Crowd in Streets After Body of Girl Is Found
Eyewitness accounts swirl as the Cobbler’s shop is looted and police move to quell clashes. A key suspect’s arrest triggers more rumors while crowds press for details on the murder of a young woman.
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Date
Aug 02, 1907
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7
Fragmented Readable News Note From Hoboken Incident
An OCR fragment describes a mystery involving a woman’s head at sea and a crime tied to Hoboken. It mentions a trial, a court, and attempts to prevent the crime’s cozy outcome, with several indecipherable lines and garbled names.
Posse Seeks Colored Men Alleged Attackers in Virginia
A local posse reports they seek two young Black men accused of assaulting women in the Virginia town. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but the incident is tied to a fight and subsequent pursuit. Police have not released full descriptions or identities.
Fish Reopens Fight Over Illinois Central Presidency
An ongoing stockholder battle unfolds as Thomas Fish challenges Harriman’s control of Illinois Central. Fish claims substantial shares and proxies, while Harriman asserts he owns far more and will not seek reelection through active campaigning. The dispute centers on the upcoming October 16 annual meeting and the reshuffling of company directors.
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Harriman
Wy Fish
Woldaogs
Jacot Autor
Benel
Hobart
Boelet
Ralier Butigen
Peabody
Fornetiua Vanderbilt
Astor
Harrimanland
Heirs File Fraud Claims Against Pension Commissioner
Heirs to the John Warner estate filed objections with county clerks charging Pension Commissioner and executor Warner with collusion and fraud. They allege proceeds from a bank sale to Eleanor Mary as surviving partner in the old John Warner Bank were funneled into the estate funds.
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Pension
Clinton
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Bodies Found and Mutilation Reported in Oklahoma
Disjointed OCR text describes two men murdered and mutilated in Oklahoma with mentions of ears and scattered garbled notes. Fragments reference investigators, a ship St Marya, and locations like Madeira and Dandal, but no coherent details or clear dates. The uncertain content preserves only a bleak outline of a violent incident and related correspondence.
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Oklahoma
Woman Falls From Car In Capitol Street Incident
A woman tumbled from a car on East Capitol Street last night and was rushed to Casilt Hospital in an unconscious state. She reportedly struck her head on the ground as she attempted to alight, with doctors fearing a fractured skull.
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Casiilt Hospital
Itia
New Counsel for Thaw Named in Stanford White Murder Trial
New York August 1 Martin W Littlet on former president of the Borough Brooklyn and a lawyer and orator of wide reputation will be chief counsel for Harry K Thaw when the wealth young Fitzpatr er again faces a jury to answer the charge of Killing Stanford White Thaw announced the appointment today after a conference with his mother and Blewie Thi said that Mr Littl eton fee will be 3500 He will succeed Deighin in this defense in San Francisco lawyer assumed charge after the joining of Thaws fi vat al which re Jautted no disagreement of the jury Ha We regarded as an able trial er and spoke in the last Democratic national convention at St Louis nominating Alton B Parker for the Presidency.
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Martin W Littletod
Brooklyn
Herry K Thaw
Young Fittaburger
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Littleton
Smother
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Tor Thaw
Deighin
Ranciaco
St Louis
Alton B .Parker
Parade of Mini Crooks: Boys Loot Upper Seventh Street Toy Shop
Police recover 46 cents from Edwin Duckett and others, ages 10 to 13, who admit stacking drums mouth organs watches and baseball gear at Brightwood and near Seventh Street. Officers tally $200 in goods and money as they escort the youths to the station, with varying accounts of found sums and a lesson in mischief.
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Fratth Waller
Ant George
Dewey Brown
Dunky Denisens
Cow Town
Scolty
Brightwood
Cie Toy Cmariuna
Palia
House of Intention
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Drain Blanding
Florida Avenue
Climor
Washington
George B
Railor
Tim
Naijor
Kisky
Ducket
Poleeran
George
Morrer
Masie Bate
SEEKS DEATH FOR THREE
A New York woman Mrs Redina Fiechel, separated from her husband in a German prison, attempted to kill herself and her two children by turning on the gas in Williamsboro last night. A janitor found the five-year-old daughter Zultly dead and the mother and twelve-year-old son dying. Forty-year-old John Finchel left Germany twelve years ago to dodge duty, was later imprisoned for three years, and Mrs. Fiechel has received monthly remittances from the German government to support her family during his incarceration and ongoing absence.
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New York
Redina Fiechel
Saa
Williamsboro
Ischel
Zultly
John Finchel
Germany
Mra ‘Figchel Wa
Warsan Yt
Jankit
Abe
Stevens Speaks on Public Utilities and Social Unrest
Frank W Stevens, chairman of the New York State Public Utilities Commission, addressed the Chautauqua Assembly on Public Utilities and Social Unrest. He condemned unscrupulous methods of capital and warned that railroads prosper only as the country prospers, urging fair dealing and honest governance. He criticized the capture of the public by a few for immediate gain.
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Chautauqua
Frank W Stevens
New York State
Prac Uedl
English boys show growth surge from periodic measurements
At a Leicester meeting of the Brite Association Sir Victor Horley urged government support for school medical inspections with regular measurements. Data from Marlborough schools show fourteen year olds weighed about five pounds more and nearly an inch taller than in 1880. Six schools provided measurements, noting a rise in hat sizes from 2 to 2 and a quarter inches and suggesting Englishmen may become a race of giants with small heads.
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Washleston Pont
London
Brite Association
Leicester
Victor Horley
Marlborough
Tve
Hatter Wl
Tragic accident follows drive to hospital in Brooklyn
A two year old boy died after being run over by an ice wagon. His mother and the child were rushed to Kings County Hospital where surgeons attempted urgent operations but could not save the boy. The incident occurred as the ambulance raced to the hospital with the child in the mother’s arms.
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Dairy at Soldiers Home Showcases Model Health Practices
Five Health Department experts will study the Soldiers' Home dairy herd to advise private dairy farmers. Inspectors praise the home dairy as a model of sanitation and businesslike operation, noting strict testing for tuberculosis and quarantines. The herd has reported no tuberculosis in five years, with plans to expand milk production by about twenty five cows.
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Gun Hacking
Be Lins
Ealdiers
Foreseeable Death Premonition Ends in Tragic Death
Bee Harbor Gly N J Aug 1 Mre A Miehela wife of a farmer near Germany had a premonition weeks earlier that she would die soon and told her husband she would not live until August. Tuesday after fieldwork she said three days and I die, but before she died she planned a last bath. Her husband found her dead in bed when he returned home. Physicians said she died of natural causes. She was sixty and had recent good health.
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Germania
Wasp
Re Enacts Franchise Laws in Cleveland Council Action
At a special meeting the city council introduced and passed the first reading of a curative ordinance reenacting and amending prior grants to street railway companies. The measure follows recent decisions by Judge Phillips and Judge Chapman in Common Pleas Court ruling former franchises illegal. Legislation will be rushed through this week.
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Jule Phillips
Judge Chapman
Common Pleas Court
Kidnappers Captured In March Abduction Case
Ringleaders in the March 4 kidnapping of Robert Abbott from his father’s home have been captured and confessed. The ransom of seventy thousand dollars was paid for the release, with a large portion recovered. The British government had already demanded repayment of the ransom by the Turkish government.
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Robert Abbott
Lms
Counterfeiters Arrested in San Francisco Case
United States marshal Hendry has arrested several Koreans charged with counterfeiting ten dolls gold pieces. The bogus coins are said to be of very good quality in appearance and weight and ring. The minting apparatus is described as elaborate and costly. The principal is said to have served imprisonment in Korea for counterfeiting there.
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Honolua Sary
San Francisco
Cal
United States
Maranat Hendry
Korea
Accused Boy of Larceny Arrested by Police
Police arrest Daniel McDevitt’s sixteen year old stepson in Washington DC on larceny charges. Detectives Orien and Parham and Bicycle Officer Mudd say the youth wore a special badge and claims he found it near Fourteenth and E streets NW after returning from Clifton Forge Virginia where he had been at reform school. He allegedly stole a Clifton Forge item and was identified by a man who gave money to him there.
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Daniel McDevitt
District of Columbia
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Mudd
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Mother Brings Body Home for Endicott Rites in New Jersey
John Endicott who died in Colorado is to be cremated in New Jersey. The meninently titled Admiral Mordecai T Endicott died at a sanitarium in Colorado Springs after an eight year illness. His remains arrived in Washington by train and then to Mayland, New Jersey, where the family name dates to 1730. The funeral will be held this morning as Mrs Endicott and all her daughters gather. Endicott, twenty six, had been isolated for years, long sought a home and career after high school graduation.
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Colorado
New Jersey
John Endicst
Admiral Mordecai T Endicott
Colorado Springs
Washington
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Enlicotts
Mays Landing
Endicott Andell
Maude Endicott
Periusslvenia
I Congressional
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Igh
Labor Council to Convene in Washington and Norfolk
The Labor Council will meet in Washington August 19 and 21 to hear final representations on the year’s labor disputes. The executive council will then sail to Norfolk by boat to finalize its conclusions and prepare a report for the American Federation of Labor ahead of the federation’s annual Norfolk meeting in November.
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Gompera
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Norfokk
Federation
Norfolk
Off to Camp Good Will for Fifty Children and Mothers
A Neighborhood House program launches Camp Good Will to host fifty children and their mothers for two weeks beginning Wednesday. A prior group at the camp will depart next Tuesday. Donations listed include church and society groups, individuals, and local organizations supporting the effort.
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Hetty
Andrew Parker
Mrnigh
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Ajlen & Corey
Willem Mr Fleming
Barrey
Mee
McGil
Guslsa
Col Foote
Universalist Church
Bere
Remon
Warren Presbyterian ‘Christan Endeavor Fockety Sos
Seto H Junior Baptist Union of
Bacond Baptist Church
Nutterers
Carmille H. Bradley
Thomas Swarts, Jr
Hekingtone
Mead
Hardety
United States
Prince of the Moros to visit Washington from Jamestown Expo
The Moro Datto Sansiluna, about seventeen and a former Moro chief, will travel to Washington from the Jamestown Exposition with four wives. He plans to study in the United States and hopes to see the country, while authorities consider a monument for his father Datto Ali.
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Philippine
Islands
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Willard
Datto
Sansiluna
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Cndh
Piang
Nanta
Leon Somalune
Bliss Goveynor
America
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Philippines
Held for Highway Robbery in Northwest District
Charles Williams was arrested early this morning by Police at Sprinkler and Brown after a street robbery near Pennsylvania Avenue and Rhira Street Northwest. Benjamin Hasard identified as the robber struggled with Williams. a report states Hasard took $7 and fled as the victim remained in possession of his money and items.
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Charles Willams
Coled
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rhira Street
Willams
Benjamin Hasard
Williama
Eidwards
City
Ste
Woodworth
Pennsylvania Station
Wiliams
Bowink Gardens Second Cuest
Rev W J Frizzell resigns as Pilgrims pastor in meeting
The resignation of Rev W I Friz zell pastor of the church of the Pilgrims was accepted at a special meeting of the congregation last night. The resignation takes effect immediately. Friszell did not state reasons but is thought to result from criticism over the loss of $10000 offered to the church by O H Ingram of Zay Claire Wis. The congregation will continue efforts to obtain Mr Ingrams for a memorial church for his son.
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Church of the Pilgrims
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Ingrams
Flees and sues husband in district court
Nelile Thomas claims George Thomas assaulted her twelve times since marriage on October 27. In a separate suit for divorce filed in the District Supreme Court, she seeks protection from further molestation and an order barring him from visiting her home.
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Nelile Thomas
District Supreme Court
George Thomas
Thomas
Sul
Collision victim improves after bicycle crash with unknown driver
Brank Lowery of S140 street east suffered a skull fracture when thrown from a bicycle in a collision with a team driven by an unknown man. Yesterday he was reported improving though not yet out of danger. Doctors say the fracture may require surgery to relieve pressure on the brain. Police have not yet apprehended the driver.
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Sey
Bern
Washington Lodge Buries A Lakenan at Glenwood Cemetery
A late chief clerk of the District engineer department, A Lakenan, was buried yesterday afternoon from his home on Fifth Street. Washington Lodge of Elles conducted the funeral rites with a church service by Pastor Bruner and a grave-side ritual at Glenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers included Pranchard, Henry Busener, and Richard Ryan. the group from the engineer department attended.
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Centenarian Clergyman Seeks Pension Increase
Leonard Dolph, a Rutland County Vermont clergyman, requests a pension increase under the service pension act. He claims birth on August 13 and age 102, says he currently receives 31 per month, and cites recent congressional changes affecting veterans benefits.
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Jury Award Confirmed on School Street Extension Case
District Court Justice Barnard upheld a jury verdict awarding damages linked to extending School Street from its terminus to Irving Street. The jury awarded about $16,655 in general damages and $922,000 for property owners facing loss due to the extension.
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Liquor Dealers Deny Improper Influence in Polls Case
A saloon keeper denies coercion in connection with a relief fund benefit coverage. In a signed statement, he claims no knowledge of police coercion and states he visited saloonkeepers to gather signatures disavowing any improper influence.
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Weather Forecast Summary for Eastern United States and Regions
The weather map shows a broad system with heavy rains in the Midwest and Southeast, scattered thunderstorms in the Rocky Mountain region, and cooler conditions in the Upper Mississippi Valley and Upper Lake regions. Winds along the coast are brisk from the south and southeast, with thunderstorms and squalls likely on the South Atlantic coast and lower lakes. Temperatures vary from near 60s to mid 70s, with the strongest heat in the Southwest and upper plains.
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