Ambassador O'Brien Gives Taft Long Courtesy Call at Beverly
Thomas J. O'Brien, ambassador to Japan, met President Taft for over an hour in Beverly Mass. The talk covered Far East issues, including China Japan tensions over rail plans, and the impending Japan American treaty. O'Brien will sail to Europe Saturday then return to resume duties.
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Beverly
Mass
Thomas J. O’brien
Japan
Taft
Far Eost
Mr. O'Brien
Tokio
O'Brien
Far East
China
Antony- Mukden
Oren
Europe
Missing heiress sisters reported in New York alarm
An official alarm from Walier headquarters searches for Cornea and Irene Farber sisters aged twenty one and nineteen, heirs to Boston fortunes. They left Narragansett Pier on August 1 then headed to New York and Rockford before vanishing. Also the Chicago case against Umstedt and Breitsprecher for a confidence game was dismissed.
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New York
Walier
Cornea
Irene Farber
Boston
Narragansett Pier
Rockford
Franklin J. Umstedt
Charles JF. Breitsprecher
Chicago
F. Derent
Doctor Walton alias Williams Arrested in Trattie Dutean Murder
A young Black man named Doctor Walton alias Williams was arrested after confessing to murdering Mrs Trattie Dutean on Ave 4. Police say he claimed responsibility for the Dutean murder and another killing in Memphis Tennessee years earlier.
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Chicense
Auv
Doctor Walton
Williams
Trattie Dutean
Duiewean
Wonton
Ae Wean
Memphis
Tenn
Tragedy in THIli Bois River Claims Charles Ericsson
Charles Ericsson, 27, drowned while swimming in the THIli Bois river after being overcome by cramps. The incident occurred in Spring Valley HL on August 12.
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Spring Valley
Charles Ericsson
Thili Bois
Ericssonu
Marietta Man Convicted of Assault Faces Hanging
In Marietta Georgia August Willard Webb a Black man was convicted of criminal assault and sentenced to death by hanging. The case details indicate a severe criminal verdict and imminent execution following appellate options.
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Marietta
Willard Webb
The National Game At St Louis And Pittsburg
Baseball box score style listing for St Louis and Pittsburg games with runs hits errors and battery details for Crandall Wilson Myers Sullivan Laudermilk Melter Bresnahan and Richie Shaw Camnitz Gibson in two cities highlighting pitching and fielding lines from the National League matchup.
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St. Louis
R.hle
New York
Crandall, Wilson, Myers, Sullivan
Laudermilk
Melter
Bresna
Pittsburg
R.H.E
Richie, Shaw
Camnitz
Gibson
Batteries and line scores across multiple cities
Reports from Philadelphia New York Washington Boston Kansas City St Paul Minneapolis summarize baseball style line scores with RHE and batteries listed for each matchup. Entries name teams innings scores and the batteries or pitching staffs for each city game.
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Kansas City
R.hle
del Uv
Indianapolis
Swann, Sullivan
Lindaman
Bowerman
St. Paul— Rhe
St. Paulo
Toledo
Oreogu
Gehring
Leroy
Carisch
Donovan
Land
Minnapolis
R.ele
Minneapolis
Columbus
Hatterles
Altreck
Block
Pickett
Upp
Goodwin
Schreck
Illinois Veterans Lead in Heat Affected Grand Parade
Salt Lake City reports the Grand Army of the Republic parade thinning due to oppressive heat. About 7,000 veterans participated. Nebraska and Minnesota carried symbols of harvest while Arkansas sent the smallest division. No fatalities. 45 treated at emergency stations.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Nebraska
Demand the credentials of food inspectors warns Indiana board
Indianapolis Aug 12 Complaints to the Indiana state board of health about impostors posing as food and drug inspectors prompt WH E Barnard to warn merchants to demand credentials. Authorized inspectors wear badges and carry credentials signed by Dr M Hurty. dealers should verify identity before allowing inspections. The department collects no money and aims to enforce the feed and drugs laws.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Board of Health
Food and Drug Department
WH. Ee. Barnard
Barnard
M. Hurty
State Board of Health
Tweed
District vote on liquor to be decided by commissioners
Washington officials report to Congress an unfavorable view of Lamb's Virginia bill that would allow District citizens to vote on the excise law. The district commissioners would control liquor decisions instead of residents.
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Washington
Congress
Lamb
Virginia
Resuming Work as Stockholm Strike Fades
In Stockholm the general strike loss of momentum grows as workers return to duties and printers near to resuming. Newspapers print by hand locally while southern papers go to Denmark for presses. In Chicago John Wilkie of the U S secret service rejects a police superintendency offer from Mayor Russo after meeting him on official business.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Chicago
John E. Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Whckle
Russo
Moors Push Found Camps Shelled by Spanish Artillery
In Melilla on August 12 a captive balloon spotted two Moor camps within Spanish lines. Artillery shelled the positions driving the Moors from the ground as they carried off dead and wounded.
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Melilla
Veteran Kemp man credits cure to Vow Discovery
A Civil War veteran from Kemp Texas describes a long cough and weight loss before using Mr Kings Vow Discovery. He claims the remedy restored his health from 130 to 178 pounds and cured severe coughs and asthma. Trial bottle offered free with guarantee by Obas D Knoefel.
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Tod A. Stone
Kemp, Tex
Mr. King
Obas
D. Knoefel
Boy Amid Quicksands in Farm Creek Tragedy
In Peoria Illinois on August 12 eight year old Adam Ross son of Nicholas Ross disappeared while wading into Farm creek near the Illinois river during a family fishing trip. His body was recovered after strenuous and relentless effort.
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Peoria
Ill
Adam Ross
Nicholas Ross
Farm Creek
Illinois River
Vincennes youth pleads guilty to mail robbery in federal court
Walter Myer nineteen son of a prominent Vincennes Indiana man was arraigned in federal court and confessed to robbing the mails of drafts worth three thousand. He had been tracked to the coast by Postoffice Inspector William Ela of Indianapolis.
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Tacoma
Wash
Walter Myer
Vincennes
Ind
Postofice
William Ela
Indianapolis
Nuns Die After Jump From Bridge Near Montreal
Two nuns walking from a Montreal convent were overtaken by a passing train on a nearby bridge. Frightened, they leaped into the rapids forty feet below and drowned.
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Montreal
Quebec
Georgia General Assembly adjourns in terse report
Telegraphic notes report the Georgia General Assembly adjourns. A. L. Thompson killed his wife in North Carolina and wounded another. Asa Van Wormer dies in Cincinnati at ninety one. The Chilean naval council backs Dreadnought battleships. Epidemic of smallpox flares on Mexico Guatemala border. Harry B. Darling to head press bureau for Democratic clubs.
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E. H. Harriman
Munich
Mexico
Guatemala
Asa van Wormer
Cincinnati
Panama Canal
Harry B. Darling
League of Indiana Democratic Clubs
National League of Democratic Clubs
Looking for the man higher up in copper stock theft case
Donald Persch the young broker already charged with larceny of Heinze copper stocks remains imprisoned under a second charge. The district attorney's office says he was not alone and that a broad scheme operated in New York Philadelphia and Boston. An indictment is expected and witnesses have been questioned as investigators pursue a presumed mastermind.
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New York
Donald Persch
F. Augustus Heinze
Philadelphia
Boston
Heinze
Willstreet
District Attorney
J. Mo Everett
Cram, Milliken «& Co
Young Perach
Versch
Meo Everest
Henry Fo Wsborough
Mr. Riskorough
Charles Katz
Brooklyn
Fiverett
Carlos Warfield
Heinze Copper
Perech
Nott
Skeletons Unearthed Near Piedmont in 19th Century Dig
Ter Anderson reports discovery of twenty one skeletons near Piedmont in an excavation by the Houston and Tervas Central railroad. Older residents recall finds a month earlier and believe the Spaniards were killed in battle with aborigines during an exploring expedition.
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Anderson
Ter
Piedmont
Houston & Tervas Central Railroad
Four Teens Trapped by Flood Waters in Monterey
In Monterey on August 12, four teens were trapped by debris and heavy logs following the overflow of the Santa Catarina river. Rescue teams worked to reach the group amid flooded streets and logged water.
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Monterey
Santa Catarina
Secret Of Long Life Promoted By Blood Focus
A French scientist and early claims tout Electric Bitters as a life extending remedy. The ad cites blood purification and nerve revitalization, featuring a testimonial from W. M. Sherman of Cushing, Maine, and notes a price of 50 cents at Chas. D. Kanoefel's store.
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Monthe
W. M. Sherman
Cushing
Chas. D. Kanoefel’s
Streetcar Strike Looms As Talks Fail In Chicago
Dark outlook as union leaders and street railway officials fail to agree on terms. Mitten offers 3 cent an hour raise for ten-year workers, Buckley demands 30 cent raise within two years. Roach to present a definite offer today while city officials warn a strike seems almost certain.
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Chicago
Lee Mitten
City Railway Company
M. C. Buckley
South Side Street Car Men's Union
Mitten
Buckley
John M. Roach
North and West Side
Walter L. Fisher
Echo of Magill Case Touches Murder Action
In Bloomington Illinois Fred Magill sued Lewis and Joseph Freudenstein in Dewitt county circuit court over a $3,000 mortgage on a farm. The loan funded Magill's murder defense and allowed repurchase within five years for $3,900 plus 6 percent interest. The Freudensteins allegedly refused the transfer despite tendered interest.
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Wlooomington
Magill
Fred Magill
Dewitt County
Lewis
Joseph Freudenstein
Thrive
Enveloped in Flames in Indiana Tragedy
In Hoonville near New Hope church Mrs Edward Day was fatally burned when a coal oil rekindling ignited her fire. Ten year old Harold Day was seriously burned. Her husband Mr Day also suffered serious burns to his hands and may lose one hand. The house burned completely with no salvage. In Wabash David Coble age ninety four was killed by a street car while waiting for a car. The collision severed an arm and a leg and he died soon after.
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Hoonville
Ind
Edward Day
New Hope Church
Harold
Wabash
David Coble
Coble
Death of Lieutenant Sutton Probed by Court of Inquiry
The court of inquiry into Lieutenant James N Sutton Jr death at the United States marine corps heard dramatic testimony from Dr Edward M Sih about a bullet’s path and his opinion that Sutton could not have fired the fatal shot. The proceedings featured wax skulls and a pantomime demonstration of the weapon’s angle to illustrate the expert’s conclusion.
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Amnapoolis
James N Sutton, Jr
United States Marine Corps
Sutton
Edward M. Si
Washington
Adame
Fred
Sutton Berne Able
Elgin Hospital Ends Miniature Strike Over Female Supervisor
Prompt action by Dr V Hi Podstata superintendent at the Elgin state hospital discharged one of twenty five employees who refused to work under Miss Curry Breckenridge and accepted ten days notice from the remaining sixteen, quelling the threatened work stoppage.
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Elgin. Rl
V. Hi. Podstata
Elgin State Hospital
Miss Curry Breckenridgy
Chicago
Mrs Heid Dies After Fall At Oregon Street Home
Lafayette Ind Aug 2 Mrs Heid aged sixty five fell down a stairway at her Oregon street residence and died a few hours later from injuries.
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Lafayette. Ind
Inferno at Month Cello Destroys Port Jervis District
Port Jervis New York August 12 fire gutted seventy buildings in the town's summer resort district. The blaze swept the entire business area causing extensive damage and leaving many merchants displaced.
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Port Jervis
Cello
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