Zeppelin Airship Passes Constance to Mayence in West German Tour
The airship led by Count Zeppelin sped along the Rhine region, testing the craft's agility above Constance and Reichenau. Crowds cheered as it outpaced automobiles, landed briefly on the water near Nackenheim, refueled, and resumed toward Mayence amid bulletins and celebrations in Stuttgart and Frankfurt.
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Reichenau
Constance
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichsafen
Schauffhausen
Kurnhaus
Neuhausen
Rhine Falls
Rhine
Stuttgart
Karlsruhe
Afawence
Nackenheim
Mayence
Frankfort
Baldwin's Flight a Success at Parade Ground
The Baldwin dirigible balloon flown by Mr. Baldwin and Glenn H. Curtis completed a controlled ascent at 6 45 pm before thousands. The craft rose to 250 feet with a drag rope and executed several turns then landed smoothly as the crowd cheered.
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Baldwin
Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Meyer
Glenn H. Curtis
Curtis
Mr. Baldwin
Farman Demonstrates Heavier‑Than‑Air Craft at Brighton Beach
Henry Farman extended flights at the Brighton Beach race track as his machine lifted modestly and landed after three journeys of 600 to 800 yards. A planned race against Vanderbilt Cup driver Joe Tracy in an automobile failed to materialize and the airship stayed ahead.
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New York
Henry Farman
Brighton Beach
Farman
Joe Tracy
Tracy
Dee
Man From Cincinnati and Fernie Residence Burned
Cranbrook scenes in the burned district show a man from Cincinnati and his Fernie residence reached by the flames. Fire damage details describe how the incident affected local sites and residents during the blaze.
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Cincinnati
Fernie
Fires in British Columbia Threaten Cincinnatians in Zone
Describes fear among two Cincinnati families as forest fires in Fernie and surrounding areas threaten lives and properties. Details deaths, property losses, and aid efforts with estimates of Fernie’s destruction and figures for Hosmer Mitchell and Sherwood. Local officials coordinate relief and police support while refugee movements continue.
Destructive BC Forest Fires Scorch Crow's Nest District
Terribly destructive fires in the Crow's Nest Elk River Valley, British Columbia, since last Saturday have devastated towns, caused massive property loss, and left thousands homeless. The extent of fatalities remains uncertain as residents scatter and seek shelter across a wide 50 mile by 3 mile burned area. Missing settlers are arriving from Fernie Cranbrook Mitchell Hosmer and other locales as investigators assess the unfolding disaster.
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Fernie
British Columbia
Hosmer
Mitchell
Sherwood
Hussey
East Kootenai
Northwest Mounted Police
Fink
Cranbrook
Vancouver
B. C
Crow's Nest
Elk River Valley
Fire tug Illinis sinks after wall collapse at Elevators E F
Chicago report says the fire tug Illini s, after a night at the smoldering Elevators E and F ruins, sank when a wall of Elevator F fell. Crew members leaped into the river with one injury reported. Tug valued at 200 900, repair cost 15 000, and it must be raised.
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Chicago
Illinois
Murder cases continued in Kentucky circuit court
In Lexington the circuit court postponed murder charges against Bill Britton Alex Hargis Albert Hargis Edward Callahan and Jesse Spicer tied to the 1902 Cockrill assassination at Jackson These are the final docket items and concerns Breathitt County killings of James Cockrill Dr B Cox and James B Marcum
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Lexington
Circuit Court
Bill Britton
Alex. Hargis
Elbert Hargis
Edward Callahan
Jesse Spicer
James Cockrill
Jackson
Breathitt County
B Cox
James B. Marcum
Ohio girl weds in Paris in high society ceremony
Special dispatch reports John Wesley Vandyke vice president of the Atlantic Refining Company Philadelphia married Miss Edna Burton Lima Ohio in the American Church on Rue De Berri Paris yesterday. The groom acknowledged the ceremony in France and the couple planned their return.
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John Wesley Vandyke
Edna Burton
France
Commercial Tribune
New York
Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia
Edna O., Burton
Lima
Paris
Rue de Berri
Mother sets fire to child punished in Cleveland
Mrs Helen Nagy of 2776 East Seventy first street was sentenced to three months in the Workhouse and fined 50 dollars plus costs after confessing she bound her four year old child with oil soaked rags and set them afire. She held a three weeks old baby in court and said hunger and desperation led to the act to make the child confess theft. Neighbors rescued the child before severe burns.
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Cleveland, CO
Helen Nagy
East Seventy-first Street
Drowning Claims Local Reverend Near Blue Lick Springs
The Rev. J. B. Darnold pastor of Hilltop Christian Church in Lexington drowned after cramps struck him while bathing near Upper Blue Lick Springs. His Taylorsville home is listed as his residence. His brother D. B. Darnold died just two weeks earlier during his honeymoon.
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Lexington
J. B. Darnold
Hilltop Christian Church
Upper Blue Lick Springs
Taylorsville
D. B. Darnold
Aged farmer kills wife and granddaughter in Vernon
Vernon Conn Aug 4 John Zett a farmer on the Bolton road killed his wife and his granddaughter with a sledge hammer and a knife and then tried to kill himself He was arrested and taken to Rockville for custody.
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Vernon, Conn
John Zett
Bolton Road
Zett
Rockville
Senator Allison of Iowa 1829 1897 A Civil War era lawmaker
Senator Allison of Iowa born 1829 in Ohio served in Congress from 1863 to 1871 and as U S Senator from 1873 until his death. He declined three treasury secretaries offers and chaired the International Monetary Conference in 1892. He aided Lincoln’s nomination and built the nation’s financial structure through the Civil War era and beyond.
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Allison
Anna Carter
Wooster
Ashland
Ohio
Dubuque
Chicago
Congress
United States
Iowa
the Treasury
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
International Monetary Conference
Brussels
National House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Morrill
Vermont
Cummins Announces Candidacy To Succeed Senator Allison
Lake Forest IL Aug 4 Governor A B Cummins of Iowa announced his bid to succeed Senator Allison in the United States Senate. He said someone would be appointed to occupy Allison's seat for the remaining months of the term and that he would try to win the election in the Iowa Legislature. He declined to discuss other possible candidates or the unexpired term.
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Cummins
Lake Forest
Ill
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Allison
United States Senate
Senate
Des Moines
Congress
Washington
United States
Warren Garst
Chicago publisher Winfield Scott Smyth dies in Michigan
Winfield Scott Smyth of Chicago, a noted school textbook publisher, died yesterday at South Haven Michigan.
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Winfield Scott Smyth
Chicago
South Haven
Mich
Wreck on Cincinnati Division Kills Brakeman near Brownsville
A derailment on Freight Train No. 92 due to a broken drawbar near Brownsville west of Hamilton, Ohio, killed head brakeman John Bishop of Connersville Indiana and injured eight others. The wreck halted traffic on the Indianapolis Division until noon.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Indianapolis
Cincinnati, Hamilton
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Ohio youth Edward Allen granted military reprieve
Governor Harris granted a reprieve for Edward Allen an eighteen year old from Guernsey County who was convicted of cutting with intent to kill and sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory. He enlisted in the regular army before conviction and will be allowed time for good behavior during his term.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harris
N. H. Barber
Cambridge
Edward Allen
Guernsey County
Mansfield Reformatory
Barber
Young Allen
Paris Newspapers Resume Typesetters Return to Work
Paris reports show all morning papers back to work as typesetters return after the general strike. The press condemns the General Federation of Labor for the stoppage, calling it senseless and embarrassing to newspapers, some of which supported labor.
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Paris
General Federation of Labor
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Chamber of Commerce
Archiable
Beatty Electrical Company
Angus Mishaw
Wyoming
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H. W. Wiley
W. G. Campbell
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Arthur Stingle
Wiley
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
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F. W. Dunlap
McCabe
Frederic J. Haskin
National Health Department
Dr. Lyon
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Ohioan
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
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