Veterans gather for 43rd Grand Army encampment in Salt Lake City
More than 30,000 Grand Army veterans and visitors fill Salt Lake City as five of the 14 living past commanders attend the 43rd annual encampment. A reception honors Commander-in-Chief Nevins. St Louis and Atlantic City vie to host next gathering. Van Sant and Ketcham pursue 1911 leadership amid delegate intrigue.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Grand Army
Sabus
Druin and
Fire Corps
So S. Burdett
Washington, D.C
Fir Vforrance
Minneapolis
John Roe Kime
Baltimore
James Tanner
Washington
Charles G Burton
Nevada
Nevins
Woman's Relief Corps
J. Kent Hamilton
Chas. G. Burton
Flo “Porrance
Mary E. Gilman
Ohio
van Sant
Micresta
OE Ketcham
Indica
E. T. Dickerson
Date Confederacy
Barred From Mails on Fraud Claim at Indianapolis Sanatorium
A post office department inquiry bars the Dreenj Foose sanatorium in Indianapolis from mailing claims of curing cancer by a so called combination oil cure. The department finds the claims fraudulent and notes the institution lacks a sanatorium. Several patients advertised to solicit calls and the practice includes dubious remedies and oils. Also reports a Virginia case where a jury convicts a teen in a murder case. Finally the interior department expands Montana land openings under the homestead act near Fort Benton along the Missouri river.
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Washington
Sua le
Indianapolis
Canvist
Post Office
Altheuch
Surgedtus
Selene
Latters
Arte“ Fomden Enaland
Pdssienins
Ceoothe
Oa Chemical
Aumaisst
Aeralis
Postothee
Secretary of the Interior
Montana
Missouri River
Fort Renton
National League Scores and Batters at Glance
A condensed report lists multiple NL games with team at bats hits and errors. Batter lines name players for St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Brooklyn Pittsburg Washington New York Boston Philadelphia Detroit Kansas City Indianapolis Milwaukee St Paul Toledo Minneapolis Columbus and other clubs with run totals and batting lines.
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St. Louis
New York
Lachman
Phelps
Raymond
Crandall Phelps
Cincinnati R.ele
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Ewing, McLean
McQuil
Washington
R.H.E
St Louis
Sou
Graham
Dineen
Hailey
Criger
Witherup
Blankenship
Cleveland
Poud Aoy
Parkenburg
Hemis
Warhop
Kletnow
Boston
R.ale
Scott, Payne
Hall
Gary People Appeal to Knotts for Beer
In Gary Indiana on August 19 a petition with over five hundred signatures from prominent businessmen urged Knotts, president of the town board, to permit beer wagons to deliver to private homes. The petition asks one case per customer per week and bans delivery to homes with running water.
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Gary
Ind
Poon Deen
Thomas Bo Knotts
Imavyo Ro
Weoo
Curuestis
Cadiz note Ends with Mob After Attempt Against Child
An unknown Black man was seized near Cadiz and driven to woods after an alleged attempt on a ten year old girl. The mob held him, but no further details or results are available beyond his disappearance from the scene as neighbors aided by residents pursued him. The incident followed a separate report from Crete about Greek flags lowered after forceful evacuation. In Leavenworth a Missouri Pacific passenger train derailed injuring none. Orville Wright and sister Katherine left for Europe.
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Cadiz
Kes
Thomas Waddington
Leavenworth, Fab
Missouri Pacific
South Leavenworth
Old Red Tape Being Cut Out in Treasury Reforms
Washington August 10. Secretary MacVeagh enlarges Nagel reforms from Commerce and Labor to the Treasury. A three member commission will oversee efficiency reports for all employees. Cards survey work quantity quality and promotion rules. The move targets merit over political influence and may lead to labor-saving economies and promotions policy.
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Washington
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Treasury Department
Dublin
N. H
MacVeagh
Norton
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
John Doe
Roosevelt
Mrs Roosevelt Arrives in Paris With Children From Avignon
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and her children Archie Quentin and Ethel landed in Paris last evening from Avignon. They were met at Lyons station by Arthur Bailly Blanchard and naval and military attaches of the American Embassy who escorted them to their Paris residence.
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Paris
Aue Ie
Theodore Roosevelt
Archie
Quentin
Ethel Roosevelt
Avignon
Lyons
Arthur Bailly-Blanchard
Chapin
Guignard
Mysterious Detroit Death Yields No Clues as Police Seek Sweetheart
Detroit detectives probing the death of Mrs. Martha Galahn, found in a Hamtramck bush clump, report no tangible clues. Sheriff’s deputies focused on locating Mrs. Galahn’s childhood sweetheart, who surrendered at the jail after an apparent voluntary appearance.
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Detroit
Mich
Martha Galahn
Market Quotations Indianapolis Grain and Livestock
Market prices from Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Chicago, New York and other centers. Wheat prices range around $1.00 to $1.09 per bushel, corn around 68¢ to Kow, oats near 88¢ to 38¢, and various figures for hay, cattle, hogs, sheep and lambs with receipts listed for hogs, cattle and sheep.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
New York
East Buffalo
Double Tragedy in Chicago: Couple Fights Fatal Duel
Antonio Spizzirri and his wife Anna killed each other in a darkened Chicago flat after locking doors and hiding their two children. Anna was killed by gunfire and stab wounds. Antonio was shot multiple times and likely to die. A revolver and knife lay near the victims. a translated Italian letter may explain the motive. The scene suggested a jealous quarrel.
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Chicago
Antonio Spizzirri
Anna
Sprizzieri
Spizzirri
Accused by Voice From the Grave in Sutton Death Inquiry
Mrs. Sutton testifies as her son Lieutenant James N. Sutton Marine dies. She reads letters alleging conspiracy at Carvel Hall and names Adams Utley Osterman and others as attackers. She claims her son was killed to cover the crime and cites letters and testimony as evidence.
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Annapolis
Davis
Utley
Osterman
Jimimite
Adams
Potts
Mr. Birney
Dance Hall Fatality In Toledo Window Fall
Joseph Polzxyewski died instantly after plunging from a second story window at a Toledo dance hall. Police report unclear circumstances surrounding the fall and investigation is pending.
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Joseph Polzxyewski
Toledo
Pius Coronation Anniversary Marked With Pomp
In Chautauqua New York the second American Esperante session opened terse telegrams report. Pope Pius sixth anniversary celebrated with pomp at home. Officers and bankers noted including Theo Harris of Louisville National Banking Company. Wheat prices fell on Chicago board after government crop report.
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Esperante Eesagressie
Chautauqua, N.Y
Pope Pius
Theo. Harris
Louisville National Banking Company
South
New York Supreme Court
Chicago Board of Trade
Cemetery Scene of Cruel Murder in Rochester
Seventeen year old Anna Schumacher was found murdered in Tidy Sepulcher cemetery near Rochester New York. An autopsy by Coroner Kleindienst shows she was choked and beaten after a criminal assault with extensive bruising and a fractured hyoid bone. Police believe the killer may still be in the city and an arrest is likely within days. The body appeared dragged and parts of clothing were removed near a deserted pump house behind a seminary.
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Rochester
N. Y
Kleindienst
Anna Schumacher
Sepulcher
St. Bernard’s Seminary
Theirl
Schumacher
Eoonewalment
Uel Teehouse
Freight handlers walkout halts Fort William movement
Nearly a thousand Canadian Pacific railway freight handlers at Fort William Ontario walked out in a strike causing freight movement to stop. No loss of life or major damage reported.
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Mexico
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fort William
Soldier Harris Death Plot Claims Cure Claim
Civil War veteran J A Stone of Kemp Texas says a plot sought his death after a stubborn cold and cough. He reports weight dropping to 130 pounds before using Dr Kings New Discovery which he says restored his health to 170 pounds. Trial bottle offered for $1.00 with guarantee by Chas D Knopfel.
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Harris
J A. Stone
Kemp
Tex
Dr. King
Chas. D. Knopfel
Insurance Taxes Paid Twice Under Old Fee System
Indianapolis August 10 the Indiana insurance department plans notices to more than 200 outside insurers from 1891 to 1895 for tax arrears over 41413.23 The state contends former auditors kept 10 percent of payments under the old system though not authorized The Supreme Court ruled the state cannot recover from these auditors and insurers may be asked to pay the taxes again in a complex shift of liability.
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Indianapolis
Insurance Department
the Office of the Auditor of State
Supreme Court
Auditor of State
Americus C. Daily
J. Oscar Henderson
Dailey
Henderson
Child's Death in Elevator Grain Chute
Eleven year old Marian Davis, daughter of Owen Davis a crane dealer, was killed at her father's elevator near Oxford Ohio. She and a companion played in a grain bin holding about five hundred bushels of wheat when a moving conveyor chute dragged Marian into the bottom of the bin and she suffocated before help arrived.
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Oxford
Martin Davis
Owen Davis
College Cover
Marlon
Marian
Delaware County Indicts Dr Nelson B Ross for First Degree Murder
Muncie Indiana August 10 The Dela Ware county grand jury met in special session to indict Dr Nelson B Ross the young Muncie physician now jailed here for shooting and killing Daniel Lind er a Muncie and Portland traction conductor over ten cents excess fare Most passengers aboard the car and many others were summoned as witnesses The state seeks a murder in the first degree indictment
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Muncie
Ind
Dela Ware County
Nelson B. Ross
Daniel Linder
Muncie & Portland Traction
Tragedy at Wabash River Claims Local Student
Terre Haute district reports a junior at Hose Pobscechnie tied to the high school drowned in the Wabash River while swimming near a sandbar. He vanished with the swift current and left no warning. A classmate, Edward Cosound, also drowned nearby a year earlier.
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Terre Haute
Hammett
Walter Latta
Hirteenm
Strita Beird
Natkakeeiver
Valles
Peaceable settlement in sight amid labor talks
Reports indicate ongoing conferences between sides in a chronic industrial dispute. While no formal proposal has been accepted, discussions suggest a settlement without a strike or arbitration is possible, though tensions remain.
Deadly dose for baby in Frankfort incident
In Frankfort Indiana on August 10 an infant, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Gott, drank carbolic acid from a bottle and died within a short time, police and medical officers reported as an accidental poisoning. The incident highlights a tragic household accident involving a young child.
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Frankfort
Ind
Riley
Mroo
Charles Gott
Elks World Convention In Session In Detroit
The annual convention of the Independent Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, colored, is in session at Detroit with delegates from chapters across the region attending sessions and events.
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The
Independentenevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, Colored
Detroit
Stockholm paper reports printer strike spreads province wide
Last night the compositors ended the strike of the printers nationwide as some provincial unions refuse to sign contracts with employers. Resulting shortages mean the edition could not be distributed. the only paper in the city today was the organ for the trades.
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Stockholm
Fragmented newspaper clippings blend tragedy and humor
The clipped text mentions a drowning in a river and a man named Hammett, then shifts to medical claims about bronchitis and Foley’s remedy. A joke about monopolizing the papers leads to a millinery opening advertisement and an act of revenge, all in a fragmentary Chicago Post excerpt.
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Chicago Post
Secret Of Lanse Life Is Blood Health Claim
A French scientist reportedly finds a blood based secret of longevity while American claims credit for Electric Bitters prolonging life. The tonic purports to purify enrich and vitalize blood rebuild nerves and renew vitality. A testimonial from W M Sherman of Onehing Maine cites cures for kidney trouble.
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W. M. Sherman
Ubas. D. Knoefel
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Uniformed Division of the Foresters of America
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St. Joseph
Clarence Lindsay
the Army of the Philippines
American Veterans of Foreign Service
Pittsburg
National Negro Business League
WN. Y
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R. Knoefel
Indiana
State— Supreme Court
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State
Dr. Ross
Rose Poly Junior
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Glenwood Park
Wheelock
U.S. Indian Band
Glenwood Field
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New Albeny
Alexander Dowling
Stotsenburg OG Weathers
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Lloyd
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Crawford
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