Illinois Primary Returns and Gubernatorial Tie Ups
Chicago August 10 The uncertain results from Saturday's Illinois primary show the Democratic ticket led by Stringer in Senate endorsements and Stevenson for governor, while Republican races split with Deneen leading in Chicago Cook County over Yates and Hopkins trailing Foss outside Cook. Returns lag and may shift as counties report. Peoria and other counties provide early glimpses of support in the contest for Congress.
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Chicago
United States
Lawrence KH. Stringer
Adlai E. Stevenson
E. A. Perry
X. F. Beidler
Ralph Jeffris
J. B. Mount
R. C. Hall
Supreme Court
Albert J. Hopkins
Illinois
Cook County
Hopkins
Mason
Foss
Stringer
Deneen
Yates
James Hamilton Lewis
Peoria
Cook
Wabash Man Survives Self Inflicted Gunshot
Earl Rife of Wabash attempted suicide by shooting himself. The bullet grazed his skull and he may survive, with medical staff treating his injuries.
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Earl Rife
Wabash
Prisoner in Hands of Wild Tribesmen Summoned to Protect Him
Teheran dispatches describe the shah of Persia as a prisoner by revolting tribesmen sent to guard the throne. The tribesmen demand money the shah cannot pay and threaten to destroy the palace. Russian loan cash tied to crown jewels is exhausted amid ongoing fighting with revolutionaries.
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St. Petersburg
Teheran
Persia
Tabriz
Officers Beaten to Death in Methuen Police Chase
In Methuen Massachusetts on August 10 two police officers Charles H Emerson and Frank McDermott were found dead after a weekend patrol. They had been beaten while pursuing petty raiders who had been robbing chicken yards and gardens. Their bodies were discovered late Sunday by Chief Jones and search parties in a peat meadow.
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Methuen
Mass
Charles H. Emerson
Frank McDermott
Methuen Police Department
Jones
Japanese Veteran Denied U S Citizenship in Seattle
After three years service in the U S Army in the Philippines and an honorable discharge, Buntaro Kamagai a Japanese national asked for U S citizenship but was denied his papers by Judge C H Hanford of the federal court in Seattle Washington on August 10.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Philippines
Buntaro Kamagai
C. H. Hanford
Powder Factory Explosion Kills Nine in Badajos
A report from Badajos says nine people were killed in a violent explosion at the Chellas powder factory. The blast virtually destroyed much of the town and damaged surrounding areas.
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Madrid
Badajos
Spain
Chellas
Two Nebraska Boys Drowned In Missouri River Tragedy
Nebraska City reports two of David James's sons from Minersville drowned Sunday afternoon in the Missouri river near the town.
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Nebraska
Nebraska City
Neb
David James
Minersville
Missouri River
Here
Delta Gamma sorority hosts house party in Bloomington
Members of the Delta Gamma sorority plan a house party at the chapter house in Bloomington. The event gathers sisters from the state chapter and aligns with a social gathering at the residence.
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Delta Gamma Sorority
Bloomington
Two Victims in Auto Crash Near Sylvania Ohio
A Cleveland party touring Canada with Charles W. Pohlmann and Father George Vahey perished when their auto plunged over an embankment near Sylvania. Mrs. Pohlmann and Florence survived. another passenger, F C Dietzel, was injured.
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Toledo
Sylvania
Charles W. Pohlmann
Cleveland
George Vahey
Columbhill’s Parish
Florence
F. C. Dietzel
Pohlmann
Father Vahey
Mr. Pohlmann
Fremont
J. J. Malone
Glenwood Avenue
Eley Bridge
Ten Mile Creek
Pillsbury Flour Milling Receivers Named in Federal Petition
In Minneapolis on August 10 stockholders petitioned the federal district court for receivers to run the Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Milling Co. The court granted the petition naming C. S. Pillsbury son of C. A. Pillsbury, A. C. Loring of Northwestern Consolidated Milling, and A. C. Cobb attorney to direct the business.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Milling Company
Federal District Court
C. 8
Pillsbury
Charles A. Pillsbury
A. C. Loring
Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company
A. C. Cobb
Fort Riley Maneuvers Begin With 5000 Troops
Junction City Kansas July 10 Five thousand regular troops began maneuvers at Fort Riley after marching to the camp along the Kaw river east of the post for more than a mile.
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Fort Riley
Junction City
Kan
Kaw River
Death of Jere Keeney Sr. Crawfordsville Paper Man
Jere Keeney Sr. of Crawfordsville dies at eighty four, one of Western Indiana's oldest newspaper men.
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Jere Keeney, Sr
Crawfordsville
Indiana
Slaughter by Strikers Kills Three on Birmingham Train
Three men died and eleven were wounded when striking miners fired on a passenger train near Blocton while en route to the mines. Eight suspects were arrested as authorities moved to quell the violence with militia in attendance.
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Blocton
Ala
Birmingham
Joe T. Collins
O. S. Dent
Willard Howell
Comer
Col. Hubbard
Gov Willson Charges Bracken Officials Over Night Riders
Gov Willson names Bracken county judge and county attorney in a public statement accusing them of oath violations and sympathy with night riders. He notes remission of the state's share of a fine against Wainwright Lee for breach of the peace and pledges immunity to those resisting intimidation.
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Willson
Frankfort
Bracken County
Gov
Wainwright Lee
Four Children Die in New York Tenement Fire
A blaze on East One Hundred and Twelfth Street early Monday killed four Sousto children aged sixteen to ten and seriously injured five others. Fire started on the second floor. residents fled upward and some jumped from windows before flames were put out.
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New York
East One Hundred and Twelfth Street
James Sousto
Secret Service Nabs Counterfeit Ring in Rhinelander
United States Secret Service agents T. R. McManus of Milwaukee and Thomas Porter of Chicago arrested Hugo Rudolph Albert Donnerstag and Adolph Zacharyias in Rhinelander Wisconsin on counterfeiting charges. Authorities seized spurious five ten and twenty dollar gold pieces from the prisoners.
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Rhinelander
Wis
United States Secret Service
T. R. McManus
Milwaukee
Thomas Porter
Chicago
Hugo Rudolph
Albert Donnerstag
Adolph Zacharyias
Balloon watch ends in fatal fall in Hagerstown
A Hagerstown Maryland man fell from a roof while watching a balloon and died. The incident underscores the danger of elevated viewing sites compared with balloons.
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Hagerstown
Roosevelt names five experts to study farm life
President Roosevelt selects Prof L H Bailey Henry Wallace Kenyon Butterfield Gifford Pinchot and Walter Page to investigate conditions on American farms and report recommendations for social sanitary and economic improvements. The group will prepare a message for Congress next year.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Congress
L. H. Bailey
New York College of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Wallace’s Farmer
Des Moines
Kenyon L. Butterfield
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forest Reserve
Walter H. Page
The
World's Work
New York
Storm in Austria Kills Many in Szegedin
A thunderstorm in Szegedin Austria damaged most houses while a hemp factory under construction reported the only fatalities A tall chimney toppled onto a heating house trapping workers. Seven dead and 13 wounded were recovered with more feared.
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Szegedin
Austria
Brooklyn Woman Shot Dead in Home by Man Who Then Killself
Mrs Bertha Hood aged 32 was fatally shot at her Brooklyn home by Ernest Seitz a 24 year old Manhattan man. Seitz wounded Mrs Hood’s one and a half year old daughter before turning the gun on himself presumed fatally wounded.
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Logansport
Ind
Levi Weaver
Pan Handle
New York
Bertha Hood
Brooklyn
Ernest Seitz
Manhattan
Seitz
Miss Hutton Injured by Bottle Thrown Through Car Window
Miss Tillie Hutton of Shelbyville was badly injured when a whisky bottle was hurled through the window of a traction car, causing injuries and drawing local concern.
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Tillie Hutton
Shelbyville
Sixty Two Story Building Plans Approved for Broadway Block
The department approved a $10 million sixty two story office building for Equitable Life Assurance Society to replace its current Broadway structure. Plans filed by D H Burnham Co on June 29 cover the Nassau Pine Cedar streets block.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Broadway
Department
D. H. Burnham & Co
Chicago
Nassau, Pine and
Cedar Street
Georgia legislature taxes near beer sales and production
In Atlanta on August 10, Georgia lawmakers passed a bill in the house imposing a two hundred dollar tax on all saloons and restaurants selling near beer. The bill also bans production within the state unless a three hundred dollar tax is paid, while current prohibition limits allow sale of beverages with more than two percent alcohol.
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Jevenson
George E. Foss
Charles S. Deneen
J.G. Oglesby
F. L. Smith
James A. Rose
J. S. McCullough
Andrew Russell
William H. Stead
Christopher D. Mamer
M. L. Mandable
J. T. Donahoe
F. J. Crowley
James T. McDermott
Adolph J. Sabath
Frank G. Wood
Frank Buchanan
Thomas Gallagher
Western Starr
C. McNaughton
W. N. Armstrong
M. J. McEniry
W. E. Lancaster
James W. Hill
S. Schneider
Henry C. Bell
Charles A. Karch
J. Q. A. Ledbetter
William W. Wilson
C. S. Wharton
Anthony Michalek
William Lorimer
Frey Lundin
E. S. Ksycki
Howard M. Snapp
John H. Danskin
Pleasant T. Chapman
Shah
Methuen, Mass
Thaw
Uncle Sam
Sam
Canada
Pillsbury Mills
Scores County Officials
Prof. Bailey
Department of Agriculture
Dr. Knapp
S. S.S
Bock
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
T. S. Allen
Equitable
Beer
Georgia
Atlanta, Ga
VIA
Wabash Railroar
Detroit
Mich
Petoskey
Mackinaw City
Pat-In-Bay
Sandusky, O
Niagra Fall, N.Y
Buffalo, N. Y
Toronto,Ont
Montreal
Portland
Denver, Col
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Colorado
Wabash Ticket Office
M. Burke
Buffalo
D.& B. Line
Badalo
Niagara
Reading
Michigan
Detrot
Lakes
L. G. Lewis
Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat Co
Philip H. McMillan
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