Telegraph Strike Expands Across Major Cities
The Western Union and Postal Telegraph walkouts began in Chicago and spread to Denver New Orleans Kansas City Dallas Fort Worth Colorado Springs Helena Salt Lake City and other centers as 1 600 Chicago operators quit with calls for fair treatment. Postal and Western Union officials warned of broader shutdowns and delays while managers scrambled to keep essential messages moving.
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Western Union
Chicago
Postal Telegraph Company
Western Union and
Postal
Telegraphers’ Union
Ahearn
Denver
New Orleans
Kansas City
Dallas
Texas
Fort Worth
Colorado Springs
Helena
Mont
Galt Lake City
Spokane
Detroit
Des Moines
Cleveland
Louisville
Charles C. Adams
Ca‘pen
Adams
Tom Traps
New York
Western Union Company
Newark
Postal Telegraph Offices
West
Col. Clowry
Clowry
The
Los Angeles
United States
Sennence
Chi
Six Firemen Overcome in Seven-Story West Twenty Fourth Blaze
A stubborn fire at 147 West Twenty fourth Street gutted three top floors of a seven story building housing infants clothing makers. Six Engine No. 19 firemen, including two lieutenants, were overcome by smoke. five recovered, but Harry Dallan and John Severs perished or were fatally injured. Lieutenant Hess and Truck 12 crews aided, with Dallan taken to New York Hospital in serious condition. The blaze caused about 10000 dollars in losses.
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West Twenty-fourth Street
Harry Dallan
Engine 19
New York Hospital
Engine Company No. 19
John Severs
John Stevens
Dennis McCarthy
Lieut
Hess
No. 19
Louis Heckendorf
Dallan
Harbeck
M. Michner
Stell, Harrigan & Co
Severs
Callan
McCarthy
Stevens
Drowned couple in New Jersey near Point Pleasant inlet
Miss Elizabeth McPhearson aged 19, and C. B. Judson aged 21, drowned in the ocean near the Point Pleasant inlet. A child saw them go under as high seas battered the shore. Judson’s body washed ashore first, then McPhearson’s. The tragedy followed their arrival from Philadelphia and a visit to the McPhearson cottage.
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Point Pleasant
N. J
Elizabeth McPhearson
John B. McPhearson
Philadelphia
C. B. Judson
Troy
N. Y
McPhearson
Jay’s
Judge
Two Drown From Yawl Off Warwick Cove
In broad daylight Mrs. Ira Holland of Providence and her cousin Miss Hazel Weeden of Newport drowned from a yawl near Warwick Cove. It is believed Weeden fell while boarding the tender and Holland died trying to save her. Ages were 26 and 16. Both bodies recovered. no witnesses found. Neither could swim.
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Providence
Ira Holland
Hazel Weeden
Newport
Warwick Cove
Rescue at Sea Ends With Critical Condition for Peiper Heir
Herbert Peiper, eldest son of August C. Peiper, a New York steel magnate, was rescued from drowning off Beabright Beach Club in Seheabright, N J. Lifeguard Joseph Phillips battled to save him as the boy clung to the rescuer before both were pulled to shore. A doctor was summoned and Peiper remained in critical condition.
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New York Times
Seheabright
N. J
Herbert Peiper
August C. Peiper
Steel Manufacturer
New York
Beabright Beach Club
Miller Newman
Distreya
Joseph Phillips
Phillips
Phil Speeter
Ae Peiper
Peiper
Ida Percy Held on Attempted Murder Charge in Infant Foundling Case
Lynn Massachusetts Ida Percy 21 mother of a five month old found on Willow Beach at low tide was held without bail for the September Grand Jury term on an attempted murder charge. She admitted leaving the baby and abandoning the infant while seeking work and domestic employment.
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New York Times
Lynn
Mass
Ida Percy
Willow Beach
Foundling Institute
Ace
Sanity Inquiry for Heir to Watt Estate in New York
Mrs Julia Watt Curtiss, wealthy heiress tied to the Watt estate, faces a Fairfield lunacy proceeding initiated by her son Louis Morris. The case centers on guardianship of large Harlem property and a fortune reportedly worth up to 200 million dollars, with Mrs Curtiss maintaining an expensive Savoy hotel suite and a home on West Eighty sixth Street.
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Hotel Savoy
West Eighty-sixth Street
Julia Watt Curtiss
New York
Fairfield
Savoy
Curtiss
Astor
Times Square
Miss Pinkney
White House
Wigher Moe Pio
Inoney
Buckin
Lenox Avenue
Watt
Archibald Watt
Enawa
Modore Watt
America
Grea
Kotee
The Purity of Burnett's Vanilla Questioned
A fragment notes that Burnett's Vanilla purity was never challenged by any food commission, leaving readers with a claim of unquestioned safety and quality amid regulatory scrutiny.
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Burnett
Food Commission
Jackson Family Romance Elopement Marries Stonewall Jackson Kin
Julia Jackson Christian granddaughter of Gen. Stonewall Jackson and daughter of William E. Christian of Atlanta married E. R. Preston in Salisbury. The elopement, opposed by her relatives, was conducted quietly and the couple will live in Charlotte with the groom joining Ruffin & Preston law firm.
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New York Times
Richmond
Salisbury
N. C
John M. Julian
Salisbury Post
Julia Jackson Christian
Stonewall Jackson
William E. Christian
Atlanta
E. R. Preston
Charlotte
Ruffin & Preston
Missing NYU student Alice Bennett sought by police
Alice M Bennett a pedagogy student at New York University has vanished from her home at 10 East Eleventh Street since last Monday. Dr John Gibbs says she may have harmed herself amid despondency and loneliness. She left for the Astor Library and was seen acting queerly there.
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Alice M. Bennett
New York University
East Eleventh Street
John Oe Gibbs, Jr
East Tenth Street
Miss Bennett
Astor Library
Drury College
Springfield
Helen Gould
Gibbs
Chinatown
Train Kills Letter Carrier in Somerville New Jersey
James E. Sherman a rural route letter carrier was killed when his wagon was struck by an eastbound express at the Royce field crossing on the Lehigh Valley line. The wagon and horse were wrecked and the mail scattered as the train dragged the rig nearly a half mile. An inquest is planned for tomorrow. Sherman is survived by his widow and a one year old son.
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New York Times
Somerville
N. J
James E. Sherman
Roycefield Crossing
Lehigh Valley
Sherman
Roycefield
Assemblyman Fay Pays Widow Donohue After Killing
James F Fay of the Fourteenth Assembly District gave a $1260 payment to widow Peter I Donohue who killed himself after his election. Fay claimed the money was his campaign pay, pledged to the widow if elected to replace Donohue. The incident occurred at 132 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn.
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Donohue
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
James F. Fay
Fourteenth
Albany
Fay
Assembly
Donahue
Peter I Donohue
Williamsburg
Two Hurt as Runaway Horse and Buggy Collide in Park
A horse drawing a buggy driven by Daniel Bracker of East Fifty-sixth Street bolted after shying at an automobile in Central Park. Bracker, 52, sustained a possible skull fracture and multiple bruises. The buggy hit a truck at Fifty-ninth Street and Madison Avenue, and Bracker was thrown out. The horse then struck Louis Slanger, 20, a bookbinder, and narrowly missed pedestrians before continuing toward Third Avenue where it was finally stopped.
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Daniel Bracker
East Fifty-sixth Street
Central Park
Mall
Fifty-ninth Street
Park
Madison Avenue
Bracker
Third Avenue
Louis Slanger
East 118Th Street
Third Anaeiae
Rig Pee
Walter Stanton
Arrests expected in Pennsylvania capitol graft case
Beach Haven New Jersey August 9 arrests of Pennsylvania officials and contractors tied to the 13 million capital project are expected after the legislature appointed commission files a report. The document urges indictments and civil suits to recover about 3 million from architect Huston contractors and bondsmen.
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New York Times
Beach Haven
N. J
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Leislature
Harrisburg
Capitol
John H. Sanderson
Huston
Joseph M. Huston
Capitol Building Commission
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Edmund B. Hardenbergh
T. Larry Eyre
Capitol Buildings Commission
Board of Public Grounds and
Cassel
James M. Schumaker
H. B. Burd Cassell
Pennsylvania Construction Company
George F. Payne
George F. Payne & Co
Frank Irvine
Auditor General's Department
George C. Keim
A Grounds and Buildings
John E. Stott
Todd
Stole Auto and Caused Crash Near Atlantic City
George Atkins, 16, stole Clarence Godschalk’s Philadelphia car and sped along the meadow speedway toward Pleasantville. He collided with George Barthers’s New York car. both vehicles were damaged but occupants were unhurt. Atkins was later found in a Pleasantville hotel and held for court.
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Atlantic
City
N. J
George Atkins
Clarence A. Gods
Chalk
Philadelphia
Meadow Speedway
George Barthers
New York
Atkins Auleed
Pleasantville
Petar Se in an Excellence Be Obtained
Fragmentary text mentions an aim for excellence and attaining a goal but lacks clear names, dates, or events. The readable portion signals an individual pursuing achievement through effort and study amid unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petar
Singer M. Fugère Hurts In Motor Crash Near Royan
Paris August 9 E Fugére the Opéra Comique star met a serious motor accident while traveling from Royan to Paris. His car swerved after a tire burst at thirty miles an hour and capsized against a tree. He sustained a cut on the left temple and bruises. One companion had a crushed leg and another fractured an arm but all returned to Rogan by train.
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Cablegram
NEW York Times Co
Paris
E. Fugére
Mary Garden
Opéra Comique
Royan
M. Fugére
Rogan
Farmers Thrash Delegates As Cotton Price Fight
In Washington County Texas eight walking delegates were whipped by farmers after forming a cotton pickers union to raise pay from 60 to 75 cents per hundred pounds. The union disbanded and the price stayed at 60 cents.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
Washington County
Boa Constrictor Seen Among Lumber Piles at Yard
Workers at I. T. Williams Sons lumber yard on Bay Street Tompkinsville reported a 9 foot long boa constrictor moving between logs while unloading vermilion wood from the East Indies. A search party failed to locate the reptile, causing unease among employees.
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Bay Street
Tompkinsville
8. I
East Indies
Texas Farmers Union pushes 15 cent cotton price
At the Lake Como session the Texas Farmers Union urged members not to market cotton below 15 cents a pound middling and cottonseed sales under 16 dollars a ton. The group also passed a resolution calling for lower express and freight charges and passenger fares, signaling a fight for two cent fares in the next Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Lake Como
Texas Farmers’ Union
Motorman Fends Off Mob After Tragic Accident
Arnold Koeppe seven, of 653 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn, was run over by a Fifth Avenue trolley in front of his home. Motorman August Abeles of 406 Third Avenue repelled a mob as police and rescuers arrived. The boy, later taken to Seney Hospital, had legs amputated below the knee and a poor prognosis for recovery.
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Arnold Koeppe
Max Koeppe
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
August Abeles
Third Avenue
Abeles
Seney Hospital
Egyptian Clerk Arrested for Envelope Stamp Fraud
James Menache a nineteen year old Egyptian of 1 469 Fifth Avenue was jailed for stealing 64 from W A Higgins Co fruit dealers 374 Washington Street He misaddressed stamped envelopes then claimed Post Office reimbursements two cents each Detectives Leigh and Stanford stopped him as he prepared to sail for Europe with 400 francs in his possession.
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Central Office
James Menache
Fifth Avenue
W. A. Higgins & Co
Washington Street
Post Office
Leigh
Stanford
Europe
Militia Readiness Over Tell City Strike Violence
Tell City faces growing danger as four state militia companies prepare to move after a union striker was killed by Marshal Hawkins during clashes with strikers. Mob violence injured several nonstriking workers, amid flood relief tensions and a labor union push at three furniture factories.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Tell City
Marshal Hawkins
Ohio River
Citiiens
American Federation of Labor
William Dauffer
Hawkins
Dauffer
Rockefeller Says He Is Never Free from Duty to All
John D. Rockefeller defends his role in American industry amid critiques of wealth distribution. He insists he is an investor bound to many, not a monopolist, and that business health requires shared sacrifice. He describes himself as a rider to the public, bearing a load for workers and investors alike, while urging national unity and prudent progress. He notes the need to balance fear with opportunity and warns against destroying the country’s fabric for short term gain.
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Cleveland Plain Dealen
Cleveland, Co
John D. Rockefeller
Judge Grosscup
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Creall
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Singer
Negro Cotton Pickers’ Union
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Staten Island
Frighteris
Ind
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