Auto Smash Injures E R Thomas in New Jersey
E R Thomas, turfman, driving the 120 horsepower Hotchkiss Vanderbilt Cup racer, struck a carriage horse on Ocean Avenue Long Branch New Jersey injuring his right knee dislocating it. Mrs Hyman Cohen and her daughter were thrown from the carriage but unhurt. coachman Samuel Donnelly fractured a collar bone. The car dragged horses and carriage for yards. Thomas and Horace Johnson remained in the vehicle as the crowd and police moved them to Monmouth Memorial Hospital.
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New York Times
Long Branch
N. J
E. R. Thomas
Ocean Avenue
Hyman Cohen
New York
Samuel Donnelly
Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Holmdel
Horace Johnson
Asbury Park
Elberon
Cedar Avenue
Hollywood Baths
Johnson
Auto
Mrs. Cohen
Donnelly
Callahan
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Edwin Sternberger
Knickerbocker
C. C. Cattanach
F. T. Lewis
Dutch Queen Wilhelmina at Het Loo Castle
It is announced here that an interesting event is expected in the Dutch royal family Queen Wilhelmina is now staying at the royal castle Het Loo near APELDOORN Aug. 14.
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Apeldoorn
Wilhelmina
Het Loo
Welcome Thomas Crew Home After New York Paris Victory
American automobilists greet the Thomas car crew upon its New York to Paris arrival aboard the Lorraine. A week of ceremonies follows including a luncheon, a city hall parade, and a display at Times Square before departure to Buffalo.
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Thomas
New York
Paris
French Line
Lorraine
Automobile Club of America
American Automobile Association
Tiarry S. Houpt Company
E. R.thomas Motor Company
American
Custom House
McGowan
City Hall
Morton Street
West Street
Battery Place
Beaver Street
Broad
Wall Street
Broadway
Park Row
Row
City Hall Park
Sixty-third Stret
Harry S. Houpt Company
Times Square
Times
Buffalo
Thomas Car
Harry S. Houpt
United States
Alaska
Pacific
Japan
Siberia
Manchuria
Russia
Germany
Belgium
Miss Annie Peck Reaches 25000 Feet On Huascaran Peak
Miss Annie Peck of Providence Rhode Island signals arrival at 4 PM at 25000 feet on Mount Huascaran Peru the highest height reached by any climber to date She is accompanied by two Alpine climbers after leaving New York two months ago to pursue the summit prior attempt reached 17500 feet due to guides’ cowardice Peak towers over volcanic summits west of Lake Titicaca dating back to 1895 Matterhorn ascent marked her climbing career.
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Lima
Peru
Annie
Peck
Providence
R. I
Mount
Huascaran
Miss Peck
New York
Hemisphere
W. W. Graham
Himalayas
Sorata
Bolivia
Lake Titicaca
Boston Suburbs Terrorized as Bandits Strike Again
A new wave of robberies and a police shooting deepen fear across Boston's outskirts. Burglars stolen silverware and jewelry from Upper Swampscott residents, shot Lynn Officer William Ruth near the Boston Reserve, and prompted Methuen leaders to call 1,000 armed men to hunt the bandits. Law-enforcement and residents brace as raids extend to Dedham and Jamaica Plain vicinity.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Jamaica Plain
Dedham
William Ruth
Lynn Police
P. Howard Lewis
Upper Swampscott
Phillips Beach
Boston & Maine Railroad
Methuen
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
George Bunting
Marsh’s Corner
Lawrence
Crank Disrupts Oyster Bay Secret Service Guard Scene
A Russian-born Ozkun or Okun, claiming threats from a "rich enemy," puzzled Secret Service at Oyster Bay while President Roosevelt toured aboard the Sylph. Okun stayed hotel-bound, sought the President, and planned a personal interview before departing on the first morning train.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
L. 1
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Columbia Hotel
James Sloan
Moses
S. Okun
Okun
Reade Steel
Manhattan
Octagon Hotel
Charles Weeks
New York
Theolumbia
Justice of the Peace
Walter Franklin
Franklin
Crank
Sagamore
England
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Tie
Sloan
Frost Hits Medora with Heavy Overnight Freeze
In Medora North Dakota a heavy frost damaged the area last night though grain was too far advanced to suffer significant losses. The late summer chill affected gardens and tender crops, signaling a sharp shift in the local weather pattern.
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Medora
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Auto Crash Involving Diamond Family Leaves Six Injured
A collision at Seventieth Street and Park Avenue last night involving Philip Richards Diamond and an American Garage Company car left six occupants of the Diamond vehicle injured. Diamond, trapped under a burning car, may face mortal injuries, while his brother Leonard and four guests were treated for contusions and lacerations at Presbyterian Hospital. Police arrested the American Garage chauffeur on assault and reckless driving charges amid conflicting statements about two women in the car.
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American Garage Company
Philip Richards Diamond
East Fifty-seventh Street
Seventieth Street
Park Avenue
Diamond Auto
Diamon
Diamond Automobile
Leonard Diamond
William J. Kinneran
David Drennan
East Fifty-first Street
Ottolink
East Fifty- Eighth Street
Walter § Story
East Fifty-eighth Street
McClellan
East Sixty-seventh Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Philip Richards
Diamond
Leonard
Tenneau
Reginald Severance
West Forty-fifth Street
Severance
Lexington Avenue
Vanderbilt Firesmen Training Demonstration at Oakland Farm
Alfred G. Vanderbilt tested his private fire department at Oakland Farm Newport Rhode Island on August 14. Box 2 alarm triggered hose carts chemicals and all stablemen and farmers assisted the regular firemen. Five streams sprayed the roof for five minutes while ladders pumping engines and extinguishers protected each building. Vanderbilt later recalled the ring chimes. The department is among the best private departments in the state with ongoing additions to its apparatus.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Oakland Farm
Gome
Vanderbilt
Dead Woman or Not: Philadelphia Desertion Case Unfolds
Gladys Adams Conyngham, niece of New York policy king Al Adams, argues in City Hall Police Court that her husband David Conyngham, a racing car driver, deserted and failed support. She claims months of alleged abuse and shows a New York Health Board record alleging she was reported dead months earlier. Conyngnam is held for trial.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Gladys. Adams Conyngham
al Adams
New York
City Hall
David Conyngham
Conyngham
New York Board of Health
Boy Sees Brother Drown in Sheepshead Bay
Walter Boyd aged 12 and his younger brother Charles went bathing near East Twenty seventh Street in Dooley Lane. Charles cramped and drowned despite Walter’s attempt to save him. Walter surfaced and reached home crying Charlie is drowned. Their father Charles Boyd Sr a fireman aided in a search, but the body remained unfound by nightfall.
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Walter Boyd
Charles
Dooley Lane
Sheepshead Bay
East Twenty-seventh Street
Walter
Charllie
Charles Boyd
Early Dinner For The Girl In Montclair
Montclair women wonder about servant dinner times as 7 pm meals keep maids at home until after 9 pm causing delays for their own social plans in town. A churchgoer supports earlier dinners to help improve servant attendance and urges mistresses to adjust dinner hours.
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New York Times
Montclair
New York
12 Year Old Girl Rides Winning Balloon in Point to Point Race
Natalie Forbes, 12, rode in the North Adams No. 1 balloon to victory piloted by A D Potter as public crowds toasted her feat. The race started at 1 26 pm with landing points 30 miles distant in fancy ballooning spectacle.
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Natalie Forbes
North Adams Aero Club
Natalie
A. Holland Forbes
A.d.potter
Greenfield
North Adams
North Adams No. 1
Haydenville
Potter
Heart of the Berkshires
Pittsfield Aero Club
Alan R. Hawley
New York
William R. van Sleet
Whateley
Cushman
Greylock
R. M. Randall
Randall
Leeds
Charles J. Glidden
Boston
Mr. Glidden
H. U. Clayton
No Oil But Dust Fills Muncie Streets
Muncie Indiana faces dust problem as six weeks pass without sprinkling. Crude oil from local wells had funded street dust control, but Standard Oil refused to buy unless sellers ceased city sales. Standard offered Kentucky oil at 1.37 a barrel, far above local product 40 cents, making substitution impossible.
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New York Times
Muncie
Ind
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Biddle Challenged to Box by Chicago Society
Philadelphia report notes George Lytton of the Chicago Athletic Club challenges A J Drexel Biddle, claiming the Eastern heavyweight title is at stake. Letter from Charles H Zeller, Athletic Committee Chair, requests match terms to be decided later referencing Biddle's prior bout with Philadelphia Jack O Brien at Merion Cricket Club on April 4.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Chicago
George Lytton
Chicago Athletic Club
A. J. Drexel Biddle
Chicago Club
A.J. Drexel
Biddle
Charles H. Zeller
Jack” O’brien
The
Merion Cricket Club
Confesses He Killed Woman in St Louis
Thomas Dewitt, 24, confessed to police he killed Mrs Adelane Muller, 44, at her home last Wednesday after previously rooming there. He says he stuffed a stocking in her mouth to muffle her screams, fearing arrest for disturbing the peace. He was on his way to surrender when police arrested him following a chase on a street car. The motive given was her refusal to lend $2.
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ST. Louis
Thomas Dewitt
Adelane Muller
Muller
Dewitt
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Promoted for Digestive Relief
An advertisement promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate as especially recommended for obstinate indigestion, relief from headaches, and improved mood. The ad targets readers seeking digestive and mood benefits from the tonic.
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Horsford
Accident to the Savoie steamer reaches Havre after delay
Havre news reports the French Line steamer Savoie under Captain Poirot arrived from New York two days late after breaking a propeller shaft and losing a propeller. The ship continued the voyage at reduced speed with one propeller for the remainder of the trip.
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Havre
Haskell Drafts Campaign Songs After Lincoln Meeting
Governor C N Haskell, fresh from a conference with Mr Bryan and other national leaders at Lincoln, is spending leisure moments writing campaign songs. Reporters and visitors to his office have been invited to listen as he sings selections praising Bryan and the Democratic Party to patriotic tunes. Ham P Bee of Ardmore, a legislative clerk, is said to accompany him on speaking trips and perform the Haskell songs.
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New York Times
Guthri
Okla
Bryan
Lincoln
Gov
C. N. Haskell
Ham P. Bee
Ardmore
Haskell
Switchmen to Arbitrate Under Erdman Act
Washington Aug. 14 A conference will be held in New York City Monday between Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and a Mediation Board member and Vice President Loomis of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad to seek an amicable adjustment of the dispute with the switchmen. Knapp aimed to confer with President Truesdale but could not locate him. The plan followed an interview between the Mediation Board and the Switchmen Union representatives.
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Washington
New York City
Knapp
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Mediation Board
Erdman,act
Loomis
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Truesdale
Board of Mediation
Switchmen's Union Today
Smith Mad on Religion near Knoxville
George Caldwell, resident twelve miles east of Knoxville, says George Henry Smith the New York advertising man who jumped from a Southern Railway train Wednesday morning visited yesterday. Smith, hatless and shoeless, asked for footwear and claimed to be Christ returning to earth delivering religious discourses. He left papers at Caldwell’s home, with friends here asserting identity. Alexander McMillan offered a large reward for Smith’s apprehension and return.
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Knoxville
Tenn
George Caldwell
George Henry Smith
New York
Southern Railway
Caldwell
Smith
Christ
Mr. Caldwell
Mother's Eye Injured by Babe's Finger at Lifesaving Station
Eastport Long Island Aug 14 The baby of Mrs Clifford Barker stuck its finger in her left eye at Moriches Life Saving Station and nearly blinded her in both eyes. Mrs Barker wife of evangelist was playing with the child when the mishap happened. She was brought ashore by life saver Earl Suydam and Dr F Rosers treated her eyes.
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New York
Eastport
L. I
Clifford
Barker
Moriches
Unconscious youth found hanging by toes in gym
Philip Graesser aged 19 was discovered today by his brother Lawrence still hanging from a trapeze at their Wabash Avenue home gymnasium. He was left alone by his brothers who thought him dead. physicians spent hours restoring consciousness and say he will recover.
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Pittsburg
Philip Graesser
Lawrence
Wabash Avenue
Philip
Tie
Gov Guild Under Knife in Appendicitis Surgery
Boston Aug 14 Gov Curtis Guild Jr underwent an appendectomy at Charlesgate Hospital following a period of illness. Surgeons called the operation successful and his condition satisfactory after returning from Sebago Lake camp where he had been recuperating. He resumed duties June 1 after rheumatic heart complications.
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Boston
Curtis Guild, Jr
Charlesgate Hospital
Sebago Lake
Guild
Judge Kersten Sets September Term for Mrs. Webb Trial
Chicago judge set the September term for hearing arguments on a new trial for Mrs. Alice Webb, formerly Brodie L. Duke’s wife, after her conviction for cashing a worthless $50 hotel check. The exact date will be announced later.
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Chicago
Kersten
Alice Webb
Brodie L. Duke
Duke
Great Northern
Jewelry dealer Emil Moescher commits suicide
Emil Moescher of 577 Eighth Avenue shot himself yesterday afternoon. He operated a jewelry store at the same address and lived with his wife in the rear. He had suffered for years from stomach cancer.
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Emil Moescher
Eighth Avenue
Moescher
Illinois Riots Turn Violent With Fire and Gunfire
Springfield jittered as race riots erupted after a jail lynching attempt. Mob attacked Negro districts, wrecked businesses including the Loper restaurant, and blocked fire crews. Prohibition candidate Eugene W. Chafin was assaulted while defending a prisoner, and many were hurt or killed as Gatling guns and troops were mobilized.
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Milhs
Pannt
Wintehs
George
Atuaht
Will
Negra Phies
Waikoloa
Sturgess-R. T
Sichener
Allgbert
Steiger
Henry
Snell
Shermmas
Heroi Neck
Washington Street
al Burrline
George Stusse
Angelo Aliganinta
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Scott
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