Terrill fatally shoots man in petroleum doctor office
John Terrill, enraged by repeated insults and threats from Wells county resident Wolf, tracked him to Petroleum where Dr. Saunders prepared to amputate Wolf’s leg after a shotgun wound. Terrill entered the operating room, fired twice, killing Wolf, then fled. local outrage envelops the community as investigations begin.
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Wells
Jeep
Weed
Wens Pepys
Perrifs
Uae
Fraser
Maline
Weil
John Terrill
Saunders
Terrill
Wolf
Man Rejects Gasoline Powered Auto Won at Eagles Carnival
Fort Wayne Indiana report states Moore a Fishart teamster won a Murray runabout valued at 700 dollars after paying 10 cents for a ticket. He examined the craft and objected to its gasoline power saying he would not keep such a machine on his premises and departed with the cash offered by a bystander.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Murray Automobile
Eagles
Moore
Fishart
Oil Field Boom Sparks Wild Speculation at Sour Lake Texas
Report from Sour Lake Texas depicts rapid oil field speculation with locals and outsiders chasing land grabs. James Vieson and Mason travel to stake claims as the community rapidly grows. a land parcel of about twenty acres changes hands for cash amid mentions of an eastern syndicate valuing the tract higher than the sale price.
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Davertars
James Vieson
Ebo
Atienta
Mo Mason
Nawaps
Te Atimvent
Ble
Henry
Indianapolis oil lease eyed near Plainfield
Four thousand acres in Hendricks county near Plainfield have been leased for oil by J. B. Webster and A F Fear naught of Indianapolis. Drilling will begin immediately and oil territory is expected within fifteen miles of Indianapolis. Pittsburg capital is said to be interested as the area could become a major oil field. Oil was first noticed years ago after a slight earthquake, when springs and pools started to appear coated with it.
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Moye
Amd
Pras
Austin Tex
Seur Bake
Lee
Fileoe
Greeny
Jos Hege
Ure Beau
Joert Beidd
Sear Lake
Indianapolis
Hendricks County
Plainfield
J. B. Webster
A F. Fearnaught
Pittsburg Capital
Servian Debts Trigger Legal Action After Royal Deaths
A Vienna dispatch reports King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia left 400000 francs in debts. The new Servian government offered 20 percent to settle, but creditors refused and will file an action at law.
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London
Vienna
Alexander
Draga
Servia
Miraculous Yosemite Rescue Narrow ledge holds famed escape
Mrs. Johns of New York City nearly perished in Yosemite Valley after a 300 foot fall from Sentinel fissure. Hotel clerk Potter and an eight man rescue party lowered ropes and pulled her to safety on a rocky ledge. Dr. Brown aided as she endured extreme exposure and frost.
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Yosemite Valley
Cal
Mrs. Johns
Mr. Potter
Potter
Callao in pursuit of pirates near Canton
Information from the Orient says the US gunboat Callao hunts a pirate band that captured a Chinese crewman. Pirates threatened to kill the prisoner unless $9,000 was paid. Callao skirmished with bands and found six parties. The Chinese government sends a gunboat and soldiers to Canton to pursue the outlaws.
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San Francisco
Orient
United States
Callao
Canton
Freak blue baby drawn attention in Wabash
A blue baby born in the factory district of Wabash Indiana excites physicians. The infant is described as a physiological freak almost indigo in color due to poor circulation causing carbon dioxide retention and low oxygen. The child does not survive.
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Wabash
Ind
Race Riots Hit New York Near West 62 Street
City clashes erupted as several black residents were injured in race riots around West Sixty second Street and Amsterdam Avenue. Police rushed to the scene and made some arrests after youths beat a son of Alderman Harrington. Brick threats followed as officers moved through the area. Crowds then attacked black residents, chasing them from the streets and inflicting multiple injuries.
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New York
West Sixty Second Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Harrington
Pope Leo XIII Survives Yet Near Death After Rallying
Rome reports another rally in Pope Leo XIII condition with delirium spins and strength drops. He rose from bed for two hours to prepare for death, met four cardinals, and discussed papers with his secretary, while doctors warn the end may come at any moment.
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Rome
Leo
Monsignor Bissett
Heo
Monsignor Angeli
Vatican
Lapponi
Suit for damages in Darlington Bank accident
Mrs. Laura E. Scott of Boone County sues James Peterson cashier of the Darlington Bank for 5000 as a result of a buggy overturn after her horse bolted from an auto traveling at speed. Peterson allegedly did not stop to aid. Lebanon and Thorntown marshals pursued and subdued the driver with a club to prevent further danger.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Laura E. Scott
Oone County
James Peterson
Darlington Bank
Lebanon
Thorntown
Peterson
Emperor Francis Joseph May Abdicate Amid Hungarian Unrest
Vienna reports from a reliable source that Emperor Francis Joseph intends to abdicate if order cannot be restored in Hungary within two weeks. The aged ruler warned that failure to secure peace could force abdication, risking revolution and further peril for Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the empire.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Rudolph
Count Iwnwhuen Hedervary
Elizabeth
Lucheni
Pan Eacreas
Count Hedervary
Hungary
Franz Ferdinand
Wisconsin Senator Quarles Cuts Hay On His Farm
Kenosha special reports United States Senator Joseph Vehy Quarles labors in hay fields north of the city to harvest sixty acres of uncut hay. Dressed in overalls and jumper, he worked alone after failing to secure help or buyers for the crop.
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Kenosha
Wis
Joseph Vehy Quarles
United States
Wisconsin
Severe windstorm unroofs 50 homes in Baltimore NE
A Sunday wind and rainstorm lashed Baltimore with violent force in a northeast district. About four blocks saw fifty houses lose their roofs, walks torn up, and trees uprooted. Streets remained strewn with debris across several squares from wrecked roofs bricks and broken tree limbs.
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Baltimore
Divorce rates in Silver Bow exceed Sioux Falls numbers
Butte Montana reports show 132 divorces granted in the fiscal year ending June 30 in Silver Bow county compared with 134 at Sioux Falls. Among the Butte total 107 went to women and three to men.
Professor Wrote Comic Opera and Was Bounced from College
Professor John Wilson Dodge, fired from Lawrence University in Appleton Wisconsin for writing a comic opera that offended strict Methodist trustees, has been hired to head the music department at Oakland College Indiana. His wife will be among the instructors. The opera The Sleepy Beauty was produced with college talent and faced student dress issues. The work will be presented professionally next winter.
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Dodge
Savagery of a Mob Cries from West Virginia
A Bluefield special reports the Devon in Mingo county case where a fourteen year old girl was assaulted by a black man who was lynched by a mob over 800 strong. The mob tortured him, cut with knives, removed his tongue and skin, and burned him in a grisly act of vengeance.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Register
Bluefield
Devon
Mingo County
Cav
Nero
Bayonne Woman Who Stood Thirty-One Inches Dies
Miss Mary J. Piercy of Bayonne New Jersey one of the smallest women in the world has died at age thirty one inches tall and fifty pounds She fell victim to illness brought on by the recent hot weather at her home in Bayonne New Jersey
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Bayonne
N. J
Mary J. Piercy
Fitzsimmons Declines Dawson City Bout Offer
Fitzsimmons rejected a $5,000 offer from an athletic club in Dawson City Alaska to meet Joe Choynski in a ten round fight next month. He weighed the offer before declining.
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San Francisco
Fitzsimmons
Dawson City
Alaska
Joe Choynski
Fite
Great Western Railway claims world record run London to Plymouth
The Great Western Railway Company says a train covered 246 miles from London to Plymouth in 253% minutes setting a claimed world record.
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London
Great Western Railway Company
Plymouth
Match Ignited Her Dress Destroys Marie Murphy in Denver
Miss Marie Murphy of Pontiac New Jersey daughter of banker J S Murphy died from burns after stepping on a match that set her dress alight in Denver Colorado.
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Denver, Col
Marie Murphy
Pontiac, NJ
J. S. Murphy
Sunday School Lesson on Israel's King and Faithfulness
Biblical study from 1 Samuel 12 detailing Israel asking for a king, Samuel’s sign of divine thunder and rain, and the call to fear the Lord and serve with all the heart. It outlines lessons on integrity, intercessory prayer, and national prosperity tied to righteousness.
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Samuel
Gilgal
Jordan Valley
Asher
Saul
Israel
Bedan
Fisherman in New Guinea Brings Only A Few Lies
A coastal fisherman in New Guinea fails to land real specimens as his catch turns to poetic fabrication. The tale twists with playful wordplay as truth and humor collide in a coastal vignette.
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New Guinea
Skuinea
Automobile rides for exercise intrigue readers
A Washington Star snippet quotes a humorous exchange about using car rides as exercise. The line suggests curiosity about whether driving itself counts as physical activity or simply serves to investigate a situation.
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Washington Star
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