Violent Deaths in Chicago Report Details 450 Personal Crises
Coroner Traeger reports year ending November with 450 Cook county personal crisis cases including 239 married, 14 widows, 30 widowers, 10 divorced. Women killed themselves at three times the rate of men. 6,088 cases examined. 3,194 inquests. 859 railroad deaths, many at grade crossings. Toy pistol lockjaw deaths total 74. critics blame lack of revolver restraint and concealed weapons. Coroner Taeger calls for action by firearm dealers.
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Chicago
Traeger
Cook County
Taeger
Double Tragedy in Brooklyn Claims Two Lives
In Williamsburg Brooklyn Lester Fitzgerald a glass factory employee shot and killed Mrs Matilda Wood in a hotel room and then killed himself with the same weapon. Mrs Wood is the wife of a newspaper compositor who suspects Fitzgerald acted after advances were repelled.
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Brooklyn
New York
Lester
Fitzgerald
Matilda Wood
Williamsburg
Fire claims patrolman saving others in Fulton Street blaze
New York reports Patrolman Frank J. Redican died in a Fulton Street restaurant fire. He warned tenants on the upper floors before perishing in the smoke. The blaze damaged a printing establishment and a shoe store causing about 100000 dollars in losses. Cardinal Gibbons condemned sweat shops during a Des Moines sermon urging fair treatment of workers.
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New York
Frank J. Redican
Fulton Street
Redican
Baltimore
Der
8&Flire
Friendenwald Printing Company
Frank & Adler
Buten
Cardinal Gibbons
Des Moines
Gibbons
Maryland Rep Wachter Pushes Martyrs Day Holiday
Representative Wachter of Maryland introduces a bill making April 14 a legal holiday named Martyrs Day to commemorate the death of Abraham Lincoln.
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Wachter
Maryland
Abraham Lincoln
Powers Seek International Macedonian Administration
London dispatch reports that great powers are preparing an international gendarmerie style administration for Macedonia to prevent a Balkan uprising. A Christian governor is favored, with Mussulmans protected, as Russia and Austria push reforms endorsed by the sultan. Britain France Italy may approve though Germany could oppose.
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London
Balkan
Europe
Macedonia
Crete
Turkey
Bulgaria
Russia
Austria
Czar Nicholas
Francis Joseph
Balkans
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Iowa Exposition Commission Eyes Extra Funds for St Louis Exhibit
Des Moines reports the Iowa exposition commission planning to approach the legislature to restore and boost funding for livestock and agriculture exhibits at the St Louis fair. It notes past cuts, progress on the state building, and honors Charlies Ashton of Guthrie Center with a memorial resolution.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commission On
Department of Education
Department of Manufactures
State Building
Department of Minerals and Metallurgy
Carruthers
C. B. Platt
van Meter
Platt
Charlies Ashton
Guthrie Center
Sweeting Discharged From Wisconsin Office Faces Expense Charge
Charles W. Sweeting, former assistant dairy and food commissioner of Wisconsin, has left Madison for Manitowoc after being discharged by J. Q. Emery for padding monthly expense accounts. An alleged twenty dollar irregularity appeared in October vouchers. Michael Martell, a New Jersey soldier, returns from the Philippines and declines the role of Enoch Arden after learning his wife, wed before his enlistment, had remarried.
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Madison
Wis
Charles W. Sweeting
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Wisconsin
Manitowoc
J. Q. Emery
Sweeting
Enoch Arden
New York
Michael Martell
Philippines
Spain
Paterson
N. J
Martell
King’s New Discovery Cures Consumption Says Beall Wife
A Beall Mississippi man claims his wife suffered from consumption last fall and after using Dr King's New Discovery she improved immediately and was fully cured after four bottles. The product is guaranteed by Stewart's Pharmacy with trial bottles free and prices 50 cents and 1.00.
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King
T. R. Beall
Beall
Dr. King
Stewart
Commercial Club Opening Set for December Event
Washington preparation underway for a formal Commercial Club opening on December 16. Attendees must notify treasurer Frank Sage by December 10 at Citizens National Bank.
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Commercial Club
Washington
Frank Sage
Citizens National Bank
Special Homeseekers Excursion via Frisco System
One day only Tuesday December 8. $15 round trip from Kansas City to multiple Oklahoma Indian Territory and Texas points. Tickets valid 21 days with stopovers. Inquiries to Light Lovrien Assistant General Passenger Agent Kansas City Mo. 50-26.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Bridges for Skunk River Proposal Debated by Board
The Board of Supervisors heard citizens from Rubio and Griffith Ford districts urging bridges over the Skunk River. Two large petitions demand the Rubio and Griffiths Ford crossing, but the code requires voter approval before any bridge costing over 8500 is funded, with Skunk River crossings estimated at 7500 to 000.
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Board of Supervisors
Rubio
Griffith Ford
Skunk River
Griffith's Ford
Rector testifies to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in Ontario
The rector of St. Luke's, Ashburnham Ontario, praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for curing his cold and cough before Easter. He says he preached three times on Easter Day after taking the medicine and notes the remedy’s rapid effect. The letter, dated April 18 1903, is sent to Chamberlain Medicine Co and mentions local druggists Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
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Ashburnham
Ont
Chamberlain
E. A. Langfeldt
St. Luke's Church
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Stewart’s
Cook & Shermah
Maceo Day Observed in Havana on Seventh Death Anniversary
Havana marks a national holiday as Cuba observes the seventh anniversary of General Maceo death while attempting to raise an army in Havana province to attack Matanzas. It also notes the anniversary of General Gomez's eldest son who died while trying to rescue Maceo's body.
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Havana
Cuba
Maceo
Matanzas
Gomez
Well Known Writer Alfred Sharpless Dies at 82
West Chester Pa December 8 Alfred Sharpless a well known writer on reform and agricultural topics gained national fame for his John Ploughshare letters died here at age 82 He was a prominent mineralogist and possessed a rare collection of relics relating to the aborigines.
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West Chester
Alfred Sharpless
John Ploughshare
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