Minister’s Shootout Ends Murder Rampage in Missouri
Rev. Valentine Strauss of Staple Missouri armed himself to kill church members. His wife warned neighbors as he fired from houses and tree limbs injuring four. A posse and Kneiche fired, Strauss fell mortally wounded at a tree he once preached under. He forgave his killers as he died.
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St. Louis
Valentine Strauss
Staple
Missouri
Herj
Gasconade
Pather
Borhood
Onelay
Shes
Fredericksburg
Max Kneiche
Kneiche
Dr Good Sees Taft Victory For Eleventh District
Dr C H Good the Republican nominee for congress in the Eleventh district praises Taft saying the nomination will satisfy all Republicans there and Taft will win by more than 5000. He adds Taft has always performed well and will continue Roosevelt era policies leading to prosperity.
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C. H. Good
Congress
Taft
Dr. Good
Theodore Roosevelt
Cross Country Run From New York to Chicago Planned
The local Y M C A reports a cross country relay from New York to Chicago. Prominent sprinters from the eastern associations will run half mile legs. About 3,000 runners are needed. A message will go from Mayor McClellan of New York to Mayor Busse of Chicago.
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New York
Chicago
Bis Astern
McClellan
Busse
Infant suffers fractured arms at Market Street home
The six month old child of Mr and Mrs Sylvester Gresham of 2104 Market street fractured its arms yesterday while playing on the floor. The child became entangled and rolled over injuring an arm.
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Sylvester Gresham
No. 2104
Market Street
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs George Griffin
A birth notice states that Mr and Mrs George Griffin of Bartlett Street are welcoming a daughter into their family. The brief item confirms the new arrival and parental names.
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George Griffin
Bartlett Street
Wood mother makes orphan pigs happy in Kent
In Kent Ohio on June 23 D Queen raises six piglets orphaned early after birth. She builds a wooden mother with rippled bottles to feed them, a clever contrast to natural mothering. The invention wins praise as a curious, effective method.
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Wood
Kent
Queen
McClure's July Issue Highlights Public Health and Criminology
Three major discussions frame the July McClure's: Samuel Hopkins Adams on public health and lifepreservation, Judge Cleland on Chicago crime policy, and Will C. Barnes with a Pinchot profile. Also includes Ellen Terry’s American impressions, Carl Schurz reminiscences, and fiction by Lyon, Bacon, Blethen, and Cutting.
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July McClure
Samuel Hopkins Adams
McKenzie Cleland
Chicago
Will C. Barnes
Gifford Pinchot
Ellen Terry
Carl Schurz
Johnson
Philippines
Harris Merton Lyon
Josephine Daskam Bacon
Joseph
Indiana State News Summary of Distressing Incidents and Events
A roundup of Indiana incidents reports deaths from accidents and drownings including John Priest in Crawfordsville and Alois Stinell in Hammond. Others drowned or injured include Lawrence Norton at Mississinewa dam, an eight year old Sullivan boy, Daniel Houk of St Joseph, and a rider in South Bend temperance rally plans. A bronze bust for James Oliver in South Bend, temperance remonstrance in Brookville, and typhoid death of Edward Ratcliffe noted. A Brookville injury and a Bedford murder suspect death, with Earl Morgan shot in Shelbyville.
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Lawrence Norton
Muncie
Mississinewa
James Oliver
South Bend
Oliver Hotel
Brookville
James Smith
Evansville
Ida Ricketts
Anderson
Beebe Gobel
Alois Stinell
Hammond
Spring Brook Park
George Purcell
Sullivan
Daniel Houk
St. Joe
Edward Ratcliffe
Bedford
Joseph Kapshaw
Earl Morgan
Shelbyville
Ballard Morton
Children Without School Raises Island Education Dilemma
Boston, June 24. The Supreme Court dismisses Henry B. Davis's petition as it leaves him on No Man's Land four miles off Martha's Vineyard with five children aged 4,12,17,19, and 24. The town of Chilmark has school buildings and a library, but no state must fund a private island education. The court notes the hardship yet upholds the law requiring attendance and tax support.
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Supreme Court
Henry B. Davis
No Man's Land
Martha's Vineyard
Chilmark
Davis
Locked in Freight Car Seven Days Without Food or Water
The 22 year old Chester A. O'Connell of Bath Beach survived a seven day confinement in a refrigerated potato car en route from Florida to New York. He endured darkness and thirst, living on scraps of raw potato through a wire barrier until rescued in Jersey City. He was treated at the London hospital Bronx and vowed to return home to Bath Beach.
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New York
London Hospital
O'Connell
Brooklyn
Jacksonville
Fla
O’connell
Jersey Wity
Hudson River
Thirty-Seventh Street
East River
Lincoln Hospital
Bath Beach
Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages Recorded
Katherine Baker transfers 4 to 59 of Bakers add to Islington Place for 1 dollar. Theodore Minneman Jr to Emma J Downham Oliver for 1500 dollars on West Logan Wheatland ave lot 1340p. Minerva Updike et al to Sarah Horn 7.14 acres in Noble township for 1906 dollars. Julius Wagner etwx to Louis Bergheger se 1-4 ne 1-4 sec 26 Harrison township for 1400 dollars. Five chattel mortgages filed totaling 463 dollars. Mortgages released amounting to 290 dollars.
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Katherine Baker
Thresia Baker
Baker
Islington Place
City
Theodore Minneman, Jr
Emma J. Downham Oliver
West
Logan
Wheatland Ave
Minerva T. Updike
Sarah E. Horn
Noble
Julius Wagner
Etwx
Louis Bergheger
Harrison
Labor Day Plan Set by Lafayette Committee
The Labor Day committee met Monday evening in Lafayette to arrange the big celebration. Mayors from all association cities are to speak, with a principal address hoped from Attorney Clarence Darrow of Chicago. The event will be held at Columbia Park rather than Tecumseh's Trail.
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Lafayette
Clarence R. Darrow
Chicago
Columbia Park
Tecumseh’s
Trail
Hughes Praises Taft in New York Campaign Start
Governor Hughes delivered a vigorous endorsement of William Howard Taft and Sherman in a Republican club speech opening the state campaign. He praised Taft’s character, impartial jurist work, diplomatic tact as pacificator, and proven executive ability across major departments.
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New York
Hughes
Republican Club
Taft
Sherman
William Howard Taft
Greek orphan Stellio Arghiri may become Lipton heir
London reports Sir Thomas Lipton plans to make Stellio Arghiri an heir and potential political figure. The 18 year old Greek orphan learned languages, attended a grammar school in England, and may adopt the Lipton name, though the baronetcy requires a natural son. The note ends with a wordplay on Lemoine and lemon.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Stellio Arghiri
Lipton
Mediterranean
Crete
Stelio
Stellio
England
Arghiri
Stellio Lipton
Indianapolis Excursion From Logansport Next Sunday
Logansport passengers may take a round trip to Indianapolis via U T company lines next Sunday. Tickets cost 1.25 for the round trip and special tickets are valid on trains leaving Logansport at 5 00, 5 45 and 9 00 a m.
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Logansport
Indianapolis
U. T. Company
Panhandle Opens West Side Interlocking Tower
The Panhandle yesterday reopened its West Side interlocking tower after a period of cutback in operators. Previously closed, it used hand signals but officials say the interlocking system is best and will be kept open.
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Panhandle
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John Priest
Crawfordsville
Ocean
Massachusetts
Boston, Mass
Florida
N.Y
S. M. Velsey
Labor Day Committee
Lemoine
Spencer Park Music
Sesson
Spencer Park
Broadway Street
George Bush
Frere
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