Ghostly Visitor Haunts St Louis Home Angling Curiosity
In St Louis on August 12 a strange phenomenon at Mr. and Mrs. William Koerster’s 3128 Osceola street draws crowds nightly. Neighbors report a ghost that unspreads umbrellas, unties and reties shoe laces, moves furniture, devours food, and even ties a napkin to a wineglass. Psychic explanation centers on Mrs Koerster and her nephew, while clocks chiming at 4 spawns further eerie effects.
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St. Louis
William Koerster
Osceola Street
Koerster
Too Tall to Quit Stage Miss Lillian Lee of Follies
Miss Lillian Lee, the tallest American stage actress at six feet two, says nature and career woes push her toward retirement. She estimates losing $100 weekly salary and better roles if she were three or four inches shorter and would sacrifice $5,000 in savings to achieve it.
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New York
Lillian Lee
Follies of
Miss Lee
A Cinch Frame-Up For An Election Bet
Omaha August 12 Col J C Gallup works out a bet plan to cover election risk. He sent 1000 dollars to Philadelphia to back Bryan against Taft and 2000 to Portland to back Taft. Depending on the outcome, he stands to gain or lose 2000 or 1000, enabling him to vote Prohibition without risking the frame-up.
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Omaha
Neb
Col
J. C Gallup
Bryan
Gallup
Philadelphia
Taft
Portland
Ore
Colonel
Big South Omaha
Prohibition
The Cow Puncher to Be Shown at The Nelson
The Nelson will present The Cow Puncher on Saturday afternoon and evening August 15. The play, a Hal Reid drama about ranch life in Arizona, follows a rough cowboy who reveals a true heart and becomes a hero.
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Nelson
Arizona
Hal Reid
Plains
Raid on Independence Square Sleepers
Philadelphia woke to a police raid on Independence Square as seventy nine homeless men were rounded up after two in the morning. Magistrate Carey sentenced some to three months at the house of correction while others received lighter punishments or were discharged. Park Superintendent Linus defended the action saying the men should sit on benches and behave like others, though some lounged on benches and washed shirts at ornamental hydrants near the halt.
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Philadelphia
Independence Square
Independence Hall
Carey
House of Correction
Linus
Dead man held for fraud in money by false pretenses
John P. Carmody was arrested after a yearlong search for defrauding his wife by posing as a deceased man. Authorities say he deserted his family in South Boston, called his wife posing as C. M. Underwood, and induced her to borrow $20 to ship his body. He was previously known as Jack Brown and had come from theft-related conviction.
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Washington
John P. Carmody
Boston
Carmody
C. M. Underwood
Jack Brown
Brown
St Josephs Hospital Roof Nearly Finished
Workmen at the new St Josephs hospital at Twenty seventh and High streets lay the roof on the building and it will soon be under cover. The east wing roof was placed last week and once the roof is completed interior work will begin, making the facility ready for use in a short time.
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St. Joseph’s Hospital
Twenty-seventh
High Streets
Knights of Pythias raise funds for hall and armory
State news items report the Knights of Pythias in Jeffersonville aiming to raise 15400 to build a lodge hall and armory. Other notices include deaths from heart failure and fire losses, and several injuries from accidents and crimes across multiple towns.
Great Endurance Run From Toronto to New York
J McAughey, assistant secretary of the West End Y M C A in Toronto, completed a nearly 760 mile run to New York in eleven days and twenty two hours. He started July 27 from Toronto and averaged about 65 miles daily, running most of the time and covering extra miles to reach the city. The purpose was to test speed and endurance and he delivered a message from Toronto’s mayor to New York’s mayor.
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New York
Ay J. McAughey
Toronto
Canada
New York City
McAughey
West End
Kid McCoy Declares Social Claim to South Orange Life
Former pugilist Norman Seba better known as Kid McCoy says he and his wife have royal blood and money to match. He sold a $42 000 South Orange residence to a new owner amid local unease over social acceptance and a planned garage. The couple plans no hard feelings if not welcomed, while McCoy enjoys easy money and his social ambitions.
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Kid McCoy
Rushville
Ind
South Orange
N. J
Smart
New York
Selbys
Selby
John Hume
Lord Hume
London
Hume
Edward S. Ellis
Ellis Locomotion Works
Schenectady
Carnegies
Fricks
Gully
McCoy
Jersey
Carrier
Wabrick Rents Farm and Moves to Logansport
H G Wabrick has rented his farm to William Bott and moved to Logansport. W G Logan was called to Galveston Tuesday by his mother's death. Funeral will be Thursday morning from the Methodist church in Galveston. Mr and Mrs Clem Miller of Richmond Ind were guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Lamb Saturday and Sunday.
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H. G. Wabrick
William Bott
Logansport
W. G. Logan
Galveston
Clem Miller
Richmond
Ind
Harry Lamb
Plain Speech Sparks Anxiety in Paper Bride Case
A fragment shows a man asking why a man removes the paper from his bride as advice to hide an arrest. The odd exchange hints at public publicity and nervous responses to legal trouble.
Negro Bolt From Taft Moves Negro Vote in New York
Boston dispatch reports President Roosevelt recognizes the impact of the Negro vote from Taft as key to 60 percent in states including New York Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey Ohio Illinois Indiana Maryland and Massachusetts. National Negro American Political League organizer William M Terrell says three major groups back the bolt with 20 percent for other parties and 2 percent abstaining. The response cites Taft’s Brownsville controversy and disfranchisement measures as core issues driving the split.
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Boston
Herald
Roosevelt
Taft
Henry C. Corbin
Porto Rico
William M. Trotter
the Guardian
Judge ‘Art
Trotter
City
National Negro-American Political League
Megro
New_York
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Bryan
Brownsville
South
New Street Car Crossing Completed By Vandalia Line
The street car company finished a new crossing on Michigan avenue near Horney creek replacing the worn old one from the line's construction. The former frogs loosened by heavy traffic are replaced with concrete set frogs crushed stone and new ties. Workmen completed the project last evening.
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The
Street Car Company
Michigan Avenue
Horney Creek
Drunken Monkey On Tear At Coney Island Arena
In a scene of nautical drunkenness two sailors shared a whisky with a monkey at Bostock's arena in Coney Island. The simian drank the bottle and, after a half hour of chaos, attacked fellow monkeys. The sober monkeys fought back, and keepers restrained the melee leaving the drunken aggressor unconscious.
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New York
Bostock
Coney Island
Deckhand Saves Woman in St. Lawrence Collision
Frank Shaw a deck hand on the St. Lawrence plucked Mrs. Clara Crosby from a motor boat that overturned after the collision at Thousand Islands Park. Shaw, jumping from the upper deck, kept Crosby's head above water until help arrived as summer tourists began a Carnegie medal fund.
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Thousand Islands Park
N. Y
St. Lawrence
Frank Shaw
Clara Crosby
Adams N. Y
Shaw
Railroaders May Move Between Bradford and Chicago
Local railroad workers say a 25 to 30 hour layover in Chicago leaves them with no time in Bradford. Some would prefer living in Chicago for cost, while others who work both Bradford and Chicago divisions note living at either end would still spend time in Bradford.
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Chicago
Bradford
Man Keeps 1856 Mustache Vow Through Buchanan Victory
Abram Schaeger of Elizabeth, Pa kept a vow made in 1856 that if James Buchanan were elected president he would never part with his mustache. He fulfilled the pledge and kept the facial hair for life.
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Abram Schaeger
Elizabeth
James Buchanan
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