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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1913
Page
8
Official dispatches report a British camel corps unit ambushed near Burao by about two thousand Dervishes. Two officers and around sixty men killed or wounded, with thousands of followers of the Mad Mullah active. A small remnant was later found by a speeding force of three hundred picked men from Aden.
In a clash eighteen miles southeast of Burao in British Somaliland, a band held rough country. The English suffered one officer killed and one wounded. The Moors killed and wounded were Indian natives.
Haywood Ross a sixty year old farmer was found dead in his bed three miles northwest of Fulton with a bullet wound in the back. A revolver hidden under a rug had exploded cartridge. Coroner to hold inquest tomorrow. His wife and eighteen year old son Ernest were present. no clue to the mystery.
Nine hundred garment workers in St Louis join a strike in obedience to a joint board order from cloak suit and ladies' tailor unions. The action centers on wage and working condition demands affecting local shops and the clothing trade.
In a late night double feature at Haskell and Woodland the Twilight League produced a six all tie between the YMCAs Indians side and the town team, with a score dispute over a lost run prompting immediate review. The Lawyers and Printers also battled to a 4 4 draw, a postponed affair that daylight halted in the sixth inning. Sheriff Billy Cummings continues to nab suspects, including C. C. Dulen for a December 1911 theft, as Wells in Lawrence report a dry water well and Prof. Hubach plans a Michigan fishing trip.
A vintage ad describes Parisian Sage hair tonic by HL Raymond and Co. claiming to remove dandruff stop itching cleanse the hair reduce dryness and brittleness improve hair beauty making it wavy and lustrous available in 50 cent bottles and marketed as a universal need.
National League results include Cincinnati defeating Pittsburgh 3 to 1. American League action shows New York beating St Louis 6 to 2, Detroit 6 Boston 2, Philadelphia 8 Chicago 5, Cleveland 6 Washington 1. American Association scores: Kansas City 2 Indianapolis 0, Columbus 6 St Paul 4, Toledo 4 Milwaukee 2, Minneapolis 3 Louisville 0.
Washington news release requests national banks to report their condition as of August 9. The treasury seeks detailed figures on money loaned to and borrowed from other banks to gauge currency demand relief needs by region.
Washington August 12 official report by American Consul Wouelter in Caracas states Cipriano Castro's uprising in Venezuela failed and that General Torres and other rebel officers in the east have been captured. Funeral notice for Mrs. Emiline Woodward of 946 Mississippi Street set for next Thursday at 1 30 PM with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Lawrence Journal-World notes Captain Harrison, popular with veterans, urged by friends to form commander in chief at Chattanooga Tennessee next month. He has debated rate issues with railroads and would seek equal treatment for Grand Army of the Republic.
The First Regimental Band announces J C McCanless resigns as director, citing rest and business duties. Mathew Flynn Jr. elected to fill the vacancy and will assume leadership, bringing prior experience as principal musician of the Third Cavalry Band at Fort Sam Houston. He is the son of Mathew Flynn of Haskell Institute and will lead tonight's rehearsal.
Denver observes the 32nd triennial conclave parade for 5000 Knights Templars. Buglers cry forward march as 14 divisions sail by 1500 to 2000 per unit. Sir Alexander Nisbitt leads escort with police aides. Milish Grand Master William Bromwell Milish watches. Knights Tom Clars of the United States ride in the first carriage.
W H Johns of 1211 New York Street was badly injured yesterday when a wall rock fell on him while he repaired the structure. He suffered numerous bruises and doctors fear multiple broken bones.
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