Convict Released Kills Juror in Public Attack
Middletown New York hotel proprietor Daniel A Fenton 50 is shot and killed by ex convict McSorley Fenton had served on the jury that convicted McSorley who was then sent to Sing Sing The assailant shot Fenton then killed himself Both men died at the hospital and authorities note McSorley had threatened to kill Fenton upon release.
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Middletown
Daniel A. Fenton
Sing Sing
McSorley Fenton
McSorley
Fenton
Elberton
Mr. Fenton
Daniel Fenton
Vendetta in Mulberry Street Ends with Double Tragedy
In New York a 17 year old Amato Santaniello shoots Rafael Cascone, avenging his brother and cousin. Cascone fatally wounded slashes the youth as he is restrained. Cascone dies in hospital while Amato, wounded, prays for his foe’s death. The tale links to a wider six year vendetta involving Italian families and lawmen.
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New York
Amato Santaniello
Italy
Chamarcino Santaniello
Terigo Santiscellio
Petrosino
Palermo
Rafael Cascone
Cascone
Dominico
Sicily
Albert Patrick
Harry Thaw
Pittsburg
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
One Hundredth
Fifteenth Street
America
Mulberry Street
Amato
Boy Shot While Playing Indians in Des Moines Area
Des Moines, Iowa reports Ray Atchison dying in Oskaloosa from a gunshot wound inflicted by playmate Charles Meaber. While a group of boys acted as Indians near the Meaber home, Meaber found a rusty revolver and fired as the attacking party neared the house. Meeber was arrested.
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Des Moines
Ray Atchison
Oskaloosa
Charles Meaber
Meaber
Atchison
Meeber
Ghostly visitor ends in murder in Scranton
Miss Bridget Nolan, an elderly woman from North Scranton, was slain by neighbor John F. Dean who confessed. He said a white dressed woman attacked him with a broomstick while he sat outside his store, then he struck back with a cobble stone. Nolan owned the building Dean used.
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Scranton
Bridget Nolan
John F. Dean
Dean
Glove Firm Manager Sued Over Cat Incident
Emily Jones sues Ernest W. Smellie for 100000 claiming he kicked her cat through a window screen. She alleges rusted iron wire shards blinded her eyes and harmed her prospects, prompted by the cat scratching his daughter.
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New York
Ernest W. Smellie
Emily Jones
Chicago appoints Le Roy Steward as business manager of police
Le Roy Steward is named general superintendent of police in Chicago with a business‑manager role rather than a traditional police head. He rejects a uniformed, militaristic model, favors order through organization, and plans to manage a 5,000‑strong force at an $7,000,000 yearly cost while keeping policing out of personal duties. He previously led delivery for the post office and a Dayton factory, and is noted as a poet and student of systems.
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le Roy T Steward
Chicago
Chief Steward
Steward
Dayton
Wilson Bros
Chicago Post Office
Maeterlinck
Tennyson
Wordsworth
Burns
Walt Whitman
Lavater
Lombroso
Boston DA Arthur Dehon II Pushes Jury Trailing in Graft Crackdown
Suffolk county district attorney Arthur Dehon II known for jury trailing and a string of prosecutions against city grafts. He alleges monitoring juries helped secure convictions, citing cases against Michael J. Mitchell Thomas F. Maher Leo M. McCullough and Alfred J. Porter with multiple steel firm indictments and settlements. He aims to clean up Boston.
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Arthur Dehon II
Suffolk County
Boston
Georgy Rattis
Hill
Back Bay
Harvard University
Michael J. Mitchell
Thomas F. Maher
Maher
Leo M. McCullough
Common Council
James T. Cassidy
Alfred J. Porter
Paris
John B. Moran
Moran
Taft's New Trainer Dr Barker Keeps President in Shape
Dr Charles E Barker of Madison Wisconsin serves as Tafts fitness adviser at Beverly Mass. He prescribes exercises and diet, boxes with Taft, teaches wrestling moves and medicine ball routines, and directs daily workouts including chest pulls.
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Charles E. Barker
Madison
Wis
Mike”’ Donovan
Taft
John C. Spooner
Wisconsin
Barker
Roosevelt
Mike’ Donovan
Beverly
Mass
Dr. Barker
Hall to Establish Child Study Department at Clark
Dr. G Stanley Hall president of Clark University Worcester Mass plans a new fall department to study the child as the center of the welfare movement It will serve as a clearing house for scientific information on child anthropology lore custom gangs hygiene juvenile vice and crime and will avoid corporal punishment.
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G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Hall
Kidney pills praised by Mitchell woman after decade ailment
Mrs John H Wright of 606 East First St Mitchell South Dakota says a ten year kidney complaint left her weakened and in pain until Dean's Kidney Pills provided relief. She reports back dragging lameness dizziness and irregular secretions improved and feels better than in years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John H. Wright
East First St
Mitchell, S. D
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Chick-What’s the matter The Duckling
A playful dialogue about wet feet and overshoes during a swimming outing highlights family humor and childlike banter between a chick and a duckling in a coastal setting.
Consuming Illness Treatable at Home in All States
The article argues consumptives can be cured or arrested in any U S section and warns physicians who ship patients with insufficient funds to the southwest are cruel. It notes renewed efforts to stop such practices and to promote small local hospitals nationwide, with attempts in Southern California and Texas to exclude indigent consumptives or return them east.
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United States
East
West
Southwest
California
Texas
The West Rutland Marble Quarry at Eternity Hill
The largest marble quarry in the world sits near West Rutland Vermont. Its mouth holds about 12 000 finished pieces and a vast bare hill outcrop with no soil. After decades of blasting the depth remains unknown and the supply appears endless.
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West Rutland
Reverend Vaughan counsels on marital harmony and patience
Rev. Father Bernard Vaughan urges husbands to let their wives speak freely and remain calm. He says women require more safety valves for temperament and recommends patience and self control.
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Father Bernard Vaughan
Grape-Nuts End Indigestion Claims From Reader Letter
A Terre Haute woman reports four years of indigestion ended by Grape-Nuts, noting she can eat anytime and stay nourished. Her husband improved after switching from ordinary food, and their son eats it at school, praising its nourishment and claiming better health. The ad touts Grape-Nuts as containing wheat and barley phosphate aiding brain and nerve function.
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Terre Haute
Trusts and Monopolies Echo in Witty Exchange
A married philosopher quips that trusts breed monopolies in a humorous dialogue with a bachelor. The bachelor asks for examples and the philosopher notes that a girl’s trust may lead to a man seeking exclusive control.
Not So Easy Coyner Wealth Rumor
Dialogue reveals Binks and Jinks dispute Coy ner’s wealth status with Binks denying capability to “do him.” The exchange shows social snobbery and rival impressions in conversation.
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Binks
Coyner
Jinks
Kind of Husband He Was From a New Jersey Household
A New Jersey woman asks a maid about her "model husband." The maid Nora replies with sharp humor, saying her husband is the finest a girl could have, then contrasts it with how he treats her, suggesting a different view of domestic life. The exchange captures social humor from Harper's Weekly.
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New Jersey
Nora
Gyurl
Harper's Weekly
Public the Best Censor
A frank assessment notes that an impossible play would not be entertained by a sensible manager. If produced the risks would be borne by the producer and the play would quickly end as the public rejects morally repellant content on the London Stage.
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London
Local Color Seaside Resort Sparks Writer’s War Stories
A playful exchange shows Miss de Breeze boasting about gathering local color on a summer resort trip. The quick retort about her arms suggests vivid immersion and lively personae behind the story.
How England Won New Zealand Crown
London Chronicle recounts the colonial romance of New Zealand. It recalls the race from Sydney between British and French ships that secured the islands for Britain, and notes Baron de Thierry attempting a French led monarchy with 100 followers before failing.
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England
New Zealand
France
Sydney
Baron de Thierry
London Chronicle
Not So Wide of the Mark in Class Discussion
In a classroom the students discuss world rulers and powers with the United States president and the king of England as examples. Willie humorously answers in geography terms asking what a kaiser is, saying it is a stream of hot water disturbing the earth.
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United States
England
Wiltie
Willie
Lippincott's
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