Five Die in Springfield Riots Amid Refugee Crisis
Riot chaos in Springfield leaves five dead and dozens harmed. Guards from Chicago deployed as 200 refugees seek shelter in the arsenal. A mob led by a woman, Kate Howard, disrupted streets while detentions and searches unfold. Police and soldiers restore order as the governor orders a provisional brigade to preserve peace west of Seventh Street.
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Springfeld
J. B. Klein
Pirot NM Wither I Infantry
Earl Neihon
Kankakee
Sindy
Springfield
Ballor
Apollen
Wells
Weene
Arsenal
Allen
Spring Streets
Col Eddy
Springfelil
Seventh Infantry
LN. G
First Cavalry
Chicago
National Board of Illinois
Sixth
Infantry
Delibe
T. Jobn's Hospital
William Don Lika
Frank Delmore
Capitol
Deneen
Ecron
Jngfeld
Lopez
Kate Call
Howard
Wave of Crime Grips Massachusetts Towns
A garbled report describes a surge of crime in eastern Massachusetts with a 17 year old victim and a band of killers said to have slain four people and wounded others. The piece hints at a statewide hunt and references Howton and nearby towns as authorities pursue the alleged gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Boston
Howton
Massachu
New
Eng
Lipton yacht wins first Lake Michigan race
Telegraphic briefs report the yacht Cleveland of Cleveland won the opening race of the Lipton series on Lake Michigan. Other items note editor Leo Hirteb poised to head a residence in Co He, a Turkish envoy to the United States appointment replacing Mehmed Al Bey, the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Co entering receivership, Baldwin’s Balloon Stand test, and the Baldwin airship’s endurance flight at Fort Myer lasting two hours and five minutes with the Army’s dirigible now property of the Signal Corps.
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Cleveland
Lake Michigan
Leo Hirteb
Eprese Weatbote
Ohio
Hussien Kiaeim Bey
Turkey
Bucharest
Rominia
Muth Inter
United States
Mehmed al Bey
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Co
Baldwin
Washington
Fort Myer
United States Army
Signal Corps of
Army
Auto Crash Fatal to Two in Vincennes Area
In Vincennes Indiana a car driven by Dr Alonso McDowell of Free landaville left the road near Bicknell and pitched over an embankment. The seven year old daughter of Gottlob Osterhake and Jane Metywell and the seventeen year old son of Dr. McDowell died as the car overturned trapping them.
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Vincennes
Ind
Bicknell
Alonso McDowell
Freelandaville
Gottlolb Osterhake
Jate Metywell
McDowell
Columbus Boy Drowns While Watching River Drag
In Columbus Ohio Awe 17 Clayton Swelgart age 11 drowned Sundaisy afternoon in the Scioto river while watching a police drag for the body of John Carey colored age 10 who had also drowned. Both boys waded beyond their depth and effort to rescue failed.
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Columbus
Clayton Swelgart
Scioto River
Poli
John Carey
Warlike Speech At Quinn Chapel Urges Armament
In Chicago Ave 17 five hundred members of Quinn Chapel A M E Church were told by Rev Dr Roberts to arm themselves and be ready to defend their bones in case of an outbreak like Springfield.
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Chicago
Ave
Quinn Chapel
Roberts
Uliailar
Springfield
Three Young Women Drowned in Lake Charmplain
Three young women drowned Sunday while bathing in Lake Charmplain. The victims are Miss Lucy Perry and Miss Sarai Dieasway of Platnburg New York and Miss Elizabeth Diennway of Brooklyn New York, a cousin of Farad Diakeway.
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Grand Tele
Lake Charmplain
Lucy Perry
Mine Sarai Dieasway
Platnburg N.Y
Elizabeth Diennway
Brooklyn
N. Va Vousin
Farad
Bathers Drowned at Bowers Beach Delaware
Clarence Dutton twenty five and Nellie Nickerson twenty from Charter Pennsylvania were drowned Sunday at Bowers Beach Delaware Bay while bathing and carried beyond their depth in rough water.
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Wilmington
Del
Clarence Dutton
Nellie Nickerson
Cha»ter
Bowers Beach
Delaware Bay
Democrats Eye Northwest Chicago Battleground
A Democratic campaign plan outlines efforts to rally supporters across the Northwest and West. Leaders consider a coast tour to energize the party as Montana and Rocky Mountain stations emerge as promising battlegrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Democratic National Coniuistee
Mackie
Pacific Coast
Democratic
Montana
Rocky Mountain
Democrata
Taft Goes Fishing in Lake? After August Visit
Fragmented report notes Taft plans a trip from Virgie Hot Springs toward Cincinnati in September. It mentions Taft as candidate, a trip for the week, and a political objective related to the Middle Dried ela region with unclear dates and places due to OCR errors.
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Taft
Virgie
Lake
Mri
Abuses of the Right of Appeal in Court Reform Debate
A American Bar Association committee urges ending appeals on technical grounds. It proposes merits based rulings, calling current delays and unjust outcomes in civil and criminal cases a violation of justice. The report favors limits on writs of error and Supreme Court review only when conviction is unjust.
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New York
Courts of Appeal
American Bar Assortation
Wt Ite Lust Apna
Supreme Court of the United States
Four Drown in Passaic River Near Newark
Four members of a launch party drowned in the Passaic river Saturday night when the craft capsized. The victims were Mr. Greers Pan Kopt of Belleville New Jersey Miss Catherine Ward of Waterbury Connecticut and Walden Davey 20 years old of Belleville.
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Newark
N. J
Passaic River
Vic Urou
Mr. Greers
Pan Kopt
Belleville
Mids
Catherine Ward
Waterbury
Cons
Walden Davey
Army Officer Murders Publisher on Bayside Pier
A military officer Capt Peter Haine fatally shot William B. Amigo owner and publisher of Burr McTatosh's Monthly at Bayside on the landing stage of Hay aide Yachtelvis. Haine, son of Brig Gen Peter Maing, fled after the act. The publisher died hours later at the hospital.
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Bayside
I. 1
Peter Haine
Peter Maing
Fred Five
William B. Amigo
New York
Burr McTatosh
Hay
Italians Feud Ends in Murder on Philadelphia Street
In Chester near Philadelphia a deadly feud explodes as Benjamin De Gildo shoots Benjamin De Felix fatally wounding Pasquale De Felix and injuring others. The killer fled a mob as police rushed to the Italian settlement amid rising tensions linked to counterfeiting and alleged Black Hand activity.
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West Chester
Benjamin de Gildo
Philadelphia
Benjamin de Felix
Pasquale de Felix
Fedd
de Petix
de Pelly
Te Gio
de Pelix
Breash
de Gilde
de Felix Howe
Paw Fumle de Felix
Ja Won
Urick
de Felix
de Gildo
Ayshle
de Ollila
Limeelt
Patrick Murphy
Gatray
Atehwel Sayweant Wan
de Wmelix
Railroad workers form group to counter railroad legislation
About 300 railroad employees from all roads in the region gathered Sunday to organize an association to oppose legislation favorable to railroads. They believe continuous concessions by railroads will harm the public and prefer unified action.
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St. Paul
Trunk Mystery In Ravine Near Mt Kylialm Reported
A fragmentary report describes a body found in an old truck in a ravine near Mt Kylialm, about miles outside of his city. Authorities are investigating a mystery surrounding the deceased, estimated to be around 25 years old.
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Mt Kylialm
Han
Three Persons Drowned in Ningsara River Accident
In Buffalo on August 17 three people drowned when a motor boat was rammed and sunk by a Western barge on the Ningsara River. Names listed include Ming Wit Mat Pagel, Sire Charlotte Meyer, and Haylond Pagel, a 9 year old child.
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Buffalo
Ningsara River
Buuday
Weanure
Ming
Wit Mat Pagel
Charlotte Meyer
Haylond Pagel
Tad
Train Robbers Rewarded at Friday Fight Pear
In Spokane Wn Aly 17 highway man held on as Northern Pacific truth promoted by F B Mc Milam the operator. Prentie cured all 46 dollars according to the report.
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Spokane
Aly
Pear ‘Prentie
F. B. McMilam
Curse Confirms Fate of Treasure Guides and Inheritance
In a tale set three centuries past on the Alps high trails Herman Melcher guides Greek gem merchant Gabriel Atahag. After a jewel theft plot and a fatal avalanche, Melcher loses and later regains wealth and status through a fateful encounter with the Blessed Virgin and a concealed hoard buried by a rock.
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Herman Melcher
Alps
Herman
Gabriel Atahag
Paris
Hla
Agatha
Dolian Byard
Arahag
Byard
Tiw
Arsteg
Eld
Hin
Arsing
Atshag
Hernan
Arshag
Tno
Sone
Agathatis
Biavelow
Horman
Crewe
Haying
Lik
Calliog
Ferman
Brave Fight for Life on the Winter Trail
An oral account describes a perilous trek from Rare Stoke to Revelstoke for a buried cache. The narrator recalls bone chilling cold, chest pain, near death after crossing a creek, and a 42 hour struggle to reach a cabin before collapsing at the door. He vows to return next winter to recover the cache and survive another season in the remote woods.
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Puffle
Oregon
Smith Creek
Hutt
White
Kelly Wen
Mosquito Landing
Damilen
No garden to make and winds that tell the tale
A scattered, humorous anecdote about misfortune and pride. It contrasts poor voices with those at the top and recalls a deaf and dumb woman who, after a mule kicked a dist pan, begins speaking, while a farmer trades the mule for tobacco and a rabbit's foot as luck remains elusive.
Sounds Funny to Hear
A garbledOCR excerpt sketches a string of comic scenes and vaudeville style asides. It mentions a Chinaman, a father’s taunts, a polite conspirator, a neighbor with a phonograph, a young woman wrapping a rag, and various caricatures including a heavy man and an undertaker.
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Ebop Othokia
Alx
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Wilkenbarie
Aiight
Nanticoke
Mitel Ad Poplewsil
John Grablowski
Humber
Detroit
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Bt. Ignace
Mich
Willer
Her Wan
William
August Schimmel Pfennuing
Ingland
Londen
Daily Telegraph
MH Ie
Union Station
Hocking Valley
Will Teay
Vevesaeers
Arm
Erie Railroad
Cincinnati Division
Aim
New York Central Lines
Geran
Bay View
Petoskey
Traverse City
Charlevoix
Manistee
Michigan
Colonial Country Club
West Baden Springs
Indiana
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