Rescues Girl From Drowning in Minnehaha Lake
Sarah McGough a 15 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Phillip McGouger of 107 East Eleventh street was saved from drowning yesterday at Lake Minnehaha by Kelley Alton a youth of about the same age Residents of the lake area told the tale last night Both principals could not be reached for comment The girl had gone in bathing about 2 pm and after wading then sinking bystanders saw she needed help and Alton jumped in to rescue her bringing her to shore
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Phillip McGouger
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Minnehaha
Kelley Alton
Young Aiton
Car Strike May Be Renewed in New York
New York August 14 union leaders threaten renewal of the street car strike unless the New York Railway company reinstates over seventy discharged employees. The carmen say officials have kept the agreement to take strikers back without prejudice.
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New York
New York Railway Company
Carmen
Colorado Women Hold Wilson Backing In Denver Speech
Houston Thompson assistant attorney general of the United States toured Denver as President Wilson's representative at the June Jefferson club banquet and reported strong sentiment among Colorado women voters for Wilson's re election.
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Chivaco
Houston Thompson
United States
Denver
Wilson
Jefferson Club
Colorado
Wyoming State Troops Readying for Border Move
Wyoming national guard units are en route to the border arriving before week’s end. Denver dispatches report Fort D A Russell designated as recruiting depot and Capt L R James named chief recruiting officer. The first and second battalions near peace strength but will move without full staffing, as troops prepare to face desert cactus and possible Mexico front.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Camp Kendrick
Rio Grande
Central
Waugh
Lander
Jackson
Newcastle
Dave
Dr John H B Murphy Estate Left Without Will
Funeral services for Chicago surgeon Dr John H B Murphy were held at St James Catholic church. Reports say Murphy left no will. his estate is estimated at more than $1,000,000.
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Chicago
John HB. Murphy
St. James Catholic Church
Laramie Man Accused of Daylight Hold-Up
Denver reports Norval Kine a forger who escaped from county jail is sought after a daylight bank robbery at First National Bank of Buglewood. The robber and driver fled in a car after taking about 960 from the cashier and an I.D. check was demanded. A bystander frightened bystanders and a female patron fled. The driver was Walter Whitman of Cronta Auto Livery. The robbery occurred in broad daylight, with the robber threatening the cashier and firing a shot toward the rear as they fled.
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Norval Kine
Am Auto
Iver
Tobeto
Randler
Bdother
Jobe Simons
N. RR. Miller
Englewood
Patton
Selee
Cronta Auto Livery Company
Siateenth
Curtisstrewty
Walter Whitman
Whitman
Page
Slavs Defeated At Brody Amid Heavy Losses
In Galicia the Austrians and Germans retreat before the Russian advance as Petrograd reports Tustobaby captured with thousands of prisoners. Brody sees heavy Russian dead. Germans repulse Russians south of Brody. Western front quieting weather hampers operations as Haig notes trench gain near Pozieres. Reports also cite Turkish actions in Persia and Italian activity on the Isonzo.
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Teutons
Sereth
Herlin
Brody
Vienna
Berlin
Thiepval-Pozieres
Isonzo
Gorizia
Persia
British Destroyer Sunk Amid German Plunge Reports
Berlin reports claim a British destroyer was sunk after a German plunge. The Austrian Sunday statement describes repulsed Russian assaults near Archduke Charles Francis front, Stanislau district and Zalovxe, with heavy enemy losses on the Stokhod front and in Volhynia.
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Vorocht
Stanislau
von Hindenburg
Zalovxe
Boehm-Ermplli
Volhynia
Stokhod
Federal Mediators Seek End to Railroad Strike in New York
Three members of the federal board of mediation Martin A. Knupp W L Chambers and G W Hanger are in New York aiding President Wilson to end the threatened railroad strike. Hanger says the president’s intervention has made peace practically certain.
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Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Martin A. Knupp
W. L. Chambers
G. W. Hanger
New York
Wilson
Mr. Hanger
Thority
Iesued
Will Wright Badly Injured in Denver Motorcycle Crash
William Wright son of W. F. Wright of 2409 Thames Street sustained a broken collar bone and a broken rib Sunday afternoon when thrown from his motorcycle while riding from Denver. His machine struck a rock and tumbled down an embankment, slamming him into a post.
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William Wright
W. F. Wright
Thames Street
Denver
Wright
Woman fatally shot by Mexican miner in Colorado boarding house
Cal- He Berry, 19, lies near death at a Colorado hospital after a bullet wound through the breast. Jessie Barragas, 24, a Mexican coal miner, fired the shot at a Aguilar boarding house where Berry worked as a waitress. motive given as alleged plan to run away with the miner. Barragas escaped and is at large.
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Colo
Cal- He Berry
Hoapital
Jessie Barragas
Aguilar
Hefueal
Gil
Barragas
Premier Asquith seeks eight month extension of Parliament
In the house of commons Premier Asquith introduced a bill to extend the life of the present parliament for eight months, or until the end of May next year. The measure aims to prolong parliamentary tenure amid ongoing affairs in London.
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London
Anglid
Asquith
House Commons
Sherman brands Gompers a public nuisance in Senate
Senator Lawrence Sherman of Illinois condemned Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, as a public nuisance during a discussion of the shipping bill. He accused labor leaders of exploiting workers and using funds to defend criminals, noting Gompers avoided indictment on related charges.
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Washington
Lawrence G. Sherman
Ilinois
Samuel Hhempers
American Federation of Labor
cAld Benator Sherman
Compers
Weather forecast: cooler in west and north
Pair of days likely Tuesday and Wednesday with cooler conditions. Temperatures trend lower in the western and northern areas, with overall mild to cool readings across the region.
Hughes Expresses Interest in Housekeeping at Women Voter Address
Spokane August 14 Charlen Fe Hughes spoke to an all women audience praising housekeeping as a policy aim. He defended protective tariffs as essential to prosperity while criticizing Democratic postwar trade laws and warned Democrats could lose if European events unfold.
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Spokane
Charlen Fe
Hughes
Protests Over Use Of agierivan Flag on Posters
Chicago august 14 Captain BR Lewis, head of the American Playday association, sent a protest to Charlie HB Hughes about the use of the agierivan flag on posters showing Republican presidential candidates and their photographs.
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Chicago
BR Lewis
American Playday Association
Chariey HB Hughes
Agierivan
Orweldeuk
President Wilson Seeks Arbitration To Avert Rail Strike
Aug 14 report from New York and Washington says President Wilson met with railroad managers and the four worker brotherhoods to craft a working basis for settlement. Both sides show optimism while the president considers a broader arbitration board and a scope limited to eight hour day and overtime terms.
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Washington
Wilson
Tumulty
Suill
Brotherhood
Judge Chambers
Meditation Board
Advises Japan Not to Covet the Philippines
Tokío reports a Japanese scholar Dr Nitobe urges caution on any Japanese move to rule the Philippines. He notes Filipinos resist foreign rule and value political liberties under American administration, fearing superior Japanese control and questioning assimilation outcomes.
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Philippines
Pormers
Korea
Jajaus
America
Goder Ameritan
Hide
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