Balloonists in peril over Lake Erie and Ohio flight
The balloon Queen Louise with Lieut Bennett and T L Sample from Columbus reached safety after a valve failure forced ballast shedding and a dramatic descent. They were rescued by the Mohegan captain, later landing near Pigeon Island, with Bennett recalling a 20 000 foot ascent before the drop. The Chicago balloon also landed near Fletcher after a rapid 4000 foot descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Columbus
Ohio
Zr. J. Bennett
British Army Balloon Corps
T. L. Sample
Lake Erie
Pigeon Island
Mohegan
SAILS ON FLIGHT TO BREAK BALLOON RECORD
Captain Auguste E Mueller launches the Ville de Dieppe from Columbus Ohio to set distance and duration records in ballooning. Passengers Perry Gregory and Gerald Gregory, sons of Charles E Gregory of Chicago, ride as ballast and supplies cover ten days. The craft, 78 000 cubic feet, is fully inflated and released at 4 p m into a brisk northerly breeze.
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Columbus
Ohio
Auguste E Mueller
Ville de Dieppe
Mueller
Perry Gregory
Gerald Gregory
Charles E. Gregory
Chicago
Wrights Aeroplane Flight Cut Short by Rudder Damage
Wilbur Wright resumed flights at Le Mans after his assistant damaged the rudder band. The machine veered and landed violently after 56 seconds, though Wright was uninjured and began repairs. He denied plans to fly to Germany or across the English Channel, citing airplane imperfection and sea flight danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Wright
Germany
English Channel
Wright brothers prepare for Fort Myer tests
Orville Wright tests the aeroplane motor before government trials in Fort Myer. A shaft bearing overheated during a four hour Dayton shop run, delaying a flight until defects are fixed. Wright says adjustments are hard outdoors but remains confident the motor will meet speed and endurance requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
France
Dayton
Death of Parents Delays Brooklyn Wedding
Edward Gruninger of Brooklyn postponed his marriage to Miss Kate Boniface after both his father and mother died on the wedding day. Bridegroom’s parents died within hours of each other, with funeral services set for East 224th Street today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gruninger
7Th Street
Brooklyn
Kate Boniface
South
E. L. Boniface
Gruninger
East 224 Street
Manhattan
Mary Co. Schrey Gruninger
Conrad Gruninger
Iowa Senatorship Factional Fight Delays Term Draft
Republican members in Des Moines debate amending the primary law to nominate a U.S. Senate candidate in November. They fear factional knives in the fall and the risk to the Legislature regardless of vote. Governor Cummins urges session duty to elect for the short term while Democrats push Oregon law amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Ines Moines
Iowa
United States Senate
Cummins
Oregon
Miners Strike Ends in Birmingham District
An official United Mine Workers order calls off the strike that began July 6 in the Birmingham coal fields. The decision allows mines to operate on a non union basis and blames Governor Comer for denying tents and public meetings. signed by President Lewis and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ale
United Mine Workers
Comer
Lewis
St Paul Takes Over Eating Houses
Milwaukee August 31. It was announced that the entire hotel dining and news distribution system on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line will pass into the ownership and full control of the railroad system tomorrow. Later this plan will extend to the Pacific Coast extension from Chicago to Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Chicago
Seattle
PARDONED BY PRESIDENT Cherokee Boy Convicted of Murder
The President pardoned William Judge a Cherokee youth serving life at Fort Leavenworth for murder. The case centered on a love triangle with Charley Sunday found dead in the Illinois River and Judge’s sweetheart later claiming she was forced to commit perjury. Pro witnesses now back the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
William Judge
Fort Leavenworth
Judge
Charley Sunday
Caroline Goings
Sunday
Illinois
Murder mystery near East Irvington shocks town
Sheriff Lane and Coroner A O Squire pursue the Brady case after the watchman was found dead with a crushed skull and a drawn neck strap in a pond. Two men are held. Pasquale Giovani is suspected, and Joseph Barnado is a witness. Barnado saw Giovani near the culvert Saturday night. stains on Giovani coat indicate human blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Lane
A. O. Squire
Ossining
Frank Brady
East Irvington
Brady
Pasquale Giovani
Gino
Joseph Barnado
Giovani
New State Road
Squire
Cornell Medical College
Ritter at Governor faces sharp words in Atlantic City gathering
In Atlantic City on August 31 a thousand residents attended an Odd Fellows Hall meeting criticizing Governor Fort over remarks about the resort. Foreman Joseph Salus attacked the governor while Eli S. Chandler defended the city, and a five member committee was formed to draft resolutions condemning unwarranted accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Atlantic City
Governor Fort
Odd Fellows’ Hall
May's Landing
Grand Jury
Joseph Salus
Salus
Joseph A. McNamee
The
Marine Trust Company
Eli S. Chandler
Harry Wootten
Mr. Wootten
Eli 8. Chandler
Clement J. Adams
Board of Education
St. Paul's Methodist. Episcopal Church
John F. Hall
Joshua H. Jagmetty
the Daily Press
Oyster season opens as New York dealers gauge demand
The oyster trade kicks off the 1908 09 season with New York leading shipments to distant markets. Western demand is down this year while inland and Pacific Coast orders run about half of last year, with price quotes easing slightly at wholesale.
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New York
San Francisco
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Rockaway
Prince’s Bay
Newark Bay
New York City
Local Street Grid Fragments Sighted on Warren 13th and 34th
Readable snippets show intersections at Warren Street with cross streets 13th and 34th. The fragment hints at a mapping or grid reference but provides no clear event, action, or dates. Further details are unclear from the OCR.
Goldsboro Cargo Returned From Honduras Ride
Two hundred fifty tons of cargo including portable houses bridges kitchen utensils farming implements and furniture were carried from New York to British Honduras by the steamer Goldsboro and brought back to Mobile by the Sabine without landing on foreign soil Captain Wiliam Swatridge and James Graham chief engineer aboard the Goldsboro were with the cargo Swatridge claims he was sent to bring the vessel back but delayed voyage due to seaworthiness and a stop at Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
British Honduras
Goldsboro
Mallory Line
Sabine
Wiliam Swatridge
James Graham
Waltman Convicted in Extortion Case Against Police
Patrolman William Waltman of the Mercer street station was found guilty in the Court of General Sessions on an extortion charge. Patrolman Cordes had pleaded guilty to the same charge, and both were dismissed from the police force by Acting Commissioner Baker. Walton awaits sentencing next Monday at the Tombs, with Cordes to be sentenced then as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of General Sessions
William 5
Waltman
Mercer Street
Walsh
Benjamin Cordes
Fourth Avenue
12Th Street
Cordes
Malone
Baker
Secretary to Harahan Drowns Self on Lake
Charles A. Lawson, confidential secretary to President Harahan of the Illinois Central Railroad, jumped from the steamer City of Benton Harbor with weights attached to his body. The death by his own action occurred on a Saturday. his identity was learned today. Family said overwork and a high fever motivated the act during an outing on the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles A. Lawson
Harahan
Illinois Central Railroad
Benton Harbor
Lawson
Georgia Session May Prove Futile Over Convict Lease Reform
Atlanta reports indicate the Holder bill to reform the convict lease system may fail as Governor Smith likely will not sign it. The extra session could extend past October with the regular election in October expiring current General Assembly terms. A minority Judiciary Committee report urged abolishing the Prison Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
House
Smith
General Assembly
Joseph M. Brown
Hoke Smith
Judiciary Committee
Woman Reunites Baby After Bankless Savings Heist
Chicago Aug 31. Mrs Anna Ludwig owner of a South Chicago boarding house hid 2460 dollars in her baby's carriage pillow. Two male boarders took the infant for a stroll and did not return the child. Police recovered the baby and Ludwig found her money missing from the pillow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Chicago
Anna Ludwig
Commercial Avenue
Negro Jewel Thief Caught After Robbery Flight
A young man identified as Frank Brown 22 of 12 West 27th Street was chased along 73rd Street and Central Park West by a crowd. Traffic Policeman McIsaacs captured him. Brown, previously arrested last winter as Clarence Green, is in Rogues Gallery. He dropped jewelry worth thousands in the escape from 118 West 73rd Street. held for hearing seeking owners’ identification.
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73D Street
72D Street
Central Park West
McIsaacs
Frank Brown
No. 12
West 27Th Street
Brown
Clarence Green
Rogues
Catherine Shumway
West 73d Street
Droege
West Side
Horse Plunges Into Broadway Hole Injuring Two Laborers
Two Empire City Subway laborers narrowly escaped serious harm when a horse attached to a truck fell into a street excavation at Broadway and Lispenard street. Dominick Reno, 39 Baxter Street, and an unnamed co-worker were rescued after the horse kicked and dirt filled the hole. Both workers were treated at Hudson Street Hospital and sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire City Subway Company
Broadway
Lispenard Street
Dominick Ronero
Baxter Street
Hudson Street Hospital
Frank Bott
John Behrman
Walworth Street
Brooklyn
Behrman
Botts
Transatlantic and Transpacific Vessel Schedules From Major Ports
Shipping notices list sailings and destinations for August and September. Vessels like Kronprinzessin Hamburg Bremen New Orleans Cuba calls and lines such as White Star Cunard Norddeutscher Lloyd provide timetable details.
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Eeeoereees Cinenes
Sae
Cecanes Inagua
Manzanillo
Sos
Dae
Gibraltar
Galveston
Adriatic
Southampton
White Star
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Augusta
Hamburg-Am Barbarossa
Bremen
G_Lloyd San Giovanni
Naples
Jacksonville
É. el Valle
Sancaas New Orleans
Auto Odor Test Fails In Park Arrest Case
William C. Tupper a New York Taxicab Company chauffeur faced arrest for violating a park exhaust odor ordinance. In Special Term Justice Dugro denied his writ of habeas corpus after a hearing argued by counsel J Bronson Kerr. The Park Commissioner’s authority was upheld and Tupper was remanded and fined $1 in Yorkville court.
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William C. Tupper
New York
Tupper
Justice Dugro
Supreme Court
97Th Street
East Drive
Central Park
Joseph H. Higgins
J. Bronson Kerr
Cedar Street
Yorkville
Kerr
Dugro
Yorkville Court
Harris
Lunt Named to Guard College Vote by GOP
Alfred E. Lunt of Beverly chosen by the Republican National Committee to oversee college vote efforts for GOP nominees. Harvard graduate of 1903 and former Harvard Republican Club president, editor of The Harvard Republican, and organizer of the National Republican College League.
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Alfred E. Lunt
National Republican College League
Tribune
Boston
Beverly
Republican National Committee
Lunt
Harvard
Harvard Republican Club
Harvard Republican
Papers Filed in Thaw Suit for 60000 and Interest
John B. Gleason sues Harry K. Thaw in U S Circuit Court for 60000 plus interest claiming legal services and disbursements. Gleason states he acted as chief counsel from Thaw's first trial until 1907 and seeks compensation he values at 100000 with 2015 disbursements totaling 10115.
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John B. Gleason
Harry K. Thaw
United States Circuit Court
Gleason
Thaw
Prohibition Candidate Pledges DC Clean Up After Inauguration
Eugene Chafin pledges to shut down gambling dens and the so called Division district near the Capitol and White House if elected. He contends many dens operate openly in violation of law and claims the President can act to close them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Eugene Chafin
District of Columbia
Capitol
White House
Congress
Shipping News Arrivals and Quarantine Updates
A list of steamers arriving and leaving ports with passenger and mail counts. Vessels include La Gascogne at Havre, Joseph J Cuneo at Port Antonio, Antilles at New Orleans, Carolina at Aguadilla, Esperanza at Cristobal, Porto Rico at Baltimore, Wildenfels at Calcutta and more. Quarantine departures and bar arrivals noted, with bar times and cargo details where legible.
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la Gascogne
Gosselin
Havre
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Joseph J Cuneo
Nor
Ramadi
Port Antonio
Cuneo Importing Co
el Siglo
Prescott
Galveston
Tobs
Pacific Co
Moise
Antilles
Woodward
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Co
Carolina
Sargent
Aguadilla
San Juan
New York
Porto Rico
The
Bar
Esperanza
Rogers
Cristobal
Panama
Malls
Delano
Baltimore
Wildenfels
Ger
Denker
Calcutta
Colombo
Port Said
Algiers
Boston
Finch, Edge & Co
Excelsior
Courtin
Rotterdam
Ruprecht
Duca Degli Abruzzi
Ital
Ansaldo
Genoa
Naples
Hartfield, Solart & Co
Saramacca
van der Est
Paramaribo
Barbados
Vaderland
Berg
Barman
Antwerp
Dover
la Guayra
Porto Cabello
Rover
Red Star Line
Nitcaniesens Norwich
Smith
United Fruit Co
Cannons
Atlantic Transport Line
Mose
Furnessia
Lumsdane
Glasgow
Moville
Henderson Bros
St Louis Primary Frauds Renewed with Canvass Plan
Governor Folk ordered a house-to-house canvass of sixty thousand state primary voters after a meeting with Circuit Attorney Sager and Police Commissioner Jones. Four more fraud indictments were returned and officials pledged fair elections, enforcement of laws, and punishment for officers who fail to uphold them.
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ST. Louis
the Tribune
Folk
Circuit
Sager
Jones
Body not that of Bethune missing New York lawyer
Relatives of F. D. Bethune, the missing New York lawyer, are hopeful detectives will locate him. Mrs Bethune remains at the Auditorium Annex in a nervous state. Her brother-in-law, F T Foote, says the McKeesport death theory is disproven, noting the drowned body was in water eight days before August 24, thus not Bethune who vanished August 2.
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Chicago
F. D
Bethune
New York
Pittsburg
McKeesport
Mr. Bethune
Buffalo
Thaw Outings Cut Short Amid Postponed Suit
The Thaw alienist case against Dr. John P. Wilson of Poughkeepsie was postponed again to Friday at 10am. Harry K. Thaw, brought from Poughkeepsie by deputies, did not have counsel present as Referee Schlosser adjourned the hearing. Sheriff Chanler warned deputies to return the prisoner if adjourned, amid criticism of Thaw’s Fishkill trips and diversions on prior visits.
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Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
John P. Wilson
Poughkeepsie
Thaw
Schlosser
Fishkill
Chanler
Mount Balcon
Cohalan Favored for Tammany Surrogate Nomination
Tammany circles expect Senator John P. Cohalan to be named Surrogate candidate after a tip from headquarters. He is brother of Daniel F. Cohalan, head of the Tammany law committee and chief legal adviser to Charles F. Murphy.
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Boom Cohalan
John P. Cohalan
Tammany
Cohalan
Mr. Cohalan
Daniel F. Cohalan
Tammany Law Committee
Charles F. Murphy
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac
The brief notes tides and sunrise sunset times list high water periods for Sandy Hook Gov. Island and Hell Gate. The almanac records sun and moon positions with morning and afternoon tide predictions.
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Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Steamers At Foreign Ports Gather Reports Of Arrivals
Maritime notices list ships such as Mercedes de Larrinaga and Minnehaha sailing to Buenos Aires and New York from London and Bremen. Other vessels including Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse are operating between New York, Cherbourg, and Bremen with movements to Shanghai, Liverpool, and Queenstown.
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Sydney
S. W
Aus
Indralema
New York
Melbourne
la Plata
Mercedes de Larrinaga
Buenos Ayres
London
Minnehaha
Huelva
Bremen
New Y
Plymouth
Cherbourg
York
Ang Pree
Brow Head
Lusttanta
Queenstown
Liverpool
Avonmouth
Ingram
Montreal
Quebec
Southampton
St. Louis
Ae Er
Shanghai
Crewe Hall
Algiers
Colombo
Singapore
Gibraltar
Nonla
Dover
Twerpae
Arereeene
Oemburg
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Wyoming Coal Mines Closed by Operators and Workers
Wyoming coal mines under the Mine Owners' Association were shut down after failed talks with labor, affecting about 8,900 workers and leaving the closures in effect for an indefinite period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Coal Mines
Butte
Mont
Wyoming
Mine Owners’ Association of Wyoming
Red Special Carries Debs Campaign Team For San Francisco
The so called red special left Chicago for San Francisco to conduct an educational campaign. Eugene V. Debs and James H Brower head the party with other prominent Socialists aboard. Stops will feature speeches and literature distribution. arrival in San Francisco is set for September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
James H. Brower
Illinois
San Francisco
Vague vessel positions near Sandy Hook reported by noon
Reports place the Kronprinz Wilhelm about 393 miles east of Sandy Hook at 5 pm and expected near 12:45 pm today. Another vessel 1,000 miles east was tracked at 10 am yesterday. The Adriatic reported 1,181 miles east at 10:15 am yesterday. The Noordam lay 203 miles east at 5:15 am yesterday and due 7:30 am today.
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Kronpring Wilhelm
Sandy Hook
Sand Hook
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Springfield
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G. L. Bumbaugh
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Ritter
Fort
Racers, Peet & Company
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Malis Close
Kronprinzessin
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Montevideo
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Comanche
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Jefferson
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Savannah
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Estonia
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Comal
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China
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Academy OF ML
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45Th
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Astor
Ae — Seth Eve
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Likeso ME
Doris Keane
Knickerbocker
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Diana OF
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Fluffy
45Th St
Burke
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the Skies
Ballet OF Birdland
Too-morrow
Sete Harald Oy
Sear
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Daly
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Saze
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Res Mats Wedan
Hackett
Mats
Labor Dar
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Henry W
Belasco Theatre
David Belasco
Harrison Grey Fiske
George
Arliss
Alex
Ferenc Molnar Konta
W. T. Larner Feeks
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Daily
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Salome
Amy Andeson & Co
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Jack Norworth
Howard & North
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Daily Ti Y le Maire Co
Blaney
Tae
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St. Sears Selworth
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Mendelssohn
Ada Hammerstein
Luna Park
Dreamland
Belasco
Golden Gate
Eden World
Rouen
Orifiamme
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Aenee
Crethe
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See Ork
Daldorch
Serork
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