Bold Burroughs pay car holdup nets $87 000 in Detroit
Five armed men halted the Burroughs Adding Machine pay car on Burroughs avenue in Detroit in view of hundreds. Rudolph Cooper was wounded as bandits seized five of six cash boxes and escaped in two cars pursued by police. Clyde Stratton is suspected. pursuit spread to Novi and state officers joined the chase.
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Detroit
Mich
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Rudolph Cooper
Burroughs
Clyde Stratton
Joliet Penitentiary
Novi
Burroughs Avenue
Woodward
Case Avenues
Cadillac Automobile Company
Cadillac
Cooper
Citywide Strike Shuts New York Railways Lines
New York workers voted Friday to strike, shutting off most surface lines and forcing riders to use the L and subway or walk. The union says the company ignored its ultimatum and may see other lines join the walkout as a Wooster Street crowd harassed a strike-breaking car before police dispersed the scene.
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New York
New York Railways Company
Anton
Wooster Street
Strike Ve
Tts
Speene
Execution of Sir Roger Casement at Pentonville Prison
London reports Sir Roger Casement hanged as a traitor in the Pentonville yard at 9 07 am. The scene featured the public hangman Ellis from Rochdale, who collected a £5 fee, and a priest who administered rites as Casement faced the scaffold. The Deutschland submarine meanwhile sailed from Baltimore escorted by US and British ships to reach Germany.
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London
Roger Casement
Pentonville
Ellis
Rochdale
Casement
O. R. M. Davia
Anderaheriff
Roger
Baltimore
Lannon
Apache
Timmins
Fimit
United States
Virginia Capes
Germany
al- Med
Nebraska Events Schedule From Aug To Oct In 1923
A compiled list shows upcoming Nebraska events from Aug 17 to Oct 21 including Seventh Day Adventists conference at Hastings Aug 17-20, Nebraska State Fair at Lincoln Sept 12-16, Central Nebraska Fair at Grand Island Sept 25- bt, and the State Federation of Labor meeting at Fremont Sept 13-15. Also noted are local lore like a voters race in Gage county, hydroelectric feasibility near Beatrice, and multiple fairs, conventions, and reunions across the state.
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Seventh Day Adventists Conference
Hastings
Nebraska
Grand le Ine
Valley Photographers’ Association
Lincoln
Grand
Stand
State Federation of Labor
Fremont
Settlers
Mitchell
Women’s Christian
Temperance Union
Omaha
Grand Lodge
Homor
Blue River
Barnston
G. W. Steinmeyer
Beatrice
Chicago
Alamito
Rawlings
Wymore
Gage
Pawnee
RP. Holland
Kansas
Lincon
Jefferson County Livestock Association
Fairbury
Jesse C. McNish
Republican State Central Committee
McNish
Chautauqqua
Holdrege
Commercial Club
Chautauqua
Riley Long
Denmark Purchases Danish West Indies for 25 Million
Denmark in New York signed a treaty with the United States to transfer the Danish West Indies for 25 million dollars. Secretary Lansing informed Acting Secretary Polk of the signing and officials said details would wait until ratification by both the U.S. and Danish parliaments.
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Denmark
New York
United States
Danish West Indies
Lansing
Polk
Steamer Letimbre Sunk by Uboat Off Malta
A submarine sinks the Italian steamer Letimbre with a crew of 57 and 113 passengers aboard. Twenty eight survivors arrive at Malta, two boats reach another port, and many lives are feared lost while women and children were among the passengers. A separate NY report notes a drop in new infantile paralysis cases though deaths rise.
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London
Malta
Reuter
Fyrause
Rail workers tenter mediation as talks resume in New York
Labor leaders of major trunk line railroads inform the U S board of mediation that talks will continue in New York to settle differences and avert a nationwide strike. About half of 400000 ballots have been counted with a large share voting for strike, led by southern members where 90 percent of four railway orders favor action.
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Washington
United States Board of Mediation and
Southern Association of Trainmen
South
Knights of Pythias Elects New Supreme Chancellor
John Brown of Vandalia Illinois was elected supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in Portland Oregon on August 5. Charles Davis of Denver was named to a high office within the order.
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Portland
Ore
John. Brown
Vandalia
Ill
Knights of Pythias
Charlies &. Davis
Britannic Steamship Sunk Off Coast of London
London Aug 4 report confirms the Britannic a Cockertine steamship of 3487 tons gross has been sunk. Details of the sinking and rescue operations were not fully disclosed in the brief dispatch.
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London
Britannic
Italians Repel Surprise Hungarian Attack in Travigneso Valley
Italian forces report a repulsed assault by Aue tro Hungarians in the Travigneso valley after repelling a surprise attack. Italian positions held with casualties or material losses not disclosed.
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Travigneso
Head Hunters Busy In Solomon Islands War Echo
A Vancouver World correspondent notes wartime troop movements led to British ships leaving the Solomon Islands. Cannibal raids by head hunters increased as patrols waned, with a mountain tribe reportedly taking 26 heads from a coastal village. The market chatter shows munitions men favor subs over airships.
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Europe
Solomon Islands
Vancouver
Sydney
N.8. W
Man Buried Under Ten Crates of Eggs in Moyamensing Crash
Anthony Capolo of 904 Pearce Street was knocked down by a trolley car on Moyamensing Avenue and buried under a wreck of ten crates of eggs. He was taken to Methodist Hospital covered in broken eggs with lacerations and contusions. The egg dealer driver John Downey of Chester failed to see the trolley and moved onto the tracks.
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Anthony Capolo
Pearce Street
Methodist Hospital
Capolo
Moyamensing Avenue
John “Downey
Chester
Philadelphia
Coal supply and a joke about fortune telling
The dialogue mocks a newspaper claim that coal will last 800 years in New Castle. A quip suggests consulting a fortune teller to learn if one will live that long, ending with the remark that a woman cannot keep a secret.
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Newcastle
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