Couple Fills Pockets With Sand Then Drown Hands Tied
In Waukegan Illinois a man James G. Smith and his wife were found dead in Lake Michigan with wrists bound by a handkerchief. The couple, planning their deaths on their silver anniversary, left two dimes and pennies in the pockets as they walked to the shore. Their son Walter Smith, a Chicago bank employee, survives.
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Waukegan
Lake Michigan
James G. Smith
C. F. Ingall
Sheridan Road
Alimony Plea Stakes Custody In Insolvency Suit
Mrs. M. W. Hall sues Cincinnati banker J. Boyd Hall in insolvency court claiming only five dollars weekly support, coercion to pawn jewelry for drug needs, and seeking custody of two children. She contends Hall earns twenty thousand dollars yearly and hides funds via a woman manager. Judge Lenders grants a temporary injunction halting disposal of property by him and the firms involved.
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Cincinnati
M. W. Hall
J. Boyd Hall
People’s Chattel Loan Company
Hall
Trout Stop Express Train at Beth Run Station
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania investigators found the injector of a passenger train clogged with trout fry after water was drawn from a Beth Run tank fed by a trout stream. Engineers repaired the locomotive, removed fingerlings, and a screen will be placed to prevent recurrence.
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Wilkesbarre
Beth Run
Bowman Creek
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Murphy
Despondent Groom Kills Himself as Fiance Watches
Enrico Guida aged 22 shot himself in his room at a boarding house in New York. Elsie Bogiski a pretty 18 year old who was to wed him in a few days looked on. He had grown despondent from long working hours after the couple eloped and stayed at the boarding house.
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New York
Enrico Guida
Elsie Bogiski
Will Dig for Buried Money Noteware Estate Notice
Nelson Noteware of Sheffield died last winter and rumors spread he buried money on his property. Frank J. Davis, administrator, warned against trespassing on the estate while he contemplates a systematic search for hidden wealth. Davis recalls hints of a tin box with coins and folded banknotes found earlier, and notes the late owner preferred secrecy in certain areas.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Nelson Noteware
Sheffield
Frank J. Davis
Quicksand Threatens Mines Near Lewiston and McVeytown
Report from Lewiston Pennsylvania describes a dangerous cave in at the Dull mine of the Pennsylvania Glass Sand company. A prior collapse carried away 90 feet of the main street and pumps failed as the shaft widened. Residents fear further subsidence as decaying timbers expose the quicksand under the former mine.
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Lewiston
McVeytown
Here
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Company
Feeding a Bronx Zoo Orangutang Sparks Fine
Stephen Sepenink was fined $10 by Magistrate Breen in Morissania Court for feeding the performing orang-outang named Baldy at Bronx Park Zoo. Keeper Ferdinand Engelholm saw Baldy stretch through bars and eat part of a box of matches, then seize Sepenink who was placed in charge of Patrolman Belton. Baldy was later taken for examination but not in a dangerous condition.
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New York
Stephen Sepenink
Breen
Morissania Court
Baldy
Bronx Park Zoo
Ferdinand Engelholm
Monkey House
Engelholm
Birds of Ancient Lineage in London Parks
London dealers offer old documents proving wild fowl in the lakes of London parks since James I. One bill lists charges for keeping fowl at St James Park for April to June 1611 signed by the Earl of Salisbury. Another entry shows charges for keeping game at St James Park and the Springe Garden 1611-12 signed by Sir Julius Caesar.
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London
James I
Lord Rochester
St. James Parke
Earl of Salisbury
Julius Caesar
Lion Mauls Trainer at Chicago Park Amid Antics
An enraged lion at a Chicago amusement park attacked trainer John Hoffman injuring his right shoulder side and leg and both arms before keepers forced the animal off. The park has seen four attendants killed by the same lion in ten years.
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Chicago
John Hoffman
Common Home Medicines and First Aid Remedies
A guide on immediate first aid and home remedies for common injuries and emergencies. It covers lightning strikes sunstroke fainting clothing fires suffocation gas poisoning bleeding and poison antidotes with practical steps and cautions while awaiting a physician.
Get Out in Sunlight for Health and Beauty
If you are a housewife you cannot reasonably hope to be healthy or beautiful by washing dishes sweeping and doing housework all day and crawling into bed tired at night. You must get out into the open air and sunlight. If you do this every day and keep your stomach and bowels in good order by taking Chamberlain's Tablets For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon
Taft to Name Dead Aviator's Kin
President Taft will appoint Dorr Hazlehurst of Evansville Indiana a brother of Second Lieutenant L W Hazlehurst who was killed in an aeroplane accident at College Park Maryland June 11 as a cadet at Jarzee at West Point Bread Riots and Warships. London July 27 Ben Tillert and thousands of striking dock workers continued meetings on Tower Hill. German dreadnaughts are less to be feared than British bread riots.
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Taft
Washington
Dorr Hazlehurst
Evansville
Ind
L. W. Hazlehurst
College Park
Jarzee
West Point
London
Ben Tillert
Tower Hill
Vote to Continue Dock Strike in Duluth Head of the Lakes
Striking dockmen in Duluth Minnesota vote to keep the strike and call out Superior dock men and employees in all dock sheds at the head of the lakes unless their demands are granted by tonight.
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Duluth
Minn
Superior
Prisoners Transferred From Sing Sing to Curb Uproar
Seventy five inmates have been moved from Sing Sing Prison in Ossining New York to various institutions across the state in an effort to halt rowdiness strikes and ongoing outbreaks that have plagued the facility since early inline.
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Sing Sing
Ossining
N. Y
Junk dealer Myer Davidson found dead by hanging
In Cohoes a junk dealer named Myer Davidson was found dead in a barn rafters, hanging, after being missing two days. Two $50 bank notes were found in his pocket, totaling $100. The Albany report notes the death appears self-inflicted.
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Albany
A Factor in Longevity From Daily Diet Hints
The article argues longevity favors those with balanced means and low life stress. It urges avoiding excessive eating and work strain, and recommends cultivating leisure and home life. It highlights entertainment as a key to reducing cares and preserving health, efficiency, and comfort in later years.
A Journal Want Ad Will Sell It For You
A brief want ad explains a journal service that helps sellers reach buyers. It outlines simple steps to place an ad and promises quick, wide exposure for goods or services.
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