Loomis Body Found In Bigbury Bay Open Verdict
Frederick Kent Loomis was found dead in Bigbury Bay Devonshire with a heavy head wound. The coroner advised an open verdict noting death from a blow but no evidence of foul play. Consul Stephens identified the body and planned burial in the United States.
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Bigbury Bay
Devonshire
Kingsbridge
F. Kent Looanis
Stephens
Plymouth
United States
Consul Stephens
Webb
Loomis
Kaiser Wilhelm
Frederick Kent Loomis
Enjoins Rock Island and KCS from rebuilding Kaw river bridges
Kansas City July 19. Suits filed by Wyandotte County attorney in Kansas City Kansas enjoin the Rock Island and Kansas City Southern railways from reconstructing their temporary pile bridges across the Kaw river. Action urged by Kaw Valley Commercial club to remove river obstructions within city limits.
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Kansas City
Kas
Wyandotte County
Rock Island and
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kaw River
Kaw
Were Struck by Lightning in West Virginia Farm
Byron Clutter aged 22 and Ross Clutter 14 were killed instantly when lightning hit them in a hay field on their father John Clutter’s farm near St Marys. They dropped dead holding the scythes they were using during a severe afternoon storm.
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St. Marys
W. Va
Byron
Ross Clutter
John Clutter
London
United Kingdom
Post Office
Thor
Forged To Use The Hose On Crowded Steamer Hastiand
A large crowd on the steamer Hastiand returning from South Haven caused instability as passengers filled seats on one side. Crew used a fire hose to drive them from the wheel, steering the ship to Chicago with many women keeping life preservers until docking.
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Chicago
South Haven
Star Boat
Quakers Shaken by New York Tornado Toll
A tornado devastated a Quaker settlement near Chappaqua New York injuring about a half dozen people. All are expected to recover except two: Mrs Anna Washburn and Charles Dodge. The storm scattered clothing and a carpet carried miles from homes, with debris found across the mountain slopes.
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New York
Chappaqua
N. Y
Anna Washburn
Mary Hibbs
Philadelphia
Washburn
Charles Dodge
Savage Fight Ends In Wounds At Peoria Hospital
William Freeman and James Slater, two machinists, are hospitalized in Peoria with grave injuries after a savage fight over Mrs. Freeman, Slater’s sister. Freeman shot Slater in the abdomen. Freeman then inflicted severe wounds on Slater with a knife. Both men are unconscious. police remove them to Cottage hospital.
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Peoria
William Freeman
James Slater
Cottage Hospital
Inquest Holds Loomis Death Findings at Thurlestone
London inquest on F Kent Loomis found the body at Warren Point near Plymouth. The jury declared the deceased as Frederick Kent Loomis with no evidence showing how he died. Chicago heat claims first victim. a dockworker dies after leaping into the river. Fireworks stock explosion in Bloomington causes up to four thousand dollar loss. A Cardinal Satolli marriage fee rumor circulates from Spring Lake.
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Thurlestone
Devonshire
F. Kent Loomis
Warren Point
Plymouth
Frederick Kent Loomis
Bigbury Bay
Bloomington
Paul Birch
Assault repulsed at Maq-Tien Pass in early dawn action
Tokyo reports Gen Kuroki says two Russian divisions attacked Maq-Tien Pass at dawn July 17 but were driven back by stubborn Japanese defense. Casualties not stated. A separate note cites Hayatoro destroyer capturing a junk carrying mail from Port Arthur.
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Kurok
Mad Tien Pats
Saily
Keller
Mo Tien Pass
Kuroki
Javanesh
Tokyo
Hayator
Port Arthur
Che Foo
St. Petersburg
Chicago Sets Heat Record At Ninety Four Degrees
Severe heat swept Chicago with a high of 94 that eclipsed records since 1901. Minimal breeze and rising temperatures worsened suffering. downtown heat exceeded official readings, with no relief expected for days as conditions stayed oppressive. Nine miles south of Dallas a northeast bound passenger train derailed injuring nearly a dozen. one man severely trapped under a safe and trunk in the baggage car.
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Dallas
Tex
Paris-Cleburne
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Here
Thomas Gray
Cleburne
Birdie Pair
Lizzie Crockett
Rockisland
Alice. M. Smith
Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dean
Proxnan
Third Ave
South
Oe Committee
Minneapolis Study Club
New York Detective Killed At Corona Picnic Park
New York July 18 After shooting William Gotricy and Alonzo Dorando of Manhattan during an attack Sunday at Schurer's picnic park Corona a detective in citizen clothes William Conran sought refuge under a dancing platform and was shot and killed by police officer John P Gerrity. Conran's fight drew reserves and the officer fired under the platform when he received no answer. Gerrity and Dorando were from New York. Neither Dorando nor Gerrity was seriously wounded.
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William Gotricy
Alonzo’ Dorando
Manhattan
Schurer
Corona
Charles Conran
John P. Gerrity
Conran
Gerrity
Gorricy
Dorando
Banker's Insanity Shocks Des Moines And Surrounding Areas
A. B. Morely a Lake City banker and prominent capitalist reportedly lost his reason amid Democratic National Convention excitement in St. Louis. He faced a Fort Dodge insane hearing and was sent to an asylum, noted as a Parker supporter whose elation over the nomination unbalanced his mind.
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Des Moines
St. Louis
A. B. Morely
Lake City
Morely
Board of Commissioners For the Insane
Fort Dodge
Alton B. Parker
Horses Dive For Water In Pool During Drought
In a river pool near an arid run, a group of horses including an old mare and her foals wade in water and dive for greens at the bottom during dry seasons. The mare reportedly learned to feed underwater during a past drought, and her descendants have repeated the behavior, suggesting a potential evolutionary adaptation within the herd.
Hospitality in the Hills and Mountain Snakes
A traveler near a derelict log house in Virginia’s hill country is offered cold meal and water by a poor, proud host who refuses hospitality yet invites the rider to share water at the spring. The tale contrasts mountain poverty with dignity and notes abundant wildlife fears and legends.
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Virginia
Unclear dialogue overheard on platform conversation
Fragmentary speech from a platform scene shows two speakers arguing about payment and duties. The garbled text includes phrases about listening, a berth, and a porter moving toward the platform, with muffled names and unclear actions.
Playing Golf in the South and Public Notices
A collage of anecdotal clippings notes social humor and leisure from Country Life in America and Chicago Record-Herald. It mixes golf banter with advertisements and brief local notices, including cures and remedies, and snippets about travel and daily life.
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Chicago Record-Herald
le Roy N.Y
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