Caney Fray Casts Kentucky Town Into Siege
Caney Kentucky is in a siege after a 24 hour feud between Frisbee and Mans factions. At the cemetery the fight spilled into the street near the hotel with open firing. One Mans boy shot in the shoulder and Frank Lykins wounded in the abdomen. Frisbee, Lykins and others fled to the hills while the town’s county officers are powerless amid high standing of the participants.
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Caney, Ky
Iittle
Frisbee
Mans
Bob Frisebee
Kelley
Bob Mans
Gary Howard
Frank
al Lykins
Bean
Frank Lykins
Lykins
Kelley Mans Ia
President in Hard Luck Fails to Shoot Bear
Smedes Mississippi November 19 The bears in swamp country near the president camp on the Little Sunflower thwart his hunt as the first bear bolted before alarm and another was killed by manager McDougal at seventy yards after the dogs failed to trail. The president, with Holt ollier, did not hear the chase and stayed good natured about the miss.
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Smedes
Miss
Mr. McDougal
Smedes Plantation
Holt Ollier
Children s home surrenders nineteen to New York guardian
South Dakota Children s Home trustees vote to surrender nineteen children to Sisters Angele and Anna of a New York Catholic founding asylum. The children had been moved from a Sisseton Catholic home to the Sioux Falls facility where the New York institution was named as focal guardian.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
S. D
Angele
Anna
New York City
Sisseton
New York
Row Over A Board Bill Ends In Double Tragedy
Madison November 14 Proprietor John Davenport of the Davenport club shot student boarder Charles Olmquist over unpaid board money then killed himself. Olmquist survived briefly before hospital care. Olmquist's home is Charles City Iowa. Davenport attacked wife and Olmquist with alleged withholdings.
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Madison
Wis
John Davenport
Davenport Club
Charles Olmquist
Olmquist
Charles City
Iowa
Devonport
Olmaquist
New Russian Rules Target Foreign Life Insurance Firms
St. Petersburg November 19. The interior ministry plans revisions to life insurance laws to curb foreign firms, especially American companies, and this move threatens the business of Asian insurers.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Ministry of the Interior
Men's Ulster coats and Mackinaws offered at low prices
Men’s sheepskin lined Ulsters made up of the best waterproof duck. Men’s sheepskin coats with storm collar from $4 to $3.70 each. Men’s Mackinaw suits, North Star Mackinaw SS.60a suit, highlights of available outerwear.
Fond of Hugging Endangers Wisconsin Town
Police search for a suspect nicknamed Fond of Hugging after a wave of assault reports in a Wisconsin town. Armed residents working in squads aid investigations as victims, including women and girls, come forward with frightening encounters seeking protection and accountability.
Searching for the Hugger Strikes Racine as Victims Survive
In Racine Wisconsin armed residents patrol streets nightly seeking a so called hugger who assaults young women. Five women were confronted this past week with two sustaining serious injuries. Victims include Mary Sorensen sixteen Ath Birdsall ten Josephine Petersen and Lettie Brown of Milwaukee. The assailant is described as nearly six feet tall with brown mustache in a brown overcoat and fedora. Authorities fear further assaults could turn deadly.
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Racine
Wis
Boston
Mary Sorensen
Jehn Birdsall
Josephine Petersen
Lettie Brown
Milwaukee
Miss Sorensen
Cliff Avenue
Waiee
Athledin Birdsall
Child Born on Rock Island Flyer Near Farmington
A baby girl born on the Chicago Rock Island flyer en route to St. Paul. Mrs. W. H. Barber of 905 Marion Street is the mother. The conductor collected no fare for the newborn passenger. both mother and child arrived safely in St. Paul as the train neared Farmington Minnesota.
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St. Paul
Chicago
W. H. Barber
Marion Street
Farmington
Minn
Upright Judge Returns Fees to County Treasury
New Richmond Wisconsin November 19 St Croix county witnessed a judge voluntarily repay 406.50 in fees collected as clerk of the circuit court years ago. Otto W Arnquist asked the county board for permission to return the money after a court ruling later deemed the practice illegal, a move widely commended.
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New Richmond
Wis
St. Croix County
Coun
Otto W. Arnquist
County Board of
Ct. Croix
Webster
Arnquist
Two Girls Are Shot In Montana Sunday Tragedy
Helena Montana November 19 a serious shooting affray is reported at a camp near Hinesdale in which a man named La Frombaise shot two young girls daughters of Charles Melcaire aged 12 and 9 one girl died the other gravely wounded in the groin and stomach smallpox had existed in the breed camp for some time the report notes a tragic regional crime with a fatal outcome and ongoing danger to residents.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Hinesdale
la Frombaise
Charles Melcaire
Indian Quarantine Shooting Leaves Two Girls Wounded
Reported incident near a quarantine camp describes Indians drinking whisky and dancing, followed by La Frombaise firing a double-barreled shotgun into a crowd. The Mellire girls were hit. Sheriff placed guards and will arrest the shooter once quarantine ends. the girls’ father and others were involved.
Blanche Molineux Heads to Sioux Falls for Residence
Blanche Cheesebrough Molineux arrived from New York to Sioux Falls to establish a residence and likely pursue a divorce from Roland B. Molineux. A friend says she will not be interviewed. In Grundy Center, Will iam Merts was injured when a loaded chest toppled from a wagon, crushing his neck and injuring his spine. his condition is critical and death is likely.
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Molineux
Sioux Falls
S. D
Blanche Cheesebhrough Molineux
New York
Roland B. Molineux
Grundy Center
Town
William Merts
Arson Alleged Against Otter Tail County Farmer
Fergus Falls Minn November 19 William Eliott a leading farmer of Fiie berg was brought to Fergus Falls to answer arson charges. He had clashed with neighbor Hans Peterson whose residence burned days earlier in a mysterious blaze that is now under scrutiny.
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Otter Tail County
Fergus Malls
Minn
William Eliott
Fiieberg
Hans Peterson
South Dakota Dairy Output Tops Four Million Dollars
Report from State Dairy Commissioner Sherwood shows 156 licensed creameries and 10 cheese factories in operation. Creamery butter output for the year reaches 7,823,668 pounds with an average price of 17½ cents per pound, totaling over $2,000,000 for milk. Dairy separators on farms likely equal this value, and the state’s butter sold is valued at $4,000,000 for the year.
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South Dakota
Dairy G Mission
de Pierre
Sherwood
Jury Says He Did Right Des Moines Man Acquitted in Wife's Paramour Murder
Des Moines Iowa November 19 After twenty four hours deliberation Gary at Leon has placed approval upon the assassination of the man who betrayed his wife W H Clark was acquitted of the murder of Dr W D Duff whom he shot Mrs Clark testified Duff a family physician professed love and remained intimate for a year prior to the murder Mrs Duff learned of the affair and urged elopement Mrs Clark told her husband and he forgave her Clark ordered Duff to leave the country but killed him when he refused to depart
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gary
Leon
W. H. Clark
W. D. Duff
Commission Man Accused Of Breaking Into His Own Office
In Sioux Falls South Dakota on November 19 Edwarde Wood & Co faced a dispute with federal officials over a $50 license fee. B F Cummings, a local representative, was arrested for breaking into the company office after it was seized by Deputy Internal Revenue Collector W L Howland. He appeared before United States Commissioner Conway and was bound over for the next grand jury.
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Cummings
United States Commission
Conway
United States Grand Jury
Jack the Hugger Caught in Embrace Acts in Clinton
Ira Stebbins of Morrison Illinois was arrested in Clinton Iowa on suspicion of being the Jack the Hugger responsible for three weeks of attacks on women. He reportedly claimed the girls whistled at him and denied wrongdoing, and was found asleep in custody after arrest.
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Clinton
Iowa
Ira Stebbins
Morrison
Ill
Jack the Hugger
Fire and explosion devastate Pell City freight depot
A freight depot fire at Pell City on the Ivorn Railway near Birmingham ended with two dead and ten injured, two possibly fatally. A large stock of dynamite was stored in the building and forgotten in the chaos, triggering a catastrophic explosion reported by Birmingham, Alabama, on November 19.
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Freigh Howe
Birmingham
Ala
Ivorn Railway
Pell City
Here
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