Peonage Allegations Against Jackson Lumber Co in Florida
United States deputies head to Lockhart Fla to investigate claims that about 100 German immigrants are held as virtual slaves in Jackson Lumber Company camps. Men allege forced labor pay of 1 dollar a day, starvation, confinement, and brutal beatings with armed bosses supervising work. The case cites cruelty virtually unmatched in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Lumber Company
Lockhart
Fla
United States
Pensacola
Jackson Tumber Company
South
Horrible act in New York man charged over daughter's body
A New Yorker, Charles Anderson, was in police court charged with removing his daughter's body from a coffin and attempting to fling it from a window. Magistrate Moss called him an inhuman monster and lamented the lack of adequate punishment for such decency outrages. Witnesses said he went to his wife’s home during a funeral, expelled mourners, and tried to throw the body out a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Anderson
Moss
New York City
Anderson
Jewish Pogrom Report From Odessa Amid Citywide Chaos
A Reuters dispatch from Odessa dated Tuesday reports anti Jewish outbreaks with deaths and wounds. Cossacks and rioters plunder Jewish homes while police stand by. On Srednaia Street three Jews killed and three wounded defending property. A fresh clash erupts in St Epovia Street as panic spreads and Black Hundreds unleash proclamations.
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Reuter Telegram Company
Odessa
Srednaia
St. Epovia
Queen Wilhelmina Illness Alters Dutch Heir Expectation
Queen Wilhelmina fell ill Monday night and premature delivery followed casting gloom across Holland. The Hague press announced Tuesday that an heir to the throne will not be realized at this time. The Dutch cherish the Orange Nassau legacy and awaited a new descendant. Queen Wilhelmina wed Prince Henry on February 2, 1901.
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Wilhelmina
Holland
the Hague
House of Orange-Nassau
Prince Henry
Death Sentence for Auburn Murderer Adolph Weber
Adolph Weber, convicted of killing his father, mother, brother and sister at Auburn California two years ago to seize a family estate worth about sixty thousand dollars, was brought to Auburn court and sentenced to be hanged at Folsom penitentiary on September 12 next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Weber
Auburn
Cal
Folsom Penitentiary
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations Tuesday
Sioux City supply quotes show butcher steers at 41.90 and top hogs at 6.60 for Tuesday trading on the live stock market.
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Sioux City
Chicago lawyer accuses Field estate assets move for tax dodge
Corporation Counsel Lewis told the board of review on Tuesday that the late Marshall Field estate relocated stocks and bonds worth 2,632,000 to New York to evade taxation. A Washington dispatch says Jack Boo n Smith is named manager of subsistence on the canal zone and will oversee all hotels and mersey.
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Corporation
Lewis
Board of Review
Chicago
Marshall Field
New York
Washington
Jack- 8Oon Smith
Canal Zone
Mersey
Wreck on Great Northern Claims Deaths in Lake
A westbound Great Northern passenger train plunged from a tunnel into Diamond Lake near Camden Washington about twenty miles from Spokane. Nine men drowned in the smoking car and the engine crew perished. Gas tank explosion injured at least one known passenger while rescuers retrieved bodies.
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Great Northern
Diamond Lake
Camden
Spokane
Wash
The
St. Paul
Minn
Woman acquitted in Fulton mine killing case
At Fulton Missouri the jury found Mrs. Edmund Bailey not guilty of being an accessory in the killing of Jay Lawder by her husband. Bailey was acquitted after a trial that featured letters she wrote to Lawder. She held an infant during the verdict and left the courthouse with her husband.
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Fulton, Mo
Edmund Bailey
Jay Lawder
Bailey
Disastrous Virginia Trailroad Collision Reports Mass Casualties
Seaboard Airline Railway in Norfolk announces twenty dead and twenty four injured from a Sunday night wreck near Hamlet North Carolina. Among the dead eight are white and twelve are negroes. Injured include five whites and nine teens negroes. Collision blamed on passenger train failing to receive orders.
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Trailroad
Virginia
Seaboard Airline Railway
Norfolk
Hamlet
N.C
Wreck Killings Near Hamlet NC Faces Toll
A Seaboard Air Line passenger train collided with an extra freight train one mile west of Hamlet North Carolina killing eighteen to twenty five people and injuring many more. The wreck at 7 30 p m sent victims to Rockingham and was blamed on a misunderstanding of orders. Engineer F B Loomis Fireman Tom Hall among the dead. Most victims were Black passengers.
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North Carolina
Seaboard Air Line
Hamlet
N. C
Rockingham
F. B. Loomis
Ham Jet
Tom Hall
Die Cast For War In Russia Demonstrates Crisis
Report from St. Petersburg describes imperial actions dissolving parliament and deploying troops to quell unrest. Officials grant police broad powers, suspend newspapers, detain and deport without trial, and threaten military court trials and summary executions as the government confronts revolutionary agitation.
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Czas
Russia
St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Chevalier Guards
Grandarmes
Ukase
M. von der Launitz
M. Xinovieff
Sage Family Financier Russell Sage Dies at 89
Russell Sage a veteran financier died suddenly at his Cedar Croft country home in Lawrence Long Island New York. He would have turned 90 on August 4. Born August 4 1816 in Verona Oneida County he began as an errand boy in Troy later starting a grocery.
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Russell Sage
Cedar Croft
Lawrence
Long Island
N. Y
Nestor
Verona
Oneida County
Elisha
Prudence Sage
Connecticut
Henry
Troy
Lightning Strikes Manitowoc Grand Stand During Game
A fierce electrical storm hit Manitowoc on Sunday afternoon as a local team faced Plymouth Wis nine. A bolt struck the grand stand killing five people outright and injuring twenty or more. At least fifty were stunned as players and spectators sought shelter. Two died in the stand and three outside on the field.
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Plymouth
Wis
Manitowoc
Grand Stand
Harriman plans greenhouses for rail diners in four states
A new scheme by RE Harriman aims to place greenhouses on Union Pacific trains and establish greenhouses in Ogden Utah Denver Colorado Cheyenne Wyoming and Grand Island Nebraska to supply diners on board and likely stations.
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Union Pacific
RE. H. Harriman
Ogden
Utah
Denver
Colo
Cheyenne
Wyo
Grand Island
Neb
Woman Becomes Great Lakes Sea Captain First Female Skipper
Mrs. Ogden McClurg daughter of the late A C McClurg of Chicago has received final papers from Captain Mansfield United States steamboat inspector. She now holds the rank of sea captain on the Great Lakes and is the first woman to achieve this distinction on the lakes.
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Ogden McClurg
A. C. McClurg
Chicago
Mansfield
United States
Great Lakes
Deutschland Passenger Ship Passengers and Mail Arrive
The steamship New York reached New York Saturday night from Southampton and Cherbourg with 104 saloon and 120 second cabin passengers. It also carried a large mail consignment from the Hamburg American line steamer Deutschland, which was disabled after colliding with a Dover pier.
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Deutschland
New York
Southampton
Cherbourg
Hamburg-American Line
Deuschland
Dover
Fatal Diet of Pickles Ends Miss Annie Gross Life
A diet heavy in pickles and vinegar aimed at weight loss led to the sudden death of Miss Annie Gross a 25 year old resident of St. Louis Missouri The report notes the cause as diet related the tragedy occurring on a recent Monday and underscores the dangers of extreme dieting practices.
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Annie Gross
St. Louis
Another Daughter for Senator Clark
A Paris cablegram reports the birth of another daughter to the wife of Senator W. A. Clark of Butte Montana. The birth occurred three weeks ago while Senator Clark has been in California for several weeks and is expected to return to Butte soon.
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Senator Clark
Paris
W. A. Clark
Butte
Mont
California
Western League Baseball Schedule at Sioux City
Schedule of Western League games to be played at Sioux City Iowa in the immediate future lists dates in July including July 23 and 24 and July 26 27 28 with opponents Pueblo and others indicated in the fragmentary listing. The text shows fixtures and venue details for upcoming games and team matchups.
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Sioux City
Vanvvol Sce
Beet
Eva Ae
Pueblo
Eight Hour Law Extended to Navy Yard by Order
By order of the president the provisions of the eight hour law have been extended to the navy department.
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Navy Yard
Navy Department
Bombs Hit Singer Sewing Machine Factory in Prussian Silesia
A Berlin Vossische Zeitung dispatch from Katowice reports explosions wrecked the Singer Sewing Machine factory at Trosnowice and Bendzin in Prussian Silesia. No further details on casualties or perpetrators are provided.
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Berlin Vossiche Zeitung
Kattowits
Prussian Silesia
Singer
Trosnowice
Bendzin
Heat Causes Fatal Accident in Kenosha
George Millward aged 50 fell on a stone step in Kenosha Wisconsin and suffered a skull fracture. He died shortly afterward. The incident occurred during hot weather and authorities are investigating.
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George Millward
Kenosha
Wis
Jaton
Bank Robbery Stuns Prairie du Chien Cashier
The Bank of Whauseka was robbed Saturday evening by a lone thief who covered cashier W. A. Vaughn with no revolver and took all funds in the till. Police searched the area, no injuries reported, investigation ongoing.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Bank of
Whauseka
W. A. Vaughn
Austin Chamberlain Weds Ivy Dundas at Westminster Church
Austin Chamberlain son of former Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain married Miss Ivy Dundas at St. Margaret's Church Westminster England on Saturday.
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Austin Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Ivy Dundas
St. Margaret's Church
Westminster
England
Des Moines Street Car Bosses Face Bribery Charge
Des Moines general manager George B. Hippee and street railway employee A. M. Hadley were arrested on accusations of offering Alderman J. L. Hammery money to vote for a new franchise. Hammery filed the information and says the men promised payments to influence council votes on assessments, ordinance, and franchise measures. They were released on bonds as the Civic League battles the street railway hold on city politics.
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George B. Hippee
Des Moines Street Railway
A. M. Hadley
Des Moines
J. L. Hammery
Hippee
Hadley
Des Moines Civic League
Hammery
Council
Iowa retailers plan Des Moines meeting to rival mail order houses
A conference of state trade organizations will convene in Des Moines on August 2 to form a combine against mail order houses. Secretary Tra B. Thomas of the Iowa Retail Merchants Association promotes the plan and says nearly all major groups will be represented. Robbers also show interest alongside retailers as catalogues bite into trade.
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Yowa
Des Moines
Tra B. Thomas
Iowa Retail Merchants’ Association
Two Drownings Reported in Sioux River Near Riverside Park
Four men were fishing on the Sioux River when a boat toppled on a post. Carl Carrick 21 and Joseph Berlers 25 drowned as the others tried to help. Charles OMalley also drowned while bathing on Saturday in the same river.
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Carl Carrick
Joseph Berlers
Sioux River
Riverside Park
Carrick
Berlers
Charles O'Malley
Drown in Mississippi River Near Port Byron
Two Mills men, Harry Sizer age 19 and Geo Haynen age 23, employed as bridge painters for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul, drowned in the Mississippi River opposite Port Byron. They were bathing when Sizer stepped into a deep hole and Haynen, unable to swim, attempted a rescue and both lost their lives.
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Mississippi
Harry Sizer
Geo. Haynen
Mills
Mississippi River
Port Byron
Chicago
Milwaukee
S J. Paul
Sizer
Haynen
Damages Suit Filed Against Order of Yeomen
F M Darner, a longtime Ames resident and former national Yeoman delegate, sues the Order of Yeomen for 14000 dollars. Darner, once a loyal supporter, was expelled from the group on charges of unfaithfulness.
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Order of
Yeomen
F. M. Darner
Ames
Darner
Yeoman National Convention
Order
Regimental Inspection at Sheldon by Fifty-sixth Infantry
Lieut. Col. Thomas F. Cooke commanded the regiment and Capt Rankin of Company A supervised small arms practice during the annual regimental inspection at Sheldon for Company E Fifty-sixth infantry M G.
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Sheldon
Fifty-sixth Infantry
M. G
Thomas F. Cooke
Rankin
Births at Pleasant Grove Family Welcomes Six Babies
Mr and Mrs Bernard Hall of Pleasant Grove report a unique birth progression at home over four years of marriage. A boy first arrived, followed by twin boys, and most recently triplets two boys and a girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Hall
Pleasant Grove
Lfe
Crazy Man Eats Matches Leads to Insanity Incarceration
John Anderson of Sioux City attempted suicide by eating matches. Deputies took him into custody and, after an examination, the insanity commissioners ordered his confinement in the insane hospital at Cherokee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crazy Man
John Anderson
Sioux City
Sheriff's Office
Commissioners of Insanity
Cherokee
Barley Harvest Underway Around Rock Rapids
Barley harvest has commenced around Rock Rapids with reports of good crop quality. Excessive rainfall has caused heavier straw than usual, impacting early harvest conditions.
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Rock Rapids
Fatally Wounded at Michigan Plant in Oltumwa
A worker named Guy Hamilton was struck by a flying fragment of steel at the Dain Manufacturing plant in Oltumwa and died from the injuries. The incident is reported as a fatal industrial accident with initial details under investigation.
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Guy Hamilton
Dain
Oltumwa
Ottumwa Man Dies After Train Collision
Edward Jennings, 47, of Ottumwa was struck and killed by a Burlington fast passenger train as it passed through Ottumwa. The incident occurred on the main line, with authorities investigating the crash and confirming fatal injuries at the scene.
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Ottumwa
Edward Jennings
Burlington
Fatally Trurton Runaway Harms Edward Jones
Edward Jones son of N H Jones a Davenport businessman suffered a skull fracture in a runaway accident Friday He remained alive but doctors say recovery is unlikely after falling between horses and being kicked in the head at Davenportਾਨੂੰ
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Trurton
Edward Jones
N. H. Jones
Davenport
Jones
A New Church for Fstherville FP McManus Wins Bid
FP McManus of Clarion receives the contract to build a new Catholic church in Exsther ville at a cost of 12000 dollars. The award comes as residents plan the project for the parish community.
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Fstherville
F. McManus
Clarion
Exstherville
Pastor 18 Arrested In Wright County Case
Rev John Hetland former Norwegian church pastor in Belmond Township Wright County confined in Clarion jail after Wright County grand jury indicted him for assault on a Des Moines woman Oakland whom he hired as housekeeper His wife reportedly left months earlier Bond set at 800 but he fled and bond forfeited Two indictments allege similar assault Elsewhere another woman from Belmond Township involved Hetland captured in Mason City by Cerro Gordo County sheriff.
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Clarion
Ansault
John Hetland
Belmond Township
Wright County
Oakland
Des Moines
Hetland
Former banker E F Snyder charged again with fraudulent banking
Former banker E F Snyder of Olin, previously tried five years ago for fraudulent banking and fined, is in custody again after a March grand jury indictment. Detective John B. Richard located Snyder in a grading camp two miles north of Luton and arrested him.
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BH. Snyder
Olin
J. H. Preston
Jones County
Snyder
John B. Richard
Sioux City
Mr. Snyder
John Mesers
Luton
Father of E. B. Dannatt Killed on Branson Rich Ranch
The body of an elderly man, father of EB J Dannatt, was found in a hay meadow four miles southeast of Hayfield at 7 PM Friday. A jagged head wound suggested blow from a blunt object and nearby were mules hitched to a two horse rake. Death likely from a runaway or fall onto the rake frame.
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E. J. Dannatt
EB. J. Dannatt
Branson
Woodbury County
County Safe Opened After Lock Failure in Boone Office
County board of supervisors called mechanics to open a locked county treasury safe in Boone as rivet failure prevented access to valuable papers. Workers removed the door plate, repaired the combination, and rebuilt the door to recover documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Board of Supervisors
Churches 3 Feet on Diamond Ballgame
A novel baseball game was played at Primghar between the Methodist and Congregational churches. Gate receipts were split equally between the ladies’ and societies of both churches. Each pastor pitched one inning. The Congregational team won by a handsome majority over the Methodists.
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Primghar
Congregational Church
Roosevelt Family in Ulton Has Seventeen Children
Mr and Mrs Thomas Bennett of Ulton are parents to seventeen children with the last arriving two days ago. Of the sixteen living, five sons and eleven daughters. The family remains all at home and gathers for meals as time permits, a remarkable regional feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Thomas Bennett
Ulton
Weving
Bennett
Old Building Collapses at Waterloo Worksite
While workers installed heavy machinery on the third floor of the former Palmer-Hubbard Creamery building in Waterloo, the floor and roof collapsed along with part of the machinery. Several men were caught in the fall but none were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer-Hubbard Creamery Company
Waterloo
Murder in Jennings Louisiana Rocks Marshall Town
Word reaches Marshalltown of a fatal shooting in Jennings Louisiana where Cameron Coffin, a night watchman and recent Marshall County resident, was killed by a Black man while attempting to arrest him. Coffin was the son of Mr and Mrs J J Coffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towan Siwain
Marshalltown
Jennings
Cameron Coffin
Marshall County
Mra
J. J. Coffin
Bold Des Moines Robbery At Ivory Manufacturing Office
Thieves entered the Ivory Manufacturing Company office in Des Moines and stole 1100 dollars in drafts from Li Smith, the manager. Detectives recovered 500 dollars in drafts from an ash barrel and banks were notified to stop payment on the remaining drafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Smith
Ivory Manfacturing Company
Tater
John Walraven Dies After Tetanus From Arm Injury
John Walraven, Republican candidate for county sheriff, died at his Orange City home Monday from tetanus caused by a broken arm. He had served for years as deputy sheriff and was regarded as an efficient officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walraven
Orange City
University Hospital Wing Contracts Awarded in Iowa City
Contracts for the new Wing of the university hospital at Iowa City were awarded to Rowson & Han for 61000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Hospital
Iowa City
Rowson & Han
Unknown Man Killed by Train at Melvin
An unknown man was struck by a train in Melvin on Thursday while intoxicated and fatally injured. He died about three hours after the collision. his identity remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin
Woman Burned to Death in Houghton Stove Fire
Mrs. Henry Wender of Houghton died after gasoline stove fluid ignited while she was filling the reservoir. Her clothing caught fire and she perished in the flames before aid could reach her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wender
Houghton
Newsly scattered quotes on Thaw and public figures
A collage of clipped notes from various papers referencing John D. Rockefeller style remarks about spending, Thaw and legal cases, oil prices, and a mix of editorials from Philadelphia Ledger New York Herald and others. It mentions courts, packing houses, a king Haakon, and a joke about beer sausages.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Kaiser
William
New Yorks
New York
Haakon
Norway
Bin
Stadt Shinbun
Sensorle
London
Chicago
Washington
Ike
House of Commons
Czar Renly
Lsten
Wilson
New York Tribune
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Field Estate
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Bolt
Wisconsin
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Hayfield
Beth the
John
York Herald
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Jove
New York Herald
Vatog Bryan
Nature
Ty Pears
Shan
Philadelphia Ledger
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Court of
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Vphiladelphia Inquirer
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Philadelphy Press
Mars
Philadelph
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United States Treasury
Perry Hapa
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Rojestvensky
New York College Clal
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