Foreign outrages blamed on postwar China turmoil
Chester Balcomb, returning from Beijing, traces massacres to foreign resentment after the China Japan war. He says disbanded soldiers pillaging and fear of foreigners fuel violence. a missionary attack near Peking is cited with arrests upcoming. The report notes rising tensions with Russia and Japan ahead of possible war.
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Mellel
San Francisco
Chester Balcomb
China
Peking
Fetent
Japan
Ita
Sheffield
Holcomb
Orient
Russia
Labor Day Observances Across Southern Cities and Boston
Labor Day gatherings and parades unfold from Memphis to Birmingham and Boston. Central unions skip street parades in New York while garment workers stage protests. Birmingham reports a massive turnout with thousands of laborers. Boston hosts its ninth annual labor day festivities with multiple parades and events.
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Memphis
Chattansega
Birmilagnam
New York
College
Boston
Indianapolis
Ohie
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Labor Day Celebrations Span Cities and Park Gatherings
The Labor Day observance drew thousands in line for a morning parade led by police and officials. A large barbecue and speeches by Judge James H. Greer marked events at East End Park while Chattanooga and Cuadrafooga residents joined parades and races. Andrew Carnegie urged peaceful Irish question resolution in a Times letter, urging home rule and noting cross border support in Canada and Australia amid conservative party power shifts.
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Labor Day
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James H. Greer
Andrew Carnegie
England
Lonpox
The
Times
Carnegie
Canada
Australia
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Great Britain
Ireland
Troops Guard Michigan Mine Shovel Operations
Five military companies from Sheboygan Calumet Houghton Ironwood and Marquette arrived by special train to guard shovel operations. Pickets and guards were posted and ore shipments to Marquette expected to start shortly. Several hundred strikers and families watched from a distance but no disturbance occurred.
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Michigan
Isaremino
Sheboygan
Calumet
Houghton
Ironwood
Marquette
Tenta
Peary relief expedition updates from Greenland
The first news from the Peary relief expedition since departure arrives aboard the John E. Mackenzie. It reports meeting the Kite at Holsteinburg July 15 with Professor Dycho aboard and predicts a swift voyage to Whale Sound. End of month expected return.
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St. Jonn's
N. F
John E. Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Holsteinburg
Dycho
Whale’s Sound
Peary
Breckinridge Kin Aids Guatemala Prison Release
Engineer C C Goff appealed to a treasury inspector to rescue him and his nephew W P Breckinridge from a Guatemala prison. The two men were arrested with Seeardes on suspicion of murdering Cashier Brooks whose body was found in a Livingston bank vault. They were released on bail as Consul Pringle arranged for a fair trial and the state reported it would monitor proceedings.
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Dumont
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Goff
Pareer
W. P. Breckinrid
Seeardes
Brooks
Livingston
Breckinridge
Goff and Breckinridge
Wolfe launches secret bid to beat Chicago New York record
Long distance rider George W. Wolfe started at 4 00 am from Chicago in a bid to break his Chicago New York record. Competitor H P Searle followed at 4 80 am from Washington Boulevard and Halstead street aiming for New York. The start was kept secret with only a few newspapers aware, and Searle kept ignorant of Wolfe’s departure until alerted on the road.
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George W. Wolfe
New York
Metropolis
H P. Searle
Washington, Boulevard
Halstead Street
New York City
Wolfe
Searle
Irish American unity drive starts in Lawrence mass
A mass meeting at Spinner Hall launches a movement to unite Lawrence residents of Irish ancestry into a compact social and fraternal body. Organizers plan to expand to Lowell Boston Fall River Providence Philadelphia and more as a national network forms. The local voter estimate nears 1000.
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Mass
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