Gotch Retains World Wrestling Title in Humboldt Victory
Frank Gotch defeats George Hackenschmidt in Humboldt Iowa to hold the world wrestling championship. He wins the first fall in 14 minutes 18 seconds with a reverse body lock and the second fall in five minutes 92 seconds with a toe hold. Hackenschmidt laments injury and fails to match Gotch’s strength as police keep order and Gotch’s wife celebrates ringside.
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Chikago
Humboldt
Frank Gotch
George Wackenschmidt
Towan
Gotch
Hack
Goteh
Acrosa the Ailantic
Frank
Haeckenachtmidt
Russean
Joth
Hackenschmidt
Abe Arends
Hide dealer arrested in Aberdeen on fraud charges
H H Tilley proprietor of the Dako ta Hide and Fur company was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Byron McVeigh on a mail fraud count. After examination before U S commissioner William Wallace he was held for federal court action. He allegedly advertised high prices for furs and hides and promised tanning services but allegedly did not manufacture or pay shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Tilley
Dakota Hide and Fur Company
Aberdeen
United States
Byron McVeigh
William Wallace
Tiley
South Dakota
Monta
Dr Gladden to Retire From Pastoral Duties in Columbus
Dr Washington Gladden of the First Congregational church in Columbus announces early retirement from active duties. He transfers leadership to Dr Carl L Patton and cites thinning Sunday attendance as a factor while hoping younger leadership will advance the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Gladden
First Congregational Church
Columbus
John Dr. Rockefeller
Carl L. Patton
Mey
Court names receiver for Swanson company dissolved by Oklahoma Supreme Court
The district court at Hobart Oklahoma names a receiver to collect money and records from the former county officials. They were permanently enjoined by the Oklahoma Supreme Court from duties, following dissolution of Swanson company.
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District Court
Hobart
Oka
Swanson Foumy
Supreems Court of
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Kruttschnitt Rejects Shopmen Federation Recognition
Kruttschnitt refused to recognize the Federation of Shop Employees of the Harrican lines and denied existence of the new organization after a three hour and twenty minute San Francisco conference. Labor leaders left in silence and then met with Federation representatives to discuss recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruttschnitt
Hubert 8. Lovtt
Federation of Shop
San Francisco
The
Federation of Shop Employees
Southern Pacific
Federation
International unions seek contract changes after recognition setback
The federated shop employees of the Sinois Central have been refused recognition by President Markham of the railroad. They hold thirty days formal notice to require alterations in their contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated
Sinois Central
Markham
Ben Johnson Flies as Passenger at Army Aviation School
Representative Ben Johnson of Kentucky became the first person outside army circles to ride as a passenger at the Army Aviation School in College Park Maryland. Lt Arnold piloted the flight performing maneuvers including figure eights dips and spiral glides while Johnson observed with enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ben Johnson
Kentucky
Army
Army Aviation School
College Park
Arnold
France Faces Food Price Crisis as Unrest Spreads
Premier Calliaux and ministers discuss measures to lower food prices in France. Violent demonstrations flare in northern departments with shop sackings and mass protests, including a 2000 person rally in Donal chanting revolutionary slogans and demanding cheaper necessities.
Berlin Brokers in Trouble Amid Securities Collapse
The stifling fall in American securities hits German brokers hard. George Weichart drowns in a Berlin area lake, likely bankrupt by Canadian Pacific declines. Paul Dehnicke dies possibly by suicide after heavy London market losses. Kwiet and Gans face embezzlement charges of $500,000 from deposits as Ernest Friedlander flees Hamburg obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weichart
Berlin
Canadian Pacific Railway
Paul Dehnicke
London
Paul Kwiet
Martin Gans
Kwiet & Gans
Hamburg
Ernest Friedlander
Old Rail Suit Compromised After Forty-Five Years
A long running legal contest over 1.6 million dollars in bonds for an unbuilt railroad ends in a compromise. Macon county Missouri, through State Auditor Gordon, registered 750 thousand bonds. Arthur Huldekoper of Pennsylvania held the phantom bonds. Judgments accumulated but revenue never materialized. The case moves to dismissal as the US court of exchequer awaits the compromise.
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Gordon
Macon County
Missouri
Arthur Huldekoper
Pennsylvania
United States Court of Exocess
Carlisle Graduate Lynched in Idaho Jail Cell
Peter Mallick, charged with beating his wife, was shot to death by an angry man in Grangeville Idaho while lying asleep in a county jail. Over thirty bullets struck his body. Mallick was arrested earlier for beating his half breed wife during a drunken spree. Her life was in danger for over a month.
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Peter Mallick
Idaho
Peter Mattick
Carlisle
Geidel Convicted of Second Degree Murder
The jury finds Paul Geidel, a seventeen year old bellboy, guilty of murder in the second degree for the July 24 attack on William H. M. Jackson at the Iroquois Hotel in New York. The verdict spares the electric chair. Geidel faces a long-term sentence at Sing Sing or Auburn.
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New York
Paul Geidel
Wiliam HM. Jackson
Iroqnois Hotel
Geidel
Elo Sing
Auburn
Fleeced King Loses 440 Acres in Nebraska Swindle
Zoit the King of Custer county reports to a Kansas City legal aid bureau that a friendly stranger stole 440 acres near Broken Bow by swapping fifty five acres near Kinn Creek for a deed later found worthless. King learned the Nebraskan land belonged to a Topeka bank and the deed was invalid.
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Zoit
Custer County
Nebraska
Free Legal Aid Bureau
Keneas City
Broken Bow
King
Nebrocka
Kinn Creek
Mc.Kine
Atranger
Nebeasta
Topeka Bank
Etraunger
American Par Association Elects Officers
The American Par Association elected officers with Stephen Gregore as President and George Whitlock as Secretary. Frederick Woodhams was named Treasurer and Edgar Farrar, John Hinckley, Lena Helm, Ralph Breckinridge, Hollis Bailey, Aldis Brown joined the executive committee. A resolution denouncing the recall of judges was adopted by a large majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Par Association
Stephen 8. Gregore
Uimholy
George Whitlock
Maryland
Frederick BE. Woodhams
New York
Edgar O H. Farrar
Louisianas
John Hinckley
Merriand
Lena Helm
California
Ralph W. Breckinridge
Nebraska
Hollis R. Bailey
Massachusets
Aldis B. Brown
District of Columbia
Wonders Naked in Desert Near Reno
James Mahoney a former New York policeman driven by heat wanders the Nevada desert fifty miles from Reno near Eagle Summit. He is described as a resemblance to the writer W Bourke Corhant and is reported either dead or missing in the harsh conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mahoney
New York
W. Bourke Corhran
Nevada Desert
Reno
Eagle Sult
Eighty-year-old Jens Keller Sentenced for Life
Jens Keller, eighty, was given life imprisonment for the murder of Johanna Hischke in Janesville, Wisconsin. The case drew attention as a rare age milestone in a homicide verdict and highlights ongoing concerns about elderly defendants in serious crime cases.
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Jens Keller
Johanna Hischke
Janesville
Wts
Mosquito Bite Fatality Reported in Edwarcorville
A newspaper note records the death of Jenny Powell aged eighty in Edwarcorville Pa from a mosquito bite. She reportedly contracted the bite last week and scratched the wound with a finger, leading to fatal complications.
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Jenny Powell
Edwarcorville
Demands Refused as Inquiry Probes Steel Trust and Related News
The American Baseball Association demands were rejected by the national commission. Chairman Stanley examined Indiana Steel Co at Gary for four hours. July lake shipments show slight commerce improvement. Dr Walter Owen Ryan shot his wife and killed himself in Los Angeles. An artillery drill at Fort Sill killed Private Eugene Payne when his team ran away. John Jacob Astor’s $5 million marriage settlement with Madeline Force is reported. Roosevelt attacks New York city charter in Outlook editorial. A peanut roaster explosion in Newark fatally injures two. many others endangered. Mark Presley saved a child but was killed by an approaching trolley in Nottingham. The National Beekeepers Association urged laws for interstate bee movement. departments for agriculture emphasized. Lowe Pachy fatally shot himself after years of hiding. A Sayre jury hears a statutory offense case involving Josie McDonald. A warrant for Dr D P Bones, Casa Lake mayor, connected to postal conspiracy charges is noted. Peter Barr Sweeney, linked to Tweed era, dies at Lake Mahopac. An Anoka County potato boom yields bucks from 85 cents to 1.50 a bushel as farmers dig out a billion dollars’ worth.
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American Baseball Association
National Commission
Stanley
The
Steel Trust
Indiana Steel Company
Gary
Ind
Walter Owen Ryan
Springfield
Los Angeles
Fort Sill
Eugene Payne
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Force
Newport
New York Herald
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
Outlook
Newark
Mark Presley
Nottingham
Ralph Russelman
Will Perover
National Beekeepers’ Association
Ai Dlacharae
Lowe N. Pachy
Himelf
St. Paul
Bey A. W
Afteen Monte
Say
Dr. Dumas
de Wea
Bemidji
Casa Lake
United States Post Ofice
Peter Barr Sweeney
Tweed
Simmer
Lake Mahopac
Elshty
Anoka County
Minnesota
Minneapolia
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Co-Operative Store
Box Butte Ave
Drake & Whetstone
Ll. Acheson
Alliance
Bell Telephone
Bell System
Nebraska Telephone CO
T.H. Beeson
Alliance Mgr
Istenographers
Commercial Department
ST. Agnes Academy
Oliver and
L. C. Smith
Iowa
DR. Gladden
American Press Association
Federation of Shopmen
I. C
Paris
Calliaux
M. Pama
France
Champs Elysees
Donal
Faul Gedel
Custer
Bar Association
Julius Kruisennitt
Harriman Railroads
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