkamp
Man’s explosive remedy ends in dog’s destruction
Geo Mechou of Scales Siding tried to cure a mange by chaining dynamite to a dog’s neck and lighting the fuse. The dog chased him to his house, an explosion wrecked the shanty, its contents and the dog were blown apart, no one in the house injured.
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Drifton
Geo
Mechou
Scales Siding
Immigration to Texas and Louisiana Promotes Farming
Advertises opportunities for settlers in Texas and southern Louisiana highlighting rice growing and diverse farming. Claims rice cultivation added 20 million dollars to wealth and notes abundant land for affordable homes. Offers to send Rice Book and Rice Cook Book through Southern Pacific agents, W H Connor address listed.
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Texas
Louisiana
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Company
W. H. Connor
P. R.y
E. Fouth St
Cincinnati
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