Bridal trip tragedy ends in gunfire on Texas Pacific train
On a New Orleans bound Texas & Pacific Cannon Ball train a former suitor, F Beauvre of Plaquemine, La, shot and killed Professor Fred Van Ingen, fatally injuring the bride Mrs. Van Ingen. Beauvre was arrested after being disarmed and allegedly whispered congratulations to the couple. The bride, daughter of James M Aborer, and the groom were young Louisiana residents amid leading Reading families.
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New Oriolawa
Fred van Ingen
Tega
Texas & Pacific
Louisiana
F. §. Beauvre
Plaquemine
Alesandric
Blanchard
James M. Aborer
Iberville Parish
Baton Rouge
Bontvre
van Ingen
Alexandria
Beausre
Miss Khorer
New Orleans
Van
Ingen
Bua
Beauvre
Beauvre Indi Dently
Investors face trial over Makeover Brothers mining scheme
New York on Oct 24 George D Hurlock of Easton Pa named as signee on behalf of 31 Easton investors to recover 84600 from Makeover Brothers promoters of mining and other corporations. The Montana Overland Gold Mining venture failed to pay dividends as investors bought stock at bargain prices. Private Bernard Lesser of Battery D Thin Field Artillery C S A dishonorably discharged and sentenced to six months hard labor for eating green apples after orders not to.
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New York
George D. Hurlock
Easton
Makeover Brothers
Supreme Court
Eastorner
Montana Overland Gold Mining Company
Montana Overland
Bernard Lesser
Thin Field Artillery
Leiser
Notadies to Go Under the Knits at Johns Hopkins
Dr Edward A Gallaudet president of Gallaudet college and Rev Hiram Bingham missionary of the Congregational church are patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital awaiting surgical operations. Both probably will come under the knife within a few days. Crowd powerless witnesses robbery in Pottsown Pa as Mrs Calvin Fogely wife of a merchant is pulled from a train and robbed of 950 and papers. seventy five witnesses saw it but could not stop it.
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Notadies
Baltimore
Edward A. Gallaudet
Gallaudet College
Washington
Hiram Bingham
Congregational Church
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Pottatown
Calvin Fogely
Reading Station
Bank Directors Face Twenty Five Question Examination
Washington October 24 The comptroller of the currency ordered national bank examiners to convene directors on entry and pose a formal list of twenty five questions. The aim is to reveal directors relation to bank conduct, control over note issuance, employee overreach, and overall supervision. This marks the first official inquiry into bank director relations.
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Washington
Murray
Robbed by Masked Men at Perkins Home Morristown
Three masked men cut Morristown telephone lines outside the Perkins residence entered the house knocked down a maid attacked and choked Mrs H W Miller sister of the Perkins sisters and ransacked the home. The robbers seized at least 2000 worth of jewelry and some cash and are suspected in a prior Orange banker's home crime.
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Morristown
Newark
N. J
Perkins
H. W. Miller
Orange
Perkins House
Adams swindle case shocks postal office probe
Benjamin Kinnard a former assistant postmaster at Lavich Up to May 39 1998 faced arrest in Philadelphia on charges of wrongfully securing funds from the post office and using them for personal use. He allegedly drew money orders totaling 60 50 125 dollars signing the postmaster name and cashed the orders in this city. He confessed after being taken into custody.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Kinnard
Assisant Post
Lavirock
Montsomers County
Post Office
Kinnard
Lavetoch
New York
McCeel
Dhe
Aken
Erie Railroad Tightens Drink Ban for Workers
Susquehanna Pa Oct 24 Erie railroad enforcement widens the ban on intoxicants among shop workers. Notices posted at terminals threaten discharge for drinking during work or reporting while intoxicated. Detectives monitor staff and two veteran conductors were dismissed by Superintendent Elston of the New York division for disobeying orders.
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Erie Railroad
Susquehanna
Elston
New York Division
Firms to Displace Servant Girls
Mrs. Alice Peloubet Norton of the University of Chicago tells finals club women that business firms may soon handle household work by supplying trained personnel. She envisions companies organized to provide specialists for different branches of housework.
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St. Louis
Alice Peloubet Norton
University of Chicago
Girl Killed By Fall From Tree In Orange
Gladys R. Lewis twelve years old died at her home after falling from a hickory tree while hunting for trout. She shook the tree lost balance and fell breaking her neck wrists elbows and fracturing her skull.
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Orange
M J
Truta
Gladys R. Lewis
Nuggets of News: Detective Slays Officer and Other Trials
Pittsburg detective Clyde Edgeburn shoots and kills Policeman Thomas Farrell, reportedly misidentifying him as a highwayman. Joe James, 18, hanged at Springfield MO for murder. A peddler’s wagon crash near Derby, Ohio kills Albert Lewis and Harry Bernfeldt. Oscar J. Sell, five and ten cent store magnate, commits suicide in Allentown Pa after illness and return to family home.
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Clyde Edgeburn
Pittsburg
Thomas Farrell
Joe James
C. A. Ballard
Springfield
Til
Baltimore & Ohio
Derby
Albert Lewis
Harry Bernfeldt
Neinous
Oscar J. Sell
Roanoke
Bristol
Town
Allentown
Himacif
Man Believed Dead Seven Years Is Found Alive
Wilkes-Barre relatives learn Michael Burke, long presumed dead after a train wreck in Arizona, is alive in a hospital. A coat with his name misled authorities, as Burke had lent it to another worker. he has been treated for injuries and mental decline since the wreck. Meanwhile thieves set fire to a B and O warehouse area near Wilmington, destroying a station, adjoining warehouse, and a barn, with losses up to 10 000 dollars and insurance partial.
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Wilkes-Barre
Michael Burke
Ashbey
Arizona
Freman
Burke
Ashley
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad’ Company
Klamenst
William Levitckgon
Zeppelin Ascends in Glorified Flight Over Württemberg King and Queen Watch
The re constructed Zeppelin airship No. 1 returned to flight with ten passengers for a three and a half hour voyage over Lake Constance and overland routes. It reached about 1000 feet, averaged 29.31 mph, and demonstrated sweeping maneuvers as King Wilhelm and Queen Charlotte observed from nearby royal vessels.
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Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Phillipsburg Man Slain By Chicago Thieves In New York
Police believe John Mahon fifty five of Phillipsburg New Jersey was murdered in New York by Chicago thieves after he traveled from Easton on September 30 to visit his brother T J Mahon a civil engineer in Denver He carried eighty eight dollars rail and trunk checks and a purse The trunk checks were found in Denver and Mahon’s pocketbook was recovered with only unused ticket portions The motive linked to his money and Canal Street saloons is suspected with no further word since his arrival October 1
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John Mahon
Chicago
Phillipsburg
N. J
Mahon
Easton
T. J. Mahon
Denver
B. W. Poulson
Elizabeth
Mc Ion
Canal Street
Well-to-Do Bachelor John Mahon Noted in Easton Report
John Mahon of Phillipsburg New Jersey, a bachelor reputed to be well off, lived opposite Easton. He often visited his brother in Denver and on trips would stop in Chicago to see friends, though details of his activities remain sparse.
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Easton
John Mahon
Phillipsburg
N. J
Denver
Chicago
Foreman Fred Bowen killed by falling rock at New York water works
In Kingston, on October 24, Fred Bowen foreman for the New York water supply department was decapitated when a massive rock fell into a shaft where workers were adjusting a floating pump. Two African American laborers were mortally injured in the accident. Bowen had come from Graham Virginia.
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Kingston
N. Y
Fred Bowen
New York Water Supply Department
Bowen
Graham
Kern's Son Faces Critical Health Battle
John W. Kern Jr. remains in grave condition in Indianapolis with nerve paralysis and acute indigestion. Reported fears of death during the night gave way to a slight chance of recovery, according to observers.
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Kern
Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern, Jr
Parsevel Airship Crash Near Berlin
Parseval dirigible balloon fell from about six thousand feet above Berlin on October 2. The craft became uncontrollable and descended rapidly. Major Parseval and his assistant managed a safe landing despite the tail compartment of the airship catching fire.
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Berlin
Mejor Parseval
Farm Hand Advocates Businesslike Farm Life to President
An Indiana farm hand writes to President Roosevelt urging the Country Life Commission to push for farm efficiency. He urges shorter hours, better sanitation, regular meals, and education for farmers and farm hands, arguing a businesslike approach will keep youth on the land and attract skilled workers.
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Indiana
Roosevelt
Country Life Commission
Country Lfe Commission
Lisa
Lome
Country
Ute Commission
Ins
Ely
Iupr
Comitas Ton
Aga Bors
Tim Advanelng
T Oelock
Ulred Nnn
Ife Commission Weltover Foiters
J. W. Balley
Norton and Ruskin friendship sparks Norton influence
The article recalls the early bond between Charles Eliot Norton and John Ruskin as Norton meets Ruskin through Takin on a steamer at an Ontario lake. Norton's warm greetings and introductions to his family lead Ruskin to praise Norton as a lifelong mentor and catalyst for Takin’s writing.
Mosque on Wheels for Turkish Railway Carriage
Luxuriously fitted praying carriage to be used on the Hedjuz line in Turkey. A wagon mosque built in Constantinople will serve pilgrims during journeys to sacred cities with Persian carpet floors and Koran verses in gold. A Mecca direction chart and water vessels for ritual ablutions adorn the car.
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Hedjuz
Turkey
Mecca
Constantinople
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsement
A long promotional note hails Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the top female remedy. It claims widespread endorsement and success for feminine illnesses including menstrual irregularities, uterine issues, backache, digestive and nervous symptoms, urging women to choose the product over substitutes.
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Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhag
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