21 Aug 1906
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1906
Page
1
The text portrays a speech by Kermon G. Frazier Miller urging black suffrage and anti-discrimination. It recalls rhetoric invoking John Brown, calls for equal work, fair laws, and enforcement of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments while condemning violence and demanding justice for African Americans. It references railway and streetcar integration and portrays the ongoing race labor struggles.
Aug. 20 Dayton reports Mamie Garriety, 22, killed in back yard by Roy Fowler, 20. Fowler jailed thrice for assault and fled after the shooting. witnesses absent. In Philadelphia a 40 year old man drowned after trying to remove his coat in a boat. Other scattered notes record various incidents and refusals at a nearby gathering.
The Indiana Brokerage and Investment Co reports closing quotations from the Board of Trade for November 17 and 14. Various firms and commodities are listed with prices and percent changes, including several steel, gas, railroad, and chemical stocks. The fragmentary text mentions Paul, Southern Railway, Rubber, Pat, and others, reflecting a diverse market snapshot.
A woman nearly drowned as a shark attacked fishermen near the nets. Police Captain Brewer and crew pursued from shore in a rowboat and hauled ashore a nine foot man-eating shark after harpoon shots shattered the nets.
Chicago witnesses a riot when Halsted street car motorman John Grady 21 attempts to drive through an Italian parade line. Grady is dragged from his car and beaten as Italians disperse, police fire in the air, and leaders are arrested while rioters flee the scene.
In Yreka California on August 20 a blast at Grant Powder company powder house No 1 killed two boys and fatally injured a third. Windows shattered across town as clothing remnants and body parts were found on a hill. Bert Holland was discovered 25 yards away with facial lacerations and temple wounds. Authorities believe the youths shot into a ventilator, triggering the explosion where a carload of powder was stored.
Aug 20 in Ocele broadcast details Wishart a hired man from the city went to a dentist appointment with his two daughters. Barton, nursing a grievance against Nichols the dentist, asked at the door if Nichols was in. Wishart answered, Barton fired, hitting Wishart’s heart and shouting Nichols, you have ruined my wife.
In Memphis Tennessee an aged man, John Donovan, was found alive after a week buried under mud near a cotton compress. He crawled under the building to escape rain, fell asleep, and became imbedded in mud. A watchman policeman alerted rescuers who dug him free.
Baseball results show Brooklyn Chicago New York and Philadelphia with scores listed. American League standings include Philadelphia Detroit and Washington as top teams with December of results and a weekend schedule recap.
A terse local notice claims American methods beat foreign styles in linen trade. It urges readers to inspect collars’ trade marks and asserts superiority of home workmanship. The message targets skeptics and calls for confidence in American industry.
A weather bulletin reports showers moving into Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Monday and Tuesday with fresh southerly flow by Tuesday night. The forecast also mentions a Virginia regional outlook with rainfall in parts of the area.
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