Roosevelt, Telegraph Strike Progress Stalled in Aug. 15 Update
Reports from Oyster Bay and Chicago indicate President Roosevelt will not personally intervene in the telegraphers strike. Meanwhile Western Union and Postal Co. resume service as AP circuits restored from Chicago to the eastern and western fronts. Officials note no arbitration talks and limited administration reach.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Boards of Trade and Commercial
Chicago Board of Trade
la Or Neill
Neill
Chicago
Adtike
Small
Western Union
Fostal Cos
Western Union Telegraph Co
Board of Trade
Associated Press
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Columbus
Louisville
Dayton
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Denver
Colorado Springs
Col
Negro disfranchisement bill passes Georgia House
Atlanta August 15. By a vote of 159 to 16 the Georgia House passed the megro disfranchisement bill after minor senate amendments. The measure, awaiting senate concurrence, is expected to become law within days as the senate is likely to adopt the amendments.
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Atlanta
House
Senate
Jower
Automobile Crash Kills Teen and Chauffeur in New Jersey
The New York telegraph desk reports a crash near Barnardsville New Jersey that killed Miss Kubblewind aged 15 of Barnardsville and the chauffeur Clark of Far Hills. Four others were injured one seriously as the car ran at high speed into a telegraph pole.
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New York
Barnardsville
N. J
Tragic Drowning in Elkhorn River Near Wisner
Jens Brown Mall aged 24 from Logan county Kentucky and 12 year old Karl Breemer drowned in the Elkhorn River near Wisner Nebraska.
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Wisner
Jens Brown Mall
Nebraska
Logan County
Kentucky
Karl Breemer
Elkhorn River
Here
Japanese Settlements Planned in Rio de Janeiro State
Three Japanese settlements will be established in the state of Rio de Janeiro after the state government approved the project. The plan received official sanction from the state authorities.
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Gettie
Brazil
Janeiro
Rio Janeiro
Rail wreck near Monterey claims section hand and injures crew
In Nashville Tennessee on the Southern railroad a wreck near Monterey killed Harvey Gillum a section hand and injured Engineer Hank Bledsoe and two other men. A defective rail caused the crash and several others were seriously hurt.
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Nashville, Tenn
Southern Railroad
Monterey
Haravey Gillum
Hank Bledsoe
Advertisement seeks communication with missing Kenton child
An advertisement in a Pittsburg newspaper asks Charles Stevens of Kenton to contact his home. the notice gives a date of April 4 and urges connection with the missing child case.
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Pittsburg
Papore
Charles Stevens
Kenton
Rival couple slain in high speed Darien crash
In Darien Connecticut a Ford driven by Paul McCormick slammed into a buggy at 60 mph. Carrie Converse lay mortally wounded and McCormick was fatally injured. Two other women were hurt. The tragedy ends a romance long noted in New York society.
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New York
Paul McCormick
Carrie Converse
Darien
New Haven
Stamford
McCormick
McCormick- Converse Alliance
Poughkeepsie
Carrie Converse Pack
Man shoots wife then is shot by daughter in New York
George Waser, after a four year absence, returns home and shoots his wife who dies. Wasser is wounded by his daughter and likely to die. Adeline Langletz and Annie Langletz are arrested. Mrs Langletz says their parents have been separated and Wasser attacked Annie recently.
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New York
George Waser
Wasser
Adeline Langletz
Annie
Telegraph operator refuses death message amid strike
Des Moines reports William Reynolds of Sioux City refused a death notice due to the strike. Cedar Rapids later informed him by long distance that his mother had died and that an attempt to telegraph him had failed because the Sioux City operator would not take the message. He is distraught over missing confirmation of his mother's death.
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Des Moines
William Reynolds
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Young Arkansas Boy, 10, Charged in Sister’s Death
In Helena Arkansas magistrates hold 10 year old Andrew Scott on murder charges after a quarrel with his 13 year old sister. Coroner’s jury verdict says the siblings were returning from school when the boy struck with a brick bat causing fatal wounds.
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Helena
Ark
Andrew Scott
Arkansas
Scott
Local Youth Arrested in Bank Theft near Oldtown
Winfield Marson aged 16 formerly of Chicopee National Bank Springfield Mass was arrested at Bradley near Oldtown Me on a charge of stealing about $5000 from the bank on July 29 The youth was found in possession of a dress suit case containing new $10 gold certificates and treasury notes totaling $4700 from the incident.
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Oldtown
Treasury
Winfield Marson
Chicopee National Bank
Springfield
Mass
Bradley
Here
Soldier struck by lightning at Missouri guard review
Segeant Mat Miller of Battery A St Leula was killed during a violent thunderstorm while at brigade headquarters arranging for the Missouri National Guard review by Governor Folk.
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St. Joseph
Mat. Miller
Battery A
St. Leula
Missouri National Guard
Folk
Fire sweeps half of Old Orchard hotel region
A blaze in Old Orchard Me on August 16 devastated nearly half of the seaside hotel district. Officials estimate losses around 600000 with some properties damaged and suspected loot reported among the affected structures.
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Bummer
Old Orchard
Inquest on Mrs Eddy's Mental Capacity Opens
Concord New Hampshire August 17 Calvin Frye a long term member of Mary Baker Eddy household and secretary attended the fourth day of the inquiry into the Christian Science leader mental capacity. Frye sat as spectator not witness as attorneys debated admissibility of depositions and letters from 1880s and 1890s regarding Eddy.
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The
Christian Science Leader
Concord
N. H
Calvin Frye
Mary Baker G. Eddy
General Streeter
Eddy
Strung Up by Mob Near Clifton After Slaying Two
In Kentucky a mob overpowered Constable Burrus of Tiptonville and abducted Will Clifford a 30 year old black man. They brought him near Clifton where he was lynched after confessing to assault and murder of Mrs Mary Cowan 56 whose body was found in a river. Clifford had been suspected in the earlier case.
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Memphis
Tenn
Burrus
Tiptonville
Maple
Will Clifford
Cliffton
Mary Cowan
Clifford
Shaw Narrowly Escapes Drowning Off Welsh Coast
George Bernard Shaw the author had a close escape while swimming off Lianbedr Merionethshire with a friend. A strong current swept them from shore and after a long struggle they reached a distant sandbank where Shaw, utterly exhausted, was rescued. He says he kept swimming to delay the unpleasantness of drowning.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Daily Mall
Lianbedr
Merionethshire
Shaw
Agreement Near Between Steel Makers And Workers
Pittsburg August 17 The Republic Iron and Steel Co and the Western Bar Iron association agreed to the scale approved by the board of conciliation and the signing of the agreement between the association and manufacturers will take place soon.
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Pittsburg, Pa
Republic Iron & Steel Co
Weastern Bar Iron Association
Board of Conciliation
Fire damages Baltimore warehouse complex
A large fire damaged a five story Baltimore warehouse shared by N B Lobe & Co mat tings and rigs and the Orotjan Lore Co suctionstr of clothing and moos in a joint occupancy. Fire crews fought the blaze through the night and containment was incomplete at dawn.
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Baltimore
L?i
N, B. Lobe & Co
Orotjan, Lore Co
Anarchy Attacks Vatican Clergy in Rome Streets
In Rome on August 19 a mob of about 30 anarchists attacked Cardinal Merry del Val and Monsignor Kennedy as they rode in a carriage near Marino. A detective was badly wounded, and the incident underscores a rising wave of anticlerical violence across Italy amid political tension and Vatican responses.
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Rome
Vatican
Merry del Val
Monsignor Kennedy
American College
Marino
Italy
Quirinal
Arcus
Pius
Nine Hurt In York Streetcar Wreck
Nine persons were injured in a dead-end collision on the York and Windsor street railway due to a signals misunderstanding by motorman S. T. Beck. Passengers panicked and leaped, with injuries including broken arm, sprains, and cuts among York Red Lion and Lancaster County residents.
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York
York and Windsor Street
S. T. Beck
Nora Hollinger
Nettie McGuigan
Red Lion
John Croul
Gasoline Tank Explosion Kills Two Teens in Tiverton Boat
A 30 foot motor boat on the Seaconner river exploded wounding five others after a trip from Fall River. Two youths, George Antuya and Lydia Mercier, died from severe burns, while 14 youths aboard were injured or burned.
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Tiverton
R. I
Seaconner River
Fall River
George Antuya
Lydia Mercier
Nurse killed in 200 foot fall near Twin Sisters Mountain
Miss Eugenia Gould, 30, a trained nurse from South Canon City, plunged from a 200 foot precipice on the north side of Twin Sisters mountain in the Sangre de Cristo range eight miles south of Howard Fremont county and was instantly killed. Her companion Adolphus Latham of Howard witnessed the accident.
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Canon City
Col
Eugenia Gould
West Catlin Jargine
Twin Sisters Mountain
Sangre de Christo Range
Howard
Fremont County
Adolphus Latham
Blalystock Commander Charged in Attacks on Jews
Ca. Schoter, commander of the Blalystock military station in Blalystock Russia, is charged with organizing and helping to carry out recent attacks on Jews in the city.
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Blalystock
Russia
Ca. Schoter
Schooner Fleetwood Believed Lost in Lake Ontario
Belleville Ontario August 19 The schooner Fleetwood owned by Capt Clark Taylor of this city is believed to have gone down in Lake Ontario with all hands remaining unaccounted for witnesses report a wrecked vessel sighting
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Fleetwood
Belleville
Ont
Clark Taylor
Lake Ontario
Emma Leach Dead Sister of Younger Brothers
Mrs. Emma Leach, 54, sister of Cole Jim and Bob Younger, famous Younger brothers, died in Kansas City from injuries after a streetcar accident last Friday. Her death closes a chapter linked to the James Gang era.
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Emma Leach
Kansas City
Cole
Jim
Bob Younger
James Bandits
Forest Fires Threaten Two Forests Around Toulon
Great fires blaze on all sides of Toulon as two forests face threat. Troops battle the flames with desperate efforts but high winds hinder progress and limit control at present.
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Toulon
Woman near Ligny recalls Napoleon meeting
In Ligny Belgium a 101 year old woman Mme Anne-Josephe Rubay recalls speaking with Napoleon on June 16 1815. She describes his kindly gesture to protect her and her mother and recalls the village’s destruction the next day while noting Prussian soldiers ate their chickens and calves.
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Ligny
Belgium
Napoleon
Mme
Anne-Josephe Rubay
London Daily Graphic
Anne-Josephe
Russia
Sombreffe
Mme. Rubay
Man Returns Seven Year Debt From Former Tramp
A Moorestown New Jersey butcher recalls a shopper who paid for a seven year old steak. The fashionably dressed stranger left a banknote and explained he once bought the meat as a tramp who picked berries nearby. Now a stock broker, he offered his name and office and said he had long worried about the debt.
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Moorestown
N. J
Narrow Minded Man Makes Broad Claims Prompt Audience Query
A Chicago Daily News quip notes the irony of a man with a narrow mind making broad assertions. The exchange features a proponent of questions addressing an audience member and a sharp retort from the other side.
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Chicago Daily News
Parisian swindler promised heiresses to wealthy suitors
Mme. Guerin of Paris faced prosecution for duping Frenchmen out of large sums by promising rich and beautiful wives. A disappointed suitor testified he paid $7,000 and was invited to choose among heiresses at the opera, selecting Miss Northcliffe as the youngest and prettiest.
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Mme. Guerin
Paris
Woman Credits Dean's Kidney Pills With Cure
Mrs Margaret Emmerich of Clinton Street Napoleon Ohio suffered fifteen years from kidney troubles with back pain blurred vision and dizzy spells. After ten years of inability to work and two years bedridden she found relief and a full cure with Dean's Kidney Pills. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Margaret Emmerich
Clinton St. Napoleon, O
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Rule of Cornish Chapels Sparks Seat Banter
A Cornish chapel visitor and his fiancée were told to separate after seating together, with the steward admonishing them we do not have sweetheartin here. The incident highlights local gender seating norms in Englands Cornish chapels.
The Three Milkmen Adulteration Prank In Western Town
A man buys a quart of milk finds it watered down and posts a vindictive notice. He offers to drop charges if the adulterator provides another quart. The following day three quart cans appear on his doorstep. The tale mentions three dairymen in town.
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Judge’s. Library
Early tardy pupil slips past principal in haste
A pudgy first grader, five minutes late, dashes toward his classroom as the principal calls him for a talk. The boy insists he is late and hurries to the door before any discussion can happen.
Punishment by Inches In Genesee Court
Henry Meyer a 27 year old seven foot two inch tall prisoner in Bergen Genesee county court was sentenced to 90 days in jail one day for each inch of stature and one for each bag of oats he stole. The court applied a novel justice scheme in the jail sentence reported by the Nunda News.
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Bergen
Genesee County
Public sale planned for Mor gan oil portrait among unclaimed goods
An oil portrait of J Pierpont Morgan is among unclaimed dutiable items in New York government stores and will be offered at public sale. The note adds a quotation from Emerson and a motto from Franklin, reflecting on personal peace and discontent.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Grape-Nuts Said to Nourish Like Ten Pounds Meat
Claims that one pound of Grape-Nuts provides more usable nourishment than ten pounds of meat bread wheat or oats. Advocates note its wheat and barley base is transformed into sugar for immediate absorption. Testimonies claim weight gain for thin people and reduced weight for corpulent individuals.
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Charlies Stevens
Bolt Kille Major
Capt. Frye
Little Gray Man
Frye
Mr. Kelly
Mr. Frye
Boston
Mrs. Eddy
William G. Nixon
Buswell
Streeter
Kelly
Noyes
POSSE
Band OF Thirty
Anarchists
Cardinal del Val
Kennedy
Escort
Jew Balter
R. W. Emerson
Franklin
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