Seventeen-Year-Old Virginia Girl Confesses Marriage Tale
Blanche McCready of White Marsh Virginia is taken to a detective station after being questioned about a watch. She admits her claimed marriage to James Birch was false and says she fled to the city seeking work and funds. She is held for further investigation and later sent back toward home.
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Ada
Blanche McCready
White Marsh
Loden
Western Police Rt
Wilbur McCready
Detective Headquarters
Captain McGraw
Gc Pse
Young Women's Ristian Association
Man Arrested Over Insult to Wife Sparks Court Case
In Richmond, Ben Arenstein sued Charles Wise after Wise’s wife said Arenstein insulted her. Wise confronted Arenstein, leading to a scuffle before Justice John. The assault charge was dismissed after testimony showed the insult prompted Wise’s actions.
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Richmond
Ben Arenstein
Tran
Arenstein
Charles Wise
East Broaa
Wises
Tein
William H. Wyatt
Wise
Netein
Astice John
Emploees considering strike in Illinois rail talks
A union of about six thousand Illinois Central workers gathers with Federated Employees to discuss action as talks continue. The scene centers on labor futures and management negotiations amid mounting pressure from workers facing stalled agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emel
The Turk at Play Excerpt in Wide World Magazine
A fragment notes Camel had seen him smoking and only Wanted to share in his enjoyment from The Turk at Play in the April Wide World Magazine, highlighting a brief, curious glimpse within the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camel
Wide World
Germany’s Mighty Fleet Reviewed by Emperor in Kiel
Emperor William reviewed the German fleet in Kiel aboard the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern. About 140 warships appeared, including 22 battleships, 4 armored cruisers, 10 protected cruisers, 26 torpedo boats, 24 mine layers, and submarines. Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Admiral Count Montecuccoli attended as witnesses.
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Kil
Germany
William Gosey
Qeertas Geck
Ohenzollern
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Count Montecucecoli
Salisbury boy drowns while swimming at Sheepshead
Braxton Barkley, seventeen, of Salisbury, drowned near Sheepshead ten miles north of Spencer while swimming with three companions. They tried to reach a rock in the river. Barkley failed to reach it as his friends all survived.
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Spencer
N. C
Braxton Barkley
Salisbury
Sheepshead
Barkley
Three Boys Drown When Canoe Overturns at Chenango River
In Sharon New York a canoe overturned on the Chenango River leaving Ernest Readshaw fourteen, Harold Readshaw sixteen and Roy Hassell seventeen dead. Their bodies were recovered within an hour a few feet apart from the accident scene.
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Sharon
Ernest Readshaw
Harold
Roy Hassell
Chenango River
Seventeen Year Old Boy Sentenced In Hartford Murder Case
In New York the seventeen-year-old Hartford youth Paul Geidel was sentenced by Justice Crain in General Sessions Court to prison not less than twenty years for the murder of broker William H. Jackson at the Iroquois Hotel. Also records a historic wrestling match where Frank Gotch defeated George Hackenschmidt in two falls with times 14:18 1 5 and 5:32 1-5, total 19:50 2-5, before about 30,000 spectators, with large financial shares allocated among participants and organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Geideil
Hartford, Conn
William H. Jackson
Justice Crain
Frank A. Gotch
Humboldt
George Hackenschmidt
Dorpat
Russia
Gotch
Hackenschmidt
Edward Smith
Jack Curley
Hackerschmidt
Empire Athletic Club
Mona Lisa theft tale swirls around Paris cafe waiter
New York World reports detective chief Homard investigates a waiter Gueneschan who claims a baron allied with an embassy stole the Mona Lisa and keeps it in his rooms. The waiter alleges the painting bears a knife-cut mark on the left breast and offers to reveal the hiding place for 200000 francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York
Homard
Gueneschan
France
Fraternity Pin Saves Life as Bullet Strikes Nearby
In Philadelphia a fraternity pin on William Morgan deflected a bullet at a cafe on Franklin Street and Fairmount Avenue. Police say the shooting was accidental and Charles Spencer fired the weapon. Magistrate Belcher ordered Spencer to 30 days in county jail for carrying concealed weapons. Morgan, telephoning nearby, was saved when the pin stopped the lead projectile that lodged in the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Morgan
Franklin Street
Fairmount Avenue
Charles Spencer
Belcher
Morgan
Grasshopper Hitches a Ride on City Fashion
A grasshopper left St. Paul’s Church yard and hopped onto Vesey Street then landed on a pale lavender stocking of a young Jersey to Coney Island traveler. She kicked, sending her high heel into a yellow taxi. the chauffeur reclaimed the shoe while onlookers cheered.
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New York
St. Paul's
Vesey Street
Jersey
Coney Island
Fisherman Rescued After Three Days Lost at Sea
Joseph A. Pottle, a Bar Harbor fisherman, was rescued today after three days adrift in fog off the Atlantic. He described forcing himself to survive by throwing fish overboard to lure a shark, fighting it with oars for forty minutes, and even eating parts of his coat to stave off starvation before rescue.
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Bath
Joseph A. Pottle
Atlantic
Bar Harbor
Pottle
New One Rising Junior in a Witty Exchange
A humorous dialogue set in a wedding scene where Dear Old Fraud admits his trade as throwing confetti at weddings, delivered in a playful Punch magazine cadence. The banter reveals social mores and party customs with light satire from a rising junior narrator.
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Weddin's
Hartford Sermon Targets New Woman Fashions and Modesty
The Rev Bishop John J Nilan preached at St Josephs Cathedral criticizing the New Woman fashion trend and urging modest attire for women at Holy Communion while praising traditional roles. In a separate local report two men died in a sewer work accident, Lyon son of a state official and Harwood a former Syracuse standout, both aged about thirty.
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Hartford, Conn
John J. Nilan
St. Joseph's
Wood
Eas
Lyon
Frank D. Lyon
Binghamton
Harwood
Syracuse University
Benson
Lost New Yorker Finds Silver Mine
James Mahoney, a former New York police officer, resurfaced in Reno after a desert ordeal from a Government surveying camp. He reported ore samples on a ledge containing silver and said he would return only if accompanied by desert-experienced companions, having crossed the terrain in undress attire and shoes.
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Reno
New
James Mahoney
New York
Mahoney
Miss Lena Leavitt Chooses Love Over Tradition Melodrama
In Boston Special Lena Leavitt a West End girl received over a hundred marriage proposals after publicly declaring she would choose her own partner. She declined most proposals but selected a Watertown youth and plans to marry in the winter, challenging orthodox custom.
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Boston
Lena Leavitt
West End
Civil Engineers Suffocated in Syracuse Sewer Crash
Rexford D. Lyon and Oliver K. Harwood civil engineers, employed on the intercepting sewer, suffocated in the sewer at noon. The incident occurred at the corner of South Clinton and Gifford Streets. Lyon was in charge of the work at that point.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Rexford D. Lyon
Oliver K. Harwood
South Clinton
Gifford Streets
Lyon
Har
Tainted Money Pastor Resigns in Columbus Ohio
Special report notes Dr Washington Gladden longtime opponent of tainted money resigns from First Congregational Church in Columbus He passes leadership to Dr Carl L Paton and calls on members to return to services citing waning attendance and aging. He blames lack of interest and rising Sunday recreation for church neglect.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington Gladden
John D. Rockefeller
First Congregational Church
Carl L. Paton
Nighttime Talk From the Nursery Tale
A tired father wakes to his son Willie calling for toast. The boy’s voice from the dark nursery prompts Pa to rise, don robe and slippers, and enter the room to satisfy the breakfast request. The scene captures a cozy, domestic moment of family life.
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Willie
An American Gretna Green marriage in Tennessee
An American tale describes Mr. Burroughs the Marrying Parson who runs a wedding hotel for eloping couples in Tennessee. It recounts a mountain boy and girl arriving on a mule with a coffee sack seat and a rubber ring, asking the price for marriage and bartering they could beat North Carolina’s rates.
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Tennessee
Burroughs
Wide World
Mr. Burroughs
Kentucky
North
Carlina
Blame Sought in Erie Wreck With Jones at Fault
Erie Pa special reports passenger No 201 on the Erie and Pittsburg Road collided with a Lake Shore freight at Dock Junction killing three and injuring over twenty. Engineer Jones disregarded a red light signal and attempted to make up time as the wreck occurred. E Anderson a railroad carpenter and an unknown foreigner died. Fireman Firman likely to die. Relief crew cleared debris and Lake Shore trains routed to Nickel Plate at Conneaut.
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Erie
Erie and
Pittsburg
Lake Shore
Dock Junction
Firman
Conneaut
Ohio
Masked robbers loot Ravinia Park amusement resort
Three masked men bound gagged and fatally shot night watchman George Pfister at Ravinia Park in Chicago and fled with 800 dollars. Pfister crawled to a telephone booth and died calling police. Bloodhounds tracked the trail. Suspects believed linked to a recent $800 Highwood Post Office robbery.
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Chicago
George Pfister
Ravinia Park
Pfister
Highwood
Indian Fighters Retire From Active Army Service
Washington DC Special. Colonel Hobart K Bailey commanding the Twenty ninth Infantry an Indian fighter was retired from active service in the army today on his sixty fourth birthday Colonel Sidney W Taylor commanding the Second Regiment Field Artillery will be retired tomorrow on his sixty second birthday Both men won fame in the Indian wars and were commended for bravery in many fights each will become a brigadier general on the retired list
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hobart K. Bailey
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Sidney W. Taylor
Field Artillery
Car Turned Upside Down to Please Children
Dobbleigh encounters Hawkins with a car inverted in the road as curious urchins gather. Hawkins explains he hired a derrick to flip the car merely to entertain the youngsters, denying any accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbleigh
Hawkins
Harper's Weekly
Automobile crash near Charleston claims life of Fred Stover
In a crash four miles east of Charleston West Virginia on September 5, the tire burst causing a car to strike an embankment. Fred Stover suffered a fatal neck fracture while Chauffeur James Sauters sustained a broken shoulder and Richard Fisher an arm injury with internal injuries. Two other occupants escaped with minor injuries.
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Charleston
W. VA
Fred Stover
James Sauters
Richard Fisher
Stover
Floods in Hankow China Kill 100,000
Special report from Hankow China notes Yangtze flood devastates Ngan Hwet province killing about 100000 and sweeping crops away. Soldiers aid survivors as foreign aid appeals rise while Boxers gangs exploit chaos amid lawlessness and famine conditions.
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Hankow
China
Ngan Hwet
Yang Tse Kiang
Kwen-Lun
Imperial Canal
Revolt Feared in Portugal Frontiers Warloom
Lisbon dispatch reports the Portuguese government massing 60 000 soldiers along the northern frontier to halt royalist recruitment by mountain bands. President de Arriaga orders suppression of revolt traces as Oporto troop movements ease monarchist activity amid domestic industrial tensions. News vehicles bound for Badajos face military blocks to curb outside news.
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Lisbon
Badajos
Spain
de Arriaga
Oporto
Republic
Policeman Shot by Burglar in Arverne Home
Special from New York reports Officer Thomas B. Hunt was shot as a burglar tried to break into the residence of former Assistant Secretary of State Samuel Hoffman in Arverne. The burglar’s revolver was fired, and Hunt faces probable fatal injuries as the Hoffman family had just hosted guests.
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New York
Thomas B. Hunt
Samuel Hoffman
Arverne
L. L. Early
Hoffman
Bishop Collings Denny to Make Richmond Home
The article notes Bishop Denny will take permanent residence in Richmond Virginia after years in Nashville Tennessee. Virginia Methodists welcome the prelate praising his pulpit skill work in education and church service and hope his arrival strengthens the church across the state. A police incident is briefly described with a wounded man and a suspect arrested, who declined to speak.
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Collings Denny
Richmond
Denny
Nashville
Tenn
Virginia
Trapshooters at Lynchburg Virginia Open Annual Tourney
The twelfth annual Virginia Trapshooters Association event in Lynchburg drew about 100 shooters from Roanoke Staunton Waynesboro Norfolk Charlotte and others. Notables include Lloyd R. Lewis George L. Lyons Goodloe C O Le Compte Lester German J H Schall E H Starr and more from major cartridge and powder firms. The Richmond squad featured five shooters. About 50 000 targets were to be fired over two days with roughly 6000 in prize money distributed.
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Lynchburg
Virginia Trapshooters’ Association
Roanoke
Staunton
Waynesboro
Norfolk
Charlotte
Lloyd R. Lewis
Dupont Powder Company
George L. Lyons
VU. M. Co. Co
Baltimore bars Beattie film on Beulah Binford case
Acting Marshal Manning bans moving picture houses from displaying reels featuring Beulah Binford the other woman in the Beattie murder case of Richmond. The police chief says he will not elevate morals by letting the public stare at a sensational figure.
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Baltimore
Manning
Beulah Binford
Beattie
Richmond
Binford
Jealousy Leads to Shooting at Quogue Summer Colony
Nineteen year old Catherine Van Wyck is killed by twenty year old William A Childs Jr who then fatally wounds himself. The motive given is jealous rage over the rejected suitor. Childs, Princeton 1912, shot near a turnpike with automobilist witnesses. Van Wyck is Brooklyn-born daughter of Albert Van Wyck. Virginia Democrats call for an early state convention amid party wobbling.
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New York
Catherine van Wyck
William A. Childs, Jr
Quogue
LL IL
Summer Colony
Childs
Miss van Wyck
Albert van Wyck
Brooklyn
Robert A
Beattie case report urged in police gazette
A Western View criticizes publishing vile material, arguing the public is greedy for it. It notes Seattle has buried the hammer and Enid Oklahoma has followed, suggesting people are learning that a noisy tool cannot be used to saw wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie
Police Gazette
Leavenworth Post
Seattle
Wash
Enid, Okla
Herald-Courier
St Helen s Well a Romantic Yorkshire Legend
In Yorkshire near Boston Spa a site called St Helen s Well preserves an ancient pagan tree worship memory. Pilgrims once whispered wishes by leaving scraps of clothing and keeping the demand secret. Summer visitors and locals still flock, tying fabric to roots and muttering desires in a ritual tied to the well.
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Boston Spa
Yorkshire
England
St. Helen's Well
Wide World
Astor Settles 2 Million On Fiancee Madeline Force
Colonel John Jacob Astor has set to Miss Madeline Force a settlement of 2 million dollars. It is understood she has made no further complaint of nervousness from which she said she was suffering.
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John Jacob Astor
Madeline Force
Nelson County Politics Shapes Tight Election Race
Nelson County enters a heated campaign with two Democratic factions vying for control. Indications point to a close finish with under 100 votes separating candidates as party leaders and speakers rally. The high stakes include US Senate and state races, with four men contesting the House seat and county officers to be decided in November.
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Myndus
Mopatorins Prtery
Nelson Unty
Haina
Nelson
Democratic Party
Martin
Montague
Senate
Tucker
Judge Mann
Glass
Jones
Swanson
J. J. Will
James T. Harvey
Cunty
Spiritualist St. Clair Arrested Over $700 Disappearance
Kansas City, Va report says Robert H. St. Clair, a noted spiritualist, was arrested at 631 Euclid Avenue after evading a Boston grand larceny charge. He allegedly convinced a washerwoman to entrust $700, claiming he could enlarge valuables with spiritual help. Detectives traced him from Oakland to Kansas City, where he was identified and seized. St. Clair used aliases in Oakland and Boston, while followers and bonds complicate the case. He faces extradition to Boston, then Oakland to answer charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Robert H. St. Clair
Euclid Avenue
St. Clair
Boston
James B. Powell
Robert Reid
Reid
City
Edward Smith
Isaac Walstron
Smith
Walstron
Police
Oakland
Cal
Robert H. Moore
Hugh Moore
Harry Rothmel
Griffin
California
New England
Rothmer
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Aue
Mousaee &i
Robert W. Harcourt
London
Margery Cunard
Robert Vernon Harcourt
John Lothrop Motley
William Vernon Aircourt
Nilan
New Yorker
Little Willie
Portugal
Hunt
Democratic Party of
Times-Herald
Nelson County
General Assembly
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