Murder of Ora Lee Near Wadsworth Shocks Ohio
Ora Lee a 21 year old factory girl from Wadsworth Ohio was found slain by two bullets along the road to Custard Hook. Her fiancé Guy Rasor is detained as detectives pursue a motive and consider the alibi aided by a missing horse shoe and wagon tracks near the murder scene.
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Wadsworth, O
Ora Lee
Wadsworth
Custard Hook
Guy Rasor
Miss Lee
Rasor
Wooster
Charles Rasor
Marshal Bricker
Miss
Colonel Stewart Declared Unfit for Active Service
Washington October 183 The army retiring board finished its inquiry into Colonel William F. Stewart health known as Fort Grant exile It is understood the board found severe valvular heart disease incapacitating him from active service and retirement by the president is expected.
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Stewart
Washington
Army Retiring Board
William F. Stewart
Fort Grant
Trial date set for Scrugham Stirrup and Carrington
In New York on October 13, George R Scrugham and Charles Stirrup, with Charles F Carrington, face trial in general sessions next Friday. They were indicted last February for felony theft and conspiracy tied to the election of trustees and directors of the New York Life Insurance Company.
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New York
George R Scrugham
Charles Stirrup
Charles F. Carrington
New York Life Insurance Company
Court of General Sessions
Market quotations for grains and livestock across cities
The report lists prices for wheat corn oats hay and livestock in Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and New York. Prices cover wheat No 2 red corn oats cattle hogs sheep lambs and price ranges with several inconsistent OCR artifacts.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Ted
Leading Stereotyper Kerwin Dead at 46
John W. Kerwin longtime foreman for the American Press Association stereotyping department died at his home in Flushing New York after a brief illness. He was 46, a native of Chicago, survived by his wife and six children. Kerwin entered APSA service 25 years ago and was regarded as one of the nation's best stereotypers.
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New York
John WW Kerwin
American Prss Association
Fiusing
N.Y
Kerwin
Carcaga
American Press Association
Andrew Carnegie
Republican National Committee
Russell Sage
National
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Omaha
Paul L. Lindsay
Tucker Ga
Elias Frey
Pendleton
Ind
American Meat Packers’ Association
Chicago
Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina Peace Congress
Indiana State Labor Commission
Washington
James Bigheart
Pawhuska
Oklo
United States Naval Academy
Prince Ferdinand
Sophia
Strenuous Week for presidential Candidates in Campaign Push
The New York week tracks the high tempo of campaign tours as Taft and Bryan split dense schedules across states. Bryan journeys through Nebraska Illinois and Indiana delivering dozens of speeches while Taft canvasses Ohio in halls and on trains. Additional tours include Kern in Indiana New York and Connecticut regions Governor Hughes leading a 100-address Western chase. Root Straus and Wilson join the speaking circuit in the West and agriculture states.
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New York
Balkans
Europe
Taft
Bryan
Nebraska
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kern
Indianapolis
New York City
Newark
Bridgeport
Root
Straus
Mr. Wilson
Walking Diamond Mine Arrest in St Louis
George Foster a Black porter was arrested in St Louis on a charge of stealing diamonds and jewelry valued at 16000 from H C Powell a New York wholesale jeweler. Police found 15000 in unset diamonds and 1000 in diamond jewelry plus 500 in watches on his person. The theft is said to have occurred on a train from Chicago to St Louis on June 29.
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St. Louis
George Foster
H. C. Powell
New York
Foster
Mr. Powell
Chicago
St Louis
Judge Stone on Trial for Forged Mortgage
New York October 13 Frank C Marrin alias Judge Stone faces trial over a mortgage forged fifteen years earlier. He allegedly secured 75 000 from Mrs Carolina Barry, an elderly recluse who died in penury in Brooklyn last summer. Marrin had prior Philadelphia fraud conviction in the Storrey cotton case.
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Judge Stone
New York
Carolina Barry
Penury
Brooklyn
Frank C. Marrin
Marrin
Barry Marrin
Philadelphia
Author Slain In Wilds In Lac La Ronge
Winnipeg reports Detroit author James Oliver Curwood has been killed by Indians in the Lac La Ronge region after a dispute in the Hudson bay wilderness. Details are scarce but the tribesmen say the man fired first.
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Winnipeg
Man
James Oliver Curwood
Detroit
Hudson Bay Wilds
Lac la Ronge
Woman says father sold her to marry man she did not love
New Brunswick report states seventeen year old Julia Madelin told police she was sold for 100 dollars and forced to wed Tony Madelin four months ago. She refused to show remorse after shooting and killing him last Saturday.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Julia Madelin
Tony Madelin
Asylum for Thaw Again in Matteawan
Justice Mills signed an order sending Harry Thaw to Matteawan asylum. He was transported back to the institution yesterday afternoon.
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Thaw
White Plains
N. Y
Harry Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Justice Mills
University of Illinois investigates hazing and mayor incident
Officials at the University of Illinois began a hazing probe after Mayor Blane joined police in stopping a student frolic and fired at a sophomore. The clash at bone yard creek sparked faculty concern, while university and city authorities face possible further friction and drastic steps to end hazing.
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Champaign
Ill
University of Ilinois
Blane
Nevir
Bone Yard
Conference urged to address Balkan crisis and wider questions
London reports M Isvolsky won British backing for a conference of powers to discuss the Balkan crisis and related issues. Grey and Isvolsky agree on a conference scope, with Britain insisting on consent of all parties to any treaty changes and broader topics under discussion.
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Isvolsky
Edward Grey
Near East
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Great Britain
Foreign Office
M. Isvolsky
Edward
Sir Edward
M Isvolsky
Russia
Dardenelles
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Austria-Hungary
Crete
Clinton woman denies writing sensational letters in will suit
In Dewitt county Illinois a Kansas City niece of the late Colonel Tom Snell, Mabel Snell McNamara, denies authorship of sensational letters tied to the Snell will dispute. She admits receiving valuable property but says she acted as a dutiful niece and did not receive the $100000 in cash claimed.
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Clinton Ill
Mabel Snell McNamara
Kansas City
Tom Snell
Clinton
Dewitt County
Pastor to perform handcuff act at Sunday service
Springfield report says Rev Charles Campbell of Taylorville Presbyterian Church will stage a vaudeville style handcuff act before Sunday evening sermon to attract attendees. He will be handcuffed with a heavy steel chain and padlock and promises ten minute release after audience may test the chain and provide locks.
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Springfield
Chase Campbell
Presbyterian Church
Taylorville
Club Keeper Arrested in Illinois Saloon Scheme
Paris Illinois October 18 An attempt to evade the local option law by forming a club where members buy stock and draw from it drew temperance scrutiny. John Craig a former saloon keeper runs the club paid by members as pay and storage. Craig was arrested yesterday on a charge of keeping a Appling house and will face county court at the next term.
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Paris
Ill
John Craig
Craig
Water Haul From Carmi To Harrisburg For Steam Use
Drouth drives Big Four Railroad and Louisville & Nashville to haul water from Carmi to Harrisburg area. Creeks and rivers dry up making steam water a critical need as trains draw supply for long hauls to watering tanks.
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Drouth
Hau
Carmi
Big Fou Railroad Company
Here
Harrisburg
Big, Four
Louisville & Nashville
Throaty Young Princes May Yet Light War Torch
Belgrade reports Crown Prince George of Servia urging war while King Peter counsels caution. Premier struggles to curb him amid fears of dynastic crisis and volunteer mobilization in Bosnia. Britain and France reportedly offer moral support for peace and consider ceding Sanjak of Novipazar with Ottoman consent. Prince Peter of Montenegro praises George’s rhetoric, while George replies with nationalistic zeal.
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Belgrade
George of
Servia
Peter
Bosnia
Great Britain
France
Novipazar
Turkey
Peter of
Montenegro
Nicholas
Prince George
Taft Sign on Red Calf Heard At Danville Farm
Danville Illinois October 18 a red calf born on James G Schofstall’s farm four miles east of the city bears the letters P and T on each shoulder. Schofstall says the markings foretell a Taft victory and that the former secretary of war will become president of the United States.
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Taft
Danville
Polis
James G. Schofstall
Schofstall
Big Four to Reach Evansville with new railroad line
Carmi Illinois reports the Big Four railroad completed preliminary plans to extend from Mt. Carmel to Evansville Indiana. Right of way is secured along the route. Construction will begin after election settlements are made. Chinese officials Yunang and Liang Tun Yen depart Pekin for Amoy to arrange reception for the American Battleship fleet due there later this month.
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Evansville
Carmi, Ill
Big Fou Railroad
Mt. Carmel
Ind
Pekin
Yunang
Liang Tun Yen
Tong Ealson
Amoy
Jealous Husband Deed In York Fatal Shooting
In York Pennsylvania on October 13 a man named Bennington shot his wife at Delta and then killed himself. Authorities say jealousy prompted the act in the domestic tragedy.
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York, Pa
M. Bennington
Delta
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