Mob Lynches Prisoner at Georgia Farm
A mob abducted and lynched Frank at the state farm in Milledgeville Georgia after overpowering guards and seizing Superintendent Burke. Five masked men bound Wartleg Smith and dragged Frank from the dormitory as autos blocked the entrance and the party prepared to transport him.
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EO Frank
Georgia
Wartleg Smith
Milledgeville
State Farm
Smith
Frank
Superintendent Burke
Burke
J. W. Satterfield
Satterfield
Mob Hangs Frank After Prison Farm Abduction in Milledgeville
A mob abducted and hanged Frank from a tree near the Milledgeville prison farm after overpowering guards. Officials faced intense criticism for not resisting the lynching and for commuting his death sentence prior to the crime. Frank had been held at the prison hospital and died amid widespread calls for vengeance against those who carried him away.
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Satterfield
Smith
Frank
Creen
Slaton
Milledgeville
Superintendent recounts Leo Frank kidnapping at Milledgeville
Milledgeville Ga Aug 17 J M Burke superintendent of the state farm described the kidnapping of Leo Frank. Burke said six men seized Frank dragged him from his room by arms legs and hair toppled him down stairs and loaded him into a speeding car while guards were held at gunpoint and Frank offered no plea.
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Milledgeville
Leo Frank
J. M. Burke
State Farm
Burke
Frank
Hester
Widow of Leo Frank Faints on Lynching News
In Milledgeville Georgia on August 17 the wife of Leo Frank fainted and suffered convulsions upon hearing the news that her husband had been lynched. She required revival assistance and regained consciousness with difficulty.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Leo Frank
Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain at 212 Pike St Ady
A brief notice lists the Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain located at 212 Pike Street in Ady.
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Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain
Pike St
Governor Slaton Reacts to Leo Frank’s Body Found
San Francisco Aug 17 Former Georgia governor John M Slaton who commuted Leo Franks death sentence to life imprisonment said the abduction of Frank is a cowardly attack on civilization and that the entire state will resent the outrage and punish the malefactors.
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San Francisco
John M. Slaton
Georgia
Leo Frank
United Press
Frank
Slaton
Commonwealth
Seattle Men Enter Camp at American Lake Near Tacoma
Planners increase enrollment for business and professional men at American Lake to about 625, with some dropped for age limits. Col. Richard A. Willen assigns company G to attend camp as Maj Gen Arthur Murray selects the unit. camp features include daily drills, marches, and drills under Maj Gen Leonard Wood, amid a scene of aristocratic nostalgia in Plattsburg’s war training era.
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American Lake
Tacoma
Lieut
Hamilton
Ito Pourthave
Tweeday
Richard A. Wileen
Fort Lawton
Tureday
Arthur Murray
Western Department
San Francheese
Infantry
New York
Plattelarg
N.Y
Seattle
Kenneth W. Payne
Plattsburg
N. Y
Lake Champlain
America
Roosevelt
Hamilton Fish
Elihu Root
van Rensselaer
Belmont
Carnegie
Robert Bacon
Cuiff
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Reveille
Deimonico’s
Seattle Dentist Promotes 15 Year Guarantee Claim
By EDWIN J. BROWN D D 8 Seattle's Leading Dentist asserts long experience in Seattle and guarantees dental work for 15 years. He critiques fake guarantees from rival dentists and alleges past scams during the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition. He emphasizes his staff's 12 to 20 years of practice and invites patients to visit at 712 Wiret Ave Open evenings Sundays hours listed.
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Edwin J. Brown
D. D
Seattle
Shark
Dental Board
Dr. Wyeth
Dr. Shark
Dr. Royal
Brown
Russians Falling Back From Bielostok In War Retreat
Dispatches report Bielostok evacuated as Russian factories move inland. Civilians flee and valuables are removed as Field Marshal von Hindenburg's army advances toward the Kovno Brest Litovek line. Bielostok lies near Grodno and Brest Litovak, key to the defense strategy.
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London
von Hindenburg
Bielostok
Warsaw-Petrograd
Lomza
Petrograd
Russia
Mielostok
Kovno-Brest Litovek
Warsaw
Brest Litovak
Grodno
Transport Royal Edward sunk by German submarine
The British transport Royal Edward, formerly the Canadian Northern liner, was sunk by a German submarine in the Aegean Sea on Saturday. About one thousand men are believed lost, with six hundred known to have perished.
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London
Royal Edward
Aegan Sea
Admiralty
Royal Edward Transport Sunk in War Waters
The Royal Edward carried 1,350 soldiers, 32 officers and 220 crew aboard its 11,100 ton steel hull. The 526 foot vessel with a 60 foot beam was sunk in these waters by a submarine. Another British transport was sunk weeks earlier with limited casualties.
Fire destroys Hun Gate ranch wheat and cattle losses
A blaze at the Hun gate ranch near Walla Walla last night wiped out 500 acres of wheat and killed some cattle. Losses were estimated at 25000 dollars after the fire started from a gasoline engine used to rub a separator.
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Walla Walla
Hungate Ranch
Here
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Style Shop
Second Ave
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Teddy-Jr
Platteburg
Frye’s Quality Markets
Washington Creamery
The
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Plattsburg, N. Y
Mitchel
France
City of
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Teddy, Jr
Capt. Kelly
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
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Wiret Ave
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WB. 26Th St
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They Jacobs
F.I. Bldg
Seattle Lighting Company
Stuart Bldg
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