Portland Doctor Arrested on Man Slaughter Charge
Dr. Joseph S. Courtney, 52, of Portland Oregon, was arrested as he tried to board a Chicago train. A warrant accuses him of man slaughter in the death of a 15 year old girl after an operation he performed. Bond set at 10000, no signer present. The doctor was in town for the Ancient Order of Hibernians convention.
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Joseph S. Courtney
Portland
Ore
Chicago
Courtney
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Dr. Courtney
Highwaymen Hold Up Designer in Oak Street Incident
Charles IL Jackson, a designer living at 1013 Hall Place, was robbed Thursday night by two masked men with revolvers. They took 15 cents in front of Dr. William S. Tomlin’s residence at 1812 Illinois Street. Dr. Tomlin, his wife, and Richard Tuttle and his wife witnessed the fast holdup and only realized what happened after the men fled.
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Charles IL. Jackson
Hall Place
William S. Tomlin
N. Ilinois Street
Dr. Tomlin
Richard Tuttle
Mill Blows Up Killing Worker at King Powder Plant
A corning mill at the King Powder plant exploded yesterday afternoon in Lebanon Ohio killing Stanislaw Khbinski and mortally wounding James Crawford. The blast wrecked the mill and caused about 2000 dollars in damage.
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Lebanon
King Powder Plant
Stanislaw Khbinski
James Crawford
Man in Plaster Room Fends Off Intruder
A man in a plastered room reports an intruder entering the bedroom. The incident details are sparse but describe a confrontation inside a residence. No injuries or identities are provided in the readable text.
Tragedy in Chicago as boarder is slain by husband
In Chicago on July 24 Lucas Sletten, a boarder in a plaster cast invalid's home, is shot dead by William Branitzky. Branitzky, bedridden with spinal tuberculosis, fired after witnessing Sletten confront his wife Eloise Branitzky in the corridor. Sletten had caused past trouble with the couple and moved in three months ago. The shooting occurred at 8 30 PM as the wife tried to escape toward Branitzky's room.
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Chicago
Lucas Sletten
William Thomas Branitzky
Unity
Eloise
Branitzky
Stetten
Engineer Dies Trying to Save Heavy Train at Union Station
John B. Sage, a Big Four engineman, died after his engine left the rails at the west entrance of Union station. The granite-carrying engine toppled after running on ties for about 100 feet. Fireman Luther Gwinn escaped with minor injuries, calling Sage to escape as he remained at his post. Sage, of 2438 Stuart Street Brightwood, had worked for the company since 1893. J. Q. Van Winkle, general manager, supervised the wrecking crew.
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John B. Sage
Union Station
Sage
Luther Gwinn
Gwinn
Stuart Street
Brightwood
J. Q. van Winkle
Negroes Visit Bryan at His Country Home
Lincoln Nebraska July 24 Yesterday was Bryan s busy day It was also his joyful day The business that occupied his time was greeting a steady stream of pilgrims The joyfulness was resultant on the visit of a delegation of Lincoln negroes heretofore stand Republicans who marched out to Fairview to pledge their support to the Democratic ticket.
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Lincoln, Neb
Bryan
Fairview
Roosevelt keeps up fight on trust ruling in oil case
President Roosevelt maintains a harsh stance on the Standard Oil judgment reversal while Judge Grosscup defends the decision. Roosevelt directs the attorney general to consult Frank B Kellogg and to pursue bringing the officers to justice.
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Roosevelt
New York
Frank B. Kellogg
Frank L Link Dies in Doctor’s Office in Indianapolis
Frank L Link of the Indianapolis Saddlery Company died suddenly Thursday night while in the office of Dr George W Combs on North Pennsylvania Street. Link had been ill and sought medical help. Despite assistance from several doctors, he died. Deputy Coroner Knox performed an autopsy and ruled death caused by air entering a vein. Link resided at 232 North Pennsylvania Street.
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Frank GL. Wink
Indianapolis Saddlery Company
George W. Combs
N. Pennsylvania Street
Link
Combs
Despondent man buys saloon then kills himself in Chicago
Walter A. Williams despondent over financial reverses shot himself last evening in Chicago after arriving three months earlier from Ohio. He had sold a 40 acre farm and opened a saloon business.
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Chicago
Walter A. Williams
Williams
Ohico
Storm at night kills soldiers during camp disaster
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania a fierce storm wrecked a 12 000 man Pennsylvania National Guard camp killing three guardsmen and injuring many others. Governor Stuart's sister Cora Stuart was among the injured as tents collapsed and flooding forced men to swim to safety.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania National
Burt Barber
Waynesburg
Morrison
Milton Garver
Uniontown
Cora Stuart
Shocked
C. C. Wiley
Pittsburg
O. J. Gunning
Warren
James A. Saunders
Eric
Morrisson
Butler
Christley
C. D. Mann
Barnhart Nominee Pledges Good Laws for Thirteenth District
Rochester Ind July 24 Harold A Barnhart editor of the Rochester Sentinel was nominated for Congress yesterday by Democrats in the Thirteenth district He declares he will vote for and work toward enactment of good laws regardless of party introducing them.
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Rochester
Ind
Harry A. Barnhart
The
Rochester Sentinel
Frankfort Advertises for Ten Men at Two Dollars a Day
Frankfort Construction company seeks ten laborers at two dollars daily for two months to complete a seven mile ditch project in Frankfort Indiana. The town reports no idle men at present and the ad appears in local notices dated July 24.
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Frankfort
Ind
Frankfort Construction Company
Don’ts For Fat Folks And The Detroit Idea
A satirical health note mocks summer dieting, praising the so called Detroit Idea that promises rapid fat loss without dieting. It lists a drug cocktail and casual lifestyle on the path to slimness, claiming one half ounce Marmola and Cascara Aromatic with Syrup Simplex can melt fat at a pound per day while allowing eating, drinking, and sleeping as desired.
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Detroit
Michigan City
Republicans eye Indiana legislature fight for party survival
Indiana Republicans push to preserve a legislative majority as Beveridge and Hemenway commit to campaign effort. They say they expect to win Taft and state tickets, but admit a hard race for the legislature with defections noted and fear the balance could hinge on local option and apportionment.
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Taft
Watson
Beveridge
Hemen- Way
Bacon
Hemenway
Indiana
Chicago
United States
National Congress
General Assembly
A. J. Beveridge
Roosevelt
Indianna
Carl Riddick
Republican State Central Committee
Repubblicans
Everett Leonard Dies in Fall Creek Drowning
Everett Leonard 19 of 1115 E Thirteenth Street drowned while swimming in Fall Creek north of Thirtieth Street Thursday night. Companion Donald Smith tried to save him but Leonard fought, forcing Smith to retreat. Leonard lived with his parents and was a painter. body not recovered.
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Everett Leonard
Thirteenth Street
Fall Creek
Thirtieth Street
Donald Smith
Leonard
Smith
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