Sensational Murder Cranks Target Woman Witness
In the Richmond case sensationalists and opportunists flood letters and offers, with a man proposing to swap places for 5000 dollars and others pursuing a scene of romance with the accused woman. The piece notes fascination with the female witness and echoes Washington Star on the public appetite for lurid details.
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Tran Udy
Richmond
Fettera
Ethel Lenore
Crippen
London
Canada
Washington Star
The Irish Ambassador in Washington Police Tale
In Washington during an international wedding a police squad led by Capt. Daniel Sullivan kept order near the church. A metropolitan reporter noted various ambassadors as they arrived, until the list included “The Irish Ambassador.” Sullivan teased him, explaining he is simply a policeman, not a diplomat, in a Popular Magazine anecdote.
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Washington
Daniel Sullivan
Sullivan
Maryland
Ireland
Great Hritals
Danial Sullivan
Popular Magazine
Emergency Thought Cabman Advice For Crossing Streets
A bystander quotes a quoted exchange urging cabmen to be extremely careful at crossings and to heed police instructions. The dialogue notes slow driving when streets are allopery and asks which capital area the cab should head to, reflecting a social snapshot in a historical urban setting.
Varieties of Oranges and Lemons in Europe
The London Chronicle notes oranges and lemons of high quality arrived from Rhotesia. Oranges reached Europe via western Asia from India. Bitter oranges entered with returning Crusaders. sweet oranges followed in the fifteenth century from Genoa. Lemons came to Spain with the Arabs in the twelfth century. Experts cite 47 lemon varieties and 80 orange varieties.
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Rhotesia
Europe
India
Western Asia
Italy
Spain
London Chronicle
Allvar wedding plans and long partnership questioned
A terse exchange hints at a forthcoming wedding between a couple identified as you and your husband. The dialogue misquotes dates and asserts the man, Harry, travels for a wholesale warehouse job while the woman states they have lived together for three years, eleven months, and nineteen days.
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Harry
Queens
A Diagnosis Reveals Barbers’ Conversational Edge
A quirky remark suggests barbers succeed by cutting off rivals from speaking. The joke implies barbers keep others from getting a word in by interrupting and shaping dialogue. The line plays on barber-shop banter about word edgeway and clever repartee.
Tailor’s R B clue leads to mistaken shop talk
A reader quotes a garbled exchange about a tailor measuring for clothing and shouting R B which is misinterpreted as reguta boat. A punchline reveals confusion and a mistaken slugging. The fragment hints at slang miscommunication in a humorous exchange.
Walsh Death Ends One-Time Millionaire's Comeback Drive
John R. Walsh, once a Chicago financial figure and publisher, died penniless at his home after a recent parole from Leavenworth. He had hoped to regain his foothold in finance, with papers reflecting a $4,000,000 repayment to creditors. Born August 22, 1837 near Macrvon Ireland, he arrived in America at age thirteen and rose from newsboy to prominent executive before legal troubles led to imprisonment.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Nowncier
Railroad Wagoste
Leavenworth Priaan
Heart Dleemso
Mnance
Walshaw
Frank Billings
Stan
Leavenworth
Chicago National Bank
Equitable Trust Company
Home Savings Bank
Leaventworth
Walsh
Railroad World
Financial World
Newspaper World
Macrvon
County Cork
Ireland
America
Youth Shot in Hotel Leaves Teen Dying in Beaver Falls Area
In Youngstown on October 24 Roberi McCready nineteen, a Beaver Falls high school pupil, was shot and dying at a local hotel. Gledys Wilson of Sharon was wounded in the shoulder but not in danger. Police suspect a Sharon girl who allegedly was snubbed by McCready.
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Youngstown
Roberi McCready
Beaver Falle
Lo Cal
Gledys Wilson
Sharon
McCready
Gold Stolen in Transit to Swiss National Bank
A shipment of 26 years of gold valued at 28000 dollars was stolen in transit to the Swiss National Bank in Herne Switzerland. The load was substituted for the gold during the carriage by London houses.
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Herne
Switzerland
Swiss National Bank
London
Three Chinese Cities Captured by Rebels
Peklog October 25 rebels seize Sianfu a Shensi capital with 750000 population. Kiukiang and Hukow in Kiang province fall to rebels. government house burned officials killed amid gunboat presence. Foreign warships shelter missionaries as unrest spreads southeast. Communications between Shanghai and Hankow disrupted by falls at Kiukiang. Americans in Soochow seek ships to response. Provinces Shanghai Chekiang Fukien show unrest. southeast corner beyond Hankow becomes unfamed.
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Peklog
Sianfu
Siaufu
Shensi
Shanghai
Kiukiang
Hukow
Kiang
Ssab-Chom Ping
Hankow
Soochow
Klangsland
Heochow
Pukien
Che Miang
Fukien
Mining Congress Opens with Taft to Speak
Chicago opens the fourteenth annual American Mining congress with an imposing speaker lineup. President Taft will address the convention on the final day. Other expected speakers include Secretary of the Interior Fisher, John Hays Hammond, B F Bush of the Missouri Pacific, Dr J A Holmes, and governors Heath Carey of Wyoming Hawley of Idaho Sloan of Arizona. Mayor Carter H Harrison of Chicago delivered the welcome, with responses from state representatives.
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Chicago
American Mining Congress
Taft
Interior
Fleher
John Hays Hammond
B. F. Bush
Missouri Padfc Railroad
Ten Men Die In Mine Blast Near Rasrisburg NJ
A mine explosion at O'Gara mine No. 9 a mile north of Rasrisburg NJ killed ten workers and seriously injured ten others. A keg of powder ignited black damp, causing a roof fall. Fifteen men trapped away from the entrance escaped via an adjoining shaft as the shift changed. A coroner’s investigation was ordered.
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Rasrisburg
O'Gara
Mora Ives
Edward Hines Denies Ties to Stephenson Election
Milwaukee Oct 24 Edward Hines Chicago lumberman before the Stephenson committee denied any stories connecting him to Stephenson s election and said he did not aid nor authorize payments. He acknowledged a quarrel with Hol Shields and said he never gave money or authorized payments to help elect Stephenson. He said his knowledge came only from newspapers.
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Milwaukee
Edward Hines
Chicago
Stephenson
Ita
Hol. Shields
Arnolds Return From Europe Without Comment on Missing Daughter
New York reports Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Arnold, parents of Dorothy Arnold, back from Europe aboard the Vaderland after a three month stay. Mr. Arnold refused to discuss his daughter's disappearance, saying he does not want to discuss it anymore as the Arnolds were dressed for mourning.
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New York
Francis H. Arnold
Dorothy
Vaderland
Europe
Arnold
Arnolds
Heroine of Newport Ida Lewis Wilson Dead at 54 Years
Ida Lewis Wilson keeper of Line Rock light in Newport harbor died of apoplexy. She gained fame for bravery after spending 54 years at the station and rescuing drowning persons, becoming a renowned heroine of Newport.
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Newport
Mia
Ida Lewis Wilson
Line Rock Light
Newport Arbor
Ida Lewis
Witness discovery tightens McNamara trial fight over gas theory
Los Angeles Oct 26 defense in the McNamara murder case reports a new witness promising to bolster the gas leakage theory behind the Times building explosion. Talesman B W Clark hinted that gas, not dynamite, destroyed the structure, and his son in law Harry Chandler may have ties to jury duties. Jury deliberations loom as 3,000 to 9,000 veniremen could be examined.
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Los Angeles
Trina
James B. McNamara
Times
B. W. Clark
Talesman
Loning
Wisson
Clark
Sgn
Darrow
Clarence 8. Darrow
McNamara
Otis
Talesman Clark
Harry Chandler
the Times
Harrison Grey Otis
Chandler
Talesinga
Gerying
Bag Gena
Orehe Tenleemen
Celitornia
Four thousand slain in Tripoli bombardment report
Malta and Rome dispatches describe heavy bombardment of Tripoli with about 4000 natives dead and many casualties among refugees and officials. British Consul Jones wounded, Maltese killed, churches damaged, and several hundred Arabs killed with Turks captured.
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Benghazi
Malta
Fripali
Pagic
Jun F. Jones
Rome
Tripali
Illinois House Rejects Deep Waterway Measure
Springfield Oct 26 By a 65 to 59 vote the administration’s 420 million water power and conservation bill was defeated in the Illinois House. Seventy seven votes were needed to pass. 42 Republicans and 1 Democrat supported it while 27 Republicans and 38 Democrats opposed. Adjournment planned until November, with possible renewed effort in the Senate to push a straight conservation bill from state revenues rather than the 20 million fund. The loss ends a contentious three year fight that has shadowed Republican leadership and repeatedly delayed sessions.
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Springfield
House of Representatives
Silinose
General Assembly
Selafom
Cook's Hearers Mob Him In Copenhagen
Dr Frederick A Cook faced a hostile audience at a Copenhagen lecture. Police escorted him from the hall after a dramatic exit as critics including Dr Nansen denounced him as a swindler. An alleged North Pole picture dramatized the confrontation.
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Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
Denmark
Geographical Society
Coole
Nansep
Denjah
Cook
North Pole
Glidden Tour judge dies in wreck near Tifton Georgia
Samuel M. Butter, chairman of the American Automobile Association and a prominent figure, was killed instantly when his car overturned in a ditch about three miles east of Tifton. P. J. Walker and his wife were badly hurt. The vehicle, Cunningham driven by Charles B. P. Kellan of Rochester, was guiding as pacemaker for the Glidden tour caravan of about 70 automobiles, which departed New York on October 14 for Jackson, Florida.
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Tifton
Samuel M. Butter
American Automobite Association
United States
Milea Speaeh
P. J. Walker
San Francisco
Cunningham
Charles BP. Kellan
Rochester
Saventy Odd Automobilea
New York City
Jackson, Fla
Cattle Received More Attention in NY Budget
New York activists claim the latest state legislature favored cattle appropriations over human needs. The State Sanitary Officer association presented a resolution at its annual meeting here alleging imbalanced funding priorities.
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New York
New York State
State
Noted Nonsense in the Farmyard Gossip
The dialogue mocks Farm life with banter about mery files mosquitoes and gummer boarders appearing together each year. A girl confides that several men have pursued her, though only one reportedly succeeded, highlighting rumors and social tensions in a rural setting.
Food for health claim promotes GrapeNuts diet benefits
A Philo woman reports rapid health improvement after adopting GrapeNuts following a lengthy period of low spirits and illness. She says weight gain, brighter outlook, and renewed interest in life occurred within weeks, attributing the change to the nourishing food the body could use. The notice cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and mentions the book The Road to Wellville.
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Philo
Jonah
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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