Blood Stains Tie Suspect to Bronx Murder Case
Bronx police pursue coal wagon driver Joseph Girard in the Pfeffer murder near Pelham Road. Guilt questions linger as Girard disappears after a likely drugging and the victim Gussie Pfeiffer is found slain, with investigators tracing a messy timeline from Wednesday night to Saturday discovery.
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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 and Notices of Pairs Listed
A garbled notice lists multiple marriage intentions and pairings with names including Elphanna Tolver Mary Green and others. It cites locations such as Baltimore Trenton Columbia Oxon Md and New York City with dates around September 18, 1905, and a reference to an Emergency Hospital at 10 o'clock.
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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
Deaths in Health Office Record Up to Sept 18
Health Office record lists deaths including Bently Allen at Garfield Hospital aged 4 years, Marle Duckett at 418 Hichard won at 3 months, Frederick O Emig Throat and Bar Hoop Ah years, Francis Jackson 1249 26th st ow S$ years, Mary L. Johnson 706 7th st ne 73 years, William H Locklear 1716 st ave 5 days, Menla Stack Casualty Hoaphel 63 years, Philip Thomas 2035 36th st 2 1 month, Richard To 359 Dixons ot aw 1 year, Hester Tuchaoa 21 8d st aw 64 years, Eva D Welter Garfield Hospital 24 years, Hattie Wilking 1755 Bth st aw 13 months, Infant of Burma Young 704 éth 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
A masked shooter in Frostburg Maryland fired at Deputy R L McLain as he held his six year old child and a neighbor’s child in the Porter boarding house doorway. One bullet struck his hand and another almost hit the children. McLain, from West Virginia, is among four controversial deputies appointed at the request of Consolidation Coal Company amid United Mine Workers protests. A protest meeting drew about 2000 yesterday and warns removal of deputies could trigger a 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 at Chicago Yacht Club Clash Off Thirty-third Street
A black flag pirate ship appeared off Thirty-third Street and fought with Douglas Yacht Club members until police were called. Pirates fled in a yawl, later boarding their yacht and fleeing toward South Chicago. Police suspect youthful burglars from near Hyde Park with prior robberies.
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Chicago
Rept. Is
Thirty-third Street
Douglas
Chub
Yacht Club
Hyde Park
Farewell to Consul as Silver Cup given in Berlin
A farewell dinner in Berlin honored retiring American Consul General Frank H. Mason, with Ambassador Charlemagne Tower presiding. Franz Hannah presented a silver loving cup, and Goldberger urged reciprocity while cautions on tariffs. officials emphasized U S Germany trade ties and hope for a fair, lasting agreement.
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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 Subject Freed After Chinese Torture Incident
Shanghai reports that British vice consul Wei returned with a released British employee of the Shanghai Hankow Railroad, a man of Chinese descent, who had been tortured by a Quinsan magistrate. The magistrate who ordered the mistreatment was later imprisoned.
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Shanghai
Wei
Quinsan
Shanghai-Hankow
Chaffee Entertained at Paris With War Minister Guests
Paris September 18 Berteaux and Mme Berteaux hosted a luncheon for Lieut Gen Adna F. Chaffee and party as American Attaches and guests of the French Minister of War at the war ministry today reflecting Allied military ties and diplomacy in the French capital.
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Paris
Berteaux
Mme
Adna
Chaf
French American military guests attend decorated ministry event
Brig. Gen. J Franklin Bell and Brig. Gen. William Crozier with their wives and staffs join a war ministry gathering. Guests include a representative of President Loubet, cabinet ministers, army and navy officers, Ambassador McCormick, and Ambassador Jusserand. The Republican Guard band provided music and exchanges of cordial remarks occurred between French and American representatives.
Unhorsed Sir Thomas Lipton Leads Scots Review
King Edward reviewed Scotland’s volunteers in Edinburgh with the Duke of Connaught amid a large crowd from Scotland and northern England. Sir Thomas Lipton, honorary colonel of the Second Lanarkshire Engineer, was unseated when his horse kicked him. 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 Attack Indictment Usages In Federal Meat Case
Chicago Sept. 1 By press in abatement attorneys for seventeen meat packers and others indicted by a Federal grand jury on conspiring to monopolize the meat business attacked the government’s position. They challenge the impaneling of the jury improper service on juror John Murray unlawful secrecy and stenographer presence in the jury room and the notes. They contend Murray’s presence invalidates the jurors as the Northern district’s Kankakee County was moved to the Eastern division by a new law, making the jury drawn from the box outside the court’s jurisdiction. The plea was filed late today after all day talks and will be filed with the court’s clerk tomorrow.
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Chicago
Preas
John Murray
Illinois
B. Morrison
John 8. Miller
Packers
Kankakee County
Murray
Murr
Oldest Shoe Drummer Dies in Brooklyn at 85
Funeral services were held for B Reed the United States oldest shoe drummer at his residence 463 Willoughby Ave Brooklyn. Reed who began as a traveling salesman in the 1840s was the pioneer road man. His father famed as eccentric named thirteen children after alphabet letters up to M. Siblings include a sister named C and a brother D. Reed 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 Office
Four masked men invaded the Amboy division of the Public Service Corp in Perth Amboy New Jersey early today bound gagged the watchman and blew open the car barns safe escaping with more than 3600 The robbers fled on foot as a detective arrived and saw four men running away no arrests have been made according to police
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Man Pleads Guilty to Arson in Ohio Drug Store Fire
Bowling Green Ohio Sept 18 Dr Hi mer B Bechtel a Lodi Ohio businessman indicted for arson pled guilty and drew a one year sentence in the Ohio penitentiary. He was accused by a former salesman who saw several suspicious fires while employed in North Baltimore. Bechtel allegedly set fire to drug stock owned there by him and his deceased brother.
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Ohio
Bowling Green
Chile
Himer B
Bechtel
Lodi
Baltimore
Explosion Death Roll Grows in Avon Fire
Avon Connecticut September 145 The death toll from the Climax Fuse Company explosion has risen to thirteen. Michael Canfield aged fifty and Mrs Tada Wild twenty have died since Saturday. Four of the injured remain in critical condition.
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Avon, Conn
Climax Fuse Company
Michael Canfield
Tada Wild
The Walls of Jericho at the National Theatre
James K. Hackett stars in Alfred Sutro's The Walls of Jericho at the National Theatre. The plot follows Australian sheepman Jack Frobisher who confronts his wife Lady Althea and a corrupt London circle, leading to a dramatic domestic upheaval and a hopeful reunion. Cast highlights include Mary Mannering as Lady Althea, W. J. Ferguson as the Marquis de Steventon, and William K. Harcourt as Harry Dallas, with strong, nuanced performances noted throughout.
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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 Ad Claims Kidney Cure Sample Offer
An advertisement for Dr Kilmer Swamp Root promotes its cure for kidney liver and bladder issues and offers a free sample bottle by mail. It urges readers to request the pamphlet and to mention reading the offer in The Washington Daily Post.
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Dr. Kilmer
The Inspector from Kansas at Chase's Vaudeville
A bright vaudeville sketch The Inspector from Kansas stars Olive May as Francis Taylor and J W Albaugh Jr with E K Spalding. Violin and piano by Mirret and Glosa plus songs and imitations fuel a well rounded program and a Monday audience packs Lafayette Square for Errol Dunbar as Sherlock Holmes.
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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
Reilly and Wood's Burlesque at the Lyceum
Reilly and Wood's Burlesque Company plays Kernan's Lyceum Theatre offering a capacity crowd. The bill features Simon Simple and Simple Simon, Ferns songs, Ira Messner numbers, Celtic sketches, Golden Ballet, Reno and Smith acrobatics, and a finale titled A Hot Time at Reilly's.
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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 for moth control to Europe and America
Dr. L. O. Howard returned to Boston after a June trip to Europe. He said European officials will ship insects to the United States to combat the Gypsy and brown tail moths in exchange for American parasites, aiding moth warfare.
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America
Boston
L. O. Howard
Europe
Massachusetts
Toledo man faces hotel fraud charge after forged checks confession
William Hunter, arrested in Detroit on his way home, was brought to Toledo on a defrauding a hotel charge. He confessed to forging checks on his father, a prominent businessman, amid alleged Denver election fraud ties.
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Toledo
Unio
Willam Hunter
Detroit
Denver
Hunter
Color Line in Chicago Color Bar Aimed at Negro Saloon Walkers
Special to The Washington Post reports detectives led by Chief Collins ordered a color line in Chicago’s Black Belt banning white men and women from Negro saloons and banning racial admixture. The raid targeted Pony Moore’s saloon restaurant gaming house and hotel, with Dodd directing the Detroit-style enforcement amid political tensions in First Ward Chicago.
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Black Belt
Washington Post
Chicago
Re Levee
Collins
Pony Moore
Detectre Dodd
Moore
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Buffalo Courier
Cincinnnati
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
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Rochester Herald
PI Louis Republic
Syraclee Post-Standard
BT Paul Pioneer-Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cloveland Flain Dealer
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
William Lee
Malin
John R. Wright Co
Tanera Srectara
Cmbalmers
Tz Son Rertion
Algat
George P. Zurhorst
Lndlataker
Emdalmer
East Capitol Mt
Maryland
F. H. Mason
American Association
Privy
Chaffee
Sauterne
Sentara
Tokalon Wine CO
Fhone Main
Sir Thomas
Mary Mannering
Wall of Jericho
Woodland
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
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
Chestnut Farms
Health Department
Massachusetts Avenue
Sid Prince
Owen Martin
Billy
Mathilde Weffing
Adventuress
Madge Larrabee
Distinctive
Leora Spellman
Alice Faulkner
Joseph Santley
Academy of Music
Hin~ Doo
Harry
Burr Carruth
Pearl KE
Abbott
Frederick R. Seaisaae
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
Pasyed _ bunnehaha
Vaderland
Dever
Antwerp
Morton c. Stout Tailors
Newsea Predinctive
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