Lives sacrificed at speed carnival and Persian ex-shah bill
At Indianapolis meet a mechanic and two spectators mortally wounded. In St Petersburg, negotiations with the expatriated shah of Persia continue as the government seeks swift resolution. The shah owes Russo-Persian Bank about 1.5 million dollars and a government guarantee ensures payment.
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Indianapolis
Associated Press
Petersburg
Odessa
Russia
Russo- Persian Bank
Southern mob spares man accused of murder after verdict
In Georgia on August 21 Henry Taylor, a Black man accused of killing Mrs. Josh Vickery and her child, escaped lynching by a narrow margin. Captured near the crime scene, a mob prepared to string him but halted after he proclaimed his innocence and was returned to jail for further holding.
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Associated Press
M'Rea
Georgia
Henry Taylor
Josh Vickery
Fatalities For the Three Days Race Seven
Three more lives were sacrificed to day in the speed carnival as a National car driven by Charles Merz crashed through a fence into spectators. Mechanician Claude Kellum and Ora Joleffe plus an unidentified man were killed, with others injured. The second crash led officials to call off the race, raising the meet fatalities to seven.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
National
Charles Merz
Claude Kellum
Ora Joleffe
Henry Tapking
Bruce Keene
William Bourque
Harry Holcomb
Cliff Litterall
Elmer Grampton
Believed to be wanted man linked to forgery cases
Portland august 21 J H Johnson arrested on forgery charges is believed to be J Ham lin a fugitive wanted in cities across the Pacific coast. Johnson has lived here for some time owning a fine home and property in Oregon Idaho and California. He was recently married to a young woman from eastern Oregon.
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Portland
J. H. Johnson
J. Hamlin
Pacific Coast
Johnson
Oregon
Idaho
California
Wellman Fails in Third Attempt to Reach North Pole
A terse report records Wellman’s third failed attempt to reach the North Pole, with sparse location marks including San Francisco Portland and Los Angeles noted in terse transit terms. The snippet names Sacramento and Vernon in unclear context alongside the failed expedition update.
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Wellman
North Pole
San Francisco
Portland
Los Angeles
Oakland
Sacramento
Vernon
Aerial Battleship Offer Reported From New York Man
Acting Secretary Winthrop told a New York man his offer to build a Zeppelin type airship 400 feet long capable of carrying twenty with ammunition to destroy a fleet had no congressional appropriation yet. He offered a $50,000 bond as guarantee for the contract.
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Associated Press
Washington
Winthrop
New York
Congress
Henry T. Jones
Vernon Dropped From Coast League Move to San Jose Proposed
San Jose reports Frank Coy Kendall, a local businessman, was approached by Pacific Coast League head Cal Ewing with a proposal to relocate Vernon’s franchise to San Jose next year. Ewing discussed the plan and its implications for the league.
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Associated Press
San Jose
Frank Coykendall
Cal Ewing
Pacifc Coast Baseball League
Ewing
Pinchot Ballinger clash set for Goldfield mining congress
Indications the Pinchot Ballinger contest will be carried to the American Mining congress at Goldfield from September 27. J J Calibreath arrives to arrange California participation with San Francisco and southern elites entering Los Angeles and Ludlow entry planned. Notable visitors include Sir Morton Frewen and John Hayes Hammond.
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California
San Frantisco
Los Angeles
Ludlow
Goldfeld
Sir Morton Frewen
John Hayes Hammond
Rope Breaks Force Abandonment of Pole Attempt
Walter Wellman failed to reach the north pole as his dirigible airship America broke its guide rope with 1000 pounds of provisions. The Fram towed the ship to the landing stage but a gust tore the bag loose and it exploded over the ice, ending the attempt.
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Associated Press
Spitzbergen
Walter Wellman
North Pole
America
Fram
Gillespie Lease on Butler Strike Reports Fresh Vein Discovery
A new vein six inches wide averaging 691.42 per ton in gold and silver was found yesterday on the Gillespie lease at Butler. Bert Gillespie and associates located a float, plan sinking a shaft to follow the ore, with about 200 pounds taken within three hours. The discovery is tied to a prior shoot uncovered by Yeb Kendall, which yielded six tons for about $600. A Bonanza certificate is cited and local editorials debate Goldfield coverage and regional mining history.
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Gillespie
Bert Gillespie
Yeb Kendall
Bonanza
Goldfield Tribune
Tonopah
Goldfield
Salt Lake City
Tonopan
Itar
Hades
Engine turns turtle engineer killed in Ohio wreck
Pittsburg August 21 An engineer named Robinson was killed when a train derailed near Youngstown Ohio. The crash turned the locomotive over trapping him inside the wreckage. Only one victim reported in this early dispatch.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Engiuner Robinson
Safeh
Youngstown
Ohio
Robinson
Train car derailment injures eleven near Bluff
Eleven passengers in a Pullman car of the Iron Mountain train were injured when the car toppled thirty feet down an embankment after losing its grip on the track. The derailment occurred near Bluff as the train already faced a hazardous descent. Emergency crews rushed to the scene to aid the injured and secure the wreckage.
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Iron Mountain
Clara Shortridge Baby Dies by Strangling
San Jose Aug 21 Clara Shortridge two month old daughter of former state senator Charles Shortridge strangled herself to death this afternoon using a nursing bottle in what authorities describe as a tragic accidental death.
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Associated Press
San Jose
Clara Shortridge
Charles Shortridge
Cheyenne Lad Wins World Roping Steer Championship
Clayton Danks of Cheyenne rode Steamboat the famed outlaw horse to a world bucking title before 40,000 spectators. Ed McCarthy of Cheyenne High School captured the roping steer world championship in 44 25 seconds.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Clayton Danks
Steamboat
Ed McCarthy
Rose Breaks His Own Shot Put Record at Seattle Meet
Rose shattered his own world shot put record at Seattle during the big games athletic meet at the Seattle fair. He threw the sixteen pound missile 61 feet to surpass his prior mark as the Chicago Athletic Association won the meet with the Olympic Club runner up four points behind.
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Rose
San Francisco
Seattle
Chicago Athletic Association
Olympic Club
Nanan Nanan
Two Miners Entombed In Mine Stope
Associated Press reports in Redding that Phillip Snow and Michael Murphy died after a rock fall in the Quarts Hill mine stope where they operated an air drill. Recovery took five hours under twenty tons of rock. several colleagues nearby escaped unharmed.
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Associated Press
Redding
Phillip Snow
Michael Murphy
Quarts Hill
Forest fire menaces Grand Forks and Hatton area
Aug 21 A forest fire rages in the vicinity threatening Grand Forks and Hatton after destroying Roseberry. Roseberry residents escaped narrowly as fire brigades form, equipment rushed in, and fire crews push to halt the blaze before reaching Grand Forks.
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Grand Forks
Roseberry
Hatton
Kidnappers Apprehended In Child’s Abduction Case
Marion Bleakley the five year old who sparked a nationwide hunt was recovered by officers in Kansas City. Three alleged kidnappers were arrested with the child in custody as posses pursued leads from Topeka toward Lawrence and Missouri. The custody battle stemmed from a court dispute in which the child’s mother, Charlotte Bleakley of Kansas, won.
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Kansas City
Marion ‘Akley
Topeka
Marion Bleakley
Polie
Lawrence
St. Lenais
Charlotte Bleakley
Kansas
Barclay
Moline
Illinois
Daring attempt to blow up plant at Pittsburg
A striker penetrated a stockade at the Pressed Steel Car plant in Pittsburg and attempted to use a gaspipe bomb as troopers faced clashes with strike sympathizers. Five hundred women and children gathered at the restaurant as soldiers dispersed them amid injuries and scattered chaos.
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Pittsburg
Associated Press
Tts Pressed Steel Car Company
and & Dean
Ant
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