The Household Devil of Sam Louie
In San Francisco Portamouth square two boys Quong Ling and Ming Foo plot a store robbery at Mow Gum with Sam Louie. Ming Foo recruits Quong Ling, sneaks into the shop, and after a staged mask scare the four hatchet men strike. Sam Louie is wounded but is saved when Ming Foo incapacitates the robbers and the household devil aids in fending off the assailants.
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San Francisco
Portamouth Square
Ming Foo
Sam Loule
King Foo
Ming Fao
Mow Gum
Sam Louie
Quong Ling
Tor
Quong
Ling
Quonz Ling
Bam Louie
Quong ‘Ling
Sam Lowe
Ping Kong Tong
Arlington Hotel Fire Destroys Landmark in Breathitt County
In Breathitt county Kentucky the Arlington hotel at Jackson owned by County Judge Sewell Taulbee burned down causing an estimated 5000 loss and partial insurance. Fire traced to a defective flue. The blaze followed violent feuds with gunplay in the dining room and walls scarred by bullets. Confessions described plots to kill James Cockrill and to assassinate James B. Marcum. Nearby deaths included Dr. B D Cox and J B Marcum.
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Lexington
Arlington
Sewell Taulbee
Jackson
Breathitt County
Breathitt
Tom Cockrill
Curt Jett
Moses Falmer
Asberry Spicer
Tom White
Spicer
John Smith
John Abner
James Cockrill
James B. Marcum
B. D. Cox
B. Marcum
Who Is George Eberhardt in Owensboro Land Case
In Owensboro Kentucky appear s a 30 year old deed purporting to convey 240 acres to George Eberhardt. No such man is known locally yet the county clerk’s records hold it. Philip Schever has occupied the land, but an abstract reveals a prior deed to Eberhardt. He sues to quiet title, claiming no such person exists and challenging the deed’s origin by A. Stembridge to shield a wife’s alimony claim.
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Owensboro, Ky
George Eberhardt
Davies County Court
Philip Schever
Eberhardt
Stembridge
Tragic Freight Train Fatality in Maysville
John Wise, 10, died after being struck by a C&O flyer as he stood near the end of a freight train in Maysville Kentucky. The boy was knocked about thirty feet and suffered fatal injuries with every bone in his body reportedly broken.
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Maysville
John Wise
Instant
Deputy Hill Shoots Turner After Church Door Confrontation
Richmond Ky George D Hill deputy sheriff shot and killed William Turner at the church door after Turner resisted arrest for robbery. Hill confronted Turner with a warrant, Turner fired, Hill returned fire three times, Turner died from a heart wound. Hill surrendered to authorities in Richmond.
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Richmond
George D. Hill
Bearwallow
P. Broaddus
Wilam Turner
Hil
Turner
Dreyfus
Hill
Col. Calhoun Delivers $24,000 War Pay for Kentucky Units
Col C Calhoun arrived in Frankfort to report to Gov Beckham that he secured 2409 dollars in back pay for Fourth Kentucky Regiment Colson’s unit and two cavalry troops from the Spanish American War. He believes about 15000 more is due, and will appeal to higher authority, though the 24000 is already guaranteed by Uncle Sam.
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Frankfort
C. Calhoun
Heckham
Kentucky
Colson
Beckham
Calhoun
Uncle Sam
New Trial Bid in Sturgeon Murder Case Calls for Hearing
Louisville judge faces a motion for a new trial by Clarencé Sturgeon who was sentenced to death for the slayings of Ira Bruner and two others. New testimony alleges a big knife found on Bruner after the killings and pistol exchanges before the shooting, with defense claims of self defense.
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Louisville
Clarencé Sturgeon
Haa
Wim. Sweeney
Ira Bruner
Sturgeon
Bucklen’s Amica Salve Heals Sore in Caroline Story
A Wisconsin woman, Mrs. Lucia Wilke of Caroline, found happiness not from wealth but relief from a long running leg sore after using a 25e box of Bucklen’s Amica Salve. The remedy, sold at C. J. Haydon’s Drug Store, ended years of discomfort.
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Lucia Wilke
Caroline
Wis
Bucklen
C. J. Haydon
Pitched Battle Ends in Killing and Injury in Kentucky
Robert Roe was killed and Jasper Roe seriously injured in a pitched battle in Harlan County after Green Batley Howard, named guardian of Roe’s sister, took her home. Roe reportedly took her away, and Howard armed with a shotgun pursued them, overtook them at Walton's Creek, and began firing.
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Middlesboro
Robert Roe
Jasper Roe
Harlan County
Green Batley Howard
Roe
Howard
Walton's Creek
Remarkable twelve year sleep case emerges in Kentucky
In Russell County Kentucky Herschel Latter aged 43 of Rowena reportedly slept for twelve years, with liquid nourishment given twice daily to sustain life. The case, hailed by local elites as a medical curiosity, features a continual pulse and deteriorating physical state during the long trance.
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Columbia
Annals of Medical Science
Russel County
Kentucky
Tank
Herschel
Rowena
Train
Fire destroys St Mark's Church in Richmond Kentucky
A fire leveled St Mark's Roman Catholic church in Richmond Kentucky causing about four thousand dollars in loss with three thousand dollars covered by insurance. The blaze is believed to have started from a defective flue leaving a bulld to salvage the remains.
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Richmond
St. Mark's
Supple Muscles Puzzle Doctors Speak Of Brother Of Dr Grider
Physicians are puzzled by a case where a man shows extraordinary suppleness and strength despite limited exercise. The subject is identified as a brother of Dr. Grider of Rue Sell County.
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Mal
Grider
Ruesell County
Third College Destroyed in the Mountains Within a Year
In Beattyville Lee county St Johns Episcopal School was destroyed by fire causing about 3000 dollars in loss with little insurance. The building housed pupils and was regarded as one of the finest schools in the mountains and the third religious college in the area to burn in the past year. Mutual Life Will Fight. Louisville Following New York Insurance Commissioner Prewitts threat to revoke the company license unless managers discharged for opposing the administration ticket are reinstated the company says. Courts will be appealed to to block the move.
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Lexington
St. John’s Episcopal School
Beattyville
Lee County
Mutual Life
Louleville
New York
Henry Prewitt
New York Mutual Insurance Co
Kentucky
Prewitt
Quotations on Character and Learning
A mixed set of aphorisms and quotes from Emerson Joubert Jowett Silver Geldsmith Tiato Lamennais Cicero Lavater and Lytton. The passages emphasize diligence imagination learning happiness friendship courtesy and social bonds as keys to value and success. The collection reflects 19th century style with brief moral reflections.
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