Explosion Kills Six at U S Naval Arsenal in North Carolina
A large explosion at the United States naval ordnance depot near Tona Island North Carolina killed six workers and injured ten while they retrieved explosive charges from old shells sent from the battleship Massachusetts. Three shell houses were destroyed and debris rained over Peekskill three miles away. Firefighters and medical staff from West Point Peekskill and Havenstrav aided the injured.
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Tona Island
N. c
United ‘States Naval
Arséha
Massachusetts
Peekskill
Urval Ordnance Department
Fred Ward
George Moore
Tompkins Hive
Fred C. Locke
Patrick Curran
Fred Brown
James Convaur
West Point
Havenstraw
Indictments Return in Belleville Case Involving School
The Claik County grand jury adjourned after a long session at Belleville returning eleven secret indictments against persons alleged to have helped issue a teaching certificate for Dravid Wratt, a Negro school teacher. The panel withheld names until capiases are served. Deliberations included alleged breaches connected to Wratt’s credential.
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Re. Clair County
Belleville
Isnehing
Dravid Wratt
Wrath
Cpa
Hertel
Panama te Shelled and Revolution Rages Across Dansia
The city of Dansia is under rebel control as revolutionary forces attempt a recapture. Bogota ships arrive after independence declaration and expend a few shells without harming life or property. In Panama, the republic flag waves as authorities face turmoil and unrest continues.
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Dansia
Santa Fe Rails Offers 3000 Reward for Wreckers Convicted
The Santa Fe Railroad announces a 3000 reward for evidence leading to conviction of persons responsible for a wreck on a train near Xo Gan Oat SA. The campaign aims to deter freight train wrecks after a death occurred, with a liberal offer expected to yield results in the western counties.
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Santa Fe
Beakme
Chicago
Santa Fe Railroad
Gan Oat
Assaults and unrest plague Lexington transit and world events
In Lexington twelve shots fired at Capt. I J Ewen missing him by inches as he walked Walner Street. A London murder and a British political murder aftermath are reported with death by suicide of the assassin. A merchant is arrested for forgery in Tennessee. A Danville line wreck kills one and injures two. Earthquakes rock St Louis with minor damage. no injuries reported.
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Fend Canca
Lexington
I. J. Ewen
Breachitt County
Walner Street
Sagatel Symonnd
Timary Socdott
London
Enosd
Sageuni
Panama Amid Independence Rumors and Disorder
A Panama independence movement claims success with figures declaring the isthmus free from Colombia. Crowds march on government HQ as General Tovar and General Aways are imprisoned, with 3000 armed men present. Uprisings reportedly spread to Colon and Panama City, prompting U.S. consul cables and Navy orders to keep travel open and maintain order.
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Panama
Colombia
Tovar
Aways
Hepublic of
Pataia
Colon
State Department
Washington
United States
Pahema
Wade
Panay
Navy Department
Indictments Entered in Lynchings and Siege at Negry School
The St. Clair County grand jury adjourned after listing defendants in a case tied to the murder of a Negro schoolteacher, David Wernet, with others under suspicion in a broader alleged conspiracy. Indicted women will be kept unnamed as proceedings proceed, with testimony focusing on the Wyatt tract and related claims. A separate report notes a clash at Chemulpe Korea between Russian and Japanese forces injuring several, amid broader Russia Japan tensions and deportation claims involving Taiwanese nationals.
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St. Clair County
Tellevide
Grand Nts
David Wernet
Wratt
Chemelen
Keres
Tokle
Lomdou Dalle Mail
Chemulpe
Korea
Huenekotr Helongke
Rebr
Hlocharketa
St. Tatersburg
London Daily Mail
Snys
Randingin Reiland
Battle With Reds and Indian Uprising Reported
A chaotic Saturday battle near Lightning Creek involves Sheriff Til Jer and Deputy Sheryl Cook’s posse clashing with a band of Indians from the Trosehad and Tine Ridge agencies. Reports say several posse members may have died. authorities pursue the raiders as the Lorain steel plant shutdown continues. In other news, railroad wages rise for western division workers and plant accidents injure two at Waldwit.
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Wyoming
Sheryl Cook
Jer
Sheff Faulkenberg
Converse Conny
United States
Trosehad
Tine Ridge
South Waketn
Caserille Woman Awards Verdict in Promissory Case
Miss Henrietta Adams of Caserille Michigan received a verdict of scandalous breach of promise against Robert Stuart Baker a well known young man of Rapids for a broken promise. The romance began when both were students at Olivet College.
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Henrietta Adams
Caserille
Mich
Robert Stuart Baker
Olivet College
Idle six weeks resume metal workers in McReesport district
After six weeks of idleness about 2.0 percent of metal workers in the McReesport district Pitts Pa returned to regular duties on Monday.
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McReesport
Pitts
Pennsylvania man kills two brothers in Pottsville shooting
A man named Benjamin Weissinger, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, killed his brothers Lotis and Frederick after a quarrel over horse cleaning. He wounded his sister and sister in law, and held police at bay for hours in a barn before being captured.
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Pennsylvania
Ras Amack
Benjamin Franklin Weissinger
Pottsville
Lotis
Frederick
Biry
Benjamin
Louis
Lewis
Mary
Wotan
Weissinger
Fire Devastates Coney Inland Area. Multiple Homeless
A major fire in Coney Inland raims a surge of property loss with over a million dollars in damage. Frank Connelly and Peter Shetley, ex-hotel workers, face charges tied to a drunken disturbance that allegedly sparked the blaze, drawing a crowd and triggering fierce community reactions.
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Coney Inland
Pfonrtean
Barney Wolf
Bamew Law
Wolf
Mkefler
Thitex
Isaml
Amon
Connally
Skeller
Near Disaster as Engine Jumps Track on New York Bridge
An engine derailed a rear car of an elevated train near the Becind Avenue bridge over Harlem River after hitting a tank, causing a 50 foot drop to the surface. The engine moved slowly and the guard rail kept passengers from falling. the car suffered minor damage. About 400 passengers faced a scare but no injuries were reported.
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New York Bridge
New York
Becind Avenue
Harlem
Givard Raily
Iran
Anlliston
Attempted Blackmail Charge Shocks Columbus
Mrs. Ramuel Boswell of Columbus is charged with threats to extort 300 from merchant A L White and senator Hush claims. Police moved toward arrest as she admits sending letters but says no insult or motive beyond money.
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Ramuel Boswell
Columbus
Warani
Samuel Boswell
A L. White
Troney
Enlisted Warsaw clash leaves dozens injured
A Berlin dispatch reports a bloody conflict between Sat Jews and Russian vendarmie in Warsaw during recruit enlisting. The clash involved over forty fighters with several fatally wounded. Also obituary notes Joseph Woesl, 10, dies at Lowth Bend, Indiana, born September 95 in New Jersey.
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Berlin
Poser
Warsaw
Joseph Woesl
Lowh Bend
Ind
Ets
Jorzer
Des Moines Saloon Fatal Fight Ended in Knife Death
Daniel Higgins was stabbed by Thomas Ward during a drunken quarrel at the Vance saloon corner East Third and Court Avenue Des Moines Saturday night. Ward restrained by the bartender until police arrived. Higgins died at Mercy hospital after being stabbed in the breast.
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Daniel’ Higgins
Thomas “Ward
Des Moines
Higgins
Ward
Daniel Higgins
Thomas Ward
Vance
East Third and
Court Avenue
Aras
Kays
Merer Hospital
Fifth God
Kaysay Ionetiaas
Father Nugent
Dannte Higgins
God Nies
New Urban Tax Signs Spark Innovation Effort
A municipal push explores new innovation rules for Hepteombig and related developments. The plan outlines regulations for surface enhancements, sidewalk improvements, and extension fees to finance enhanced pedestrian spaces and street furniture along the midblock sections.
Public Officials in Trouble and Local Incidents
A chaotic item list reports Kinix City officials and the Iowa Coal company facing investigation over tonnage of bituminous coal under a contract paying 9.50 per ton. It notes office locations, names like Jonn Bricknon and Cat Nystrom, a murder conviction of Thomas C. Rolinson, a serious burn incident involving Bertonely Turned, a new Ottumwa Hospital project, a large Black Hawk County farm sale, a bankruptcy case for Renders, a larceny arrest of Varry Spielnoy, and a truancy fine involving a Dehngue mother.
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Oes City
Robcnt Neant
Town Fuel Company
Oler Nrtrom
Acboul Board
Kinix City
Iowa Foal Company
Court Street
Ute
Jonn Bricknon
Igxteoet
eHay
Cat Nystrom
Supervisaere
Alleged Thirt on Trial In Bloomfield Silk Larceny Case
The state of Iowa versus S K Rogers began in the Irish canton at Bloomfield on the night of August 25. The charge is larceny of silk valued between £100 and £200 from the store Th & Co. The case opened Saturday.
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Varry Spielnoy
Des Moines
Great Western Railway
State of
Jowa
SK. Rogers
Th & Co
Bloomfield
Guardian for Royce Appointed in Mason City
John A. Candless of Sheldon has been appointed guardian of E. Royce, an eccentric man with substantial state wide property interests. Royce is described as a drunkard and spendthrift whose wealth is estimated between 100000 and 250000 dollars. His two children sought guardianship due to alleged unsound mind after years of attempts to prove it. Candless has given bond of 20.
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Waterloo
Miller
Dea
Efe
Recorder
Mason City
Johm
Sheldon
Royce
McCandress
Arrests in Waterian Case Highlight Assault Charge
Charged anew in Ansanit case, Femmes Dobbs faces assault to do great harm after a confrontation at Waterian. Dobbs struck Guy Carapael with a Teer hotuse and previously served a jail term for disorderly conduct.
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Femmes Dobbs
Waterian
Guy Carapael
One Hundred Years Ago in World Events
A miscellany of early 19th century notes: the Czar of Russia orders a one fourth rebate on all merchandise through the Black Sea to boost trade. Fitter, London engraver, gains permission to copy a Stuart portrait of George Washington for a forthcoming volume. The British consul in the Southern States reports Martiniqe and Guadaloupe blockades by a British squadron. The Portuguese government bans young men from sailing and requires a man capable of combat to enlist. Edmund Pendleton, former continental congress member, dies in Richmond. A Jewish army corps is approved by the king to fight France and to receive its orders in Hebrew.
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Craf
Russia
Black Sea
Fitter
London
Lora Lansdowne
George Washington
Bugtan
Gavn
Martiniqns
Guadaloupe
Crme
Edmund Pendleton
Richmond
Va. A
France
Tariff Details and Campaign Attacks Highlight 75 Years Ago
Seventy five years ago tariffs on boots and clothing were set at 150 dollars per pair and 2 percent respectively with hardware at 30 percent and wool at 14 to 25 cents a pound. Jackson Adam campaign operatives were told to attack costs claimed by the administration versus Monroe's last term. Amos Polly of Salem Missouri offered a challenge to prove a Jacksonian rate open to purchase in the upcoming election.
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England
Jackson-Adama
James Monroe
Amos Polly
Eng
Salem
Moes
Rre
Wtacksonian
Coniog
Untitled Fragments Reflect Local Debates and Murders
Fragmentary lines mention the Wisconsin school fund, public funds diverted, and a proposal to curb Chinese import trade. It notes a government survey in Utah with J W Ganninen and Brecom involved and reports a murder near Lake Gerlar. Also references Harriet Beecher Brown and a publisher reciting Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Wiscussin School Fund
J. W. Ganninen
Pbatoon Sigsted
Utah
Lake Geriar
Harriet Beecher
Browe
Texan
Sadiant
Forty Years Ago Battle Details From Tennessee War News
A report recalls Civil War actions including Barke’s Texan expedition from New Orleans and Union forces under McLaws rebuffed at Wauhatchie. France blockades parts of Mexico. Grant plans a strike on Bragg at Missionary Ridge. Lincoln faces Maryland slaveholders over black enlistment. Grant assumes Chattanooga command amid shortages as 1200 Union troops cross the Tennessee river to supply the Army of the Cumberland.
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Geo
N. P. Barke
Agaim
Texes
New Orleans
la. Righe
McLawa
Iowa
Lookout
Raccoon
Moustaina
Tennesser
Ander Carl Rebure
Geary
Wauhatchie
State Department
Washington
France
Mexico
Grant
Bragg
Missionary Ridge
Lougatreet
Knorville
Maryland
Lincoln
Chattanooga
Tenn
Turchin
Tennessee
Army of the Cumberland
Twenty Years Ago in Briefs and Writs Across North America
A speech in Washington warns the Supreme Court civil rights bill robs the nation of rights to protect Black people. Wall Street rumors spark panic over railroads including Vanderbilt lines. A murder warrant targets Louis Tet, Canadian rebel leader, to block Parliament seat. Canada’s governor general changes hands as Lord Lansdowne succeeds. Speaker Reed links Cleveland's win to property and God. Brasil proclaims Frederica G. de Lorena provisional president amid rebel Mello. A Peffer amendment vote in Congress yields a seven vote majority against.
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Red Douglass
Washington, D.C
Supreme Court
Wall Street
Commodore Vanderbilt
Lake Shore
Toledo
Wabash and Western
New Jersey Southern
Chesapeake and Ohio
Louis Tet
Dominion Tarliament
Lord Lansdowne Succesdas
Marquis of
Lorne
Canada
Thomas BR. Reed
Toston
Mass
Grover Cleveland
Frederica G. de Lorena
Brasil
Admiral Mello
United States Senate
Peffer
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Will Tamplin
United States Naval Arsenal
Tone Island
Lynghers
Aleyer
Spring Weil
Atkinson
Tenry County
Lewis Tashley
Danville
Urbona
Champagne
Vermillion Points
GHP Supply
Waldwit
Charles Jackway
Ovin Thekinson
Ge Company
Rhoades
Vandalia
Rivemington
Ailyence
Fremen
Caladars
Broikemiat
Boveneemen
Witde Voltarnly
Larain
Lorain Steel
Anburg, Cerniaing. Nachrichten
Steiner Tatavia
Slice
Ssia
Nicaragia
Ustres Haix Daumipah
Masaya
Amasatepe
Young Higgins
Lawn Printing Company
Thomas Wark
Walt
J. M
Bhalla
Creses
Thomnas C. Rolinson
Privan
Tabingon
Ife
Win
Hannah Bries
New I Hospital
Ottumwa
Aelion
Maj
Samed Mahon
Ottumwa Hospital Association
Cannes
Black Hawk County
Mark Alexander
Tadeon
Saul
Resten
Vebiratary
Dehngue
Afrs
Baden
Tistiee Mey
Seloor Towig
Costa
Guardian
Jows Falls
Joe Stonebreaker
Iowa Falls
Nave
Puis
Stonebreqker
Sriskitez
Gilmore City
W. E. Campbell
Bere
Milwaukee
Mt. Pant
Jones
Delaware
Moanficetin
Sou
Adnther
Kithal
Ile Roym
Towa City
Farry
Iowa City
Maranal
Moravia
Fred Burkruster
Dabn Rassmess
Lake City
Western Tawn
Gladsame
Byhares Sanders
Cedar
Jock
Dre
Tor Road
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