Murder follows Baltimore girl in Chicago lodging house
Sophie Gertrude Singer a Baltimore divorcee was found murdered in a Chicago rooming house at 3229 Indiana Avenue. Her companion William Worthen and two others are missing with police pursuing them as possible suspects in a crime marked by drugging gagging and a crushed skull. Worthen claims they planned to marry this week. Conway who lost a foot recently is hospitalized and may die from infection.
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Chicago
Sophie Gertrude Singer
Baltimore
William Worthen
Indiana Avenue
Charles D. Conway
Mary Ryall
Conway
Worthen
Heltimore
Hobbery
Miss Singer
Conways
Julia McCarthy
Mrs. McCarthy
Minnie Seipp
Provident Hospital
Albert Harmon
Norwood Avenue
Policeman Fitzsimmons Killed In Central Park Auto Crash
Special New York report: Patrolman Peter Fitzsimmons died after a car carrying Halloween revelers struck him in Central Park. The limousine fled the scene, leaving one woman and several men believed aboard. Fitzsimmons suffered extensive injuries and died on the road.
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New York
Peter Fitzsimmons
Central Park
Hallowe'en
Fitzsimmons
Street Car Strike Grows in Jacksonville
In Jacksonville Florida special. Engineers and electricians in power plants threaten to join striking streetcar workers unless the company agrees to talks. Citizens petition the Mayor and sheriff for militia recall. Adjutant General Foster and governor's representative say they will press the company to negotiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Stavn
Foster
Traction Company
Never Too Late to Fat in New Rochelle Window Display
New Rochelle exhibitor A. H. Cole & Son showcases a spray of ripe raspberries in 62 Mechanic Street windows, with additional quinces from Highland Park. Cole notes the unusually mild October and forty-three quince specimens, eleven inches in circumference, picked from a single tree.
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New York
New Rochelle
Winsted
A. H. Cole & Son
Mechanic Street
Mr. Cole
Highland Park
The Annual Catastrophe Contends With a Cold October
In a family scene, October brings frost as Ma lights a fire and Dad hides the bankroll in the stove. The parlor door closes while Dad mutters a frustrated phrase and calls out in alarm as smoke fills the room. Washington Herald.
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Father
Dad
Washington Herald
Referee Named for Welgast Mandot Bout in New Orleans
New Orleans sees Edward Smith the Sporting Editor of the OMerco American selected to referee the ten round lightweight bout between Ad Welgast and Joe Mandot next Monday night. No decision will be rendered, per the champion’s demand before signing, following a three day wrangle between managers.
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Sithaa
New Orleans
Edward Smith
Omerco American
Ad Welgast
Joe Mandot
Smith
Woodrow Wilson's tariff pledge echoed by Staunton News
The Staunton News notes Woodrow Wilson's tariff stance aims to protect industry and avoid disturbing commerce. Republicans wage prosperity boasts to gain votes, while Wilson reassures business with cautious tariff changes. The piece portrays Wilson as a profound statesman and truth-teller amid campaign rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosperit
Woodrow Wilson
Staunton News
Opera Star Hurt In Auto Smashup In New York
Miss Lydia Locke renowned soprano and star at Oscar Hammerstein London opera house was fatally injured in an early morning automobile crash at Third Avenue and Twenty third Street. She was pinned beneath an overturned car after leaving a Halloween party at Little Hungary. Four others were injured.
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New York
Lydia Locke
Oscar Hammerstein
London
Third Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Miss Locke
Little Hungary
Hatpin Law Sparks Hunger Strike Threat in Sydney
Sixty prominent women were tried and fined in a Sydney court for hatpin length violations. They refused to pay, threatening hunger strikes in jail if further arrests follow the harp in ordinance, drawing parallels to English suffrage protests.
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Sydney
England
Wireless time signals link Arlington to Paris stations
The Paris Special reports an imminent method to establish exact time across America and Europe via wireless telegraphy. By mid November the longitudes of both continents could be precisely correlated using signals between Arlington, Virginia, and Paris Eiffel Tower and other European stations. Washington observatory now distributes time with errors of one ten thousandth of a second, replacing earlier cable based methods with fixed allowances.
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Paris
America
Europe
Arlington
Eiffel Tower
H. H. Hough
Observatory
Washington
Mrs Belmont Accused of Ejecting Woman at Lunch Room
In New York a luncheon room run for working women at East Forty-first Street is at issue after Alice Clancy dressmaker of Fifth Avenue obtained a Jane Doe summons for Mrs O H Belmont to appear in Jefferson Market Court next Monday. Magistrate Murphy indicated he would not humiliate Mrs Belmont if she is the involved party.
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New York
O. H. P. Belmont
East Forty-first Street
Alice Clancy
Fifth Avenue
Jefferson Market Court
Mrs. Belmont
Mrs. Clancy
Racing Balloon Missing From Stuttgart Race
Alarmed officials report the balloon Dusseldorf STI missing five days after departing with American crew John Watts of Kansas City and Arthur Abherholt of Philadelphia. authorities fear it might have drifted over the Battle Sea as search efforts continue. The Dusseldorf entry was unofficial, part of last Sunday's balloon race, while the Ile De France from France was the nineteenth balloon to land.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Dusseldorf Sti
Dusseldorf
Battie Sea
John Watts
Kansas City
Arthur T. Abherholt
Philadelphia
Ile de France
France
Wife a Suffragette He Gets a Divorce
In Suffolk County Court Boston Edward H. Winter sought a divorce from Maude B Winter claiming she would not stay at home and insisted on working. He said she obtained a position in a department store and later disappeared. The decree was granted to Winter. The article also notes political commentary from Republican spokesmen and a Taft speech in Brooklyn with a table gag.
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Boston
Edward H. Winter
Maude B. Winter
Suffolk County Court
Lile
Winter
Taft
Brooklyn
Newport News Press
Horses and horsemen of Emporia fair and racing
W. J. Carter covers sales of top horses in America and abroad, noting Ormonde and Rock Sand among high prices. He details Virginia trainer Herman Flaippen and Emporia track events, including 2:14 and 2:10 pacing records and the weeklong fair outlook for Greenville county's thriving agricultural town.
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Emporia
Greenville
RK. J. Green
E. E. Goodwin
Goodwin
Mananger
Talking Machine Funeral Service in Melrose
Daniel E. Caswell of Melrose died and his funeral Wednesday featured a talking machine playing his favorites with no clergyman officiating. Friends and neighbors gathered at his home for the unique service, reflecting his lifelong opposition to traditional religious rites.
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Robton
Daniel E. Caswell
Melrose
Canwell
Republican party Convicted by Public Opinion
The Winchester Star declares that exclusive industrial combos threaten liberties and that the highest court will convene on November fifth. It predicts the Republican party will be condemned before Public opinion, not defeated, but annihilated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Winchester Star
Fund Drive Seeks Clemency for Allens Facing Death
Rich Mond Virginia daily letter prompts plea to convert Floyd and Claude Allen from condemned to life terms. Supporters ask state penitentiary directors and clergy to aid appeals to Virginia Court of Appeals, while opponents push for punishment. Local lawyer urges readers to fund a subscription to assist the Allens and argues against the death penalty in such cases.
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Rich Mond
Floyd
Claude Allen
Carroll County
Eatther
Virginia Court of Appeals
State Penitentiary
Meline
Messrs
Cohen
Scherer
J. J. Scherer
Allens Ary
Richmond
Alensa
Virginia
Carral County
Ireourke
White
Ilocal Bar
Allens
Two Survivors Of Stranded Three Masted Vessel
In Norfolk YVA report, only two crew members survive a sinking three masted schooner stranded about a mile southeast of the new inlet life saving station. The vessel pounds to pieces as life savers rush to assist, but the two men are too weak to take the line. Wind and sea run high, and the ship’s name is not learned.
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Norfolk
Yva
New Inlet
Lingerie Fashion Prefers Pale Blues and Pinks
In the Boudoir the day’s lingerie schemes favor primitive colors. Rather than bold hues like flame and Pace, designers use pale baby blue and old fashioned pink as ribbon threadings and as the foundation for muslin negligee jackets and vest gowns.
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11Th Street
William Ave
Pine Beach
Clark Sash & Door Corporation
Frank T. Clark
P. A. Starck
Pans
United States
Starck
Berane
Fianos
P. A. Starge Piano.co
Wabash Ave
Ill
Dept
Gloucester
OLD Dominion Steamship CO
Morjack
Hockley
Ware River
Portsmouth
North St
Norfolk Bay Line
Old Point
Philpot
East River
Williams
Hicks
Diggs
Roane
Bailey
Wese River
Sburn
North River
Dixondale
Severn Wharf
Severn River
C. D
Portswouth
James River
Berkley
Brandon
Bunday
MAIN
Mit
Main Street
Atlantic Hotel
Company
FE. Palen
Patrolmans
Opera Star Hurt
Duesseldorf IL
Baltic Sea
W. J. Carter
W. O'Brien McDonough
California
Ormonde
Buenos Ayres
Famouus
Bender
South America
Rock Sand
August Hkelmont
Kentucky
Salnfoin
Toquebrune
St. Simon
Belmont
Jie
Mr. Lermont
Rock Flint
Charles Reed
Tennessee
St. Blaise
Gull
Adam
Flying Fox
Amnie
Clamart
Millstream Stud
French Republic
Medidler
Watercross
Hamburg
Hermis
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de Mund
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Val @Or
Cellene
Diamond Jubilee
Sceptre
Lancaster
Galtee More
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Duke of Westminster
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Herman Flaippen
Esmont
Albemarle County
Toots
Belle Andrews
Woodside
Celt
Commando
Gloriner
Frippen
Lizzie M
Flatlands
Eolus
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Perses
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Rosebud McKinney
Alyne
Berka
Pingarna
Moelle
Petersburg
Russell Cozine
Patty Bird
Jay Bird
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Dr. Wilkes
Foot Prince
Pitman
Talking Machine Funeral Service
Cronke
Sands Smith, Sr
Pres., J. P
Nottingham
V.pres. and
Cussler
the Bank OF Mathews, Inc
Licita
Cnstmre
M.S. Foster
Sibley Bros
Mathets, C. H
Chespeake
Queens of Dinditeccecs
City OF
Baltinore
City OF Norfolk
Marconi Wireless
Old Point Comport
Old Point Comfort
Old Dominion S. 8 Co
Mathews Counties
Chesa Peake
York River Line
West Point
Tork River
Granby Bt
Wanleo
Chamberlin
BE. J. Chism
N. Chapman, GP
AG. PL
Dr. A. M. Marchant
LES SE C. Garnett
Mathews, VA
Mathews
Middlesex
The
Virginia Agricultural Board
Peerless Oyster CO
Baltimore, MD
Joyner
Col
Hudgins
G. L. Hall Optical CO
INA
Lynchburg
Granby St
Norfolk, VA
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