Riot unrest and arrests after street clashes and rail blockades
A multi-incident report describes a mob of about 1000 to 3000 blocking streets and obstructing a railway, throwing stones, and clashing with police and militia. Arrests followed as officers subdued rioters and a firefight injured several, alongside related union disputes and a separate Manila church revolt note.
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Holmgensvetius
Orange Street
Brooklyn
Pearl and
Franklin Avenue
State ‘Board of Arbitration
Death of Col Ingersoll shocks readers in 1903 account
Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll died suddenly after a conversation in his home. Mrs Ingersoll was present and noted only the whiteness of his eyes before death. Doctors declared death instant. Born August 11 1833, in Dresden New York, Ingersoll had a storied career as a lawyer, cavalry officer, attorney general of Illinois, and famed orator and writer.
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Eeacee
Robert Green Ingersoll
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Wisconsin
Illinois
Shawneetown
Hill
Eben
Ingersoll
United States Supreme Court
Moses
Daly
Unknown 19th Century Health Notes and International Talks
A fragmented jumble of medical claims and diplomatic summaries discusses indigestion remedies, nerve restoration, and a long note on negotiations between Mr. Fairbanks, Secretary Hay, and the British and Canadian authorities. It mentions a U S commission near Quebec and vague boundary talks, plus local crime and schooling funding figures. It ends with a quip about a woman’s marriage age.
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Fairbanke
Hay
Washington
Ihs
Quebec
Railroads Jeopardize Rights of Way in Midwestern Battle
In July 1924 Beset the Office Sromm Lax Iowa reports rising trouble over the Milwaukee and Minneapolis and St Louis railroads as disputes over right of way threaten conflict.
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Sromm
Franco American reciprocity talks near deadline in Washington
In Washington on July 21 the Franco American reciprocity negotiations enter a critical stage with only three days left to frame a treaty under the shingley act. French officials oppose reductions affecting agrarian interests and fear competition from American goods. Cambon and Chargentier now reportedly favor abandoning the effort. The outcome hinges on Paris officials allowing the reductions and whether a treaty can be concluded.
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Washington
M. Cambon
M. Chargentier
France
Paris
Washington Notes on Army Supplies and Manila Plans
Investigations into Oregon troop clothing show surplus items sent through San Francisco. General Brooke reports Herman Peine, quartermaster sergeant, died of yellow fever in Santiago. Secretary Alger approves a Manila refrigeraton plant project costing 290000 to 400000 dollars. A request for 4000 horses for Otis remains, capable of half that number initially.
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Washington
Santiago
Herman Peine
Alger
Manila
Ces Segneuinn
General Otis
Phil
Seattle
Struck by an Electric Car Caiver at McCarthy July
A magazine writer named Carver was struck by an electric car in July near McCarthy. Police reported no further details on injuries or the vehicle involved.
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McCarthy
Wanted His Horse A Scotch Farmer Defeats Noble Wrestler
A renowned Scottish farmer famed for strength agrees to wrestle Lord D a London pugilist. The farmer traps the nobleman, pins him over a hedge, then asks for his horse to be thrown to him as the match ends.
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London
Storion
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