Hartridge Mystery Deepened by Death in Pittsburgh
Mrs. Clifford W. Hartridge, widow of counsel to Harry K. Thaw, died under an assumed name at Homeopathic Hospital after a period of coma. Health officials smoothed a change from typhoid to cerebro meningitis on the death certificate, while hospital records remain sealed and superintendent Kuntz unavailable.
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Pittsburg
Clifford W. Hartridge
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Hartridge
Z. T. Miller
Jessie Rogers
Bureau of Health
Miller
Kuntz
Bemidji Municipal Court Injunction Challenged
Justice of the Peace M. G. Slosum has served an injunction on Mayor J. P. Pogue and City Clerk Thomas Maloy blocking contracts to buy supplies for Bemidji's municipal court and prohibiting salary warrants. The suit argues the court lacks legal standing without the mayor's signature, with hearing set before Judge C. W. Stanton on July 20.
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Bemidji, Minn
Justice of the Peace
M. G. Slosum
J. P. Pogue
Thomas Maloy
Bemidji
Pogue
Clark
C. W. Stanton
Poisoned Affinity Mystery Shocks Chicago Suburb
Miss Ella Bloomberg, 25, died at 913 North Sixth Avenue Maywood with a poison bottle in her hand. Police probe whether suicide or foul play tied to a love affair with married man W E Golden, recently missing, as coroners weigh murder motive.
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Chicago
Ella Bloomberg
Carl Heidelman
North Sixth Avenue
Maywood
W. E. Golden
Austin
Golden
T. W. Golden
Adams Avenue
Engagement Ends as Goldish Family Returns
Mr and Mrs A M Goldish and their children returned home Wednesday after a ten day visit to St Paul and Minneapolis.
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A. M. Goldish
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Young Iowa farmer fatally injured by cultivator incident
Harvey Lounsberry of near Nevada, Story county, was dragged under a cultivator while corn farming. Reins tangled, horses bolted, he suffered deep gashes and severe injuries. Found half an hour later in a battered state, foreign matter in wounds raises fear of blood poisoning.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Harvey Lounsberry
Nevada
Story County
Boat Explodes On Midlake During Race Near Okoboji
The steamboat Piriot exploded in midlake while racing from Spirit Lake to Arnold's Park with the boat Iowa aboard. Several passengers were thrown overboard but rescued with no serious injuries reported.
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Okoboss
Iowa
Spirit Lake
Arnold's Park
Midlake
Bank cashier Ralph Aldrich rearrested in Madrid before California
Ralph Aldrich, the de faulting cashier from Farmers Savings Bank of Huxley, was rearrested at Madrid as he prepared to depart for California. The surety company on his bond covered one embezzlement charge, prompting a second fraud banking charge. His new bond was set at $8,000.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Ralph Aldrich
Farmers’ Savings Bank of
Huxley
Madrid
California
Aldrich
Tornado narrowly misses Fergus Falls area crops
A peculiar storm five to six miles northeast of Elizabeth formed a tornado that traveled about ten miles. It touched ground on the farms of S Ellingson and T Strass, uprooting corn and potatoes and lifting water from a slough. No houses were harmed.
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Fergus Fall
Minn
Elizabeth
S. Ellingson
T. Strass
Iowa Central Foreman Toler Returned After Striker Killing
W. D. Toler the Iowa Central foreman who murdered George W. Davies a company striker on Monday night was whisked out of town to Eldora to prevent a possible lynching and was returned here last night by the sheriff. Toler was at
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Marshalltown
Iowa
W. D. Toler
Iowa Central
George W. Davies
Eldora
Toler
Marmola tablets promise rapid fat loss with no exercise
An advertising claim urges readers to lose a pound a day by taking Marmola Prescription Tablets after meals and at bedtime while eating what they please. The pills allegedly contain Marmola cascaras and simple syrup and are sold by druggists for about 75 cents.
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Marmola Co
Detroit
Mich
Strikebreaker Kane Beaten by Strikers. Held Without Bond
Thomas Kane, a strikebreaker, was beaten by strikers last night and sustained serious injuries. He was arraigned in police court this morning, waived examination, and was held to the grand jury without bond. No arrests have been made.
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Thomas Kane
Do you know what WAWA means request for booklet
The text invites Geo W. Vaux of the Grand Trunk Railway System in Chicago to request a illustrated booklet about a new hotel bearing the name. It presents a promotional message with address and offer.
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Wawa
Geo W. Vaux
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams St
Chicago
County seeks vote on county agricultural school
Want County farm areas in Red Lake county plan to petition the board of county commissioners to submit a bond measure for a county agricultural school to voters at the fall election. The petition requires 15 percent of last election's total vote. Farmers back the move. The countys board also awarded a contract for the sixth steel bridge in two years.
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Thief River Falls
Minn
St. Hilare
Red Lake County
Board of County Commissioners
Pukwana to Rise Again After Tornado Destruction
Arrivals from Pukwana say the Brule county town is rapidly recovering from the recent tornado. The new Pukwana will be larger and better, with a small army of workers rebuilding. Methodist and Catholic churches, leveled to ashes, will be rebuilt at once.
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Sioux Falls
Pukwana
Brule County
Northwest in Brief Fire Record for Marshalltown Iowa
Northwest in Brief reports Marshalltown Iowa posted the best fire record for three months among cities of its size. The fire department responded to twenty alarms with total damage pegged at 462 dollars. In Sioux Falls South Dakota preliminary steps begin to establish a new town between Wagner and Avon along the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Sioux Falls
S. D
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Wagner
Avon
Side track aid sought for Milwaukee Road project
Application to the state board of railroad commissioners seeks aid to pressure the Milwaukee Road to build a side track at the site chosen for the new town. The issue remains before the board. Fergus Falls Minnesota reporters note county tax levies for the coming year. County commissioners set the levy at five thousand dollars plus the statutory school mill. last year the levy was seventy seven thousand ninety dollars. Polk county levies total seventy two thousand seven hundred dollars with road and bridges, bonds, and water course improvements included. Bemidji gains talks for improved telephone service with Northwestern Telephone Exchange leaders present. An Iowa report recounts attorney W A Preston's leg injury after a mowing accident.
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State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Fergus Falls
Minn
Crookston
Polk County
Bemidji
Citizens 2Nd City Council
M. L. Lane
St. Paul
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
Frank Bracelin
Elkader
Iowa
W. A. Preston
Wood and Wolfe to Be Orators at Woodmen Meeting
The services of Rev. Wood and Attorney W. F. Wolfe have been secured as speakers for the Woodmen of the World event. Both men will address the assembly and discuss related fraternal topics.
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Wood
Wolfe
Rev. Wood
W. F. Wolfe
Woodmen of the World
Oak Grove Cemetery Services Planned Sunday Afternoon
A procession from Fourth and Main at 3 o clock will march along Main to Seventh then La Crosse to Oak Grove cemetery. Rev Wood will open with prayer and William Wolfe will deliver the oration with a Theatre band leading the march.
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Oak Grove Cemetery
Main Street
la Crosse Street
Wood
William Wolfe
Local anglers report strong bass catches in area waters
Anglers are making fine catches of black bass in the river and nearby streams this week. Several good catches were also reported in the lagoon at Pettibone Park, indicating successful fishing conditions in the vicinity.
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Pettibone Park
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Chamberlain
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Ruplin Baking CO
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Post
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
Minnesota
Northwest
Justice OF Peace
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Striker
Prairie DU Chien Sanitarium
LA Cross
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Want County Farm Schools
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