Man Returns to Kill Wife in Toledo Tragedy
Louis Armour a horse jockey returned after sixteen years to shoot his wife Mrs Katherine Armour outside their Toledo Ohio home. Three shots were fired with one hitting her in the head and brain. she died within minutes. Armour attempted suicide with a second gun but failed and fled on foot. He had left sixteen years earlier and was said to be missing with police believing he may have killed himself.
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Katherine Armour
Louis Armour
Armour
Dennis Shea
Winona Teen Dies After Neck Injury After Surgery
Leo McConnon, 16, of Winona Minnesota, died in St Barnabas Hospital Minneapolis after a four year paralyzed condition from a broken neck. The operation by Dr George C Ebel was technically successful but could not save his life. He remained bedridden but mentally engaged and continued studies.
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Leo McConnon
Winona
Minn
St. Barnabas Hospital
Minneapolis
George C. Ebel
Fight for the pennants standings in major leagues
National League shows Pittsburg leading Chicago and Brooklyn close behind with Boston and Cincinnati tied attempts. American League details Detroit St. Louis Chicago and Cleveland in tight race with New York and Washington also in the mix. Strong teams like Philadelphia show moments of contention as the pennant chase continues.
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National League
Pittsburg
Chicago
Boston
AG W
New York
Brooklyn
Phildelphia
Uus St
Ship Burns at Buffalo as Crew Swims to Shore
The packet steamer Neva of the Green Tackett Company Cincinnati burned to the water line at Buffalo West Virginia. Captain Stadler and the crew leaped into the river and swam to shore to survive after an exploding lamp ignited the blaze.
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Green Tackett Company of
Cincinnati
Buffalo
W. Va
Stadler
Railway magnate Gould ousted as Harriman seen to rise
Wall Street expects the removal of Crearge J. Gould from the railway elite and the unopposed ascent of IB. 1. Harriman, signaling a shift toward one-man control of major rail systems.
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Crearge J. Gould
IB. 1
Harriman
Wall Street
New Apostolic Constitution Seen as Church Reform
Mer Faleonio reports that Catholic churchmen in Washington view the new apostolic constitution as ushering in the greatest church reform since the Council of Trent.
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Mer. Faleonio
Washington
Roosevelt Joins Peace and Arbitration League Headship
President Roosevelt accepted the headship of the Peace and Arbitration League which advocates international arbitration. He also insisted on maintaining adequate armament in the meantime to support the effort.
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Roosevelt
Peace and Arbitration League
Hearst Opens Independence Convention in Chicago
William Randolph Hearst opened the Independence party convention in Chicago delivering a keynote speech that bitterly railed at both Republicans and Democrats. He framed the faction as a protest voice and urged unity under party principles.
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William Randolph Hearst
Independence Party
Chicago
Mack Elected Chairman of Democratic National Committee
Norman I. Mack of New York chosen chairman of the Democratic national committee and Urey Woodson re-elected secretary.
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Norman I. Mack
New York
Urey Woodson
New York Streets Lethal as Police Log Reveals
Official figures show New York streets are perilous with nearly half of violent deaths occurring in thoroughfares. The data underscores street danger amid urban traffic and crime concerns.
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New York
Prosperity Returns Across the United States Daily Reports
Reports from across the United States indicate rapid improvement in economic conditions with rising employment and consumer confidence. The summaries note broader gains in industrial output and retail activity as waves of recovery spread nationwide.
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The
United States
Tragedy Fostoria Children Die in Home Fire
In Fostoria Ohio three children of Mr and Mrs Jesse Doke perished in a house fire after the parents left for shopping. Authorities believe an attempt to light a gasoline stove caused the blaze.
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Jesse Doke
Fostoria
Ohio
Lightning Strikes Pennsylvania Militia Arrive Gettysburg
Three privates were killed by a lightning bolt at the Gettysburg battlefield encampment of the State National Guard of Pennsylvania. Gov. Stuart, his sister Miss Cora Stuart, and Surgeon General C. C. Wiley were stunned as a cloudburst flooded tents and streets. The flagstaff strike triggered collapse and widespread chaos as guardsmen and civilians escaped drowning.
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Gettysburg
Gov. Stuart
Cora Stuart
C. C. Wiley
State National Guard of Pennsylvania
Division
Ermittsburg Road
Gov. Starr
Searchlight for Spooners in Eden Park
Cincinnati park officials plan a powerful searchlight atop Eden Park’s water tower to detect flirting and spooning under trees. Councilman Mutlen supports the plan, with a trained operator guiding police to offenders through signaling.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnat
Park Board
Mike Mutlen
Eden Park
Mr. Motlen
Car Shortage in Fall Seen by ICC Chairman
Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, says railroad conditions indicate a car shortage this fall. He cites reports from railroad men that cars and locomotives are largely in use and that post harvest demand could force a wake up, with roads operating on minimal maintenance during lean revenue periods.
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Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ife
Drowning Disaster In Swiss Tunnel Claims 23 Italians
Twenty three Italian workers were killed in the Loetschberg tunnel in the Zernese Alps when a hidden subterranean river flooded the tunnel. The wall between them and the river collapsed and a torrent of water and mud filled the tunnel 2,400 yards from the northern entrance. The Kander river is thought to be the water source.
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Loetschberg
Zernese Alps
Kander
Woman Saves Man Tongue With Toothpick Incident
Albert Rukenbrod of North Lima Ohio faced cancer after swelling on his tongue. Four doctors advised surgery but his wife’s quick probing with a tooth pick revealed a boil. The discovery stopped the operation and saved his tongue.
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Albert Rukenbrod
North Lima
Rukenbrod
Standard Oil Stock Increase Rumor Grips Markets
A report claiming Standard Oil will announce a $500 million capital stock increase drew keen interest in New York's financial district. Similar rumors have circulated in previous years, mainly in the West, but Standard Oil interests have typically denied them.
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Standard Oil Company
New York Financial District
West
Standard Oj
Dr. Wiley Lists Benzoic Acid and Benzoate as Dangers
Chief Dr. Karvey Wiley of the Bureau of Chemistry in the Department of Agriculture declares benzoic acid and benzoate of soda unsafe for foods after a lengthy study of their effects on the human body.
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Wiley
Karvey Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Judge Landis Fine Overruled in Rebates Case
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals overruled Judge Landis fine of 29 240 000 assessed against the Standard Oil Company for taking rebates from the Chicago and Alton railroad.
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Landis
Standard Oil Company
Chicago and Alton Railroad
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
China to send envoy for Boxer indemnity relief
An edict from Pekin names Tang Shao Yi, governor of Mukden, to travel to Washington and deliver China s thanks for restoring part of the Boxer indemnity. The move, viewed by foreign press as masking a push to attract American capital to Manchuria.
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Pekin
Tang Shao-Yi
Mukden Province
Washington
China
America
Tang-Shao-Yi
United States
Manchuria
Desperadoes Open Fire in Jamaica Plain Boston
Eleven people were shot in Jamaica Plain Boston as two desperadoes fled from police and a crowd for two miles. One man died on the scene and Edwin McMahon a patrolman was shot in the abdomen. Mrs Dora Fallon and Herbert Knox were among the critically wounded. The suspects, part of a three man gang, had robbed a saloon before the violence.
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Jamaica Plain
Boston
Franklin Vark
Dora Fallon
Herbert Fe, Knox
Forest Pills Cemetery
Edwin McMahon
This Dog a Real Genius Proves Sagacity in Delaware
The article touts a Delaware dog named Martin as the state’s smartest. Dr. Parker of Lewes testifies to the dog’s knowledge at Twirring’s Creek. Martin retrieves a gun and bird, then treed a squirrel with a rifle in hand, fooling onlookers before disappearing and later being found by snowmen.
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Bartes
Martin
Delaware
Parker
Lewes
Twerring’s Creek
Harvester Case Sees Potential Hearing on Appeal
Kansas attorneys for International Harvester Company argue the Court of Appeals Standard OP decision will influence the harvester case now before the Kansas Supreme Court. Shawnee District Court Judge Dana levied a $12,000 fine on the company for anti trust violations. the appellants contend the fine is cumulative and that grounds for a new trial in Standard may apply to the harvester case.
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Kansas
International Harvester Company
Court of Appeals
Standard OP
Harvester
Kansas Supreme Court
District Court For
Shawnee
Dana
International Company
Ufarvester
Rioters Shot Down by Troops in Bombay Mill Strike
In Bombay 20,000 mill hands rioted in solidarity with Tilak after the nationalist leader was sentenced to six years transportation for sedition. A detachment of British infantry fired to quell the disorder, killing one native and wounding six others, with injuries also among police.
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Bombay
India
Tilak
Platinum Price Drops Amid Weak Demand
Platinum sinks to 20 dollars an ounce halving from last year as jewelers dentists and electrical and photographic manufacturers cut back demand in a softer business mood.
Widow sues for 10000 in MacKay murder case
At Kansas City Missouri Mrs. Mackay sues James M Chandler for ten thousand dollars damages over the killing of her husband Frank L Mackay. The murder took place in Mackay's office and grew from a business transaction.
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Kansas City
Frank L. Mackay
Mackay
James M. Chandler
President Roosevelt’s Mayflower Sinks Menawa in Fog
The Mayflower, carrying President Roosevelt, sank the lumber laden schooner Menawa off Newport Rhode Island in dense fog. All Menawa crew members including the captain and five others were rescued and brought aboard the Mayflower.
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President
President Roosevelt
Newport
R. I
St Paul Station Arch Collapses At Union Station
The archway over the main entrance to the St Paul Union station collapsed endangering twenty people and injuring a cabman as passengers filled the station during the accident.
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St. Paul Station
St. Paul Union Station
China US arbitration treaty to be signed in Washington
Preliminary talks are ongoing with Dow in progress for a China United States arbitration treaty. Once terms are agreed, the convention will be signed by Minister Wu and State Department officials in Washington.
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China
United States
State Department
Washington
Exchange of Greetings at Quebec Tercentenary
Canada and the United States exchanged greetings as the Prince of Wales and Vice President Fairbanks led the Quebec tercentenary celebration. Fairbanks praised US–UK relations and the flags uniting on both shores while the Prince of Wales thanked the hosts and affirmed friendship among nations.
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Fairbanks
Prince of Wales
Quebec
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Abraham
France
Good marksmen in West at Fort Casey target practice
The Seventy first company C A C at Fort Casey Washington conducted moving target practice on June 24. Ten inch rifles on disappearing carriages fired six shots in five and a half minutes achieving 140 percent hits for the second time in six months. Captain Granville Sevier praised the officers and men.
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Seventy-first
C. A.C
Fort Casey
Wash
CLA. C
Coast Artillery
Granville Sevier
Coast Artillery Corps
KIND ACT WINS THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR COFFEE
Mrs. Bartlett of Wallingster Mississippi aided an elderly traveler at Newbury Street Station of the Old Colony railroad. The traveler later named Mrs. Bartlett as beneficiary of gifts including stock worth 3000 dollars from Mrs. Lilley of New York City.
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Tiarvey Bartlett
Wallingster
DB. Lifer
New York City
Ca Otras
Nueeland Street
Old Colony Railroad
Post Offices Planned On Each Navy Ship
Arrangement is made to install a post office on every ship in the United States Navy under Congress authorization. Enlisted men on each ship may be appointed postmaster or assistant postmaster with pay increases of 500 and 300 dollars annually, respectively, and a $1,000 bond required.
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United States Navy
Congress
Murderer of Homesteader to Hang in Kenora Ontario
William Tan was sentenced to hang on September 18 by the Kenora Ontario court for the murder of Minnesota homesteader Henry Shelling near Rainy River Ontario on November 30 last year.
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Minnesota
Wlenri
Rainy River
Ont
William T An
Kenora
Lebanon Ohio university leader cites 100000 marriages
President Hi of Lebanon Ohio university says the school has influenced and facilitated 100000 marriages since its founding fifty two years ago.
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Lebanon, Ohio
University
Diver Freely Dives 100 Feet From Eads Bridge
C W Fisher a St Louis swimming instructor dived from the middle span of Eads bridge into the Mississippi River to prove his claim he could reach the water from a 100 foot drop.
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C. W. Fisher
St. Louis
Eads Bridge
Mississippi River
Eight West Point Cadets Suspended
Eight cadets at the United States Military Academy West Point were suspended and sent home following hazing allegations involving fourth class members.
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West Point
United States Military Academy At
Clown Dick Oskyian Dies in Clay Center Accident
Clown Dick Oskyian of a traveling circus performing at Clay Center Kansas died when he fell on his head during a ground tumbling practice. An unnamed fellow actor witnessed the accident and aided the fatal response.
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Dick Oskyian
Clay Center
Kan
Greer Succeeds Potter as Coadjutor Bishop
Coadjutor Bishop Greer, famed for giving a year’s salary to the poor, succeeds Bishop Potter in the diocese.
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Greer
Potter
New York Property Owners Face £7 Billion Valuation Tax
Owners of real and personal property in New York valued at £7,000,000,600 will pay $116,000,000 in taxes, reflecting a substantial fiscal burden on urban and suburban holdings.
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New York
Episcopal Bishop Henry Potter Dies in New York Diocese
The Episcopal Bishop Henry C. Potter of the New York diocese died after a peak period of illness. The Minneapolis Civic Federation took first steps toward wiping out the wine room evil as part of reform efforts.
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Episcopal
Henry C. Potter
Epipal
New York
Peak Beed
Coopers
Minneapolis Civic Federation
Avenger Quits as Lieut Fussell Arrives Home for Retirement
Lieut Fussell J. Hazzard, who aided Gen Funston in the Aguinaldo capture and who caught the deserter linked to Gen Lawton’s death, has arrived in the United States seeking retirement due to broken health.
Court of Appeals Reverses Standard Oil Fine Retrial Ordered
United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago unanimously reversed Judge Landis in the Standard OilIndiana case. The $29,240,000 fine on 1,462 counts was wiped out and the matter remanded for retrial. Rockefeller ownership testimony factored in the original judgment.
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John TY. Rockefeller
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
Petey S. Grossenpe
Seaman
Biker
Landis
Standard of Company of Indiana
Alton Railroad
Jadee Landis
Edo
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Indiana
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Whiting
Chicago and Alton
John D. Rockefeller
Indiana Company
Indiana Oil Company
New York
War on large mail order houses spurs nationwide shop battles
A broad campaign pits small retail dealers against large mail order firms as competition intensifies. Harvest cycles advance worldwide with wheat being cut continuously. Chicago milk firms cut retail quart prices from 9 to 7 cents and nearby towns from 7 to 6 cents. Motley Minnesota Co Operative Creamery shareholders own 800 cows and utilize 500 more locally. Elgin Illinois sets cow price controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Co- Operative Creamery
Motley, Minn
Elgin
Improving business tones and investment buoyancy noted in Weekly Review
The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade notes extending money use in investments and buoyant security markets reflecting better business conditions. Crop reports are encouraging, with profitability sustaining a brighter outlook. demand for finished goods rises and capacity expands. Bank payments volumes rise, new demands in productive lines appear, and plans for heavy construction are favored.
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Review of
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Business activity and failures in Bradstreet weekly report
The Bradstreet weekly report notes cautious revival in US industry with modest expansion in demand and reduced idle workers. West and Southwest show strength while retailers face slow stock movement. US failures total 263 for week ending July 23, with Canadian failures at 24.
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United States
Bradstreet
Grain and live stock prices across major markets
The report lists commodity bids from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Cattle hogs and sheep show varied price ranges, with cereals and dairy products like wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover also quoted across markets.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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