Auto races deadly crash at Brunos Island track
At Pittsburg on September 10 one man Rex Raineston died from a fractured skull and two others, Walter Christy and Clarence Dastion, were seriously injured after a front tire came off a race car and overturned. Christy later struck wreckage while attempting a track record, with possible internal injuries. Police warned races would not continue without medical staff and ambulances on site.
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Pittsburg
Brunos Island Track
Rex Raineston
The
Automobile Repair Co
Walter Christy
New York City
Clarence Dastion
Rainesten
Dastion
K Rainesten
Christy
Farnel
Barney Oldfield
John Glenn
Allegheny
Battle on a Train After Ejection of Tennessee Mountaineer
A band of mountaineers stopped a Virginia & Southwestern passenger train in Carter county Tennessee after ejecting one of their group. Pistols were fired during a battle with Conductor Capt Robert Carnahan and crewman R. B. Taylor and A. D. Cross escaping. Dan Berry led the attack and was captured. others were repelled and Berry jailed in Elizabeth, Tennessee.
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Bristol
Virginia & Southwestern
Carter County
Tennnessee
Robert Carnahan
R. B. Taylor
A. D. Cross
Dan Berry
Berry
Elzabeth, Tenn
Steamer San Gabriel Grounds Near Point Reyes
The steam ship San Gabriel with a 150 crew aboard ran ashore one mile north of Point Reyes in heavy fog. Captain Green led the vessel. Captain Doras of the Columbia preceded him. Lifesavers reached the stranded steamer and no loss of life is feared.
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San Francisco
San Gabriel
San Pedro
Point Reyes
Green
Doras
Columbia
Hess pleads guilty after fake insanity attempt
Theodore D. Hess former policeman admits guilt in the court of general sessions after his April abduction of 16 year old Elizabeth Grady to Baltimore. Judge Warren W. Foster oversees the case in New York on September 10.
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New York
Theodore D. Hess
Elizabeth Grady
Baltimore
Warren W. Foster
General Peasions
Plague Deaths Rise as San Francisco Reports New Cases
Two more bubonic plague deaths and three additional verified cases bring San Francisco totals to 21 cases and 10 deaths. Berkeley cases are not included in these figures.
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San Francisco
Berkeley
Michigan crop report shows corn and wheat conditions
Lansing report states corn condition at 74 with August 60 and prior year 94. Wheat quality 84. Government crop data lists fall crop production at 64,000,000 bushels for the year.
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Lansing
Mich
Kishineff Riot Toll Reported at Least 80 Jews Dead
Brala Romania dispatch claims 80 Jews killed as organized attackers looted Kishineff. Many fled toward the Pruth, frontier guards repelled some seeking protection. The massacre echoes 1903 killings with authorities accused of inaction as troops moved in. Rosh Hashanah week noted.
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Brala
Rumania
Kishineff
Pruth
Romania
Bessarabia
St. Petersburg
Russia
Man Kills Wife in Public Shooting in Oil City
James Strait shot his wife on a busy street in Oil City pa then kicked her body as bystanders restrained him. He admitted the act at the police station and gave no motive. The wife died from the breast wounds and he offered no reason.
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Oil City
James Strait
Strail
Strait
Woman in Seizure Placed Under Guard Aboard Adriatic
On the steamship Adriatic bound for Southampton a young woman named Jessica Hyman, reputedly from a wealthy family, fought officers and stewards as she was placed in the finest suite for a 3 000 mile voyage to England. Capt E J Smith ordered close guard and the purser and surgeon were tasked with her care amid scarce details of her background and origin.
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New York
Adriatic
White Star Line
Hudson River
Southampton
Jessica Hyman
England
Oceanic
E. J. Smith
A. B. Appleyard
W. F. N. O'Loughlin
Lawyer Joseph Jayne Shot After Bar Dispute in Mississippi
In Leland Mississippi on Tuesday a prominent lawyer and nephew of ex governor Lowry Joseph Jayne was killed by W E Johnson with a double shotgun blast after he demanded a cocktail at Johnsons saloon. Jayne 30 left a widow and two children. Johnson 25 is single. Jayne had served in the Spanish war. The men had argued over a cocktail and a truce was reportedly attempted by mutual friends.
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Leland
Miss
Joseph Jayne
Lowry
W. E. Johnson
Jayne
Johnson
Jim Hindman
Train Derailment Near Cottonwood Station Injures Three
Eastbound Los Angeles limited of the Salt Lake road plunged into a ditch one mile north of Cottonwood station nine miles south of Barstow. The entire train derailed and lay on its side, with the observation car rolling over. Three people were slightly hurt. names not released. Wreck suspected to be caused by soft track recently reballasted.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Los Angeles
Salt Lake Road
Cottonwood Station
Barstow
Minnesota high schools rally against anti fraternity law
In Minneapolis and across Minnesota students organize to oppose expulsion of frat members. They seek injunctions to block enforcement of the law and have taken the case to the supreme court.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Supreme Court
Seven More Bodies Found in Quebec Bridge Disaster
Quebec reports seven additional bodies recovered near the bridge site. Six victims identified as rescue crews broaden the toll from the disaster.
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Quebec
Engineer Parish and Fireman Huber Injured in Train Derailment
A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Passenger Train No. 12 derailed at North Junction while en route to Chicago from Kansas City. Engineer Parish was scalded and expected to die, along with Fireman Huber sustaining serious injuries.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
North Junction
Engineer Parish
Huber
Parish
Decatur Man Passes Under Steam Roller At Milwaukee Fair
Charles Farries of Decatur Illinois threw himself under a large steam roller on display at the state fair in Milwaukee. Death was instantaneous. Farries had been an inmate of Milwaukee sanitarium.
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Milwaukee
Charles Farries
Decatur
Farries
Man Hangs Self After Sister-in-law's Release
Pittsburg Pa Sept 12 A Culp killed his brother Floyd C Culp in a July 24 fight over Floyds wife Margaret Culp He was indicted for the murder Then after learning Margaret had been released on bail he hanged himself in Allegheny county jail within an hour He was found dead by belt display in custody
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Pittsburg
A. Culp
Allegheny County
Margaret Culp
Bee
Culp
Floyd C. Culp
William
Floyd
Margaret
Russian imperial yacht runs aground near Hango coast
At Hango Finland on September 12 the Russian imperial yacht Standard with Emperor Nicholas II Empress Alexandra and their family aboard is fast on the rocks off Horseva Point. The vessel appears safe as the imperial party remains on board through the incident.
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Hango
Finland
Standard
Emperor Nicholas
Empress Alexandra
Horseva Point
Engineer Killed In Lloyd Railroad Wreck
An extra freight train on the Central New England railroad derailed at Lloyd five miles west of Poughkeepsie New York. Locomotive and six cars left the tracks. Engineer William B. French of Maybrook New York was crushed to death.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Lloyd
Central New England Railroad
Wiliam B. French
Maybrook
Lone Robber's Haul Stuns Manley Bank
A lone robber entered the Manley Nebraska bank on September 12 and held up officers at gunpoint, making off with 3000 dollars. Citizens organized posses and pursued the thief.
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Manley
Neb
Kidnapped Italian Boy Held by Police as Investigators Probe
Four year old Nuncio Guardiano, son of Pietro Guardiano of Bayard street, is held by the Children’s Society as detectives probe a Black Hand kidnapping pattern. Pietro Dencki claims to have found the boy. the father shows signs of vigilante fury while authorities restrain him and question Dencki.
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New York
Auncio Guardiano
Stalian
Children’s Society
Black Hand
Nuncio
Pietro Guardiano
Pietro Guardiano, of No. 2
Bayard Street
Cavine and
Michaelli
Petronsini
Nicoli Achilo
Christie Street
Manhattan
Achio
Pietro Dencki
Dencki
Italy
Guardiano
Cavine
Dinck
Crushed by Train Wheels in Mooresville Death
Winston Salem reports conductor J W Joyner killed instantly when his freight train entered Mooresville yard. He swung to a car, struck a pole, and was thrown under the wheels as his body was terribly mangled. A farewell letter to his wife accompanied by family rumors of a romance precede the tragedy.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
J. W. Joyner
Mooresville
Joyner
Bank President Dies in Automobiles Crash
Pittsburg Sept 13 President John Bunnette of the Metropolitan National Bank is dead at his home. His companion Dr M C Cameron a prominent physician is seriously injured after steering gear failed and the car crashed into a telegraph pole, wrecking the vehicle and entangling them in the debris.
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Pittsburg
John Bunnette
Metropolitan National Bank
M. C. Cameron
Veronese Hits Rocks Near Vigo Port
The British steamer Veronese, sailing from the Clyde to Buenos Ayres, went ashore on rocks near Vigo, Spain, on September 13. No further details on damage or rescue were provided.
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Vigo
Spain
Veronese
Clyde
Buenos Ayres
National Lutheran Conference Opens in Buffalo
Buffalo New York September 13 The fortieth national conference of Lutherans assembled here with representatives from every part of the United States and Canada.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fortieth
National Conference of Lutherans
United States
Canada
Negro Shoots Deputy Constable in Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff Ark September 13 a black man named Louis Frankin shot and killed Deputy Constable C A Butler at Cornerstone as a posse hunts for him. Officials fear lynching if captured.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Alexander
Louis Frankin
C. A. Butler
Cornerstone
Col. John Gaynor Returns to Jail After Health Visit
Col. John Gaynor, a noted federal prisoner, was allowed to visit Indian Springs due to ill health and has now decided to return to jail in Macon preferring its privacy to public curiosity.
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Macon
John Gaynor
Indian Springs
Navy to shift battleship fleet to Pacific coast testing readiness
Washington reports a policy change sending the battleship fleet around South America to test command, with a Pacific coast presence kept through 16 first class cruisers. The goal is to demonstrate U S naval strength and protect coasts while conserving funds and keeping sensitive details inside U S yards. The Mexican government provides Magdalena bay for target practice and drills as the fleet concentrates there.
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Washington
Atlantic
Philippines
Pacific
South America
United States
Japan
Pacific Coast
Magdalena Bay
Aleutian Islands
Navy Department
Amazing Young Burglar Resisted by St Louis Athlete
Miss Amelia Engler a 1327 Thirteenth street resident and noted tennis player tackled a burglar alone in her home. She pinned his arms seized the loot kept him in the vestibule for 25 minutes until a policeman arrived, aware he carried a knife or bludgeon in his coat.
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St. Louis
Amelia Engler
South Thirteenth Street
Frenzied speeder stabs chauffeur after leap into car on Michigan
Chicago witnesses a driverless car near Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets when Jacob Johnson leaped aboard to escape an autospeeding scene. He fatally stabbed H. R. Almeny, Boyd Motor Co. chauffeur, as the car sped off. Almeny died at St. Luke's Hospital with blood on the wheel.
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Chicago
Jacob Johnson
H. R. Almeny
Boyd Motor Co
Michigan Avenue
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
St. Luke's Hospital
Runaway Coal Car Sparks Major Mine Blast
In Rock Springs Wyoming on September 14 forty miners were injured at the mouth of the third entry to Mine No. 10 owned by Union Pacific Coal Co. Twenty are reported seriously hurt after an explosion triggered by miners lighting coal dust stirred by a runaway coal car during a fight.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Co
Crenshaw Award Reduced in Memphis Street Car Case
In Memphis on September 14, Judge Young cut the jury verdict from $30,000 to $15,000 after Lawrence Crenshaw, son of a prominent politician, sued for the loss of his left arm in a street railway accident.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lawrence Crenshaw
Young
Circuit Court
Memphis Cotton Exchange Protest Over Telegraph Service
Memphis Tennessee September 14 The Memphis cotton exchange filed a protest with telegraph firms alleging inadequate service and urging an end to the system of salve pretenses.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Cotton Exchange
Heritage of Civil War Vet Recalls Kidney Cure
Captain John L. Ely of the 17th Ohio, living in Newton Kansas, describes chronic kidney trouble from the Civil War. He credits Dean’s Kidney Pills, used since 1901, with curing his back pain and urinary distress, and notes continued good health. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John L. Ely
Co. E
17Th Ohio
East Second Street
Newton
Kansas
Ely
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Peaceful Joy of the River Contemplation
A short contemplation on rivers and fish by the Spaniard and Walton. The author notes rivers are made for wise men to contemplate while fools pass by, and promises observations from rivers, water life, and peaceful riverbank moments.
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Isaac Walton
Three Boys Soothe Eczema With Cuticura Treatment
Mrs. Kate Keim of New York describes how her three children developed eczema over five months starting on the scalp. After months of limited improvement at the dispensary they used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and soon the heads cleared with no visible sores.
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Kate Keim
West 29Th St
New York
N. Y
Disillusion at the Great Pyramid and Camel Ride
An American contractor gawks at the pyramid and criticizes its stonework while lamenting press scrutiny a map might face in the United States. He then consoles himself with a camel ride, noting the animal matches its described reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Pyramid
United States
Hoboken
Hegewisch
What the Poet Says After Honeymoon at Falls
After their honeymoon to Niagara Falls they return to the old farm. Cynthia teases Sile about his mood and butter making, while he grumbles that love does not help the churn spin. The exchange mixes humor with rural life.
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Niagara Falls
Sile
Cynthia
Millionaire Rebuffs Ring Purchase Claiming Motive Money
Gobsa Golde descends from his limousine to buy an engagement ring but dismisses the offered ruby heart piece. He asserts the engagement rests on his wealth and hints the girl seeks his money.
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Gobsa Golde
Nurse Says Postum Beats Coffee for Health and Milk
A Wilkes Barre nurse recounts using Postum Food Coffee to ease headaches and indigestion after coffee. She notes benefits for patients and mothers, including improved milk flow, and warns tea or coffee can cause nervousness. She advises proper preparation and boiling 15 to 20 minutes before serving with cream.
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Wilkes Barre
Wellville
Taphe
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