Fatal Fifth Avenue shooting ends with suspect's suicide
A well dressed man shot a young woman on Fifth Avenue in New York, then killed himself. The woman, identified by letters as Violet Rogers, is believed to be Rebecca Silverman. The shooter Abraham Fink of Buffalo left about $3,000 in cash and Canadian money. The incident occurred as the woman read a letter aloud, startling the assailant and prompting the deadly act.
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New York
Abraham Fink
North Division Street
Buffalo
Violet Rogers
Vine Street
Thei
Rebecca Silverman
Fink
United States
Mandre de Fouquieres
France
M. de Fouguieres
Resignation of Mexican Minister Wilson Accepted
Secretary Bryan accepts Henry Lane Wilson's resignation as ambassador to Mexico with effect October 14. No successor named before leave ends. embassy to remain under Charge O Shaughney in Mexico City and Charge Alern in Washington. Wilson had warned his resignation was near, while Washington weighs policy toward Huerta and the constitutionalists amid Mexican turmoil.
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Wilson
Washington
Henry Lane Wilson
Bryan
Washington, Ave
Mexico
Midero
Huerta
Mexico City
O'Shaughney
Charge
Alearn
New York
Telegraph
Warlier
United States
White House
Taft
Bacon
State Department
National Capital Now Jagless Town Report
Washington awoke on August 4 to a 21 hour period with no arrests for drunkenness. Police noted a quiet docket as the new excise law pushed by Congress curbed public intoxication and reshaped the capital's law enforcement scene.
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Jagless Town
Washington
National Capital
Congress
Wheatland riot quelled by California militia action
Sacramento Aug 6 with six national guard companies under Adjt Gen Torbes in control Wheatland quiet after a clash yesterday between a sheriff posse and 500 hop pickers leaving four dead and four wounded. Five hundred of 1700 hop pickers left the Durst Brothers ranch as five suspects were arrested. Authorities seek leaders and hold responsible those killed including E T Mannell district attorney and deputy sheriff T Riordan. Militia to be withdrawn later today. all injured expected to recover.
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Sacramento
Cal
National Guard of Californian
Adjt
J. A. Torbes
Wheatland
J. Quinn
Henry Bagan
Charles Bohn
John McConnell
E. T. Mannell
Yuba County
T. Riordan
Motorcycle Crash Injures 17YearOld Near Galva
Gus Jensen, 17, son of Nelson Jensen, lost control of a motorcycle five miles southwest of Galva and struck barbed wire fence. A wire sliced his mouth, requiring 14 stitches. he suffered facial cuts. Local officials note smoking habit may have contributed to the incident.
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Galva
Gus Jensen
Nelson Jensen
Young Jensen
Brady Fortune Left to Children and Grandchild
York reports the will of An . Brady, a traction magnate, revealing a $70.0 million estate. The five children and a grandchild inherit the bulk, the widow gets $1.6 million upfront plus a $60 thousand yearly annuity, and $100 thousand is left to charity.
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Brady
York
An. Brady
Salmon Fishermen Strike Paralyzes Frager River Canneries
Four thousand salmon fishermen walked out on the Frager river strike, joined by Whites Japanese and Indians. Canneries report reduced output as Greek, Taiwanese, and other crews face disruption. Pickets clashed with Greek fishermen, throwing catch overboard. one cannery faced fourteen thousand fish stranded.
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Cancouver
TL C
Frager Rive
Rich Gold Deposit Reported in Belgian Congo
Antwerp reports a gold field of exceptional richness discovered in the southern Batanga province of the Belgian Congo. Despatches from Elizabethville, the district capital, describe the find as highly promising for future mining activity.
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Belgian Congo
Antwerp
Belgium
Batanga
Elizabethville
American woman to pay tax to Britain
Mrs Maldwin Drummond formerly Mrs Marshall Field Jr of Chicago lost her appeal against paying 350000 in income tax on funds from the late Marshall Field estate. The money was to maintain and educate her three grandchildren living in England under her guardianship.
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London
Maldwin Drummond
Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
Marshall Field
England
Drummond
Aerial Crash Claims Life of German Aviation Pupil
Berlin August 5 An aviation pupil named Broke died from burns after his aeroplane fuel tank exploded following an abrupt landing at Johannistha Aerodrome. He had been performing figure eights over a Sunday crowd when the motor failed and the plane struck a boundary column. Fellow aviator Matthaes raced through the flames to aid him.
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Berlin
Broke
Johannistha
Broks
Matthaes
Gomez to Lead Venezuela Army Against Castro Uprising
President Juan Vicente Gomez announced he will personally lead forces against Cipriano Castro's followers rising in Falcon Tachira and western Venezuela. Veterans and recruits mobilize at Maracay and Barquisimeto to attack Coro and trap Castro, while business stalls as confidence remains in suppression.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Juan Vicente Gomez
Cipriano Castro
Falcon
Tachira
Castro
Maracay
Coro
Barquisimeto
Lara
Omaha Detective Targeted by Bullets
In Omaha Nebraska on August 5 an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Chief of Detectives Stephen Maloney occurred as he sat in his police station office. Two bullets fired from behind box cars shattered the window, prompting officers to search the area and deploy extra patrols along the railroad yards.
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Omaha
Neb
Stephen Maloney
Maloney
Grace dies in chair for murdering his brother
Ossing N Y Aug 5 Anthony W Grace was executed by electric chair at Sing Sing for the Walden murder of his brother Jack Grace a well known wrestler whose body was found hacked to pieces at the Walden Social club last September. Suspicions pointed to Anthony who disappeared after marrying a widow at Walden and later was found with much of his brother's property. He was convicted by a Middletown jury.
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Ossing
Anthony W. Grace
Sing Sing
Jack” Grace
Walden
Anthony
Middletown
Des Moines Piqued Talks Retaliation
Des Moines Iowa August 5 The state weighs appeal after a ruling nullified the law ordering low rates to the state fair Railroads may discriminate in favor of certain cities and fairs while granting reductions to other points Attorney General Coskon declines to reveal plans but hints at challenging permit tents injunctions later in fall
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Des Moines
Tida
Coskon
Witness Claims $50,000 Offered to Vanish in San Francisco Case
David G. Power, former company employee and now chief government witness, told a conference with the special counsel prosecuting the Western Fuel case that he was offered $50,000 to disappear. He named the people who made the offer and gave the exact language. Matt L. Sullivan and Theodore J. Rocha, supervising the case for the attorney general, would not discuss Power’s account.
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San Francisco
Cal
Counse
David G. Power
Powers
Tose
Matt L. Sullivan
Theodore J. Rocha
Game law arrest near Ipswich nets two guns and dogs
Deputy Game Warden Comstock captured S. W Mountain aid O. W. Rose near Ipswich with two guns one dog and fair prairie chickens. The offenders will plead guilty.
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Pierre
Comstock
S. W Mountain Aid O. W. Rose
Ipswich
Aged woman Eliza Mills attacked in Paris Missouri
An 80 year old widow, Mrs Eliza Mills, was assaulted last night by an unknown man in Paris Missouri. She was beaten and choked into unconsciousness. neighbors found her early today in a serious condition.
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Paris
Eliza Mills
Millis
Chinese Revolution Ends Revolt in Canton Region
Aug The Southern Chinese rebellion has been suppressed and independence declarations abrogated. In Canton the population celebrates the uprising with celebrations and the firing of shells. General Lung Chi Kuang named governor general of Kwong-Tung. Rebel governor Chang of Kwong-Tung expected in Hong Kong tonight after shooting two advisers. Artillerymen kill their commander and loot the treasury as weap ons explode near the prefects offices. Fighting continues along the Weet river with rebels having captured a Runboat. Canton reports 12 killed as shells strike the prefect’s offices. Rebel forces retreat after losses near Shiuhing on the Weat river as government troops gain advantage. 10 000 Canton revolutionists opposed 25 000 northern troops under Gen Lung Chi Kuang. The battle outcome is not known.
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Hong Kong
China
Canton
Antd
Lung Chi-Kuane
Kwang-8i
Brsvi Eds
Kwang-Tung
Chang
Begin
Weet
Loctera
Pokin
Kiang-Si
Tine
Hu- Nan
Nean-Hwai
Shiuhing
Weat River
Lung Chi Kuang
Kwang-Si
Noahs Mighty Flood Fully Confirmed Story
Old Noah narrative describes ark construction in the 500th year, entry of Noah with family and animal pairs, flood in the 600th year lasting 40 days and 40 nights, ark resting on Mount Ararat in the 10th month, a dove sent after 40 days bearing an olive leaf, and departure of Noah and beasts in the 601st year on the 27th day.
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Noah
Mount
Ararat
The
Ric
Ancient Babylonian flood epic decoded at Penn museum
University of Pennsylvania researchers announce deciphering of a seven inch square Babylonian tablet from Nippur. The epic recounts creation by Nintu and Ishtar, Enki counsel, and a Noah figure Zhugidda. Estimates suggest 460,000 years between creation and flood with a sun god opening the ship.
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Philadelphia
Babylon
University of Pennsylvania
Museum of the
University
Arno Poehel
Nippur
Anu
Entull
Nintu
Zingidda
Shuruppal
Noah
Zhugidda
Enki
Ineidda
Zlugidda
Poobel
Hamurabi
Kemp Engleman dies of tetanus after rake injury
Lacrosse Wisconsin August 5 Kemp Engleman 15 son of Dr J O Engleman vice president of the State Normal School dies of lockjaw after two weeks of illness. He contracted tetanus by stepping on the tine of a rake.
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Lacrosse
Wid
Kemp Engleman
J. O. Engleman
Sormal School
Young Engleman
Enraged laborers won't resume work at Alloazore docks
Enraged workers, about 500 men at the Alloazore docks in West Superior, refuse to return to duty after Thursday evening accident that killed two and severely injured others. They demand removal of conditions they claim caused the disaster, halting operations since the incident.
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Superior
Wis
Alloazore
West Superior
New Sidelight On High Cost Living In Bisbee Area
A Warren District Commercial Club report details high living costs with wage and freight facts. Findings show households paying 25 to 50 percent more due to shopping and processing habits such as sliced fish, boiled ham, ground coffee, and pre sliced bacon, plus buying crackers in costly paper cartons.
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Blavee
Ark
Aug
Warren District Commercial Club
Bisbee
Banking by mail is new postal feature
Washington announces August changes to the parcel post system. The weight limit increases to 20 pounds and rates are cut for local and zonal deliveries. A banking by mail feature will be introduced into the postal savings system to help remote depositors access benefits.
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Washington
Burleson
Newspapers May Decline Advertising Under Contract
In St Paul Minnesota on August 5 a district court ruling upheld a newspaper right to reject ads even when filed under a yearly contract. The suit involved a local department store suing to recover money due under a yearly contract after the store’s ad copy was partially rejected by the paper.
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St. Paul. Minn
I Newspaper
Ths Advertising Coiy
56 700 Men Needed In Western Fields
Bt. Paul Minnesota August 5 fifty six thousand seven hundred laborers will be required to harvest the crops in Minnesota the Dakotas Kanea Nebraska and Montana according to figures compiled by railroads traversing those states from reports of agents at points on their lines.
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Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Dakotas
Kanea
Nebraska
Montana
Craized Mother Kills Her Three Children
Philadelphia reports a mother, Mrs. John J. Brogan, slashed the throats of her three children, killing two and leaving Mary Brogan, age nine, the third victim, after a brutal assault that began Saturday night. doctors said there was no hope for the final survivor.
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Philadelphia
Mary Brogan
John J. Brogan
Study on infection prevention and hospital needs
The author argues that most cases stem from home care failures and that family health suffers. Special hospitals would be needed for many patients, but current capacity allows only a fraction of cases to be treated. To reduce infection, more and better hospital and sanatorium provisions are required.
Eczema on scalp and travel of articles in ad
A patient details a six month struggle with eczema starting on the scalp spreading to body and ears, hair loss, itching and sleepless nights. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for two applications the condition improved and cleared in a month.
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Bertha Underwood
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
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