Unknown man killed near engine on Northern Pacific railroad
An unidentified man died shortly after midnight near a Northern Pacific train. The Virginia and Stewartsts line reported 0 badly cut injuries while no papers were found on the body. Brakemen Neilson and Hatfield watched the scene as the engine approached and found the man seated with his back to the engine.
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W. A. Hatfield
West Seat
Storm wrecks Chicago harbor in record gale
A severe September gale battered Chicago harbor causing extensive wreckage and damage estimated over 500000. The police tug and the life savers faced capsizes as several vessels, including the freighters Christopher and Lagonda, were swept from their moorings and the crews rescued. Captain Garland warned this was the worst lake blow he had ever known.
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Municipal League Endorsements Carry Bond Proposals
The Municipal League endorsements carried bonds for the city hall court house and related facilities with most bridges passing by margins. The Skane and Westlake bridges barely failed or won by small margins while the museum and isolation bonds were defeated. North and south ward results show votes split by proposed site. Turnout was light with under 14 500 ballots cast of 72 000 registered. Citywide races saw Chittenden Bridges and Remaberg elected.
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Art Museum
Deer Hunter Shot by Mistaken Identity in Seattle
David N Howard, a Symphony Orchestra member living at 10 Riverside Drive, was shot after mistaking a deer for prey. He fell ten feet, was rushed to a Port hospital, and treated by a physician after the incident during a hunting trip. Nine men were arrested for seeking shelter in box cars during a separate early morning crime sweep.
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Wildlife promises and a mummified cat mystery
A St Louis offer funds 200 to cover transport of exotic animals including a dikdik Eltypesiprimus and defassa plus lions and tigers. A mummified cat was found in a diocesan house built in 3828 revealing it stayed 83 years.
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W. N. McMillan
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Charm of Youth to Any Complexion In Beauty Lotion
An advertisement touts a beauty lotion called magatone mixed with witch hazel to correct skin damage from cosmetics. It claims the mixture removes dead skin, blackheads and moth patches while restoring a youthful, velvety complexion. Continuous use promises clearer skin free of powder or rouge.
City may require women to swim shoeless in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City authorities consider a rule to ban women bathers from wearing high heeled pumps on the beach after reports of women stepping on men's bare feet and crushing toes.
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Tramp Suspected in Slaying of Mrs Wehrman and Son
In Scappoose Oregon Sheriff Thompson orders deputies to seek suspicious strangers after the murder of Daisy Wehrman 36 and her four year old son at a rural cabin. The bodies were found half-nude on a bed by Mrs G Stercks who saw the padlocked door from outside. Victims beaten and shot. cabin shows signs of a fierce struggle.
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Chicago Police Help Sought In Hunt For Husband
Mrs Blanche Hoyt of St. Louis writes Chicago officials asking aid to locate a husband. She 25 and well to do, says Chicago men may yield better results than St. Louis. Secretary Lathardt says no action can be taken and that the letter promises a possible chance for an unmarried man.
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Blanche Hoyt
Wyoming Street
St. Louis
Asylums Crowded With Sane People
H C Bowman state board of control chairman says insanes asylums are crowded with aged persons who are perfectly sane and sent by relatives to get rid of them. He notes association with the insane often causes them to lose their minds after time. He adds the same is true in many states.
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Pin swallowed by infant removed from abdomen
Mrs George F Hall bathing her one year old today felt a sharp object near the appendix. A surgeon cut into the flesh and removed a black dress pin about an inch long. The doctor thinks the pin was swallowed with food and migrated to the spot found.
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George F. Hall
Boy survives fall by landing on dog in New Jersey home
Seven year old Bruce Hopkins of Upper Broad Street Bloomfield New Jersey fell from a second story window and landed head first on the back of his St Bernard dog, likely saving him from death or serious injury amid a dramatic accident reported in New York.
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Posses Chase Murder Suspect in Aberdeen
In Aberdeen Washington Sept two posses hunt John Tornow the uncle of two slain 19 year old brothers found buried near his cabin. Tornow a suspected murderer is described as a skilled woodsman ahead of authorities and posses after a two day start.
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John Tornow
William Bauer
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Queer Things in the News From Odd Legal and Social Snippets
Lawyers obtain injunction to stop cooking onions at a Des Moines office building after odors disturbed nearby offices. A Boston case with a minister’s stolen suitcase involved whiskey and a night shirt. A boy’s tongue stuck to a frosted pipe in Red Hawk New Jersey after frosting pulled from a pipe in a store. Thirty-two aboard the Chilean steamer Tucapel drowned off the Peruvian coast with few rescued.
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