Mystery Unknown Woman Found Dead Near Harrison Pond
The body of an unidentified young woman was found in a pond near Harrison. Newark police suspect the killing occurred there and the body moved to the pond to hide the crime. A witness in Newark reported a Christmas Eve sighting. the case remains unsolved with no ID.
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New York
Harrison
Newark
William Snyder
Yung
Rogers
Converse
Atruggie
Passaic Yacht Club
Final stage of Caleb Powers trial delays open verdict
Georgetown Kentucky December 28 All oral testimony from both sides in the Caleb Powers trial is complete as rebuttal testimony ends. Court to draft jury instructions after remaining record headings are reviewed. Defense will deliver four speeches. prosecution three with a nine hour limit for each side.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Sur-Re- Puttal
Berry Howard
James Howard
Henry Youtsey
8. M. Wilson
Wiliam Smith
W. C. Owens
J. C. Sims
Victor E. Bradley
Benjamin Williams
Commonwealth
R. B. Franklin
Embezzled Colton Securities Found in Bank Vaults
A portion of the Colton estate stock and bonds once tied to J Dalzell Brown and Walter Bartnett of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Co were recovered from the bank vaults. Brown and Bartnett had been indicted for taking the securities out of state. Recovery may affect the indictments.
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San Francisco
Etocka
Colton
J. Dalzell Brown
Walter Bartnett
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Colton Seaubles
London
New York
Brown and Bartnett
Negro shooter killed after standoff near Midville
In Midville Georgia on December 28 a black man who killed Marshal Brinson previously was surrounded in a cabin by a posse. He fired at the officers wounding the marshal in the head. The suspect was killed. A Wadley posse has been summoned as threats arise from local blacks.
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Midville
Marshal Brinson
Wadley
Passengers Turned the Tables in Minnesotan Train Hold Up
A Great Northern passenger train was boarded by three armed men near Deer River Minnesota. Passengers resisted, knocking down and disarming the robbers and turning them over to the sheriff, while the crowd helped secure the scene.
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Superior
Wis
Deer River
Minn
Great Northern
Peruna praised by elderly Fountainville residents in letters
Three letters from Philip Kratz and others in Fountainville Pa attest to Peruna’s health effects. They describe dyspepsia weakness after kidney injury and catarrh, relief from asthma, and a preference for keeping Peruna in the home.
War on Landlords Campaign in New York Evictions Rise
Real estate agents from Brooklyn targeted crowded east side tenements to recruit tenants in the rent strike, while tenants hold meetings vowing resistance to eviction actions. Socialist HQ says pre January rent collections trigger evictions, with Pauline Newman urging lawful, united action.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan
Socialist Party
Grand Street
Pauline Newman
United Action
Court martial finds Captain Kulp disobeyed order on prizefight
Des Moines Iowa December 28 the court martial trying Captain Kulp of Company B Thirty fourth regiment for alleged failure to stop a prizefight on November 21 returned a verdict that he did disobey the orders of Adjutant General Thrift though not willfully and recommended a reprimand.
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Des Moines
Kulp
Thirty-fourth Regiment
Thrift
Tragic Death: Daniel Wise Killed by Express Train
The body of Daniel Wise of Cincinnati was found on the Big Four tracks in Shelbyville Indiana on December 28. He was killed by an express train.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Daniel Wise
Cincinnati
The Magic No 3 Mascot From Cedar Grove Ad
A letter from Cedar Grove Maine praises Electric Burgers as a cure for liver and kidney trouble. The reader claims relief after one bottle and full cure after three, calling the product the best stomach and kidney remedy. Endorsed by OG D Knopfel Geuggist. Oc.
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Geo. H. Parris
Cedar Grove
Knopfel
Geuggist
Witness to Signatures in Doyles Town Pa
John Donnelly mayor of Doyles Town Pennsylvania attests Mr Philip Kratz for 25 years as an honorable and useful citizen. Donnelly confirms Kratz signed the statements about Perana in his presence and believes all particulars to be true.
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J.john Donnelly
Doylestown
Philip Kratz
Perana
John Donnelly
Denver Post Proprietor Arrested on Assault Charge
Fred G. Bonfils, Denver Post co owner, was arrested on a warrant issued by former senator Thomas M. Patterson. He pled not guilty and bonds were posted for trial after allegedly assaulting Patterson as the latter walked from home to his office. Bonfils claims Patterson’s papers vilified him and vows to pursue action if similar articles appear.
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Denver
Col
Fred G. Bonfils
Denver Post
Thomas M. Patterson
United States
Rocky Mountain News
Denver Times
Bonfils
Justice of the Peace
Thomas Carson
Train Collision Kills Five Trainmen Near Lennox Detroit
A Grand Trunk passenger train and a double-header freight collided in dense fog half a mile north of Lennox Michigan at forty mph. Five trainmen died, four instantly and one three hours later, while all passengers escaped injury. All the deceased lived in Detroit.
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Detroit
Grand Trunk
Lennox
Mich
Savings of Lifetime Stolen in Uniontown Break-In
Thieves broke into William Yauger's house near Percy, Pennsylvania, by choking him and his wife and threatening death. They forced Yauger to reveal the hiding place of $2,000, the couple's lifetime savings, as two men entered the home and another stood guard outside at midnight.
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Uniontown
William Yauger
Percy
Yauger
Investigation Opened Into Wells Fargo Express Co
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane has begun an inquiry into a complaint filed by the California Commercial Association of San Francisco. The group of about thirty drygoods firms accuses Wells Fargo Express of discrimination concealing filed rates and other violations of interstate commerce laws.
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San Francisco
Interstate Commerce
Franklin K. Lane
Commission
Wells-Fargo Express Company
California Commercial Association of San Francisco
Express Company
Interstate Comerce Commission
Asco Elation
Caution on Home Remedies for Coughs Warning
An old notice warns against taking unknown cough remedies and advises using Foley's Honey and Tar as a safer option to prevent pneumonia. The package is described as a yellow box and the notice urges refusal of substitutes.
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Foley
Kacetel
Rights agitation in China as officials curb protests
In Pekin the dowager empress orders suppressing public meetings as a growing rights recovery movement spreads from Chekiang to national politics. Delegates visit Pekin, foreign boards consult, and British pressure shapes policy amid Manchuria and telegraph talks.
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Pekin
Interior Department
Chekiang Province
Foreign Board
Great Britain
Cheklang
West River
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Japan
Manohurie
Russia
British Foreign Office
Tokio
France
Vladivostok
Manchuria
Manchurian
Virginia Murderer Arrested Near Bristol
Luther Wallace twenty three a resident of Bristol region shot and killed Lee Eldridge a prominent citizen on Christmas morning. A posse led by the sheriff captured Wallace near Abingdon late last evening. Eldridge had deputized Sheriff White and aided in Wallace arrest for post office burglary when he was fatally shot.
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Virginia
Bristol
Luther Wallace
Lee Eldridge
Abingdon
Eldridge
White
Wallace
Accident at dove drive ends in nephew's death
In Aiken South Carolina on December 28 B F Tyler while taking part in a dove drive accidentally shot the top of his nephew's head, killing the twelve year old son of C A Humphrey of Atlanta. Tyler then attempted suicide.
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Aiken
8. C
B. F. Tyler
C. A. Humphrey
Atlantia
Tyler
Delegates Gather for Historic Science and Labor Sessions
About 300 delegates from across the United States attend sessions of historic, economic, political science, sociology and labor associations in Madison Wisconsin. The conventions will run through Tuesday.
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Madiscan
Wis
United States
Do People Turn Away Trial Package to Prove It Sent Free
Advertisement for Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges claiming to purify digestion and breath and kill stomach gas. Offers a free complete package by mail to readers sending name and address to F A Stuart Co Marshall Minnesota.
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Stuart
Trey
F A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bidg
Marshall, Mico
Government faces suit over disbanded battalion pay case
New York December papers filed in federal court name Oscar W. Reid of the Twenty fifth Infantry battalion as plaintiff seeking back pay after discharge following the Brownsville Texas riot. U S District Attorney Henry L. Stimson says no proof Roosevelt violated rights and he may demur or move to trial on merits.
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New York
Ts -United
Henry Lo Stimson
United States District Court
Oscar W. Reid
Twenty Fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
New England
Stimson
Roosevelt
Trade Quiet In New York Markets Amid Slower Activity
Bradstreet's weekly review notes overall trade quiet with slackened industry yet easing financial conditions outside New York where large year end disbursements loom. Mild weather dampens apparel sales while December sales precede Christmas in some cities. Wholesale and jobbing report delays, while industrial lines and textiles show broader shutdowns.
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New York
Bradstreet
Review of Trade Today
Truth stranger than fiction cited in Fedora Tenn telegraph
In Fedora Tennessee C W Pepper reports a dramatic recovery from hemorrhages of the lungs and throat after starting Dr King's New Discovery. He says he was bedridden and hopeless before the remedy brought immediate coughing relief and a return to work within three weeks. Trial bottle free.
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Fedora
Tenn
C. W. Pepper
Heir of Little Turtle Fights Land Claim in Huntington
In Huntington Indiana the holder Frank Satterthwaite contests James Walcotts claim as heir of Ann Turner to land once tied to Little Turtle, citing a 1821 memorandum of President Adams approving transfer. Walcotts argues Adams consent was essential under Miami treaty terms and Roosevelt signed patent rights.
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Huntington, Ind
Huntington County
John Quincy Adams
James Walcotts
Little Turtle
Frank Satterthwaite
Walcotts
Roosevelt
Ann Turner
Adams
Washington
James Barnett
Samuel Hanna
Two Girls Die in Gasoline Lamp Blast at Catholic School
In Monterey Indiana two fifteen year old girls Clara Kammel and Margaret Fox burned to death when a gasoline lamp exploded during a rehearsal at the Catholic schoolhouse. A bucket brigade saved the building as others escaped uninjured.
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North Judson
Ind
Monterey
Here
Schoool
Clara Kammel
Margaret Fox
Plaintiffs Take Possession Of Church Building In Idaville
In Idaville Indiana plaintiffs in a Church of God ownership dispute seized the church building after appealing to the courts. The matter remains pending while the plaintiffs camp on site in relays and the other side has taken no action.
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Idaville
Ind
Church of God
Burglars Loot Saloon Safe In Boonville Raid
Burglars entered the saloon of Joseph Hudspeth in Boonville on December 28, emptied the till and removed a 600 pound fireproof safe containing over 300 in cash, loading it into a buggy and fleeing. Officers investigate. suspects include men seen lingering near the saloon.
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Boonville, Inc
Joseph Hudspeth
Woman Hangs Self in Vincennes Home
In Vincennes Indiana on December 28 Mrs Minnie Dayson fifty three years old committed suicide by hanging herself from the banisters on the second floor of her home. Neighbors say she had been mentally unbalanced for some time.
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Vincennes
Ind
Minnie Dayson
Descriptions of Americas and world events Telegram style
Reports note bands raiding in southern Utah and a Brazil senate bill on conscription. Brooklyn society figure Henry F. Terry dies by suicide. Argentina harvest hopes push wheat prices down in Chicago. US business failures total 246 for the week. Cotton supply shows 4 722 358 vs 4 379 009 last week. Muskogee drug company stock destroyed by fire with 159 900 loss. French American talks edge toward reciprocity. Philadelphia bank teller James Simpson charged with embezzlement of 44 000. Russian Empress Alexandria gravely ill in Tsarskoe Selo. Atlantic City official John Andrews found guilty of forgery and embezzlement around 24 000. Charles M Dew killed by accidental discharge. Christmas trade strong but below last year per Dun’s review.
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Colorado
Utah
Brazil
Henry F. Terry
Brooklyn
John Andrews
Comptroller's Office
Atlantic City
Charles M. Dew
Charles M Dow
Jamestown
N.Y
United States
Gays Dun
Portland Mayor Warns Of Japanese Spy Maps
Portland Oregon December address by Mayor Harry Klane to the National Guard association claims agents of the Japanese government obtained accurate city maps and roadways and water pipelines. He says the spies completed their work before discovery and he forwarded details to Washington.
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Portland. Ore
Harry Klane
The
National Guard Association
Portland
Lane
Washington
John Walsh in Johnstown Hospital After Cross‑Country Walk
John Walsh, 51, long distance pedestrian who started in San Francisco to walk to New York, is hospitalized in Johnstown after arriving Dec 28. He left Pittsburgh on Dec 20, was en route to win a $5,000 wager, and now suffers from pneumonia. doctors foresee recovery.
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Johnstown
John Walsh
Johnstown City Hospital
San Francisco
New York
Walsh
Pittsburg
How to Mend a Bad Tear
Instructions describe mending a tear by visiting a tailor, buying patcheen, cutting equal sized patches, basting on the wrong side, and pressing with a hot iron to create an invisible repair.
How to Clean Lamp Chimneys
Quick method to clean lamp chimneys uses dry cotton batting. Protect the chimney with a dry cloth and insert a small amount of batting through the top. Breathe into the chimney or hold it over steaming kettle to loosen soot.
Heavy Work Conversation Between Mr and Mrs Younghub
A husband scolds his wife after she bakes bread saying she is not strong enough for such heavy work. The exchange underscores household labor expectations within a domestic setting.
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Mr. Younghub
Mrs. Younghub
Local Sport Warnings and Police Reports In City
A local sport warning for Palmyra to take io fox drive is planned for this afternoon. After the first of the year the stage will not run between the city and Corydon on Wednesday. Mrs Eilen Quinn reported theft of two deneg hens from her residence on the Q don pike. John L Miller faces a legal matter with the Penneylyania pany. case dismissed. Lewia Dennis of Salem, deputy grand chancellor, will visit Cooper Lodge in Georgetown tonight to arrange a district meeting set for January 22.
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Palmyra
Io Fox
City
Corydon
Eilen Quinn
Q Don Pike
Lewia Dennis
Salem
Knighte
Aychias
Cooper Lodge
Georgetown
Superstition and Gems in New York Jewelry Trade
A bemused jeweler warns superstition shapes buying in New York with topaz abundant while rubies remain scarce and pricey. He notes opals carry a natal month stigma and explains why stones are valued mainly for beauty and fragility, versus intrinsic worth. A separate note traces the origin of the phrase so long to American speech from immigrant influences.
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Jane
Nal
New York
Natal
Ee Wa
New York Press
Market Summary From Indianapolis Cincinnati and Chicago
Grain and stock prices listed for Indianapolis Cincinnati and Chicago show wheat at No 2 red around 1.01 a bushel in multiple markets with slight variations. Oats range near 50 to 60 cents, corn about 49 to 58 cents, and hay prices about 13 to 15.50 dollars per ton. Cattle hogs and sheep trade values appear with hogs 3.50 to 4.75, cattle 4.00 to 6.28, and lambs around 6.50 to 6.58 along with live livestock quotes for New Orleans and other markets.
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Indianapolis Grain and L. Wheat
Timothy
Chicago
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Clay County
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Knightsville
Harmony
Bobtown
Carbon
Brazil Township
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Piso
Argentina
Hester
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Muskogee, Ok
James Simpson
Farmers’ National Bank of Philadelphia
Tsarskoe Selo
Alexandria
John L. Miller
Thie City
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Penneylyania Pany Bee
Paris & Trusty
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