Potemkin Surrenders to Roumania Amid Mutiny Claims
The rebel battleship Kniaz Potemkin sailed into Roumanian harbor with two torpedo boats, surrendering to Roumanian authorities after a mutinous seaborne cruise. The crew sought to land unarmed and be treated as deserters, with demands for passports and non extradition to Russia. Typhoid fever plagued the crew and drunken quarrels marked daily life on board.
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Kastenji
Kniaz Potemkin
Closs
Paesnare
Elizabeta
Mirceax
Elicabeta
Potekmio
Potemkin
Roumaniana
Raesian
Roesia
Black Sea
Navy Department
Roumania
Russia
St. Petersburg
Theodosis
Folly 400
Baseball results from American league and rivals
The New York Brooklyn game was postponed by rain. Boston beat Philadelphia 4 to 3 in ten innings, while Pittsburgh defeated Chicago 8 to 1 and 6 to 5 in ten innings. St Louis won 6 to 3 over Cincinnati. New York took both games against Washington, and Boston swept Philadelphia in the second game. Cleveland edged St Louis 5 to 6 after an 18th inning delay. Chicago and Detroit also played to a darkness halt.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Pittaburg
Chicago
Pitteburg
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Lightning strike injures many at Prospect Park
A fierce lightning storm at Prospect Park Brooklyn sent over a thousand people seeking shelter under trees. Twenty were injured with twelve seriously hurt and taken to hospitals. A man named Augustus Leide and his family were struck down as branches ripped from trees caused the prostration.
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New York
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Augustus Leide
Armistice Outlook Dim as Japanese Peace Delegates Sail
In Yokohama the Minnesota with peace plenipotentiaries sails to Seattle. Minister Griecom in Tokyo reports Baron Komora also departed for the United States aboard the same steamer. Pekin notes it is generally considered unlikely that Japan and Russia will reach an armistice soon.
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Yoko
Minnesota
Seattle
Washington
State Department
Griecom
Toklo
Baron Komora
Peace
United States
Pekin
Japan
Russia
Virginia Merchant Robbed in New York
Harry Booker of Hampton Virginia, a tobacco merchant, was robbed in New York near the Imperial Hotel by two Black men aided by a cabman. After a slow ride, he was dragged from the cab and assaulted as the cab rammed him. They took $30 and a wallet containing a large amount in blue.
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New York
Harry Booker
Hampton
Imperial Hotel
Booker
Very Slow Progress in the Koch Trial
Slow progress marks the Koch trial in Mankato with expectations that another week will pass before the jury box is filled. A juror has taken the third chair and a new special venue will be ordered to report Monday morning.
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St. Paul
Mico
Koch
Mankao
West Virginia Representative Ill From Ptomaine Poisoning
Speaker Fred Paul Grosscup of the West Virginia house is in a Cincinnati private hospital very ill from ptomaine poisoning. His physician reports he rests comfortably and hopes for a favorable outcome. He had been visiting his brother in Chicago and was en route home to Charleston when illness began.
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Fred Paul Grosscup
Cincinnati Hospital
West Virginia
Cincinnati
House of Representatives
Grossup
Chicago
United States
Peter Grosscup
Charleston
Wva
Submarine Farfadet Raised After Fatal Sinking
A Bizerta dispatch reports the submarine Farfadet, which sank at the entrance to Sidi Abdallah harbor, was raised this morning. The crew, including Ensign Robin and nine men, were dead when the vessel was brought to the surface.
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Paris
Bizerta
Farfadet
Sidi Abdallah
Robin
Tragedy in Jersey City Rail Yard Explosion Kills Two
Two men died and three were injured when two freight trains collided in the upper Jersey City yard. The rear-end crash on the Pennsylvania line wrecked cars, sent debris across the tracks, and several cars caught fire in the early morning incident.
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Jersey City
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Knotty legal problem presented in Bristol
Bristol Va July 8 The Jim Crow law from Tennessee affects street car lines along the state line and Bristol Tenn Virginia complicates travel on State Street The car runs half in each state making enforcement of Tennessee law on Virginia soil difficult and potentially conflictual with local rules
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Bristol
Tennessee
Tenn
State Line
Virgilia
State Street
Virginia
Tobacco Growers Plan $100000 Fund to Escape Trust
In Danville Virginia the Interstate Tobacco Growers Association voted to raise $100000 to operate a tobacco manufactory independent of the trust. The meeting pursued creating an alternate processing facility to reduce reliance on the trust’s control.
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Danville
Interstate Tobacco Growers’ Association
Colonel Urges Soldiers to Refuse Obey Orders
In St. Petersburg on July 8 a colonel stationed at Tearkoe-Selo urged his regiment to refuse to obey orders in a Speech signaling a challenge to military authority.
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Solders
St. Petersburg
Tearkoe-Selo
Threaten to Tar and Feather Holies In Bangor Area
A freak new religion known as Holies has appeared in La Grange near the Bangor Aroostook railroad. Disturbances have led to six townspeople being held by the supreme court, with threats of tar and feathering and lynching if the sect persists. The turmoil began last Saturday.
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Bangor
Dismissal Follows Death Tied to New Faith
On June 24 statistician Holmes was formally dismissed as Ethel Marsh a 15 year old member of the Holtes died of acute meningitis in La Grange. Bernice Gilman another 15 year old Holte member grew ill sparking fear the new faith caused the deaths. A mob planned to tar and feather the elder a 23 year old youth but halted when faith members intervened. The Holiest faith counsels unity and purity and townsfolk fear armed gatherings will trigger violence.
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Ethel Marsh
John Marsh
la Grange
Bernice Gilman
Holtes
Mareb
Marke
Cranberry Hotel Wrecked by Dynamite
An early hour dynamite blast targeted the Rose House in Cranberry West Virginia. Two kegs exploded while guests slept, tearing the front from the building and shattering windows. No deaths reported, two guests injured slightly. damage estimated at about 3000 dollars.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Cranberry
Queete
Lewnel
Young Woman Killed in Beaver County Runaway
Miss Cora Wells daughter of Charles F Welle president of the Hazlewood Gas Company died in a wagon runaway at the family country home in Beaver County She was thrown from the wagon when the horse bolted and her neck was broken Mr Welle also was hurt and lay unconscious by the roadside after the incident
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Pittbenry
Cora Wells
Charles F. Welle
Hazlewood Gas Company
Beaver County
Mr. Welle
Woman Held for Poisoning Husband in Iowa
Jen nie Pratt is jailed on charges of poisoning her husband at their Potter area home on June 24. The coroner's jury yesterday retained a verdict holding Mrs Pratt and farmhand William Persing for the crime. A preliminary hearing will be held later.
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Rockwell City
Iowa
Jennie Pratt
Potter
Mre
Pratt
William Persing
Famine Fears Hit Northern Russia Provinces
Famine threatens in northern central and southern Russian provinces as crops fail due to drought. The notice lists various unrelated ads and events interspersed with the famine report, including trip details and sales promotions, reflecting a cluttered page from St. Petersburg dated July 4.
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St. Petersburg
Secretary Wilson Dismisses Assistant for Cotton Report Tricks
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson ousted Edwin P. Helpes from government service for providing advance crop report information to speculators and for manipulating figures. Investigators found Helpes received seventy three thousand dollars from a brokerage firm for the alleged advance data. Wilson asked the District Attorney in Washington if prosecution is possible, but no applicable statute was found.
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Washington
Wilson
Edwin P. Helpes
Government Service
Holmes
Broki Ra
United States
District of Columbia
Novel Bible Lecture at the Y M C A Today
Rev. T F Suthers will present a free lecture at 3 o clock this afternoon at the Y M C A. The D J Wells Bible Chart Survey covers 4000 years of history and a genealogy from Adam to Christ. The event welcomes men women and children and urges attendees to bring a friend.
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T. F. Suthers
Two Wayne County Girls are Whoppers
Two sisters named Davis from Centerville Wayne county are described as whoppers. The elder 22 weighs 713 pounds and cannot walk or talk. The younger 17 weighs 575 pounds and hopes to match her sister’s size. They live in a log cabin and have refused show offers, though the oldest attended a country fair years ago.
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Davis
Centerville
Wayne County
Ete
Clieases
Mannering Man and Miss Palmer Wed at Wytheville
In Wytheville on July 4 at 11 a.m. in the Hotel Otey parlor Richard Curtis Norman of Mannering and Hester Palmer daughter of John Palmer from the Tazewell Pike road west of Wytheville united in marriage. Norman works as an electrician at Mannering and they will reside there.
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Richard Curtis Norman
Mannering
Hester Palmer
John Palmer
Tazewell Pike
Wytheville
Samuel Grocery Opens July 11th
Samuel Grocery Store opens Tuesday July 11 with owner Mr. Alexander purchasing the business. A full fall line of choice goods will be kept on hand and customers are urged to call on him for the crocket bargain prices.
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Samuel Grocery Store
Alexander
Where the Razor Slashing Occurred
The razor slashing episode occurred in a long one story building up the alley between Princeton Avenue and Raleigh Streets, not in the building occupied by Fudge's saloon. Pretty parasols at Pedigo's 75.
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Princeton Avenue
Raleigh Streets
Fudge’s
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Corvin Bros
Ilcon Hiwn
Passager Depot
Bluefield Ave
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Tokio
G. W. Wood
Oppo Preight Depot
Lindsey & Akers
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B. Bolling
W.H. Thomas
T. B. King
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T. B. Drickard
New Windsor Tiles
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