Ruin in Kruschevo Amid Turkish Occupation
The Aurelia Sentinel reports the city of Kruschevo reduced to ruins after bombardment and occupation. Women and children suffer homelessness and famine while corpses rot, dogs and pigs feed on them. Turkish authorities bar removal of the dead, protests cite hijinks of local authorities. Macedonian and Bulgarian groups allegedly plan to seize the town with long standing envy among surrounding villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kritechera
Ehil
Kruxehevo
Mounstir
Gireks
Kenscheve
Kraschevo
Colombian Senate Seeks Canal Treaty Plan
The Colombian senate appointed a three member committee to devise a plan for a canal treaty, aiming to satisfy popular demand, harmonize national interests, and facilitate the isthmian canal negotiations with the United States. Diplomatic tensions surface as Bogota’s foreign minister reports the latest dispatch from Senor Rice in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hax
Car Goes Uncontrolled Leaves Ambulance Wreckage
A sequence of crashes on a Lower Grove street left three drivers injured after a car rammed an ambulance, a wagon and an ice wagon. Fred Greaner and James McAlvey suffered serious bruises. all were treated at the hospital. Jesse Carter remained unconscious at the scene before transfer for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Grove
St. Louis
Fred Greaner
Janes McAlvey
McAlvey
Taft Named To Lead War Department Transition
President accepts Secretary Root’s resignation. Foot to remain Secretary of War until January. Governor Taft appointed to oversee the transition with Secretary Woodrow Wilson set to be replaced by Taft in duties. Witani Li to succeed Root as Governor General of the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Rout
the Provident
Foot
Witani Li
Phiippines
Root
Pone Monthy
Fundge Taft
Hell
Moor
Taft
Homenia
Wrecked in Great Hurricane Believed Lost Ships and Crews
Cable from Cuba reports the American sloop AG E Bentley and several small ships from Mobile are lost or missing after a great hurricane. Passengers are safe but crew counts are unclear. Other vessels from the period are feared lost. Drowning of Atchison physician Dr Hudson noted. Robbery at Arrow Rock partially recovered. Peasant uprisings and estate protests in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Byson & Co
Mobile
Ala
Cie Tuegor
Cuba
Amrican Echooner AG
E. Bentley
Cientesas
Craw
Numbesiy
Efett
Mobile Timderkay
Grand Cayman
Kturm
Rissebouner
Aire Jong Oventue
Bneh
Horror at Budapest Warrhonao Fire Kills Scores
A warehouse fire in Budapest Wardhouse caused 40 to 50 deaths, with 13 killed by jumping from windows and 16 injured. Fire destroyed a frame store with goods on lower floors and residences above. About 200 workers were inside. flames trapped residents on upper floors. 15 saved by canvas sheets. Initial damage estimated at 4 million kronen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrhonao
Tt Ia
Ruda- Pest
Claaig
Panic on the canal as India steamer sinks near Indianapolis
A perilous canal disaster on the narrow canal near Indianapolis ends with the pleasure steamer Indiaun sinking near Fairview Park. About thirty passengers were thrown into the water as panicked crowds aided women and children, with search underway for possible bodies and cause under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dita
Indiana
Sewere Fromstrickentigen
Indinapalis Wer Company
Boant
Vagal
Indianapolis
Broad Hippie Park
Efrens
Ennai
Troubles at Cripple Creek Union Miners Go Out
Union miners in Cripple Creek Colorado refused to work in the drainage tunnel, striking after superintendent Bainbridge would not hire only union men. President Samuel Bernard of El Paso Mining Company warned they would finish the tunnel with army protection or labor in their working clothes if needed. An apparent attempt to wreck two Missouri Pacific trains near Quindare Kansas followed a dynamite blast under train No. 10 and an open switch for No. 51, injuring none but denting the engine.
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Union Mineras
Cripple Creek
Cols
Bik
Bainbridge
United States Army
Samuel Bernard
el Paso Mining Company
Missouri Pacific
Wreck of CN Passenger Train Near Fond du Lac
A northbound Chicago and Northwestern passenger train derailed three miles south of Fond du Lac. George W. Nehlke of Fond du Lac was killed and thirty others injured as the train plunged down a 20 foot embankment. Mrs. Stephen Selaester of Cedar Rapids Iowa was bruised and thrown into a creek. Injured were taken to a farmhouse turned hospital. Suspect Nellie Brooks, wife of George R Robinson alias Horry W Brooke, held in Mansie City at New York authorities’ request for burglary. arrested at her sister’s home with three checks and unreturned baggage room trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Chicago and Northwestern
Fond du Lac
George W. “Nehlke
Stephen Selaester
Hanang City
Nellie Brouks
George R Robinson
Uorry W. Brooke
New York
Mansi City
Two Killed at a Crossing in Centralia Tragedy
At Centralia Mr Miram Maxfield and Sharles Johnson died when the Illinois Central train struck their car at a grade crossing while returning home from piente. The report notes multiple deadly incidents and a settlement attempt related to miners’ deaths in a nearby explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Miram Maxfield
Sharles Johnson
Illinois Central
Rin Dean
Methodist charges against Rev John Hammond roams San Francisco
Leading Methodists demand investigation into Rev John Hammond for misdeeds at a San Francisco book concern and Chinese college. They cite alleged $70,000 misused, improper accounting, destroyed books, and unauthorized expenses while Hammond remains head of the Chinese mission college with a $10,000 yearly appropriation and a small student body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hammond
San Francisco
John DO. Hammond
Censer
Chinese Mission College
Hammon
Hammond
Dr. Eaton
Eaton & Maing
New York
Ageant
Leslie M. Shaw
Lowa
Secretary of the Treasury
San Prancisco
Book Concern
Atyper
Homer Eaton
San Francisco Commission
Enton & Maing
Chinese Missionary College
Namamnoud
Encounterful
University of the Pavitie
Detroit Police Explore Cantles Rice in Ripper Case
Detroit police issued a broadcast seeking Cantles Rice alias Emil Waltz and a Mulder to arrest on suspicion of murdering Alphonse Wilms. A mutilated body was found behind the Michigan Store Company's works. Police say Price proposed to have a child cut open to reveal contents and promise more undisclosed evidence. Price is a former convict previously charged with manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Clewan the Ripper
Mich
Cantles Rice
Emil Waltz
Mulder
Alphonse Wilms
Michigan
Price
Squadron recalled as Russian fleet withdraws demand in Turkey
Russian Black Sea squadron arrived at Salada in European Turkey on August 19 to pressure Turkey over extracting the assassination case involving MS Rostkowski. The fleet was recalled to Constantinople after the Porte signaled the sultan’s orders to comply with Hursian demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Turkey
St. Petersburg
Black Sea
Salada
Trexiling
Rostkowski
Monastir
Constantinople
Porte
Three Hurt in a Wreck
A wreck injured three people including a Beaumont and a Colton resident. Details are unclear due to distorted text but report cites a high speed collision involving a freight train and several city residents. Authorities and a nurse attended the scene with local responders processing the incident.
Mob Menace After Coal Camp Assaults and Lynch Threats
At Coal Camp five miles west of Dalnk Jousa a mob of hundreds gathered after Charlie Taylor attacked his family, injuring two daughters and a worker. Deputies and six armed men secured the prisoner and moved him to Matwaka County jail amid threats of lynching. Taylor, a former convict, has a history of violence. In a separate incident, three year old Oscar Hoehm was fatally struck by lightning while his father and he were near a wagon during a storm in Lewis Township Potawattamie County. The boy died at the scene. the bolt left a mark on his chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Limis
Jenry Eberle
Eberle
Leny
Charlie Taylor
Charles ‘Naylor
Evane
Dalnk Jousa
Maude
Taylor
Hoe
Reyearold
Del
Roggenbers
Oskaloosa
Floeing Inn
Oliver
Gskieloosa O Meers
Matwaka County
Fort Madison
Pyenruld
Oia Bather
Neneby
Oscar Hoehm
William Buchu
Lewis Township
Potawattamie County
Oscar
Driftwood for fuel and a stabbing shock Iowa town
Fragmented Des Moines era notes driftwood along the Des Maines River given to the poor during a harsh winter. A man named Morse was stabbed defending a blind bride. Grady faced arrest on bond. A fatal pen-related mystery in Creston involved a child’s autopsy. Wright County reports a seventeenth Roosevelt descendant. Local fires, school tragedy, and other short notes fill the page with early 20th century incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dew Maines
Des Maines
Des Moines
Morris
Giel
T. B. Morse
Morse
Grady
Stebbing
Chady
Thieves Take Fourteen Hogs From State Farm
Fourteen head of young Diner were reported missing from the Bal ers farm after a suspected coordinated theft. Commandant Horton suspects a small party acted quickly to avoid disturbance and discard evidence while fleeing with the animals. Any information leading to recovery is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horne Koved
Tippones
Honghe
Balers
Horton Truntly
Hargely
Horton
Clinton Packing Plant To Resume Full Operation In Clinton
Clinton residents celebrate the revival of the Clinton Packing and Troyison Company plant after years of dormancy. New owners from Kansas City have dispatched a repair force and plan to run at full capacity, slaughtering cattle at the Kansas City plant and routing some beef production to Clinton to ensure steady supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Clinton Packing and Troyiason Company
Tanldy Hens
Kansas City
Mysterious disappearance of Willian Proullain in Wisconsin
Willian Proullain of Dabugay Missiog vanished after leaving Mt Hope Wisconsin on August 10. Relatives fear foul play as authorities search with a large sum of money on his person and follow leads toward Bloomington and Whew Hoven before his expected residency at Mt Hippe. Related details indicate he planned to return to his domicile and was last seen heading toward unknown destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian
Proullain
Dabugay
Williny
Daahuque
Mt. Hope
Wis
Bloomington
Dytoque
Mt. Hippe
Threatened Auto Party Leader Accused of Extortion
Johnson County farmer Thigh Maher, owner of a 200-year farm near Morse, was arrested by Constable Slater in Cedar Rapids for threatening to kill and extorting $300 from Ernest Pickering and another citizen after a stalled auto ride. Maher, held on bond of 250 dollars, will face a hearing before Justice Burber on September 2.
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Johnson County
Pacmoer
Thigh Mather
Johnson City
Morse
Slater
Jews City
Amister
Maher
L. GC
Ernest Pickering
Cedar Rapids
Sown Iy
Woman in Jackson County Commits Suicide at Home
Mrs Susan Martin widow of a pioneer forger of Jackson County killed herself by drowning in a cistern at her home eight miles west of Dubuque. In frail health for some time she had been up around the house in recent days. She is survived by three sons and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigen
Susan Martin
Jackson County
Dubuque
Tually
Cuecern
Martin
Uhre Song
Escaped prisoner recaptured then escapes near brewery
Encepert Conrict, confined at Independence asylum after escape from the dispsamarine depart ment, was recaptured by Deputy Sheriff Dyorsky but fled again, leading them into brush after a chase near a brewery. A second escape occurred as the deputy pursued, with no clear fate for Conrict. Meanwhile, Dougherty Meratitnt Missing, Fred W. Branidenberg was released from his home near Dougherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe Caover
Lawa Oy
Dyorsky
Hin
Ivan Atley
Dougherty
Fred W. Branidenberg
Dirk
Inter State Live Stock Fair at St Louis City
Readable portions describe the Inter State Live Stock Fair to be held in St Louis City during August or September. The event promises premium prizes, exhibits of many breeds, hogs cattle and sheep, with crowd appeal and entertainment, including displays, performances, and related spectacles at the fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuns City
Aden
Nordiwoesdt
Aid Jihslag
Oun
Witioord Wiehe
Kenan Teatyeo
Herault
Avik
Kond
Claus
Riverside Dark and the Hiverside Spirits of the West
Odd travelogue lists fictional places and grandiose names in a garbled countywide scene. Mentions of Hiverside Dark, Stony Hivers, and riverside markets hint at a pastiche of towns, theaters, baths, parks, and open air concerts amid a chaotic array of misread phrases and invented loci.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ural
Bea
Missouri
Riaix City
Erarad
Gant
Ais
Basebell Park
Pleasure of the Visitor at the Naval Sinner Resort
The article describes a river setting with afl boats and excursion steamboats on display for visitors. It notes extensive grounds, new clearings for exhibits, and plans for a large exposition with staged events and amenities to welcome guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Sinner
Mer Doberatine Wah Ssnaelagion In jie Pited notice
Fragmented OCR text references Honad Woodlawn mid dverside Parka and a plan by Mer Doberatine Wah Ssnaelagion In jie Pited to offer a week long program. It mentions five etoekes gesithan, chest chines, poultry yard and Held and Wothis with preparations for an exhibition. The passage is garbled but hints at a proposed event or study with unspecified details and adoption by an old Aynvelwyn group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honad Woodlawn
Dverside Parka
Wossensing
Mer Doberatine
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Aurelia Sentinel
Aurelia
Iowa
Bob. Lloyd
Kruschevo
Senate
Atchison
Hank
Arr Rock
Saline
Broderick
D. Wresghers
Tie Call States Army
Sesiatte
Alepaetanyent
Ste and Kittel Uimeelf
Yiroukdyi
Fee Ponstent Fk
Prins
Prigees Chis
Morlonia Ail Plumbing
Elajin
Eithangee
Drabe
Budapest
Hira Maxfield
Charter Dolinean
Cottoilia
Berhy Stemek
Maleon
Misa Hori Hivwkins
Hoeboken
Nail Etetick
Mies Mitchell
North
Carollon
Chatterton
Wyoming
Tau Hau
Methodists
Montana
Northern Pacific Railroad
Missoula
Mont
Pend O'Reil
Tope
Waho
Shdaze
Clarke's Fork
United States
Massachusetts
Maine
New York Harbor
Navy
Potomac
Io Dry
Brooklyn Uevy Yard
Atelianee
Newpor
Relinnes
Shamrock
Givens
Brauswiek
Westhuimd
Bsuickerbocker
Caton
Cleveland
Ciudimth
Cbleqseo
Sande Haron
Ana
TH. Banatfarria
Nad
Eynetus
Mattoon
Shemkider
Betefoutane
Pila
Parnes
Beaumont
News OF the Week
Creston
John Ponte
Burlington
Nina
Wright County
Pant Clade
Mr. Toggevelt
Fimit
B.S. Elsworth
A. Bpook
Dive Moines
Hinas
Falls
Wold
Chicago
Kauiwas
Newton
Isiness
Parsons, Meh & Co
Mapleton
Kinty Ont
Tampa
Hehoo
Kiied
Misa
Anna
Te Pophtar Yong Serioul
Howat
Harte
Tom Carpenter
LeMars
Dia
Clinton Packing Plant
Auto Party
Rey
Willan Meyur
Ode Lott
Droumwa Bay
Sear Mohbisan
Yenry
A. A. Robinven
Des Maine River
Ottumwa
Lowan
Edward Mervite
Glenwood
Moneleigh
Carnes
Stanwood
Bern
Tiernaay Wichtmeier
Lawn State Fair
Sioux City
Esbibitien
Grudelis
Ford
Chester White
Awlie Cromstow
Tate
Teitatian Ds Extaudial
Awe Laplou
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