Carriage Train Wreck at Horseshoe Curve Ontario Casualties Heavy
Canadian Pacific special train carrying over 300 passengers bound for the Toronto exhibition wrecked near Horseshoe Falls Ontario. Six killed and more than 26 injured as coaches piled atop the locomotive. Train pulled in an hour late. likely high speed around the curve caused the disaster.
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Horseshoe Falls
Associated Press
Orangeville
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Here
Caledonian Mountains
Ofr
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden Figures in Hotel Astor Tips
New York reports Prince Wilhelm of Sweden tipped generously during a Sept stay at Hotel Astor. Carriage door attendant received about 160 dollars in gratuities, a head waiter 100, a chambermaid 50, and bellhops and other staff 5 to 20 dollars each, similar to a prior Japanese visitor.
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Associated Press
New York
Price Wilhelm
Sweden
Hotel Astor
Baron Burchki
Japan
Prince Wilhelm
Wireless system seized over race news racket
Police seized a wireless outfit believed used to transmit racing news to New York pool rooms near Sheepshead Bay race track. Two men were arrested as investigators noted track managers sometimes withheld news to reduce value for the pool rooms, prompting schemes to gain access to timely results. The cottage above the track served as the base for the operation using a telescope to obtain desired information and bypass the track lines.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Sheepshead Bay
Beenie
Young Aeronaut Survives Balloon Accident in Middletown
Mrs Myrtle Ryschke a seventeen year old aeronaut narrowly escaped death during two balloon ascensions at Midway Park Middletown Minnesota when the balloon caught fire at 300 feet and descended rapidly She tucked into thick tree foliage and escaped with only a few scratches in front of thousands of parkgoers
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Associated Press
Middletown
Myrtle Ryschke
Midway Park
Navy dispatch announces Maryland West Virginia Colorado and Pennsylvania arrival
The Navy Department reports the armored cruisers Maryland West Virginia Colorado and Pennsylvania have arrived in Honolulu after sailing from Yokohama on August 22. They will join a division of the Pacific Fleet upon entering American waters.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Navy
Honolulu
Maryland
West Virginia
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Yokohama
Pacific Fleet
School plan uses prettiest girls to boost Sunday attendance
Trenizia New Jersey September 3. Ede and AL Punhen adopt a novel plan to increase attendance at the Third Pros berian Sunday school where he serves as superintendent. He will appoint a recruiting committee of the prettiest girls for each Sunday to greet and welcome all comers.
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Tianie
Gryv
Trenizia
N. J
Ede
AL Punhen
Tragedy in New Hampshire Farm Family Drowns
News from Alam o Creek Sierra county reports Mrs Leones Cambainl and seven children drown after a heavy rain flood. Farm damage estimated at $i<missing amount> in Arl are. Local authorities investigate cause of the flood and loss.
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Weber
New Mexico
Alboguerque
N. H
Leones
Alamo Creek
Sierra County
Sibi
Goodbye to Manitowoc in a Parched City Farewell
Fragmentary local item mentions ree? to The Ker and a kerh eptern Minsk. It notes a September event, free Manitat, and a person Charlie Fo Schortze of the city. It hints at succession and a Rim replacement with unclear details.
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Eptern Minsk
Charlie Fo Schortze
Wil
Rim
Vigilant foreman foils wreckers on Cleveland flyer
September 3 report from Alquipps Pennsylvania details Daniel Connors, a section foreman, spotting three Austrians placing a large iron across the rails of the Cleveland flyer on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie line. He alerted police after removing the obstruction, and the trio was captured. they offered no reason for the act.
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Associated Presn
Reay R
Cleveland Flyer
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Daniel Connors
Alquipps
Con Nors
Ownors
Temple Iron Company Denies Antitrust Allegations
In Philadelphia on September 3 the Temple Iron Company filed an answer in the U S circuit court Love in the government suit against railroads and coal firms. The company denies buying coal railroads stock and throttling competition while admitting it acquired several small mining firms under Pennsylvania law, calling the government's charges vague and impertinent.
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Philadelphia
Temple Iron Company
United States
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rounding Up Thieves Under New Law in New York
New York implements a new statute allowing arrest of repeat professional thieves found loitering in public places or riding public transport with six months imprisonment possible. Central office sleuths monitoring streetcar thefts rounded up thirty suspects last night. Police say they can prove over half meet the law’s criteria.
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Associated Press
New York
Central Office
Barn and Hay Burn Near North Fond du Lac Wisconsin
A large barn owned by W H Post and containing about one hundred tons of hay was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon near North Fond du Lac. Total loss estimated at 2000 dollars with no insurance. Mrs Mary Lloyd, 87, sustained a fractured hip after a fall on the pavement Sunday. prognosis doubtful due to age.
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Form
du Lac
Wis
North Fond du Lac
W. H. Post
Mary Lloyd
Lipton Visit to Southampton Aboard Erin
Sir Thomas Lipton and guests arrive at Southampton aboard the Erin after leaving Belfast for Dublin. Rumors spread of a U S voyage as the party faces a storm off the coast while lunching aboard the Cerion wrecking dishes and chairs before returning to the Erin.
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London
Sir Thomas Lipton
Southampton
Erin
Lipton
Belfast
Dublin
United States
Sir Thomas
South Sea
Cerion
Srin
How Mail Is Sorted by Sea Postmen on Ocean Liners
New York news explains how the German United States Sea Postoffice on North German Lloyd ships sorts bulk mail at sea to speed delivery after landing. The crew includes seven officers, two German secretaries, three subalterns, and two American clerks with ship company support, differing by line. Royal and American lines run British United States Sea post offices with two British and two American clerks handling mail in two directions, using a similar routine.
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New York
United States Sea Post
Lloyd
Steamship Company
White Star
Industry in Germany surpassed Yankee ingenuity in gas engines
Lieutenant Cardensala and an American party toured German industrial centers visiting 38 works in the 1900s. They reported Germany’s extraordinary prosperity and rapid progress, with gas engines moving from experimental to practical use and waste steam widely utilized. Americans note Germany's workshop efficiency rising and mass tooling increasingly made at home. The group plans to move from Magdeburg to Hanover.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Godfrey L. Cargen
United States Revenue Cutter Service
Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
Magdeburg
H. W. Legden
A. Leschen & Song
St. Louis
Clifford, Exon
J. A. Fay, Exon & Co
Cincinnati
L. H. Weber
Kansas
America
Cardensala
Europe
Atsricans
Carien
Hoe
Gertmany
United States
Hanover
Woman allegedly drags husband to woods and hides body
In Lynchburg Virginia on September 3 Joseph Peeples, a farmer, was shot and seriously wounded by his wife after a domestic quarrel. She beat him, wrapped a wire around his body, tied a mule to it, and dragged the corpse into the woods where it was hidden. The body was found Sunday and the woman was arrested, claiming self defense.
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Associated
Lynchburg
Joseph Peeples
Sundar
Bribery Charges Stand In San Francisco Case
San Francisco reports that defense counsel for Patrick Cal houn Thorndall Mullaly T L Fora W Abit E Schmitz Abraham Ruel Fra Drum Eugene De Sabla John Martin and Louis Glass failed to have bribery indictments set aside. The motion to dismiss was denied as prosecutors pursue multiple bribery indictments.
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San Francisco
Cal
Seri R
Jodie Kiertany
Atternly
Patrick Calhoun
Thorndall Mullaly
T. L. Fora
W. Abit
E £. Schmitz
Abraham Ruel
Fra Drum
Eugene de Sabla
John Martin
Louis Glass
S Qiemiss
Body Found in Lake Near Home in Algoma
Special report from Algoma Wisconsin states the badly decomposed body of three-year-old Clarence Paul was found by searchers in the lake near his home. The drowning appeared accidental with the child having stray or wandered into the water and washing ashore.
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Muraukes
Wic
Algoma
Wis
Clarence Paul
Named as normal regent with changes at Whitewater board
The great board of mensal acheo)re is set to replace Pas Teatt who resigned. Conde Paad Teast and others from Nene ny Matien Vos are named in the move as Ham OF Whitewater personnel seek to install a new regent and board member.
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Mensal Acheo
Pas Teatt
Four Milwaukeeans Hurt in Port Washington Incident
A scrambled report from Milwaukee notes four residents injured in an incident near Port Washington. Details are unclear but morning and evening periods are mentioned along a shoreline area. The report references local names and the sequence of events, with limited clarity on causes or outcomes.
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Milwaukee
Port Wathington
Port Washnetoh
Tragic Milwaukee Car Crash Leaves Woman Burned
Fragmentary report says a car veered off the road on a Milwaukee farmroute at night. A woman in the party was burned when the gasoline-fed fire broke out after the vehicle plunged down a steep embankment. Dr Scott was summoned and sent to the farmhouse where the victims are being cared for.
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Scott
Milwaukee
Jockeys License Revoked After Empire City Inquiry
New York Sept 3 Stewards of the Jockey Club at a meeting acted on the report of Empire City Trotting Club stewards regarding the riding of the negro jockey Leroy Williams after full investigation. Williams license as a jockey was revoked as equal to suspension. The charge related to riding Gregorees Carthage Wesebane and Litfe Turner.
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Associated Press
New York
Jockey Club
Empire City
Leroy” Willams
Onalaska council seeks fare cut to La Crosse streetcar
Milwaukee dispatch reports Onalaska city council members have traveled to Madison with their attorneys to appear before the railway rate commission. They seek a reduction of the 25 cent fare for the La Crosse to Gnaske trip, arguing the present price is excessive.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
la Crosse Sage
Onalaska
Madison
Railway Rate Commission
la Crosse
Gnajaske
Villages Held Up by Armed Robbers
At midnight three armed men rode into Presa Tekonsba Michigan and held up the night watchman. They also robbed two citizens at gunpoint and blasted the post office safe, securing stamps and money before fleeing after witnesses testified.
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Presa -Tekonsba
Mich
Sild West
Aive
Mbbterx
Aafe
Citieens
Married at Mehomminee in Oshkosh area
William “Bil Wick” Wichmann, a millwork maker, and Alice Weber, both prominent Oshkosh residents, wed at Menen iner Mith. Reverend Todt conducted the ceremony at Methelet church. The couple will live at 163 Grand Avenue before moving to Milwaukee Road near Wichmashes Teeidens after extensive home repairs.
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Wiliam Wichmann
Bil Wick
Alice Weber
Oshkorh
Meneniner
Mith
Thurlay
Auenne
Todt
Methelet
Mere
Alton Case Delayed Over Immunity Letter In Grand Jury
Judge Landis delays the grand jury probe into rebat ing charges against the Chicago and Alton road until September 24 after Attorney General Bonaparte letter was not presented. District Attorney Sims sought further time to submit facts to the department, with three weeks granted.
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Associated Prem
Chicago
Landia
United States District Court
Chicago & Alton Road
Standard Oil Company
Bonaparte
Alton Road
Morrison
Landis
Sims
Liny Dietrict
Mr Sudgement
Thoes Reamana
Darre
Hosems
Landin
Grand Jury
Sandia
Lberty
Hoeffel founder of Allones Mineral Springs dies at home
Milwaukee Wisconsin September 8 Special to The Northwestern Joseph Hoeffel founder and principal owner of the Allones Mineral Springs company died this morning at his home from old age. He was seventy two years old. In 1988 he drank waters from Allouez springs and after recovery had the water analyzed. The following year he organized the present company.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wii
Green Hay
Joseph Hoeffel
Allones Mineral Springs Company
Hoeffel
Allouez Springs
Becker Files Candidacy for Wisconsin Governor
Milwaukee Sept 3 The Daily News reports Sherburn M Becker mayor of Milwaukee becomes a full fledged candidate for governor. The hurdle is securing campaign funds with minimal personal expense as Becker plans a broad speaking tour and will hold talks with friends and relatives on financing the bid.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
The
Daily News
Sherburn M. Becker
Becker
Bis
Examinations Set in Abduction Case In Chicago
Roy Sampson and Horace Gokey were arraigned in municipal court on abduction charges for taking two girls during a trip to Chicago. Preliminary exam set for Sept 1, bail $80, unable to furnish surety, committed to county jail. Attorney Finchies to defend. Albert Jones also bound over for trial after a $90 false pretenses claim. bail $0, witnesses Johnson Cowham and Thomas testified.
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Roy Sampson
Horace Gokey
Chicago
Ball
Sampson and Gokey
Wisconsin
Etata
Jennie Smith
Mamie Atherton
Sampson
Gokey
Earl P. Finchies
David E Johnson
Jones
Joel Cowham
BE. W Thomas
Visits for former Omro residents at Old Settlers reunion
Among former Omro residents attending the Old Settlers reunion on September 5 is Mrs. Henry A. Hollister of Chicago, wife of a 1840s Omro businessman. She comes with her son William C. Hollister, who with his brother Franklin J. Hollister built the Holster Brothers printing and engraving firm in Chicago. Franklin has organized the Chautauqua Managers’ associations while preserving a stake in printing, and the Hollister brothers planned a large new building on Irving Park Boulevard.
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Omro
Old Settlers
Henry A. Hollister
Chicago
Wiliam C. Hollieter
Franklin J
Holste R Brothers
Chicas
Franklin J. Hollister
Chautauqua Managers’ Associations
Holster Brother
Madmen
Markit
Manz Engraving Company
Irving Park Boulevard
William C. Hollieter
Vwovererd
Bos
Los Angeles
Cal
Bholeter
Tre de
Northwestern
Ais Jen & Hicks
Storks Sighted After Transatlantic Passage Near New York
The report describes a flock of storks observed during a rapid voyage from the Atlantic crossing. One birth noted in Lecada and six in the sleeraga area, with mentions of Abene greatoees and Wit Fea. The text mixes garbled names and places, but indicates a landfall follow up after the ship completed its voyage.
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New York
Ance Kreoniand
Atlantic
Lecada
Sleeraga
Government Aims to Dissolve Standard Oil Trust
New York Sept 3 The United States government moves to dissolve the Standard Oil trust in a suit filed in St Louis and seek to enjoin rebates and discriminatory rates. John D Rockefeller and seventy corporations face the action as hearings set to proceed with prominent counsel and numerous subpoenas. Hearings will be held in several cities after the initial sessions in New York.
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Associated Presa
New York
United States
Standard Ofl Company
Federal
Standard Oil Company
Standard Ol Company of
New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
John D. Archbowl
H .A. Rogers
C. M. Pratt
New Jersey Corporation
Standard Oil Company of Indians
Tltnois
Battle For Life
Cape
Standard Oi Company
Milhwaukee
Wis
Judge Landis
Robert Nunnemacher
Europe
Nunnemacher
Moors Repulsed Near Casablanca in French Engagement
Paris reports a serious engagement Monday near Casablanca where Moors from the Taddert Ani Mzzab tribes were dispersed by French troops. French cruisers Laire and Gueydon took part, firing sixty shells.
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Associated Press
Paris
Phillivert
Casablanca
Laire
Gueydon
Building Work Tied Up by Labor Strikes
Rye Assulates Preesy Havana reports bandjar construction in a standstill as masons demand wages from American employers. The strike is seen as a potential spark for a broader wave of labor action linked to the cigarmakers' walkout and rising wage tensions.
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Havana
Indian Chief Expires in Nation’s Transition
Assorted notes indicate the death of a leading national chef and designate Ty Bou Ten Pleazant Porter as the successor, with Mety Tiger named to succeed General Port as chief of the nation. The report notes a stroke as the cause and outlines the transition of power within the Cemex Indien ration.
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Vinita
Ty Bou
Cemex Indien Ration
Mety Tiger
General Port
Powder Mill Fatality Report Narrows to One Employee Death
Cleveland September 1 reports a fatality at the Austin Powder mill. One employee died and another was fatally injured in an accident at the plant. Authorities investigate the incident and determine the cause and circumstances surrounding the deaths.
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Cleveland
Eme Ploye
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Prince Liberal
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Industry
Virginia
Motion
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Denica
Flaie
Bamitier
Whitewater
Conde Paad Teast
Port Washbington
Mors
Jockey
Leroy Williams
Cerapisios
le Crosse
Armes
Vita West
Méhominee
William Wichmann
Allee Weter
Prise
Saffiten Ee
Alton
Sis
Marty
Mary & Man
Mimnee
Trim Bay Tv Anite
Der
Allones Mineral Springs
Om Phy
Begker
Morace Gokey
Jones Tridl
William C. Hollister
Sesca
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Veer Life
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