Woman and daughter confess Rosenbloom murder in trunk
Baltimore police report that Bonnie Rosenbloom and daughter Eva confessed that Samuel Rosenbloom of Windber Pa. was killed by son Alexander on or about November 12. They described hearing quarrels at the Windber home and concealed the body in a trunk at a store stable before moving it to New Jersey. Police hold the mother and daughter. PA authorities seek Alexander.
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Camden
BaltiMore
Bonnie Rosenbloom
Eva Rosenbloom
Pumphrey
Atkinson
Brennan
Belle Mawr
N. J
Samuel d. Rosenbloom
Windber
Alexander Rosenbloom
Harry ‘Rosenbloom
Anchorage
Broadway
Thames Street
Rosen
E. Baltimore Street
Rosenbloom
Alexander
Niels Rosenbloom
Central
Pennsylvania
Fitzgerald Charged With Theft From Local Subtreasury
George W. Fitzgerald, former assistant teller, was released on $10,000 bond with trial set for Aug. 31 after arrest on a $173,000 theft charge from the local subtreasury 18 months ago. Prosecutors and defense claim higher ups plotted to scapegoat him. two Chicagoans faced arrest, with partial confessions cited. Fitzgerald’s wife, Mrs. Fitzgerald, is described as in a hysterical condition in their new home.
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George W. Fitzgerald
Chicago
Litzinger
United States
William ‘Roldenweck
Fitzgerald
Harry C. Gano
South Haven
Boy Safe Robber Tells How He Broke Into Safe
Edward Zewisler, 17, told Capt Bray on Monday how he entered the home of Charles Haas at 709 S Delaware and used an ax to break an iron safe. He recalled $45 obtained before fleeing to Terre Haute. He described a single blow breaking the iron plate, cutting the inner lining cement, and shattering the final iron layer in about 10 minutes. Detectives Simon and Slate arrested Ze wisler on Sunday.
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Edward Zewisler
Bray
Charles Haas
Delaware Street
Terre Haute
Simon
Slate
Zewisler
Robbers Hurl Victim Under a Street Car
In New York at about 12 15 a m two highwaymen robbed a well dressed woman at Ninety second street and Amsterdam avenue. They dragged her into the street and hurled her in the path of a trolley car, which crushed her to death. The handbag containing 2 50 and a handkerchief with initial Ti was found in a saloon. A man named Dunn was arrested on suspicion after claiming work in the barn. A wrecking crew released the body.
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Ninetieth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Dunn
Burns Knocks Out Squires in Thirteenth Round
Tommy Burns, the Canadian heavyweight, defeats Bill Squires in Sydney Australia, winning in the thirteenth round with a decisive final right to the jaw after a brutal back and forth title bout. Burns recovered between rounds and overcame Squires’ bold rushing tactics.
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Sydney
Tommy Burns
Bill Squires
Squires
Burns
Bell
Treasure Digging In Lebanon Believes Clairvoyant Vision
In Lebanon New Hampshire on August 24 workmen resumed digging on Peter Freedette’s farm after a clairvoyant, Mrs Nelie M Titus, claimed a buried treasure lay nearby. A large crowd watched as the leader urged progress claiming the treasure was very near. Residents and diggers express strong belief it will be uncovered.
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Lebanon
N. H
Peter Freedette
Nelie M. Titus
Townsend bottle factory to resume operations
Greenfield Indiana August 24 Townsend bottle factory will resume operations on Wednesday restoring work for 100 men after about two months of closure.
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Greenfield
Ind
Townsend
Meadows and Williams brokerage firm suspends operations
Meadows and Williams company, a large Buffalo stock broker with offices in Fidelity Building, announced it could not meet obligations and would suspend. The same dispatch notes no NY Central strike and a tailors strike affecting 4,000 workers in Manhattan. A fire in Constantinople destroyed over 2,000 wooden houses after spreading through the Stambon district.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Meadows and Williams Company
Fidelity
NEW York Central
New York
W. C. Brown
New York Central Lines
Manhattan
United Brotherhood of Tailors
Murder Near Home After Friend Call at 117 Elizabeth Street
In New York on August 24 Fillipo Bendanangowag was slain in a hallway opposite his home leaving a wife and 2 month old baby. He answered a summons from a man claiming to be a friend before being murdered by three stab wounds to the back and one behind the ear. His wife found the body. Salvatore Consimir, poolroom proprietor next door, was arrested as a suspicious person.
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New York
Fillipo Bendanangowag
Elizabeth Street
Salvatore Consimir
Unknown man struck by Big Four train near Harris and Holmes
An unidentified foreign-born laborer about 25, walking with the train, was struck by an inbound Big Four passenger train between Harris and Holmes avenues. Despite repeated warnings, he did not move. He was fatally injured, skull fractures feared, and clothing offered no identity. he could not be identified at City hospital.
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Big Four
Harris and
Holmes Avenues
City Hospital
Spiritua hunts Eastern Indiana group to convene in Richmond
The first annual meeting of the Eastern Indiana Spiritualists will be held in Richmond, with August dates noted. Organizers urge attendance to discuss beliefs and activities of the movement in the region.
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Richmond
Ind
Indiana
Deaf Mutes Convene at Goshen Convention
The Christian Endeavor Society of Deaf Mutes of Northern Indiana held its annual convention on Henry B. Miller’s hillside farm east of Goshen. H. D. Miller of Middlebury was named president and Charles Neff of Bristol named secretary.
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Goshen
Ind
Christian Endeavor Society of Deaf Mutes
Indiana
Henry Bb. Miller
H. D. Miller
Middlebury
Charles Neff
Bristol
Kern nomination notification event to be held at Denison Coliseum
Ten thousand five hundred Democrats and interested parties can attend at the fair grounds coliseum to hear John W. Kern notified of his vice presidential nomination. About 700 seats are reserved for visitors and committeemen while 10,500 seats are free on a first come basis. Republicans welcome too. A lunch for Bryan Kern and committees is planned at 11:30 a.m. with autos departing from the Denison hotel at 1:00 p.m.
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Fair Grounds
John W. Kern
Bryan
Kern
Open House at Indiana Democratic Club Rooms
The Indiana Democratic club will keep open house all Tuesday with lemonade doughnuts and peanuts. Democrats from across the state are invited to visit the clubrooms at their headquarters.
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Indiana
Democratic Club
Bryan and Democratic leaders travel to Indianapolis for campaigns
William J. Bryan and a large Democratic delegation leave Chicago at noon on the Monon fast train for Indianapolis with a 4:52 p.m. arrival. The party includes Charles Bryan, Gov. N. C. Haskell, Norman E. Mack, Urey Woodson, John H. Burton and other national committee members from Illinois, Texas, North Carolina, Alabama and Kansas. They will stay at the Denison hotel, meet with Indiana Democrats, and attend a sequence of receptions, luncheons, and a Coliseum program featuring Taggart, Mack, Kern, Marshall, Bell, and Bryan. The schedule includes hands-on public greetings and a dinner at the Country Club hosted by Kern.
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William J. Bryan
Party of Democratic
Chicago
Indianapolis
Charles Bryan
N. C. Haskell
Norman E. Mack
Urey Woodson
John H. Burton
Myron D. King
John J Martin
Roger C. Sullivan
Ili
Thomas Taggart
Denison
Bryan
National Committee
Indiana
Knights of Pythias
William Jennings Bryan
John Worth Kern
Theodore A. Bell
Thomas R. Marshall
U. S. Jackson
James T. Lloyd
James Morton
August M. Kuhn
Robert KE. Springsteen
William A. Holt
Joseph Reilly
Gilbert H. Hendren
Millard F. Fox
Gus Keevers
Ridgley B. Hillery
Fred Grossart
Nelson J. Hyde
Adam Heimberger
R. K. Erwin
T. D. Scales
Alivin Padgett
Marks Storen
George S. Pleasants
Peter M. Foley
John E. Osborn
Lew G. Ellingham
M. E. Foley
J. Kirby Risk
A. C. Emshmiller
Ed G. Hoffman
S. N. Stevens
Indianapolis Military Band
Denison Hotel
Coliseum
New York
Democratic National Committee
California
Thomas RB. Marshall
Williams Jennings Bryan
Thomas FR. Marshall
Country Club
John W. Kern
Kern
Mrs. Marshall
Big Four Route Excursion Praised By Camp Algonac Visit
The Sun of Indianapolis commends a Big Four excursion to Camp Algonac on a recent special train. The letter praises the well matched party and urges a future date in 1909, predicting at least a thousand attendees from Seienarets.
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the Sun
Indianapolis
Sun
Camp Algonac
Stin
Seienarets
Megginerrey
Amenger
Dep’t
Roote
Wealthy planter dies after smoke a day on voyage
New York, Aug 4 The North German Lloyd liner Pring. Friedrich Wilhelm reached port today with the body of Herman Lewin a wealthy planter of Alexandria La who died on the voyage shortly after smoking his twenty fifth cigar that day He had been
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New York
Pring
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Bull
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Union Station
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Parks M. Martin
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