Two Strikers Drown In Riverside Clash
In Bellaire Ohio on Saturday night, two striking machinists from the National Tube Company Riverside works clashed with union men. Fred Williams and William Pracht attacked Williams a nonunionist and backed him to a boat. In the scuffle the men fell into the river and both aggressors drowned. their bodies were not recovered.
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Bellaire, C
National Tube Company
Riverside Works
Nounion
Fred Williams
William Pracht
Williams
Warrant Issued for Henry and Harvey Lockard in Breathitt Attack
Warrants were issued Sunday for Henry Lockard and Harvey Lockard of Breathitt county charged with attempting to kill two Bassett brothers who neighbor them. The Bassett men say the Lockards came to their home armed with an ax and large knife. One Bassett man was wounded by a knife and the other stabbed in the chest.
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Jackson
Henry Lockard
Harvey Lockard
Breathitt County
Bassett
Lockards
Bassetts
Life crew saves dozen from wreck off Galilee
During a storm Sunday the schooner Henry P Mason struck a submerged wreck and foundered. Ten men and two women escaped to an open boat and were rescued after hours of peril by Capt Paterson and the Sandy Hook life saving crew, towed by the Navigator with C Iselin and Bert Leeds aboard.
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New York
Henry P. Mason
Paterson
Galilee
New York Yacht Club
Navigator
C. Oiiver Iselin
Reliance
Bert C. Leeds
Lots Of Timber For The Gridiron
New York August 3 When Columbia University opens for its 150th academic year on September It is probable the total number of persons coming under the universitys influence as students will reach 6000 This includes extension students at the teachers college numbering 3200 It will give Columbia rank as the largest American university by several hundred Without the extension students the total probably will be in the neighborhood of 4800 making it second only to Harvard in point of size
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New York
Columbia | University
Teachers’ College
Columbia
Harvard
Watermelons Going Begging At 2 Cents Each
Watermelons go begging at 2 cents each as Carlisle Indiana farmers flood markets with heavy yields. The piece traces profits from producer to consumer, noting 75 000 dollars daily shipped and a nationwide chain of middlemen squeezing farmer share. Local buyers, foreign buyers, commission merchants, and retailers each take profits, leaving the farmer and consumer to bear the impact. The Carlisle Oaktown area ships as many as 70 cars daily, averaging 1050 melons per car, about 73 500 melons totaling nearly 2200 tons, yielding roughly 3000 dollars to farmers daily and over 22000 dollars to buyers and retailers daily.
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Carlisle
Ind
Oaktown
Steer Runs Amuck at Racine Butcher Picnic
In Racine Wisconsin during the annual butcher's picnic a steer broke loose in a crowd of about one thousand injuring four people. Anna Schultz aged 12 suffered a head cut and a broken leg, while Herman Schultz 10 Frank Larron 14 and Henry Willsey sustained serious injuries. A slaughtering contest between Milwaukee and Chicago butchers was planned. two steers were brought to the grounds in a wagon and one escaped into the crowd as panicked spectators trampled.
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Racine
Wis
Anna Schultz
Herman Schultz
Frank Larron
Henry Willsey
Milwaukee
Chicago
Fatal auto crash near Centerville injures driver
On the National Road east of Jackson’s Bil a car driven by Bert Mitchell plunged 15 feet down an embankment. Mitchell was internally injured while his wife Mrs. Bert Mitchell of Richmond escaped unharmed.
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Centerville
Ind
Bert Mitchell
Richmond
Jackson
Mitchell
Daily Carving At Beirut Report Sparks Worries
Beirut stabbings are reported as a daily occurrence by a Birmingham Post correspondent. An English archdeacon was attacked in broad daylight. The piece lauds the Burian Protestant college and American philanthropy for Beirut’s institutions amid regional unrest and uprisings rumors.
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London
Kilssura
Birmingham Post
BOFIA
Macedonia
Kritchevo
Adrianople
Monastiir
Constantinople
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Wieman
Kaiser
Berlin
H. Wieman
Batimore
Germany
Neueste Nachrichten
Rheinbaden
Barger
Staatsburger Zeitung
Tager Zeitung
Thetis Fails To Reach Point Barrow In Ice Packed Seas
The revenue cutter Thetis failed this year to reach Point Barrow with mail and supplies for missions and the whaling station. Ice turned the ship back after hugging the shore in hope of open water. The mail will be carried by Esquimo canoes or whalers, but months will pass before resupply. In Indiana Plainfield the board of control changed uniforms for inmates to soldier boss attire with Supt York becoming colonel as the school becomes a military institution this fall.
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Thetis
Point Barrow
Alaska
Tey Cape
Nome
Abe Ett
Esquimo
Board of Control
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Soldier Boss
Supt
York
Funeral of Salisbury Attends Impressive Hatford Ceremony
London funeral for Lord Salisbury held with solemn rites at Hatford on Monday, Westminster Abbey memorial services, and a notable gathering of distinguished figures including Ambassador Choate of the United States.
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Salisbury
London
Lord Salisbury
Hatford
Westminster Abbey
Ambassador Choate
United States
Hotel Destroyed Tremont Johnson House Burned in Tremont
BLOOMINGTON NL Aug 31 The Johnson house at Tremont Tazewell One was burned Sunday night guests escaped with their lives Lees 99000 Gix killed at fire Tangiers Aug 31 a big fire in the Moorlah quarter Monday attended with heavy damage Persone Aailled.
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Bloomington
Johnson
Tremont
Tazewell
Lees
Tangiers
Refused accommodations spark Dixie Jubilee company dispute
In Columbus Indiana August 31 the Dixie jubilee concert company touring with a chautauqua act faces denial of dining in the Commercial hotel general room. They will stay with a colored family and vent anger at the treatment. In Greencastle Indiana August 31 officials fear carnival blockade may bring an injunction as religious groups oppose carnivals. In Reading Pennsylvania August 8 George Baer, president of Reading railway, returns to resume duties at Reading terminal after European visit.
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Columbus
Ind
Williams
Commercial Hotel
Dixie Jubilee Concert Company
Chautauqua
Greencastle
Jad
Noblesville
Baer
Reading
George Baer
Reading Railway Company
Europe
Philadelphia
Reading Terminal
State in Brief Seaside Camp Closes After Prosperous Year
The state in brief notes a season end as stations close and the camp shuts after a prosperous year. An Elk hart two men are injured when a west bound Lake Shore train crashes into freight cars and they will recover. Other items report Dr Litttefield challenging biblical interpretation, a soldier’s uniform found on the riverbank with a manhunt for the body, Prof McGow’s return and weather-related notes, and a secular fall opening amid varied news.
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Elkhart
Lake Shore
Anderson
C. W. Litttefield
Marion
Joseph Mommer
National
Sol Diars
Noblesville
Dudley McGow
Chesterfield
Robbers Kill Two at Chicago City Railway Barns
In Chicago early Sunday two clerks and a motorman were shot dead at the city railway barns. Three robbers seized 3000 dollars after breaking into the inner office with a sledge hammer. Thirteen suspects are held on suspicion of involvement.
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Chicago
Aug
Chicago City Railway
Sixty-Mint and Statents
Frank Stewart
John B. Johnson
William B. Edmond
Henry Bleff
Johnson
Clarence Higgins
Chicago City Railway Company
Negro Spoiled the Boat Race in Hickman Tragedy
Memphis and Hickman dispatches report a planned race between steamers Lotua Lima and Reef Lee from St. Louis to Memphis ruined by a shooting aboard the Reef Lee. A deck hand was shot by the negro captain of the watch causing crew to walk off until arrest. The delay allowed Lotua Lima to gain the win.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lotua Lima
Reef Lee
St. Leula
Hickman
Lee
Cairo
Watch
Woman Finds Squirrels Adopted By Family In Chesterfield
Mrs. F E Mong, staying at a Chesterfield spiritualist camp, discovered three young squirrels in an old pair of shoes. She and her hosts adopted the creatures, bringing a whimsical end to her month long stay.
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Anderson
Ind
F. E. Mong
Chesterfield
Mong
Labor Day Parade Heads by Prominent Labor Leaders
Final arrangements are made for the Labor Day parade and celebration. Presidents Gompers of the American Federation of Labor Perkins of the State Federation of Labor Barnett of the Labor Day committee and Barry of the Central Labor Union will head the parade. Gompers will reply to Parry's refusal to debate as a feature at the fair grounds. Shelbyville will send ten unions from the city to join the parade.
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American Federation of Labor
Perkins
State Federation of Labor
Barnett
Labor Day Committee
Barry
Central Labor Union
D. M. Parry
Fairgrounds
Shelbyville
Rumored hitch in Beaboard-Rock Island merger uncertain
News from Norfolk and BT. LOUIE Missouri reports indicate a serious hitch has developed in the Beaboard-Rock Island merger with uncertainty looming. The item notes a large gathering of the Knights for Pythias in Harreme with arrivals from Charleston and beyond.
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Norfolk, Va
Beaboard-Rock Island
Black Knights
Louie
Aus
The
Colored Knights For
Pythias
Order
Harreme Chenced W. Karks
Charleston
West
Arrested Preacher Sparks Crowd Clash on Esplanade
Springfield Aug 21 A local barber Red Temple openly opposed Captain Nelson of the Salvation Army on the Esplanade. Temple denounced him as a believer in psychological principles, stirring a crowd of about 20 who nearly mobbed him. Officers intervened as Temple fled and was arrested.
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Springfield
Red’ Temple
Nelson
Salvation Army
Esplanade
Temple
Anti saloon remonstrance grips Hoosier city
Hoosier Carrie Bryer leads anti-saloon protests in Kokomo as 12 license applicants face remonstrance before commissioners this week. If successful, every saloon in town could be shut, following a pattern of denials since January in the third ward. Big oil field fires near Sour Lake and Beaumont burn tanks and injure a laborer, with losses nearing 110000. A prisoner in Columbus, William Benneman, kills himself with a cup handle while jailed for scaring children.
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Kokomo
Ind
Mise Carrie Bryer
Lcenses
Anus
Columbus
William Benneman
Aubiée
Benneman
Man walks 30 miles to quarantine with smallpox case
Herbert Lenfesty walked 30 miles from Andrews to Marion Indiana to avoid spreading smallpox to others. He traveled while his wife, already quarantined in Marion, had contracted the illness there. Lenfesty kept to himself on the road and entered quarantine upon arrival Sunday.
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Marion
Ind
Herbert Lenfesty
Andrews
Andrewa
Love Files Divorce Suit In Chicago Context
Sidney C. Love, head of Bidney C. Love & Co., sues for divorce from his wife with Hugo R. Johnstone named as co respondent. The article notes Love’s two marriages and previous divorce. Interspersed are unrelated ads and notices about medicines barber shops and railway schedules.
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Chicago
Sidney C. Love
Hugo R. Johnstone
Mr. Love
Stock Exchange
Bidney C. Love & Co. iBls
Love
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