Gotham Murders Shock City Graveyard Victim Found
A grisly string of murders in Gotham centers on a foreign district near First Avenue. An eight year old girl named Katie Pritchler was found dead in an areaway near her home after being brutally mutilated. Coroner Harburger refused to allow a formal photograph of the body. Police arrested Gaetano Rippolano, a cobbler, who days earlier was tied to the girl’s absence and found a bloodstained shirt in his shop. Crowd turmoil followed the discovery with shops smashed and police reserves deployed. A Russian watchman Jenn Kysmicho is jailed on suspicion. Denver reports a separate incident of Peter Magafllin slashing dresses of dozens of women.
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New York
First Avenue
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Katie Priuhir
Mgnl Aribhen
Flett
Pritehler
Sue
Thirteenth Street
Carl Pritchler
Katie
Boly
Berlin
Harburger
Gaetano Rippolano
Bristol
Rippolano
Hippeianog
Frand
Jenn Kysmicho
East Ninety Street
Dresen
Denver
Colo
Peter Magafllin
Towa
Chaplain Jones 18 On Trial For Scandalous Conduct
Captain Harry W. Jones United States Navy chaplain stood before a special court martial in Norfolk Virginia charged with scandalous conduct and falsehood related to issuing worthless checks. He pleaded not guilty through counsel and requested a continuance but the motion was denied. The trial promises to be lengthy with many witnesses summoned. Greek positions in Kastoria Turkey came under heavy pressure as district troops killed about forty and captured others.
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Norfolk Va
Harry W. Jones
United States
Norfolk Navy
Jones
Lmtter
Williams Leads Vardaman In Mississippi Primary
Jackson Mississippi August 1 Indications favor John Sharpe Williams in the Democratic senatorial race over Governor James K Vardaman as returns from half the counties show a three to one Williams lead. Governor race shows Charles Scott ahead with a possible second primary. statewide tickets and local offices also contested. Weather was splendid and no disorder reported amid the climactic campaign.
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Jackson
Miss
John Sharpe Williams
James K. Vardaman
Willams
Vardaman
Williams
Charles Scott
E. F. Noel
Luther Manship
J. Smith
T. M. Henry
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Union Case Rules Property Rights
In Tennessee the Cumberland Presbyterian church dispute ends with Chancellor Bearden deeming the union valid under church constitution while dismissing the unionists bid for exclusive property possession. The court keeps an alternating-use arrangement in place during appeal, costs borne by anti-unionists.
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Tayetteville
Tenn
Presbyterian Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Walter Bearden
Umn
United Church
Lodz Strike Violence Kills and Wounds Thirty in Polish City
August 1 Lodz Russian Poland reports a violent strike outbreak with troops clashing with rioters. Thirty killed or wounded as ambulances remove the dead. Labor war fears rise as unions rally 92 000 members. police arrests sparked unrest. Also near Danville Virginia two cousins die in a traction engine explosion during wheat threshing.
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Lodz
Russian
Poland
Danville
John Jana
Abraham Shelton
Sewanee Hazers Injure McGhee in Greek Initiation Incident
Gordon McGhee of Montgomery Alabama returned home after severe injuries from hazers at the University of the South in Sewanee. He suffered a bruised chest and three teeth driven into his gums, nerves severed, during an initiation pranks incident. A Montgomery alumni chapter called for a rigid investigation to be raised with fraternity officers and the university trustees.
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Young McGhee
Sewanee
Montgomery
Gani
Ala
Gordon McGhee
Hazers
University of the South
Judge Gary Rules Atlantic Coast Line A South Carolina Corporation
Justice Ernes t Gary of South Carolina delivers a state rights opinion in a damage suit against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad for more than 2000 as to whether the company is a domestic or foreign entity. He rules that merger created a South Carolina corporation and that operating in the state makes it domesticated or trespassing if not. The ruling hinges on charter status post 1905 and applies state laws to the railroad’s operations.
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Columbia
Ernest Gary
State Supreme Court
W. G. Geraty
Atlantic Coast Lines Railroad Company
Gary
Tudge J. C. Pritchard
theAtlantic Coast Line
Pritchard
Leo
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
South Carolina
Virginia
United States
Chambers
Court of Comitipelt
Charleston County
Fudge Gary
Atlantic Coast Lime Company
Coast Line
Two Students Die and Injured in Mine Explosion in Georgia
A premature dynamite blast at the Barlow gold mines in Lumpkin county near Hall county fatally injures Henry Welcher, 20, of North Georgia Agricultural College Dahlonega, and seriously injures Weldon Brackett, another student. Both were conducting experimental mining work as part of their summer studies. Welcher is not expected to survive.
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Gainesville
Barlow Gold Mines
Lumpkin County
Hall County
Henry Welchel
Weldon Brackett
North Georgia Agricultural College
Dahlonega
Welcher
North Georgia
Young Brackett
Ft le
Tornado Racks Marquette Kans Destroying Town
Storm rends Marquette Kansas as tornado devastates the town. Telegraph lines fail, Marquette station inundated, three inches of water within. The 1905 disaster reportedly killed 27 and injured over 150, with communications disrupted across the region.
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Wichita
Kans
Marquette
Missouri Pacific Railway
Geneseo
McPherson
Death in Philadelphia pool claims banker Watson
Early today in the Columbia Club pool Philadelphia banker Watson president of the Northern National Bank and treasurer of the Henry Hess Brewing Company died after slipping from the springboard and striking his head on the coping then sinking to the pool bottom. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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Oegteen
Sprimabo
Philadelphia
Watson
Northern National Bank
Henry Hess Brewing Company
Columbia Club
Liquor Crazed Man Arrested for Stolen Whisky in Bristol
Bristol August 1 James B Ayers 38 son of General Rufus A Ayers a wealthy Virginia figure was arrested for stealing whisky from the Reuthem Express Co office on Sunday He is said to be suffering alcoholic insanity and was taken to the Southwestern State Hospital for the Insane at Marlon by Superintendent A Priddy
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Bristol
James B. Ayers
Rufus A. Ayers
Virginia
Reuthem Express
Sunda
Southwestern State Hospital For
T Marlon
A. & Priddy
Bills Signed by Gov Comer Approve Rail Regulation Fight
Montgomery August 1 Special Gov Comer signs bills to fund anti railroad rate regulation efforts with a $50,000 appropriation for federal court litigation costs. Another measure provides $930,000 for Alabama Polytechnic Institute building funds and library maintenance after a duplication remedy, and a separate action memorializes congress to open the Cahaba River and directs printing of the new code.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Cahabe River
Weather Forecast for Georgia This Friday and Saturday
Washington reports a forecast for Georgia predicting fall like weather with a possible light to moderate southwest wind. Expect little rainfall and a cool, damp feel across Friday and Saturday amid a shifting atmospheric pattern.
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Washington
Georgia
Hodher Captured Delayed Trial In Multiple States
Lexington reports Rob ert Hodher accused of Drum mond Veal murder is said to be captured in Talladega Mc Davitt Cook Springs and Cincinnati though his trial has begun. Also note Sarah Bernhard denied in Legion of Honor list and Frantz nominated for Oklahoma governor by Republican convention.
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Lexington
Robert Hodher
Drummond Veal
Hocher
Talladega
Ala
McDavitt
Fla
Cook Springs
Weal
Cincinnati
Sarah Heimhardt
Paris
Sarah Bernhard
Legion of Honor
Tulsa
I. T
Frank Frantz
Oklahhoma
Republican Site
Sale recalls chase of General on Chattanooga block
A historical note recounts the General and the Andrews raiders 1862 pursuit and the engine's capture. The article traces the engine's journey to Atlanta, its pedestal in Chattanooga, and a memorial effort by federal veterans and rail groups, detailing the raid, its heroes, and commemorations across the country.
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Chattanooga
E. C. Bruffey
Andrews Raiders
Atlantic
Algbama Street
Atlanta
Fta
Confederacy
Johnston
Hood
Texas
Andrews
Kennesaw
Big Shanty
Desocrates
Chattanoog
Geneva
Pacific
Federal Cemetery
N C. and
St. 7
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