Blood Stains Tie Bronx Murder Probe to Jo Girard
Bronx police focus on coal wagon driver Joseph Girard as a suspect in the Gussie Pfeiffer murder. Pfeiffer’s body was found in a Pelham Road thicket after she left a boarding house Wednesday night. Girard, last seen near the Klener house, reportedly bit by a horse and later disappeared, with bloodstained overalls found among Mrs Mahon’s belongings.
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Brial
Washington Post
New York
Bronx
Joseph Girard
Gussie Pfeffer
Pelham Road
Gussie
McEssary
Felham Trail
Buehler
Lois
Mos Mivert Kienur
Urak Jq
Pfeiffer
Chaid
Jo- Sup Girard
Puente
Livy
Jay Aolise
Flencer
Tie
Tims Silice
Bias Mallen
Avzard
Jom
West Chester
Girard G
Ine Maten
Klener
Gussie Pfeiffer
Girard
Stern
Agnews
Harned
Klener Menage
Dillon
Girurg
Lis
Pelham Woods
Licensed to Marry in Various Baltimore and New York Areas
A scanned notice lists multiple marriage licenses issued to pairs including Elphanna Tolver with Mary Green All, Dura L Henderson with Say Bure County, and several others across Baltimore, Trenton, Columbia, Oxon Md, New York City, and Vienna. The document notes a September 18, 1905 deadline and mentions the Emergency Hospital at J Corridon Jones with a $10 fee.
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Elphanna Tolver
Mary Green
Gra
Aid Dura L Henderson
Say Bure County
Fred Bernard
Saran Green
Franz Carrol
Kya Janey Casrled J Fisher
Altice Gill
Charles L. Holler
Agnes S. Francia
Baltimore
John E. McFarland
Ida V Bevans
Benny Turner
Emma Jones
Wile H Waring
Hellen Webb
William H Wright
Trenton
Lola Brackley
Columbia
Peter Brooks
Nettie Crawford
Alley Patrick
Elmina James
James J. Butler
Mary H Webb
Oxon Mel
John Johnson
Ada Tibbs
Aaron Wilson
Nettia Dixon
James J. Kirkland
New York City
Es.eile BM. Marshall
Vienna
John Brrigo
Emelte Spadaro
Kerman T. Harris
Lou R. Matley
J. Corridon Jones
Health Office Deaths Record Report
Health Office records list deaths up to September 18. Names include Bently Allen Garfield Hospital 4 years Marle Duckett 418 Hichard won at 3 months Frederick Emig throat and Bar Hoop 8 years Francis Jackson 1249 26th st ow 58 years Mary L Johnson 706 7th st ne 73 years William H Locklear 1716 st ave 5 days Menla Stack Casualty Hospital 63 years Philip Thomas 2035 36th st 2 1 month Richard To or 359 Dixons ot 1 year Hester Tuchaoa 218th st aw 64 years Eva D Welter Garfield Hospital 24 years Hattie Wilking 1755 Bth st aw 13 months Infant of Burma Young 704 ét h et aw 80 min.
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Bently Allen
Garfield Hospital
Marle Duckett
Hichard
Frederick O Emig
Francis Jackson
26Th St
Mary L. Johnson
7Th St Ne
Richard To
Dixons
Hester Tuchaoa
Eva D Welter
Hattie Wilking
Burma
Young
Deputy Assassin Targets Deputy McLain in Frostburg
R L McLain an armed deputy appointed by Gov Warfield narrowly escaped assassination in Frostburg Maryland as two shots fired from a dark alley struck his hand and nearly hit two children. The incident follows protests by United Mine Workers against four deputies including nonresidents and could fuel a miners strike.
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Washington Post
Frostburg
R. L. MccLain
West Virginia
Warfield
Consolidation Coal Company
Porter Boarding House
Canter Street
McLain
United Mine Workers
Mov
Pirates Strike Off Chicago Yacht Club
A black flag pirate ship appeared off Thirty-third Street, forcing a clash with Douglas Yacht Club members. After a pursuit and hand to hand fight, police were called and the invaders fled by yacht. Officials suspect youthful burglars from south of Hyde Park and linked to a string of robberies.
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Chicago
Rept. Is
Thirty-third Street
Douglas
Chub
Yacht Club
Hyde Park
Farewell to consul given a silver loving cup
Berlin September 18 A farewell dinner in honor of Frank H Mason retiring American consul general in Berlin and soon to be Paris consul general featured gifts and tributes from the American colony German officials and consuls. Ambassador Charlemagne Tower and Privy Councilor Goldberger urged reciprocal trade and fair play while warning against tariffs, hoping for a fair, mutually beneficial agreement between Germany and the United States to preserve the century of peace and economic friendship.
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Berlin
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Berln
Mason
F. Heasenberg
Charlemagne Tower
Roosevelt
William
von Koerner
Department of Foreign Commerce
Foreign Office
Germany
United States
Goldberger
Herr Goldberger
McKinley
Ambassador Tower
Mason J
British Prisoner Freed in Shanghai Torture Case
Shanghai reports the British vice consul Wei secured the release of a British subject employed by the Shanghai Hankow Railroad. The man, of Chinese descent, had been held by Chinese authorities at Quinsan and allegedly tortured by a Chinese magistrate, who was later imprisoned for the act.
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Shanghai
Wei
Quinsan
Shanghai-Hankow
Chaffee Entertained at Paris by French War Minister
Paris September 18 Lieut Gen Adna F R Chaffee was hosted at a lunch by Minister of War Berteaux and Mme Berteaux with American Party guests including Gen. Chaffee and others in attendance at the French war ministry social event.
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Paris
Berteaux
Mme
Adna
Chaf
French American army officers attend decorated war ministry event
Brigadier Generals J Franklin Bell and William Crozier with wives and staffs visit the war ministry. Guests include President Loubet representative cabinet ministers army and navy officers Ambassador McCormick and Ambassador Jusserand. The Republican Guard band provided music and exchanges of amenities occurred between French and American representatives.
Greatest muster of Scotch volunteers reviewed by King
King Edward reviewed nearly 40 000 Scottish volunteers at Kings Park Edinburgh during a parade to calm unrest over war office regulations. Sir Thomas Lipton rode with the Second Lanarkshire Engineer and was unseated when his horse kicked him in the face. injuries described as not serious.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Flodden
Edward
Holyrood Palace
Duke of Connaught
Kings Park
England
War Office
Thomas Lipton
Second Lanarkshire Engineer
Thomas
Packers Allege Errors in Meat Pack Trial Plea
Seven Teenage meat packers and others indicted in a Federal grand jury case challenge the governments conduct. They argue improper jury impaneling unlawful secrecy at drawing unlawful presence of a stenographer and erroneous division jurisdiction due to redistricting affecting Kankakee County. The lengthy plea was filed after talks between packers counsel and District Attorney Morrison with no court action yet.
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Chicago
Preas
John Murray
Illinois
B. Morrison
John 8. Miller
Packers
Kankakee County
Murray
Murr
Oldest Shoe Drummer B Reed Laid to Rest in Brooklyn
Funeral services were held for B Reed the United States’ oldest shoe drummer at his home 463 Willoughby Avenue Brooklyn. Reed’s father eccentrically named thirteen children after alphabet letters up to M and B Reed survived by a sister named C and a brother named D. He died at eighty five.
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Washington Post
New York
B Reed
United States
Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn
Reed
Slater
Edwin
George
Mr. Reed
Masked robbers loot Perth Amboy safe for $3600
Four masked men burst into the Amboy division office of Public Service Corporation in Perth Amboy New Jersey bound and gagged the watchman then blew open the safe and fled with more than 3600. Police chase yielded no arrests as the daring burglary stunned the city and investigators weigh expert cranksmen theory.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Ohio Businessman Pleads Guilty to Arson in Drug Store Fire
Bowling Green Ohio September 18 Dr Hi mer B Bechtel a leading Lodi Ohio businessman pleaded guilty to arson and received a one year sentence in the Ohio penitentiary. Indicted on testimony of a former salesman who saw several suspicious fires while employed for Bechtel in North Baltimore Bechtel is accused of setting fire to a drug stock owned there by himself and his deceased brother.
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Ohio
Bowling Green
Chile
Himer B
Bechtel
Lodi
Baltimore
Explosion Death Toll in Avon Fuses Plant Rising
Avon Conn Sept 14 The death toll from the Climax Fuse Company explosion has risen to thirteen. Michael Canfield aged fifty and Mrs Tada Wild twenty died since Saturday. Four others remain in critical condition.
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Avon, Conn
Climax Fuse Company
Michael Canfield
Tada Wild
The Walls of Jericho at the National Theater
James K. Hackett stars in Alfred Sutro's The Walls of Jericho at the National. The play follows Jack Frobisher returning to England from Australia to confront a corrupt social circle led by the Marquis de Steventon and Lady Althea. Strong ensemble work supports Hackett and Mary Mannering in a drama of wealth, deception, and domestic renewal.
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James K. Hackett
Jericho
la Mancha
National
Alfred Sutro
London
Althea
Marquis de Steventon
Harry Dallas
Frobisher
Marquis
Lord Drayton
Australia
Dudgeon
Dallas
England
Aithea
Tondon
Mr. Heckett
W. J. Ferguson
Marquis de Steverton
Mr. Ferguson
William K. Harcourt
Bannister
Lady Westerby
Mra Dellenbaugh
Lady Lacy Dereham
May Blayney
Mids
Owen Baxter
Bertram Hannaford
Fred. F. Schrader
Swamp Root offer and stage review mix
A long advert for Dr Kilmer Swamp Root promises free samples by mail and outlines kidney liver and uric acid remedies with patient letters. The text also reviews a Washington theater program praising Woodlands at Columbia Theater with Henry Savage, star turns by Bulger Wade Casavant and Dahl and multiple musical numbers and scenic beauty.
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Dr. Kilmer
The Inspector From Kansas at Chase's Vaudeville
J W Albaugh Jr and Olive May present The Inspector from Kansas at Chase's. A bright vaudeville sketch with Olive May as Francis Taylor and Albaugh delivering polished, clean comedy alongside Spalding, Mirret, Glosa, Burnham, Long, Cotton, Link, Klein, Clifton, and Cain. motion pictures on the Russian police and Nihilistic rings, a well rounded first class show drawing a large Monday audience. Errol Dunbar returns to portray Sherlock Holmes at Lafayette Square Opera House with a capable company. He captures the detective’s persona, sustaining dramatic tension amid melodrama and thrilling stagecraft. Watson by William Little, Morarity by Edmunds, Forman and others round out a strong cast as Holmes captivates the crowd.
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Kansas
J. W. Albaugh, Jr
Olive May
Chase's
Francis Taylor
Inspector
Mr. Albaugh
E. K. Spalding
Alexandre Mirret
Adolf Glosa
Pierne
Suwanee River
Sophie Burnham
Kentucky Mafia
Nick Long
Idalene Cotton
Miss Cotton
Clifton
Cain
Errol Dunbar
Eee Holmes
Lafayette Square Opera House
William Gillett
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Lafayette
Dunbar
Faulkner
Holmes
Charles J. Edmunds
Morarity
Harry Dickeson
Forman
Joseph Allenton
Santley Stars in A Runaway Boy at the Academy of Music
Joseph Santley starred in A Runaway Boy at the Academy of Music to a crowded house last night. The circus third act provides a vivid canvas for action while the plot follows Harry Reynolds, an orphan, pursued by his guardian uncle and conspirators who seek his fortune. Santley’s ingenuous performance earns applause as Burr Carruth and Pearl K Abbott offer strong support in a well staged production with realistic barn and circus scenes.
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Woodland
Columbia
Washington
Harry Bulger
Blue Jay
Masons
Mr. Bulger
Sherman Wade
Gen. Rooster
Mr. Wade
Louis Casavant
Judge Owl
John Donahue
Mattie Nichols
Madge Dahl
Bertyne Mortimer
Evangeline Fallon
Helen Male
Greta Risly
Walter Lawrence
Joseph Santley
Academy of Music
Hin~ Doo
Harry
Burr Carruth
Pearl KE
Abbott
Frederick R. Seaisaae
Reilly and Wood's Burlesque at the Lyceum
Reilly and Wood's Burlesque Company fills Kernans Lyceum Theater with capacity crowds as Pat Reilly and troupe deliver a screaming farce Simon Simple and Simple Simon plus songs dances and vaudeville bits. The Golden Ballet Reno and Smith acrobatics Ferns singing Mustrated songs and a lively afterpiece A Hot Time at Reilly's entertain the audience.
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Reilly
Wood
Kernans Lyceum
Pat Reilly
Simon
Mr Fern
Ira Messner
Kennedy
Vans
Revere Ristera
Golden Ballet
Reno
Smith
Rice
Prevost
Frank Orth
Harry 8S
Fern
Reilly's
Exchange of parasites in moth warfare between Europe and America
Boston September 18 Dr L O Howard returned from Europe where authorities say he arranged a swap. European officials will ship parasitic insects to the United States to combat Gypsy and brown tail moths in exchange for American parasites needed abroad.
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America
Boston
L. O. Howard
Europe
Massachusetts
Confessed to Forging Checks in Toledo Unio Case
William Hunter, arrested in Detroit on his way home from honeymoon, brought to Toledo on a hotel fraud charge. He reportedly confessed to forging checks drawn on his father, a prominent businessman, and is linked to alleged Denver election fraud complicity.
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Toledo
Unio
Willam Hunter
Detroit
Denver
Hunter
Color Line in Chicago Sparks Racial Saloon Clampdown
Special to The Washington Post reports detectives led by Chief Collins ordered white men and women barred from Negro saloons in Chicago's Black Belt during a raid on Pony Moore's resort. The move targets racial mixing in establishments run by Black proprietors with political backing in the First Ward.
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Black Belt
Washington Post
Chicago
Re Levee
Collins
Pony Moore
Detectre Dodd
Moore
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PI Louis Republic
Syraclee Post-Standard
BT Paul Pioneer-Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cloveland Flain Dealer
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
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William Lee
Malin
John R. Wright CO
Tanera Srectara
Cmbalmers
Tz Son Rertion
Algat
George P. Zurhorst
Lndlataker
Emdalmer
East Capitol Mt. Telephone
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Niewspapert
Maryland
F. H. Mason
American Association
Privy
Chaffee
Sauterne
Sentara
Tokalon Wine CO
Fhone Main
Sir Thomas
Mary Mannering
Wall of Jericho
Chestnut Farms
Health Department
Massachusetts Avenue
Sid Prince
Owen Martin
Billy
Mathilde Weffing
Adventuress
Madge Larrabee
Distinctive
Leora Spellman
Alice Faulkner
Newcorn & Green
Color Line
Cretic
Naples
L'Aquitaine
Savre
Zeeland
Statendam
Rotterdam
Kronpring Wilhelm
Bremen
Sournambton
Cheebourg
Slasconsett
Mars
Friedrich der Grosse
Cherbourg
Nantucket Shoas
Dover
Hamburg
Isie_of Wight
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Vaderland
Dever
Antwerp
Morton c. Stout Tailors
Newsea predncHye
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