Veterans Gather for G A R Encampment in Rochester
The forty fifth annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment arrives in Rochester New York with Commander John E Gilman and staff from Boston and Mrs Emma Pierce of Springfield plus Fred E Boston present. Governor Dix will speak and President Taft may attend if Congress adjourns. Security and pension policy will be discussed as candidates for next commander in chief are John McElroy and Harvey M Trimble.
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Rochester
N. Y
John E. Gilman
Staf
Boston
Grand Army of the Republic
Emma EB. Pierce
Springfield
Fred E. Boston
Sons of Veterans
Convention Hall
Dix
Taft
Congress
John McElroy
National Tribune of Washington
Harvey M.trimble
Bloomington
Los Angeles
David Lloyd George Aids End to Rail Strike
Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George helps negotiate an end to a prolonged railway strike. Government mediators and railway leaders reached a settlement after talks in London.
PROBES STEEL BLAST AT ILLINOIS STEEL PLANT
Joliet August 21 coroner began an investigation into the death of four men and serious injury of four others at the Illinois Steel company plant. Olaf Erickson William Koslowski and two unidentified laborers are dead. A ladle of molten metal overturned on a wet foundry floor causing an explosion that blew off the building and enveloped workers in smoke flame and gas.
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Joliet
Ilinois Steel Company
Olaf Erickson
William Koslowski
Lumber Mills Shut Down on Unionization Drive
Orange Tex Aug 21 More than a score of large lumber mills in the gulf coast timber region of Texas and Louisiana have closed after the Southern Lumber Operators association ordered action to oppose unionizing efforts by the Brotherhood of Timber Workers. Ten mills had already ceased due to labor troubles. The plants employing about 12 000 men produced roughly 4 000 000 feet daily. The closures are for an indefinite period.
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Orange
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Southern Lumber Operators’ Association
Brotherhood of Timber Workers
Mother-in-law Deported From Philadelphia for Public Charge Risk
An English mother-in-law aboard the Merion sailing to Liverpool was denied landing in Philadelphia after her son-in-law and daughter protested to immigration authorities. They called her a perpetual trouble-maker and said she would be a burden, prompting official deportation action.
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Philadelphia
Liverpool
Merion
Indaw
Printers Finish Business at Typographical Union Meet
Delegates to the International Typographical Union convention wrapped up talks in San Francisco with little left to decide. They backed the administration, rejected insurgent attempts to condemn President Lynch, and declared the Chicago American strike illegal. Many delegates headed to Los Angeles for a two day program of entertainment arranged by the local union.
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San Francisco
Cal
International Typographical Union Convention
Lynch
Los Angeles
Atwood Finishes Lyons Leg of St Louis to New York Flight
Boston aviator Harry N. Atwood resumed his St Louis to New York journey from Buffalo with a twelve mile breeze at his back. In two hours 11 minutes he covered 102 miles landing at Lyons New York twenty eight miles beyond Rochester. Including this leg he has 29 miles to go and expects to reach Coney Island by Wednesday evening aiming for a century of miles per day.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Harry N. Atwood
Boston
St. Louis
Convicts Overpower Guards. Escape From Deception Pass Quarry
In Bellingham on August 21 three armed convicts overpowered two guards at the Deception Pass state rock quarry, seized their rifles, and vanished into island brush. Four search passes have been organized in Anacortes and a fight is anticipated.
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Bellingham
Wash
Deception Pass
Anacortes
Beattie Trial Begins at Ancient Chesterfield Courthouse
In Richmond Virginia on August 21 Henry Clay Beattie Jr. faced a murder charge at the nearly 150 year old Chesterfield county courthouse set deep in the forest. The trial opens as Beattie fights for his life over the death of his wife Louise Owen during a July car trip.
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Chesterfield County Court House
Henry Clay Beattie
Virginia
Henrico
Walter A. Watson
W. C. Gill
Entralia
Center of Nowhere
Court House
Eas
Ostman
Beattie
Chesterfield County
Beattie, Jr
Young Beattie
James River
Chesterfield
Old Court House
Louise Owen
Maryland
South Richmond
Midlothian Turnpike
How to Combat Catarrh
Catarrh is a constitutional condition caused by waste buildup in the mucous membranes. Relief comes from simple diet and regular elimination, deep breathing fresh air, exercise, and plenty of pure water. Drugs or local treatments offer no lasting value, though surgery may help nasal catarrh. Climate affects symptoms with lake-region dampness worsening cases and dry warm air improving them.
Beattie Murder Case Reveals Sordid Village Affair
Detectives exposed a long running liaison between Beattie and Beulah Binford from age fourteen, overlapping with Beattie’s marriage to Miss Owen on August 21 1910. Beattie suffered a gunshot wound to the forehead and Beulah Binford bore a child said to be Beattie’s.
Queen and Prince Albert visit Ireland fifty years ago
Fifty years ago today on August 21 the queen of England and Prince Albert made a third visit to Ireland. A $50,000 fire at 59 Delancey Street in New York caused no deaths. A leading New York paper used the headline Terrible Con flagration. The imperial edict dissolved the Hungarian diet and martial law was imposed.
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Queen of
England
Prince Albert
Delancey Street
New York
Washington
Congress
Senate
Hose
House
Ways and Means Committee
San Francisco Fire and Irish Conspiracy Headlines
Twenty five years ago today a two million dollar blaze hit San Francisco. In County Galway Ireland tenants were evicted from Marquis of Clanricarde’s estate and attacked police with boiling water and lime. Conspirators forced Prince Alexander of Bulgaria to abdicate.
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Marquis of Clanricarde
County Galway
Ireland
Prince Alexander of Bulgaria
Livery Rig Disappears in Greensburg
A stranger hired a rig from the Big Four livery barn Monday morning and has vanished with the vehicle. No trace of the man or the rig has been found as of now in Greensburg.
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Greensburg, JJ
Big Four
Taft Signs Publicity Bill
Taft approves the campaign publicity bill in Washington. The measure, designed to regulate election advertising, gains presidential backing as August reviews close.
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Taft
Washington
Terms of settlement curbs on wage strike in Britain
British railway workers broadly accept the settlement terms though many have not yet returned to duties. A minimum wage of 5.50 a week for eight hours daily is demanded, with pickets active and restricted train service for days. David Lloyd George is credited with driving conciliation amid regional divides and lingering refusals in Carlisle and Manchester.
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Lloyd-George
Newcastle
York
David Lloyd- George
Lincoln Beachey sets altitude record in Curtiss biplane
Lincoln Beachey in a Curtiss racing biplane with a sixty horsepower motor reaches 11,152 feet, matching the world official altitude record of 11,150. The ascent drew a record Chicago crowd estimated over 1.6 million along Grant Park.
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Lincoln
Beachey
Beackhey
Vice
Grant Park
Auto Crash Near Pewaukee Kills Three Commanders
A car traveling from Waukesha to Milwaukee collided with a freight train near a Pewaukee road crossing. The vehicle struck a fence and rolled, killing Mrs. W. Ferguson instantly. Her husband died at the scene and Mr. Cunningham of Lynchburg Va. died later in a Milwaukee hospital.
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Wis
W. DP
Ferguren
Chicase
W. J. Cunningham
Lynchburg
St. Paul Road
Waukesha
Milwaukee
Ferguson
Cunningham
D A R Honors Bartholdt on steamship George Washington
The D A R hosted a reception and dinner aboard the steamship George Washington to honor Representative Richard Bartholdt of Missouri who led a statue delivery to Baron Von Steuben for presentation to the German government. Dr Bartholdt was named special commissioner for the Berlin presentation by President Tate.
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New York
Csauenhters
George Washington
Richard Hartheldt
Missouri
Baron von Steuben
Congress
Washington
Bartholdt
Tate
Berlin
Alleged forger Arrested in Chicago Case Ties to 1907 Fraud
Clarence D. Held an advertising solicitor, described as a successful businessman and a brother of New York specialist Dr. Johnson Held, was arrested in Chicago on charges of forgery and defrauding banks and merchants. Pinkerton Agency traced connections to a bogus check passer active in Indianapolis and Cincinnati in 1907. Held reportedly rented a suite at the Grand Pacific Hotel.
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Chicago
Clarence D. Held
Pinkerton
Idianapolis
Cincinnati
Held
Grand Pacific Hotel
Lr. R. Johnson Held
New York
Huyler
Roosevelt party safe after unrest near Baja California
In Yuma on August 21, C H Utting, clerk of the district court, reported Kermit Roosevelt and his hunting party are safe despite Mexican political unrest. Roosevelt and companions explored the boundary area around the Pinnacle mountains about sixty miles southeast last Saturday.
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Yuma
Ali
Kermit Roosevelt
Lower
California
Sonora
C. H. Utting
District Court
Utting
Roosevelt
Pinnacle Mountains
President Plans Message as Tariff Bill Crushed
President prepares a formal message after the tariff bill is crushed. No override of the veto is anticipated, and the administration signals firm action against the measure.
Leaders in Congress set Tuesday as adjournment date
A Sunday paper notes Congress aims to adjourn on Tuesday. Other items report events including rescues at sea, railway strikes, encampments in Rochester, tariff revisions, and various international and domestic incidents.
Rose at Tomb Fatal Poisoning in Greenport Case
Rose at the tomb in Greenport New York reports a death by poisoning from a thorn pricked on a rosebush near a mother’s grave. The incident follows a recent engagement and marriage plans for Reichert who died two weeks after the injury.
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Greenport
N. Y
Reichert
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