Brown County Jail Attack: Wife Shot and Injured
Elva Clifford 45, a Nashville resident, violently attacked his wife in the county jail after his mental state deteriorated. He barricaded his family, defied arrest for days, then beat his wife with a stick and left her bleeding and near unconscious. She is hospitalized in serious condition but not considered fatal.
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Brown County
Helpmeet
Elva Clifford
Nashville
Clifford
Roberts
Man Follows Dead Wife in Grief After Burial
Ned Walters 58 and his wife Hannah Walters 84 of Burket were buried in the same grave after he refused an undertaker to inter his body in her grave. He died four days later, reportedly from a broken heart. Relatives found large sums of money hidden among old rags in the Walters home.
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Ned Walters
Hannah Walters
Burket
Walters
Tragic Draper Children Burned and Sufferings From Windstorm
In Dana, Henry Draper aged four died after his clothing caught fire from an open grate while his mother was away and an elder brother stood at the door. In 1904 a 16 year old brother was struck by a windstorm with a hay load, hurled against a fence, and suffocated under hay before relief.
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Henry
F. M. Draper
Dana
Evansville Mayor Bans Tights and Sunday Plays
Evansville mayor John W. Borhm declares tights immoral for the stage and orders no tights worn on stage. He also prohibits Sunday performances after August 15, signaling a shift in local theater policy.
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Patsman
John W. Borhm
Evansville
Church and Unions to Combine in Evansville Address
Rev Reid Cross of St Pauls Episcopal church urged unity between churches and labor unions before the unemployed of Evansville He said unions were divinely created and churches and unions must join to destroy trusts
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Evansville
Reid Cross
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
New German Church Dedicated at Evansville
The New St. Pauls Evangelical German church, built for 50000 dollars, was formally dedicated in Evansville with imposing ceremonial rites.
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St. Paul's
Evansville
Democrats Set Date for Indiana State Convention
The Democratic State committee announced the biennial state convention will take place in Indianapolis on March 25 and 26. Governor and party leaders prepare for caucuses, speeches, and platform discussions.
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Democratic State Committee
Indianapolis
Saloons Targeted by Anti-Saloon League Campaign in State
Short state items report a push by the Anti-Saloon League against saloons in An area. Births list triplets to Mr and Mrs Jacob W Roth of Boonville. Clergy from Notre Dame injured in a sleigh collision near South Bend. Local accidents and divorces noted with details on ages and residences. Fire damages Marion Furniture Co building with heavy losses. A baker accuses rival of adulterating dough with soap. Washington’s birthday observance in New Castle ends in panic but no serious injuries.
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Anti-Saloon League
Jacob W. Roth
Boonville
Roth
Andrew J. Sammon
T. J. Murphy
South Bend
Notre Dame University
Fred L. Hays
Monon
Granville Hays
Bloomington
Borden
Joseph C. Ratliff
Wayne County
Henry C. Fox
Richmond
Quaker Church
Marion Furniture Company
Marion
Ph. Matter
R. P. Smith
Abraham Mack
Flyansville
Isadore Silberman
Washington
New Castle
Bage
Measles a Hidden Killer Says State Health Chief
The Pennsylvania State Board of Health reports 1906 saw 1463 measles deaths, 1240 under age three, with 2307 December cases. Commissioner Dixon warns measles kills more children than scarlet fever and urges heightened parental precautions to prevent spread and long term disabilities.
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Pennsylvania State Board of Health
Dixon
Missionary Devoured by Cannibals Off Solomon Islands
The S N Castle reports Rev Alexander McLoughlin was killed and eaten by cannibals on St George Island near the Solomon Islands on November 1. His bones were taken to New Zealand by the Hinemoa after a punitive gunboat mission. the incident prompted bombardment and an indemnity of fifty tons of pearl shell valued at a thousand dollars per ton.
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Barkentine
S. N. Castle
San Francisco
Pago Pago
Alexander McLoughlin
St. George Island
Solomon Group
Government of
New Zealand
Hinemoa
Mcloughlin
Ward
Auckland
Joseph Ward
Deakin
Onehunga
Priest Slain at Denver Church Altar by Anarchist
Father Leo Heinrichs, head of the Franciscans in Denver, was shot dead during communion at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church. The assailant, Italian Giuseppe Guaranccio, knelt at the altar rail and fired, striking the priest through the heart. This is hailed as a unique tragedy in Denver church history with no prior murders during services.
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Leo Heinrichs
Franciscans
St. Elizabeth's
More democracy and sincerity urged for churches to reach workers
Rev Charles Stelzle former millman and head of the Presbyterian labor department urged Methodist preachers to push genuine democracy and earnest effort within churches. He noted churches moving uptown, 400000 people leaving downtown parishes, and criticized selling local property to fund foreign missions.
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Charles Stelzle
Presbyterian Department of Labor
New York
Christendom
World shattering statement prep by paranoid in NY hospital
Robert Caldwell, confined as a hopeless paranoiac in a New York hospital for the insane, was forming a statement to astonish the world, as his daughter reported. In Pittsburg a raid on alleged Black Hand members led to eight Italian arrests for threatening Se wickley families. Weapons and threatening letters were found in their rooms.
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Robert Caldwell
New York
Black Hand
Pittsburg
Sewickley
Attempt on Shah of Persia Fails. Outriders Slain in Bomb Attack
A Friday attack in Teheran aimed at the Shah of Persia killed three outriders and wounded the chauffeur and bystanders. The Shah avoided harm by riding in a carriage while the motor car went ahead. Troops cordoned the area and searched the bombed houses. no arrests were reported.
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Persia
Shah
Teheran
Roosevelt probes rail wage cuts amid railroad row
President Roosevelt orders an investigation under Erdman law into proposed wage reductions by major railroads led by Chicago and Great Western. Union leaders vow firm resistance while railroad officials argue cuts are needed to match falling revenues.
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Roosevelt
Erdman
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor Neill
Stone
Engineers’ Brotherhood
Chicago and Great Western
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
New York City
Miners Killed In Moody Coal Mine Explosion
Nine miners lose their lives in a gas explosion at Moody Coal Company mine in South Carrollton Kentucky. Fire causes damage at Friend Paper Mills in West Carrollton Ohio totaling one hundred thousand dollars. The blaze began from a hot box on machinery. Insurance covers the loss.
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Moody Coal Company
South Carrolton
Bishop Berry
Methodist Episcopal Church
Guanajuanto
Mexico
la Grippe
Friend Paper Mills
West Carrollton
Ohio
Ingyn ‘Ance
Roosevelt Plea for Inland Waterways and Forest Protection
President Roosevelt sent a special message urging Congress to develop inland waterways linking rivers for navigation power and irrigation. He warns against private monopolies, calls for a systematic plan, and stresses bonds and timely action to benefit commerce, defense, forests, and livelihoods.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Commission
Mississippi
Atlantic
Gulf
Great Lakes
Republic
Trade Outlook Mixed as Weather Hinders early Recovery
The Chicago district weekly trade review notes weather delays hamper heavy freight and new work, but expects improvement as activity widens in reading industries and spring orders rise. Grain and provisions show gains while ore and steel demand pick up. pig iron prices fluctuate and cash prices mostly steady. Receipts of grain, livestock, hides decline versus prior periods. rail and structural shape inquiries rise with steady plate-mill prospects.
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Chicago
Kk. G. Dun & Co
Reading
Plate Mills
Trailures
New York Trade Trends Show Conservative Demand In Spring
Distribution of staple goods by jobbers rises with spring buying but remains conservative. Retail trade quiet with price cuts on winter goods. wholesale demand weak as cotton fabrics drop. Finished steel improves slightly while crude output stalls and pig iron prices ease. Weekly business failures total 254 in the United States for the week ending Feb 27, with 35 in Canada.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Commodity price listings across cities in early 20th century data
Detailed market quotations show cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed with ranges and quality notes for each city.
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Chicago
Ste
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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Demented Man Clubs
Pennsylvania
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Shah OF Persia
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J. S. Scott
A. M. Herring
Wright Bros
Dayton
Interstate Commerce
Lane
Southern Pacific
Department of Justice
India
Great Britain
British War Office
War Office
Transvaal
France
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Senator la Follette
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Illinois
Navy
Victor N. Metcalf
Metcalf
North Carolina
Fort Gibbon
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Sefand
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