Robber Caught After Baseball Feat At Polo Grounds
Samuel Gerstel, 20, of 28 Second Street, chased by police after allegedly stealing a gold watch and chain from Louis Rose, then caught a fly ball during batting practice at the Polo Grounds. The pursuit ended with Gerstel's capture at One Hundred Fifty-second Street station after a witness described a suspect.
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New York
Samuel Gerstel
Second Street
Hans Wagner
Polo Grounds
Giants
Pittsburg
Louis Rose
East Fourth Street
Pirates
Wagner
Lynch
Gerstel
Eighth Avenue
Grand
One
Rose
Intruder Identified in Baseball Fatality Play
Witness Rose remembered a man who had fled before calling for help, then identified him when Wagner hit a high fly ball. The brief incident concluded with the intruder's swift disappearance from the scene.
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Fied
Rose
Wagner
Roosevelt Cousin Saved by Secret Service Fire
W Emlen Roosevelt, president's cousin, was attacked by a mad dog at Oyster Bay. Secret Service Agent James Sloane immediately engaged the animal and fired twice, killing it after two shots. Roosevelt escaped serious injury due to the agent's quick response by the pond.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
W. Emlen Roosevelt
Secret Service
James Sloane
Roosevelt
Sloane
Meat Packing Grafters Ordered to Supply Clean Meat
Washington August 17. Secretary Bonaparte orders renewed vigilance in meat inspection at yards and immediate substitution of good meat wherever supplies appear inferior.
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Washington, D. C
Bonaparte
Sultan Recovers From Illness After Chill In Constantinople
Officials state the sultan suffered a week long chill but has fully recovered. Doctors advise against exposure to the open air and the selamlik Friday has been abandoned. Local press is barred from reporting health details while rumors circulate. best circles confirm only slight improvement and no immediate danger.
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Constantinople
Selamlik
Gund
Witus P. Kine
Kansas City
Missouri State Medical Society
John Gund Brewing Co
LA Crosse
Wis
Labor and anti trust message attacks labor unions and trust power
A broad critique argues that labor trusts and other combines bully Congress and citizens, impose forced labor and boycotts, and threaten independence. The piece urges anti trust representation, questions candidates, and warns of labor trust tyranny backed by Postum and Grape-Nuts funding.
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Congress
Labor Trust
N. B
Woman deemed insane in Oyster Bay disturbance case
Elizabeth Case known as Asi L Esac stirred a church disturbance attended by the president at Oyster Bay. Examiners find her mentally incompetent to be at large and a court order may commit her as an insane person in Mineola.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Elizabeth Case
Asi L. Esac
George Hoffman
Miss Case
Nassau County
Jackson
Mineola
Fowler
Seaman
Glencove
Mrs. Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Washington
Capitol
Bargain day tragedy at St Joseph store horde crush
At a St Joseph Missouri discount sale a crowd of about 1000 women surged into a Seventh and Felix street shop. The crush caused two deaths and seven injuries as aisles filled and heat rose to 96 degrees. Police and medical students assisted in rescues amid pandemonium.
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ST. Joseph
Mbo
Calcutta
Thes
Seventh
Felix Streets
Lana
Unconscious Woman Carried Out Each Minute In Tolling Crash
Officials report the time an unconscious woman was carried out every minute as Mrs. W. F. King and Mrs. William H. Evans are expected to die. The seriously injured include Mrs. John T. Young Miss Ella Read er Mrs. E. G. Huddleston Mrs. Alli son M. Phillips Mrs. James Wieland Mrs. Della Best and Miss Eliza Dun can.
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W. F. King
William H. Evans
John T. Young
Ella Reader
E. G. Huddleston
Allison M. Phillips
James Wieland
Della Best
Eliza Duncan
Court Looks Into Love Syndicate Case In New York
Mrs. Bina F. Varrault alias Mrs. Helen Hamilton and Mrs. Itella Brown, key figures in a West Side matrimonial scheme, appeared in the federal building before U S Marshal Henkel. Varrault pleaded not guilty to mail fraud. bail set at 1060 dollars matching last Friday arraignment.
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New York
Bina F. Varrault
Helen Hamilton
Itella Brown
Upper West Side
United States
Henkel
Federal Building
Verrault
Leo Kiesler
Mutual Life
Love Syndicate
Davidson Visits Manitou Aide to Reform Claim
Governor James O. Davidson arrived in Manito for a half day early campaign stop. He held an informal hotel reception and addressed about 400 at Turner Hall, arguing he deserves the nomination as an original reformer from the 1895 1897 legislatures.
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Manitowoc
Wis
James O. Davidson
Manito Widc
Turner Hall
F. H. Hall
Reading Ads Keeps Your Luck Stock High
The note suggests daily luck can be bought by following advertisements and that ignoring ads may exhaust the supply. It frames luck as a consumable resource tied to ad exposure and personal discipline.
Milwaukee man held in saloonkeeper murder
Kenosha Wis Aug 17 Peter Covitz of Milwaukee was arrested here on the charge of murdering Leopold Aitonia a Milwaukee saloon keeper Sunday evening. He protested his innocence as detectives shadowed him since Tuesday night. Joseph Ritonk brother of the dead man identified Covitz as the killer, description matching closely.
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Kenosha
Wis
Peter Coyvitz
Milwaukee
Leopold Aitonia
Milwaukee Police Department
Covitz
Joseph Ritonk
Man Cultivates Rattlesnakes On Hudson Farm
John L Moelter of Hudson Wisconsin vows to diversify income by breeding rattlesnakes. A den of large four to six foot snakes lurks among rocks near his German settlement farm. Snakes are captured for sale and photographed by Doc Cawthorne with protectors fending off the snakes.
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Hudson, Wis
John L. Mbelter
Moelter
Hudson
Mr. Micester
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