Polish Turmoil Sparks Imperial Push For Strong Measures
Aug 20 report from St Petersburg notes an imperial telegram to Governor General Skallon urging unwavering victory over Polish revolt and urging sterner methods. It hints at a dictatorship style government in the Polish provinces, possible replacement of Skallon, and increased troop deployments as unrest grows. A Lodz figure reports lootings by Cossacks following a bomb incident in Warsaw.
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Archy
St. Petersburg
Poland
Skallon
Warsaw
Nicholas
Provdence
Generis Fe
Russia
Willi
Svez
Skadlon
Lodz
London
the Tribune
Explosion at lantern show sparks panic in Peking
In Peking on August 20 a gasoline tank used in a lantern show exploded. The blast fueled rumors of an assassination attempt on Tuan Fang. Authorities tightened security, guarding officials' residences as nervous officials react to the incident and its political fallout.
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Peking
China
Tuan Fang
Huanan
Europe
Atlantic City Sidesleepers Fill Hotels and Jail Cells
Thirty thousand visitors crowded Atlantic City as hotels ran full. With lodging scarce, many slept on boardwalk benches and beaches. Police relaxed bans, sending some travelers to jail or paying to sleep in trolley cars. Other brief items note a teen suicide in Kansas, a Tehran dispatch on a new building ritual, a New York drowning at a dance hall, Irish blight threatening potato crops, the sultan’s return to the palace, rain prayers in Niagara County, and a cheese market price rise in Utica.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Twelve Sunday Drownings Across New York City Coast
New York on Sunday saw twelve drownings as bathers ventured too far from shore or faced illness while swimming. Heroic rescues reduced the death toll, while three bodies were found near Manhattan Beach and Coney Island. An eyewitness, Albert Haggenborn of Brooklyn, drowned after diving from a balcony into a shallow pool at a Coney Island park.
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New York City
New York
Manhattan Beach
Coney Island
Albert Haggenborn
Brooklyn
Quiet Sunday on Brooklyn Rapids Transit to Coney Island
Quiet scenes prevailed on the Brooklyn Rapids Transit lines to Coney Island on Sunday as riders paid the second fare amid a prior riot. Amusement enterprises offered to redeem rebate checks at face value while the Brooklyn Eagle publicized exchange of copies for checks in anticipation of a court ruling on legality.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapids Transit Company
Coney Island
Snooth
Coney Island Amusement Enterprises
Brooklyn Eagle
Lewis Morrison dies after stomach operation in Yonkers
Veteran stage actor Lewis Morrison died suddenly at St. John’s Hospital Yonkers following stomach trouble surgery. He was sixty one, famed for Mephisto in Faust with Edwin Booth Forrest Salvini Neilson Cushman and Agnes Booth. He also led Walnut Street Stock nine years and toured nationwide as Mephisto for twenty years.
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Méphisto
Faust
Booth
York
Lewis Morrison
Mephisto
St. John's
Yonkers
United States
Mr. Morrison
Edwin Booth
Edwin Forrest
Tomaso Salvini
Adelaide Neilson
Charlotte Cushman
Janansehek
Rose Coghlan
Agnes Booth
Old Walnut Street Stock Company
Philadelphia
Canada
Jerome for Governor A conditional bid in Democratic naming
New York August 20 Jerome says he will run for governor if the Democratic convention nominates him without conditions beyond pledging to obey his oath of office. The report notes Jerome’s stance amid a charged political climate and his readiness to accept the nomination if offered.
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New York
Orney
William ‘Travers Jerome
Democratic Convention
Sideboards and Prices From The Ad Ledger
Fragmentary OCR lists several price points and item codes for sideboards and related goods. Mentions figures like 200, 17.28, 19.50, 34.00, 96.25, and 23 with various unit descriptors, but the exact items and context are unreadable.
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Lucanande
SWIFT
Atlanta
NEW Jersey Central
Cape May
Sea Isle City
BART
Esto
Oxfords
P. & C. O. Shoe Co
SRA
Citizens’ Electric Illuminating Co
Broad Street
Pittston Mercantile CO
Pic Ome
Hunan
Atchison, Kan
George Baumgartner
Germany
St. Benedict’s College
Jersburg
Fuela Gen
West Ninety-seventh Street
Berton Cin’ Resort
Rosebank
N.Y
Ireland
Constantinople
Selamlik
Nia
Buffalo
Niagara’ County
Cheer Utioa
Watertown
Wilkesbarre’s Great Department Store
Jonas Long
Ventory
Pisnes
Abe Each
Jerome
Detroit
Mich
Dewitt C. Clark
Clark
Mike Dwyer
Michael F Dwyer
Hite Cottage
Gravesend
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Philip J. Dwyer
Michael Dwyfer
England
Dwyer
Pittsburg
Phil” Smith
Smith
Washington
C. RB. Lott
Abernathy
Littleton
Ala
Sip Hartér
Benesch
House of Benesch & Son
Shina
Mies
Iss
Benesch & Sons Bennett Building
Pittston
West Pittston
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