Huerta Likely Resigns to Name Trevino as Successor
In Mexico City reports say General Huerta plans to quit the presidency in October to run as candidate with General Trevino. Trevino is moving toward the capital amid talk of a cabinet reshuffle and a possible post as foreign minister. The exodus of Americans near completion as the Tamulipas prepares to sail from Vera Cruz with travelers aboard.
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City
Mexico
Gen. Huerta
Gen. Trevino
Tampico
Shanklin
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Huerta Out of Rare Peace Talks Seem Likely
Washington officials disclosed that Nelson OShaughnessy and John Minch were in frequent contact with Huerta government figures about a new basis for negotiations to end the Mexican conflict. President Wilson received a message from OShaughnessy signaling possible developments in the coming days. William Bayard Hale, a friend of Wilson, has studied Mexican politics for three months and offered data to the U S government while denying possession of any documents.
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Washington
Nelson O’shaughnessy
Mexico
John Minch
Wilson
Vera Cruz
Huerta
O'Shaughnessy
William Bayard Hale
Hale
United States
Thaw Gains Momentary Freedom in Quebec Jail Transfer
Harry Kendall Thaw briefly escaped jail confinement for three minutes after a habeas corpus writ secured by William Travers Jerome. He was then taken by immigration authorities to Coaticook Quebec and held in a detention room near the Grand Trunk station while attorneys seek a court date.
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Thaw
Coaticook
Quebec
Harry Kendall Thaw
Sherbrooke
William Travers Jerome
Dominion
Grand Trunk Railway Station
Rail Victim Seeks $100000 in Suit in Circuit Court
Minnie Richardson files a praecipe for a $100,000 lawsuit in circuit court against defendants Emma Stadfield Levina Raymond Alma Walton Mary Sabel Kate Wagner and Mrs John Stadfield over a recent Valo rail riding incident.
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Waukeran
Minnie Richardson
Valo
Emma Stadfield
Levina Raymond
Alma Walton
Mary Sabel
Kate Wagner
John Stadfield
Eight of Navy Drowned in Hampton Roads
In Newport News three petty officers and five sailors aboard the battleship Nebraska were drowned when a launch capsized during a hurricane sweeping the area. The tragedy occurred as the vessel’s crew faced the violent storm off Hampton Roads.
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Navy
Newport News
Nebraska
Hampton Roads
United States Clerk Under Bond in Canal Commission Death
William J. Fisher, a Panama Canal Commission clerk, stabbed magazine writer William L. Altdorfer to death with scissors. Fisher was bound to the grand jury and released on $3,000 bail.
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U. S
Bond
Washington
Willliam J. Fisher
Panama Canal Commission
William L. Altdorfer
Cairo Slayer Denied Bail in First Degree Murder
Cairo Illinois Harvey R Fields was ordered held without bail on a first degree murder charge after a coroner s jury found he shot and killed Dr E E Gordon His wife supported Fields statement in court proceedings.
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Cairo
Cairo, Ill
Harvey R. Fields
E. E. Gordon
Fields
U S Embassy to Madrid Authorized by Senate Bill
The U S legation at Madrid will be raised to an embassy following Senate passage of a bill authorizing the president to appoint an ambassador to Spain at a salary of $17,500 per year.
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U. S
Madrid
Washington
House of the Senate
Spain
Lind Rides Into Infested Region on Warship Visit
President Wilson's representative John Lind and Rear Admiral Fletcher tour a sugar plantation 60 miles south of Vera Cruz where rebels operate with impunity. They rode two hours by horseback after Tierra Blanca station seeking steerage passage, amid U S transport concerns and uncertain evacuation options for Americans from Mexico. The Mexicano steamer will evacuate many to Galveston, but some insist on remaining in Vera Cruz to avoid inferior accommodations.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Wilson
John Lind
Fletcher
R. M. Emery
Tierra Blanca
Lind
Emery
Canada
Galveston
Americans Protest Against Steerage Passages Home
Americans in Mexico City protest Wilson warned evacuation options as consuls offer only steerage passage. Telegrams from Vera Cruz and Tampico show travelers refusing low-priced tickets, preferring to risk remaining in Mexico rather than being placed in steerage.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Wilson
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Train Derailed in Iowa. 3 Killed, 35 Hurt
A Rock Island southbound train No 444 on the Decorah branch derailed two miles north of Maynard and plunged down a ten foot embankment. Three people were killed instantly and 35 others were seriously injured.
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Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Rock Island
Maynard
Last U S Land Lottery Opens in Fort Peck Reservation
Glasgow Montana registration under Judge J W Witter of the interior department began for drawing lands in the Fort Peck Indian reservation in northwestern Montana. The lottery encompasses 1 345 000 acres and will be the last big land lottery in the United States.
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U. S
Glasgow
Mont
J. W. Witter
Interior Department
Fort Peck
Montana
United States
Largest baby show at Nebraska state fair draws 700 entrants
Lincoln Neb 700 babies between one and two years old entered Nebraska's first ever baby show as part of the state fair exhibit. The event marked the largest such display in the United States and showcased the growing popularity of infant showcases at fairs nationwide.
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Lincoln
Neb
United States
Nebraska
Physician Shot to Death in Cairo Infirmary
Cairo physician Dr. E. E. Gordon, a leading local figure, was shot and killed at St. Marys Infirmary by Harvey W. Fields who waited there. Fields fired twice with a .44 Derringer, one bullet piercing the heart and the other fracturing the jawbone, in a fatal attack.
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Cairo
E. E. Gordon
St. Mary’s Infirmary
Harvey W. Fields
Fields
Car Men Get Wage Increase in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia 7000 to 8000 employees of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company gain a wage raise of 1 to 3 cents an hour.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Po well Plays 34 Hours of Piano Nonstop in Leicester
Wilfred Powell played a piano for 34 hours in Leicester England, hammering out 1500 tunes from memory without a break. The feat set a striking endurance record for a solo performance.
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Leicester
England
Wilfred Powell
Health officer bans cradle rocking in London
The London health department declares that babies should not be rocked, overturning a long held cradle tradition and marking a notable public health stance.
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Cradle
London
London Health Department
Cavalry Ordered to Border Moves from Winchester
The eleventh United States cavalry now in maneuvers at Winchester Vermont has been ordered to proceed to the Mexican border according to apparently authentic reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Winchester
Roosevelt Jewels Found Theft Charge at Oyster Bay
George A. Parker, an employee of Theodore Roosevelt at Saginawa Hill Oyster Bay, is jailed in Mineola charged with stealing jewelry worth $1 000 from the Roosevelt home.
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Roosevelt
Mineola
N. Y
George A. Parker
Theodore Roosevelt
Saginawa Hill
Oyster Bay
Wreck Probe: Dense Fog Blamed for Fatal New Haven Collision
Commerce body to probe wreck. At least 91 dead and about 50 injured as two wooden sleepers crushed and victims hurled 50 feet from tracks. Officials face drastic action for failure to provide steel cars. inspectors dispatched to scene due to antiquated equipment.
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Commerce Commission
New Haven
Washington
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
New Haven Railway
Tragic Collision Shatters Bar Harbor and White Mountain Trains
In New Haven 21 killed and 40 injured as the White Mountain express in mist plows into three Bar Harbor coaches. Engineer Miller arrested for coroner action. Heavy damage to rear cars and scattered debris shows speed and impact. Rescue slow amid tangled wreckage and wooden sleeping cars.
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New Haven
Conn
Bar Harbor
White Mountain Express
New York
New Haven & Hartford
White Mountain
New England
A. B. Miller
Har Harbor
Hale Reports to Wilson on Lind Negotiations in Mexico
William Bayard Hale, the president's biographer, arrived to brief President Wilson in person on the Lind negotiations in Mexico and the Muerta government. Hale provided officials with a first hand account of the talks and current conditions.
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Hale
Wilson
Washington
William Bayard Hale
Mexico
Muerta
Fire Commissioner Slain in Kansas City Visit
Police pursue foul play theory after discovering a blood stained coat and a damaged panama hat linked to Paul H. Thompson, fire commissioner of Grand Island Nebraska, during a visit to Kansas City. No suspects or motive yet established as investigators assess the scene.
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Kansas City
Paul H. Thompson
Grand Island
Neb
Nebraska
Warning Is Merely Advice
Washington Senator Bacon chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says President Wilsons warning to Americans to leave Mexico was not meant as compulsion but as advice rather than a directive.
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Washington
Bacon
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Wilson
Congress
Mexico
German-Americans In Session Opens Alliance Meetings
German-Americans in session as the St. Paul German American alliance opens its annual meetings with a program of German folk songs and patriotic American airs, highlighting one of the nation’s strongest German societies.
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St. Paul
The
Wreck Kills Twenty in New Haven Railroad Collision
Twenty people died and about fifty were injured in a train wreck on the New Haven line between North Haven and Wallingford two small towns. Officials reported a double collision causing extensive casualties as emergency teams rushed to aid victims and clear wreckage.
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New Haven
Conn
North Haven
Wallingford
Wreck of Rock Island Train No 444 Near Maynard Iowa
A Rock Island train 444 derailed two miles from Maynard Iowa. The entire train plunged down a 10 foot embankment, disastrous wreck reported in Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Rock Island
Maynard
Elks Plan Home Location Shift to Bedford City Virginia
The Elks announce the national home for aged members will be built in Bedford City Virginia instead of French Lick Springs Indiana, marking a relocation of the project.
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Elks
Virginia
Chicago
National
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Bedford City
French Lick Springs
Ind
Quincy man kills wife then dies by own hand
John Denny an electrical worker in Quincy killed his wife with five bullets and then took his own life at their home. He phoned police after the shooting giving a fictitious address to delay discovery, then shot himself with a shotgun. Police found his body beside his wife with signs of a violent struggle in the room. The wife held an iron poker in her grasp. Altamont postmaster J R Snook resigns after 18 years.
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Quincy
John Denny
Denny
Deport Three After Year in Bloomington Case
United States immigration officers deported Mrs. Margaret Walsh and her two children to England after they had lived in Bloomington for one year. The family reportedly entered via Montreal, evading officers.
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Bloomington
United States
Iimmigration
Margaret Walsh
England
Montreal
Mount Carmel man plagued by deadly horse kicks
Charles Johnson, repeatedly kicked by horses over fifty years, claims to have endured 80 or more incidents. He recounts a recent event where a horse he had just bought kicked him twice, with many close calls and fatal scares noted in his long history.
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Mount Carmel
Charles Johnson
Johnson
Monroe County Teachers Appoint Instructors at Waterloo Meeting
At the Monroe County Teachers Institute annual gathering County Superintendent James W. Jackson of Waterloo named instructors J. E. Raibourn Elizabeth Wilson and C Struckmeyer the latter serving as musical instructor with duties to be announced.
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Monroe County
Waterloo
Monroe County Teachers’ Institute
James W. Jackson
J. E. Raibourn
Elizabeth Wilson
C. Struckmeyer
Dedication Set for Eastern Illinois High School Building
The first township high school in eastern Illinois will be dedicated in this city by the state superintendent of public instruction on September 12. The building cost $22,000.
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Newman
Illinois
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Miners Attend Funeral of Boss Victim in Duquoin
Funeral services for William Sisney a Majestic mine pit committee member shot and killed by Abe C Eaton nine superintendent during labor troubles were held at relatives home. Rev Marion Teague led the services with a large miners delegation in attendance.
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Duquoin
William Sisney
Majestic
Abe C. Eaton
Marion Teague
Harvest Good Clover Hay Crop at Alto Pass
James and Abe Norton living one mile west of Alto Pass thresh over 300 bushels of red clover seed from 60 acres. Seed worth about 10 to 14 dollars per bushel. They also harvested a large hay crop from the land, making profit per acre one of the largest on record in southern Illinois aside from fruit and vegetables.
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Alto Pass
James
Abe Norton
Illinois
Found After Fifty Years Quincy Reunion of Siblings
John Carey seventy seven reunites with his sister Mrs Seth Allard of Sheffield Vermont after fifty years. Carey served in the Union forces and drifted west losing track of his sister. Paralysis prevented letters until sisters home correspondence revealed his location. They will return to Sheffield to live.
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Quincy
John Carey
Seth Allard
Sheffield
Carey
Carrier Carried to See Dead Fiancé in Hurst Funeral
Miss Carrie Ward, dying of typhoid, was carried on a cot to the home of her dead fiancé Guy Spangler before his funeral in Hurst. Typhoid claimed his life as well. The pair, long social leaders, attracted many mourners from town and country. Ward had recently won a local beauty contest.
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Hurst
Carrie Ward
Guy Spangler
Miss Ward
Two Held for Burning Boats near Havana
Charles De Frates and John Martin alias Stub Martin charged with complicity in burning two launches and a houseboat belonging to the state fish and game department. They are bound over to the September grand jury in $5,000 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Charles de Frates
John Martin
Stub” Martin
State Fish and Game Department
Farmer's Wife Killed in Runaway Near Winchester
Mrs Hezekiah Ward, a farmer's wife, died when her buggy horse ran away on the way to church. The accident occurred near Winchester, leaving the community in shock over the fatal breaking of the wagon and loss of life.
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Winchester
Church
Meeting of Teachers Ends Mount Carmel Institute
The Midsummer Teachers institute at Mount Carmel closed with rural students’ graduation. Thirty-one graduates led by instructors Prof. H. M. Tipsword of Westfield College and Prof. O. E. Reynolds of Iowa Falls. Assistant Supt. H. M. Whittenberg delivered the graduation address.
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Midcummel
Mount Carmel
Mount ‘Carmel
H. M. Tipsword
Westfield College
Westfield
O.E. Reynolds
Iowa Falls
H. M. Whittenberg
Insane Patients Visit Circus Under Guarded Escort
Superintendent George A. Zeller led twenty five attendants from the Bartonville State Hospital for the Insane as 652 patients were taken to a Peoria circus. The group arrived by special train, marched through 15,000 spectators with no trouble. One patient briefly broke through the line but was recaptured. Patients enjoyed peanuts popcorn and lemonade before returning safely to the hospital.
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Peoria
George A. Zeller
State Hospital For the Insane
Bartonville
Press Humorists Elect
The tenth annual convention of the American Press Humorists closed in Peoria. Officers elected were President George Fitch of Peoria, Vice President Douglas Halleck of Chicago, and Secretary Treasurer Ted Robinson of Cleveland. Cleveland will host the 1914 convention.
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Peoria
The
American Press
George Fitch
Douglas Halleck
Chicago
Ted Robinson
Cleveland
Slum Mission Plans Discussed by Illinois Free Church
At the convention of the Young People's Societies of the Illinois Free church in Rockford a major portion of talks centered on establishing a slum mission in Chicago. A seven member committee was created to draft recommendations.
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Chicago
Rockford
Convention of the Young People's Societies of
The
Illinois Free Church
Whisky Inquiry Is Planned in Romine Township
Federal grand jury investigation into the Romine township whisky trade will begin September 6. Fifty two Romine and Haines residents have been subpoenaed as witnesses as deputy marshals search the hills for evidence.
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Centralia
Romine Township
Danville
Romine
Haines
Town of Mounie Faces Wabash River Erosion
The town of Mounie on the Wabash River, twenty miles below Mount Carmel, is gradually sinking into the river as the Wabash eats away at the town. Buildings are endangered and residents appealed to Congress to divert the river, but Major Oakes of the U S Army Corps reports that since the issue is not navigational, the government cannot intervene, making action unlikely.
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Mount Carmel
Mounie
Wabash
Congress
Oakes
United States Army Corps
Train kills Chicago man in Aurora jump event
Aurora police report that James O Keefe a blacksmith of 3439 South Marshfield avenue was killed when he jumped in front of a railroad train in Aurora Chicago.
Makanda Suffers 40000 Dollar Box Factory Fire
Fire in Makanda destroys Fowler's box factory Lawrence's box factory J G Jennings store and Rendleman's lumber yard. Three freight cars burn. Buckets save Schwartz store bank and Rendleman store. Loss about 40000 dollars. Makanda lies fifteen miles southeast of Murphysboro with 400 residents.
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Makanda
Fowley
Lawrence
J. G. Jenning
Willis Rendleman
Schwartz
Rendleman
Murphysboro
Elgin Woman Serves on Jury in Kane County Brief
Elgin resident Mrs. W. H. Seachrist was the first woman to serve on a Kane county jury. She agreed to act when summoned, but before a verdict was reached the plaintiff objected and the jury was dismissed.
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Elgin
W. H. Seachrist
Kane County
Bonnie Holiness association closes camp meeting
Mount Vernon man head T. L. Powell elected president of the Bonnie Holiness association for the coming year with S. T. Laird as vice president, William Lawson secretary, Judd Adams treasurer from Bonnie. Rev. P. R. Powers engaged for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Thirty year reunion of Ninety Fourth Illinois Infantry held in Bloomington
Bloomington hosts a reunion of Civil War veterans from the Ninety Fourth Illinois Infantry. The unit, once commanded by the late John McNulta of Chicago, marks its thirtieth annual gathering here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ilinois Volunteer Infantry
John McNulta
Chicago
Corbin Weda Wed to Miss Armstrong in Milwaukee
Rutherford Corbin of Chicago secretary to Taft when governor of the Philippines, and son of the late Major General Corbin, married Anna Armstrong of St. Louis by Justice Balz after demanding the federal judge officiate in Milwaukee. Corbin is a reporter.
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Corbin Weda
Waukegan
Rutherford Corbin
Chicago
W. H. Taft
Phillippines
Corbin
Anna Armstrong
St. Louis
Justice Balz
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Paradoxical Experts on Engines Doing Opposite Things
A quoted exchange discusses how engines can perform conflicting tasks at once. The conversation explores how systems can be both careful and reckless, prompting questions about what operational safety and efficiency entail.
Woman's Place in the Workforce Revealed by Statistics
The Baltimore Sun notes that women increasingly enter diverse professions. With 239,077 stenographers, 327,635 teachers and professors, 481,169 in trades, 770,056 in agriculture, 7,355 physicians, 7,396 clergy men, 2,193 journalists, 1,037 designers and architects, 1,010 lawyers, and 429,497 women in various professions, the home is no longer the sole domain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Elimination of Mr and Mrs Honorifics in Colonial Letters
A London correspondent urges dropping the prefix Mr from letter salutations. Historical Massachusetts records show in 1680 Josias Plaistowe was fined and to be called Josias, not Mr., for theft from Indians. The penal code also mentioned docking Mrs but had no enforcement records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Delly Citizen
American
Massachusetts
Josias Plaistowe
Josias
American Business Hustle in Global Trade Rivals
A London World analysis contrasts England’s commercial rivals with Britain in Far East orders for electrical material. It cites a city department head visiting Germany and the United States where American manufacturers welcomed him with letters and hospitality, while British reps find no such help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Far East
Germany
Great Britain
United States
America
London
Thoughtful farmer finds light breaking with Postum
A farmer writes of decades of indigestion and bilious colic until he tries Postum coffee substitute. After three weeks he feels better, stops coffee, and gains appetite and energy. His wife follows directions. two Postum forms are described and a sample book is offered.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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