Blood and Terror in the Balkan Turmoil
Dispatches from Bulgaria and London describe massacres of Christians in Krushevo by Muslims, fear in Ushub, and Turkish reprisals. Reports claim Turks slaughtered Christians as Krushevo fell, while Turkish troops fail to protect civilians amid rising tensions. American interest in Terneuzen steel plants surfaces as Bulgaria mobilizes, doubling armed forces to about 79,000.
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Bosla
Bulgaria
Monastir
Krushevo
Christan
Tn Baucon
Ushub
Uskub
Yakub
Fred
London
Constantinople
Daily Chronicle
Macedonia
Hostile Fleet Nears Turkey In Naval Demonstration
Constantinople August 1 8 The Russian squadron that left Sebastopol yesterday is expected to reach the Turkish coast this afternoon to back Russia s demands connected with the Rostkowski incident The public is kept ignorant of the move while Turkish officials face reshaping orders from the palace amid reports of insurgent advances and refugee gatherings near Monastir Greek villages burned and massacres alleged eight hundred Muslims killed in the Monastir district with Emir Rushdi Pasha hampered by shifting instructions and wretched commissariat conditions amid rail and troop tensions
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Constantinople
Sebastopol
Turkey
Russia
MS Rostkovski
Wonastir
Rosthayski
Monastir
Krusheva
Rushdi Pasha
Turkist Commissariat
Vilayet
Adrianople
Askoi
Angtoa
Trafic
Satonica Monastir
Vuskub
Belgrade
Servia
Bulgaria
Twelve Years of Divorce Ends for This Couple
In Pawtucket Rhode Island on August 19 Lawrence Alana Ring of Chicago and Abbie Farber Ring of this city were reconciled by Rev Marion Law at St Paul Episcopal Church. Ring is 53 and his wife 49. The couple, divorced for twelve years, were remarried after Ring’s illness prompted a church reading of the marriage service for separated partners.
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Pawtucket
Lawrencce
Alana Ring
Chiago
Abbie Farber Ring
Marion Law
St Paul Episcopal Church
King
Law Bald
Worked for 30 Cents a Day and Died Worth Millions
Chihuahua Mexico August 18 Pedro Alvarado mining magnate died at Parral. Once barefoot and earning 30 cents daily in a mine he discovered Palmilia, amassing an estimated 85 million dollars. He kept silver bars in a steel cage at his palatial home guarded by a strong retinue and was famed for charitable gifts to the poor of Parral and surrounding areas.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Pedro Alvarado
Parral
Palmilia
Alvarado
Parsal
Fifty Poisoned by Embalmed Ice Cream in Colorado Springs
News reports from Colorado Springs describe over fifty people poisoned after eating ice cream from local dealers sourced from a large New York creamery. Formaldehyde contamination linked to embalming fluid led to several critical cases, but no deaths reported. The Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived in New York after a record westward run.
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Colorado Springs
Colon
Manston
Esiser Wilhelm
New York
Bremen
Southampton
Cherbourg
Denver
Colorado
Bprings
Bill Arp On Verge Of Dissolution Declines Final Letter
The famous humorist Bill Arp faces dissolution as last letter to be written by him surfaces. J howe fa bnew Gane ls aaets ey eee cok.
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Bill Arp
Major C H Smith in Critical Condition at Cartersville Home
Major Charles Henley Smith born June 15 1896 in Lawrenceville Ga and famed as a Constitution letter writer lies in a semi conscious state at his Cartersville home in Georgia. Doctors warn he may die at any moment though he shows brief arousal. Family remains at his side as physicians note extreme gravity yet no immediate dissolution.
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Cartersville
C H Smith
Major Smith
Charles Henley Smith
Lawrenceville
Franklin College Athena
University of Georgia
Rome
J. WH
G. T Anderson
Old Tige
Mr Davis
Eugenius A W Nisbet
Charles H. Smith
Billarp
Cartersville, Ga
Untitled Civil War Memoir Snippet Recalls Treason and Davis Era
A fragment recounts a perilous crossing of the Yellow River where a man learned enemies were near and tied treason rewards to a rock sinking the bundle in the waters. It also notes Major Smith traveling with President Davis from Millen to Macon, nursing Mrs Hayes as a young girl, with humorous letters full of homely philosophy.
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Yellow River
Major Smith
Davis
Millen
Macon
Hayes
Millionaire Sash and Door Maker Shot at Oshkosh Plant
Thomas R Morgan, a prominent Oshkosh sash and door manufacturer, was shot three times by former employee Frederick Hempel near his factory. Hempel later hanged himself in a jail cell after being overpowered. Morgan died en route to St Mary’s hospital. the shooting sparked fears of lynching and prompted police precautions.
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Oshkosh Wla
Thomas R Morgan
Milionaire
Frederick Hempel
Morgana
Hempel
St Mary's Hospital
Big Morgan
Morgan
Fifth Street
Oregon
Sixth Streets
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Thomas R. Morgan
Oshkosh
Wis
Frederick Hampel
Dlewhi
Hampel
Macedonia
Chinefffer
Humbert
Paris
Mme
Hong Fong
Georgia Forecast and Local News Highlights
Georgia forecast notes partly cloudy conditions with showers in the east and south, cooler temperatures, and variable winds. Local items include Mayor Vowell presiding over police court, lawsuits by crematory-area property owners, bids for a uniform textbook bill, a state education uniform text plan, and various court and crime notes.
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Georgia
Eset
Vowell
Atlanta
Department of Agriculture
Fitts
Atlanta Terminal Company
State Board of Education
Mystery claims murdered boy in Detroit case
The mutilated body of 4 year old Alphonse Wilmes was found wedged between boxes behind the Michigan store works at Adair and Wight streets. The hands were tied with wire and a red handkerchief gagged the child. Police suspect a maniacal killer and believe the murder occurred in a house before the body was moved to the lonely lot.
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Detroit
Alphonse Wilmes
Bt Aubin Avenue
Michigan
Adair and
Wight Streets
Alphonse
White CIA Is Held Against Will By Black People
Fort Smith Arkansas August 18 The kidnapping of a young white girl and a clash with a rescue posse are charged to eight Black inhabitants on Bruce's Island 16 miles west of the city A farmer party was fired on fatally wounding Roland as the girl escaped to the white men The girl said she was stolen from near Fort Gibson Indiana and taken to Mathisew Roland was a recent arrival at Wilsons Rock
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Ft Smith
Ark
Bruce's Island
Wilsong Rock
Fort Smith
Roland
Fort Gibson
Ind. T
Mathisew
Wilson’s Rock
Socialist Getts Heavy Sentence For Street Speech Without Permit
The socialist known as Professor Jr Fitts received a thirty day sentence in the citiva and was denied the privilege to pay a fine for speaking on the street without a permit. Mayor Howell, acting as recorder, delivered the ruling which cited defiance of police power. Fitts appealed via attorney Alonzo Fields and posted bond. Witness Dr Amos Fox, police board chairman, testified sharply. City Attorney Mayson prosecuted. defense argued constitutional issues, claiming free speech under the United States Constitution. The case drew a crowded courtroom and end-of-page continuation noted.
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Fitts
Howell
Alonzo Fields
Caes
Amos Fox
Police Board
Socialist Party
United States
Fielda
Firat
Mayson
Virginia Carolina Fertilizer Seeks Aid and Delays Dividend
The Virginia Carolina Chemical Company told stockholders that for the year ending June 15 193 the firm sold and delivered 2 0600 tons of fertilizer an increase over the prior year It manufactured 100 000 more tons but could not deliver due to transportation limits The company sought aid from J P Morgan Co and fellow bankers to borrow cash working capital and suspend the common stock dividend until permanent financing is arranged Directors reshuffled with Edward T Stotesbury Norman S Meldrum joining the board and a new finance committee formed. several directors retired and were replaced by new appointees.
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Richmond
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Virginian Carolina Cemical Company
Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company
Billy
Morgan
Mesera J P Morgan & Co
New York
Messrs Blair & Co
First National Bank
National City Bank
Morton Trust Company
National Park Bank
Bank of America
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
8 T Morgan
Atlanta
B Chisholm
Charleston
Edward T Stotesbury
Messra Drexel, Morgan & Co
Philadelphia
F B Dancy
Norman 8& Meldrum
Securities Company of
New York City
E T Stotesbury
Samuel Spencer
Henry Walters
Addison
D Crenshaw
L A
Carr
R Ederson
T Morgan
W Travers
F W
Tle
T Stotesbury
Norman
Meldrum
J B Duke
Southern's New Extension to Pilot Mountain
The Southern railway will extend from Oliver Springs to Pilot Mountain. Survey work is advancing rapidly. The line will shorten the Knoxville to Cincinnati route by 25 miles and pass through four coal and iron rich sections yet undeveloped.
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Oliver Springs
Pilot Mountain
Chattanooga Town
The
Southern Railway
Knoxville
Cincinnat
Wages Do Not Rise With Cost of Living
Chicago August 18 after a report from experts on the price of commodities in districts where organized workers live the Employers Association finds cost of living up 15 percent in five years and argues wages should rise in proportion. Some increases have already been granted and future raises will be based on this ratio.
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Chicago
Employers’ Association
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Darene
Hague
Daily Telegraph
Terneuzen
Balkan Peninsula
Jose
Turkish
Lesh
J Howe
Meh
Alts
Banat
Ey Eee
Thomas
Quionel DeWolf
Ohio
Marietta
Pierce
Recorder Freeman
Prison Commission
Vaughn
Miledgeville
Lee Cribb
Coffee County
Cribb
Savannah
Cann
Seagirt
Southern
Spartanburg
Waa
Greenville
Tenn
Arbstration Commission
Birmingham
CIA
Viginia-Carolina Fertilizer Corporation
J. P. Morgan
Dancy
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