Vaudeville bill at the Grand features Durlands trio and more
The Grand vaudeville lineup next week includes the three Durlands from Europe with guitar mandolin and violin, the Harvey comedy company in Wanted, a groom, Kelley and Violette in new songs, plus Hickey and Nelson, the Florence sisters, the Reliff brothers, and other acts. The program closes with new wide-screen views and a Suwannee River play set in the Suwannee region with Aunt Lindy.
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Grand
Durlands
Europe
Harvey Comedy Company
Hickey
Nelson
Frank
Bol
Howe and
Scott
Plorence Sisters
Relff Brothers
Charles Grapewin
Mr. Tipp
Carrie Lits the Fire With Kerosene
Carrie Macqua of 122 East Washington Street poured coal oil on glowing coals and triggered an explosion. Her clothes were burned off, and only her husband’s intervention saved her from likely death.
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Carrie Macqua
Washington St
Italian tramp dies after freight train accident at Brightwood yards
James Esquarren, an Italian tramp, was crushed by a freight train in Brightwood yards Friday night. He survived to reach City hospital but died on the operating table. His body is at Tutentler's morgue awaiting通知 at his Weston, Pa. home.
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James Esquarren
Brightwood
Reed
Tutentler
Weton
Hurley Wins One Heat In World Championship Cycle Race
London opened with an international bicycle meet at Crystal Palace on September 3 in the two kilometre amateur race heats. Heed the English champion won the first heat and Hurley the American champion won the second heat. Crown Prince Frederick William betrothed to Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg is announced in Berlin on September 2.
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Scrippasmenac
Eeuion
London
Crystal Palace
Baturda
Heed
Hurley
Sccipps-McRae Presa Association
Togblatt
Frederick Wilhelm
Ceclite
Mecklenburg
Rail Labor Fights Over Nine Hour Day Pay For Motormen
All railroad men nationwide watch a dispute between the employer of Manhattan elevated road and the union over a 33.60 wage for a nine hour day for motormen in the new subway. The conflict, affecting 4060 workers and signaling how electric engines may reduce wages, hinges on maintaining steam era pay scales as lines convert. Grand-chief Stone of the locomotive engineers arrives with John J. Hanahan and other officials to press the claim, with a strike expected to start Tuesday.
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New York
Manhattan Elevated Road
United States
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Stone
Brotherhood At
Locomotive Engineers
John J. Hanahan
Grin
Proria
J. W. DP
Matone
Emrail
Hurley
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
British Government to probe Barrington murder case
The British government will investigate the case of F. Seymour Barrington, under death sentence for the murder of turfman J F P McCann. An appeal is before the state supreme court, and a rehearing may be sought. Also, 18 year old Grace Wright died after a wire used as a street trap caused fatal injuries in Westport New York.
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Scrippsr-McRae Press Association
ST. Louis
F. Seymour Barrington
J. FP. McCann
Cansnt
State Supreme Court
Berrington
Bees Kill Team of Horses in Jordan Town
A swarm of bees attacked and killed a team of horses owned by Cherles Bart of Jordan town. Hort was stung badly and is in serious condition.
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Sterling
Cherles Bart
Jordan Townsip
Jeffries challenges three fighters for ten rounds each
San Francisco dispatch reports heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries offering to whip three men in one night. He would fight ten rounds each and award the title to the final winner. Jeffries favors Corbett Fitzsimmons or Sharkey as possible opponents and says he is ready to begin immediately after any victory. Also notes a separate reckless mockery of a burning paleface planned by Comanche tribe members next Friday and Saturday at Walnut Grove.
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Jenenin J. Carter
Chicaen
Cartan
Alundaner
Aeten
Fred Eckhart
Boylan Chivren
Dia Acen Hiotic
Ford Glesson
Larry McVate
Crist Comets
Kenter
Bath
Marie Harrison
Telle Witen
Dinnes
Ana
Bultirzet
Harvey
Walker
Sels Pare
Ti Margesiles
the Empire
San Francisco
Ares James J. Juttrius
Jeffries
Negrary
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Indiananalia
Walnut Grave
Two Ways Heart Cure Claim Attracts Believers In Hopeful Ad
An ad touts Dr Miles New Heart Cure as a solution for shortness of breath and weak heart action. It contrasts a wrong path leading to fluttering and fainting with a right path that strengthens heart nerves and muscles. A testimonial from A M Passett of Wellington Ontario claims dramatic recovery, with money back after first bottle if no benefit.
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Miles
Sambo's Umbrella Becomes Water Trap in City Stroll
A colored newsboy Sambo sang about rain on Chio street Saturday afternoon. As he neared his umbrella a bucket of water was dumped from a flat above, soaking him and prompting him to react as if swimming.
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Sambo
Chio St
Woman Defeats Burglar in Nyack Home
Sept 3 in Nyack a burglar broke into Mrs. Lucretia Dearborn’s house. She confronted him at the kitchen stairs, dodged a blow, and knocked him to the floor with punches. He fled through a window, cutting his gash as police captured him. The thief gave no name, asking who was the giant woman.
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Nyack
Lucretia Dearborn
Mrs. Dearborn
Bloomington
Til
Perry Iaves
Maude
Brann
Downs
Warning on Panama relocation risks and costs
Washington reports advise against moving to Panama for jobs as rents, living costs and conditions are high. Officials say cost of living rose dramatically, housing is scarce and unhealthy climate fears are exaggerated by sensationalists. The canal sanitary effort aims to make the Isthmus healthier despite tropical concerns.
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Scrippe McRae Presa Association
Washington
Panama
John Barret
State Department
Warrett
Iansil
Sanitary Corps
Colon
Watson Declines to Build Challenger for America’s Cup
Glasgow dispatch says designer George L. Watson has declined to construct a challenger due to health. William Fife also refuses. M Lyne of Glasgow would take the job but is deemed too inexperienced. Prospects for a 1910 challenger seem remote.
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Scripps ieRae Prem Association
Glasgow
George L. Watson
William Fife
M. Lyne
Girl Dismissed for Shooting Her Father in New Bedford
New Bedford Mass September report says Mary Alice Botham, a young girl, was dismissed by Judge Milliken as the court did not press a case against her after she shot her father Joseph Botham during a drunken assault on her mother. Also notes severe electrical storm in Ohio with lightning destroying barns and killing livestock, plus Knights of Pythias initiation campaigns and a Shelbyville paper to publish as official organ for a local industrial association.
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New Pedford
Mass
Mary Alice Botham
Joseph Bothame
Milliken
Miss Botham
Henn divorce case sparks hen pecked joke query
Ida May Henn seeks divorce from Frank B. Henn and asks to restore her maiden name Ida May Schroeder after alleging he struck her hard enough to break several teeth. The headline poses whether a hen pecked husband figure exists amid the dispute.
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Ida May Henn
Frank B. Henn
Not a Dame Lady Describes Home Cure Offer
An advertisement promises free instructions for a home treatment to cure female ailments including lucarrhoea ulcers womb issues and menstrual problems. It claims a cure can be guaranteed for about 12 cents a week and invites mothers to share the information with suffering daughters.
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Notre Dame Lady
Mr. Summers
Notra
Slot Machine Magnate Sentenced in West Virginia
A garbled report notes John thy Orsign was sentenced Friday to months in jail and fined for operating slot machines. The case cites his fortune from machines, with up to 500 in operation at one time, and mentions an appeal to the state board of vardyas.
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West Virginia
Fox
John Thy Orsign
Ty Company
Whl
Hank Bo
Barmund Privant Henry
Farr
Nofolk & Western Ragiroad
Births and marriages and deaths all in Lexing ton area
A cluttered notice lists births with parents and addresses such as E H and Lulu Harris and George and Mamie Hillebrand among others, and many entries give dates ages and locations. The section also records marriages between multiple couples and various building permits with names and addresses across town.
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E. H
Lulu Harris
Lexington
George
Mamie Hillebrand
Draper-st
Christian
Katie Schick
Olive St. Box
Tonino
Annie Mascari
S. Alas
Bama-St
Bay
Joe
Mary Gollueni
East-st
Editor's Experience with Humours and a Tumor Cure
An editor recounts a neck swelling mistaken for malignancy that receded after using Cathar Remedies with Ointment and Resolvent. He details applying the Ointment, bathing, using Sosp, and daily cleansing to extract pus and blood until the tumor vanished. He notes his sister had a similar outcome years earlier and offers to verify by letters. Chicago, Nov. 12, 1902.
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Chicago
President Mitchell Leaves After Knoxville Conference
No report reached miners headquarters on Knoxville conference result. The dispute centered on an 18 percent reduction sought by operators. President Mitchell left for Spring Valley, Illinois. Six Turtle Mountain Indians in Rolla were found down after drinking lemon extract. Senator Fairbanks prepared for a Kansas City to Chicago trip, per Berippy-McRaa.
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Knoxville
Stitchell
Spring Valley
Ill
Rolla, N. D
Turtle Mountain Reservation
Fairbanks
Chicago
Berippy-McRaa Press Association
Kansas City
Senator Fairbanks
Washington and Lincoln to church as stunning claim
A reporter quotes a man named Nicholas Washington at Drownsville claiming he will escort George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to church. The scene includes a red smooth stone presented as Washington’s body, confusion over identity, and an insanity inquest noted for Saturday. A separate item reports a couple's elopement halted by a horse accident near Bloomington and livestock market data from Indianapolis, plus grain and commodity notes from Chicago markets.
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George Washington
Abraham Sineal
Nicholas Washington
Drownsvile
Moran
Washington
Poulee
Brant
America
Linvemnere
Chicago live stock market recap and prices
Chicago live stock reports show cattle receipts estimated for Monday around 15,000, with prices for prime and medium beef cattle and stockers listed. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh datelines note steady or varied receipts and price ranges for cattle, sheep, and hogs, while Chicago produce and New York market notes cover butter, eggs, cheese, and poultry prices with regional fluctuations.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolas
Chicago
Prine Heeves
Cincinnati
Jorge
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Buy. Elner and
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Sherman Drive
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City Hospital
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EL Market St
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Wayne Township
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Villa-ave
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Robert J. Myers
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Roy H. Save
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Marion Kelly
May Overly
James R. Hatcheld
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Sigmund Rose
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Lafayette
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Frankfort
W. Macy. Tendst
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