Thaw Faces Deportation Decision After Habeas Conference
Harry K. Thaw, detained as a fugitive from Matteawan, faced options after Canadian immigration authorities signaled deportation to Newport Vermont if he chooses. Lawyers debated whether to press habeas corpus or accept deportation, with Thaw’s preference undecided after a two hour council and a pending arrival of detective Roger O Mara.
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Harry K. Thaw
Sherbrooke
Matteawan
Thaw
Newport
Vermont
Roger O'Mara
Pittsburgh
Missouri Roadfest Ends as Major Praises Work Days
Governor Major’s two road days drew 260000 workers from business and farming to accelerate highway progress in Missouri. Estimated pay value of unrecorded labor reached 1.5 million dollars if compensated. Kansas Governor Hodges congratulated Missouri and aides abroad sent telegrams praising the effort and its aim to position Missouri as a leading good road state.
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Major
Missouri
Jefferson City
Hodges
Kansas
Foreigners Back Wilson in Mexico Peace Effort
Nations including Great Britain, France and Japan press their influence on Huerta to back U S efforts for a constitutional election in Mexico. Officials reiterate US demand for Huerta’s removal and a cautious path to Congress. Bryan warns all leaders that violence against Americans will be punished. Elsewhere bandits fire on King Charles and Queen Elizabeth of Romania near Binala, no injuries reported.
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Lyon Rus
Great Britain
France
Japan
Huerta
Mexico
United States
Lind
Wilson
Congress
Curt
la Boguilla
Chihuahua
Bryan
Etcher
Chihuahua City
King
King Charles
Queen Elizabeth
Carmen Bylvia
Rumania
Binala
Carpathian Mountains
Oden Sinks Gunboat Urd During Fleet Maneuvers
The Swedish battleship Oden collided with and sank the gunboat Urd west of Hon island amid fleet maneuvers. All crew of the gunboat were saved. A railroad wreck near Leetonia, Ohio injured Dr H J Stewart of Ia, with weak guts reported.
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Oden
Urd
Tsland of
Hon
Jowan
Eastern Express
Pillaugh, Fort Wayne
Chicago
Leetonia
Gan
H. J, Stewart
Rapid Progress On Tariff In Senate As Free List Grows
Senate moves on the tariff bill with rapid progress in committee of the whole. The wool schedule is cleared to the free list with anticipated continuation of free raw wool. Leaders expect final Senate vote within two weeks and aim to finish the income tax before week’s end. Free list items ratified include agricultural implements beet sugar cane machinery alcohol horses and mules breeding stock bibles bread and biscuits.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Killed in Auto Overturn Near McClelland Iowa
Emma Anderson twenty six of Quick Iowa died instantly when the auto she rode in overturned near McClelland Iowa The report also notes a separate killing at a ranch in Mountain View Nevada involving Billy Billings son in law of former Senator W A Plumb of Kansas and ranchman Frank Huber with Huber under arrest over a debt dispute Also Governor Vernon J Whitney of Iowa attacked by Moros at Jolo suffering five wounds but surviving after killing two assailants in the ensuing struggle.
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Emma Anderson
Quick, Ia
McClelland
Billy Billings
W. A. Plumb
Kansas
Mountain View
Nev
Frank Huber
Huber
Whitney
Moros
Vernon J. Whitney
Iowa
Jolo
B Creighton Dies at Ninety Four Founding Father of Creighton
J B Creighton aged ninety four founder of Creighton Maine and railway president died in Wichita while visiting his daughter Mrs I D Wallis. He shaped the town's early development and leadership in transport.
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A B. Creighton
J. B. Creighton
Creighton
Wichita
I. D. Wallis
Bryan Stumping in Maine for Will Fetengel Campaign
Secretary Bryan will spend two days in early September stumping the Third Maine congressional district for Democratic candidate Will iam Fetengel.
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Bryan
Maine
William Fetengel
Bankers Confer on Owen currency bill amendments
Bankers from across the country, after a two day Chicago conference, approved more than twenty changes to the Owen currency bill then before Congress. A seven member committee was named to press the amendments in Washington before President Wilson, Secretary McAdoo, and Congress. The group will argue administration support can be swayed to favor a measure beneficial to banking and business. The committee includes James B. Forgan, George R Reynolds, B. J. Hill, R. B. Maddox, Sol Wexler, Joseph Chapman, and Festus J Wade.
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Chicago
Congress
Washington
Hepburn
New York
Wilson
the Treasury
McAdoo
James B. Forgan
George R Reynolds
B. J. Hill
Norwalk
Conn
RB. F. Maddox
Atlanta
Sol Wexler
New Orleans
Joseph Chapman
Minneapolis
Festus J. Wade
St. Louis
New Rules on Corn Grades Set by Agriculture Dept
The agriculture department announced seven tentative corn grades for commercial corn. A Washington hearing in late September will gather objections before final adoption. Grades No 1 to No 6 must be at least 98 percent white for white corn, at least 45 percent yellow for yellow corn, and mixed corn may include multiple colors not in white or yellow limits. No 6 may be musty or inferior with reasons noted on tickets. Finely broken corn includes particles passing an 8 by 8 mesh and badly broken or cracked corn through a 4 by 4 mesh.
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M. R. Torré
Storm Lake
William Floyd
James Nixon
St Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Hane Knutzen, Jr
DeWitt
George Huff
Towa
Cleveland Americans
Manson
Main Street
Elizabeth Harlow Goetz
Springfield
Mass
Mississippi Valley Spiritualist Association
Mt. Pleasant Park
L. T. Aldrich
Clear Lake
Knoxville
Clark
Traveling Men's Association
Dubuque
John Ryan
Richard Stewart
Tipton
Osceola
Nels Rasmussen
Ringsted
Nelson
Boone
Crooks
City Federation
Floyd Miller
Fort Dodge
St. Paul
W. B. Barney
M. E. Flynn
Davenport
Pompei Salvatori
Tom Batavia
Keokuk
Salvatori
Batavia
Western Grocer Company
Marshalltown
Mexico
Lillie Gourd
Matthew Gourd
Corning
Edna
F. J. Kipp
Milwaukee
Iowa City
Iowa
W. A. Nelson
Iowa Association For the Advancement
Park Davis Company
Kansas City
Harry Eaton
State Pharmacy Commission
Central Church of Christ At
Des Moines
E. T. Pettit
Madrid
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Diggs Quilty Found Guilty in Mann Act Case
Jury convicts Maury L Diggs former California state architect of transporting Marsha Warrington from Sacramento to Reno for immoral purposes. Verdict includes four guilty counts with up to five years per count and $5,000 bail per count. sentence set for Sept 2. defense to appeal. Also notes Galicia governor halting emigration and ordering arrest of young men inest regions.
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Marsha Warrington
Sacramento
Reno
Maury L Diges
California
San Francisco
Carriag
van Fleet
I. H Whiggs
Marshall Diggs
Secretary Daniels Orders Punishment of Sailors
Secretary Daniels directs punishment for Pacific reserve fleet sailors who helped destroy IWW and socialise property in Seattle in July 1918 if identified, while condemning civilians who abused sailors and the American flag.
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Daniels
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Seattle
Fatal knife attack in Kansas City meat market
In a Kansas City meat market a passing struggle between Frank Mooney and Mark Hamilton ended with Mooney dying from a butcher knife wound to the heart. Shoppers screamed as chaos erupted in the salesroom amid the confrontation.
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Kansas City
Frank Mooney
Mark Hamilton
Mooney
Etere
Pauper Snobs of India Rise of Anglo Indian Charity
A Chicago Tribune excerpt discusses Anglo Indian paupers who rely on charity. It argues they imitate English life, prefer begging over manual labor, and look down on Hindu and coolie workers. Sanitation issues and early deaths further push families into poverty, with wealthy Hindus avoiding responsibility.
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Calcutta
India
Anogighman
Wen
Coollea
Thia
Chicago
Tribuag
Ingenious Sundials in Paris Eighteenth Century Fame
Paris hosted an immense array of sundials with the Paissis Royale sundial at center stage. Crowds gathered daily at noon as observers prepared watches for the signal, while the Duke of Orleans preserved the dial and added a powder magazine that exploded at noon, later replaced by a sun-triggered cannon. Buffon showcased an oversized dial in the botanical garden, and a sun-burned hair suspended globe struck a gong.
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Paris
Palace Royale Garden
Duke of Orleans
Buffon
Botanical Garden
Loula Republic
The Great Oat Discovery Debate Echoes Deep Question
A London Spectator remark on great discoveries cites electricity wireless telegraphy flying machines and microbes as candidates while a reticent voice points to earth’s rotation as humanity’s most surprising discovery. The exchange frames science, perception, and the universe’s scale.
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London Spectator
Began to Enjoy Himself With Graphophones Late Stay
A Louisville Courier-Journal item recalls a man staying up late, so I brought out graphophones and played tunes including Home Sweet Home. He asked for more records, then insisted on nearly all we owned, showing a curious fondness for the technology of sound recording.
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Sweet Home
Louisville Courier-Journal
What She Had Brabbs and the Ocean of Money
A widow’s supposed fortune misleads Brabbs who marries her after being told she has money. He later learns she has no bank account and that the notion of money was only a rumor. The London Telegraph reports a tale of deception and mistaken wealth.
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Brabbs
London Telegraph
A Second Edison Dialogue on a Hired Man
A brief comic exchange features a farmer praising a hired man as one of the century’s greatest inventors and a city boarder doubting the claim, with the judge present to weigh in. The punchline hinges on the farmer’s Petrified notion of invention."
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Edison
Farner
It's Pretty Expensive to Hire One's Own Lawyer
A garbled quote from a Boston Thane column notes the high cost of securing personal legal counsel and contrasts it with cheaper options, reflecting public concern over legal access and affordability.
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Boston Thane
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Frank Lawrence
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