Brutal New York murders point to single killer
A series of three similar killings in New York, including the eight year old Katie Pritschler, are linked by brutal strangulation and mutilation. Police arrest local Cobbler Gaetano Rippolano and Russian watchman John Kusmiecho as suspects amid public unrest and ongoing inquiries.
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First Avenue
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Katie Pritsehler
Pritschler
Josh
203
Econ
Gaetano Pippulano
Bristol
Conn
Vheetrl
Rippolanas Place
Vtrle
Rippolano
John Kusmiecho
Fast Ninetieth Street
Morocco unrest seen through Algeciras plan to restore order
Dispatches describe tensions in Morocco with hopes for the Algeciras convention. Italy and Spain may send warships, with a composite force of French Italian and Spanish troops to land at Casablanca in concert with the sultan's forces. Spain plans action with France to seek reparations for Casablanca murders. A Spanish warship is ordered to proceed to Morocco.
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Aue
Morocco
Italy
Spain
Alian
Casablanca
France
Train wreck near Red Rock injures many passengers
A northbound Santa Fe passenger train derailed seven miles north of Red Rock Oklahoma. The engineer was killed and several passengers were wounded as the coach, chair car, baggage car and engine left the track and plunged into the ditch.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Santa Fe
Red Rock
Okla
No Change in Plan to Send Fleet to Pacific Ocean
Secretary Loeb states there is no change in plans to send the Atlantic battleship Weer to the Pacific. Preparations are under way by the War Department and will begin once approved by the president. He denies any Cabinet resignation rumors and notes no protest from Japan as the fleet remains in American waters.
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Loeb
Weer
Pacific Ocean
Wave Department
Loeb Mide
Moeteal
Berger
Wedi
Cabnet
New York Opens First All Night Police Court
The city launches an all night police court with Judge Whithan presiding. Seventy two inmates released from detention at night fall begin awaiting further disposition as cases are processed around the clock.
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New York
Whithan
Austice
Welient Minenit
Funeral held for Laura Matthews in Kansas City Missouri
Laura Matthews who died from a gunshot in Colorado Springs is mourned in Kansas City. Relatives from Chicago arrive denying the death was suicide and insisting it was murder. Charles AL Coeur, a Chicago manufacturer, plans to travel to Colorado Springs for a full investigation.
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Kansas City
Laura Matthews
Colorado Springs
Charles AL Coeur
Chicago
Jennie Matthews
Chicaeo
Tornado Damages Town and Rail Telegraph Office
A tornado struck Wichtta Kam destroying the town and damaging the Marquette rail telegraph station. Efforts to contact Marquette failed as floodwater and wind overwhelmed the station and disrupted the telegraph lines.
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Wichtta
Kam
Marquette
Pacific Rail
City Recognizes San Francisco Mayor Edward R Taylor
Miandamus proceedings were brought in Tecoutel City court to recognize Edward R Taylor as mayor of San Francisco. Mayor Taylor and Auditor Thornton held a conference to consider transferring the city’s funds from the United States Mint to the city treasury.
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Tecoutel
Horton
Edward R. Taylor
Masor
Miasor Tayior
Thorton
Eity
United States Mint
Eity Treasury
Direct curle area New York to Colon opens
Weather cool in the Northwest steadies Chicago wheat. Ex premier Histy Rebero, now Greece envoy to London, sails to Liverpool. Greek band wiped out near Kastoria. Mine captured. Dregguswisaita railroad workers strike near Buffalo. Deviled ham shipment blocked in Buenos Aires over borax claim. Lightning kills six. storms cause crop damage near Posen. US mint July coinage totals 7,457,000. Cunard liner Lusitania completes 48 hour run averaging 25.14 knots. Voronezh riots trigger punitive Cossack expedition.
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Histy Rebero
Porthsal
Richmond Pearson
North
Caroline
Greece
Liverpool
Posen
Germany
Mint
United States
Lusitania
Fire on Japanese Battalion Triggers Disturbance in Seoul
A Korean battalion of the First Shiwa regiment fought eight hours with Japanese forces near the Korean consulate in Seoul. Sixty Koreans killed or wounded and about forty Japanese casualties were reported. Disarmament of Korean forces will continue nationwide.
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Shiwa
Korea
Tlasep
Peary Plans New York Start After Boiler Install
Commander Robert K. Peary, staying with his family at Klieledshind, will head to New York and then Clemerth once boilers are installed on the Roosevelt. He hopes to start within a week and expects winter quarters through Sept 3. The party remains undivided and compact. no new ideas, he says, and none of his family will accompany him.
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Meo
Robert K. Peary
Klieledshind
New York
Clemerth
Roosevelt
Pears
Outgrowth of the Stories in Catholic Circles
In Rome and Auge sources claim revelations about bamigral practices by Salesian fathers at Varazze are greatly exaggerated. They say the claims stem from stories spread a year ago after a young priest Bertane left the convent. Anticlerical papers rely on one incident and Echoalsa pupils pressure pupils to confess falsely.
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Auge
Boe Teds
Bamigral
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Varazze
Bertane
Echoalsa
Turned on the Gas in Williamsburg Desperation
Mrs Rebecca Fischel, jailed deserter from the German army, attempted to kill herself and her two children by turning on gas in her Williamsburg home. A janitor found five year old Lilly dead and the mother along with her twelve year old son dying.
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New York
Rebecca Fischel
Williamsburg
Fischell
Lilly
Nomadic Tunguse Raids Spark Russian Tension
In Harbin on August 2, reports say Tunguse nomads have conducted several raids into Russian territory. A mass exodus of Chinese merchants and servants follows, echoing events before the Hoxer uprising and prompting fears of renewed Chinese trouble.
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Endurance settles iron workers strike in Minnesota
An agreement among the state, steel company, and Iron Workers ends marching and trespass at the strike front. No violence reported as discussions proceed at the state capitol. Sheriff Bates, T F Cole, and Teafiko Pettiella sign the accord, making troops unlikely.
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Anp
Steel Corporation
Fron Range
Sheriff Bates
T. F. Cole
Teafiko Pettiella
State Capitol
Bodies Found After Military Balloon Tragedy At Tsarskoe-Selo
The body of another officer from the Tsarskoe-Selo balloon incident is recovered at sea. Four officers leaped to shed weight to keep the vessel aloft after the July 19 ascent. the balloon later found empty and waterlogged, with bodies recovered in the Gulf of Finland. Also reports baseball scores from Chicago to Milwaukee across several leagues.
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St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe-Selo
Gulf of Finland
National bank note circulation drops for first time in years
The July 31 1907 circulation statement from the comptroller of the currency shows total national bank note circulation at $6 costsSi, up $41,914.0h for the year and down $802 804 for the month. It marks the first monthly decrease in years.
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National Bank
Grim severed-ear murder shocks Oklahoma town
The body of a young man with both ears severed was found three miles west of the city last night, preceded by the discovery of a freshly severed car on the main street. This marks the second such crime in a week, with another unknown man found with severed ears in a boxcar last Saturday.
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Oklahoma
Man Arrested for Stashing Dresses in Denver Streets
Peter Magoffin, a laborer, was arrested in Denver after police caught him in the act with dresses belonging to nearly thirty women and girls stashed on the streets. A knife and torn garments were found on his person. he offered no explanation.
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Denver
Peter Magoffin
Courts end Klaw and Erlanger damage suits over Chicago fire
In New York on August 2 Judge Hough refused to reopen cases against Klaw and Erlanger. The suits arose from the Triumphant Theatre fire in Chicago and were terminated in federal court.
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New York
Klaw & Erlanger
Chicago
Hough
Twenty Years Ago Franklin Preacher Marked by Dinner
There will be a basket dinner at the Nineveh Christian church Sunday next to mark the twentieth anniversary of Rev. Lee Tinsley entering the ministry. He preached his first sermon on Aug. 4, 1887 using the text Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
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Ind
Nineveh
Lee Tinsley
Bining From the Grave
A prominent manufacturer Wm A Fertwell of Lucams NC relates a remarkable experience After taking less than three bottles of Electric Bitters he feels like rising from the grave His trouble is Brights disease in the Diabetes stage He believes Electric Bitters will cure him permanently as it has stopped liver and bladder complications Guaranteed at O D Knoefels druggist Price only 6e
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Lucams
N. C
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O. D. Knoefel's
Indiana Board to List All Standard Oil Property for Tax
The Indiana state board of tax commissioners plans to locate and list all Standard Oil property in the state for taxation. Lake county has begun an countywide probe, and early results show substantial untaxed Standard Oil assets. The board already raised assessments by 652,743 dollars and expects more increases after completing statewide checks.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
Standard Oil Company
Lake County
Indiana
State Fair Opens With Dedication Of New Pavilion
The fifty fourth Indiana Fair begins in Indianapolis on Monday September 9 with the dedication ceremony for a $110000 livestock pavilion. Exhibits close August 28 and judging runs through Friday with band concerts vaudeville and horse and cattle displays. Total racing purses reach $24600 and include multiple stake events led by Western Horseman races.
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Berkshire
Poland
Weber
Band of
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Horticultural Hall
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Charles Downing
State Board of Agriculture
Child's Playful Blow Endangers Man in Turpentine Gargle
In Muncie Indiana on August 2 John Holden twenty seven suffers severe injuries after gulping turpentine water he tried to gargle. His six year old son struck his throat during play causing the liquid to be swallowed. Doctors fear peritonitis and windpipe burns may prove fatal amid unconsciousness and inability to eat.
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Ind
John Holden
Holden
Hiden
Four Monroe County Men Arrested Over Whitecapping
The arrest of David Fox Charles Sylvester Lovell Bowers and Jacob Kirk on whitecapping charges spurs county debate as Bloomington papers defend the men claiming innocence. Vanest identifies a larger crowd with eight to ten assailants. eleven men now face bonds.
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Columbus
Ind
David Fox
Charles Sylvester
Lovell Bowers
Jacob Kirk
Monroe County
Vanest
Bloomington
Fox
Bond
Monon Township Remonstrance Against Liquor License
A remonstrance signed by 62 percent of Monon Township voters was filed with county commissioners last May opposing retail liquor traffic. George Helfric plans to apply for a license next Monday, and temperance supporters pledge to enforce the remonstrance with legal counsel and funds.
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Monon Township
George Helfric
Escapee Fred Haugh Sought Near Martinsville Home
Two attempts to nab Fred Haugh, an Indiana Reformatory escapee, occurred near his Monroe county edge home in Martinsville Indiana. He avoided capture first by warning, second by leaping from a window and fleeing. Haugh, formerly jailed for bank fraud in Frankfort, Indiana.
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Lond
Fred Haugh
Indiana Reformatory
Monroe County
Baugh
Reformatory
Frankfort
Breaks Through Bridge On Fire Near Ft. Recovery
A Lake Erie and Western freight train halted on a forty two foot bridge near Ft. Recovery when the bridge caught fire. The sudden stop caused the structure to collapse and a heavily loaded coal car plunged into the creek cut. Passengers were transferred after removal of the wreck.
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Portland
Ind
Lake Erie & Western Railway
Ft. Recovery
Water Moccasin Bite Sends Man to House
Petersburg Indiana August 2 Silas Strain while plowing for wheat was bitten by a large water moccasin. He was carried to his home in an unconscious condition. Doctors said we may recover.
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Petersburg
Ind
Silas
The Lenton Croft Robberies and Detective Tales
A note on forthcoming detective stories in London featuring Hewitt solving robberies with precise facts and rapid results. The list includes The Loss of Sammy Crockett The Case of Mr. Foggatt The Case of the Dixon Torpedo The Quinton Jewel Affair The Stanway Cameo Mystery The Afear of the Tortoise.
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Book News Monthly
Knife Thrust Fatal Near Baton in Richmond Area
Richmond report: Nis Broek, 23, died at home near Baton after a stabbing during a drunken street fight between two companions. The elder Broek allegedly attacked a man at the scene, with details unclear as the struggle ended fatally. The incident follows a dispute tied to partisan tensions. The second item notes Jeffersonville sheriff Herra Pernett’s remark that wild berry picking in the county is hindered by many intruders in blackberry patches. He cites personal experiments supporting this claim.
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Broek
Baton
Cnet
Tevin
Jeffersonville
Ind
Shera Pernett
Oklahoma Republicans Announce State Ticket
Tulsa August 2 The Republican convention of the new state of Oklahoma selected their ticket with Frank Frants as governor NooF Turk as lieutenant governor and Robinett as secretary of state SP Reidstate tremens ier M Stillwell as attorney general Stillwell notes Prants was a rough rider captain in Cuba and is an intimate friend of President Roosevelt.
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J. T
Oklahoma
Frank Frants
Noof Turk
Robinett
Reidstate
M Stillwell
Prants
Terrors
San Juan
Cuba
Roosevelt
Stood by His Theory Thales on Life and Death Comment
An ancient philosopher Thales argued there is no difference between life and death. A listener asked why he did not end his life, and Thales answered that there is no difference.
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Thales
Phoosopher
Fragmentary Philadelphia Inquirer Text
The note reads as a garbled snippet mentioning trials and verdicts with casual informal phrasing. It references Philadelphia and appears to be a fragment from a newspaper page with unclear names or events.
King’s New Discovery Cures Severe Cough Says Grovertown Resident
A Grovertown Indiana resident recounts a near fatal cough and fatigue, credited to Dr King’s New Discovery. Four one dollar bottles allegedly cured the illness and restored health, with a trial bottle offered free by a local druggist.
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Dr. King
Sea
Grovertown
Stick Co
O. D. Kaocefa
Corcoran's Release Tightens Giants' Playoff Bid
The New York Nationals released Corcoran outright, signaling a shift as teams like the Giants close in on the season. Tavs Cros leads the Newark lineup while former star Corcoran seeks new club after being waived by New York.
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New Orleans
Inteider Leuntuy
Corcoran
Bes
New York
Hacins
Tim
Markets report mixed grain and livestock prices across cities
The Indianapolis wheat and corn markets show No. 2 red wheat at 88 cents with various quotes for oats and hay. Cattle, hogs, sheep, and lambs are listed with several price ranges. Similar quotes appear for Cincinnati and New York markets, plus Buffalo region figures, reflecting widespread volatility and regional variation in grain and livestock prices.
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C. Getle
New York
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