State Board Will Not Enforce Speed Limit Order
Sidalia Mo July 29 The state railroad and warehouse commission made an inspection trip over the Missouri Pacific main line between Kansas City and St Louis noting trains may run faster. They will not enforce a thirty mile per hour limit between Jefferson City and Kansas City as repairs have been completed and the roadbed is in good condition according to Commissioner Ogleaby and the other members.
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State Railroad and Warehouse Commissionere
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
St. Louis
Isclades
Jefferson City
Oglenby
W. L. Byers
Ogleaby
Lure of America Leaves Hungarian Hamlet Manless
In Kerisova near Lugos the emigration wave drains male residents leaving the village with only the mayor as the last adult man. Women are elected to most offices and a female mayor takes power though some laws reportedly deem female officeholding illegal.
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Boda-Peath
United States
Hungary
Keriaova
Lugos
Kerisova
America
Fiume
Georgia Turret Explosion Report Held By Naval Board
The naval board report on the Georgia turret explosion that killed ten men was received by the Naval Department. Admiral Evans endorsed the findings and the acting secretary said telegraphic conclusions about delayed fireback offer all public interest. The board did not clarify the air blast condition at the breech, leaving a key point unresolved.
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Washington
Naval Board
Georgia
Naval Department
Admiral Evans
Department
Newberry
Torres
Butchers Cut Beef Prices After Jewish Riot In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on July 29 a riot in the Jewish quarter saw women protest kosher butcher prices for beef. Shoppers invaded shops, windows broke, kerosene sullied meat, and police used force to disperse the crowd. About fifty arrests occurred, with hearings and jail for several. as a result butchers agreed to reduce beef prices by two cents per pound.
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Philadelphia
Navy Chaplain Mast Washington Tale
Navy announces Chaplain Harry W. Jones of the battleship Minnesota, formerly at Norfolk, Va., will be reassigned under investigation for scandalous conduct involving seventy unspecified charges or rumors.
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Washington
Harry W. Jones
Minnesota
Norfolk
Navy
Patriotism taught at Chilocco Indian School ceremony
At Chilocco Oklahoma 800 Native American students from many tribes are educated by federal funds. A flag salute ceremony features a national air by the campus band and the flag on a tall mast. Students stand bareheaded in captain led lines as "The Star Spangled Banner" plays. The event leaves a deep impression, perhaps sparking greater reverence for the flag among these youths.
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Chilocco
Chilocco Indian Agricultural School
United States
Threatening Panic and the Struggle for Reform
A Commoner letter warns that trusts tariff barons and railroad magnates threaten panic to block reform. It argues such factions profit from public exploitation and demand consent to privilege, urging earlier reform to avoid radical change.
Mother and Child Battle Cat Bite Injuries Reach Pasteur Institute
In Baltimore on July 29 Mrs. Sarah Salforth of Frostburg Maryland and her foster daughter Mary Gerlach were treated at the Pasteur Institute after a pet cat bit the girl on the left shoulder. The cat also attacked the mother as she tried to separate it. The wounds were described as severe with blood at the scene and ongoing concern for infection.
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Baltimore
Sarah Salforth
Frostburg
Mary. Gerlach
Pasteur Institute
Mrs. Selforth
Arkansas Peach Boom Predicted By Fort Smith Grocer
Fort Smith wholesale grocer B D Crane predicts Arkansas will surprise the world with a large peach crop. He notes the Eiberta variety will drive output as commission merchants prepare about 2700 car loads for transport nationwide. He cites Arkansas as home to the nation’s largest peach orchard and highlights dairy production.
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B. D. Crane
Fort Smith
Washington Herald
Raleigh
Prac
California
United States
Commission
Heney the Cowboy Lawyer and the Railroad Judgment
A tale from the American Magazine recalls Henry Huneycutt or Heney as a San Francisco lawyer who took a cowboys case against a railroad. He won a $50 judgment and used a dramatic attachment involving a chain to force payment. The cowboys’ reaction and the agent’s telegraphed orders highlight a colorful frontier legal maneuver.
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Heney
Missouri Mule Heads to Argentine Republic for Exhibition
The famed Missouri mule, renowned countrywide, travels to the Argentine Republic to show natives its prestige. Rancher Jose Errecaborde of Buenos Aires, unable to speak English, journeys with an interpreter John Falck to Fulton, Missouri, for mule negotiations. A Maryville resident asks about sulphur price in a drug store, prompting a quip about Montgomery Ward.
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Missouri
Argentine Republic
Jose D. Errecagorde
Buenos Ayers
Argentines Republic
S. Louis
Fulton
Senor
Errecaborde
John Falck
France
Brays
Maryville
Montgomery & Ward
Doc
Berlin's Jack the Ripper
Berlin reports a fiendish case as authorities chase a killer described as ruthless and elusive. Police emphasize a methodical hunt, urging witnesses to come forward and offering a reward for information leading to an arrest.
Warner May Lose His Job Over Stepmother Claim
Washington July 29 A profound sensation arose as Commissioner of Pensions Vespasian Warner asserted his stepmother was not entitled to a share of their father's estate due to negro descent This sensational move shocks social and business circles and could threaten his official position with retirement expected Warner is noted as wealthy and connected through complex family ties including being brother in law to his own son and his wife serving as sister in law and stepmother in law.
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Washington
Vespasian Warner
Warner
Publicc Service
152 Saved Five Bodies Found 88 Lost in Columbia Wreck
San Francisco report of the Columbia disaster rescue tallies shows 152 saved, 5 bodies found, 88 missing. Of the 191 passengers, 114 saved. 67 to Astoria, eight to San Francisco, rest en route. Among crew, 38 of 4 members survive.
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Columbia
San Francisco
Cal
Astoria
Eureka
Snake Story Ends With Tragic Sticky Paper Death
John Fleener recalls a fleshy sounding tale of a sticky fly paper mishap. The account notes many flies and larger pests stuck to the paper, culminating when a sizable snake became entangled and died after failing to free itself. The narrator cites Richard Progresa.
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John Fleener
Tella
John
Richard Progresa
Attack on Dr Kuhn Sparks Hospital Controversy
Joseph Missouri July 27 Thomas Miller a guard at the state hospital for the insane alleges unwholesome food under new management. He says Dr Kuhn substituted oleomargarine for butter bought low grade flour and introduced cheap tobacco. Miller claims liberties denied since Woodson era. Miller was a ward politician before becoming a guard.
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Joseph
Thomas Miller
State Hospital
Kuhn
Miller
Manila Day Observance and Philippines Army Camp
Colonel A B Frost of Evanston will act as adjutant general of the Army of the Philippines at its encampment August 18 to 15 in Kansas City. Lieutenant-General McArthur, current commander-in-chief, appointed him. The camp marks the ninth anniversary of the Battle of Manila on opening day.
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Chicago
Frost
Evanston
Army of the Allippines
Kansas City
McArthur
United States Army
Army of the Philippines
Manila
Missouri Man Disappears Near Warrensburg Farm
Warrensburg Missouri July 29 John Woolsey a farmer living with his wife and two children six miles northwest of Warrensburg disappeared from home Tuesday. Local men searched the area and questioned neighbors but no clew to his whereabouts was found.
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Missouri
Warrensburg
John Woolsey
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