Dramatic Marathon Finish as Hayes Wins in London
The 1908 Olympic marathon in London drew 27 000 spectators and a cosmopolitan crowd. John F Hayes of the United States won, with Hefferon of South Africa second and Forshaw of Missouri A C third. British runners placed further down the line.
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Olympian Arena
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Europe
America
Africa
Australia
England
United States
John F. Hayes
Hefferon
Souh Africa
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Hayes
Joseph Forshaw
Missouri A. C
A. R. Welton
Lawrence
Lewis Tentlmina
Clarke
Duncan
Canada
Dorando Dorando's Heroic Effort Delights Italian Fans
In a dramatic Olympic moment at the stadium Dorando assisted by officials after collapse fights to reach the finish. Despite aid and multiple falls doctors intervene with stimulants as he is shuffled toward the line with help from a fellow competitor and officials.
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Hayes
Dorando
Perindo
Mente
Tie
Deoranundo
Track
Preparations for Ct flection on Ag 7 announced
The article lists day events for the upcoming CT election with races and demonstrations. United States entries feature in several hurdles and sprints while other performances include wrestling and fencing exhibitions.
Shippers urge Roosevelt to enforce court decree on rail rates
Cincinnati receivers and shippers ask President Roosevelt to compel Missouri Pacific and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific to obey a long‑standing court decree blocking rate hikes. The letter argues for a square deal and warns of contempt if the railroads ignore the courts or burden interstate commerce.
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Cincinnati
Receivers’ and Shippers’ Association
United States
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Missouri Pacific Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Apparent Bomb Attempt Targets Chicago Family
Police believe an explosion under the rear stairway of Samuel Martini’s home at 722 North Winchester avenue was an attempt to wreck the house and kill his family. Martini says two letters signed The Black Hand Society threatened destruction unless he paid 5000, the first a week prior and the second after the blast.
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Chicago
Samuel Martini
Winchester Avenue
Martini
Black and Society
Black Hand Society
Secon
Water floods a tunnel disaster in the Bernese Alps
In the Loetschberg tunnel twenty three Italian workmen were killed when a hidden subterranean river flooded the tunnel as their tools breached a wall. The torrent swept in with mud drowning all, and water now chokes the tunnel 1000 yards from the northern entrance near Berne.
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Loetschberg
Bernese Alps
Kander
Murder Confessed in New Jersey Plot for Money and Marriage
August Eberhard, a self confessed killer of his Viennese aunt, lured her from Vienna to New Jersey, shot her, and planned to steal $2500 to marry a New York girl. He also intended to kill his cousin Ottillie Eberhard, was found near Paterson, and later confessed after a police pursuit.
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Ottilie Eberhard
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Eberhard
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Ottillie
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Democratic leaders in Omaha greet Zervin and Taft visits
Zervin arrived in Omaha to confer with the Democratic committee chair. John Sharp Williams introduced him as he spoke briefly to the crowd. Taft arrived in Cincinnati with little political significance, while Governor Hughes signaled willingness to seek reelection if renominated.
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Convict Camp Barbarism Sparks Atlanta Hearing
Atlanta witnesses testified before a state legislative committee investigating the convict lease system in Georgia. They alleged brutal flogging and inhuman treatment at camps, including Milledgeville prison and a brick works near the city. An ex convict contractor claimed a man was beaten to death for illness, while another witness disputed official flogging counts.
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Atlanta
State Legislative Committee
J. A. Cochran
Milledgeville
Arthur W. Moore
Prince Ito to Assume Korea Peace Tendency
Tokio reports Prince Ito will shift toward privy council duties and relinquish his residency in Korea. Seoul dispatch notes intensified Japanese operations against insurgents with about ten engagements, while government forces sweep disturbed areas and restore normal business activity in Seoul and nearby cities.
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Prince Ito
Korea
Privy Council
Seoul
Good Roads Insisted Upon Washington July 24
The postoffice department will cooperate with highway officials to improve rural routes. In Peru Indiana roads on seven of twelve routes were being repaired after the postmaster highlighted their poor condition. A request sought an engineer from the agriculture department to build an object lesson road and gravel round contracts totaling 55000 were let under a state law.
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Postoffice Department
Peru
Ind
Good Roads Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Mix Up Made by Marriage in Michigan City
A puzzling Arkansas style family tangle unfolds as Benja min Pearce courts and marries Myrt Robinson Force le Forest Alnswert, making him father in law to his sister and uncle and grandfather to his wife’s child. The piece analyzes how these relations arise from Mrs Pearce’s prior marriage and her child David Force.
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Gladys Pearce
Benjamin Pearce
Destitution Follows Red River Flood in Louisiana
Alder man John Shattuck reports from the flooded Red river district near Lake Charles Louisiana that life sustenance is swept away and starvation looms. He notes no crop prospects due to late replanting and villagers subsist on fodder and raw corn.
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John Shattuck
Red River
Shattuck
Costly Storm in Pittsburg Leaves One Dead and Major Flood Loss
A deadly storm in Pittsburg Pennsylvania on July 25 caused one fatality and drainage damages estimated at a quarter of a million dollars or more across Pittsburg and surrounding areas.
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Pittsburg
Teas
Ute Indians Sent Home From Thunder Kutte Harassment
Rapid City July 25. Ute Indians who caused trouble at Thunder Kutte last winter have begun an overland march escorted by cavalry back to their Utah reservation.
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Rapid City
S. E
Thunder Kutte
Calvary
Utah
Bold Train Robbery Near Stamford In Ulster County
Two men halted on a Ulster and Delaware passenger train between South Gilboa and Stamford. They looted the mail pouch contents, seized the baggageman’s gold watch and $18, then jumped as the train slowed at Stamford.
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N. Y
Ulster and Delaware
South Gilbea
Stamford
Fallieres Arrives in Stockholm on European Tour
President Maitre Felix Fallieres of France arrives in Stockholm Sweden during a planned tour of European states. He undertakes official engagements with Swedish officials and continues his diplomatic itinerary across the region.
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M. Fallieres
France
Stockholm
Sweden
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