Wars and Military Moves Across China and U S Forces
War department cabled General Chaffe to lead American forces in China signaling continued mobilization. Allied troops total eight thousand at Taku with 1200 Germans. Russians report 150 killed and 300 wounded. Brig Gen Jos Wheeler takes command of the lakes department in Chicago, retiring at 64 on September 10. Indiana wheat crop seen near 80 percent of average with regional variances. Chicago bricklayers union withdraws from the building trades council signaling the strike's end.
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Chaffe
China
War Department
MacArthur
Foo
Taku
Tien Tsin
Sitis
Pie-Ho
Tien Tain
Tong Ku
Wheeler
Jos. Wheeler
Department of the Lakes
James F. Wade
St. Paul
Department of the Dakotas
Chicago
Bricklayers’ Union
Building Trades Council
Ohio Supreme Court blocks Toledo centennial funding
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled against the Toledo centennial board, holding that half a million dollars is not available. The decision is expected to end the centennial effort and likely kill the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio Supreme Court
Centennial Board
Names for Battleships and Other Warships
Secretary of the Navy approves names for new battleships Virginia and Rhode Island cruisers Maryland Colorado and South Dakota protected cruisers St Louis Milwaukee and Charleston. Calcago Journalist Dies veteran Chicago Chronicle editor Martin J Russell dies on Kinase Island. National Steel plant at Columbus Ohio resumes after brief shut down. Continental Tobacco bought by Oren Bootten for new independent firm. Boer convoy captured near the Henoster river with sixteenth escort. Chicago fire on State Street destroys multiple businesses. Pittsburgh heat claims two lives and four prostrations including an unknown woman.
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Secretary of the Navy
Hag
Virnia
Rhode Island
Aryland
Colorado
South Dakota
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Charleston
Calcago
Martin J. Russell
Chicago Chronicle
Chicago
Kinase Island
Wisconsin Singers Die In Train Wreck Near De Pere
An excursion train carrying 600 members of Oshkosh Fond du Lac Neenah and Menasha singing societies crashed into a freight near De Pere Wisconsin at 10 45 Sunday. Six killed five fatally wounded forty injured. The crash started a fire and many victims were burned before rescue.
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Oshkosh
Fond du Lac
Neenah and Menasha
Sangerfeat
Green Bay
Wis
Depere
Donwald’s Curve
Aos
General
St. Vincent
Thirty Five Plunge to Death in Southern Railway Wreck
A train plunged into Camp Creek one mile north of McDonough Georgia at 9 20 PM during heavy rain. Forty miles per hour speed, a 123 foot trestle washed away, lamps exploded, many burned or drowned. Thirty five bodies recovered with two or three women surviving.救
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Southern Railway
McDonough
Atlanta
Camp Creek
Lagman
Quinlan
Remarkable aged lives and long marriages headline local news
A string of human interest notes spans ages from 14 to 102. William Durant of Boston, 83, marks decades as a newspaper man. Mrs. Anson Jones in Houston, 80, widow of Texas Republic president and head of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Ruggles W. Clapp, 72, mining expert with heavy drinker’s habit since 49. Hiram Hedges of Anderson, 100, famed for Indiana rail history and a scalp surgery past. Upper Sandusky reports oldest married couple, Uncle Peter 102 and Aunt Susan 104, with 81 years of marriage. Abraham Stiogley, 103, diehard Democrat who never paid interest or used medicine, but kept his teeth worn to the gum.
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William Durant
Bostom
Middleboro
Anson Jones
Houston
Texas
Texas Republic
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Ruggles W. Clapp
California
Hiram Hedges
Anderson
Ind
Hiram
Indianapolis
Indiana
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
United States
Peter” Stannley
Susan
Peter
Abraham Stiogley
Missouri
Ravenswood
Jackson
Bryan
The Boone Girls Vanish Then Return From Stevenses
In a tense Sunday misadventure Nannie and Rhoda Boone disappear from the Boone household sparking fear of a crime. Samantha Samanthy tracks them to a road junction and learns they aided a rescue of a man tied up by horse thieves, then return with stories of danger and a strict vow to keep quiet. The family and neighbors debate the night’s events with awe and relief.
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Robert Nanner
Boone
Nannie
Rhoda
Samantha
Marcy
Samanthy
Lord
Mrs. Por
Wayne
Mrs
Immanuel
Bill Green
Speers
Bill
Billi
Mr. Green
Sphinx
Leon
Camp meeting terror ends in frontier justice and revival
In a Brownsville camp meeting, horse thieves trap Wayne, the meeting’s leader, and hang him on an old cedar after a tense pursuit. The rescue and arrest lead to spiritual renewal as Deacon Snyder preaches conviction, and Samantha gains forgiveness for past acts.
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Che Cagle
Remont
N. MG
Tercely
Indiana State Statistican's
National Steel Comy
Columbus
Wh & W
Bores
London
Lord Roberts
Gast
Hhenoster River
Inn
State Street
Pittsburgh
Cornelius Munday
Isix
Wisconsin
the Swamp Secret
Nell
League of Six
Mra. Boone
Ezra
Doll
Dick Brayton
Deacon Snyder
Brownsville
Presidin’ Elder
Braytons
Brayton
Nancy Boone
Nancy
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