Death probe launched into Myrtle Reed McCullough case
Inquest into the Chicago author Myrtle Reed McCullough, who died from an overdose, gathers relatives and seeks her husband James Sydney McCullough, who left for Michigan after her death. A note left for her maid hints at personal sorrow and financial bequests.
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Curcaco
Myrtle Reed McCullough
Chicago
James Sydney McCullough
Anne Larsen
McCullough
Michigan
Annie
Mac
McCulloughs
Myrtle Reed
McCull
Strikers Fire Cork Factories in Villarinho, Lisbon
Portuguese workers at Villarinho cork factories ignited two plants and blocked firefighters efforts to control the blaze. The government ordered military forces to Villarinho to suppress the strikers amid the damage.
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Lisbon
Villarinho
Dix appoints Cottrell as sheriff of Rensselaer County
Albany August 24 Governor Dix has named William Cottrell to be sheriff of Rensselaer County. Cottrell is a Democrat and fills the post left by James J. Van Buren who resigned amid criticism.
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Albany
Dix
William Cottrell
Ofensselaer County
James J. van Buren
Cholera Toll Rises in Constantinople as Schools Shut
In Constantinople there were 28 deaths from cholera in the 24 hours ending at midnight and 55 new cases reported. All city schools have been closed.
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Constantinople
Viele motor car runs to Corry in interurban test
The new Viele railway motor car built by the Pennsylvania Motor Car Company visited Corry on Monday. It ran hot en route, needing minor overhaul west of Spring Creek, and was shown in Corry with its 70 foot steel body and 50 to 100 passenger capacity. The 300 horsepower engine powers heating from exhaust, and the complete car cost 17000 dollars.
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Pennsylvania Motor Car Company
Corry
Spring Creek
J. A. Viele
Warren
F. M. Knapp
O. W. Ensworth
R. N. Brown
Gates Wealth Revealed in Will and Placed in Trusts
John W. Gates who died in Paris leaves about 30 million dollars in a May 1910 will. Nearly all goes to Mrs. Gates and son Charles with bonds held by trustees for ten years. About 1 million goes to other relatives, friends, employer and staff. His New York holdings include United Realty and Improvement, owner of the Hippodrome and Plaza hotel.
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New York
John W. Gates
Paris
Woodland Cemetery
Plaza
H. A. Gildersleeve
Gates
United Realty and Improvement Company
Hippodrome
Plaza Hotel
Railway Men Resume Work Amid Protests in England
London August 24 A majority of Northeastern railway workers resumed duties today amid broad dissatisfaction. In Hull and Hartlepool unions passed protest resolutions opposing executive actions and called for future agreements to be decided by ballot.
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London
Hull
Hartlepool
Minister Did Not Confess To Murders
Attorney Scarlet cited prior cases to warn against circumstantial convictions. Col F E Windsor rebutted rumors of a Durant confession and Col Windsor’s letter to the San Francisco Call prompted that the alleged deathbed confession by Rev Gibson was denied and no proof of Durant’s innocence emerged.
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Scarlet
Andrews
Durant
F. E. Windsor
Warren
Los Angeles
Cal
Col. Windsor
San Francisco
Woman crushed to death in Mercer Street accident
Mrs. Sarah Burnett was killed when an automobile driven by her son Jifford, 19, struck a heavy truck on Mercer Street. The car sped up the embankment, toppled over a railing, and fell 28 feet onto a scrap heap in a contractor's yard. Burnett, a Bayonne factory owner of paper bags and twine, and his wife were passengers. the husband and son were severely injured.
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New York
Mercer Street
Sarah Burnett
Jifford
Bristol strike settled as miners threaten wage demands
London reports the Bristol dockers and carters strike has ended but collier workers near Bristol warn they will strike unless wages rise, signaling potential wider labor unrest in the area.
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London
Bristol
Warren Divorcees Remarry In Jamestown
John A Johnson aged 35 and Rina Johnson aged 34 from Warren applied for a marriage license in Jamestown last Saturday. They were divorced in September 1903 and planned to remarry. City Clerk Clem ent B Jones issued the license.
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John A. Johnson
Rina Johnson
Warren
Jamestown
Clement B. Jones
Johnson
Jones
Mr. Jones
Sausage dispute tests public service commission
The Ohio Public Service Commission considers a $9.95 spoiled sausage claim involving Henry Burkhardt Co of Dayton delivered to Greenfield via American Express. The tardy delivery spurred a complaint and potential investigation costs, marking the commission’s first case affecting public utility power.
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Columbus
State Public Service Commission
Henry Burkhardt Company
Dayton
Greenfield
American Express Company
Commission
No Layoffs at Pennsylvania Railroad Denied
Philadelphia August 24 officials at the Pennsylvania Railroad denied reports of plans to lay off 10 000 to 20 000 employees across eastern and western lines as absolutely untrue. They said the company instead is hiring extra repairmen at seven shops in anticipation of higher business.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylania
Pittsburg
Halts at Castleton on Hudson River Aerial Flight
Harry Atwood rests at Castleton Ball Grounds after a Fort Plain to Castleton leg of his St. Louis to New York biplane flight. He plans to continue toward West Point or Pougkeepsie with pontoon adjustments and eyes safe landings on Governors Island or West Point while awaiting weather updates.
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Castleton Ball Grounds
St. Louis
New York
West Point
Albany
Harry N. Atwood
Castleton
Rhinebeck
Hudson
Fort Plain
Atwood
Ten Yck
Albany Telegraph Office
Ten Eyck
Pougkeepsie
Fort Orange Club
W. O. Parkinson
Charles A. Whitney
Mr. Parkinson
Governor's Island
Sheepshead
Glen Curtiss
Constable Endorses Putty in Painter Rivalry
The English painter Constable mocked an eminent landscape artist as having pictures like putty. A friend repeated the remark, but when Constable met the artist he praised another of his works and replied I like putty.
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Constable
Aviator Harry N. Atwood Aims for New York City Contact
Aviator Harry N Atwood expects to reach New York City tonight after his cross country flight. He departed from an eastern airfield amid fanfare and expects to land before midnight, weather permitting.
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Aviator
New York City
Italian man badly slashed during Kane visit
Frank Saturo of Clarendon, employed at the local tannery, is hospitalized in Kane with serious injuries from a knife fight during a Saturday visit. He was with a friend when two other Italians attacked. both assailants fled and police have not located them.
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Frank Saturo
Clarendon
Kane
Saturn
Auto burglars rampage strike in Pittsburg and suburbs
Reports from Pittsburg detail a daytime auto burglary at Pinkerton Bros. in which $20 was stolen after a daring daylight raid. A stylish party, including a woman in evening dress, fled in a touring car, later seen robbing a Knox ville grocery. Prior weeks saw bakery heists with large sums taken.
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Pittsburg
Bellevue
Pinkerton Bros
Pigley
Pinkerton
Rigley
D. Edgar Morrison
Knoxville
George Miller
Bauer Bros
Wilkinsburg
German Engineer Edmund Richter Rescued Near Salonica
Brigands captured German engineer Dr. Edmund Richter on May 25 and he was found safe and well on the Greek frontier near Salonica on August 24.
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Salonica
Edmund Richter
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Lavender and Old Lace
Rensselaer County
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John T. Brew
Erie
H. E. Johnson
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C. S. Kennell
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Paul Brown
Pennsylvania Motor Company
Thomas Blute
E. F. McLaren
Warren Mirror
J. A. Larson
Warren Mail
S. E. Walker
Warren Times
Warren Mechanics
McLaren
Burgess Herbert G. Eaton
Cassius L. Alexander
American Press Association
Bull Run
Fort Myer
Taft
John A
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Ohio Public Service
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harry N Atwood
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