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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
7
A garbled OCR passage mixes names, places, and events across eras. It mentions the Cathedral of Notre Dame, crowns, voyages, battles, and political acts in a disjointed sequence, with references to Sweden, England, Quebec, and other centers, but lacks coherent narrative or dates.
An industrial commission reports on a deadly rail incident causing coal shortages and wider disruption. It cites failures by multiple railroad subsidiaries and fault lines in construction and maintenance. The inquiry names the Railway Company and related concerns, urging safety and accountability measures as workers protest and demand remedies.
Dispatches describe Springfield unrest as soldiers seal streets after riot sparks. Governor Thane orders suppression as mobs threaten property and officials, with police confined to guard lines and curfews in effect.
A violent mob lynched two Black men, Scull Barlow and Wilton Dorniegan, in Springfield amid chaotic scenes. Reports describe gunfire, a barber shot inside his shop, and a hospital death as authorities and witnesses outline the mob’s actions, with one man later confessing to involvement.
Grand Jury convenes amid outrage and threats as Crigh ton of the Sougemon Counts Court presides over a case stemming from alleged conf peaen. Witnesses describe disturbances as residents from the residence district converge, with security tightened and extended sessions anticipated during the inquiry.
The report details a fatal bayonet stabbing during a violent confrontation in Kankakee and Spripainul. After a board of inquiry session in Springfield, Josip TB Klein of Company A, First Infantry, claimed self defense in the incident involving a youth at Kankakee.
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