Massachusetts Nurse Toppan Confesses to Thirty-One Murders
Boston report details Jane Toppan, jailed after being found insane for murders of Mrs. Mary Gibbs and others. She allegedly killed thirty-one patients, used morphine to cause death, and admitted fires and other acts. Judge Bixby reports her confession to senior counsel, with details kept sealed.
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Boston
Jane Toppan
Taunton Insane Asylum
Barnstable
Mary D. Gibbs
Frederick M. Bixby
Miss Toppan
Bixby
Senate approves Appalachian forest reserve and Indian Territory pact
Congress passes measures creating a southern Appalachian forest reserve to buy up to 4 million acres for under 10 million dollars and authorizes preservation of hardwoods. Agriculture Secretary to select lands. Senate also notes failed motion on statehood bill and two key Philippine government debate speeches by Landis and Williams, with strong closing remarks by Crumpacker.
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Washington
Senate
Appalachian Mountains
Indian Territory
United States
Appalachian
Secretary of Agriculture
Quay
Pennsylvania
Committee On Territories
Landis
Williams
Messrs. Ball
Tex
Jones
Shaforth
Col
Crumpacker
Ind
President Roosevelt Attends Harvard Commencement
President Roosevelt and his party arrived in Boston at 7:00 AM and, after breakfast at the Hotel Somerset, proceeded to Cambridge to attend Harvard College commencement exercises.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Somerset
Cambridge
Harvard College
Wife Murderer Hanged in Holly Springs
Gus Ayres also known as Walter Crawford, a Black man, was hanged in Holly Springs Mississippi yesterday for the murder of his wife.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Gus Ayres
Walter Crawford
Knights of St John convene in Rochester New York
The Knights of St John hold an annual convention in Rochester New York. A snapshot of other items notes Nebraska nominates Constantine J Smyth for governor and Rowland Whitley dies in the Philippines from ciclers.
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Knights of St. John
Rochester
N. Y
Nebraska
Constantine J. Smyth
Rowland Whitley
Philippine Scouts
Batangas
William Crutchfield
Lincoln, Ky
Nora Fuller
Sedro
Wash
John , Bates
George W. Davis
Illinois State Fair
P Orto Rica
Church T Pinarlo
Spain
Knox Ban
What are Humors and How They Are Treated
Humors are vitiated fluids in the veins causing tissue effects. They arise from poor digestion or inheritance and show as skin eruptions, eczema, pimples, boils, or general debility. Expel them with Hood's Sarsaparilla which also strengthens the system and is the best medicine for humors.
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Hood
Republican activity rises as milk reforms spread in Indianapolis
Indianapolis reports heightened Republican operations with Chairman Goodrich visiting daily, larger staff and heavier correspondence than Democrats. Health board fights dirty milk and unsanitary eateries, praising cleaner milk and food handling. Fantasized interurban rail merger plans surface, with McCulloch and McGowan named as leading engineers and a $3.5 million capital base for a Noblesville to Logansport network, aiming to reach Tipton by November.
Cuba school census shows 396255 children counted
United States Minister Squires reports from Havana the Cuba school census taken recently includes all children ages six to eighteen. The total is 396,255 with 70 percent white and 5114 percent male.
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Washington
United States
Squires
Havana
Secretary of State
Cuba
Court Enforces Order In Goshen Death by Own Action On the Highway
In Goshen Indiana on June 25 Howard Carter of Columbia City was fined 28 dollars and given twenty days on the stone pile for resisting a subpoena before Judge Ferrall. In Fowler Indiana on June 25 Henry Jones a station agent at Oxford was found dead in his buggy south of town. He fired a pistol bullet into his head in an apparent suicide.
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Goshen
Ind
Howard Carter
Columbia City
Ferrall
Fowler
Henry Jones
Oxford
Here
SORROW IN LONDON AS KING EDWARD NEAR DYING
London reports King Edward is undergoing a surgical operation for perityphillis after a sudden decline in health. Doctors say the coronation will be postponed and it may be four to six weeks before he can even prepare for the ceremony.
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Edward
Perityphillis
London
King's critical condition after sudden illness in London
London reports the king is in a critical state at Buckingham Palace on the eve of his coronation. Doctors warned of potential septic peritonitis or blood poisoning, while the public grappled with shock as royal officials and surgeons fight to save his life.
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London
Buckingham Palace
West End
Whitechapel
Edward
King Edward II Undergoes Major Surgery at Buckingham Palace
The King underwent a four inch incision to remove an intestinal obstruction with Sir Frederick Treves performing the operation. The Queen Alexandra influence aided the plan to proceed. After anesthesia the King awoke asking for George as courtiers and officials gathered in quiet Buckingham Palace.
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Alexandra
England
Frederick Treves
Edward
George
Prince of Walga
Buckingham Palace
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Balfour
Queen Alexandra
Prince of Wales
Duke of Connaught
London
House of Lords
House of Commons
Goodby
Lister Heads King Edward VII Surgeons and Healers
Lord Lister, surgeon to the king, leads the antiseptic school as chief physician attending Edward VII. He pioneered antisepsis with Hysterine and was knighted in 1883 by Queen Victoria. Other royal physicians named include Sir Thomas Smith, Sir Francis Laking, Sir Thomas Barlow, and Sir Frederick Treves.
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Lord Lister
King Edward's
Sir Joseph
Lord) Lister
Edward VII
Lister
Queen Victoria
Thomas Smith
Royal College of Surgeons
Laking
Francis Henry Laking
Thomas Barlow
University College Hospital
Treves
Frederick Treves
Victoria
Live-Wire Accident Kills Kokomo Lineman
Virgil Taylor, 23, an experienced lineman for Citizens Telephone, was electrocuted in Kokomo Indiana when a guy wire touched a live line. He hung twenty minutes from a pole as electricity flashed around his belt. he was removed by a local hook and ladder company. He was the son of Joseph Taylor of near Swayzee and nephew of the city police superintendent.
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Kokomo
Ind
Virgil Taylor
Ross Taylor
Citizens’ Telephone Company
Joseph Taylor
Swayzee
Settlement Reached Over Burlington Saloon Closure
In Delphi Indiana on June 25 the Blue Goose saloon at Burlington closed after a church group offered to withdraw George Black's license bid in exchange for $220. The church sent a committee to him Sunday and the deal was honored with payment yesterday, ending repeated dynamiting incidents.
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Delphi
Ind
Burlington
George Black
Judge orders attachment against Chicago & Southeastern line
Circuit Court Judge Collever held a special session in Brazil Indiana and issued a writ of attachment against the Chicago and Southeastern Railway company. He ordered sheriffs across counties the line traverses to deliver the railway property to receiver Benjamin Simpson. The supreme court upheld Simpson's appointment, but railway officers refused to surrender books and other property.
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Brazil
Ind
Collever
Chicago & Southeastern Railway Company
Benjamin Simpson
Supreme Court
Simpson
County Superintendents Meet in Indianapolis
A large number of county superintendents arrived for the annual Indiana County Superintendents association meeting. Sessions begin in the supreme court room at the state house with headquarters at the English hotel, running Thursday and Friday morning. State Superintendent Frank Jones expects many Indiana educators to attend beyond the superintendents.
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Indianapolis
Indiana County Superintendents’ Association
Supreme Court
State House
English Hotel
Frank Jones
Indiana
Farmers form plan for cooperative grain elevator
Clark's Hill Indiana June 25. More than 250 farmers in the area plan to organize a cooperative company to build an elevator and handle their grain. They say the venture can raise the price per bushel by 5 to 10 cents. The elevator will cost about 6000 dollars and be located to the north of town.
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Clark's Hill
Ind
Incendiary Lodgers Threaten Brandon Hotel Fire
In Alexandria Indiana on June 25 two lodgers soaked rags in oil and placed them between two walls of the Brandon hotel a large frame structure. The strangers escaped as the fire was promptly extinguished preventing major damage.
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Alexandria
Ind
Brandon Hotel
Wayne Knitting Mills Strike Ends Returns to Work
In Fort Wayne Indiana on June 25 1924 workers at Wayne knitting mills representing about 1000 men and girls ended a two month strike by settling grievances with management and resuming old wages.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Wayne Knitting Mills
Musicians In Convention In Indiana Silver Jubilee
Musicians and music teachers from across Indiana gather in Marton for the Indiana Music Teachers association silver jubilee meetings that began yesterday and run through Friday with sessions underway.
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Marton
Ind
Indiana Music Teachers’ Association
Indiana University hires Manila normal school professor
Bloomington Indiana June 25 Professor E B Bryan who ran the government normal school at Manila has accepted his former post as associate professor of pedagogy at Indiana University and will return August 1 1903 to resume duties.
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Bloomington
Ind
E. B. Bryan
Government Normal School
Manila
Indiana University
Farmer’s wife accused of arson in barn fire
Washington Ind June 25 Mrs Lena Hathaway wife of a farmer set fire to the barn and tried to burn the home The barn was destroyed but the house was saved It is feared she is insane
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Washington
Ind
Lena Hathaway
Wife Murderer’s Trial Opens in Portland Court
June 26 in Portland Indiana the trial of James Ertel for cutting his wife’s throat begins in the Jay county circuit court. The proseuction presents the case as a delibreate act of violence with the defendant denying the charges and seeking to prove self defense.
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Portland
Ind
James Ertel
Memorial from Philippines Federal Party to Mrs McKinley
Felipe Buencamino, ex Aguinaldo cabinet member and Philippine Federal Party leader, carried the party’s memorial to Mrs. McKinley. Accompanied by Frank L. Jeans, they visited West Lawn Cemetery, talked with Judge Day, and viewed the president’s vault. Tears marked Buencamino’s acknowledgment of McKinley’s assassination and his companionship, noting the party’s esteem for the widow and 6,000,000 Filipino Christians.
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Sene Or Buencamino
McKinley
Canion
Judge Day
West Lawn Cemetery
Buencamino
Young man tied to body of drowned boy narrowly escapes lynching
Albany Georgia June 24 Hidward Rich a young white man charged with retaining possession of the body of Sidney Wallis for reward narrowly escaped being lynched near the town last night. A mob pursued and captured him after he had been ordered to leave. Officers arrived as captors fastened a trace chain around his neck and Rich was jailed on a charge of trafficking in human bodies.
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Albany
Hidward Rich
Sidney Wallis
Rich
Thurber Corrects Senate Testimony On Cuba Payments
Washington June 25 F B Thurber who testified before the senate Cuban committee regarding payments from the military government in Cuba for reciprocity sentiment promotion has sent a letter to Chairman Platt to correct his testimony. He states he received four vouchers of 2380 dollars each totaling 11520 dollars.
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Washington
F. B. Thurber
Senate Cuban Committee
Cuba
Platt
Senate panel removes liquor sale ban from capitol
Washington June 25 news notes the senate immigration committee recommended amendments that strike the house inserted prohibition on liquor sales in the national capitol as not germane. The move reflects committee ruling and ongoing bill revisions.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Immigration
House
National Capitol
Gracie Fires Consume Western Hopkinsville Business District
A blaze in Gracey ten miles west of Hopkinsville destroyed two general stores a drug store two saloons an implement house hardware shop several offices and one vacant building. Loss estimated at 30000 with 15000 insured. No cause determined. Fire Department aided by local crews.
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Hopkinsville
Gracey
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