Pekin Relief After Siege as Forces Enter Legation Complex
The American and Russian flags were planted on Pekin east wall at 11 am. Indian troops entered the British location at 1 and Americans at 3. Four thousand shells fell during the siege with sixty five killed and 160 wounded. The legation food supply lasted three days. Troops prepared for a general assault, exhausted and sleeping in rain in nearby fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Chee Foo
Legation
Imperial
Legations
Reilly
Company E
Fourteenth United States Infantry
Titus
Terrific Electrical Storms Ravage Maryland
A Baltimore special reports Maryland battered by powerful electrical wind and rain storms. Deaths and injuries occur across Talbot Dorchester and Caroline counties with extensive property loss estimated at about 75000 dollars. Easton Cambridge and Dorchester see severe damage to buildings and fruit. several farms destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Times
Baltimore
Maryland
Talbot
Dorchester
Caroline Counties
Easton
Talbot County
Dorchester County
Cambridge
Five States Milk Producers to Withdraw From Exchange
A New York news report states the Five States Milk Producers association plans a withdrawal by wholesale butter dealers from the milk exchange. Farmers will supply creamery milk at lower prices, aiming to reduce butter prices for New York consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Binghamton
N. Y
Five States
Milk Exchange
Eight Thousand Hear Bailey at Imperialism Speech
Eight thousand people at Old Salem Chautauqua near Petersburg heard Congress man J. W. Bailey of Texas speak on imperialism. The crowd gathered on a democratic day to hear his remarks.
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Bailey
Springeld
Old Salem Chautauqua
Petersburg
J. W. Bailey
Texas
Dredge Boat Planned for Texas Rivers
Col. CS Riche returns from St Louis with plans for a light draft dredge boat for Texas rivers. The design follows the dredge Tota, recently completed and inspected at Grafton. Tota never went to Paris, won prizes by proxy via a model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texsas
Galveston
Texas
CS. Riche
St. Louis
Patrick
Army
Riche
Grafton
Tota
Paris
Round Rock Broom Factory Opens in Texas
Round Rock Texas August 22 the Round Rock broom factory began operations and will run full time. It is the largest and most complete broom factory in Texas a joint stock company with ample capital. Stockholders are reliable business men led by general manager Mr Landrum who has long experience in broom manufacturing. Machinery is of the latest pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Rock
Texas
Landrum
Helen Gould Gifts 250 Plant Specimens to New York
Miss Helen Gould donated 250 plant cuttings from the Gould conservatories at Irvington giving New York rare varieties not found elsewhere in the United States. The collection includes a towering palm over thirty feet, plus coffee ginger pepper nut meg wampee tree of China and a calibash tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
New York
Helen Gould
Gould Conservatories
Irvington
United States
China
Section men injured after handcar derailment near Beeville
Beeville Texas Aug 22 While repairing a washout the San Antonio and Aransas Pass section gang handcar left the track at Salt branch bridge three miles from town and plunged fifteen feet. All men were badly bruised and one perhaps fatally hurt.
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Hart
Beeville
Texas
Here
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Salt Branch Bridge
Burglary at Loling Hardware Store Hit by Thieves
Burglars entered Holcomb and Miles hardware store in Loling Texas between Saturday night closing and early Sunday morning. They stole six shotguns five or six Winchester rifles about a dozen pistols many dirks and other knives and a large amount of ammunition. Loss estimated at about $300.
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Loling
Texas
Messrs. Holcomb & Miles
Farmer Shoots Man in Texas Town
In Gainesville Texas on August 22 J A McKintosh a farmer four miles south of town shot and killed Embry Thompson a Black man after years of seeking revenge for insulting his wife McKintosh surrendered but was released on bond The killing ends weeks of local tension and underlines rural vigilante action in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Texas
J. A. MecKintosh
Embry Thompson
MecKintosh
McKintosh
Boy Burned Playing With Gunpowder in Sherman
Gordon Templeton an 11 year old boy in Sherman Texas was seriously burned on the face and head yesterday afternoon while playing with gunpowder and a tin can.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Texas
Gordon Templeton
Budger Templeton
Cuban School Teachers Depart Washington for Havana
The 5400 Cuban school teachers left Washington at 1 PM aboard the Pennsylvania Railroad for New York after a week in Washington and Philadelphia. They will sail for Havana aboard transports, and gave affectionate greetings to General Cisneros amid cheers for a future Cuban president.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
McKinley
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New York
Philadelphia
Havana
Cisneros
Killed His Father In Self Defense In Wymera
Lincoln Neb August 20 Tames M Burnham publisher of the Wymeran shot and killed his father Captain Collis A Burnham at their home. The coroner's jury exonerated both men saying the killing was in self defense after the captain attacked with a butcher knife and the son fired a revolver. The two men were prominent county political workers and the son surrendered to officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Seaside Club Shifts Date for Sharkey Witzsimmons Fight
New York August 20 The Seaside Athletic club changes the fight date from August 44 to August 25 to boost attendance for the Futurity at Sheephead Bay. Under pressure from fans, Tom O Rourke confirms the bout will still occur on the original date Friday the 24th.
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New York
Seaside Athletic Club
Witzsimmons-Sharkey
Sheephead Bay
Tom O’rouke
Local shoemaker found dead in Navasota shop
Tom Sheehan fifty, a shoemaker, was discovered dead behind Charles Blathewicke's shoe shop in Diad Navasota. Coroner Forester ruled death from apoplexy due to alcohol overindulgence. He had funds in Citizens National Bank. a kindly elderly Irishman, well regarded by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diad
Navasota
Texas
Tom Sheehan
Charles Blathewicke
Forester
Sheehan
Citizens’ National Bank
Sheenan
Boy Drowns at Temple Pool
In Temple Texas August 20 a 16 year old boy Ben Eddington son of N D Eddington drowned at the nata torium pool while several youths swam from ring to ring. Eddington who could not swim attempted to run the rings and fell into the water. Companions and the pool attendant tried to save him but he died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Texas
Temple Natatorium
Ben Eddington
N. D. Eddington
Eddington
Man shoots woman in Shreveport strike on Strand
Frank Rieley, 28, a barkeeper, shot and killed Lucy Luke on the Strand in the Tenderloin district. He then fired at several others before being arrested and jailed. The incident caused a great crowd and much excitement at the jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrevepoo
Strand
Tenderloin
Frank Rieley
Lucy Luke
Rieley
Negro Found Dead Near Bruceville After Dance
Tom Moss, a Black man, was found dead near Bruceville twenty miles south of Waco after a Saturday night dance one mile east of Bruceville. Reported heavy drinking and Moss’s participation in the festivities precede the death, with unclear cause and possible alcohol involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Tom Moss
Bruceville
Here
Moss
Reflections of a Bachelor on Love and Manners
A collection of humorous observations about men and women, love and deceit. It jokes about modest women, secrecy, married life, and the quirks of dating, wearing hats, and aging husbands. The tone satirizes gender stereotypes with witty samples.
Four Women Select Time in New York Press
Four women choose a time slot in a New York press event. The story notes their participation and the panel setup as part of a civic or cultural program.
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New York Press
Forecast of Fashions and New Paris Styles
The piece details trim on dimity gowns with white point d esprit frillings and parasol handles wrapped in ribbon. Hair is worn less stiffly with minimal fringe, pique morning wear with linen bands, and gold or silver braid. Paris offers a new polonaise cape like apron, skirts with narrow front flounce widening back, a square neck bolero with box plaits and Swiss belt highlighted by lappet bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Women and Their Errant Ways in Everyday Life
A New York World columnist quips about women's behavior in social habits and shopping etiquette. The piece critiques how women respond to letters, quarrels with men, fashion choices, price haggling, and travel packing with a satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Afterthoughts on Enthusiasm and Truthfulness
The text argues enthusiasm can boost effort but not always work tonight. It suggests wishing to foresee the future, warns against disparaging rivals due to sympathy for the underdog, and notes George Washington’s famed honesty as a discouragement to children aiming to be Father of the Country.
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George Washington
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