Doctor by Day Burglar by Night Ends in Jail
Conteswile Pennsylvania July 33 Viewing by a De Jexyll and Mr Hyderxisteann for over a year, Dr Benjamin Holbrook of West Brandywine township confessed to small burglaries and practiced as an oculist by day. Railroad detectives exposed his double life and he will face quarter sessions, with at least eight burglaries alleged. He kept horse and buggy, hid the rig, and then prowled at night.
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Conteswile
Jexyll
Hyderxisteann
Benjamin Holbrook
West Brandywine Township
Westchester
Pennsylvania Railroads
Holbrook
Live Too Fast in Disregard of Law
Chicago July 18 Oberlin College President Henry Churchill King warns at the Oberlin Alumni dinner that Americans show a dangerous rush for wealth and material comfort. He says a lackadaisical disregard for law pervades moral and spiritual life, threatening national ideals and the rule of law.
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Chicago
Henry Churchill King
Oberlin College
King
Oberlin Alumni Association
Woman in Cabinet Requested for Labor Bureau Post
Chicago on July 18 reports the Women’s Trade Union League in session asks President Roosevelt to appoint a woman to the labor bureau. A resolution will be offered when Congress convenes to make the commissioner of labor a cabinet level position for a woman.
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Chicago
Roose Felt
Women’s Trade Union League
Bureau of Labor
Congress
Commissioner of Labor
Lightning strikes oil tanks plunge town into darkness
A lightning bolt at Lima ignited 225000 barrels of oil at the Standard Oil tank farm, casting the city into darkness. Fire crews battle the blaze while cannon are deployed to prevent spread to adjacent tanks.
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AEN Lima
Standard Oils Company
Ninety Years for Killing His Aunt
In St. Louis on July 18 Edward Bergmann was sentenced to ninety nine years in the penitentiary for the confessed killing of his aunt Kate Quernheim.
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St. Louis
Adward Bergmann
Kate Quernheim
Maccabees Debate Consolidation At Triennial Meeting
Detroit July 18 delegates from United States and Canada opened the eleventh triennial review of the supreme tent Knights of the Maccabees of the World with 3900 members present. The major issue facing the gathering is a proposal to consolidate all Maccabee orders into one great body including two ladies’ organizations within the Mac- cabees.
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Detroit
United States
Canada
Supreme Tent
Knights of the Maccabees of the World
Man Bites Friend After Fourth of July Dinner Fight
A Fourth of July gathering between Nee et al in LY ended in a fatal bite when Berg attacked Kelly during a dispute. After drinking, a melee broke out with overturned tables. Berg bit Kelly as the struggle ended with both men exhausted and Kelly dying from injuries.
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Berg
Kelly
Keily
Penniless Mother Sells Infant for Fifty Dollars
Monessen Pennsylvania mother Mrs Oscar Temanos on her deathbed offers her three month old baby for sale for fifty dollars to pay medical bills and debts. The father disappeared three months ago leaving them destitute and creditors agreed to cancel debts but she offers the child to secure a home for it.
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Pittsburg
Oscar Temanos
Monessen
Priest Bets Church Popularity Over Saloon
In South Chicago on July 18 Father John Kranjec of St. George's church bet that the church is more popular than Frank Medosh's saloon. The wager will be settled by a vote on whether liquor venues or religious gatherings draw more interest from the public.
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Chicago
John Kranjec
St. George’s Church
Frank Medosh
Pretty Girls Destroy 2200 Bottles of Beer
Des Lioines July 1 Adel officers seized 2200 bottles of beer from Charles Robinson's Dallas Center restaurant. Miss Ethel Kent led a group of seven summer school girls who lined a riverbank on the Raccoon River and shattered bottles against a rock pier twenty five feet away. The event was described as the most novel experience of their lives.
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Muriel Beam
Ruth Ross
Baboon Doctor Dooley Dies of Pneumonia
Marshalltown Iowa reports the death of Doctor Dooley the Gentry Gross show baboon famed for treating a sick pony and advising surgery. He was sent from Minneapolis and died of pneumonia after catching a cold in damp weather. The creature was valued at $5,000 as the last of the special.
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Marshalltown
Girl Takes Serious Drug After Dispute
Des Moines dispatch reports Miss Ira Lympus of Norwalk aged 22 ingested carbolic acid on her front porch after an argument with her brother in law. No other cause is known.
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Des Moines
Ira Lympus
Norwalk
Lightning Dazes Five Horses At Dell Chilson Farm
A July 3 electric storm struck a barn three miles southeast of the city, stunning five horses that have since been unresponsive. Veterinarians strive to revive them as the unusual event baffles locals and authorities report no similar prior occurrence in the area.
Telegraphers' General Strike Talks Delayed
San Francisco reports delay in final settlement as President Small of the telegraphers and Labor Commissioner Neill negotiate an adjustment of differences between the operators and employers. Pending further talks, actions remain postponed across the system.
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San Francisco
Small
Telegraphers’ Organization
Neill
Doctors Told Not To Admit When Death Is Near
A medical debate questions whether informing patients of imminent death hastens or delays the end. Prominent surgeons argue truth helps, while misgivings exist about the impact on will-making and patient morale. The discourse cites cases and opinions from physicians in hospital practice.
Fat woman delays Nashville line with ripped dress
In Paduoth Kentucky a conductor files the oddest excuse for a late train. A stout woman boarding at Benton caused a dress rip when the car lurched and the dress snagged a seat. Passengers moved to the smoking car as the train paused to repair the garment.
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Paduoth
W. J. Hills
Nashville
Chattanooga
Hungry Sam Miller’s overheated Fourth of July wager
In Gerwick Pa Center township resident Hungry Sam Miller tried to prove his eating prowess by consuming half a ham two gallons of bean soup and six quarts of lemonade for a wager of 210 dollars. He won the bet but now suffers indigestion and high medical bills.
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Gerwick
Sam Miller
Center Township
Sam
Theourth
Parson, at Wedting, Gives Trage Stamps
Mutt and Miss Ada Butcher quietly married at the Bayqeist parsonage with a staged ceremony. The groom, son of Philip Nutt, and the bride, Deen Jonet, were tricked into agreeing to the union by inducements involving stamps and matrimony.
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Tke
Numeland
Ifahton Mutt
Ada Butcher
Bayqeist
Nutt
Philip Nutt
Perg
Tse
Interstate fare cuts proposed by six states
Chiereo July 18 news reports a plan to reduce long distance passenger rates for western railroads next Friday. Arkansas Missouri Illinois Iowa and Minnesota push interstate fare reductions. eastern roads may respond with similar reductions soon.
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Chiereo
Péducsa
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Minn
Moonshiners Halt Yost Party In Perry County Standoff
Coach Yost and his Cleveland friends were held at gunpoint by moonshiners in the Perry County mountains. The assailants forced them to bow heads and reveal identities before releasing the group to continue their journey.
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Lexti
Ygetettur
Goveh
University of Michigan
Frei Cleveland
Yost
Perry County
Cleveland
Warrior Tried on Cowardice Charge
A public court martial in St. Petersburg reveals indictments against Lt Gen Stoessel defender of Port Arthur Lt Gen Fock commander of the Fourth East Siberian division at Port Arthur Maj Gen Reiss chief of staff and Lt Gen Smironoff who succeeded Stoessel. They face capital charges of cowardice and treason for crimes tied to Port Arthur defense.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Fock
Fourth East Siberian
Reiss
Smironoff
Governess Considers Jump From Roof In Wheaton
Anna Gruber a governess living in Wheaton threatened to leap from a three story building on Grand Boulevard. Mrs Lee Tannehill halted the attempt by shouting from the street while police arrived and doctors urged her to come down.
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Chicas
Anna Gruber
Wvheaton
Grand Boulevard
Lee Tannehill
Bezeman
White Sox
Croker Starts Cornflower Fad In Dublin Visit
Hundreds of American visitors flock to see the World’s Fair and Croker’s Derby win while in Dublin. Crowds wear cornflower boutonnieres as Croker’s racing color and Orby’s owner appear in the same blue bloom at Epsom and Curragh events.
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Dublin
Richard Croker
Agin
Horde of wild dogs captures island near St. Louis
A mob of starving dogs swarmed onto an island in the Mississippi near St. Louis and menaced river traffic. Local authorities prepared to aid the stranded animals as crews sought to remove the threat and determine how the dogs reached the island.
East End London Adverts Mirror American Patronage
Fragmentary text describes merchants in East End London aiming to attract American customers similar to Western rivals. It notes increasing advertising efforts and a cosmopolitan business tone, mentioning a shopkeeper and a person named Gers.
Explosion Aboard Battleship Georgia Kills Eight
A powder explosion in the after turret of the battleship Georgia at Cape Cod harbor injures many and kills eight crewmen. Lieutenant Casper Goodrich and Midshipman Waulkner Goldthwaite lead the crew as an investigating board is formed to determine the cause.
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New England
Georgivs
Barnstable
Cape Colony
Twn
Casper Goodrich
O&er
Goodrich
New York Navy Yard
Waulkner Goldthwaite
James T. Cruse
Eich
Hansell
Henry McCrea
Georgia
Admirs Coolea
Thomas
Roosevelt Urged Not to Send Fleet
Philadelphia July 14 The executive committee of the universal peace union adopted a resolution calling upon President Roosevelt to withhold the demonstration of sending the battleship fleet to the Pacific coast arguing the move is a warlike action contrary to the Hague peace conference policies.
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Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
Hague
Universal Peace Union
Prent Roosevelt
Captive Leaps From Fast Train Escapes Police Chase
Denver July 17 John T Thompson a prisoner in Detective Joseph Jay s custody leaped from a car window at forty miles an hour near Denver and escaped Thompson suffered a broken shoulder and arm then walked to a village and forced a doctor to set the bones paying with a diamond pin He vanished an auto posse searches for him He is wanted in Portland to answer a $2000 theft charge He had been captured in London after a world chase.
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Denver
John T. Thompson
Joseph Jay
Portland
Ore
Thompson
Ife
London
England
Woman's corpse turns to stone in marble-like transformation
Chicago undertakers report a highly strange case as the coffin of Mrs. Mary M. Angel, 22, is opened at Mount Olivet and found to resemble carved marble. The body appears as white as snow and was so heavy six men could lift the casket, though records show the corpse weighed 110 pounds in December 1906.
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Chicago
Mary M. Angel
Mount Olivet
Connersville
Japanese worker beaten by angry Los Angeles mob
Yoni a Japanese wiper in Southern Pacific shops narrowly escaped serious injury when attacked by an enraged American crowd after spitting on two small American flags. Police and shop workers subdued the mob as Yoni escaped. Separately a wartime report notes two Japanese men arrested at Fort Rosecrans for sketching fortifications, later released, one tied to a San Francisco restaurant and the other near Mare Island navy yard.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Yoni
Southern Pacific
Yeni
Washington
War Department
California
For Rosecrans
Fort Rosecrans
San Francisco
Vor Rosecrans
Mare Island Navy Yard
Battleship Iowa Placed in Reserve
Under navy orders most of the Iowa's enlisted crew at Norfolk Navy Yard was transferred to the Vermont at Boston Navy Yard. The Iowa is placed in reserve status.
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Washington
Navy Department
Iowa
Norfolk Navy Yard
Vermont
Boston Navy Yard
Justice Nathan Reverses Ruling In Disturbing Peace Case
Justice Nathan, after admitting an error, reverses a prior decision fining Mrs Louise ArcGee five dollars for disturbing neighbors. Mrs McGee was informed of dismissal following the reversal.
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Aton
B. Nathan
Louise ArcGee
North Ship
Justice Nathan
McGee
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