Identity of Mail Thief Hides Behind Alias Henry Schmidt
A Chicago man who confessed to stealing letters and parcels from downtown mall boxes adopts the name Henry Schmidt. He claims to have acted with a partner on Wabash and Adams. he fled disclosure from his father and vows to protect the family name. He remains jailed awaiting grand jury action on bail.
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Postoffce
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Colonel Stuart
King
Federal Grand Jury
Antiquities Unearthed At Weir Creek Point Show Ancient Craft
Raymond Harrington leads a New York City dig at Weir Creek Point near Throg's Neck unearthing skeletons shell heaps pottery beads pipes and stone implements. Artifacts indicate long operative history and contact with Lake Superior Indians. Twenty vaults from Port Washington arrived earlier and include dog and warrior skeletons with stone arrow points. In separate item Richard H. Kain mayor of Lemars Iowa wed Josie Denahy at Saint Irenaeus church Lyons Illinois educational note.
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Wisconsin youth’s suicide on welding day shocks town
Whitewater Wisconsin reports a young man named Frank White allegedly killed himself on the morning of his welding day. Police and family say nervousness and anxiety over his upcoming tasks may have driven the act.
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Crazy man shoots police and bystanders in Albert Lea
Albert Lea on October 4 reports John Hare firing on Broadway after resisting arrest. Policeman Oscar Subby is seriously wounded with a chest injury, and William Jones sustains a serious abdominal wound. A crowd pursued Hare as gunfire continued until he was shot dead. Subby’s prognosis is cautious but hopeful.
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John Hare
Oscar Subby
William Jones
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Subby
Jones
Con secration date planned for Fond du Lac cathedral
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on October 4 the con secration of Coadjutor Bishop Weller is set for a date to be announced possibly November 8 at the cathedral. The west window gift from Benjamin Wild will feature Isaiah Aaron and David as prophet priest and king. Belott Wisconsin plans an agricultural fair next year with a business mens meeting to organize and grounds designated by C H Everett and J N Chamberlain driving the project.
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Weller
Benjamin Wild
Isaiah
Aaron
David
Belott
Belotit
C. H. Everett
Morgan Stock Farm
State Agricultural Association
J. N. Chamberlain
Detroit man lands Fontana wreck removal contract
M Sullivan of Detroit won the Port Huron sunken schooner Fontana removal contract for 7000 dollars and will start within four days.
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M. Sullivan
Fontana
Port Huron
Sullivan
Northwestern to survey line for Ashland division branch
Merrill Wisconsin October 4 surveying between this city and Antigo has reached four miles east of Merrill. In two weeks the Northwestern Railroad company will have a line surveyed to prepare grading for a branch from the Ashland division. The plan arises after Milwaukee Railway built a line into Escanaba to compete with Northwestern.
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Antigo
Northwestern Railroad Company
Ashland
Milwaukee Railway Company
Escanaba
Northwestern Road
Markets Report From Chicago and Other Cities
Chicago Board of Trade quotations show mixed moves in Wheat Corn and Oats with autumn prices. Live stock markets in Chicago East Buffalo and St Louis reflect varying demand and price ranges across hogs cattle and sheep as week progresses.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Gathering of Clubs First Meet of the Convention
Indianapolis hosts a Democratic club convention opening with a flag drenched parade at 8 pm. Adlai Stevenson appears to thunderous ovation as leaders and organizers push a rapid club formation amid war talk and tariff debates. Lincoln reports Nebraska fusion counter rally with Senator Wellington and ex governor Hogg addressing supporters.
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Lincoln
Neb
Roosevelt
Nebraska
Wellington
Maryland
Hogg
Texas
State Capitol
Bryan
Bryan’s campaign swing through Wisconsin and New York
Bryan spoke in Portage City Columbus Water town Oconomowoc and Waukesha under rainy skies. He outlined campaign plans allocating dates to Illinois Michigan Ohio and then heads to New York after a Cleveland stop. A large Madison Square Garden audience welcomed him with a flambeau club present.
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Bryan
Portage City
Portage
Columbus
Watertown
Oconomowoee
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Cleveland
New York
Madison Square Garden
National Hotel
Casino Theatre
Roosevelt's Illinois Train Schedule Released On Campaign Tour
The Roosevelt legion train schedule was announced with Frank Ross of the Titines Central in charge. The crew includes Rowe Weldhouse Cullom ex Governor Fifer Governor Tanner and Lorimer among others. The trip starts Rock Island 8 30 AM Saturday visiting Sterling Dixon Te Kalb Belvidere and Chicago arriving 6 PM. The state tour continues Monday 7 15 AM via Santa Fe to Joliet Streator Eureka Peoria Dancola Springfield Jacksonville Litchfield Alton and East St Louis then into Missouri. Separately Federico Degetun nominated for congress at San Juan Republican convention. Two hundred Evansville miners crossed the Ohio to Basket Station Ky to end non union mines and demand unionization.
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Roosevelt
Iliness
Frank Ross
Titines Central
Rowe
State Committee
Reeves, Prince
Hitt
Weldhouse
Cullom
Fifer
Tanner
Martin Bo. Madden
Lorimer
T. N. Jamieson
Clawles
Deneen
Legion Train
Rock Island
Sterling
Dixon
Te Kalb
Belvidere
Santa Fe
Joliet
Streator
Eureka
Peoria
Dtancola
Springfield
Jacksonville
Litchfield
Alton
East St. Louis
Missouri
Rev Axtell Offers Barbershop to Join Baptist Welfare
Detroit reports Rev J J Axtell once a controversial Congregational figure passed a state board exam with top marks and drove rivals from business. He has been invited to lead Royal Oak Baptists welfare efforts, potentially ending his Congregational contract dispute. Other items cover suicides, a damaged suit verdict, a contractor's death, postal stamp scam, a sulfur explosion injury, Nome smallpox, and a basketball result in Kansas City.
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J. J. Axtell
Royal Oak
Congregational Church
State Board
Baptists of
Ife
Congregationalists
Axtell
Mitchell Warns Strikers to Hold Line in Anthracite Strike
Hagleton Pa October 4. No new developments in the anthracite coal strike as major companies offer 10 percent wages but workers take no steps to resume. President Mitchell warns against misreports and urges a convention before any statements or concessions. The tone signals a prolonged struggle with leaders urging continued solidarity until operators concede.
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Hagleton
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Mitenedt
Ashland
New York
Prince Lukanthar of Cambodia accuses French cruelty in Indo China
A dispatch reports Prince Lukanthar of Cambodia charging France with cruel tactics in Indo China. General Osman Pasha, linked to the Plevna hero, fled Turkey to Paris amid political tension.
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Perry Belmont
Congress
Phil Hoechster
Illinois
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McKinley
Woodlawn
Homer L. Boyle
Grand Rapids
Mich
J. E. Dayton & Co
Williamsport
Coldstream Guards
Strike news seethes as wage rise offered and dynamite used
Shenandoah dispatch reports Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co offers a 10 percent wage increase and invites grievances, while miners’ organizers urge workers to wait for the convention decision. Dynamite aimed at a miner’s house caused limited damage as operators resist raises. Separate items note a Madison county paper mill moving from Greenfield to Glassboro and WGC T U district prize winners in Anna Illinois.
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Philadephia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pottier
Michael Zulick
Zwick
Seaboard
Dallas Million-Dollar Loan at 4 Percent Rate
Dallas Texas has floated a loan of 150000 dollars at four percent interest the lowest rate ever obtained by any southern city of the second class. Berlin boasts Unter den Linden as the broadest street in any event city at 215 feet wide.
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Tex
Berlin
Unter den Linden
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