Thaw Case Deliberations. Global Turmoil and Local Tragedies
Jurors in the Thaw lunacy case are excused until Wednesday as Justice Fitzgerald weighs appointing a lunacy commission. Reports cover riots in Moldova, mass Jewish emigration from Roumania to Austria, shipwrecks, fires, murders, duels, political indictments, and notable deaths in Chicago, Ohio, Georgia, and Montana reflecting a turbulent week abroad and at home.
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Thaw
Justice Fitzgerald
Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
Multiple public incidents and trials across the nation
A collage of 1906 era events reports fatal train crash in Detroit. Roosevelt's son Theoodore named Harvard crew assistant manager. fires destroy East Grand Forks city hall station and power plant. various court rulings and political happenings across Kansas Missouri Illinois and beyond.
Deserted by President Bonilla in Central American War
Washington reports say President Bonilla fled the Honduran capital and the Central American war nears end. Nicaraguan officials expect Tegucigalpa to fall and Bonilla to seek refuge in San Lorenzo with 200 men while Salvadorean and Honduran forces pursue.
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Washington
Bonilla
Corea
Honduras
Tegucigalaya
Gomez
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
San Lorenzo
Tegucigalpa
Ramirez
Sholateca
Salvador
Nicaragua
United States
Mexico
Guatemala
Root
Creel
Train Crash Kills Six in Los Angeles
A special Atchison Topeka Santa Fe train carrying many students from a Claremont meet collided head on with outbound No 2 within Los Angeles city limits. Six killed and 17 injured as engines and several cars were demolished. Wreck workers believed two more bodies were hidden in the smoker car.
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Los Angeles
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Claremont
Not Guilty Verdicts in Unwritten Law Murders
In Florence Alabama a Black man Cleveland Harding was captured after an attempted assault and was summarily executed by his intended victim's husband and a mob of 200 to 300. The crowd fired on him while tied to a tree. rice fired the first shot. In Carthage Missouri Arthur Sanderson was acquitted in the unwritten law murder of Dr S D Meredith and his family physician, with jurors citing upholding the unwritten law.
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James Shippee
William Cole
Freeport
Ill
Horace George Rayner
William Whiteley
London
Nome
Alaska
Goldfield
Nev
Jack Hines
Count Podhorek
Warsaw
Russia
Arthur Bean
North Baltimore
Rolling Fork
Mies
Himsell
Booth
H. Clay Ewing
Enera
Missouri
Bonuker
Jefferson City
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Stewart
Margaret Harold Davidge
Cireles
James Tolbert
Fairmont
Count Lamadorff
Interstate Steel Company
Hammond
Jad
Augusta
Augusta Chronicle
Western Union
The
Union
Syracuse
N. Y
Eaat Gracdiaihes
San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Board of Supervisors
T. W. Halsey
Paris
Emmanuel Arene
Corsica
Adolphe Brisson
Honduras
Salvador
Namasigue
Hermann
A. D. Pueter
Loomis
Mitchell
Folk
Alonzo L. Hart
Detroit
Mich
W. H. Martin
Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company
San Diego
Cal
J. A. Wild
Hoffman, Minn
St. Louis
New Hampshire
Emporium
Frank H. Jones
New National Bank of
Charlotte
N. C
Southern Pacific Railway
Santa Margarita
San Luis Obispo
John Blake
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Mary
Boston
Woodward Iron Company
Woodward
Ala
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Ladua
Edward Howell
Peoples Bank of
Harrisburg
Miss
Benjamin Parker
Mayfield
John Harrison
Elizabeth City
N. J
Beasley
Joseph Tusa
Philadelphia
Stamps
Ark
Florence
Cleveland Harding
Ben F. Rice
Carthage
Arthur Sanderson
D. Meredith
Order of Eagles
Sporting Man Shoots Himself in Memphis Business Place
Memphis notes that Charles W. Wallace, famed sporting man, shot himself after reportedly mel ancholia at his business. Brother in law John E. Rousch was wounded while trying to stop him. In Joplin, Joe Trim died suddenly after giving his wife money for shopping.
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Memphis
Tenn
Charles W. Wallace
John E. Rousch
Joplin
Joe Trim
Trim
Four Men Buried Alive in Howe Sound Avalanche
Four men perished and four were rescued after an avalanche at Britannia mine on Howe Sound forty miles north of Vancouver. Reports list eight miners buried with four dead and four survivors in the incident dated March 26 from Bellingham Washington.
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Bellingham
Wash
Brittannia Tine
Howe Sound
Vancouver
Forest Fire Still Raging Near Stuart
Forest fire near Stuart and approaching Crita continues to rage with no updates from the scene. Fire crews in Danville report ongoing efforts amid uncertain conditions as flames threaten surrounding areas.
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Danville
Stuart
Crita
Man Charged With Rabbit Theft Claims Dual Beer Intake
A man testified in an English police court that he stole a shop rabbit after seeing it in the air. He said that moment he swore he had only two glasses of beer that day.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
A local newspaper advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, claiming internal action to cleanse blood and mucous surfaces. The pitch offers $100 to any case that it fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with pills for constipation also promoted.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Jon
Detective's Parable from Galveston Arrest
Hilary K. Adair, a famed detective, was praised in Galveston Texas for an arrest shrouded in mystery. When asked to explain, he declined stating there are many ways to catch criminals and shared a fable about an old man and his wife and a trap that ensnares the mouse.
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Hilary K. Adair
Galveston
Tex
Mr. Adair
John
GetRid Of Rheumatism With Simple Blood Cleaner
During this month a medical authority advises cleansing the blood to combat rheumatism and kidney trouble. The home remedy combines Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. shake and take a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime.
Back-Buttoning Waist Trick Gains Attention
New York women discover a back fastening method for blouses that avoids chambermaids. By putting the blouse on backward with arms free then turning and sliding in sleeves, they can fasten from top to bottom without effort.
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New York
Gotham
Coincident Inventions Televue Claims Near-Distance Vision
Two inventors, J. B. Fowler and William H. Thompson, announce successful distant vision and hearing devices. Each uses the name Televue and withholds full operation details to pursue patents.
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J. B. Fowler
William H. Thompson
Fowler
Grape Nuts Restore Montana Man’s Health
A Montana man recounts years of indigestion and nervous exhaustion improved after trying Grape Nuts cereal. He credits the food with restoring digestion, steady nerves, clear eyesight, and renewed health and cheer, stating he feels younger and better than in 20 years.
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Montana
Two Years In Bed Opted Aesenteaceration Testimony
Robert Odbert of 201 Cameron Street Dat Mich relates a long battle with rheumatism from 1887 to 1898. He describes swollen legs, red blotches, and crippling pain before using Dr Williams Pink Pills, which he credits with full recovery and ongoing health. The pills cost 50 cents a box, six for $2.50, from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
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Robert Odbert
Cameron Street
Dat
Mich
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Varnish Secret Behind Cremona Violins Remains Hidden
The Cremona varnish, lost since about 1760, has never been rediscovered. The exact composition whether gum oil plant distillate or chemical remains unknown, with many theories proposed. Dod who died in 1830 claimed a rediscovery and used others to make violins while varnishing them himself. Varnish and polish are often done by women and require many passes, sometimes up to 30 times. March Circle.
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Dod
March Circle
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Hudson Maxim
Caryl Young
New York State
George Nicholson
John Kurd
Carmi
Kurd
Nicholson
Fort Worth
Jeff D. McLean
Hamil P. Scott
William Thompson
Thompson
Portsmouth
England
Brace
Marvin
Pine Bluff
Bluff City Lumber Company
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Orizaba
Ward Line
la Touche Island
Ironton
Manchuria
Dorothy Stanley
Sir Henry M. Stanley
Henry Curtis
Warren House
Royal Shoe Factory
Randolph
Mass
Michigan Central
Roosevelt
Theodore
Harvard
East Grand Forks
Minn
J. R. Burton
Kansas
Arthur G. Biles
Robert Biles
Kansas City
Robert Harvey
Osage City
Taft
Col. Goethals
Mr. Stevens
Union Park Congregational Church
United Churches
Peter Rock
Belleville
Marietta
Trujillo
Ceiba
Puerto Cortez
English Channel
Womack
International & Northern
Elkhart
Pensacola Navy Yard
Gloucester
Isla de Luzon
Henry Siegel
Mamaroneck
Niles
Federal Court
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Theodore J.wint
Department of Missouri
Omaha
Nebraska
South Dakota
Republic Iron and Steel Company
East Chicago
Ind
Buttless
la Savoie
American Bowling Congress
Cincinnati
Garry” Herrmann
Charles Morgan
Morgan Steamship Lines
Orange
Ida May Bordenkircher
Coshoeton
Fred Stewart
James Higgins
Berths, Ky
Ernest Adams
St. Paul
Morris
C. C. McClure
St. Cloud
Fred Wise
Eddie Kaiser
Crown Point
Kaiser
Transvaal
Pretoria
Charles C. Tweed
William
Boas") Tweed
New Haven
Mercury
Guthrie
Oklo
Indianapolis
Federal Grand Jury
John KR. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Herbert A. Graves
Kenosha
Wil Fy
Judge Ogden
Oakland
Russel Sage
L. X
Texas Panhandle
Charles 8. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Pittsburg
Nevada
California
BE. Howell
Omaha Coal Exchange
Botosahni
Thomas Batley Aldrich
Sedalia
Frederick Graugratine
Louisiana Purchase
St. Loua
Leavenworth
Kas
National Soldiers
William J. Cook
14Th
Mim
National Ie Company
Hitadel
Carters
Iytle Iver
Yallees
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