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Cabinet meets as Asquith backs release in England
Cable dispatch from Lospex on August 21 reports the first cabinet meeting with all members present. The attorney-general, the home secretary, and Mr. Asquith favor release. The piece also references Pope reunification talks and thieves leaving England amidst other headlines.
Cruelty Report From Fez About Eunuch Bubilai
A Fez letter reports the Sultan’s chief eunuch Bubilai torturing slaves by boiling water. It states a fifth slave died in this manner. The Sultan reportedly declined punishment due to the eunuch’s high market value.
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Fez
Morocco
Bubilai
Babilai
Pope forms plan for reunion of churches
Rome August 21 The Pope appointed Mgr Csacka prefect of archives and coadjutor to Mgr Persico secretary to the propaganda. He orders research into documents on the reunion of the Eastern and Western churches and prepares a key document outlining the initiative. The Vatican laments opposition from the triple alliance powers to the reunion.
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Rome
Mgr. Cszacka
Vatican
Mgr
Persico
Driven Out of England Notorious Convicts Reach U S
Lonpos August 21 The News announces MacDonnell and Hill once Bidwell accomplices in 1873 bank forgeries have been released on condition they leave the country never to return Both departed for America after release Capt Andrews In Mid Ocean Spanish steamer Vera Cruz reports a July 20 dory voyage from Atlantic City to Huelva with Capt Andrews and a small boat crew unavailable details provided
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United States
Lonpos
MacDonnell and Hill
Bidwell
America
Andrews
Contuna
Spain
Vera Cruz
Havana
Atlantic City
N. J
Huelva
A Little Girl's Crime and Family Tragedy in Texas
In Hussono Texas on August 21 Warren Fisher slapped his 13 year old sister over a petty matter. The girl seized a sabre knife and fatally stabbed her brother, shocking the community with a violent turn in a minor dispute. Authorities investigated the family incident and gathered testimony from local residents.
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Texas
Hussono
Warren Fisher
Rumor of Surrender Sways Local Rumors
A rumor claiming a surrender by a prominent figure circulates locally, but no one believes it. The report mentions several names in scattered fragments, with uncertainty about the outcome and credibility of the claim.
Search for guns and uprisings hit Homestead
Reports from Homestead Pennsylvania on August 21 indicate a search for rifles seized by striking workers after battles with Pinkertons. Fears rise as muttered threats surface against soldiers retrieving arms, with strikers viewing the firearms as their property and pledging to resist searches.
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Homestead
Pinkerton
Vanderbilt Lines Try to Hire Scabs in Detroit
An agent for Vanderbilt lines recruited twenty five men to replace strikers in Buffalo. They were smuggled into a Michigan Central train at 2 20 a m East bound but the on duty switchmen refused to move the train with scabs aboard. The men were later placed on the Niagara Falls and Buffalo Express but again removed by the conductor.
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Detroit
Mich
Vanderbilt Lines
Buffalo
Michigan Central
Niagara Falls
Test Day in Burrato as freight traffic resumes
Gen Doyle says the strike may end soon and Buffalo freight will flow as before within days. Central road moves traffic in yards for first time since strike began. Lehigh reports enough men in one roundhouse to handle traffic under protection. Nickel Plate remains possibly the only secured road not yet back to full operation. The test day will confirm company claims or striker assertions.
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Burrato
N.Y
Doyle
Buffalo
Lehigh
Gov Flower Optimistic on Strike Trouble in State
Gov Flower said he did not expect further trouble from the strike in New York State. Adjutant General Porter agreed. In Buffalo yards there are 7500 infantry and 200 cavalrymen. Flower plans to visit Watertown for the weekend with family. Local railroad men report no conspiracy with switchmen. engineers and firemen deny forming a strike coalition. Conductors will not strike unless asked to fill striker work and disciplined for refusal.
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Flower
Aupany
N. Y
Adjt
Porter
Buffalo Yards
Watertown
Cepan Barina
E. E. Clark
The
Order of Railway Conductors
New York
Compelled to resign amid unclear audit pressures
An official is forced from duty amid opaque pressures and unnamed investigations. The report notes resignation follows amid confusion and questions about governance while no direct charges are disclosed.
Cotton crop shows slight weekly improvement overall
The report notes a general uptick in cotton crop conditions across most sections during the past week, with declines in South Carolina Louisiana and Alabama where conditions worsened or backslid.
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South Carolina
Louisiana
Alabama
Three Bad Men Captured by Cheat River
Notorious Cooley gang members, one possibly Jack Ramsey, were seized on the Cheat River near Krxenoon West Virginia and jailed, provoking mob pressure if identities are confirmed. Also Vienna Grain and Seed Convention opens August 29 with harvest estimates from major grain nations.
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Cooley
Kentucky
Krxenoon
W. Va
Jack Ramsey
Cheat River
Here
Vienna
United States of America
Canada
Russia
India
Bond for a Large Sum Disappears
Cry of Mexico Aug 21 A bond of the consolidated debt valued at 13000 has disappeared from the federal treasury An employee is held on suspicion Gen Refugio Gonzales is dead Flores Rehex elected Governor of Durango.
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Cry of Mexico
Refugio Gonzales
Flores Rehex
Durango
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