Attack on women shocks Camden farm near Collingswood
A farmer, Edward Horner, fought a barn fire near his home when intruders killed his wife with an axe and fatally injured Italian servant Victoria Napoli. Napoli died later in a hospital. Horner had recent labor disputes with Italian workers who threatened revenge. Two colored farmhands are suspected as police search the area.
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Camden
N. J
Edward Horner
Collingswood
Merchantville
Victoria Napoli
Horner
Mayflower Arrives in Provincetown with President Roosevelt
Roosevelt's party debarks from the Mayflower after a ceremonial welcome at Long Point. Salutes from harbor ships greet the president as crowds cheer through Commercial Street toward Town Hill. Also reported: death of millionaire William F. Mosser in Spokane. a massive forest fire threatens East Thompson. Tangier dispatches note Iberian troops arriving and potential use in Morocco.
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Provincetown
Mas
President Roosevelt
Long Point
Old Town
Roosevelt
Town Hill
Commercial Street
Allenton
Spokane, Wash
William F. Mosser
Clearfield County
W. F. Mosser & Co
Boston
United States
Mosser
Uneven Fragments From Andes Report Draw Brief Note
Fragmentary OCR content references an individual noted as Professor David from the Andes region. Details are sparse with unclear context or outcomes. The readable items indicate an academic figure, possibly connected to a regional institution, but no event, date, or location is established.
Connecticut Weather Forecast Brief
The forecast calls for fair to vicit conditions in Connecticut with Wednesday remaining fair. Cooler temperatures are expected overnight with highs and night conditions featuring westerly winds.
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Connecticut
Standard Oil Directors Issue Pamphlet on Indiana Case
The Standard Oil directors today issued a pamphlet to employees and stockholders discussing the 29 240 000 fine against Standard Oil of Indiana. It carries a statement from President Moffett and editorials praising the company. The introduction stresses the company’s innocence and claims the Chicago and Alton case rests on a legal technicality and evidence exclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Moffett
Standard Ot! Company
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Indiana
T. A. U. Convention Completes Election of Officers
Torrington Aug 20 delegates discussed the next field day with Torrington and Stamford leading. A complimentary banquet followed at noon. Officers chosen include Rev Father M A Sullivan Hartford president John Connolly Norwich first vice president Mollie Penders Meriden second vice president William J Cronan New Haven secretary John J Corbett New Haven state editor Catherine Daly Wal Ungford national delegates Fagan Kensington Daisy Lord Waterbury Michael Keyes Bridgeport. Torrington named next field day site.
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Torrington
Stamford
M. A. Sullivan
Hartford
John Connolly
Norwich
Five Hungarians Sentenced After Bridgeport Riot
Bridgeport on August 20 saw five Hungarian workers brought to court for a riot near the American Tube and Stamping Co plant. Strikers attempted to block friends from returning to work. The sentences were the heaviest in city labor cases, ranging from a $25 fine and costs plus five months in jail for one man to shorter fines and 30 days to three months for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
American Tube and Stamping Co
Dynamite Blast Kills 112 At Fangtao Mine
Berlin dispatch reports a dynamite explosion in the Fangtao mine injuring workers. Two Germans and ten Chinese were killed, with total casualties cited at 112 in a cable received by Shantung Mining directors.
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Berlin
Shantung Mining Company
Tvingtou
Fangtao
Premier Botha’s Cullinan Diamond Gift Sparks Criticism
London reports criticize Premier Botha plan to present the Cullinan diamond to King Edward amid weak Transvaal finances and doubts about market demand for such a large stone. Critics say De Beers opponents would not face the same plan, suggesting treasury funds may be used to benefit friends, placing King Edward in an awkward position.
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London
Botha
Transvaal
Edward
England
de Beers Co
Boward
Derby School Taken Over by Board of Education
Derby August 20 The board of education voted to accept Rev Dr Fitzgerald of St Mary's church plan to convert the church parochial school into a public school. He becomes assistant superintendent with control over hiring and a yearly budget of 1400 for teachers 600 for furs 300 for janitor and 1600 for rental drawn from city school funds.
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Board of Education
Derby
F. Fitzgerald
St Mary's Church
Why Police Badges Are Worn Over The Heart
The article explains that many policemen wear their badges or stars directly over the heart on their coats or vests. It states the metal shield has saved lives by deflecting bullets and knife thrusts, noting numerous cases over the last decades. Officers feel unsafe without the badge in that position.
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Ufe
Tadas
Village of Pelicans in Casamance River
In West Africa along the lower Casamance river a French writer notes a “village of pelicans” where birds avoid people yet cluster near native huts beneath giant baobab trees. Nests perch on branch ends with five or six per tree and crude platforms of dry interwoven branches bear the downy young maintaining precarious balance.
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Casamance
West Africa
How Flea Jumps and Falls on Smooth Surfaces
The text describes a flea leaping about 200 times its height and often landing on its feet but sometimes falling, especially on perfectly smooth surfaces where claws gain little grip. It notes six long legs aid balance, powerful kicks righting the insect when landed upside down, wings are small scales with little use, yet offer taxonomic clues to entomologists though of no value to fleas themselves.
German Lady Buys Ancient Cat Mummy
A German woman pays a large sum to acquire a mummy of a sacred cat from an Arab dealer. Her curiosity leads her to inspect the mummy, poke a hole, and finally rip it open finding a wrapped English newspaper inside. The odd discovery prompts questions about the trade and provenance.
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Engle
Acid by Mistake Causes Death in Bristol
Mrs Patrick J Coleman died after mistaking a bottle of ecarbolic acid for medicine. Medical Examiner ruled accidental death. She was a prominent Irish American, wife of a plumbing contractor, with three children and wide circle of friends. Funeral likely Thursday. In Chicago, Moncog Durezhin, a 40-year-old Armenian, is arrested as a possible suspect in the New York murders linked to a rug merchant and Father Horan Kasperkut. Police seek letters and circulars believed to hold key information.
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Bristol
Patrick J. Coleman
Coleman
Brackett
Chicago
Moncog Durezhin
Maxaerer
New York
Horan Kas- Perkut
Durezhin
Soo Too Tang Extradition Case Delayed In City Court
In Waterbury a continued case of Soo Too Tang, wanted in Brooklyn for a $250 theft, was postponed again awaiting Governor Woodruff’s extradition decision. The hearing featured contradicting theft dates, interpreter led testimony, and claims of blackmail by Chinese associates, with perjury questions raised as dates were converted from Chinese to Western calendars.
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Soo Too Tang
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hope Yick
Rol
Woodruff
Soo
Hartford
James BE. Russell
Joseph Gomeringer
State of
New York
Howe Yick
Houe Yick
King's County
Tang
Too Too Tang
Waterbury
Chiee Ong Wee
Soo Too ‘Tang
Russell
Waterbury poised to host national postmasters convention
Postmaster J H Pilling aims to move the national convention from Erie to Waterbury. He argues a Waterbury meeting would boost business, showcase factories, and fill hotels, with ample accommodations and easy transit, despite plans for a new union station and park developments.
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Buckingham Hall
Elton
J. H. Pilling
Waterbury
Erie
Pilling
Union Station
Librar Park
Town Committee Plans Primaries and Fall Campaign
The Democratic town committee met last evening to outline the primaries set for Friday September 20 and discuss the fall campaign. Chairman James H Freney announced a new organization to boost the effort and urged thorough canvassing while expressing optimism for a Democratic victory. Headquarters will soon open at T HM Hayes building on East Main Street.
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Democratic Town Committee
James H. Freney
Snd
Noes
T. HM. Hayes
Bulletting
East Main Street
New Postal Card Shows McKinley Portrait Design
New postal card issued for New York and others features cream color, five and a half by three and a half inches, black ink printing, and a magnetic file portrait of the late President McKinley with birth and assassination dates 1843 1901. Postmasters urged to sell remaining stock before new issues. Rejected fragment about New Zealand women representatives follows.
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Uncle Sam
McKinley
TMZ
Wreck of Fast Passenger Train Reported at Alicia Ark
No details at Wend with sparse information from St Louis and Aug about the wreck of a fast passenger train on the Iron Mountain line at Alicia Arkansas last night. Subscriptions and further details expected from the Democratic press.
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St Louis
Aug
Sunngre
Alicia
Ark
Secretary Taft Speech Marks Market Dip In London
Secretary Taft's talk in London yesterday initially disappointed investors but the stock market quickly recovered. The speech touched on American policy and international relations, with traders noting no lasting impact on the exchange.
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Taft
London
Stork Exchange
Possible retirement of Attorney General Bonaparte
The Journal of Commerce reports talk in New York that Attorney General Bonaparte may retire from the cabinet. It notes opposition from President Roosevelt’s circle to his anti trust policy and a shift in cabinet support, with Mary Root and Robert Bacon cited as critics. Official action unlikely before the president returns to Washington from Oyster Bay.
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New York
Commence Today
Bonaparte
Roosevelt
Journal of Commerce
Mary Root
Robert Bacon
Washington
Oyster Bay
Tax in Root Fatality Raises Complex Inheritance Questions
A Bristol accident leaves Mroot dead and 80 year old mother injured. With no wills, questions arise who died first and how inheritance taxes apply. If the son dies first the mother inherits, triggering 0.5 percent tax. if the mother dies first, heirs of the son face 3 percent. Multiple transmissions could occur before final death. Then a report from Antwerp notes G Severin and Dr Wheeler aboard the Finland returning from a Boston zoological convention.
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Root
Bristol
Mroot
Mr Root
Antwerp
New York
G. Severin
Boston Zoological Convention
William H. Wheeler
Zoological Convention
Finland
City News Briefs Include Social Visits and Local Events
Miss Josie Brien of Boston visits Miss Nellie Dillon in Wil- Har street while Mikes Both and Genevieve Borgin return from Laurel Beach. Policemen’s baseball team plays Meriden this afternoon. Independent Lithuanian Uttea and Literary Club buys land at 42 to 52 Green Street to build a large structure. Edward Dwyer of Bishop Street found exhausted on Torrington streets after walking from Waterbury. he recovered after rest. A hearing on dissolving an injunction against Edward Paber over the Adam Faber property in Waterville was held. Judge Peassey granted the motion.
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Josie Brien
Boston
Nellie Dillon
Wil- Har Street
Mikes Both
Genevieve Borgin
Walnut Street
Laurel Beach
Meriden
Po- Uttea and Literary Club, Incorporated
Johanna Condon
Robert H
Thomas F. Fruita
Green Street
Edward Dwyer
Bishop Street
Torrington
Waterbury
Christine
George A. Faber
Edward Paber
Adam Faber
Waterville
Peassey
M. F. Carmody
Bluff of Sultan Report Uncertain on Moors Trip to Tangier
Paris reports confirm the sultan may send a delegation of notable Moors to Tangier but observers doubt departure. French in Fez depart fearing fanaticism. Moroccan govt to provide escort. dangers loom as tensions rise near Morocco City and Saf. Brother Hafiq allegedly proclaims sultan, worsening the mood.
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Paris
Fem
Tangier
Fez
Tangi
Sheree
Hafiq
Sultan
Morocco City
Saf
Maragan
Pioneer of the saw industry Allen Betts dies at 90
South Norwalk mourns as Allen Betts, veteran saw industry pioneer, dies at his home at age 90 after a long career in the trade. Funeral arrangements awaited.
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South Norwalk
Allen Betts
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