Wellman Starts Then Is Driven Back In Airship
A dramatic attempt to reach the pole by airship Wellman started September 2 in a strong northwest wind. The craft was driven backward, landed atop a glacier, and its crew was rescued after a tense effort. The expedition later announced plans to delay this year's attempt and pursue a new voyage in 1908.
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Gale
Tomar
Wellman Eayvethiton
Neplved Muievewas
Wesel Bay
Cou
van Riewenberg
Inn
Iestener
Dane's Island
Tromsne
Hersey
Trondhjom
Norway
Walter We
Ddis
Wellman
Break in Wire Strike Leads to Partial Reopenings in Cleveland
In Cleveland on September 14, telegram operators including the local union VP returned to work for Postal Telegraph and Cable Co. The company reopened key branch offices in the Ohio division, with other firms reporting operator shortages but continuing operations at reduced volumes. Legal notes report a writ of error in Adolphus Culson’s death case was served, a matter tied to jury trial rights in the canal zone.
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Cleveland, O
Rerens
Talon
Postal Telegraph & Cable Company
Collins
Choveinnad
Western Talon Telus Company
Isthmus Negro
Washington
War Department
Fuller
Adolphus Culson
Gana Zone
Dst
Camal
Oriental Shipboard Fight Aboard Elec tre do
Ninety Japanese and Chinese crew clashed aboard the bark Elec tre do as it neared San Francisco from Nushagak Alaska. The night battle with knives left more than a dozen wounded and many others placed in irons on the vessel’s belt.
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San Francisco
Electre
Nushagak
Alaska
Defaulter’s Friend Tries Death Jumping Into Bayou
New Orleans reports indicate Virginia Reed, linked to a state embezzlement case involving about 90 000 of an estimated 100 000 or more stolen, attempted suicide by leaping into Bayou St John on Friday. She was rescued by bystanders.
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New Orleans
Wirginia Reed
Charles E. Lotten
Bayou St. John
Milk Congress Opposes Forced Pasteurization
Dr Henry Le Cost of Newark NY, head of the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions, urged against compulsory pasteurization as a long term policy. He warned it could curb incentives to improve milk quality and favor only urban areas. He endorsed raw or lightly treated milk kept cold, urging radical eradication measures over blanket pasteurization. The congress condemned raw milk use and advised mothers to use milk brought to a boil and sterilized.
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Brussels
Henry le Cost
Newark
N. J
American Association of Medical Milk Commissions
Tnen
International Milk Congress
Coit
Sulk
Dr. Colt
Dri Colt Algo
Two Ball Pennants Won by Columbus in Doubleheader
Columbus clinched a 43rd straight American Association pennant by sweeping Saturday's doubleheader to end the season. Manager Clymer pitched the last inning. Central League flags went to Springfield as the season closed, with Wheeling, Canton, Evansville, Dayton, Terre Haute, Grand Rapids and South Bend trailing. Weather and wild results marked Sunday’s games across the major circuits, including Chicago, St Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, and Milwaukee.
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Columbus
Amercan Association
Sauday
Clymer
Tipon
South Bend
Ind
Springfield
Wheeling
Xéeoné
Canton
Evansville
Dayton
Terre Hache
Grand
Chicago
Cleveland
St. Leuis
Detroit
St. Louis
Fille
Iusan City
Kansas
Milwaukee
City
Miwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Sc. Pang
Thres
Dubuque
Clinton
Ace
Gam
Grand Rapids
Daytton
Terri Haute
Denver
Lincoln
Des Moines
Omaha
Fueble— Pueblo
Stony City
Armistice Extended as Moroccan Tribes Seek Unity
Paris dispatch reports General Druda grants another day of armistice to Moroccan tribes to pursue internal understanding. A Chatoula delegate says the tribe will use force if needed to secure agreement with others. Sultan Abdel Aziz seeks Rabat action as of Sept 12.
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Paris
Druda
Rude
Abdel Aziz
Jott Fea
Rabat
Constable Kelleher Killed in Reading
Timothy Kelleher of state constabulary Troop C was stabbed to death in Reading, Pennsylvania, while trying to arrest two men accused of assaulting a young woman. His body was found along the Schuylkill River banks.
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Penneylvania
Reading
Timothy Kelleher
Troop C
State Constabulary
Sehuylkul
Kansas City Merchant Clarence Fletcher Dies at 44
Clarence J. Fletcher, president and secretary of the Marcher Grocery Co., Kansas City, Mo., died Sunday of peritonitis aged 44. A prominent merchant for eight years, he previously worked in the grocery business in St. Joseph, Mo.
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Kansas City
Kanaag City
Clarence J. Fletcher
Marcher Grocery Company
Pletcher
Se Joseph
Paris in Uproar over Soleilant Case and Fallieres Mercy
Paris embattled by demonstrations after Soleilant, sawed prior death sentence commuted by President Fallieres to life imprisonment for murdering a four year old girl. Thousands marched in orderly protests across the city, with women leading cries for justice and punishment. Police dispersed some parades, while others regrouped. The press denounces clemency and warns of rising crime, including Apache gangs troubling Paris and other cities.
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Paris
Falliores
Innes
France
Soleillant
St. Ambroise
Juule Maria Sevberding
Soleilant
Pel Meroy
Place de la Sesublique
Plice Venilene
Ministry of Juscee
Suleilans
Falleres
Parla
Vanda
Touny
Three Hunters Die In Dynamite Blast Near Cheboygan
In Cheboygan Michigan on Sunday three young hunters misused a dynamite storehouse in the woods as a target and were killed. Bert Simmons aged 18, Ormord Simmons aged 17, and Leslie Ehret aged 23 died. The blast left part of Ehret’s body, and the remaining two youths were blown to atoms.
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Chevoygan
Mich
Sre
Bert Simmons
Omford Simmons
Bert
Leslie Whret
Ehret
Chinese Towns in Revolt in Kwai Zuan District
Market towns Mosze Mo kad and Fankol in Chun Chow prefecture report simultaneous uprisings. Insurgents carried banners saying the people are driven by the officials to rise.
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Hong Kong
Mosze
Mokad
Fankol
Kwai-Zuan
Chun-Chow
Cholera Reports Rise in Moscow and Nearby Areas
Four fresh cholera cases with three deaths are reported from Moscow and surrounding areas. The government of Viatka is described as being overwhelmed by the outbreak.
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Moscow
St. Petersburg
Viatka
Harriman Interests take over Armour refrigerator cars
A chaotic set of news briefs reports Harriman interests seizing Armour refrigerator car operations on the Pacific slope. Other items mention crimes, deaths, assassinations, and a medical recovery after a mysterious beating and theft in Chicago.
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Harriman
Armour Refrigerator Car
Pacific Slope
BE. M. Crumb
Chicago
Dohan
Cincinnati
Walter Scott
Plain Nord
N. J
Prince Chay Chavadzs
Russie
Juan Espinosa
Chrisian Marksman
Rio Janeiro
France
Midi
Mathew Fi. Auesoo
San Francisco
Hudson
Gregels
Sulors
Murdered American in Mexico. wife wounded
A telegram from Donleht Percesa, Indiana, reports American George Rose was murdered by Mexican bandits near Guanajuato, with his wife injured. Rose, 34, from Benton Harbor Michigan, grad of Michigan Agricultural College in 1896, worked with Guanajuato mining firm. wife Winifred McGrath of Salt Lake City injured but expected to recover.
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Laporte
Ind
Donleht Percesa
Franessville
Guanajuata
Mexico
George Rose
West
W. C. Rose
Benton Harbor
Mich
Michigan Agricultural College
Winifred McGrath
Salt Lake City
Rose
Mexican Mining and Transportation Company
Cguanusrate
Murness Rose
Rosa
Young man killed after horse throws him in Rock Creek Park
Berry Winship, 21, a member of a prominent Washington family, was fatally injured when his horse shied in Rock Creek Park. Dragged by the stirrup, he was picked up by Dr Gleanon and rushed to a hospital but died shortly after. He had recently come into a large inheritance.
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Washington
Berry Winship
Rock Creek Park
Gleanon
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Mr. Winship
Man Killed in Peculiar Wreck Near New Florence
Johnstown pa Sept 16 a man was killed and three injured in a peculiar wreck on the West Penn extension of the Pennsylvania railroad opposite New Florence Westmoreland county Sunday. Parts of two four passenger trains running west on parallel tracks were reduced to kindling wood. A flange on a wheel broke about the middle of one train and the car was thrown against the other train. Homestead Woman Drowned in Allegheny River Pleasure Trip
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Johnstown
West Peny
Pennsylvania Railroad
Homestead
Pittsburg
Allegheny River
Sarah Barns
Engineer Killed in Berkshire Division Train Collision
In New Haven Conn on the Berkshire division of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad an almost head-on collision occurred at the Allingtown siding in Orenge. Engineer W H Johnson of the southbound train was killed. two other engineers and two men were hurt but not seriously.
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New Haven
More Letter Carriers for Cities in September Action
Washington Sept 16 Acting Past master Gergra Hitchcock authorizes additional letter carriers at post offices on Oct 1. New York 75 Brooklyn TL Pittsburg 25 roil 21 Milwaukee 11 Newark N J 10 and Baltimore 9 added to city offices.
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Washington
Gergra Hitchcock
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Roil
Milwaukee
Newark
N. d
Balthmore
Lusitania Turbine Ship Sets Speed Hopes Across Atlantic
New York reports celebrate the Cunard liner Lusitania as it nears completion of its Atlantic crossing in under five days, spurring German forecasts that turbine propulsion will dominate future sea travel. Capt. Well praises the ship as the fastest yet built while engineers note efficient performance and potential for sustained 25 knot averages. Berlin watchers weigh whether Lusitania will overtake the Deutschland and set new records in turbine ship design.
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Lusitania
Mauretania
Ernest Gunard
The
One
Lualtaule
Maurétania
Queenstown
Ambrose Channel
Font of
West Thirteenth Street
North River
Uson
Duncan
J. B. Well
Cunard Line
Sandy Hook Bar
Berlin
Atlantic
Bank Robbery Report From Aberdeen South Dakota
Three bandits robbed the Firet State Bank at Locht early Friday wrecked the safe and escaped with 1200 dollars. The watchman saw them but a description could not be given. They fled through Iron Eagle to a box car and escaped in a truck.
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South Dakota
Aberdeen
S. D
Locht
Wreck of Southbound Express and Freight near Concord
A head on collision between a southbound express and a freight train near White River Junction on Sept 16 killed and seriously injured many. Telegraph orders misrouted by the Concord division caused both engines to fail to see the other in fog. Rescue teams and doctors arrived within an hour, with Montreal Express saving passengers and a farmer discovering a missing mother’s body among the wreckage.
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White Iver Junction
Lie Hoston & Malve
Cutinat Staion
Uhen
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Garth
Canaan
Statiac
Concord
Nundigl Wal Ib
Farmicra
Steeor
Hanover
Montreal Expréss
German Miners Blown Up At Merlenbach Mine
Four miners were killed and three seriously injured in a firedamp and plaster explosion at the Merlenbach mine near Forbach Germany. Initially believed to be many dead, twelve men were underground and five escaped unharmed after the blast at midnight Saturday night.
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Forbach
Germany
Merlenbach
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New Jersey
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Draude
Fallieres
Failieres
Michigan
Guanajuato
RIGH
C. Berry Winship
Cailteton
M. D. Woodford
Kalamazoo, Mich
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Mincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
Charlavoix
Cincinanti
Velgian Aeronauve Club
Triumph
Cunarder
Lusitani
Sauily Pascal Sun
Robert Pulton
Clermont
Hudson River
Oien Railway
Canaan Station
Boston & Maine
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