Attack on Ashfork Post Office Spurs Arizona Rioting
An armed mob attacked the Postal Telegraph office at Ashfork Arizona Territory firing a volley of bullets. Four employees were endangered though none were injured. Authorities planned to deploy deputies from Prescott to quell the riot while federal and state officials urged protection.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Postal Telegraph Company
Ashfork
A. T
Prescott
Yavapai County
Nally
Postal Company
New York
Washington
Lewis
Kibbey
Strikers Claim Existence of System in Telegram Disclosures
Chicago Aug 21 The Western Union and Postal Telegraph strikes prompt secretary treasurer Wesley Russell of the Commercial Telegraphers union to allege a system for routing messages to union officials. He says dispatches are being withheld until a congressional investigation, with surprises planned after inquiry. Both sides claim progress while noting the union secures the American Telegraphone and Telegraph company seal.
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Chicago
Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Wesley Russell
Union
Capen
Postal
Representative McDermott
Telegraphis’ Union
Russell
American Telgahone and Teleaph
Boy Dies Playing Hangman In Unity
A 10 year old boy in Unity Wisconsin attempted to imitate a hanging he read about and died. He was at home with his family when the accident occurred.
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Unity
Wis
Ars Justman
Justman
Logansport Flag Incident Cited By Indiana Recruiters
Lieutenant Claybourn McCauley reports from Indiana on the Logansport clash when Chief Graham tried to remove a United States flag from a City National Bank room rented for Marine Corps recruiting. Corporal Mantaugh led the office, defying the police order amid numerous newspaper clippings. no action is required.
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Washington
Logansport
Ind
Graham
United States
City National Bank
Marine Corps
Claybourn McCauley
Indiana
Mantaugh
McCauley
Sweethearts Reunite in Marriage after Long Separation
Mrs Louisa Deist of Nashville Indiana aged 60 and William Jones of Columbus Ohio have wed. Once sweethearts, Jones disappeared before their first wedding 35 years ago. Jones later died in 1867 leaving Deist land worth 30 000 in Morgan and nearby counties. Jones reappeared last month, they married in Ohio and will live there.
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Nashville
Ind
Louisa Deist
John Deist
William Jones
Columbus
Jones
Diest
Morgan County
Negro stock brokerage office opens on Wall Street
In New York August 21 a new stock brokerage firm run by Afro-Americans plans to open September 1. Robert W. Taylor, long time financial secretary of Tuskegee Institute, has leased offices and issued a pamphlet widely circulated among Negro communities.
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New York
Wall Street
Robert W. Taylor
Tuskagee Institute
Venezuelan official Guzman named secretary general of presidency
Washington August 21 Senor Dr R Garbiras Guzman formerly charge d affaires of the Venezuelan legation in Washington is appointed secretary general of the presidency in Venezuela He is not expected to return to the United States and his successor has not been announced the post corresponds to secretary to the president in the United States
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Washington
R. Garbiras Guzman
Venezuela
Guzman
United States
Missing registered mail packs headline theft probe
Three registered mail packs valued at about a quarter of a million dollars disappeared from a Burlington train between Denver and Oxford Nebraska last Sunday night. The train carried seven sacks at Denver but only four remained at Oxford. Detectives and post office officials are investigating the theft.
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Lincoln, Neb
Burlington
Denver
Oxford
Neb
Post Office
Wreck of Iron Mountain Train Near Alicia Ark Jots No Injuries
An Iron Mountain railroad official says no one was hurt after a night wreck near Alicia Arkansas involving the engine, a mail car, and a deadhead passenger car leaving the track. The engineer and fireman were uninjured.
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St. Louis
Iron Mountain Railroad System
Alicia
Ark
Farmer Jesse Michaels Dies After Channel Accident
Monroe Michigan August 21 Jesse Michaels 35 a well known farmer of near here dove from a government channel scow and struck his head on the boat edge. He sank and was recovered five minutes later with a fractured skull leaving a widow and two children.
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Monroe, Mich
Jesse Michaels
Government Channel
Michaels
Mayor Denounces Preachers In Saloon Crusade Clash
Terre Haute Ind August 21 Mayor Lyons hurled epithets at Rev Charles Kean of London after the evangelist refused to verify charges at a mass meeting. The mayor had him sworn in before a police judge to testify against saloon men to be arrested.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Tsat
Lyons
Charles Kean
London
Manion
McFarland Stops Yanger in Fourth Round Fight
Fort Wayne Indiana August 21 McFarland knocked out Benny Yanger in the fourth round of a ten round bout held here last night giving McFarland a convincing win over the opponent in a bout noted for its early aggression and decisive finish.
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McFarland
Yanger
Fort Wayne
Ind
Benny Yanger
Richard Mansfield Suffering Nervous Breakdown Halts Stage Plans
Richard Mansfield, aged fifty, suffers a nervous breakdown and has halted all theatrical plans for the near future. Born in Helgoland, he studied for the East Indian civil service before moving to the United States to open an art studio in Boston. He shifted to the stage, played diverse roles from Koko in The Mikado to Richard III, and achieved wide popularity.
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Richard Mansfield
Helgoland
United States
Boston
Koko
Richard III
Roosevelt blasts malefactors of great wealth at Pilgrim Monument
President Roosevelt used the Cape Cod Pilgrims monument cornerstone ceremony in Provincetown to urge a national incorporation law and vow to punish certain powerful financiers. He warned that wealth shields corrupt acts and denounced those who undermine government, while promising not to unfairly burden stockholders or the public.
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Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod Pilgrims’ Memorial
Roosevelt
Town Hill
Notable Day in Cape Cod History At Monument Unveiling
A 250 foot monument to Cape Cod’s Pilgrim landing and Mayflower compact was dedicated with President Roosevelt, James Bryce, and Senator Lodge in attendance. Ten thousand residents filled the town as the Mayflower departed at 4 p m after a day of speeches, Masonic rites, and a banquet.
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Cape Cod
Cap Cod
Roosevelt
James Bryce
United States
Lodge
William C. Lovering
J. Albert Blake
Boston
Massachusetts
William B. Lawrence
Medford
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Provincetown
Gloucester
Oyster Bay
Monument completion timeline estimated at two years
The article notes an expected two year period to finish the monument. Officials envision steady progress with completion anticipated within about twenty four months. The statement reflects cautious optimism about the project timeline.
Scarlet fever and romance renew Newton marriage
Detroit reports a divorcees' tale of reconciliation as Mrs Ida Newton and Chester G Newton plan remarriage after she fell ill with scarlet fever and diphtheria while caring for their daughter Christine at Harper Hospital. He climbed to her hospital window to renew vows.
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Detroit
Ida Newton
Chester G. Newton
Newton
Has Had a Presentiment and a Presidential Moment
A Danville note recounts Mrs. Edward Fiscus fearing calamity before a telegraph warned of her husband’s death. He survived a live-wire accident though seriously burned. President McKinley and a child’s visit add human detail to the tale with a warm exchange about love and memory.
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Danville
Til
Yeddo
Ind
Edward Fiscus
Veedersburg
Fiscus
McKinley
John N. Taylor
East Liverpool
Executive Mansion
Mr. McKinley
Pauline
Squaring the Circle in Mississippi Town Limits
A correspondent cites a Mississippi statute declaring town boundaries as a 1200 yard square starting at Caleb Hannah’s residence with 600 yard extensions in all directions. The note, in Case and Comment, asks who claimed a circle could not be squared.
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Mississippi
Caleb Hannah
Money Talk of a Man at Chicago Provokes Armenian Wealth Tax
In Chicago a suspected Armenian revolutionary Gurigian claims wealthy Armenians owe a forced contribution to fund a revolution. He describes a terror campaign starting with letters demanding five thousand dollars from men with fortunes above twenty five thousand, escalating to violent threats. He says the murder of a New York merchant fits the society’s broader business violence.
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Chicago
Tava Jian
New York
Informa
Sumpat M Dedian
Manoog Ggian
Cage
Te Tives
Gurigian
Chicago Committee
Armenia
O’brien
Turkey
New York City
Hunchakist Society
Festival in the Raisin Belt Opens Harvest Jubilees
In Sacramento Fresno hosts a raisin and vintage festival as part of harvest jubilees for the fifteenth national irrigation congress. Special trains will run to Raisin City in the San Joaquin valley 200 miles south. Fresno citizens will travel to Sacramento to join delegates and escort visitors to Fresno amid a bustling harvest season with vineyards, packing houses, and wineries.
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Sacramento
Cal
Fresno
California
National Irrigation Congress
San Joaquin Valley
Irrigation Congress
Muskegon Man Seeks Wife by Newspaper Ad
John W. Jacobs of Muskegon Heights married Bessie Nelson of Muskegon after placing a wife search ad in a local paper last June. He met ten responders and chose his bride following visits to each.
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Muskegon, Mich
Western Michigan
John W. Jacobs
Muskegon Heights
Bessie Nelson
Muskegon
Jacobs
Carroll County Man Ends Life Over Neighbor Dislike
Sterling Aug 21 Henry Van Buskirk of Carroll county killed himself with a revolver claiming neighbors disliked him. The act was attributed to insanity caused by harassment from neighbors.
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Sterling
Henry van Buskirk
Carroll County
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Swain
Harvey House
Sutton
Castro
Philadelphia Press
Grain Market
John A. Babcock
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North American Commission Company
Raisin Belt
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