Persian Troops Overcome Rebels in Tabriz
A dispatch from Teheran reports that Persian government forces have defeated revolutionists in Tabriz while Rabin Khan horsemen plunder the town. Arrests linked to a plot to kill the Shah were made at Liakhoff. The State Department says Persia will protect the Consulate and American missionary property and that foreigners in Tabriz are safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Tabriz
Persia
Rabin Kahn
Teheran
Liakhoff
Washington
State Department
John Tyler
Hawaiian Girls Fete Aboard Norfolk Ships In Honolulu
Visitors from Honolulu and the islands toured the Atlantic fleet ships in July, with Americans Spaniards Porto Ricans Hawaiians Filipinos Portuguese Japanese and Chinese among the crowds. Sailors enjoyed shore games and athletic events while officers held a lua a native feast and dances by garlanded Hawaiian girls under trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Islands
Dropped Coffee Restores Health, Man Claims
A Washington physician describes years of periodical headaches and illness linked to coffee. After switching to Postum made properly, he reports no headaches, improved mood, weight gain, and renewed vigor, crediting Postum as nourishing and restorative.
Turkon General D Assassinated in Saloniki Barracks
General Osman Pasha, commander of Turkish forces at Monastir, was assassinated in the barracks at Monastir by an officer linked to the Young Turkish movement. The murder comes a day after his amnesty offer to compromised Turkish officers amid recent mutinous disorders in Macedonia and follows the similar killing of General Shemsi Pasha in the same city.
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Saloniki
Turkey
Osman Pasha
Monastir
Mona
Young
Macedonia
Shemsi Pasha
Hill
Wilson
Good’s
Old Man Good
Wash
Constitutional referendum law upheld by Ohio judge
Judge Chapman of Common Pleas Court ruled the State initiative and referendum law constitutional. The test case moves to the State Supreme Court for final decision. The suit arose from an attempt to vote on a franchise granted to the Municipal Traction Company by the City Council. An election has been ordered. The law was enacted by the State Legislature last winter.
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Cleveland, C
Chapman
Common Pleas Court
State Supreme Court
Municipal Traction Company
One Negro Convicts Four in Texas Escape
Six black convicts escaped from State Convict Farms in Texas. Robert Ware and Will Howard killed guard Joseph Elliott with a hoe and fled. They shot George Johnson when he feared informing on them and died. Five others escaped from Clements plantation while Ware and Howard fled Dewalt farm. Armed posses with several hundred men search the woods. An unverified rumor mentions six more escapes from Dew plantation near Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Robert Ware
Will Howard
Joseph Elliott
George Johnson
Ware
Howard
Dewalt
Ft. Bend County
Clements
Dew
Richmond
Obituary notices from Burlington and Hamilton deaths
Obituaries report the deaths of Hannah Louisa Whitman Heyde in Burlington Vermont and Manila lawyer Thomas Kinney, with other notices including Dorothy Rentz aged 90 plus, Clara Burkhardt, Hannah Barret Egbert and details of funeral arrangements. Also notes a Cincinnati football manager Clinton Egbert and a Children Home trustee.
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Hannah Louisa Whitman Heyde
Walt Whitman
Burlington
Thomas Kinney
Manila
P. I
Kinney
Virginia
New York
Philippines
Dorothy Rentz
East End
Eastern Avenue
St. Rose Church
Clara Burkhardt
Gaub
Henry Burkhardt
Clark Street
Walnut Cemetery
Hannah Barrelt
United States Railway Mail Service
Hamilton
Higs
Howard Egbert
Clinton Egbert
Cincinnati Law
University of
Einnati
Local Train Incident Sparks Passenger Identification Claim
A traveler aboard a local train reports spotting a passenger who resembled a murder victim, prompting police to review surveillance and interview all riders. No arrests made as investigators verify the sighting and check leads.
Teal pond murder mystery yields clues on Hazel Drew
Investigators in Troy New York report partial progress in the Hazel Drew case. Witness accounts corroborate sightings on July 7 near Taberton road and Béar's Head while gaps remain about her whereabouts after July 6 before the suitcase check at Troy Station.
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Troy
N. Y
Hazel Drew
Frank Smith
Rudolph Gunderman
Miss Drew
Taberton Road
Henry Bollman
Béar’s Head
Glass Lake
Mary Robinson
Lves
Drew
Hazel
Union Station
New York
Albany
Honduras Revolution Ended After Decisive Battle at Nacaome
Dispatch from Tegucigalpa reports General Davila says the Honduran government crushed the uprising in ten days. The decisive clash occurred at Nacaome, with the rebels defeated and fleeing to El Salvador. The note confirms the end of the revolutionary movement.
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Davila
Nacaome
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Salvador
Americans Push Trench 15 Digging Deep to Quicken Canal Build
The article reports on the massive excavation in Culebra Cut as U S effort advances the Isthmian Canal. It notes blast sizes, earth moved, and cost per cubic yard, with dredges Ancon and Culebra operating at both Atlantic and Pacific ends. It compares output to pyramids and Suez and projects completing the dredging in about four years if current rates hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culebra
Ancon
Atlantic
Pacific
Entrance Channel
Cheops
Suez Canal
Manchester Ship Canal
Liverpool
Manchester
Manchester Canal
Hazel Drew Attacked Twice In Troy, Friend Recalls
Mrs. Mina Jones, a Troy acquaintance, says Hazel Drew was assaulted twice by a man described as Armenian or Italian. Drew defended herself both times and later detailed ongoing trouble from the same individual who worked in a dentist’s office. Both Drew and Jones praise the girl’s character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Hazel Drew
Troy
Mina Jones
Drew
Miss Drew
Balloons Land Safely in Minnesota Contest
Three of five balloons from St. Paul landed by 11 pm. The King Edward stopped at Hampton, 30 miles from St. Paul, at 7:45 pm. The America touched down near Owatonna and the United States near West Concord. Pommern and Chicago missing with no word received.
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ST. Paul, Minn
King Edward
America
United States
Edward
Hampton
Minn
St. Paul
Owatonna
West Concord
Chicago
Ohioan Breaks Neck In Street Fall
Frank Illing aged 55 of 29 West Fulton street died instantly in a Fulton and High streets fall. He had undergone throat cancer surgery a week earlier and was discharged four days ago from Grant Hospital. While out for treatment he overestimated his strength, lifted his foot on a curb eight inches high, and struck the curb with the back of his head, dislocating his neck.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Frank Illing
West
Fulton Street
Fulton and
High Streets
Iliff
Grant Hospital
Brothers Find Brother Fatally Wounded Then Suicide
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune Bellefontaine Ohio July 18 Two brothers of John Smith Pellefontaine were summoned to Almont North Dakota by telegram reporting he was fatally hurt They met him at the station and before speaking to them he shot himself no cause is known
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Commercial Tribune
Batavia
Paul Rapp
Walter BE. Kain
Harris
Grady County
Oklahoma
John Hinl
George W. Good
Rapp
Kain
John Hill
Clermont
Ed Wilson
Wash” Good
Hill
Horace Rice
St. Louis
Cincinnati
North Dakota
Seymour
Ind
Hd Wilson
Wilson
Clermont County
Kroger
Green Seely
Seely
Bellefontaine, CO
John Smith
Pellefontaine
Almont
Teagle Wife of Standard Oil Official Dies After Suicide
Pasadena report states Mrs. Walter C. Teagle of Cleveland the wife of W. C. Teagle Standard Oil official died today from a bullet wound suffered last Wednesday at their Pasadena home. She had not regained consciousness since the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cal
Walter C. Teagle
W. C. Teagle
Cleveland
Standard Oil
Acid Attack on Woman in Minneapolis Leaves Injuries
In Minneapolis on July 18 an unknown assailant beat 19 year old widow Mrs Florence Hutchins and threw carbolic acid into her eyes and face. She remains seriously injured though her sight may be saved. The motive and attacker identity remain undisclosed and no suspects have been found.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Florence Hutchins
Panama Canal Progress Series Planned by The Commercial Tribune
Editor Frederic J. Haskin previews a daily multi part series on the Panama Canal project. The initial installment will cover Paying Off with future topics including Transportation Government The Builders The Completion French Days and The Panama Lottery.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Double Cremation Fails in Michigan Home
MT CLEMENS Mich July 18 Mrs Philip Mitchell a middle aged woman believed insane for some time made a horrible attempt to cremate her husband and herself in their home She poured oil from a lamp over her sleeping husband and then saturated her nightdress She then set her dress afire and ran to bed beside him Mitchell woke and smothered the flames with a rug Mrs Mitchell was horribly burned about the body while Mitchell sustained painful but not serious burns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Clemens
Mich
Philip Mitchell
Mitchell
Mrs. Mitchell
Servian Leaders at Odds in Formation Crisis
Belgrade July 18 The king entrusted Milovanovic with forming a new ministry but he cannot secure a programme or obtain his party’s cooperation. King Peter expresses great disappointment over the breakdown of the cabinet plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Servia
M. Milovanovich
Peter
Unknown Man Crushed by Street Car on West Twelfth
An unidentified man was struck by a westbound street car around 12 30 this morning on West Twelfth Street between Race and Elm. He died at City Hospital at 2 o'clock. He had no identification. only a dollar bill and a scarf pin were found.
Hawk steam pipe blast injures crew at Cleveland
Several crewmen on the naval training steamer Hawk were badly scalded when a steam pipe burst while anchored at the Cleveland breakwater. Assistant engineer Charles Taylor is in critical condition and likely to die from his injuries.
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Hawk
Cleveland
Charles Taylor
Two Men Buried by Furnace Collapse at Ohio Plant
In Hamilton Ohio two workers Jacob Gallagher a molder and Samuel Knecht a caremaker were buried under hot brick when a core furnace at Hoeven Owens Rentschler Co collapsed. They were rescued by fellow workers and taken to Mercy Hospital with severe burns and injuries.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Hoeven-Owens-Rentschler Co
Jacob Gallagher
Samuel Knecht
Mercy Hospital
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Ebersole
Adelaide Norwood
Castle Square Opera Co
Smith & Nixon Piano Co
East Fourth Street
Amer
Icans
D. C
Postum
Aed
Chang
Postum Co
Turkion
Lowing
Cleveland Council
Fourpe
Texas
Traveler
Slayer
Peter Cipherly
Snyder's Lake
Averill Park
Cipherly
Associated’Press
Chioan
Green Seely’s
Indiana
Good
Sheriff Rapp
Atorney Kearns
Kearns
Panama Canal
Diggers
Suez
Dakotan
Ohio Brothers
East Fourth St
Burkhardt Bros Co
Vine Street
The
Sam
Panama
Twelfth Street
West Twelfth
Race
Ohio
Brunhilda
Orr’s Island
William Jasper Nicolls
Casco Bay
Orr's Island
Phyllis Ces
Tadeon
George W. Jacobs & Co
Philadelphia
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