Rail and public notices mix in Aug reports
G J Grammers of Lake Shore railroad to testify before federal grand juries about rebates to Standard Oil. New York Central and Lake Lore officers summoned to produce rebate records. Reading obit notes Oliver Sitler released after graft sentence with city reception. Philadelphia doctors plan balloon study on physiological effects of ballooning. Chicago grain quotes show corn oats and wheat activity.
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Wipps News Association
Vmlings
G. J. Grammers
Lake Shore Railroad
Jamestown NY
Chicago Federal Grand Juries
Standard Oil Company
New York Central
Lake Lore
Society Helps Orphans Fair At Vacderput Residence
Newport August 5 readers learn the charity fair for St Mary's Orphanage at Reginald C Vacderput home in Sandy Point Farm. Mrs William R Hunter and Mrs Vanderbilt lead arrangements with tea, fancy bags, and costumed assistants. An afternoon exhibition features service members from local army and navy posts and includes many noted society figures among the supporters.
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Scripps News Association
Newport
R. L
Reginald C. Vacderput
St. Mary's Orphanage
Providence
Sandy Point Farm
William R. Hunter
Vanderbilt
Natalie Schenck Collins
Laura Swan
Paul Andrew
Army
Harold Brown
Cnaries M. Oalriche
Mel. Shafter Howard
Freda Paine
Miss Morgan
Miss Little
W. H. Mayer
Edith Wetmore
Knowlton Conference Opens Ten Day Session
Knowlton Conference in Gue Aug 5 opens a ten day session for Christian workers with attendees from across the province and prominent ministers expected to address the gathering. Charleston News: William Marcus hanged Aug 3 for the murder of his bigamous wife from last April.
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I Serippe Newe Association
Knowlton, Gue
Knowlton
iSedh Ps News Association
Charleston
S. C
William Marcus
Death sentence postponed for Mrs Ledoux
The death sentence for Mrs. Emma Ledoux in the A. N. Mc Vicars murder case was continued until tomorrow morning after a defense motion for a new trial and an affidavit challenge regarding juror comments. Juror affidavits were exchanged and a rebuttal affidavit granted. In Terre Haute boxing news, Herman and Yanger weigh 138 pounds for a ten round bout at the Terre Haute Club with gate receipts share. Milan exposition burns, palace of decorative art destroyed, loss estimated at five thousand pounds.
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Scripta News Association
Stockton
Cal
Emma Ledoux
A. N. McVicars
Viatte
Scripps News Association
Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago
Herman
Yanger
Milan
Milan Exposition
Mayor Johnson Cleared of Contempt in Court
Cleveland August 2 Mayor Johnson was found not guilty of contempt of court. Public service director Springborn was convicted.
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iScripps Newa
Cleveland
Johnson
Springborn
Mutiny in Russia and mutineers in coastal Russia actions
Crowds march in St Petersburg to pressure general strike as troops seize stations along the coast. Kronstadt martial law and mutineers attacked officers on a ship. 450 mutilated corpses reported near Sveaborg. Stolypin reportedly resigns. mutinies threaten government stability.
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Scripps News Association
St. Petersburg
Linevitch
Aimp
Viporg
Krondsadt
Stolypin
Peterhoff
Gamarilla
Kronstadt
Stockholm
Uleaborg
United States
Shore Island
Sveaborg
Indiana militia goes into camp in Indianapolis
The Indiana state militia enters camp in Indianapolis today for a preparatory mobilization training. Troops will stay in camp until August 15 as part of concentrating State forces for U S mobilization camps.
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Scripps News Association
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
United States
Railroads obtain injunction against ticket scalpers in Twin Cities
Six railroads with terminals at St. Paul Minneapolis and Dubuque win a temporary injunction till the 20th restraining scalpers from selling tickets. The move aims to curb speculation ahead of the Grand Army encampment in Minneapolis the week of the 12th.
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Eripps News Association
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Debuque
Grand Army
Great Methodist Reunion Opens at Reservoir Park Harrisburg
A Methodist Preachers Association of the state hosts a reunion at Reservoir Park in Harrisburg on August 3. The program runs from morning sermon to afternoon and evening meetings with addresses and a musical program.
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Scripps News Association
Harrisburg
Reservoir Park
Methodist Preacher's Association
Reuron
Robert Dix Hanged for Birmingham Conductor Murder
Robert Dix, a Black man, was executed by hanging in Montgomery for the murder of Bart Peaswell, a Birmingham streetcar conductor. The killing occurred after a dispute over fare as Dix allegedly drew a knife and fatally wounded Peasnell during a ride to work. The Jefferson Criminal Court convicted him of first degree murder and sentenced him to death. the Supreme Court upheld the verdict and denied rehearing.
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Scripps News Association
Montgomery
Ala
Robert . Dix
Bart Peaswell
Birmingham
Dix
Diz
Bert Peasnell
Peasnell
Jefferson Criminal Court
Uspreme
Ex mayor Belcher sentenced in Patterson embezzlement case
Patterson New Jersey August 5 former mayor Belcher was sentenced to twelve years for embezzlement after absconding with thousands of dollars for over a year. Detectives had no trace of him until he returned and surrendered to police.
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Scripps News Association
Patterson
N. J
Belcher
Jykes and Hyde
Mays Negro Murderer Executed By Hanging In Texas
In San Antonio on August 3 L Mays, a Black man, was hanged for the July killing of Leo Woods, a white clerk at the Southern Pacific railroad yard. The case hinged on provocation claims after Woods allegedly called him Irish. appeals reversed then affirmed the jury verdict. Rochester convention notes Jewelers oppose falsely marked goods.
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Scripps News Aerociation
San Antoni
Texas
L. Mays
Leo Woods
Mays
Southern Pacific
Woods
Scripps News Asociation
Rochester N. Y
National Convention of Retail Jewelers
Disagree Over The Relief Fund
San Francisco dispatch states Phelan sought a hundred thousand more of a two hundred thousand Standard Oil fund. Standard officials counter that seventy thousand arrived and the original subscriptions included Rockefeller one hundred thousand and Standard one hundred thousand plus twenty thousand from corporate-connected individuals. They note relief allocations favored women and people of all colors and conditions, with funds spent on theological libraries and family expenses, while stressing meticulous accounting and questioning Phelan's knowledge.
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Merippe News Association
New York
San Francisco
Phelan
Standard Oil
Standard
Ralief Committee
Rockefeller
Men Missing After Ottawa Canoe Trip
Dr. Cram of Montreal and Dr. Scott with his nephew vanished after a canoe trip near Ottawa. The overturned canoe was recovered but searchers found no sign of the men.
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Scripps News Association
Ottawa
Cram
Montreal
Scott
Albany Warehouse Fire Destroys Major Flour Hub
A vast blaze in Albany New York today destroyed one of the world’s largest warehouses. The eastern distributing point for Pillsbury Mills housed eight thousand barrels of flour and legal damages are placed around three hundred thousand dollars beyond the value of the flour.
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Scripps News Association
Albany
New York
Pillsbury Mills
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Aline
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Royal Tailor
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Tiand
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