Two Women Confess to Robbery and Murder in Philadelphia
Police say two African American women invited a man into a Schell Street home to rob him. A struggle ended with hatchet and bat blows, and the man died at Jefferson Hospital after being tossed from a window. Both suspects implicated each other.
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Jefferson Hospital
Sixth District
Anta Thomas
Mamie Brown
Schell Street
Melice
Thomas
Liberty Court House
Browh
Ninth
Race Streets
Liberty Street
Anna
Brown
Chess Club Elects Officers Richard Twells and John Geyer
The local Chess club has elected Richard Twells as president and John Geyer as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chess Club
Richard Twells
John Géyer
Dorothy Stock Company Opens Week With The Little Princess
The Nelson seat sale for the Dorothy Stock company suggests a record audience tonight for the week’s engagement opening with The Little Princess starring Fay St. John. The troupe promises one of the best stock casts seen locally with ten cent matinees starting Tuesday and free tonight for ladies under usual conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Stock Company
Nelson
Fay St. John
Miss St. John
Broadway Matinee Draws Crowd as Hit Comedy Musical Acts Impress
The matinee at Broadway theatre receives praise for a winning bill. Klein and Humphrey deliver a novelty comedy musical act that keeps the audience in a jolly mood. Conkey the club juggler performs an entirely original act with entertaining humor. Warren and Faust contribute a comedy sketch with singing and dancing, while Maud Chestnny sings Broncho Buster to slides and the moving pictures finale closes the show.
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Broadway
Klein
Humphrey
Conkey
Warren
Faust
Maud Chestnny
Crystal vaudeville bill at Crystal theater earns praise
The Crystal presents a crackerjack matinee this afternoon with top acts praised by Logansport residents. Manager Tom HKiardie offers vaudeville equaling big circuit houses, featuring lively singing and dancing with no dull moments. The lineup is entirely new and highly engaging.
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Crystal
Tom Hkiardie
Logansport
Disorder at Foresters convention in Detroit over leadership
Miss Mary Hooley reports scenes from Detroit where Mrs. Rose Rittman was installed as high chief ranger by Miss Tessie Murphy amid refusals and uproar. Mrs. Rodgers contested the change and the meeting ended in chaos as both sides clashed over the gavel and authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hooley
Woodmen of the World to Initiate Ten Members Tonight
The Woodmen of the World will initiate ten members at the regular meeting this evening. These ten join a class of thirty to be received into the order on October 18 at Indianapolis. A special Panhandle train will depart the city on that date at 6 30 a.m.
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The
Woodmen of the World
Indianapolis
Panhandle
Yardmaster Belr Fatally Struck in South Bend
Yardmaster Belr of the Vandalia was killed Friday evening while at work in South Bend. He was well known to local railroaders and accustomed to the duties of yard service.
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Belr
South Bend
Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages Filed
Joseph S Williamson and others transfer lot 2 O P city on Railroad street for 3000 dollars. Amanda E Fenimore and spouse to BE P and Mary M Vanata five acres in Reams township for 50 dollars. Emanuel Kortes and spouse to Julia Cahill part lot 94 O P city on Third street for 2350 dollars. Clark Rohrer to George T Fergus and spouse N W 1 4 and S W 1 4 section 3 Clay township for 2000 dollars. Four real estate mortgages filed totaling 2583 dollars plus two chattel mortgages of 144 dollars and one mortgage release of 1200 dollars.
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James I. Barnes
O. P. City
Railroad Street
Eel River Avenue
First Street
Amanda E. Fenimore
BE. P
Mary M. Vanata
Reams
Emanuel Kortes Etux
Julia Cahill
Third Street
North
Clark Rohrer
George T. Fergus
Etux
N. W
S. W
Clay
Ministers Picnicked At Country Home Outing
Local ministers association visited Dr. Barton B. Bigler's country home near Walton for an outing. They departed Library hall at 8 30 in autos driven by Joe McNary George Bliss and Frank Wilkinson. Each minister shared part of the menu including bread bologna sausage dill pickles rice potatoes beans skimmied tank light soup tooth picks.
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Barton B. Bigler
Walton
Joe McNary
George Bliss
Frank Wilkinson
Simon
Craig
Dunn
Arthur
Johnston
Watts
Martin
Bigler
Remorse Questions After Brotherly Clash
In a terse exchange a mother asks Willie if he regrets striking his life brother on the arm. He replies yes, noting the blow was aimed at the solar plexus.
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Willie
Deadly blaze at Long Island insane asylum drives rescue
New York October 12 nearly one hundred mentally ill patients were evacuated from the central wooden building of the Long Island Home for the Insane at Amityville as a blaze gutted the tower and central wing. Attendants fearing violence disabled inmates and carried them to safety as fire crews from Lindenhurst and Farmingdale fought the flames and water pressure became a dispute. Authorities estimate $15 000 to $20 000 in damages.
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New York
Orville J. Wilsey
Long Island Home For
Amitville
L. L
Long Island
Wissey
Harmles
Powell
Brooklyn
Brunswick House
Lindenhurst
Farmingdale
Notable Theatre Lineages and Careers Revealed in 1920s Notes
The piece notes Henrietta Crosman as Stephen Foster’s grandniece, Rose Stahl unique for a boats audience in Beaumont during a flood, Robert Edeson’s first stage exposure with an amateur club, Gertrude Coghlan as daughter of Charles Coghlan and trained in London, Frank McIntyre’s Michigan roots before acting, and Henry B. Harris’s large royalty payments to Charles Klein.
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Henrietta Crosman
Stephen Foster
Old Kentucky
Suwanee
Rose Stahl
Beaumont
Texas
Robert Edeson
Brooklyn
Gertrude Coghlan
Woan
James Forbes
Gaiety Theatre
New York
Charles Coghlan
Kensington Art School
London
Frank McIntyre
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Henry B. Harris
Charles Klein
the Lion and the Mouse
Century in 1909 Lincoln Debates Series by Hill
The Century plans a 1909 serial marking Lincoln’s centennial with unfamiliar life aspects. Frederick Trevor Hill opens with The Lincoln-Douglas Debates and a new novel Mr. Opp by Mrs Wiggs author.
Roosevelt and Taft-S History Repeats in White House Tale
Historian compares Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft with Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. The piece sketches Van Buren’s rise in New York politics, his alliance with Jackson, and his path to the presidency amid cabinet intrigue and party tension.
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Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
Wiite
van Buren
New York State
United States
Tom Platt
Jackson
Whigs
van ‘Burer
Advertised Letters At Logans Port Post Office
Letters addressed to several recipients remain unclaimed at the Logans Port post office for the week ending October 12, 1908. If not picked up within ten days they will go to the dead letter office in Washington D C. Names include men John F. Dumbaugh Orwin Johnson Charles Lamborn John Phillips Eli Roach Henry Starkey and women Dessie Anderson Nora Baldwin Blanche Glaser Goldie Williamson.
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Logans Port
Department
Washington, D. C
John F. Dumbaugh
Orwin Johnson
Charles Lamborn
John Phillips
Sycamore Street
Eli Roach
Henry Starkey
Dessie Anderson
Broadway
Nora Baldwin
Blanche Glaser
Goldie Wiliamson
J. M. Johnston
P.M
Landis to Speak in Huntington on October 27
Hon Frederick Landis of this ally will address an audience at the Huntington theatre on October 27. This marks his first speech in the current campaign and the venue has been secured for the event.
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Frederick Landis
Huntington
Huntington Theatre
Landis
Watson Club Tonight Sees New Members
The regular meeting of the 8PAtcon club will be held this evening in the GARO hall. A number of new members will be taken in.
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8Patcon Club
Garo Hall
Woman Keeps 47 Years of Weather Records at Muscatine
In Muscatine Iowa Mrs J P Walton 71 maintains daily weather records begun January 1839 the longest continuous record west of the Alleghenies. Started by Prof T S Parvin later kept by Rev John Refford then by Mr and Mrs J P Walton since 1899 who work without pay.
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Muscatine
Uncle Sam
J. P. Walton
Sui
Allegheny Mountains
T. S. Parvin
John Refford
Jly
Federal Army
Walton
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Philadelphia
Hatchet
Gibson Girl
Harry N, Ward
Malone
Alvin
Beauty
Fenton
Haynes
Shea
Sherman
Cablado
Majestic Theatre
Chicago
Ezra Kendall
M'He. de Dio
Terpsichore
Homer Lind
Henry W. Savage
Parsifal
Metropolitan Opera Company
Salome
Peter Donald
Meta Carson
Alex McLean
Frederick
Malano
the Crystal
Abstract, Loan & Insurance Office
S. M. Velsey
Joseph S. Williamson
Mars
Earth
EROS
Dorothy Stock CO
Miss Maude
Kinetoscope
Life Motion Pictures
Roosevelt and Taft
Jackson and
Jacob Waldeck
Daniel Webster
Van
Matty
England
Senate
Watson Club
Cso
Iowa
MRO. J.P P
Walto
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