World War Fear and Refuges in British Press Tone
A 1908 era piece reports on air raid fears and German preparations with details on British refuges, gas masks, and anti air measures. It notes Hellgoland fortifications, undersea hangars, and flags the risk of aerial attack on the United States while reflecting on modern warfare and a lingering sense of global tension. The piece cites public figures and asks readers to inquire of lawmakers about defense readiness.
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Europe
Germany
United States
Sone Cay
Fair and Warmer Weather Predicted for San Antonio
Weather outlook calls for slightly higher temperatures Thursday through Friday with generally fair skies. Mars, a junior meteorologist, notes unsettled conditions near Brownsville but expects no major changes. Thursday high near 94, Friday around 93, humidity reported around 83 percent early Thursday.
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Mars
Brownsville
Marx
Sierreal
France backs non intervention plan for Spain crisis
Paris lines up eight European states including Great Britain Germany Russia and Italy to back a neutrality pact aimed at stopping all aid to the Spanish Civil War factions. Italy accepts the French initiative and questions whether non intervention binds signatories only or also their private industries. In St Louis eight aboard a Chicago and Southern Airlines plane die when it crashes near Lambert Field guiding investigators to a winged wreckage and a long search for the cause begins.
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Russia
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Gallenza Ciano
Charles Chanthrun
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Americ
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Lambert- St. Louis
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Ben Havercamp
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Guy Faulkner
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St. Lews County
J. B. Tyernon
Widsey
Dan
Candon “Putnam
St. Louis
H.R. Moore
Air Lines
Miners Dead and Rescue Teams Struggle After Explosion
Rescue teams describe the mine disaster as hopeless as they recovered many bodies. Gas suffocation and rock falls hinder efforts to reach imprisoned miners while aid from Regent teams assists amid dangerous conditions. One survivor surfaced with severe burns.
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Uberboas
Tver
Mihe
Tennessee Holds Democrat Primary For Governor Nominee
In the statewide primary the contest centers on the governor race with candidates including United States Senator Nathan I. Bachman and Dr. John R. Neal of Knoxville. Other gubernatorial contenders cited are Gordon Browning of Huntington, burial Dosgett of Jacksboro, C. W. Wright of Oneida, and PH Thatch of Chattanooga as the Republican nominee.
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Tennessee
Seler
United States
Nathan
I. Bachman
Joh R. Neal
Knoxville
Gorden Browning
Huntington
Burialo E. Dosgett
Jacksboro
American Legion
C. W.wright
Oneida
PH. Thatch
Chattanooga
Theft of pistol reported from parked car in city
Henry Fest of 1908 South Flores Street reported the theft of a pistol from a parked auto on Thursday. Fest and two others were named in the incident as part of the same alleged theft episode.
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Henry Fest
South Flores Street
Fest
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and West Texas Section
Mostly fair weather for San Antonio with Thursday night near 74 degrees and Friday around 95. Light to moderate variable winds. West Texas area: generally fair with Thursday night and Friday, typical temperatures in the mid 70s to mid 90s and variable winds on the west one hundredth meridian.
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San Antonio
Chemily
Texas
Clentia
Bus overturns near Huntingdon leaves two dead
A Pittsburgh to New York bus overturned twice west of Huntingdon Pennsylvania during a rainstorm early today. Two passengers were killed and 13 injured. Six passengers were trapped under wreckage and rescues lasted four hours before the last two women were removed. Dead were Frank Haluk, 48, of Youngstown Ohio, and Miss Florence K Corrigan, about 25, of Cleveland Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Huntingdon
Frank Haluk
Youngstown
Florence K. Corrigan
Cleveland
Ohio
Vole
Boy 12 gets nine years in death of chum
In Brownsville a 12 year old, Daniel Cisneros, was sentenced to nine years in the state reformatory for the drowning death of 9 year old Tom Bachman. He confessed helping Tommy underwater for a long time and drinking a lot of alcohol during the act. The motive remains unclear.
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Brownsville
Big
State Reformatory
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Tommy
City Council Approves Paving Material Purchase
City commissioners Thursday appropriated $5500 for paving materials for Best House street from Walnut to South Pine Streets. Materials to be purchased from the Southwest Bitulithic Company.
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Garner Aides Joke About Exit From Government Business
In Dallas on August 6 Vice President Garner joked during a banquet crowd of about 2000 Yellow Texans. He praised Jesse E. Jones of Houston RFC chair as the best servant ever and quipped about Jones helping him gain more power, then said he wanted to “get out of this business.”
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Busi
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Juiz
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Alicea
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National Democratic Committee
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Morris Sheppard
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Wes
National League St Louis Beats Chicago In Dubious Finish
The report notes St Louis defeated Chicago with late drama as games were delayed by rain and postponements spread across the schedule. References to banking, politics, and Roosevelt era figures appear as side commentary, with lines about congressional action and public notices.
Baseball Results From A Fragmented Box Score
Fragmentary baseball results show matchups with Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia and others. Batter names such as Sewell Becker and Hemsley appear amid incomplete scores and player line notes.
Cook county election officials ousted after primary probe
Chicago dispatch says the Cook County Board of Election Commissioners discharged 485 judges and clerks who worked the April primary after four months of probe into poll irregularities. About 209 faced prosecution by the state's attorney for erasures on tally sheets fake entries and permitting illegal voting.
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Chicago
Cook County Board of Election Conmissioners
Mosquito War Gets Beyond Her Control
Mrs Plata of 810 South Ravided altol on Thursday morning attempted to burn mosquitoes near a park. The blaze spread and caused about $5 in damage. She claimed she intended to exterminate the pests and believed the fire was under control.
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Altol
Air Trail Blazers Start Seattle Hop to Moscow
Sigismund Levanevsky and Victor I Levcchenko, noted Soviet aviators, began a flight from Alameda to Seattle on a pontoon monoplane as the next stage in their trek toward Moscow. They arrived yesterday from San Pedro, Galiffa, after a long route circling the globe in stages back to their homeland.
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Pilot Lt Thatcher Bailout From Plane At Kelly Field
Lt Herbert H Thatcher a student pilot at Kelly Field's Advanced Flying School faced a control failure while flying an 0-19 observation aircraft in formation. After attempting to regain control for about an hour, he bailed out by parachute near Castroville road, about 18 miles from San Antonio, and was picked up by a farmer and brought to Kelly Field.
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Advanced
Kelly Field
Ann Herson
Thatcher
Kelly
4. P. Couch
Couch
W . Hayes
Connate
J. W.0g. Wilson
Anderson
Castroville Road
San Antoni
Woman Smashes Windows to Reach Office Phone
A young woman, unable to reach a telephone at 659 Broadway, battered the office windows with a shoe heel to make an urgent call. She was placed under arrest, claiming she simply needed access to the line.
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Stu Zander
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Thurghy
Yong
Hoffman Delays Parker Extradition in New Jersey
Governor Hardig reserved decision on Parker and his son extradition after a hearing marked by applause in the state assembly gallery. The proceeding followed shielding during examination of the Fitness stand and touched on the federal grand jury inquiry in Newark as the case moved forward.
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INS
Btis Parker
Extis Jr
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Grammit
Hauptmann
Chairman McSwain Dies After Stroke
Representative Jatin NeSwahi, 61, a Democrat from Granville, died in a Columbia hospital after a stroke suffered on a train en route to his home. McSwain, chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, collapsed on travel. he did not seek reelection this year. Vote American.
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Jatin J. NeSwahi
Democrat
South Carolina
Granville
Ane
Heart
O. ¥. Herndon
Ford Moultrie
McSwain
House
Snake in Gas In 2 New One on Him
OSAGE CITY Aug. 6 Hon Andy Anderson at a firing station reported a strange creature under a car. He poked the engine area and saw a 7 foot long snake. Police confiscate seater in Toledo amid unclear details from a damaged report about children and skate references.
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Andy Anderson
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