Dark secret looms over boardwalk shooting victim
Atlantic City police pressed to solve the boardwalk shooting of Charles B. Roberts Jr. of Baltimore. Roberts lies in hospital with abdominal wounds after surgery. doctors fear blood poisoning but report cautious progress toward possible recovery. Police chief Woodruff says inquiries remain unresolved and no verification from Baltimore.
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Atlantic City
N. 7
Tittle
Boardwalk
Charles B. Roberts, Jr
Baltimore
City
Baltimore Police Question Williams Case Hesitation Cited
The Baltimore chief questions cooperation in locating Williams on the night of the shooting. Williams allegedly admitted being at his country home while denying Atlantic City presence Wednesday. Butler and staff corroborate, but officials doubt the denial. The blood relative tie to the police board is noted amid theories of the shooting. Friends and Roberts supporters insist it was a simple hold up.
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Roberts
Baltimore
Atlantic City
Country Place
Woodruff
Williams
Woorhuff
Sailors barred from pavilion in Oyster Bay stay on shore
Sailors from the president’s yacht Sylph stationed at Oyster Bay under Lieutenant Roger Williams were refused entry to a dancing pavilion at Innyside Inn. The pavilion, open to the public, was crowded when the uniformed sailors attempted to enter but were stopped by an attendant at the door.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sylph
Roger Williams
Innyside Inn
New Place
Wife Brutally Murdered Sparks Local Outcry
Fragmentary report recalls a wife murdered and the community reacting amid pleas for justice. Scattered words indicate distress, alleged violence, and concern from residents named in the damaged text.
Death in rear room on Natural Bridge road ends in arrest
A woman died from a shooting in the rear room of her Natural Bridge road home. Her husband, William Shite, a grocer and saloon keeper, is under arrest for the shooting. Neighbors heard five shots, saw the victim on the back stairs, and Shite reloaded before entering his saloon. He was taken into custody in a dazed condition.
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Natural Bridge Road
Wiliam Shite
Neignbors
Nehaite
Scores on the Ball Fields Big League Standings and Scores
Baseball standings and scores from National American and Western leagues. Listings include Brooklyn St Louis Cincinnati Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland and others with game results and batters. Saturday results show multiple city matchups with wins, losses, and errors.
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Chicago
National
St. Louis
Brooklyn
St. Monta
St. Lous, & Errars
McIntyre
Bergen
Lush, Moran
Cincinnati
Boston
Ferguson
Smith
Ewing
Sehler
New York
Cache
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
St Louis
American
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Indianapoliis
Columbus
Indianapolis
Louisville
Toledo
Kansas City
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Western
Does Moines
Lincolin
Des Moines
Lincoln
Denver
Fueblo
Omaha
Sioux City
AOL
Chengo
Toledo Readies for Grand Army Encampment Welcome Home
Open House marks Toledo welcoming veterans for the forty second Grand Army encampment. Memorial Hall hosts a public reception and tents give way to real roofs. Volunteers wear Ask Me badges as information booths guide arrivals. Parade day slated for Wednesday with candidates Vin Zant Livingstone Dickason and Trenry Nevins contending for commander in chief.
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Toledo
A. R
Grand Army
Moemorial Hall
Information Corps
Vin Zant
Minnesota
Tivingstone T. Dickason
Ilinois
Trenry M. Nevins
New Jersey
Great Fire Devours New Orleans Wholesale District
A major blaze in the center of New Orleans’ commercial district destroyed many wholesale houses, factories, and small stores from Bienville and Chartres to Conti and Royal. Loss estimated at 1 to 2 million dollars. Firemen were delayed by a city picnic. Two wine warehouses burned and whisky barrels exploded. Firms affected included Central Glass, Kost Commission, Paul Gelpt & Sons, and Isidor Keiffer & Co.
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New Orleans
Bienville
Chartres
Conti Street
Royal
Central Glass Company
George 1
Scott
Heidenheim, Levy & Weiss
Flodin & Dieth
Kost Commission Company
Paul Gelpt & Sons
New Orleans Junk Company
Isidor Keiffer & Co
Thomas L. Harris
Olympic Day Welcome For London Medalists At Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt greeted the U S Olympic team upon arrival from New York at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay August 21 1908. James F E Sullivan introduced each athlete then the president spoke brief words of praise to the London medalists.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Till
Roosevelt
London
New York
James FE. Sullivan
United States
Hives
Where Bryan Will Speak in September Tour
Announcement lists William J. Bryan speaking dates and cities for September across Peoria Evansville West Virginia Cumberland Washington Baltimore Wilmington Rochester New York Providence New York City Buffalo Michigan Ohio Indiana Madison Milwaukee Mitchell and more with dates ranging Sept 1 to Sept 28.
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Bryan
New York
William J. Bryan
Peoria
Evansville
Ind
West Virginia
Cumberland
Washington
D.C
Baltimore
Winnington
Del
Rochester
N. Y
Providence
R. T
New York City
Buffalo
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Madison
Milwaukee
Mitchell
SL. D
Three Dead and Two Fatally Hurt in Plant Explosion
Three men died and two others were fatally hurt in an explosion at the Burton Powder Company plant in Youngstown. The dead are Mike Regarth, Joseph Snyder, and Mike Rayos, who died after. the injured are Joe Antolic and Victor Ruste. The powder factory was destroyed.
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Youngstown
Nui
Burton Powder Company
Mike Regarth
Joseph Snyder
Mike Rayos
Joe Antolic
Victor Ruste
Lawyer Gleason Sues Harry Thaw Over Fees
Poughkeepsie New York August 31 1925 John C Gleason a New York lawyer has sued Harry K Thaw for sixty thousand dollars alleging counsel fees in a legal action. The suit names Harry K Thaw as defendant and claims unpaid legal services rendered by Gleason.
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Gleason
Harry Thaw
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
John C. Gleason
New York
Tarry KX
Thiw
Feca
Patrons Urged to Notify Office Over Missed Papers
Readers who do not receive their newspaper regularly are asked to inform the office of the miss. The notice requests prompt reporting to ensure delivery adjustments and uninterrupted service.
Steel merger talk linked to Republic Iron and US Steel
Report indicates a merger between Republic Iron and Steel and United States Steel Corp. is planned for the first of the year. The item notes Youngstown and August as context, with speculation on the industry move and potential impact on local areas.
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Youngstown
Republic Iron and Steel Company
United States Steel Corporatom
Sage fortune and political moves in early 1900s notes
The outline notes Russell Sage’s fortune at 8,778,800, Secretary of State Root as delegate from Oneida County’s first assembly district to a New York Republican state convention, a European Baptist congress in Berlin with about 1,000 delegates, and General William H. Carter arriving at Indianapolis to take command of Fort Benjamin Harrison at the lakes department.
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Russell Sage
Helly
Root
Oneida County
New York
Berlin
Apward
Willian H. Carter
Department of the Lakes
Indianapolis
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Humphreys Veterinary Specifics Ad Promises Broad Horse Health Cure
An old advertisement details Humphreys Veterinary Specifics claiming to cure diseases in horses cattle sheep dogs hogs and poultry by acting on the sex parts. It lists conditions such as throat issues stomach troubles kidney and bladder disorders skin diseases and miscarriage prevention. Includes price, multiple formats, and mentions Willigin and John Aivesta New York delivery options.
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J.J
Ouiaus
Viety
Humphreys
Eight day clock wind plan shown in tale
In a repair shop a caller tests the inventor’s skill by asking for a clock that will ring for two hours if not wound on the eighth day. The eight day clock has been in the family for sixteen years and is to be modified to require winding in time.
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Chicago Tribune
Wellington on Soult A Masterly Retired Pursuit Speech
In Blickwood's Magazine Colonel J Hanbury Williams recounts Wellington's remark on Soult and praises Soult's strategic retreats. The piece notes Soult's ability to muster 100000 men yet lack of plan, and details his disciplined retreat into Portugal with 58 artillery pieces, losing about 5000 men as British guns thundered on the rear.
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Soult
Wellington
Braga
Portugal
J. Hanbury Williams
Co. Vo
Blickwood
Whistler's Nomenclature In Art And Public Taste
Critic notes Whistler used musical terms for graphic art titles to promote novelty and advertise his work His early life in music shaped his output likened to symphonies or harmonies in white green blue gray The piece discusses acceptance of such naming and its advertising value.
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Whistler
Nosebleed Advice for the Weak and Anemic Persons
The text urges stopping nosebleeds promptly in weak individuals to avoid fatal hemorrhage. It warns those with anemia to avoid triggers, recommends gentle exercise, and instructs avoiding rapid exertion like running downstairs. Bleeding is seen as a sign of an underlying issue to be diagnosed and treated.
Survivor of the Fittest in Galway Election Tale
Fragmentary report recalls a Galway election anecdote from Blackwood's Magazine. A Galway gentleman asks which candidate would be returned, with a retort about the survivor. The scene hints at Irish political tensions and a shillalah as part of the tale.
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Treland
Galway
Blackwood
George TV
Ireland
Dublin
Che Geen Themmuan
Fragmented dialogue on speech and music terminology
A transcript fragment shows Shardy and Tardy debating what constitutes appropriate terms for a concert. They claim educated speech can include sinecular phrasing, while criticising overstatement and unnecessary musical references.
Restful Book Recounts Late Night Reading
Fragmentary quotes reflect a reader who stayed in a chair until early morning. The Philadelphia Press notes the scene as a light anecdote about concentration and habit, with phrases about waking hours and a humorous exchange.
True Helpfulness Planting Flowers From Thistles Quote
A quotation attributed to Abraham Lingeobs emphasizes a life philosophy of transforming adversity into beauty by removing a thistle and replacing it with a flower, reflecting a hope that friends will remember this habit.
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Abraham Lingeobs
Blue Blood Color Blind Boasters Take Center Stage
A New York Times opinion piece questions claims of aristocratic lineage, arguing many self described blue bloods are not truly nobles and suggesting pride in ancestry may obscure modern values and equality.
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New York Times
Queer Diamond Superstition Slows Indian Mines
A jeweler explains that native miners in India abandon promising clay, believing diamonds grow over time. They re-dig areas from last year to avoid missing stones that supposedly sprout, causing half the labor to be wasted and hindering mine progress.
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India
Golden Tip Tea Costs More Than Champagne
A New York Press account describes Golden Tip tea as the finest in the world. Reporters are shown how undeveloped gold tipped tea leaves are wrapped in satin to yield a pound of the rare product. The merchant claims it can fetch 90 to 100 dollars per pound and notes only emperors drink it, with a cup costing more than champagne.
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New York Press
Cape Cod’s Shifting Sands and Vanishing Islands
Excerpt from Knocking About Cape Cod by T. F. Daly notes Cape Cod as nomadic sand shifting with winter winds driving sand south and summer winds the opposite way. Monomoy Island grows toward Nantucket, advancing about five miles in fifty years. Cape Malabar name fades as the peninsula gradually moves.
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Cape Cod
Monomoy
Cape Malabar
Nantucket
T. F. Daly
Outing Magazine
Sarsaparilla origins and the fever soil claim
A druggist explains sarsaparilla is made from zarza roots from Amazonas swamps in Brazil. He describes the harsh, mosquito ridden jungles, natives gathering roots for a yearly trade, and notes the roots sprout again after partial digging. He adds that fever soil makes sarsaparilla and quinine effective for fever.
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Amazonas
Brazil
Reading Mother Describes Child’s Odd Talents and Plans
Mrs Malaprop boasts about her son excelling in school with odd phrases and jokes about his future. The humorous exchange mentions his teacher praising him as a first class sculler and his aim to be an undertaker, with playful remarks about dead languages.
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Pye
Farper
Not a Flier What kind is it asked the school Inspector
A London Fun item recounts how a school inspector asks children a riddle about an object found in Africa that has wings but cannot fly. A five year old girl volunteers and offers an answer after a brief hesitation, prompting the inspector to request a clearer explanation.
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Africa
Loudoa
Hardship and hunger voiced by wary townsfolk
In a brief exchange a hard faced woman declares she sees through a self professed worker while Disioal Dawson confesses three days without food and the toll it has taken, underscoring recent scarcity and strain.
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Disioal Dawson
Tender Touch Demonstrates Surprising Deli Craft
A quirky scene centers on Aoeman, depicted as awkward in most tasks, yet delivering unexpected delicacy and skill while patching a ten dollar BNL Atchison clone, highlighting a rare talent amid humor and oddities.
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Aoeman
Bnl—Atchison
More Than Equal in a Morning Exchange
A brisk dialogue unfolds as a tramp proclaims superiority to another figure during a morning in Chicago. The scene hints at social tension and contrasts between rugged strength and urban perception within a rough city milieu.
Adoption of the United States flag in 1777
On June 14 1777 Congress adopted a resolution defining the flag as thirteen alternate red and white stripes with a blue field and thirteen white stars representing a new constellation. This marked the birth of the stars and stripes.
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Congress
United States
ManZan Pile Remedy Ad Promotes Piles Relief
One application of ManZan Pile Remedy for all forms of piles soothes inflammation soreness and itching. Price 60c Guaranteed. Sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guener.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guener
Prize for best method to destroy plant lice
A government report notes the Practical Counselor for Fruit and Garden Culture at Frankfort offered a prize for the best plant lice destruction method. Fifty eight contestants competed and the winner described a preparation using quassin wood soaked in water, boiled, strained, and mixed with petroleum barrel solution in soft soap for spraying on infested leaves. Leaves, including peach trees, are said to suffer no injury. The solution can be stored in a barrel year round. Sprinkling the solution on leaves after licens appears and repeated applications will drive off pests.
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Frankfort
Shade Techniques Transform Tobacco Crop Varieties
The article notes that shading and semi shading improve tobacco quality and price. It cites Connecticut using costly shading to alter crop character and Kentucky trials showing corn-tobacco interplanting yields finer texture. It emphasizes soils need organic matter and continued vegetable matter additions, plus fertilizers, for a high quality, high yielding tobacco soil.
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Connecticut
Department of Agriculture
Kentucky Experimentt Station
An Expert Farmer and the Path to Expertise
A young man raised on a farm should consider gardening aloriculture poultry raising and civil engineering among good options. The truly expert type learns by starting at the bottom, gaining practical instruction, and thoroughly mastering details to earn top wages. A bright careful person can succeed in many vocations with diligence and ongoing improvement.
The Vine Blight In New England Crops
Inquiries from New England prompt the agriculture department to address cucumber melon and squash vine blight. Dr Galloway notes Pacific coast prevalence and that an insect carries the disease. He advises steady growth, rich soil with organic matter and nitrate of soda, spraying with paris green and bordeaux to kill the carrier insect, and rotating to fresh ground yearly.
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New England
Department of Agriculture
America
KB. T. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Pacific Coast
Frogs Save Western Australia from French Claims
A legend says frogs frightened French colonists arriving on the west coast of Australia around 1800. Alarmed by loud croaking they fled to their ships, leaving Western Australia English rather than French in spirit. The tale adds a humorous emblematic contrast to other nations’ symbols.
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Western Australia
Australia
Rome
Sam Croy's fortune hoisted by Yorkville ruse
In Yorkville Sam Croy, slow of mind but quick to see, inflames town with a cash house swap and a planned oil scam. He buys real estate worth 3000 at a bargain, then doubles down, drawing in constables, papers, and a fooled public. The scheme inflates prices for six weeks, then collapses. Croy dados a new business, marriage, and steady respect at the post office.
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McClure
Sam Croy
Yorkville
Sam
Bense
Sam Cray
Efe
Boyden
Mr. Boyden
Asres
The
Bugle
Clarion
Iurges
Mr. Croy
Jend
M. Quad
Congressman's Departure Sparks Town Sendoff
The congressman left Washington for his own town. A friend quips that citizens will be out in force to meet you, and the congressman replies that TV fears they will. Reported by the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup Promises Quick Relief
Beeps Laxative Cough Syrup claims prompt relief for coughs croup hoarseness whooping cough for all ages. Advertises gentler formula and guaranteed action with authors H J Moogh and C P Guen.
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Acta
H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guener
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Gailore
Petroit
Detroit, & Batteries
Rhoades
Willett and Killian
Schmidt
Minneapolis & Milwaukee
Pueblo
Ita
B.C. Colds
Jadamod
Fiat Ee
Ieee Eituenze
Jods
Ycolic
H. H
Qon
Marshal Soult
Napoleon
Shardy
Ivo Onot
Philadelphia Press
Tady
Good Morning Chicago News
Shakespeare
Cooley Hybrid Tobacco
George T. McNeiss
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