Mob Burns Dining Car Cook Alive in Purcell
In Purcell Oklahoma 2000 unmasked people raised a 20 foot pyre of dry goods boxes saturated with coal oil and burned Peter Carter a 35 year old dining car cook on the stake. He was captured two miles south and brought to town after a alleged crime against Mrs Spranger a white farmer's wife. The sheriff offered no resistance as the mob enacted this fatal act.
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Shawnee
Okla
Purcell
Peter Carter
M. Spranger
Purcull
Conscience Stricken Peoria Murder Case Solved
John Phillips is accused of confessing to the 12 year old murder of John Ellinghaus at his Peoria business on February 14 1889. Ellinghaus woke with his wife and was found shot on the stairway. Phillips was found in Fulton claiming responsibility and sobered by conscience.
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Peoria
John Phillips
Fulton
Phillips
John Ellinghaus
Ellinghaus
Bllinzhans
Spreading Rails Cause Wreck Near Breckinridge
A Toledo St. Louis & Western wreck near Breckinridge, Paris HL, Aug 24, left one man dead and two injured. Fireman Robert of Charleston was severely scalded by escaping steam. Engineer C. S. Bennett of Charleston injured but to recover. Express Messenger Davis of Charleston broke his nose and suffered minor injuries.
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Paris
Toledo St
Conference of uniform state laws rejects resolution on federal action
In Boston on August 25 the conference of commissioners of uniform state laws rejected a resolution to urge Congress to enact uniform laws and endorsed a proposal for a national act regulating marriage and marriage licenses to be adopted by all states.
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Boston
Congress
Conference of Commissioners of Uniform
Teenager Dies in Mash Vat Accident at Local Brewery
In Danville Wisconsin on August 24 Roy Hoskins aged seventeen was sent into a mash vat to clean it. His feet became entangled in a belt and he was pulled into the machinery. He was found half an hour later dead with multiple neck fractures.
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Danville
Roy Hoskins
Rockefeller relatives join reunion of oil magnate in New York
Frank Rockefeller and his family of Huntington Indiana traveled to Poughkeepsie to visit John D Rockefeller for the family reunion. They are distant cousins of the famous oil magnate.
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Huntington, Ind
Frank Rockefeller
Poughkeepsie
John D. Rockefeller
Weather Summary Across Major Cities
Weather observations from eight p m list cities with temperatures and conditions. New York 67 cloudy, Boston 68 cloudy, Denver 40 partially cloudy, San Francisco 50 clear, St Paul 56 cloudy, Chicago 62 cloudy, Indianapolis 68 rain, St Louis 66 cloudy, New Orleans 76 cloudy, Washington 76 cloudy, Philadelphia 70 cloudy. showers Saturday, fair and slightly warmer expected.
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New York
San Francisco
St. Paul
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
New Orleans
Washington
Philadelphia
Judge Walter A. Watson presides at Young Beatty trial
Judge Walter A. Watson is presiding over the trial of Young Beatty in the county courthouse. Proceedings focus on the case's key evidence and witness testimony, with motions and legal arguments anticipated as the trial unfolds.
Madero and Reyes in a finish fight
El Paso reports a renewed clash between Francisco I. Madero and Bernardo Reyes after Madero seeks evidence of treachery. Supporters say a finish fight will decide Reyes's fate, with Reyes accused of treachery and mobilization against Madero's rising bid for presidency.
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Madero
Reyes
el Paso
Ter. Ang
Morelos
Zepatists
de la Barra
Bernardo Reyes
Diaz
Mexico
Atwood’s Flight to Sheepshead Bay Ends Amid Engine Failure
Harry Atwood’s bid to fly from St Louis to Sheepshead Bay stalled near Hook Mountain when a connecting rod broke. He descended near Nyack after 31 miles from New York, the engine fixed late night, on course to finish this afternoon. He has logged 1,245 miles, breaking the record for an unbroken distance flight.
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New York
Harry Atwood
St. Louis
Sheepshead Bay
Hook Mountain
Hudson
Lorge
Atwood
Nyack
Stolen $5,000 Auto Recovered in Toledo
The $5,000 automobile owned by T. C. Baird of Austin Minnesota was stolen from a Dixon garage and found in Toledo Ohio. Arrests were made of Carl E. Arosin of Minneapolis and Harry Baker of Toledo.
Notable Death and Strikes Roil Early 20th Century News
Reports note Mrs Laura Skeel Pomeroy dead at her New York home. Liverpool faces turmoil as ramcar workers strike and are pelted with stones. Boxers Kid McCoy and Jim Corbett to train Bembadler Wells for his fight with Jack Johnson. Frank I Hering elected grand worthy president in San Francisco. Utica boy dies after cow accident. Elizabeth Hillman of Wilkesbarre recovers after appendicitis surgery. Western railway machinists threaten strike over demands. Maurice Simmons elected commander in chief of United Spanish War Veterans. Atlantic City named next reunion site.
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Kid McCoy
Jim Corbett
Bembadler Wells
Jack Johnson
Frank I. Hering
South Wend
Ind
Grand Aerie of Magles
San Francisco
Lewis Urns
Utica
N. Y
Elizabeth Hillman
Wilkesbarre
Harriman
California
Arizona
Nevada
Maurice Simmons
New York City
United Spanish War Veterans
Oklahoma City
Atlantic City
Defense Raises Legal Quibble in Beattie Wife Murder Trial
At Chesterfield Virginia Beattie defense challenges indictment linking gunshot to death only by facial wound. Attorney Smith questions whether the charge shows the shot killed Mrs Louise Beattie, risking possible reversal if the court accepts the argument.
Beattie's Lawyer Harry J. Smith Raises Quibble
Attorney Harry J. Smith for Beattie raises a procedural quibble in the defense strategy. The dispute centers on evidentiary rulings and trial timeline, with Smith citing prior rulings to challenge the admissibility of key testimony.
Beattie Murder Trial Hinted Colleagues May Reveal Clues
Louisville contractor S M T claims to have letters from Minor offering to name two eyewitnesses who may prove Mrs Beattie was killed by a highwayman near Richmond while with Henry Clay Beattie Jr. on July 18. The men allege hearing a gunman, a car, and a single shot before fleeing.
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Louisville
S, Mtnor
Louise Beattie
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Virginia
Minor
Young Heattie
Three Slain in a Family Row
Boonville Indiana, Aug 25 Richard Lee 50 his wife and son Clarence 17 were killed in their beds with a hammer then coal oil poured over beds and set afire William Lee 23 older son who raised alarm was arrested after confessing a quarrel over money He previously spent lavishly and had received a wedding gift portion of a large inheritance The crime was discovered by firemen and the body of Clarence shot through the heart with head injuries indicating murder by his brother
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Boonville
Ind
Richard Lee
H. M. Robinson
William Lee
Newburg
Mary Taylor
John Taylor
Here
Newbury Bank
Scales
Lee
S. Clarence
Richmond man drowns in Glen Miller Park lake
At Glen Miller park in Richmond Indiana Fred Has emeier aged forty eight a mother killed himself by drowning in the lake. Despondency over ill health of himself and wife is thought to have driven the act.
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Richmond
Ind
Fred Hasemeier
Glen Miller Park
National League games report from New York Philadelphia Boston and Brooklyn
Baseball scores from a multi city National League update. Pittsburg beat New York 7 to 2 in the first game and 2 to 4 in the second. Philadelphia defeated Cincinnati 8 to 0 and 4 to 1. Boston dropped to St Louis 9 to 7 and 15 to 3. Brooklyn beat Chicago 6 to 2 and 9 to 12.
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National League
New York
R.H.E. Pittsburg
Adams
Gibson
Mathewson
Crandall
Wilson
Burke
Scanlon
Erwin
Ruelbach
Archer
Chicago R H E New York game score recap
In a Chicago New York matchup the lines show runs hits and errors with Quinn Sweeney Walsh and Black mentioned. At Columbus Kansas City 3 to 2 and at Louisville Minneapolis 3 to 1. Second game Minneapolis 3 Louisville 1.
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Chicago
R.H.E. New York
Quinn
Sweeney
Walsh and Black
American Association
Columbus
Kansas City
Louisville
Minneapolis
Charivari Party Attacks Groom During Wedding Disturbance
In Washington Indiana three men entering by the rear door roughhouse Andrew Edwards the groom injuring him with a dislocated shoulder a cut cheek bone a blackened eye and a scalp wound. Edwards plans affidavits against the attackers as they fled.
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Washington
Ind
Andrew Edwards
Edwards
Goodpastice Arrested in Mundie Contempt Case
Charles Goodpastice was arrested in Mundie Indiana on contempt of court charges after eluding officers for weeks. He is jailed until the September term of the circuit court when Luther Flatter the Madhouse owner and blind tiger case is tried.
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Mundie
Ind
Charles Goodpastice
Luther Flatter
Tiger
Platter
Tragic fall kills Faye Goss in Bloomington hotel window
Faye Goss, three, daughter of Mrs. Harry Goss visiting from Champaign Illinois, fell from a second story window at Hotel Bowles in Bloomington. She sat on the window and leaned on the screen which gave way, sending her to the sidewalk with fatal injuries.
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Bloomington
Ind
Faye
Harry Goss
Champaign
Ill
Bowles
Heavy Dockets Prompt South Bend Court Reopen
South Bend Indiana reports the St. Joseph county courts will reconvene after the summer recess on September 11 with exceptionally heavy dockets. About 700 cases await trial in the circuit court and roughly half as many in the superior branch.
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South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph County
Circuit
Superior Branch
Power Plowing Draws Crowds in Lyons Indiana
A company from Indianapolis plows in the Goose pond marsh using a 60 horsepower traction engine attached to nine plows. The operation attracts a large crowd and public interest.
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Lyons, Ind
Indianapolis
Goose Pond
Disappointed by Investigations in Congress
Washington dispatch notes the Senate debates and House inquiries on tariff schedules and the cotton bill, with remarks by Senator Penrose and Senator Cummins about the term some of us. It covers Burr Burnett’s criticism of the president, Bourne’s progressive tariff bill, and Kenyon’s wary stance on aged lawmakers.
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Fitzgerald
Penrose
Cummins
Ua & Co
Pennsylvania
Congress
Iowa
Special Features of Live Stock at Indiana State Fair
The Indiana State Fair showcases beef and dairy cattle, horses, ponies, sheep, and swine in the coliseum and barns. Daily shows in the arena highlight hundreds of animals in beef, dairy, light harness, draft and saddle classes. Night displays draw large crowds in the largest US coliseum, with a band concert and heroic pageantry.
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Indiana
United States
Coliseum
Cold comfort for aggrieved lawyer
Muncie Ind Aug 25 The bench ruled it is impossible for a lawyer to be criminally provoked by anyone. Judge Frank Feeley stated lawyers must learn to endure mistreatment, as Wilbur Ryman who represented Broadbent’s wife claimed provocation on meeting him in the street. He held evidence unclear and lawyers must expect abuse.
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Muncie
Ind
Frank Feeley
Wilbur Ryman
A. O. Broadbent
Ryman
Broadbent
Feeley
Man Arrested in Forgery Case After Bloodhound Trail
Frank B. McKay of Ko komo Indiana, pursued by bloodhounds over twenty miles, was arrested in Danville Illinois on a forgery charge filed by merchant J. L. Cavanaugh of State Line Indiana. McKay denies the charge and claims he was never in State Line.
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Danville
Frank B. McKay
Kokomo
Ind
J. L. Cavanaugh
State Line
Indiana
Illinois
Cavanaugh
McKay
Plan For State Celebration In Peoria For 1966 Centennial
A plan to celebrate Illinois admission as the 21st state in 1818 was proposed at the Peoria County Old Settlers reunion. The event would occur in Peoria seven years hence with over 5 000 in attendance. The Illinois legislature may be asked to provide 1 900 000 dollars for a centennial exposition fund. Five laborers were killed and two injured by a premature explosion at a Big Sandy and Elkhorn railroad construction camp in Whitesburg Kentucky.
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Peoria
Ullinois
Peoria County
Old Settlers’ Association
Isis
Whitesburg
Big Sandy & Elkhorn
Brown
Baby Drowns After Falling Into Water Tub
Laporte Indiana reports two year old Carl Wayne Yatel drowned after he fell into a tub of water and could not escape. The tragedy occurred August 25 as authorities investigate the accident.
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Baby
Laporte
Ind
Carl Wayne Yatel
A Fine Distinction as Boy Goes To Catch Ash
Two well-equipped fishermen meet a barefoot boy on a mountain road. They ask if he is going fishing. the boy replies he is not fishing but going to the crick to catch ash, a playful distinction between sport and utility.
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Sonny
Market Quotations for Wheat Corn Oats and Livestock Across Cities
Indianapolis prices show wheat 86 87c corn 84c oats 39 14c hay timothy 20 28 dollars per ton hogs 6 75 cattle 3 80 sheep 3 60 lambs 6 00 receipts hogs 7000 cattle 1250 sheep 1250. At Cincinnati wheat 92c corn 65c oats 42c cattle 3 25 6 40 hogs 3 50 7 80 sheep 1 50 3 50 lambs 2 00 7 15. Chicago wheat 91c corn 64c oats 42c cattle 4 00 8 10 hogs 6 10 7 65 sheep 2 60 3 80 lambs 4 25 6 85. St Louis wheat 90 44c corn 62 ige oats 41c cattle 4 50 6 00 hogs 4 00 7 70 sheep 2 25 4 85 lambs 3 60 7 35. East Buffalo cattle 3 25 8 00 hogs 5 00 7 73 sheep 2 28 3 75 lambs 3 78 6 75. Toledo wheat 92 0, 95 0ensh 91.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
East Buffalo
Blood Purifier Promoted By Electric Bitters
In a testimonial from Tracy California a user claims Electric Bitters regulate the blood improving digestion and kidney function while purifying the blood. The ad cites benefits like clearer skin and better health and lists Knoefel's as a seller in Omaha.
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Tracy
Calif
Ohae
Knoefel’s
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