Donations Pile Up for Billy Rugh Memorial in Gary
Memorial funds pour into Gary Indiana from across the nation in memory of newsboy Billy Rugh. Citizens meet as Mayor Knotts delegates handle donations including sizable checks. Charles Smith father accepts $309 for the memorial at a simple, respectful funeral with guards from Gary and Chicago.
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Billy” Rugh
Gary
Billy Rugh
Ind
T. B. Knotts
Charles Smith
Fath
Ill
Chicago
Gould Sees Bright West as Cotton Belt Head Returns
Edwin Gould, chairman of Cotton Belt railroad, returns to New York after a two week West and Southwest tour. He praises Western business prospects and says the West and Southwest have ample traffic for continued good activity. Gould inspected Missouri Pacific, Denver & Rio Grande and Western Pacific lines.
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Edwin Gould
Cotton Belt Railroad
New York
West
Southwest
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Gould
Missouri Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Section Hand Charged With Murder In Utica
William Cassidy a 23 year old Camden New York railroad section hand was arrested in New York City and brought to Utica on a murder in the first degree charge. Prosecutors say he threw a switch forcing a Champlain and Oswego Railway train off the track on August 6 causing the locomotive to topple. Engineer Michael Stumpf of Watertown died and fireman W C Mahon, also of Watertown, was severely burned. Cassidy allegedly acted with an motive unknown.
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William Cassidy
Camden
N. Y
New York City
Utica
Michael Stumpf
Watertown
W. C. Mahon
Cassidy
German Potatoes Barred From Entry Into U S
Thousands of bags of German potatoes bound for the United States will be refused entry under the agriculture quarantine against German potatoes. The shipments face rejection because of potato wart canker and black scab. The treasury department denied New York importers appeal contending German salad potatoes fall outside the quarantine.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Germany
Treasury Department
New York
Thieves Take 20 Serrels of Apples From Westfield Orchard
Frank W Crandall of Westfield New York hired a watchman after thieves carried off three barrels of apples. Last week thieves returned with a wagon and took twenty barrels Crandall asks authorities to trace the culprits.
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Frank WW. Crandall
Westfield
N. Y
Crandall
Belfast Farmer Dies in Silo Assistance
Henry E B West aged 59 collapsed and died while helping fill a silo on the Henry Buchheister farm near Belfast New York. He was born in Utica and survived by his wife. Coroner William S Todd of Belfast investigated and found death due to heart disease.
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Belfast
Henry Buchheister
N. Y
Henry EB. West
Utica
William S. Todd
Senator Heyburn Dead
Weldon Brinton Heyburn United States senator from Idaho died in his Washington apartment after months of heart trouble. He had long served in Congress and was a prominent political figure.
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Senator Heyburn
Weldon Brinton Heyburn
United States
Idaho
Wyoming
Washington
Dela
How State Is Saving Infants Life at Albany Exhibition
A health exhibition in Albany will show New York State efforts to reduce infant mortality. A model nursery directed by St. Margaret's Home of Albany will be open for visiting mothers to leave babies while they tour the exhibition during the week starting October 21.
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New York State
New State Education
Albany
State Department of Health
St. Margaret's Home
State Poor Directors Urge Pensioning of Mothers
At the 28th annual convention in Hire Pennsylvania the group voted to meet next year in Philadelphia. Mrs Adri an W. McCort of Meadville read a paper urging state pensions for mothers and action to prevent mothers of small children from long work hours in shops, stores, or factories.
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State Poor Directors’ Association
Hire
Philadelphia
Adrian W. McCort
Meadville
Trains Crash Claims Two Crewmembers Near Hallstead
Conductor John Smith of Hallstead and Brakeman Fred Farber of Scranton were killed when freight train No. 745 crashed into the caboose of No. 755 on the Lackawanna line near Hallstead Pennsylvania. Both men perished in the wreck inside the caboose rammed forward into a freight car.
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John Smith
Hallstead
Fred Farber
Scranton
Lackawanna Railroad
Tragedy on Chautauqua Traction Line
William Thomas age 35 was killed when a southbound car struck him as he lay on the tracks on the Chautauqua Traction line at Lakewood. He was intoxicated at the time and died instantly. He resided in Blackville and leaves a wife and two children.
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William Thomas
Chautauqua
Lakewood
Blackville
Train Hits Auto. One Dead at Grade Crossing
Foster Dyer of Endicott is dead and four companions are injured when Harl Grippin's car is struck by a train on a grade crossing of the Montrose and Milford division near Heart Lake station in New York. Endicott residents Mrs. Dyer and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Welsh are among the injured.
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Foster Dyer
Endicott
Westinghouse rep searches Dunkirk idle men without success
A Westinghouse representative in Dunkirk has been seeking idle mechanics for days but finds none. Meanwhile conditions remain strong as the Brooks plant runs at full capacity with many workers on overtime.
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Westinghuse Company
Dunkirk
Brooks
MacFarland Not Guilty In Newark Murder Case
Not guilty verdict frees Allison M. Mac Farland who had been convicted of murdering his wife Evelyn a year earlier. In Lewistown Pennsylvania three deaths occur in two days and over twenty diphtheria cases are quarantined near Yeagertown as officials seek the outbreak source. Milk is ruled out and water tests show 98 percent purity with no clear origin.
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Lewistown
Yeagertown
State Health Department
Typhoid Fever Epidemic Strikes Troy New York Area
Troy, Pennsylvania, a village of 1,500 near Elmira, endures an typhoid outbreak with over 100 ill, many in the last days. Elmira doctors assist and a temporary hospital is set up as nearly every family reports a serious case, but no deaths yet.
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Troy
Elmira
Burglar in Sal amanca Bursts Through Window
Mrs. Edward T. Austin returned to her Church Street home to find a burglar had burst through a rear window while packing silverware. Police were notified but have not caught the intruder.
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Edward T. Austin
Salamanca
N. Y
Church Street
Barrel of Apples Fatal Accident in Sherman
Dewitt C. Robbins, a 71 year old Civil War veteran, fell down cellar stairs at the home of A. H. Frazer in Sherman New York. He landed on a cement floor beneath a barrel of apples and was killed instantly while transporting the barrel to the cellar.
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Dewitt C. Robbins
Sherman
N. Y
A. H. Frazer
Robbins
Trial set for November 14 in Schroeder manslaughter case
County Judge Burrell announced that the trial of William Schroeder the Lackawanna locomotive driver indicted for manslaughter in the Corning wreck of July 4 will commence at Hornell on November 14. The accident left several people seriously injured.
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Burrell
William Schroeder
Lackawanna
Corning
Horneil
Dix Outlines Taft Credit Plan for Farmers
Governor John A. Dix cites President Taft in proposing a national credit system to help farmers finance permanent improvements at lower interest. Taft invites state executives to a December Washington meeting after a governors conference in Richmond, with Dix hoping to attend.
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Dix
Taft
John A. Dix
Washington
Richmond
Mrs Dolan Pleads Guilty To Poison Pen Postal Offense
Mrs Henry Dolan 50 of Susquehanna Pa pled nolo contendere before Judge C B Witmer in the Middle District US Court to sending scurrilous postcards. Former Lackawanna DA Joseph O Brien urged leniency noting she is a mother of five and wife of a respectable citizen. She paid a $100 fine for dozens of anonymous warnings sent in the past year.
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Scranton
Henry Dolan
Susanehanna
C. B Witmer
Middle District
United States
Nolo Contendre
Joseph O’brien
Lackawanna County
Dolan
Preachers Don Overalls Build Tabernacle for Revival
In Sedalia Missouri on October 24 twelve leading Protestant preachers swapped robes for overalls and worked as carpenters to raise a revival tabernacle. They finished with splinters and sore muscles while Rev Harold Cooper of First Congregational church smashed his thumb yet pressed on. All promised to return tomorrow and complete the building by Saturday.
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Sedalia
Harold Cooper
First Congregational Church
Child Unhurt in 25-Foot Plunge From Third Floor
Two year old Max Reed tumbled from a Pine Street third story window and landed in a coatyard. Dr W H Logue found him uninjured aside from slight bruises after the wire window screen gave way under his speed.
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Williamsport
W. H. Logue
Pine Street
Max Reed
Big gas well struck near Kane Pa at 2500 feet depth
A major gas well five miles north of Kane Pennsylvania struck at a depth of 2500 feet. It is rated at a flow of one and a half million cubic feet daily and is owned by J F Wood John Stoll John Nelson and John Lindberg. The Keystone Oil and Gas company will market the output.
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Kane
J. F. Wood
John Stoll
John Nelson
John Lindberg
Keystone Oil and Gas Company
Murder Suspect Identified in Fisher Case Near Corning
The body found in the river near Corning was identified Tuesday as Joseph Fisher of Orning. Fisher had been missing since September 20 after leaving home to visit relatives in Pennsylvania. A cigar case from a Pennsylvania visit aided ID, and relatives believed he was touring relatives there before his disappearance.
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Pennsylvania
Heming
Corning
Niagara Falls
Joseph Fisher
Orning
Pensylvania
Zara Fally
Ilich
Fisher
Ant
Yelves
Body too large for hearse buries Philadelphia strongman
William Weisser, Philadelphia's heaviest man at 480 pounds and 52 years old, was buried from his saloon after his death. No door or hearse could fit his body, so a truck carried the casket to the cemetery. He had requested remaining in a back room to ease the process for his family.
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William Weisser
Philadelphia
Weisser
Wright Estate Final Accounting and Distribution
Orville Wright, appointed executor, filed a final accounting for the Wilbur Wright estate totaling 279,298 dollars in personal property and real estate. After debts, Reuchlin, Katherine, and Lorin Wright each received 50,000 dollars, and Milton Wright father received 1,000 dollars.
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Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
Reuchlin
Katherine
Lorin Wright
Milton Wright
Record Crops Reach Nationwide Highs in October Report
The October crop report from the department of agriculture shows U S cereal crops at record highs across spring wheat oats barley rye and hay with corn and potatoes also likely to be the largest ever harvested The agency notes harvest yields such as 27 9 bushels per acre for corn and 17 2 for spring wheat while potato production is up by about 108 million bushels from last year The secretary predicts no potato imports next year as better plants and hybridization advances boost yields and farmers expect a surplus from a year of abundant harvests
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Stuttgart Near 300,060 Population Milestone
Stuttgart is projected to reach a population of 300,060, while the broader region of Württemberg totals about 2,453,000 residents. The figures indicate a growing urban center and expanding state population.
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Stuttgart
Wurttemberg
Market Report New York Provision Market
New York provision prices Oct 23 show wheat No 2 herd winter at 1.63 and a half, oats standard f o b around 39 to 44 cents, butter creamery extras about 31 to 31 4 cents, eggs state and Pennsylvania white fancy new laid about 50 cents, potatoes state per 180 pounds 1.50 to 1.65 dollars.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Buffalo Grain and Butter Prices Report
Buffalo market prices list wheat No 2 white 1.10 No mixed 1.10 corn No 2 yellow 68 4 68 2 cents No 3 yellow 68 2 cents oats No 3 white 36c No 4 white 35c flour fancy blended patent per barrel 5.50 6.25 winter family patent 5.50 6.25 butter creamery prints extra creamery state choice 30 31c cheese good to choice 17 18 state hennery white fancy 74 0c potatoes white fancy per bushel 55c.
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Buffalo
East Buffalo Livestock Market Prices Report
CATTLE prime steers 9.00 to 9.75 for 1200 to 1400 lb. cows 5.75 to 6.00. Heifers 7.00 to 7.25. Onlls 5.75 to 6.35. Veals 10.25 to 10.75. Lambs 7.40 to 7.50. Mixed deep 4.35 to 4.75. Hogs light Yorkers 8.25 to 8.40. Heavy hogs 8.80 to 9.00.
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East Buffalo
Buffalo Hay Market Prices Summary
Timothy No 2 on track 15.00 16.00. No 1 choice clover mixed 14.50 15.00. Oat and wheat straw 22 509.00.
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Buffalo
Timothy
Court Disarms Striking Miners in Bath County
Lexington Kentucky October 24 arrests and disarmament of striking miners at Rose Run mines Bath county began under Circuit Court Judge Young. The action follows riots and long-running labor unrest tied to wage disputes with the company.
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Lexington
Young
Rose Runron
Bath County
Cure for Consumption Promised by Mr Wilson
Charles A. Abbott of 60 Amn Street New York City offers a free full description of a cure for consumption and related lung and throat maladies after Rev Edward A Wilson’s health restoration. The notice invites all sufferers to request the description at no cost.
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Edward A. Wilson
Mr.Wilson
Charles A. Abbott
Amn Street
New York City
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Mrs. Dolan
Preachers
Taber
Wright
Brother
Warren County
Henry Park
Warren, Pa
Market Report
John R. Smith
Clarendon
Sarah C. Smith
Sheriffs Sale
Court of Common Pleas
Warren Borough
Buffalo Provision Market
Borough of
Columbus
County of
Warren
State of
Benjamin Dean
Spring Creek Road
Erie Railroad
Benjamine Dean
M.S. Carrier
Prank Woodard
Lucinda Pero
A. W. Eaton
Life Insurance
Penn. Ave
E. Warren, Pa
T. J. Polley
A. A. Davis & Co
Warren Tel. Co
John Hepburn, M. D
N. E
Market Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bell Phone
L. C. Eddy, Atorney-at-Law
D. G. Blackman
Justice of the Peace
Second
Warre
Bell Phon
C. I. Ayers
Sabin St
Montpelier
Dr. Miles
Miles
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Chighester
Pills Spear
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