Olympic Games Frip Shipboard Training and Feats
Martin Sheridan reports on the American Olympic team’s voyage to London aboard a transatlantic liner. The piece details on board training stunts, hearty meals, seasickness episodes, wrestling bouts, and the crew’s reaction as athletes including Flanagan and Rose display remarkable appetites and stamina. The trainer Mike Murphy is praised for inspiring the team.
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Martin Sheridan
New York Evening World
London
New York City
Southampton
Eprinters
Pissenger
Flanigan
Rose
McGrath
Coe
Mike Murphy
Ralph Rose
John Flanagan
Matt Merrrath
Flanagan
Boston
Kelly
Griffith
Rerter
Tie
Muff
Cartwell
Lawn
Tian Kells
Moffit
Pennsylvania
Mike Warphy
Baes
Renmonks
Murphy
Raerica
Shepherd's Bush
Oreer
Tum
Ya Wa G A Relay Race From New York To Chicago
Immense crowds lined Auburn New York streets for the New York to Chicago relay race. Louis Robinson of Syracuse handed the silver tube to Mayor Koening at 11 01 final leg by John Turner then Frank Parker swam Cayuga Lake completing the 9 mile leg in darkness aided by bonfires. Adams aided across Seneca Falls with lighted beaconed route. Total Syracuse to Auburn time 2 hours 48 minutes.
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Auburn
N. Y
New York
Chicago
McClellan
Busse
Syracuse
Louis Robinson
Koening
Godspeed
John Turner
Frank Parker
Cayuga Lake
Seneca County
Parker
Arthur Adams
West Shore
Otte
Adams
Seneca Falls
Achburn
Aburn
Hundred-Year-Old Man Dips at Euclid Beach
An 86 year old man named Brown, son of Warpers Ferry fame, caused a scene when he insisted on swimming at Euclid Beach Park in Cleveland. After arguing with staff the man swam beyond the pier guard’s reach, floated on his back, then performed several strokes for about an hour, declaring it “just a little dip.”
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Euclid Beach Park
Cleveland
Jason Brown
John Brown
Warpers Ferry
Lake Erie
Bath House
Brown
Ling AA
Congressman Clark Calls Conventions Inefficient And Mockery
Congressman Champ Clark arrived in Kansas City after a business trip and criticised national conventions as the worst performances on earth. He said Congress should cut delegates and hold conventions in a focused setting to ensure decency and order, arguing for a smaller delegate pool.
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Champ Clark
Kansas City
Denver
Tam
Fragmented tale: uncle’s death and a child’s question
A garbled passage hints at a caregiver or relative telling a child that Uncle Tocaus is dead. The child’s quiet reaction follows a line of dialogue about Uncle Reus, a pet cat, and a shy, puzzled response from a caregiver as events unfold in a muddled scene.
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Reus
Twin mix up sparks family ache in Vinelatud incident
A confusing mix up at a Vinelatud home leads to mistaken identity between twins Hattie and Kiaws. Their mother, Mrs Isaac Arraheot, now marks Hattie with a line ribbon to distinguish her, amid confusion and lamentation following a recent event.
Texas Onion Crop Likely Near Million-Dollar Mark
Texas growers expect gross receipts from the onion crop to reach almost three-quarters of a million dollars this year. Excess rainfall damaged recent shipments, and without that setback earnings would likely have surpassed one million dollars.
Device to Save Figuring From Kansas City Inventor
Edward Craycroft of Kansas City Missouri has devised a multiplication table enabling the sum of any number from 1 to 100 times any number from 1 to 100 to be obtained at a glance. He has applied for a patent.
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Edward Craycroft
Kansas City
From Death to Life in New Britain Case
Mrs. McNulty of New Britain Connecticut revived after an hour of apparent death following extensive resuscitation. She told of visiting a world where she met her mother who died years ago and described the journey as pleasant and beautiful. Her husband Tom Hobson and Dr Mulligan affirmed the events and cautioned against religious suggestions.
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Thoms Mullia
Wiliam McNulty
New Britain
Miss McNulty
Mrs. McNulty
Stef
McNulty
Tom Hobson
Father
Masgie
Mrs. Mc- Nulty
Manchester
Trartford
Pepin to Care For Cathedrals
A proposed English group, the Guild of the House of God, would oversee cathedral care. The plan envisions a formal organization dedicated to maintenance and preservation of sacred sites under royal or church oversight.
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Pepin
England
Gu'ld
House of God
Miners Attack on Train Leads to Widespread Gunfire in Alabama
Governor Comer orders cavalry and infantry to quell disorder after a train carrying strike-breakers to Adamsville, Jefferson area. Deputy Marshal Robert Gardner is mortally wounded, at least a dozen miners shot, and a heavy exchange of fire reported between deputies and strikers. Army troops arrive and patrol Adamsville. several strike sympathizers wounded and dozens arrested.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert Gardner
Ted
Jefferson
Here
Adamsville
Comer
Montgomery
Gardner
George Smith
Smith
Higdon
Confessed Five Murders At West Virginia Prison
Frank Johnson a Black inmate was executed at the West Virginia penitentiary in Moundsville on July 18 for the March 3 murder of Mrs. Euelah Martin of Gypsy. He reportedly confessed to chaplain Rev. E L Sanford, naming and giving addresses for five people he said he killed, while providing few details on some cases.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Frank Johnson
West Virginia
Euelah Martin
Gypsy
Johnson
Elt. Sanford
Ding
Neous
Johson
Farmers Asked to Contribute for Democratic Restorations
Fairview Lincoln Nebnds reports a call to farmers to aid in restoring the Democratic party to power and securing favorable returns for agricultural labor. Visitors include John F. Lamb of Indiana at the Bryan home, who declined to discuss the conversation.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Even
Wern Aspeal
Fetter
Bryan
Green Pacer Sets World Pace Records in 2:25 Race
Terre Haute Ind July 18 Minor Heir a green pacer set a world mark by posting 2:014% and 2:01 in the first two heats of the 2:25 pace the fastest two heats ever paced. The Eel won the third heat in 2:05% and forced Minor Heir to finish the race establishing another record for fastest five heats.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Minor Heir
Weekly EE Failures Compare Week 268 Versus Week 246
The report shows EE failures for week 268 totaling a higher count than week 246, with a referenced period near 1607. The data suggests a week-to-week increase and notes an analogous figure from the prior week for comparison.
Talbot in Trouble Over Owls Convention Split
W H Talbot of South Wend Indiana faces federal charges in Chattanooga for alleged mail fraud linked to a Knoxville Owls convention split. Prosecutors say he sent letters from Spokane and other nests claiming the disruption was a mistake, signing as local and Chicago secretaries.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
W. H Talbot
South Wend
Ind
Knoxville
United States
Talbot
National Order
Spokane
Joe Pozue
Arthur Garrett
Chicago
South
South Bend
American woman linked to Chiapas intrigue in Mexico
Mrs. Cameron of Parkersburg, widow and minister's wife, drew diplomatic attention in Chiapas while alleged to resemble the infamous murderer Wire Tet Gunness. She traveled alone on an investment mission, aiding U S officials and attracting comment in Mexico City as she returns toward Parkersburg.
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Parke
Chiapas
Mexico
Embezzler Vogt Found Near Bohemian Hunting Lodge
Berlin reports Vogt the bank cashier who stole 3000 dollars was located by tourists at a high altitude hunting lodge in the Bohemian mountains. He appeared skeletal and had been without food or water for over a week before capture.
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Berlin
Vogt
Bohemian
Man Escapes Mountains After Stolen Money Incident
The elty heir fled into the mountains after gambling away stolen funds and fell from a mountain path through a skylight side lodge. Found alive but near death, he had previously attempted suicide by dancing himself to death. The judge, questioning his sanity, sentenced him to four months in prison.
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Elty
Military prepared to guard Beard and Goode in Goode murder case
Groesbeck Texas July 21 fearing mob violence if Ed Beard is acquitted in the killing of Tilden Goode the local company is held in readiness to protect Beard and Mrs Goode who is under arrest for implication to the crime The man and woman were arrested after Joe Dorsey a negro was convicted of the murder
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Groesbeck
Tex
Ed Beard
Tilden Goode
Loca
Beard
Revolution Routs Rachin Khan’s Troops in Tabriz
Fled to the Hills. Rebels rout Rachin Khan’s horsemen who ran out of ammunition and fled to the hills. Rachin Khan’s fate is unknown as revolutionaries seize control of Tabriz and sack official houses.
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Tabriz
Persia
Rachin Kahn
Rachin Khan
Howard Douglass Dies in Newnan
Howard Douglass, once a Cincinnati legal figure and multiple mayoral and gubernatorial candidate, died at his brother in law George P. Day’s home in Newnan. He was sixty one.
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Newnan
Noddidy
Howard Denes
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Ohio
George P. Day Lie
French Convicts Ship Out for Devil's Island
July 20 reports Lokre led a transport from France to Devil's Island French Guiana carrying about 100 prisoners. Included is former naval officer Charles Uline who was recently convicted of treason and sentenced to imprisonment.
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T A Revuelle
France
Lokre
Devil’s Island
French Guiana
Elnsigi
Charles * Uline
Quire
Congress Appropriations Debate Sparks House Action
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate discussions in Congress on appropriations and funding measures. Mentions figures, committees, and potential votes, with references to the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Boy Rider Killed by Lightning in Utah Pasture
Eighteen-year-old Lester Bikins, son of Newton Elkins, a farmer near Elvira, Utah, was struck dead by lightning while riding to pasture for the cows. The horse accompanying him was also killed.
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Carmi
E.ster Bikins
Newton Elkins
Elvira
Abd-El-Aziz Advances to Amara in Morocco
Abd-El-Aziz the sultan of Morocco arrives with his army at Amara. Two hundred cavalrymen, followers of Mulai Hafid the insurgent sultan, accompany the force.
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Abd-El-Aziz
Rabat
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