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News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1905
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American League standings show Athletics leading at 69–41 with Chicago 41–67 and New York 46–83. National League race features New York 76–32 and Pittsburgh 41–, with Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Boston, and Brooklyn also listed. Tri State League table lists York Harrisburg Williamsport Shamokin Altoona Lancaster and Wilmington with varying records. Saturday and yesterday’s games note St. Louis at Athletics in a 10 inning win for St. Louis, New York defeating Chicago, and rainouts for Washington-Cleveland and Boston-Detroit.
Warrishurs Aug 21 official annual report of the War Inspector general shows 48,178 employed and 16 under 12 years in inspected plants. Many children lack certificates and literacy. reports note little girls and small boys in labor. Inspector Delaney urges attention to enforcement and child welfare.
An ornate ad extols Newbro's Herpicide as the sole remedy that kills the dandruff germ, preventing hair loss and promoting glossy, healthy hair. It claims scalp scrubbing fails to remove the cause and directs readers to buy from druggists or mail 20 cents in stamps to Detroit to obtain the product.
London reports the resignation of Lord Curzon of Kedleston as vice royalties of India and the appointment of the Earl of Minto as his successor. The White Book reveals bitter exchanges with Lord Kitchener over army plans, including Curzon’s push to appoint Major General Sir Edmund Barrow as military supply member.
Two thoroughbred stallions fought beside a McKenzie road near Rahway New Jersey as farmers tried to separate them. A bay Mambietonian pulled free and the chestnut Italian horse charged injuring George Heno and his horse. Farmers used pitchforks to end the melee.
A large public meeting in Riehmoand Va Vag urged anti corruption in elections. Resolutions created a standing committee to push the reform movement. Several thousand people attended with speakers W J Royall John Stewart Bryan editor of the Times Dispatch and Irving T Campbell.
Portsmouth August reports indicate President Roosevelt’s arbitration offer prompts cautious optimism but resistance remains. Witte and Mukahira debate terms as Japan presses for indemnity and Sakhalin, while Tokyo stays to pressure a broader mediation.
Russian officials maintain that peace depends on very major concessions from Japan, especially on indemnity and Sakhalin. They see no quick conclusion by August 22 and anticipate further plenipotentiary exchanges lasting two to three days, with some cautious hope for a settlement if concessions are offered.
In Butte Montana and Norfolk Virginia two separate rail disasters claim multiple lives. A Northern freight train struck a crowd at Butte’s Columbia Garden station killing twenty people and injuring many. In Norfolk the death toll reaches sixteen with two more bodies recovered and identification pending in the Kinston and Greenville Railway wreck near the Elizabeth River.
Chicago Mayor Edward F. Brine was involved in an incident in Evanston with John Boylston and Edward Syat while speeding. Brine urged paying a fine after being questioned about city compliance, and the machine then moved on.
Chicago reports Dowie has taken charge of the Zion movement, ordering each Alonite family to baptize a baby yearly, evangelize by birth, and regulate marriages through the church council. The church forbids unapproved unions and insists marriages be church-sanctioned.Meanwhile New Orleans ferries yellow fever cases show a slowing trend with reduced deaths as the outbreak is monitored.
A platform collapse at the corner stone ceremony of the David Ri dian Hebrew Orthodox synagogue in Pittshore Pennsylvania injures hundreds as men women and children fall into a cellar. Rabbis and Alonista volunteers aid victims while police clear the wreckage and the service continues after order is restored. No fatalities reported though several are seriously hurt.
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