Sleepy man hides in coffin box near grave
Philadelphia on August 19 William Ellis slept three nights in a cedar coffin near an open grave to keep dry during rain. Magistrate Ran sent him to the house of correction for three months. Ellis, claiming Glenwood as his home, said he had no other place to sleep and his snoring drew police attention.
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Nobo
Philadephia
William Elis
Burish
Ran
House of Correction
Eis
Glenwood
Dortre
Amar
Ellis
Barnes
Bob Pinkerton Dead Segan Career While College Student
Robert A Pinkerton head of the Pinkerton detective agency died at sea aboard the Bremen en route to Germany for health reasons. He was 60, leaves a widow and seven children, and his brother William returns to take charge of the local office. Pinkerton was famed as a premier crime tracker, credited with organizing a vast detective force and playing a key role in cases like the Molly Maguire conspiracies and the Homestead labor conflicts.
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New York
Robert A. Pinkerton
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Bremen
Plymouth
England
Germany
Pinkerton
Florence Sullivan
East Side
Poltician
America
My. Pinkerton
William Fiten
Saratoga
Allen Pinkerton
Lincoln
Allan Pinkerton
Bob
Billy
Tob
Cas
Billly
Chicago
Robert
Jimmy Howe
Bob” Pinkerton
United States
Dudee
Ill
Notre Dame University
Army Secret Service
Department of the Cull
Motorist Fined for Alleged Motor Murder in Boon dry
A motorist in Boon dry near Lake Neutacha tel was fined 3170 for causing a death in what a tribunal called a motor murder though ruled an accident. The owner must pay the victim's owner 170 and the car's owner 5000 indemnity. Also reported, the Mashkenoza Gun club purchased land in Pike county by Gear C. Snover Emanuel Schach and Clayton Bruch of Bangor Bangor Pa Aug 19.
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Geneva
Boondry
Lake Neutachatel
Bangor
Fishing and Fame Pre ‘Co
Pike County
Cil
Gear C. Snover
Emanuel Schach
Clayton Bruch
Nugget of News: Fatalities in Windber and Lehigh Valley
Charles Jacobs was electrocuted in Mine No. 36 Windber Pennsylvania. Valentine Hess a barber of Sea Chir fired two bullets into his iv and killed himself. Joan McCaane of White Maven a Lehigh Valley brakeman died in the hospital from a fractured skull received while making up a train.
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Charles Jacobs
Windber
Valentine Hess
Sea Chir
I. 1
Hye
Joan McCaane
White Maven
Lehigh Vatley
Aston Hospital
Trom
Accident on motor boat injures, two dead
A gasoline tank exploded aboard a 30 foot motor boat on the Seaconnet river near Tiverton. George Antuya and Lydia Mercier were killed. five others injured seriously with severe burns. Ambulances from Fall River took the injured to the hospital. The boat carried 14 youths returning from Newport to Fall River when the blast and drowning occurred. Joseph Chouinard acted heroically amid the burns. Most survivors were rescued by boats from the river bank. Recovery expected for the injured.
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Dre
Tiverton
R. C
Seaconnet River
Newport
Fall River
George Antuya
Lydia Mercier
Tre
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Seaconner River
Miss Mercier
Joseph Chouinard
Taft Begins World Tour With Stop in Columbus
Secretary of War William H Taft starts a globe circling trip to attend Manila’s opening and meet the Wilifinos promising to return to Manila. He travels with Mrs Taft and others, stopping first in Columbus to address the Buckeye club.
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Taft
Philippines
Washington
Globe
Manila
Wiliam H. Taft
W. W. Michler
Yellowstone Park
Fred W. Carpenter
Fart
Seattle
Columbus
Buckeye
Hina Eka
Schofield
War Department
Paft
Col Francis Keease Dead Noted Civil War Veteran Passes Away
Colonel Francis Suydam Keeese a Civil War veteran died at his Cynwyd Pennsylvania home. Born December 25 1841 in New York City he enlisted from New Jersey and served with the 128th New York Regiment rising to colonel. He fought near Washington the Peninsula New Orleans Vicksburg Shenandoah and earned Union Army honors. He belonged to the Loyal Legion of Pennsylvania the Union League of Philadelphia Sons of the Revolution and the Netherland Society.
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Cynwyd
Philadelphia
Francis Suydam Keese
Union
New York City
Keese
Rutger’s College
New Jersey
Washington
Peninsula
Unader McClellan
128Th New York Regiment
General Banks
New Orleans
Vicksburg
General Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Reese
Loyal Legion of Pennsylvania
Union League of Philadelphai
Sons of the Revolution
Netherland Society of Philadelphia
Absecon Bachelors Tax Sparks Rages and Threats
In Atlantic City August 19 bachelors complain a $100 Absecon bachelor tax was urged by single women to pressure their suitors. They vow to seek court relief claiming constitutional rights while men threaten pressure for payments or higher assessments. Women deny prompting the tax.
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Absecon
N. J
Atlantic City
Henry Alexander
Womenfalk
Parachute Drop Ends Fatally for Aeronaut Theodore French
Theodore French, a 20 year old aeronaut from West Haven, was killed after a parachute failed to open during a second cannon drop from about 150 feet. He had been making daily ascensions at Savin Rock and planned a double parachute drop. He died on the piano factory roof where he landed.
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Tronaut
Fai
Wew Haven
Theodore French
West Haven
Savin Rock
French
Eight Miners Die After Shaft Cage Accident Near Portage
Johnstown Pa Aug 19 Eight miners die in a Sonman Coal shaft accident caused by an engineer failing to reverse power. A cage moved upward to the top tipping point and dumped workers 80 feet to a timber landing and then 320 feet to the shaft bottom. Names include Russell Hollern 18 John McCallister 40 Ralph Ritchey 35 Adam Eunke 46 Oscar Groki 20.
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Johnstown
Portage
Sonman Coal Company
Portege
Bens Creek
Russell Hollern
John, McCallister
Ralph Ritchey
Adam Eunke
Oscar Groki
Holmes
Krupp Heir to Be a Prince Kaiser Seeks Godfather Role
Essen reports Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohlen-Halbach's son born at Villa Hugel will be a prince and christened Wilhelm Albert. The emperor desires to be the child’s sponsor and to advise on education. The will provides ownership of the Krupp works at majority and a $50 million fortune with philanthropic aims amid a business-focused upbringing.
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Kaiser
Essen
Germany
Bertha Krupp
Bohlen-Thalbach
Hugel
Wilhelm Albert
Frau Krupp von Bohlen-Halbach
Herr Krupp
Krupp
Kirchler Aims For Greater Pittsburg Mayoral Post
Kirschler of Allegheny announces candidacy for mayor of the Greater Pittsburg if Allegheny is annexed by the larger city. The announcement is described as something of a gun surprise.
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Kirchler
Pittsburg
Charls F. Kirschier
Allegheny
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