Riots in San Juan Hill halt Amsterdam Ave transit
A brutal Friday race riot in San Juan Hill near Amsterdam and West End engaged white and black mobs for more than half an hour. Police reserves, including Inspector McLaughlin, fought rioters from roofs to street level, rescuing individuals and arresting several suspects as cars and passengers suffered damage.
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New York
San Juan Hill
Amsterdam
West End Avenue
Edward Connelly
Gentry Williams
Connelly
McLaughlin
125Th Street
Leonard Street
Sixty-second Street
Inspector McLaughlin
Captain Gallagher
Michael Jacoby
Rattog
Fifty Seventh
Amsterdam Avenue
McAdoo
Jealous Widower Rival Suspect Poison Plot In Minnesota
Wilda Johnson, a young woman from Owatonna, is arrested on charges of poisoning a farm well and sending a strychnine orange to Mrs. Lundstrum, a widowed teacher in the county. Preliminary hearing set for Aug. 11. Prosecutors say jealousy over a neighbor’s suitor fueled the plan. The orange test positive for lethal strychnine. the well poison attempt was thwarted as no one drank the water.
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Owatonna
Minn
Wilda Johnson
John L. Johnson
Johnson
Pennsylvanian Flyer Train Wreck Near Port Royal Injures One
Train No. 28 the Pennsylvania Flyer between Chicago and New York met a wreck near Port Royal after a westbound freight brakeman slammed air brakes. Engineer Calvin Miller suffered head and back injuries, fireman Garmann stopped the train, passengers remained uninjured, and the engine suffered minor damage as wrecking crews cleared Track No. 1. The service arrived Harrisburg at 8:28 and departed 8:33, two hours and forty minutes late. In Crowley Louisiana, jurors failed to agree in the arson case against James Lefton and were discharged.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Flyer
Chicago
New York
Port Royal
Calvin Miller
Garmann
Germann
Hay Fever Cure Promised By Hyomei In Trials
An early 20th century notice touts Hyomei as a cure for hay fever based on exhaustive experiments. It claims preventive use for two to three weeks before symptoms and relief plus permanent cure after onset. It notes climate change as other relief and prices the outfit at $1 with refunds if unsatisfied.
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White Mountains
E. J. Jenkins
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Bryan, Texas
Edward Hall
G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
Rough
TEXA
Solorado
eyElowstowe National L Park
Bryan
Oliver
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Farmersville
Tex
Katy
City of Mexico
Equitable Life Assurance Society
R. D. Black
First Methodist
Pawnee
Okla
Arbogast & Mastian
Allentown
Orient Hotel
Arapahoe
Minnesota Miss
Pennsylvania
Crowley
James Lefton
Bryanice Storage X Coal Company
Hyomei
C. A. Searcy
M. H. James’ Drug Store
Stevenson Machine
K.j.jenkins
Buchanan
Ss. W. Buchanan
Postal
Bryan Steam Laundry
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