New Mexico City Flood Claims Dozens and Destroys Town
A fierce flood swept New Mexico City near Folsom, killing dozens, wiping out rows of buildings, and leaving residents stranded. Telephone operator Mrs. S J Rooke died saving others after warning lines rang through the valley. Across the Southeast, Georgia and Carolinas report heavy damage and numerous deaths, mostly among Black residents, as floods submerge towns and drown livestock.
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Trinidad
Folsom
N. M
Teventy
Colorado & Southern
S.J. Rooke
Alrs. Rooke
Hills
Atlanta
Augusta
Georgia
Carolinas
Spartanburg
Greenville
North
South Carolina
North Carolina
Barracks of Fort Assiniboine Destroyed by Fire
Helena Montana August 31 Fire Saturday completely leveled the Company I barracks at Fort Assiniboine. Loss estimated at $20,000 as high winds hampered crew efforts to save the remaining structures.
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Helena
Mont
Fort Assiniboine
Japan to Cut Expenditures Amid Exposition Postponement
Tokyo announces a cabinet budget cut totaling 100 million dollars with 30 percent from the army and ten percent from the navy. Premier Katsura says the international exposition is postponed due to insufficient preparations and a 9.5 million appropriation is not feasible, delaying the 1917 event to mark the emperor's accession.
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Tokyo
Ivolves
Katsura Saivs
Japan
Gotham’s Tribute to Athletes in Greatest Parade
New York held a massive parade honoring American Olympians returning from London. Thousands lined streets from Forty-sixth Street and Fifth Avenue to City Hall Park for a citywide celebration with speeches by Acting Mayor McGowan. Gold medals were presented to the athletes amid cheers from women, children, and men.
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New York
London
Forty-sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
City Hall Park
Janey Broadway
McGowan
United States
American Battle Fleet Arrives in Melbourne
The final days of the American fleet in port feature subdued ceremony with the landing of Admiral Sperry and staff at St Hilda Pier. Crowds cheered as the party traveled four miles into Melbourne, crossing Princes Bridge, while the governor honored the flagship visit with formal reception onboard.
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Melbourne
Port Philip Bay
Hobson's Bay
Kilda
Admiral Sperry
St. Hilda
Princes Bridge
Queen Victoria
Yarra
Royal Arch Society Pushes Sunday Liquor Closures in Atlantic City
Atlantic City officials and the Royal Arch society, which includes 130 of the 240 licensed liquor dealers, voted to close all liquor stores on Sundays. A committee will press Mayor Stoy to extend Sunday closures to the remaining 410 dealers. In Pittsburgh, a body found after carbolic acid mutilation is believed to be a drowned man. a Chicago woman seeks Marshall Field representatives to identify him.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Royal Arch Society
Stoy
Pittsburg
Monongahela River
McKeesport
Chicago
Marshall Field Company of
Belleville Man Kills Woman Then Ends Own Life
In Belleville on Friday night A. G. Summers, 26, shot and killed 24 year old Mrs. Bya Neinninger after she refused his attentions. He then shot himself in the head and died in hospital.
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Belleville
A. G. Summers
Bya Neinninger
Slays His Wife in Rear of Store
In St Louis August 81 F M Schultz a 76 year old grocer and saloon keeper drew a revolver and fatally shot his wife Lizzie Schultz in the rear of their store Saturday. Schultz was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
F. M. Schultz
Lizzie Schultz
Schultz
Taft Addresses Veterans of War at Athens Reunion
Former president Taft spoke to civil war veterans gathering in Athens Ohio praising patriotism and equal heroism shown by veterans of the Civil War Spanish American and Philippine wars. He noted pension losses and urged continued fellowship among all who served, stressing duty to country and the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reunion
Athens
W. H. Taft
Hot Springs
Taft
Commissioner of Pensions
Republic
Attempts to Kill Daughter at Chicago Hotel Tower
J I Shilling of La Grange Alabama, 62, violently insane after a stay at Kankakee asylum, attempted to fling his 21 year old daughter Miss Marie Shilling from the Auditorium hotel tower. The daughter clung to the railing and bystanders rescued her. Shilling will be recommitted to an insane hospital.
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Chicago
Kankakee Insane Asylum
Shilling
la Grange
Marie Shilling
Auditorium Hotel
Insane
Centenary Methodist opens fall session for young couples
Announcement by Rev. W F Andrews of Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church South states that next Friday evening the church will open for the fall session to receive young men and their sweethearts. Music recitations and refreshments will be provided and chaperones will supervise Friday night gatherings.
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St. Louis
W. FP. Andrews
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Wounded Man May Die After Boardwalk Shooting
Atlantic City August 1 Charles B Roberts who was mysteriously shot on the boardwalk remained in Atlantic City hospital Sunday and was very weak. The bullet which penetrated the liver, it was feared, may prove fatal.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles B. Roberts
Atlantic City Hospital
Dutch Dutch Dutch May Spank Castre May Spank
Paris reports Holland seeks French cooperation over Venezuela dispute with Castro. Britain weighs potential action while warning against bullying a smaller state. De Reus explanations satisfy the Dutch government, which stands firm. Castro hoards leadership in Barquisimito as abroad hesitation grows.
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Paris
Netherlands
France
Hague
Holland
Venezuela
England
London
Great Britain
Castro
Foreign Office
Rome
Europe
United States
de Reus
Hastie
M. de Reus
Republic of Venezuela
Caracas
Barquisimeto
Falls to His Death in Railroad Car Accident
F Thompson Coyle aged 36 of Baltimore Md fell from a window of a Pullman car on a north bound Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington train near Stanton Saturday. He was brought to Wilmington and Delaware hospital where a skull fracture was found. He died without regaining consciousness.
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Wilmington
Del
F. Thompson Coyle
Baltimore
Stanton
Delaware Hospital
Episcopal Reverend Dunn Dies in Kansas City
Rev. John K. Dunn secretary of the Episcopal diocese of Kansas City died at his home Saturday aged 74 after 22 years of service in Kansas City He previously served in Detroit Marshal Lawrence Louisville and Cumberland and was born in Cincinnati
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Episcopal
Kansas City
John K.,dunn
Episcopal Diocese of
Dunn
Detroit
Mich
Marshal
Lawrence
Kan
Louisville
Cumberland
N. D
Cincinnati
Robbers Loot Bank on Magh Coin Street in Eustache
Montreal August 31 masked men dynamited the safe at the Provincial leak in St Eustache and fled toward Montreal with 12000 dollars in cash and negotiable securities. They held the caretaker at gunpoint and kept a civilian posse at bay. Two suspects have been arrested as detectives investigate. A second bank robbery occurred in Fillmore Allegheny County with a large sum taken.
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Montreal
Can
St. Eustache
Rochester
Fillmore
Allegheny County
Receiver Appointed for Wall Street Firm Amid Bankruptcy
Woodstock Conn Aug 31 Congressman Littlefield named receiver for A O Brown and Co by Judge Holt with bond set at 250000 creditors seek trustee to manage affairs in New York. Creditors doubt permanence of appointment and plan to form a trustee group. Fred McLeod wins fourteenth US Open Golf title at Myopia Hunt Club 77 to 83 in playoff. Cowing Engineering Company Cleveland files involuntary bankruptcy petition listing debts around 116000, assets unknown. a receiver sought.
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Fred McLeod
Hamilton
North Berwick
England
Midlothian Club
Chicago
United States Golf Association
Myopia Hunt Club
Willie Smith
Mexico
Cleveland
United States District Court
Cowing Engieering Company
Forest Fires Threaten Wilber Village
Saginaw Mich August 31 forest fires burning five days between East Tawas and Au Sable threaten the village of Wilber eight miles from East Tawas. Residents and farmers organize a fire fighting brigade.
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Saginaw
Mich
East Tawas
Au Sable
Wilber
Defy Infuriated Mob in Arizona Shootout
Two heavily armed officers escorted Frank Butler, a Black man, from Douglas city hall as a mob of several hundred infuriated men watched. Butler had shot Ernest Pnies, a white man, between the officers.
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Douglas
Ariz
Douglas City Hall
Frank Butler
Ernest Pnies
Judge Casady Dies at 89 A Des Moines Leader
Des Moines obit notes Phineas M Casady a long prominent resident born 1818 Indiana. He practiced law, served as district judge, state senator in 1848, helped form a law firm, presided over Des Moines Savings Bank and held civic roles including school commissioner. Survived by wife and two sons. several children died in infancy. He remained a Democrat and Presbyterian attendee until death at home after a week of illness.
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Des Moines
Casidy
Des Mo
Constitution
Phineas M. Casady
Connorsville
Ind
Rush County
Bes Moines
Fort Yes Moles
Robert TL. Tidrick
Gasady
Schoolund
Camp Y Mavion
Polk
Dallas
Mi River
Nesota
Pierce
United Land
M. M. Crocker
Th Moines Savings Bank
Judge
Mousta Grimmel
C. Grimmel
A Moines Saving Bank
Fran Rose
George I. Henry
False Bank Disbarment Case Highlights Kansas City Bank
Commissioner O Royce issues order disbarring the national bank of Kansas City and recognizing state banks as reserve agents. The case alleges D Thornton of the Central bank made false statements about a Kansas bank’s reserve, tied to a note hypothecation and resulting shortage.
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Topeka
Kan
Ba Missioner O. Royce
Nanional Bank of
Kansas City
Tha D. Thornton
Central Bank
Watson
Kansas Lea
Treasur
Kansas Bank
Bank Robbery at Easton Near St Joseph
Bank robbed early yesterday at Easton twelve miles east of St Joseph. Up to 150 dollars were missing from the office funds after robbers wrecked the vault and escaped across the street. Four men carried out the act over two hours before the alarm frightened locals into silence. Littlefield is Recel Woodstock, Conn. Aug. gressman Charles B. Litt appointed receiver of A. O. Brown & Co by Judge Holt of the Uni court of the southern dist York, Mr. Littlefield re quired to give a bond. of New York, Aug. 31-T of the election Tuesday is awaited with keen in showing made in this "" number of voters who go and the gain 'or losses to' in comparison. with the. years ago will influence degree the shaping of 'il in all of the eastern. " confidence on the' "part! means in the east is who el campaign managers ' against.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Easton
St. Jos
Littlefield
Woodstock
Conn
Gressman
Charles B. Litt
A. O. Brown & Ci
Holt
Uni Court
Southern Dist
York
New York
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New Mexico City
Kin. Manson
J. M. Brown
G. G. Brown
Brown
Gotham
Fleet
Royal Arch Society of Own Volition
South American
Magh Coin ST
Eustache, Can
N. Y
Wall Street
A. O. Brown & Co
United States Court of the Southern District of
William C. Rosenberg
Ovr
Judge Gasady DE
Leaves
Senate
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