Troops Called To Suppress Riotous Strike Mob
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on July 31 a violent strike clash prompted state troops to patrol the streets at dawn. Adjutant General Gobin arrives to mobilize forces forming picket lines and ready for a possible second outbreak. Strike leaders condemn foreigners and claim the conflict began from lawless acts by outsiders. About 1500 soldiers from Lackawanna district and several regiments are deployed under Col Theodore F Hoffman Col M Clement and Capt red M Ort.
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M. Clement
Red M. Ort
California Town Devastated by Magnitude Earthquake
A severe 20 second quake struck Toe Ramoy California at 4 am causing widespread destruction. Buildings including a large Presbyterian church and the W. Wickenden store collapsed. many structures wrecked, windows shattered, and most houses left in ruins with heavy damage reported. No fires reported yet. Authorities estimate substantial material loss though casualty details are pending.
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W. & Wickenden
A Reign of Terror in Bhehindoah Riot
July 30 in Bhehindoah Pa a riot left a sheriff and five officers shot multiple times with one man Joseph Bedall a hardware merchant and sheriff killed. Over 20 strikers shot and up to 1000 gunfire rounds exchanged as mob violence surged through Center street and the Philadelphia and Reading depot.
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Bhehindoah
Joseph Hedall
Howland Bedall
Fry
Pollcemah Rengheisher
Birikers
Alonificant
Center St
Bedall
Pottsville
Ferguson Hovel
Thomas Bedall
Heath
Philadelphia
Reading
Joseph Bedall
Thomas Bedlall
Billies Np
Miners’ Hospital
Clef John Fry
Ghort Intervie
Lehigh Rairoad
Stiney Yacopsky
Mitchell Asks That Judgment be Withheld
Wilkesbarre Pa July 81 President Mitchell says this morning he has not been informed by United Mine Workers officers of the Shenandoah troubles. He regrets the junior time to think his prompt response and thinks there is no need to go to Shenandoah at present.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Shenandoah
Yeonaaney
Ime
London
Edward VII
Alexandra
Bucktown集 Bucktown Leaders Flee After Whitecap Notice
In Bucktown July 31 Gonsternay Von prevails among the negro population. Arthur Watson a prominent colored figure received a whitecap notice ordering him to leave by midnight or face consequences. Fearing mob violence many colored residents fled to Lawrenceburg and Aurora Indiana by midnight. Watson has departed town.
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Gonsternay von
Arthur Watson
Tawrenceburg
Aurora
Ind
Bucktown
Wate Sou
Commander Eaton to Inspect Maine Machinery in Philadelphia
Lieutenant Commander Eaton, overseeing Stirling Co work on Barberton battleships, travels to Philadelphia to inspect Maine machinery. He will hold a regular position in the engineering department aboard the ship. Lieutenant Commander Eldridge at the Naval Academy will take over the Barberton duties.
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Stirling Co
Barberton
Philadelphia
Maine
Eldridge
Naval Andemy
Annapois
Y M C A Site Debate On South Main Street
The General committee of the Y M C A plans an afternoon meeting to choose a secretary and decide a site for the Y M C A building. Speculation centers on High Street or South Main Street with William Clerkin pushing South Main Street. A potential donation is rumored to sway the decision while the committee signals priority to the Y M C A Intereste.
Flooded Texas towns flee rising waters
Fort Worth Texas reports extreme floods with up to twenty inches covering the land. The Sabine River near Quinlan swelled to two miles wide and the north country is inundated. Drowning deaths are feared and about a hundred people took refuge in tree tops as rescuers work by boat amid record river heights since 1840.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Sabine River
Quinlan
San Marcos Valley
Bishop Vincent to preside at Northwest Indiana conference
announcement that Bishop Vincent will preside over the Northwest Indiana Methodist conference at Rennselaer in September. This will be the first conference in America under his leadership since returning from Europe where he presided over important Methodist gatherings for two years.
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Laporte
Ind
Vincent
Rennseluer
America
Europe
Isbell estate appointed for Chas J Tabell as administrator
Israel Isbell died Friday night. His son City Clerk Chas J Tabell named administrator of the estate with bond set at 850,000. Personal property value listed at 15,90. Real estate appraisal not yet completed.
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Israel Isbell
Chas. J. Tabell
Secret vote on segregation at University of Chicago
Chicago professors in the university senate have completed a vote on separating male and female students. An official announced a majority affirmative. The move makes separation effectively accomplished.
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Chicago
University of Chicago Senate
Vanderbilt Buys The Vampire by Sir Philip Burne Jones
New York on July 31 reports W. K. Vanderbilt purchased Sir Philip Burne Jones painting The Vampire, which inspired Rudyard Kipling poem bearing the same name, with a price said to be 15400 dollars.
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New York
Sir Philip Burne Jones
the Vampire
Rudyard Kipling
W. K. Vanderbilt
Peaches Yield In Smit County Rebounds
Farmers in Smit County report a surprising peach harvest this year after years of disappointment. Peaches now ripen fully with larger than expected yields, contrasting with past seasons when fruit dropped prematurely and crop expectations were low.
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Smit
Another Lynching at Leesburg Jail
Leesburg Virginia July 61 a mob broke into the jail and removed Charles Craven intending to lynch him. Troops have been called but are unlikely to reach in time.
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Leesburg, Va
Charles Craven
Long Shots Win at Houten Park Opening Races
Report from the opening day of the Union Dig three day meet at Houten Park notes unpredictable results as favorites falter, a heavy track after rain slows times, and a dramatic accident as Dr J W Rabe’s mare Brinhilda collapses mid race to death and draws attention to trainer Cal Still and owner G W Lewis amid a large Akron crowd.
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Houten Park
Mets
Bertinge
Fuse
Loree
Rabe
Jin
Kewanee Girl
Revolver Held By Injured Stranger in Ravenna
In Ravenna Nebraska on a July night a wounded man entered Dr. W. H. Hale’s home claiming to need medical aid. He kept a pistol in his hand while the physician dressed gunshot wounds thought to be two weeks old. The man left after being treated. officers pursue Tracy the missing Oregon convict believed to be in the area.
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Tracy
Ravenna
Neb
Oregon
Montana
W. H. Hale
Hale
Father Arrest Sought in Child Kidnapping Case
Little Madge Bensinger, four, prefers living with her mother after a divorce gave custody to the mother. Ervin Bensinger allegedly abducted the child to his sister’s Six Lakes, Michigan, home. Officers located Madge with her mother at Six Lakes and returned them to Akron. Prosecutor Hagelbarger said Bensinger faces charges of child stealing and contempt of court.
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Mamma
Ervin Bensinger
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Litttle
Hagebbarger
Burlison
Six Lakes
Akron
Hagelbarger
Bensinger
Petition Seeks Boulevard Extension From Kenmore to Matnat
Citizens in South Akron urge extending the boulevard from Kenmore through South Akron to Matnat. Aimed at declaring the portion outside city limits a county road to share maintenance costs, the move involves county commissioners and the city council for consideration.
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Kenmore
Akron
Matnat
South Akron
Elty
Tnixxloners
Hoboes Feed on Dakota Farmers Rail Route Change
Sioux City July 1 report says hoboes are moving into northern South Dakota and southern North Dakota at a rate of about 400 per day. The tramps seek meals from farmers and may rob harvest hands, threatening local laborers’ safety and harvest work.
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North City
Kota
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