Admiral Togo Visits Mount Vernon Home of Washington
In Washington on August 7 Admiral Togo toured Mount Vernon and laid a wreath on Washington’s tomb. The Japanese ambassador joined the party with aides and officials, including Captain Temple M Potts. Taft hosted a peace toast to Japan, and Togo thanked the president, praising the United States. The visit featured a White House reception with a grand state dinner.
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Mount Vernon
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United States
Temple M. Potts
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Potomac
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Admiral Togo
White House
Taft
Japan
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Telegraphic Briefs From a Busy Year in Steel and War
An order for 300 steel hopper cars was placed by Allegheny Wover Mining Co with the Bo Wreck plant in Pennsylvania. Maynard Bardo, three, son of John Bardo of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, swallowed strychnine but a physician saved him. Efforts to locate the remains of the Renfrew sisters killed in the last Indian massacre in Franklin County and buried near Waynesboro. Flora Frank of Sharoa, Pennsylvania, fell from a stepladder and was caught by an iron hook, hanging fifteen minutes before rescue. The United States Patent Office announced a breakthrough for a puncture proof tire using rubber springs, from Akron, Ohio. Colonel Roosevelt accepts responsibility for the Tennessee Coal and Iron absorption into the steel trust, detailing how action averted a Wall Street panic and criticizing those who would not act.
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Bo-- Wreck
Maynard
John Bardo
Bloonsbore
Renfrew sisters
Franklin county
Waymesboro
Flora Vrank
Sharoa
United States
Roosevelt
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
steel trust
house of representatives committee of
United States Steel corporation
New York
Tennesse company
Wall street
Arrest Society Girl Accused of Stealing Jewels
Miss Edith A. Hall of Uniontown Pa is arrested in Pittsburg after a detective report from East Liverpool Oh. alleges she stole a diamond jacket diamond ring gold bracelet and wedding ring from Bertha Groll a social leader in East Ohio pottery city. Hall surrendered the rings amid a mounting scandal.
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Fittsburg
Union station
Edith A. Hall
Uniontown
East Liverpool
Bertha Groll
Ohie
pottery city
Local option urged by Wilson in political tone
New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson favors local option but argues it should not become a partisan political issue. A telegram and letter to Rev. Thomas B. Shannon are published, noting Wilson’s view on sound statesmanship and prohibition politics. An unrelated clash in New York ends with a death, and Taft receives a belated silver wedding gift from nine blind children in Washington.
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New Jersey
Louisville
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas B. Shannon
Anti-Saloon league
Rev. Shannon
Taft
Washington
New York Association for the Care of the Blind
Two Children Die in Farm Barn Fire Near Jackson
Elmer and Floyd Crishell aged six and four were burned to death in a blaze that razed a barn on the farm of their uncle Frank Lyon near Muaith in Jackson County.
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Mich
Elmer
Floyd Crishell
Frank Lyon
Muaith
Jackson county
chamberlain
perry
Iceberg Collision Aboard Columbia Reaches New York
The Anchor Mie steamer Columbia arrived in New York after hitting an iceberg in dense fog off August 2. The impact smashed the stern above water, tumbled tons of ice onto the deck, but no injuries were reported as the crew halted the ship, inspected for flooding, and resumed voyage at 13 knots with canvas secured.
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New York
Columbia
Leen
Triple tragedy of love ends in family bloodshed at dawn
In Olivia Minnesota on August 5, Edward Corey rejected by Cora Wolff returned at dawn to kill the girl’s father William Wolff then fired on officers. The mother fled two blocks to summon the sheriff but three people lay dead when the door was forced. A grim double murder and attempted confrontation mark a tragic love dispute.
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Olivia
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Edward Corey
Cora
Wolff
Corey
William Wolff
Sherif Vick
Crop Outlook Shows Large Yields Despite Drought Hardship
The Commercial National Bank of Chicago releases a crop and business summary noting large western grain yields despite widespread drought. Wheat at 642 million bushels, corn around 2.828 billion, oats 824 million, hay 43 million tons, and cotton set for a record with 14.7 million bales though rainfall risks persist. South gains, northern and western sections suffer. The vegetable outturn dips in potatoes but tomatoes and beans stay near average. Overall national yield covers requirements with no expansion in feeding operations.
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Heroic Fireman Sacrifices Self On Rails to Save Boy
Austin August 7 a Houston and Texas Central fireman Walter E Simms leaped from a fast moving engine to rescue a Mexican boy bound to the rails. The attempt failed as Simms arm was crushed and the boy died. Police seek the attackers. A Des Moines woman found relief from bowel illness after one dose of Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Ads follow.
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Tex
Walter E. Simms
Houston & Texas Central railroad
here
Simms
Des Moines
Chamberlain
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