White church sale blocks Negro use in Chicago
Owners near the former English Faith Lutheran Church at Thirty second Street and Fifth Avenue Chicago bought the building for 6200 to bar a Negro congregation. The Union Central Baptist Church with about 100 members plans services in a store building while protest spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Union Central Baptist Church
ML Mason
Asian Central Baptist Church
Thirty-second Street
Fifth Ireane
Lutheran Synod
Columbus, O
Eaglish Faith
Wiliam A. Peterson
Wentworth Avenue
Ttwax
Parnes
Hase
FLOGO LOG GALAT Weather Confusion Reports River Alert
Fragmented OCR notes describe altered maps and a water station issue near Witheatware. Reports mention a 30 foot high water mark and river conditions with temperatures dropping and widespread alarm among residents and press offices.
Turmoil in Springfield Ends as Militia Restores Order
Reports from Springfield Ohio indicate the mob dispersed after a day of arson and fires, with 12 or more buildings burned and losses estimated at 500 to 1,000 dollars. Militiamen from nearby towns keep order, while Mayor Boawlus declares the reign of terror over.
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Pring Acid
Springfield
Dertow
Miamisburg
Boawlus
Springfield Conflagration Sparks Race War Fears
Springfield Ohio faces a daytime blaze amid a mob of about 2 000 threatening to burn the downtown and levee districts. Father John Cogan pleads for calm as seven militia companies patrol. Gov Herrick deploys five more troops to reinforce from the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terioue Nesnita
Iowa
Bowlis
Herrick
Rivers Over Banks Cause Severe Flooding in Pennsylvania
On Tuesday morning the Susquehanna River north branch near Wilkes-Barre rose to 24 feet 4 inches above low water mark and kept climbing, isolating farmland along the river. Rail lines owned by Pennsylvania and Lackawanna Railway were cut off, with some coal mines in the vicinity affected as basins overflowed Plymouth and Wilkes-Barre areas flooded, disrupting utilities and transportation statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Suraquehanna
Plpiouth
Aewardavile
Onmler
Almos
Forty year man quits water for tea and coffee in New Jersey
George Fraccia of Treatos, N J, has abstained from water for forty years. He claims water caused illness and bleeding at death. He drinks tea and coffee and other beverages but insists on pure water avoidance, citing improved health while avoiding water.
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George Fraccia
Treatos
N. J
Vie
Pneumonia death toll in Chicago tops two thousand
Chicago reports over 2000 pneumonia deaths with 55 days left in the season and a predicted annual toll of around 2800 if daily averages hold. The October health forecast already surpassed the prior estimate amid rising fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Preamenia
Lynching of a Negro Desperado in Ohio Jail Riots
Richard Dixon, described as a negro desperado, was seized by a mob at a jail in Jortegdoid Ohio after wounding a policeman. The mob broke in, dragged Dixon from his cell, hanged him from a telegraph pole, and shot him as the crowd swayed the body for about thirty minutes, while police were overwhelmed and deputies injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Dixon
Jortegdoid
Ohis
Pixon
Falty
Bruken
Pearing
Murderer Escapes Jail In Insurgent Night Salvo
A prisoner named Merk Bune escaped from a jail after he and accomplices overpowered a watchman and jailer. They bound a deputy and took keys, fleeing with guards in pursuit as they fled through a coal yard area during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ueder
Chies
Andere
Hospitals Strained as Pneumonia Epidemic Spreads
Rendreda of Facopla reports hospital beds full amid an influenza outbreak that has tipped into pneumonia. In New Ferteyue, authorities describe a near epidemic with about 30 pneumonia cases at Bellevue and similar figures across other hospitals. Mortality strikes the poor hardest, while many affluent also die at unusual rates. Tests in multiple hospitals seek the grin bacillus in influenza cases. Lejevne hospital investigators find the bacillus in about 10 percent of cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rendreda
New Ferteyue
Bellevue Hospital
Lejevne Hospital
Multiple Homicide and Accident Reports From Augusta and Jefferson City
Coroner jury finds 18 year old HKernanl Wieske arrested for patricide in Augusta Wisconsin after father shot twice and beaten with a car hook and dragged into his home. Three killed in Missouri Pacific wreck near Jefferson City in rear end collision between freight trains. Alderman Annie Boone reported murdered in Albuquerque New Mexico. Albert Gane dies after fall from a Chicago window. Other scattered notes include a French travel item and a war duel narrative from Nevilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Wis
Hkernanl Wieske
Candncter Charles Shoemaker
Drake Nan Charles Wreatt
Prark Nevans
Bnetween Missouri Pacifc
Jefferson City
Wayeant
One Killed and Two Wounded In Fatal Iowa Fight
In Winterset Iowa John Thoronborough shot and killed Fred Peacock and wounded Peacock's father after a dispute over a wife. Thoronborough was wounded and jailed on a murder charge. The trio fought with knives and a pistol, leaving Peacock dead and his father severely injured.
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John Thoronborough
Winterset
Fred' Pea
Cork
Peacock
Thoronthrough
Thoronborough
Hidice
Dpd
Fixtt
Breach of Promise Suit Filed by Lucinda Greek
Miss Lucinda Greek of Ovawa through attorney Ed L. Cowden sues Joe Moore of Onawa in Mancus County district court for 5000 damages claiming a verbal engagement and failure to marry as agreed. She alleges mental anguish and pain from the breach and seeks costs. Moore, reputed to be a well known and prosperous resident, is the defendant.
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Lucinda’ Greek
Ovawa
Ed L. Cowden
Mancus County
Joe Moore
Onawa
Aid
Han
Costa
Greek Candymaker Arrested in Embezzlement Case
George Zemin, a Greek candymaker, was arrested in Winous by sheriff M. J. Lins after allegedly embezzling funds from a local candy business. The firm faced debts totaling about $900, with Zemin reportedly taking $45 before leaving the town. He posted a $400 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Zemin
Miout City
M. J. Lins
Winous
Mins
Pony City
Wivens
Baal
Zavis
Keriskedes
Desperado Seeks Release Under Habitual Criminal Act
Sara J A Gregory a former city thief and long term prisoner from Fort Madison seeks release after twenty years under the habitual criminal act He argues the act is unconstitutional The hearing targets Warden S N Jones and will occur at the current United States court term Gregory was the first prisoner from Pottawattamie County under the act.
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Olalme
Sara
J. A. Gregory
Han
Fort Madison
S. N. Jones
United States Court
Gregory
Pottawattamie County
Carrier Pigeon Mystery and Various Local Incidents
A dead carrier pigeon found by G Roozenboom’s daughter bears a metal band with inscription Dr Conn 104 and no message. The bird likely died of exhaustion. no owner identified. Other items: attempted robbery at Anderson Frank’s hardware store near Metamhis. a man fired, the thief fled. FL Nelton in Clarendon accidentally shot and killed himself. Robert McMahon, once a millionaire, fell to a stranded book agent and took poison. The Loobr Renwick family nearly suffocated by a lard stove fire. one member alerted emergency.
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Llanthy
G. Roozenboom
Allen
Roazenboom
Anderson & Frank
Hardware Clore
Metanbis
Carl H. Frank
Two Des Moines Men Shot Dead in Street Murders
Two men were fatally shot on Court Avenue in Des Moines within six hours. One case stems from a saloon brawl between brothers William and Robert Alexander over an estate, the other from a saloon fight where Walter Shea was shot after a confrontation with the proprietor. The alleged assailants are in custody.
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Des Moines
East Court Avenue
William
Robert
Alexander
Walter Scott
Bast , Flint and ‘Court
Morrig ‘Shea
Jimon
Cuppen
Shea
Court Avenue
Second
Wreck on Illinois Central Five Hurt in Fog Collision
A fog caused a rear section of freight train No. BAe to collide with the front section on a bridge over the South Fork Creek. Both engines were wrecked and seven merchandise cars burned. Engineers McNeil and Craigian and several railroad workers were seriously injured. others were taken to Town Tall y.
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Bae
Routh Fork
McNeil
Towa Tally
Triplets Born Near Ottumwa on Farm of Brown Family
Ottumwa area reports the Brown couple on a farm four miles west welcomed triplets born Wednesday between 3 and 2 AM. Two girls and one boy weighed around eight pounds each, with the mother Mrs Brown proudly presenting her sextuplet brood. Local shots at sport and weather notes follow, with hopes of better duck season amid spring shooting debates.
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Peandé
Reoerrelt
Ottomwe
Giorge Brown
Ottumwa
Tero
Elevator accident witness testifies details differ
Merrill Teta, operator at State Hawes Elevator, testified about the accident at Jes Maines. The jury finished hearing testimony and deferred verdict. Teta said he did not know whether the elevator moved up or down and noted he was employed by the legislature as an old employee, not by the custodian.
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Merrill Teta
Hawes
Meraner
Jes Maines
Werdneadar Atoning
Merrill
Swallowed Tin Whistle Plight At Kingsbury
Four year old Gitle Gtenun Richardson of Kingsbury swallowed a tiny tin whistle during play and was hospitalized at St. Josephs in Sioux City. Doctors consider an operation possible in a few days as efforts to dislodge the whistle fail.
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Kingsbury
Gtenun Richardson
Sime
Ife
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sioux City
Japanese naval attack on Vladivostok fails to halt Russians
A fleet of five Japanese battleships and two cruisers bombarded Vladivostok for fifty five minutes near Askold island causing five Russian deaths and minor damage while most shells failed to ignite. Russians did not fire back until Japanese boats attacked shore batteries and the town.
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Vladivovitok
Askold Island
Bauri
Vladivostox
Tani Bay
Bat
Géne Verotets
Artamoueff
Vlewer
Askold
Ax Kold
Cape Maidel
Vladivostok
St. Petersburg
Vaari
Japanese Advance and Pacific Conflicts Report
The report notes Japanese forces pushing along the Pekin road from Meo and threats to Birin by Yorathas while a separate Japanese detachment threatens the Linn Ten peninsula. It also mentions a damaged cruiser and ongoing repairs, with Manchurian horsemen noted as braver fighters than Cossacks.
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Sagerier
Jadu
Tappan
Ube Lavier
Daler
Pekiy
Meo
Havion
Birin
Religious News Notes From a Wandering World
The item highlights a range of religious topics including a manual training school for Rudra children in India and missionary work in Beirut and Shanghai. It notes donations by Dutch royalty to the Salvation Army, a New Rochelle church consecration for Italian colony members, and a Young Men’s Christian Association pamphlet on growth.
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India
Henares
Moody Colportage
Salvation Army
Netherlands
Henry I Jessup
Beirut
Syria
New York
Br Flor. Clark
Boston
Joseph Mungin
Lowell
Oblite
Anna Tiarhour
Paterson
Young Women's Christian Association
Poseph
New Rochelle
Adrian Eselin
Liae
Archbishop Farley
W. M. Porter
Indiana Methodist Church
Indiana
Care
Woresster
Maen
Trilroad
Iazner
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Hull
Will Tamplin
Frop
Rashed Hock Vaiies
Popeler
Witheatware
Fea
Thea
MOE
Dye
Sherman Dye
Roone
Heya Nelson
Vierr
Whitaker
Gov. Cummins
Milwaukee
Hoodoo Roctor
TS Toover
Gegra “Hooadeu
Daelar
Thiladelphia
Tosser
Imeerin
Posser
William OC
Tuinze
Tillman
Tila
South Carolina
St Federsburg Dius Aden
Red Frase Society
Pough
Rervizania
Dole
Kceship Reteisanu
Port Arthur
Insheen
Haieship
Terra
Wipra
Berlin
Carl Tencke
Rieseke
Ethel Gaston
Elle
Yokkahoma City
Mkla
Adobe
Sie
Oper Powe
Stephen Clrntann
North Dakota
King
Faego
N. D
Richard Sykes
Sorth Dakota
Sykes
England
Manchester
Mother and Daughter
Prown
Joseph Withington
Missouri Pacific
Albuquerque
Nlm
Annie Boone
Ste Fark
Albert Gane
Po 7, Neclinds
Monee Street
Croin
Mettuy
Pini
Athos
Ron Mintate
Nevilly
Ferner
Nelton
Claredon
Robert McMahon
Waterloo
Nate Loobr
Usar Renwick
Illinois Central
Osanty
Dond Milling Company
Boone
Rou
Haske Gaeo
STS OK
Holy
Willian Erickson
Ogden
Tie Wis
Logansport
James GC. McCsall
Beane
Mitado
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