Lynching of Leo M. Frank Near Marietta Georgia
Body of Leo M. Frank found hanging from an oak near Marietta two miles from town after a mob abducted him from the Milledgeville prison farm Monday night. Franks’s death follows the Mary Phagan case. more than 1,000 spectators and 40 police guarded the scene as the body was transported to Atlanta for shipment to Brooklyn.
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Marietta
Leo M. Frank
Roswell Road
Milledgeville
Mary Phagan
Frank
Cobb
William Creen
J. N. Burke
Little River
Frye
Atlanta
Oak Grove
Brooklyn
N. Y
1000 Die On British Transport in Aegean
London August 19 The British transport Royal Edward has been sunk by a submarine in the Aegean while carrying troops to the Dardanelles. Officially 1,602 men were aboard and 600 were saved. It is feared about 1,000 sailors and soldiers perished. The U boat believed to have torpedoed the Royal Edward had earlier sunk two British warships off the Gallipoli peninsula.
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Aegean Sea
London
Dardanelles
Admiralty
Gallipoli Peninsula
Auto Turns Turtle Leaves One Dead in Ill Omens
Chicago August 19 L H Schemerhorn lumber dealer of 3541 Cottage Grove Avenue died in Oak Park hospital from injuries after the automobile he rode in turned turtle near Ontarioville Illinois.
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Chicago
L. H. Schemerhorn
Cottage Grove Avenue
Oak Park Hospital
Ontarioville
Turks Say Allies Repulsed At Gallipoli
Constantinople reports reinforced allied forces on Gallipoli peninsula were successfully repulsed in attacks. The Turkish war office states a hostile torpedo boat was hit during the engagement.
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Constantinople
Gallipoli
Turkish War Office
Peace plea to Mexicans quick reply asked
Washington Aug. 16 General Carranza has ten days to notify the United States and Latin American republics whether he will join a conference to restore peace in Mexico. The ultimatum is in a joint note from Secretary Lansing and diplomats of Argentina Brazil Chile Bolivia Uruguay and Guatemala to Carranza and other Mexican factional leaders.
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Washington
Carranza
United States
Mexico
Lansing
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Bolivia
Uruguay
Guatemala
Italian Reservists Hit by Mob in Boston Demonstrations
In Boston on August 17 a rally for 1,300 Italian reservists and supporters targeted German ships Amerika and Cincinnati. Police reported several officers injured as stones and sticks flew and revolvers were fired. In Milwaukee a riot at a shrapnel plant left seven hurt amid clashes between Italian workers and Austrians over ammunition work stoppages.
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Boston
Amerika
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Eastland Raised After 20 Hours of Crane Lifts
In Chicago on August 16 the Eastland, capsized three weeks earlier with almost a thousand deaths, was slowly raised from the Chicago River by cranes and tugs to about a 75 degree angle. No bodies were recovered as the hull was brought upright.
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Chicago
Jamaica Hurricane Causes Ten Million Dollar Loss
Damage estimated at ten million dollars swept Jamaica's northeastern and northern coasts Thursday night. Banana plantations were wiped out and sugar plantations suffered the same fate. No loss of life is reported.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Joliet Girl Sets 210-Foot Ball Distance Record
Joliet Illinois August 17 a fourteen year old girl Miss Glenn White is believed to have set a new world record for women by pitching a baseball 210 feet. Her playing ability includes batting catching and fielding like a major league player and four Joliet city league teams offer to sign her for regular work.
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Joliet
Glenn White
Miss White
British Break Turkish Trenches at Saros Gulf Coast
In a sharp action at the Gulf of Saros coast the British broke Turkish trenches and routed the enemy forces. British troops at Suvla bay joined forces with New Zealanders near Gaba Tepe to tighten the offensive.
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Athens
Gulf of Saros
Suvla Bay
Gaba Tepe
Fifteen Poisoned by Buttermilk in Atlanta Food Incident
Fifteen people in Atlanta were hospitalized at Grady after drinking buttermilk bought from a dairy on Peachtree Street. Officials fear three deaths may result from ptomaine poisoning.
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Atlanta, Ga
Grady Hospital
Peachtree Street
Big Storm Rips Galveston Floods Across Texas
Wireless reports from Galveston harbor indicate water five feet in streets and buildings with many boats damaged or destroyed. The army transport McClellan is inland and damaged. Buford Brown notes trains and facilities are affected. Temple and Taylor report uprooted trees and damaged infrastructure as the tropical hurricane causes widespread flooding and disruption.
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Buford Brown
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Sam Houston
Army
Buford
Galveston Harbor
McClellan
Washington
General Funston
Galveston
War Department
Dallas
Temple
Taylor
Russ win big naval battle near Uesel island
London reports a major Baltic sea clash in which a German battle cruiser was destroyed and several warships damaged by the Russian fleet near Uesel island at the gulf entrance. Russian seaplanes aided and no Russian losses were reported, as Germans tried to bottle up fleets in the Gulf of Finland or Bothnia.
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London
Baltic Sea
Uesel Island
Gulf of Riga
Petrograd
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Belgrade Bombarded as Austrians Resume City Siege
The Serbian capital Belgrade came under renewed bombardment by Austrian forces using large calibers, with an official Nish statement noting no loss of life. After shelling Semlin and Panscova across the Danube, fires and panic ensued, while the reply claimed Belgrade’s defense and a counter barrage. Also in Athens a rural decree called 1915 recruits to service.
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London
Belgrade
Nish
Reuter
Semlin
Austria
Danube
Panscova
Athens
Gen John C Black Dies in Chicago at Palmer House
Gen John C Black Civil War veteran former congressman and former United States commissioner of patents died suddenly in his Palmer House room He was seventy five years old.
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John C. Black
Chicago
United States Commissioner of Patents
Palmer House
Receiver named for Missouri Pacific at St Louis
In St Louis on August 19 judge Adams named B F Bush as receiver of the Missouri Pacific Railroad after the reorganization committee and petitioning creditors approved the appointment.
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Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
B. F. Bush
Missouri Parailroad
Adams
Bush
Washington rejects Teuton demand to halt arms exports
The United States made public its reply to Austria-Hungary denials of stopping arms shipments to enemies. It argued that halting sales would push militarism and harm universal peace, noting past wars saw armaments sold by Germany and Austria-Hungary to belligerents. The policy allows war supplies to aid neutral trade during conflicts.
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Washington
United States
Austria-Hungary
Germany
German Submarines Sunk in Sea of Marmora
Rome reports the Austrian submarine U-3 was rammed by a cruiser in the lower Adriatic and damaged but not sunk. A flotilla including the French Disson chased and sank it on August 13. A Saloniki dispatch confirms a German submarine was sunk in the Sea of Marmora.
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Sea of Marmora
Rome
Adriatic
Disson
Bisson
London
Saloniki
Sea of
Marmora
Silas Ebersole’s Death by Hanging in County Jail
South Bend Indiana August 1914 former Dunkard minister Silas N Ebersole was found dead in his jail cell hanging from iron bars. The attorney for the supposed defense claims murder but provided no names. Police investigation underway with no confession found.
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Dunkard
South Bend Ind
Silas N. Ebersole
Dunkard Ministeer
Ebersole
Charles A. Davey
Davey
Nancy Hanks Dead World Trotting Champion Passes Away
Lexington Kentucky August 19 Nancy Hanks 2:4 the world champion trotter from 1892 to 1894 and the first horse to beat Maud S. is dead at John E Madden s farm Nancy was twenty nine years old.
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Lexington
Nancy Hanks
Maud S
John E. Madden
Nancy
Michigan Briefs Highlight Local Events And Sentences
Benton Harbor hosts a four day fruit festival October 6 through 9 under the chamber of commerce. Governors and parole actions, drownings, medical emergencies, and legal notices fill the Michigan brief items from Lansing Sturgis Muskegon Kalamazoo Coldwater Port Huron and Jackson.
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Benton Harbor
Berrien County
Chamber of Commerce
F. M. Vawter
S. W. Trick
E. C. Harner
Louis Rahn
Clifton D.jackson
Lansing
Joseph Il“eischman
Detroit
Jackson
Ferris
Frank Dingman
Kalamazoo County
Layton Parsons
Ingham County
Ionia Reformatory
William Ottman
Ionia
Muskegon County
Chicago
Ray Strong
Ann Arbor
Muskegon
Board of Supervisors
Nellie B. Chisholm
Michigan
Chisholm
Kalamazoo
James Burke
Grand Rapids
McNair
Fellows
Coldwater
Chelsea Willmarth
Here
Merritt Zavitz
Pere Marquette
Norton Township
Zavitz
Archie
Harry Lansing
Secretary of State’s
F. A. Chapman
Methodist
Woodburn
Ore
Niles
Big Rapids
Cedar Springs
John E. Reed
Ottawa County
Fis
Christopher Westran
Detroit House of Correction
Port Huron
Brody
St. Clair County
John P. Stein
Ludington
Ernst Nelson
Frank Larsen
Hillsdale
Rogers
Jonesville
Pioneer
Calf love and the perils of love at different ages
A Pittsburgh Post writer weighs the perils of falling in love and the folly of mistaking feelings for true love. The essay contrasts calf love with adult romance, notes money as a motive in unions, and praises a humdrum, practical approach to love over grand destinies. It cites David Copperfield, the elder Miss Larkins and Sir Thomas More as examples.
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Pittsburgh Post
David Copperfield
Miss Larkins
Mr. Marks
Munny
Sammy
George Borrow
Johnson
Porter
Dante
Beatrice
Abelard
Heloise
Sir Thomas More
Night Terrors in Children Linked to Neurotic Parenting
Dr Adolph Stern in the New York Medical Journal argues night fears in children stem from neurotic mothers rather than adenoids or late meals. He notes common calls of Mother or the ghost reflect dependency and suggests independence through peer play and self care like dressing and bathing.
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Adolph Stern
New York Medical Journal
Doctor Stern
Daylight Saving Drive Gains Canadawide Support
Across Canada daylight saving is being promoted to set clocks back one hour on April 1 yearly to extend evening daylight. Halifax leads local efforts with a committee from the city council labor groups and merchants pushing Parliament to act.
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Canada
Halifax
Dominion
Trades and Labor Council
Commerce
Record Of Historic Global Famines And Death Toll
The most severe famines in modern history include Ireland 1846 7 with about one million dead, India 1866 claiming around 1.45 million victims, India 1877 causing about 500 000 deaths, and China 1878 with roughly 9.5 million fatalities.
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Ireland
China
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Self
U. S. Washington
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