Mad Dog Scare Hits Phillipsburg as Five Bitten
A Phillipsburg panic reports a mad dog scare after a snarling animal bit five residents. Five victims including Hugh Smith and Lucy Wilhelm were sent to the Pasteur Institute in Brooklyn for treatment at public expense. The dog, later killed, tested rabid. townsfolk urged owners to chain and muzzle dogs.
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Fer Sons
Phillipsburg
N. J
Pasteur
Pasteur Institute
Brooklyn
Public Treasury
Hugh Smith
Lucy Wilhelm
George Lutz
Milton Kohl
James Caffrey
Ciciais
Baseball Scores and Highway Robbery Reportage
Baseball scores from yesterday show American League games with New York 11 over Athletics 3 and St. Louis 6 over Cleveland 5 in a 24 game, plus Washington 9 Boston 1 and Detroit 9 Chicago 1 in six innings due to darkness, National League results include New York 3 Boston 6 and Brooklyn 6 Philadelphia 1. Also reported is a highway robbery in Hill New Jersey where Aaron Kent resisted two attackers, losing neither watch nor money as he recovered a $50 gold watch and $35 in cash from a highwayman after a dramatic chase.
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New York
Athletics
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Boston
Detroit
Chicago
National League
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Chicago-Cincinnati
Troy
Hill, N. J
Aaron Kent
Kent
Woman Loses Box With 236000 Dollars and Jewels
New York reports a woman on a New Haven train mislaid a tin box containing 196000 in cash and 40000 in jewelry. Lawyer Benjamin F Norris acts as her agent and refuses to name the owner or reveal details. A 10000 reward is offered. search spans trains and Central Station.
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New York
New Haven
Benjamin F. Norris
Brooklyn
Norris
Mr. Norris
rGand Central Sation
Gave His Life For Science
Major James Carroll U S A surgeon and member of the yellow fever commission died at his Washington home. The group helped identify the mosquito as the transmission vector and Carroll died after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Brain washing saved David Walke in Manchester Virginia after a head injury restored speech and movement following brain surgery to remove a clot.
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Washington
James Carroll
Cuba
Manchester
David Walke
Walke
Richmond
Hero Leaped at Runaway in Burlington to Save Woman
Charles Courk saved Mrs. Charles Sapp by hurling himself at a runaway horse. The animal trampled Cook, but his action caused the horse to stumble. He seized the reins and dragged the horse down until bystanders helped.
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Burlington
N. J
Charles Courk
Charles Sapp
J. Budd Shoe Manufacturing Company
Cook
Derailed in Tunnel Lehigh Valley Express Near Easton
Lehigh Valley train No. 6, a fast express, wrecked at the tunnel entrance under the Alasconetcong mountain 13 miles into New Jersey. Three trainmen seriously hurt. engineer Herbert Godley of Easton injured, expected to live. Baggagemaster William Wisandt crushed. fireman severely injured. casualties among passengers. The crash followed a broken rail near Gaston on a Buffalo to New York run.
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Lehigh Valley
Easton
New Jersey
Herbert Gody
Eagton
Lester
Mustead
Ton
Anscious
William Wisandt
Gaston
Buffalo
New York
Godley
27 Sailors Killed in Powder Explosion on Kashima
Tokyo reports 27 crew dead or wounded after a powder explosion during shell handling on the Japanese battleship Kashima near Hare on September 8. The ship sustained heavy damage while the hull remained intact, investigators probing the cause. Captain Koizumi commanded Kashima. wounded were taken to Kure hospital.
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Tokio
Kashima
Hare
Koizumi
Kure
Leutenant
Missing Girl Found In Jail In Newark
A man reported his sister Maude Morner missing from her home. She was located serving a 10 day sentence in the county jail on a name she used at arrest, Elsie Lawrence. Police noted a woman matching her description had been arrested last Tuesday. Also reported a big sea turtle caught near City Island weighing 269 pounds after a two hour fight between Hart's Island and Shinnecock Point.
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Newark
N. J
Haroll Tfurner
Maude Morner
Elsie Lawrence
McRell
City Island
N. Y
Percy Pell
Priest Guilty of Murder in Second Degree
Ludwik Szczygiel a Roman Catholic priest from Chicago was found guilty of murder in the second degree for the killings of brothers Andrew and Stephen Starzynski in Pittsburg. The trial was brief but sensational with virulent closing arguments by District Attorney Goehting who labeled the priest an impostor and cited drunkenness and past life as defense. Francesca Sprow, the housekeeper, testified she accompanied him to Pittsburg and shared a room with one of the Starzynski brothers, a detail the DA used to argue motive.
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Pittsburg
Ludwig
Szczygiel
Chicago
Andrew
Stephen Starzynski
Goehting
Allegheny
Francesca Sprow
Starzynski Brothers
Cranks Seek President Over Debt Demands at Sagamore Hill
Orland Coland of Oxford Alabama arrives at the Roosevelt home asking the president to collect 10 million dollars from John D. Rockefeller. A second man, described as a hard worker in blue jeans, also seeks the president’s aid to obtain the same debt alleged from Rockefeller in connection with a murder trial at St. Paul. Both are stopped by Secret Service agents.
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John D. Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Orland Coland
Oxford
Ala
Coland
Mr. Roosevelt
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Secret Service
Washer
Sagamore
Roosevelt
John JD. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
St. Paul
Four Elks Die In Auto Plunge At Colorado Springs
A seven Elks party and a chauffeur in a six cylinder racing car crashed into a telephone pole at the bottom of 4 hill near Manitou. Four occupants killed and the others seriously hurt as the car wrecked. Bodies mangled beyond recognition in the high speed plunge.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Elks
Manitou
Million 10 Orphans Left by Thomas R Patton
Philadelphia September reports over 1 million pounds bequeathed by Thomas R Patton to the Masonic Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania for a new institution to support educate male orphans of Masons. Patton died September 13 and served as grand lodge treasurer for four years. The estate valued between 2 and 3 million, with further legacies to relatives and to the Soldiers Home of Pennsylvania. Boyd acts as sole executor.
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Thomas R. Patten
Pennsylvania Grand Lodge
Philadelphia
Masonic Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Masa
Thomas R. Patton
Grand Lodge
Patton
St. Levis
Sone
Pennsylvania
Boyd
Grand Ireland
Suit Sues Estate for 2000000 in Funds Borrowed
Bathson as receiver for the City Saving Fund and Trust Co. files suit in Lancaster against the estate of Charles H. Locher seeking 3.2 million. The claim states Locher, while president, borrowed the money without directors’ knowledge and used it in private ventures or lent it to relatives.
Presidential denial of cocktails at luncheon
Secretary Loeb issued a formal denial after Bishop Berry of Detroit claimed President Roosevelt or Secretary Loeb ordered cocktails at the Indianapolis luncheon hosted by the vice president. Loeb said the charge is absurd and that neither the president nor his secretary ordered any drink at that or any other lunch.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Bishop Berry
Detroit
Roosevelt
Loeb
Wairbanks
Indianapolis
Band Plays as She Is Evicted in Union Hill New Jersey
In Union Hill on September 18 Isaac Pallar was ordered from 145 Hudson Boulevard by owner Ulrich Wachter because of his accordion music. Mrs. Michel, a widow in Union, was evicted for similar musical disturbances as they loaded her goods. Pallar then led a brass band and accordion performance for three hours during the eviction, with Wachter present and listening. In Piercefield, New York, also on September 18, hunters pepper deer in the Adirondacks. Timothy Healy and Marty G. Bannon started at daybreak. a shot killed a deer whose bleat confirmed the kill, valued at $20 to settle.
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Union Hill
N. J
Isaac Pallar
Hudson Boulevard
Ulrich Wacher
Michel
Bat
Pallar
Wachter
Piercefield
Adirondacks
Timothy Healy
Marty G. Bannon
Bannon
Fatal beri beri reported among Japanese laborers in Alvo Nebraska
Lincoln Neb Sept 18 Dr bh Jones of Murdock Neb informed the state board of health that 20 cases of beri beri existed among Japanese laborers at Alvo Neb The state sent representatives to investigate and Dr Jones declared the disease resembled paralysis and appeared contagious text indicates a health alert inNebraska with concern over contagion
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Lincoln
Neb
Bh Jones
Murdock
State Board of Health
Alvo
de Jones
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