Balloon Race Crash Sends Americans to Near Miss
The international balloon race from Schmargendorf, Germany, saw two American aeronauts A Holland Forbes and Augustus Post escape with slight injuries after their Conqueror balloon burst at 4000 feet. The basket crashed into a Berlin house roof as the parachute-like bag slowed descent with a dramatic near-death moment witnessed by 8000 spectators. The event featured 23 balloons from Britain, France, Germany, the U S, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Spain.
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Schmargendorf
Germany
A. Holland Forbes
Augustus Post
Great Britain
France
United States
Switzerland
Italy
Belgium
Spain
Battle on Bridge Tower Ends With Police Subdue Brooklyn Man
An insane man named Joseph Kratz climbed the Williamsburg Bridge tower 535 feet above the East River and fought two policemen with a razor in a ten minute struggle on the narrow platform. He was overpowered and taken to a hospital padded cell.
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Brooklyn
Williamsburg Brige
New York
East River
Bluecoats
Joseph Kratz
Five new Manila cholera cases. citywide visits continue
Health officials report five cholera cases on Sunday morning and three on Monday morning in Manila as inspectors visit homes twice daily. Despite declines, officials remain cautious and plan at least two more weeks of active campaigns. A separate item notes Henry Bussard striking Evangelist P A Taylor in Argonia, knocking him unconscious for six hours.
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Manila
Bussard
Henry Bussard
P. A. Taylor
Argonia
Kan
Union town man jailed for 45 years after triple assault convictions
Alexander Townsend, 35, of Uniontown Pa, was sentenced to 45 years in the western penitentiary after a third conviction within four days for criminal assault on two young girls. He received 15 years for each of the three cases, to run consecutively.
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Alexander Townsend
Uniontown
Western Penitentiary
Tyre woman dies at age 110 after long life
Mrs. Charlotte Decker of Tyre Seneca county New York died Sunday night aged 110 years minus 1 month and 16 days. Notable note came when at 102 she wed her third husband drawing much comment.
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Charlotte Decker
Tyre
Seneca County
N. Y
Sioux City Live Stock Quotes for Saturday
Sioux City live stock market quotations list top beeves at 4.15 and top hogs at 6.25.
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Sioux City
Pageant of History in Philadelphia Draws 750000
Thousands filled Philadelphia Thursday for Founders week as 5 000 costumed participants presented 70 floats. The pageant traced early settlement to the British arrival with Howe and Cornwallis and featured Betsy Ross and the Liberty Bell in a historically themed spectacle.
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Milien
Philadelphia
William Penn
Benjamin Franklin
Penn
Washington
Jefferson
Lafayette
John Paul Jones
Rochambeau
Betsy Ross
Old State House
Congress
Patrick Henry
John Adams
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Allantown
Sir William Howe
Lord Cornwallis
Wounded General in Sham Battle Near Aska Bad Turkestan
Gen Mistchenko governor general of Turkestan was wounded in a staged exercise while observing maneuvers by the Turkestan assembly corps near Aska Bad Turkestan. An adjutant was wounded. drills paused as weapons were inspected and ball cartridges found in rifle barrels.
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Turkestan
Askabad Turkestan
Mistchenko
Mail pouch stolen at Salt Lake City rail station
Eight registered mail packages destined for the east disappeared on Friday after being loaded onto a mail wagon at the Denver and Rio Grande station in Salt Lake City. The pouch was prepared at the local post office and later found missing by the railway postal clerk. value of the packages is not yet estimated.
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Salt Lake City
Denver and Rio Grande
Duel Ends in Farmers Death Near Porum Oklahoma
A bloody duel Friday about three miles south of Porum Oklahoma left one farmer dead and the other dying from gunshot wounds through the eye and abdomen. The quarrel was long standing and both men carried revolvers, meeting unexpectedly and firing.
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Porum
Okla
Eagle
Williams
Liberal Party Born in Chattanooga Convention
In Chattanooga Tennessee a group of organizers formally proclaimed the birth of a new liberal party. The platform demands woman suffrage direct taxation to fund the federal government initiative and referendum and denounces Bryan Taft Roosevelt and Siereast.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Liberal Party
Bryan
Taft
Siearst
Wright Aeroplane Flies at Lemans Inaugurates Flights
Wilbur Wright conducted six short flights in his aeroplane at Lemans France on Friday evening. Passengers included Lazare Weiller and M Deutsch de la Meurthe. The machine climbed to about ninety feet during the evolutions.
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Wilbur Wright
Lemans
France
Lazare Weiller
M. Deutsch de la
New Leader Elected for Firemen Brotherhood
W. S. Carter of Peoria Illinois was Friday elected grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen to succeed John J. Hanrahan. Carter has served as secretary of the organization for several years.
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W. S. Carter
Peoria, All
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
John J. Hanrahan
Carter
Big Fire Destroys 20 Shops in Inkster North Dakota
A Friday night blaze swept through Inkster North Dakota destroying twenty business houses and causing an estimated loss of 120000 dollars. Firefighters battled the flames, with damage concentrated in the commercial district and no confirmed fatalities reported. Local authorities began inquiries into the fire’s cause as insurance adjusters prepared assessments.
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North Dakota
Inkster
N. D
Bulgaria Gets Help From Austria In Recognizing New Kingdom
Baron von Aehrenthal told Budapest delegates that Austria and other powers pursue recognition of Bulgaria and peaceful Turkey relations. He asserted Austria seeks aprotective role, seeks stability for Turkey, and hopes a reformed Turkey will be a better neighbor and rely on allied support.
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Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Baron von Aehrenthal
Budapest
Austro-Hungary
Trukey
Stephen A Douglas Dies After Galesburg Ovation
Stephen A Douglas died suddenly at his Chicago home after delivering an anniversary speech in Galesburg Illinois. The 58 year old son and namesake of the Lincoln Douglas rival collapsed after dining with his family following a campaign tour with William H Taft. The speech marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Lincoln Douglas debate on Knox campus.
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Stephen A. Douglas
Graham Lincoln
Chicago
Douglas
William H. Taft
Galesburg
Ill
Lincoln
Mr. Douglas
Missing actor confesses past as pastor in Scranton
Wright Lorimer, known for The Shepherd King and the role of David, admitted in his Scranton dressing room that he was once Rev Walter M. B. Lowell, pastor of a North Scranton Baptist church ten years earlier. He abandoned the charge and left debts, some of which he says he has paid in installments while denying obligation for others.
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Wright Lorimer
Shepherd King
David
Scranton
Walter M. B. Lowell
Lorimer
New Plan for Examiners Upheld by Comptroller Murray
Comptroller of the Currency Murray announced in Washington a plan to appoint a chairman examiner in charge at ten key districts including Boston New York Philadelphia Pittsburg Nashville Chicago Minneapolis Kansas City Fort Worth San Francisco and Denver. Each district chairman will compile quarterly examiner reports covering the states within their lists.
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Washington
National Bank Examiners
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Nashville
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Forth Worth
San Francisco
Denver
Memphis Woman Elected Foresters President by One Vote
Mrs Rose PD Rittman of Memphis Tennessee leader of a faction within the Women Catholic Order of Foresters has been elected president by a majority of one vote over Mrs Elizabeth Rodgers of Chicago The returns completed Friday show 400 votes for Mrs Rittman and 399 for Mrs Rodgers.
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Rose PD. Rittman
Memphis
Tenn
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters
Rittman
Elizabeth Rodgers
Chicago
Woman Jumps Into Niagara Falls In Mysterious Act
A tall bespectacled woman in black jumped into the American Falls at Niagara Falls on Wednesday morning after wandering aimlessly for an hour. She told a policeman she was from Saginaw Michigan and inquiries point to Mrs L D Draper as a possible identity.
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Niagara Falls
Saginaw, Mich
L. D. Draper
Explosion at Apache Maid Mine Kills One. Injures Four
A dynamite and steam boiler explosion at the Apache Maid mine near Webb City Missouri on Wednesday night killed one worker and injured four others. The blast also wrecked mine buildings and caused extensive damage to the site.
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Webb City
Northern Pacific Declares Quarterly Dividend
The directors of the Northern Pacific Thursday declared a quarterly dividend of 1 3 4 percent. All the retiring officers were reelected.
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Northern Pacific
The
Mitchell Officers Laud Geo Fredericks in Jail
After a year evading law George Fredericks, once a Texas land company agent, was finally arrested in Dallas while hiding among registrants. He had collected 700 dollars from Walworth county buyers, with the Texas firm alleged not to receive the funds. Deputy Plotner pursued him to Gregory and Aberdeen, facing four companions who tried to free him and seek habeas corpus.
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Walworth County
Mitchell
Plotner
Fredericks
Dallas
Gregory
Platner
A#vedericks
City
Aberdeen
Cantonwine Bankruptcy Case Highlights $23000 Note Asset
J C Cantonwine of Armour filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Sioux Falls federal court amid a sensational case over a missing cash claim. The schedule lists a $23000 note from Maggie Cantondine dated March 17 1902 and a $33000 face value asset, as creditors seek involuntary bankruptcy.
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United States
Sioux Falls
J.C. Cantonwine
Armour
Cantonwine
Maggie Cantondine
Rich Negro in Trouble: Theodore Jones Convicted in Topeka Case
Theodore Jones, a Chicago millionaire of color and former Sioux Falls resident, faced a Topeka court after failing to prove a legal divorce from his first wife. He pleaded guilty to a statutory charge tied to his marriages and relocations from Sioux Falls to Deadwood, then Topeka.
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Theodore Jones
Sioux Falls
Chicago
Topeka
Kan
Jones
Deadwood
Attorney Egan Disbarred in Minnehaha County Suit
The supreme court disbarred George W Egan nominee for state's attorney after findings that his conduct in the Julia Ann O Grady case showed unfitness for the profession. Egan, once noted for the Kaufmann murder prosecution, is ordered stricken from the state rolls.
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Supreme Court
Minnehaha County
Egan
Kaufmann
Sioux Falls
Vermillion Hunter Dies From Wounds
Steve Flannigan of Vermillion died from wounds suffered Friday evening when he was accidentally shot while duck hunting.
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Steve Flannigan
Vermillion
Golden Wedding Celebrated by Mr and Mrs Wright
Mr and Mrs Wright of Twin Lake township Sanbern county celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary recently at the home of S C Dayne.
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C. Wright
Twin Lake Township
Sanbern County
S.cg
Dayne
Judge Denies Bankruptcy Discharge in Nelson Case
Judge Carland of the federal court in Sioux Falls has denied a discharge in the bankruptcy case of Nels C. Nelson of Woonsocket after a lengthy consideration. The ruling marks a rejection of Nelson's request to discharge debts from the proceedings.
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Carland
Federal Court
Sioux Falls
Unite States Court
Nels C. Nelson
Woonsocket
Durle Mover takes a Spnil in post conviction case
Rome Glover, already convicted and sentenced on November 19, 1946, has been lodged in the Sioux Falls penitentiary to serve an eighteen month term for grand larceny.
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Durle Mover
Rome Glover
Sioux Falls
Cupid Discouraged by Butte County Division Arguments
Advocates for dividing Butte County argue that its large size hinders marriage licensing efficiency with northern residents traveling to Belle Fourche over 100 miles away. They cite high court and witness travel costs, potential savings from a smaller county, and school district challenges including vast districts like Cave Hills and Seim, complicating local education.
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Butte County
Belle Fourche
Cave Hills
Seim
Presbyterian Synod Meets in Rapid City with Growth
The Presbyterian synod of South Dakota held its first Rapid City gathering in the Black Hills. Attendance was strong as the review showed growth and prosperity. Seven German churches with 340 members joined the German synod of the west, lifting total church membership to over 7,000 with 140 organizations and 100 missionaries and ministers. Officers elected: Moderator Rev J S Surbeck Lead. vice moderator Rev Prof John McLearie Rapid City. stated clerk and treasurer Rev Dr H P Carson Huron. permanent clerk Rev J P Anderson Huron. temporary clerk Rev J M Bates Hitchcock. synodical superintendent of home missions HW P Carson Huron. Sunday school missions BE HW Grant Huron.
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South Dakota
Rapid City
Black Hills
J. S. Surbeck
Lead
John McLearie
H. P. Carson
Huron
J. P. Anderson
J. M. Bates
Hitchcock
Synodical Superintendent of
Home Missions
HW. P. Carson
Synodical
HW. Grant
Deadwood Ministers Back Saloons Petition Mix Up Sparks Licenses
Anti license advocates protested three new saloons in Deadwood but ministers Rev. Andrew Rev. Ashley and Rev. Richardson allegedly filed the wrong petition. While they corrected papers the council granted licenses totaling twenty four saloons in the city, a move ministers say may violate state law. The case may go to court.
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Deadwood
Andrew
Ashley
Richardson
Crowds Register Amid Large Dallas Tripp County Lands Draw
Crowds swell as about 60 000 people file operations across Tripp county lands with 5553 in Dallas 703 at Gregory 180 Presho and 188 Valentine J H Douglas of Iowa City deposits a railroad ticket in the lottery tank in Dallas as tickets remain until the drawing Expected influx from Chicago as six extra detectives are sworn in Dualling Dallas police guard patrols report the worst crooks yet and pickpockets operate Thursday briefs hard-hit by crowding and security concerns.
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Tripp
Dallas
Gregory
Presho
Valentine
J. H. Douglas
Iowa City
Chicago
Soldier Takes Own Life at Fort Meade
Private Jesse N. Miller of Troop FI Fourth Cavalry Fort Meade died by drinking carbolic acid in a suicide. He was about 40 and had arrived at Fort Meade three months earlier. His wife and both parents, who lived in the east, had died in the same period, which is believed to have affected his mental state.
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Jesse N. Miller
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Meade
East
Shooting Accident Wounds Rancher at White River
Simer Brill, a well known rancher along White River in Lyman County, suffered a serious accident when a rifle barrel burst while he attempted to shoot a rabbit. The explosion mangled his hand and risked amputation if infection set in.
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Simer Brill
White River
Lyman County
State Treasurer Report Shows Cash on Hand
Report for close of business Oct 1 shows cash on hand in all funds totaling 575 863 dollars with 95 956 credited to the general fund. Since then a call has been made for 85 000 dollars of such warrants, reducing the total accordingly.
Bank Pays Full Debts as Receiver Reports Dividend
J C Johnson as receiver of Hot Springs National Bank declares first and final dividend at 104.3 percent, paying claims in full with interest. Stockholders incur losses while the bank’s cashier Harras serves a five year term at Fort Leavenworth penitentiary.
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J. C. Johnson
Hot Springs National Bank
Harras
Federal Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
Timeline of notable events from 1535 to 1908
A collage of dates and events lists milestones across centuries, including explorations, colonial disputes, political milestones, disasters, and notable births. It chronicles engagements from Cartier up the St Lawrence to late 20th century confirmations of treaties and cultural moments.
Correction of New York crime racial claim by police chief
Police Commissioner Bingham admitted the figures behind his North American Review claim that half of New York City criminals were Jewish were unreliable. The correction satisfied protesting Hebrew groups and ended the controversy.
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Bingham
New York
The
North American Review
New York City
Tragic railroad wreck near Clarendale injures many
Four people died and twenty six were hurt in a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad wreck near Clarendale Mississippi. In Yazoo City a Black mob killed Charles Jones who had killed a white man and two Blacks at Eden Station. Blanche Cribler a three year old from Helmetta New Jersey was seized by an eagle but rescued by her father after a fierce battle.
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Mississippi Valley
Clardale
Miss
Yazoo City
Charles Jones
Eden Station
Blanche Cribler
Helmetta
N. J
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