Tragic Collision Ends Engagement Near Kennebunk
Philip Partridge twenty four, son of Reverend Warren P. Partridge of Pittsburg, is killed when his vehicle collides with a train en route to a large Old Orchard fire. His fiancee Miss Alice Minard is seriously injured. The couple had planned marriage within weeks.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Philip Partridge
Warren P. Partridge
Fourth Avenue
Kennebunk
Partridge
Miss Minard
Woman Wins Beauty Prize Then Marries Her Suitor
Anna VY McCarthy aged 18 who won third prize in a Pittsburg newspaper beauty contest also received a husband as a prize due to the judges decision. She eloped with Charles A Appman a Carnegie Steel Company employee who had been jilted.
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Anna VY. McCarthy
Pittsburg
Charles A. Appman
Carmagie Steel Company
Robert Pinkerton Dies Aboard Bremen
Robert A. Pinkerton head of the Pinkerton Detective Agency and son of Allan Pinkerton died on the steamer Bremen en route to Germany. The cause listed is fatty degeneration of the heart.
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Robert Pinkerton
Robert A. Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton
United States Secret Service
Bremen
Germany
Seeks to Annul Franchise and Other 1910s Items
Attorney General seeks to annul Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company franchise on grounds of corrupt procurement. Washington policy statement vows prosecution of violators without favor to the rich. Chicago storm leaves five dead and fourteen injured across three states. Bristol Conn manufacturer Charles J. Root and four relatives killed by a train impact during an auto tour. Brooklyn gas tank scaffold collapse kills two and injures ten workers.
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Fry Street
Chicago
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Lighting Company
Bonaparte
Washington
Charles J. Root
Bristol, Conn
Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Williamsburg
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Dalton
Ingenious murder under Randolph Street bridge in Chicago
A mutilated unidentified man was found crushed beneath the Randolph Street bridge in Chicago. Police suspect robbery or a deliberate murder with the body placed on a girder and crushed by the bascule mechanism. An ID card from the Grand Rapids YMCA was the only clue.
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Chicago
Randolph Street
Young Men’s Christian Association of
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wife Fights Robber With Bat Spares $1000 Hidden Home
Mrs. Thomas Cooper of Jefferson Virginia faced an armed intruder who demanded surrender. She grabbed a baseball bat, knocked the revolver from his hand, and held him at bay until her husband returned, then fainted. The $1000 stash remained hidden.
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Thomas Cooper
Jefferson
Wrong corpse stops funeral in Union City
A Texas man’s body misidentified at a Union City service halted a funeral after his mother realized the casket held the wrong remains. The corpse had been shipped from Galveston to Erie in a metallic casket and was undergoing viewing when the error was detected. The incident followed a prior service setup connected to the late Thomas Kelly. In a separate ruling, Georgia’s Supreme Court affirmed that the Cumberland church general assembly acted within its constitutional powers to unite all Cumberland Presbyterians, with church property decisions to be recognized by civil courts.
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Union City
Thomas Kelly
Galveston
Texas
Erie
Supreme Court of Georgia
General Assembly of the Cumberland Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Churches
United States
Lords Amend Irish Evicted Tenants Bill Spark Liberal Critique
The House of Lords passed sweeping amendments to the Irish evicted tenants bill, liberals warn will ruin the measure. The government insists the Commons will not accept the amendments.
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House of Lords
House of Commons
Missions Safe as Ambassador Secures Assurances
United States Ambassador Leishman reports to the Porte that American missionaries at Urumiah Persia are not in danger from Turks who crossed the frontier near Urumiah. Gaynor Convict ill. J F Gaynor, convicted with Greene of Savannah harbor frauds, is critically ill in Macon jail as they await their Supreme Court appeal. Thaw Trial Delayed. Harry K Thaw's second trial for Stanford White murder unlikely before the January term. Asks for Permit to Murder. W B Bosinger, who asked gov ernment to authorize killing a man at Brimfield near Ravenna Ohio, is arrested and deemed insane.
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United States
Leishman
Porte
Urumiah
Ersia
Gaynor
J. F. Gaynor
Greene
Savannah Harbor
Macon
United States Supreme Court
W. B. Bosinger
Brimfield
Nea Ravenna
Ohio
Barrington’s murder sentence commuted to life term
Lord Frederick Seymour Barrington, who faced execution in Clayton Missouri for the June 18 1903 murder of James McCann, has had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Folk. Mrs Sage contributed 50000 dollars for a Long Island Railroad employees YMCA building at Long Island City.
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Frederick Seymour Barrington
Clayton
James McCann
Gov. Folk
Girls Force A Rest as Factories Plan Seven Day Shutdown
The Clark Thread Company groups in Pennsylvania will shut three large thread plants from August 24 to September to give 5,000 workers a coordinated summer vacation. Campbell Clark, representing Clark Thread, noted the need to close to allow the staff to enjoy a break after prior wage gains. A union push two years ago won a ten hour day with a half day Saturday, and plans for Atlantic City and Coney Island outings prompted the shutdown. A council endorsed a ten day closure to let all workers vacation together.
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Campbell Clark
Clark Thread Company
Eters
Newark
Kear- 4
Atlantic City
Campbell
Whales Chase Ship Miles Off Insular Line Vessel
Passengers aboard the Insular line steamship Brooklyn traveling from Porth Rico to New York witnessed a 14 whale formation shadowing the ship for miles. A curious whale bumped the vessel prompting stokers to pelts with coal. On dawn Friday Cap McLean noted a comet, and Saturday a waterspout formed miles ahead of the steamer.
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Insular Line
Brooklyn
New York
Porth Rico
Cap McLean
Comet
Brilyn
Leg Models Stir Omaha Women In Window Display Clash
Omaha women representing church groups pressed for removal of plaster legs displayed in store windows to showcase hosiery. police consented, and the matter went to the fire and police commissioners who have yet to act. organizers vow removal despite inaction.
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Omaha
Paropes
Paris
Works Farm With Auto in Elizabethtown Pennsylvania
M E Cole of Elizabethtown Pennsylvania uses his auto to cultivate a potato patch by pulling a barrow as a benzine wagon while seated in the carriage. He says the job was quick and effective as the traditional method.
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Pennsylvania
M. E. Cole
Elizabethtown
Ife
Clew in Finger Prints Hinted by Threat Letter to Priest
A letter received by Father Foretti threatens him with a demand of $800 by September unless surrendered. Traced fingerprints on an ink impression suggest a black hand. Michael Venzio, an Italian barber, was arrested in Elizabeth New Jersey for related clues. A major fire in Old Orchard Maine burned seven hotels and many buildings, killing four and destroying permits.
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Father Foretti
Michael Venzio
Elizabeth
N. J
Old Orchard
Immunity Granted to Railroads in Standard Oil Rebating Cases
Washington reports suggest immunity extended to the Chicago and Alton railroads in rebate investigations may signal similar protections for other lines involved with Standard Oil. The strategy centers on pressuring Standard Oil while shielding railroads from prosecutions, arguing railroads acted under duress rather to culpability.
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Standard Oil
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Standard Oil Company
Washington
Moody
Alton
C. B. Morrison
Department of Justice
Bayonets for Irish rioters clash with troops in Belfast
Widespread disorders erupted in Belfast as strikers held meetings and fought police and troops. Bayonet charges were made in Faulls road and Grosvenor road after dusk, injuring a soldier and twenty constables, nine seriously. Five police and 1,500 soldiers were deployed with cavalry to clear the rioting area.
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Belfast
Dock
Queen's Square
Faulls Road
Grosvenor Road
No Reform Association at Winona Debates Marriage and Divorce
Delegates at the fifth annual No Reform Association meeting in Winona discuss tax and marriage law reform and condemn tainted marriage rites and divorce. Comments by Rev J B Martin hinge on faulty laws, while concurrent reports note telegraph strikes and other national events.
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No- Reform Association
Winona
BOF
Martin
Presbyterian Church
Newstle
Mr. Martin
General telegraphers strike expands with limited impact
The nationwide general strike order for commercial telegraphers issued by President Sylvester J. Small of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America shows little immediate effect. In Chicago only a handful left work, while Western Union and Postal officials report no change. About 15,000 are said to be on strike, with aims including higher wages, eight hour days, and better working conditions, while railroad operators offer support but no sympathy strike.
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Sylvester J. Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Chicago
Chicago and Milwaukee Telegraph Company
Chicago Board of Trade
Milwaukee Grain Exchange
Hulburd, Warren & Chandler
LaSalle Street
Union
Western Union
The
Postal
Associated Press
Small
New York
Boston
Weston Union
Clowry
Western Union Company
J. Small
Los Angeles
Wesley Russell
Timeline of Historic Dates and Events Across Centuries
A condensed list from 1160 to 1902 compiling notable milestones. From Frederic I’s defeat to Magellan to the 1902 coronation of King Edward VII, it traces battles, discoveries, political shifts, treaties, and remarkable firsts. The entries include places like Carceno Athenry Quebec Maine and Dublin with figures such as Peter the Great and Wellington.
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Frederic I
Carceno
Athenry
Magellan
Cartier
St. Lawrence
St. Quentin
England
Maine
Charles I
Arras
Harvard College
Dungan Hill
Canada
Quebec
Greenwich Observatory
Limerick
William III
Narva
Czar
Peter
Russia
Virginia
Williamsburg
Orsova
Frederick II
Breslau
Battle of Bushy Run
Michigan
Ayr
Robert Burns
Sweaborg
Napoleon III
Empress Eugenie
Queen Victoria
New Foundation Method Called the Compressor System
The Literary Digest cites a foreign engineering paper describing a compressor system for foundations. It drives a tapering arm to bore through soft soil to hardpan without removing ground, then fills holes with stones in layered rammed strata to form a solid monolithic block of great strength.
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Literary Digest
Judge Landis halts American Seating Company trust
On the same day Judge Landis fined Standard Oil he issued a perpetual injunction restraining the American Seating Company from operating as a trust. The group, found guilty of violating anti trust laws by monopolizing the school furniture business through school board agreements nationwide, did not contest the order, arguing the practices had been stopped.
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Landis
Standard Oil Company
American Seating Company
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