Burglar killed by homeowner in gas-filled Harlem flat
In a Harlem incident a burglar, attempting entry during a gas fueled attack, was shot by resident Verrall after the assailant opened doors and gas jets. Verrall and neighbor Kiernan aided by Mrs Verrall saved children and fought the intruder, who died at Presbyterian Hospital. Verrall was arrested on a technical homicide charge as the case moved through Harlem Court.
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Washington Post
New York
Tharas Verrall
Verrall
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Resu
Sue
Mra Verrall
Gan
Mra
Jennie Kiernans
Verrall Kitch
Kiernan
Shea
Corscaden
Presbyterian Hospital
Verral
Mansfield Staca and the famous actor’s stormy career
The article recalls Mansfield Staca, the late Ricard Macafield, and the famed actor’s turbulent life. It describes his speed dispute on a special train to Kansas City, quarrels with publishers, sharp wit toward critics, a Broadway incident with a horse prop, battles with typhoid erasing lines, and clashes with fellow stars like Irving and Coquelin.
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Ricard Macafield
Ollto
East St. Louis
Kansas City
Yanafield
Fire Drives Hundreds From New York Hotels
Panic swept Broadway as a fire broke out behind the Hotel Breslin and Gilsey House area. Patrons fled 16 West Twenty ninth street, with $1000s of property destroyed. Fire crews battled the blaze as hundreds gathered, forcing police to quell traffic and control the crowd.
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Pacins
Washington Pass
New York
Breslin
Gilsey House
West
Twenty
Coley
Hlane
Rush
James
Aeclonia
Broadway
Trafic
New Farm Stock Proposal Booms In York Nebraska
An abstractor in York City promotes incorporating Nebraska farms with Cedarbank farm of York County filing articles in Lincoln. Capital stock set at 2000. three owners from Philadelphia and Nance County form president, secretary, and treasurer. Proposes shares of 95 to 100 each, with options on several farms and bonds or mortgage-backed financing to fund acquisitions amid rising farm prices and city interest in farm ownership.
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Lincoln Nebr
York
Ctty
Nebraska
Gedarbank Farm
York County
Secretary of State
M A. Welch
R.A. Mier
Philadelphia
Mary
Farma
Al:fata
Policeman Robbed on Capitol Grounds Last Night
Policeman Sparks of the Capitol police force was robbed last night at about six while arresting a prisoner on Capitol grounds. A large feather pocketbook containing two S bills and valuable papers disappeared. the robber’s identity remains unknown. Sparks suspects the theft occurred during the struggle with the detainee, but details are unclear.
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Capitol
Heeman
Sparks
Hin Joss
Richard Mansfield and the White Rose of a Convent Love
The life story of Richard Mansfield is recalled through a romance with a Maryland girl known as the White Rose. His art eclipsed personal happiness as his lover joined a convent, becoming a teacher, while Mansfield sent white roses to her grave when death claimed him.
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Mansfield
Maryland
Capital
Richard Mansfishi
Eleepd
Washington
Bia
Dante
Beatrice
Oan
Herbie
Richard Mansfield
Clerson
Hher
New York
Big City
Aba
Atte
Mannfeld
Walen
Yin
Hriwood
Djoya
United States
Ane
Mansfield Fortune Estimated At Near One Million
New York figures estimate the estate of Richard Mansfield at close to one million dollars. Early tabulations show varied totals but place the actor’s fortune near that figure.
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New York
Richard Mansfeld
Estimets
Swamp Root Promoted Amid Medical Claims and Estate Notes
An advertisement touts Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles, claiming it cleanses and prevents relapse. The piece also mentions estate values for Mr Mansfield and Wald, with executor A J Dittenboefer noting uncertainty over totals. a will reading is set after a funeral at Manefield, Oaks, New Lenton, with pallbearers listed from several locales.
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Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Amy
Kilmer
Binghamton, NC
Sig Riverside Drive
New Rondon
Duremess Walk
Mansfield
Wald
A J Dittenboefer
Manefield
Oaks
New Lenton Conner
Alfred Peor Grant
St. James Holizopal
Ben D
Bonsfields
Paul Wallach
John Appleton
New York
Col ‘Tyler
Roland P Keasley
Raward Jewatt
Sam Know s the Judge Not Wor ted by Arrest or Charge
Samuel Wo Holcomb aged about twenty years, colored, claimed he was waiting for a public printer when he entered the second precinct station house last evening after Maclock. An officer said he created a disorderly assembly. Holcomb rubbed his leg, said he was struck, and claimed to have been attempting to assist a young colored woman calling for help. He boasted of knowing prominent public men and claimed innocence in court. He displayed a pocketbook with fresh notes before leaving.
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Samuel Wo Holcomb
Stirlings
Maclock
Willam B. Brown
Georgetown 5
Gokien & Co Commission
Coulsbane Avenue
WG Carter
Brown
Carter
Charles Evans
Central Office
Jale
Browns
Lef J
Mullowny
Spinster Heirs Lose in Beaver County Orphans Court
Judge Holt presiding in Westmoreland County Orphans Court refused to appoint a sanity issue for Nancy McConnell a spinster of Rosiriver township who died in a Pitt et Erie Railroad accident leaving an estate of 60.09 to the American Bible Society of New York. If the appeal fails the will stands and the society inherits. Wealthy Frederik Harding shooting death in Frederikton reported.
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Bibie Lowery
Lane Greensburg
Holt
Beaver County
Westmoreland County Orphans Court
Nancy McConnell
Rosiriver Township
Pitteturg and
Lake Erie
Miss McConnells
American Tible Society of
New York
Washingtonian Hero Auerbach Recalls Daring Rescue
Malcolm Auerbach, captain of the Washington High School Cadets, earned a Carnegie hero medal for diving into dangerous surf at Ocean City to save Charles Erdmann from drowning. He lost his life in the effort after being dashed against a pier, a sacrifice noted in a 1906 memorial.
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Rewaraea
Die
Malcol Auerbach
Greanity
Hero Fund
Auerbach
Tim
Washington Hise Behool
Ocean City
Charles TL
Erdmenn
Rsont
Schvmer
Coat
Sheen
Mann
Erdmanns
Washington
McKinssay Manusl
Reading Company Faces Conspiracy Charges in Anthracite Case
The Reading Company and allied firms respond to a federal suit seeking to dissolve an alleged coal trust in Pennsylvania. They deny controlling a cartel, blame labor violence for wage settlements, and detail alleged government inaction and political pressure influencing the 1900s strike. The Reading Railway also disputes ownership claims and refutes coordination with other firms in unlawful restraint of trade. In separate items, a Reading associate is held for embezzlement amid sales ledger irregularities, with ongoing investigation and a court appearance scheduled.
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Philadelphia
Sugar
George Feiser
Pennsylvania
Reading
Phildelphs and Reading Rallyway Company
Philadelphia and Reading Cost and Iron Company
Merk Hanna
McKinley
Roosevelt
Itin
Fenneyivdols
United States
Answa
Coal and Iron Company
Marcud A. Manoa
Republican National Committee
Vics
Union Biplan
Indiana
Iilingie
Buckinley
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Hanne
Mo ‘Ives
Reading Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Reading Coal and Tron Company
Central Railroad Company of New Jersey
Plaintf
Jersey Central
Reading “Pany
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Read Company
Syhante Company
Edtyasa
Weather Digest Shows Mixed Conditions Across Regions
The report outlines cooler northern conditions with a warmer south, expectant for Sunday and Monday rain in the Bowtern leconds with gradual temperature changes. Showers in the Middle and Upper Winnimippi valleys followed by fair conditions, with temperatures rising slowly and then falling. Winds along New England and Middle coasts shift from fresh northwesterly to variable, with northeast to southerly turns noted near the Gulf coast.
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Dept of Agriculture
Houslans
Tsun
Aninder Howotn
Griat
Winnimippi
Widdis
Milsatarippi
New England
Policemen Capture Three Men After Pistol Fight in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn near Gates and Vanderbilt avenues early this morning, three burglars were caught after a basement attempt on a shop. Officer Clarke of Gates Avenue and Officer Svera of Grand Avenue pursued them. one felled by a gunshot, others subdued. Suspects were brought to Gates Avenue station and hospital. One man claimed to be Alvin Home, another Alvert Ross.
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Waouiogton
New York
Brooklyn
Gates
Vanderbilt Avenue N
Charles Clarke
Gates Avenue
Staton
Dohr Svera
Grand Avenue
Byers
Timen
Nts
Gates Venus Station
Berinjored
Brooklyn Hospital
Insa
Alvert Ross
H Street
San Frantisco
Alvin
Imvarch Street
Gheny City
Rank
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Tanily
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Nerval
Harlem
Corrigan
Amir
Fomself
Anton Beng
Boston
Wees
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Mansfeld
Player and & Companion
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Richard Tita
Harvard
Manafeld
Mr Manafield
Garrick Theater
Frederick Edward McKay
Lakewood
Taras Zangwill
Atanatia
Mont
Coquetin
Poth
Coquelin
Coquelin Irving
Stara Polnta
Cyrano
Isabelle Irving
Margaret Anglin
Athering Grey
Myra Brooke
Eleanor Barry
Florence Kahn
Lucilla Figven
Emma Dunn
Breslin and
Spape Pkr
Incorporating Farms
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Art Mansfeld
Mte
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Aon
Earl
MR Mansfield
Sam
Frederik Harding
Inia
Malcolm
Aerie Malcolm ¢. Auereade
Caries
L. Enimann
Marr Rana
Railroad
Aton
Daniel
Leuswane Ganna
Danae
Mitchell
Miners Union
Meanna
Itig
Tala
Achou Seid
William H. Brown
W G Carter
Golden & Co
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Poantle
Mazimor
Warblnatya Post
Tharpern
Fexty WV
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Maddy and
Shouwudoah
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Ubeater
Scott
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Tharp
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Thornton
Clean Sweep Sale
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Bese Guue Qaize
Oxforda Bruch
Weil
Oxfords
Vici
Alzes
Oxford
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Twear. Fonds In
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Otard Dupuy F& Go
France
Europe
Christian Kander
UBE
Otard Dupity & CO
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C. G. Sloan & Co
G Street
Imne
First Congregational Chugh
Northwest
Samual H Woodrow Pop
Rey Willee
Warner's
Doxmen Amd
Wild Auto
Conway Avenue
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