Americans land Turkey contract sparks vast mineral ventures
Special dispatch notes Americans secure exclusive rights to develop a vast Turkish mineral region. United States Steel Corporation reportedly leads the syndicate with control over rotor plans for 1200 miles of rail and mining rights along the Kurdish and Tigris Euphrates valleys. British firms may share in construction as Turkey's cabinet backs the project. Europe vows pressure ahead of Parliament on November 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NCON
America Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Turkey
London
MacArthur, Perks & Co
MacArthur Brothers
American Western
Harriman Lines
New Jersey
Kurdistan
Tigris
Euphrates
Europe
Arrest Notice Titled Rockefeller Speeding Charge
Special constable Bilkey of South Euclid arrested John D Rockefeller for speeding a motor car. Rockefeller, summoned to appear before Justice Dean at 10 tomorrow, accepted the summons willingly. The case follows an arrival at his Forest Hill mansion after Bilkey located ownership of the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, CO
Bilkey
South Euclid
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Justice Dean
Forest Hill
Iron Gates
Pat Lynch
Lynch
Constable Bilkey
Mr. Rockefeller
Managers rally to defend New York chorus girls
New York reports managers across Broadway rebut a Chicago search for chorus girls. Lew Fields and Frederic Thompson back the local supply noting there are many women of varying types available locally. The industry cites high demand and difficulty finding very young girls, with hundreds applying daily to producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. J. Shubert
Chicago
Great White Way
Lew Fields
Shubert
Frederic Thompson
Leon Friedman
F. Ziegfeld
Short Talks on How to Capture a Man
New York August 9. Laura Jean Libbey and William Morris head a week of talks on capturing a man who can pay rent at the American Roof Garden. The performer author of many works lectures twice daily while Cupid Scully prepares an extra clerk corps at City Hall for anticipated marriage license applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Laura Jean Libbey
William Morris
Cupid
Scully
City Hall
Love and Widow Wisdom Inspire Proposals
A stage talk on courting and marriage features a Merry Widow theme. The speaker argues widows can guide lovers by sensible tactics while widowers may find new love through steady appreciation, ending with a rousing chorus of applause.
Ministers denounce cigarette smoking in Chicago sermons
Chicago ministers across the city attacked the cigarette evil from the pulpit as Christian Endeavorers and youth groups denounced smoking by women. Dr. William H. Carwardine cited Mrs. Alice Longworth and ex-President Roosevelt as influential figures in the moral debate. Rev J A Adams noted Mrs Longworth’s alleged cigarette habit in a forthcoming Advance article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
William H. Carwardine
Humboldt Park Methodist Episcopal Church
Alice Longworth
Biplane Circles Lighthouse Point Above Long Island Sound
Hundreds observed a two seat biplane circling the old lighthouse at Lighthouse Point Monday. John Corcoran of Park Street, who piloted a pleasure launch nearby, reported the craft flew five circuits before heading toward Long Island. The aircraft’s whirring motor was audible to onlookers.
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New Haven
Lighthouse Point
John Corcoran
Park Street
Corcoran
Close to 60 000 000 The Census Outlook
Washington special reports that the thirteenth census may place the U S population near 90 000 000 in 1910. Officials doubt official figures, clerks tally by hand, machines only for race and sex classification. Fraud found in two cities, with a prosecution in Great Falls Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Great Falls
Mon
Roosevelt May Become College President
St Paul Minnesota special report says Theodore Roosevelt may become president of the University of Minnesota. Regents will consider formal action toward his election and expect his acceptance. President Northrup plans retirement in September as Roosevelts consult with delegations. Roosevelt had been approached by a committee led by the late Governor Johnson before Africa trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul,minn
Theodore Roosevelt
University of Minnesota
State University Board of Regents
Roosevelt
Cyrus Northrup
Africa
Johnson
Tobacco Crop Damaged by Drought in Virginia
In central Virginia the tobacco crop is irregular and likely to fail without rain. Corn is suffering more as only three light showers since July 18 have yielded less than .15 inches. Farmers visiting Lynchburg express great distress over the drought effects.
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Lynchburg
Virginia
Salesman Accused of Stealing Leather Samples
Bernard Tyner a traveling salesman was arrested Monday night aboard an Old Dominion steamer on larceny charges for leather goods samples valued around 800 dollars from his New York employers. He says he will return to face accusers. The samples are in two trunks at Petersburg left as security for a board bill. His wife accompanied him on the boat but remained aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Bernard Tyner
New York
Petersburg
Narragansett Club Raid Tangles Society Women
A sensational raid at Narragansett Pier exposes gambling in a renowned society club. Mrs. John G. S. Hanan denounces Constable Cross while listing exclusive members, including Mrs. Robert Ohling and Mrs. Harrison Bullis. Police describe a high profile event with names from New York Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore. A deadly shooting follows when Ledwith confronts an associate known as Ikey, with Ikey later dying at Bellevue Hospital.
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Narragansett Pier
R. L
Narragansett
John GS. Hanan
John G. Cross
Emmerson
Baltimore
Harrison Bullis
Cross
New York
Vanderbilts
Gelrichs
R. I
Oston
Philadelphia
Narracansett Club
John S. Hanan
Philip
B. Randolph
John Cross
Clerical Demonstrations Rock Madrid Crisis Amid Clerical Carlist Ties
Clerical forces allied with Carlists prepare new demonstrations against Premier Canalejas over the Madrid Vatican dispute. San Sebastian leader Quijo directs the movement promising no violence while troops may be used to keep order. Bilboa miners refuse intervention, raising risk of wider unrest as Cortes faces possible clash if Canalejas exposes alleged conspiracies.
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Madrid
Canalejas
Vatican
Jose Maria de Orquijo
San Sebastian
Canalejus
Morocco
Pompona
Navarre
Vitoria
Alaava
Crquijo
Ruiz Valarino
Supreme Court
Bilboa
North
Cortez
Allance
Alfonso
SLAIN MAN FALLS AT FEET OF DUKE
The Duc de Montpensier tours New York at night with police escort when a fusillade wounds Charles Ledwith, a 31-year-old truckman, at Twenty-eighth Street and Seventh Avenue. Ledwith was drinking and with companions as the Duke’s party neared. The scene unfolded as the Duke and his guards moved through the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duc de Montpensier
New York
Paris
Twenty-eighth Street
Seventh Avenue
Knickerbocker
Lieut
Wilbur
Taft
Duke
Charles Ledwith
Ledwith
Girl Saves Two Men Struggling in River at Derby Conn
Miss Elizabeth Simmons of Derby made a thrilling rescue when Ralph Alexander and Stanley Seccombe fell into the Housatonic River after a wharf collapsed. She swam to the scene, aided Alexander to shore, revived him, and was carried on by cheering locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby
Conn
Housatonic
Elizabeth Simmons
Ralph Alexander
New Haven
Stanley Seccombe
Alexander
Seccombe
Miss Simmons
Hms
Mix Simmons
Winchester Votes Day by Good Majority
Winchester Virginia special report states a local option election result with a 150 vote majority for a no license outcome. Voters previously favored dry by nine votes two years ago and the vets claimed victory late, with no bitterness in the campaign.
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Winchester
Plague of Grasshoppers Delays Maryland Trolleys
In Hagerstown Maryland a grasshopper plague along the electric line between Boonsboro and Myersville stops trolley cars. Insects cover rails and fenders while cars crush thousands, the sound like cinders. Two points Kennedy's Hill and Rudy's Station report myriads injuring crops and vegetation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Boonsboro
Myersville
Kennedy's Hill
Rudy's Station
Gas tragedy kills mother and child in New York home
In a second floor Ninth Avenue apartment Mary Mankin thirty five and her two year old son John died from illuminating gas. A worn stove tube had been pulled from the feed pipe causing the leak. Neighbor Edward Gilmore, alerted by odor, raised the alarm after finding the pair in a rocking chair. There was no evidence of suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Mankin
John
Ninth Avenue
Edward Gilmore
Mankin
John Mankin
Old West Twentieth Street
Shuream Girls Escape from Convent in Brooklyn
Three sisters ages fifteen twelve and ten fled the Sisters of Mercy convent at Willoughby and Kent Avenues by tying bedsheets into a rope and lowering themselves from the fifth floor. Captured near 307 Gold Street their father is in prison for assault. mother is deceased. Judge McInerny ordered their placement at the New York Catholic Protectory until his release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fif Children's Court
Brooklyn
McInerny
Sisters of Mercy
Willoughby
Kent Avenues
Children’s Society
Gold Street
Sarah
Nellie
Teresa McGarry
Man Robbed in Philadelphia District by Unknown Suspect
A Philadelphia dispatch reports Bristol Board of Trade secretary Forest L. Runnels was robbed Monday night in Philadelphia, losing his pocketbook and valuables before being left unconscious in an alley. No arrests or crew details furnished.
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Philadelphia
Bristol
Specia
Forrest L. Runnels
Bristol Board of Trade
Domb Waiter Falls Fracturing Woman's Arm
Lynchburg Virginia report: Mrs S B Armistead of a prominent city family was injured when a so called dumb waiter she was lowering fell on her right forearm, fracturing the bones. The incident occurred in Special.
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Domb
Lynchburg
S. B. Armistead
Roosevelt in Touch in New York
Special dispatch from Oyster Bay reports Theodore Roosevelt deeply involved in New York politics after a long conference with William Loeb Jr. Roosevelt will not dictate the Republican gubernatorial nominee, but Loeb reportedly supports Jacob Gould Schurman. Roosevelt may enter the state fight as party leader, with Barnes Jr. among expected visitors at Sagamore Hill. Douglas Robinson also stayed at the Hill and left with Loeb.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
William Loeb, Jr
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell
Mr. Loeb
Ee Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Rosevelt
William Barnes, Jr
Sagamore Hill
Douglas Robinson
Congress
Herkimer County
Robinson
Loeb
Richmond Board Concludes Final Regular Meeting
The Richmond Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance prohibiting City Council members from appearing before city departments in city inter est matters. It chose a concrete wharf from Gillie s Creek to Nicholson Street at an estimated 26 000, authorizing bids and appropriation. Several measures passed including raises, hires, and ordinances on food protection and vehicle horns. The board adjourned after reporting from departments.
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Richmond
Board of Aldermen
Gillie’s Creek
Nicholson Street
James River
Charles Armstrong
Licht Department
John Marshall High School
State Fair Association
Joseph Bryan
Monroe Park
Courthouse Square
Washington Ward
Board of Police Commissioners
National Association of Postmasters of
Law for Purity of Seeds Adopted in Virginia
Richmond Va Special Captain W W Sproul and Berkeley D Adams of the State Board of Agriculture completed regulations for seed sales in the state. The law takes effect September 17 with the board tasked to prepare enforcement rules. The committee released details for standard seeds and seeds other than standard including seed kind, names, purity percentages, noxious seed counts, and foreign matter content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
W. W. Sproul
Berkeley D. Adams
State Board of Agriculture
Board of Agriculture
Oderbrucker
John Doe
Oberbrucker
P. C
Kentucky
The Many Faces of Mary Smith and Anna Jones
The passage notes that people see different sides of others and that friends or lovers may perceive distinct personalities. It cites Browning and Oliver Wendell Holmes to illustrate that a single person can appear in multiple lights, shaping how Mary Smith or Anna Jones is perceived by different observers.
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Browning
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mary Smith
Breaks His Arm While Pitching in Virginia Game
Newport News Va special report says William A Simpson star pitcher of the North End Peninsula ague team broke his right arm delivering a ball in the fourth inning during a game between a North End Athletics combination and the Battle Axe of Richmond. Doctors say the injury ends his pitching career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
William A. Simpson
North End
Peninsula Ague
North End Athletics
Battle Axe
Richmond
Simpson
Further Senatorial Developments in Charges Against McMurray
In M A Lester Oklahoma a Congressional Investigating Committee resumed sessions as Choctaw witnesses prepared to testify about agents pressuring them to sign telegrams endorsing a 10 percent sale plan for 450000 acres of coal and asphalt lands. Indians show mixed sentiment, with many defending McMurray while seeking redress for government neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M'Alester
Okla
Congressional Investigating Committee
J. F. McMurray
Richard G. Adams
Washington
Taft
McMurray
Reunion at Ashland Park Marked by Food and Veterans
Richmond VA reports a Civil War reunion at Ashland Park with 160 veterans and guests enjoying fried chicken Brunswick stew and other fare under oaks. Officers were elected, and a monument committee formed to honor county soldiers.
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Richmond
Ashland Park
Old Hanover
Julius A. Hobson
Mess Hall
J. A. Cooke
James Churchill Cooke
Thomas F. Taylor
John J. Terry
Horatius S. Anderson
J. A
Sandy) Brown
Monument
Samuel M. Baker
William F. Blount
John J. Crutchield
C. R. Wingfield
Vets
H. T. Wickham
W. ©. Winston
John W. Starke
L. H. Gilman
Sales Ma Tor
Conference on railway law clarifies long haul clause
Attorneys from major U S railways met in Portamouth New Mexico to discuss the amended Interstate Commerce Act and the long and short haul provisions. The session aimed to outline views on the Commerce Commission's authority and seek a liberal interpretation of the law with further meetings planned in New York in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
United States
New York
Generality
I Commerce Commission
R. Walton Moore
Fairie County
Washington
Virginia State Bar Ag Ciation
Southend Railway Company
Eeee
Commerce Court
Apether Moeeilitg
W. E. Kay
Atlantic Line
Acuhe
Interstate Commer Commission
Commission
United States Supreme Court
Blue Beard Immigrant Denied Entry by Board of Special Inquiry
A New York report notes Morris Lukowsky, 70, denied entry to the United States after attempting to disguise his age with blue beard dye aboard a ship. The Board on Elba Island ruled an aged or infirm alien should not land and Lukowsky lacked funds or connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wise Board of Special Inquiry
Elba Island
Morris Lukowsky
Lebau
Russia
Lukowsky
America
Stern Board of Inquiry
Big Coal Deal Confirmed In Roanoke Area
Roanoke Va special report states a $250000 sale of the Gatowba Coal and Iron Company property to E Francesy of Steubenville and H M Luck and S W Harrell was completed. The Federal court at Big Stone Gap confirmed the purchase, which includes coal iron and limestone deposits said to rival Birmingham Alabama.
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Roanoke
Gatawba Coal and Iron Company
A. A. Knudson
E. &. Francey
Steubenvile, On
H. M. Luck
Ss. W. Harrell
Big Stone Gap
Birmingham
Ala
Coombs Sizable, Iron Joan Victim of Pleural Illness
Coombs notes Iron Joan vombe, a strong arm of Mack sien, has pleurisy with a stiff left side. He may need days to shape up before twirling again. He plans to be on deck for a jungle series with Detroit, hoping to recover after a damp spell and a Sunday cold. Jack expects to be ready for Jennings and his crew in upcoming games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs
Louis
Joan Vombe
John
Detroit
Jack
Agate
Jennings
Scaffold collapse injures workers at shipyard
In Newport News Virginia a scaffold inside the hull of the new Old Dominion steamer Madison, fell yesterday fatally injuring Joe Birdsong, a Black youth, and lightly injuring three white workmen. Six other employees escaped serious harm as the structure collapsed onto them.
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Newport News
Letter to Dead Man in Trenton Refers to Governor Joel
A garbled early 20th century note from Trenton discusses a letter intended for a deceased governor named Joel, mentioning state figures including Harvey the capital postmaster. The fragment hints at a postal handling or forwarding instruction marked personal, with the envelope linked to the state capital.
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Trenton
Joel
Harvey
Trencon
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