Pioneer mining captain John Bodilly dies in Minnesota
John Bodilly of Oshkosh Wisconsin aged 72, a Mesabi range mining pioneer who helped open the mines, died of pneumonia in Coleraine Minnesota while visiting his daughter Mrs A J Wright and was buried at Virginia. His wife had died there a year earlier and he had mourned the loss of lifelong friend Capt John Morcom of Tower whose death preceded his illness.
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John Bodilly
Oshkosh
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Coleraine
A. J. Wright
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John Morcom
Tower
Late train lands in ditch near McKenzie
The North Coast Limited on the Northern Pacific derailed after running down a ten foot embankment near McKenzie a small station about twenty miles east of Bismarck North Dakota. The incident occurred as crews attempted to make up lost time and involved a full consist including day coaches sleepers and an observation car.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
McKenzie
Strange ruling in Rieff elopement case at hearing
In Jamestown North Dakota the court ordered the complainant C A Pomeroy to pay all costs of the proceeding totaling 413 00 and discharged Rieff after Pomeroy and wife testified with little benefit. Miss Ida Pomeroy refused to answer questions claiming possible self incrimination. Mrs Rieff of Atwater Minn will seek divorce.
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Jamestown
N. D
Rieff
Thorp
C. A. Pomeroy
Butte
Pomeroy
Prominent Patten Case Opens as Fraud Trial Begins
In Chicago on December 11, the trial of Samuel T. Warfield and Willis N. Cooper starts for complicity in swindling Mrs. James A. Patten out of 30 000. The accused gang faces charges of defrauding society women nationwide through counterfeit deluxe editions totaling over 500 000. Mrs. Patten will be a principal witness and has asked protection from photographers.
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Chicago
Popham
Samuel T. Warfield
Willis N. Cooper
James A. Patten
Grain King
Attell Ready to Face Wolgast in 10 Round Bout
Abe Attell and Al Wolgast weigh in close and ease training for their ten round fight at McCarey’s club in Los Angeles. Attell boasts he can outpoint Wolgast while Wolgast aims for a knockout. Betting favors the full ten rounds with even money on Wolgast to last.
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Cal
Abe Attell
al Wolgast
McCarey
Attell
Fine Fettle
Milwaukee
Wolgast
Abe
Man Held In Jail For Loud Talk Threat To Roosevelt
Trenton New Jersey December 11. John Kostowski described as a harmless crank was jailed for suspicion after declaring he would go to Washington to get President Roosevelt. He remains jailed until the secret service decides whether to pursue charges, though officials do not deem him dangerous.
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Trenton
N. J
John Kostowski
Secret Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Dramatist Funds a French Letter in a Daring Aid
A New York dramatist encounters a French note in a actor’s dressing room. The Britisher actor, proud of his French, pays the requested money after the note is handed to the dramatist. A friend questions the aid, but the actor’s fame makes him risky to refuse. Also a note on a pretty girl being upset when a young man refuses to dance.
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New York
Henry
Harper’s Weekly
Girl Helps Man KuUCES in Limited Roles Recounts
A brief note describes a girl who, unable to do much else, serves a man named KuUCES in a constrained capacity. The passage emphasizes her limited agency and the social dynamic of the scene.
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Kuuces. Re
The Directoire Gown Returns in Women’s Dress
The directoire gown evolves into a robe-pantalon or trouser dress. French term may be used. The style is extreme and unlikely to be popular, but already some New York firms have ordered suits for curiosity rather than sale.
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Paris
New York
Dr Sarah Hackett Stevenson Near Death in Chicago
Physicians attending Dr Sarah Hackett Stevenson say her condition is critical and death is imminent after a cerebral hemorrhage in 1903 left her unable to recover. She remains one of the nation’s best known women physicians.
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Chicago
Sarah Hackett Stevenson
Stevenson
United States
Anoka Man Near Death After Suicide Attempt
Louis Riley of Anoka was found after overdosing on morphine and nearly asphyxiating in Minneapolis. He had roomed at 1310 Fremont Avenue North and was taken to the city hospital where doctors held out small hopes for recovery.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Louis Riley
Anoka
Fremont Avenue North
Minneapolis
Vanderbilt cup official questions dubious car claim
Jefferson D Thompson, chair of the Vanderbilt cup commission, criticized a New York dinner remark about a new motor car. He questioned the claimed advantages including excessive lightness and recalled a light car joke about its breakage and being easily pushed home.
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Jefferson D. Thompson
Vanderbilt Cup Commission
New York
Mr. Thompson
Washington Star
Primitive Tennessee kitchen tale from a distant future
The scene unfolds in a mountain home where Cindy tends the hearth and corn dodgers brown. An ember rolls toward the floor as Cindy steps forward with the pothooks and Pa warns her of a coal fire in the primitive setting.
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Tennessee Mountains
Cindy
Success Magazine
Color line drawn by Iowa jurors in burglary case
In Sioux City on December 11 the jury selection for two defendants Dan Morton and Joe Johnson, accused of breaking into a sealed car on the Willmar and Sioux Falls railroad, sparked open race bias as jurors M. B. Mayne C. C. Yockey and Charles McCormick admitted they could not give the Negro defendants a fair trial.
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Sioux City
Court House
M. B. Mayne
C. C. Yockey
Charles McCormick
Dan Morton
Joe Johnson
Willmar
Sioux Falls
Holdup Fails and Burglar Robs Grocery in Sioux City
A persistent robber attempted a hold up near Mrs. T. B. Thompson’s home but fled empty handed after not finding the day’s receipts. He then burglarized her grocery at 616 Pierce Street, Sioux City, Iowa, but got nothing.
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Sioux City
T. B. Thompson
Pierce Street
Negro murderer faces the noose in Minnesota murder trial
Stillwater Minnesota December 11 James Cunningham a black inmate at the state prison was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the slaying of fellow prisoner Frank Lemire. Cunningham remained unmoved as the verdict was announced and as his attorney argued in his defense.
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Stillwater
Minn
James Cunningham
Frank Lemire
Cunningham
Hunter found dead near Tongue River bank in Montana
Miles City Montana December 11 A hunter discovered the body of a man believed to be Henry Van Brinck along the Tongue river bank about four miles from town. The shooter who fired the fatal shot was not identified in the report.
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Miles City
Mont
Henry van Brinck
Tongue River
Accidental Shooting Near Sheep Herders Scene
A man hunting chickens with a small rifle near sheep herders was shot in the chest. The incident is treated as accidental and a coroner's jury will investigate to determine the facts and ruling.
Burglars Get Clothing in Fergus Falls Break In
In Fergus Falls Minnesota on December 11 a burglary yielded a quantity of clothing stolen from a residence or business. Police reported the theft and investigation is ongoing with no arrests announced.
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Fergus Falls
Mins
Burglary Reported at Perhal in Eastern County
A burglary is reported at Perhal in the eastern county where M. Goblitsch loses about 400 dollars. The Gobbl clothing store on the rear was broken into and a cart load of clothing stolen. No clues to the burglars are available.
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Perhal
M. Goblitsch
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