Legacy of Horatio Cooke The American Wizard Dies
Horatio G. Cooke known as Exth of Noted Magician and friend of Lincoln, organizer of the Los Angeles Society of Magicians, witnessed Lincoln's assassination and recounted famed escape feats from bonds. Born 1844 in Norwich, Conn., Cooke served as a Union scout before later entertaining and exposing fraudulent mediums.
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Lincoln
Ricks
Houdini
Angeles
Horatio G. Cooke
Harry Cooke
Cooke
Los Angeles Society of Magicians
Secretary of War
Wuhule Cooke
Cooké
Trn
Cooka
Norwich
Conn
Coole
White House
Ford
Wilkes Booth
Stanton
Troops Rush to Prevent Lynchings in Mound City
In Mounds, Illinois, Company K of the 15th Infantry National Guard arrived from Cairo to bolster sheriff guards around the jail after a mob gathered intent on storming the jail and assaulting inmates in the murder case of a 16 year old girl. Sheriff J J Hudson traveled from Murphysboro with two Black men and planned to move to Chester to secure the area along Southern lands for safety.
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Mound City
Ilihois National Guard
Cairo
Mounds
Mound Carbondale
Herrin
Murphysboro
Ilis
J. J. Hudson
City
Dali
Chester
Tus
Peris Burglar to Be Ranged in Paris Trial
In Paris on July 238 Gabrel Al Mourey, a burglar connected to the Shattucs case, faced a verdict after breaking into the Shattuck home and taking jewelry valued at 268,014. He pleaded guilty to theft with deadly intent but denied intent to kill, with French law pending the potential death penalty.
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Paris
Gabrel
Alphone Mourey
Mourey
Alfred R. Shattuck
Elyria Woman Dies on 96th Birthday
Grandma Widder, among Elyria's oldest residents, died late yesterday at 278 Howe Street from a sheet paraly tic stroke on her 96th birthday. Born July 22, 1828 in Castleton Vermont, she lived in Elyria since 1885 except for three years in Chicago. Survived by four grandchildren and three landchildren. Funeral services to be announced tomorrow.
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Grandma Widder
W. W. Seddon
Howe Street
Louise Helen Kidder
Castleton
Sandy Hill
Hudson Falls
N.Y
Elyria
E. C. Adams
Chicago
Kidder
Arthur BE. Adams
J. C. Sill
Howard E Massey
Woodward
Ala
Kendall “Massey
New York
Sleuthin Crook Roles Nebs Killer Lures Bragging Slayer
Los Angeles reports detail private detective and former Northwest Mounted Policeman McCormick joining a criminal ring in California. He gathered evidence leading to the conviction of Godfrey W. Cowdrey for murdering theater manager Joseph Langley during a hold up. McCormick learned the Langley killing from Cowdrey and, with a gang including a woman named Tennessee, took part in several robberies and pocket-picking. Cowdrey’s boast to the detective about the Langley murder helped reveal the crime.
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Los Angeles
Coa McCormick
Northwest Mounted Policeman
Canada
F.e. Angeles
McCormick
Godfrey W. Cowdrey
Joseph Langley
Rezina
Dana McCormick
California
Eventughs
Langley
Tennesges
Hali McCormuck
Tennessee
Incading
Cowdrey
De‘tive
Ceandrey and
Darin
Plane crash near Pleasant Valley kills flier
Lieut. Thomas Brooks aged 40 an Army aviator stationed at Kelly Field Texas was fatally injured and his mechanic Private Thomas Sarber seriously injured when their plane fell 1000 feet in a wind and rain storm near Pleasant Valley 26 miles from Moundsville West Virginia Brooks died on the way to Reynolds Memorial Hospital Sarber who has regained consciousness at times suffered a broken leg and possible internal injuries as they flew from Washington to Langin Field en route to Texas
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Moundsville
W. Va
Thomas Brooks
Kelly Feld
Texas
Thomas €. Rher
T 5
Pleasant Valley
Here
Brooks
Sarber
Reynolds Memorial Hospital
Langin Field
Washington, D. C
Guardsmen Deny Guilt In Motor Vehicle Case
In Lorain on July 23 Raymond Grumney and Dudley Bennett of the 112th Engineers were arraigned for driving an auto without the owner's consent. Both pleaded not guilty. Grumney was bound over to court on a 2500 bond, while Bennett, underage, was sent to juvenile court. In Cincinnati on July 23 a sudden drop of ten feet in the Ohio River waterway stranded several river craft, including larger excursion and pleasure boats, due to upstream wick lifting.
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Lorain
Raymond Grumney
Dudley Bennett
112Th Engineers
Grumney
Bennatt
Guiventle
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Lorain Tornado Disaster Tops Red Cross Official’s Warnings
Red Cross public information chief William B. Taylor of Atlanta calls Lorain’s tornado the worst he has seen, explaining its citywide destruction. Lorain relief head Henry M. Baker lauds local cooperation as fundraising surpasses 282 thousand dollars in cash, with dozens of contributions from cities and organizations including Cincinnati Marion Piqua Van Wert and Buckeye Pipe Line Co.
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Red Cross
Cleveland
Wilam B. Taylor
Atlanta
American Red Cross
Lorain
Mr. Taylor
Henry M. Baker
Yeaterday
D.C. Wills
Theodore £. Burton
Cincinnati
Berwyn
Marion
Piqua
Buckeye Pipe Line Co
New York
F. E. Gambles
van Wert
Trial reveals vice squad paid protection in Canton
In Canton Ohio July 23 testimony in the E. E. Curtis bribery case shows Curtis believed the vice squad took protection money for bootleggers and gamblers. Witness Bouklais said he paid officer Davie fifty dollars weekly. after reform a new squad earned one hundred forty dollars weekly and other payments were made to Skotnicky Lentz and Murphy.
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Vice Squad
Canton
E. E Curtis
Harry Bouklias
Curtis
Bouklais
A. W. Agler
Luther Day
Bouklias
Davie
Winton
King
Davis
Steve Skotnicky
Lentz
Murphy
Skotnicky
Clyde Jones Saves Boy From Drowning In River
Clyde Jones aged 14 is credited with saving Alex Sebastine from drowning in the river near Lake Avenue. Police and fire reports credit Schultz of the Elks Circus with the rescue, while Sebastine confirms Schultz helped resuscitate him after Jones's initial effort.
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Clyde Jones
Boy
Clydia Jones
Lake Avenue
Schultz
The
Elks' Circus
Alex Sebastine
Jones
Sebastine
Raport Wastaarit
Looming courtroom details in a Chicago murder trial
Prosecutor Crowe described plans to ransom two wealthy pupils, selecting John Levinson then Franks, who was abducted and killed after being beaten with a chisel. Bodies were disposed, acid poured, and a cover of danger kept by two revolvers. Judge Caverly ordered a ten to twelve session day with a morning recess. In a separate item, electric plant supervisor Brokaw was electrocuted at Plymouth. Governor Donahey opened a Safety First conference in Columbia.
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Crowe
Caverly
John Levinson
Chicago
Crane
Leopold
Levinson
Franks
Evolveara
Loeb
Mansfield
Guy T. Brokaw
Plymouth
Brokaw
Columbia
Donahey
Cyran Loch
Orphans Enjoy Elk Circus at Riverview Park
About forty children from Oberlin Children's Home and others from Gates Home for Crippled Children visited the Elks circus at Riverview Park. Joe Boddy and a delegation from the Elks hosted the youngsters with a reserved seating arrangement and rides on the merry-go-round as part of the program.
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Oberlin Children's Home
Gates Home
Elks
Elks Circus
Riverview Park
Joe Boddy
Elks Tank
Belden Girls Triumph Over Lorain in Indoor Baseball
The Lorain Tracey Girls faced the Belden Bloomer Girls at Cascade Park in a indoor baseball game. Belden won 13 to 11 as Wells pitched well and Tracey starred for Lorain with a strong final effort.
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Lorain
Belden Bloomer Girls
Cascade Park
Jast
Father Traded Daughter For A Cow at Lorain
Lorain July 23 police investigate a report that Tomkau traded his thirteen year old daughter Bessie for a cow. Bessie stayed with Peter Ton Kau in the same house. The father disappeared after a raid seeking raisinjack as authorities take the girl into custody while the case is investigated.
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Lorain
Tomkau
Bessie
Peter Ton- Kau
Ceareh
Raisinjack
Wight
Detroi
Unake
Cleveland Produce Markets Report
Fragmented OCR listing market items and prices. Mentions 150-lb sacks of potatoes and bunches of produce with unclear pricing. scattered references to market names and abbreviations. Core facts are inaccessible. summarizing the limited readable items as a brief schedule note.
Ohio Briefs Toggle Across Cities on July 23
Columbus notes a preconvention push linked to gubernatorial pledges and a Cleveland incident reports a 69 year old man A Skelly injured in a rooming house fire. Mansfield renames a school Frank G Carpentier in honor of the traveler whose books are used locally. Columbus talks of a Bible Students convention dispute over fairgrounds grass. Josephson affairs pass to Horwood after defalcation charges. Lexington, Kentucky man Kendrick dies a hospital bed after liquor raid fallout as Mooks is sought. Liverpool man J H Simms dies after long illness. Cleveland group heads to Put in Bay Marble Head on a combined work trip and pleasure excursion.
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Mansfield
Board of Education of
West First Street
Frank G. Carpentier
Hos
Columbus
International Bible Students’ Association
H. L. Horwood
Louis W. Josephson
Liberty
Ohio Industrial Endowment Company
Joseph Son
New Lexington
Edward Kendrick
Minshal
Cat Mooks
Hook
Kendrick
Liverpool
J. H. Simmga
Cleveland
United States League of Seal Building and Loan Association
Pute Bay
Marble Head
Stocks Open Buoyant as Oils Lead New York Market
New York dispatch reports a buoyant early stock market with Standard Oil and several independent oils advancing. Reading, Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, and Chile Copper rose, while U S Steel and some railroad names showed mixed moves amid steel price news from the Pittsburgh-Plus ruling and a minor Reading stock development.
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N.Y. Spock
New York
Reading
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Chile Copper
Mkennerott
U. S. Steel
Traldwin
Standard of
New Jersey
Maryland
Caliernia Petroleum
Pure
Pan-American
Bethlehem Steel
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Trade Commission
United States Steel
Steel Corporation
Anacormia
Cerro de Pasco
Chile
Utah
Erie
New Haven
Northwest
Willys-Ovarland
Market summaries and opening commodity prices from Cleveland and Chicago
Cleveland livestock receipts show cattle and calves steady at 1250 and 500 respectively while hogs at 3000 remain active with varied quality ranges. Chicago grain opened generally lower with July wheat at 125 and corn around 104 to 106. Liberty bonds opened mixed with First 24-28 at 101.15 and Fourth 4 1-48 at 192.12.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Liberty Bonds
New York
Newids
Diplomatic talk on tariffs and immigration in Uruguay interview
In a US Uruguay interview the President says tariff reform is impossible due to powerful interests and budget needs in both nations. He urges open borders and labor mobility, praising mutual understanding, while urging proper conduct and reverence for institutions. The exchange ends with a pledge for friendship and a signed photo for the American press. A separate crime note reports a stolen suitcase from a car in Tiffin. A fatal auto accident in Dayton claims a 14 year old girl as the driver is not charged.
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United States
Uruguay
River Platte
Taald
Kipton Residents Share Weekend Visits and Local Gatherings
Kipton notes list visitors and relatives visiting local families from Elyria Oberlin and Cleveland. Activities include picnics at Circleville and Vermilion on the Lake, trips to Lorain for a burial and social events, and a Kinton Day at Verulam on the Lake with various families hosting callers.
Pittsfield social notes and obituaries roundup
Pittsburgh area social items from Pittsfield Lima region cover visits from Charles Peard of New York City and families of West and Gifford, a Ridgeville caller, Elyria trip, and a large church picnic in Linwood Park hosted by the Faron Woman’s club. Florence LaGanke of the Cleveland Plain Dealer spoke on child guidance at the M E Church. Funeral held for Mrs. John Stoka. burial in Lorain area. James Davidson and U C Hor- involved.
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Lorain
Stoka
Marlin Bohn
Henrietta
Avery
Barah Avery
Lulu Whitney
George Hines
Luella
Rawson
Brecksville
Mabel Brown
Linwood Park
Vermilion
Frances Gifford
Alta Hayes
Tona Weat
Maury Elizabeth Schubert
Lois Brown
Eli Ryder
Ralph
Norwalk
John Perry
Frank Friend
FE. Campbell Lhone
Ruth Davidson
Cleveland
Pittsfield
Charles Peard
New York City
RE. Peard
Lulu West
Edward
Freddy
Tona
Grant Gifford
Stary
Frances
B. D. Schubert
Mary Elizabeth
M. W. Evans
Ridgeville
R. FE. Campbell
Lloyd McCraden
James Egain
J. A. Waite
Elyria
Faron Woman's Club of
Russia
Camden
Wellington
M. E. Church
A. E. Hayes
Jana West
Nina Pitts
Perry Whitney
H. T. Brezley
Mugsie
Roy Mosier
Chalmers
Florence LaGanke
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Henry Rawson
W. H. Avery
John Stoka
Oberlin
Hungary
Helena
Bariala Lorain
Ohio
Michigan
James Davidson
U. C. Hor
LOCAL GOSSIP AND A CINCINNATI PROWLER CASE
Sheffield notices describe visits by Mr and Mrs Andrew Myers and others plus a vacation stretch for Mr and Mrs Earl Johnson. Chester Kruze in Cincinnati mistook J F Williams for a prowler and shot him. Williams testified Kruze threatened him and Kruze was bound over to the grand jury.
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Chester Kruze
Cincinnati
J. F. Williams
Kruze
Wiliats
Mill
Williams
Letters in Thaw alienation suit reveal marriage ties
In Brooklyn, July 23, a supreme court affidavit in the $50, 000 alienation suit against Margaret Thaw Carnegie, Countess De Perigny, alleges she wrote letters to Emanuel Victor Modica a chauffeur and expressed desire to marry her penniless married helper.
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New York
Honey
Margaret Thaw Carnegia
de Perigny
Harry K. Thaw
Emanuel Victor Modica
Supreme Court
Bendict
Brooklyn
Matrimonial Breakups Rise in Defiance County Courts
Defiance Ohio reports show 51 divorces granted in the year, up from 38 last year, while 169 licenses were issued, down from 189 in the prior year. The figures come from probate and common pleas court annual reports to Secretary of State Thad H. Brown.
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Defiance
Defiance County
Probate and
Common Pleas
Thad H. Brown
A Message to Women of Elyria About Kojene Sepsis Claims
A local ad urges women to buy Kojene a six ounce bottle for 60 cents from C W Phillips and asserts Kojene is non toxic to drink yet acts as an antiseptic four times stronger than carbolic acid and far more powerful than mercury compounds claiming safety for home use. Money back if not convinced.
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C. W. Phillips
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O'Neill
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Nebs Killer
McCormiex
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ELK Circus
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Ritz
Belden
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Alter
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Tex
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Mil &St. Paul
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Norfolk & Westerns
Southern Pacific
So Southern Railway
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Texas Company
Lon Pacific
Ind. Alcohol S. Steel
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Willys-Overland Se
W. H. Mimki
Apple Street
Tiffin
Merthe
Autoimt
Dayton
Evelyn Lee
Corwin K. Woods
Kipton
Dan Brown
Circleville
Nickelson
Arthur Bickel
Mich
Coon Bickel
Ora Ayliffe
Fargo
N. D
Gladys Berg
James Lewis
B. F. Lees
Lester Graves
Freemont
John Whitney
F. E. Weeks
Louise J. Weeks
Birmingham
Mary Graves
Carl Bates
Fludson
A. W. Davidson
Roy la- Dow
Wildman
Lucy Lee
Thomas Lee
Marvin Lee
Misa Bertha Moehl
Harold Lathrop
Moehl
Northeim
Brownhelm
Anthony Northein
Amherst
Adam Geist
Andrew Lee
Wakeman
Louis Heidrich
Albert Hurd
Frances Lee
Fred Smith
LaGrange and
Smith Wildman
Henry Heidrich
Amy Hill
Pauline
Jmith
Cook
Maude Davidson
Kinton
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
Maccotter
Eppie
Henry Moehl
Bertha Ednar Phillip
Sheffield
Andrew Myers
Gurney Andress
Fuller
River Road
Earl Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Land
Perkins
Dover
Youtze
Lee Johnson
Avon Laks
Perry Chambers
Clara
Edna Johnson
Clayton Burger
Herbert Chambers
Sandusky
Singer Store
Mathias
West River
Iar
Nayvice Poliow
O. Op
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