Auto Plunges Into River Tragedy at Milwaukee Draw
Two men drown and a third is fatally injured when J A Solliday's automobile plunges from an open Milwaukee draw into the Milwaukee river. Solliday swims to a river abutment, is badly cut. O Z Bartlett and Albert Kuna drown. Kuna's body unrecovered. Heavy storm obscured the open draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Solliday
Solliday Automobile Company
Milwaukee
Wis
O. Z. Bartlett
Board of Trade
Albert Kuna
The
Automobile Company
Solliday
Iowa
Kunz
Soldier Saved His Money at Fort Rosecrans
Charles Harvey a retired soldier and post quartermaster sergeant at Fort Rosecrans near San Francisco drew 15990 from Colonel George R Smith chief paymaster of the Department of California the second largest sum ever paid to a soldier He will also receive 67 50 monthly lifelong retired pay
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Charles Harvey
Fort Rosecrans
San Francisco
Cal
George R. Smith
Department of California
Army Deposit Plan
Harvey
Carroll County Farmers Back Hogs Cholera Immunization
Scores of farmers and hog raisers in Carroll County Indiana believe hogs can be protected from cholera and swine plague using serum or anti-toxin treatment. Thousands of pigs have been exposed to cholera without loss. The method was introduced by Bennie Cornell of Camden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Indiana
Bennie Cornell
Camden
Two Farmers Die After Runaway and Street Car Collision
In Michigan City Indiana two farmers George Reinforth and Alex Dietz were thrown from their wagon during a runaway. They were later found beneath a street car’s fender on the tracks. It is unclear whether death occurred in the runaway or from the street car impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
George Reinforth
Alex Dietz
Street Car Held Up in East Toledo Robbery Shootout
Motorman Thomas Regan was shot and seriously wounded and Conductor Bert Highley was robbed after a hand to hand struggle with two bandits on the Oak street line outskirts of East Toledo Ohio. There were no passengers aboard at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Street Lne
Toledo
Ohio
Thomas Regan
Bert Highley
New Hampshire Bank Looted In Somersworth Cashier Arrested
A defalcation of 85000 dollars is reported at the First National Bank of Somersworth New Hampshire. The cashier is under arrest and the Board of Directors has asked the bank examiner to take possession for voluntary liquidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
First National Bank
Somersworth
Woman of Eighty Four Divorced in Ohio Case
Susannah Moss aged 84 secured a divorce from Franklin Moss after alleging wilful absence for forty four years. Judge Blair granted the decree at Portsmouth, marking a notable entry in local divorce history.
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Ohio
Susannah Moss
Blair
Portsmouth
Franklin Moss
Next G A R Encampment Dates Set in Salt Lake City
The Grand Army of the Republic’s Executive Committee announces the national encampment will take place August 9 through 14 in Salt Lake City Utah.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Executive Committee
Balt Lake City
Utah
Good Tuber Crop Excludes Bri
A brief crop note reports a good tuber yield despite excluding Bri. The report highlights robust potato production with higher yields in certain fields and notes seasonal conditions contributing to strong results.
Senate and House duel over bills and Brownsville affair
Congress adjournment gaps and heated debate as the Senate and House clash on boundary disputes, aliens rights, Panama Canal, and detective investigations into the Brownsville incident. Foraker and Aldrich lead resolutions while the District measures pass or stall amid party friction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Congress
Secret Service
Aldrich
Culberson
Bailey
Bacon
Thi Man
Foraker
Secretary of War
Brownsville
House
United States
Bloodhounds to bolster Washington police suburban work
Report notes police will add bloodhounds to the Washington force to aid suburban operations. A fire at F. Blu menthal & Co glazed kid plant at Elsmere Delaware left the building nearly destroyed and many homeless in Center City drainage areas of Centralia Pennsylvania. Estimated loss reaches about 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elsmere
Del
F. Blumenthal & Co
Centralia
Venezuelans Rebel as Castro Dictatorship Faces Downfall
A Caracas riot destroys statues and pictures of President Castro and calls for his deposition. Martial law is imposed as crowds loot clubs and public buildings, signaling a potential end to Castro’s rule amid regional tensions and Dutch naval maneuvers along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
Plaza
Bolivar
Venezuela
Halland
Netherlands
Gomez
Cipriano Castro
Europe
South American
Tsh
Andrade
Trinidad
Japan to Stop Emigration to United States
Prominent Washington correspondent reports the Japanese government will prohibit all emigration to the United States after a set date. Baron Nomura will announce the policy when the Diet meets, ending a long negotiation between Secretary Root and Baron Takahira. Travel for merchants students and tourists will remain free under existing passport arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Baron Nomura
Japan
Elfin Root
State Department
Root
Tokio
Baron Takahira
America
Hains Trial Begins Over Murder Accessory Charge
The trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains, author and seafarer, for allegedly aiding in the murder of William E. Annis began in the Supreme Court at Flushing. Prosecutors expect a speedy, highly publicized case, with Annis, an editor of an outing periodical, shot as he stepped from his boat to a Bayside Yacht Club float last August. Capt. Peter C. Hains Jr. claimed the victim as a co respondent in a divorce suit, with defense arguing temporary insanity from alleged wrongs.
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Thornton Jenkins Hains
William E. Annis
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Sionday
Crane
Supreme Court
Flushing
Harry K. Than
William EB. Annis
Outing
Bayside Yacht Club
Hains
Claudia Haains
Fragmentary claim on Ladian and Venezuela
A fragmented line asserts Ladian had blood flaws and was a 1990s herder before becoming Venezuela's dictator and challenging European powers. The passage lacks verifiable details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Europe
Night Riders on Trial in Union City
Eight men accused leaders of the Reelfoot Lake night riders go on trial for murder in Union City Tennessee. They face charges in the death of Capt. Quinton Ranking a noted Trenton attorney as tensions rise amid ongoing legal battles and potential violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Night Riders
Reelfoot Lake
Union City
Tenn
Quinton Ranking
Trenton
Joseph E. Jones
J. 8. Caldwell
Rice A. Pierce and Associates
Avery Named Acting Chancellor at University of Nebraska
The Board of Regents announces Dr. Samuel Avery will succeed E Benjamin Andrews as chancellor of the University of Nebraska effective January 1. Avery has been serving as acting chancellor and steps into the role following Andrews' resignation.
Incident at Bayside Yacht Club Ends in Shooting
Thornton accompanied by his brother went to Bayside Yacht Club and asked for Annis. Capt Hating shot Annis five times as Thornton dispersed club members with a drawn revolver. Mrs Tinvis alleges a false confession was coerced.
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Thornton
Bayside Yacht Club
Annis
Tinvis
Fire damages St Louis Lohee Patent Door plant
A blaze devastated the Lohee Patent Door Company plant in St. Louis with losses around $100,000. The adjacent ONeill lumber yard suffered about $10,000 in damage, and another plant fire earlier damaged $25,000 two months prior. Insurance reportedly covered about half.
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St. Lonin
Lohee Patent Door Company
St. Louis
O'Neill Lumber
Steanson $20,000 to Play Races
Adrien Le Buef, longtime Oak land dry goods cashier for Hale Brothers, confessed to stealing about $20,000 from the firm over four months to gamble, mainly on Seattle races in Oakland poolrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steanson
Adrien le Buef
Hale Brothers
Oakland
Cal
Seattle
Shut Shoe Mills Blame Weather
The Woonsocket Rubber Company will close its Millville Rhode Island plant for three weeks due to a slump in demand caused by abnormal weather. About 750 workers are affected.
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Woonsocket Rubber Company
Millville, R. I
Bays Start Fire From Sunlit Globe Incident
A fire sparked in a home at Bays Start when sun rays passing through a water filled glass globe focused heat onto a flammable surface, authorities reported. Fire crews confined the flames to the room of origin and prevented further damage to Bycamore nearby.
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Jun
Bycamore
Trade Review Signals Moderate Activity in Chicago Area
Daun's Review of Trade notes continued gains in bank payments and steady manufacturing, with more hiring and inventory work. Retail demand improves in colder weather, especially for heavy apparel and luxuries. breadstuffs and dye stock rise while prices ease. Freight volumes expand as earnings recover for the Chicago steam roads and mercantile collections lag locally but settle country accounts.
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Jane
Chicago
Gener
Daun
Review of Trade
Retail and wholesale trade mixed amid yearend view says Bradstreet
New York reports show retail and holiday trade growing yet not fully meeting expectations especially in the South with low priced cotton not a major drag. Southwest, spring wheat, and Pacific Northwest deliver best reports while wholesale and jobbing soften pending inventories. industrial demand holds steady despite higher raw material costs. Business failures tally 28 in the United States for the week ending December 1, with Canada at 60.
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Nainy Points
Southwest
Pacific Northwest
United States
Agatinst
Bradstreet
Market Nomenclature of Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
A compact listing of livestock and grain prices by city including cattle hogs sheep and various grain grades. Cities include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with bid ranges and grade specifics such as No 2 and No 3 categories.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Aerial Navigation Company Secures Boston Landing Site
The Aerial Navigation Company formed to run an airship line Boston to New York has leased two acres of land in Boston for station No 1 and received landing privileges along Commonwealth Avenue near Harvard.
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Aerial Navigation Company
Boston
New York
Commonwealth Avenue
Harvard
Oe Balgnia Aatporyyse
Woman In Snow Drags Infant From Home In Midnight Walk
Mrs B B Henson of Brazil suffered temporary mental trouble and fled her bed at 1 am with her infant, bare foot in a night dress. Her husband found her three hours later two miles south of Knightsville in the woods near death from exposure while the child appeared unharmed. She left during a recent snowstorm and wandered for hours before collapsing.
Muncie Woman Ends Life Over Drug Habit
Mrs A A Albright 42, wife of an inventor and wind sign company president, took carbolic acid and morphine to end her life. Despondent over reliance on morphine and liquor in patent medicines, she struggled to break the habit.
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Mra A. A. Albright
Muncie
Explosion Reports Gas Blast At Clover Leaf Mine
A gas explosion at the Clover Leaf mine in Linton, owned by Shirley Hill Coal Company, started a night fire after a lamp ignited gas. The night shift miner dropped to escape injury, but dense smoke halted entry. fire to be extinguished before rescue. about 24 miners idle due to the accident.
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Clover Leaf
Linton
Shirley Hill Coal Company
Pemper
Veteran Leroy Deeds Found Guilty of Assault in Grant Circuit Court
Leroy Deeds a Soldiers' Home veteran was found guilty only of assault and battery by a Grant Circuit Court jury in Marion. He received sixty days in jail and a $25 fine for the hatchet attack on comrade Jacob Lil.
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Leroy Deeds
Grant
Marion
Deeds
Soldiers’ Home
Jacob Lil
Attica Falls to Tipton in Rough Football Clash
In a game at Attica, Earl Thomas of Attica sustained severe injuries after a late tackle, with grave fears for his recovery as the play ended. Near the same time, four youths suffered serious blast injuries from a quarry powder explosion at Bedford, including Emmet Kirkman who died. Indiana Rail Road Commission orders steam lines to interchange carload traffic with interurban firms.
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Attica
Tipton
Earl Thomas
Beck
Thomas
Emmet and
t'Tinton Kirkman
Charles Percy
Rhobert Massey
Bedford
Emmet Kirkman
Indiana Railroad Commission
Funeral Panic Crashes Floor During Wa Bash for Mrs Dunfee
At a Wa bash funeral for 24 year old Mrs. Della Dunfee the crowd surged around the casket and the room floor collapsed. Twelve pallbearers were needed to manage the scene as guests pressed forward to view the remains.
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Wabash
Della Dunfee
Cave-In Fatal for Two Boys in Fort Wayne
Arthur Grossman aged 2 and Herbert Hoeltje aged 11 were killed when a cave roof collapsed in Fort Wayne as they played inside a cave. A search after they did not return found the fallen roof and the boys were dead.
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Arthur Grossman
Herbert Hoeltje
Fort Wayne
Two Boys Shot While Hunting Quail Plague Rural Area
Charlies Campbell 18 of Centerpoint was shot in the head and back by Ross Giltz during a quail hunt. His condition is listed as serious. Merle Miller 17 of Poland was accidentally shot in the face and breast by Chas Jones while hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Campbell
Centerpoint
Ross Giltz
Campbell
Merle Miller
Poland
Chas. Jones
Local man arrested in Shelbyville forgery case
John Fhrasher, living four miles north of Shelbyville, was arrested recently on suspicion of two forgeries in Shelbyville and one in Greensburg. Checks used in meat deals were passed, each for fourteen dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fhrasher
Shelbyville
Greensburg
Among Our Neighbors and Local Incidents
George Coppy a 14 year old of New Richmond suffers from lumpy jaw a cattle disease. Six persons charged with whitecap ping John B Tribbey Aug 8 were acquitted in Rushville. Tribbey beaten by masked men tarred and feathered. His wife among those accused. Harlan T Marshall state manager for Remington Typewriter hanged himself at home in Irvington while wife shopped and children at school. Ming Pearl Morand a cond 18 attending the girls college at Bt ae af ie.
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George Coppy
New Richmond
John B. Tribbey
Rushville
Tribbey
Harlan T. Marshall
Remington Typewriter Company
Irvington
Ming Pearl Morand
Girls’ College
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Montpelier Herald
Montpelier, Ind
Berald Publisiing Co., Publishers
Goldsboro
N. C
John M. Grantham
John Street
Louis Gulley
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Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Senator Foraker
Warner
War Department
Panama Canal
Sne
Warren
Postal Savings Bank
Carter
Depew
Gardner
Massachusetts
Committee On Foreign Affairs
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House of Commons
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Bier
ATMS
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Staines
Rankin
Veeraska
Indiana State News
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Boss
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