Fatal double execution in Greenville death tale unfolds
A bizarre Greenville Mississippi report details two men dying in a trap after a planned meal. witnesses recall curses and a wish that Greenville perish. The second incident mentions Tom Lauderdale and others, with postmortem descriptions and references to a man named Lamues Metudhey Ceecke amid a chaotic, eerie narrative.
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Greenville
Miss
Gresef
Ashley Coe
Tom Lauderdale
Ameb
Hocross
Thovedack
Eee
Tse
Aleve
Orewal Blok
Young Woman Accused of Forgery Arrests in City
A 22 year old woman identified as Sian along with Kinley was arrested on forgery charges after presenting a five dollar check bearing Mr La Follette's name. She claimed to seek a bond and a school opportunity in Frankfort while staying at Onsida Hotel. Detective Splan noted two Frankfort contacts and expected a bond arrival. The suspect admitted the forgery and stated she faced disgrace. The case involves state district authorities and a forged check drawn on Merchants National Bank.
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la Follette
Portland
Franklin
Muncie
Mildred Fields
Weller
Cincinnati
Crectivestoin Hinness
Indisteagen
Sian and
Kinley
Moldred Fistits
Crkima
Jesse Fo
Fea
Sun Vom
Moitroan
Polltte
Pa Follette
Splan
Splan Said That He Talked With 2 Verain
Frankfort
J. M. Tfal
Onsida Hotel
Hs Aden Eth Shaz
Bharvshint United
Winona Lake Pactr School Training Movement Details
A fragmentary report from Winona Lake outlines a four week training course for teachers under a new movement led by Professor FB MM and others. It notes salaries, supervisory roles, and funding by Indiana figures, with emphasis on employing trained Southern Methodist workers and establishing a standardized school timetable.
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Wonema Tagke
Tnd
Surihey
Soraday
Marten Lawrenos
Seopetary
Sunstreets
CL Hall
Indianapolis
Che
Tragic double tragedy after marriage sparks inquiry
A man killed his wife then hanged himself following a quarrel weeks after their wedding. Warnings of a touched heart and a broken family unfold as authorities investigate the events and identify the newly wed bride, Mrs Jehn oPishep.
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Bette
Jehn
oPishep
Dave
Mark Wallace
Murder at the door ends with fatal shot in New York
The report describes a shooting where George Wiley allegedly killed Miss Finna as she returned home from a religious meeting. Wiley was found on the street near a parked automobile. authorities say the victim died instantly.
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Moore
George Wiley
Moss Devine Puysnin
Merry
Miss Fivons
Wiley
Miss Finna
Bey
Boy Fatally Shoots Himself After Ball Request
In Perry County Indiana a young man Riley Lisminond asked his father to let him go to a ball at Troy. After a dispute his father refused and the boy used a revolver to shoot himself through the heart, dying on the scene.
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Riley Lisminond
Perry County
Geo
Troy
Hammond
Indiana Happenings and Labor Tensions Highlight Weekend
A Saturday storm toppled a Madison circus tent causing panic and minor injuries. Lafayette traction workers move to form a union while Wabash workers threaten a strike over hours. Terre Haute Democrats solidify county control by nominating allied candidates. The Amalga mated Association lodges of the American Tin Plate Company refuse a wage cut to meet a Standare Company contract.
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Lafayette Traction
Wabash Traction
Terre Haute
American Tin Plate Company
Amalgamated Association
Standare
Pacific Cable Project Aims for July Completion
The Mackay group pushes a transpacific cable with government soundings to verify a July 2 1993 target. Mr Mackay's death is said not to halt progress as Richard Day notes the venture remains well funded and on schedule.
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New York
Mackay
London
Cook
United States
Stackay
Richard Day
John W. Mackay
San Francisco
Mackay-Bennett Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Pacific Commercial Cable Company
Yonkers
N. Y
Gus Sprecklis
Canadian Pacific Railway
Southern Pacific
Hiavana
Santiago
Cuba
White Knob Copper Company
Idaho
Union Pacific
Charles de Lane
Wild Goose Mining Company
Nome
Sprague Elevator and Electric Works
Nevada
Grand Opera House
Market and
Fourth Streets
Fiood
Burnburi
San Mateo County
Coleman
City of
San Rafael
Mendocino County
Reno
Tuckée
New York City
Commercial Cable Company
Territorial Enterprise
Virginia
Nev
Indiana miners face limited work as coal demand shrinks
Terre Haute reports that Indiana bituminous coal customers already store enough to last about a month, with railroads and factories piling supplies. Most output goes to large consumers, domestic demand for brick coal rises, and an anthracite strike worsens shortages. Even in Illinois and Ohio, the outlook mirrors Indiana’s limited work prospects.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indianapolis
Diana
Enmerin Vention
Indiana
Mitchell
Manuth
Mitchells
United Mine Workers
Insole
Illinois
Ohio
Admiral Watson Returns From London Coronation Trip
Rear Admiral John C. Watson arrived Sunday on the steamship St. Louis after attending King Edward VII’s coronation abroad. He traveled with his son and Commander W. S. Cowles with Mrs. Cowles accompanying. He noted English calm on the King's illness and that British officers were busy with royal matters. Special Ambassador Reid expects a July return, while Choate’s Fourth of July London speech pleased him. Lord Grenfell also spoke briefly.
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New York
John C. Watson
Edward VII
St. Louis
W. S. Cowles
Mrrs
Cowles
Great Britain
Whitelaw Reid
Choate
London
Aisherd Grenfell
Dinner guest recalls Lord Grenfell and civil war ties
A fragment notes Lord Grenfell’s presence at a dinner with President and other figures. It references his being chosen for a health wish and his role during the civil war, with suggestive context about a general and previous service.
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Lord Grenfel Duce
Lord Grenfell
San Francisco man John Mackey dies after heat illness
London cable reports John Mackey of San Francisco died at his residence on Iron Mouse Terrace after heat prostration. He had suffered a bad night and was unconscious most of the day before death six thirty to eight in the evening.
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London
John
Mackey
San Francisco
Iron Mouse Terrace
Mackay
Aeree
Mackayeen
Rand
MacaGalaige Colonna
Tess Telfener
Kay
Princed
Paris
Miners Die in Utah Daly-West and Ontario Disaster
A gas explosion at Daly-West and Ontario mines in Park City Utah on Wednesday killed 29 workers at Daly-West and 6 at Ontario for a total of 35. John Burley, a miner, entered a magazine with an eighted candle causing the blast that ripped through shafts and tunnels. Rescue teams retrieved bodies quickly as survivors were brought to the surface in a damaged cage.
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Park City
Utah
Daly-West
Ontario
John Burley
Monel
Eleven Die in Baltimore Storm Drowning and Falling Tree
A fierce Baltimore storm at 1 30 pm uprooted roofs and tore streets, killing eleven. Nine drowned in the harbor, one man crushed by a falling tree, one by a live wire, with dramatic rescues and a tent collapse at Paradise Grove camp meeting.
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Baltimore
Cooper
Ana
Schuler
Edward H. Hunt
Carroll
Chatham
Paradise Grove
Powhattan
Liberty Road
William Cornish
Monument Project Revived for Mississinewa Battlefield
Marion Indiana report notes revival of plans to mark the Mississinewa battlefield near Jalapa with a government monument. Ground is private property held by a trustee. heirs aged to adulthood reopen possibility of federal purchase. If approved a park will enclose the site, with locals planning an electric monument and resort site. The 1812 battle occurred on December 18.
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Marion
Ind
Jalapa
Mississinewa
Steele
Tragic Ice Cream Poisoning In Columbus Marriage Plot
Joan Smith of Washington Pennsylvania is dead after strychnine was placed in ice cream by 19 year old accomplice Maggie Canan in Columbus. The pair, who ran away to marry, checked into Hotel Exchange as John Thomas and wife. Smith died within an hour. Canan, who is seriously ill but expected to recover, was with him in the city.
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Columbus, O
Joan Smith
Washington
Maggie Canan
Smith
John Thomas
Spiritualists gather at Anderson Indiana camp dedication
Five thousand people filled the Anderson Indiana spiritualist camp grounds on Sunday as the Indiana Association of Spiritualists held dedicatory exercises in a three thousand seat auditorium. Addresses were given by Harrison D. Barrett of Boston National Association of Spiritualists president Lyman C. Howe of Fredonia New York Miss Josephine Ropp of Cincinnati and Jennies Hagen Brows of Dallas.
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Anderson
Ind
Indiana Association of Spiritualists
Harrison D. Barrett
Boston
National Association of Spiritualists
Lyman C. Howe
Fredonia
N. Y
Josephine Ropp
Cincinnati
Jennies Hagen Brows
Dallas
Palmer University to Open in Eastern Indiana Normal Build
In Muncie Indiana officials announce that Christian Church leaders have secured a plan to found Palmer University in the Eastern Indiana Normal University building. New York philanthropist Francis A Palmer pledges 100000 dollars if the church raises 100 more by January 1 1203. The school will open September 16 with a nonsectarian yet religious character and a new board including George F McCulloch and J C Johnson. Dr T M Mc Whinney is named chancellor.
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Muncie
Ind
Eastern Indiana Normal University
Francis A. Palmer
New York
Christian Church of
Palmer University
George F. McCulloch
J. C. Johnson
T. M. McWhinney
D. D
Dayton
Boat Upset on Lake Manitou Near Rochester
A small party near Rochester Indiana capsized on Lake Manitou after a late Monday squall. Mr and Mrs Arthur Metzler Dr M Wilson and Mrs Richard Graham endured a perilous hour clinging to a buoyant hull section before shore boats found them and brought them aboard.
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Rochester
Ind
Arthur Metzler
M. Wilson
Richard Graham
Mankato
Minn
Lake Manitou
Simpson to pen history of Orange County Indiana
Major John R. Simpson veteran editor of the Paoli News prepares a series of monographs on the history of Orange County Indiana. His timely experience as a Southern Indiana citizen and his journalism skills suit the task.
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Orange County
Paoli
Ind
John R. Simpson
Paoli News
Indiana
Flooding widens as Mississippi swallows hundreds of miles
Keokuk Iowa reports a vast flood along a seventy mile stretch where the river runs five to ten miles wide. Islands vanish, towns like Alexandria and Gregory submerge, rail lines drift under water, and crops, once rich cornfields yielding 75 to 100 bushels per acre, vanish beneath a growing lake. Losses reach millions with no stop in sight.
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Keokuk
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Associated Press
Missouri
Hannibal
Gulf of Mexico
St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad
Missouri Shore
Robbery Attack Near Lafollette Ends With Shooting
William De lap was shot in the shoulder and robbed of 1.19 and a gold watch by three men on the Knoxville to Lafollette route Sunday night. Bloodhounds are on the trail as officers withhold arrests to avoid lynching amid local excitement.
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Knoxville
Tenn
William Delap
Lafollette
Odd Fellows
Delap
Havana Cuba auditor’s office reports final balance
United States military government auditors in Havana finished their review of accounts up to May 19. They certified a final balance of 1,613,808 dollars transferred to the new Cuban government on May 10, with 635,170 dollars in the treasury and the rest with disbursing officers on the island.
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Havana
United States Military Government of
Cuba
Roosevelt solitude noted at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt and his family kept a quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill with no callers. They attended morning services at Christ Episcopal Church where Mrs. Roosevelt is a member, following a peaceful day.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Christ Episcopal Church
West Indian Superstitions and Obeah in the Caribbean
The piece describes two West Indian beliefs the vampire and the rolling calf not found in all islands. It cites a New York Commercial Advertiser portrait of the obeah-man as sinister and court threats of flogging and imprisonment. It notes plantation fear tactics and superstitions used to deter thefts among enslaved people.
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West Indies
British Islands
New York Commercial
Chicago Record-Herald
Chicagotext on Morgan and Chicago pride headlines
A Chicago man dismisses J Pierpont Morgan as unknown while a New Yorker retorts Chicago dominates and buys what it wants. Morgan shares a heaven joke about Chicago folks and how the Windy City populace grows rapidly.
What She Would Say
A man asks a lover what she would say if he could never be hers. She replies with threat and wit, noting a bundle of his letters could raise the cost of such news.
Mixed the Genders at Yale Dinner
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a humorous anecdote from Yale Divinity School’s annual dinner where a French visitor apologizes for taking the mayor’s time and jokes about being mixed up in his genders.
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Yale Divinity School
Hadley
Chicago
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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