Jury Indicts Three for Leak in Report
Federal grand jury returned three indictments charging conspiracy to defraud the government in a Cotton Bureau scandal tied to the Department of Agriculture. Warrants issued for Holmes Beach, Keckham, and others. arrests expected as district attorney pursues suspects in New York and Saratoga.
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Wrestlington
Rap
Atrorney Morgan TH
Department of Agriculture
Federnd Grand Jury
Yexterda
Saratoga
Wredenix Aybeckham
New Yard
United States
Conmund Casey Harles M. Davison
Keckham
Jadlat Galiston
ALOR
Theva Vers
Mre
Maldwin & Tatiav
Alicus
Depmatimrark
Ogy Culture
Emilaye
New York
Thobnes
Sun le Eet Ufiad
Verstitsis
Moses Fuaa
Warlard
Charg
Govden
Beach
May Clear Mr Palmer Exonerates Public Printer Report
Washington August 23 Charles H Beep secretary died after the president received a report on charges against the government printing office. The inquiry examined alleged discrimination for the Lanston machine in a contract for seventy two machines worth about 278000. The report was described as wholly favorable to the Lanston company and Palmer the public printer.
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Keep
Washington
Charles H. Beep
Ireasty
Government Printing Office
Lanston
Mergenthaler Company
Sident
She-Lanston
Mammoth Tunnel Construction Under Detroit River Begins
Detroit Aug 28 work on the tunnel that will run under the Detroit River between Windsor and Detroit began today with workers sinking the initial shaft on the American side. The underground length will be about 2.6 miles with surface-to-surface distance near three miles. Completion is expected in two to three years.
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Detroit River
Fourteen swept away in Tabasco flood tragedy
Vernndad Colo Aug 28 reports say four teens drowned in yesterday flood near Tabasco sixteen miles north of Trinidad as seven houses occupied by Austrian and Italian laborers and Ludy families were swept away heavy water washed through the area making access to the scene impossible authorities and local residents feared further losses as reports of more houses and people in jeopardy circulated
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Vernndad
Colo
Tabasco
Trinidad
Celolorada
Berwin
Sons of Sige
Farewell Banquet Planned for World Tour Figures
Arrangements are being made for a farewell banquet here in September to honor Henry Liutviseen and others before a globe spanning tour. Participants include Governor Hogg of Texas ex Senator Leltiisen of South Dakota and Massachusetts notable Mcneaner Boughs, with Bryan also set to depart.
End Fever By Oct 1 Surgeon Issues Hopeful Bulletin
New Orleans Aug 23 new cases 19 deaths 3 total cases 1619 deaths 625. Surgeon in charge says with faithful aid the fever should be controlled by October 1. Readers are urged to cooperate in limiting spread and report new cases promptly.
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New Orleans
Aeaths
Dynamite destroys Carlisle church in race riot
In Carlisle, a negro Baptist church was blown up by dynamite during a race war. Bloodhounds track the dynamiters as threats circulate that any arrests will trigger expulsion of every Black resident from town.
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Vincennes
Ind
Carlisle
Romance Revealed By Opening Of A Goffin College Sweethearts
Story of untimely deaths thwarting a planned marriage unfolds through a packet of letters found with the body of Westbrook in Des Moines. Anna Flemming and Ruth Visil linked to the romance. both lovers died before a wedding could take place. Police examine letters as relatives recall the farm ties and engagement.
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Lisbon
Tes
Gartin
Anna Flevming
Muareshalltown
Wesbbrook
Sambiey
Tara
Eydna Visil
Miss Tromming
Westbrook
Inn
Bitter Grain Rate War Divides Chicago Traffic Officials
Chicago traffic officials failed to resolve the grain rate dispute amid calls for government control. Wall Street pressures eastern and western lines to settle to protect dividends, while unions push to ignore the Union Pacific Peavey elevator contract. Rates rise September 1 for domestic grain and products Chicago to New York, with export rates rising September 20, likely shifting more grain to southern routes.
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Chicago
Cin
Wall Street
Missouri River
Chicuko
Union Pacific
Peaveylevator Company
Non Pacific
New York
Peris
Divide on Old Point Public Utilities Ownership
Municipal ownership of public utilities was debated at the League of American Municipalities session. Mayor Duane of Chicago urged municipal ownership as a public benefit, while Mayor Woodward of Atlanta argued private ownership could be superior under public control.
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League of Municipalities
France Threatens Action Over Algeria Citizen Arrest
Premier Bouvier instructed the French minister to demand the immediate release of a France Algeria citizen held in Morocco. He warned of military demonstration if the demand is not met, while officials express confidence the sultan will yield to force.
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Sultan of
Morocco
France
A. YE
Bouvier
Lez
Moroccs
Denna Dhe
Sheve
Alice
Hoch Case Delays Hang For Wife Murderer Hoch
Court order from Judge Magreder in Chicago grants Hoch a stay of execution. The convicted wife killer, Johann Hoch, was scheduled to be hanged tomorrow. A review of Hoch's case will be heard at the October term of the supreme court.
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fFiang
Spllingfeld, II
Magreder
Chicago
Supreme Court
Johann Hoch
Hoch
Air Ship Flight Over New York Ends With Narrow Escape
Roy Knabenshue piloted his air ship two miles over Manhattan, ascending from Sixty second Street and Contra Park. A snag in his trousers halted the engine, the craft plunged upward briefly, then descended to settle in a tree near Sixty-fourth Street, where a crowd watched as men lowered the ship and a sandbag cushioned its landing.
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Roy Knabenshue
New York
New Fork
Roy Sepyatioishine
Brooklyn Bridge
Sixty Second Street
Contra Parc
Knabenshue
Cnabenshue
Broadway
Marty
Bundred
Tihabenshue
Leinty
Knabienshue
Sixty-fourth
Leeton
Robertson nets fortune from submarine tale idea
New York August 28 reports Morgan Robertson earned about 60,000 dollars in cash for the core idea of his magazine story The Submarine Destroyer. He linked the concept to a Holland submarine boat company, which adopted the notion for a practical craft that could sink twenty submarines a minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson
New York
Morgan Robertson
Hat
Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat
Holland Company
Poor Christians Criticize American Protestant Churches
Rev. C Campbell Morgan, DD, criticizes American Protestant churches in New York on August 24. He laments a focus on serial organization and business interests over spiritual duties, urging members to renew faith and duties within the church.
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New York
Campbell Morgan
Dwight I. Moody
East Northfield
Miess
Europe
Baltic
Morgis
Woman Got His Star Leads to Trial Board for Rogers
Chicago lawman Joseph Rogers faces a police trial board after a star he wore vanished during a night out. He allegedly gave the badge to a young woman he spoke with near Gre Desphines and Randolph Streets, where it later surfaced among her belongings. Chief Callins called for accountability for the officer’s conduct.
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Rogers
Chicago
Ates
Mainle Privalie
Lev
Joseph Rogers
Anglewood
Isughewood
Randolph
Grea Sureets
Mrs. Franke
Gre Desphines Street
Warman
Callins
Sncer
Indian's awful crime confession in Ardmore murder case
Clarence Brown a 20 year old full blood Indian of Stonewall Oklahoma confessed to federal officers that he shot his father mother and brother while they slept to obtain the family estate. He is jailed in Ardmore on murder charges.
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Entity
Ardmore
I. T
President Roosevelt Tours Plunger Submarine Ride
Experiments off Oyster Bay saw President Roosevelt board the Plunger and ride submerged in Long Island Sound. Lieutenant Nelson explained the craft’s operations as a northeast storm raged above, the vessel resting on the sea bottom while the surface sobered the crew.
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Tye
Charlies Nelson
Te Munger
United States
Long Ishaid Sound
Oyster Iuay
West Rooxevole
Nelson
Vane
MISS ROOSEVELT TO CHINA VISIT EMPOWERS DIPLOMATIC TOUR
Miss Roosevelt accepts invitation to visit the Empress Dowager of China. The party departs from Tacloban aboard the Logan for Legaspi, then Hongkong. The voyage lists Taft and many senators and representatives returning on the Korea, with Pekin and dowager empress entertainment planned and Major General Corbin in charge. The Korea sails Yokohama September 17. Roosevelt party proceeds to Yokohama aboard Uberia on October 7.
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Tacloban
Logan
Legasple
Luzon
Hongkong
Pacific
Korea
Taft
Patterson
Foster
Dubois
Scott
J Long
Grosvenor
Curtis
Smith
de Armond
Hepburn
Jones
Loud
Driscoll
Hill
Cooper
Gilbert
Otten
Howard
Wiley
McKinley
Sherry
Foss
Edwards
Edie
Thompson
Kelley
Carpenter
Pedigo
WHL
Pekin
China
Miss Roosevelt
Newlands
Warren
Longworth
Gillett
Cochran
Corbin
Slocum
Pacific Mail
Yokohama
United States
Acrog
Roosevelt
Pacific Mail Company
Uberia
Boy Arrests a Bandit in Prisoner March at Police Station
A 12 year old boy, aided by Lieutenant Johnson's trusted aide, arrested 17 year old Albert Simbull at Hinman Street Station at gunpoint. The boy claimed revenge for his sister, saying Simbull beat her. Other youths, Benny Fitz, Moe Ote, and Rudy Oclew, aged 12 to 18, were held after confessing to multiple crimes.
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Chicago
Wandeth Street
Joseph Saco
Johnson
Hindi Street
Albert Simbull
Staton
Duscharge
la Ty Police
Leutenant
Arrest Bank President Arrest of Denver Savings bank chief in McAlester
J A Hill former president of the Denver Savings Bank was arrested by McAlester police on Denver authorities information. He offered to return to Denver without protest and will be held under surveillance pending arrival of Denver officers. He is not confined.
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Denver Savings Bank
South McAlester
I. T
J. A. Hill
Coffer
Denver
Hill
Margaret
Humane Society Woman Rescues Dog From Absent Owner
Miss Carleton a Kentucky illustrator and humane society officer uses her authority and smarts to intervene when Mr Trafton leaves his dog Jack in an upscale New York apartment. She moves with Jimmy, secures access, and places the dog with her, forming an unlikely bond. Jack thrives, and three months later Mr Trafton proposes, with Jack attending the wedding in festive style.
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Miss Crideton
Charce
Jimny
Gorham
Upper Broadway
Jimmy
Miss Civeton
Pandora
Kentucky
Taniah Artis
Carleton
Tor & Broadiway
Jack
Ghostepplig Hansam
Jon Trattan
Bell Boys
Fuit Denowh
Jhek
Sun Jes
Ohio
Carlet
Taek
Miss
Ameron
Mr. Trafte
Misa Areron
Looking at Hats in a Kansas City Hat Sale Encounter
A Kansas City Star vignette describes Margaret and the narrator browsing a large millinery department. A persuasive saleswoman pitches elaborate hats, prompting flirtatious praise, mock certainty, and a near purchase, until a floorwalker intervenes and the narrator and Margaret retreat, dazed by the rapid patter and sale pressure.
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Kansas City Star
Margaret
The Smell of Cities in The London Chronicle
A fragmentary historical essay explores distinctive city scents from Paris and Cologne to Moscow and Calais, climaxing with St. Petersburg’s infamous boot aroma. The text then briefly notes William W. Dean, 93, marking his birthday by working at his desk in the treasury.
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London Chronicle
Paris
London
Cologne
Biind Tian
Wiliam
Dean
Treasury
Washington
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