Robbers torture old farmer over banked cash in Pa.
Great Bend Pa Sept 11 Willem Hartley an old Glenwood farmer is in serious condition after three masked men beat him and pressed his bare feet to a red hot plow share while seeking 1000 dollars he had sent to the bank for safekeeping Two suspects William Wandell and Oscar Platt are jailed while a third man remains at large also in this issue a Wilmington man fatally maims his family with an axe and other stark items from the same era include a boy who chose death over school a hero who saved a child from a fire and boxing champ Battling Nelson defeating Joe Gans in San Francisco.
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Great Bend
Willem Hartley
Glenwood
Hartley
Montrose
William Wandell
Oscar Platt
Jewels Crown Tragic Death of Mrs Ashton Harvey
Mrs Ashton Harvey, wife of Newark attorney Ashton Harvey, was found dead in a private lake at the Short Hills estate of Stewart Hartshorn. She wore a 25 000 pearl necklace a diamond tiara sunbursts brooches and rings and had suffered headaches for nine years and mourned her eldest son’s death.
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Newark
N. J
Ashton Harvey
Stewart Hartshorn
Short Hills
Ashton
Suicide by shotgun ends Brookville boss’s life
Bernard Everstein a prominent local figure in Brookville Pennsylvania killed himself with a shotgun. He placed the muzzle in his mouth and blew off the top of his head. He leaves a wife and one child. The motive is not stated in the report.
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Brookville
Bernard Everstein
Navy Uses Want Ads For Recruiting
The Navy Department finds want advertisements more effective than display ads for recruiting. Three or four line paragraphs in the want column of daily newspapers yield better results in inviting men to enter naval service.
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Navy
United States Navy Department
Naval Service
Leper Granted a Pension to John R Early
The United States government grants a pension of 12 dollars monthly to John R Early, said to be a leprosy victim, now supported by District of Columbia authorities. Early lives in Lynn North Carolina, but state officials refuse responsibility for his maintenance.
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Leper
United States
John R. Early
District of Columbia
Early
Lynn
N. C
Knox Auto Accident Haunts Senator Knox
Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania escaped serious injury after an automobile trip from Evian-les-Bains to Getzer land. His son accompanied him and suffered minor bruises and torn clothes. Frank P. Sargent, six year immigration commissioner general, died in Washington from a second stroke and a fall weeks earlier, leaving a widow and daughter. A Norwood preacher Leonard W Snyder was fined 25 dollars and jailed six months in Richmond Va for disorderly conduct after police questioned Richmond children’s parents.
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Philander C. Knox
Penn-sylvania
Evian-les-Balps
Getzerland
Bee
Frank P. Sargent
Capital
Washington
Leonard W. ‘Snyder
Norwood
Richmond
Hanlaedad
Forty third Grand Army encampment set for Salt Lake City
A condensed chronicling lists events from September including the Grand Army of the Republic encampment planned for Salt Lake City Utah Emanuel Mandel Chicago merchant dies in Basel Switzerland, and a series of violent incidents accidents and official actions across the United States with dates September 7 through 11 noting deaths injuries crimes and labor news including name changes at Vallejo navy yard and a fatal explosion at Detroit steel works.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Utah
Emanuel Mandel
Mandel Brothers
Chicago
Basle
Switzerland
William Owen Sossaman
Mobile
Ala
Henry Leech
Edwin Gage
Ashland House
New York
Market Quotations Philadelphia and Baltimore Prices
Market style quotations show flour, rye flour, and wheat steady with mixed barrel prices. Philadelphia prices include butter at 25 4 cents and eggs around 26 28 cents for selected, nearby 22 cents. potatoes firm at 2.25 to 2.50 per barrel, with several regional notes. Baltimore quotes list No. 2 wheat at 100% and 94 6/9 cents per bushel, corn steady at 87 3/4 cents, oats firm with multiple grades, butter at 19 to 24 cents, and eggs around 22 to 21 cents for Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia varieties.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
City
Prim
Baltimore
Southern
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Live Stock Market Prices From Pittsburg Market
Pittsburg market notes show cattle firm to $6.25 with top $6.30. Sheep steady to slow, wethers $4.50 to $4.60, lambs $4.60 to $6.85, veal calves $8.00 to $8.25. Hogs higher with heavies and mediums $7.25 to $7.30, heavy Yorkers around $7.15, light Yorkers about $6.38 to $6. Dynamically listed prices and pig values included.
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Pittsburg
Ofirginia
Kentucky
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup Promoted for Children
An advertisement touts Bees Laxative Cough Syrup as quick relief for coughs colds hoarseness whooping cough and bronchial throat troubles. It emphasizes its gentle laxative action and notes it is especially recommended for mothers to give to children. Sold by Wm. M. Stauffer.
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Wm. M. Stauffer
Sep Ootnov
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Pearson Talley
Wilmington
Del
Edith Johansen
Andrew Johansen
Talley
William
J.eanffer Sheetz
Lancaster
Becuse
John Tuck
Brooklyn
William, Clampet
Tuck
Nelson
Joe Gans
Colma Arena
San Francisco
Gang
Sinepuxtent Bay
Snow Hill
Worcester County
Lake
Knox
George Hawker
Slatington
Navy Yard
Vallejo
Cal
Wyoming
Cheyenne
South Bethlehem
Whiliam Wolfram
John Y. Smith
Negro Reformatory
Frank Lesman
Moosic
Scranton
Flora Fagin
Cumberland
Millville
Edward Smoot
Flemingsburg
Carroll Hall
Danville
Flossie Hall
Portsmouth
N. H
Alexander Berkman
Cooper Union
Thomas Leroy Ritner
Harrisburg
Henry Smith
Powell
Fowler Kenton
Helenwood
Huntsville
Alton B. Parker
Francis K. Duke
Duke
Cape May
Mary Bedell
Jersey City
Stephen Bedell
Philadelphia Mint
Philadelphia Cricket Club
St. Martin's
Postoffice Clerks' National Association
Atlantic City
William Kerper Stevens
Detroit
Mich
Emil Koehm
Cash Store
Lehman’s
Lehman
Nehw
Holland, PA
Rockers
N. C. Henninger
New Holland, Pa
Hershey's Lumber Yard
Seaman Place, PA
Harry K. Hershey
Leaman Place
Clarion
The
New Holland Clarion
Honeywell System
Bareville
Amos M. Zrimmerman
Yours Truly, W. B. Burkholder
A.M. Zimmerman
Akron, PA
Munn & Co
Scientific American
All News
UNN & Co
F St
D.C
New Holland
New Hout Asp, Pa
Philadeleria
Bereves Sheen
Hogs
West Phila
North Phila
SIM. Wofszzexs Dz Co
East King Street
Lancaster, Penna
John Altman
Cedar Lane
County
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