Posse Kills Tramps After Rail Robbery Attempt
Sheriff Young and Deputy Negent pursued a gang of six tramps from South Haven Minnesota after a warehouse robbery. The group barricaded in a box car and opened fire, mortally wounding one deputy and injuring four others before the posse killed the five remaining suspects. A quantity of dynamite and railroad torpedoes was found in the hiding car.
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Young
Negent
South Maven
Minn
Bix Trampa
Hay
Ruether
Plot to Free 1100 Convicts From Eastern Penitentiary
Pennsylvania authorities uncovered a desperate scheme led by James Gentry to break 1100 inmates from the Eastern Pennsylvania Penitentiary. Investigators found a counterfeit plant, a whisky still, and a cigarette shortage amid broad prison frauds. The plot prompted dismissal of Warden Daniel Bussinger after seven years in office.
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Pannsylvania
Janes Gentry
Madge Yorke
Quar Veluesa
Daniel W. Bussnger
Pennsylvania
ASK BIG FUND FOR NEGROES PROPOSED $200 MILLION DRIVE
A national convention in New York proposed to raise 200 million dollars to aid African Americans. Suggestions include taxing 0.5 cents per month per person for 4 years, yielding 200 million with 4 percent interest to fund factories banks and other enterprises for Black communities.
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Commercial America Negro National Convention
New York
United States
Bnettsa
Rep
Vatican Rome Recall of Philippine Apostolic Delegate
Rome recalled Monsignor Guidi, papal apostolic delegate to Manila, as negotiations with the Philippine government falter. He is expected to arrive in Rome in November, amid Vatican decision to handle Philippine questions directly through the secretariat of state or a Holy See representative in Washington.
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Philippine- Telaids
Vatican
United
Hell
Monles
Feu
Rome
Guldi
Owiny
Pontifical Secretary of State
Washington
United States
Tome
Four Boys Escape Death in Toledo Gale on Drifting Boat
Four youths Stapley Oster Samuel Gerson Sneab August Strub were adrift off Toledo for 24 hours after their boat engine failed in a sixty mile gale. Blinded by rain they reached West Sister Island. Two boys were unconscious and revived after hours. Toledo High School instructor and two others endured a capsized yacht near Walbridge Park with desperate rescues.
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Toledo
Stapley Oster
Samual Gerson
Sneab
August Strub
Monroe
West ‘Sistersland
Great Find of Tin Ore Near Nome Leads to Major Discovery
A hundred-foot ledge of tin ore was found near Lost River in the Cape York district north of Cape Nome. Believed to be the greatest tin ore discovery to date, a large quantity of ore has been brought for shipment to Pittsburg. Joseph Hutchinson, former Idaho lieutenant governor, reports details and lists seventeen claims in the area. Hutchinson represents eastern capitalists tied to the American Vin Plate Company.
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Nome
Lost River
Cape York District
Cape Nome
Pittsburg
Joseph Hutchinson
Idaho
Blutchinson
American Vin Plate Company
Soldiers gag the press and arrest editors in protest
Army authorities arrest George Knyer and four staff of the Victor Record and close the office after criticisms of troops are published. The move targets the union miners' paper amid broader wartime censorship and labor strife in the region.
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George Knyer
Victor (Cole) Record
Bell
State Guards
Deserter Case Sparks Escape Attempt at Hazleton City Hall
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a claimed deserter held at City Hall with ties to the Leagle Island Navy Yard faces escape charges. Police report the prisoner fled via corridor when visitors were allowed, as Misg Treighmann and Ceelschman and their father were detained for aiding an escape.
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Creiachmany
Toneka
Hazleion
Leaglé Island Navy, Yard
Philadelphia
Nis Alster
Mrofychman
Alvter
Mise Treighmann
Cloudburst Hits Pratt Kansas Damages Property
Damaged extensively by a storm in Pratt Kansas with no lives lost. An ordinary stream widened to over a mile as heavy rain fell within an hour soaking lumber piles and plunging city water pumps six feet underwater. An eight week drought ended.
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Pratt
Icut
Teacha
Degleston
Money loaned to Kentucky tobacco grower group in fight against trust
The Security Warehouse Company of New York arranged a 10 million dollar loan to the Kentucky Burley Tobacco Growers Association to finance this season's crop purchases. Funds would be credited to the Growers Association as cropproduction advances are made, supporting their anti trust stance amid a flurry of related headlines.
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Kentucky Tobacco Association
Security Warehouse Company of
New York
Kentucky Burley ‘Tobacco Growers’ Association
Growers’ Association
Tobacco Trust
Cizar
Havana
Attempted kidnapping near Nebraska governor's residence
An unknown man tried to seize Governor Mickee’s daughter as she played outside the Lincoln residence. The child clung to her clothing and screamed, the man fled after witnesses frightened him. Authorities say convicts reported a kidnapping plot as revenge for a past execution.
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Brent Dhaughter
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Mckee
Micksy
Ils Wardan
Buemer
William” Rhea Wis
Lost checks turned up altered in Pennsylvan ia mail holdup
Philadelphia post office authorities seek two forgers who altered hundreds of checks from a mail pouch stolen Sept. 3 on the Pennsylvania Railroad between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The pouch included checks drawn on many banks to western correspondents. About 1200 torn checks were found in a New York lodging house. Police expect arrests will reveal a wide eastern fraud.
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Mall Poyoh
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
New York
Four Men Rob Post Office in Rouseville
Four men blew open the safe in the Rouseville Pennsylvania post office and looted its contents. They bound and gagged Dr. John Tyler and James Strait who interrupted them, fired at locals, and escaped into the woods as townspeople gathered.
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Rouseville
John Tyler
James Strait
Rioting at Lake Superior Consolidated Works
Riots and gunfire erupted Monday at the Consolidated Lake Superior Company offices in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan as 2000 unpaid former workers battered the building. Militia and troops were mobilized after police and soldiers clashed with rioters, bricks and stones shattered all first floor windows, and guards repelled attempts to reach upper floors.
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Francis H. Clergue
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Connecticut
Tour
Hie
White House
Brotherhood of Woodson
Company
Michigan
Arnes Hall
Offee
Onter
Nine Die As Southbound Train Plunges From Danville Trestle
A Southern Railway southbound fast mail train fell seventy-one feet from a Danville Virginia trestle, killing nine of sixteen crew members and injuring seven. Engineer Brodie, new to the division, faced a high speed on a 4500 foot trestle. The engine and four cars plus an express car broke apart after striking rocks at the stream below.
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Atlantic Express
Pueble
Beowawe
Ney
Exprera
Virginia
Southern Railway
Danville
Niall Samidts
Weven
Brodie
Tix
Trerale
Minor Note From Denver to Cardinal Tilt in US
Incorporation papers filed in Denver for a venture aiding consumptive actors. A Chicago Buffalo and Omaha fugitive with nine counts caught in Rochester. Massachu t ters inquiry clears officers after grounding. Ralph Bain Wichita wounded Bill Flynn in Dranout Street incident. Rush County Kansas claims highest per capita wheat output. Pennsylvania Fourth District nominates Reuben O Moon to succeed Foerderer. Willam Onahan Chicago says two US cardinals will be created soon.
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Denver
Colo
Dagrueffe
Chicago
Buffalo
Omaha
Rochester
N. Y
Massachusetts
Ralph Bain
Wichita
Kan
Bill Flynn
Fourth
Pennsylvania
Reuben O. Moon
Foerderer
Willam J. Onahan
Rome
United States
New York Weekly Review of Trade and Labor Conditions
oR. G Dua & Co. reports ongoing trade volume and shipping capacity despite some issues. September gains exceed last year, with labor calm and production resuming in mills. Prices ease for staples amid better crop prospects, stock markets steady, and western rail traffic rising, signaling need for equipment and sustained demand for breadstuffs and livestock.
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Cattom Mila
Chicago
Wall
Isabor
Eason
Trade Review Reports Conservatism in Fall and Winter Trade
Hradatreet's Trade Review notes conservative behavior in fall and winter trade, offset by vessel strikes on the lakes and high freight rates. It cites mixed prices for finished goods, and outlines wheat and corn export totals for the current and prior years, with twelve week aggregations and year comparisons.
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Hradatreet
Chicago to New York Grain and Livestock Price Ledger
A dense table of market quotes across cities includes Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, and New York. It lists cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and more with price ranges and quality grades for shipping and fair to prime lots.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
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the Elgin
F W. Hughes
Iowa
Posse
Tramps
Bent
Torpedoce
Negroce
Henry I. Maxey
Alfred Fi. Post & Co
Ife
Chicago Heath
Post & Co
Minnesota
St. Charles
Independence
Wis
Tree
Lake
Vet Borden
Mya
Alice Hurd
Mia
Borden
Narrows
Tony Lake
Brainend
Marie I. Johnson
United States Playing Card Company
Green Aay
Cansizes
Chose¢Amer Hackley
Green Bay
Euryjoyers
Winight
So- Wa
Bulgaria
Demir-Kapia
Ruth Bryan
Willian Jennings Bryan
William Tromer Leagitt
Newport
Waly View
Bryne New Liveolu
Sheridan
Wir
Green Lake
Ripon
Wiss
Great Duwinge
Chaffee
Corbin
Department of the Haat
Chaffer
Ren. Crosby
Carolyn Karnes
Pailadelphia
P. “Udling
Gale
August Kruegel
Moehot Frit
Knorr
Kruegel
Kxernewel
Hughes
P. H. Cooper
Navy Department
Yokohama Hospital
E. M. Hughes
Asiatic Staton
Annunapolig
Ohio Town
Oxford
Ohio
Louis Spivey
Bogota
Cooperess
Congress
Rapid Transit
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Power House
Brooklyn
Surface
Roosevelt Lisa
Porto Rico
Unite
Henry &. Lloyd
Henry D. Lloyd
Aseriog
Malino Jing
Pratt, Kas
Meriden
Conn
Jo In
Myrtle Curtis
Wenls
Edo
Elizabeth Brenneman
Lepper
Tin
Northern Presbyterian Church
Moody
South
Dun
House of Commons
Henry Cargill
Parliament House
Ufe
Queen Charlotte of
Cedar
Lorraine
Wilmer
Kik Lome
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Kent
Fritz Richl
Nomill
Portchester
Ewil
Jean Durell
Modesth Cal
Miss Durell
Lved
Ann Ryan
Croton Lake
Margaret
Carpenter
Grand Jury
Ryan
Standard
Armour Avenue
Packard National Bank
Falla
Greenfield
Mass
Capital Stock
George Lowden
O'Neill
Orleana
Edward W.keexon
Belefast
Ireland
Mississippi River
Soo
Government of
Ontario
Consolidated Loka Superior Company
Furns
Ferracuta Machine Company
Bridgeton
N. I
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Iauranes
B. McMillan
Kary Road
Caddo
Dennison
Texas
Ula
Willis
Frog
Bitou von Wormer
Dannemora
Wucte
Old Wall
John Adame
Thomas Marsh
Joseph Marah
Monticello
Roosevelt
Boston
L. Ww. le
Louis
Cleveland
Serioun Din
Avery Man
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