Yellow Fever Ravages Linares As Death Toll Rises
Reports from Linares Mexico show more than 400 yellow fever cases with fifty-two deaths last week. Dr. P Sessions from Rockdale Texas arrived to evaluate outbreak control, quarantine sufficiency, disinfection of baggage, and city sanitation before advising further action. The death rate has averaged about ten daily over the past six days as fires and disinfectants are used to combat spread.
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P. Sessions
Rockdale
Tex
George R. Tabor
Austin
Sessions
Linares
Home Squadron to Visit United States on Courtesy Cruise
The British home squadron under Vice Admiral Sir Arthur K. Wilson will sail September 14 on a six week cruise around Scotland and then head to America as a courtesy visit in response to the U S squadron deployment to Portsmouth. The force includes battleships Ben Bow Empress of India Hood Revenge Royal Oak Royal Sovereign Sans Parc Anson cruisers Edgar Hawke Dido Mersey Venous and other vessels.
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Monterey
Mex
London
The
Press Association
United States
America
Portsmouth
Arthur K. Wilson
Scotland
Ben Bow
Empress of India
Hood
Revenge
Royal Oak
Royal Sovereign
Sans Parc
Anson
Edgar
Hawke
Dido
Mersey
Venous
Railroads End Reduced Rates for Merchants Meetings
The Central Passenger association has nearly decided to discontinue reduced rates for merchants’ meetings. A resolution states railroads discriminated against small cities in favor of large distributing centers when offering these discounts.
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Chicago
Central Passenger Association
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Ohio River
Cholera Rages in Syria and Con. Sept 11
Cholera is raging fiercely at Birejik Syria with reports of severe outbreaks spreading through the region as public health concerns rise. The contingency measures and regional responses are being organized by local officials amid growing fear of wider spread.
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Syria
Constantinople
Birejik
Southern League Scores From Shreveport Little Rock and Memphis
Baseball results in the Southern League show Shreveport defeating Atlanta 7 to 4, Little Rock edging Nashville 4 to 3, and Memphis tying Birmingham 3 to 3.
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Southern League
Shreveport
Atelanta
Little Rock
Nashville
Memphis
Pirmingham
Baseball scores from national and american leagues
National League games in Chicago and Brooklyn ended 8 to 2 with Chicago prevailing. Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia 7 to 2. American League results include New York beating Philadelphia 7 to 4 and St Louis defeating Chicago 6 to 0. First Detroit routed Cleveland 8 to 0, second Cleveland won 6 to 0. Boston lost to Washington 2 to 0.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Pitsburg
American League
New York
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Manager Closes Season With Players Paid
Galveston reports Manager Moore of the San Antonio baseball club paid off his players and disbanded the team for the season.
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Galveston
Moore
San Antonio
Sour Lake Storage Tanks Fill as Wells Open in Texas
Minor matters note storage tanks filling in Sour Lake Texas as two more oil wells came in on the 11th. Major Moses P. Neal, pioneer Kansan, died at Chaneller Oklahoma. Official prohibition majority in Up hur County Texas reported as 328.
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Sour Lake
Tex
Moses P. Neal
Chaneller
Oklo
Hur County
Texas
Fearful Atrocities Reported in Adrianople Vilayet
Bulgarian revolutionary headquarters in Sofia says Turks and Albanian troops slaughtered fugitives at the frontier near Burgas. Sixty Bulgarians killed, many villages burned, and insurgents fought a two hour battle above Vasiliko with Turkish losses. Greeks invited to join Bulgarians and plan joint action. Mixed Greek and Bulgarian villagers in Kostur join the insurrection.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Burgas
Adrianople
Losengrad
Kula
Evekloor
Taspeta
Asmadgig
Vasiliko
Turkey
Kostur
Reprieve Reaches James Hebert in Cameron Case
In Lake Charles Louisiana a reprieve reached James Hebert condemned to hang at Cameron for criminal assault. Hebert a Black man was identified by a white woman during trial though new evidence suggests the identification was mistaken. Hebert's lawyers sent the message by steam launch to the Cameron sheriff since Cameron is accessible only by boat.
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Lake Charles
James Hebert
Cameron
Hebert
Strike Breakers Arrive in New Orleans
A barge carried 112 black workers and 35 white men drifting noiselessly down the Mississippi from Harahan to Southern Pacific docks and anchor near the Gussie and Clinton commissary. It marks the first arrival of Thiel agency strike breakers from St. Louis.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Harahan
Southern Pacific
Gussie
Clinton
Thiel Agency
St. Louis
Storm devastates British Isles with many casualties
London reports a general storm across the British isles with ships sunk and crews lost. Lloyds records over fifty serious shipping casualties as vessels founder and bodies wash ashore. The gale reached 72 mph, coastal areas and farms suffer, telegraph and land lines disrupted.
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London
British Isles
Lloyds
First Carload of Witchita Mountains Gold Ore Shipped
Lawton Oklahoma September 12 The first carload of gold ore has been shipped from the Witchita Mountains to Colorado smelters. Excitement grows as miners and capitalists arrive daily from abroad. A mine is reported sold for 25000 dollars.
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Lawton
Okla
Witchita Mountains
Colorado
Secretary Hitchcock Removes Ohio Townsite Official
Secretary Hitchcock announced the removal of John A Sterret of Ohio from his position as townsite official. The action was disclosed in Washington on September 12. Sterret had served in local administration duties and faces effective termination of his duties.
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Washington
Hitchcock
John A Sterret
Ohio
Commissioner Replacement in Indian Territory Oversees Removal
In the Indian Territory the commissioner for the Vnerokheesian nation faces a leadership change as Dwight Tuttle of Connecticut is appointed successor after charges against Sterret's administration. The removal follows formal charges tied to Sterret's handling of office.
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Indian Territory
Dwight Tuttle
Connecticut
Sterret
Prince Alert Sets World Record at Bethlehem Fair
Twenty thousand spectators watched Prince Alert win the Bethlehem half mile, breaking the world mark with a time of 2 03 2/5. The fractions were 31 1⁄2, 1:02 1⁄2, 1:33 1⁄2, and 2:03 2⁄5.
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Bethlehem
Prince Alert
Old Defenders' Day Observed in Baltimore
Baltimore marks Old Defenders' Day with closures of the chamber of commerce stock exchange and public buildings. The observance honors the 1814 Battle of North Point where Maryland militia repelled the British invasion.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, Stock Exchange
North Point
Maryland
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