Bandits Loot Express Car Near Texarkana
Bandits held up the No. 1 Cotton Belt passenger train near Eylau four miles south of Texarkana. They forced the fireman to cut off the mail and baggage cars and later had the engineer surrender control. An expert robber-engineer then drove the engine, mail and express cars away, blew open the safe, and escaped south at full speed. Passengers were frightened but uninjured. The exact loot value was not disclosed.
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Texarkana
Ark
Armstrong
Henderson
Eylau
Cotton Belt Railroad
Express
Cary
Bookwalter Attacks Taggarts Mayoral Record In Rally
At Hamilton avenue and Michigan street a crowd heard Charles A. Bookwalter decry Taggart’s alleged mismanagement of city finances. He cited rising bonded debt and loans, warned of constitutional limit breaches, and urged honest results after the October election, while John McGregor and Judge Stubbs endorsed the Republican ticket.
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Hamilton-ave
Michigan St
Charles A. Bookwalter
Judge Stubbs
John McGregor
Taggart
Indiana
Maguire
Charles
Thomas
Stubbs
Boxes of Gold and Greenbacks Offer Postum Letters
An appeal invites readers to submit truthful experiences about coffee versus Postum. Winners receive gold and cash prizes, with 325 presented across tiers. Submissions to Postum Cereal Co. by Nov 30, 1901, may include names and addresses. anonymity is limited to non-disclosure to the letter’s recipients.
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Postum
Postum Cereal, Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum. Cereal Co
Ana
Fivery
William Daggett, 70, Dies of Heart Trouble in Indianapolis
William Daggett, president of Daggett & Co. wholesale confectioners, died at his home 516 N New Jersey St Indianapolis at 5 a.m. Wednesday after a long illness. Born in New Haven Conn he moved to Indianapolis 48 years ago. He served as a sutler in the Civil War and was an active Plymouth church member. He leaves a wife and three children and will be buried privately Saturday morning conducted by Rev Meserve.
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William Daggett
New Jersey St
Daggett & Co
Indianapolis
New Haven
Conn
Bates Hotel
George Webster
Phoebe Webster
Daggett
Plymouth Church
W. H. Daggett
Cora Daggett
W. A. Allen
Robert Daggett
Eliza Daggett
Lve
Rev
Meserve
Fire attempt at Orpheum theater amid possession fight
Chicago report details a Tuesday night attempt to burn the Orpheum theater as a dispute over control of the building continues. Hurtig and Seamon previously ran the venue but were ousted for nonpayment. Houseman, Lewis and Steller currently possess the theater.
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Chicago
Orpheum Theater
Hurtig & Seamon
Houseman
Lewis & S Téller
Fireman Hurt When Horse Team Slips Near Engine House
Ezra Hamilton a fireman residing at 1414 N Capitol Avenue was badly injured Tuesday night while moving a team of horses from Engine House 15 to West Indianapolis. A boy on the curb frightened a horse causing it to throw Hamilton and crush his left leg and side. He was taken home for treatment.
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Ezra Hamilton
Capitol Ave
Indianapolis
Hamilton
King William Meets Prince Chuan in Potsdam
Kaiser William received Prince Chuan head of the Chinese expiatory mission in Potsdam on Wednesday with Baron Von Richthoff German foreign minister and the imperial staff in attendance.
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Potsdam
Kaiser William
Prince Chuan
Baron von Richthoff
Wall Street Notes Signal Cautious Trading mood
Meyer and Kiser wires report mixed signals from New York markets on September 4 with talk of Union Pacific selling, St Paul bought, and a strong currency drain westward. London consols ease, American railway shares steady, but money outflows and higher interest rate expectations temper buying. Traders describe a negative, feverish market with a predominantly professional Chicago outlook.
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Meyer & Kiser
New York
Keene
Union Pacific
Halstead & Hodges
St. Paul
London
United States
Mrs Brice and Baby Die in Cambridge Incident
Florence Ricketts Brice wife of John Francis Brice and her infant son died Tuesday night in Cambridge Massachusetts. Brice a Harvard student once married to Lucille LaVergne, was part of The Rounders company in 1900. News from Gothenburg reports Sverdrup found Swedish explorer Sverdrup on Greenland’s western coast.
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Florence Ricketts Brice
John Francis Brice
Senator Brice
Lucille LaVergne
Rounders” Company
Brice
Harvard
Gothenburg
Peary
Sverdrup
Greenland
North Pole
Fram
Nansen
Arrest of ex governor Krauz on treason charge shocks Amsterdam
Amsterdam reporters note locals cannot explain the arrest of Dr. Krauz former Johannesburg governor on a high treason charge. They recall Krauz as pro English and say he surrendered Johannesburg to Lora Roberts. Kruger comments mockingly that a Britisher Krauz could be arrested, then jokes about Chamberlain.
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Amsterdam
Krauz
Johannesburg
Lora Roberts
Kruger
Chamberlain
Indian Man Indicted for Murder of Three Wives in Unalaska
Grégore Ytsthneot, an Unimak Alaska Indian, indicted by a special grand jury in Unalaska for the murder of his three wives. He allegedly beat them to death with stones, though he claims he fell from cliffs while picking berries.
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Tacoma
Wash
Grégore Ytsthneot
Unimak
Alaska
Unalaska
Inmate William Ester Vanishes From Central Insane Hospital
William Ester, 19, an inmate at the Central insane hospital, disappeared Tuesday afternoon into a nearby cornfield and has not been located. He is described as nonviolent and hospital authorities believe he is not far away.
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W.illiam Ester
Central Insane Hospital
Priest Renounces Faith to Marry Miss Goli Hopper
In Summit o10 Sept 4, Father A F Goetz of the Catholic Church disclosed he broke his vows and left the priesthood to marry Miss Golihopper, who had been his housekeeper for two years. The couple wed at Independence.
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A. F. Goetz
Coroners jury finds no fault in Wrack accident fatalities
Kalispell Montana September 4 1910 the coroner s jury concluded the Wrack disaster in which 38 men died was not due to the train crew s fault and held that the freight train escaped from Essex station due to unknown causes leaving the investigation with unresolved questions.
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Kalispell
Mont
Wrack
Essex Station
Four Couples Denied Licenses Under County Rule
Four couples were refused marriage licenses Tuesday as the prospective brides arrived in the county 30 days late, the attorney general Taylor ruling stated.
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Gsen. Taylor
Tinsmith recovers from streetcar crash July brain injury
George Joyce, a New York tinsmith, was knocked from a street car a month ago, suffered a brain clot, paralysis of his right side and vocal cords. Surgeons drilled the skull and removed the clot. He can talk and move his right leg and may walk soon. Crown Prince Its Coming. A London dispatch says the Russian crown prince will visit the United States in 1903 with a world tour planned by Emperor William. He will visit India next year. In San Francisco a fire leveled the Hicks Jude publishing house, costing 1500 dollars and leaving 150 workers unemployed.
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Joyce
New York
London
Crown Prince
Russia
United States
William
Aho
India
England
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Lake Maxinkuckee
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Sievosatal
Consumer’s Prizes
Meyer Bros. Gum CO
Indianapolis, Ind
Asl
Voriel
Business College
Monument Place
King William
Standard Tea and Grocery CO
Mason
Ade
Boston
Ber Ib
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W. Wash.st
West
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Fountain Square
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Iring
Ington and
New Jersey Sts
N. Delaware
Ohio
Noble-st. Branch
Indiana-ave
Senates-st
L. A. Jackson
Wall-St
Provost Bros
Sald
Actress
Cambridge, Mass
Mrs. Brice
Explorer Sverdrup
Dr. Krauz
Chestnut Grove
Ala
Bill Fourney
Miss Goli
Sees Summit
THE
Wm.h. Block CO
Silf Sale
Melton
Nea
Vigoreauxn
America
Bse Isdssesenteesien
C.ceepcenee
Brussels
Suitu Anatolian
Smyrna
Nottingham
Lsc
Coffin & Fletcher
Maine
Baker's
Wetmore
Java
WM. H. Block
George Joyce
Burns
San Francisco
Hicks-Jude
Worl
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