Two Die in New Jersey Auto Crash Near New Brunswick
A Chicago family suffers multiple deaths and injuries after an auto crash near New Brunswick New Jersey. George A. MacLean Jr. died at the scene and his father died later at the hospital. The seven occupants included a Black chauffeur who was injured.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Chicago
George A. MacLean, Jr
New York
Princeton University
George A. MacLean
Marshall Field & Co
Young Maclean
Jeanette McDonald
Taft Cabinet Discusses Proposed Revisions to Interstate Laws
President Taft and three cabinet members spent four and a half hours reviewing proposed changes to the interstate commerce and antitrust laws. Wickersham presented a draft while Taft approved parts and left final framing to the appointed commission.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Wickersham
Treasury
MacVeagh
Navy
Meyer
Gener
New York
Congress
Milk Famine Ends When City Officials Quarrel
In Lorain Ohio milk supply resumed after two days as milkmen lifted a boycott. The dispute shifted from dealers to city officials over milk purity and then to a quarrel between two city departments.
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Lorain
Pullman Car Wreck Injures Eleven on Iron Mountain Train
Eleven people in a Pullman car attached to Iron Mountain train No 8 were injured when a wreck near Clearwater toppled the car down a 30 foot embankment. The tender left the track while baggage mail express and other cars stayed on the rails. The Pullman separated from the diner and overturned after being dragged several hundred feet.
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Poplar Bluff
Clearwater
Not lynched Negro Henry Taylor Held for Murder at Lumpkin's Ferry
Henry Taylor, charged with murdering Mrs. Josh Vickery and her infant at Lumpkin's Ferry in Telfair county, is in jail in M'Rae after sheriff officials crossed the river. Josh Vickery and Sambo Robinson are also held due to conflicting statements. crowd suspicions subsided after investigation.
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M’rae
Henry Taylor
Josh Vickery
Lumpkin’s Ferry
Telfair County
Sambo Robinson
Evergreen
Vickery
Robinson
Feud Fight Near Charlotte Ends With Fatal Shooting
Reese Huck a farmer was shot to death and four others were probably fatally wounded in a feud at Huntersville twelve miles from Charlotte arising from a dog dispute authorities reported tonight
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Charlotte
N. C
Reese Huck
Huntersville
Physician Shot Dead in Wyoming County Ambush
Huntington West Virginia news reports doctor Joshua Chaffin of Baileyville Wyoming county was ambushed and killed today while returning home after visiting a patient in rugged county terrain. Authorities have not yet located the murderer.
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Huntington
W. Va
Joshua Chaffin
Baileyville
Wyoming County
Chicago Car Men Reject New Wage Scale
On August 21 the South Side street car men union voted 5 to 1 against the wage scale agreed by officers and railway officials. International president William D. Mahon supported the rejection, claiming terms were not favorable and pledging to lead the fight for better terms.
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Chicago
South Side
William D. Mahon
Wireless Station Burns At Glace Bay, N S
The Marconi wireless station at Glace Bay Nova Scotia was destroyed by fire today causing several thousand dollars in damage. The power house survived and no injuries were reported while the main building including the operating room condenser room and valuable wireless apparatus were consumed by flames.
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Marconi
Glace Bay
Nova Scotia
Explosion Delays Wellman's Pole Balloon Flight
HAMMERFEST Norway August 21 Walter Wellmans balloon America exploded August 15 near Spitzbergen after an early departure. The crew landed safely and restarted but a gust tore the airship from tow lines and it exploded. The failure ends this year's pole attempt with loss of stores and gear.
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Norway
Walter Wellman
America
Spitzbergen
Wellman
Mr. Wellman
North Spitzbergen
Fram
Airship Crashes Into Lake Bracciano
An Italian military air ship with six crew members fell 600 feet today and landed with a heavy splash in Lake Bracciano due to gas escape. The crew was rescued but the airship was badly damaged. had it landed on land there could have been multiple fatalities.
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Lake
Bracciano
Merz
Kellum
Speedway
William A. Bourque
Harry Holcomb
Knox Racing
Cliff Litterall
Clark B
Indianapolis
Jolleffe
Tapking
Fire Hits Monterey Central, Telegraph Cutoff amid Disturbances
Wires report Monterey central burned and the federal telegraph office on fire after midnight. Telegraph links between Monterey and Laredo are cut. The blaze began in a wholesale drug store owned by the son of General Trovino, a rival of General Reyes, a detail deemed significant amid political unrest.
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Reyes
Monterey
Federal Telegraph Office
General Trovino
Night riders burn wheat stacks over pledge refusal
Augusta Ky August 21 night riders burned two large stacks of wheat owned by Mrs John Strube near Mount Olivet in Robertson county The mob of twenty five men accused her of refusing to sign the tobacco pooling pledge The incident highlights tensions over farm industry pledges.
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Augusta
John Strube
Mount Olivet
Robertson County
Strube
Death leads to locating missing son in Ohio and West Virginia
Hamilton Ohio dispatch reports the death of Solomon Hammer reveals the whereabouts of his son William Hammer who had vanished from Hamilton months earlier. The son was in Huntington West Virginia and returned home after seeing his father’s death notice in Cincinnati. He plans to move with his mother to Huntington where he secured work.
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Hamilton, O
Solomon’ Hammer
William Hammer
Huntington
W. Va
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Hammer
Infant Kidnapping Charges Hit Topeka In Widening Case
The five year old Marion Bleakley was kidnapped from her Kansas home and later recovered in Kansas City. Police arrested Mrs Edith Barclay and John Gentry near the Burlington bridge as officers intensified a statewide search.
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Kansas City
Marion Bleakley
Topeka
Edith Barclay
John Gentry
Burlington Railroad
Kan
Lawrence
Kansas ‘Supreme Court
Charlotte Bleakley
Kansas
St. Louis
James G. Barclay
Moline
Ill
Bleakley
Illinois
Montgomery County
Supreme Court
Doctor Iutzi Survives Suicide Attempt In Hamilton
Dr Leon Iutzi once city physician attempted suicide at his home 346 South Third street. He is in a grave condition but may recover at Mercy hospital with family and friends attributing the act to his defeat in the Democratic nomination for coroner last fall.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Leon Iutzi
South Third Street
Mercy Hospital
Iuzzi
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