Tragedy Fails to Prevent Wedding in Gage Case
Ruth Woods aged 25 and Roy M. Shayne, advertising salesman, quietly wed in Waukegan after a sensational Chicago saga. Ruth had been linked to wealthy diamond broker Samuel T. A. Loftis, who was found dead at his North Side apartment. Both faced arrest and publicity before being cleared after five days.
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Chicago
Ruth Woods
Samuel T. A. Loftis
North Side
Waukegan
Roy M. Shayne
Miss Wood
Roy
Ruth
Roy Shayne
John T. Shayne
Shayne
Edgewater Beach
Loftis Bros. & Co
Loftis
Miss Woods
Ana
Notce
Eact
Wireless banking proves a success aboard Imperator
Wireless banking proves a success aboard the ex German liner Imperator. The Cunarder has established the first sea bank with a safe large enough to carry a huge amount of ready cash. Drafts on shore banks are honored and money transferred by radio.
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Southhampton
Boys Burn While Grasping Live Wire
In Chicago on August 9 two boys aged 11 and 12 were seriously burned after gripping a live wire stretched across a trolley spur on Blue Island avenue. George Betrizilek grabbed the wire first, followed by John Miaska who tried to save him. An unidentified motorist removed the wire with a plank and ferried John to the county hospital while George was taken home.
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Chicago
Sixteenth Place
Blue Island Avenue
John Miaska
George Betrizilek
George
John
Gothamite Pleased With Old Cheyenne
J A Mooney a New York real estate dealer leaves after a six week visit with his son Alfred Mooney Union Pacific engineer. He praises Cheyenne climate and hospitality and says he will return every summer bringing friends. He recalls Washington Park Battery summers and notes his birth on a farm now Carnegie home site.
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J. A. Mooney
New York
Alfred Mooney
Union Pacific
Tribune
Washington Park
The
Battery
Bees Found in Car Crank Case in Dallas
Dallas garage mechanic F S Harris told a car owner to hire an apiarist after discovering bees swarming inside the vehicle's crank case. The homeless bees had built a hive there and filled the space with honey.
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Dallas
Tex
F.S. Harris
F. S
Lloyd George Opens Talks on Sinn Fein Conditions
Prime Minister Lloyd George offers a conference with Sinn Fein on Ireland if there is no secession and Ulster self determination. The Trades Union Congress delegation could not confirm Sinn Fein authority. Dominion Home Rule with county option for Ulster is proposed. miners back the plan. No direct action strike likely as Irish issue unpopular with British workers. Government continues to suppress outrage.
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London
Lloyd George
Sinn Fein
Ulster
Trades Union Congress
Dominion
Ireland
Sailors Riot at Massachusetts Beach Sparks Military Patrol
Revere Beach faced a riot as hundreds of sailors aided by civilians attacked a park police station. Troops patrolled the scene after a three hour clash left about fifty injured and sixty sailors arrested for inciting to riot. most would be released.
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Revere
Mass
Revere Beach
Metropolitan Park Police
Boston Harbor Troops Move to Restore Quiet After Attack
Coast artillerymen from Boston Harbor and sailors from the Charleston navy yard were called when the raid continued. The attacking party opened fire with rifles and pistols seized from shooting galleries, and order was restored only after their arrival.
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Boston Harbor
Charleston Navy Yard
Sentencing Denver Strikers Postponed
Seven Tramway Workers union members faced Judge Greeley Whitford for contempt in a Denver district court if they would suspend sentencing until next Thursday. The judge had earlier found the men guilty of contempt for calling a strike in violation of an injunction. District Attorney Foley asked a grand jury probe into rioting, to be considered after advisement. Ralph Perez, an American Legion guard, was attacked and severely beaten near Arapahoe and Thirteenth streets.
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Denver
Colo
Tramway Workers’ Union
Greeley Whitford
Whitford
Foley
Morley
Ralph Perez
American Legion
Arapahoe
Thirteenth Streets
Federal crop production forecast from August 1
The Agriculture Department released forecast figures for major crops on August 1. Winter wheat 538 million bushels, spring wheat 262 million, corn 3.003 billion, oats 1.402 billion, barley 196 million, rye 177.9 million, buckwheat 14.8 million, white potatoes 402 million, sweet potatoes 101 million, tobacco 1.544 billion pounds, flax 14.3 million, rice 62 million, hay tame 8.6 billion tons, hay wild 18.6 million, sugar beets 8.9 million tons, apples 213 million bushels, peaches 45.5 million, peanuts 38.7 million.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ponzi Bankruptcy Petition Filed by Noters in Boston
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court in Boston today against Charles Ponzi by Charles Cantwell James Fernald and Harry Farrell holders of notes totaling 750 dollars The action seeks liquidation under bankruptcy law and marks a decisive turn in Ponzi scheme litigation and financial unraveling.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
Charles Cantwell
James Fernald
Harry Farrell
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Endorsed by Patient
Mrs. Geneva Robinson of Albany reports that Foley's Honey and Tar relieved her hay fever asthma and bronchial coughs as quickly as ordinary coughs. She used two bottles to bust a stubborn lingering cough and says it is the best cough medicine she ever used.
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Foley
Geneva Robinson
Swan St
Albany
N. St
Baseball Game Scores From Early Inning Battles
In the American League and National League results, Chicago, Washington, Detroit, Cleveland, New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Pittsburgh players tally runs and hits across eleven innings. Notable duels include Davis, Shanker, Sévereid, and Schang for the A L. Williams and Schalk for Chicago. and Nehl, Snyder, Grimes, and Mays featuring in the NL clashes.
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R. H
St. Louis
Boston
Davis
Shanker
Sévereid
Jones
Walter
Schang
Chicago
Washington
Cicotte
Schalk
Shaw and Gharrity
Detroit
Philadelphia
Ayers
Mannion
Faler, Keefe
Moore and Perkins
Cleveland
New York
Clark, O'Neil
Nannamaker
Shawkey
Ruel
Pittsburgh
Nehl
Snyder
Cooper
Blake
Haeffner
Brooklyn
Grimes
Mamaur
Miller
Elliott
Alexander
Killifer
O'Farrell
Eeeseeees
Cincinnati
McQuillan
Scott
Pisrotti
Rudolph
Gowdy
Luque
Ring
Wingo
Allen
Fillingim
O'Neil
Fisher
Causey, Ensman
Hubbell
Rixel
Keefe
Tragresser
Sherdell
Goodwin
Jacobs
Mays
North
Dilhoefer
Wyoming State Oil Royalties Hit Substantial Monthly Total
The state of Wyoming earned about $126,000 in July from oil produced on state lands. Four fifths came from common school lands, with the rest from funds for the state university. Salt Creek lease yielded $82,000.68 and could reach $100,000 monthly. Rock Creek leases produced $12,192.50 last month and may average $50,000 monthly. Only about 1 percent of school lands have been developed for oil.
Public Streets Fenced Off in Cheyenne Addition
Property owners in Residence Park petitioned the Cheyenne city council to open streets and alleys fenced in by residents. They claim the addition’s plat conflicts with the city plat and urge investigation. City engineer and attorney to report findings. Also, the James Plumbing Co bond from Salt Lake was canceled at the firm’s request after completing Union Pacific shop work.
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Residence Park Addition
Cheyenne
James Plumbing Company
Salt Lake
Union , Pacific
Came West to Find Home and Met Death
Orval Cappock, an overseas World War I veteran, was killed by a Union Pacific train near Ozone, twenty five miles west of Cheyenne, about a week ago Monday. His father, James Cappock of Carthage Illinois, says Orval served twenty one months with five in a hospital and had left home three weeks earlier to seek work as a brakeman and pursue a government claim in Wyoming.
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Orval Cappock
Union Pacific
Ozone
Cheyenne
James Cappock
Carthage
Ill
Cappock
Wyoming
Wild Man Schemmel Returns to Laramie County Jail
Charles Schemmel known as the wild man is jailed again in Laramie county after ranchers reported him roaming at night and frightening residents near Cheyenne. He had been released a few months earlier when officials believed he was improving mentally.
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Charles Schemmel
Laramie
Schemmel
Cheyenne
Insanity Charge Targeted in Schemmel Case
Authorities believe Schemmel is insane and will likely be tried in district court on a charge of insanity.
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Schemmel
First Local Letter Goes West by Plane
A letter carried by aerial mail from Cheyenne to Mrs. W. O. Stanley in Ogden Utah was sent by her husband Lieutenant Samuelston a pilot of the second all metal monoplane pathfinder of the aerial mail service The plan was to fly to Salt Lake City where Lieutenant Eaton delivered the omis sive and mailed it to Ogden in the ordinary way
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Cheyennne
W. O. Stanley
Ogden
Utah
Samuelston
Stanley
Eaton
Salt Lake
Air mail records and odd facts from a Wyoming note
A report notes that a letter traveled 500 miles by air in just over four hours and compares rail travel times between Salt Lake City and Ogden. It claims Wyoming sent the first aerial mail and mentions a punishment for missing Tribune coverage. The piece adds a science fact: the earth weighs five and a half times an equal water body.
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Salt Lake
Odgen
Wyoming
East
San Francisco
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Gage
Gothamite
Spoktite
Pyar
Wesell
Dildine Garage CO
West 19Th Street
TE Laboratories
Sinn
Massachusetts Beach
Ponzi
Williams and Schalk
Courtney
Pichinich
Bert Williams
Columbia
17Th Street
Tribune of
Leader
Hanan & Son
J. E. Tilt
J. P. Smith Shoes
Eoes
Midland Carbon Company
Cowley, Wyoming
Woodrow
Cheyenne Construction Co
Carey Avenue
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