Alfonso Holds Madrid Talks as Catalan Riots Surge
Official notes from Madrid state a grave Catalan crisis, demanding an ironhand suppression after riots in Alcoy and Calahorra. Descriptions report soldiers clashing with rioters, trains disrupted, and a bloody battle near Melilla where 21 officers died and about 200 Spaniards were killed or wounded.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Maura
Spain
Catalonia
Rues
Tarragona
Alcoy
Calherra
Kendrell
Valencia
Barcelona
Melilla
Ivon
Pulliam Shoots Himself at New York Athletic Club
Harry Pulliam president of the National League of Baseball Clubs attempted suicide in his rooms on the third floor of the New York Athletic Club. He stood in the center of the room and discharged one shot from a revolver into his right temple. The bullet destroyed the right eye and exited the left temple. He is not believed to recover. Friends say health concerns influenced the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Pulliam
National League of Baseball Clubs
New York Athletic Club
Secretaries Hyde aide dies by self inflicted shot
John H Stuart former confidential secretary to James Hazen Hyde died near Everett Washington after shooting himself in the body and head Despondency over finances was given as the cause He had testified against Hyde in the Equitable Life Assurance Society investigation that led to Hyde losing control of the company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H Stuart
James Hazen Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Sorciery
New York
Everett
Wash
Stuart
Hyde
Phelan and Sons Shoe Plant Resumes Operations
The Lynn Massachusetts shoe factory of James Phelan and Sons resumed operations Tuesday after settling with packing room workers who had been on strike. The plant had been among four affected by the walkout and returned to full production under the terms agreed with the striking packers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Phelan ,& Sons
Lynn
Mass
Martial Law Declared in Barcelona Amid Riots and Strikes
Officials appointed martial law as riots erupted after a general strike against Moroccan operations and troop dispatch. The civil governor resigned, troops reinforced the garrison, and clashes on Rambla left at least a dozen dead. Deserters flee across the frontier as food, transport, and commerce collapse.
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Barecona
Barcelona
Spain
Tarragona
Rambla
Morocco
Wright and Plahm break world aeroplane record at Fort Myer
Orville Wright and Army Signal Corps Lieut Frank Plahm set a new two person world record for time and distance in a 1 hour 12 minute flight at Fort Myer. The previous record was one hour 9 minutes (Le Mans) by Wilbur Wright with Prof Painleve aboard. Wilbur watched Tuesday's ascent.
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O. Wright
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Frank Plahm
Army Signal Corps
Wilbur
le Mans
France
Prof
Painleau
Tragedy in a Little Rock Courtroom Ends in Shooting
A court in Little Rock Arkansas witnessed a fatal shooting during a civil suit over custody of a Willis child. W Elis of Pine Bluff fired at Nathaniel Parker Willis owner of a liquor cure in Indianapolis. Willis died in his mother's arms as the defendant's shot ended the case.
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Little Neck
Ark
United States
Jeff Davis
W. Elis
Pine Bluff
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Indianapolis
Ind
Little Rock
Whhs
Merrned Ellis
Willis
Shoe Designer Fatally Shoots Wife in Jamaica Plain
Marty Pierce a shoe designer shot and killed his wife during a burglary scare at their Jamaica Plain home near Boston Massachusetts. Pierce has been taken into custody pending investigation.
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Marty Pierce
Jamaica Plains
Boston Mass
Tuesday Pierce
Fire Displaces 3000 After Hal leybury Restaurant Blaze
A Friday early fire at a Chinese restaurant on Hal leybury road near Cobalt Ont destroyed the business district north of the square. Loss is estimated at 100000 dollars leaving three thousand people homeless.
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Halleybury Road
Cobalt
Ont
Busirness
Riots in Guadalajara dispersed by hail storm aftermath
A Mexican riot at Del Galgo theater in Guadalajara Sunday disrupted a Diaz Corral campaign meeting. Rioters jeered speakers, stones and paper wads were hurled, Leon Rojas was injured, troops and police escorted speakers to the train. The incident prompts American protests and potential property claims.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
H. Murphy
del Galco
Porfirio Diaz
Roman Corral
Diaz
Corral
del Gato
Leon Rojas
Tenth Regiment
Republic
Mexico
Craze by Drink Ends in Double Tragedy in Massachusetts
Robert M. Fanning 28 came to New Bedford police reporting murder of his wife and shot himself. Officers followed his note to Westport and found his body. he likely killed his wife with a hatchet. The couple, with a year-old daughter, had been living at Capt. George Hall’s home in Westport.
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Robert M. Fanning
New Iedford
Mass
Westport
New Bedford
Trust boosts price for wire products in August
The American Steel and Wire Company, a United States Steel subsidiary, announced a $2 per ton price rise for wire products effective August 1. A prior rise was set for January 1 with contracts already made. A further increase in steel bars plates and structural shapes was expected within two weeks.
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American Steel and Wire Company
United States Steel Corporation
Strike Injunction Denied in Elwood Labor Case
The American Sheet and Tin Plate company petition for an injunction against striking workers in Elwood Indiana was denied by Judge Baker of the U S circuit court at Goshen. He ruled the strikers had a right to organize and quit work en masse.
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American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Elwood
Ind
Baker
United States Circuit Court
Goshen
Return to Work Ends Butler Strike at Standard Steel
The strike at the Standard Steel Car plant in Butler ended Monday as more than 2,000 former employees returned to work on the company's terms. Seven leaders of the strike movement were discharged.
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Standard Steel Car Company
Butler
Senator Stone Discharged in Train Assault Case
Police Magistrate Eugene Grannan in Baltimore Maryland dismissed the charge against Missouri Senator William J Stone after ruling the assault on Lawrence G Brown a white man on a Pennsylvania Railroad train was justifiable under the circumstances.
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Eugene Grannan
Baltimore
Tauesday
William J Stone
Missouri
Lawrence G Brown
Pennsylvania Railroad
No Bar to Jiostile Fleet Demonstration in Portsmouth Harbor
In a test off Portsmouth harbor New Hampshire on Thursday the large wire obstruction failed to stop enemy torpedo craft as the destroyer Ferret easily cut through the entanglement showing the inefficiency of the barrier in preventing entry.
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Portsmouth Harbor
New Hampshire
Ferret
Sioux City Livestock Quotes Lead Market Report
Wednesday quotations from the Sioux City live stock market show top beef cattle at 670 dollars and top hogs at 750 dollars, reflecting the day’s upper-end prices for major categories.
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Sioux City
Snowmaker Arrested In Prohibition Law Case
W. W Robertson of Wesson Mississippi a state legislator faces court on charges of violating the state prohibition law. The arrest highlights ongoing enforcement efforts and political figures entangled in alcohol prohibition disputes.
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Snowmaker
W. W Robertson
Wesson, Miss
Middleton Man Killed by Erie Train En Route to Resort
William Chase of Middleton New York was fatally struck by an Erie train Thursday as he prepared to leave for an Adirondack resort. Investigators classify the incident as a pedestrian fatality with no immediate signs of foul play.
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Erie
Wiliam Chase
Middleton
Taft
Stone Under Arrest in Baltimore Assault Charge
United States Senator Stone of Missouri was briefly held at the central police station in Baltimore for allegedly assaulting Lawrence J Brown, a Black porter on a buffet car. He was released on his own recognizance.
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Stone
United States
Senator Stone
Missouri
Central
Baltimore
Lawrence J .Brown
Two Farmers Die in Oklahoma Fight Near Morgan Home
Near Gage Oklahoma Tuesday two farmers Thomas Morgan and his son Henry were killed in a fight with neighbor EF Powers who was fatally or nearly fatally injured. The Morgans had quarreled with Powers prior to the confrontation.
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Thomas Morgan
Henry
Gage
Okla
EF Powers
Morgans
Morgan
Receivership Lifted for Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
On Judge Lurton of the United States appellate court order, the receivership of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway company was terminated Tuesday. Judson Harmon, the receiver, is relieved of duty.
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Lurton
United States Appellate Court
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway Company
Judson Harmon
French Troops Suffer Casualties in Bandit Battle
During a Tuesday engagement between French troops and Detham bandits, Captain Pethuis and ten soldiers were killed and twenty wounded. The bandits reportedly lost about sixty men.
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Detham
Pethuis
Labor Planters Eye Russian Arrants for Island Labor
In Hawaii, planters discuss importing Russian criminals to address the labor shortage in the islands. The proposal was announced in Honolulu on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaihian Sugiu
Lrussian Commisarants
Wonalulu
Motor Races Prohibited by Prussian Government
The Prussian government bans bicycle races with motor racers after an accident at the old Botanic Gardens last Sunday caused eight deaths and many injuries.
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Old Botanic Gardens
Alien Must Have $25 In Cash for Admission
Secretary Nagel of the department of commerce and labor upholds Commissioner Williams ruling that an alien must possess $25 in cash or be refused admission to the country.
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Nagel
Department of Commerce and
Hikor
Commissioner of Immigration
Williams
Beaumont Club Steward Murdered in Sunday Incident
Patrick J. Lynch a 39 year old club steward at the Folks club in Beaumont Texas was murdered Sunday night. Several arrests have been made.
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Patrick J. Lynch
Folks Club
Beaumont
Tex
Mardalin Declared General Strike in Arcelona Spain
A general strike was declared in Arcelona on Monday to protest the Spanish Moroccan war. The government responded by proclaiming a state of siege, effectively martial law.
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Mardalin
Child mauled by wild cat at Rockwell City fair
A three year old boy, son of a fair proprietor, was left with an animal handler at the Rockwell City fair grounds. The child was attacked by a wild cat named Mystery Helen, receiving severe throat wounds that doctors fear may be fatal.
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Rockwell City
Helen
Freight Cars Looted in Midwest Band Case
Goods valued at about 400 dollars found in Albert Lea Minnesota tie to a band looting freight cars along the Milwaukee road from Mason City to the area. Albert Fleetwood, a young local man, is under arrest as police suspect he leads the gang operating through northern Iowa. Mail orders from Chicago and eastern houses indicate the origin of the pilfered items.
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Mason City
Milwaukee Road
Albert Lea
Minn
Albert Fleetwood
Chicago
Fleetwood
Iowa
Statewide tax levy set at 3.4 mills for year
The state executive council finished its assessment and equalization work on twenty four counties. Interurbans gain in several areas while farm land valuations rise 1 to 3 percent. The levy for state purposes is 34 mills, down one tenth of a mill from last year.
Death by Baseball Claims Local Youth
Joseph Rubes aged 19 was killed while playing baseball near Spenger. A crowd of boys formed teams and played a friendly game. Rubes was struck in the heart by a pitched ball and died about a half hour later.
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Joseph Rubes
Spenger
Rubes
Temperance Forces to Target Drink Service Ruling
After wine serving cases, temperance forces in Des Moines prepare a new push. They allege the custom ruins young girls and argue late legal interpretations may lead the supreme court to rule waiters cannot serve intoxicants.
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Supreme Court
12-Year-Old Boy Hangs Self After Family Dispute
Laurel Laidley, 12, son of farmer Edward Laidley near Montieth, was found suspended by a rope in the family barn after a descent into crisis following a punishment for quarrels with his mother and sister. Neighbors and authorities were alerted, but he died before medical help arrived.
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Laurel Laidley
Edward Laidley
Montieth
Dentist Dr A R Van Sickle Dies Suddenly at Desk
Death came suddenly to Dr A R Van Sickle a longtime Fort Dodge and Marshalltown dentist. He lay on a couch after reading his morning paper, gasped twice and died of heart failure.
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A R van Sickle
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
van Sickle
Survey for New Railroad to Des Maines and Nebraska City
A preliminary survey announced Tuesday for a new railway from Des Maines to Nebraska City. The line would strike the Union Pacific at Talmage Neb, marking early planning steps in regional rail expansion.
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Des Maines
Nebraska City
Union Pacific
Talmage
Merchant Clarence Streammen Found Dead in Jolec Store
The body of Clarence Streammen, a local merchant of Jolec, was discovered in a room over his shop with a bullet through the brain from a revolver held to his own head. Authorities investigated the apparent self-inflicted gunshot as a possible suicide.
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Clarence Streammen
Jolec
Aged farmer Amos Kohl dies by own action near Mechanicsville
Amos Kohl a 78 year old farmer owner of 440 acres near Mechanicsville committed suicide with a revolver. The land valued at $125 per acre were part of his holdings.
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Amos Kohl
Mechanicsville
Cosson Law Upheld in Polk District Court
Iowa's Cosson law banning all resorts was tested in Polk district court Tuesday and upheld as valid. The ruling affirms the complete abolishment of resorts under the new statute.
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Iowa
Polk District Court
Prisoner Granted 5000 Bail in Poison Case
Mrs Willam Oliphant’s husband posts 5000 bail with Town City neighbors aiding. The accused, blamed for poisoning her child, is released awaiting trial. State Food and Dairy Commissioner Wright urges creamery operators to enter exhibits at the state fair.
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Willam Oliphant
Town City
Meaghbors
Wright
Town Man Arrested on Counterfeit Money Charge
Henry Murphy of Appamnoust county Indiana was arrested in Omaha on a counterfeit money charge. He is accused of passing a poor imitation five cent coin to pay his board and has been held to the federal grand jury.
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Henry Murphy
Appamnoust County
Omaha
Federal
Wife of Prof Precters Dies in Sudden Death
Mrs W of Terters wife of the dean of the pharmacy college at Town City died suddenly from poison. The report notes the husband Prof Precters and attributes the death to poisoning with no further details available.
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Precters
W of Terters Woefe
Cotlese
Town City
Mle Pulsoning
Hubbells Seek Injunction Over Iowa Hotel Inspection Law
Plaintiffs led by PF M Hubbell and Grover Hubbell seek to block enforcement of the new Iowa hotel inspection law by state inspector Lafayette Higgins and deputies. An injunction was issued in Polk County and the case advances through local courts toward the state supreme court as to constitutional validity. The Hubbells own the Victoria and Sabin hotels in Des Moines with backing from the Iowa Association of Hotel Owners.
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PF. M. Hubbell
Iowa
F C Hubbell
Grover Hubbell
Lafayette Higgins
Polk County
Supreme Court
Thirty-third General Assembly
Hubbells
Victoria and Sabin
Des Moines
Iowa Association of Hotel Owners
Wealthy Marshalltown Man Sparks Real Estate Cheating Charge
James Grant a wealthy retired farmer of Marshalltown says A J Hinecker a real estate man cheated him by a fake oil stock scheme. Grant claims a go-between George L Smith formerly of State Center misled him into parting with 290 acres of Missouri land worth 2000 dollars and 100 dollars cash after a deed.
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Marshalltown
Missouri
James Grant
A. J Hinecker
Grant
Hinecker
Geo. L. Smith
State Center
Fire destroys furniture store stock at Doon
Fire at the C E Wells furniture store in Doon Sunday morning ruined nearly all stock. The building measured 100 feet by 50 feet of stock in the rear was consumed. Heat and water badly damaged the rest. Loss totals $4,000 with $2,000 insured. Origin under investigation but thought to be spontaneous combustion in the work room.
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C E Wells
Doon
No Lower Assessments Planned By Council In Toya
Executive council members say railroad assessments will not be lowered in Toya after two weeks of hearings. Farm land assessments in about twenty five counties will rise slightly and five county auditors are expected to set higher farm land valuations next year. Work on tax tables likely to finish by end of next week.
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Toya
Executive Council
Close Gall for a Veteran in Hospital Firefight
A veteran at the soldiers' home lay in his hospital bed when a rifle bullet, fired from an unknown source, passed within a foot of his head and lodged in the wall beside him. The shot entered through a double window casing, shattering the glass, but no one heard the report.
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Goodin
Baxter
Medals for best Iowa college history scholars continued
The Iowa Society of the Sons of the American Revolution meeting in Des Moines voted to continue awarding medals for top United States history scholars in Iowa colleges and high schools. The secretary was directed to obtain a die for striking high school medals. Druggists to Be Prosecuted: EB A Gaylord of Winthrop faces charges for illegal liquor sales from his store. He is not a registered pharmacist and faces $5 daily penalties, totaling $300. Unknown man killed by train near Emmetsburg: A 25-year-old man died after being hit by a Milwaukee freight train. exact cause remains unclear.
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Iowa Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Eb, A. Gaylord
Winthrop
Milwaukee
Emmetsburg
George Garver Dies at 78 founder of Iowa hardware house
George Garver founder of Iowa's largest hardware house and coal mine owner died in Des Moines on Sunday from neuralgia of the heart at age 78. He came to Iowa in 1871 from Tuscarawas County Ohio.
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George Garver
Iowa
Des Moines
Tuscarawas County
Ground Broken for Central Church of Christ at Marshalltown
Ground was broken for the $40 000 Central Church of Christ in Marshalltown. Mrs C H Morris wife of the pastor and Drake University dean of women turned the first shovelful of earth in a ceremony honoring the new church project.
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Marshalltown
Central Church of Christ
C. H. Morris
Drake University
Des Moines
Rock Valley Man Dies After Train Collision
Rock Valley reports a man identified as Ingels Henderson killed by a westbound passenger train. He had been drinking and wandered onto the tracks, sitting on the rail before the engine struck. He died two hours later.
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Rock Valley
Ingels Henderson
Ten Girls Run Away From Mitchelville School
Ten girls from the Mitchelville industrial school ran away Thursday night. School authorities quickly intervened and returned them to their rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchelville
Tim Obedience Sparks Quarrel Over Marriage Choice
In a Chicago Tribune style vignette Herbert faces his stern father over a marriage to Miss Wredlip. The father rejects both Wredlip and rival Miss Allkayne as unsuitable, while the suitor pleads for softness to soften fate.
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Tim
Herbert
Father
Allkayne
Chicago Tribune
The Affectionate Kinsman Annuity Suggestion
A humorous aside mocks providing an annuity to a distant relative described as an old nuisance and a looming lifetime churn of payments. The piece contrasts the idea with the image of a millionaire and warns that annuity recipients never die.
We Can Learn From Our Children
A passage from Woods Hutchinson in Success Magazine argues for treating children as equals to gain influence. It notes that children teach as much as parents and that humility from adults yields valuable lessons in education.
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Woods Hutchinson
Success Magazine
Origin of Confetti Making from Printing Waste
An almanac printing firm found confetti potential in punched eyelet hole fragments. Workers tossed the colored disks and a manager noticed decorative use. He abandoned printing to focus on confetti production as demand grew.
Doctor tests Grape-Nuts on patient recovery in Kansas
A Kansas doctor reports a four year old boy recovering from pneumonia after starting Grape-Nuts with mother’s steady use. An elderly patient with severe stomach trouble also improves, gaining 22 pounds in two months. The doctor notes multiple successful cases and promotes the product with a slogan and a prompt to read related material.
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Kansas
Wellville
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Gotham
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James H. Hyde
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