Edward Hoover leads hotel and cigar stand changes
Edward Hoover sails to Louisville as B and hotel agent. T B railroad patient returns from six weeks typhoid illness. Hoover will not make trip. Tom Donnelley will run the cigar stand at the Davis. EH A Hicks manages hotel coat operations. Tom Ridgeway moves stock to a new building on the square’s south side.
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Edward Hoover
B. & Hotel
Louisville
Hoover
Seattle
Tom Donnelley
Davis
Tom Ridgeway
Urge the Acid Thrower Caught in Baltimore
Detectives capture Cherlis Cooper a 31 year old railroad fireman after a year of acid attacks on women in Baltimore. He admits an irresistible impulse to spray sulfuric acid on unsuspecting women in crowded shops and streets. Police found acid bottles syringes and weapon fragments on him and report victims at least thirty three possibly fifty.
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Baltimore
Jack
Cherlis Cooper
Cooper
Peter
Weiss
Enis
Cpa
CIA
Lexington Street
Aera
Enti
Tian
Poller
Coogehtin
Pohler
Coughlin
Park Avenue
Detective Headquarters
Ad Divtes
Prayer Brought Drought to Bokhoma Oklahoma Minister Blamed
The Rev Charles Ford a holiness preacher in Bokhoma Oklahoma called down drought after a dispute over back wages from Frisco Lumber Company The drought halted mills and drove families from the area A heavy rain later ended the drought briefly then rainfall stopped again and operations ceased after eight days
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Bokhoma
Oklahoma
Moses of Old
Pharoah
Charles Ford
Ford
Frisco Lumber Company
Dato
Fishing For Fowls In White River Bottoms
Petersburg Indiana resident John A Grimwood has quit hunting ducks with a gun and now fishes for them by placing trot lines with corn bait in shallow White River sub merged fields. He says the method draws ducks to baited hooks and traps them, inspiring nearby hunters to switch from shooting to fishing techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
John A. Grimwood
White River
Grimwood
Personal Message Fragments From Abe At Ve
Fragmented personals note mentions Abe and Vi with unclear context and stray phrases. No clear events or identities beyond two named individuals. The text shows listing style scraps and incomplete lines.
Local Indiana county notices and community updates
Fragments describe residents in Sullivan and Crawford counties, Indiana, with mentions of visits to Indianapolis, car races, a heat incident, a sheriff detention, a lawsuit for damages, a dry list adoption in Union County, and civic notices. Names include Vasilis Mas, John Tot, Elizabeth Tots, Mrs. Siannon, and W.R. Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liza A. Thouts Siannon
Nob Seen
Jilly Argus
Siannon
Acade
Carlisle
Mac Siannon
Wible
Philipfeyver
Gustave Stieveniart
Carlisle Coal & Clay Company
Thomas BR. Wheeler
Union County
Liezel ER. Raines
Absencois
Dell Davies
Jesse Ashley
Terre Haute
Peace Pact Proposal Between Britain and America
Andrew Carnegie, as head of the Peace Society, proposed a simple plan to curb naval expansion. The outline calls for Britain and the United States to pledge mutual defense of each other’s distant possessions: America would defend British Atlantic territories and islands in the South. Britain would defend the American Pacific coast, Hawaii, and the Philippines. The agreement would end if either side gave five years’ notice.
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Machineton
Andrew Carnegie
The
Peace Society
Britain
America
Atlantic
Islands
Pacific
Hawaii
Philippines
Oil Captures Wild Geese In Illinois Field Spill
A hunting party on the Wabash River reports a flock of wild geese alighted in a oil slick cove near Mount VernonIllinois. Feathers clogged by oil weighed them down and twenty five birds were captured after unsuccessful attempts to fly away.
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Mount Vernon
Wabash River
Marriage License Set in Ellicott City Maryland
A marriage license is set for Hood Wirt and Rosie May Wink both of Baltimore. Hood Wirt is 24 and Rosie May Wink is 23. The pairing is listed in Ellicott City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellicott City
Hood Wirt
Jooes UL Hood
Rosie May Wink
Baltimore
Advertised Letters at Sullivan Post Office 1909 List
Unclaimed letters dated Sept 1 1909 remain at Sullivan Indiana Post Office. Two weeks to claim before Dead Letter Office. Ladies list includes Mrs Tom Benlow Foster Hazel Myrtle Mary L. Gents list Geo W Burns Oscar Chatman R Meeker James Guy Stone. Advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills cure stomach liver kidney problems.
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Sullivan, Ind
Benlow
Tom
Foster
Hazel
Martin
Myrtle
Stanley
Mary L. Gents
List
Dr. King
Joe K. Smock & Son Bay
A. Onin Bae
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Billman & McBride
T.B. Railroad
Thera
EH. A. Hicks
Urge
Chas. Cooper
J.C. C. College
College Girl
Hoosier
Rey
Wes
Haar
Rine Gnina
Sudivan
Abe
Cra Call
Ufo
Shaofe Chong
Bope
Chates
Peon Geetiebank Port
Peon
Pbtishure
Rai
Dee Bas
Aooesdtia
Ateriewi FS Press
Wieliita
Toa
Rober
EL Bewinn
Shelburro
Indianapolis
Sparta
Wis
Greg Oy
Anes
de Reese
Gihier
Mrs. Fees
Nortiy
Stoalee
tLainton
Vna
Neville Crowner
Sullivan
Sexseral Hhtetl
Jette Woodard
Mervant Road
Ashes
de Joan Poree Bate
Chaney
Bout Mali
Golditoone al Osters
Pertet Lodge
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