Roosevelt Shows Strength as He Edges Toward Speechmaking
Mercy Hospital Chicago reports Colonel Roosevelt in fine condition with temperature 98.2 and pulse 82 as doctors note danger from blood poisoning has passed. He plans to resume campaigning from Oyster Bay within a week, dictating letters to leaders while his wife weighs return.
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Mercy Hospital
Chicago
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
McGrath
New York
Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Bacon
France
Governor Johnson
Sued for Divorce He Slays Wife Then Kills Self
In Cortez Colorado on October 19 former County Judge Charles J. Scharnhorst aged 71 shot his wife 40 dead then killed himself after telephoning for a coroner. Mrs Scharnhorst had filed for divorce over cruelty several weeks earlier.
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Cortez
Colo
Charles J. Scharnhorst
Farmer fatally mauled by hog near Fenwick
George Hagadorn of Greenville Michigan was attacked by a hog as he left his home near Fenwick. He kicked the animal toward the barn but the hog seized his leg and nearly chewed it off. Doctors say he cannot recover.
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Greenville
Mich
George Hagadorn
Fenwick
Taft Reaches Summer Home After Worcester Visit
President Taft arrives at Beverly Massachusetts from Worcester and heads to the summer White House. He reviews a large backlog of correspondence accumulated during nearly two weeks away.
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Taft
Beverly
Mase
Worcester
White House
International Dry Farming Congress Opens in Lethbridge
Lethbridge Alberta hosts the International Dry Farming congress with delegates from India and many officials. Seven day sessions feature speakers including James Wilson and Premier Borden. An exhibition of farm products alongside the congress is valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
India
America
Borden
James J. Hill
Congress
James Wilson
Agriculture
Taft
Martin Burrell
Liberty H. Bailey
College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Great Northern Railroad
W. A. Brown
New York Central
Duncan Marshall
George Lawrence
Manitoba
Price Billison
British Columbia
W. R. Motherwell
Saskatchewan
Sir Ing. Laura Vindas
Mexico
Leslie G. Coleman
Mysore
Edmond Miklos
Hungary
Zoltan Szilasay
National Union of Hungarian Farmers
BE. F. Hoan
United States
Argentine Republic
E. L. Morris
Montana
M. B. Hay
Washington
James H. Hawley
Idaho
T. L. Oddie
Nevada
George W. J. Hunt
Arizona
New York Judge Allows Appeal in Newspaper Publicity Case
Judge Hand dismissed the Journal of Commerce suit challenging the newspaper publicity law against Postmaster General Hitchcock and Attorney General Wil to sustain government demurrers. He granted an appeal to the U S Supreme Court, with Robert Morris saying proceedings were formal and speed the high court ruling.
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New York
Hand
Federal District Court
Journal of Commerce
Hitchcock
Wickersham
United States Supreme Court
Robert ©. Morris
Supreme Court
Senator Heyburn Dies in Washington After Illness
Idaho statesman Welldon B Heyburn dies in Washington after several weeks of severe illness. He had served as Idaho senator and died in his apartments in Washington on October 18.
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Washington
Weldon B. Heyburn
Idaho
Senator Heyburn
Bat Nelson Weds Cartoonist in Hammond
In Hammond Indiana on October 17 Battling Nelson’s relatives say he married Fay King a cartoonist on the Denver Post. The ceremony reportedly took place on Pike’s Peak in August.
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Bat Nelson
Hammond
Ind
Nelson
Bat
Fay King
Denver Post
Pike's Peak
Crack Missouri Safe for 1700 Dollars in Worth Bank Raid
Cracksmen dynamited the Bank of Worth in Worth Missouri and escaped with 1700 dollars in currency after the theft on October 17.
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Missouri
Worth
Bank of Worth
Balkan Nations Open Hostilities Amid War Rumors
London reports the Montenegrins captured Berana after a Turkish garrison fled at night. King Ferdinand calls Bulgarians to arms citing Balkan unity against oppression. Greece declares war and Servia follows. Turkish vessel reportedly blown up near Varna with uncertain official confirmation.
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Sultan
London
England
Berana
Cettinje
Bozal
Sofia
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Rilo
Rhodope Mountains
Greece
Athens
Constantinople
Servia
Varna
Mahamoud Mokhtar Bey
Federals Regain Warships in Mexican Conflict
In Mexico City on October 19, federal gunboats Bravo and Morelos returned to Commodore Asueta’s command and prepared to bombard. Consuls protested as rebels had previously seized the vessels under Felix Diaz. American officials fear for U S citizens in Vera Cruz while the Des Moines is ordered to Vera Cruz to protect Americans and interests.
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Mexico City
Tampico
United States
Vera Crugz
Des Moines
Vera Cruz
Hughes
White Sox trounce Cubs in one-sided city title game
At Comiskey Park Chicago the White Sox crushed the Cubs 16 to 0 in a decisive city championship game. The Sox knocked out three Cubs pitchers in three innings and accumulated thirteen hits, delivering a meteoric rout.
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Comiskey Park
Chicago
Sox
Cubs
Lavender - Smith-Reulbach-Letfield- Archer-Cotter
Walsh-Schalk
Mrs McCormick Contributes $10000 for Union Seminary Endowment
Mrs Cyrus W McCormick of Chicago has donated 10000 toward the Centennial endowment of Union Theological Seminary in Richmond Virginia. The gift is made in memory of her husband.
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McCormick
Richmond
Cyrus W. McCormick
Chicago
Union Theological Seminary
Gary Newsboy Billy Rugh dies after heroism for girl
Gary Indiana October 19. Billy Rugh the Gary newsboy who sacrificed a leg to graft skin to a severely burned girl Miss Ethel Smith died of pneumonia at Gary General hospital. Foster mother Mrs H C McCabe Dr Craig and two nurses were with him at his bedside.
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Gary
Ind
Billy” Rugh
Gary General Hospital
H. C. McCabe
Craig
Billy
Duck Shooting Aboard Hydroplane Over Potomac
Lieut L H Brereton and Lincoln Beachey recount a duck hunting exploit while cruising the Potomac in a hydroaeroplane at about fifty miles an hour. They fired pistols as the aircraft swung right angles to the flock and four ducks fell into the water.
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Washington
Mr. Beachey
Prisoners Refuse to Flee in Jail Break
New Philadelphia Ohio October 19. Four inmates at the Tuscarawas county jail attempted a wholesale break led by William Domrod confined for larceny who was later captured near Goshen. Walter Hitt Clyde Kurby and Charles Lazare fled and await trial for murder burglary and theft. Sherman Bartholomew and Price Tyler refused to leave the jail and blocked others. Tyler said he did not escape because his wife is dangerously ill in a local hospital.
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New Philadelphia
Tuscarawas County
Wm. Domrod
Goshen
Walter Hitt
Clyde Kurby
Charles Lazare
Sherman Bartholomew
Price Tyler
Crazed suitor slays sleeping girl in Cleveland
Gabriel Nagy, 28, driven by love for Matilda Mizek 18, shoots into a room where the girl and her family sleep in Cleveland. He kills the 18 year old girl and wounds the father fatally before fleeing.
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Salfor
Cleveland
Matilda Mizek
Gabriel Nagy
Julius
Mizek
King
A Running Battle Ends With Suspected Fatality Near Somerset
In Pulaski county near Somerset Kentucky a clash erupted early morning as Chief H G Waddle and two deputies tried to prevent James Phelps relatives from recapturing a prisoner. Waddle believed a man was killed or badly wounded as he saw him fall during the exchange. Phelps had earlier shot and killed Riley Price a teacher and former Pulaski county assessor. Price was en route to teach when slain and Phelps fled the area.
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Somerset
H. G. Waddle
James Phelps
Pulaski County
Waddle
Phelps
Riley Price
Price
Five Men Arrested After Woman Assault Near Benson Switch
Five men were taken into custody at Ironton county jail while armed men hunted eight more after Mrs. Lillie Mullance of Richmond Virginia was attacked with her husband T H Mullane while they traveled seeking work. The incident occurred a mile and a half south of the town at Benson Switch as hoboes stalked the couple and blocked their path with revolvers.
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Annapolis
Ironton County
Lillie Mullance
Richmond
Benson Switch
Mullane
Milwaukee vaudeville show promoter begins 90 day term
Milwaukee man Jay B. Earle also known as J E Bailey is in the house of correction serving a 90 day sentence. He advertised for girls to join his vaudeville show and measured actresses for costumes. He told the court he was an actor and planned a new vaudeville comedy in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Jay B. Earle
J. E. Bailey
House of Correction
Cincinnati Market Prices for Wheat to Sheep and Lambs
Market report from Cincinnati lists grain prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Hay plus livestock values for Poultry Eggs Cattle Bulls Calves Hogs Sheep Lambs. Specific bid and ask ranges include Wheat No 2 red at 1.08 1.10 and No 8 red at 1.03 1.08 while Corn ranged from No 2 white 68 69c to yellow and mixed varieties and Hay timber and clover grades with prices from $13.50 to $18.75 per unit. Livestock figures cover shippers butcher steers heifers cows and calves with ranges from $2.50 to $9.00 for hogs and $1.35 to $6.75 for sheep and lambs.
Train crash at grade crossing near Heart Lake Station
Foster Dyer of Endicott was killed when a Lackawanna train struck the Grippin automobile at a grade crossing near Heart Lake station. Mrs Dyer and Mr and Mrs Welsh and Hart Grippin, all of Endicott, were injured as Grippin tried to back up after stalling his engine.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Foster Dyer
Endicott
Witty Exchange Over Bridge Parties
A conversation centers on the morality of attending fashionable bridge parties. One man vows not to let his wife join them, while another asks if gambling is at issue. The reply clarifies the concern is the wife’s skill rather than gambling.
Sideways Advice Sparks a Cashier’s Gaffe
An elderly stout Englishwoman struggled to enter the omnibus rear door. The driver kindly urged her to try sideways, but she answered that she had no sideways. The humorous exchange, sourced from Youth’s Companion, highlights a misinterpretation of suggested movement.
Poets Theft Tale Ends With Stranger's Kindness
A Billville poet recalls a highway robbery where the thief took only a poem and returned three lines, offering $2 and telling the writer he needed it more. The incident is shared as a quip about misfortune and generosity.
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Billville
Atlanta Constitution
Man acquitted of horse theft seeks warrant for lawyer
A man acquitted after a lengthy horse theft trial asks the judge for a warrant against his defense attorney. He explains he could not pay the fee, and the lawyer took the horse as payment, claiming the theft as his due.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
Liquid Measure and the Pintette Quartet Joke
A school lesson prompts a pun from Jimmy, son of the milk man, as the teacher explains how a bass and tenor singing together creates a pintette. The scene captures local light humor in a council school setting.
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Jimmy
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