Riotous Tales of Violence and Atonement Across States
Reprimands over smoking lead to Ralph Riddle shooting his father near Raleigh. Dynamite destroys George Banks home in Emaley Alabama. his wife and mother-in-law escape unharmed. Three killed at a Hazleton Pennsylvania stone plant. one son injured. Thaw plans aid for Western Pennsylvania youths while seeking wages rates for a desertion funds. Downing killed in Wilcox Arizona. Speed is the shooter, serving warrant when fired. James Leno in Iowa penitentiary seeks presidential pardon from Gov. Cummins on Christmas.
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Burlingame
Cal
Frank Burdick
Albany
N.Y
James Ryan
Pratt City
Ala
Bogota
N. J
Jenkins Rubber Company
Elizabeth
Harry Collins
Calumet
Mich
John Ellis
Harry Evans
Wicks
Mont
Axel Larson
Stratford
Iowa
Des Moines
Hazleton
Charles Kehoe
Thomas Kehoe
Harry K. Thaw
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Cresson
William F. Downing
Stiles-Alvord Band of Outlaws
Arizona
Wilcox, Ariz
William Speed
Speed
Downing
Minnesota
James Leno
Cummios
Christmes
Canadians use Japs as strikebreakers on rail line
Winnipeg August 8 The Canadian Pacific railway prepares for a long strike with 800 Japanese mechanics arriving from San Francisco to work under guard while many nonunion workers and Poles and Russians seek jobs. Telegraphers may join walkout risking wider disruption as pensioned retirees are recalled to fill striker vacancies.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
San Francisco
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Canadian Pacific
West Toronto
iMehals Fear No Serious Result From Canadian Strike
Minneapolis August 9 Traffic officials of the Soo line said their traffic had not been hampered by the Canadian Pacific strike and did not fear any serious effects. An anticipated sympathy strike was deemed unlikely and would probably not affect United States railroads. A thirty day notice is required if trainmen intend to strike on either line.
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Minneapolis
Soo Line
Canadian Pacific Railroad
United State
Canadian Pacific
Shortage of Oats in North Dakota
North Dakota farmers diverted land to wheat and barley due to high prices last fall, creating a statewide oats shortage. Yields are not large but quality remains good, with overall production down from previous years.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Red Lake County Fair At River Falls Attracts Little Attendance
The Thief River Falls event drew a sparse crowd despite a sizeable livestock exhibit. Officials noted no record attendance this year, with fair activities concentrated around farm animals and related displays.
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Thiet Wiyer Falls
Minv
Red Lake County
Thiet River Falls
Two Stores Burglarized in Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls Minnesota August 9 Iberlin fleet reports that the Jung Brawling company store and Miller's jewelry store were robbed overnight. Police search for clues and suspect details remain sparse as investigators review security footage and canvass the area. Local merchants express concern over rising break ins and call for increased neighborhood watch measures.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Iberlin
Jung Brawling Company
Miller's Jewelry
S Tore
Tragic City Fire Claims Three Young Children
In Minneapolis a mother left her three children aged one, two, and four locked in a room while she shopped. A blaze swept the home and neighbors broke a window, but the children perished before rescuers reached them as the mother returned.
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Minneapolis
Frank Lindberg
Forest fires threaten Montana timber and mining areas
A Forest Service message reports serious Montana fires near Taft Tolaho Salteze and toward Coeur d Alene mountains with large timber losses north of Salteze. Fires threaten Clark Fork and many mining sites. A new blaze along Blue Joint Creek of Bitter Root River is noted.
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Butte
Mont
Elers Koch
Taft
Tolaho Aide
Salteze
Snur
Coeur d'Alene
Clark Fork
Columbia
Blue Joint Creek
Bitter Root
Minneapolis Thief Takes $100 From St Paul Man
In Minneapolis Aug 9 a St Paul man Laford Peterson lost five $20 bills totaling $100 after strolling the retail district. Police have no trace of the stolen money. Two burglaries were reported, one very bold, the other about $200.
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Minneapolis
St Paul
Laford Peterson
Peterson
Tombstone falls on tot breaks leg in Minnesota accident
In Fergus Falls Minnesota a four year old child mirroring a graveyard fall was injured when a gravestone toppled after the child touched it. The stone broke the leg near the knee as family members had visited a cemetery on the southern outskirts of the city.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Emil Guatafgon
Paroled Doctor Force Freed After State Prison Term
Dr Jacob F Force of Minneapolis was granted parole yesterday by the board of control at its regular meeting. He had been confined since March 30 1907 for alleged misappropriation of funds tied to the insurance scandal investigation. no relative or other person appeared in his behalf.
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Insurance Company
Secures
Liberty
Stillwater
Jacob F. Force
Minneapolis
Board of Control
Hello Girls Ordered to Abstain From Gum and Chats
The Dakota Central Telephone Co forbids hello girls in South Dakota to chew gum or eat sweets during work hours and bans talking with visitors. The rule limits conversation to only number and line is busy. In Grand Rapids Wisconsin E C Ketchum’s ice house and barn wiring burned with losses around 4000 for the house and over 1000 for the ice company.
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Watertown
Dakota Central Telephone Company
South Dakota
Fair “Central
Grand Rapids
Wis
Fee
E. C. Ketchum
Van Tassel Seeks Pardon for Health and Good Behavior
Nora Springs report notes Ray Van Tassel, jailed for 13 years for his wife’s death, asks for a pardon on grounds of good conduct and poor health. The incident traces back about eight years.
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van Tassel
Nora Springs
Town
Aug
Ray van Tassel
Fire destroys 1000 cords of wood at Lady Smith plant
Tony Wisconsin August 2 Fire destroyed 1000 cords of wood in the yards of the Menasha Paper company at Lady Smith. The cause is not known as workers labored through the afternoon to save the plant.
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Tony, Wis
Yars
Menasha Paper Company
Ladysmith
Balloon Trial Is Successful and Demonstrates Airship
Washington reports a U.S. Army balloon conducted two flights at Fort Meyer guided by Capt Baldwin. The dirigible reached 200 feet, traveled about two miles, then returned as winds shifted. The ship remained under perfect control during both laps and a second lift lasting seventeen minutes. Officials signaled readiness for an official test and speed trial later that day.
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Washington
Baldwin
Fort Meyer
United States Army
Baldwitz
Lieuts
Lahmani Bauloje
Signal Corps
Aeronautical Department
Lieut
Labm
Girls Steal for the Boys in Union Hill Case
Pauline Miskam aged nineteen and sister Minnie seventeen are accused of taking $3000 in gems from their father Fred Miskam’s Union Hill jewelry store to fund outings for three boys. The sisters, socially prominent, reportedly spent the proceeds in New York City’s Broadway district, causing a local sensation.
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New York
Pauline Miskam
Minnie
Union Hill
Fred Miskam
Misses Miskam
Broadway
United Breweries seeks injunction to halt Davenport prosecutions
United Breweries Company of Chicago applied in a Des Moines court for an injunction restraining prosecutions against Davenport saloons. The action, filed August 9, targets efforts by Civic Federation of Davenport to close saloons. The case signals brewery opposition to reform movements in Iowa.
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United Breweries Company
Iowa
Des Moines
Davyenport
United Breweries Company of Chicago
New Jersey
United States
Davenport
Woman Smothers Herself Over Disgrace of Son
Waterloo Iowa Aug 9 Mrs R Newhirter a Cairo Iowa resident was found dead at her home with her head under a pillow and nostrils stuffed with cotton It is believed she killed herself from grief over her son's recent sentencing to the penitentiary.
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Waterloo
Iowa
R. Newhirter
Cairo
Dr E E Nussic Scalded at Irving Park
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on August 9 Dr E E Nussic was badly scalded by boiling water and steam from a closed pail he was heating for coffee. The cover blew off the pail and he suffered burns to the face neck shoulders and hands.
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Chippewa Fails
Wis
E. E. Nussic
Irving Park
Three Die In Train Wreck Near Imi In Arkansas
Three persons were killed and four seriously injured when Engine No 210 pulling a Frisco passenger train derailed twelve miles east of Imi In Arkansas. Several passengers were slightly bruised and shaken as rescue crews responded to the wreck on August 9.
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Imi In
Ark
Here
Building boom hits Faribault as $500,000 in improvements rise
Faribault Minnesota reports a healthy building boom this season with several construction projects underway and total spending near $500,000. Local developers idly note new homes and commercial builds.
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Faribault
Minn
Faribault Ig
Tandy
Thaw Files Voluntary Bankruptcy in Duchess County Jail
Pittsburg Aug 9 a voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed in the United States court by Charles Moracau ser of New York for Harry K Thaw of this city who is confined in Duchess county jail The petition lists assets of 12803238 and liabilities of 45314043 Roger O Meara a Pittsburg detective and Thaw family friend was named as receiver The petition says the action seeks a receiver to prevent dissipation of property due to ongoing and anticipated lawsuits Thaw notes his confinement will hinder attention to litigation and that creditors have or may sue him
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Pittsburg
United States
Charles Moracauser
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Duchess County
Thaw
Hia
Roger O'Meara
Tha
Jikely
Bonaparte Says He Will Not Resign Before End of Administration
Baltimore August 9 Attorney General Bonaparte rejects reports of resignation after the November election. In a Lenox Massachusetts telegram he says he has no intention of leaving the cabinet before the end of the current administration and has denied the story repeatedly.
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Baltimore
Gensera Bonaparte
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Lenox
Cardinal Gibbons Improves After Illness in Rome
Cardinal Gibbons, who fell ill yesterday in Rome, has recovered well. No intestinal trouble remains and his temperature is normal. The pope was informed of the Cardinal’s improving condition and expressed great pleasure.
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Rome
Vial
Cardinal Gibbons
Markets Report Grain and Livestock Quotations Across Cities
Latest quotations from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul cover wheat oats corn and flax with prices for No 1 hard and No 2 northern in wheat, various yellow corn grades, and oats. Cattle hogs and sheep are listed with ranges for beef calves yearlings and spring lambs across major markets.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iows
South St. Paul
Candidate Arrested After Attempted Shootout in Bloomington
Joseph Landis Bodaliat, a candidate for Congress, was arrested after an unsuccessful attempt to shoot Prosecuting Attorney William Bach in Bloomington. The incident stems from a bitter newspaper controversy surrounding the race.
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Bloomington
Joseph Landis
Bodaliat
Congress
Willam Bach
Landin
Six Hurled From Auto Near Philadelphia In Accident
Speeding along the city outskirts, a skidding automobile hurled six people from the vehicle. All were injured, with one or more believed fatally hurt according to early reports from the scene near Philadelphia on August 9.
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Auto
Philadelphis
Cuticura Relief Ended Yearlong Eczema Struggle
A woman from Locke Arkansas describes a two year eczema battle with multiple doctors and no lasting relief until using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. After three uses she slept well and, within a short time, her ankles healed with no recurrence a year later. The letter appears amid a critique of public spitting and ferry safety notices.
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David Brown
Locke, Ark
Pulpit hourglasses mark sermons through the ages
A 1564 Aldgate parish entry records payment for an hourglass hung by the pulpit to pace a sermon. A rare modern pulpit glass, likely unique, sits in the Chapel Royal Savoy, measuring eighteen minutes and installed during restoration in 1867.
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St. Catherine’s
Aldgate
Chapel Royal
Savoy
Astoria for Infants and Children Advised by Mothers
A call to examine every bottle of Astoria for infants and children, noting its long use and signature. The dialogue mocks insomnia cures and doctor consults with humorous banter about remedies and sleep.
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Astoria
O'Brien
O'Toole
Locust in Shell Stimulates Childs Alarmed Call
Four year old Little Jr. rushed inside crying that a bus is taking trousers off after spotting a locust emerging from its shell. Annotations tout Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer claims cures for St Vitus Dance and nervous disorders with a free trial bottle offer from Philadelphia address.
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Little Jr
St. Vitus
Kline
R. Ht
Ki Ta
Arch St
Phildelphia
Enquiry Over Receivership Fees Rise From the Winding Up
A court hearing reveals the receiver stating after a week of effort there remains only $100,000 to cover his fees. He asks the court to indicate the source of funds for the balance of his compensation and outlines the financial strain of winding up the affairs.
Suiten and Holmes Engage in Paul Street Dispute
Strange overheard exchange references milkman, romance, and a vow. The speaker notes a milkman’s kiss this morning and declares future milk retrieval. Jane resists, uttering a defiant retort about the supposed promise to kiss no one but one person.
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Jane
Laxative Ad Promotes Syrup of Figs and Senna Elixir
An ad touts a simple pleasant laxative using Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It claims physicians sanction it for family use, noting known wholesome components and gentle, prompt action. The California Fig Syrup Co. stresses ethical production and urges purchase from their brand only, priced at fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Byrup
Byrup Co
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Troy
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Brooklyn
Richard V. Culahan
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Republican National Committee
William P. Cull
Devere
Brown County
Wisconsin
Sanwel E. Moffett
Collier’s Weekly
Seatright
Julius P
Laurel
Westendorf
Aetna Portland Cement Company
Menton
Joseph Westendorf
Hoquaim
Wash
Ralph Riddle
Raleigh, N.C
George Banks
Emaley
Banks
Mason City
Floyd County
Guet Schroeder
Adolph Herbrechtesmeier
Schroeder
Herbrechtesmeter
Lincoln
Neb
Missouri River
Nebraska
Tots
Montana
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Krance
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Erzerom
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North River
Suiten & Holmes
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