Decisive Pan American fighting near Panama expected
Liberals claim Gen Lorenzo attacked Alban near Chame and defeated it. Alban’s forces routed with only Alban and a few troops escaping. Liberal reports say Lugo’s division defected, boosting liberal numbers. Tugo reportedly near Empire station twelve miles from Panama with 1,000 men as fighting looms. Liberals gain recruits along the railroad, with Panama city threatened and Marines guarding Colon rails.
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Colon
Lorenzo
Alban
Chame
Neur Chorrera
Albian
Dew
Lugo
Tuugo
Wurther
Panama
Tugo
Empire Station
Domingo Daza
Buenaventura
T Pacific Coast
Machias
Ptt
Iowa
Gen. Pinzon
Isthmus
City government in Pittsburg to undergo upheaval again
Pittsburg faces another government shake up as Maj. A M Brown steps down at Gov Stone's request and J O Brown takes over. The move follows a year long power struggle between Republican factions and the former anti Quay setup led by State Senator Flinn. Over 100 officials ousted by Brown are expected to be restored to their former posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Maj. A. M.brown
Stone
J O. Brown
Oace
Brown
Flinn
anti-Quay Republican
Mr Conger Protests French Electric Railway Concession
United States minister in Pekin protests a Canton to Wu Shin electric railway concession granted to a French company. The issue centers on a supposed breach of Wu Ting-Fang's contract with an American syndicate over the Canton-Hankow line. Washington awaits instructions as competing contractors from Germany and Belgians complicate the matter.
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Conger
United States
Pekin
Canton
Wu Shin
Shanghai
London Times
Wu Ting-Fang
Canton-Hankow
China
Sheng
Washington
My. Conger
Chang Chik ‘Tung
Lin Kun Yi
Oet
di Wnw
Hissin
Manchuria
Liu Kun Yi
New Bunco Game Targets Postmasters Across Cities
The Green Goods scam nets over 1000 postmasters from July first, swindling them of 250 to 1000 dollars each. Victims, largely second to fourth class postmasters, are lured by fake stamp samples from Manhattan and told to purchase undestroyed government plates. The scheme shifts from Manhattan to Jersey City and Chicago as investigators chase details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Secret Service
Post Office Department
Manhattan
New York
Jersey City
Chicago
Secretary Hay Speech Praised by Berlin Papers
Berlin evening papers print lengthy summaries of Secretary Hay’s remarks at the New York Chamber of Commerce banquet. They hail his call for expansion through peaceful competition and note the speech aligns with Prusso-German friendship traditions. They hope it dampens anti German sentiment in the United States.
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Berlin
Statesman
Srint
Elay
New York Chamber of Commerce
Berliner Neuste Nachrichten
Amerlcas
Germany
East Asia
United States
Hay
Tondo
Discovery in Telegraphy Advances Multiwired Messages
Dr William Dunne of Colorado State University has patent for sending many telegraph messages over a single wire with return. In the university lab he demonstrated up to eighteen circuits simultaneously, using Morse at each circuit. The concept rests on synchronizing motors. Also mentions a government claim about funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dunne
Colorado State University
E’ Physical Laboratory
Duane
Murderer Buchanan Hangs Self After Killing Officers
W D Buchanan of the Fourteenth Cavalry at Fort Riley near Junction City Kansas killed Policeman White and Cooper days earlier then hanged himself Friday morning using a towel rope. He ran through streets firing at passersby in a spree described as reckless and unprovoked.
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W.D. Buchanan
Fourteenth Cavalry
Fort Riley
Junction City
Kan
White and Cooper
Buchanan
30000 Letters Burned In Santa Fe Wreck Near Needles
A disastrous Thursday wreck on the Santa Fe near Needles destroyed all mail on both trains. About 30,000 letters were ruined, with Los Angeles bound mail lost. Thirteen people were hospitalized, mostly unharmed aside from a conductor, R. R. Higgins, who is expected to recover, while passengers faced no brigand fear.
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Santa Fe
Needles
Los Angeles
R. R. Higgins
Miners Trapped Blaze Toll Soars In Telluride Mine
A disastrous fire in the Telluride mining complex cutoff mine workers at the mouth of a tunnel. Seventeen bodies recovered by afternoon while rescue teams work through smoke filled slopes. about 170 escaped. engineer Elagh O Neill found alive but not expected to recover. Officials fear near hundred dead in the bullion tunnel disaster.
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Telluride
Union Mining Company
Colo
Pandora
Elagh O'Neill
Wreck Claim Seven Trainmen and Passengers
A Santa Fe collision near Pranconia Arizona killed seven trainmen and injured fourteen passengers and trainmen. East and west bound Limited Nos 4 and 3 crashed at full speed as three engines were crushed and exploded. Vestibule cars burned after the collision as several cars were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Santa Fe
Pranconia
Ariz
Needles
Cal
Downey Family Slain In Grim Home Murder Case
The Wilcox family, including a wife and their 2 year old son, were found dead at their Downey residence near Los Angeles. Neighbors reported the house appeared disturbed and forced entry was required. Investigators describe the scene as brutally violent with signs of severe bodily harm.
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Wilcox
Downey
Los Angeles
Boy blown to pieces by nitro glycerin drum
An 18 year old, Charlie Ott of Alexandria Indiana, found a nitro glycerin can behind his home and used it as a drum. Wracked by an explosion, his mangled body was found in the yard. Neighbors say the can was left by well shooters two weeks earlier and likely not dangerous by then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Ott
Alexandria
Ind
Chicago Man Believed He Killed His Wife Then Took His Life
William T. Brockman, a Chicago linotype operator, feared a burgl ar attack and shot at a presumed intruder. The bullet pierced a pillow near his sleeping wife, who awoke to learn she was unharmed. Brockman then killed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William T. Brockman
Brockman
Neary Buried Alive at Grave Opening in Alabama
An Alabama man named Wynn, a blacksmith from Oxford, reportedly was nearly buried alive during a grave opening in Decatur. The incident details indicate he was rescued but suffered severe trauma.
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Alabama
Wynn
Oxford
Decatur
Greenville bank robbers indicted for first degree murder
Grand jury at Stony Creek returned a first degree murder indictment against Lows Brooks white and Albert D Philips for the Greenville Bank robbery last Saturday. The killing of Jatin Sundblind at Albert City while assisting officers is the focal charge. County Attorney WE Mygille and 1 Chapman of Storm Lake will defend, with Charles Lodine gravely wounded and fading.
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Greenville
Lu- Wine
Hegrand
Stonyt Marie
New Indietment
Lows Hrooks
White
Albert D Philips
Bank of Greenville
Anirder
Jatin Sundblind
Albert City
Batlle
Foyer
Mygille
Chapman
Storm Lake
Suce
Sful
Plipult
Thel+eel
Charles Lodine
Abertity
SMALLPOX AMONG INDIANS IN IOWA DES MOINES QUARANTINE TALK
Serious smallpox outbreak on a Sioux reservation in Mahn county Iowa with thirty five deaths prompts Gov Shaw to seek guidance from the White House. State health board debates quarantine authority and word arrives from Secretary Hitchcock offering cooperation and authority to act.
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Tania County
Shaw
Secrety Witehrook
Nollon
Santipes
Thie
State Board of Health
Stehcoek
State Suberdi
Smallpox Reporting Case Referred to Health Board
The state boards refer a Lake City case against Dy Pray to action by the health board. A suit to revoke his certification failed as he was found competent and recognizing smallpox cases. Pray repeatedly refused to report cases, contributing to three epidemics in the past year with nearly six dozen cases.
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Pray
Sade Board of Health
State Board of Medical Examiners
Des Moines
Lake City
State Board of Healthi
Bnt
Ens
Health Board
Proposed Conference to Prevent the Railroad Consolidation
Iowa notes show Gov Shaw not invited to a western governors conference in St Paul about blocking railroad consolidation. The meeting aims to plan action. delegates and alternates to National Pure Stock meetings in Chicago in December are named. Local cattle disease hits young stock near Oakland. Final state results report Cummins leading with 226880 votes, others tally.
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Governors of Western States
St. Paul
Vin Sant
Western Railroads
Shaw
Gov. Shaw
Aia
Alve Stock Association
Chicago
Breeders’ Association
King Algo
Palmer Ilange
Dee
Woman Held on Larceny Charge in Des Moines
Female Horsethief Belle Johnson was held to bail in Des Moines on a larceny charge involving a plan from W W Hildebrand. She allegedly went to a pasture where a horse had been left, took it and another, and sold one for ten dollars and the other for twenty, with bonds set at four hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Johnson
Des Moines
Byworth
W.W. Hildebrand
Drowned in Storm Lake Henrys About
A brief notice reports a drowning at Storm Lake with limited readable details. Names or exact circumstances are unclear in the fragment, but the event pertains to a fatal incident near the lake. Further specifics are not available from the OCR snippet.
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Henry
En Irs
Yaute
Tax collections report shows higher state taxes than prior year
The state auditor reports the biennial tax collections for the period ending June show substantial totals. County treasurers hold funds including 4.87 dollars for the state, 84,088 for the divine Cyd, and 24.20 to various funds. total tax sums reach 282,12 with some funds not yet turned over.
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Che
State
Polk
Woodbury County
State University and College
Doctors At Mason City Semiannual Medical Society Session
The Austin Itt Medical Society held semiannual sessions at Mason City early this week. Dr. Richard Dewey, formerly superintendent at the Kankakee hospital, spoke on the case of a man named McKinley who believed he was doing humanity’s duty by killing others. The group discussed mental capacity and civic duty, suggesting education and government understanding are needed, with plans for the next meeting in Osage in April 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avastin Mint Medical Society
Austin Itt Medical Society
Mason City
Richard Dewey
Supdeintesnuent
Kankikee, AL
Nixsanain
McKinley
Cyalgoss
Osage
Wealth and Age Grow Romantic Despite Wedding Trial
A Des Moines tale ends with a marriage between Mrs. Adal and Youls after a dramatic event on the eve of the wedding. She reportedly escaped via a rope from a window, was then detained by her parents, and forced to delay the engagement. The groom, a wealthy working man, is described as long engaged.
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Des Moines
Adal
Mira
Mia
Oil discovery at Waterton spurs local interest
At Waterton a petroleum find is reported near a residence area with a well showing good quality oil. Residents note strong signs of oil nearby and will begin a winter investigation, while store owners fear the source may be distant from the fence.
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Waterton
Rodister
Aid
Woman Fights Millionaire Over Des Moines Franchise
Mrs. ML Butler challenges a Cleveland syndicate in a dispute over a Des Moines street railway franchise. The contest pits Polk’s grounds against a female opponent, drawing broad attention as readers watch the outcome of a high stakes political battle.
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Butler
Des Moines
The Woman Behind the Gun in Paraspession Tragedy
Mrs Chiartes Edwards of Croston shoots Andy Nearly and Uferman James during a dispute over a leased farm. James unharmed, Nearly gravely wounded. Edwards pleads long term sentence, with possible appeal. Dr J W Grafford sentenced to thirteen years hard labor for murder of Maude Stone. appeal anticipated to supreme court.
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Jani
Orofford
J. W. Grafford
Jaumont
Fort Madison
Maude Stone
Supreme Court
Bank Robbers Indicted in Mason City Murder Case
Indictments returned against Greenville bank robbers for second degree murder. The sole witness testifying was Mike Conlin, who described the robbery and identified items found on the prisoners. The testimony covered the bank scene and the seized property.
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Gwrand Jury
Mason City
Greenville
Mike Conlin
Lulgell
Governor Shaw appoints delegates for day
Governor Shaw announces the appointment of delegates for the day as Bhughina' steps into the role. The action sets a schedule and assigns responsibilities to the selected delegates.
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