Gun maker's looming deadline tests rival ambitions
Lieutenant Sommers remains in town to oversee tempering of the gun as tensions rise with Pinckney. Frances Durant and Edward Pinckney clash over trust and motives while Mr. Durant weighs the risk of rival him. Sommers exits with Frances after a tense exchange.
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Ned
Frances
Tman
Ward
Sommers
Mmers
Durant
Evg
Pincky
R. Durant
J. Pinckney
Pickney
Winckney
Pinckney
Frances Favors Sailor as Edward Presses for Match
In a tense drawing room scene Frances’ mother and her father sternly rebuke Edward Pinckney for pressuring Frances toward Jim Sommers. Mrs Durant hints he is fueling his own jealousy and urges patience, while warning against meddling in Frances’s choices.
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Pinckney
Jim
Mrs. Durant
Frances
Mr. Sommers
Edward
George du
Fragment from a family tension scene with a dying mother
A dialogue snippet shows Frances and her mother and Pinckney debating a man’s fate. The mother advises Frances to visit and express emotions while hinting the man may be sent away, possibly to distant assignments, leaving them to cope with death and separation.
Welcome for Gompers Stirs Washington Labor rally honors leader
Organized labor from the United States Canada and Cuba welcomed Samuel Gompers back from Europe with a monster parade and mass meeting in Washington. The event coincided with a DC Court of Appeals contempt decision, which did not occur, and Gompers denounced any power trying to curb free speech. He blamed Justice Wright for the contempt verdict.
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Washington
Canada
Cuba
Europe
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
New York
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Gompers
Organized Labor
Federation of Labor Unions
Justice Wright
Large gifts to charity from Mrs Nelson Morris will
Chicago Oct 13 Under the will of Mrs Sarah Morris widow of Nelson Morris who died in an automobile crash Sept 16 bequests totaling nearly 400000 are given to charitable institutions. The principal gift is 300000 to establish and endow a convalescent home or hospital for children in memory of Nelson Morris and the testatrix.
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Nelson Morris
Chicago
Sarah Morris
Torso Found Deepens Tiverton Murder Mystery
Police in Tiverton Rhode Island report the discovery of a torso of a young woman near Bulgermarsh road, adding to evidence of a murder while still lacking clues to the victim’s identity or the killer.
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Tiverton
R. J. Tiverton
R. I
Bulgermarsh Road
May reopen meat probe after East St. Louis stamps
St. Louis officials announce potential resumption of the East St. Louis meat inspection inquiry after Dr. G A Jordan charges that four beef carcasses with melanosis were stamped in East St. Louis and shipped to St. Louis where they were seized September 29. Additional charges allege decayed pork sausage stamped by inspectors at Alton and sent here on September 11.
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East St. Louis
St. Louis
Health Department
G. A. Jordan
Alton
Train kills Will Carns in Burlington area accident
In Burlington Iowa on October 138 a train struck Will Carns a well known La Harpe resident and cut his body in two. His father rode the train and witnessed the fatality. Carns leaves a young wife.
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Burlington
Will Carns
la Harpe
Carns
Roy Blair Suicide in Delirium at Oskaloosa
Roy Blair of Knoxville a harnessmaker killed himself in delirium by cutting his throat with a razor on Oct 18. He had been drinking heavily and believed a mob pursued him for a crime committed by someone else.
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Self
Oskaloosa
Roy Blair
Knoxville
Foley’s Honey and Tar Aids Airways and Cough Relief
Foley’s Honey and Tar clears air passages and soothes throat irritation. It stops the cough and heals inflamed membranes. lungs strengthen as the cold is expelled. Reuse only the genuine yellow package from Lemmon’s Pharmacy, Mc Elhinney Drug Co.
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Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
McElhinney Drug Co
Useless Area Added to Britain Since 1883
Since 1883 the sea has washed away 419 acres of the British Isles and gained 30 752 acres. The new land is, however, presently useless.
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Britain
British Isles
Foley's Orino Laxative Praised by Father for Constipation Help
Mr. F. G. Fritz of Ogeonta New York reports his child benefited from Foley's Orino Laxative. The remedy is described as mild pleasant and effective for habitual constipation and liver trouble. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. carry it.
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F. G. Fritz
Ogeonta, N. Y
Foley
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
McElhinney Drug Co
President Taft Heads Eastward From California
After eight days in California Taft left Riverside late last night speeding across the Colorado desert toward Arizona. He will spend a day at the Grand Canyon and enjoy Yosemite like scenery. car travel covered over fifty miles between San Bernardino and smaller towns as dust filled the road. He sent a cipher telegram to Washington clarifying that information on Minister Crane must come from the State Department.
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Riverside
Cal
California
Taft
Colorado Desert
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Yosemite
San Bernardino
Police Raid Betting Ring at Jamaica Track
A Jamaica track bust during races led to twelve bookmakers being arrested as police and detectives moved against betting operations. The action follows Governor Hughes anti racetrack gambling drive and recent indictments of Brooklyn Jockey Club members.
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Jamaica Track
New York
Governor Hughes
Brooklyn
Four Die in Freight Train Wreck near Greenville
Greenville Tex October 13 one white man and three negroes were killed and I Kenny of Danville Ill and A T Madden of Mattoon Ind were probably fatally injured when two Missouri Kansas and Texas freight trains collided at Kensington eight miles north of Greenville.
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Greenville
Tex
I. Kenny
Danville
A. T. Madden
Mattoon
Kensington
Here
Three Bodies Found in Ruins at Old New Zealand Hotel
Fresno's search of the burned New Zealand hotel ruins revealed the bodies of Frank Beck of this city, Walter A. Hart of San Mateo, and William Kingdom, a visitor.
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Fresno
Cal
Frank Beck
Walter A. Hart
San Mateo
William Kingdom
Live Stock Markets Weak in Chicago Yards
Chicago report shows cattle receipts 11 000 steady to 10c lower with beves Texas and western steers and feeders, cows and calves. hog receipts 11 000 slow to weak across weights. sheep receipts 38 000 weak to 10¢ lower with natives and western lambs and sheep priced accordingly.
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Chicago
Texas
South Omaha Live Stock Market Report October cattle hogs sheep
South Omaha stock receipts show cattle at 10 000 with steady prices for native steers to 8.00 and calves to 6.75, hogs at 2 100 with strong demand and bulk sales around 7.65 7.70, and sheep at 19 000 with yearlings to 5.20 and lambs to 6.75 in mid October trade.
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South Omaha
Texas
Supreme Court Hears Terminal Charge Dispute
The Supreme Court considers whether the Interstate Commerce Commission can fix livestock terminal charges in Chicago. The case pits the commission against Chicago and Great Western railways and others over limits on car delivery fees, with government and railroad counsel presenting arguments.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago and Great Western
Chicago
Wade H. Ellis
S. H. Cowan
William D. McHugh
W. D. Hines
Severe cold wave hits the Midwest and Northwest
A cold wave sweeping the West and Northwest brings widespread suffering and damage after a violent Lake Superior storm. Heavy snow in northern Illinois southern Michigan Nebraska South Dakota and Iowa reaches five to six inches with grapes and fruit ruined by frost. Freezing temperatures forecast for the next day throughout the region.
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Chicago
Lake Superior
Middle West
Northwest
Ilinois
Michigan
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Mississippi Valley
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Dr. D. Arthaud
Osteopath
Kirksville
Dr. W. M. Terry
West Washington Street
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Cook & Sherman's Drug Store
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South Side Square
E. J. Harmeier
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W. H. Butterfield
Eicher & Livingston
LAW
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Temple Building
Washington, Ia
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Mroor
Secoedeae FE
Chicago Stock Yards
Central Ry
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Peoria Express
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A. J. Morris
A. B. Cutts
Minn
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C. J. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson CG Cc
Wilson
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Opposite Journal
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W. M. Keeley
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P. J. Hanley
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Sam’ Thompson
R. L. Coulter
W. A. White
D. F. Macon
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