Tragic French Family Slays Then Commits Suicide
An 80 year old Frenchman Nestor Ronfaut fatally injured his wife and three sons with a razor and gunfire before killing himself. The family of five, buried separately in Nogent cemetery, left a note blaming fate and requesting no funeral. A later Seattle feature highlights Theo Be pelser’s pioneer photographs of Seattle’s growth and civic progress.
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Paris
Nestor Ronfaut
Mathieu
Marina
Nugent Cemptery
Theo. BE. Pelser
Seattle
Petser
Beattie
Pelser
Judge Wept in Taggart Trial Hidden in Courtroom
In Wooster a tearful scene marked the closing argument for Captain Taggart as attorney Sterling asked the court to place the boys in Taggart’s care with his parents. The judge and spectators cried, and Mrs Taggart needed assistance leaving the room as Captain Taggart himself sobbed.
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Taggart
Wooster
Sterling
Capt. Taggart
Mra. Tegeart
Capt. Tagert
Four new cholera caves reported in Bromberg district
Four new cholera cases were reported in three locations within the Bromberg district as Vice Chancellor Count Von Posadeweky Webster toured the protected area to alleviate suffering.
Husband drunk on vinegar prompts support bond
East Orange New Jersey September 14 in police court Mrs Gantar says her husband supports them except when tipsy on vinegar. The Children's Aid Society accuses him of failing to provide for his family. The recorder orders bonds to support the family and to keep vinegar out of the house.
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East Orange
N. J
Mra
Alexander Gantar
Doremus
Children’s Aid Society
Gantar
Shingles Price Surge Prompts Market Corner Rumors
The shingle market in Washington is described as cornered with prices rising sharply to 1.87 per thousand and expected to reach 2.25 soon and possibly 3.00 if a powerful buyer coalition sustains the move. Buyers and mills debate a closing plan while shortages in the east and car shortages push values higher. Albert Radwig sues for 10000 in damages after an on the job accident caused by an incompetent assistant.
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Combine
Albert Radwig
Seattle Lumber Company
Fachwig
Rechwig
Annual meeting call issued for American Mining congress
The call announces the next annual meeting opening November 14 for a solid week in El Paso Texas. The gathering will assemble leading mine owners and engineers from across the country with thousands expected to attend. Each city chamber of commerce state county and mining organization may appoint delegates, and every state with mining interests will send representatives.
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G. EL. Paso
Texas
American Mining Congress
Chamber of Commerce
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Boulevard de Strasbourg
Nogent
Nestor Bonfaut
Madame Fonfaut
Marius
Jean
M. Ronfaut
Frederick
Elgon (Inc
Metel
Club
Tong
Capety
Imperial Box
Bae Enetr
Fairy Oak
Regula
University Street
Masons and
Carpenters
Frederick & Nelson Ac
Rowteturnianer
Madison and
Spring Sts
Criti
Woodhouse Bros
J. W. Godwin & Co
Seattle Produce Association
Heady’s Barber Shop
Washington
United States
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