War time lovers to wed in Saratoga encampment
A Lancaster PA nurse, Mrs Rebecca L Price, and Major August Vignes of Canton will marry during the G A R encampment at Saratoga next month. Their meeting began after Gettysburg when Price cared for Vignes, who lost an arm in battle. Their correspondence led to a reunion and plans for marriage.
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Lancaster
Saratoga
Rebecca L. Price
August Vignes
Canton
Price
Phoenixville
Curtin
Deadly Mattoon Crash Kills Fifteen Injures Fifty
A head on collision on the Mattoon and Charleston Electric line near Charleston Illinois killed fifteen and injured about fifty as orders via telephone caused confusion on a sharp curve. Most victims were bound for Coles county fair and relief trains worked to reach the wreck.
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Lil
Charleston
Ill
Mill Hand Wins Baron's Daughter Elopement Sparks Outcry
Pittsburg reports Alma von Hedemann 15 daughter of the late Baron Frise van Hedemann elopes with mill hand Frank Hemes. They wed in Youngstown. Mrs Hedemann vows annulment. The baron arrived from Germany in 1873 after a family dispute.
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Pittsburg
Alma von Hedemann
Frise van Hedemann
Frank Hemes
Youngstown
Hedemann
Germany
Eddie Goes jailed for assaulting umpire in Topeka game
Eddie Goes catcher for the Oklahoma City baseball team was sentenced to 30 days by Judge Simmons after striking umpire Guthrie on Topeka grounds August 1. Guthrie, described as small and crippled, was assaulted as Goes moved from the bench to the field.
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Toyloa Kas
Eddie Goes
Oklahoma City
Simmons
Guthrie
Topeka
Suspected foul play in trolley death near Moorestown
Camden reports a man named Patrick Fitzpatrick died at Coopin hospital after one leg was severed and the other crushed by a trolley two miles west of Moorestown. His relatives allege robbery and body placement on the tracks. He carried about $7 to $10 and was bound for Atlantic City to join his wife. He had ridden from Mount Holly and remained aboard as crews changed at Moorestown. A $790 sum was later found in his pockets.
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Camden
Patrick Fitzpatrick
West Chester
Coopin Hospital
Baxire
Moorestown
Fitzpatrick
Atlantic City
Mount Kelly
Ship Burned at Sea Fears for Crew Escape by Lifeboats
The American schooner S. Hudson, captained by Williams of Bridgeport and owned by Wilmington interests, burned off Little Hope near Liverpool. The crew battled fire for hours after the galley stove toppled, then launched boats and saved some possessions as the ship became a burning wreck.
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N. 8
Hudson
Williams
Bridgeport
Leap to death of Erie home inmate near Sunbury
Joeshua Kay, age 72, an inmate of the Soldiers and Sailors home at Erie, leapt from a fast Northern Central train at Fisher's Ferry near Sunbury while en route to Philadelphia for cancer treatment. He died shortly after from injuries. fellow inmates and physicians offered no clear motive beyond fear of death from cancer. Kay was being transported with three other inmates under the care of Dr. W. B. Washabaugh.
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Harrisburg
Joeshua Kay
Soldiers and Sailors
Erie
Northern Central Railway
Fisher's Ferry
Kay
Philadelphia
W. B. Washabaugh
Fishers Ferry
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Miraculous Escape as Train Strikes Box Car on Switch
Harrisburg Aug 1 The Manhattan Limited ran at high speed and struck a box car that protruded on a switch near Huntingdon. The engine cab was ripped off and seven Pullman cars were torn along their length, yet no passengers were hurt and the engineer and fireman were uninjured. Windows shattered and car exterior damage occurred, but the crew and riders escaped unharmed in a remarkable Pennsy incident.
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Harrisburg
Manhattan Limited
Pennsy
Huntingdon
Bonaparte to stick in cabinet rumor denied
Washington reports that Attorney General Bonaparte is not retiring from President Roosevelt's cabinet and no foundation exists for the prevailing rumor. Kellogg of the ICC is repeatedly named as a successor, but friends in Lenox and Washington dismiss these claims as old and unlikely.
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Bonaparte
Lenox
Mass
Roosevelt
Frank B. Kellogg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mansfield Dead Noted Actor Alex at His Summer Home
New London Conn Aug 31 Richard Mansfield famed stage actor dies at Seven Oaks Ocean avenue liver disease worsened by complications. Absent longer illness began March 24 with tour stoppage in Scranton. Born May 24 1857 in Helgoland he rose from hardship to stage star in Richard II Cyrano and Don Juan roles. Married Beatrice Cameron in 1892, son kept from acting.
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Richard Mansfield
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Saranac Lake
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