Woman creates disturbance at Oyster Bay church service
Miss Esac, visiting Oyster Bay to see President Roosevelt, disrupted a Christ Episcopal Church service by sitting behind the Roosevelt family, resisting being moved to a rear seat, tearing a gown, and shouting for the president. Secret service escorted her out. a warrant request against usher James Duffy was denied.
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Oyster Bay
Mico
Asi L. Esgo
Rooxg
Christ's Episcopal Church
Esne
Sagamore Mill
Secret Service
Roosevelt
James Duffy
Tuts
Misa Esac
Duffy
Miss Esac
William Jennings Bryan visits Fontainebleau and plans stateside stops
Bryan and party toured Fontainebleau yesterday and hope to meet President Fallieres at Rambouillet soon. Cabled timeline sets arrival in New York on Aug 30 with subsequent visits to New Haven, Bridgeport, Jersey City, Chicago, Lincoln, St. Louis, and other cities through mid-September. Nebraska delegation plans a private yacht welcome offshore near Omaha. Also notes drownings in Winnipeg and health updates from Constantinople and Evansville.
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Paris
William J. Bryan
Fontainebleau
Brian
President Fallieres
Rambouillet
Hel
C. W. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
New York
New Haven
Pridgeport
Jersey City
Chicago
St. Louis
Yonneville
Chelanatl
Hansac City
Staietin Te Omaht
Nebraska
Bryan
Bryan Miles
Atlantic
Fourteen Men Die in Silesian Coal Mine Accident
Fourteen miners at a coal mine near Sieleie fe ard were killed when two cope supports broke as their car descended the shaft. The tragedy occurred in Prussian Silesia on August 13. Local officials investigate the pit collapse and the cause of the structural failure.
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Minera
Kattowicz
Prussian Silesia
Feard
Sielee
Charles Holliday Charged After Abduction Near Cullison
Grace Bolan, 16, daughter of a local farmer near Cullison, was allegedly abducted by Charles Holliday after an assault at the Bolan home. Holliday reportedly struck her with a shotgun, forced her into a wagon, and was later captured at Greensburg and jailed.
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Grace
Gadowa Tyee
Pratt
Ken
Charles Holliday
Grace Bolan
Cullison
Holliday
Bolan
Nolan
Greensburg
Unclear wartime note from Tacoma unit summary
An unintelligible fragment from Tacoma describes a Paddy squadron master in a degraded scene. The text mentions uniform wear, a squadron setting at a mall, and a date near August, with possible references to naval terminology and personnel.
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Bakor
Pacific
Ats Mall
Tacoma
Weak
Open letter denounces Tacoma denial of Navy officer
Rear Admiral Caspar Goodrich cites a July 12 incident where a petty officer in uniform was refused admittance to a public event at the Old Elks hall in Tacoma. He condemns the snobbish conduct, urges the city to bow to Navy visitors, and calls for accountability for the offenders.
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Goodrich
Admind Golditch
Tacoma
Old Elks Hall
Chicago
Picion
Navy
Van Auken Hotel Forger Captured In Michigan
Aug. 13 Muskego Mion Harry H. Van Aken alias Count Van Auken real name Ames said to have posed as hotel guest and socialite across three states. Captured at St Venace Michigan two hours after a Ministique hotel was victimized. Suspected nephew of Minneapolis ex mayor Ames and linked to many hotels in Michigan Wisconsin and Indiana. Military maneuvers reported as Indiana National Guard camps for ten days. Casey Illinois Aug. 13—S B Yanway to sue to invalidate deed for church land claiming church revenue on Gil Wells land.
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Harry H. van Aken
Count van Auken
Ames
St. Venace
Mich
van Auken
Occidental
Murkegon
Griswold House
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Oconto
Wis
Minneapolis
Casey
Yanway
Colely
Gil Wells
Gompers vs Shonta Over Eight Hour Law on Isthmus Labor
A tense clash between President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor and Chairman Shonta over the eight hour law and Chinese coolie labor on the Isthmus. Gompers says the policy violates exclusion laws and applies to United States territories. Shonta argues the eight hour rule does not apply to unskilled Isthmian labor and warns increased costs to American labor.
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Theodore F. Hronte
United States
Iboreater
Gompere
Gompers
Washington
Intamueh Ag
Canal
Hin
Shonta
Panama
Ten hours is kindness and labor on the isthmus plans
Shouts by labor leader chairman Shonte claim ten hours work and hourly pay is kinder than eight hours. He cites President Gompera and Chinese and Spanish labor sources for a Panama project and says West Indian and Negro workers yield low efficiency. Separate item notes Traverse City boys, aged 8 and 11, tied to a door post by parents after alleged theft spree.
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Seye
Shonte
Gompera
Alsenesing
Panama
Gompete
Enna
China
Shouts
Spain
Gompers
Traverse City
Mich
Business College
Hugh
Werd Goddard
Grand Army Meet Draws Thousands to Minneapolis
Minneapolis reports 50,000 visitors poured into the city for the fortieth annual Grand Army encampment. Railroad estimates project a total attendance of about 73,000 by tonight as events unfold. The program grows busier, with multiple sections of activities and several candidates vying for the next commander.
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Minneapolis
Jamo
Grand Army
Trix
Irresistible Force Meets Immovable Body Riddle
In Adrian Michigan on August 73 Carl Brown aged 26 rented a horse at a livery for a country drive and was later urged to Fort Wayne Indiana by officers. The report cites a comic dialogue ending with the pursuit.
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Jal
Adrian
Mich
Carl Brown
Fort Wayne
Ind
Notorious figure Brek McHargan slain by officer's son
In Missouri a notorious character known as Brek McHargan was killed by the son of Policeman Abe Trout after McHargan shot the officer five times while resisting arrest. Veliceman Trent is reported in serious condition.
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Missouri
Vinerion
Atte
Brek" McHargan
Abe Trout
Molfirelle
Veliceman ‘Trent
Accidents at Camp Linvolu Highlight Brigade Camp
The Luuvle cavalry and artillery encampment at Camp Linvolu reports several mishaps. Trooper Krank EH Johnson shot himself in the hand, Trooper Harry L. Coon injured by a pallet fall, and three Chicago troopers kicked by horses but not incapacitated. Brigadier General Edward Young of Chicago commands as the fourth brigade arrives for the final week of the annual camp.
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Botlogteld
Camp Linvolu
Krank EH. Johnson
Harry L. Coon
Springfield
Lucy Wag
Chicago
Kdward ©. Young
Automobile wreck kills one man near Meadow boulevard
A collision on Meadow boulevard near Bridge Road in Atlantic City killed Joseph Locke a 30 year old Philadelphia driver. Three other occupants Alan Wilson James Brown and Marguerite Sutton aged 23 from Philadelphia were injured with Sutton suffering a fractured arm Brown wrist broken Wilson badly injured. Respondents found twenty minutes after the crash as the party lay in the wrecked vehicle.
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Womie—Col
Atlantic City
Meadow Boulevard
Tman Avas
Joseph Locke
Philadelphia
Allan Wilson
James Brown
Mar-guerlte Sutton
Mies Sutton
Brown
Wilson
Philippine students to study agriculture in the south
Washington reports Philippine students sent to the United States to study farming will focus on southern states where tropical crops thrive. About thirty youths will study in northern agricultural schools, but race prejudice in the south pushes them to consider states with tropical crops flourishing.
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Washington
United States
Glorious airship ride ends near a precipice event
Mrs. Mary Prentice Miller wife of Major Charles J B Miller becomes the second woman in the United States to pilot an airship. The craft flew from Brooklin Pennsylvania with Leo Stevens the inventor. Engine failure caused a perilous descent near a hill above town but no one was injured.
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Brooklin
Mary Prentice Miller
Charles J. B. Miller
Leo Stevens
Milul
United States
Mike
Stevens
Gan
Mer
Auburhs
Cate
Balloon Airship Flight Ended By Engine Failure
A dramatic balloon flight near the city ended when the engine failed after hundreds of feet of ascent. Stevens steered toward town to avoid a precipice, the balloon nearly touching a house corner before landing safely. Mrs. Miller praised for bravery, with Stevens grateful and ready to fly again.
Notable events span continents in a single note
Thirteen people were killed by Tremaine poisoning at an old settlers' home in Oskaloosa Kansas. Charles Dobbs, a Louisville newspaper man, his dear nominated for congress by the Socialists in Kentucky's fifth district. A severe two second earth shock struck San Remo Italy.
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Kan
Chitrles Dobbs
Congress
Kentucky
San Remo
Italy
Tragic gunshot deaths shock Etret Taute residents
In Etret Taute Indiana two 8 to 9 year old boys died from gunshot wounds within two days. Leonard Prices, 9, found on a porch with a wound and allegedly involved in forest exposure. Tacry Morris, 8, dies July 21 from a wound. Frank Kauffman claims he shot at a bird and the bullet glanced off a tree striking Morris. Coroner investigates claims of accidental shooting and coercion.
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Ind
Lernardy Prices
É Tacry Morris
Frank Kauffman
Kauts Dian
Morty
Kauffman
State control of public utilities debated by New Zealand leader
Sir Joseph G Ward, president of New Zealand, argues for government ownership of railways and public services. He cites thirty years of state control, low rates, uniform tariffs, broad employment, and profits kept modest to aid development, with railways largely state owned and regulated to benefit all classes.
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Joseph G. Ward
Preaer
New Zealand
New York American
Gallway
Smail
Tim
Public Welfare Reforms Advance Under Democratic Policy
The speaker extols a broad program of state control and public utilities management. He highlights tax exemptions for landowners, factory reforms, and limits on working hours, arguing these measures improve conditions and promote fair competition. He notes government ownership of telegraphs, life insurance, post offices, and a public savings bank, with independent auditing and protected salaries. Greece’s leaders back gymnasia funding, while Sweden inspires local athletic plans.
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Iife Insurance Department
Ute Insurance
Adraumios
Setilors
Postof
Ics Syings Bank
Thur
Ap Jencen
Post Office
Tme
Clasues
Ani
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