Westport Man Kills Wife With Cleaver Then Shoots Self
In New Bedford Massachusetts Robert M Fanning 28 a Westport car dealer killed his wife Lena ? with a cleaver after two money disputes. He wrote an eight page letter then had his chauffeur drive him to police headquarters where he fatally shot himself after handing the letter to an officer. The note directed police to the body and asked for care of their 18 month old baby.
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Bedford
Mass
Robert M. Fanning
Westport
Lena
New Wedford
Explosion on Asahi Navy Ship Kills Four
An explosion aboard the Japanese navy ship Asahi yesterday killed four sailors and injured five others. The extent of damage to the vessel is not yet known.
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TORIO
Asahi
Fatness Causes Slump In Markets At Chicago
Weak cables and larger world shipments combined with liberal receipts and good weather in the northwest to push prices down by percent to one cent with scattered selling by commission houses. Covering led to a reaction above yesterday's close.
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Chicago
Kenosha tannery strike ends as workers return
Kenosha Wis July 26 The strike at Allen Sona tannery was officially called off this morning. Every man returned to work and the deputies were withdrawn from the plant.
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Kenosha, Wis
Allen Sona’ Tannery
Tragedy At Home As Mrs Phillips Takes Life
Emma Phillips 38 committed suicide at her 607 East Ohio Street home by drinking carbolic acid after family troubles with her former husband and a quarrel with her sister. She left a note warning her sister not to view the body, but sister Mrs. Josephine South of 227 Noble Street took charge of the remains.
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Emma Phillips
Ohio Street
Josephine South
Noble Street
Three County Reunions Held at Brookside Park
Former residents of Boone, Hamilton and Hendricks counties gathered for annual reunions at Brookside park with each county presenting its own program. Boone officials included Prosecutor Horton and D. H. Olive as president. Hamilton speakers featured J Burdette Little and E Fr Nets. Hendricks lists A E Rogers as president with T R Gilleland and Anselm Hobbs as officers.
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Boone
Hamilton
Hendricks Counties
Brookside Park
Boone County
Prosecutor Horton
A. A. Zion
J. A. Johnson
D. E H. Oive
F. C. Martin
Claude Stephenson
M. Ralston
S. R. Artman
James Berryhill
June Custar
Boone Country Association
D. H. Olive
W. A. Tull
Strikers Guard Against Gaming of the Breaker
In Pittsburg area a mob attacked the Pressed Steel Car Company paint shop at Mckee's Rocks with bricks and stones smashing most windows. Deputies halted streetcar traffic and checked for strike-breakers. A skiff landing near the pumping station led to a battle with deputies. one invader was shot amid rumors the plant would smuggle strike breakers.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Mckee’s Rocks
Lawson's Daughter Dorothy to Wed McCall in Boston
Miss Dorothy Lawson daughter of Thomas W. Lawson will wed Henry McCall former Harvard second baseman and son of Congressman McCall of Winchester. Lawson, 20, McCall, 23, are in Boston on July 26 as the engagement is announced.
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Boston
Mass
Dorothy Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Henry McCall
Harvard Star
Congressman McCall
Winchester
Law
McCall
Lawson
Indiana Book Trust Battle Ends With Governor Marshall Win
The Indiana dispute over school readers and geography contracts ends with Governor Marshall rallying seven Board votes to reject the book trust plan. The move saves at least $250,000 and preserves the Walsh arithmetic while halting an expensive primary geography and preserving a $0.75 geography for a year. Publicity from the Indianapolis Sun and other papers pressured the Board to resist extortion and protect taxpayers.
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Howe
Aldine
Indiana
Lobbs-Merrill Company
State Board of Education
Indianapolis Sun
Gov
Marshall
Bobbs-Merrill
Indianapolis News
Book Trust
Ft. Wayne
Evansville
Terre Haute
Richmond
Gov. Marshall
Taft Father-in-law John W Herron Paralyzed in Stroke
John W Herron father-in law of President Taft has suffered a stroke of paralysis and is seriously ill at East Walnut Hills home of his son-in-law Charles Anderson Jr. The 52 year old is feared fatally afflicted as the Saturday stroke occurred.
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Cincinnati
John W. Herron
Taft
Charles Anderson, Jr
East Walnut Hills
Louis Bleriot Arrives in Dover After Channel Flight
Dover honors Louis Bleriot the French aviator who crossed the English Channel in a monoplane returning from Calais. He plans to retire from flying after the Rheims races and will travel to London for a public reception. The destroyed monoplane is a museum piece for curio hunters while signatures remain on preserved fragments.
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Dover
Eng
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Calais
France
M. Bleriot
Herbert Latham
Compte de Lambert
Bleriot
London
Rheims
Channel
Automobiles Cause Fatal and Serious Injuries Across Indiana
In Lafayette Wilbur Meredith, 28, was killed when a car driven by Harry Styner ran off a twenty foot embankment and overturned. Meredith’s neck was broken and Styner was later found uninjured. Blackwell sustained a broken leg and internal injuries. Former Madison County official Wilcox lost a finger and split his other hand when his car rolled between Anderson and Alexandria. In Seymour Theodore Groub and family were badly injured as their fast moving car wrecked and Groub faced probable death.
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Lafayette
Ind
Wilbur Meredith
George Blackwell
Harry Styner
Meredith
Styner
Indiana
Anderson
Wilcox
Madison County
Alexandria
T. W. Sullivan
G. W. Drake
Sullivan
Seymour
Theodore Groub
Groub
Wounded by a Boy Who Carried Rifle
Robert Hagenbach sixteen from Indianapolis visiting cousin Richard Schiller accidentally shot John Diggs in the hip with a .22-caliber rifle while sparrows hunting in Jonesville Indiana. The town marshal arrested Hagenbach but released him after proving the wound was accidental. Hagenbach left for home immediately after release.
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Jonesville
Ind
Robert Hagenbach
Indianapolis
Richard Schiller
John Diggs
Hagenbach
Marquard Spiked and Joins Mathewson in Hospital Row
New York reports Rube Marquard severely spiked after a Giants victory over Newark at Wiedemayer's park. Christy Mathewson remains in hospital with a finger injury but shows slow improvement while the Giants face pennant pressure.
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Marquard
New York
Christy Mathewson
Rube Marquard
Giant
Giants
Newark
Wiedemayer’s Park
Mathewson
Tid Bits Recipes For Entertaining At Home
A compact guide offering a couple dozen recipes of fascinating dishes for home entertaining. Includes a variety of tidbits and snacks. containers sold at grocers for 10 and 15 cents.
Butler Strike Continues at Standard Steel Plant
Butler Pennsylvania July 26 strike at the Standard Steel car plant winds up with 2000 workers inside when the whistle blew at seven. Seven strike leaders were discharged. Company officials say future hiring will favor American workers.
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