King Edward Resting Well After Coronation Festivities
London crowds flocked to Buckingham Palace and routes from the procession as the King’s health bulletin reported good strength after the coronation. Services at St James, Marlborough House, St Margaret’s and St Paul’s Cathedral honored the monarch with public worship and national anthem.
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Prince Charles
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Coronation Coverage Floods British Press Descriptions
London dispatch highlights elaborate coronation scenes and imperial pageantry as nationwide celebrations unfold. Report notes enthusiastic public interest, detailed attire, ceremonies, and royal protocol shaping the historic event.
Coronation Observances Across the British Empire
The Court Circular notes the coronation as Buckingham Palace reports a quiet royal day with a large dinner party including the Prince and Princess of Wales. King Edward’s health is good, and he praised the coronation and orderly rejoicings. Across Bermuda Havana Manila and Newfoundland special services regattas fireworks and church services marked the coronation in each location with official celebrations and public reverence.
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Bermuda
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Gift to the nation Osbourne House gift to nation
King Edward signals his coronation with a munificent gift to the nation Osbourne House in seafront royal residence ties to Queen Victoria. Further details continue on page 5.
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Edward
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Victoria
Sower Kills Wife Then Hangs Self in Michigan Barn
In Ithaca Michigan S E Sower awealthy farmer killed his wife with an ax as she slept and hanged himself in his barn. Despondency over possible insanity and grief over his dead daughter prompted the act. A letter to his son says insanity would be worse for all and that no one is to blame.
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Ithaca, Mich
S. E. Sower
Sower
Ellis
Mamma
Nannie
Fatal shooting as crowd of Black residents clash with county officers
In Columbia Texas on August 10 a mob of Black individuals attempted to thwart an arrest. County Attorney Ed C. Smith and Deputy Cochran Willis were fatally and seriously wounded respectively as white locals joined the effort and about fifty shots were fired. The Black group fled across the Brazos river. The sheriff seeks rewards and has asked the Governor for help.
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Columbia
Tex
Ed C. Smith
Cochran Willis
Williams
Smith
Brazos River
Robbers Torture Aged Farmer in Dayton North Home
Jacob Mumma, an elderly farmer near Dayton, was attacked by masked robbers who entered during the night. He was bound after a failed shotgun attempt, and robbers poured kerosene on his feet and started a fire to force disclosure of a supposed hidden fortune, but only a small sum was taken. The victim remains in critical condition.
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Dayton
Jacob Mumma
Mumma
Boy Confesses to Rock Island Wreck Near Omaha
In Omaha on August 10 Deibert Preston a fifteen year old boy admitted causing a Rock Island passenger train wreck near Omaha on July 34. He said he lay on the track late at night and picked up an iron spike with the head toward the incoming train, leaving it on the rail. One man was killed and several injured.
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Omaha
Neb
Deibert Preston
Rock Island
Aeordt
Senator James McMillan Dies at Manchester by the Sea
Washington reports the Michigan senator James McMillan died of heart failure after a brief illness at his Manchester by the Sea summer home. He served in the Senate since 18__, chaired the District of Columbia committee, and leaves a widow, three sons, and a daughter. His body to be taken to Detroit for burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
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James McMillan
Michigan
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Mass
Congress
Senator McMillan
Detroit
Mich
Elmwood Cemetery
John H. McMillan
W. C
Philip
Frank
McMillan
Manchester
Senator James McMillan Shaped Detroit Business Life
Detroit obituary notes Senator James McMillan born Hamilton Ontario May 12 1838 moved to Detroit aged 17. He became purchasing agent for Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad helped organize Michigan Car Company owned car works in St Louis Cambridge Ind and London Ont. He invested in lake trade shipbuilding and helped push rail link across Michigan peninsula. He was a director at First National Detroit Savings and State.
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James Mc¢Millan
Hamilton
Ontario
Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad
Michigan Car Company
St. Louis
Cambridge
Ind
London
Ont
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McMillan Leader of Michigan Republicans Dies
Senator McMillan led Michigan Republicans for decades and held stock in major local firms including Michigan Malleable Iron Works and Detroit Union Station Company. He supported education with gifts to University of Michigan and Michigan Agricultural College, and his family faced multiple losses in the year.
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United States
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Teper
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James H. McMillan
Colorado
William McMillan
Maurice McMillan
Michigan
Chandler
Republican State Central Committee
Republican Party
State Central Committee
Expect a Long Siege as Miners Tentative Wyoming Opening
Reports from Wilkes Barre indicate grim determination among anthracite miners as a single colliery is slated to reopen in the Wyoming region this week. Union leaders and company officials await the start, with workers kept on alert and local residents watching tensions.
Quiet Day for the Soldiers in Mine Strike
Wilkesbarre Pa August 10 The fourteenth week of the anthracite miners strike opens tomorrow President Mitchell says the strikers remain strong and relief contributions come in. Some hope a mine restart may occur in Wyoming and at Wanaapie colliery but company officials offer no readied statement. Union leaders warn of a long siege while Brotherhoods plan a $20 000 Railway Trainmen donation within ten days with forty lodges contributing.
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Mitchell
Wyoming
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Wanamie
Brotherhood of
Brennan says all 30 collieries ready after strike
SHAMOKIN PA August 10 Edward Brennan state inspector of the Seventh anthracite district says every one of the thirty collieries will be ready to operate once the strike ends. Most upper levels can be worked soon and 75 percent of men will find work immediately with the rest within a month or two. He estimates district damage from the tie up at six to ten thousand dollars.
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Shamokin
Edward Brennan
Quiet Day in Camp Troops Continue Target Practice
Heavy rains dampened activities at a Shenandoah camp but drew many visitors from nearby towns. Twelfth Regiment rifle team posted a best-ever average and aims for Mount Gretna and Sea Girt national tournaments as brigadier general notes no trouble. Officials pursue suspects from the July 30 riot and murder charges loom for two foreigners under arrest.
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Pennsylvania National Guard
Mount Gretna
Sea Girt
N. J
Signal Corps
Gobin
Manhattan Elevated Railroad men plan talks with manager
A committee of engineers and firemen from the Manhattan Elevated Railroad and Assistant Grand Chief A B Youngson of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will meet with Skitt, manager of the Manhattan Railway Company, to present demands. Grand Chief Youngson and Vice Grand Chief Wilton were in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and no strike developments occurred today.
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Manhattan Elevated Railroad
A. B. Youngson
Brotherhod
Skitt
Manhattan Railway Company
Youngson
Charles A. Wilton
Meadville
Negro Young Peoples Congress Ends After Record Addresses
Atlanta reporters note the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress closes after a week in Atlanta with a 6000 attendee crowd. Bishop Gaines delivers farewell, resolutions urge education, industrial training, and cooperation with Anglo-Saxons while promoting moral progress and national unity. The event also forms a National Negro Business League and outlines rising African American enterprise across banks, hotels, mills, and publishing houses.
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W. J. Gaines
Negro Young Peoples’ Christian and Educational Congress
Congress
Republic
God
Man
Africa
Wesley J. Gaines
E. W. D. Isaac
Nashville
Tenn
Alexander Walters
Jersey City
Negro Business League and Booker Washington’s View
In Tuskegee Alabama August 10 report on the National Negro Business League formed three years ago. Booker Washington notes widespread small but growing black business activity across the North and South and praises efforts to unite these entrepreneurs for shared success.
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National Negro Business League
Boston
Chicago
Richmomt
Beston
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Philadelphia
North Carolina
Nashville
Booker Washington
National Organization
Richmond
Ee. Ae
Tuskeegee
Ala
Ireland
Robbers Meet Fate on Monterey Road Ambush
Near Edenville two youths held up a woman delivering a horse then bought cartridges at E F Heples store before targeting W W McKee and Stevens's store. A posse confronted them near Gilroy in a running gunfight. one robber fatally shot himself, the other surrendered as townsfolk closed in.
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Cal
Monterey Road
Edenville
E. F. Heples
Coyote
Hepies
Gilroy
W. W. McKee
McKee
Stevens
Heples
Tracy
Navy orders Adams to visit Wake and Midway Islands
The Navy Department ordered the steamship Adams to visit Wake Island Midway Islands and the Sandw ich group in the Pacific. Commander Fox will investigate reports of Japanese settlement on Wake and Midway with possible U S sovereignty implications and will seek Japanese removal if findings confirm settlement with government sanction.
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Navy Department
United States
Adams
Wake Island
Midway Islands
Pacific Ocean
Department
Buford
Nero
Pacific
Fox
Japan
Sandwich Islands
Delays from Washouts Hit Knights of Pythias Convention
San Francisco reports delays for the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias as Colorado washouts hinder travel. Delegates arrive late. Uniform Bank parade postponed to Wednesday. About 9 000 knights in uniform expected, with 75 000 visitors anticipated to attend the convention at the Palace Hotel and Mechanics Pavilion. Major General James R. Carnahan leads the Uniform Bank precincts.
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Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Ogden
Supreme
Mechanics
James R. Carnahan
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Uniform Bank
Palace Hotel
Indianapolis Storm Blasts City Leaves Barn Destroyed
A weekend storm swept Indianapolis with miniature cyclones, tearing up corn in Marion County and shattering a window at Court House Grocery. John Hoffman's barn near Broad Ripple Park burned after a lightning strike, with no insurance on the structure or animals.
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Marion County
Broad Ripple Park
John Hoffman
Courthouse
Washington
Alabama
Massachusetts Avenue
Bettermann
Delaware Street
Union Station
Indianapollis
Springfield
Wind Storm Destroys Kansas City Areas and Unroofs Buildings
A severe wind storm hit Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas early at 4 am, lasting about 30 minutes with hail and rain. Weather officials record winds near 52 mph for seven minutes and 0.41 inches of rain in fifteen minutes, tearing down windows, awnings, and unroofing large buildings while thousands of trees and sparrows were killed or scattered. Fire crews assessed damage around $1,000, with major losses at Barham Hanna Munger’s warehouse and several schools and churches also affected.
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Hanna & Munger
St Eaghth
Broadway
Kan
Masonic Temple
Seventh
Ann Streets
High School
Seventh and
Quindaro Boulevard
Seventh-street Methodist Church
Severe Storm Unroofed Dozens Of Buildings In Trenton
A powerful storm described as a tornado struck downtown Trenton New Jersey around 5 pm. About a score of buildings were unroofed and other damage occurred as electric light and trolley wires were torn down causing outages. No injuries were reported.
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