World News Vignettes From An Eccentric Era
Midora and Castro discuss a minor instruction on identity while war balloonists threaten ships. Persians revel in a feverish turn toward massacre. Anna Gould’s marriage could surprise the world, and the steel trust faces vowels in its name. A New York woman ends her life over rent, a thief is hurriedly processed, and wireless telephony nears fruitions with messages across Newark to New York and a steamer with in-room telephones.
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The
World-Wide Steel Trust
Inhuman Prisoner Disclosures and Global Race Talk
Disclosures on prisoner mistreatment in Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg suggest worsened conditions in Russia, with a cautious note that more may come. The piece references Peary’s polar expedition as a “race to the pole” and notes longer summer vacations for post office workers in contrast to Uncle Sam’s pay. It also cites Lieut. Col. Burnley Campbell’s 40 day 19.3 hour world circumnavigation from May 3 to June 13, 1907.
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Yekaterni St. Petersburg
Russia
Post Office Department
Uncle Sam
Burnley Campbell
Liverpool
Dover
Palmer Lecture Sketches Darwinism and Religion Swing
Harvard Professor George F. E. Palmer stated that the scientific world shifted to Darwinism and later shifted away, with the religious world moving toward scientific positions and now swinging back toward them.
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George FE. Palmer
Harvard University
Queen of Spain Rebounds and Plants Garden Promenades
The queen recovers quickly and leaves her room as a three week old baby takes his first garden stroll at a Granja. Soon the child may ride a pony while guiding his elder brother in playful garden-wall stunts.
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Spain
Granja
The meatest man in the world arrested in New York
A man in New York has been arrested on charges of cheating poets by stealing their songs and the money sent with them for a prize contest. A union poet is urged to read all the poetry he received, accusing him of fraud.
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New York
Humorous Arts School Promises Dry Intellectual Wit
An experienced person offers a school for mastering humor within a Hungarian journal. Lessons cover dry intellectual humor and ordinary witty remarks, with demonstrations in practical jokes. The ad pledges a ticket to improvement in the art of being funny, pitched to editors like London's Punch.
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Iife
London Punch
Sunday School Convene in Louisville Reports Large Growth
The three year survey of Sunday School delegates from around the world at Louisville shows remarkable gains. North America added about 1,000,000 pupils in three years while finances doubled and 1,000,000 new members joined Sunday schools.
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Louisville
Fienres
North America
Race riot turmoil ends and grand jury opens case
Springfield ends a race riot phase as militia patrols continue. Two more victims die raising toll to five. Gov Deneen and State's Attorney Hateh convene a special grand jury to indict rioters. Suspects arrested daily, Rayner denies killing Donegan, others named by police. 4,200 guardsmen, 1,500 Black residents flee to nearby cities and states.
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Springfeld
Springfield
William Donegan
Frank Delmore
St. John’s Hospital
Donnegan
James A. Creighton
Sangamon County
Charles S. Deneen
Frank Hateh
G. P. Harris
Auburn
T. J. Gorey
Chatham
C. Clark
Salisbury
Archie Neal
Willams
G. W. Liverheart
Rochester
J. J. Plunkett
Cartwright
Leslie Bye
Clear Lake
Frank Simmons, Jr
George Harnett
D. B. Zeigler
van Meter
William Miller
J. I Sexaner
Fred van Khiern
John Herser
Henry Morley
Jerome O'Connell
le I L. Washburn
Fred Walls
William Soller
John Nolle
George Wise
Adam Feher
North Seventh Street
Jaid
F. J. Hateh
A. Rayner
Lews
Rayner
Donegan
Kate Howard
Lopez
Howard
Frank L. Hatch
Capt Hains Arraigned On Murder Charge
New York August 18 Capt Peter C Hains Jr of the U S A was arraigned before Magistrate Gilroy on a murder charge for shooting William J Annis at the Bayside Yacht club Long Island The brothers lawyer asked for a one week adjournment to prepare for the hearing District Attorney Darren consented and the case was continued Washington August 18 no official report had reached the war department yet on the shooting by Peter C Hains Jr of William J Annis at the Bayside Yacht club last Saturday afternoon
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New York
Peter C. Hains, Jr
OU. S. A
William KE. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Gilroy
T. Jenkins Hains
Percy
Darren
Washington
War Department
William J. Annis
Bay Side Yacht Club
Long Island
Settlement Reaches Transfer of Property for Constantinople College Site
Amb Leishman reports to Washington that a years long dispute over land for the American college for girls in Constantinople is settled. The site title will pass to Secretary Barton of the American Board of Missions, while efforts for the boys college remain ongoing.
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Washington
Leishman
State Department
American College For Girls
Constantinople
Barton
American Board of Missions
American College For Boys
Stevens Assassin to Be Tried in September
In Whan Chang, accused of killing Durham White Stevens, former adviser to the Korean government, faced Judge Conley in San Francisco on Monday with trial set for September 21.
Disaster strikes Leelanau steamer. woman killed in blast
A boiler explosion on the Leelanau passenger steamer from Leland to Carp Lake kills Mrs Isabel La Bonte of Traverse City and injures about a score of passengers. Several passengers are scalded while others are rescued from wreckage. The steamer towed to shore for repairs. the vessel is 61 feet long with a 12 foot beam.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Traverse City
Isabel la Bonte
Leelanau
Leland
Fouch
Carp Lake
John Hartung
Russell Mills
Ann Arbor
Stanley Mills
A. Cook
Miles Atwood
Richard Steffens
Ralph Hastings
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Grand Traverse Bay
Bingh
Edward Hardy
Storks and a Christening Lead to Odd Birth Tale
In Pittsburg on a Sunday drive after a christening John Robsik’s horse fled, overturning the carriage. Robsik found the stork that delivered a baby boy to his wife during the mix up and the couple arrived home unharmed with their newborn.
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Stork
Pittsburg
John Robsik
Robsik
Wright Seeks Larger Ground for Monoplane Trials
Wright of Dayton Ohio reports the current testing field at Le Mans too narrow. He is negotiating for a large military ground seven miles away to conduct a series of longer flights, aiming to push the limits of his aeroplane technology.
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Wright
le Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Utica Gala Dress For Sherman Nomination Events
Visitors begin arriving in Utica as notification ceremonies for James S. Sherman, the Republican vice presidential nominee, unfold with speeches expected from Secretary Root and Dr. Stryker. New campaign plans include Gov. Hughes speaking in Ohio and continuous appearances across western states.
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Utica
Jamess
Sherman
Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
Root
Stryker
Hamilton College
Yahanundasis Golf Club
New York
Gen. Dupont
Republican National
Gov. Hughes
Ohio
Youngstown
William E. Borah
Idaho
Vermont
Maine
Frank H. Hitchcock
Chicago
Uticn
James S. Sherman
Taft to Address Virginia Republicans at Hot Springs
Hot Springs Virginia August 18 Taft plans his first political address of the campaign to Virginia Republicans convening Friday The speech will be Tafts first major political statement since acceptance in Cincinnati and his sole such address before campaign activities resume in September Admiral Cervera of Spanish American War fame wrote expressing support for Taft saying he hopes for his election and noting limited personal knowledge of the United States yet praising Taft as a very distinguished man.
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Hot Springs
Virginia
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
Philippine Islands
Cervera
Senor Taft
United States
Cooler Weather Forecast From Mississippi Valley to Atlantic
A weather bureau bulletin issued at noon Monday forecasts cooler weather for the next two to three days from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic coast. In the Atlantic states cooler air moves in by Tuesday night and temperatures are expected to moderate through the rest of the week.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic States
Bacon Returns from Porto Rico to New York
Robert Bacon assistant secretary of state arrived Monday from Porto Rico on the San Juan. At quarantine he said he went to Porto Rico to adjust church land disputes and confirmed dispatches reporting a satisfactory settlement reached in San Juan.
Admiral Evans 48 Years Navy Service Ends Tuesday
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans known as Fighting Bob will retire after 48 years in the United States Navy on Tuesday night at Mohonk Lake New York. A large celebration is planned with speeches by Andrew S Draper and others, a loving cup presentation, and readings from prominent officials. Evans, 62, is at Mohonk Lake with illness preventing use of one foot but remains mentally sharp and honored for his long career including the Spanish American War command of the cruiser Iowa at Santiago. Born 1846 in Floyd County Virginia, his career spans from 1863 through his 1901 promotion to rear admiral.
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Mohonk Lake
N. Y
Robly D. Evans
Bob
United States Navy
San Francisco
Fort Fisher
Lake Mohonk House
Loving Cup
J. Edward Simmons
New York Chamber of Commerce
Andrew S. Draper
State of New York
Admiral Evans
United States
Floyd County
Virginia
Washington
Samuel Andrew Jackson Evans
Naval Academy
Territory of
Utah
Evans
Iown
Santiago
Congress
Dirigible crash injures captain in Berlin landing
The Parseval airship descended abruptly at about 60 feet due to an air current while approaching its Berlin landing site. The gondola struck the ground hard, breaking Capt. von Krogh's left arm.
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Berlin
von Krogh
Dr Vogel Back After Plague Study in Venezuela
New York reports Dr Charles W Vogel of the United States Marine Hospital Service has returned from San Juan after an exhaustive study of bubonic plague conditions in Venezuela. He arrived by steamer on Monday continuing his voyage home.
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Vogel
New York
Venezuela
Charles W. Vogel
United States Marine Hospital Service
San Juan
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