Brothers Die in Nightlong Battle With Posse
Benton Harbor Michigan July 14 two Groas brothers Albert and Fred engaged in a farmhouse standoff with Sheriff Tennant and seven men to arrest August Gross. August was wounded then died by suicide Fred shot himself after being wounded leading to a fatal end for all three men and a terrified mother inside the house. The incident followed a yield over a military rifle sight invention and rumors of inherited insanity.
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Benton Harbor
Mirs
Albert Groas
James Tirk
Fred Gross
Tennant
Gross Home
August Gross
Gross
Kirk Yesterde
Pipestone
Gross Farm
Gross Brothers
August
Fred
Fatal stabbing at Silver Moon dancing hall
Thomas Tate 22, a laborer, died after a heart stabbing during a fight at the Silver Moon looping house 324 East Front Street. Patrolmen Ehlenreiter and Henneckes arrested Edward Walter 4 and George Johnson 21 at 316 East Front Street on suspicion. victim died on arrival at City Hospital. The altercation followed an argument over taunting Tate about his girl.
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Silver Moon
East Front Street
Thomas Tate
Ehlenreiter
Henneckes
Edward Walter
George Johnson
Prisoner Hill Held for Murder in Ohio Manhunt Ends in Cincinnati
From Batavia Ohio special dispatch: Sheriff Rapp and Walter Kain head to Grady County Oklahoma to fetch John Hill a 22 year old suspect in the murder and robbery of George W Good near Monterey Ohio on June 17. Hill fled after the killing and was spotted leaving for Cincinnati with cobweb stained clothing. Local arrests followed as officials close in on the killer.
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Commercial Tribune
Batavia
Harris
Paul Rapp
Walter Kain
Grady County
Oklahoma
John Hill
Hill
Sheriff Rapp
Grady
Okla
Ohio
George W. Good
Monterey
Wash” Good
Joseph Christy
Good
Cincinnati
John Gill
Henry Hadley
Stanley Hulick
Wilson
Seymour
Ind
Ben
Charles Douchman
Loveland
Douchman
John
Rapp
Charles Co. Kearns
H. F. Teal
Perry
H. M. Dersham
Darke
R. J. Lachton
Union
Frank Mccartney
Franklin
John B. Martin
Hamilton
United States
H. Jay Pinney
Cuyahoga County
Peake
Mr. McLain
Mr. Martin
Mccartney
Platform Committee
Persian princes seek asylum in Turkey flee to Constantinople
Frankforter Zeitung report from Constantinople says Shah of Persia’s brother Shua El Saltaneh and his son Fath Ali Mirza begged the Sultan for asylum. The Sultan granted the request and Fath Ali Mirza arrived in Constantinople today with a large retinue.
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Frankfort
Frankforter Zeitung
Constantinople
Pers Shua el Saltaneh
Fath Ali Mirza
Turkey
Oil Plant Fire Threatens National Refining Plant
A lightning strike ignited an 18 000 barrel oil tank at the National Refining Company plant in Mariette Ohio. The blaze spread to benzine tanks with losses over 350 000 and the entire plant at risk. Nearby residents fled to safety.
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Marietta
National Refining Company
Lynching Reported in Middleton Tennessee
A mob of about 100 men hanged Hugh Jones a Black man near Middleton Tennessee early today. Jones who had allegedly attempted to assault 17 year old Miss Yopps was seized at Lagrange and was being transported by special deputies when the mob struck.
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Middleton
Tenn
Hugh Jones
Jones
Miss Yopps
Lagrange
John B. Martin
Cincinnnati
Aaron S. Watkins
Ada
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
Mr. Martin
Cincinnati
H. L. Peeke
Sandusky
Carrie Nation
T. A. Redefer
Bellaire
Fire on West Fourth Street Causes $200 Loss
A blaze started in a frame house at 829 West Fourth Street early today, likely from a passing engine spark. Mary Kennang and occupants woke to smoke and found the roof on fire. Firemen extinguished the fire with about $200 in damage.
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Mary Kennang
West Fourth Street
Negro Slayer Browder Returned Under Guard In Kentucky
Fus Browder the accused slayer of James Cunningham was brought back to Russellville with militia protection after a mob threat. Sheriff Rhea kept Browder hidden in the woods overnight and he is jailed awaiting a special circuit court term set for August 3 to try him.
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Russellville
Rufus Browder
James Cunningham
Rhea
Browder
Sandige
Circuit Court
Joker Lands in Jail
An unknown man hiding in a corner of Hamilton Police Court interrupted Mayor Straub during a court session. When asked his name a voice replied Rip Van Winkle. The man refused to name himself and was taken to jail by a policeman.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Straub
Rip van Winkle
Zeppelin passes Constance amid large crowds and salute
The Zeppelin airship crossed Constance at 2 28 p m heading toward Schaafhausen. About forty thousand spectators cheered as a battery fired a salute.
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Constance
Schaafhausen
Balloon accident during landing harms nobleman near Lubreck
The balloon Hamburg of the Hamburg Aeronautical Society crashed while attempting a landing at Lubreck. Its car struck a cable and a house, injuring Baron Pohl and one passenger who were hospitalized. the other two occupants escaped injury.
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Hamburg
Hamburg Aeronautical Society
Lubreck
Baron Pohl
Watchman Dies in Fire at Atlanta Box Factory
William M. Morris the night watchman at the Atlanta Box Factory was burned to death when a blaze destroyed the factory and several smaller buildings early today. Police found his charred body under the post supporting the factory fire alarm and concluded he perished while attempting to ring the alarm. The fire caused about $50 000 in property damage.
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Atlanta
William M. Morris
Morris
A Modish Jumper Gown Fashion Pattern
The jumper dress returns with an overblouse in Bretelle style attached to a thirteen gore plaited skirt for long slender lines. The set offers a jumper option, or wear the skirt as a separate piece with a matching guimpe pattern No 6087. Materials include pongee and bias plaid silk with two pattern numbers and sizes. price listed as twenty.
William F Medringhaus Founder of Granite City Dies
William F Medringhaus 73 founder of Granite City and director of the National Enameling Company and Stamping Company died yesterday in St Louis Missouri from pernicious anemia The end was not unexpected as he had been kept alive for several days only by powerful stimulants
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William F. Medringhaus
Granite City
National Enameling Company and Stamping Company
St. Louis
Prohibition Convention Debates Platform and Nominations
The Prohibition party gathering faces key decisions on platform wording and candidates. Delegates discuss enforcement of temperance, equality for women, and alliances with other reform groups while nominating Watkins for governor and Martin for lieutenant governor amid a lively floor debate.
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Peeke
Roosevelt
H. F. McLain
Committee On
Antisaloon League
McLain
Watkins
Martin
National Committee
H. I. Peeke
Sandusky
John B. Martin
Cincinnati
Frank Mccartney
Columbus
Ravenna
James Benjamin
Muskingum
Joseph R. Stratton
Columbiana
George H. Young
Clark
Franklin
L. E. Fox
Fostoria
James J. Dalzall
L. E. Hawk
E. B. Frazer
J. C. Reed
Summit
C. M. Shawell
Ottawa
A Price
Morgan
J. Blackburn
Aware
W. A. Christy
Trumbull
Sleepy Landing on Fifth Avenue Hypnotic Clinic
New York reporters describe a quiet eleventh floor office on Fifth Avenue where a young woman administers hypnosis to mainly children. The Sleepy Landing room uses soft words and lounges to induce sleep lasting an hour or more, with muffled sounds and a calm green decor as the bustle of Manhattan remains below.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Hushaby Room
Fifth Avenue
Hushaby
Bach
Heat Prostrates Ohioan Painter in Hamilton
Francis M. Sayres of 327 Ludlow Street, Hamilton, Ohio, was overcome by the heat while working and became unconscious after reaching a doctor's office. He was restored after some time but remains in grave condition today.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Francis M. Sayres
Ludlow Street
Stabbing Fights Erupt After Card Game Dispute
In a Thornton Hamlet dispute over a card game near Sergent Kentucky, Willie Bates age 25 fatally stabbed his cousin Hark Lucad age 23, stabbing him twenty times. Bates fled as further violence was feared with families angered by the event.
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Sergent, Ky
Thornton Hamlet
Willie Bates
Hark Lucad
Bates
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