The Man Who Escaped Wolf in Georgia Jail
Fragmented OCR reads like a wartime prison scene in Georgia. A frail man sits by a window with guards at a Fulton County jail courtyard. The piece weaves memory, the gallows, and a legal figure named Slaton, hinting at a tale of pursuit, fear, and a polished, cosmopolitan defendant awaiting trial.
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Eortes
Milnigernie
Atlanta
Fulton
Frank
Oxford
Ted
Georgia
Macon
Tle
Tiswe
Lere
Cosmopolite
California quake costs many lives
Reports from El Centro in the Imperial Valley describe a severe earthquake felt around six oclock. Wires broke plunging towns into darkness, fires started, and buildings were shaken including a high school at Brawler near El Centro. Deaths were reported at Canexra on the Mexican border with damage unclear beyond telegraph lines down.
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Los Angeles
el Centro
Imperial Valley
Yuma
Ariz
Canex Ra
Brawler
el Entra
Lansing Wilsons Choice
Washington reports that Robert Lansing is widely seen as Wilsons pick for Secretary of State to succeed William Jennings Bryan. No formal White House announcement yet. Lansing may travel to Washington for a cabinet conference before Wilson departs for Corning on vacation.
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Washington
Robert Lansing
William Jennings Bryan
White House
Wilson
Mr. Lansing
Lansing
Corning
Vanitie Rams Colleen In Sound Yacht Collision
Everett Dominick owner of the Colleen and guest Mr Bald report the Vanitie struck their yawl near Greenwich Conn. The Colleen was towed to her pier while the Vanitie was towed to City Island for bow sprit replacement. Dominick says the other yacht did not see them before collision.
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Everett Dominick
Mr. Bald
Alexander Smith Cochran
Greenwich
Conn
Glen Cove
City Island
Dominick
Mr. Baldwin
Mr. Duncan
Bracelet Found After Mrs Duke Loses Golf Link
Mrs Cordelia Biddle Duke of Philadelphia, married Angier B Duke, had a costly diamond bracelet valued between 10000 and 30000 dollars missing on the Great Neck golf link. Sixteen-year-old Arthur Sileen located the bracelet beneath an apple tree near the edge of the course and returned it to the club. A substantial reward was discussed.
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Cordelia Biddle Duke
Angier B. Duke
Philadelphia
Great Neck
Arthur Sileen
James Fraser
Mra Duke
Sunshine
Cyril Dugmore
Indict Taggart and 127 in Poll Fraud Conspiracy
Marion County Grand Jury indicted Thomas Taggart and 127 others led by Perrott and Mayor Hell on charges of conspiracy to commit felonies in election laws bribery and blackmail in the 1914 Indianapolis elections. Many defendants had not posted bonds as officials proclaimed innocence and pledged to fight the charges. The 48 counts cover falsification of registrations ballots destruction and intimidation with repeaters imported and polling place tactics cited.
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Indianapolis
Jane
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Joseph Hell
Porter Samuel V. Perott
Marion County Grand Jury
Sherif
George W. Cosia
Messrs
Taggart
Perrott
Robert W. Metzger
Board of Public Safety
Bell
Coplea
Targart
Indianapolia
Well
Operon
Sngle
Alvah J. Rucker
Federal Grand Jury
Terre Haute
Becker's Mercy Plea For Public Hearing At Albany
Governor Whitman met with counsel for Charles Becker in Albany and signaled a public hearing next week to consider clemency. The plan includes Becker's plea presented by Martin T. Manton, with Mrs. Becker possibly attending, while Whitman keeps full responsibility and delays publicity. A decision on the exact date will be set soon, with no delegation of the governor's authority.
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Whitman
Martin T. Manton
Charles Becker
Albany
Manton
Becker
Schoeneck
Hecker
Wadsworth Full Speed Run Along Maine Coast
The torpedo boat destroyer Wadsworth averaged about 20.87 knots for four hours on a full speed run along the Maine coast. Reportedly she reached 31 knots at times without exceeding her capacity. The contract speed is 30 knots.
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Rockinng
Wadsworth
Maine
British Explain Efforts to Aid Neutral Trade
A British Foreign Office memorandum explains measures to ease hardships for neutral traders under Orders in Council. It notes the memo is not a reply to the American note and anticipates U S action. American importers form a permanent group to protest embargoes and press rights for neutral trade amid war regulations. New organization includes P J Cunningham and Carl W Stern.
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London
Foreign Office
Ambassador Page
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Foreig
Messares
Order In Council
England
New York
Biltmore
Wilson
P. J. Cunningham
Dezell & Helwig
Carl W. Stern
M. J. Corbett & Co
Theodore Bach
Snow
United States Express
Kaufmann
Kaufmann & Strauss Company
Importers’ Association of America
National Importers’ Association
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Berlin
Austria
Thirty on Train in Crash Near Stamford Station
A Stamford local train leaving Grand Central at 10 39 struck a toppled freight car on Track 4 near Coa Cob station at 11 80. About thirty passengers were aboard five freight cars ripped apart. Engineer George Smith of Fort Chester was injured and windows in passenger coaches shattered.
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Stamford
Grand Central Station
Coa Cob Station
George Smith
Fort Cheater
Kaiser suppresses Berlin newspaper attack on U S
Frankfurt reporting from London notes the Frankfurter Zeitung denying rumors of peace talks with Russia and accusing German authorities of suppressing the Tages Zeitung for a contentious Reventlow article. The piece discusses German-American relations, submarine warfare law, and government pressure on press outlets.
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Kaiser
Berlin
U. S
Frankfurt
London
Frankfurter Zeitung
Russia
High Bird
Zeitung
International Congress of Women
The
Hague
Tagd& Zeitung
Count von Reventlow
America
Tages Zeitung
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
United States
Empire
Russians Retire From Lemberg and Near Tarnow
Petrograd reports Russians hold lines six miles from Lemberg as Austro German forces push toward Tarnow. Lemberg evacuation completed with hospitals and government offices moved. Russians defend Dniester River while Teutons seek Tarnow to disrupt rail links.
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Petrograd
London
Lemberg
Perograd
Tarnow
Rawa Ruska
Tomuszow
Russia
Dniester River
Russians Forced Apart in Big Retreat Across Galicia
Russian forces retreat across Galicia as Austro German attackers push toward Lemberg. Russians abandon territory daily while lower San River line slows the advance. A split fronts develops as two Russian armies fail to join, with costly artillery losses amid orders to save guns.
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Memuywar
London
Galicia
Lemberg
San
Sieni- Awa
Archduke Francia Joseph
Russians Fight to Save Artillery As Lemberg Falls
Overseas News Agency reports Russians on the Lem berg front are retreating to gain time and save artillery and war materiel as German and AustroHungarian forces advance within ten miles of Lemberg. Soviet lines sustain shelling from Generals Mackensen Lingk kon Boehm-Ermolli Pilantes and Way Flee.
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Sayville
N.Y
Lemberg
Anatolans
Mackensen
Lingitkon
Boehm-Ermolli
Pilantes
Way
Sensational Berlin press scare sparks suppression hint
June 22 Berlin military authorities suppressed or suspended the Tages Zeitung amid a web of reports from the National Zeitung alleging a small group undermining German policy to seek a cheap peace with England. The press reaction included the Vorwärts and reports of ex diplomats, with the Foreign Office in the loop.
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London
Berlin
Tages Zeitung
National Zeitung
Vse
England
Staad
Germanie
Sociale Press
Vorwierts
Tagua
Foreign Office
Wilhelm Strasse
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