Train Robbers Shot By Passengers At Smithboro Stop
A westbound Pennsylvania train on the Vandalia division was halted by two masked robbers near Smithboro, Illinois. Five shots were exchanged. one robber was mortally wounded and captured, the other wounded but escaped with the train crew aiding passengers until Greenville. City Marshal Brown, wounded, led the defense and helped subdue the bandits.
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Pennsylvania
Sobbert
Bmilthhore
Vandalia
Ater
Gresiville
Hilt
Smithvpro
Iery Arewa
Borrenta
Tin Wah
Ils
Smithboro
Umea
Uiebertha
Marshal Brown Wan
Ney
Tandit
Greenville
Glacial Visit Shocks New York City Community
A fragmented OCR account describes a night time journey to a glacier in New York City. The text references a family, a Bible, silverware, a courthouse figure, and names linked to a local town, with tremors of a story uncertain in detail.
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Hanhie Chana
Dong Glacier
New York City
Ronan
Hite Wolke
Fragmented OCR Narrative on Unclear Events and Names
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a sequence of drifting names and places with unclear verbs and events. It references a trip or leaving, a person named Chad, and a brand note about a recent encounter at Tri Gaia with scattered terms such as Dubai, Albor, Horm, and Phao, but the overall story remains incoherent.
Mil ford Doctor Shoots Wife at Christmas Dinner
Dr. Amesbury shot and killed his wife Anna Amesbury during a Christmas meal at her mother’s home in Hyde Park Massachusetts. Police say two shots struck her, he was detained and claimed self defense. Anna, 40, a Roanoke College music teacher from Kentucky, had lived in several states with her husband. The couple’s sons witnessed the arrest scene as relatives called authorities.
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Waller Ry Amesbury
Milford
Anna
Muse
Roanoke College
Danville
Jamile Rees
Amesbury
Metropolitan Aventte
Jyde Park
Mass
Dr. Amesbury
Hal R. Amesbury
Eos
Amen Inne
Amexbury
Kentucky
Dr. Ames
Kingston
Paxbury
Corsicana
Tex
Amoxbury
Amonbury
Anionbury Hoya
Amosbury Ia
Ho Waa
Teftislh
Dangerous Christmas Package Scare Halts in Erie
An internat dispatch from South Erie reports a suspicious Christmas package in a post office substation. The opened box contained a device claimed to explode, with an ominous note urging attention to a Dr. Merry Christmas. Police and postal officials intervened, removing the device and preventing harm likely to many nearby.
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South
Erie
Jolene
Fernal Muching
Ann
Jyadelling
XY de Cave
Cherey Street
Chat City
Tariteat
Rohell
Warner
Teehler
Merry Christovisy
Agippateh from Sumter to Hayl Goraney &. 1. Mowers ve Cuned
Coroner reports a death after a Tuesday afternoon incident near Sumter. Witnesses observed a person injured, with fight and blood evidence noted. Investigators from the local unit documented the scene and await autopsy results.
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Sumter
Goraney
Unclear OCR fragment hints at crime and marital conflict
A garbled newspaper OCR passage mentions a suspect, a wife, threats, and a plan to throw something at a stovepipe, with a later reference to a forty year sentence or timeframe. Details are fragmented and uncertain.
Burglary in Wellborn Bed Room Leads to Flight and Stolen Cash
In Gayvin township near Wellborn the colored man WH Guyton was jailed after a Christmas Eve struggle with resident Will Wellborn. A fight in the house ended when Guyton fled through a window, dropping rocks that shattered a window near a sleeping infant. Neighbors captured him. He claims intoxication and denial of entry while Wellborn says $40 in cash was taken from the room.
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Aston
Guyton
Will Wellborn
Gayvin Township
Wellher
Welborn
Wellborn
Wellham
Wud
Prominent New Yorker Dies by Own Action at Subway
Wealthy lawyer and corporate director Wrest G. Stedman, age unknown, leaped in front of an uptown Fourteenth Street subway train. He left an estate reportedly worth over seven million and held posts with the American Fashion Mibow company and Raritan River Clay, with offices on Broadway. The incident drew a startled crowd as the platform crowd and several women fainted, and trains were halted after the fatal leap.
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Wrest G. Stedman
New York
Clarence Stedman
Witclde
Stedman
American Ghshion Mibow Company
Raritan River Clay Company
Broad Way
Law Item
Stedman & Larkin
Howe
Madison Avenue
Unclear shooting incident ties to Atlanta family turmoil
Fragmented report describes a daytime shooting near a residence involving a Mr Ren Byte and an accident at a firing scene. Mentions the mother and relatives of a deceased or injured person, with references to a show, attendees, and surrounding individuals. The readable text is garbled and names are partially obscured.
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Haney
Tevearsail
Mike
Ren Byte
Tye
Atlanta
Uvley
Tihotier
Wyler
Died in Chicago After Illness and Emergency Hospitalization
A chaotic, partially legible report describes a death in Chicago tied to a medical diagnosis and hospital care. The fragment mentions a person named Meson Corl and references a hospital stay, a convulsion, and a period of illness. Other scattered phrases hint at medical staff, a private hospital, and community conditions during a difficult year.
Mutiny and Disaster Mark Atlas Voyage Endings
A damaged Atlas submarine? The journal recounts a perilous voyage ending with a collision near Cape Horn. The Atlas sank the Viking, caused mutiny aboard the Atlas, and led to the drowning of the captain and his wife. The story notes a cargo of sonar for the United States Government and quarantine.
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Ifn Ng Primorlean
Atlis
San Picholeco
Chitatmas
Baltimiere
Cape Horn
Ita Dotka
Oni
Atlas
Vikmas
Patorgen
Hane Birg
Callao
Pearson
Aline
Rio de Janeiro
Schumacher
Giarley Nolan
J Se
Udine
Tragedy Strikes Miss Wardrop In Lincoln Hospital Ward
Miss Wardrop, a 16 year old from New York, collapsed at home while a fire engine passed nearby. She was taken to Lincoln Hospital after a long coma with no identifiable cause, with authorities unable to name her ailment.
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Yorks
Dour
Lincoln
New York
Wardroy
Te Fend
Adrienne Tate Roche
Arlor
Migs Laktoche
Edith
Yale Ward
Waggen Hat Sparks Chicago Banter and Freight Mishap
A garbled report describes a chaotic incident near LaSalle Street station involving a half million dollars in silver coins, a New York express shipment, and several named individuals. Witnesses recount derailment and injuries as the freight line spares none, with emergency responders aiding the wounded.
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Chicago
LaBalle
Lasalle
Marcy ‘Teyheek
Ifonry
Vordyck
Tay
Youbpeke
Rarker
Burglary Ends in Tragedy as Intruder is Shot
In a Davle Cal town an early morning burglary led to a fatal shooting. Somers fired at a burglar attempting entry, striking a child inside a home as the family awoke to a noise near a window. Police investigations begin with the shooter cooperating.
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Jose
Cal
Bey
Somers
Storekeeper stabbed in botched robbery near Charleston
An attack on Thomas Ts. Caves, a storekeeper in St Andrew's Parish near the New Bridge, prompted Deputy Sheriff Joseph Poulnot and volunteers to rush to the scene. Despite a severe head wound, Caves crawled inside his store and called for help. He was transported to Roper Hospital for treatment and remains under care as authorities seek the assailants.
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Charleton
News and Courier
St. Andrew's Parish
Joseph, Poulnot
Lfe
Thomas Ts. Caves
St. Andrew's
Apsley River
Nosroes
Charleston
Poulnot
Chalfour Johnson
Haney Lihnstedt
Jatar
Ry Ti
Knox
Bt. Andrew's
Gave'a
Ieiahell Road
Mio Atoredee
Powlnot
Caves
Roper Hospital
Ilask
Burton
Tax roll details and local levies amid late 19th century notes
A garbled OCR fragment references a tax list with ages and property, listing a road tax, mills, and rates in early 1900s terms. It mentions One Dollar and a Half, able bodied male residents aged up to 50, and notes the due date in October with a March 1 1908 target.
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Hebxon
Épedta
Wille
Oto Bonte
Tatum Bond
Textile mills plan winter curtailment to March 1
Textiles unions report plans to cut production by 25 percent before March 1 and the remainder after that date. Managers would decide the pace, as workers prefer a four day week to avoid nearly three weeks of idle time. The curtailment movement began in New York commission houses worried about spring congestion and falling prices.
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Texile Wnions
New York Commission
Boxing Row and a Hobaville Tragedy In One Night
A dapper young man accosts a woman on Broadway in a street scuffle ending with a punch in the gutter. In Hobville, Christmas Day violence leaves Augustie Slovens dead and John White in custody after a shooting at a passing train, with subsequent fugitive arrests near the woods and a yacht inquiry at Idle Hour.
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New York
Broadway
Nh Street
Mariana
Raleigh Gowns in Prohibition Victory in New York
Raleigh voters supported prohibition by a large majority with about 2800 total votes. Prohibition carried in the city while liquor opponents and autos opponents received smaller shares. The election, marked by tragedy in Watertown Mass where a house fire killed several Clark family members, and other fires and deaths, shaped local finance and city expenditure discussions.
Accident at Peatt City ends in tragedy for youth
A 16 year old boy, Dan Bradley, dies after a dynamite explosion as children play near a building. The blast injures several others and shatters a window, with witnesses and investigators beginning to piece together the sequence of events surrounding the incident.
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Dan Bradley
Peatt City
Almy
Jarrod
Llerowa
Givle
le Howly
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