Lynching of Loren Higgins Shocks Nebraska Towns
A mob of about sixty masked men abducted Loren Higgins from an Omaha train and hanged him at Logan Creek Bridge near Bancroft Nebraska after learning he faced murder charges in the Copple killings. The crowd dispersed. authorities may face no prosecution amid sympathy for the lynchers.
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Bancroft
Neb
Loren Higgins
Pender
Walter Copple
Rosalie
Omaha
Logan Creek
Farmer Copple
Higgins
Hirshall Copple
Nebraska
Wisner
Ed Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Jay Bruce
Murder Near Rosalie Shocks Town as Rider Shoots Couple
On May 12 Louis Higgins killed Walter Copple and his wife near their Rosalie home. Higgins, found the next day at Hooper, was taken to Omaha. He had worked on the Copple farm and reportedly battled liquor and drug urges before the double murder.
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Higgins
Omaha
Hooper
Rosalie
Bancroft
Copple
Thurston County
Pender
Walter Copple
Louis Higgins
Miss Winton Loses 20 Dollar Gold Piece on Boardwalk
Atlantic City reports Miss Bessie Winton of Lebanon dropped a $20 gold coin on the boardwalk causing a public hunt. The coin rolled into a crack, sparking an hours long search by about 200 people with no success yet. The girl cried and refused aid as the crowd pressed the beach area in hopes of recovering the double eagle.
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Atlantic City
Bessie Winton
Lebanon
Bessie
Lonely farmer marries for twenty five dollar bride
Charles Tilley, 36, a Freelandville farmer, wed Miss Mary Sterlin, 36, of Vincennes after a five day acquaintance. Tilley paid $25 arranged by broker William Brocksmith and Herman Schroeder who sought half of the purchase price in return. The introduction occurred at Miss Steffen's home.
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Brocksmith
Schroeder
Sleepwalking man loses clothes in Minneapolis park misadventure
Lars Hansen of Fort Atkinson Iowa wandered asleep in Murphy square and dreamt of home. He awoke naked in a tree with his clothes and watch missing, later recovered их from a park tree after police found the garments. He planned to sleep only under watchful guard.
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Lars Hansen
Iowa
Minneapolis
Minn
Fort Atkinson
Murphy Square
Hansen
Dreamland
Augusburg Seminary
Little Park
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Fifth Street
Tey
South Side
Missing Orange City mail carrier last seen Friday
Orange City Iowa August 29 C Idema newly appointed rural route mail carrier disappeared after leaving home Friday afternoon He is described as married with two young children local authorities seek information on his whereabouts and safety
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Orange City
C. Idema
LeMars girl dies after horse kicks her
Frances Stoeffel, a six year old girl from Union township, LeMars, Iowa, died from injuries after a horse kicked her in the stomach while she played in the yard. The incident occurred Saturday and was confirmed today by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stoeffel.
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Lemars
Frances
Frank Stoeffel
Union Township
Tragic Montour accident claims two lives
In Tama county near Montour, 3 year old Clifford Atwood and Italian laborer Parquale Zella, 35, died after a fast eastbound freight struck the boy as he crossed the Main street tracks. Zella, trying to save the child, was also killed. Myrtle Alexander, 10, witnessed the event. Coroner investigates. Zella leaves a wife and three children in Italy.
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Marshalltown
Montour
Tama County
Clifford Atwood
W. H. Atwood
Montour Hotel
Parquale Zella
Myrtle Alexander
Atwood
Zella
Itals
Mail Sack Robbers Secured Only $250
Chicago August 29 three ciphers vanished from the supposed $250,000 mail robbery on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railway train. Officials in Denver reported the thief or two mail pouches remain unfound but the stolen amount is confirmed at $250.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Postoffice
Kittball
Denver
Poisoned Nuts Seized To Prevent London Outbreak
Five Southwark children fell ill after eating rancid nuts bought from costermongers. Dr Collingridge traced the source and halted their sale. Court ordered destruction of 1.5 tons at Tower Bridge. Mansion House later ordered 14 hundredweight, with importers stopping sales. Other patients recovered.
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London
Collingridge
Southwark
Guy’s Hospital
Southmerie
Millsom
Mansion House Court
Guy's Hospital
Britons Allow Marriages To Deceased Wife’s Sisters
London reports the House of Lords passed a bill by 9 to 54 to legalize marriages with a deceased wife’s sister. The measure, retroactive to 1835, would affect about 1,800 unions annually and roughly 000 illegitimate births, while allowing existing marriages to stand.
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London
House of Lords
Britain
Henry VII
Archbishop of Canterbury
Convent Girl in Hyde Park Accused of Theft
Rosa Haines, a convent graduate and Hyde Park church worker, is jailed on larceny charges. Police allege she stole two large diamonds worth 500 dollars and gambled away 75 000 dollars on the open board of trade after inheriting 75 000 dollars following her father’s death.
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Hyde Park
Brideport
Conn
Miss Haines
Open Board of Trade
Tridgeport
Con
Nelson Morris Dies in Chicago
Chicago August 29 Nelson Morris head of the packing company of his name died Tuesday morning at his Indiana avenue home at age 65 after a protracted illness ending with a contraction of the blood vessels to the heart. His long kidney disease worsened his condition and he had not been at his office for three months.
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Higgins
Childrn
Coppie
Chicago
Nelson Morris
Great Packing Company
Indiana
Avenue
Morris
France Refuses Recognition Of Newly Proclaimed Sultan
Paris reports France will not recognize the sultan’s brother as ruler. Until decisive acts prove popular support, France will treat him as a pretender and revolutionary.
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France
Paris
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al Johnson
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Johnson
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Flint
Hart
Engineer Flint
A. Johnson
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Ing
William Beckenhauer
Alien
Wells
West Point
Tren
Cody
Higgin
Copples
Boardwalk
Gil
Northwestern
Jah
Rosa Haines
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