Mother Held on Abandoned Infant Charge in Detroit Case
Mrs. Helen Hirshburger, 23, of 1217 Kelly street, faces serious charges after police say she abandoned a newborn boy in a garbage can behind 1229 Wade street. The infant died shortly after at city hospital. Hirshburger is held on vagrancy charges. A man linked by the mother was later arrested with a $5,000 bond.
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Helen Hirshburger
Kelly Street
Wade Street
Hirshburger
City Hospital
O. H. Bakemeier
Labor Day Observed Since 1882 Origin In New York
Washington reports the first Labor Day was observed on September 5, 1882 as proposed by Peter J. McGuire then secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. The concept of a dedicated day for honoring American labor spread nationwide and is now a legal holiday in all states and territories.
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United Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Peter J. McGuire
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Central Labor Union
New York
McGuire
Hawaii
Alaska
Porto Rico
District of Columbia
Borah Returns to Washington After Rest in Maine
Senator Borah of Idaho is back in the Capital after a month’s rest in Maine and says he feels fine. He plans to stay for a while, with no fixed campaign plans, but would speak in Nebraska for Senator Norris if invited. He was renominated at the Idaho Republican convention.
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United Press
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Maine
Nebraska
George W. Norris
Norris
Johns Hopkins
Hoyt Burial Set After Fatal Diving Exhibition
Funeral services for Alonzo B. Hoyt, 44, of 334 West Raymond street will be held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2. Hoyt drowned Sunday while attempting to swim across Buck creek near London Indiana after giving a diving exhibition for his family and others on an outing. He became exhausted and sank with no one near him. His widow Minnie Hoyt, four children Alonzo Jr George Edward and June, and his mother Mrs Dora Hoyt survive him.
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Alonzo B. Hoyt
West
Raymond Street
Hoyt
Buck Creek
London
Ind
Minnie Hoyt
Alonzo Jr
George
Edward
June
Dora Hoyt
John W McAninch Civil War veteran dead at 87
Meridian Indiana obituary notes John W. McAninch aged 87, Civil War veteran, dies leaving seven children.
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Pit Times
M T. Meridian
Ind
John W. McAninch
Bridge Game Robbed at Babcock Home
A bandit interrupted a Sunday bridge game at 11 p.m. at 2834 North Pennsylvania street, pulling a small revolver on all players. J. F. Cornell lost 13 dollars, while Charles Babcock’s watch and fountain pen, valued at 30 dollars, were taken. Mrs. Babcock and Miss Maude Curler were unharmed.
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Charles Babcock
Pennsylvania Street
J. F. Cornell
East
Eighth Street
Babcock
Maude Curler
North Meridian _ street
Balloons Start Flight in Gordon Bennett Race Today
Six balloons begin the nineteenth Gordon Bennett international race at 4 30 with three US flags and three foreign colors. Entries include City of Detroit City of Cleveland Goodyear VIII and Pierre Fishbach with pilots Hill Blair Van Orman Roitard among others. Farthest distance from Cleveland airport wins the trophy for a year with 1 000 prize and 200 to other top finishers. ALTOONA Pa Sept 5 William Rose a Galveston World War veteran was killed when steering gear failed and a truck crashed into a pole on a mountain highway near here.
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United Press
United States
Germany
Belgium
France
Detroit
Edward J. Hill
A. C. Schlosser
Belgica
Ernest de Muyter
Leon Goeckelmaergh
Barmen
van Orman
America
St. Louis
Altoona
William Fiose
Galveston
Tex
Here
Labrador Mapped by Native Explorers
Americans learn Labrador is not unknown as Indian explorers map lakes and rivers on birch bark. Dr. Frank Speck of the University of Pennsylvania reports nomadic Indigenous bands fully chart the peninsula, a region about one twelfth of North America and sparsely populated. Currency notes are noted as early as the ninth century.
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Science Service
Philadelphia
Labrador
Frank Speck
University of Pennsylvania
Labrador Peninsula
Dr. Speck
North America
Indianapolis Policeman Held On Drunk Driving Charge
Franzo D. Wagner an Indianapolis policeman is held on charges after a Sunday evening accident that injured 10 year old Ruth Camp. Witnesses say the car swerved for blocks before the collision and Wagner showed signs of intoxication. Wagner surrendered his badge and faces charges of drunkenness assault with an automobile and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Franzo D. Wagner
Indianapolis
Ruth Camp
Pearl Story
Southeastern Avenue
City Hos
Oriental Street
Wagner
Otto Pettit
Asault
Battle with police in Budapest parade violence Ends in deaths
In Budapest at noon today Socialist demonstrators clashed with police as a march was broken up by violence. Police fired on the crowd, killing one workman and wounding sixty eight others as stones were hurled at officers.
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Bu United Press
Budapest
Chester Miller Dentist Ad Rouses Children’s Work
Dr Chester Miller advertises at Riley 7241 1107 Odd Fellow Building focusing on children’s products and dental care and urging emphasis on children’s work and welfare.
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Riley
Quick Accurate Optical Work Hoosier Optical Co. 144 MN
Hoosier Optical Co delivers quick, accurate optical work from a site at 144 MN Illinois Bt. The notice highlights trained staff, precise lens fitting, and prompt service for eyewear and vision corrections.
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Hoosier Optical Co
Illnois Bt
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