Great Parade of Grand Army Men in Rochester
Twenty thousand Grand Army of the Republic veterans marched two miles through city streets in Rochester and nearby, led by Fort Porter troops and Major figures like General Frederick Grant and General Daniel Sickles. President Taft spoke on peace, reflecting on Lincoln and noting wealth concentration and political tensions while urging peaceful progress and reform.
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Rochester
N.Y
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
Twenty-Ninth Infantry
Fort Porter
Buffalo
National Guard
John J. Gilman
Frederick Dent Grant
Daniel K. Sickles
Taft
Congress
Jie
Lincoln
Mrs R C Vanderbilt Proves Herself a Fire Fighter
Mrs R C Vanderbilt earns praise for aiding at the Sandy Hook farm amid a blaze. She joined local volunteers in fighting the flames and ensuring the safety of structures and livestock.
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Husband
Sandy Hook Farm
DRYS RAID DRUG STORES IN Triton Indiana
In Triton Indiana on August 24 residents voted dry and raided three drug stores closed over illegal liquor. Police seized beer whisky and gin totaling about three thousand dollars. Proprietors Curtis Dutrore and Noah George were fined fifty dollars each and jailed thirty days but suspended pending their agreement to stop business.
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Triton
Ind
Curtis Dutrore
Noah George
State Board of Pharmacy
Old murder cleared up in Peoria after twelve years
John Phillips, arrested at Palten, Illinois, is alleged to have confessed to the 1899 killing of John Ellinghaus at his Peoria business. Ellinghaus was shot on February 14, 1899 after waking with his wife during a midnight disturbance.
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Peoria
John Phillips
Palten
Phillips
John Eliinghaus
Pmllinghaus
Fulton
Ellinghaus
Roebling’s Rope Works Closes Indefinitely
Trenton New Jersey August 24 The wire rope shop of the Johann A Roebling's Sons company a major establishment in the country has shut down for five days and will stay closed for an indefinite period. Lack of orders and industry conditions are cited with tariff agitation and uncertainty about the next session of Congress affecting business as reasons.
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Trenton
N. J
Johann A. Roeling
Beattie Aerial Stunt Ends With Castleton Landing
Henry Glay Beattie completed a cross county flight from Fort Plain to Castleton and then neared Albany. He planned to use pontoons on his biplane for a Hudson crossing and aimed to reach New York by tonight.
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Hudson
Capital
Castleton
Atwood
Fort Plain
Albany
New York
Sir Atwood
Poughkeepsie
Overland
Rescue of German Engineer Amid Greco Bulgarian Warfare
Dr. Edmund Richter, a German geographer mapping Mount Olympus, was held for ransom by Greek bandits aligned with the Greek National Society. A frontier rescue returns him to Saloniki after Turkish and German efforts failed to locate him for weeks.
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Saloniki
Turkey
Edmund Richter
Richter
Mount Olympus
Greece
Lalois
Geographics Society
Delyannis
Tirnavos
Ellen Stone
Dr. Richter
Ransom Said to Fuel Macedonia Partisan Warfare
Irregular detachments of Greeks and Hungarians allegedly paid ransom to fuel renewed partisan fighting in Macedonia. The ransom, it is presumed, was intended to support armed activity and destabilize the region.
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Macedonia
Fifty Years Ago Today Aug 24 Arrest of Mayor Berrett
Mayor Berrett of Washington arrived in New York in custody of detectives claiming he is a Union man and shot down for refusing the oath. Hienfung emperor of China is dead and his son Tsai sun has ascended the throne.
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Berrett
Washington
New York City
Hienfung
China
Tsaisun
Broadway cars run amid New York strike headline
Cars operated on Broadway New York during a transit strike while the exposition in Minneapolis Minnesota opened. Mrs Grover Cleveland formally opened it by pressing a telegraph key in the Adirondack mountains New York state where she was stopping.
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Broadway
New York
Minneapolis
Min
Grover Cleveland
Adirondack Mountains
New York State
Ice Cream Sanitation Moves Prompt Aurora Health Board
The Aurora Illinois board of health has begun inspecting ice cream factories and requiring licenses for selling ice cream in cones. The column warns the public against buying from untrustworthy vendors, especially foreigners, and notes apples from Italian stands may prioritize appearance over sanitary standards.
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Board of Health of
Aurora
Ill
Atwood's Skies Tour Through New York Ends Near Albany
Atwood flies from Fort Plain to Castleton stopping near Albany after crowds greet him in Fort Plain and Schenectady. He aimed for Govern or's Island for a safer landing, waved farewell at 7:30 a.m., and passed over the Mohawk valley and the General Electric plant before heading toward the Hudson and Albany.
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New York
Atwoall
Fort Plain
Mohawk
Castleton
Albany
Governor’s Island
Schenectady
Atweood
Atwood
General Electric Works
Hudson
Mrs Vanderbilt Fights Fire at Vanderbilt Farm
Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt took charge amid a fast spreading blaze at the Vanderbilt farm in Sandy Point, directing employees as flames hit the power plant building and machinery. The power plant and plant were burned to at least 1060, with total damage not yet estimated.
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Newport
R. L
Sandy Point
Reginald Vanderbilt
Browne sues to force life salary from Boston congregation
B Edward B. Browne of Youngstown sues Congregation Mishkan Tefll of Boston in New York county for breach of contract claiming he was hired as pastor for life and was discharged. He seeks continued salary for life and asks the court to compel payment.
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New York
Edward B. Browne
Youngstown
Mishkan Tefll
Boston
New York County
Weather Outlook for Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin
Indiana and Illinois expect locales with showers today and cooler air in extreme south. Warmer tomorrow with light to moderate northeast to east winds. Wisconsin trends toward general fair conditions today and tomorrow with variable light to moderate winds.
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Indiana
Vlinois
Wisconsin
Beattie Murder Trial Jurors Narrowed as Trial Nears
Henry Clay Beattie Jr faces a Virginia murder trial for his wife’s death. In Chesterfield County the jury pool is narrowed by Judge Watson as Beattie selects four jurors from sixteen candidates. Beattie’s court appearance followed a dramatic moment in which his vehicle nearly collided with railroad tracks on the Richmond to Centralia route.
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Court House
Ang
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Chesterfield
Watson
Grave Cour
Tian
Eny
Chesterfield County
Beattie
Richmond
Centralia
Arctic Coast Line
Promises to Bare Fraud in Ohio Graft Probe
Columbus reports a plea deal where J Diegle, formerly Senator, is to confess what he knows of alleged corrupt practices in the late assembly. Diegle, convicted of aiding and abetting wanton graft, may escape a penitentiary sentence for aiding the graft probe.
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Columbus
Hogan
Ute
Turner
Meds
J. Diegle
Senate
Diegle
Ohio
I C Strike Vote Cast by Illinois Central Workers
Paducah Kentucky August 24 about eighty percent of Illinois Central employes votes have been received with about seventy five percent favoring a strike if the railroad refuses to recognize the federation. Federation officials plan to deliver the vote to Illinois Central next week as advisory board considers strike. Two Boys Cremated in Tent Linea Nebraska August 24 Herman and Max Sampson brothers aged twelve and seven burned to death in a tent on back porch at J. Lockhart home where they were visiting.
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Paducah
Federation of Illinois Central
Illinois Central
Iness Central
Linea
Neb
Herman
Max Sampson
J. Lockhart
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Sickles
American Press Association
Daniel E. Sickles
R. C. Vanderbilt
Linton
Ilindisan
Roeblings
Great Britain
Henry Glay Beattie
Ferdinand W. Roebling
T. J. Allen
Metropolis
Aviator
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Sandy Point Farm
Ohio Senate
I. C
Federation
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