Thaw Case Stagnates in Sherbrooke Jail Standstill
In Sherbrooke Quebec a courtroom riot favored Harry Thaw as Judge Globensky allowed withdrawal of the habeas corpus writ, leaving Thaw in jail with no route out unless Quebec's premier intervenes. Jerome and legal team head to Quebec to press for action. Thaw predicts U.S. deporation within days and vows to remain if the writ is not renewed.
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Quebec
Sherbrooke
Que
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Arthur Globensky
Thaw
Jermone
William Jerome
New York
Homer Collin
Attorney General’s Department
Sir Collin
Jerome
St. Francis
United States
Attorney General's Office
Matteawan
Canada
Quinine Blinds Camden Boatman in Chills Cure
Charles Prennyer a Camden boatman woke blind after taking 90 grains of quinine in eight hours for chills and fever. He was aided by friend Joseph Gillas and taken to West Jersey Homeopathic hospital where doctors fear temporary optic nerve paralysis may reverse after the drug wears off.
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Philadelphia
Charles Prennyer
Camden
Clinton Street
Joseph Gillas
West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital
Prennyer
Bolsver Guards Jailer Ready To Foil Any Escape Attempt
The jailer named Bolsver remains vigilant and prepared to thwart any plan for escape, ensuring security and containment within the facility.
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Bolsver
Thaw Under Guard in Sherbrooke Jail Amid Rumors
Canadian authorities reinforce security around Harry Thaw at Sherbrooke jail amid reports of possible rescue. Thaw’s lawyers remain hopeful as ex Governor William A Stone predicts heavy snow before Thaw leaves the city.
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Harry Thaw
Sherbrooke
Thaw
William A. Stone
Pennsylvania
Career of Harry Thaw and the cost of his liberty fight
The long struggle of Harry Thaw, born 1871, son of William Thaw, includes expulsion from Harvard in 1891, European tours, Evelyn Nesbit marriage in 1905, and lavish spending. It details murder trials, insanity acquittal, multiple commitments, and total costs surpassing one million dollars borne by his mother. Also notes two young women in Ashland, Kentucky, reportedly in critical condition after poison in a hotel pact.
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Harry Thaw
William Thaw
Harvard University
Europe
Evelyn Nesbit
Standford White
White
Madison Square Roof Garden
Justice Mills
Thaw
Clifford H. Hartridge
Stanford White
63 Year Old Grandmother Crowned Champion Swimmer
Denver reports Mrs Bertha M Rose aged sixty three crowned champion swimmer turner dancer and horseback rider at the international German turnfest. She learned swimming at forty five and dancing at fifty five proving age is no barrier to athletic achievement. She credits a spirit of youth for staying young and plans to keep active regardless of age.
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Denver
Bertha M. Rose
Mrs. Rose
Whitman Accepts Tammany Endorsement for District Attorney
New York August 28 Charles S Whitman declares he will accept the Democratic organization of New York county endorsement for district attorney. The move stirs heartburns as Whitman balances backing from Tammany and contrary calls from Republican allies and Roosevelt urging caution.
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New York
Democratic Organization of
New York County
Charles S. Whitman
Whitman
Tammany
Herbert Parsons
Lenox
Samuel S. Koenig
New York County Committee
Roosevelt
Prendergast
Leipsic
Music Calm Python Freezes, Saves Carnival Manager
James Harve Stenger, manager for a carnival, was nearly crushed when a twenty one foot python bound him. Six men failed to pull it free until Mile Boneto played a flageolet, guiding the snake back to a glass cage as Stenger revived unharmed.
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Pynxsntawney
James Harve Stenger
Mr. Stenger
Mr Stenger
Mile
la Boneto
Nephew Will Wed Aunt in Unusual Marriage Record
Emil Oriva, 23, of Los Angeles to Pauline Oriva, 23, of Portland Ore. The clerk notes the license but the rest of the passage humorously traces a tangled family tree with in law relations and marriages within the Oriva clan. The joke centers on connections making siblings and spouses of relatives.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Emil Oriva
Pauline A. Oriva
Portland
Ore
R. 8
Sparks
Oriva
Miss Oriva
Bumper Crop Outlook For Oats In Potter County Pa
Oats show a bumper crop in Potter County with potatoes and corn recovering after frosts and dry spells, apples scarce except on hilltops, and dairy cattle improving as Holsteins and Ayrshires replace scrub stock. Large grazing lands exist but livestock numbers have declined from a generation ago.
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Potter County
Potato Crop Light in New York State Says News
Reports from New York state potato sections show the late crop in critical condition and the early crop a total failure. Drought continues to burn plants, heavy rain needed to help. Some fields fair, but overall acreage near normal and yields likely lighter than last year.
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New York State
New York Produce News
Tragic Drowning After Canoe Overturns on Conesus Lake
University of Michigan student Russell West son of a noted fruit grower drowned when a canoe with three others overturned on Conesus Lake last week. The companions were rescued.
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Russell West
University of Michigan
Bandequoit
Conesus Lake
Hearse Mixup Frames Tragic Death Telegram News
Mrs. George W. Carr of Yellow Springs alights in West Liberty to find a hearse and clergy at the station believing she died. A telegram error misled Mrs. Carr and her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Shumate, causing a family wide grief before a joyful reunion when Carr steps off the train alive.
Porcupine Vessel to Lead Perry Centenary Festivities
The Porcupine, a Perry era vessel from the War of 1812, has been rediscovered and is being repaired in Cleveland for the Perry centennial. Raised eight years ago, it is being refitted by Charles G. Bolthouse and B. J. Renners. Previously it served in the revenue service, was sold to Senator Ferry, rebuilt for lumber trading, and later sank near Grand River, Michigan.
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Cleveland
Perry
Lake Erie
Charles G. Bolthouse
Bolthouse
B. J. Renners
Government Revenue Service
Great Lakes
Senator Ferry
Michigan
Grand River
Mich
First Train at Buffalo Exhibition During Perry Centennial
The De Witt Clinton, America’s first railroad engine, with its three cars, will be shown in Buffalo during Perry centennial week from September 2 to 6. It will be on Central’s tracks at Porter avenue, alongside a modern Pacific locomotive for contrast.
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de Witt Clinton
United States
Buffalo
Central
Porter Avenue
Perry
Niagara
Harry Parry
New York Central
Pacific
Cattle Destroyed Over Tuberculosis In Genesee Area
Seven cows owned by Charles Fairbank of Little Genesee near Bolivar N Y were killed by order of Dr Knight of Olean a state veterinary officer. The animals afflicted with tuberculosis were appraised at 675 dollars with the state to pay 50 percent of the value for four cows and 50 percent for the three only lightly affected. The latter were slaughtered and the meat sent to Buffalo.
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Charles Fairbank
Little Genesee
Bolivar
N. Y
Knight
Olean
Fairbank
Buffalo
Man Drowns After Fish Weighing 40 Pounds
Newton New Jersey Harry C Pitman eighteen dies attempting to swim the Paulinskill river with forty pounds of fish strung around his neck friends laughed at his calls for help until they later realized he was in distress Pitman was with Ed ward Huff and Lester Huff both from Hardwick township and the trio had been spearing fish when Pitman volunteered to swim back alone at 2 30 am after a night of luck at Stillwater bridge whirlpool nearby.
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Newton, N. J
Harry C. Pitman
Paulinskill
Stillwater Bridge
Pitman
Edward Huff
Hardwick Township
Lester Huff
Edward
Prairie Ronde farmer gored to death by bull
George G. Crose 61 a pioneer farmer in Prairie Ronde township Michigan was killed when a bull charged from a stall as he watered animals in the barn. The animal gore and trampled him before family could drive it away with a pitchfork. He died en route to be removed.
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George G. Crose
Prairie Ronde Township
Mich
Crose
Church Raises Grain Crop in Cemetery Site
The Rev. Father Loeffler of Pom eroy Washington seeks the best market for 450 bushels of turkey red wheat grown on church land recently purchased for a cemetery. Field work revealed a heavy grain crop during leveling and planting.
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Father Loeffler
Pomeroy
Wash
McAdoo Allocates 46.5 Million For Crop Movement Aid
Secretary of the Treasury announces a $46.5 million allotment of the $60 million fund to banks in the South West and West to aid crop movement during harvest. Deposits will stay about four to five months and be returned as designated, with $24.7 million to Western states and $21.8 million to Southern states and the District of Columbia.
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Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
District of Colum
Garrison Plans Tour to Review Army Posts
Secretary Garrison will inspect 207 military stations nationwide to craft a plan reducing posts and concentrating forces. He cites congressional opposition as a key hurdle and denies threats to resign, saying he will seek intelligent cooperation with lawmakers.
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Washington
Garrison
Garri Gon
Secretary Garrison
Congress
Bedford Man Sheds Toe Nails Every Two Years
Bedford Indiana resident J W Mundy explains his toes shed nails in a biannual pattern since childhood. He displays his left foot showing long-standing nails and new nails growing beneath the old ones in a patient demonstration.
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Bedford
Ind
J. W. Mundy
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