Government vows strong action to end Bracken County disorder
Governor Augustus E Willson pledges stern state intervention to halt night rider violence in Bracken County. He warns bands will be hunted, weapons used if self defense demands it, and calls for mass troop deployment if needed. Officials urge all suspected gang members to withdraw and justify actions as self defense.
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Bracken County
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Commonwealth
Augustus E. Willson
Kentucky
Guards Change in Bracken County Kentucky
The Lexington State Guards led by Captain Jones, twenty five men, finish three months of night duty in Bracken County and depart via Maysville for home. The Cynthiana company under Captain Terry arrives to replace them. Captain Casey, acting as Quartermaster, is sent home after a disagreement with Major Webb who commands the county.
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Augusta
Lexington State Guards
Jones
Bracken County
Maysville
Cynthiana Company
Terry
Casey
Webb
Death Welcome to Ea-Ministers in Constantinople Turmoil
Discord fames among detained ministers and palace officials at the Ministry of War in Constantinople. Mendough Pasha argues with Tahsin Pasha over amnesty for political prisoners. Zeekhi Pasha, half demented, desires a revolver to end his life. he must face the nation. Selamie of Te wfik Pasha attends a diplomatic reception to stress the Sultan as a constitutional sovereign.
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Constantinople
Ministry of War
Mendough Pasha
Tahsin Pasha
Zeekhi Pasha
Tewfik Pasha
Dutch cruiser takes rifles to Aruba for defense against Venezuelan warship
The Dutch cruiser Gilderlang sails from Willemstad Curacao tomorrow carrying rifles and ammunition for Aruba's population to defend against a Venezuelan man of war cruising offshore all night.
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Commercial Tribune
Willemstad
Curacao
Gilderlang
Traction Wreck Injures Many In Hamilton
A Cincinnati Northern traction car jumped the Engleside track at night injuring several. Mrs. Queenie Alexander of Springfield was taken to the city for treatment.
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Cincinnati Northern
Engleside
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Cincinnati Northern Traction
Queenie Alexander
Springfield
Saloon Keeper Shot In Street Crap Game Clash
In Lockland a colored saloon keeper shot a rival during a craps contest over money owed. The wounded man fell in the rain and a lynch mob formed as Marshal Dewey and Marshal Handley protected Taylor until he was jailed. Five shots were fired in the street.
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Enue
Taylor
William Dewey
Dewey
Marshal Dewey
Marshal Handley
Ciary
Taylors
Taft
Hartwell
Cameron
Voorhis
Shah of Persia Trapped by Tribesmen Near Teheran
Dispatches from Teheran describe the Shah as effectively prisoner of wild tribesmen guarding the throne as fighting continues. Tribesmen demand money, threaten palace destruction, and the crown jewel loan is exhausted. Famine looms in Southern Persia and fighting grows with heavy losses reported from Tabriz.
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ST. Petersburg
Teheran
Persia
Liakhoff
Badeshaka
Sultanabad
Tabriz
Methuen Police Officers Found Dead After Night Patrol
Charles Em erson and Frank Dermott, Methuen police, were found beaten to death in a meadow after failing to return from a night patrol watching for thefts of chickens and vegetables. Bruises and evidence of foul play were noted.
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Methuen
Mass
Charles Emerson
Frank
Dermott
Methuen Police
Rage With Death Loot on Trestle
In Indianapolis on August 9 Hubert Staley age 17 and John Weston age 19 raced across the Monon Railroad bridge over White River to escape a passenger train but were struck and killed as they reached the end of the seven mile bridge. More than twenty spectators watched from the riverbank.
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Indianapolis
White River
Broad Ripple
Hubert Staley
John Weston
Monon
Roosevelt Seeks to Help Farmers and Rural Life
President Theodore Roosevelt urges better country life and stronger farming communities. He proposes a Country Life Commission with experts to study farm living, rural schools, cooperation, and public policy to raise farm prosperity and living standards nationwide.
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United States
Lfe
L. H. Bailey
New York State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
N. Y
Henry ‘Wallace
Wallace's
Des Moines
Kenyon L. Butterfield
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst
Mass
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forest Service
Walter H. Page
the World's Work
New York
Congress
Ife
Theodore Roosevelt
Missouri Then and Now A Chronicle of Progress and Resources
Frederic J. Haskin surveys Missouri's growth from prairie farms to vast ranches, detailing Rankin and Renaud operations, livestock dominance, mining wealth, and early St. Louis development. He notes mules, corn output, apple orchards, coal and lead, river trade, immigration, education, and future gains from river improvements.
Collections Fall in Kentucky Sixth District Tax Take
Local option elections in Kentucky's Sixth District cut spirits tax receipts as Maurice Galvin, Covington, reports July collections down about 20 percent from last year. July totals show spirits $161,865.61 with other revenues including lists $37.11, tobacco $18,118.32, stamps $7,592, and cases $90.
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Kentucky
Maurice Galvin
Covington
Catholics Open National Convention in Boston
The seventh National convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies began in Boston with a solemn high mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. About 3,000 attendees filled the cathedral as Archbishop William H. O Connell delivered the sermon. Delegates were welcomed by Lieutenant Governor Draper at Symphony Hall.
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Boston
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
American Federation of Catholic Societies
William H. O'Connell
Draper
Symphony Hall
Lockout Declared in Copenhagen Printing Offices
Copenhagen reporters strike prompts employers to order a general lockout in all departments, excluding a few on socialistic papers. If no reconciliation is reached, newspapers may suspend publication for at least two weeks.
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Copenhagen
Nighttime burglaries target Esplanade and parks in city crackdown
Police rounded up fourteen loiterers from the Esplanade and Garfield Park after a spate of robberies on Fourth street and nearby blocks. A lookout for a bold “jimmy artist” centers on several stores including Hamilton & Clark and Ackerman Adams. John Monahan, a 28 year old telegraph lineman, was arrested near the Rescue Mission with a lock pick and faces linked charges. Twenty-five to thirty dollars in jewelry and clothing were taken from multiple homes. Authorities vow ongoing arrests until sleep-—ers are dispersed and shop thefts stop.
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First District
Esplanade
Garfield Park
Park
Lieutenant Hill
Second Relief
Fourth Street
John Monahan
Clark Street
George Street
Wilson
Monahan
Jimmy
Hamilton & Clark Company
West Fourth Street
M. A. Taylor
Ackerman & Adams
Marqua Baby Carriage Company
West Seventh Street
H. J. Auer
Auer’s
Jimmy Artist
Uinail
Illinois primary returns delayed from Chicago to the state
In Illinois the primary returns are slow with Foss leading Hopkins in statewide Republican senator races while Deneen and Yates contest the governor's nomination in Chicago and Cook County. Adlai Stevenson leads the Democratic ticket with James Hamilton Lewis strong in Cook County.
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Chicago
Charles S. Deneen
Albert J. Hopkins
United States
Yates
Foss
George E. Foss
J. C. Oglesby
F. L. Smith
James A. Rose
Andrew Russell
William H. Stead
Supreme Court
Christopher D. Hamer
Illinois
Lawrence B. Stringer
Adlai E. Stevenson
E. A. Perry
X. F. Beidler
Ralph Jeffries
J. B. Mount
R. C. Hall
Cook County
Hopkins
Mason
Stringer
Deneen
James Hamilton Lewis
Men Still Can Parade at G A R Encampment in Toledo
Aug 9 Toledo reports the Grand Army of the Republic prepares for its forty second annual encampment from August 31 to September 5. About 30 000 veterans, averaging 67 years old, will participate in the parade across the city.
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Toledo
Department of Oregon
Grand Army of the Republic
Few Candidates for Ministry Foreseen in Closures
The United Presbyterian Church faces smaller entering classes at Allegheny and Xenia Theological Seminaries this year, predicting fewer ministers to replace those lost by death over the year. Rev. Jesse Johnston of the Xenia Seminary notes the trend in a Steubenville pulpit address.
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Jesse Johnston
Xenia Seminary
United Presbyterian Church
Still Alarms Report Across City Fires Keep Fire Department Busy
A string of small fires taxed the department all day as a pedestrian’s discarded cigar stump started a blaze at Sullivan Shoe Co on Third Street between Broadway and Sycamore. Firefighter Ed Bachman’s home on Draper Street needed saving. Losses around $100 plus other minor blazes at Avondale Lyon Lehman C H D rails. A dump fire at Elsinore Gilbert and a prairie fire at Hewitt Wold followed by a lumber yard fire at Floral Langdon Evanston.
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Sullivan Shoe Company
Third Street
Broadway
Sycamore
Draper Street
Ed Bachman
Bachman
Avondale Avenue
Lyon Street
Lehman
Elsinore
Gilbert Avenue
Hewitt and Wold Avenues
Luhn
Floral and
Langdon Avenues
Evanston
Nobleman leaves for home in Huff
Chevalier Joseph Von Korwin arrives to test the Ricochet XVI on the Hudson but plans to return to Europe. He will send the hydroplane home and finish trials at Cowes next month. He cites a hostile reception at the Columbia Yacht Club as a reason for leaving.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Joseph von Korwin
Hudson
Europe
Cowes
Chevallier Korwin
Columbia Yacht Club
Bullish cow drinks red paint in barn scare
A Pennsylvania cow named Bessie licked a red barn childed paint and drank a bucketful. James Hetrick of Mt. Pleasant says the animal was attracted to red as other bulls are to color. Veterinarians used a stomach pump to save Bessie's life after the paint ingestion.
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York
James Hetrick
Mt. Pleasant
Bossie
Fire Devastates Tenement. Eight Die in New York Blaze
A New York tenement fire at 332 East One Hundred Twelfth Street killed eight occupants including four children aged 8 to 12 and an infant, with an aged man also among the dead. Several others were injured, some seriously, after jumping from windows as flames swept the building tonight.
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New York
Aus
Twelfth Street
Tenem
Wright brothers hailed as aviation pioneers in Paris flight
Paris critics call Wilbur Wright's Lemans demonstration a triumph not a failure. The press applauds his control and speed, with figures praising 50 horsepower motors and a folding-wheel design to launch without rails.
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Paris
Wilbur Wright
Lemans
Wright Brothers
Bost
Figaro
Wright
M. Bleriett
Blekiett
Mr. Wright
L ¥ Farman
LeLagrande
France
LaPresse
House to revolve on view of bay in New York suburb
A New York jeweler plans a rotating house in Bayside L I to face summer breezes and winter sun. The structure will rest on a turntable, powered by an electric engine, with doors that stop over lawns when the house halts, an idea discussed with architect Clarence True.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Bayside
L. L
William Reimann
Reimann
Clarence True
Mr. Reimann
Belt Buckle Stops Bullet in Arlington South Dakota
A belt buckle saved a prominent Elkton woman from a gunshot on a public street in Arlington. A small boy with a 22 rifle is a fugitive as authorities crack down after repeated city shooting complaints. A general order now bans firearms within the town limits.
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Arlington
S. D
Elkton
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