29 Jul 1916
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Newspaper
Oklahoma City Times
Location
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1916
Page
1
The board approved the schools budget and ordered an election while city and county finance items were laid out. A county budget postponement shifts review to Wednesday with total expenses around five figures and sinking fund obligations noted.
Mrs Updeavall, proprietor of the Sama Fee heel, accuses Police Chief Nichols and Officer Osborn of assault on July 22 at her home. She says Nichols choked her at the patio requiring medical attention. the chief denies the assault and says officers acted to protect him and arrested her.
The Senate, by 41 to 19, adopted a resolution urging President Wilson to ask Britain to show clemency in the treatment of Irish political prisoners. The move overruns the Foreign Relations Committee's majority report and follows a minority plan by Stone, O Gorman, and Putman.
Telegrams recount German approval of Captain Fryatt’s execution as a justified act under wartime piracy doctrine. The dispatch notes Kaiser Wilhelm II and General von Hindenburg’s assent, framing Fryatt as a pirate navigator who evaded German submarines after resisting capture.
New York reports a rising death toll among children from a plague as officials note the toll mounts. The article describes measures affecting indebted parents and mentions travel pay rates for caretakers, with specifics about compensation. Voices warn of continuing risk and the need for public health actions.
An anti Catholic newspaper reports a bomb attack at its plant in Springpile. The blast damaged the building and briefly trapped workers. Fire crews extinguished the blaze as a reward of 10 dollars was offered by Marion Brown, editor, with potential total rewards near 100 dollars.
Fragmented text describes an explorer revered by Indigenous people as a white figure nears. It mentions swedish terms, a confrontation, and a sense of fear, with scattered names and references to a mission or expedition.
Fragments indicate wooden trolley poles will disappear within the city area. The report notes supports and surrounding cement and steel infrastructure and warns of ongoing removal by street crews.
Amid a severe Chicago heat wave many residents collapsed in crowded streets and public spaces. Deaths are reported as emergency responders and physicians struggle to treat heat related conditions across the city and surrounding counties.
A German cruiser intercepted and captured a British ship in the North Sea following a clash described in terse wartime dispatches. The German warship reportedly overtook and boarded the British vessel amid ongoing hostilities reported near Tesora.
A newsboy faced attack when a group hurled soft fried eggs at him in a dispute over paper sales. The assailants warned him not to approach the eatery while clashes drew city attention to the street scene and court response.
A U S court decision declares the German prize crew violated neutrality by towing the captured ship Appama into United States waters. The ruling cites a long line of precedents and states the German actions breached U S sovereignty. Washington reports virtual accord on agricultural appropriations and grain policy after conferees finalize the bill.
British and American dispatches say a Zeppelin raid on the British coast caused no casualties. The official note reports limited material damage and no observer injuries, with aircraft defenses fending off the attack and aircraft guns in action.
A convoluted fragment hints at a last minute reprieve for a man in danger. Names and events are unclear due to garbled text but suggest a dramatic rescue or stay of execution near a July timeframe.
Ottawa imposes quarantine on children from New York amid a public health dispute. Officials restrict travel and bar incoming youngsters as concerns over an infant plague rise, triggering restrictive policy measures and cross border tension.
Reports say Austrian flyers dropped bombs on Hari and seaports near the Atlantic coast. Five people killed and about twenty wounded as attacks damaged buildings and drew Italian artillery fire.
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