Minnesota Murderer Freed by Dakota Jury
Jamestown North Dakota December 9 After a two week trial jurors acquitted John Permann of Gackle North Dakota in the murder near Streeter of Michael Summerfeldt The jury deliberated all night and found the killing justifiable or excusable homicide The defense argued Summerfeldt threatened Permann prompting the quarrel leading to the fatal shooting in a wire fence incident Mason City also reports a separate fatality from careless rel in the same dispatch
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Jamestown
N. D
John Permann
Gackle
Michael Summerfeldt
Streeter
Summerfeldt
Parmann
John Perman
Ness
Mason City
W. G. Fer
Tragic Farm Death Near Algona Ends in Shooting
Guson of Algona, 34, married with two children, started to visit a neighbor with a shotgun. He rested the gun on a wire fence and crawled through, and when found minutes later his head was blown from his body. The incident leaves a community in shock as investigators probe the self inflicted shooting claim.
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Guson
Algona
Throttle Held by Death on Oriental Limited
Fireman Rudolph Doerr kept feeding the locomotive as Engineer George P. Irvin clutched the throttle in death outside Minneapolis. The eastbound Oriental Limited crashed past a bridge pier, Irvin dying from a head injury before aid could reach him.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Oriental Limited
Minneapolis
George P. Irvin
Rudolph Doerr
Great Northern Editorial Association Holds First Meeting
Wadena Minnesota December 9 The first annual meeting of the Great Northern Editorial association was held to perfect the organization begun earlier.
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Wadena
Minn
Great Northern Editorial Association
Local press group names officers at Park Rapids meeting
At a June Park Rapids gathering the group reorganized with R. A. Lee as president, C. J. Pryor as vice president, R. I. Courtright as secretary, and M. E. Isherwood as treasurer. An executive committee includes A. M. Wells H. M. Henderson and F. A. Dare.
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Park Rapids
R. A. Lee
The
Long Prairie Leader
C. J. Pryor
Bemidji Daily Pioneer
R. I. Courtright
Bertha Headlight
M. E. Isherwood
Sebeka
A. M. Wells
Sauk Center Herald
H. M. Henderson
Verndale Sun
French girl traffic unearthed in Duluth sting
Immigrant inspector William H. Dean discloses wholesale importation of French women into the United States, especially the Northwest. Clemantine Dailly, a Paris native, was arrested and claims she was brought to Duluth under contract by Mary.
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Duluth
Minn
United States
Northwest
William H. Dean
United States Immigration Office
Clemantine Dailly
Paris
Mary
Immorality Case Looms Over Duluth Resident
Gain at 234 St Croix avenue faces possible fine of 5000 dollars or ten years in prison for harboring an immoral alien. Inspector Dean surveys similar cases and plans actions against other French girls, with likely fines and potential deportation to France.
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Gain
St. Croix Avenue
Inspector Dean
Duluth
France
Palmer A Dock Dies at Lutheran League Meeting
Palmer A Dock eighteen collapsed during a Lutheran league meeting in Hawley Minnesota. He had a two year history of a vascular ailment. Dock's body will be moved to his father Peter P Dock's former home for burial.
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Hawley, Minn
Lutheran League
Palmer A. Dock
Peter P. Dock
Crushed Worker Found in Berwind Coal Docks Hopper
The body of August B. Snider, 23, son of Mr and Mrs John Snider of 2018 Wisconsin Ave, Duluth, was recovered from a coal hopper at the Berwind coal docks in Superior after an accident on December 9. The incident occurred at the docks where Snider was employed as a laborer.
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Duluth
Minn
August B. Snider
John Snider
Wisconsin Avenue
Berwind
Superior
Hunting Accident Fatal in Marshalltown Station
Marshalltown Iowa December 9 Wilford Cartwright died in a hunting accident his body found near a field implement and gun incident details remain limited authorities investigate the case and state no others were harmed.
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Marshalltown
Wilford Cartwright
Rider Dies From Gunshot Injuries In Rabbit Hunt
A Hubbard dealer died from gun shot wounds inflicted by Herman Boucher of Peoria Illinois during a Sunday rabbit hunting outing with Cartwright and others. Cartwright signed a written statement exonerating Boucher before his death.
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Hubbard
Herman Boucher
Peoria
Ill
Boucher
Cartwright
Flood Worsens in Pine Bluff as Dike Breaks
Flood conditions in Pine Bluff Arkansas worsen after a government dike on the eastern city end breaks. The rising waters threaten Hardings Bayou and many homes as residents fear heavy losses. Hundreds work to repair the damaged dike and save property.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Hardings Bayou
Steinheil Case Promised Revelations Fail to Materialize
Paris reports the Steinheil mystery yields little new evidence as authorities suggest Mme Japy’s burst spleen may imply strangulation but no decisive developments have emerged and public optimism fades.
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Paris
Mme. Japy
Steinheil
Gas Exposition Opens as 2000 Companies Gather in Chicago
In Chicago on December 9, about two thousand gas companies with capitalization over two billion dollars attend the combined gas exposition and congress. The National Commercial Gas association directs the exposition and hosts the American Gas institute in a three days' convention.
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Chicago
Congress
National Commercial Gas Association
American Gas Institute
Banker shoots banker at Springfield bankers meeting
A gunfire incident interrupted a December bankers meeting in Springfield Missouri after a fistfight over the affairs of a bank. One banker fired a shot at another, authorities reported no further details available on injuries or charges.
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Springfield
Bank Officials Targeted in South Missouri Shooting
A gunman shot at H. B. McDaniel, president of Union National Bank, as W. O. Oldham, cashier of State Savings Bank, fired at close range. McDaniel was uninjured. The State Savings Bank depositors total 2,100,000, and the bank closed by an examiner yesterday.
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Tional Exchange Bank
W. O. Oldham
State Savings Bank
H. B. McDaniel
Union National Bank
Missouri
McDaniel
Sowle Captains Company K in Tomah Wis
In Tomah Wisconsin on December 9 a Company K third infantry W N G meeting elected officers after Capt Curtis resignation. Claude R Sowle was chosen captain Edward R Weile first lieutenant and C H Wicklund second lieutenant. Sowle and Wells served twenty years with the company and Wicklund is a veteran rifleman who helped form the state rifle team for the national match at Seagirt New Jersey. The Company K basketball team beat the high school 18 to 14.
President Roosevelt Nominates War Navy Officials
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate several nominations including Luke E. Wright for secretary of war Truman Newberry for secretary of the navy Herbert Satterlee as assistant secretary of the navy Daniel Keefe as commissioner general of immigration Rufus Thayer as judge of the United States district court of China and Wade Ellis as assistant attorney general.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Senate
Luke E. Wright
Truman H. Newberry
Navy
Herbert L. Satterlee
Daniel J. Keefe
Immigration
Rufus H. Thayer
United States District Court of
China
Wade H. Ellis
Motorman May Die Waterloo
Geo. Bodey aged eighty, struck by a street car in Waterloo Indiana, sustaine...
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Waterloo
Geo. Bodey
Train Car Accident Leaves Two Officials Collapsed
After a severe collision two railroad men, Motor man W Veach and Conductor L R Utterback who oversaw the car, collapsed. Injuries were described as life threatening and expected to prove fatal.
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W. Veach
L. R. Utterback
Colburn Hospitalized Again After Appendicitis Surgery
Mr. W. L. Colburn freight agent for C. & N. W. A. R. was taken to St. Francis hospital for a procedure after previously recovering from an apparent appendix operation. His wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hollisy of Baraboo, are visiting. Colburn is reported resting easily.
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W. L. Colburn
St. Francis Hospital
Two Land Thieves Fined in Washington Case
Justice Stafford sentenced Frederick A. Hyghe a San Francisco real estate operator to two years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine for land frauds. Joost H. Schneider of Tucson received one year and two months and a one thousand dollar fine. Both posted bonds to appeal.
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Washington
Stafford
Frederick A. Hyghe
San Francisco
Joost H. Schneider
Tucson
Ariz
Leap year romance delays marriage intentions
A fragment notes that a girl's view of her beau as perfect grows until marriage plans, and urges delaying any leap year dating prerogative until deadlines pass. The text reflects social norms about courtship and timing.
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