Aerial disaster over Austrian maneuvers kills nine
A derigible Koertling and a pursuing biplane collide during a staged aerial fight near Vienna. The envelope rips, explosion follows, and all nine aboard the airship and the pursuing plane crash. Capt Hauswirth and Lieuts Hofstetter Bruer Haidinger plus crew perish. Hofstetter's wife arrives just after. War game ends in tragedy.
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Vienna
Fischamend
Johann Hauswirth
Ernest Hofstetter
Bruer
Haidinger
Hadima
Corpal Weber
Kammerer
Flats
Hoosta
Hauswirth
Joenngsberg
Hames
Lieu
Hofstetter
Filaz
The Whiskey Evil in North Carolina Medical Speech
Dr. J. M. Parrott told the North Carolina Medical Society in Raleigh that whiskey is far more destructive than war, has no food value, causes crime, defies nature, and harms minds and generations. He urged booting alcohol from medicine as statewide prohibition shows limited prescriptions and urged doctors to honor their fiduciary trust not to misuse intoxicants.
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North Carolina Medical Society
Raleigh
J. M. Parrott
Ita
State Board of Health
North Carolina
A Pure Man in Whom There Was Not Guile
A tribute sketches Jas C. Marshall, described as honest brave and just with a benevolent spirit. The piece recalls his Monroe July 1907 testimony for State witnesses and quotes his refusal to give bad character, noting his large charitable conduct and beloved standing in the county.
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Jas. C. Marshall
Wadesboro
Monroe
John Jones
Marshall
Jas, C. Marshall
Six Lions Kill Chicago Show Manager in Dark Car
Emerson D. Dietrich, manager of a trained lions troupe, was killed and mauled by six lions when entering their cage car. A lion escaped later, terrorizing residents until driven back. Dietrich’s fiancée Mme. Adgie Castillo owned the lions, which had long performed publicly under a whip. Rescue crews used pikes and Hyde disinfectant to separate animals, with Dietrich recovered by rope around his belt.
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Chicago
Chicago Dispatch
Emerson D. Dietrich
Dietrich
George McChord
McChord
Teddy
Trulby
Mme
Adgie Castillo
Tem
Hons
Mme Cissix
Died in Electric Chair in Rowan County Murder Case
Sid Finger, the boy killer of Preston Lyerly, was electrocuted in the state prison death chamber. The 14th execution, Finger faced death with rare quiet, confessed liquor and gambling led to his crime, and his brothers of the victim attended the private ward ceremony. His father, a 64–65 veteran, spoke of the heat and pain, while ministers prayed as the current rose and fell. Finger was pronounced dead after six minutes and forty-nine seconds.
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Rowan County
News and Observer
Sid Finger
Preston Lyerly
Finger
Jesus
D. A. Lyerly
Charles
Will Lyerly
MR. Lyerly
Archdeacon Delaney
King Satterwhite
Mack Boy
Warden Sale
Seth Joxenpe
Jueain
J Andt
South River
Lyerly
Public Health Reading Offer From North Carolina Board
The State Board of Health in Raleigh offers free information on typhoid fever prevention and diseases such as consumption measles whooping cough diphtheria scarlet fever malaria and other public health topics. Send your name address and the subject to the state board for reading materials. Provided by Worth Warren Booker Raleigh N C.
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North Carolina
Vital
State Board of Ta
Raleigh
N. Very
Warren
Booker
Raleigh, N.C
Recorder Court Dockets Multiple Assault Cases and Minor Punishments
A sequence of Recorder's Court dispositions includes several assault and battery verdicts with fines and costs, plus others bound over, and several carrying concealed weapon charges with terms of days or bonds. A separate Washington report discusses Congress to rest, passage of anti trust bills, and political maneuvering ahead of elections.
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Recorder's Court
Mary Blount
Lonnie Tucker
Carrie Blount
Jane Carter
Ausautt
Glenn Wolfe
Corte
Jim Johnson
Hepherd
Kissell Rogers
Eault
Conte
Sault
Funderburk
Coats
Dney Tarlton
Philip Paulkner
Chudle
Matto Smith
Joe Austin
J. W. Helms
Thurman Thomas
Lee Tarrino
James Gant
Gus Alsobrooks
John Stegall
Machines Do Not Stop Bor Nicht or Sunday Big Yield This Year
The Charlotte Observer reports West wheat harvest runs day and night with trains delivering 100 to 200 workers per trip. Harvesters and threshers operate in double shifts, including Sunday, as fields push yields from 16 18 to 20 bushels per acre. Early estimates promise to hold.
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Charlotte Observer
Observer
West
Kansas
Governor Craig Urges Health Action In North Carolina
Governor Craig addresses the State Health Officers Association in Raleigh, urging scrutiny of municipal water and sanitation. He cites Asheville wells closure, the drop from typhoid cases, and calls for transparent exposure of towns failing sanitary duties to prevent future epidemics. The talk lauds progress in health and sanitation while stressing ongoing state responsibility.
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Craig
State Health Officers’ Association
Raleigh
Asheville
Health Board
Rene
Morehead
State Board of
North Care
Bees
North Carolina
Raleid
Old Soldiers Dinner Seeks Monroe Women Contributions
Monroe women are urged to prepare dishes for the Old Soldiers dinner. Send a basket of suitable fare to the Carolina Pressing Club building on the Fourth morning unless noted otherwise. The committee appeals for every woman to contribute to lift the spirits of the soldiers.
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Monroe
Carolina Pressing Club
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