New York Crime Wave Strikes City's Central Park Area
August reports a wave of brutal attacks across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Victims include Misa Adelaide Whitbart attacked near Central Park and Pietro Gowrie, a 24 year old trust merchant, identified by a survivor. A four year old girl was assaulted in Stapleton, mob violence surged at court, and multiple women and children faced brutal assaults citywide. Police fired on a fleeing suspect amid chaos as crowds gathered outside courts and theatres.
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New York
Central Park
Misa Adelaide Wtibvert
Board of Health
T Hat Pin
Park
Manhattan Avenue
Autio
Little Deiher
Thos
Andérson
Anderson
Butler Street
Antointte Paluezo
Luke Fortutazio
New Brighton
Staten Inland
Drswn
Stapleton
Mayhem of Nostalgia and Patent Remedies Foretold
A late century Atlanta forecast describes a dig yielding jugs with intoxicating contents and a tale of a long lost recipe tied to a mansion. The piece laments old records and hints a cure for hay fever through Foley's Honey and Tar, praising a physician’s claim of immediate relief and a promised refund if it fails.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta
Foley
J. W. Tell
The Other Kollow Editorial Exchange
The New York Mail ridicules a te rout while Holdloqiaed tin thi manner in a humorous note. An editor from a rival Metropolitan paper replies questioning the conduct and motives of the earlier claim.
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New York Mail
Puppert
Gathering Home, Died at Home Near Walhalla
Obituary for Florence Loulén Jafferson Pike born 1858 in Peckham England. Married William Calhoun Wike in 1881 Pendleton Episcopal church. Eight children. Survived by husband, parents, three sisters and many relatives. Funeral and church affiliations noted with devotional verses about gathering home.
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Walhalla
Wm. C. Pike
Florence Loulén Jafferson
Alexander Jameron
Peckham, & Subuitb
Ondon
England
America
Nally Seitiisk
Pendleton
St. Paul's Epinecopal Church
Bethel Methodist Church
Hap
William Calhoun Wike
Chris
C. Hanckel
Florence
Edward
Darrel
Ralph
Phmd
Glen
Brian
Ruth
Mra A
Jafferson
Mra
Ndaho
Wreck on Pennsylvania Line Kills Six at Kelly Station
Thus villexpress southbound on the Buffalo and Allegheny division was wrecked near Kelly Station when struck by a freight car that broke away from a northbound freight train. The engine derailed. one smoker, a passenger car, and baggage cars were wrecked. Six dead and about eighteen injured.
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Puttaburg
Letter to Dover dealer warns of paint cons and tricks
A fragmentary letter from Walhulla and Sengoa merchants cites Devoe paint, accusing a Dover dealer of using paste paint tricks. The writer claims waste of 36 gallons and states the dealer bought 35 gallons of Devoe durable paint for a 20 by 20 fence and house, returning four gallons.
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W. Devoe & Co
P. B
J. W. Bell, Walhulla
Senna Mercantile Co
Séugea
Harvesting by Moonlight in Lehigh County Wheat
Several thousand arcs of Lehigh county wheat were harvested by moonlight due to a three week spring delay from cold weather and recent rains. Self binders and fast cutting methods were used while workers were paid twenty cents an hour and given meals. Some labors worked twenty four hours earning four dollars eighty cents plus board, a possible U S record for farm labor according to the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Lehigh County
Tarmora
United States
Philadelphian Public Ledger
Patch and Guide Gardener Selection Debate
A New Englander hired a gardener after a brief meeting. Two applicants appeared, one neat in appearance and one shabbier. The owner chose the latter, explaining that patchwork on trousers signals reliability for the job, while a patched knee indicates less suitable hands.
Bankhead shifts seats as Congress convenes
The Charleston Post reports on the Sixtieth Congress convening Richmond P. Robson taking the House seat once held by Bankhead, while Bankhead moves to the Senate. Linknead’s near-continuous service and Bonatoy Morgan’s death trigger quick Senate tenure, preserving congressional continuity amid transitions.
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Richmond Pentaon Robson
Jon
Bankhead
Senate
Linknead
Congress
Bonatoy Morgan
Teco
House
Tate
Cleaning Out Old Cincinnati Office Moves to Covington HQ
For weeks the Standard Oil Company has been clearing its former Cincinnati offices, transferring burned and intact documents, freight receipts, and ledgers to the new Covington Kentucky headquarters across the river, with much material destroyed in the process.
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Cincinnati
Matala
Standard ON Company
Covington
Athens Dispensary and Frat Aspirations in Georgia
A scrambled note from Augusta Chronicle mentions Georgia state measures affecting the Athens dispensary and a fraternity plan tied to Senator Tillman’s idea for a South Carolina state dispensary. The item suggests the dispensaries face changes under enforcement of prohibition and notes a timetable for blocking or phasing out the institutions. References include Ben Tillman and the crossstate influence on dispensary policy.
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Augusta Chronicle
Athens
Georgia
Han ‘Tillman
South Corona
Ben Tilman
South Carollo State
Little Boy Dreams of a Goat Turnout and Motor Car
A lyrical piece portrays a young boy imagining a goat turnout and a painted cart, then a motor car, with plans to charm girls, invite friends, and race through town. He envisions future progress from goat to locomotive, ending with wishes for happiness and joy while remaining a child.
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Detroll
Elowa
Myre
Catherine
Clara
Adamp
Garwood
Sarely
Harry Norman
Holloman Beavern
Beveridge and Eddy Daughter wed at American embassy
Senator Albert Beveridge of Indiana and Catherine Spencer Eddy daughter of Ambassador Spencer Eddy wed at noon at the American embassy in Berlin. Rev Thomas Hall of New York performed the ceremony and cartoonist John T McCutcheon was beat man. The couple left for their honeymoon though their destination remains unknown.
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Berlin
Albert d. Beveridge
Indiana
Misa
Catherine Spencer Eddy
Spencer Eddy
Thomas Hall
New York
John T. McCutcheon
South
Revival at Hopewell Church Ends with 14 Additions
Good meeting at Hopewell with Rev W T Land and Rev D C Williams ends a series of heated meetings. The revival brings fourteen additions by experience and five by letter. Services resume Thursday night before the first Sunday in September at 1 o'clock PM.
Court martial finds Trumbo guilty of misconduct
Washington reports Fort Monroe court martial finds First Lieutenant George A. Trumbo of the 12th United States Cavalry not guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer but guilty of conduct prejudicial to good order for a letter to Mrs Nott about her son. He is reprimanded and confined to post for two months. Major General Grant later deems the sentence inadequate and calls for reversal to ensure an officer’s conduct is upheld.
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Fort Monroe
Gorge A. F. Trumbo
12Th
United States Cavalry
Mra. Nott
Mra. Bima
Clarkaburg
Bar
Sims
United States Army
Geo
A. F.trumbo
A. S. Cavalry
Trumbo
Grant
Department of the East
Ring Little Liver Pills claim health benefits
Headache and constipation allegedly vanish with Ring Little Liver Pills. Advertised as cleaning the system, claimed to aid the stomach and bowels. Marketed as suitable for the entire family by Dr. J W Bell of Walhalla and J Lunney, Boneoa.
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J. W. Bell
Walhalla
Lunney
Boneoa
Philippine trade declines sharply with U S imports
The Philippines’ foreign trade shrank notably in the last year. The Journal of the American Trading Association notes American goods faced the first major drop in demand during occupation. U S imports fell by over a million dollars from 1906, while overall inland imports dropped less, placing the United Kingdom as the top exporter to the Philippines.
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Philippines
The
American Raiitie Association
United States
United Kingdom
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