Girls abducted and sold into slavery in Chinese harems
Armed men from Knox county forced a jailer in London Kentucky on Monday night at gunpoint to release a Black individual with a life sentence in a lumber merchant case. The man died in a related incident at an apple tree on the town edge after the jailer yielded to the capture. The case involved a juror disagreement followed by a life sentence.
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Borifys-Mare Press Association
London
Knox County
Immigrant Bureau Reveals Girls Sold to Chinese Masters
A Chicago report says forty nine American girls were sold into Chinese harems, with two French women implicated as procurers. The tale details rescues, disappearances, and potential prosecutions across Chicago Shanghai and involves American and British consuls, Chinese officials, and police investigations. The story notes lack of a national law against exporting women for immoral purposes and mentions ongoing enforcement efforts.
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Chicago
Bcripps-Mare Press Association
Shangwai
Fury Steret Service
Immigration Bureau
Louise Aller
Montreal
Cante
Hines
Shanghai
Eva Campeau
Maigie Drovin
Victoria
Stamour
Chi~ Cuxo
J. W. Burst
Chinese Immigration Bureau
James J. Rutgers
Bhunghal
Molten Metal Explosion Kills One at Joliet Plant
A territe explosion at the Joliet Illinois Brake Company site at midnight poured molten metal over workers. One man died, three fatally injured, and about six others seriously hurt. two workers named Michael Beruski and Alicks Bughmitz were among the injured.
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Scripps Sirae Press Association
Soliet
Joliet
Llinois Breet Company
Alicks Bughmitz
Toon Crisp
Michael Beruski
French Fleet Mobilizes At Fort de France
French naval squadron readiness reported at Fort de France Martinique signals precautionary posture against Venezuela. Dispatch notes potential demonstration and negotiation aims with French Cable Company while detailing miscellaneous local ads and items.
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Ecripps-3thar Press Association
Paris
Fort de France
Martinque
Venezuela
Caracas
Too Green to Be a Crook in Mattoon Tale
A naïve con man named Mattern operated in Mattoon offering rail road timekeeper jobs. He collected deposits, fleeced several victims, and was arrested after a detective intervened. Judge Aferd fined him nine dollars and sent him to the workhouse for ten days.
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PRP
Mattoon
Indiana
Stour |Ile
Mattern
Tire
I Indiamanvalle
Troy
Thompson
Ant
Raving
Mfingis
Mittérn
Ta Tmeny
Lwlire
Toy Pative Department
Mit
Aaferd
Barnes Out of Jail After Robbery Inquiry in Tevinston
The jail inquiry centered on the Barnes case with Deputy Fish and Commissioner Earle linking several men to Riverside Park and possible officers involvement. A payment by a water company employee named Far Jan is noted, and investigators aim to determine whether more arrests follow as road oil development plans continue.
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Tevinston
Barnes
Npt
Ted
Callies
Far Jan Employe
Water Commany
Tid Barnes
Fish and Gime
Earle
Uiverside Park
Kavle
Uetts
Marne
Tao
Sean Ce
Pedeum
Mutual Life Head Again Under Fire
New York Oct 17 Charles M Keeon assistant counsel for the legislative investigative committee produced figures showing that the Mutual Life assets do not exceed the capital of three major European banks the Bank of England the Bank of France and the Imperial Bank of Germany. He presented cablegrams with bank assets and officer salaries, countering earlier statements that the Mutual Life surpasses these banks in value. President McCurdy testified and defended the company amid questions about dividends and policyholder benefits.
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M'Keon
Scripps
RAE Press
New York
Legislative Investigating Instance Committee
James McKean
James M. Beck
Mutual Life
McCurdy
Bank of England
Bank of France
Imperial Bank of Germany
McKeon
Ngland
MISSI
Bank of Enaiani
Beck
Inguubittor Hughes
Itchard AL McCurdy
Hughes
Mfr Insurance
Hid
Cholera Infected Hogs Sold To Indianapolis Packing Houses
The Union stockyards receive cholera infected hogs sent to local packing houses. Inspectors vary in condemning or passing meat, with diseased animals often reaching markets nationwide. Government dairy and agricultural authorities face criticism for allowing contaminated meat to reach consumers.
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Indianapolis
Union
United States
Indiana
Europe
United Sates Department of ‘Agriculture
Beef Trust
Poet Sea
Rockefeller Portrait With Miss McCormick Highlighted
A historical photo features John D. Rockefeller and Little Miss McCormick, daughter of Harold McCormick and Edith Rockefeller, posing together shortly before Rockefeller began wearing a wig, underscoring family ties and changing appearances.
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John D. Rockefeller
Miss McCormick
Harold McCormick
Edith
Rockefeller
Red Men Contest Highlights Great High Council Election
The Great High Council of the Improved Order of Red Men met in Tominson hall to select a junior sagamore from four candidates: Barker Franklin, Rob inson Greenfield, Robertson Indianapolis, and Livengood Wayne town. The session followed a police court case about liquor at Bellevue roadhouse, where four boys ages 14 to 16 testified about drinking and an assault incident.
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Junior Sagamore
Great High Council of the Improved Order of Red Men
Tominson Hall
BF. Barker
Franklin
C. A. Robinson
Greenfield
Charles Roberton
Indianapolis
W. W. Livengood
Waynetown
Four Gamblers in the Tow Closed Police Court Fines
Four gamblers appeared in police court Tuesday morning before Judge Thomas B. Whallon. Nicholas Lux, operator of a saloon at the St Nicholas hotel, was fined $8 for running a gambling house and $10 for violating the Nicholson law. Charles B. Parks and Jorge Monroe each drew $10 plus costs and ten days suspended. Louis Brown of the Lorraine hotel was fined $10 and costs with ten days in jail suspended. The case stemmed from police complaints about the Bt Nicholas hotel bar and illicit gambling and craps activity.
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Hauer
Tellevue
John Heintine
Joseph Richardson
Thomes E. Whallon
George Kirkpatrick
Leroy Vernon
Charles Fritchie
Tilley Thorns
Bellevue
Willard Thomas
Eoher
Bellevus
Kirkpatrick
Heiilwe
Nicholson
Richardson
Neiling
Sambiere
Thomas B. Whallon
Nicholas Lux
Bt. Nicholas Hotel
Wo Ohlost
Charles B. Parks
Jorge Monroe
Lux
Park
Monroe
Faye
Bt. Nicholas
Viet Il
Louis Brown
Dire
Lorraine Holal
Tex Daya
Suspect Samuel Benedict Charged in Home Assault Case
Samuel Benedict, 60, a carpenter of 230 Vander street, is held on a grave charge after being identified by Aliie Langweil, 24, of 230 Vander street, as the man who attempted an assault at her home Monday night.
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Samuel Benedict
Carpenter
Vander-st
Aliee Langweil
Steam Heating Estimates in City Drop
Enstimates the lowest in the city. Give . & call. Kruse 2 Daventer.
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Kruse 2
Daventer
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