Balloon Parseval Succeeds in Test and Riots In Springfield
Report details a riot as Fifth Infantry units clash with mobs wrecking a New Springfield restaurant and looting pawn shops. A 14 year old, Louis Johnson, is found dead. Sheriff Werner orders multiple companies to Springfield. Separate item notes Baldwins airship tests and North Adams balloon race results with several balloonists and paths.
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Bers
Fifth Infantry
Ching
Loper
Louis Johnson
Deneen
Werner
Peoria
Bloomington
Pekin
Decatur
Pontiac
Springfield
Fourth Infantry
Champaign
Arcola
Taylorville
Danville
Negro Captured After Night Pursuit Near Pensacola
A black assailant who attacked Mrs. Edward Maclair near Pensacola Thursday afternoon was chased all night by a Sheriff’s posse and bloodhounds and captured in a neighboring county. He is jailed in Milton, Florida, as crowds gather around the Pensacola Jail awaiting the Sheriff’s return.
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Earl Hallam
Springfield Consolidated Railway Company
North Fifth Street
Hallam
Pensacola
Fla
Edward Maclair
Milton
Balloon house at Fort Omaha to be completed soon
The first steel balloon house in the United States at Fort Omaha will be finished by late September. A large hydrogen plant is installed nearby to support airships and aircraft. The 200 by 90 foot structure will house several balloons and planes, with tests planned at Aerostatic Park in early October.
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Baldwin
Signal Corps
Aeronautical Division
Ft. Omaha
Wright Brothers
A. M. Herring
Army Board
Omaha
Neb
Hepburn
Fort
Aerostatic Park
Wright Aeroplane Shipped to Washington for Ft Meyer Flights
Orrville Wright shipped the aeroplane to Washington for tests at Ft Meyer and plans to join the trip to the capital soon. He cites confidence in the test outcome and explains a French crash as a lever mishap on the lever that governs the aeroplane’s equilibrium. The machine can be repaired in a few days.
Wright Repairs Wright Flyer After Crash
LEMANS August 14 Wilbur Wright the American aeroplanist works on the damaged neoplane. He believes the broken part can be repaired without a full replacement and predicts flights may resume early next week.
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Wright
Lemans
Wilbur Wright
Aeroplanist
Encaped Prisoner and Wife Caught After Cave Sighting
Charlie Moore alias Willie Jones Willie Carrel and Mary Moore allegedly escaped from jail by prying with an iron bar and were found in a Cumberland Mountains cave near the Kentucky Virginia line by Arch Sergent and John Polly. Moore faces charges in five states for bigamy and murder in Mingo County West Virginia.
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Commercial Tribune
Sergent
Charlie Moore
Willie Jones
Willie Cantrel
Mary Moore
Cumberland Mountains
Kentucky-Virginia
Arch Sergent
John Polly
Petia
Moore
Mingo County
West Virginia
Jackson County
Kentucky
Typo Berates Bryan Policies At Typographical Union Meet
Boston August 14 A resolution by the International Typographical Union endorsing the National Democratic platform and candidates sparked a keen debate at the fifty fourth annual convention The resolution was withdrawn at the President's request to avoid defeat.
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Boston
Mass
International Typographical Union
National Democratic
Turks May Send Ambassador Here
Constantinople Aug. 14 It is declared that the Turkish government proposes raising the Turkish Legation in Washington to an embassy and that Hussein Kiazim Bey will be the first Ambassador.
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Constantinople
Washington
Hussein Kiazim Bey
Somerset prisoners moved to Danville amid jail delivery fears
Danville reports that fourteen prisoners from the Somerset Jail were transported there by Sheriff Jasper for safekeeping as authorities feared a jail delivery.
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Somerset
Danville
Jasper
Reform and Cost of Convict Labor Across States
The article surveys six systems for using convict labor, detailing lease, contract, price piece, public accounts, state use, and public works. It notes state profits, moral costs, and example figures from Georgia, New York, Illinois, and others, plus prison populations and youth mixing in camps. It advocates reform schools and crime prevention measures as responses.
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Washington
Alabama
Georgia
Virginia
Florida
Wyoming
Public
United States
Public Works
Indiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
New York
Kansas
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Texas
Missouri
Kentucky
Illinois
Minnesota
Louisiana
Frederic J. Haskin
Accien
Big Double Bill at Chester Vaudeville Pace
Chester presents a dual bill with Mascagni and Gilbert and Sullivan. The Metroplitan Company performs The Mikado and Trial by Jury with a strong cast led by Hemmi, Sheehan, Richards, Metcalfe, and Crawford. Also featured are Arnaldo the wild beast act, Dilger in a lake stunt, and future vaudeville with Clayton Jenkins and mule Jasper, Nelli Martini, Stanford and Stone.
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Mascagni
Gilbert and Sullivan
Metropolitan Company
Chester
Miss Hemmi
Sheehan
Richards
Metcalfe
Miss Crawford
Leoncavallo
Conservatory
Arnaldo
Chester Park
Dilger
Colonel Martin's Park
Clayton, Jenkins
Jasper
Darktown
Nelli Martini
Stafford and
Stone
Big crowds forecast for Avoca country outing Sunday
A large crowd is expected at Avoca on the Little Miami as the resort gains popularity. Tomorrow’s event will feature extra attractions and is likely to attract more attendees than any other Sunday this season.
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Avoca
Little Miami
Chester
Standard
Froehlich's Last Night at the Zoo Band
Froehlich's Band closes its engagement at the Zoo tonight with a varied programme. A cornet solo by Ford Weiss of Cincinnati and a contralto waltz song Carmena by Eleanor A. Bain highlight the performance. The Cincinnati ensemble is praised as unmatched in musicianship with a locally trained roster. Directors Froehlich and the band receive compliments for their work, and fans will miss the departure.
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Froehlich
Zoo
Steacy Holmes
Miss Bain
Willis Irwin
Steaey Holmes
Marsh to Hire Bucks Ben Band for Coney Harvest Days
Albert F. Marsh plans to bring Buckskin Ben and his Western States youth band to Coney for harvest home celebrations. The group, dressed in plains period costumes, won last year’s amateur band contest at Coney and features several solo horn girls. The Coney Company will add novelties with farm exhibits and entertainment, with a contract reportedly nearly closed.
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Albert F. Marsh
Bucks Ben
Harvest
Coney
Plains
Coney Company
Marsh
Buckskin Ben
Infant critic disrupts Dutch comedian at Lagoon theater
In an afternoon Lagoon performance Mrs. Frederick Hoffman from Cincinnati sat with her fourteen month old Grace. The infant loudly cried hush and the audience roared with laughter as Ed Sanford the German comedian performed in antique Dutch dress. Grace clapped and the crowd cheered the baby’s playful heckling.
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Lagoon
Frederick Hoffman
Cincinnati
Grace
Ed. Sanford
Norrises
Boat Race Rescue at Lagoons End in Wagers
During yesterdays boat race at Lagoon John Sloane and Elias Weber capsized their boat and were sent into the lake but rescued unharmed. Will Hertz won first prize and Carl Klein finished second.
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Lagoon
John Sloane
Elias Weber
Will Hertz
Carl Klein
Grant Wins Control of Odd Fellows Temple Auditorium
Consent of court obtained for Clifford W. Grant to control the Odd Fellows Temple Auditorium for forty Sundays starting in September plus holidays at seventy dollars per Sunday. Renewal option set at ten dollars per Sunday. Walter W. Schoenle, trustee, authorized to finalize the contract. Grant represents an Eastern theatrical syndicate to bring productions to the city with first bookings of melodramas and musical shows from nearby towns lacking regular bookings.
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Clifford W. Grant
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Walter W. Schoenle
Temple
Grant
Tony Pastor Improves Twelve Hours After Near Death Report
New York August 14 Tony Pastor the famed theatrical manager lay at Elmhurst Long Island today resting easier and out of immediate danger after being reported near death yesterday.
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Tony Pastor
New York
Elmhurst
L. L
Man of Mystery to be dumped into Chestnut Lake Sunday
A planned vaudeville spectacle at Chester Park features the escape artist Dilger who will be handcuffed and dumped into Chestnut Lake if a parrel fails to open. Colonel Martin promises rescue if Dilger cannot escape.
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Dilger
Colonel Martin
Chestnut Lake
Chester Park
Imperial Hungarian Band at Reichrath's Park This Week
The Imperial Hungarian Military Band conducted by John Ugronyi headlines Reichrath's Park with classic and popular programs drawing large approving crowds. Sonnenleitner's Tyrolean warblers provide a free feature with Alpine dances and folk songs that charm both locals and visitors.
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Imperial Band
Reichrath’s
Imperial Hungarian Military Band
John Ugronyi
Reichrath’s Park
Public dispute over Elsie Janis balloon contest entry
Charles P Salisbury, publicity agent for the Federation of American Aero Clubs, left Columbus for New York to persuade Charles Dillingham to let Elsie Janis enter the international balloon contest in Columbus on August 29. Dillingham refused despite Janis’s eagerness, with her mother Mrs Bierkower backing the trip and Janis already leasing a monster balloon, threatening to break her three year contract.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Charles P
Salisbury
Federation of American Aero Clubs
New York
Charles Dillingham
Elsie Janis
Dillingham
Miss Janis
Minstrel Man Al Field Buys 173 Acre Farm near Delaware County
Al G Field, the minstrel man, purchases a 173 acre Delaware County farm. The property will host a large outdoor stage for his minstrel companies during summer rehearsals and a contract will be let soon for a large summer cottage.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
G. Field
Delaware County
Island Queen trip for Procter & Gamble workers and seaside events
The Island Queen will clear from Broadway at 8 this morning for an extra trip carrying Procter & Gamble employees to the river grove. Later steamers expect large crowds for a picnic day as another busy weekend unfolds with amateur band concerts and popular local attractions at Chester and the Zoo.
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Broadway
Procter & Gamble Company
River Grove
Break With Union Miners Shocks Indiana Coal Region
Indiana Coal Operators announce they will end official relations with the United Mineworkers in Indiana after today until a settlement is reached at the Hudson mines in Sullivan County. The operators also suspend the check off. National UMWA officers have been summoned from Indianapolis and are due to arrive tomorrow. The cause of the trouble at Hudson remains unclear.
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Terre Hauth
Ind
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
Phil Penna
United Mineworkers of America
Indiana
Hudson Mines
Sullivan County
Apolis
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