Senate Passes Child Labor Law Amid waning opposition
Washington reports the senate approved the child labor bill 52 to 12 forbidding shipment of products from U S mines mills and factories where under 16s worked within 30 days prior. The measure mirrors house passage and followed a late caucus shift urged by President Wilson. Crop Short: Wheat production is forecast 105 million bushels below normal.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
United States
Federal funding bill aids infantile paralysis research
The president signed a bill providing 135 900 dollars to support experiments aimed at eliminating the infantile paralysis plague. The appropriation targets research initiatives and laboratory work in Washington with federal backing.
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Washington
Dentist 60 Kills Girl 14 Then Burns Self
Dr Charles Davis aged 60 a Selma Alabama dentist killed Leila Patrick aged 14 after she refused his marriage proposal. He then died by taking his own life in the ensuing frenzy. The crime shocked the community and prompted a manhunt and investigations.
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Selma, Ala
Charles Davis
Leila Patrick
Callaris Resigns as War Minister in Athens Dispatch
Telegraph dispatch from Athens reports General Callaris has resigned from the post of minister of war. The move comes as political realignment unfolds amid shifting alliances and cabinet changes.
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London
Athens
Callaris
Laborer in Ottawa Told of Heirloom Windfall
Burton Harris of Los Angeles, while working as a day laborer, was informed that a wealthy uncle had left him 200000 dollars. The message also said another 200000 dollars were left to Harris’s mother and sister.
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Ottawa
Burton Harris
Los Angeles
Cal
Harris
Postponement of Mounted Service School Opening
Fort Riley Kansas war department announces opening postponed from October 1 to November 1. Student officers, probably if, will report at Port Riley October 6.
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Fort Riley
Kans
Mounted Service School
War Department
Port Riley
Wilson Letter to Kaiser on Polish Conditions Surfaces
Berlin A personal letter from President Wilson to the Kaiser about conditions in Poland was delivered to Foreign Secretary von Jagow by Ambassador Gerard von Jagow forwarded it to the Kaiser, revealing diplomatic exchanges and high level concern.
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Berlin
Wilson
Kaiser
Poland
von Jagow
Gerard
von Aragow
Harvard Guardsmen Refuse to Deploy at Border
A Massachusetts national guard unit nicknamed the millionaire battery declined the War Department offer to form student companies and voted to stay on the border until state troops were released. All men are Harvard alumni.
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Il Paso
Tex
Massachusetts National Guard
War Department
Harvard
Germany Overstocks Tobacco Creates Import Ban
Amsterdam reports Germany halts raw tobacco imports due to already large imperial stocks, signaling a protectionist pause as the empire holds vast reserves and seeks to stabilize markets amid surplus.
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Germany
Amsterdam
NOUMANIA REFUGES TO WE UP IN WAR
Berlin reports show British advance halted on the Somme front and a fresh diplomatic setback for the allies in Roumania. Stockholm notes Petrograd disappointment as negotiations at Bucharest fail, with Germany gaining confidence as Roumania remains nonaligned.
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Noumania
Berlin
Somme
Roumania
Bucharest
Vienna
Balkan
Stockholm
Petrograd
Russia
Hungary
Carpathian
Austria
Germany
Sheriff and prisoner killed in Baylor county incident
In Seymour Texas Sheriff W L Ellis is knocked down by a handcuffed suspect Steven Brown whom he had under arrest. Brown seizes the sheriff s revolver and shoots him. the sheriff dies two hours later. A mob then shoots Brown to death.
Pittsburg Storm Claims Teen With Torrential Saw Mill Creek
A violent storm in Pittsburg and Allegheny County caused one death and extensive damage. Marie Bandal, 14, was swept away and drowned when Saw Mill Creek surged into a raging torrent.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Marie Bandal
Undiluted Americanism Adopted by German American Alliance
At Erie Pennsylvania the Central German American Alliance convention adopted the slogan Undiluted Americanism after a spirited session in which President Wilson was accused of showing sympathy for his motherland England.
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Erie
Naval war game to start August 20 on Atlantic coast
Washington reports the annual naval war game will cover nearly half the Atlantic coast. The defending fleet bases at Newport or Block Island and the exercise is set to begin August 20, signaling a major readiness drill for sea power.
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Washington
Atlantic
Newport
Block Island
Tragic suicide in cornfield near Litchfield
Frank Beck, residing on the Murphy farm just west of Litchfield, killed himself with a shotgun shot in a corn field. The death is being investigated by local authorities. No further details were provided.
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Litchfield
Frank Beck
Murphy
German plan to make paper from cotton stalks
Berlin reports the German government has developed a process to produce paper from cotton stalks. The announcement highlights a shift toward alternative fiber sources, aiming to reduce dependence on traditional wood pulp.
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Berlin
Chanute Blacksmith Hosts 600 Girls Birthday Party
Chanute Kansas 600 girls aged six to fourteen attended a party given by George W Williams the town s first blacksmith to celebrate his seventy third birthday.
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Chanute
Kans
George W. Williams
Woman and four children drown in Cumberland river landslide
Mrs William Hall and her four children perished when flood waters drove them from their home at Herlan Kentucky. A hut they took refuge in was swept away by a landslide on the Cumberland river.
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Herlan
William Hall
Cumberland
Disagree Over Naval Program In Conferees Report
Washington notes that Senate and house conferees on the naval bill have voted to report a disagreement on the building and personnel sections. The split concerns future construction and staffing levels in the naval program, signaling a stalemate over key provisions.
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Washington
Senate
House
First Letter Carriers Union Formed in Chicago
The Chicago branch claims to be the first letter carriers union in the United States with 200 members. It is affiliated with the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, which in turn is tied to the American Federation of Labor.
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Letter Carriers Farm Union
Chicago
United States
National Federation of ‘Postoffice Clerks
American Federation of Labor
Diaz forces press toward Puebla amid Mexican civil conflict
In New York a Diaz agent reports revolutionary troops under Brig. Gen. Felix Diaz attacking Puebla. Diaz claims victory on Loretto hill and in the Sierra Madre foothills, aiming to capture Puebla and then Mexico City. Support in Tabasco and Tehuantepec strengthens Diaz efforts as Carranza forces suffer casualties.
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New York
Feix Diaz
Puebla
Mex
Mexico City
Diaz
Mexico
Tabasco
Juan Hernandez
Tehuantepec
New York City
Tamaulipas Election Preparations Begin in Nuevo Laredo
In Nuevo Laredo Tamaulipas officers will be elected September 3 as the first Tamaulipas municipal vote in three years. Military authorities expect the presidential election to follow as soon after as arrangements permit.
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Laredo
Tex
Tamaulipas
Nuevo Laredo
Cireculars
Gen Trevino says forces coordinate for drive on Villa bandits
Gen Trevino reports completion of troop coordination and northern advance from Durango to join Gen Matias Ramos coming from Rosario Parral Jimenez and Escalon. Dispatches indicate the country is free of outlaws driven into the path of the advancing de facto troops.
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Chihuahua City
Mex
Trevino
Villa
Durango City
Matias Ramos
Rosario
Parral Jimenez
Escalon
Mexico Honors Men Slain at Carrizal
El Paso Tex reports that the Mexican government plans to name a brigade and several regiments after the men slain in the Carrizal battle against the Tenth United States Cavalry by order of War Minister Obregon.
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Mexico
Carrizal
el Paso
Tex
Tenth United States Cavalry
Obregon
Dynamite Blast Kills One at Yale Mine
In Carthage Missouri Westfield and D. E. Young were among workers preparing a dynamite charge when it exploded prematurely. Young, 35, was killed and Westfield sustained probable fatal injuries in the Yale mine incident near Carthage.
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Carthage
W. FE. Young
D. Westfield
Yale
Here
Bank Robbed of About $1000 in Florence Nebraska
A bank in Florence a suburb of Omaha was robbed of about $1000 by automobile bandits. Two men arrived by car shortly after noon. One stayed with the car while the other forced the cashier to surrender all available cash and currency.
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Detroit
Mich
Burroughs Adding Machine Co
Lansing
Jackson
Ann Arbor
Detroit-Monroe
Toledo
P. G. Chapman
Burroughs Company
Rudolph Cooper
Burroughs
Thomas Sheehan
Omaha
Neb
Farmers’ State Bank of
Florence
Widow Receives Yearly Salary for Martyr's Death
Washington reports the senate passed a bill granting $1,095 a year's salary to the widow of Joseph Sitters who was killed May 24, 1915 by Mexican bandits in Presidio county Texas.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph Sitters
Presidio County
Texas
Centerville Man Arrested for 1913 Murder After Three Years
Luther Fruitt was arrested in Carter county and lodged in Centerville jail by Sheriff Parks, charged with the murder of a young man whose skeleton was found in the woods near Bunker, in August 1913.
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Centerville
Luther Fruitt
Carter County
Sheriff Parks
Bunker
This County
No Watermelons for Soldiers in El Paso Camps
Gloom spreads through army camps in El Paso Texas as watermelons are banned by authorities because the fruit draws flies. The restriction affects soldiers and camp routines amid wartime food management concerns.
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Tl Paso
Tex
Oil Contractor Burned to Death Near Tulsa
George Daly an oil contractor was burned to death in a field near Tulsa Oklahoma due to a well fire. The tragedy occurred at one of the Cushings field wells as the worker perished in the blaze.
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Tulsa
George Daly
Cushings Field
Man Discovers Wife Is His Sister in Shocking Twist
Roger Newton a UW graduate from Globe Arizona learns his wife Elizabeth Porter is actually his sister. He had been adopted by the Newtons after a Spokane carpenter father and early orphanage placement. The couple married nine years ago and faced distress when a lock etch in her trunk revealed a photo of his birth parents.
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Madison
Wis
Roger Newton
University of Wisconsin
Globe, Ariz
Newton
George Porter
Spokane
Wash
George
Newtons
Elizabeth Porter
Miss Kate Gordon Praises Wilson on State Action for Suffrage
New Orleans Miss Kate Gordon president of the Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference issues a statement praising President Wilson for his stand for state action on suffrage and warns Democratic women voters against Hughes bait for federal amendment as a shortcut to woman suffrage.
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New Orleans
Kate Gordon
Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference
Wilson
Hughes
Armless Soldier Marryis Civil Arrival in Challey Domain
George Ashmore who lost both arms in France wed Miss Fitazpaine at Challey near here. They received a cottage from Mrs Grantham and £1 1s weekly grant plus a disablement pension.
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Lewis
England
George Ashmore
France
Fitazpaine
Challey
Here
Grantham
Shmore
Arkansas Farmers for Prohibition Endorse state-wide ban
The Arkansas State Farmers convention in Jonesboro adopted a resolution endorsing the state-wide prohibition act passed by the last legislature. The repeal of the prohibition law will be voted on in November.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Arkansas State Farmers’ Convention
Chinese Porcelain Nubian Figure Sells for 5575
A Chinese porcelain figure of a Nubian girl slave, 16 inches tall, from a London art collection was sold for 5575 dollars at a local sale. The item drew attention as a highlight of the auction.
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London
Cheerful Giving and the Law of Generous Return
The lesson notes Paul’s view on church giving as voluntary, cheerful, and principled, stressing that generosity should be free of coercion and greed. It cites God’s promise to provide grace to the giver, the multiplier effect of sowing, and the impact of liberal offerings on both recipients and the giver’s spiritual life.
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Jesus
Paul
Corinth
Church of Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
God
Jesus Christ
Denison Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Mrs G O Lowery of Denison Texas describes severe female trouble with chills flashes dizziness and fatigue before taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She reports rapid improvement after three doses and urges others with similar issues to begin treatment promptly citing doctors as unable to help but the remedy working for her.
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Denison
Texas
Ibut
Lydia E. Pinkham
Monterey Street
Longest concrete trestle spans Yolo bypass in Sacramento valley
The article describes a 3.09 mile trestle across the Yolo bypass built under California state highway commission supervision. It measures 20 feet high with a 21 foot roadway, rests on reinforced concrete piles weighing 3 to 5 tons, uses precast floor slabs, and was completed with unit construction methods producing a monolithic structure for under 385000.
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America
Yolo
Sacramento Valley
Popular Mechanics
California State Highway Commission
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Ington
Agricultural Department
Favori Te Czar
Garranza
Raul
Arkansas Farmers For Prohibition
International Sunday School
BE. O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Lydia Pinkham
Sacramento Valleys
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