Powers ready for long Balkans stalemate diplomacy
London reports that the major powers will refrain from quick action to avert war in the Balkans until the czar and Emperor Francis Joseph meet in Vienna later this month. Turkey keeps a free hand in suppressing the insurrection while Greece and Britain hedge, and Beirut shows quiet with Kiazim Bey named governor.
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London
Bulgaria
Associated Press
Balkans
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Turkey
Great Britain
Novos Nremya
St. Petersburg
Greece
Tondon
Russia
Arrests at Beirut Reported by Navy Department
Washington reports from Beirut dated the 12th state that Admiral Cotton exchanged satisfactory visits with the governor-general who now has charge of the vice consul case. The former police chief was deposed and twenty eight people, including leaders of Sunday disturbances, were arrested. Beirut remains quiet as the new administration inspires confidence. The former governor-general departed for Constantinople on the 12th.
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Washington
Navy Department
Cotton
Beirut
Constantinople
New Governor for Beirut Reported in Syria
Beirut Syria Sept 14 It is reported that Kiazim Bey governor of Palestine will succeed Reshid Pasha as vali of Beirut relieving Nazim Pasha vali of Syria who is now acting vali of Beirut Kiazim Bey has shown administrative ability and maintained order in Palestine
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Beirut
Syria
Kiazim Bey
Palestine
Reshid Pasha
Vali
Nazim Pasha
Engagements in Pirin Mountains Report Turks Repulsed
A courier from Sofia reports battles in the Pirin mountains. On August 28 Stoyanoff’s band clashed with Turkish troops, losing fifty men and wounding forty. On September 1 Gogrofoff’s force on Albutin Heights fought 200 Turks, who suffered twelve fatalities.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Pirin
Stoyanoff
Gogrofoff
Albutin Heights
Bulgaria Border Tension Grows As Turkish Troops Advance
Paris dispatches report the foreign office warning the border with Bulgaria is tightening as Turkish forces move closer, signaling rising regional risk.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Bulgaria
Turks raid Bulgarian frontier and attack French consulate
A Bosia dispatch reports Turkish troops raided the Bulgarian frontier near Tekendsche driving off three sheep herds. Turkish forces at Kirk-Kilis shot at the French consulate, and a Turkish bivouac near Gichtepe sheltered twenty Bulgarian women and girls. Five hundred fugitive women and children reached Tekendsche.
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Berlin
Frankfort Zeitung
Bosia
Bulgaria
Tekendsche
Kirk-Kilisseh
Gichtepe
Novoe Vremya Calls for Foreign Officers in Macedonian Turmoil
The St. Petersburg paper urges direct intervention in Macedonia and proposes sending officers from foreign powers to Turkish expeditions to curb cruelty and ensure restraint.
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Macedonia
St. Petersburg
The
Novoe Vremya
Bonaparte to Lead Wide Indian Bureau Inquiry
Charles Joseph Bonaparte accepted Secretary Hitchcock's invitation to oversee a broad investigation into Indian territory affairs. The probe will cover all interior department matters related to the Dawes commission and inspector for the Indian territory, plus other welfare concerns as deemed fit by Bonaparte. He and Holmes Conrad were appointed as special counsel for postal case prosecutions two months ago.
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Washington
Interior Department
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Hitchcock
Indian Territory
Department of the
Dawes Commission
Bonaparte
Secretary of the Interior
Baltimore
Holmes Conrad
Husband kills himself after wife’s death in Chicago
Robert Stockwell Hatcher a 40 year old Lafayette Indiana clerk at Walter B Stevens’ office shot himself in a Planters hotel room after telegrams informed him of his wife’s death. Mrs Hatcher had been DAR corresponding secretary general and died of consumption at her sister’s Chicago home.
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St. Louis
Robert Stockwell Hatcher
Lafayette
Ind
Planter’s
Hatcher
Walter B. Stevens
House of Representatives
Washington
Fire damages theater as flames erupt at two
Salt discovered the blaze about two o'clock and summoned C. H. Williams and his son. They could not save the building though wind from the northeast helped. the stand belonged to Mr. Williams.
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Salt
C. H. Williams
Williams
Prince Ferdinand Fears For His Life
An extraordinary letter in the Kleine Journal claims a Bulgarian statesman wrote that a secret passage from Euxinograd castle allows Prince Ferdinand to flee by water if his position becomes untenable. It says Princess Clementine met King Edward in Vienna seeking a ship to carry Ferdinand to safety in England.
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Berlin
Kleine Journal
Euxinograd
Ferdinand
Clementine
Prince Ferdinand
Edward
Vienna
Bulgaria
England
Two Men Arrigned in Postal Scandal Case in Washington
Isaac Mc Gehan and George H Huntington of Columbia Supply surrendered to U S Marshal in New York after Washington indictments. Warrant issued for both for conspiring with August Machen to defraud the Post Office of fifty cents per package box and for paying Machen $1,000 in the scheme.
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New York
Isaac McGeshan
George H. Huntington
Columbia Supply Company
Washington, D. C
United States
Henkel
Huntington
McGeihan
George W. Beavers
Washington
James H. Ridgeway
Brooklyn
August W. Machen
Post Ofice Department
Machen $Icc
Seven Lives Lost in Florida Gales
A Florida hurricane Saturday left seven confirmed dead with five bodies washed ashore near Miami and two near Boynton Beach. Vessels wrecked on the east coast and seven to eight ships ashore north of Miami. Tampa reports about one million dollars in property loss with West Tampa flooded and trees fallen. Damage to orange groves and winter homes feared. Wires down south of Montgomery Alabama and across Louisiana. winds high in Birmingham Montgomery Mobile New Orleans. No clear storm sighting at Charleston but precautions in place.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Boynton
Tampa
Alabama
Louisiana
Montgomery
Ala
Flomaton
Birmingham
Mobile
New Orleans
Charleston
S. C
Park Season Closes With Packard City Band Concert
Robison park entertainment season ended Sunday with a Packard City band concert. Commencing today and lasting a week, cars will shuttle to the park hourly. Despite showers, many attended and praised one of the band’s best programs.
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Robison Park
Packard City Band
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples
Charlie F. Rodenbeck and Louise E. Dreyer. Harry E. Richmond and Ella Agerbright. Ben Perley Weaver and Lucile Anne Porter. Robert W. Hinton and Nora M. Maxheimer listed as marriage licenses issued.
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Harry E. Richmond
Ella Argerbright
Ben Perley Weaver
Lucile Anne Porter
Robert W. Hinton
Nora M. Maxheimer
Avilla Pioneer Dead at Avilla Indiana
Mrs Martha A Barr widow of Isaac Barr and mother of Hon Robert P Barr Kendallville attorney died Sunday at seventy six. Funeral services set for Avilla Tuesday afternoon.
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Avilla
Ind
Martha A. Barr
Isaac Barr
Robert P. Barr
Kendallville
No News Of British Transport Loss In Gale
London reports no information on a transport carrying a British regiment to India after last Thursday's gale. Admiralty and government departments have heard nothing of any mishap or loss despite circulating rumors.
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London
India
Admiralty
Beavers Hires Counsel As Subpoena Targets Post Office Records
Washington today reports George Beavers former chief of the division of salaries and allowances post office department has retained a local law firm as counsel. A subpoena directed the postmaster general to produce salary division records in the Dent Brandt cashiers case at Beavers hearing in New York on September 15. Beavers’ counsel offered prescribed fees and mileage, which the postmaster general declined as impracticable. Separately bail for August W. Machen was raised from 20000 to 30000 amid new indictments, bringing Machen’s total to thirteen.
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Washington
George Beavers
Post Office Department
Dent-Brandt
Beavers
New York
Brooklyn
Hod Carrier Suffers Severe Fall At Building Site
John Horstman a hod carrier living at 811 Harmer street fell fourteen feet while transporting mortar to the second story at Smith street and Creighton avenue Saturday and fractured two ribs. He was returned home by police ambulance.
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John Horstman
Harmer Street
Smith Street
Creighton Avenue
Special sale ad urging buggy buyers to call for help
An abbreviated notice urges customers to call for a buggy, noting a special sale from Sept 5th onward. The fragment suggests a local shop promotes a discounted buggy with a responsive sales offer.
For Sale Offers on Farms and Houses
Grosjean & Sons advertise choice farms for sale and six and seven room houses on East Lewis Street near Hanna. Contact 35 36 37 Pixley Long Building or call home phone 1645. evenings open.
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Grosjean & Sons
Pixley
Wells Street
Grosjean & Son
Pixley-Long
Lewis Street
Hanna
Grosjean &Son
Pixley- Long
Pixley Bik
Columbia
Square
Bridge. & Son
Vanished Sunflower Sparks Tall Tale of Bowser's Grief
A Oklahoma City style tale recounts Mr Bowser planting sunflowers to recall youth and love. After cats and a busy cook destroy none, a stolen plant triggers a fevered midnight search and threats of revenge. The incident ends with unresolved mystery and comic heartbreak.
Westminster Teachers Institute Reports Greek and Roman Influence
Prof Rigdon and Prof Dunn lead sessions on pronouns food conditions and expanding geographical horizons at Westminster Presbyterian church. Kemp discusses Greek culture in Alexander the Great era. Kemp and Dunn outline classroom activities and Rome’s role in law and Christianity. Evening program features readings by Will W. Pfrimmer and Schubert quartet.
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Rigdon
Teachers’ Institute
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Dunn
Kemp
Alexander the Great
Rome
Europe
East
Asia
Westminster Church
Will W. Pfrimmer
Kankakee
Schubert
Mr. Pfrimmer
James Whitcomb Riley
Mr Bowser and the sunflowers bloom into legend
Mr Bowser nurtures a giant sunflower that grows tall and strong Roots reach to bottles and brick, a shy alleyway boy lob a stone, midnight cats circle it The plant gains a head and promise of gold seeds Bowser shows pride and offers his wife money to buy stockings A thunderstorm spurs a police note about his conspiratorial talk and sunflowers then M Quad signs off
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C. B. Lewis
Mr. Bowser
China
George
Sunday school class praised for insight by boy and uncle
A Philadelphia Press snippet shows Tommy praising his Sunday school teacher for her good sense and saying they think alike, while noting the teacher says Sunday school does him no good.
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Tommy
Philadelphia Press
Lucky Girl Born With a Gold Spoon Inheritance
A witty exchange in the Cincinnati Enquirer jokes that Annette-Dorothy was born into privilege with a gold spoon and a table spoon symbolic toast to her luck. The quip reflects social satire of wealth.
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Annette
Dorothy
Genevieve
Cincinnati Enquirer
Elevating the Stage
A fragmented note reflects on performance value and stage presence, questioning authenticity and the artistry behind public displays. The text hints at skepticism toward spectacle and the meaning of elevating talent in public settings.
Gas plant wall collapse kills two in Philadelphia
Four men were hurt and two fatally wounded when a wall at United Gas Improvement Company works collapsed in the southwestern city area this afternoon. Masons and laborers were on a new building extension at the gas works.
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Philadelphia
Frank Peterson
John Nelson
United Gas Improvement Company
Rev Smith Returns to Conference of the African Math
The brief notes the return of Reverend Smith amid the African Math conference scene. Details are sparse in the fragment, but the event centers on leadership return and renewed participation at the gathering.
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Althea
J. Hutzell
W. Main St
Fort Wayne, Ind
Robert S. Hatcher
Castle of Euxinograd
Florida
Charlie F. Rodenbeck and
Louise E
Dreyer
Beach
Machen
Mrs. Bowser
M. Quad
Hes
Rev. Smith
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