Auto and Shanty Wreck After Crossing Crash
At a dangerous electric rail crossing near New Britain the Hamilton family car collided with a train. The auto’s rear wheels left the ground and the shanty aboard was crushed. All occupants died. Hamilton and Beaudette were later rescued and unharmed, while a frightful sequence involved alleged ghosts demanding money from a frightened widow.
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Charlies K
Middletown
York
Philadelphia
Hamilton
Cratch
B. Beaudette
Ham- Had
Hartford
Beaudette
New Britain
Cateman
Dancer
Teman
Times Auto
Minister F D Carroll Stirred by Hat Debate
F D Carroll assistant rector of the Ascension Church in Windsor County Massachusetts faces mixed reaction over his wide brim cowboy hat. Parishioners in Wyoming had urged a change to a smaller style, while Carroll defends his choice as harmless and plans to keep wearing it. Carroll, a Carroll family descendant from Boston, served in Virginia and studied in Atlanta and Spain before taking his current post five months ago. He has received a call from St Peter's Church in Albany New York but has not decided.
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Death
Heath
America
Desalica Carroll
Episcopal Church of
Nsion
Massachusetta Avenue
Wyoming
Critia
Carroll
Duddington
Oiston
Charles Carroll
V. T. Carroll
Church of the On
Baltimore
Ameri Schools
Farcelona
Spain
Italy
Earved Virginia Seminary
Alexandria
Wye
Spearfish
Wool, & D
Church the Ascension
1 Peter's Episcopal Church
Alany
Bng
Pwsi
Board Adopts Resolutions Slashing Pay for Men Teachers
New York special report says the Board of Education approved measures aimed at reducing male teachers in elementary schools and advancing pay equality for women. Grace Chan and aides celebrated after a years-long effort, while a committee was formed to revise salaries and curb discrimination.
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Seasion Board
New York
Board of Education
Oon
Interborough Association of Women
Grace C Ban
Life of Augusta Freitag Reveals Hidden Wealth and Loss
New York woman Augusta Freitag aged about seventy living in a dark East Side flat left a fortune spread across several banks and properties. Police found 25000 to 45000 dollars in cash and papers while her brother in law and housekeeper tended to her cats and the mystery of a vanished husband resurfaces as neighbors recount her thrift and generosity.
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New York
Frank
East Fifteenth Street
Augusta Freitag
Bank Aeare
F. Buergal
Grantwood
Sophie Gray
Sitle
Lower East Side
Mrs
Herman Freitag
Ela
Clear
Botat
Nania
Bey
Puppet showman Lewis seeks one final London stage appearance
The article profiles old marionette performer Clunn Lewis and his "Old Chun Lewis" show, the world’s oldest and smallest puppet troupe. Born in Ireland, he hopes to stage a matinee in a West End theater for today’s youth, after years touring the provinces. His wife is disabled, and his son of a niece travels with the troupe.
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London
West End
Chun Lewis
Clunn Lewis
Maria Martin
Jack Sheppard
Red Barn
Lewis
Ireland
Manning
Vaughan
Dave
Steat
Canterbury Fair
American Citizen Charged With Aiding Rebels
Orman Sailweby, an American, held in a Mexican jail at Hermosillo after crossing the border. He is charged with aiding the rebels by resisting the insurgents while in Mexican territory. A woman spy reportedly lured him across the line before his arrest.
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Nogales
Ariz
Gym Sue Orn Mctott
Orman Sailweby
dMermosctia
Sonora
Saiceby
Insarroctos
Prison officials face uprising over corporal punishment in Michigan
Inside Marquette State Prison 300 inmates appeal to Michigan citizens to end corporal punishment as a legislative committee probes flogging. Warden Russell cites 1909 to 1910 flogging counts, describes brutal scenes, including a prisoner named Smith receiving seventy strokes and others enduring severe punishment while guards laugh and watch.
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Marquette
Mich
Michigan
Russell
Smith
Timmins
Vesthemtien
Robinson
James
Defective Hose Tied to Triangle Waist Fire
Three Triangle Waist Company employees testified today that a rotten hose on the eighth floor standpipe caused water leakage. Foreman Louis Brown said he turned the water on for a joke nine months earlier, revealing folds and holes in the hose that failed under pressure.
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New York
Triangle Waist Company
Louis Brown
Howard Aims for Seat in State Senate Primary
Lynchburg Virginia Special District names Volney E. Howard a Democratic primary candidate for the State Senate seat representing Lynchburg and Campbell County. Howell C. Featherstone and Eugene Ould are also in the race, both former House of Delegates members. Judge Frank Nelson of Rustberg plans to run for re election to the House.
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Lynchburg
Volney E. Howard
Bar Association
John L. Lee
Senate
Campbell County
Howell C. Featherstone
Eugene Ould
House of Delegates
Campbell
Frank Nelson
Rustberg
Trial resumes for Enrico Alfano Camorra leaders in Naples
The Assize Court reopened with a large crowd as Enrico Alfano and fellow Neapolitan Camorra defendants faced Abatemagelo detailing Camorra operations. Notables present included Marconi and tenor Sifser. Defendants showed nerves amid accusations of hiring carabineers and espionage for the “Beautiful Society.”
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Genarre Achomaggio
Carabineers
Camorra
Nimes
Assize Court
Enrico Alfano
Sifier Marconi
Sifser
Alfano
Erricone
Widow Miss Emily Richmond Dies After Fifty Three Years Engaged
Brockton Massachusetts March 21 Miss Emily Penny Richmond aged seventy four died here yesterday after fifty three years of engagement to the Rev Charles Lord of the New Jerusalem Church. They were to be married at twenty one but the ceremony was postponed. The piece recalls 1859 to 1910 and references John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid.
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Brockton
Mass
Emily Penny Richmond
Charles Lord
New Jerusalem
Richmond
Lord
John Brown
Osawatomiec
Noted criminal draws juror and old marriage license tale
A deputy summons Will iam A. Martin twenty eight year old to serve as juror in the John Brown case. The trial spanned Oct 27 to 21, Brown found guilty, Jed hanged on the 2d of December. An old gentleman sought the man who issues marriage licenses and the clerk’s deputy offered aid. The narrative recalls cock fights in a dormitory and a cow mooing at a visiting professor.
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William
A. Martin
John Brown
Brown
Jed
Richardson
EF. Rh. Holbrook
Roanoke May Oust Its Mayor Report Details Charges
A special grand jury report cites Mayor J H Cutchin and Police Sergeant S T Lemon with malfeasance and misfeasance in office and urges removal. Indictments name H E Meyers as “the fixer” and accuse blackmail obstruction and witness intimidation. Judge Staples will seek a courtroom hearing with Governor Monon or another judge.
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Roanoke
J. H. Cutchin
T. Lemon
Seuicet
H. E Meyers
W. MH. Mahoney
Eborers Pett
Areen
Witoesnes
Cutchin
Staples
Governor Monon
Farmer Wade Marcum Loses Fortune as Home Burns
Special from Huntington W V reports Wade Marcum a farmer on A Brocden Creek Mongo county loses $100000 in currency hoard named lycara and timber lands sales demanded payment in large denominations. He kept cash at home fearing banks.
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Huntington
W. VA
Wade
Marcum
Brocden
Mongo County
Hen Steals Diamond Nest in Davie Poultry Yard
A Rhode Island red hen in B Davie's Petersburg Turnpike area yard reportedly swallowed a $200 diamond nestling from the ring of Miss Mary Davie four or five days ago. The poultryyard incident occurred as the bird prowled near the home.
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Schmond
B. Davie
Petersburg Turnpike
Rhode Island
Mr. Davie
Mary Davie
Hen steals diamond from Miss Davie during poultry yard scene
Several hens pecked at a ring on Miss Davie's finger and one bird swallowed a diamond from a loosely set jewel in a poultry yard with fifty to sixty hens present. Neither Miss Davie nor her family knows which hen took the stone.
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Miss Davie
Poulttry
Cyclone Wreaks Havoc in South Sea Region
Related reports from Monroe and Clarke counties say a cyclone devastated towns with six lives lost in a town called Ninstown. Forty injured, dozens of buildings demolished, and destruction expanding about thirty five miles around Gainstown with many hamlets reportedly wiped out.
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Mobile
Ala
Monroe
Clarke Counties
One Thousand Killed In Battle In Sonora
Reports from Sonora describe a bloody battle around Ures and San Rafael with authorities saying over 1,000 killed. Federal troops under Colonel Arzamendi and Yaqui forces clash as rebels led by multiple generals surround Ures, loot San Rafael, and press an ammunition shortage amid rampant destruction.
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EL Paso
Texas
Urea
Sonora
Ures
San Rafael
Ureos
Chihuahues
Hermosilla
Insurrectos
Madero
Orozco
Chihuahua
F Ures
Ares
Invention Trial Ends With Severe Injury at Locust Point
Baltimore inventor Clarence R. Rudasill leaped from the 171 foot elevator at Locust Point to test an aerial life preserver. He landed on the board wharf injuring himself severely. He later claimed the test a success if he had fallen into water or had more fall space.
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Baltimore
Clarence R. Rudasill
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Locust Point
Conescn Banadasill
Sunlight Returns to Philadelphia Home After 23 Years
Caroline Furber, longtime resident of 809 Corinthian Avenue, Philadelphia, dies from injuries after a fire caused by self imposed isolation. Her sister Sarah, who cared for her, had not spoken to her since a Thanksgiving gathering before the tragedy. Firemen found fifteen oil cans as investigators note their role in the fatal blaze.
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Philadelphia
Corinthian Avenue
Caroline Furber
German Hospital
Miss Farber
Sarah
Caroline
New England
Miss Furber
Rae
Body of missing watchman found in Capitol ruins
Workmen excavating the Albany Capitol west wing recovered the half charred body of Samuel J. Abbott the State Library watchman on the fourth floor. The body lay under burned literature and was easily identified by preserved features and a white moustache.
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Albany
Capitol West Wing
Samuel J. Abbott
State Library
Virginia Capitol Fire Insurance Plans Highlight Protection
Richmond reports Colonel John W. Richardson wants better fire insurance for the State Library Building after noting the Capitol and Mansion are insured for 123 000 and the Library 50 600 with the Law Library 20 000. He will confer with the Governor to extend coverage.
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Richmond
State Capitol
Commonwealth of Virginia
New York
Missouri
Commonwealth
State Library
State Law Library
John W. Richardson
Register of the Land Office
Colonel Richardson
Reverend Jowett Arrives in New York to Lead Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
The Rev Dr J H Jowett of Birmingham England arrived aboard the Mauretania to assume the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church pastorate. He brings peace messages from Great Britain and supports Taft’s peace proposals. He plans to focus on mission work and church unity with free churches.
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New York
J. H. Jowett
Birmingham
Eng
Cunard
Mauretania
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Great Britain
England
United States
Free Churches of England
Taft
King George
America
Queen Mary
Hingland
Jowett
De Forest and Milner Slander Trial Ends in Defense Victory
In London the slander case of Baron De Forest against his brother in law Henry Milner reached trial and ended with a verdict for Milner. A separate suit by Lady Gerard also concluded with a ruling in favor of the defendant, ending the slate of defamation actions against the party.
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London
Baron de Forest
Henry Milner
Laney
Lady Gerard
Waning
Ion Tote Tae
Baron De Forest Trial Sparks Social Turmoil in Empire
The open trial shows King and Queen opposing public exposure as Baron De Forest faces accusations of assault and defamation. Crowds of society figures fill the court while rumors link the baron to elopements, political enmities, and a late marriage to Lady Gerard’s family.
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Etocheo
Baron de Forest
George
Mary
Empire
Baron Hirsch
Frans Joseph
Austria
Menier
Chocolate Kir
France
de Forest
Baron Gerard
Lord Rosebery
Lieutenant Ashton
Lady Gerard
Ashton
de Fores
Harvard Senior Reported Goat Missing From Room
Gardner Massachusetts resident John Emerson Stiles, Harvard senior, is hospitalized at Stillman Infirmary after his goat vanished from room 28 in Key's Hall. Proctor K. K. Smith confronted Stiles over the animal, leading to a confrontation as the goat was found reclining in Stiles' chair before disappearing the next evening. No further details on the animal's fate or the college inquiry are provided.
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Cambridge
Mass
John Emerson Stiles
Gardner, Mass
Harvard
Stillmam Infirmary
Stiles
K. K. Smith
Key's Hell
Smith
Collee
Murder Will Out Says Authorities in Chicago Case
Achilles Pantarakas and wife Angelica, self confessed murderers of Frank Barbaros is, were brought back to Chicago from Kansas City. Police say the killers fled after the Saturday murder and confessed in Kansas City. An inquest was to hear their admissions while Inspector Healy cites motive as robbery of nearly $1,000.
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Chicago
Ill
Achilles Pantarakas
Angelica
Frank Harbarosis
Kansas City
Barbarceos
Barbarosos
Stephen K. Healy
He’s Sure He Wed Her: Man Accused of Bigamy
Eugene Folkes of 319 West Forty sixth Street believes he married Anna Belle Merry at Brooklyn Borough Hall in 1906. Merry denies the marriage, says she is married to Eugene Merry and is jailed for extradition to New Jersey where she faces indictment. Folkes posted a $1000 bond for good behavior and was released by Magistrate Freight.
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New York
Eugene Folkes
West Forty-sixth Street
Tombs Court
Anna Belle Merry
West Ninetieth Street
Freight
Folkes
Eugene Merry
West Nincetieth Street
Folkesa
Merry
New Jersey
Freschi
Borough Hall
Brooklyn
Freewil
Tea or coffee in a curious house dispute
A humorous exchange unfolds as a tenant asks about tea or coffee, the newer guest replies indifferently, and the landlady demands clarification in a sharp tone. The fragment hints at a domestic vignette between resident and landlord.
Cannibal Crow Destroys Henhouse Eggs in Weat Caldwell
New Jersey report says a crow robbed John J. Maynard’s chicken house for weeks destroying dozens of eggs. After a five hour stakeout the bird entered through a gable hole and shattered a fresh egg. Maynard killed it with a broom and hung the crow as a warning.
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New York
Chennery
John J. Maynard
Weat
Caldwell
N. J
Maynard
Heard on the Street’s Wry Bicycle Parable
The column mulls a bicycle beginner veering toward the very object they aim to dodge. A tangential note suggests charity toward the driver, reflecting on intent and consequence in urban travel.
Methodists Invite Maryland Conference to Meet in Lynchburg
Local Methodist Protestant Churches vote to invite the Maryland Annual Conference to meet in Lynchburg in its next session. The last conference here was twenty two years ago, with Maryland Virginia Delaware and nearby states expected to attend.
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Lynchburg
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
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