Death for anarchists and massed crowds at camp
Secretary Bonaparte urged lethal punishment for anarchists in a Cumberland Md speech. Separately 75,000 attended the Grand Army encampment in Minneapolis as cultural and political notes stretch over battles, trials, drownings, wrecks, and international dispatches from across the globe.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Root
Uruguay
United States
Shiloh House
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church of Zion
Desperate attack on Western Kentucky doctor triggers lynch mob
In Paducah on August 14 a mob pursued Gabe Fletcher after he struck Dr. J. W. Pendley, city physician for McCracken County, with a brick as Pendley defended himself and watermelon vendors watched. Fletcher and another assailant were beaten by the crowd and jailed after police arrived. Pendley was only lightly hurt while Fletcher’s condition was precarious.
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Mayfield
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J. W. Pendley
McCracken
Gabe Fletcher
Pendley
Fletcher
Broadway
Third
Central Station
Fleet at Oyster Bay forms largest U.S. fleet yet
Washington reports orders to assemble the Atlantic fleet for Roosevelt's review at Oyster Bay on September 3 aboard the Mayflower. The fleet will include 45 vessels with 1,178 guns, 812 officers, and 15,235 men, plus 7,400 tons of coal, 2,500 tons of provisions, and 850,000 gallons of water among escort ships.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Navy Department
Boy Falls From Moving Train Near Philadelphia Station
Springfield report states four year old Tony Bardinger fell from a B. and O. S. W. passenger train traveling about fifty miles per hour near Philadelphia station. He was found unhurt aside from a minor back injury and a small cut on the upper lip.
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Springfield
Ill
Philadelphia
Tony Bardinger
Whit ney Co. manager Capt Hambley dies in Salisbury
Capt. E B Hambley, manager of the Whitney Co a corporation built with Pittsburgh capitalists developing Whitney water power, died in Salisbury North Carolina from typhoid fever. He was well known to mining engineers worldwide.
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Salisbury
N. C
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Whitney Co
Pittsburgh
Whitney
Australian visit hinted by Bryan not confirmed
Melbourne dispatch to the Daily Chronicle reports Premier Calkin has not received official word of William Jennings Bryan planning a visit to Australia but would give the American a cordial reception if he comes.
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Daily Chronicle
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Wm. J. Bryan
Australia
Doctor Merritt Dies in Joplin Mystery
Joplin Missouri August 14 After fleeing Indian Territory to escape assassination Dr George Merritt of Cedar I T died in a local hotel under mysterious circumstances Officials believe he may have poisoned himself.
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Indian Territory
George Merritt
Cedar, I. T
Farmer John Donohue Shot Near Coyville
In Toronto Kansas on August 14 John Donohue 70 a wealthy farmer was shot and killed at his home near Coyville by his wife who he had attacked with a butcher knife. Mrs Donohue has not yet been arrested.
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Charles Emory Smith
Block Island
R. I
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John MacVicar
Des Moines
American League of Municipalities
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Evergreen
Pittsburg
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Downsville
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Venlo
William J. Bryan
Pompeii
Naples
Rome
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Coyville
Donohue
Fire Threat Devastates Magazine Street Co in New Orleans
Aug 14 New Orleans fire menaced the wholesale district destroying the building on Magazine street near Lafayette housing Pinsky Bros. Hoffman commission merchants and Burkenroad Goldsmith Co grocers. Loss placed at 50000 dollars.
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Magazine Street
Lafayette
Pinsky Bros. & Hoffman
Commission Merchants
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Lunacy Proceeding Began Over Roosevelt Church Disturbance
Oyster Bay July 14 Lunacy proceedings were filed against Miss Asi L Esac also known as Elizabeth Case after she created a disturbance during a church service attended by President Roosevelt.
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Elizabeth Case
Roosevelt
Two Drowned in Texas Flood As Bridges Are Swept
A Texas flood swirled through Langtry and surrounding canyons on August 14. A gang of workmen was surprised by rising waters and two men are confirmed dead. Nine Southern Pacific railroad bridges were washed away in the inundation.
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Houston
Tex
Langtry
Southern Pacific Railroad
Panama arrest widens plot against Amador regime
Washington reports Governor Magoon of Panama advising the state department of 13 men charged on the isthmus with conspiring to kill President Amador and to overthrow his government. Authorities seek to curb the alleged plot and restore stability in the region.
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Washington
Infant slain as window fall leads to murder suicide
In a Cincinnati tragedy a man with impaired faculties hurled his baby from a window to the street and then killed himself by leaping after, while Mrs Emma Halley of Camp Washington died by jumping from a third story window after reading of the McKenna case.
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Emma Halley
Camp Washton
Newport Citizen Ad Pegg Dies by Own Action
Marietta Ohio reports Ad Pegg a wealthy Newport resident died after cutting his throat with a jackknife. A warrant for Pegg’s arrest was being prepared over alleged improper relations with a local woman, whose husband had just discovered the affair. Pegg leaves a wife and large family.
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Newport
Washington County
Ad Pegg
Pegg
Divorce granted in spiritualist wedding case at Lima
Judge Armstrong of Celina grants Pearl Chown Briggs a divorce from Homer T. Briggs. The 1921 Lima nuptials, first in the country under Spiritualistic ritual, drew hundreds of guests and even purported signs of blessings from departed friends. Chown testified gross neglect and cruelty by the groom.
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Ten Doctors Prescribed For Girl Died From Too Much Medicine
Cleveland case of Jennie Gross a 16 year old girl of 174 Greenwood Street dying after excessive medicine from ten doctors. Coroner cites morphine in her system and notes doctors failed to coordinate care while the mother also suffered. Coroner warns about dosage in summer colic treatment and ice water.
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Cleveland, O
Jennie Gross
Greenwood Street
Siegelstein
Mysterious Potion Deaths In Cleveland Case
Coroner investigates a mysterious potion given to treat epilepsy by Joseph Marx who came from Bendzin Poland five weeks ago. A man died and a woman lies in a nine day trance as inquest into Reis death proceeds. Marx claims limited knowledge of the drug’s composition and cites past cures in Poland.
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Cleveland
Bendzin
Poland
Siegelstein
Marx
Reis
Cries For Help In Olmsted Falls Search For Seager Boy
Practically the entire Olmsted Falls population joined a wide river search for Clarence Seager a 16 year old boy son of farmer Charles Seager after cries were heard along the west branch of Rocky River. Despite efforts by many including an expert diver the body was not recovered and his clothes were found on the riverbank. The cause of death remains undetermined.
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Olmsted Falls
Clarence Seager
Charles Seager
Young Seager
West Branch
Rocky River
Saloonmen Offer Mayor Bribe To Open Sunday
In Lancaster Ohio saloon men offered Mayor Hursell 200 dollars per month for personal use if he would not oppose Sunday opening. He refused, saying only a majority of voters could decide the Sunday saloon issue.
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Lancaster, O
Hursell
Suit Withdrawn in Richwood Methodist Case
Marion Ohio Derivative suit for 5000 dollars filed a year ago by Hile Eckelberry a Rich wood Methodist member against Rev. A A Thomas former pastor Dr J H Fitzwater Delaware presiding elder and Dr Graham agent of a Methodist publishing house in Chicago is to be withdrawn.
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Hile Eckelberry
Richwood Methodist Church
A. A. Thomas
J. H. Fitzwater
Delaware
Graham
Chicago
Two Bathers Drown Amid Heavy Surf at Cedar Point
At Cedar Point Sandusky Ohio two bathers, Harry Steinkamp of Springfield and Jacob Weidhmeir of Toledo, were warned by a beach patrolman about the heavy surf. Ignoring the warning, they ventured far and drowned in front of about 3000 spectators. Their bodies were recovered shortly after.
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Cedar Point
Harry Steinkamp
Springfield
Jacob Weidhmeir
Toledo
Steinkamp
Weidhmeir
Hermit Charles Larsh Drowns Fishing at White Pond
Charles Larsh, a 30 year hermit of Copley township, drowned while fishing at White Pond after his boat struck a submerged log. He and a neighbor were aboard when the vessel ran aground and he fell into the water.
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Akron,q
Charles Larsh
Copley Township
White Pond
Contractor to Build Miami and Erie Canal Locks in Middletown
Middletown Ohio contractor Frank Davis of Hamilton will begin constructing the concrete locks for the Miami and Erie canal. The first lock will rise in Middletown on the historic site where Dewitt Clinton broke ground for the canal in 1832.
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Middletown
Frank Davis
Hamilton
Dewitt Clinton
Big gas well strike boosts Springfield output
Central Contract & Finance Co. reports another major gusher near Pleasantville in Springfield, Ohio. The new well can supply 6,500,000 cubic feet of gas daily, bringing the total profitable wells in the area to six within the last two weeks.
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Springfield
Central Contract & Finance Co
Pleasantville
Brews and Buildings Swindle Suspect Arrested in Canton
Canton police arrested Otto Schultz alias Miller, wanted in Elyria for embezzlement. Schultz posed as a brewmaster and claimed he would take charge of a local brewery and build seven houses.
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Otto Schultz
Miller
Elyria
Schultz
McBride Surrenders in Fatal Attack Case
Columbus Ohio John McBride surrendered to police admitting membership in the party that attacked Ben Smith. Smith was fatally shot making the fourth arrest in the case.
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Columbus
John McBride
Ben Smith
Smith
New York Central Seeks Ridgeway Farm for Dining Car Supplies
The New York Central Railway Co. is negotiating to acquire the 200 acre Riddle and Rutan farm at Ridgeway and plans to use it as a fruit and vegetable farm serving dining cars across its system.
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Riddle & Rutan
Ridgeway
Ready to Mine Gold in Newark by Licking Mining Co
The Licking Mining Co announces new gold mining gear is ready in Newark C. and active work is about to begin. A sluiceway has been installed and a satisfactory test completed.
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Newark
The_ Licking Mining Co
Akron official resigns as deputy treasurer plans California exile
Deputy County Treasurer Horace E. Berger resigns and will winter in California. Remaining office staff plan to depart immediately. Former Treasurer Fred E. Smith is in Cleveland at his wife’s hospital bedside.
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Horace E. Berger
California
Fred E. Smith
Cleveland
Civil War Vet George Rouse Dies After Fall From Window
George Rouse a Civil War veteran was intoxicated and fell from a second story window at the Odle hotel in Portsmouth Ohio. He landed on the sidewalk and died from his injuries. His wife resides at Sheridan Ohio.
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George Rouse
Odle Hotel
Sheridan
Woman Thrown From Buggy by Frightened Horse
Circleville Ohio Mrs Nathan Bohnert wife of County Auditor was thrown from a buggy when her horse reared at an electric car and dashed her to the curb on North Court Street.
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Nathan § Bohnert
Bohnert
North Court Street
His First Run Fatal in Circleville Ohio
John P. Swift of Columbus a Norfolk and Western brake man was decapitated at Gregge's Siding near Circleville. It is believed he fell from his train on his first run.
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John P. Swift
Columbus
Norfolk & Western
Gregge’s Siding
Here
Rockefeller building well project aims to flood water supply
John D Rockefellers plan to drill a water well in the firing room of the seventeen story Rockefeller building Cleveland Ohio seeks to obtain water sufficient to possibly shut off the city’s water supply. The effort reflects the era’s bold industrial schemes and Rockefellers influence on urban infrastructure.
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Cleveland
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Bushnell Road Not Sold Report Denied
Springfield report stated the Springfield Troy and Piqua Traction line owned by heirs of Gen A S Bushnell was sold. Manager Fred Green denies the report and provides clear rebuttal.
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Springfield
Springfield, Troy
Piqua ‘Traction
A. S. Bushnell
Fred Green
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