Grudge Sparks Fatal Shooting in Pike County
Harvey Cron of Dingmans and Benjamin Courtright of the same area exchanged a grudge that ended with Cron's instant death by Courtright in a woods confrontation. Courtright and his 75 year old mother were later captured at Flabbrookville. Pittsburg jeweler Charles G. O'Brien vanished July 20 after planning a trip to New York, with family fearing foul play due to substantial cash on him.
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Murcer
Stroudsburg
Harvey Cron
Dingman’s
Pike County
Benjamin Courtright
Courtright
Cron
Flabbrookville
Pittsburg
Charles G. O’brien
New York
Editor Found Dead On Street In Arkansas
Helena editor J. M. Scott of the Helena World was found dead on the sidewalk with a bullet wound in his head. A prior shooting attempt at his office, where two shots were fired, preceded the officer’s death as he fired back and the assailants fled. Richmond law officials say Virginia railroads expect a two cent rate to take effect by October 1 pending court ruling on legality.
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Héland
Ark
J. M. Scott
The
Helena World
Scott
Richmond
State of
Elats
Virginia Railways
Easton
Johnson
Lehigh Valley
Lawrence
Atlas Ceme
Siegfrieds
Aliance
Alontown
Charles Porter
George Porter
Lawrence Pleziz
West Virginia
Philadelphia
Cemenion
Masten
Jordan Street
Allentown
Siegfried
New York
Aus
Ima
Publi Reevies Corporation
Lim
Farv
Black Hand Threats Prompt Police Raids In Pa And N J
In Lehigh Valley and Shamokin area reports describe a so called Black Hand gang threatening cement workers. State police raid Italian quarters in Marion Heights and Shamokin and arrest fourteen Italians suspected of Black Hand ties.
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Curteen
Shamokin
Marion Heights
Northumberland County
Stuart
Here
Mount Carmel
Hold Up Man Shot in Pittsburg Police Report
Edward Shields, 27, attempted a robbery on J. H. Zimmerman under bright street lighting when Zimmerman shot him in the neck. Shields died en route to a hospital, ending a failed hold up.
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Pittsburg
Pititsburg
J. H. Zimmerman
Edward §. Shields
Immense Earnings Highlight Standard Oil Profits 1882 1908
Washington Aug 5 significant revelations in a report to President Roosevelt by Herbert Knox Smith commissioner of corporations detailing Standard Oil profits and price manipulation from 1882 to 1906. The report claims earnings of at least 790 million and that Standard Oil controlled about 65 percent of the U.S. oil industry.
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Oil Trust
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Herbert Knox Smith
Standard Oil Company
Smith
Standard
Robort
Standard of Company
Train Plunges Into River Drowning 41 Passengers
A crowded local train derailed three miles southeast of Angers France as the Loire river rail bridge railing collapsed. The engine, tender and three cars disappeared beneath the water and all aboard, including the engineer, perished.
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Angers
France
Ens
Loire
Shunned Paper Coffins in Cincinnati Industry Trial
A Cincinnati group formed to mass produce paper coffins but failed to find buyers including public institutions. The venture sold coffins cheaply yet public officials did not adopt the new method, as a sensational early experiment in eco friendly funeral ware faded away.
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Cincinnati
AUTG ACCIDENTS Two Perons Killled and Sever Frightfully Injured
New York reports three young men fatally injured when their car struck a surface and crushed against an elevated railroad pillar. Victims include Swift Tarbell and Edward J. Woode, with Tarbell badly injured and Cutching also hurt.
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New York
T Hey
Swift Tarbell
Bio Gage E. Tarbell
Equitable Life Assurance Sociely
Edward JL. Woodeson
William Cutching
Tarbell
Ecaiparions
Cutching
Wondezon
Suicide at hotel ends life of Tex professor
Prof E Arnold Baumann aged 56 from New Frauntels Comal County Texas killed himself in his Sweet's hotel room by placing a heavy barrettes barrel muzzle in his mouth and blowing off the top of his head. The act is thought to have been caused by an illness.
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New Yeux
E. Arnold Baumann
New Frauntels
Comal County
Tex
Sweet
Hfe
Ainess
Wave of Crime Strikes New York Mothers and Daughters
A New York wave of crime reports attacks on women and children across the city. Victims include Elen Bulger, a Bronx resident assaulted by a young stranger. Arthur M. Tyler found murdered at West 112th Street with his head in a gas stove oven. Sophie Heckler, a servant girl killed during a burglary attempt at 62nd Street East. and a mob attack following a baseball dispute leaves 50 injured, two fatally. Police struggle to identify motive and suspects.
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New York
Straighaway
Elen Bulger
Bronx
Miss Bulger
George Kestner
Hylo Saloda
Arthur M. Tyler
West 112Th Street
Tyler
Polie
Sophie Heckler
Leo
Harry Mack
East 62d Street
Mack Brothers
136Th Street
Fifth Avenue
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Ogonist
Frederick
Men
Allen G.quynn & CO
East
Patrick Serert
Gost
B. Ebert & Sons
Snaylors
Lehigh Portland Osment
Rosandals Oemens
Maryland
Court Fit
Nick
Karl Patrick St
Idan
L. M. Nixdorff, Jr
Court St
One-Price Outfitters
Haberdashery
Vmarkey’s
Scoll Bros
Halas
Market and
Patrick Streets
J. Ms
Oronenburg
Mar
Oliver
Frederick County Farmers’ Exchange
Carroll Street
Frederick, Md
Black
Atlantic City
N. J
Young
Albert Malone
Carpenter
Pleasantville
Noo
Timiel Babcock
Elizabeth Liown
Athens
Charles Fierce
Brether Oat Chet
Police
Morec
John C. Barkett
Southern Railway
Thenevia
Pierce
Bualaas
Demin
Harry A. Garfield
Fwenry Hopkins
Wiliams College
Williamstown
Mass
James A. Garfield
United States
Guiteau
Willams
Garfields
Garfield
Hue
Cleveland
Belle H Muson
Menvor
Ife
Princeton
Bridgeport
Conn
Soutaport
Peter Heenderer
William Mallory
Southport Pastaice
Chmies Law
Pafisdelphia
Bellas
Chelsea
B. Streeter
Tae
Law
Lewis White
Giye
Samnes
William Goolman
White
Peeroom
Moorhead
N.Y
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