Justice Pierce Sets Local Marriage Record in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana justice of the peace Walter F Pierce reached his 111th marriage ceremony, claiming a record outside Covington Kentucky. He remarks that many couples are poor and some he helps by paying part of fees. he notes marriage fees won’t fund grand homes. He jokes a man should profit from marriages but won’t build brownstone fronts.
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Muncie
Ind
Walter F. Pierce
Covington
Justice Pierce
Freak of Some Co eds at Milliken University
Four coeds from James R R Milliken University face trial on wrecking a street car. Names include Winnie Davidson Anna Ashmore Babe Andrews and Lillian Moore. They allegedly released a gravity road car causing it to roll several feet into another car injuring Mrs Burns. The girls say the action was unintentional and the car did not travel far before stopping.
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Bloomington
Iil
James RR
Milliken University
Winnie Davidson
Anna Ashmore
J. N. Ashmore
Misa
Babe” Andrews
Lillian Moore
Burns
Trophy for Corn Growers in National Exposition
Lafayette Indiana October 5 G L Chris tie secretary announces that a meeting of special agents and the commission for the National Corn exposition to be held in Omaha in December started a movement to raise funds to purchase a trophy awarded annually for the best ten ears of corn exhibited at the exposition. The trophy will be valued at one thousand dollars.
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Lafayette
Ind
G. IL. Christie
Omaha
Woman Found With Dead Baby in Powdertown Water
In Minneapolis on October 3 an unidentified young woman was found in Powdertown water, clasping her dead year-old baby. A gold ring engraved KE8toLEF was the only identifiable clue to the woman’s identity.
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Minneapolis
Powdertown
L. EF
Osaka Girl Sacrifices Life to Save Marquis Inouye
Victoria B C report says seventeen year old orphan Fukumura Takoho of Osaka stabbed herself to death in the belief her sacrifice would prolong the life of Marquis Inouye who lay ill at Okitsu. Advices came aboard the steamer Iyo Maru from Yokohama.
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Victoria
B. C
Marquis Inouye
Okitsu
Fukumura Takoho
Osaka
Yokohama
Pest Held Well in Hand
St. Petersburg reports cholera under control with 136 new cases and 62 deaths in the 24 hour period ending yesterday noon, reflecting improved containment after initial measures.
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Pest
St. Petersburg
Man killed crossing street after gate lowered in Battle Creek
Rueben H. Boyce aged seventy was struck and killed on east Main street when he walked under lowering gates to cross as a switch engine passed. Police ambulance arrived too late. He leaves a son and daughter.
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Battle Creek
Mich
East Main Street
Rueben H. Boyce
Boyce
National Irrigation Congress to Meet in Spokane
Spokane chosen as the 17th national irrigation congress site for next year after the Albuquerque session.
Wright to Win the Contract at Le Mans
Wilbur Wright sets another world record for time and distance with passenger a French journalist aboard staying aloft 55 minutes 87 seconds. He circled the field 24 times covering about 53 kilometers and 36 miles. The flight advances a contract with Lazanne Weiller for $100,000 and patent rights for France and colonies.
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le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Wright
Lazanne Weiller
France
Colonies
Enormous Mail Rush From Easton Station
London reports a massive mail out to meet the Lusitania at Queenstown. The first penny mail to the United States was diverted to Liverpool to ease pressure at the general post office. Thousands more letters arrived from the provinces all night. Staff were reinforced and extra sorters brought in. Firms use cheaper rates to mail advertising. one house mailed 10 000 letters.
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London
Easton
Queenstown
United States
Liverpool
General Post Office
Drowned man Cameron falls at Niagara River bank
Brewster Cameron a 63 year old El Paso merchant drowned at Niagara Falls area. While sitting with F H Fulford of Bellaire and C D Pidball of Buffalo on a steep riverbank, he lurched forward and fell in. Companions and a park officer tried to save him. he remained conscious briefly, waving to shore before passing over the falls.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Brewster Cameron
el Paso
Tex
F. H. Fulford
Bellaire
C. D. Pidball
Buffalo
Cameron
Initiation Prank Turns Sour Near Valley Mills
In Indianapolis area a Valley Mills school entertainment ended with cries for help from the woods. A youth was found tied to a tree and rescued after bystanders, believed initiates for a school fraternity, fired on would-be rescuers. The student is George Wohblell of a local manual training high school. He gave no explanation.
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Indianapolis
Valley Mills
George Wohblell
Child Killed by a Train Near Danville
Danville TL October 5 Reba Mc Brune aged five was struck and instantly killed by a Big Four passenger train four miles west of Lere as she attempted to cross in front of the engine. Her father identified the mangled body after the train stopped.
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Danville
Reba McBrune
Lere
Will Pay Out in Full in Allegheny Bank Collapse
Pittsburg Oct 5 A statement from counsel for the Allegheny National Bank notes the bank failed through cashier William Montgomery's alleged peculations. Affairs of the defunct institution will be satisfactorily closed this week with all obligations paid.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny National Bank
Wiliam Montgomery
Miners Return to Work in Montana and Wyoming
Wheeling Oct 5 President Thomas Lewis of the United Mine Workers reports operators and miners in Montana and Wyoming have signed an agreement on wages based on last year’s scale. About 12,000 idle miners who have not worked since Sept 1 are to return to duty.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Thomas. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Montana
Wyoming
Convicts Escape Over Wall From Lansing Prison
Convicts Fred Meshler of Custer Oklahoma and Stephen Martini of western Kansas escaped Leavenworth prison by climbing over the wall with a rope. Meshler was sentenced for receiving stolen cattle. Martini was sent up from western Kansas.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Lansing
Fred Meshler
Custer
Okla
Stephen Martini
Kansas
Freshman Dances in Pajamas at Granger’s Academy
In Ann Arbor a University of Michigan freshman, warned to avoid trouble with sophomores, was dragged from his bed by a dozen let loose into Granger’s dancing academy. He danced while being escorted to the floor then sent home. Faculty and students condemn the premature clashes defying a student council order.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Granger
University of Michigan
Academy
National German American Alliance Forms in Chicago
A permanent state body of the National German American Alliance was formed at Riverview park amid the Germantown anniversary observance. Delegates adopted a constitution and elected officers, including President Charles H. Kammann of Peoria and corresponding secretary Herman Goldberger of Peoria, also denouncing Postmaster General actions on Meyer bills restricting objectionable publications.
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Chicago
National German American Alliance
Riverview Park
America
Germantown
Meyer
John Willich
Charles H. Kammann
Peoria
Herman Goldberger
Rag Shop Foreman Charged in April City Fire
Chelsea Mass Oct 5 The city fire that killed nearly twenty last April 12 was ruled a natural and obvious consequence of wanton gross negligence by rag shop foreman Israel Smulski. An inquest by Judge Cutler found he allowed workers to smoke while handling rags.
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Chelsea
Mass
Israel Smulski
Cutler
Pennant race hinges on New York games with Chicago Boston
Chicago reports three key National League games to decide the pennant. If New York sweeps, a Chicago New York tie results. Boston's single win clinches for Chicago. Scores from Chicago and St Louis share detail, with darkening conditions affecting later play and a Saturday slate listing National and American results.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
O—eblx
Lewis blames Alabama actions for coal strike
Indianapolis October 5. President Lewis of the United Mine Workers says the Alabama coal strike arose from arbitrary state authorities and the elasticity of Alabama laws in an official statement.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Alabama
Storm King and the Highlands of the Hudson
A nostalgic meditation on Storm King and nearby highlands. The author blends local lore with reminiscences of Cornwall and notable past writers, reflecting on birth, unselfishness, and the divine significance of children and the natural world.
The Man Who Couldn't Stand the Quiet
A narrator recalls a friend who fled city life to a cottage near Mount Taurus but could not endure silent nature. He returns to Broadway after a single night, tormented by the absence of urban sounds. A local tale claims another man endured by rigging a noisy contraption outside his window to sleep.
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Mount Taurus
Broadway
Manhattan
New York
The Song of the Katydids
A reflective piece extols katydids as industrious optimists. The narrator muses on enduring joy and perception, drawing loose connections to history and nature. The text notes katydids sing through the night alongside locusts, expressing lasting charm over decades.
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George III
Washington
Judge Not For Charity Within Each Hidden Treasure
A reflective meditation on misjudgment and charity urging readers to look beyond outer shells. It compares people to undiscovered mines of sentiment and gold, arguing kindness unlocks buried goodness and the storehouse of love within every heart.
Remembering Childhood and the Call for Patriotism
A reflective meditation on childhood memories and nature, tracing the sanctuary of memory and the ache of aging. It links reverence for nature with patriotism and the hope for greater light and wisdom to guide human law and governance. The piece laments lost faces, cherishes the past, and urges cultivating patriotism through open country, nature, and justice.
Genius and hard work make a strong team quote
James A. Edgerton of Cold Spring on the Hudson New York asserts that genius plus hard work form a better partnership than either alone in a succinct opinion on achievement.
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James A. Edgerton
Cold Spring-on-the-Hudson, N. Y
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