Miraculous Escape After Indianapolis Train Wreck
Big Four Train No. 16 derailed near Zionsville 17 miles northwest of Indianapolis injuring 42 passengers, six seriously. Officials blamed a dropped brake beam or shoe beneath the tender causing derailment. dozens escaped through windows and several postal clerks injured. A Lebanon youth, 17 year old Haskell Wall, leaped to safety from the baggage car as the crash occurred.
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Tdianapolis
Ind
Big Nour
Chicago
Cincinnati
Zionsville
Indianapolis
Clark Deer
Co. L. Burroughs
M. Anthony
Lafayette
Haskell Wall
Lebanon
Wall
Manic killer shoots wife in Butte murder suicide
In Butte Montana Philip OConnell attempted to kill his wife and then shot her mother as she fainted. He then killed his wife by shooting her at point blank range and killed himself after firing at the mother who had regained consciousness.
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Butte
Mont
Philip O'Connell
O’rell Fountaine
Tiger trainer killed by tiger at Dreamland, Coney Island
Henry Falkendorph, famed animal trainer, died after Mogul the tiger mauled him at Dreamland Beach in Coney Island. He suffered a fractured skull, internal injuries and multiple cuts. The incident occurred before about a thousand spectators including women and children.
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New York
Henry Falkendorph
Bostock
Dreamland
Coney Island
Falkendorph
Beaumont Elk Lodge steward murdered in Beaumont
Patrick J. Lynch a 39 year old Elk Lodge steward was murdered about midnight Saturday. His body was found Sunday morning by the porter. Authorities reported nine terrible wounds in the head and forehead and said several arrests have been made. Lynch has a brother in Albuquerque a sister and an uncle in Kansas City.
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Beaumont
Tex
Patrick J. Lynch
Lynch
Albuquerque
Kansas City
Four Drown in Yellowstone River at Billings Incident
In Billings Montana on July 26 seven or eight people were aboard a boat when it capsized in the Yellowstone River. Alderman John C Staffek his six year old child Minnie Wagner and Treasie Weat were drowned.
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Yellowstone River
Billings
Mont
John C. Staffek
Thie Esty
Minnie Wagner
Treasie Weat
Rebuked Boy Ends Life in Guthrie Center Barn
Laurel Laidlaw, 17, hanged himself from a barn rafter near Guthrie Center after being reprimanded by his mother. The incident is reported from Des Moines, Iowa, with details noting the prior parental rebuke.
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Des Moines
Laurel Laidlaw
Guthrie Center
Court limits Hocking Valley control of T and O C lines
Franklin county circuit court upheld a ruling barring Hocking Valley Railroad Co from controlling the T and O C and certain Hocking Valley coal mines. Lines were separated under revised management with no further changes expected. Ethel Robinaugh, 12, committed to Delaware Girls Industrial Home after confessing arson at a barn and her adoptive parents’ home. Otterbein University selects Rev Dr Walter G Clippinger as president to succeed Dr Lewis Bookwalter. Cincinnati group forms Miami and Erie deep waterways association to push a lake Erie Ohio river ship canal project, in cooperation with Ohio Valley Improvement and the Toledo Fort Wayne and Chicago Deep Waterway groups.
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Franklin County
Hocking Valley Railroad Co
Hocking Valley
Ethel Robinaugh
Girls
Delaware
Miami County
Val Lee
Otterbein University
United Brethren Publishing House
Dayton
Walter G. Clippinger
Lewis Bookwalter
Clippinger
Bonebrake’ Theological Seminary
Miami and Erie Deep Waterways Association
Cincinnati
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Toledo, Fort Wayne
Railroad workers form political organizations nationwide
Cleveland report notes railroad employees plan to enter politics with groups at major railway centers to elect lawmakers who will promote railroad friendly legislation and repeal adverse measures. Cuyahoga county chosen as the launch site for the movement.
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Cleveland
United States
Congress
Cuyahoga County
First Convention of Juvenile Court Officers
Cincinnati prepares for the first United States convention of juvenile court officers to devise a uniform operating system. Capt L H Weir invites juvenile court officials from Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri and Colorado to attend in October.
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Cincinnati
United States
L. H. Weir
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Colorado
Lisbon Man Dies in Mexico After Disappearance
News from Mexico reports the death of M. J. Childs who vanished from Lisbon on October 21 1898 with $5,000 missing from the First National Bank where he served as cashier for two years. His death ends a mystery tied to a bank examination visit.
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Lisbon
Mexico
M. J. Childs
Childs
First National Bank
Open Air Worship Unites Three Chardon Churches
In Chardon, July 23, worshippers from Methodist, Disciple and Congregational churches gather on the public square for a joint union service. Congregants enjoy cooler air as they hear sermons and anthems under the open sky.
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Chardon
Nearly bites tongue in doorway accident at Massillon
In Massillon on July 23 John Eckstein avoided dropping a pipe held in his mouth when a door slammed into it. The impact caused his teeth to bite his tongue, and surgeons required nine stitches to close the wound.
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Massillon
John Eckstein
Eckstein
Bridegroom Seriously Injured in Road Accident
A Polish wedding party returning from the church in Youngstown was struck by a Lake Shore engine. Driver John Miller was cut about the head and may die. bridegroom Steve Sandusky was seriously injured.
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Youngstown
Lake Shore
John Miller
Steve Sandusky
Levi Lupton Seeks Divine Cure for Typhoid Fever
Levi Lupton, leader of the Gift of Tongues sect, is gravely ill with typhoid fever and says he cannot make the Lord hear him. He believes a cure will come once he is granted relief through prayer.
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Alliance
Levi Lupton
Gift of Tongues
Lupton
Dreams Foretell Self harm Leading Toledo Woman to Drown
Three dreams over three nights haunted Mrs. William Schafer of Toledo, aged 52, prompting her to commit suicide by drowning according to local report dated July 23. Authorities note no other individuals involved in the death.
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Toledo
William Schafer
Alliance Chautauqua Opens at Lake Park
The Lake Park Chautauqua opened at Lake Park east of Alliance and will run for ten days with many prominent lecturers scheduled.
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Alliance Chautauqua
Alliance
Lake Park
Woman dies after stove explosion at Beach Park
Theresa Croughton, 70, died of burns suffered when a gasoline stove exploded under her, at Beach Park, on July 23.
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Burne, Beach Park
Theresa Croughton
Precocious Russian Prince and Strict Old Time Education
The article recounts the future czar’s playful early years and the English-influenced upbringing of Russian imperial children. It contrasts modern court practices with the stricter regimen of Alexander II era, noting daily schedules, education, and a charity-prompting plan devised by Captain Moerder to reward diligence.
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M. Eager
Imperial Nursery
Olga
Tatiana
Buckeye Officials and Auto Milestones in Ohio News
Ohio rules man and beast drug sales under general law per attorney general opinion. Automobile No. 20,000 issued to A. R. Davis of Cleveland. state now has 20,000 cars, about one for every 225 people. Kingston bank failure hits Ross county treasury. assets $312,332.49 liabilities $328,413.99 deficit $16,081.50. Offsetting checks and CDs totaling $16,075.75 reduce deficit to $5.75 if counted as cash.
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General Food and Drug Law
Attorney General’s Department
Dairy and Food
Dunlap
Fred H. Caley
A. R. Davis
Cleveland
Ohio
Scioto Valley Bank
Kingston
Treasury
Ross County
Kingston Bank
BE. M. Fullington
Sorrow Follows Wedding Trip Death In Koenigsberg
RoGEr Whinfield of Fond du Lac Wisconsin dies of cholera in Koenigsberg while honeymooning with Eli nore Quinby daughter of Woosters late millionaire. The bride and rail road crew are isolated aboard their train as news ties a long Quinby family tale to a series of recent losses. The millionaire father is onboard an Atlantic voyage with the widow, who had died three weeks earlier in Dresden. Authorities deem cholera the cause in this first German case of the year contracted during travel from Russia.
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Wooster
Koenigsberg
Prussia
Roger Whinfield
Fond du Lac
Wis
Elinore Quinby
Quinby
Atlantic
Dresden
Germany
Perry Sturgess
Zanesville
Louise Quinby
Whinfields
Russia
Whinfield
White proposes $75,000 Newark hospital to honor mother
Archibald C. White of New York offers to fund a $75,000 Newark hospital and buy the city waterworks outright with hospital profits. The plan would memorialize his mother who is buried in Newark.
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Newark
Archibald C. White
New York
White
Alleged Black Hand Leader Caught in Ohio Arrest
After a month of federal tracking Salvatore Arrigo, alleged Black Hand leader, was arrested at Goshen. He was local president of the Society of the Banana before Sam Lima, recently nabbed at Marion, Ohio. The warrant accuses Arrigo of using the mails to blackmail John Amicon of Columbus.
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Cincinnati
Salvatore Arrigo
Goshen
Arrigo
Society of the Banana
Sam Lima
Marion
John Amicon
Columbus
Dying Girl Brought to Hospital Amid Family Refusal
Ada Gill, 12, daughter of a Marlborough farmer, died of tuberculosis after her father, a Gift of Tongues sect follower, refused to call a physician as she fell ill last spring. The Alliance city hospital treated her before death.
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Alliance
Ada Gill
Marlborough
Alliance City Hospital
Levi Lupton
Dainty Lingerie and Trousseaux Materials List
Lingerie items include drawers camisoles nightdress and empire bodice with valenciennes lace embroidery and inserts. Materials listed cover wide widths yards beading ribbon insertion lace embroidery and headings for drawers camisoles and nightdress with detailed yardages and components.
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IRLS
Value of the colored slip for stylish reuse
The article advises girls with limited funds to wear a white dress over colored slips to create multiple outfits. A colored slip protects the gown, extends wear, and allows matching accessories and flowers. It suggests white eyelet frocks embroidered in color worn over a slip in the same shade.
Pretty Silk Blouse Trimmings Describe Embroidered Style
Silk blouse described with wide embroidery bands simulating a bolero style and laced at the front with ribbon. The garment includes good material and undersleeves details incomplete in readable text.
Dry Town Liquor Damage Suit Begins in Wooster
Mrs. Mary L. Cayo sues Proctor & O'Hall druggists for $1,000 alleging her husband was intoxicated after purchasing liquor from the firm in a dry Wooster two years after the vote. The case is the first liquor damage action filed since the city voted dry.
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Dry Town
Wooster
Mary L. Cayo
Proctor & O’hall
Child Dies After Choking On Popcorn In Ashtabula
Mildred Thompson three died while her father G B Thompson rushed to a doctor after a popcorn piece lodged in her windpipe. She died en route to receive medical aid.
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Ashtabula
Mildred Thompson
G. B. Thompson
Brazilian scientists announce new coffee variety with large beans
Researchers reveal a Brazilian developed coffee variety producing unusually large beans and high quality. The new cultivar ripens very early, offering potential gains for growers and markets.
Postmaster Will R. Thomas Confirmed for Niles
The senate confirmed Will R. Thomas as postmaster at Niles. Representative W. Aubrey Thomas had a sharp exchange with ex President Roosevelt over W. R. Thomas's candidacy three years earlier.
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Niles
D. Washington
Senate
Will R. Thomas
W. Aubrey Thomas
Roosevelt
W. R. Thomas
Ohio Boy Drowned In Montana
Anaconda dispatch reports Walter Stephenson former Miami varsity football full back drowned in a copper mine where he worked in Montana. The incident occurred near Hamilton on July 24 and details mention his prior college football background and current employment.
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Ohio
Montana
Hamilton
Anaconda
Mont
Walter Stephenson
Miami
Stout Woman Adorned With Fine Batiste Garments
Describes elegant corset-cover pantilon combinations for stout women. Garments are low necked knee length and crafted by a perfect seamstress. Emphasizes fine finish and suitability for a would-be hipless figure.
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Batiste
Cuirass Style Gown Described For Evening Wear
The cuirass style gown combines net and embroidery with a fitted bodice extending to the hips. It features coarse net with soutache embroidery, a knife plaited skirt, elbow sleeves with lace frills, a Dutch neck with valenciennes lace, and back fastening by lace buttons. The original linen model used Egyptian soutache and baby Irish lace accents.
Princess Costume Trends Highlight Summer Fashion
The season favors the princess silhouette with a narrow waist after empire influences. Stripes in men’s shirting have narrowed, while bathing suit fabrics include mohair, fine serge, tafetta, and silk serge. Sleeveless skirt and coat costumes rise as princess varieties, directoire, and empire styles persist. collarless gowns may feature jet bead necklaces.
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Empire
Directoire
Shantung for Summer Suits With Simple Finishes
Summer suits use fine serge with shantung coats in the same shade. Outlines show simple finishing with minimal braiding, mainly on the turn down collar and sleeve edges. Trim trends feature embroidered bands around the arm and shoulder details as decorative accents.
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Buckeye Record
Telegraph
Lad
Mongleur
Alexander II
Brayley Hodgetts
Alexander
Wielgorski
Patkus
Moerder
Grand Duke
Alexis Nikolaievitch
Buckeye
Supreme Court
Shantung
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