Pinkerton founder Robert A Pinkerton Dead in 19th Century Labor Legend
Robert A Pinkerton, famed head of the Pinkerton Agency, died after a life shaping US labor history. He entered the family business at 16, built a 2000-man force, and led security at major race tracks and strikes including Homestead. Survived by wife Anna and three children with his brother William A Pinkerton to oversee the firm.
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Anna F Hughes
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Interment Held For George Felder At Mounts Lake Park
The record shows a death notice for George Felder with funeral and interment details. Services were at the residence and a private interment followed, with a later reference to the Mountais Lake Park area and family survivors. Additional names appear in the extended notice, including Caroline Warla and Charla Wilens, tied to the family lineage.
French Aware Battle Likely Around Casablanca
Dispatches report Moors surrounding Casablanca threaten assault on the French camp tonight or tomorrow. Deputations seek restitution for losses, while Europeans depart Mogador to meet British ministers and London officials. French authorities prepare patrols and sanitary auctions as tensions rise.
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Mogedor
Mazagan
Casablanca
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Tanmer
Foreign Office
Exhumation Bid Denied in $600000 Policy Case in Kansas
Judge Smith McPherson denies Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York request to exhume the body of Lucius Perlina of Lawrence to test for poisoning. He sustains demurrers, orders pay of costs, and leaves open further action on the policy in related courts. Perkins held policies totaling about 3600 000 at death. several insurers have already paid face values.
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United States District Court Today
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Soldier to Ex Hanged Death Sentence for Lieut Calvert Slayer
War Department reports from Manila reveal the court martial of Private William Taylor, Company M, 24th Infantry, found guilty of shooting Lieut Robert B Calvert, commanding officer, on October 18. He was sentenced to death by hanging amid a list of fellow soldiers named in the incident.
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War Department
Manila
Wiliam Taylor
Twenty Fourth Infantry
Hoe
Robert B Calvert
Health Office Record of Deaths From 1912 Report
Health department notes numerous deaths with ages ranging from under one year to late sixties. Entries list names such as Schey Slorte, Raymond Owens, Joseph Muldoon, Bell Telfel, Johnson, Mary Ryan, Wilborne Thomas, and Larry Doter. Addresses include Gresham Place Northwest and Avalon Street, with several ages and dates implicit in the ledger.
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Yaar Raymond
Owens
Jeasph Cmy
Gresham
Tofant
Qad Bell
Telfel
Howe
Johnson
Yaara
Mary
Ryan
Avalon
Amaciste
Yams
Wilbore Thomas
Tlarry Dotera
Momthe
Killed by Baseball Ends Franklin Amateur Club Captain’s Life
Morristown New Jersey August 17 Daniel V McKeon twenty two year old of Newark New Jersey was killed this afternoon when struck in the head by a baseball. He was captain of the Franklin Amateur Association club of Newark which had a game scheduled with the Chatham Athletics. The Newark team won after practice. McKeon had called his men to the bench and was waiting to bat when the ball struck him just below the nose fracturing the skull. He died within minutes. McKeon was a well known ball player who had covered first base for the Irvington and Lackawanna leagues and played with the Pastimes of this town. He was to have played with the latter team next Saturday.
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Morristown
Daniel V McKeon
Wekeman Street
Newark
BicKeon
Franklin Atnette Assocation
McKeon
Murderess Declared Insane In Baltimore Case
Christina Nanadel, accused of choking her two children in North End Baltimore, was found insane by a jury and committed to Maryland Hospital for the Insane (Spring Grove). Judge Niles ordered the commitment at the request of States Attorney Owens, who petitioned for a formal lunacy declaration.
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Christina Nanadel
North End
Padgett
Maryland Hospital For the Insane
Spring Grove
Niles
Burglar Chased by Doctor Fires Shots In Home
Dr J B Cooke of West 128th street awoke to a creeping burglar in the King Modern Houses. He fired three shots from his revolver as the intruder climbed stairs, chased him through the house, and into the kitchen before the burglar escaped. Police and physician believe the man may have been hit and a wound is sought at local hospitals.
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Washington Post
New York
J B Cooke
West 128Th Street
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Madison Avenue
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Praire
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Gong
Straus and Japanese officials aboard Asia discuss Hawaii visit
Secretary Straus and Secretary of Commerce Laver explored immigration and labor issues during a Hawaii stay and reviewed lighthouse aid plans. He found no basis for anti American sentiment among Japanese in Hawaii, while a Japanese official toured major U S cities before returning to Asia.
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Orient
Wife Seeks Receiver for Husband in Maryland Court
Frances Wink by attorney Harry B West petitions the Circuit Court of Baltimore seeking the appointment of a receiver to manage husband John L Wink's affairs. The petition asks Butaw Savings Bank be restrained from paying out funds alleged to be on deficit. It alleges the husband has been drinking and squandering large sums on race tracks and gambling.
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Harry B West
Circuit Court
John L. Wink
Butaw Savings Bank
Two Hurt In Train Crash At Butler Station
A collision occurred at Butler Station on the Susnehanna Railroad when the Middle town express on Paterson NX Avenue 17 failed to see a stationary freight tram. Engine driver William Gould and rear brakeman Frederick Byrne were seriously injured. The crash happened on a sharp curve before the depot.
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Philadelphia Driver Kills Young Man In Auto Accident
Arthur Klemm of George Klemm and companions in Philadelphia were struck by a car this afternoon. Dr William Hinghes of 45 Chestnut Street, a well known physician and ally, was accused at once after the incident.
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Wiliam E. Hinghes
Chestnut Street
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Yue
Interborough merger unrest hits Metropolitan stock drop
A wave of talk on a Ryan Belmont Interborough Met merger spurs stock weakness as the public refuses to absorb watered stock worth millions. A public service commission order to fund improvements could force drastic action by the Interborough Metropolitan Company amid looming losses and reorganization rumors.
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Woman slain by brother in Philadelphia over money
Agnes Dogan aged 38 was shot and killed by her brother John after he demanded money in a central Philadelphia home. Dogan, visiting from Atlantic City, was struck through the heart during a quarrel with the railroad flagman.
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Cashier Confessed Shortfall At Stapleton National Bank
A Stapleton National Bank cashier in Staten Island is charged with a cash shortage of about $12,000 to $12,900 after a federal examiner uncovered discrepancies in his accounts. Bank directors announced his arrest, with duties temporarily assigned to the president and vice president. Gill Townsend was president. the bank’s capital and surplus remain unimpaired.
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Robert RG
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Bubonic Plague Reported in San Francisco Chinatown
Five bubonic plague cases, four deaths, reported to the health department in San Francisco within a week. Most patients, poor foreigners in Chinatown. one foreign sailor from a coastwise steamer. Quarantine imposed on the infested steamer. two shacks fumigated and sealed. Authorities pledge full cooperation and rapid disinfection measures as city and state health officials coordinate with federal agents.
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Summer School at UPenn Registers 360 Students
The University of Pennsylvania summer term ends with a total registration of 360 students. Of these 227 were men and 143 women. The overall total for the term was 275, and the majority of students were teachers from college or high school grades.
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Prudents
Women Mangled as Trolley Car Fails Brake on Mountain Road
Passengers aboard a trolley car headed for Plagstad after leaving Flagatail Mountain fell into panic mid descent. A dozen jumped to the embankment. one Newark woman, Mrs Herman Eols sett, aged 45, was killed. Two others, Mary Cunningham, 14, and Alice Boyle, 22, a Limford teacher, were fatally injured. The car, with over thirty aboard, did not collide with a construction train and stopped short.
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Ohio county treasury short 72000 uncovered fraud exposure
An official report to the state bureau of accounting shows a 572000 shortage in the Ashtabula County treasury. The special agent notes the present county treasurer is not involved in the shortage.
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Earthquake Shakes San Juan Porto Rico Ark 17 A
An earthquake was felt in San Juan Porto Rico at 7 oclock last night and a heavy shock was recorded at 4 o clock this morning waking many people. No damage has been reported from any part of Porto Rico.
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Death by own action due to trusts torpedo boats race
Charles G. Eggleston of Oxford died by slicing his throat in Weaningnon Utica after being driven from his tooth business by the so called tooth trust. Eggleston, aged 55, had planned a sales visit and, despondent over losing clients, acted as torpedo boat races near Newport yesterday afternoon.
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Five Hurt in Tran Wreck Near Han Doton Mo
Five people were injured when a train, No B, leaving St Louis yesterday afternoon, derailed ten miles from Anssa City near Han Doton, Missouri. Two rear cars were damaged in the wreck and authorities reported several passengers shaken but safe.
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