Clearing House for Murders Belongs to Belle Gunness Case
Laporte Indiana May 6 Sheriff and coroner probe a string of killings linked to Belle Gunness after five bodies are unearthed at her farm. Two victims identified Andrew Heldgren and Jennie Olson, while three others remain unidentifiable. Authorities describe the site as a clearing house for murders connected to Gunness and suspect stolen wealth schemes. Ray Lamphere, once her employee, faces murder charges and may be implicated in the atrocity.
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Laporte
Ind
Smutser
Mack
Belle Gunness
Andrew Heldgren
Aberdeen
S. D
Jennie Olson
Guaoness
Exmen
Gunness Farm
Qaloego
Gunness
Howard Sorenson
Lamphere
Hoeldgren
Gunness tied to multiple deaths in early 1900s case
Roy Lamphere recalls rumors of five deaths linked to Mrs. Gunness after a fatal fire and a string of disappearances. He cites a Chicago girl Jennie Olson, age sixteen, who vanished in 1906 and was allegedly connected to Gunness. Authorities suspect further killings, with insurance cases and suspicious fires surrounding Gunness' ventures.
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Austin
Mrs. Gunness
Sherif Smutzer
Wreck on Louisville & Nashville Bridge Floods Train near Belleville
Louis May 6 A bridge on the Louisville and Nashville road near Belleville Illinois was washed out wrecking a freight train. Engineer Carl Ward of Evansville Indiana and Fireman Chasm of Howell Indiana were recovered from the wreck. A third trainman is believed drowned. Two dredgeboat crewmen at Edgemount Illinois are missing. The train lay crushed in a swollen creek.
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Louis
Louisville & Nashville Road
Belleville
Ill
Carl Ward
Evansville Ind
Chasm
Howell Ind
Edgemont
Missing fur merchant Hyman Seligman traced to Fort Wayne ruins
Terre Haute reports Hyman Seligman a New York fur merchant missing after the New Aveline hotel collapse in Fort Wayne. He intended to reach Fort Wayne Sunday but altered plans and left Friday for Logansport. He telegraphed his brother Phil Seligman in New York upon learning of the report.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Hyman Seligman
New York City
New Aveline
Fort Wayne
Logansport
Phil Seligman
New York
Orino Laxative Syrup Promoted for Women and Children
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is praised for mild action and pleasant taste, preferred over violent purgatives like pills. Readers are invited to obtain a booklet and a sample from D. Knoefel’s.
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D. Knoefel
Train derails near Sparksville with injuries in Indiana
Train No. 12 on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern derailed near Sparksville twenty five miles west of Seymour Indiana after a landslide blocked a sharp curve. Engineer Enos Humphrey was crushed under the cab and likely to die. Fireman Harvey Threll survived with minor injuries. Mail car and express car fell. no death reported among crew or mail clerks.
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Seymour
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway
Sparksville
White River
Enos Humphrey
Washington
Harvey Threll
Troops Guard Two Ohio Towns Amid Night Rider Threats
Ohio and Kentucky tobacco war tensions raise threats to Aberdeen and Higginsport. Governor Harris orders Ohio National Guard to Brown county with Troops B from Columbus and cavalry under Captain Knauss to deter possible attacks. A Brown county sheriff and local officials coordinate, while a Kentucky growers meeting aims to curb tobacco byseason.
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Columbus
Aberdeen
Higginsport
Burley Tobacco
Ohio
Kentucky
Harris
Critchfield
R. W. Knauss
Cincinnati
Batavia
Ohio National Guard
Brown County
Perry A. Randall
Ohio River
Bloody Deed Ends in Barn Standoff as Gunman Kills Four
In Washington D. C. a white man Bert Devaney aged 43 killed Miss Lyda Bird 22 at her John Street home and wounded her mother, then shot Silas Shackleford and his son before killing himself in Shackleford's barn. Motive believed jealousy. Company M, Fourth Infantry, O N G, stormed the barn after Devaney’s death.
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Washington
D. H
Bert Devaney
Mise Lyda Bird
John Street
Mrs. Bird
Silas Shackleford
Shackleford
Devaney
Fourth Infantry
Standings and Scores From Major League Pennant Races
Current standings and scores from the major leagues with teams such as New York and Boston. The snippet shows New York defeating paneeeite 4 to 0 and Boston at 7% Brook, indicating ongoing pennant races and recent results.
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Motional League
New York
Boston
Brook
Congress Debates Forestry Service and Military Additions
In Washington on May 6 Senator Heyburn attacked forest service charts during debate on the agricultural appropriation bill. He urged forests grow and mocked prophesies of scarcity. The house debated sundry civil appropriations with moves to fund mining safety study before adjournment. A land purchase for Fort McKinley was stricken. additions to Fort Leavenworth and Fort Oglethorpe were approved, totaling 1 241 000.
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Forestry Service
Senate
Washington
Heyburn
Idaho
Thas
Messrs. Gaines
Tennessee
Chaney
Indiana
Tawney
Underwood
Alabama
Fort McKinley
Philippine Islands
Leonard Wood
Mesars. Fitzgerald
New York
Butler
Pennsylvania
Wood
Hay
Virginia
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Newspaper Group Rep Bets On Wood Pulp Prices
John Norris of New York testifies before the House Investigating Committee on wood pulp and print paper, charging American paper makers bought Canadian timber lands and raise prices, arguing consumers should not bear penalties. He cites lower Canadian pulp exports and says paper could be produced for 20 dollars a ton.
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Washington
John Norris
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
House
Canada
Innstead
Norris
Stone Street Wins Muddy Thirty-Fourth Kentucky Derby
Stone Street a bay colt by Long Street Stone Nellie led the last half mile and won the muddy Kentucky Derby in slow time 2 16 1 6 over Sir Cleges Dunveegan and Synchronized. Fifteen thousand spectators watched the mile and a quarter race with a $6000 stake.
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Loulhville
Stone Street
Long Street
Stone Nellie
Sir Cleges
Dunveegan
Tobacco patch destroyed by night riders in Dillsboro Indiana
A 100 by 3 foot tobacco patch owned by Jacob Clark four miles south of Dillsboro was burned. Kentuckians recent arrivals in Dearborn County guard fields at night and vow to shoot anyone tearing up plants.
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Dillsboro
Ind
Jacob Clark
Dearborn County
Cleveland Mayor Johnson Loses Control At State Demo Convention
Columbus May 6 Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland failed to seize control of the Democratic state convention. Faction strength showed anti Johnson forces with 490 votes, 16 more than a majority, amid tense party alignments.
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Tom Johnson
Columbus
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Electric Bitters Endures All That Has Been Said
Mr Norman R Coalter of Delbert Building San Francisco touts Electric Bitters as universally beneficial saying it endures all claims and is good for every ailment including hives and skin issues.
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Norman R Coalter
Apeomtennt Architest
Delbert
San Francisco
Indiana Assistants Form State Postmasters Association
A May 6 Indianapolis meeting at the Denison hotel aims to form a State Association of Assistant Postmasters of Indiana. Leaders Frank Amos Logan sport, John E. Clark Marion, and George L. Haymond Muncie organized it to advance member interests and improve postal service, with a key goal to place assistants under civil service. The group notes civil service requirements without benefits and seeks higher compensation for responsibilities, backing from state postmasters and the Postmaster General.
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Indianapolis
Denison
Indiana
Frank Amos
Logansport
John E. Clark
Marion
George L. Haymond
Muncie
Committee On Organization
Civil Service
Skilled Car Thieves Operate Lake Shore Line Loots
Mishawaka Indiana May 6 a clever gang of thieves targets the Lake Shore line between Chicago and Buffalo. John A Herzog shoe merchant reports losses of premium shoes totaling over 3000 dollars in three months. Shirts and men s wear also stolen. Last week a 1500 shipment of shoes arrived eight cases short. Thieves break open and nail up remaining cases with slats and boards. Dozens of detectives work the route but no arrests yet.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Lake Shore
Chicago
Buffalo
John A. Herzog
Fire destroys Walkerton business district. loss $26,000
A major blaze in Walkerton Indiana on May 6 destroyed most of the central business block starting at E. K. Byrer’s store. Seven burned with total losses around $26,000 and $12,000 insured as flames spread to the post office, Sanders jewelry, Ake harness shop, Granger tin works, and the Star hotel. Guests evacuated safely with locals aiding firefighting efforts.
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Walkerton
Ind
E. K. Byrer
Main Street
Byrer
J. EB. Sanders
F. M. Ake
Granger & Son
Star Hotel
Brother in Fort Wayne hotel fire dispute commits suicide
Mishawaka Ind May 6 Frank Doolittle and his brother John became involved in a controversy over the New Aveline hotel fire at Fort Wayne. Frank Doolittle aged forty and unmarried drank one and a half ounces of carbolic acid in his room. Doctors were summoned but he died.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Frank Doolittle
John
Aveline
Fort Wayne
Doolittie
Lured to His Death in Gary Sand Pit
In Gary Indiana on May 6 workers from the Knickerbocker Sand company found a young man’s body at an 8 pit east of Gary. The victim, not yet identified, was still warm and believed to have been lured to the sandpit and robbed in what investigators call one of the area’s most brutal murders.
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Gary
Ind
Knickerbocker Sand Company
Tee Suk
Eruptions and riots mark uneasy era in early June
Mt Etna eruptions rattle Sicily with earthquakes as observers watch unrest swell. In Hartford the Connecticut Republican state convention convenes. Cleveland shows daily recovery. Indiana Knights Templar plan a June 10 conclave at Winona Lake. Wheat markets dip on favorable fall crop outlook. Ohio declares martial law in Brows County. Porto Rico regiment clashes leave two dead. New Jersey GOP names an un instructed delegation to Chicago. Christina Ball shoots hotel clerk Louis Neveaux then fatally wounds herself in Montpelier. Charles Keating dies after being burned in a box car fire near Celina.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Grover Cleveland
Indiana Knights Templar
Winona Lake
Chicago
Harris
Ohio
Brows County
Porto Rico
Bellefontaine, O
Charles Keating
Degraff
Celina
Buried Her Voice Pauline Lucca S Chronicles Silent Speech After Husband’s Death
The Vienna fragment recounts opera star Pauline Lucca never singing again after her husband Baron von Wallhofen’s death. She says a sudden loss of voice came as a vow to secrecy, his last words claiming he would take her voice to the grave, and she never sang another note.
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Pauline Lucca
Ka Horwiz-Barnay
Lucca
Vienna
Baron von Wallhofen
Neue Frele Presse
Market Quotations from Indianapolis Grain and Livestock
Grain and livestock prices listed for Wheat Corn Hay and Cattle in Indianapolis with remarks on receipts and an opening auction sale. Prices shown for Cincinnati and Chicago markets include wheat corn oats cattle hogs sheep lambs with bids and ranges. Volume of cattle hogs and sheep received noted.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Howe
A Curious Farm High on Ridge Above Jasper Missouri
A Missouri settler created an unusual private farm on a tableland ridge near Jasper. A cliffside ledge and natural fissures allow access, with a palisade fence that no animal has breached. The farm grows grain, raises pigs cattle and a horse, and livestock are driven down a private trail to the road.
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Jasper
Ozarks
Tableland
Kansas City Star
Why Not Live in New Houses Healthful?
A Minneapolis Journal note warns new houses use about 30,000 gallons water in construction. Water remains near the ground and in cellar walls, creating dampness that fosters illness. A house that has stood for a year is healthier than a new one.
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Minneapolis Journal
Wedding Cake Costs and Crude Festivities Mar Our Day
Fragmented OCR text hints at a wedding celebration with chaotic cake humor and distress over torn coins and tin tags. It references festivities, bakers, and teeth cracking during a humorous but unclear sequence of events.
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