Mechanic Taken to Asylum After Thaw Fervor
Freeman Lylarger a Kerrtown Crawford county mechanic and married man was taken to the insane asylum by Sheriff Oscar Roudebush after an auto trip. He believed Harry K Thaw fled Matteawan asylum and read up on the trials and escape. He talked of Thaw during the journey but remained non violent and friends hope his health improves.
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Freeman Lylarger
Kerrtown
Crawford County
Oscar Roudebush
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
New York
Assaulted physician in Titusville hospital as Sunk faces trial
Dr. S N Burchfield a Titusville physician and hotel owner lies in a Titusville hospital after a Saturday attack by Frank Sunk a teamster on his oil lease. Police say Burchfield used a crowbar after Sunk disarmed him. Sunk claims self defense. Bail set at $2000 and he was bound over to quarter sessions court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. N. Burchfield
Titusville
Fieldmore
Titusville Hospital
Frank Sunk
Sunk
Dr. Burchfield
Burchfield
J. P. Dodge
Pleasantville
Franklin
Cook Book With Every Marriage License Plan Debuts
Chicago Aug 20 The Cook county board considers giving a cook book with every marriage license. County Clerk Robert M. Schweitzer proposes an annual $10,000 appropriation to fund the books. He argues the cook book will protect young husbands and reduce divorce court workload.
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Chicago
Cook County
Robert M. Schweitzer
Schweitzer
September Term of Criminal Court List Includes Eleven Trials
The September term opens next Monday with eleven cases on the docket. Ralph Parrish, a minor for Sheffield, charged with larceny. Don Gray of Spring Creek, larceny. C W Sackett of Clarendon, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Fred Memus of Spring Creek, malicious injury by obstruction on a railroad track. Samuel Morse of Warren, furnishing liquor to a man of unknown intemperate habits. Andrew Nowak of Sheffield, felonious assault. Samuel Singleton of Tidioute, threats. Mike Pareto of Warren, assault and battery. Raymond and James Anderson of Warren, larceny. Guy Swanson, embezzlement. Tony Marino of Clarendon, assault and battery with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Parrish
Sheffield
Don Gray
Spring Creek
C. W. Sackett
Clarendon
Fred Memus
Samuel Morse
Warren
Andrew Nowak
Samuel Singleton
Tidioute
Mike Pareto
Raymond Anderson
James Anderson
Guy
Swanson
Tony Marino
Married men more criminal than married women worldwide
A New York report by Henry D. Sayer shows unmarried men commit far more crimes than married men, with 2,068 vs 789 convictions. The data cover nine years, ages mostly under thirty, and reveal rising youth criminality while older offenders stay steady. Four men were convicted for first degree murder, a county first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry D. Sayer
District Attorney's Office
Supreme Court
Narrow escape as bull gores Moscow resident
William Sweet of Moscow New York survived a close brush with a bull at his farm last week when the nose ring broke and the animal charged. Found unconscious he was moved to safety after the bull was shot to prevent harm. He sustained bruises several broken ribs and possible internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sweet
Moscow
N. Y
Mr. Sweet
Harrison Confirmed Governor General of the Philippines
The United States Senate confirmed Representative Francis Burton Harrison as governor general of the Philippines at an executive session. A favorable report from the committee on Philippine affairs was adopted, and there were no objections when the report was submitted.
Record cattle run at Kansas City stockyards sets a daily high
Thirty eight thousand cattle were received Tuesday at the Kansas City stockyards marking the greatest single day's receipts in the yards history. Heavy shipments stem from parched pastures and water scarcity due to drought. Fed cattle hold steady while grass stock runs 25 to 30 cents lower.
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Kansas City
Urges Rod for Schools in Teacher Meeting
Dr G Stanley Hall of Clarke University Worcester Mass urged a return of corporal punishment in schools during a Chicago teachers meeting He argued the rod provides the best discipline for unruly children but must be used with controlled anger The audience of teachers largely approved the call
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Chicago
Thomas Smith
G. Stanley Hall
Clarke University
Worcester
Mass
Lost Farm Buying Silence Ends In Land Bargain
Marvin Brown of Logansport Indiana files for divorce claiming he offered his wife an acre of land for every day she did not nag. He says he earned 70 days of peace before the farm was exhausted and the nagging resumed, ending the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Marvin Brown
Brown
Drought Bites Yenansoco Farms Across Corn Potatoes
Oil City reports drought damage across the Yenansoco region with corn stalks drying, milk turning weak, brittle and yellow, and potatoes afflicted by blight. Farmers fear a crop failure without timely rain.
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Oil City
Worried man cuts throat of father of poisoned pen writer
John Swartz father of Renna Swartz, the Hughesville woman under suspended sentence for authoring the poisoned pen letters, slit his throat in Williamsport. His condition is critical, with continual brooding over his daughter's actions given as the cause. Swartz long ran a Hughesville drug store and served as justice of the peace.
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Williamsport
John Swartz
Renna Swartz
Hughesville
Swartz
Twenty One Burned In Steel Plant Disaster
In Youngstown Ohio on August 28 twenty one men were burned when a hot metal ladle overturned in the steel department of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Three are believed fatally injured.
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Youngstown, O
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Mystery Foot in Shark Sparks Sea Accident Theories
In Lavallette New Jersey a child's foot found inside a shark raises questions about a possible sea‑worthy accident. No missing child reports match the timing, yet the foot suggests a death within a week. The shark’s stomach also held various deep sea creatures and a sea turtle said to be extremely old.
Never Wore a Hat Is a Hundred
Somerset Pa Mrs Mattie Crise turned 100 and has lived in the same place all her life. In her century she has never seen a railroad train a street car or a telephone and has never worn a hat preferring a knitted hood instead.
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Somerset
Mattie Crise
Many Happenings Condensed In Brief
Friday reports a bull goring death in Red Bank New Jersey a million dollar Jersey City fire destroying six blocks two escapes from Eastern Penitentiary Philadelphia and a fund of 8040 raised to defeat the loan shark bill George Horning testifies to the lobby committee Francis Burton Harrison named governor general of the Philippines President Huerta says Wilson stance on recognition lacks backing from congress Governor Whitney of Jolo kills two Moros Atlantic City police puzzled by two hotel deaths a girl commits suicide to join her sweetheart in Yonkers hospital Castro's revolt in Venezuela collapses after rebel defeat Ben Johnson says his life was threatened over the loan shark bill Civil service warns all officeholders must reside in the county they serve.
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Red Bank
N. J
Jersey City
Eastern Penitentiary
Philadelphia
George Horning
Dyer
Francis Burton Harrison
New York
Philippines
Huerta
Wilson
Mexico
Congress
Whitney
Jolo
Atlantic City
Yonkers Hospital
Castro
Venzuela
Coro
Ben Johnson
State Civil Service Commission
France to choose site for Panama exhibition exhibit
France sends a delegation to select a site for its exhibit at the Panama-Pacific exposition. The Des Moines proceeds to Coro as the last Venezuelan rebels in that region are defeated. The Universal Peace congress at The Hague thanks President Wilson for his peace efforts. A Bethlehem band of steel mill workers plays in Central Park New York. Chicago bankers conference adopts resolutions urging major Glass-Owen currency bill changes.
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France
Des Moines
Coro
Universal Peace Congress
Hague
Wilson
Steel
Bethlehem
Central Park
New York
Conference of Bankers
Chicago
Glass-Owen
Physicians devise respirator to sustain dying patients
New York physicians report a new respirator that can keep vital functions ongoing for dying patients. Cardinal Gibbons preaches wealth should aid the poor in a Spring Lake sermon. Bishop Tuttle opposes electing the Episcopal presiding bishop. Bulgaria lets Turkey keep Adrianople per Constantinople cable. Army officers say the U S is better prepared to invade Mexico than in 1845. Mineola police find a bomb near a bank door containing nitro glycerine.
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New York
Cardinal Gibbons
Spring Lake
N. J
Tuttle
Episcopal Church
Bulgaria
Turkey
Adrianople
Constantinople
Meade
United States
Mexico
Mineola
S. I
Princes of Wiel name Albania’s future king
Several powers select a Wiel prince as Albania’s future monarch. In Washington Senator Kenyon proposes a free list in the tariff bill for all goods produced by trusts. W H Page, U.S. ambassador in London, rents a Grosvenor square house. A mother leaps into a deep Passaic pit as her son's body is recovered from sand. The will of C A Canfield, oil and mining operator of Los Angeles, disposes of property valued at 10 000 000. W Cameron Forbes, Philippine governor general, resigns after the appointment of Francis Burton Harrison.
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Wiel
Albania
Kenyon
W. H. Page
United States
London
Grosvenor Square
Passaic
N. J
Will
C. A. Canfield
Los Angeles
Cal
W. Cameron Forbes
The
Philippines
Francis Burton Harrison
Sardine Uplift at Agriculture Dept and More News
The nation hears of a sardine industry push by the agriculture department. Monaco's steam yacht heads to America but will not operate with a croupier aboard. Denver homeopathists press a ban on marriages of girls under twenty. Sweden may move to prohibition, making skull a obsolete term. St James Soldiers Home inmate aged 102 credits bacon and corn bread for longevity. A Pittsburgh paper carries a whimsical ad from a homeless man seeking sanctuary for himself, his phonograph, and his bull pup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers
St. James, Mo
Pittsburgh
Five Killed as Auto Car Tragedy Shocks Brackenville
Five persons die when an automobile is struck by a special railroad train near Brackenville on the Pennsylvania line. The crash occurs as officials report an unusual collision involving a passenger train and a car with no immediate survivors.
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Spring Lake
N. J
Pennnsylvania
Brackenville
International School Hygienic Congress
Buffalo
Philippines
United States
Mexico City
John Lind
Wilson
Fifth District Judicial Designations
The Republicans of the Fifth judicial district comprising Oneida Onondaga Oswego Jefferson and Herkimer counties designate William S. Andrews and Celon H. Lewis of Syracuse for nomination as supreme court justices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth
Oneida
Onondaga
Oswego
Jefferson
Herkimer
William S. Andrews
Ceylon H. Lewis
Syracuse
Supreme Court
Nurse Fears Black Hand in Newburgh Cornwall Case
Emma Elizabeth Krill, a Cornwall nurse, asks village authorities for protection claiming her life is in danger. She alleges Dr. Tron, once charged with poisoning at Utica and later cleared, belonged to Italian societies there. Two women seen near her home are suspected Black Hand members. Police protection has been granted.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Emma Elizabeth Krill
Cornwall
Tron
Utica
Youngest Homicide? Not Homicide But Notorious 6 Year Old Rascal
A six year old boy Richard Tudovsky from Racine Wisconsin is committed to the State Industrial School for Boys until age 21. His criminal record includes burglary highway robbery with an unloaded revolver and multiple police records. He has threatened children with a knife provoking swift action.
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Racine
Wis
Richard
Tudovsky
State Industrial School
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Yenansoco
Acorn
Green & Davidson
Penn’ A
Pike India
India
Department of Agriculture
Prince of Monaco
America
Denver
Sweden
H. G. Hawkes
Oban
Scotland
England
Pickett
Nurse Fears Black Hand
Miss Krill
Wisconsin
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