Roosevelt cannot attend Ft Des Moines colored troops exhibition
Fort Des Moines reports smooth movement at the training camp as over 1200 cadets prepare to march to Drake University on Sunday for a planned exhibition. Col C E Young visited last week and urged discipline for military and civic life. Roosevelt regrets missing the event.
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Fort Des Moines
Theodore Roosevelt
Ft. Des Moines
Drake Stadium
Fairweather
Tribune
Col. C. E. Young
Col. Young
Drake University
Riot Tears Chester as Racial Clash Rages All Night
Chester Pennsylvania endured a full night of street battles between white and colored residents starting 7 PM. Police and state troops quelled the violence by morning. several shot, including Joseph McCann, with one death reported. Mayor McDowell defended actions amid accusations against state guards. Chester’s 80,000 population includes about 15,000 colored residents amid tense labor dynamics.
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Chester
America
Philadelphia
Eddystone
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Remington Arms Plant
Shipbulding
Car and Iron Works
Wthur Thomas
Chester. Com
Can ‘Guards
Company of
State Constabulary
Thomas
Mefe
Joseph McCann
Demoniacal
Ouet
Front
Lloyd Streets
McDowell
Sil
Delaware
Maryland
McKinney
Race Riot Erupts in Youngstown Involving Soldiers
Soldiers in Youngstown Ohio sparked a race riot after taunts and insults from colored men. The clash began in the afternoon with attacks on both sides and drew hundreds of spectators before a squad of police restored order.
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Youngstown
Prominent New York Physician Dies Under Mysterious Circumstance
A renowned New York physician, educated at Columbia College, died under unclear circumstances. The coroner has not yet determined the cause as investigators pursue explanations for his condition and sudden death at a Fordham hospital.
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New York
Fordhampital
Columbia College
C M E Church Begins Work in Detroit
Detroit, July 23. The C M E Church welcomes Bishop R A Carter of Atlanta and Editor J Arthur Hamlet of Jackson, Tenn., who helped organize a new Detroit congregation. They bought a brick church and parsonage from The Evangelical Association valued at $25,000. Hamlet led the first services and many members joined. The church hopes for a Bishops Council in October. Attorney O S Mosley handled the property transfer.
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Detroit
Mich
R. A. Carter
Atlanta
J. Arthur Hamlet
Jackson
Bishops Council
O.S. Mosley
Mosley
Topeka
Kansas
Noted hotel owner husband and wife in dispute
In Asbury Park New Jersey on July 14 George Ringgold owner of the Rhinecliff hotel and his wife Mrs Mary E Ringgold were reported in a family quarrel. Latest reports say Mrs Ringgold’s condition was improving.
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Asbury Park
N. J
George Ringgold
Rhinecliff
Mary E. Ringgold
Mra.inggold
Unknown man leaps into Delaware river at Spruce Street foot
A man of unknown race jumped into the Delaware River at the foot of Spruce Street on Monday. By nightfall his body had not been recovered, with early reports unclear on identity or motive.
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Delaware
Spruce
Married Man Charged With Attempted Incident at Reading Terminal
Mrs. Julia White accuses Edward Vawter, Reading Terminal captain of waiters, of an attempted assault after a prior insult. At Central Station hearing, Vawter denies the charge claiming revenge and ongoing relations. The case is postponed for further testimony with public support cited for a jury trial.
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Julia White
Edward Vawter
Reading Terminal
Central Station
Vawter
Mrs. White
White
Wm. H. Fuller
Tribune
Echoes From Dixie In Indianapolis
Indianapolis July 23 A Riverside street car incident involved a colored woman and a white woman seated together. An aged one legged white man demanded the colored woman's seat and struck her when refused. Colored men intervened, the conductor drew a blackjack but was disarmed, the white neighbor attacked, and police arrested the white man and leading colored fighter.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Virginia Baptist Jubilee a Great Success
Lynchburg Virginia July 23 The fiftieth anniversary of the Virginia Baptist State Convention closed last week in triumph. Rev W F Graham of Philadelphia preached the semi centennial sermon and received an ovation. Nearly fourteen thousand dollars were raised.
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Lynchburg
Virginia Baptist State Convention
Baptists of Virginia
W. F. Graham
Philadelphia
Sea Gull Opens Season With Local Notes and Notices
Atlantic City reports Sea Gull’s early season bow with notice of players called to training camp. Facial mentions include Bobbie Shaw Charles Davis Chase and Captain Harvey Bragey. Social items cover dances at the Racket Club, plans for a new tennis court, and local residents’ travels and hospitality.
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Atlantic City
Charles
Bobbie Shaw
Frank Davis
Chase
Harvey Bragey
Thomas
Indiana Aveue
Mamie Sorrell
Roberson
Virginia Cottage
Bourne
Maple Grove
Gile
Atlantic
Mrs. Shockley
Germantown
Mrs. Giles
Bread Shortage Fear From Yeast Supply Cut By Prohibition
Washington July 25 Representative Longworth warned that beer manufacturing prohibition could cut yeast supply by at least forty percent, threatening bread prices. He cited Fleischmann vice-president George W Lester and noted yeast is essential to bread during wartime, urging careful policy to avoid baking shortages.
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Washington, D. C
House
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Longworth
George W. Lester
Fleischmann Company
Mr. Longworth
Congress
Triple Execution In Delaware
Wilmington Delaware June 24 three colored men were hanged at Greenbank for the murder of Harry Parker at Lewes last September. Adam Hargus Webster Purnell and William Prettyman were executed and the Board of Pardons refused to act. The state has never before had a triple execution.
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Wilmington
Del
Greenbank
Harry Parker
Lewes
Board of Pardons
Adam Hargus
Webster Purnell
William Prettyman
Severe Tennessee Flood Devastates Knoxville Streets
Heavy rains last week caused streams to overflow in Knoxville Tennessee with the worst flood in the city’s history. Property damage is extensive though there were no fatalities reported.
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Knxville
Tenn
Philipson Cottman Wedding At Home After September 1st
Mrs Catharine Commagere of Norristown announces the marriage of her daughter Emma Philipson to Levi A Cottman. The couple, well known in our city and Post Office circles, wed on Saturday July 21. They will reside at home after September 1 1885 34th street.
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Catharine Commagere
Norristown
Emma C. Philipson
Levi A. Cottman
Attention Baptists Watch Next Issue of The Tribune
Special correspondent from Wilkesbarre reports on State 8S Convention with prevailing coverage promised in the upcoming Tribune issue.
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The
Tribune
Wilkesbarre
Heroic Park Incident Turns Fatal as Cop and Girl Escape
Dewey Yancey defended his female companion from two plainclothes officers in a Philadelphia park. He shot one officer in the abdomen and fled. the officer later died. Yancey was wounded, and Miss Lillian Craig, his companion, was held as a witness.
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Dewey Yancey
W. Price Street
Yancey
Lillian Craig
Fred Weingard
Frankford Hospital
Miss Craig
Borie
Stiles Street
Government official pressure on vice dens in city cleanup
Secretary of the Navy Daniels demanded the mayor close vice dens and secure evidence while resisting political pressure. City officials have not located dens yet and defend officers charged with gambling robbery and murder as well as workers accused of off duty alcohol service.
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Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Smith
Young physician receives first lieutenant rank in Medical Reserve Corps
Dr DeHaven Hinkson, a Philadelphia native born in 1891 and 1915 graduate of Medico-Chirurgical, is appointed First Lieutenant in the Medical Officers' Reserve Corps. He trained at Fred Douglass Hospital, practiced in Coatesville, and is an Alpha Phi Alpha member active in officers training efforts at Des Moines. He also belongs to the Masons Elks Knights of the Red Garter and the Olynthian Club.
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DeHaven Hinkson
Janifer
Newark
N. J
Boyden
Philadelphia
Hinkson
Fred. Douglass
Coatesville
Medical Reserve Corps
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Des Moines
Iowa
Masonic Fraternity
the Elks
The
Knights of the Red Garter
Olynthian Club
The Modern Patrick Outran Police Then Surrendered
Patrick Xavier Mae Clennon, Irish in name but colored by birth, fled after firing a pistol at a colored woman near 18th and Lombard. Three officers chased him. he escaped into a narrow alley where Officer Rainey blocked pursuit. He reached the police station ahead of the pursuit, surrendered breathless, and admitted to running faster than he could aim.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
Patrick Xavier Mae Clennon
Patrick
18Th
Lombard
Fied
Rainey
Pollice Station
St. Xavier
Girls at Chirtwaist Factory Prove Efficient Workers
Mr. I Rodesky of a factory at 22nd and Ridge avenue reports women workers produced 200 mosquito tents initially and 1200 tents total with 36 operators on piece work. Output reaches 800 incomplete and 5660 complete tents per week, wages range 8 to 16 dollars weekly, with work through February 1918. The venture shows strong government work potential and is publicized by The Philadelphia Tribune.
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Rodesky
22Nd and
Ridge Avenue
I. Rodesky
Wromenies Bi
U. S
Philadelphia Tribune
First Claim for Damages Filed at East St. Louis
East St. Louis July 24. Mrs. Gertrude Ziegler filed the first damage claim from the riot alleging five or six of her houses were burned by a mob and seeking 5000 dollars. The claim against St. Clair County was referred to the Board of Supervisors and could set a precedent for many more claims under the law.
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East St. Louis
Gertrude Ziegler
Board of Supervisors
St. Clair County
Porter acquitted after proving own stolen items belonged to him
Mercer Morse a Pullman porter was arrested on charges of stealing a watch and jewelry. The court exonerated him after he proved the property was his own and in his possession at the time. Morse resides near Est and Haverford avenues.
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Mercer Morse
Merwe
Élst
Haverford Avenue
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