Peace Talks After Night of Warfare at Scheerville
Pittsburg Aug 20 The Pressed Steel Car strikers gathered on Scheerville streets as a court arbitration petition nears a decision. Rioting resumed last night with streetcars halted and a man fatally injured by gunfire. Strikers attacked a suspected company agent, stabbing him, as a stockade and searchlight defenses were set up.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Scheerville
P. M. Pficl
Taft Loses Inches In Waistline Says Barker
Beverly Mass August 20 Dr Charles Barker anti fat presidential instructor claims he has cut seven inches from President Tafts waist. Observers estimate Tafts weight now appears around 308 or 299 pounds though official figures are not available.
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Beverly
Mass
Charles Barker
Taft
Unlucky Friday Thirteenth Fatality in Seattle
N A Odlum of Viroqua Wisconsin died in Seattle on Friday the 13th when a steam touring car failed to brake on a steep Fifth Avenue incline. Chauffeur Edward Koeppel escaped unharmed after the vehicle overturned. Odlum was crushed beneath the wreck.
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Viroqua
Wis
N. A. Odlum
Seattle
Odlum
Edward Koeppel
Fifth Avenue
Man Deem ed as demented negro fought 300 mile ride
At St. Louis Union station seven policemen struggled to subdue George Kelly a demented African American after a 300 mile transfer from Indianapolis. Officer Al Mathey assisted restraining Kelly during the journey as passengers feared for safety. Kelly had been arrested in Indiana for an attempted town shooting and was to be deported.
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ST. Louis
George Kelly
Union Station
al Mathey
Indianapolis
Mathey
Kelly
Indianas
New Albin Defies Semi-Pro Teams for Championship Bid
New Albin baseball manager E F Kuehn challenged any semi pro team in the United States during a city visit. He named Waukon Harmony and Caledonia as preferred opponents as his club pursues the national semi pro title after a successful season.
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E. F. Kuehn
New
Albin Baseball Club
United States
Waukon
Harmony
Caledonia
Woman Starving in Swell Mansion Mystery
New York reports Mrs. E. H. Benedict of Brooklyn lies in a mental daze at Seney hospital after five days alone without food in her deserted mansion in Park Slope. Her husband, a music teacher and church organist, was last seen leaving with a suitcase on August 7, the date she was last seen. Police discovered her plight five days later. officials kept the story suppressed.
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New York
E. H. Benedict
Brooklyn
Seney Hospital
Park Slope
Benedict
Beating Dies on Nebraska Farm Sparks Arrest
In Grand Island Nebraska on August 20 farm hand Joseph E Richardson 50 was beaten to death with a horsewhip by Ernest E Stout 28 who was jailed in Hall county. Richardson was mowing on Stouts farm when a dispute led to the deadly assault.
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Grand Island
Neb
Joseph E. Richardson
Ernest E. Stout
Hall County
Richardson
Stout
Willard Flies Curtiss Aeroplane At Sixty MPH Pace
C F Willard piloted a Curtiss aeroplane on Hempstead Plains Mineola with timekeepers reporting sustained speeds around sixty miles an hour during three trial flights. He covered three miles in 2 minutes 56 seconds on the first run and 3 minutes on the second before a rudder issue forced an early descent. The Wrights claim the plane infringes patent rights and filed suit.
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New York
C. F. Willard
Curtiss
Hempstead Plains
Mineola
L. L
Willard
Aero Club of America
Glenn Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
Wright Brothers
Meadowbrook Club
Camp Black
Hempstead
Garden City
Young Girls Drop Babe In An Alley In Chicago
Two 19 year old girls are jailed at West Chicago Avenue station on attempted murder and abandonment charges after allegedly tossing a month old infant into a pool of water in an alley. They travel from Sumner Iowa and used the names Peter Weber and Frank Madura to attract attention. The infant was found by Mrs Antonia Lewinski and Mrs Sophie Capola and cared for by Sergeant Hayes while authorities decide next steps.
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Chicago
West
Chicago Avenue
Sarah Baker
Lizzie Beancheon
Sumner
Iowa
Peter Weber
Frank Madura
Weber
Madura
Antonia Lewinski
Sophie Capola
Hayes
Bottle found with death note reveals Seattle drowning
A Seattle drowning on July 4 is confirmed by a bottle message addressed to Mrs. Tiefenbrunn of St. Louis. J. O. Franz disappeared while boat riding two miles from Seattle harbor and perished when his craft struck a log and sank.
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ST. Louis
Seattle
J. O. Franz
Franz
Work Wanted for Normal Students
The normal school office reports many requests from prospective pupils seeking student work to cover board and room. Opportunities include housework, dining room service, and for boys tasks such as caring for a horse furnace lawn or acting as pupil agents for steam laundries. Call the normal school office at new phone No 49 with name, address, and job details.
Four Die When Magazine Bursts in Osaka Explosion
Four soldiers died and many were seriously injured when two powder magazines exploded at Osaka early today. The blast destroyed many buildings and caused immense property damage. The magazines reportedly contained about 120000 grains of powder.
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Tokio
Osaka
Pathetic Death at Speedway Sparks Fear and Debate
The report details Bourque's fatal crash at the speedway, a near miss for Chevrolet, and drivers' reactions. Oil proposal for the course draws mixed opinions, with Carl Fisher defending the track and De Palma reconsidering his withdrawal. A large crowd witnessed the day under fine weather with ongoing track work and improved conditions.
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F. J. Wagner
New York
Carl Fisher
Speedway Company
Ralph de Palma
Army of Bucket Shops Closed by St Louis Police
Four hundred sixteen bucket shops operating from Jersey City to Denver were shut off after police discovered their St Louis headquarters. Investigators plan to present evidence to the grand jury in September and seek indictments. A surveillance setup used telegraph instruments, boards and clerks to relay quotations to a central office, with a spyglass operator in a Chamber of Commerce overlook. The Missouri anti bucketshop law makes owners and service providers liable.
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ST. Louis
Jersey City
Denver
Grand Jury
Pacific and
Twelfth Streets
Chamber of Commerce
East St. Louis
Family dies on pilot of engine tragedy near Montgomery
Mrs Otis Giery 20 died instantly when a Lake Shore train struck the buggy she rode in with her husband 24 and their 3 year old daughter Goldie at Judson crossing Hillsdale County near Reading Mich. The couple had attended a tri state encampment at Montgomery and were returning home when high banks at the crossing prevented warning. Their bodies were found on the train pilot after the collision last night. the husband died at Bay Ind hospital this morning.
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Reading
Mich
Otis Giery
Bay
Ind
Goldie
Lake Shore
Judson Crossing
Montgomery
Hillsdale County
Giery
Gierys
Clear Lake
Indiana Line
Tri-State
Ten Mile
Tennis Play Resumed in Third Round at Newport
Play resumed in the national tennis tournament in Newport Rhode Island under perfect weather. The featured match is W. C. Grant of New York versus E. F. Larned of Orange New Jersey, the middle states champion, as twenty six matches are scheduled for the day.
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Newport
R. I
W. C. Grant
New York
E. F. Larned
Orange
N. J
Middle States
Buick Wins as Oldfield and Strang Compete for 1909 Auto Mile
Crowd of 20000 watches trials and race heats for stripped chassis cars and serials. Oldfield sets 43 1-5 seconds in a Benz record as Zenger and De Palma also post strong times. Buick takes victory in event five with Strong first and Chevrolet second while Merz wins event six in a ten mile stripped chassis race. Aitken in National leads event eight ahead of Stoddard-Dayton rivals as Lytle and Mulford place second and third.
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Strang
Christie
Oldfield
Benz
Zengel
de Palma
Zenger
Chadwick
Tinkler
Marion
Monson
Buick
Chevrolet
Strong
Merz
National
Dehymel
Stoddard-Dayton
Johnny Aitkin
Balloons In Flight Between Peoria St Louis And New Florence
Reports indicate balloons from Peoria Illinois and the Missouri line drift toward St. Louis Missouri with pilots Lambert Bemis and H E Honeywell aboard. Sightings include Missouri over Tilden Illinois at noon with two ballast bags remaining and altitude about 1000 feet.
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ST. Louis
Peoria
Ill
Missouri
Lambert
Bemis
Wheatly
New Florence
H. E. Honeywell
Tilden
Young Turks Split as Greece Replies on Crete
In Constantinople on August 20 the government tentative acceptance of Greece’s second reply to Turkey’s Crete note splits the Young Turks. The party faces possible disintegration and a real threat of new civil conflict.
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Constantinople
Greece
Turkey
Crete
Young Turks
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
The Jenson and Karis families express heartfelt thanks to friends relatives and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after their loss of wife mother and daughter. Special thanks to Jos B Funke Co and employees the F R A and all who sent floral offerings.
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Jos. B. Funke Co
Peter Jenson
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Wrights
Bourque
Michigan
Cery
S.S.S
Fan Soo
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Erhart’s
WM. Karis
LA Grosse Theatre
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