Neronous Letten Confesses After Shortage at New Orleans Tax Office
Charles E Letten chief clerk in the first district tax office disappeared with a 107000 shortage. He was found on the Mississippi river bank planning suicide but confessed to embezzlement. He spent most of the funds on a woman in the French quarter and invested much in real estate. He hid in the woods for two days.
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New Orleans
cCharles E. Letten
sissippi
Letten
grand jury
Millionaire Gourdain Turns Insane in Federal Prison
Atlanta Ga September 18 Louis A Gourdain eccentric millionaire became insane at the federal prison and was moved to Washington for placement in the government insane asylum. He rose to notoriety after threatening to build a prison and be his own jailer if not sentenced for fraudulent use of the mails. He received a four and a half year term in Chicago and was sent to Atlanta prison last June.
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Atlanta
Louis A. Gourdain
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Washington
government
Gourdain
Chicago
The Longworths In Frisco
Congress man Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Longworth arrived on the Sierra from Honolulu. He described their island tour as delightful with no notable events and said there is no sign of trouble with Japanese. He denied rumors that his father in law might seek a third term.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Sierra
Honolulu
Banker Killed In Auto Accident at Pittsburg
President John Runnette of Metropolitan National Bank died after his car struck a telegraph pole and Dr. M C Cameron, a leading city physician, was seriously injured when steering failed and brakes failed to stop the vehicle. The crash occurred at high speed. The incident follows a collision near Pittsburg, Sept 13.
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Pittsburg
John Runnette
Metropolitan National bank
M. C. Cameron
Missing Man Stephen Baker Found Near Shamokin
The body of Stephen Baker a prominent resident of Shamokin Pa was found in nearby woods. He had vanished from his home last Saturday and authorities are investigating whether death resulted from dynamite suicide or murder.
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Shamokin
Stephen Baker
here
raurderel
Battle Over Blue Laws Shuts South Fork Sunday
South Fork Pennsylvania faces a looming clash as Burgess Scofield moves to enforce rigid Sunday laws. Protests target soda fountains fruit stores cigars and various businesses threatening a total Sunday shutdown and a near impossible spending day with light lapsed and transport halted.
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South Fork
Johnstown
Burgess Scofield
Copper Mines to Close Amid Over-Production Crisis
A copper market crisis driven by producer consumer deadlock prompts Amalgamated Copper to suspend mines near Butte Montana. Up to 5000 workers may lose their jobs as a 250 million pound refined copper surplus exists. Production cuts and fuel supply issues contributing to the shutdown are noted.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper company
Butte
Mont
Amalgamated company
United States
Sighted Stranded Steamer Off Florida Coast
Sightings report a steamer stranded on the Carysfoot reef off the Florida south coast. The vessel was seen on September 10 by the steamer El Dia arriving from New York. El Dia did not halt to investigate or identify the ship or number of people aboard.
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New Orleans
Carysfoot
Florida south coast
El Dia
New York
Munson line
Notable Early Deaths and a G A R Election Tug
George Lippincott and G A Wheeler died by electrocution and suicide in Pennsylvania. Charles G Burton won the G A R commander in chief at Saratoga New Jersey. Randolph Guegenheimer, first president of Greater New York Council, died in Long Branch from apoplexy.
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George Lippincott
Norristown
G. A. Wheeler
Chester
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
Saratoga
N. J
Randolph Guegenheimer
council of Greater New York
Long Branch
Taft Sails for Manila Heads Toward Far East
Secretary of War William Howard Taft sails from Seattle aboard the steamship Minnesota bound for Manila. He travels with his wife and son Charlie, private secretary Fred W Carpenter, and General Clarence Edwards from the bureau of insular affairs. A crowd on the docks waves farewell.
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Seattle
Wash
William “Hy Taft
Manila
Minnesota
adieus
Taft
Charlie
Fred W Carpenter
Clarence Edwards
bureau of insular affairs
Bananas Shock Female Clerk At Atlantic Fruit Store
A store employee at Legal and Arate fruit shop on Atlantic avenue was electrocuted when a bunch of bananas touched crossed wires. The stem conducted current as she peeled fruit with a prong, leaving her unconscious and under doctor care.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Legal & Arate fruit
Atlantic avenue
Berlin’s Ripper Escapes From Prison Ward
Berlin reports a lunatic named Loisky, arrested on suspicion of murdering schoolgirls, has escaped from the observation ward of the prison hospital. General fear grips the city as fresh danger is anticipated. citizen committees form to patrol areas.
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Loisky
high
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Corn Cooking Show Promises 300 Ways to Prepare Corn
Mrs Elizabeth O Hiller will head a corn kitchen at the National Corn exposition in Chicago October 6 to 19 The kitchen will be elevated above the floor with railings and a maid two waitresses and a dishwasher to assist She plans three daily sessions to teach corn dishes ranging from pawnhouse to Philadelphia scrapple and corn pone with recipes drawn from diverse regions and traditions and all samples offered free of charge with emphasis on keeping corn king in menus across the nation.
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Coliseum
Chicago
Elizabeth O. Hiller
Chicago Post
Iowa
Puritan
Pawnhouse
ury
tito
Blue Ridge- mountains
Iowans Wanted Whips At State Fair Profit Leader
The Des Moines Register and Leader says the man with whip privilege at the Iowa state fair earned more from selling 24,000 whips in a week than any other concessionaire. He made about 1800 dollars in profit. Fans and ice water were provided for comfort at a Presbyterian church nearby.
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Iowa state fair
Des Moines Register and Leader
Juydia EB. Pinkham
JAMES CHESTER
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. 35th St
New York
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Baseball Scores From Yesterday Across Leagues
Baseball results list National League games with Boston beating Philadelphia 3 2 in 11 innings and New York routing Brooklyn 5 0. Chicago won 3 1 over Cincinnati. Detroit defeated Cleveland 3 2 in 10 innings, with an additional 2 2 tie in 8 innings. American League notes Athletics 7 Boat a and Washington 6 New York 6 Chicago 3 St Louis 2. Tri State League results show Johnstown 9 over Trenton in the first game and Altoona 6 Wilmington 4 in the first game.
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Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Athletics
Boat a
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Johnstown
Trenton
Altoona
Wilmington
Whitington
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Reading
Wil Juancaster
Lar Exarksburg
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ster
Road to India Grand Trunk described in travelogue
The author extols the Grand Trunk Road in India, a 1,200 mile route from Lahore to Calcutta, noting its hard Kurker surface, dustless travel, and double rows of majestic trees. He recalls crossing India in April and May at about fifteen miles per hour with friends, enjoying comfortable journeys despite heat.
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India
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Lahore
Calcutta
England
Aail
The Earths Shadow on Summer Evenings
The piece explains the earths shadow seen as a rosy arc near sunset in clear evenings. It describes how the pink segment on the horizon opposite the sun grows as the sun sinks, rising toward the zenith and forming a bluish gray band beneath it.
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