Burglary spree hits three homes Monday night
A man described as colored robbed three residences overnight. Mrs. Perry Lund woke to a pocketbook theft, Johnson and Craig's shop till was tapped for 15 dollars, and Mrs. Mary Lehman missed $3 from her pocketbook. The same suspect was seen at each site, but no arrest made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Lund
Elmst
Johnson & Craig's
Washington St
Mr. Burglar, the Bold
Mary Lehman
Collins St
Tragic mishap at Morristown ball game ends in death
In Belmont county Morristown during a Sunday game Staten Walker sat on a fence with friends. A companion handed him a knife blade pointed toward him when a bat struck the knife end causing the blade to drive into his heart. He collapsed and died without a word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Morristown
Belmont County
Staten Walker
Walker
Birth of a Rapid Baby Sparks Rail Station Riot
At Union Station in St. Louis a group of 30 Cherokee and Cheyenne Indians celebrated a newborn girl born on a Vandalia train. They rioted after liquor was served in beer glasses, smashing glassware and frightening crowds before police cleared the saloon and christened the infant Forty Miles an Hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Uncle Sam
Union Station
Milton
Minnie Strong
Coffee Fliers Urge Postum Over Coffee Habit
Northampton man James D. Kimble recalls twenty years of coffee use and its ill effects. He credits Postum Cereal Food Coffee with restoring appetite, nerves, strength, and digestion, calling coffee a slow poison and praising Postum as a builder of the system. He notes friends in Northampton also found health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Kimble
Northampton
Mass
Devery Bolsters Crowd Safety At Hill Rally
William Devery former chief of police and Tammany leader at district 9 saved a boy and stabilized a collapsing Madison Square Garden platform as David B Hill spoke to about 10 000 people. The railing gave way and Devery leapt to protect the crowd amid cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Devery
Tammany
Madison Square Garden
David B. Hill
Devery
Julia Marlowe's Queen Fiammetta Tour Postponed Indefinitely
Julia Marlowe's tour in The Queen Fiammetta has been postponed due to nervous collapse from overwork. She fell ill at Grand Central Station while traveling from Providence to Baltimore and fainted on stage last Friday night and again the next matinee. Dr John Stillwell says she will be bedbound for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Julia Marlowe
Queen Fiammetta
Miss Marlowe
Grand Central Station
Providence
Baltimore
John Stillwell
Nina Danforth Likely to Receive Light Sentence
Miss Nina Danforth, awaiting trial for six months for killing Fireman Emery, will likely appear before Judge Lawton in Cambridge next week. It is said she will receive a sentence of not more than two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Nina Danforth
Emery
Lawton
Cambridge
Indianap oil schoolteacher dies after bicycle crash
Miss Eliza Collins died at St. Vincent's hospital after being unconscious for nearly 200 hours following a head injury from a bicycle collision on Oct 19. She taught at school No. 52 in Indianapolis for 25 years and will be buried in Huntington, Indiana, her old home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Collins
St. Vincent's Hospital
Miss Collins
Indianapolis
New Jersey-st
Huntington
Ind
Lansing Man Skeleton Declared Greatest Discovery by Expert
Rev Henry Masenbaum D C L of Washington after study in four states stops in Lansing Kansas and states there is no evidence of fraud in the Lansing man skeleton finding calling it the greatest scientific discovery ever made and endorsing its genuineness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Henry Masenbaum
Washington, D. C
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Lansing
Kan
Washington
Baum
Independent cigar makers plan Sherman suit against tobacco trust
Chicago Oct. 28 Independent cigar manufacturers announced plans to sue the tobacco trust alleging anti trust violations. The suit is expected to be filed in the United States circuit court of the northern district of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Tobacco Trust
United States
Minois
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Offer Systemic Cure Claim
An article argues catarrh is a constitutional blood disorder, not local. It promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as an internal remedy that cleanses the blood and liver, reaches the disease’s true source, and provides relief from nose and throat mucus without cocaine or opiates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Florist George Graham Perishes in Bakery Fire
Fire started in the oven of Smith's Bakery at 823 Fort Wayne avenue, trapping 75 year old George Graham above the ovens. Firemen fought dense smoke and flames, breaking in doors, but Graham, a longtime florist at the Blind asylum, was found dead in his bed. The blaze caused about $1,000 in losses to building and stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith’s Bakery
George Graham
The
Blind Institute
Smith's Bakery
Fort Wayne-ave
John Hunt
Offire
Newman
Salvage Corps
City
Graham
Blind Asylum
Indianapolis
Fifty- Eighth-St
J. S. Smith & Son
Little girl perishes in fire from matches and newspapers
Ina Rosenweg, a five year old, burned to death at her home on Illinois Street when she played with matches and torn newspapers. The mother left her unattended. the father found her on the floor in flames. Coroner and doctor could not save her. Jewish rites delayed burial while the body was washed and dressed by the synagogue janitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosenweg
Eddy and
Missionary Describes China Slavery and Customs
Henry W Huntzell a Methodist missionary who arrived from China says it will take a century and big funds to civilize southern China. He describes murder as common and a lack of moral law with marriage rules favoring male protection and widespread slave traffic. In Sheridan Wyoming H S Boal, son-in-law of Buffalo Bill Cody, committed suicide at the Sheridan Inn with unknown motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma, Wash
China
Henry W. Huntzell
Sheridan
Wyo
Boal
W. F Cody
Buffalo Bil
Sheridan Inn
Wyoming
Chicago
Births and Marriages Notice with Local Names
Births listed for A. F. and Jennie Woodmansee a boy and Wm. and wood-st. a girl along with multiple other couples and locations. Marriages include Ned EB. Nelson and Nona E. Reagan and several other couples such as Charles Hrehob and Louise Koester and Gustavus J. Harvey and Ethel J. Jenkins.
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A. F
Jennie Woodmansee
Corona Flats
Wood-St
Reuben and
Mary Graisfield
W. Market-st
Charles and
Mary Barry
W. Twenty-ninth-st
Earl and
Estella Fyffe
Corneliave
Arthur and
Kate West
W. Mer- Till-st
Thomas and
Julia Hifferar
N. Senate-ave
Robert B
Daisy Haynes
Highland-ave
Martin and
Mary Campbell
City Hospital
Higgins
W. Nor
Ned EB. Nelson
Nona E. Reagan
Charles Hrehob
Louise Koester
Frank Salter
Pearl Turner
Gustavus J. Harvey
Ethel J. Jenkings
Robert Maxey
Georgie Poorhousehouse
Local Realty Improvements Stated in City Listings
A series of property work and construction values listed for several residents and businesses. Items include add ons, repairs, and new structures with prices ranging from 40 to 25 000 dollars. Notable entries cite Atlas engine works warehouse and multiple double frame dwellings across various streets.
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Atlas Engine Works
Nineteenth-st
Martindale-ave
Co. M. Freeman
Division St
C. M. Freeman
Coffy
Michigan agricultural college students strike over expulsions
In Lansing on October 28, 750 students at Michigan Agricultural College walk out in protest after 17 peers are expelled or suspended for alleged leadership in a class rush. Recitations were not attended by any students as faculty had banned class rushes for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Michigan Agricultural College
Prosecution Evidence Completed in Molineux Murder Trial
In New York on October 2, the ninth day of the Molineux murder trial, nearly all prosecution evidence has been submitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Molineux
No Cure for Ringworm Says PAZO OINTMENT Ad
Drugstore advertisement touts PAZO OINTMENT with a refund offer if it fails to cure ringworm letter ulcers sores and skin diseases. Claims relief for pimples and blackheads on the face. Priced at 50 cents.
Special Fast Train From Cincinnati on Sunday
A special fast train departs Cincinnati Sunday at 7 15 a m and stops only at Rushville Connersville and Hamilton. Return trip leaves Rushville at 6 20 p m.
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Rushville
Connersville
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Wallpaper and dry cleaning ads linked to local services
A fragment advertises wallpaper at low prices at 414 Virginia Ave with related notes on laundry and dry cleaning services. It mentions travel by rail to Detroit via Lakerie and Western and Wabash Roads with a 12:20 p.m. departure from Indianapolis and 6:10 p.m. arrival, plus an address for Narstadt's dye house and furniture about E. E. Reese, Dentist, moved to Newton Claypool Building, and a $2.0 special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Lakerie & Western
Wabash Roads
Indianapolis
Boy Crushed by Bear in Hot Springs Incident
In Hot Springs, a boy named Robert Tatum was crushed by a large black bear while near the animal with a keeper nearby. The bear drew him in and gripped his head in its mouth, fracturing the skull. the keeper freed the boy and he was found unconscious with no chance of recovery according to physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Hot Springs
Robert Tatum
Dr Shoop Rheumatic Cure promises cure at no cost
Advertisement offers Dr Shoop Rheumatic Cure with 2600 experiments claimed, promising to cure rheumatism at any stage without drugs. Readers are told to mail for an order, pay only if successful, and receive a month of treatment with six bottles for 5.50 or free if it fails, with a free book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Allarneaiat
White House to be reoccupied as rooms near ready
President and Mrs Roosevelt will move back into the White House next week with remodeled second floor living rooms nearly ready and the kitchen range for the chef installed. The dining room will be usable by week’s end as the Roosevelts plan a trip to Oyster Bay then voting in their home village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
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Kennedys
ST. Louis, Mo
Geronimo
Hill
Body OF Blind Institute Florist
Ing
Ina Rosenweg
Jos. Rosenweg
Illinois
Huntzell
Cody
Anna Rosenzweig
S. Illinois-st
Asenath L. Colvin
New York St
Joseph C. Little
S. Capitol Ave
Wm. Hancock
Jessie Thomas
Charles M. Kennedy
Jennie Campbell
Edward A. Hickey
Agnes R. Ritchie
Larue
Davis
Carrie E. Bassett
Frederick Dunn
Mary Godwin
Robert G. Callmeyer
Helen
E. Moon
John T. Evans
Lillie Degenbart
Hillard Cole
May Jacks
John Davis
Lelia Read
G. and
M. Kuhler
Temple-ave
St. Clair and
Pratt Sts
Isidore Horshoff
Capitol-ave
Della McDowell
Arbor-ave
Wm. M. Drummond
Ashland Ave
J. M. Griffin
Bates-st
W. H. Vincent
S. Keystone-ave
EB. A. Hendrickson
N. Pennsylvania-st
John G. McCullough
Tacoma-ave
Michigan-st
Northwestern Ave
Twenty-First-St
John W. Hart
College-ave
Ira Morris
Raymond and
East-sts
W. B. Wright
Ayres
Indiana
Wilton
Axminster
L.S. Ayres
W. H. Betts
N. Delaware Sr
Massachusetts Ave
East Michigan
North Streets
Delaware Street
Virginia-are
Knox's
Southeast Corner
Meridian
Washngron-ats
Razors and Barber Supplies
Y. E. Bodine & Co
E. Ohio
Auto Storage and Repair Com
E. Ohio St. Mes
Narstadt's Dyehouse
Brill & Co
E. E. Reese
Newton Claypool Building
Clark
N. Mist
Indiana Dental College
W. Cor
Delaware and
Ohio
Sts
James H. Cordray
Virginia
SUN
Fred B
Comstock
Lilly & Stalnaker
Indiana Screen and Mfg. CO
Cornell Ave
Omega
Indianapolis Gas CO
Pennsylvania St
Mme Marie Leon
St. James Brig
Broadway
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