Attempt on Fallieres life shocks Paris crowds
Leon Maille, a Havre naval reservist, fired twice at President Fallieres on the Champs-Elysees after returning from Longchamps but missed. Police subdued him and troops guarded the scene as witnesses doubted any plot. Maille claimed grave revelations to disclose to a magistrate.
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Paris
President Fallieres
Leon Maille
Havre
Maille
France
Avenue Des Champs-Elysees
Longchamps
Bois de Boulogne
Lesueur
General Federation of Labor
Rouen
Ouida Granted Government Pension Amid Poverty Turnaround
London reports surprise at Ouida Louise de la Ramee receiving a 750 dollar yearly civil pension for literary merit. Investigations show she once lived in Lucca in luxury, then poverty due to ignorance of money value, and recently resided in a milkman's cottage at Massarosa, eight miles from Lucca.
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London
Ouida
Louise de la Ramee
Mile de la Ramee
Lucca
Italy
Massarosa
Waterspout damages Kansas and Missouri areas
A waterspout near Leavenworth Kansas Sunday night caused about half a million dollars in damage within a 15 mile radius. Nearly six inches of rain fell, and at Satan Missouri hundreds of cattle were drowned with hundreds of acres of wheat washed into the Missouri river. Railroads report tracks out and traffic demoralized as the Missouri rises. People in river bottoms move stock and belongings to higher ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Satan
Missouri River
Missouri
Four Fatally Hurt In Wreck Near Foraker Ohio
Four people died and several others were badly injured when passenger train No 11 travelling from Marion Ohio to Huntington Indiana left the tracks near Foraker Ohio at 530 PM Monday, the entire train overturning into a ditch. Fatally injured include baggage master McDowell of Marion, fireman Pearl Goff of Kenton, and Frank Everyhart aged 18 of Kenton. Authorities believe a split rail caused the wreck.
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Toledo
Ehe
Marion
Huntington
Ind
Foraker
McDowell
Pearl Goff
Kenton
Frank Everhart
Toledo Trust Men Sentenced Under Anti-Trust Law
Twenty one Lumber Dealers Credit Association members nine Brick Dealers Association members and two bridge agents who pled guilty two months ago were sentenced by Judge Lindley W Morris on Friday. The lumbermen and bridgemen got six months in the workhouse and the brick men were fined $1000 each.
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Toledo Trust
Toledo, O
Lumber Dealers’ Credit Association
Brick Dealers’ Association
Arrested for Quadruple Murder Willan Charged
Local reports indicate arrest in a quadruple murder case naming suspect Drew alias new and Ned as principals. Authorities allege involvement of three white men in the slayings, with ongoing investigation and potential charges pending.
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Willan
Drew
New
Ned
A. We LEE IS DEAD Newspaper Man Dies Abroad
Alfred W. Lee of Ottumwa, president of the Lee Syndicate of Newspapers and a prominent Iowa journalist, died in Nottingham England while visiting relatives. Born July 8 1858 in Johnson County Iowa he rose from Muscatine Journal to own Ottumwa Courier and lead papers in Muscatine Davenport Hannibal and La Crosse. He left two months earlier with his wife daughter and mother in law for a European tour.
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Ottumwa
Alfred W. Lee
Lee Syndicate of Newspapers
Iowa
Nottingham
England
Mahin
Mr. Lee
Johnson County
State University of Iowa
Muscatine Journal
Journal
Hutchinson
Kan
Hutchinson News
Chicago
Chicago Times
Ottumwa Courier
Richard H. Warden
Lee
Jumps to Death on the Muscatine Bridge
Theodore Frice, 65, a Muscatine resident, leaped from the high bridge into the Mississippi after writing a note asking his family’s forgiveness. A crowd of picnickers watched as he swam briefly then disappeared in the swift current. his health is cited as likely cause. He left a note saying goodbye to his wife and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Theodore Frice
Mississippi
Victim Dragged By Engine Near Fairfield
M F McGrew aged 67 was dragged 125 feet while boarding a Burlington train to Hastings Iowa with his wife and daughter. The train stopped and relatives left. McGrew was taken home. One leg already off, other to be amputated if he survives. Condition critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
M. F. McGrew
Burlington
Hastings
Iowa
McGrew
Burglars Use Dynamite In Bluff City Laundry Heist
Burglars blew open the safe at Bluff City Laundry office and seized 3118 in cash. The explosion or resulting fire damaged machinery and the building, causing more than 10,000 in destruction. Black powder suggests amateur work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uffs
Bluff City Laundry Company
Foreman Brown Plunges From Bridge In Fort Dodge Emergency
Foreman Brown of the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern was blown from the top of a new bridge over the Des Moines river. He sustained two fractures of the left arm, a broken left leg, and internal injuries. He is hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreman Brown
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Brown
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Depot Robbed for Fifth Time in Mason City
The Iowa Central and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul depot in Mason City was robbed again, about 30 dollars taken from the till. This marks the fifth robbery in twelve months, with a local man suspected of involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Iowa Central
Chicago, Milwaukee
Fall Down Stairs Leaves Cedar Rapids Woman Injured
Mrs. W J Konvalinka wife of a Cedar Rapids prominent resident visiting at the C P Shipley home in Magon City fell downstairs. She sustained several broken ribs and internal injuries and is reported in a precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KiIl
Magon City
W.J. Konvalinka
Cedar Rapids
C. P. Shipley
Eagle Grove Boy Crowned In Swimming Tragedy
In Eagle Grove, 24 year old Lyle Conkins died while swimming after being swept beyond his depth. Bystanders and rescue efforts failed to save him as alarms and investigations follow the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Grove
Lyle
Conkins
Railroads Sued Over 28-Hour Stock Shipment Law
Five major railroads face damage suits in US District Court over alleged violations of the 28-hour stock shipment rule. The government seeks 3000 and 500 dollars per car for cattle shipped without food, rest, or water, with actions targeting Union Pacific Chicago & North Western Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Great Northern Illinois Central. Defendants to appear before Judge McPherson at the next federal term in Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United States District Court
United States
M. L. Temple
Union Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern
Illinois Central
Great Northern
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Middle West
Temple
L. A. Lumbar
Hope
Kan
Chicago
Fort Madison
Iowa
Wm. Hayes
Cozad
Dunlap
Ilinois Central
Fred Batesman
Davis
S. D
W. C. McArthur
Hinsdale
Lyon
McPherson
Council Bluffs
Grandstand Crash at Woodmen Picnic Injures Dozens
A grandstand collapse at a Humboldt Woodmen picnic caused serious injuries to ten people and minor injuries to many others. Spectators rushed the platform for the wrestling event when the structure failed, sending people into timbers as Frank Gotch helped pull his sister from the wreckage. The day had been a large local success before the tragedy.
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Humboldt
Richard Collins
Nellie Butts
Edna Lanfiois
John von Hulsiger
Edith Pronty
Lige Wade
Bradgate
Wade
George Bair
Rutland
Lewis Rasmussen
White Smith
Luzerne
Frank Gotch
Ft Dodge Sues Light and Power Over Rates
The Ft Dodge city council filed suit against Ft Dodge Light and Power for charging maximum rates in violation of city ordinance. The action arises from the utility’s ongoing rate practices.
George Horn Under Arrest in Centerville Shooting
George Horn bound over on $600 bond after shooting Clyde Hixenbaugh in Centerville Har ivar. Horn pleaded not guilty and said the shooting was not accidental though he did not intend to hit anyone, adding he would do the same in a similar situation. He claimed no money to buy the boys a treat and that they demanded something and that he believed aether.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Horn
Centerville
Clyde Hixenbaugh
Horn
Rouble
Gould
Dread Fate: A Lady, a Beggar, and a Tiny Alibi
Harper's Weekly recalls a tale where a hungry man pleads for aid and vows to act, but the grateful lady only offers five dollars. He responds that his dread act would be to work, underscoring moral ache in a brief exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Western men in New York import western and southern leaders
The piece notes western and southern figures dominating New York's leadership, from Theodore P. Shonts tackling transit to Thos F. Ryan resigning Equitable control for policyholder elected directors, praising Morton era and the rise of westerners like E H Gary John W Gates Henry C Frick Norman B. Ream Wm H Moore and Daniel G Reid in major firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D O. Mills
J. B. Haggin
James R. Keene
California
New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Thos. F. Ryan
Virginia
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Jas. H. Hyde
Paul Morton
South
West
Morton
Equitable
E. H. Gary
U. S. Steel Co
John W. Gates
Henry C. Frick
Norman B. Ream
Wm. H. Moore
Daniel G. Reid
Virginia truck farmer recounts dog attack on worker Sam Moore
A Virginia truck farmer tells of Sam Moore, his colored employee, escaping a neighboring farm dog. The dog bites Moore’s calf as his wife Mandy races to help. Moore yells for Mandy to throw the stone at him, not the dog, in a remarkable moment of presence of mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Sam Moore
Sam
Mandy
Skull and Noggin Echo in Class Give and Take
In a rural school a physiology class discussed the bones of the head. A girl named Lucy correctly identified skull and then pondered the other name. Henry, thinking deeply, quipped Noggin, delivering a playful moment in Judge's Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy
Henry
Noggin
Judge's Library
Postum Coffee Change Sparks Shopper's Support
A grocer recounts trying Postum Food Coffee to judge customer appeal and learns the brew’s hot brewing time affects taste. A lady explains a fifteen minute simmer yields a Java like beverage rich in gluten and phosphates, lifting health for the stomach and kidneys. Postum is described as pure food, not medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Postum
Chang
Rei
Rebuttal Begins in Haywood Case as McGee Charged
Boise Idaho. The Haywood murder trial enters its tenth week with the state starting rebuttal evidence Fortifying the prosecution claims of a Western Federation of Miners conspiracy to intimidate opponents and enable labor control. Witnesses for the defense counter with a rival plot by west coast employers. A warrant for Dr I L McGee charging perjury is issued after he testified Orchard was in North Idaho. Another perjury charge follows against C W Aller. Eleven rebuttal witnesses test the San Francisco gas explosion deposition.
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Boise
Idaho
W. D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Western Federation of Miners
West
Harry Orchard
William D. Haywood
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation
Colorado
Haywood
Orchard
I. L. McGee
Denver
McGee
Clarence Darrow
Spokane
C. W. Aller
Florence and Cripple Creek
Cripple Creek
Col
Ada County
Fred Bradley
San Francisco
Stoner Sues for 30000 Damages Over Hazing Incident
Charles Stoner files in Toulon circuit court seeking 30000 from William Pilgrim and five others for injuries from hazing him and tying him to a tombstone in Bradford cemetery. The Bradford high school student, about 15, crippled for life when the tombstone fell.
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Peoria
Suilt
Toulon
Charles Stoner
William Pilgrim
William Real
Earl Lattin
Earl Hull
William Harwood
Edward Starkey
Bradford
Stoner
Lfe
Bradford High School
Nine Bodies Recovered From Abandoned Coal Mine
Hazleton Pa nine victims died of white damp in the abandoned slope of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company at Honeybrook. the accident is the first in an anthracite mine since the new Mobility Act passed by the last legislature took effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Honeybrook
New Employers’ Mobility Act
Denver and Rio Grande faces coal lands fraud suit
United States sues Utah Fuel Company and officers in federal court alleging fraudulent acquisition of Gunnison County coal lands through dummy entries. The case targets the Denver and Rio Grande Railway group and seeks recovery of value and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Gunnison County
Utah Fuel Company
Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company
United State
Peruna praised by Wisconsin and Missouri readers
Appleton resident Emma Stolf reports relief after starting Peruna and calls it a godsend for sick women. Theresa Bertles of White Church shares six months of improvement from catarrh and internal pain, praising Peruna as the best medicine and recommending it to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Stolt
Oneida St
Appleton, Wis
Theresa Bertles
White Church
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Kansas
Iowa State News
A. We Lee
Woodmen
Financial Center
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Hazers
Emma Stolf
Appleton
Wisconsin
A Rae
National Lead Company
Meroe
Satenes
Rater
Runioaaaa
Libby
Libby, McNeill
Libby Kage
LE Fale
Ibe
Stargh
Ateer Tess
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