Indictments Against Two Mob Leaders Reported
Springfield Aug 21 Ten indictments against two alleged mob leaders were returned by Sangamon county special grand jury Six target Abraham Raymor and four target Kate Howard Raymor faces murder four counts of malicious mischief and one riot Howard charged with malicious mischief mirroring Raymor’s counts They also face charges for looting the Loper restaurant and aiding its wrecking A report that Rolla Keys was shot was confirmed accidental and the boy is seriously wounded In Kankakee Illinois guardsman Joseph B Klein who killed Earl Nelson was taken for preliminary hearing after a conference between attorneys.
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Springfield
Sangamon County
Abraham Raymor
Kate Howard
Raymor
Chipperfield
First Cavalry
Boy
Kankakee
Joseph B. Klein
Illinois
Earl Nelson
Nelson
Klein
H. B. Chamberlain
General Young
Justice Mead
Herbert K Smith to wed Dietrich daughter in fall
Washington August 21 reports indicate Herbert Knox Smith commissioner of corporations will marry Miss Gertrude Elizabeth Dietrich daughter of the late Nebraska senator. The union would rank among the season's notable social events with Dietrich well known for hostess duties and social circle leadership at the capital.
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Miss Dietrich
Washington
Gertrude Elizabeth Dietrich
Herbert Knox Smith
Dietrich
Nebraska
Senate
Drew
Kiazim Bey Named as Potential Turkish Minister
Washington reports Minister Leishman has informed the Turkish government the United States would welcome Kiazim Bey as Turkey's diplomatic representative. Leishman cites colleagues in Constantinople who served with Kiazim Bey at Bucharest praising his intelligence and fine personality after sixteen years as minister there.
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Kiazim Bey
Washington
Leishman
United ‘States
Kiazim ‘Bey
Constantinople
Unclear Postwar Fragment Sparks Confusion About Peak
Fragmentary OCR text references Lidiec Pechak and a "dasceeuntit attempt" near Peek and Frovibengey. Mentions Huscaran and hardships with garbled quotes and stray phrases, producing an incoherent, unnamed incident rather than a clear event or dates.
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Lidiec Pechak
Peek
Frovibengey
Dasceeuntit
Huscaran
Ton
Blok
Ang Thig
Lusitania Breaks Transatlantic Record On Short Course
The Cunard turbine liner Lusitania arrived off Sand Hook light ship after completing the transatlantic crossing in four days fifteen hours twenty five minutes. This shatters the prior record of four days eighteen hours forty minutes set last year and follows earlier record runs on the long route to evade ice.
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Atlantic
New York
Cunard
Lusitania
Sand Hook
Brutal murder in Pittston at Four Brothers saloon
In Pittston a Polander named Stanley Nezzko, 30, shot his wife in the saloon side hall while she held their year old baby. He admitted the murder in front of the mayor, claiming infidelity. He was sent to prison.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Stanley Nezzko
Wife of Philadelphia millionaire dies by own action
Denver reports Mrs. I. Snellenburg wife of a Philadelphia department store millionaire died by taking strychnine prescribed as medicine. She suffered from consumption and melancholia. The Snellenburgs lived in Wilmington. their three children were visiting Denver. Mr. Snellenburg is en route to Philadelphia to handle the estate.
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Denver
Colo
I. Snellenburg
Philadelphia
Oaks
Snellenburg
Snellenburgs
Wilmington
Del
Poet Arthur W. Upson Dies by Drowning Near Bemidji
Arthur W. Upson a former University of Minnesota professor and noted poet died by his own hand in a creek near Bemidji at age twenty nine. A friend of Hall Caine, Upson often visited the Isle of Man. His best known works include Octaves in an Oxford Garden The Sign of the Harp The City and West Wind Songs.
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Upson
Minneapolis
Arthur W. Upson
University of Minnesota
Bemidji
Hall Caine
Isle of Man
Oxford
City
Noted Ball Player Dead in Brooklyn
Dr. Albert J. Bushong, famed catcher for the St Louis Browns and the Brooklyn team, died at his Brooklyn home. Born in Philadelphia fifty two years ago, he once vied with King Kelly for top backstop honors, retired in 1900 to practice dentistry, and leaves a widow.
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New York
Albert J. Bushong
St Louis Browns
Brooklyn
Bushong
Philadelphia
Pure Food Law Deemed Unconstitutional in Blair County Court
Judge Martin Bell ruled the 1907 Pennsylvania pure food law unconstitutional under article 1 section 4 of the state constitution. Blair County court delivered the decision in August in Holidaysburg Pennsylvania, marking the first in the state to pass on the law’s constitutionality.
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Holidaysburg
Martin Bell
Blair“county
Organizing the Republican Party in 1866 referenced in fragment
Fragmentary note recalls organizing activity in 1866 tied to a Pittabure event and a person aged about eighty eight. Text is incomplete, preserving names and dates read from OCR. No clear outcome or full context available.
Love of God and Jonathan in Saul's drift against David
A devotional summary traces Jonathan's loyalty to David against Saul's murderous intent, contrasts human peril with divine life, and reflects on Jesus's love. It links David and Jonathan's bond to Christ’s enduring love and the call to trust God's plan despite danger.
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Missouri State Penitentiary
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Val Mason
Gregorius
D. M. Stearns
American Press Association
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Samuel
Naloth
Jesus
Paul
Onesimus
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Israel
Zech
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Benjamin
Wenger
New Holland, Pa
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Queen St
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Dixie
Hartford
The
New Holland Clarion
New Holland
William M. Stauffer
NK A-Kle
Gre
Parker
Chiar
MO. HH
Sensenig
Jeweler
Citician
Penna
Reliable Store
Pviotgoo
Voutoviotsove VE Vongty
E.C. Diller & Sons
New Holland, Penna
Hoffmeier Bros
East King Street
Lancaster, Pa
Douglas
Keith Konqueror
Burt & Packard
Red Cross
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Chas. ‘S
Kent
Henry Kaesler
Pontomice
New’ ‘Holland
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