New York City Militias Simulate Invasion War Game
New Yorkers joined 3,000 militiamen from Manhattan Brooklyn and New Jersey in a mass war game off Massachusetts coast simulating a red army invasion. Colonel Daniel Appleton led New York troops alongside units from DC Connecticut and New Jersey under Major General Leonard Wood as umpire.
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New York
Water Front
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Virginia Capes
United States
Red
Daniel Appleton
Columbia
Conecticut
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
U. Ss. A
Boston Aroused in Mock Invasion at Middleboro
Boston faces a staged invasion as Brigadier General William A Pew Jr leads Massachusetts troops against Major General Tasker H Biss in a bloodless drill. The plan includes use of autos and giant tacks as tactical elements with no fighting today. Willa Lewin defeated Sailor Burke in six rounds at New York in a ten round bout.
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William A. Pew, Jr
Eben S. Draper
Massachusetts
Willa Lewin
Sailor Burke
New York
Baseball Scores From Key NL and AL Contests
In St Louis Brooklyn and Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago and New York Washington Boston Cleveland and Philadelphia games are listed with runs hits and errors. Batteries include Huebec Bliss Bell Marshall Bergen McQuillan Dooin Lee ver Gibson Raymond Schlei Kroh Higginbotham Moran Donovan Schmidt Ober on Smith Blankenship Killifer Berger Easterly Cicotte Carrigan Walsh Owens War hop Sweenry and Waddell Dineen Stephens Dygert Coombs Livingston.
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St. Louis
R.H.E. St. Louis
Brooklyn
Huebec
Bliss
Bell
Marshall
Bergen
Pittsburg
R.he
New York
Raymond
Schlei
Kroh
Higginbotham
Overall
Moran
Washington
R.H.E. Detroit
Donovan
Schmidt
Oberon, Smith, Blankenship
Killifer
Boston
R.H.E. Cleveland
Berger, Easterly, Cicotte
Carrigan
R.hle
Chicago
Walsh and
Owens
Warhop and
Sweenry
Philadelphia
R.h.le
Waddell
Dineen
Stephens
Dygert
Coombs Livingston
Battery Listings From Multiple Cities
The record lists battery teams and players by city regions including Kansas City St Paul Minneapolis Milwaukee and Louisville with matchups against Indianapolis Toledo and others. Players named include Essick Sullivan Geyer Schreck Jeroy Carisch Slagle Howley Olmstead Block Selby Peltz Schneiberg Smith Owen Abbott and others.
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St. Paul
R.H.E. St. Paul
Indianapolis
Jeroy, Carisch
Slagle
Howley
Milwaukee
R.H.E
Toledo
Schneiberg and
Smith
Owen
Abbott
First National Bank of Tipton to reopen Monday
Tipton Ind Aug 14 stockholders plan to open the First National Bank for business next Monday. A shipment of 600000 dollars guarded by secret service men arrives in time for business. The bank faces a loss to shareholders of 160000 to 200000 with depositors secure, and possible voluntary liquidation or reorganization. Arrests depend on grand jury action in Indianapolis. no warrants expected at present.
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Tipton
Ind
Natonal Bank
Secret Service
Noah R. Marker
Fletcher's National Bank
Indianapolis
First National Bank of
United States
Clarence W. Nichols
First National Bank
Examiner Weir
Lightning destroys historic Mason County courthouse in Kentucky
Aug 14 Lexington reports the Washington Mason county courthouse was struck by lightning and destroyed. The building, erected in 1744, housed the sale of Viele Tom the aged enslaved man that inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin story origin.
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Lexington
Washington
Mason County
Viele Tom
Uncle Ton
Janice
Harriet Beecher Stowe
First execution under new assault capital crime act
Georgetown South Carolina August 14 George Jenkins a Black man was hanged for assault with criminal intent on a young white woman in this county. This marked the first execution under the act making attempted criminal assault a capital crime.
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Georgetown
S. C
George Jenkins
Mexico Quake in Politics as Federal Mandate Is Ignored
Mexico City reports state legislatures defy a federal mandate amid rumors of unrest in Coahuila Nuevo Leon and Sinaloa. Troops move to Saltillo and Monterey while governors Cardenas Reyes and others face resignation and alleged electoral fraud claims surface in Diario El Imparcial and Mexico Nuevo.
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Mexico City
Neuvo Leon
Cuahuala
Miguel Cardenas
Coahuila
Diaz
Saltillo
Mexico
el Imparcial
Monterey
Nuevo Leon
Saltio
San Luis Potosi
Gomez Palacio
Jefe Politico
Juan Castillo
Reyes
E Iamparcial
Cardenas
General Reyes
Ramon Corral
Daily Record
Sinaloa
Diego Redi
Monterey Mexico Reports Calm Political Atmosphere
A Monterey dispatch from August 14 states there is no foundation to Mexico City reports of unrest. It asserts the political atmosphere is tranquil at the present time.
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Monterey
Mexico
Mexico City
Curtiss to Try It Today at Rheims
Glenn H. Curtiss the American aviator plans a trial flight this afternoon at Rheims. He aims to compete in the endurance and passenger events during aviation week but will prioritize the race for the James Gordon Bennett cup as the principal objective of his visit.
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Curtiss
Rheims
Glenn H. Curtiss
Catarrhal Diseases of Summer Time Explained
The article explains that catarrh affects internal organs in summer as well as winter, detailing gastritis enteritis colitis and other internal catarrh. It endorses Peruna from Dr. Hartmans practice as a premier remedy, citing widespread patient reports for bowel diseases and common digestive issues.
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Hartman
United States
Shadow of Strike Cleared by Chicago Transit Pact
The Chicago street railway dispute ends as a tentative contract is approved. Officials from the lines and unions accept a wage ladder of 23 to 27 cents an hour over three years with February expiry, mediated by city representatives G. Risher and others. The ruling promises peace for both sides.
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John Miteaweh
Ab EL Tuckles
Virtie
Vines
Seventh National Irrigation Congress Ends in Spokane
The Spokane meeting elected B A Fowler of Phoenix Arizona as president and Arthur Hooker of Spokane as secretary. Officers were chosen and Pueblo Colorado was set as the next meeting place. Resolutions commending Pinchot and Newell the forestry and reclamation bureaus and urging a 10 million dollar irrigation fund from Congress were adopted. The group also praised the Mississippi deep waterways program.
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Spokane
Wash
Pueblo
Col
Pinchot
Newell
Forestry and Reclamation Bureaus
Congress
Seventh National Irrigation Congress
B. A. Fowler
Phoenix
Artz
Arthur Hooker
Elwood Women Protest Strikers Prompt injunction bid
American Sheet and Tin Plate asks Judge Baker for another injunction against local tin plate workers after wives and sisters harass workers returning home. Claimants say singing and noise keep men awake while police and mayor’s order fail to curb the demonstrations. Local business leaders demand action as unrest continues in Elwood Indiana.
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Elwood
Ind
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
F. E. Baker
Goshen
Persian Shah-to-Be to Marry Despite Protests
Teheran dispatch reports Ahmed Mirza the eleven year old shah of Persia will be officially married soon despite his protests. His household is being arranged as the nuptials approach.
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London
Teheran
Ahmed Mirza
Shah
Persia
Improvement in General Trade Shows Encouraging Signs
Bradstreet's Weekly Review of Trade notes improvement in general trade and industry this week with a conservatism slowing heavy sales. Buyer arrivals rise, fall and spring deliveries appear, crop reports are favorable, and security and money markets stay strong. Dry goods demand is fair, jobbing and retail trade expand, and railroads report better activity with iron and steel shipments increasing.
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New York
Bradstreets Weekly Review of
Arrests Widen In Terre Haute Boxing Fights
In Terre Haute Indiana warrants are issued for eight principals in the July 26 boxing show by the Terre Haute Athletic Association. Boxers Nat Thornton and William Turner are in custody with others to follow. The event drew Gov Marshall scrutiny as prize fighting. Hart suffered a broken jaw in the Hart Schreck bout.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Terre Haute Athletic Association
Nat Thornton
William Turner
Marvin Hart
Michael Schreck
Mickey Ford
William York
Thomas Scanlon
Andrew Newell
Thornan
Turner
Thomas KR. Marshall
Hart
Printers Vote on Mortuary Benefit Plan at Union Convention
The fifty fifth annual convention of the International Typographical Union approved a mortuary benefit fund with benefits from 75 to 400 dollars based on membership length. It will be put to a February referendum. A one half of one percent tax on earnings is proposed. Union members earn about 46 million dollars annually with projected income around 290 thousand dollars.
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St. Joseph
The
International Typographical Union
Union
Court of inquiry opens into death of Lt James N Sutton Jr
The inquiry into the death on October 18 19?? is in private session to review findings. When completed the results will be forwarded to the Navy Department in Washington for official announcement, with pursuit for earliest possible pronouncement.
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Annapolis
Anne
James N Sutton, Jr
United States Marine Corps
Navy Department
Washington
New York Fans Plan Special Rail Trip to Indy Auto Races
A large delegation of New York automobile enthusiasts has arranged special railroad transportation to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for next week’s races. The venue is described as the greatest automobile race course in the country.
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New York
Market quotations Indiana Chicago New York grain and livestock
Readings show fluctuating prices across wheat corn oats and livestock. Chicago and New York markets report mixed cattle hogs sheep and lamb values, with receipts and regional notes at Indianapolis East Buffalo and Toledo showing varied futures and cash figures.
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Indianapolis
New York
East Buffalo
Disease and Recovery Told by Civil War Veteran
J A Stone of Kemp Texas describes a deadly plot and a stubborn cough that left him weak at 130 pounds. After using Dr King's New Discovery he recovered to 178 pounds and praises its power against coughs asthma and pneumonia with a trial bottle offered free and a guarantee by Chas D Kanoefel.
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J A. Stone
Kemp
Tex
Dr. King
Chas. D. Kanoefel
Tragic Self Inflicted Wound Ends Travel Salesman’s Life
Lucius W. Rettle a South Bend traveling salesman shot himself in a Fort Wayne hardware store after writing a letter to his father confessing theft and sorrow for the worry caused. He loaded a revolver and fired at his left breast, condition serious but potentially recoverable if no complications arise.
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Fort Wayne
Dind
Aus
Lucius W. Rettle
South Bend
Miner Attacks Wife With Razor in Clinton
Clinton Indiana August 14 Henjamin James a coal miner assaulted his wife slashing her throat and injuring her arms and hands as she defended herself He was subdued and confined Physicians attributed the act to emotional insanity caused by heat
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Clinton
Ind
Henjamin James
James
Boy Killed by Lightning in Indiana School
Aug 14 in Crawfordsville Indiana lightning struck the Alamo schoolhouse killing twelve year old Harold Ammerman of Alamo as he sheltered there with three companions during a rainstorm.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Harold Ammerman
Alamo
Girl Killed by Lightning in Thunderstorm
During a thunderstorm sweeping the section Miss Jennie Jeolinck of Algonquin was killed by lightning witnessed by friends and neighbors. Flam 1 Aus 14.
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Aus
Jennie Jeolinck
Algonquin
Tnx
Aninher
Friends
Cehitives
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