Italian fruit peddler shot by city worker near Germania park
Antonio Mascari, Italian fruit peddler, was seriously wounded by Gus Guiffre, Italian employee of the city engineer’s department, in an isolated area near Germania park. Guiffre fled but surrendered to police at 1:50 PM after a brief escape. The motive remains unclear as officers pursue both suspects through Mary land and Virginia Avenues to Garfield park. Mascari’s address is 637 South Alabama Street.
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Antonio Mascari
Gus Guiffre
Germania Park
Guiffre
Shelby Street
Garfield Park
Mascari
Alabama Street
Mayor Bookwalter
Brookville
Ind
Metzger
Cunard Slavonia wrecked on Flores rocks loss certain
Reports from New York say the Cunard liner Slavonia struck the southwest coast of Flores Azores and will be a total loss with cargo unsalvageable. Captain Von Latten-Peterssen of the Prinzess Irene reports all 110 cabin passengers evacuated. panic among steerage and orderly cabin passengers. Separate notes ridicule Brookville Indiana mayor and local police chief Metzger amid calls for suspension.
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New York
Cunard
Hmer Slavonia
Flores
Azores
F. von Latten-Peterssen
Lloyd Line
Slavonia
Prinzess Trene
Indiana Auctioneers Elect Officers In Jubilant Meet
The annual gathering of the International Association of Auctioneers closes with Chicago chosen as next host city. Elected officers include President Anson G. Madden Covington Ind Vice President C E Robbins Amocret Mo Treasurer J E Stout Peoria Ill and Sergeant at Arms A A Figg Danville Ind. The event featured a grand banquet with doughnuts on tin platters and a festive mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Association of Auctioneers
Indiana Auctioneers’ Association
Lew Shank
Chicago
Anson G. Madden
Covington
Ind
C. E. Robbins
Amocret
J. E. Stout
Peoria
Ill
A. A. Figg
Danville, Ind
Harriman Under Care of English Doctors
News from England reports E. H. Harriman is undergoing treatment in London for grave organic trouble a suspected heart and kidney complication. A London specialist has examined the financier and New York dispatches say the reports reflect his diagnosis and condition.
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New York
England
E. H. Harriman
London
Two Negroes Hanged and Riddled by Mob in Columbia
In Columbia South Carolina on June 12 Frank Samuels and Quinie Simmons two Black men suspected of fatally robbing and wounding J B Smoak at Smoak Station two weeks earlier were seized from Colleton county jail by a mob of about 160 men. They were hanged to a tree near the jail and shot with buckshot. Authorities say the evidence was convincing and one man had partly confessed.
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Columbia
S. C
Frank Samuels
Quinie Simmons
J. B. Smoak
Smoak Station
Colleton County
Multiple early 20th century notices and incidents in brief
A collection of scattered items from June reports: Dr. H. B. Ward of the University of Nebraska Medical College is named head of zoology at the University of the City of New York. A factory inspector fails to prove child labor law validity. Actress Gretchen Hartman appeared in Mary Jane's Pa. A jury cannot reach a verdict after eight hours. Samuel Walker Hoover of McConnells Town shoots himself amid alleged postal troubles. Balloon ascent plans set by Aero Club of New England from Rutland to cross parts of the Green Mountains and Presidential Range. Chester S. Jordan seeks a new trial on murder findings, claiming juror insanity. Scarlet fever triggers early end to Summer St George School in Newport. Willam Muldoon, 18, remains unconscious after a pitching accident. Helen Thompson, 14, treated for hydrophobia after being bitten by a boy.
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Chicago
Davies
Gretchen Hartman
Woman's Trial Reveals Murder Plan and Self Defense Claim
Elmer S Ginn testifies about plotting to kill his wife's lover William Walker in a rented room at 62 E Market Street. He says Walker attacked first and he fired five times after attempting to force Walker to disrobe in the street, while Ginn's wife Mabel hid under the bed.
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Elmer S. Ginn
Mabel Ginn
William Walker
Walker
Crinn
Ginn
E. Market Street
Wa Hneara
Indiana Board Backs Scribner Howe Readers Amid Law Questions
The State Board of School Book Commissioners secretly approved Scribner's bid for Howe readers for Indiana schools, ignore 1909 form and law. Critics say any citizen may enjoin state contracts with Scribner, bond reduced to 50,000, now liquidated for full state loss if breached. The McMillan company refused to comply.
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State Board of School Book Commissioners
Scribner Company
Howe
Indiana
Ers
Howe Readers
Scribner
Howe Reader
McMillan Company
Henry Dixey Announces New Marriage to Marye Nordstron
The famous comedian Henry Z Dixey has disclosed he married again a few days ago. He says the ceremony occurred at least three weeks prior, and his wife is Marye Nordstron.
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Henry Z. Dixey
Marye Nordstron
MR. Dixey
France Earthquake Shocks Southern Cities Across Riviera
Reports from southern France at noon list 22 dead with fears of a total of 100. In Lambeac eight killed, many houses wrecked, streets filled with terrified residents, and troops sent to search debris. Tremors reached Toulon, Aix-en-Provence, Cannes, Perpignan, Montpellier, and Marseille, with widespread damage and prolonged aftershocks.
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Paris
Jume
France
St. Chamas
Marseilles
Lambeac
Riviera
Aignon
Toulon
Vauda
la Plane
Montpelier
Aix-en-Provence
Eguilles
Aix
Cannes
Perpignan
Cette
Beziers
Wispatches
Bruilles
Gil Refuses Rescue From Deep Shame
Catherine Ward age two of Aurora Indiana preferred an illegal house run by Pearl St Clair to a Rescue Mission home. Ward and two women were arrested Friday afternoon by Patrolman Mackessey after Rev Houston tried to persuade them to go to the mission. Ward was released in court for lack of charge while the other two women were sued.
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Catherine Ward
Aurora
Ind
Pearl St. Clair
S. Sen
St. Clair
Mackessey
Rev
Houston
Indianapolis
Rev. Houston
Massachusetts Avenue
Union Station
Miss Ward
Misa Ward
Old Headlights On Locomotives In Tho Th State
The railroad commission held an open session with engineers and railroad officials to discuss new laws regulating locomotive headlights. Of 3 552 engines, 74 use electric lights, 12 use gas, and the rest rely on oil. Engineers oppose stronger lights due to glare and signal reading issues. A Missouri governor vetoed a similar bill. About 200 engineers attended, and live tests were planned before rules are issued.
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Railroad Commission
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Gines
Organization of Engineers
Jefferson City
Missouri
Indiana
Death by own action verdict in Leilah Hamilton case
Canton New York June 12 The grand jury of St Lawrence county concluded a full investigation by returning a verdict that 16 year old Leilah Hamilton of De Grasse died by her own action after taking strychnine resolving the mystery surrounding her death.
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Canton
N. Y
Leilah Hiamilton
de Grasse
St. Lawrence County
Administrator Named for Lewis G. Akin Estate
Fred B. Akin named administrator of the estate of the late Lewis G. Akin former deputy clerk who died in Superior Court No 2. Akin also to close the guardianship of Edna J Corbley and to manage the father’s property.
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Fred B. Akin
Lewis G. Akin
Superior Court No. 2
Mr. Akin
Edna J.corbley
Mary Agnes Ruiz Identified as Boilermaker's Daughter in St Louis
St Louis friends confirm Mary Agnes O'Brien Ruiz, daughter of late Charles O'Brien a boilermaker, died by her own hand in London. Born near Ninth and Cass, she toured life from Everett school to famed escapades. Her brother Charlie once a fireman resigned after her engine house visit.
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ST. Louis
Mary Agnes O’brien Ruiz
London
Charles O'Brien
Ninth Street
Cass Avenue
Charles
Everett School
Misa
New Orleans
Rucker
Mary Agnes O'Brien
Charlie
Washington
Auto Drops into Creek. Two Die Near San Jose
Bloomington Illinois June 12 An automobile veered off a road near San Jose and plunged from a bridge into a creek. Oscar Wacht and Miss Leavitt, returning home from a social function, were drowned. The car occupants were later identified as the deceased in the accident.
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Bloomington
San Jose
Oscar Wacht
Miss Leavitt
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Capt. Asche
William Jones
St. Vincent's Hospital
Maryland
Virginia Avenue
Him
Senorita
Senoriva Ruiz
John Tyron Kelly
Fike Metzger
Meck
Ocean Rocks
Fen Cooper
Board of Public Safety
Cooper
Police
Eeee
Omaha
H. B. Ward
University of Nebraska Medical College
University of the City of New York
Huntingdon
Samuel Walker Hoover
McConnelstown
Samuel W. Hoover
Rutland
Aero Club of New England
Aeronauts
Green Mountains
Presidential Range
New Hampshire
Mount
Cambridge
Mass
Chester
Jordan
Somerville
Newport
St. George
Middletown
Sommerville
Willam Muldoon
Waltham
Helen Thompson
Fort
School Book Commission
Rors
Henry Dixey
Eaton & Co
Ginn & Co
Gil
Ate Avenue
Noti
Commission
Verdigt I Leilah Hamilton
Agnes Ruiz Qaughter
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