Hackensack Ferry Wreck Off East River Rocks Near Slocum Site
The Hackensack ferry ran aground near College Point and Ninety-ninth Street in East River just after dark. Passengers panicked as a alleged man overboard cry spread. Captain Hagen ordered lifeboats and crew distributed life preservers while currents drove the boat. After 45 minutes the vessel stopped with a bump, and later the story shifts to a domestic fable about a rooster named Ben Holt hatching eggs and caring for chicks after a hen abandons her nest.
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New York
Hackensack
College Point
Ninety-ninth Street
East River
Hagan
Alice
Ben Holt
Ben
Railroads accused of tariff manipulation over rebates
A. B. Stickney, president of the Chicago Great Western, told the state railroad and warehouse commission that railroads now manipulate tariff schedules instead of offering rebates. He said new schedules are filed constantly, and coal often moves Chicago to St Paul for less than the published 10 cent rate when “the boys get gay.”
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ST. Paul, Minn
A. B. Stickney
Chicago, Great Western Railway
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Peculiar Miner County Insanity Case Ends at Yankton State Hospital
In Sioux Falls on August 8 a Miner county youth August Schultz suffered sudden mental collapse with 11 pm mania episodes. He was confined, later released, then reoffended before authorities sent him to Yankton State Hospital as heat possibly triggered the ailment.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Miner County
August Schultz
Board of Insanity
Yankton
Terrific storm claims two at Harrisburg show and a Fort Wayne clash
A wind and rain storm in Harrisburg kills Japanese acrobat Chic Berranda and railroad worker Charles Mi Richwine, injures spectators, and topples the horse tent. At Fort Benjamin Harrison, a violent downpour injures soldiers as 1000 tents are blown down and conical tents survive. A Finnish couple fight ends in gunfire with Tuoria killing Ajjala. witnesses place the event in a domestic quarrel.
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Harrisburg
Chic Berranda
Charles Mi Richwine
Endianapolis
Ind
Fort Benjamin
Hrrisom
Carter
Racine to Inspect J. J. Case Threshing Co Books
City officials will examine the books of the J. J. Case Threshing Machine Co to review tax assessments. Personal property valued at 1,000,000 and real estate at 618,000, up 259,000 from last year, prompted the inquiry amid claims the city bears the bulk of taxation while country towns are lightly taxed.
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Racine
Wis
J. J. Case Threshing Machine Company
Man Kills Pursuer After Fight Near Biwabik
In Biwabik Minnesota on August 8 John Tuoria allegedly shot and killed Sam Atjala after a fistfight at Tuoria’s home area. The pair had been drinking and a minor dispute led to violence with a fatal shot just above the eye. Tuoria surrendered claiming self defense.
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Biwabik
Minn
John Tuoria
Sam Atjala
Tuoria
Cincinnati
Aijaia
Two Die In Fire After Family Tragedy in South Bend
In South Bend Indiana Mrs E H Denslow age 50 and her sister Miss Jane Balfour 45 died from burns after an incident in which Mrs Denslow, said to be mentally unbalanced, doused the room with gasoline and set a fire to kill her husband Dr. Denslow and others. Dr Denslow was fatally burned and taken to Epworth hospital with a grim prognosis. An infant escaped unharmed. The tragedy ended with Mrs Denslow’s death and the sister forgiving her. Dr Denslow is described as a leading spiritualist.
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South Bend
Ind
E. H. Denslow
North Main Street
Jane Balfour
Denslow
Epworth Hospital
Denslows
Mss Balfour
Dr. Denslow
Monkeys Suffocate in Railway Tunnel Funeral Held
More than 100 circus monkeys died when they suffocated going through a railroad tunnel near Ronceverte West Virginia on August 8. The loss reached about 1500 dollars. The cremated remains were placed in an urn at Ford Hill with a minister delivering a eulogy.
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Ronceverte
W. Va
Ford Hill
107 year old pioneer settler journeys west to homestead
O B Lutz, aged 107, and his 70 year old son travel to the new country west of Chamberlain to take up homesteads. Lutz, born March 17, 1799 in Ohio, has four pioneer records and plans to prove his claim. They came from Canada after previously living in Lancaster Wisconsin.
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Aberdeen
S. D
O. B. Lutz
Chamberlain
Lutz
Canada
Lancaster
Wis
Ohio
Evening quote reflects tradeoffs in growth and taxation
A reflective line notes civilization as a continual sacrifice to future generations. It compares store-keeping to paying today’s profits as tax for tomorrow’s larger gains, thereby strengthening enterprise and security through reinvestment.
Chicagoan on a Polar Trip
A Portland dispatch reports Ejner Mikkelsen in charge of an Anglo American polar expedition aboard the Duchess of Bedford sailing toward the unknown north after leaving Port Clarence on July 20. Ernst Leffingwell of Chicago is also in the party. The journey began near Onalaska and followed a rough route through St Lawrence Island and the Behring Strait. The next message may arrive only after two to three years.
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Portland
Ore
Port Clarence
Ejner Mikkelsen
Duchess of Bedford
Ernst Leffingwell
Chicago
Onalaska
St. Lawrence Island
Mikkelsen
Behring Straits
Doctor vs men who taunted him as John D Rockefeller
Rockford Illinois Aug. 8 Dr James H Jackson complained in police court about Joseph Leonard Reynolds Bean and Lee Brolinger who called him John D The three pleaded guilty and were fined with the fine suspended if they stopped misidentifying him as the oil king
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Rockford
James H. Jackson
John D. Rockefeller
Joseph Leonard
Reynolds Bean
Lee Brolinger
John D
Conscientious Bantam Rooster Hatches Chickens
In Los Angeles on August 8, Ben Holt the bantam rooster earns local fame by hatching a brood after his mate Swift Alice deserted. Five eggs and a door knob were the original setting, with Mrs. H. D. Becker of 1694 Cordova Street adding the knob to urge the wayward hen to set.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ben Holt
Swift Alice
Sweet Alice
H .D. Becker
Cordova Street
Bucklen Arnica Salve Proved Quick Heal All Wounds
In Eminence Kentucky editor Major Hamm recounts a severe attack four years ago. He used Bucklen's Arnica Salve from O T Erhart's drug store and was cured in ten days with no trouble since. The salve is promoted as the quickest healer of burns sores cuts and wounds at 25 cents.
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Major Hamm
The
Constitutionalist
Eminence
Bucklen
O. T. Erhart
Hearing Restored After Auto Accident In Sisseton
Twelve year old Eva Towles, deaf mute since birth, regained hearing after a car accident yesterday near Sisseton South Dakota. The family ride overturned and Eva was run over but survived and now learns to speak as she adjusts to sound.
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Sisseton
S. D
Eva Towles
Eva
Butcher Knife Stabbing After The Jungle Dispute
In Hoboken John Bisigilona and Albert Hintz, both former Chicago butchers and Russians, quarreled over Upton Sinclair's The Jungle at a Willow avenue restaurant. Hintz, who had just arrived from Chicago, produced the book, attacked Bisigilona, and stabbed him multiple times with a butcher knife. Bisigilona is hospitalized in critical condition.
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New York
Upton Sinclair
John Bisigilona
Hboken
St. Mary's Hospital
Albert Hintz
Hoboken
Chicago
Bisigilona
Hintz
Willow Avenue
Attairs
Jersey City
Boy Drowns After Weed Tangle At Madison Lake
Henry Smith a 15 year old Mankato resident drowned while swimming from a Point Pleasant summer resort. He tangled in lake weeds on the return trip from a sail boat and sank before aid arrived. His body was recovered in thirty five minutes and resuscitation failed.
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Mankato, Minn
Henry Smith
W. G. P. Smith
Mankto
Madison Lake
Point Pleasant
Hall of Austin
Smith
Smiths
Chippewa Falls
Wis
W. J. Ickstad
Pike Lake
Joseph Harding
Ickstad
Harding
Mystery Solved How to ward off bilious attacks
John N. Pleasant of Magnetia Indiana touts Dr Kine s New Life Pills as the solution to periodic biliousness and habitual constipation. The ad promises guaranteed satisfaction or money back and notes the pills cost 28 cents at O T Irhart s drug store.
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Dr. Kine
John N. Pleasant
Magnetia
Ind
O. T Irhart
Quarrel Over Right of Way Ends in Woman's Death
In Chicago, a street quarrel between two teamsters led to the death of Anna Heowski a domestic on the third floor of a nearby apartment. John Milkowski a grocer fired three shots in the air to summon police and a bullet through the window struck Heowski killing her instantly.
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Chicago
Anna Heowski
John Milkowski
Prosecution Weighs Nesbit Thaw Evidence in Thaw Case
The Thaw case in New York on August 8 sees prosecutors seeking to prove Evlyn Nesbit Thaw played a role in the events. Legal proceedings focus on her actions and potential involvement as part of the trial strategy.
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New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Evlyn Nesbit Thaw
Witness Ties Nesbit to Thaw Marriage Rumor
Joseph V. Jordan, hotel manager at Indian River Rockledge Florida, testified he saw Evely Nesbit and Stanford White together weeks before a tragedy. Jordan, former treasurer of the Wild Rose company, had previously avoided grand jury subpoenas and claimed he would testify if compelled. District Attorney Jerome to personally handle Thaw case.
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Stanford White
Thaw
Joseph V. Jordan
Indian River
Rockledge
Fla
Indiana River
Mr. Jordan
Jerome
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