Duck with four feet wows crowds in Marion County
A Pekin duck from Eugene Thompson’s farm northeast of Brightwood, near Mount Tersyville, hatched weak but thrived with extraordinary growth. The duck, named Biddy, wobbles on four feet while an extra pair trails behind, drawing hundreds as owners guard the rare curiosity and plan public exhibitions.
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Moses
Uney
Marion County
Eugene Thompson
Brighteod
Mute Tersyille
Thompson
Satan
Mr.Thompson
Thompsons
Tiddy
Corpse Protests During Autopsy in New York Case
Simon Greenberg, deemed dead, suddenly sat up and objected to an autopsy. Coroner Jackson halted the inquest after doctors reported brain death. four men were arrested for manslaughter. The case hinges on whether Greenberg’s life signs warrant further investigation while authorities reassess the procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Simon Greenberg
Jackson
Greenberg
Peel
Ickson
Coyner Jackson
Local Indiana News Makers Chronicle Strange Fatalities
Readers are presented a fragmented Indiana news column mentioning John Matsos of Hammond burned to death by slag, Henry Spear killed, James Bragg fatally injured at LaPorte, and a fire threatening Hunt glass plant in Summitville. It also notes a mysterious disappearance of George Frick in Vineranes, plus quirky items about writers, estates, and a burglary incident involving Milo Stumpp in Union City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Matsos
Hammond
Henry Spear
James Bragg
LaPorte
Monon
Hunt Glass
Summitville
Indianapolis
George Frick
Vineranes
Harry Daniels
Decatur Journal
Legeney
Thorpe
Otten City
Powerful Postum Coffee Ends Coffee Woes in Texas Tale
A Texas woman credits Postum Cereal Coffee with steadying strength while living mostly on the drink for over a month. Her family physician substituted Postum for coffee, citing improved health. The woman’s parents also switched from coffee and report relief from nervousness and sleeplessness, attributing the change to Postum.
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Texas
Mother
Postum
Iy Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Suicide notes and self inflicted deaths in various cities
reports show Mrs. John M. Olsen in Chicago apparently killed herself after her husband’s late return in Huntington West Virginia Mrs Jennie Yutey of Arthur Illinois also killed herself after leaving her husband and being involved with a wealthy Logan man in the state Suspect Mississippi primary votes on Aug 23 to choose a US senator between Money and Longino and a tragic accident in Ashtabula Ohio where Tony Bernardos four year old child crushed itself under a saloon bar after pulling it down for a short time
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Chicago
Hani
John M. Olsen
Huntington
W. Va
Jennie Yutey
Arthur, i
Logan
Ashtabula
Tony Bernardo
Endow American Colleges for Public Service Talk
Jane S. White former ambassador and Cornell president urged American millionaires led by Andrew Carnegie to fund education for statesmanship. He proposed endowments across 25 universities for public affairs professorships and fellowships, studies in administration and American history, plus music and literature to foster civic virtue. The plea came at a class reunion where graduates applauded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Janes. White
Andrew Alur
Geremany
Cornell University
Andrew Carnegie
White
Youths of America
Rlass of
Loftus suspended in league action and Burkett fined
President Han Johnson of the American league suspended Washington manager Tom Loftus for five days and fined St Louis player Jesse Burkett 330. A letter was also sent censuring umpire Connolly for delaying action in the Saturday fight in St Louis. In Charleston, West Virginia, Blue Creek coal and land company, associated with ex Gov. W A MacCorkle, filed deeds transferring 36,000 acres of coal and timber lands, paid 349,000.
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Chicago
Han Johnson
Tom Loftus
Washington
Jesse Burkett
St. Louis
Connolly
Loftus
Burkett
Big Land Deal
Charleston
W. Va
Blue Creek Coal and Land Company
W. A. MacCorkle
Blue Creek
Drica
No Inducement to Captain to Carry a Corpse on His Liner
Pierre Mennett, a wealthy manufacturer in Philadelphia, pleads with ship officials to land his dead wife’s body after a tragedy at sea. He offers all his money as he stands with his two children while sailors cast a weighted dory into the Atlantic. No embalming arrangements existed aboard the French liner Suvore, and unwritten maritime law weighs heavy on the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Bennett
Philadelphia
Pierre Mennett
Bennett
Pope leads weak after Monday's work in Rome
In Rome on June 3 the pope's condition grew weak after Moulay's celebratory rite, sparking fears of a long depression. Elsewhere, Bergian officers in Belgrade saw Col. Masehen, linked to Queen Draga's death, offer to kill himself if needed. Paris reports growing public pressure for Premier Combes to resign. Vienna notes Japan's neutrality pledge in Manchuria in exchange for commercial gains. London covers the Prince of Wales opening the Royal Agricultural Show and Athens notes mourning for King Alexander of Servia ordered by King George.
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Rome
Moulay
Draga
Vienna
Belgrade
Col
Masehen
Paris
Loubet
Conmibes
Japan
Westerstrype Correspondeng
Kuroptkin
Russia
Tekin
Sun
Cara
Manchuria
Prince
London
Prince of Wales
Edward
Alexander
Athens
George
Alexander of
Servia
Floods Hit Lyttleton and Nearby Rivers In Heavy Rain
Reported floods in Lyttleton and surrounding areas show rivers at their highest levels in years. Roads washed out and impassable while the Scohegan River necessitated a rescue to save goods from Brewels Meal's furniture factory. Nashon River rises to record levels as rainfall totals approach fourteen inches and continue.
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Lyttleton
Nsn
Amposte
Israel
Scohegan
Milford
Brewels & Meal
Nashon
Disease Worsens in Philippines War Zone
Health reports from the Philippines raise alarm at the War Department with a rising tally of tropical illnesses. Cholera and bubonic plague deaths climb, with nearly 20 wartime cholera fatalities reported. Authorities at Manta impose strict measures as heat fails to stop spread.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Manta
Whisky War Brewing in Cincinnati
June 3 4 contract proposes a new distillery near Cincinnati to deter the whisky trust. The venture unites Freteri 6 Warkum Suiraistuling Westheimer & Sons J G Preiserg Alheinnat Grabtetter Herp heim Tres HH A Thierman and Soulsyle leaders with daily capacity of 800 bushels of grain. Capitalization planned amid rising spurious rate concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hoy Beet
Doval Concern
Terre Hauite
Comercial Distilling Company
Whisky Trust
Cimapany
Freteri
Warkum
Suiraistuling Company
der Westheimer & Sons
J. GA
Preiserg. Alheinnat
Grabtetter & Sons
Herpheim Tres
HH. A. Thierman Cain
Soulsyle
Indiana boy sent to industrial school for wreck attempt
A 14 year old Fort Wayne boy was sentenced to the Industrial School at Waukesha for trying to derail two Northwestern trains near Brooklyn Wisconsin. He and relatives were traveling by wagon when the plan failed and no one was harmed. The youth later said he wanted to see a wreck.
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Wadisun
Wis
Fort Wayne
Waukeshaml
Brooklyn
Carter
Harvey
President Roosevelt Gives Bear to the Zoo in Washington
A small black bear with ragged fur was sent to the zoo by the Roosevelt administration after residents of Phoenix, Arizona requested a bear. The White House planned to supply quarters for the animal, while officials decided the safest plan was to send the cub to the zoo to grow among its native companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Phoenix
Ariz
White House
Express
Sulphuric Acid Attack Shocks Local College Scene
An unknown young man attacked F C Lawhead with sulphuric acid, burning him severely and threatening both eyes. A pharmacy student from Anda normal university may be involved as motive is unclear. Coroner and police doubt finding a responsible party, funeral details for Zimmeran followed the incident.
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Ada
Alehe
F.C. Lawhead
Wert
Anda Normal University
Lawhead
Treauty
Joulnuay
Veen
Vuvewner Win Mae We
Mrs Alsip as Attorney in Chicago Court Case
In Chicago on June 2 Mrs. Alsip acted as attorney in Judge Cheliain's court, cross examining her husband Mr. Alsip who sues for divorce. She stated she had not spoken with him for years and pressed questions vigorously. The hearing will be concluded Thursday as Mrs. Alsip has filed a cross bill.
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Chicago
Jnne
Alsi
Cheliain
Alsip
Diy
Mra
Judge drenched by hose attack in Coshocton street event
In Coshocton on a Monday Judge Don Ley was splashed with a garden hose by Mrs. Hugh Gambie. The judge issued a warrant for her arrest and the case advanced to trial. The incident followed Gambie's defeat in the sheriff nomination and her vow of vengeance against Don Joy.
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Coshocton
Donley
Hugh Gambie
Ike
Cmble
Gamble
Don Joy
Explosion injures men at Ohio capital gas tunnel mouth
In Columbus on Monday evening a natural gas explosion at a sewer tunnel mouth near Park and Ackroysts injured Jane U and men named Albert Adams, George Immert, Henry Otts Kilbourne, and Charles McBride. All were hospitalized with recovery expected.
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Columbus
Jane Se
Albert Adams
George Immert
Henry Otts Kilbourne
Charles McBride
Park and Aekorysts
Jane
Great Grandmother At Age Fifty In Country
Parkersburg West Virginia reports Mrs Lawrence Blunter of Chester is named the youngest great grandmother in the country at fifty. The article notes her great granddaughter was born Sunday night and mentions family milestones with ages and generations.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Supe T
Lawrence Blunter
Chester
Delleyeu
Ako
Hunter
Chiledren
Ife
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Indianapolis Citizen
An Indianapolis resident, A. T. Fuller of 13 California St., reports sharp back and kidney pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He describes persistent stabbing pains, improved kidney secretions, and rapid recovery after purchasing at Henry J. Huder's drug store. Foster-Moburg Co. is listed as the U. S. agent. price 60 cents. recall the name Doan's.
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Indigsnapolis
A. T. Fuller
California St
North
Dean
Henry J. Huder
Foster-Moburn Co
Buffalo
United States
Doan's
Little Girl Foils Prison Break in Gallatin
In Gallatin Tennessee on June 2 a 14 year old girl named Luta Brackie thwarted a jailer’s escape by holding prisoners at bay as they attempted to lower away through a wall using a blanket rope. Her father Jasheritt Brackie aided the effort until help arrived. The report pairs this dramatic incident with a tangential ad copy about Cascarets candy and Maj. H. L. Kramer highlighting “work while you sleep.”
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Gallatin
Tenn
Luta Brackie
Jasheritt
Watcred
Maj. H. L. Kramer
Medicis
Maj. Kramer
Fire destroys Peats residence in Greenwich tragedy
In Greenwich Connecticut on June 2 a fire destroyed the Peats family home value about 100100 dollars. Pests' wife and their 1 year old daughter Genevieve were injured in the blaze caused by an explosion of a lamp. The child is believed to have died from burns.
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Greenwich
Conn
Genevieve
Peats
Vesuvius Eruption Draws Crowds to Naples Display
Mount Vesuvius belches lava in a full eruption as residents flee the area. Spectators gather to view the dramatic display, with thousands arriving to witness the event in Naples.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Inter- Tor
Walter Joseph Tries to Shuffle, Saved in Ohio Incident
In Hamilton Ohio Walter Joseph, 28, swallowed match heads and olive air mixture after a failed attempt at self harm. Doctors pumped his stomach and he is expected to recover. Authorities note personal troubles related to his love life preceded the act.
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Hamilton
Jones
Walter Joserth
Walter
Louis Woman Frightened to Death in Fire
In St Louis Mo on June 2 during a house fire Mira Louisa Pernot died before medical help could arrive as she became frightened during the blaze.
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Louis
Mira
Louisa Pernot
Tug Cheney Sunk After Collision Drowns Three Crewmembers
The OW Cheney tugboat was rammed by a vessel near Ovfealo New York, resulting in three crew deaths. The crew listed as Cant. Joseph Whelan, Aualy Shafer, and Tddes Busan per the wreck report.
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N.Y
Dune S
Cheney
Une Pret
Joseph Whelan
Aualy Shafer
Tddes Busan
President Mitchell Writing Book Amid Overwork Strain
President Mitchell faces health concerns from overwork while drafting a literary work. Friends note the burden rivals his public duties as he continues with mining union writing and other labors.
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Mitchell
Cracksmen Rob Clyde Postoffice of $200
Robbers cracked Clyde Post Office and stole about $200. The burglars forced a safe opening and escaped. police, doubtless aided by witnesses, pursue leads as details from the incident remain unclear.
Man Stabbed in Throat Kills 20 Lawless
Fragmentary report notes a stabbing incident on June 2 in ATI CH involving Michael Lacw Tess, 28, who died after being stabbed in the throat while near a station. Details about location, weapon, and circumstances are unclear. a hospital transfer and treatment are mentioned amid garbled text and ads.
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Ati
Michael Lacw Tess
Ne Sion
Starp
Ava
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