Beattie Case Moves Toward Trial Stand in Murder Case
In Chesterfield Virginia Henry Clay Beattie Jr faces taking the stand as the case nears verdicts. Prosecutor Lewis Wendenburg contemplates rebuttal testimony by Beulah Binford and outlines a trial schedule through Friday night with jurors potentially deliberating late. The defense might call Beulah Binford if Beattie speaks, though the decision depends on his statements.
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Chesterfield Court House
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Lewis Wendenburg
Commonwealth
Henry
Wendenbure
Virginia
Wendenburg
Beulah Birford
Henry Beattie
Beulah
Binford
Beulah Winford
Wallace Now Weak Hitter
Veteran Bobby Walace of the St. Louis Americans shows reduced power at bat but remains a brilliant fielder and steady presence in the field for the team.
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Wallace
Bobby Walace
St. Louis Americans
Jackson, Boston's New Outfielder
Boston Nationals introduce George Jackson as a new outfielder, a right handed batter. He is noted as having a famous cousin Joé of the Naps, drawing comparison to the family name in baseball.
Mysterious Murder of Chicago Chauffeur At Wox River
Fred Wennerstrom, a Chicago auto owner and chauffeur, was found murdered and his body weighted, dumped into the Fox River at Cary on Wednesday night. Discovered beneath the Chicago and Northwestern railroad bridge, the crime echoes a 1904 unsolved case of William Bate.
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Chicago
Fred Wennerstrom
Cary
Chicago, and Northwestern
William Bate
Governor Deneen Fractures Leg After Warning Runaway Car
Springfield dispatch reports Governor Charles S. Deneen on a rural trip on September 4 slipped from the running board of a bile automobile near Glenarm while warning a survey vehicle of approaching danger. He broke both bones in his left leg above the ankle and was taken to the executive mansion for treatment. The incident halted his campaign plans.
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Springfield
Bile Automobile
Charles S. Deneen
Glenarm
Surrey
Daniel Murphy
Tragedy in Covington: Woman Kills Daughter Then Herself
In Covington Indiana on September 4 Opal Moody shot her three year old daughter in an outbuilding and then fatally shot herself after learning her estranged husband planned taking the child. Moody worked as a Fountain Telephone operator and the two had been separated for some time.
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Covington
Ind
Opal Moody
Digest of Sundays News Headlines
Three aviators killed in Europe and America. Anne Warner French leaves America seeking quiet. Senator Cullom avoids Illinois governor race. Northern France unites against high living costs. Roger Q Mills, 1888 tariff reform author, is dead. Pino Suarez named by progressives for Mexico vice president. New hope for peaceful settlement of Harriman labor dispute. Seven Toledo residents drown when steamer sinks at Maumee river mouth. Kaiser accepts statue presented by the United States. Chicago post office handles 822 tons of mail in one day. Beulah Binford Beattie murder trial to see dramatic prosecution confrontation. Cardinal De Lai linked to potential pope success.
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Europe
America
Anne Warner
Cullom
Ilinois
France
Roger Q. Mills
Texas
Pino Suarez
Mexico
Harriman
Toledo
Maumee
Kaiser
von Steuben
Germany
United States
Chicago
Beulah Binford
Beattie
Cardinal de Lai
Sacred College
Pope Pius X
Seven Die in Maumee River Boat Collision Near Toledo
Seven men including city officials drowned when the Nemo launch struck the freighter Phillip Minch near the Red Can buoy on the Maumee river. Mayer survived. bodies not yet recovered as police prepared to drag for them. The victims were bound for Kelleys Island for Labor Day bass fishing.
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Toledo
Maumee
Michael Mayer
Norwood Avenue
Phillip Minch
Harry Bateh
James Wisler
Thomas@ Purcell
Fred Shane
Cowell
William Platt
William Carroll
Rudolph Yunker
Kelleys Island
Mayer
Perry Street
Swan Creek
L. B. Cummings
Minch
F. P. Minch
Abner Busler
Avucust Swan
Cummings
Omaha Adopts Commission Form of Government
Omaha Neb Sept 4 adopted the commission form of government by a vote of 841 to 2345. Opponents note less than one third of registered voters cast ballots. New city officials will be elected under the plan in May 1912.
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Omaha
Neb
Diet and Health Hints by Dr T J Allen
A middle aged woman on a very low protein diet due to illness learns to accept simple meals of dried peaches or figs with occasional cracked wheat. High protein foods are discouraged as unnatural and risky for older adults with mental and physical strain. early modification is advised to prevent disease. Low protein diets may reduce injury risk, as seen in Japanese quick recovery in the Russo-Japanese war.
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Russia
Jeered to Fatal Flight Overcomes Curtiss Aviator
John J. Frisbie, famed Curtiss flyer who earned a $1000 prize for bombing the bull’s eye at the Chicago meet, died after a damaged biplane failed during a flight witnessed by his wife and children. Jeering spectators preceded the fatal attempt in Norton Kansas on September 4.
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Norton
Kan
John J. Frisbie
Chicago
Winsbire
Frisbie
Counterfeit Quarters Circulate in Shelbyville
Local merchants in Shelbyville Indiana report widespread circulation of counterfeit quarters on September 4, affecting multiple shops and prompting caution among buyers and sellers.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Maine voters set to decide on prohibition repeal
The September 11 Maine election looms as public sentiment shifts. Once confident that anti prohibition forces were outmatched, backers now sense momentum while temperance groups churches and granges faced a cooling mood among voters who had kept views private.
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Portland
Maine
Granges
KILLED ON EVE OF WEDDING INDIANA MAN
Frank Mitchell twenty five fore man of the Lake Erie and Western coal chutes was killed when a Lake Erie switch engine ran over him at Altamont near Lafayette. He was returning from a farmhouse with a bucket of water. Mitchell and Miss Florence Thoma of Lafayette were to be married this week and had a home furnished. She learned of the tragedy by telephone while showing her wedding gowns.
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Lafayette
Ind
Frank Mitchell
Lake Erie
Altamont
Mitchell
Florence Thoma
Weather Forecast for Indiana Illinois Wisconsin
Indiana and Illinois expect fair today with unsettled conditions tomorrow and moderate east and southeast winds. Wisconsin faces overcast skies today with showers tomorrow and moderate east and southeast winds.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Dn. DAVID JAYRE FILL RE TIRES AS AMBASSADOR
A damaged OCR narrative from Batavia Wayne Township describes a seventeen year old girl and her sister, with a younger brother, the older fearing as the child drowns in an incident near a farm four miles southwest of Batavia.
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David Jayre Fill
Atrora
George KR. Berhardt
Batavia
Wayne Township
Mills Tariff Bill Author Rover Q Mills Dies at Texas Home
Former U S Senator Roger Q Mills of Texas dies at his Corsicana home. Mills served in Congress from 1872 to 1899, led the Ways and Means Committee, and authored a tariff bill bearing his name. He fought in the Confederate army and later built a fortune in oil.
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Corsicana
Tex
United States
Rover
Mms
Texas
Tower House
Senate
Mills
Roger Q Mills
Todd County
Kentucky
Palestine
Tenth
Texas Infantry
Columbus
Bragg
Johnston
Hood
House
New York
Penneylvakia
Obie
Earle Clears Mystery of New Bride in Italy
New York reports first photographs of Dorothea Elbert Stewart aka Deora, wife of artist Ferdinad Pinhey Earle. He confirms the honeymoon remains uninterrupted and describes a loving home life eight weeks into marriage.
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New York
Mia
Ferdinad Pinhey Earle
Italy
Earle
Narle
Dorothea Elbert Stewart
Deora
Deneen Appoints State Mining Board Members
Governor Deneen named five new members to the state mining board including Richard Newsam of Peoria Evan D John of Carbondale H N Linskey of Streator William Spenney of Canton and S M Duggan of Girard The governor also named Frank P Robinson of Oregon to the board of managers of the state reformatory at Pontiac and Fred H Sterting of Rockford to a separate post.
Dorothy Whitney to Wed Willard D Straight in Switzerland
New York announces the marriage of Miss Dorothy Whitney daughter of the late William C. Whitney to Willard D Straight on September 7 at Caux Sur Montreux Switzerland where the couple is staying.
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Dorothy Whitney
New York
Wieliam CC. Whitney
Willard D Straight
Caux-Sur-Montreux
Switzerland
Brige
Argyle Fence Dispute Ends in Nephew's Death
In Argyle Wisconsin on September 4 Gunder Chinous is charged with shooting and killing his nephew llarry Chinous after a dispute over a fence. Police report allege the suspect fired at close range during a family quarrel.
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Argyle, Wis
Gunder Chinous
Llarry Chinous
Recall Letters Unveiled in Ceremonies for Ex-Ambassador
Berlin reports Dr David Jayne Hill presented his recall letters to the Kaiser as ceremonies closed the Potdam monument unveiling. The ex envoy, after three years in Berlin, published a statement by President Taft denying hostile press rumors of policy rifts and affirming his loyal service.
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Berlin
David Jayne Mil
Ae Americain
Tte Kaiser
Switerland
Fee Kiderlin- Waechter
Germany
Pe Ee
Banoei
Department of Aztire
Gerucay
Train Robbers Net $2,299 Near Lemonia
Five robbers held up a southbound Southern Pacific train near Lemonia California and stole 2299 dollars from the safe car. Posses are in pursuit.
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Redding
Cal
Lemonia
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Willard D. Straight
Deneen
Ilinde
Cleveland
T. J. Allen
Maine Untis
Gomes
Tow
Texas Statesman
House of Congres
Names State Mining Board
David Jayne Hill
Taft
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