Springfield Mob Routs Negro Neighborhood in Illinois Capital
A mob in Springfield Illinois seized control of the city overnight after a black man assaulted a white woman. Homes in the Fast End burned while two men died and many injured, as militia from the state and other cities deployed to restore order. A Gatling gun unit protected rioters and fire crews faced violence attempting to quell the blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
George Richardson
Spo
Ae Fire Department
Gauling
Richards Acquitted in Floyd County Murder Trial
John Richards, a Floyd County schoolteacher, is acquitted after five trials in the murder of Maurice Francis of Roanoke. Earlier trials produced hung juries or a first degree murder conviction with a death sentence. Francis was killed en route to visit his fiancée Gracie Link. The case drew strong local tensions and marked a historic Virginia court sequence.
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Roanoke
Floyd
John Richards
Floyd County
Maurice K
Francis
Richards
Supreme Court
Gracie Link
Prother
Virginia
National Democratic Clubs Urged Across Precincts
In Chicago on August 15 the Democratic national committee calls for organizing Democratic clubs in every voting precinct to aid William Jennings Bryan's campaign. Bryan reportedly told Chairman Mack and other committee members that the clubs would give the greatest boost to the Democratic cause nationwide.
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Chicago
United States
Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Mack
Royal Family Spotlight At Dutch Castle
Queen Wilhelmina remains at the royal palace as an anticipated event draws public attention to the Dutch royal family and activities at the castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina
Sow
Royal Castle
Ira D Sankey Dies at 68 After Illness and Decline
Ira D Sankey, renowned evangelist and hymn writer who toured with Dwight L Moody, dies in Brooklyn at 68 after years of blindness and illness. Born August 28, 1840 in Edenburgh Pennsylvania, he penned beloved hymns such as The Ninety and Nine and When the Mists Have Rolled Away. He leaves a widow Fannie V Sankey, two sons Allen and Edward, and two grandchildren. His songs circulated in over fifty million copies worldwide and his recordings were sent worldwide.
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New York
Ira D. Sankey
Brooklyn
Mr. Sankey
Europe
Dwight L. Moody
Sankey
China
Egypt
India
Japan
Sanker
Moody
Y. M. Co
Indianapolis
Mr. Moody
Great Britain
United States
Lapkey
Edenburgh
Fire destroys thirty two houses in Cartineira
Fire wipes out thirty two homes in the village Cartineira in Orense province Spain. The blaze caused extensive damage with residents displaced and local authorities responding to the scene.
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Cartineira
Orense
Spain
Edwin Hawkins
Tucgon
Ariz
Albert C. Leonhardt
United States Marine Corps
National Rifle Association
American Atlantic fleet bids Auckland farewell after brief New Zealand visit
The American Atlantic fleet sailed from Auckland at 8:16 this morning with massive crowds ashore and afloat. Excursion craft lined the harbor as the flagship Connecticut led the battle line out to sea amid salutes and cheers from Sir Joseph Ward and officials. Admiral Sperry and New Zealand authorities exchanged cordial messages as relations between the two nations were praised and the Maori farewell phrase Kia ora aroha sent good luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
Sydney
Connecticut
Sir Joseph Ward
Sir Joseph
Kentucky
New Zealand
Sper
Thorities
Joseph Ward
Dominion
United States
Admiral Sperry
Pacific
Bandits Rob the Maile
Bandits seized an Northern Pacific westbound passenger train near Trent nine miles east of Spokane. They forced out enginemen, uncoupled the mail car and locomotive, then drove the engine and mail car to Yardley where the mail was rifled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific
Trent
Yardley
Clean election pledge aims to bar money and whisky
Bloomington Indiana August 15 Republicans and Democrats sign a clean election agreement for this campaign to avoid money or whisky influence. Each party deposits 1000 dollars to prosecute violations while candidates sign notes. Committee leaders include Father Bogeman James A Woodburn Walter Colling James Ransom and John W Cravens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Father Bogeman
James A. Woodburn
Walter Colling
James Ransom
John W. Cravens
Indianapolis murder charge in widow's death case
Mayer Frankel, a clothing merchant in Indianapolis, is jailed on a murder charge after neighbors questioned his conduct following his wife’s death once believed suicide by chloroform. Insurance policies totaling 12 000 dollars, with nine thousand on the woman’s life, prompt insurer involvement and potential contest of claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Mayer Frankel
Petersdorf
Frankel
Nnane Asylum
Trade Review Notes Mixed Signals With Cautious buyers
Wall Street's weekly trade review reports fair volume and progress in crops led by corn amid rains. Buyers appear in large numbers but remain cautious, with some disappointment at August activity. Iron and steel show slow improvement while iron prices fall and Southern mills look to restart. textile output remains limited. Omaha chosen for the 1909 Eagles convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H Wradstreet
Review of Trade Today
Republican national committee opens Chicago headquarters
The Western headquarters of the Republican national committee open at noon in the Harvesters building. Chairman Frank Hitchcock arrives from Hot Springs to confer with Mr Taft and says he is pleased with the new quarters. Secretary Hayward will run the Chicago office during the chairman's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ane
Republican National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hot Springs
Taft
Harvester
Hayward
Horses Recovered After Theft By Former Banker
In Lafayette Indiana on August 15 authorities report several weeks of chasing missing property tied to Robert Greer the ex Wayne town banker. Two horses belonging to John Willetts and Henry Nefrees were traced from Indianapolis to Chicago then Philadelphia and finally found in Atlantic City drawing a wagon. The Shawnee Horse Thief Detective association aided the search enabling recovery of the animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Robert Greer
Waynetown
Indianapolis
Michigan City
Atlantic City
Shawnee Horse Thief Detective Association
John Willetts
Henry Nefrees
Chicago
Philadelphia
Million Dollar Blaze Strikes East Buffalo Stockyards
Fire at the East Buffalo stockyards of the New York Central railroad destroyed frame buildings this morning. Firemen battled the flames as the blaze spread rapidly with damages expected to total about one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
East Buffalo
New York Central Railroad
Foley's Kidney Remedy Claim Promoted by Knoefel
An advertisement from O. D. Knoefel touts Foley's Kidney Remedy as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles within medical reach, asserting no medicine can surpass its effectiveness.
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Foley
O. D. Knoefel
Cr. Knoefel
Mine operations suspended by coal operators association
Terre Haute Indiana August 15 due to resolutions by the Bituminous Coal Operators association all treaty relations with the mine workers are negated until the Hudson mine in Sullivan county reaches a settlement. A suspension order was issued for all mines in the field pending a satisfactory settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
Hudson
Sullivan County
What He Would Keep
When Francois Coppee was elected to the academy he told Theodore de Banville he wished to be in too. Banville declined to canvass and joked he would keep the silver salver if the nomination came.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois Coppee
Academy
Theodore de Banville
Banville
Narrowly Escaped Cremation in Bedford Kiln Accident
Bedford Ind Aug 15 James Jeffries employed at the smokehouse south of town fell over the top of a kiln he was filling tumbling ten feet to a stone floor. He was badly burned but survived as the heated stone had not fully heated the furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ind
James Jeffries
Electric Bitters Praised By New York Man
Frank OConlan of 486 Houston Street New York extols Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver problems. He claims it improves digestion purifies blood and restores vigor in both sexes at Rungeels drug store for 500.
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Frank Oconlan
Houston St
New York
Runoefels
Highwaymen Rob Thurston In Shelbyville Bank
Two masked men stopped vegetable dealer Marshall Thurston near Shelbyville Indiana on August 18. They held the horses, searched him, and took twenty two dollars and fifty cents before he was sent on his way.
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Shelby
Shelbyville
Ind
Marshall Thurston
Thurston
Remorseful Boy’s Bash Act
Terre Haute Ind Aug 16 Eddie Behringer nineteen years old will probably die of poison taken with suicidal intent while riding in a patrol wagon to jail the wagon having been called because of intoxication the previous night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Eddie Behringer
Race for the Pennant in Big Leagues
Standings and results across the American and National Leagues with summaries from games in Philadelphia New York Washington Chicago and Milwaukee. Line scores show R H E and battery details for each contest with occasional notes on travel and train schedules.
Base Ball Lineups and Upcoming Games Across Local Leagues
The Lawrenceburg Blue Grass League team returns to Glenwood after three weeks away with Sommers facing Devitt as the likely pitcher. The Glenwood lineup includes Davitt McMoonulgle Fehrer Leban Jelley Smith Reed Luluya Seebuch Williams Jase Haniogan Jaker Adolf Russell Preston. Umpire Kielber. New Albany Browns vs Dusty Rhodes at Pearl Street. Browns lineup includes Rickey Dann Wharles Rady Kleiber Jackson Scheub O Miller W McCabe Graether Hero. Douglas vs Atkins at Black Creek Grounds. Batteries Douglas Smith Jones Atkins Welle Greshman. Foley's Kidney Remedy is recommended for kidney and bladder trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceborg
Glenwood
Sommers
Adolfs
Seebach
Bader
Distillers
Lawrenceburg
Pall
Sommere
Devitt
Glen Woons
T Awresu
Davitt
McMoonulgle
Fehrer
Leban
Fuente Harper
Hase
Jelley Smith
Reed Luluya
Seebuch Williomse
Jase Haniogan Jaker
Adolf Russell
Venter Field
Pressler
Kielber
New Albany Browns
Rhodea
Pearl Street Diamonds
Browns
O Rickey
Dann
Wharles
Rady
Kleiber
Jackson
Scheub
O. Miller
W. McCabeco
Graether
Hero
Douglas
Atkins
Black Creeka
Falls
Smith
Peculiar trees and their unusual uses around the world
The breadfruit tree of Ceylon yields breadlike fruit. In Barbura South America a tree yields milk for children. Africa has a butterlike fruit, resembling an olive, from a tree akin to the oak. Sierra Leone bears a cream fruit tree, and Table Bay hosts a tree with berries for candles. Sapindus trees produce soap as well.
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Ceylon
Barbura
South America
Africa
Park
England
Sierra Leone
Table Bay
Cape of Good Hope
Azores
Sumatra
Algeria
China
Chusan
The London Gunpowder Explosion and the Child Found Alive
In Charles II’s last month a London ship chandler ignited gunpowder with a candle. The blast wrecked fifty houses and killed many. a mother vanished, but a cradle baby survived on church leads at All Hallows. The infant was adopted by a parish gentleman and grew up with a lifelong link to the church.
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Charles L
London
Church of Allhallows
Chia
Sir Walter Besant
Local police and court notes in recent filings
Annie Mrcianson released on bond after a surety of peace arrest by Sergeant Walte. Matthias Fisher and wife, with Whit Bell, face magistrate. Bell fined and admits guilt. Fisher and wife demand jury. 180 each. Frederick Niermeier funeral held at St Marys Catholic Church. burial at St Marys Cemetery. Samuel Reade arrested for child desertion. fined 1 and bonded 100 for future support. Rev Pressley L Sweaney to preach farewell sermon and depart for Howard Lake Minn.
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Annie Mrcianson
Walte
Justice Fogle
Matthias Fisher
Borden
Whit Bell
Yeaterday Bell
Fieher
Frederick Niermeier
Veit Miermeier
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
G. Borries
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Charlatown Road
Samuel Reade
Doro
Paris
Pressley L Sweaney
Advent Christian Church
Silver Grove
Howard Lake
Minn
The Flow of Rivers Explains Current Speeds
The article explains river flow with the row of rivers slower at the bottom and faster at the top. It notes the average velocity of a stream is about six-tenths of the depth and that bottom friction slows deeper water more in shallow rivers than in deep ones.
Not a City Block but a Sky Scraper Vision
Bohemilan crafts a rustic exchange where a city man urges a villager to view a distant lot as a skyline dominated by one of their tall buildings. The villager counters with twenty cattle grazing, grounding the scene in rural reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waal
Bohemilan
Talk Turned to Nonsense in Chicago Record Herald
A brief remark critiques constant talk as producing foolish statements citing the Chicago Record Herald as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Dr King's New Discovery Praised in Naples Letter
Naples Maine resident Lester M Nelson writes that Dr King’s New Discovery saved his life after years of use for coughs and colds. The remedy, a throat and lung treatment, is advertised as a preventive against pneumonia and healer of weak throats. Sold by Charles D Knoefel’s drug store in 500 and 1.00 sizes. Trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester M. Nelson
Naples
Maine
Dr. King
Chas. D. Knoefel
Notice to Subscribers about irregular newspaper delivery
The notice asks Naw ALsany Tuiscan subscribers who do not receive their paper regularly and promptly to inform the Tribese Compesy. It lists two phones and a contact person Cumberlang F. Home 28.
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Cumberlang F. Home
Delane and the Secret Viceroy Appointment Tale
A Grand Magazine tale credits Henry Delane of the Times with learning about Lord Lytton’s secret appointment as viceroy of India. A doctor’s casual remark at dinner allegedly prompted Delane to publish the news next morning. The anecdote underscores journalistic caution toward patient confidences.
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Lord Lytton
India
Delane
The
Times
the Times
Grand Magazine
Prevailing Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Indianapolis figures show Wheat at 90c wagon, No 3 red 92c, Corn 77c, Oats 7.5c, Hay mixed around 8.50 12.50, Cattle 3.50 7.00, Hogs 4.50 6.60, Sheep 8.00 4.00, Lambs 3.50 5.4. Receipts include hogs 1,000 cattle 1,200 sheep 500 at Cincinnati totals. Chicago and New York listings list wheat 96c, corn 80c, oats 49c, cattle 4.75 7.90, hogs 8.0 6.55, lambs 4.0 8.5, New York cattle 3.73 6.50, hogs 4.00 6.90, sheep 2.00 1.23, lambs 4.8 6.50. East Buffalo and Toledo notes with varied bids. Wheat Toledo Sept 91 1/2 c, Dec 97 1/2 c, cash 84 1/2 c.
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Indianapolis
Timothy
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Toledo
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Segyo
Illinois
G. J. Scott
Louis Johnson
Empire City Subway Company
the Quay
Governor's Palace
Man-A-Lin
MDE
Manalin Co
the Man-A-Lin CO
Columbus, Oho, U. S. A
Weekly Trade Review
Omaha, Neb
Eagles
R.hle
St. Louis
Waddell, Spencer
Plank, Powers
R.H.E
R.H.E. Washington
Hughes
Warner
Street
Shaw
American Association
Louieville
Columbus
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St. Paul
R.H.E. Toledo
Kans
Lattimore
Abbott
Brandon
Sullivan
R.H.E. Milwaukee
Curtis, Dougherty
Bevfille
Geyer
Fohl
National League
Pittsburg
Weeeerrenere
Settee
Boston
Pteries
McGlynn
Raymond
Bliss
Spade
Schlel
R.hb
Camnitz
Leever
Madder
Gibson
Flaherty
Graham
Detroit
Dee
Cleveland Ee
Chicago Ee
Philadelphia Ed
Washington Eee
See
Willet
Ayer
Pearl and
Market Sis
Dr. Rowenstrot
Market Streets
New Albany
Pittsburg Lump
St. Bernard
St. Bernard Mining Go. Incorporated
Don D. Walker
Arkan Lions
Sith Fames
Tha Vieit
Teddy
Thika
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