World and National News Highlights From Early Reports
Reports from Chicago and Syracuse describe multiple incidents and events. A 50 mile race crash at the New York state fair injured several, with nine dead and fourteen hurt. A lion attack at Syracuse left seven year old Laura Burns gravely injured. A New York woman Mrs Alfred Paquette faced family crisis as her husband vanished after a twelfth birth. Andrew Rockefeller Jr survived a rope failure during construction work. A high number of disasters include a cloudburst near Pittsburgh and a deadly Atlanta murder. Governors at Spring Lake planned protest against federal court reach.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Knox
Lee Oldfield
Flynn Beats Morris in Ten Round Madison Square Bout
Sporting Jim Flynn, Pueblo fireman, defeats Carl Morris in ten tough rounds at Madison Square Garden New York. Morris suffers a battered face while Flynn bears a single lump over the left eye.
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Jim Flynn
Pueblo
Carl Morris
Oklahoma
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Flynn
Taft approves Wiley fate as mail shipment saves millions
Taft, before western trip departure from Beverly Mass, upholds Wiley findings and declines to dismiss the food chemist. The postmaster general cites a $2,000,000 annual saving from fast freight periodical mail after a two week trial. Taft also plans return visit to St. Louis with luncheon and new elevator cables for safety.
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Beverly, Mass
Taft
Wiley
Doctor Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Wickersham
Hitchcock
St. Louis
City Club
Indictments Highlighted in Freeport Manslaughter Case
Freeport two parents George and Elizbeth Smith are indicted for manslaughter after an officer from the Humane Society found their dying infant at the home. Evidence shows the child received no food or medicine despite available supplies and a doctor’s care. The younger child, one year old, died, with the charges naming the parents for the death.
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George Smith
Freeport
George
Elizabeth Smith
Smiths
The
Humane Society
Smith
Widow of Fisk Victim Dies? Deteriorating in South Boston Cottage
The aged widow of James D. Fisk Jr. lies dying in a small frame cottage in South Boston after 25 years in poverty. The tragedy that shocked New York began with Edward S Stokes shooting Fisk on January 6, 1872.
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James D. Fisk, Jr
New York
Edward 3. Stokes
Boston
National convention opens as thousands attend Odd Fellows session
Obituary notes: Charles D. Chanute of Chicago, son of Octave Chanute, dies in Mount Vernon hospital from blood poisoning tied to a cigarette burn. Col. John J. McCook of Seabright N J dies after long illness from heart disease and intestinal disorders. Sen Thomas Henry Carter formerly Montana senator dies at Washington home from lung infection. Nat Goodwin reportedly marries Marjorie Rambeau in Los Angeles area. Dr Mary Walker awarded New York State Fair prize for best dressed woman, wearing masculine attire. S S Hite, famed Canadian to Gulf fisherman, dies in Louisville Ky at 83.
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Charles D. Chanute
Chicago
Octave Chanute
Mount Vernon
Ill
John J. McCook
McCooks
Rumson Road
Seabright
N. J
Thomas Henry Carter
Montana
Washington, D. C
Syracuse
Mary Walker
Doan's Kidney Pills Credited With Relief
A Sturgeon Bay resident claims Doan's Kidney Pills quickly eased backache and kidney symptoms after doctors and a specialist offered only temporary relief. The ad promotes the 50 cent remedy, noting sale by druggists and general stores nationwide and cites Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo NY.
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Henry CC
Leon Picturehardt
Liberty St. Story
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Doan
Practical Illustration Of The Twenty Third Psalm
A mother assigns her eight year old son Fred to illustrate the Psalm in any way. He sketches a shepherd and green pastures then suddenly scatters a train of cars a toy gun and marbles declaring they are the presents of his enemies in a quiet Sunday scene.
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Fred
A Trifle Withered and Hinglish Courtesies
In Hinglish a famed courtier struggles with praise. An elderly woman seeks youth while he offers a rose of 20 years, a quip captured from Youth's Companion. The vignette plays on language and aging perceptions in a graceful exchange.
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Monsieur Blanc
Paris
Postum story shows trial and health gains after retrying
A Minnesota family credits Postum with over coffee problems after the mother’s second attempt. The father, previously coffee adversed due to dyspepsia, now drinks Postum and is said to be healthier. The children also thrive, per a letter from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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Minnesota
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Ziver
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Alfred Paquette
Nashua
N. H
Severy Union
Iowa
Excelsior
Pekin
Laura Burns
Morrisville
Edward H. Harriman
G. W. Batson
Fort Scott
Kan
BD. O. Dougherty
Atlanta, Ga
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Torytown
Mr. Rockefeller
William Starkweather
Michigan
Etna
Sharpsburg
Millvale
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Hawaii
Spring Lake
United States Supreme Court
Sanborn
United States Circuit Court
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Brooklyn
Josephine Noble
Thomas Swain
Washington
Vienna
Austria
Premier Stolypin
Dmitri Bogroff
Shanghai
Cheng-Tu
Illinois
Clinton
Dewitt County
G. W. Flagge
W. Warner
Fields
W. G. Cochran
Sullivan
Marie de Rohan
Patrick L. McArdle
McArdle & McArdle
New Orleans
James H. Blenk
South
Joliet
West
Madison Street
Charles Garpow
Louis Murray
Garpow
Murray
Fort Hall Reservation
Idaho
Frank Wetzell
Edwardsville
Wilbur G. Burroughs
B. R. Burroughs
Illinois Board of Administration
London
Board of Education
Moline
Bloomington
United States
Meadows
Springfield
R. P. Pike
St. Clair County
Minnie Schwartz
Francis Wilson
Flood
John E. Owens
Fred Reisswanger
Niles
Effiingham
William P. Anderson
Indianapolis
Ind
Bank of
Edgewood
Effingham County
Anderson
Bank of Edgewater
Mount Carroll
Mary A. Bowman
Shannon
Thi City
Carlyle
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Leo Seaney
Missouri Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Deneen
Elgin
Alfred
Fred Yurs
Hast Plate
Waukegan
J. Ss. Rose
Zion City
Dixon
Opal
Guy Holcomb
Sterling
Whiteside County
National Convention of Odd Fellows
Order
Los Angeles
Cal
Nat Goodwin
Marjorie Rambeau
Goodwin
S. S. Hite
Canada
Gulf
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Louisville
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