Mystery at Guinness Farm Brings New Clues and Identifications
In Laforte Indiana May 7 A fresh lead in the Guinness farm case emerges as nine dismembered bodies are linked to shipments from Chicago. Two corpses are identified as Jennie Olson and Andrew Helgelein amid police probes aided by express offices and local testimony.
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Belle Guinness
Laporte
Ind
Chicago
Antone Olson
Indiana Avenue
Jennie Olson
Guinness
Leo Grander
South Park Avenue
Ask K. Helgelein
Andrew
J. H. William Meyer
Andrew Helgelein
Heigelein
Lamphere
Roy Lamphere
Guiness
Budsberg
Laporte County
John A. Welker
Leo Wade
Clyde Sturgis
Foster & de Garmo
Wade
Welker
Manuel Proclaimed King of Portugal With Oath of Allegiance
Lisbon May 7 Manuel the boy king was solemnly proclaimed ruler of Portugal in a ceremony before peers, deputies, diplomats, and nobility. He swore to uphold Catholicism and the realm, then read his vow to bring prosperity and earn his people's love as he was proclaimed from the parliament balcony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Manuel
Portugal
Ing Manuel
Goncalves
Manuel G
Indiana Man Kills Himself in Detroit Hotel Room
J. C. Brown of Elkhart Indiana committed suicide in his hotel room in Mount Clemens by blocking the gas and stopping the tracks. The act occurred in the Detroit hotel on May 7.
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Indiana
Mount Clemens
Mich
J. C. Brown
Elkhart
Ind
Detroit
Have You Any Idea Why Characters Fall Into a Brown Study
A curious exploration of literary mood asks why fictional figures enter a brown study. The term signals deep contemplation or melancholy inner focus, shaping scene tone and reader empathy.
Republicans Back Commercial Paper as Asset for Emergency Circulation
In Washington on May 7 the Republican caucus approved using commercial paper as an asset to issue additional circulation in emergencies by 115 to 21. The Vreeland name was removed from the bill, and a five member committee was appointed to draft a new currency bill. The panel includes Vreeland, Burton, Weeks, McKinney and Knowland and will report to a conference next Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Vreeland
Messrs. Vreeland
New Jersey
Burton
Ohio
Weeks
Massachusetts
McKinney
Illinois
Knowland
California
Still Against the Canteen in National Soldiers’ Homes
Washington report notes the House votes 167 to 46 to oppose reestablishing the canteen in national soldiers homes. A Providence visitor disrupted proceedings with an American flag protest on temperance. The Senate also passes a DC child labor bill restricting under 14 work hours and sets limits. Conference on the army appropriation bill approves 95,377,246 dollars, 3,463,000 less than prior Senate-approved total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
George F. Gridley
Providence
R. L
Senate
District of Columbia
Army
Destructive Fire Destroys Drummond Packing Plant
Fire from an overheated smokehouse heavily damaged the Drummond Packing Company main building in Eau Claire Wisconsin on Wednesday. The adjacent Eau Claire box factory also suffered damage. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars, with about 100 workers left idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wis
Drummond Packing Company
Eau Claire Box
Bishop Brent Elected Bishop of Washington Diocese
Rt. Rev. Charles Henry Brent, bishop of the Philippine Islands, was chosen to succeed the late Rt. Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee as bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Washington during the diocese’s thirteenth annual conference on Wednesday in Washington.
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Washington
Charles Henry Brent
Philippine Islands
Episcopal Diocese of
Henry Yates Satterlee
Cuba's Sugar Crop Assured By General Rains
Havana reports general rainfall securing the sugar harvest. The forecast centers on favorable conditions aiding yields across the island.
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Cuba
Havana
Whooping Cough Outbreak Hits Evansville City
Evansville faces several hundred cases of whooping cough with physicians calling it the worst outbreak the city has ever known, as reported by Read advertisements in The Reporter.
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Evansville
Ohio Democrats Nominate Harmon for Governor in Turbulent Convention
In Columbus Ohio May 7 Democrats nominated Judson Harmon Cincinnati attorney general for governor and backed Bryan for president. Former Gov James E Campbell endorsed for US senator as Tom Johnson Cleveland fought Harmon but lost amid bitter factional clashes.
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Ohio
Judson Harmon
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Harmon
Murder in Lake Benton Minnesota Suspect Flees
John Sorenson aged 44 an employee of a mill was murdered on Wednesday in Lake Benton Minnesota. The suspected killer fled the scene after the crime.
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Minnesota
Lake Benton
Minn
John Sorenson
Gary Interurban to Start Cars in City Tomorrow
The Gary Interurban company will begin running cars in the city tomorrow. All motormen and conductors are to report for duty.
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Gary Interurban Company
National Conference of Charities Opens in Richmond
The National Conference of Charities and Corrections holds its annual meeting at the Academy of Music with a packed audience. Gov. Swanson urges broader philanthropy and monuments of charity. Roosevelts telegram and welcomes from city officials set a hopeful tone for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Academy of Music
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Swanson
McCarthy
R. A Lancaster, Jr
P. I. Mulry
Moray Williams
New York
Bijur
Jewish Conference
Thomas W. Haynes
Jewish Society
Mulry
Roosevelt
National Conference of Charities
National Conferences of Jewish Charities
St. Vincent de Paul
Martin A. Marks
Cleveland
Jacob Hollander
Baltimore
Flood Hits East Alton as River Rises Four Feet
Wood River broke through banks in East Alton Illinois on May 7 and floodwaters cover five miles by one mile. Large sections of town submerged and two major factories shut down. Interurban and railroad tracks overflowed causing traffic suspension and many families to evacuate.
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East Alton
Wood River
Chicago & Alton
Big Four
McKinley
Poultry Expert Gowell Dies by Own Hand in Orono
Prof. Gilbert M. Gowell aged 63 who left the University of Maine after 25 years of work in poultry experiments killed himself with a firearm in Orono. He had been suffering mental depression since his wife’s death two years earlier. The U.S. Department of Agriculture once hailed his work as the most important poultry research in the country.
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Orono
Gilbert M. Gowell
University of Maine
United States Department of Agriculture
Gowell
Noted Hunter Gen W H Gentry Dies in Lexington
Lexington, May 7 Gen W H Gentry head of the Gentry family reunions and famous hunter of big game and foxes died at St Josephs hospital aged 60. He owned noted fox hound kennels and was well known nationwide.
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Lexington
W. H. Gentry
Gentry
St. Joseph’s Hospital
United States
Not Guilty Verdict In Uncle Sai Oil Case
Topeka jury finds H. H. Tucker Jr. not guilty after trial on charges of using the mails in a scheme to defraud in promoting the Uncle Sai Oil company. The verdict was returned at six o'clock Wednesday night in Topeka Kansas.
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H. H. Tucker, Jr
Topeka
Kan
Uncle Sai Oil Company
Cooks Who Cook Item Secured Through Reporter Local Columns
A local column item notes a cooking feature titled Cooks who cook secured by reporter. The brief highlights community interest in home kitchens and culinary talent showcased in the column series.
Fleet Arrives in San Francisco Harbor Amid Holiday Cheer
The Atlantic battleship fleet arrived through the Golden Gate to a city in celebration with holiday observances. Admiral Robley Evans stood on the Connecticut as the fleet entered and will soon retire from command due to illness and a grandson’s death. Officials welcomed the ships and announced formal greetings.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
Hampton Roads
Secretary of the Navy
Yorktown
Navy
California
Oakland
Fairmount Hotel
Hunter's Point
Anchorage
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Admiral Evans
Robley D. Evans
Atlantic
Connecticut
Hartley
Mission Street Wharf
Taylor
Evans
Miner's Horrible Act Shocks Virginia Town
In Virginia Minnesota on May 7 Thomas Urin a miner attached dynamite to his neck and ignited it in his boarding house dining room. Four women witnessed the blast as they fled the wrecked building injuring one woman. Urin's remains had not yet been recovered.
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Virginia
Minn
Thomas Urin
Arin
Surgical association elects new president in Final session
The American Surgical association concluded its final session, electing officers for the coming year. Dr. C. B. G. Nancrede of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was named president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Washington
American Surgical Association
C. B. G. Nancrede
Ann Arbor
Mich
Lipscomb Woman Acquitted in Cleveland Murder Trial
Mrs. Christina Lipscomb, arrested after her husband was shot and later tried for murder, was acquitted on Wednesday in Cleveland.
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Lipscomb
Cleveland, O
Christiana Lipscomb
Harvey Hinkle Sentenced Insane for Bloomington Murder
Harvey Hinkle, accused of killing John McClintock in Bloomington, was adjudged insane and ordered committed to the southern hospital for treatment and confinement.
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Harvey Hinkle
John McClintock
Bloomington
Southern Hospital
Woman Peddles the Time in London Watches
Miss Amy Bellville of London serves as official timekeeper, earning about 2500 dollars yearly from one weekday work. The Greenwich Observatory certifies her chronometer, a family role since 1833. Since 1882 she has supplied time to around forty patrons, the rest of London relying on them.
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Amy Bellville
London
England
Greenwich Observatory
Ther
Miss Bellville
Fishermen report plentiful black bass near Milton
Local anglers say the Milton area is teeming with black bass with several large specimens landed recently.
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Viciity
Milton
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van Camp
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Indianapolis
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