Varied May News: Dying Farmer, Horse Thieves, Secret Marriage
Reports from Columbus Westwood Los Angeles and Chicago detail a farmer’s sudden death when his team ran away, a United States cavalry pursuit of horse thieves ending in a gun duel, a secret marriage of Edward Callaghan to Miss Mary Milligan in San Bernardino, and a cat transport story involving Myra Moffett Carol Marcy and a Colorado Springs hotel boy in Chicago.
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Los Angeles
Edward Callaghan
Brooklyn
N.yy
San Bernardino
Mary Milligan
Callaghan
Arcadia
Miss Millinger
Monrovia
Mm J. Shea
Philadelphia
Chicago
George Swedemann
Aners
Colorado Springs
Myra Moffett
Carol Marcy
New York
California
Publc
Strange case of a tack in a boy's lung in Ohio
In Chardon Ohio Elton Park six year old son of Mr and Mrs J J Parker coughed up a carpet tack embedded near his lung for three years. A Cleveland doctor used X rays to locate the tack near the lung and it finally emerged during a violent coughing spell. Elton says he is glad the tack is out and no longer wheezes each breath. In Pittsburgh a separate note reports G C Frick paid 330000 for Christina of Norway portrait by Hans Holbein and his life tale in art.
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Chardon
Elton Parke
Tn”. J. Parker
Kis Inng
Elton
Milton
Cleveland
Pittsburg
G. C. Frick
Christina
Norway
Hans Ho
Bein
Frick
Connellsville
Dow
Thomas Mellon
Giste
Mio
Princeton, Inc
Roscoe
Nip"' Whiting
Princeton
N. Hart's
Frick Loaned Money After Picture Making Inquiry
A man named Frick received a loan after J D Corey of Pittsburgh investigated him. Despite doubts that he was producing enough pictures, banker Mellon approved the loan, supporting Frick’s independent pursuit amid cautious scrutiny.
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Frick
Mellon
J. D. Corey
Pittsburg
Gorey
City employee accused of misusing city vehicle
Fragmented report notes an unnamed city employee allegedly buying an automobile and using a city owned machine for private pleasure. The text references May 4 and a dispute over city property and proper use.
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Atlantic Iity
Citi 3
Leeds
Iollowige
Chines Satoriiben
Kanaph
Fides
Fhourg
Coal mining in Korea boosts output and iron ore links
Consul General Thomas Simmons reports Korea’s Pyongyang coal mining now yields about 4,000 tons of lump coal monthly with 400 miners to be added next year and output rising to around 5,000 tons per month. Korean coal is cheaper than Japanese coal, retailing around 6.50 to 7 per ton delivered, aiding Empire industry.
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Washington
Thomas Simmons
Seoul
Korea
Pyong Yang
Pyong
Yang
Policeman charged in fatal Adams Street store shooting
In Brooklyn, Policeman J F Dillon was held without bail for arraignment on charges of willfully shooting Louis Probber to death after a dispute at a store run by Probber’s father. Probber died from an abdomen wound at Brooklyn Hospital, with an ante mortem statement alleging deliberate shooting.
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New York
J. F. Dillon
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Raymond Street
Dooley
Louis Probber
Probber
Dillon
Brewer
Young Probber
Ardmore man seriously injured in bicycle auto crash
About twenty four years old son of a well known Ardmore business man sustained a severe scalp laceration and a head wound after a dog dashed into his path at the Lancaster and Ardmore avenues crossing. He was knocked from his bicycle, carried to A J Getetread’s home, and later to hospital care was deemed too much for his mother. Surgeons say he will recover.
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Ardmore
Lancaster
Ardmore Avenues
Norton
A. J. Getetread
Bryan Mawr Hospital
Misfortune for Columbus cigar dealer amid fire thefts and loss
John Kinney of Columbus reports repeated misfortune as his cigar shop burned four or five times and was robbed recently. during a storm he and his wife were overturned and blown into a field. burglars later struck again stealing cash and some jewelry. In Shirley Walter W. Scott and Nancy Wales wed at parsonage with reception. couple to reside near Nameless Creek.
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Columbus
Ind
John Kinney
Shirley
Walter W. Scott
Jerry C. Scott
Nancy Wales
Joan W. Wales
Hufford
Ced
Nusband
Nameless Creek
South Bend Homecoming Week Aims To Welcome Thousands
Plans for South Bend homecoming week run October 3 to 9 with committees formed to lure 2,000 former residents and 25,000 to 50,000 visitors from surrounding towns. The program features parades reunions sports and daily attractions at four op eras houses in South Bend Indiana.
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South Bend
Sout Bend
Ind
May ‘Ene
Dark dances banned at Iowa university parties
The Pan-Hellenic association of four sororities at the University of Iowa voted to end the practice of dark dances at campus formal events. Secret meeting minutes say the rule targets slow waltzes held in near darkness, following faculty concern over recent “exhibitions” during these gatherings.
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Towa City
University of Iowa
Death of Aunt Ellezarth Brigman Weighs on Chicago Family
In Chicago a cloud of sorrow falls as news arrives of the death of Miss Ellezarth Brigman, an aunt of the Cogan family, amid ongoing local concerns over wholesale liquor dealings.
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Chicago
Ipaat
Wernara
J. Cogan
Ellezarth Brigman
Boston Heiress Bequest Shows Large Family Provisions
The will leaves Mrs Cogan a million dollars and her two children Bernard Cogan six and Elizabeth Genevieve four receive five hundred thousand dollars each. The $200,000 bequest is to Mrs Cogan and the children, with Mrs Brigham formerly Miss Augusta Brigham as the aunt’s favored beneficiary.
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Boston
Racine Congregations Plan Unite Against Funeral Costs
In Racine Wisconsin on May 5 three West side church congregations agreed to form a united association to curb funeral expenses. Members vow not to exceed set prices for funerals and may hire carpenters to craft plain coffins if caskets are unaffordable. Embalming and other luxuries will be avoided.
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Racine
Wis
Divorces and a Peanut Rescue Highlight May 5 News
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Mrs Lancia Rossi, married at thirteen, obtains a divorce from Santo Rossi after a troubled union arranged by her parents. In Columbus Indiana Carl Specht, sixteen, coughs up a peanut kernel from his lung after moments of frantic attempts to dislodge it.
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Wilkesbarre
Sue
Lancia Rossi
Halsey
Santo Rossi
Buckshot Dan dies at 104 with under ten dollars saved
Muskegon Michigan May 5 104 year old Daniel McPhail known as Buckshot Dan the Muskegon River hermit died recently leaving less than 10 dollars in savings. His collie was killed after the funeral and the rest of his effects were given to Robert Lane who cared for the funeral. McPhail was once wealthy.
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Muskegon, Mich
Daniel McPhail
Buckshot Dan
Muskegon River
McPhail
Robert Lane
Oldest Odd Fellow in Madison County Dies
The story notes Mr Wells, the senior member of the Odd Fellows in Madison county with sixty two years of membership, will have funeral arrangements handled by the order. In Philadelphia a man named John Murray slept in a cement bed Mentally after a fall into a cement mortar bed, he woke to a rain spout showered on him. Policeman Mike Sankey freed him with a crowbar and placed him in a station bathtub to soak.
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Wells
Madison County
Philadelphia
John Murray
Mike Sankey
Destruction of marriage in New Jersey divorce case
Special Master in Chancery Charles B. Hughes at Trenton recommended a decree of divorce for Mrs Eugenis Gronboldt of Trenton from Frederick Gronboldt citing repeated desertion beginning in 1905 after their marriage on April 10. The article notes the husband cried for his mother and eventually left, with multiple desertions culminating December 14, 1905. In Decatur Indiana Gust Walters, a farmer, sustained a painful right knee wound from a savage bulldog fighting cattle when the dog, tangled in barbed wire, bit through clothing and flesh as rescuers tried to free the animal.
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New York
Charles B. Hughes
Trenton
N. J
Eugenis Gronboldt
Frederick Gronboldt
Fnally
Gronboldt
Decatur
Ind
Gust Walters
Root Township
Walters
Lewis Bakencat
Mr. Walters
Opera Star Blanche ONeill Found in Extreme Hunger
Providence May 5 Mrs Blanche ONeill once a noted opera singer is in St Josephs hospital for illness linked to hunger and exposure. She was found in a hut near Attiagore Massachusetts with authorities called to aid her. She is reported to be improving though she has lived in poverty for years and her identity was known only to a few locals.
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Providence
R. L
Blanche O'Neill
St. Josephs Hospital
Indian woman eats flesh to feed starving children story from Port Arthur
Port Arthur Ontario May 5 William McKirdy confirms a tale of an Indian woman north of town who cut a strip of flesh from her body to use as fish bait after starving with her children. The last food was eaten the day before and no game was available.
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Port Arthur
Ontario
William McKirdy
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