Harrington Race Riot Leaves Dozen Dead Near Fayette Mississippi
A race riot near Harrington, Mississippi, left four white men and ten Black residents dead, two Black men lynched, and fifteen wounded. Willis and Walter Jones, cocaine- and heroin-fueled brothers, spurred the violence by killing a man, a woman, and injuring others before being captured and lynched. Governor Karl Brewer deployed militia from Natchez and Jackson to restore order as white townspeople organized to expel Black residents.
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Fayette
Miss
Harrinton
Willis
Walter Jones
Xin
Nestews
Jones Brothers
Natchez
Karl Brewer
Harrison
Jackson
Brewer
Liberal republicans nominate de la Fuente for president
Mexico City Colonel David de la Fuente former minister of communications and public works is named as presidential candidate by the Liberal republican party. General Aurelio Banquet declined the nomination for president and Dr Gregorio Mendizabal nominated for vice president with de la Fuente. both accepts.
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Mexico City
David de la Fuente
Huerta
Republican Party
General Aurelio Banquet
Gregorio Mendizabal
de la Fuente
Chinese apologize at Japanese consulate after invasion demands
General Chang Haun of Nanking with a fifty cavalry bodyguard visited the Japanese consulate on Sunday to apologize as demanded by Tokyo over a king and consular incident. The consul expressed satisfaction with the Chinese commander's action. In Logansport Indiana a man, aged 54, was arrested after the mutilated wife’s body was found on a local farm and police say he confessed to the killing in front of their two children.
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Nanking
Chang Haun
Logansport
Viyae Wukinaon
Yoru
Ind
Would Fly Over Desert Parley to Timbuero
A fragment describes an aeraplane flight to Timbuero via the French Sadan. Lieutenant Chentin, a Presaring Biridan, is said to have moved to By serone the Senhora with a passenger aboard.
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Timbuero
Aeraplane
Chentin
Biridan
Serone
Senhora
Government probes coal fraud case in western fields
A government inquiry investigates alleged coal fraud in western regions. Officials indicate a formal process against implicated parties, with potential legal actions and regulatory scrutiny underway. The case centers on irregularities in coal distribution and related financial misconduct.
Murder of Two Musicians Sparks International Conflict
A fragmentary report describes the murder of two musicians and a miner tied to a larger clash between nations. The article mentions wartime tensions, arrests, and crime waves affecting cities like Berlin and New York, with references to Australian connections and shipboard violence.
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Venton
Wilson Says Moral Suasion Aims At Mexican Election
President Wilson maintains US moral suasion toward Mexico has achieved its two main goals. He notes preparations for the October 26 election and Huerta’s non candidacy, with support for Frederico Gamboa as Catholic party nominee. The U S will judge if the process is constitutional and whether to recognize the outcome.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Mexico
Huerta
Frederico Gamboa
Catholic Party
Bryan
Train Robbery in Alabama Shocks Workers at Bibbville
Alabama Great Southern train No. 7 was robbed at Bibbville siding three miles south of Woodstock at midnight Thursday. Two masked men fired into express cars as clerks fled. Saunders Phil lip e and Poole narrowly escaped death. Saunders was injured by glass shard from a door. Two dynamite charges opened the safe, the last explosive rattling the ground.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Great Southern
New Orleans
Bibbville Siding
Woodstock
Saunders
Phillipe
Poole
Child's Body Found in Wall of Historic Illinois Mansion
Bloomington reports a grisly discovery as wreckers uncover a child’s body in a home made coffin concealed inside a wall of the Clinton mansion built forty years ago by Colonel Thomas Snell. Snell died seven years past amid a famous court battle over his fortune.
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Bloomington
Clinton
Thomas Snell
Snell
Ulinois
Coroner Rules Be Huodo War Killing a Felony
A coroner s jury returned a verdict that the killing of Marshall Robert Lew near Cumberland Gap was felonious. It names Thomas lartos and others as involved in the fatal shooting as the victim walked from Cumberland Gap. Details pin down the location and suspects in the Iowa case.
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Veiniced
Colu
Marshall Robert Lew
Thomas Lartos
Fred
First Vessel Passes Through Panama Canal Locks
The sea going tug Gatun, drawing twelve and a half feet, passed through the Gatun locks into Gatun lake marking the first operation of the canal locks. Colonel Goethals praised the result as highly pleasing to canal officials amid cheering spectators. Gatun lake reached about 65 feet, within 20 feet of its normal level, after the ascent.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Gatun
Gatun Locks
Gatun Lake
Canal
Goethals
Canal Commission
Planned to Slay Premier in Portugal Syndicalist Plot
Five men arrested near Cintra admitted plans to place bombs around Dr Alfonso Costa's villa at Praia das Macas and shoot him when he appeared at the window. They claimed the attack would trigger a revolt and aid prison breaks. The Mundo notes royalists radicals and republicans implicated.
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Lisbon
Praia Dag Macas
Cintra
the Mundo
Alfonso Costa
Munde
Wasp Sting Kills Woman in Cornwall Inquest
A woman identified as Lady Molesworth formerly Max Janes Frost dies minutes after a wasp sting in Trewartenie Cornwall England. The deceased, daughter of Brigadier General D M Froat, was married in 1475 to Sir Louis William Molesworth who died in 1912.
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Trewartenie
Cornwall
England
Lady Molesworth
Max Janes
Frost
D. M. Froat
St. Louis
Louis William Molesworth
Turks Urge Uprising and Balkan Tensions Rise
London reports Balkan unrest intensifies as Young Turk influence grows amid disputes among former allies. Turkey allegedly calls conscripts to Asia Minor and Tripoli veteran officer leads Thrace uprising against Bulgaria. Public notices of crime and local events intertwine with political turmoil across cities.
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London
Young Turk
Turkey
Ealers
Sia Minor
Tripol
Bulgaria
Thrace
Diamondfield Jack Davis Shot in Butte Fight
In a desperate fight at the Montana Auto Supply house in Butte Diamondfield Jack Davis battled three assailants. A bullet struck his jaw and tongue while he fought with a dirk, doctors say he will live. He was previously sentenced at Albion Idaho to hang but was prived and acquitted. The other item notes a Pittsburgh fire destroying $165,000 in buildings though cause is unknown.
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Butte
Diamondfeld
Jack Davis
Jack" Davis
Albion
Idaho
Old Mexico
Montana
Daria
Bud Ryan
L W. W
McBee
D. C
J. m. King
Wee
Douglass
Abbott
James Davis
Negro
Middendorf
Ponse
Davis
Fatally Hurt in Minnesota Football Practice
An undated Minneapolis high school football practice left Allen Weldman fatally injured with a fractured spinal column. The incident occurred during a routine drill as the student-athlete attempted a play.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Allen Weldman
Former President Tah Bask Returns to Washington
Tah Bask visits Washington for the second time since leaving the White House on March 4 to attend a Lincoln Memorial Commission meeting.
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Tah
Washington
Ter
Wedenday
White House
Lincoln Mewors Commission
Fragmentary OCR News Item from Unknown Paper
An OCR reading presents names Mire Pankhuret Emmelipe Vankhuret and Maglinis with unclear relation. The text references a Wednesday event and a university context but lacks coherent details or dates.
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Mire
Pankhuret Optimiatic, Porte
Mre
Emmelipe Vankhuret
E Maglinis Wulfresset Bender
Diaz Remains Inactive After Army Resignation
The text notes General Porfirio Diaz is considered too old for active duty beyond an advisory role. It cites Diaz’s promise to return only if Mexico faces foreign invasion and states his resignation from the army was accepted by President Madero.
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Porfirio Dia Nowie
Bier Rite
France
Dias Ie
Diaz
Mexico
Madero
Mexican Fire On Troopers Near El Paso
An American detachment of H Troop Second Cavalry patrolling the international boundary east of El Paso was fired upon by Mexican federal cavalry. No Americans were wounded. two nearby Texas Rangers were shot at. U S Army officials say troops did not initially return fire, but the troopers may have fired back, driving the Mexicans to cover. Unknown if any Mexican injuries occurred.
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Gover
el Paso
Texeo
Second Cavalry
International Boundary
Texas Rangers
United States Army
Eskimos Use Parcel Post for Furs to U S from Arctic
Reports from Captain H G Ballinger of the revenue cutter Bear returning from Nome to Point Barrow indicate northern natives send white fox skins by parcel post to Seattle and San Francisco for better prices than traders offer in the north.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Cleveland’s Gan to Play Football for Princeton Beed
Cleveland athlete Gan is set to join Princeton, New Jersey football program after a lengthy beard rumor and potential Tiger team consideration. Local sources note ties to former President Grover Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Tiger
Wiecard
Grover Cleveland
Fragments from a 9th Avenue column reveal street scene notes
Readable scraps describe a man on a sidewalk near Redlow with a loaded wagon and a changing crowd. The brief line references a page 9 feature and era tone, preserving local street imagery without sensational detail.
Multiple murders and crimes ripple across western towns
A coroner's jury rules the Begundo killing felonious with Greek miner Thomas Larius as shooter. A mine blast injures and kills in Aurora. Port Townsend finds a shell in a lumber building wall. Forgery charges loom for Dr George Dye in Reno. Woodmen of the World leaders travel to Omaha over organization splits. Thieves loot seven Western Pacific freight cars at Winnemucca while tax and forest service disputes unfold. An explosion at Bremerton and a Port Townsend blast highlight a week of incidents across the region.
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Ryan
Jack
Davia
Butte
Balt Lake
Wee
Aurora Consolidated Mining Company
Aurora
Robert Lee
Begundo
Thomas Larius
Etriber
Fred
Port Worden
Port Townsend Lumber Company
Main Street
Port Townsend
George B. Dye
Reno
Nevada Ganitarium
Sacramento
Keno
I.I. Boak
Pacific
Woodmen of the World
Gune
Denver
Omaha
Western Pacific
Winnemucca
Harold F. Henwood
George B Copeland
District Court
Colorado Supreme Court
Ellis County
Nevada
Tas Commission
Ilegal
Jobo Hale
Waleen and Hobluain
Meoburg
Colo
Forest Service
Jobo Dyan
Amalgamated Copper Company
Porthwam
Montuns
Vales
Healee
Jude A. Riser
United Bates District Court of
Cheyenne
Steck
Rio Grande Junction Railway
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Junction
Midland
Newenady
Grand Junction
Jobe Killough
H. B. Harrington
Paget Bouna Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
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