Confiding Trick Steals Life Savings From Destitute Immigrant
In New York on November 21 Henry Meinicke, a California consumptive en route to Germany, lost his $2500 life savings to two strangers. A sympathetic pair posed as fellow travelers and promised to safeguard $380 in German notes, then vanished after replacing the contents with a dummy pouch. Investigating officers suspect a satchel swap.
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New York
Henry Meinicke
California
Germany
Reed
Meinicke
Charles Street
Lieut. Collins
Wwe
Indiana Notables Spotted in New York Hotels This Week
A list shows numerous Indiana figures including F. Beck J. Cromer C A Schrader T Dean L Bloomfield W Richardson Henry Spain CC Ferguson J F Malson J R Shearman M H Bates M Paxton H B Perrin S B Sutphire of Indianapolis and C C Cole of Terre Haute were seen at New York hotels during the week.
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New York
F. B. Beck
J. B. Cromer
C. A. Schrader
T. Dean
L. Bloomfield
W. W. Richardson
Henry Spain
CC. O. Ferguson
J. F. Malson
J. R. Shearman
M. H. Bates
M. Paxton
H. B. Perrin
S. B. Sutphire
Indianapolis
C. C. Cole
Terre Haute
Woman Baffles Knife-Wielding Suitor in Domestic Incident
George Peek, 57, went courting Friday night carrying a knife. Mrs. Grace Merritt of 327 W Maryland street threw a dish to distract him, allowing her to flee and summon Bicycle Policemen Schlangens and Rademacher. They restrained Peek and recovered the knife.
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George Peek
Grace Merritt
Maryland
Peek
Coffee Poison in Caffeine Warns of Health Risks
A reader letter extolls Postum as a remedy after suffering heart palpitations and insomnia from coffee. The writer describes stopping coffee, trying Postum, and experiencing improved health and meals, praising the product from Battle Creek and noting the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Christ Church Announces Fifty Anniversary Music Program
Christ Church marks its fiftieth anniversary with a varied music program including Dudley Buck Te Deum in E flat and Greene’s Praise the Lord. a 50-voice choir will perform Rossini and a flute solo. Services and concerts fill a Sunday schedule across local churches with multiple preaching themes and union services.
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Music For
Christchurch
E Flat
Dudley Buck
Schaffter
W. M. Ford
Joachim Anderson
Hungry youth quits hypnotist in public display
In Princeton Indiana on November 21 Logan Gasaway, a local youth, lay in a supposed hypnotic state in a show window on the public square. He suddenly hopped down from the window and declared he was hungry and tired of lying there, then rushed home. He had been placed in the window Thursday night by an expert hypnotist and was to be aroused at a performance Friday night.
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Princeton
Ind
Logan Gasaway
Painter Jealousy Attack Ends in Suicide in Portland
Will Grandjean a painter, in a jealous assault on Carrie Swofford with a meat ax yesterday, failed to mortally harm her, then killed himself by drinking carbolic acid. The woman survived with a severe head wound but was not in danger.
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Portland
Ore
Will Grandjean
Carrie Swofford
Think Before You Believe Bread Quality Compare Slices
A contrast between a bread slice with large holes from quick rising and a home baked loaf made with Evans' E Z Bake Flour. The home loaf has even light texture, more body and nourishment, plus richer flavor from better ingredients used by the home cook.
School Board Considers Publishing Pupils Textbooks
Otto C. Schneider president of Chicago Board of Education discusses the possibility of the district publishing its own textbooks. He notes benefits, cites eliminating the book trust scandal, and suggests a $1000 prize for best manuscript with selections by principals district superintendent and superintendent of schools.
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Chicago
Otto C. Schneider
The
Board of Education
Book Trust
Odonts Off Toes And Rides Bicycle To Surgeon
Tuckerton New Jersey November 21 A 12 year old boy Arthur King son of Elmer King Parkertown storekeeper lost toes from an accidental gun discharge while rabbit hunting He mounted his bicycle and rode to Tuckerton to seek medical help The doctor says the plucky boy will be all right soon.
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Tuckerton
N. J
Arthur King
Elmer King
Parkertown
Acci
Charcoal Lozenges Claim Quick Stomach and Liver Relief
A promotion for Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges touts willow charcoal as a natural cleaner and absorber of gas. It claims improved digestion, reduced stomach gas and better liver function, aided by two or three lozenges after meals. Free trial packs offered by mail from F A Stuart Co, Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Murehall, Mich
PEST TO STEAL 3 SENATORSHIPS
The Indianapolis scene centers on a Republican plan to seize control of state senate committees including the contest of Marion County results. Democrats led by Frank J. Hall face potential committee chair changes as Republicans aim to seat Layman English and Potts, despite Democrat victories by about 490 votes. The strategy includes appointing all committees to influence elections and seating heldover senators.
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Senate
English
Marion
Frank J. Hall
Potts
Harlan
Clark and
Farrell
Policeman George H. Brown Wins Lowell Mayor Nomination
George H. Brown a 32 year old police officer won the Republican nomination in Lowell Massachusetts after a campaign claiming the police department's graft from top to bottom. He carried all precincts and topped his three opponents by about 1000 votes. Brown pledged to root out grafters and corrupt interests. He spoke to 15000 outdoors supporters the night before the caucus.
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Lowell, Mess
George H. Brown
Balicf
Strawn
Lowell
Brown
Fires at thieves in a field injure a farmer's sister
In Luray Virginia on a November night Blombay Duberry, a local farmer, shot at a crowd of marauders stealing corn. He wounded his sister, who wore a woman's attire and aided the pillage, as the group fled under moonlight after midnight. About a dozen were present.
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Luray. Va
Blombay Duberry
Ioroin
Lawyer Questions Delay in Rhinoceros Claim Suit
A humorous exchange appears in Fliegende Blatter about a lawyer delaying a lawsuit against Muller for calling him a rhinoceros. The Countryman replies he only saw a rhinoceros yesterday at the zoo.
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Muller
Strike Likely On New Haven Railroad Trike May Come
Four thousand conductors brakemen and yardmen on the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad appear bound for a walkout. A secret poll shows broad support for a strike if management refuses to meet demands, citing overwork and management appointments as main causes. The ultimatum is due Monday, risking a shutdown of the road.
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New Haven Road
New Haven, Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford
John L. Stevens
Panama Canal
William G. Bierd
Rock Island
New Haven
Soldier Dies After Calling For Soda In Drugstore
Lieut Otto Braemer Grimm of the signal corps United States Army collapsed and died in a Long Beach drugstore after asking for a glass of soda. He was on sick leave and had lived in Cleveland Ohio, with prior stationing in Omaha.
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Long Beach
Cal
Otto Braemer Grimm
Signal Corps
United States Army
Cleveland
Omaha
Night Creaked as 150 Rescue 16 Bodies in Brooklyn Sewer Collapse
In Gold street Brooklyn a sewer cave in during construction trapped 16 victims. Navy men and squads of 30 worked all night and today risking their lives to recover the bodies.
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New York
Navy
Gold Street
Brooklyn
Hunter killed by wounded deer on Pennsylvanian mountain
John Everett, a young hunter from Lock Haven, Pa, was killed near Coburn on Puad dy's mountain after shooting a deer. As he prepared to slaughter the buck with a knife, the animal charged, trampling him and stabbing his abdomen with its hoofs, leading to his death shortly after.
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Lock Haven
John Everett
Wis kilHed
Coburn
Everett
Puaddy's
Man Kills Self After Credit Refusal at Grocery
Godfrey Haus of Connellsville Pennsylvania shot and killed himself after being refused credit at a local grocery store. The incident occurred in Connellsville and authorities are investigating the motive and circumstances surrounding the suicide.
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Connellsville
Godfrey Haus
Wife of Rev. Harry Blunt Passes Away
Mrs. Harry Blunt wife of the Rev Harry Blunt pastor of the First Congregational church died Friday at the family home 1311 Central avenue. She was 32 years old and had lived in Indianapolis five years intestinal troubles caused her death the husband and two children survive
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Harry Blunt
First Congregational Church
Central Avenue
Large Cartridge Shipment Bound for Manila
A vast delivery of revolver cartridges for American troops in the Philippines totaling 4,086,000 units will be sent to Manila aboard the Pacific Mail Steamship Asia next Tuesday. The .32 caliber cartridges feature smokeless powder for use by troops stationed overseas.
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San Francisco
Philippines
Manila
Pacific Mail
Asia
Union Men Win Pardon for Nonunion Miner Marino
John Marino an Italian coal miner and nonmember of the United Mineworkers was pardoned from the New Mexico Penitentiary after four years of a life sentence. The pardon followed labor pressure and Roosevelt interest, with Governor Curry forwarding notice to John Mitchell of the UMWA. Marino was convicted in 1904 for killing a man amid a 1903-04 miners strike.
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Denver
Col
John Marino
New Mexico
Gov. Curry
John Mitchell
United Mineworkers of America
Marine
Roosevelt
Marino
Santa Fe
Los Cerilcos
N. M
Colorado
Atkins Honored by Hardware Association in Memphis
H. C. Atkins of Indianapolis received an honor from the American Hardware Manufacturers Association during its Memphis session. Mr Atkins was appointed a vice president of the organization.
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H. C. Atkins
Indianapolis
American Hardware Manufacturers’ Association
Memphis, Tenn
Athinga
These Men and the Sheath Skirt Demonstration News
A Houston Chronicle fragment recalls a domestic scene with a shopping plea and a proposed demonstration of a new sheath skirt. The dialogue features a husband resisting shopping while the event is teased. The excerpt captures social norms and fashion curiosity of the era.
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Nix
Nixey
Houston Chronicle
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