News Notes of Interest From Around the World
A survey of brief items reports Taft aboard the Columbia visiting Colon, widespread arrests in Chicago over a dress suitcase homicide mystery, and various accidents and crime outcomes across the U S and Canada. Also noted are rail and industrial updates including a long Cape Cod berry crop concern, copper and coke price shifts, a 6 000 mile Alaska railway plan, and a Baker's Hill tunnel completion near Nashville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Columbia
Taft
Colon
Chicago
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Ennis
Tex
Knoxville
Tenn
Canada
New York City
Boston
Francis Joseph
Austria
Louisville
Connellsville
Alaska
Los Angeles
Cal
William W. Karr
Smithsonian Institute
Justice Gould
Moundsville
W. Va
Missouri Pacific
Spring Avenue
St. Louis
Lake Carriers’ Association
Detroit
Michigan Central Railroad Co
Michigan Central
Detroit River
Boston & Maine Railroad
George E. Powers
Worcester
Mass
House of Correction
George Bentley
Huntington
L. L
Fiske
Black Hand
Greece
Roumania
Washington
Balkans
Arthur Massengill
Massengill
Monticello
Baker’s Hill
Louisville & Nashville
Nashville, Tenn
Unconstitutional tax ruling shocks Franklin County court
The Franklin county Ohio circuit court ruled a priest and Catholic officials residences taxable an unconstitutional decision, while parallel reports from across the country note fires robberies and deadly accidents in Indiana West Virginia and Ontario with hundreds of casualties and losses.
Clues Point to Conspiracy in Mrs Todd Death Case
Coroner Scholer says evidence suggests a murder conspiracy planned in New York and carried out in Philadelphia. The piece notes a maid's statement, a missing satchel of papers, a letter from Bridesburg, and planned grand jury testimony by Ingersoll Lockwood.
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New York City
Philadelphia
New York
Scholer
Margaretta Todd
Patrick
Miss Knight
Bridesburg
Mrs. Todd
Ingersoll Lockwood
Notorious Deal brothers nabbed in post office robbery sweep
Pittsburg reports the arrest of Thomas and Joiner Deal at Beck's Run as part of a major crackdown on a Jackson county Kentucky based post office robbery gang. The men face charges for a September 18 Oakhill Ohio theft worth about 1000 dollars. Other gang members include Pete, Bill Deal and Harry Skaggs, already serving eight year terms in West Virginia. Steven Deal fled after breaking jail in Wayne County West Virginia.
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Pittsburg
Thomas
Joiner Deal
Beck’s Run
United States
Stephen P. Stone
William Henry
Frank A. O’brien
Edward McGough
John Lally
Deal Brothers
Oakhill
Deal
Jackson County
Pete
Bill Deal
Harry Skaggs
Moundsville
W. Va
Steven Deal
Wayne County
Collision on a Curve Kills Engineer in Troy Ohio
In Troy Ohio on a curved track of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line an evening head on collision between passenger trains killed Frank Taubkins of Lima and injured six others. Fireman Henry Reuhlin jumped, spraining his leg and back. Morris Frawley of Toledo had two crushed legs with amputation. David S Turner of Toledo was injured. several others escaped serious harm. The accident likely stemmed from the southbound crew missing a stop order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ National Bank
Kingfisher
Okla
Pink Head
Hickman County
Sir George Williams
Young Men’s Christian Association
London
Eng
James Squires
Alton, Ill
East St. Louis
Washington J. Quiggle
Thomas F. Walsh
Washington, D. C
Milton Franklin Andrews
Bessie Boutin
Colorado Springs
Nulda Olivia
Sixteenth and
Douglass Streets
Omaha
Neb
Albert Lumpkin
James McNamara
Grand Trunk
Grand Truk
Chicago
Peter Stagnolo
Holland, Mich
Joseph
Tony Martin
Frank Taubkins
Lima
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Troy
Thomas
Joiner
Beck’s Run
Baltimore & Ohio
Brady’s Tunnel
Washington, Pa
Joseph Keating
Martin O’donnell
LeClair May
New York City
Post & McCord
American Bridge Co
Anton Rodonick
Grand Jury
Marshall County
Ind
Plymouth
Senator Parks
Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Boston University School of Theology
Hinckley G. Mitchell
United States
Endicott Board
Mackenzie
Philadelphia
Michigan City
Barney Hipp
Haugh
Jesse
Scholer
Margaretta Todd
Patrick
St. Petersburg
London Daily Mail
Caucasus
Georgia
Daghestan
War Office
Roosevelt
Russia
William J. LeMoyne
Inwood-on-the-Hudson
N. Y
American Federation of Labor
International Typograpical Union
Defense Fund
Taubkins
Henry Reuhlin
Morris Frawley
Toledo
David S. Turner
Indictments Issued Against Marshall County Cigarette Smokers
Laporte Ind November 7 The Marshall county grand jury returned 60 indictments against cigarette smokers Plymouth is the county seat and home of Senator Parks author of the anti cigarette law who will prosecute the indicted offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Marshall County
Plymouth
Senator Parks
Sir George Williams Dies Founder of YMCA in London
Sir George Williams died Monday in London at age 100 was founder of the Young Men's Christian Association and served as president of its London headquarters for 20 years. Born in 1821, he helped establish the YMCA movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Williams
London
Sir George Williams
The
Young Men’s Christian Association
High Court Judge Stumbles Over Local Lake Fish Tale
A New York state supreme court judge with a lakeside country home is asked by a camping club president to allow camping and fishing on the lake. The judge, doubting the lake holds fish after years there, jokes that both sides must file briefs as he investigates the matter.
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Supreme Court of
New York State
Peddler Presses on With Bargains as Matron Snubs
A Chicago Daily News item recalls a street peddler offering items for sale to an elderly matron. She resists with a broom, then declares she will buy the goods for a friend to encourage truthfulness, turning the exchange into a moral moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Insurance pitch in Baltimore ad mocks life policy risk
A business man urges on a prospectus claim that readers cannot do without the company. The agent offers life insurance to insure against loss on life policies, implying safeguarding for a wife and children. The Baltimore American records the exchange.
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Baltimore American
Hoxsie Croup Cure Ad from Buffalo NY
An old advertisement promotes Hoxsie’s Croup Cure from Buffalo New York. It claims to prevent pneumonia and diphtheria and notes the product contains no opium or nau sea and is priced at 50 cents.
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Hoxsie
A. P. Hoxsie
Buffalo, N. Y
Man and Woman Habits Praised in Humorous Notes
A Home and Abroad snippet parodies meals and dress aimed at personal pleasure. It notes Mrs. Austins Famous Pancakes as delicious. A remark warns boys in grandstands seeking work may harm eyesight by watching games.
Praise for Dean's Kidney Pills by Marcus R Mayer
Marcus R Mayer testimonial extols Dean's Kidney Pills noting relief for kidney pain back and head aches and rheumatic symptoms. He praises the remedy and urges sufferers to try it. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus R. Mayer
America
Patti
Duse
Salvini
Coquelin
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Women urged to use Dr Williams Pink Pills for health
Mrs B B Ford of Pushmataha Mississippi recounts relief from chronic uterine trouble using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She credits improved uterine regularity with ending headaches dizziness back pain and fatigue and says she can teach and work again. The ad invites readers to request a free booklet Plain Talks to Women and notes the pills are sold by all druggists.
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B. B. Ford
Pushmataha
Miss
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Loa
F.Q
Franklin County
Ohio
Sanborn Bank
German National Bank of
Vincennes
Walter
Herbert Thumm
Owen Thumm
Magazine
Charleston
Odessa
Frederick Neff
Schaefer & Boeke
Evansville
Philip Wilks
Frank Youngshek
Bank of Hamilton
Ont
Hillhouse Brown
East End
Minneapolis
James Brennan
Melbourne Tarr
John Stemmer
Briggs-Seabury Ordnance Plant
Sharon
R. H. Maddern
Enterprise National Bank of
Allegheny
Sangster
Lawrence Kan
Democrats
Municipal Ownership League
Hippodrome
Madison Square Garden
Martha Johnson
Cambridge
Hayden R. Craft
Uniontown
Elizabeth Coddington
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Atlantic City
Put-in- Bay
Clark
Nashville
J. Ogden Armour
Packet
Beef Trust
Bar
John S. Miller
Packers
Garfield
Ira Caley
Mare Island
Cal.) Navy Yard
Celtic
Marblehead
Todd
Marcus Mayer
Lane
Mrs. Ford
Carters Pie Iver
Carters Aer
Around the
Hawaiian Islands
Attica
Tower
A. J. Tower CO
U.S
Tower Canadian Co., Limited
Toronto
W. E. Moses
Royal Manufacturing CO
Box Sa DaySure
Mic
Dunham
Cleveland Orphan Asylums
Lickes Drug Co
Mfrs
Cleveland
M. E. M. D.spensary
O. Rochester
Price
F. W. Diemer
M. D
Springfield
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