Lineman Burned To Death On Cincinnati Pole
James Marchand thirty, a United Gas and Electric lineman in Cincinnati, died after 30 minutes of being held to a live wire at Gilbert avenue. He was rescued, rushed to hospital, and killed by electric flames in a dramatic fall from a pole as onlookers watched. A mobile crew cut wires and lowered him to the sidewalk.
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James Marchand
Cincinnati
James Marthand
United Gas and Electric Company
Marchand
Gilbert Avenue
Derrick
Plague Strikes San Francisco Four Die in Chinatown
San Francisco reports bubonic plague with five known cases and four deaths. Most victims were foreigners in the old Chinatown area, except for a sailor from a coastal steamer. Authorities quarantined the infected vessel and moved to relief efforts. Bodies of two Mexicans an Italian and a Russian Pole were destroyed with quick lime.
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San Francisco
Old Chinatown
Tramp Captured After Assault Near Wick Ashtabula
In Youngstown Ohio on August 19 a tramp who assaulted Alma Whitehead fourteen daughter of Rev Whitehead of Cornersville Pa was chased by bloodhounds and caught in a swamp near Wick Ashtabula county. He was taken to Meadville Pa jail as a mob gathered seeking lynching while the sheriff used an automobile to pass safely through the crowd.
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Youngstown, O
Alma Whitehead
Whitehead
Ornersville
Wick Ashtabula
Meadville
Rooster Fined For Early Crowing Nuisance
Washington August 19 The county court fined Dr W J McKean $2.50 for maintaining a nuisance over a cock that awakened neighbors too early. The bird was ordered kept away from the neighborhood and paid fine settled. Dr McKean filed suit claiming the fine unjust and seeks relief.
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Washington
W. J. McKean
Meehan
McKean
Frozen almost stiff in 89-degree heat
John Smith, employed by William Shull of Bull Creek, was found near death from exposure after being locked in an ice house with leftover ice. The incident occurred when the family left for the afternoon and returned at midnight to discover chores unfinished and Smith missing.
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Youngstown
John Smith
William Shull
Bull Creek
Smith
Unrest Deepens in China Amid Yangtze Tensions
Berlin reports from Shanghai describe worsening conditions in China with a rising revolutionary movement. Secret organizations grow in foreign quarters, and the uprising extends into the army as murders and plots surface in Pekin.
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Berlin
Shanghai
China
Yangtze Valley
Pekin
Taft aims to pull Southern Democrats into Republican fold
A Washington special reports Secretary Taft will urge southern Democrats in Lexington Kentucky to join the Republican fold and argue they are largely Republicans in all but name. He will claim party switch benefits and seek to convert them to Republicans in fact.
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Louisville
Washington
Taft
Lexington
Lynching in Maple Kentucky ends with mob action
In Maple Kentucky Aug 19 a mob overpowered Constable Burrus of Tipton Tennessee and seized Will Crafford a Black man who confessed to the assault murder and a prior white man killing. Mrs Mary Cowan was killed and her body cast into a river Crafford was seized as a suspect by the mob.
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Maple
Burrus
Tipton
Tenn
Will Crofford
Mary Cowan
Crafford
Boy, 13, Killed by Revolver in Cushing Shootout
In Cushing Oklahoma on August 19 Raymond Shreaver aged thirteen was accidentally shot and killed by Bryan Robertson aged eleven at his home. The pistol a thirty eight caliber revolver was found in a desk of a local newspaper office. The coroner ruled no jury examination was necessary after inquiry.
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Cushing
Okla
Raymond Shreaver
Bryan Robertson
Five die as Bristol party collides with express near Ashley Falls
An automobile carrying five people from Bristol Connecticut collided with the New York Pittsfield express at the Ashley Falls crossing near Great Barrington Massachusetts. Three occupants were killed and the remaining two were probably fatally injured.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Bristol
Bleeding News Briefs From Across The Nation
Sixteen bubonic plague deaths reported in southern Manchuria. In southwest Texas cotton pickers remain scarce. Dallas county jail inmates charged with murder. Palestine Texas pledges 30000 for State railroad to Rusk. Dialville firm ships 111 cars of tomatoes this season. Half New York dairy herds afflicted with tuberculosis. John Schnack suicides in Corning Arkansas jail cell. San Antonio hosts a state dairy industry meeting with R Ingram of Houston elected president. Waxahachie mad dog bite victims: Montgomery and Brooxies Wetch. Guthrie farmer James Longstreet found dead by his wife. First centennial celebration of Fulton’s steamboat trip on the Hudson at New York. Lee Applewhite, Dallas nurse, recovering after severe injuries. Cement explosion on Buffalo steamer Utica results in deaths and injuries. Iron Mountain train derails near St. Louis. mail car overturns. engineer Platt killed. Carbolic acid death of Andrew Krause of Springfield Illinois. Balloon parachute fails midair over New Haven. Robert French killed. E A Calvin now manages Farmers Union Cotton Co. in Houston.
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Manchuria
Texas
Dallas County
Palestine
Tex
Rusk
New York State
John Schnack
Corning
Ark
San Antonio
R. Ingram
Houston
Charles Montgomery
Brooxies Wetch
Waxahachie
Lee Applewhite
Dallas
Fort Worth Cooke Embalmed Body to Be Shipped Overseas
Si Cooke a 51 year old resident of Fort Worth and known cook died. His embalmed body will be sent to San Francisco for shipment to Hongkong.
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Fort Worth
Si Cooke
San Francisco
Hongkong
Fire wagon driver bitten by suspected hydrophobia dog
Lee Wilson, driver of a fire wagon, was bitten by a dog believed to have hydrophobia. The dog is confined and, if it develops the disease within twelve days, the animal will be shot and Wilson will receive Pasteur treatment.
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Austin
Lee Wilson
Wilson
Pasteur
Gasoline Launch Fire Claims Life in Norfolk
At Norfolk on August 19 the gasoline launch Edna May caught fire. Miss Cora Midgett was blown into the water and drowned. An engineer and a fireman were badly burned.
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Norfolk, Va
Edna May
Cora Midgett
Arer*tally
Emma Leach Dies From Street Car Crash Injuries
Mrs Emma Leach sister of Cole and Bob Young er and former member of the James bandits dies days after a street car collision in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Emma Leach
Cole
Bob Younger
James Bandits
Burglar Steals Jewelry From J Goldbaum Home
A burglar entered the Austin residence of J. Goldbaum and took jewelry valued at about $400 according to police. The incident occurred on August 19.
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Austin
J. Goldbaum
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