Atrocities Reported in Bulgarian Turmoil Near Monastir
Aug twenty five dispatches from Krashevo and Monastir describe massacres and atrocities by Turkish forces. Ninety mutilated women and children found. merchants killed. churchs destroyed. towns burned. prisoners murdered near Monastir. Insurgent movement grows near Salonica threatening Vodena and other towns.
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Monastir
Adrianople
Monaatir
Krushevo
Salonica
Turkey
Vodena
Fire Truck Collision Injures Three Firemen in St Paul
A hook and ladder truck from engine No 1 collided with a work car on the city railway. Patrick Fleming skull fractured and fatally injured. Joe Costello leg broken. Lieutenant Henry Linguin badly bruised and cut. The truck overturned and wrecked after the impact. none on the street car were hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Patrick Fleming
Joe Costello
Henry Linguin
Fleming
Blind Charlie Porte Dies in Owosso Junction Service
In Owosso Michigan on August 25 1900 or 190? Blind Charlie Porte a 45 year old vendor who sold papers and greeted trains at the junction has died. He supported his family despite his blindness and was known for his songs advertising his wares and his reliable presence to travelers. The obituary notes he was well to do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owosso, Mich
Charlie’ Porte
Owosso
Man lifted by giant kite in Glenwood mishap
Edward Merritt an employee at the Institute for Feeble Minded Children was raised about fifty feet by a towering fifteen by six foot box kite in Glenwood Louisiana. Spectators pulled him down safely with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Edward Merritt
Institute For
Legend of Frederick Barbarossa Awaits a Dawn
The German legend holds Frederick Barbarossa lies in an enchanted sleep beneath the Harz mountains. His long red beard grows during the centuries he rests, covering the table and cascading to the floor as he slumbers. He awaits release to return with his knights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Barbarossa
Harz
Cenries
Passenger Train Wreck Near Fond du Lac Traps Injured
A Chicago bound passenger train derailed three miles south of Fond du Lac Wisconsin killing George W Zublke of Fond du Lac and injuring numerous passengers and crew. The wreck tore 800 feet of track and halted traffic until noon as doctors and relief trains tended the injured at a nearby farmhouse turned hospital with patients from Milwaukee Chicago and nearby towns.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Chicago
Here
George W. Zublke
Pond du Lac
W. BR. Dervis
Alfred Stebbins
A. TB. Quale
Milwaukee
Frank Gers
Paul Draml
Valentin Gelrutz
Frank TH. Shephard
Johnson's Creek
A. Rigby
J. P. O'Malley
Chieaco
B. W. May
Joseph Domalski
LW. Pervier
Baggageman
Winnetka
Charles J. Norton
Oconto
Serious
J.B. Chabb
Peter Reisonhus
F. Madgett
Keshena
Robert Gallagher
Menominee
Mich
Sarah Smith
Stephen Schweffer
Cedar Rapids
By.Sanderson
Menorines
Lou Dillon Sprints to World Best Mile Time
Readville August 25 Lou Dillon trotted a mile in two minutes a new works record at Readville with pacemakers Peggy from Paris driven by Doc Tanner and Carrie Natton driven by Scott McCoy. The trio led to the quarter in 30 1 4 seconds the half in 1 00 3 4 the three quarters in 80 seconds and the final lap in 29 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readville
Magss
Lou Dillon
Peggy
Paris
Doc” Tanner
Carrie Natton
Scott McCoy
Tanner
McCoy
Sanders
Chicago Waiters Strike Effort Faces Firm Local Resistance
In Chicago an attempted waiters strike spread via union committees but many employees refused to join. At Kinsleys and Vogelsings places efforts failed. two sisters Anna King and Mrs Archibald stopped a strike at King's restaurant after a clash with Business Agent McKenzie, who exited bloodied. The strike, urged in violation of an agreement, met strong pushback.
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Chicago
Kinsley’s
Vogelsing
King's
Fifth Avenue
Anna King
T. Teller Archibald
KR. J. McKenzie
Walters’ Union
McKenzie
Railroad sale transfers Illinois and Indiana line to Illinois Central
Sullivan Ind Aug 25 Trustee John v. Slnyes sold the Illinois and Indiana Southern railroad to the Illinois Central for 268 715 24. The line runs from Effingham Illinois to Switt City Indiana and will be known as the Effington division of the Illinois Central.
Eight Hundred Militiamen Arrive at Camp Lincoln
Eight hundred militiamen from Egypt and southern Illinois known as the Fourth Infantry and nicknamed by officers as Colonel J Mack Tanner's squirrel shooters have entered Camp Lincoln for a week of duty.
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Springfield
Egypt
Ilinois
Fourth Infantry
J. Mack Tanner
Camp Lincoln
Convict J. W. Woods Captured After Folsom Escape
In Reno Nevada on August 25 J W Woods one of the Folsom escapees arrested while being pushed into a barber shop. He carried a revolver in his belt but did not resist.
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Reno
Nev
J. W. Woods
Folsom
Woods
Baseball Scores from Aug 25 Weekend Card
Baseball scores from August 25 show League games in New York Chicago 7 to 8 and 0 to 8 with Cincinnati 4 Brooklyn 3, Philadelphia 2 extra innings, Boston 6 St Louis 4. American Detroit 4 6 and 2 3. Cleveland 0 3. St Louis 5 Boston 1. Chicago New York 5 9. Western Omaha 17 Omaha 4. Colorado Springs 1 6 in ten innings. Denver 8 Milwaukee 6. Des Moines 2 Des Moines 8 and 21 7.
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Chicago
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Boston
St. Louis
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Western
Omaha
Kansas City
Colorado Springs
Teovia
Denver
Milwaukee
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Clergyman Seeks Praise Amid Prayer Complaints
A young clergyman doubts his general satisfaction with prayers while Elder Wilkins, a worthy but forgetful elder, challenges him. The retired pastor recalls the elder’s habit of praying to the wrong person, highlighting a humorous misaddressed prayer in a reflective exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Romance and wedding move Kokomo couple to new life
In Kokomo Indiana Aug 25 a couple from Plain City Ohio Nellie Harrison and Lawrence Hotey eloped by auto. Harrison’s father J B Harrison followed by train confronted them at Clinton hotel and after a private talk the couple won his consent and blessing for their marriage.
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Kokomo
Ind
Mise
Nellie Harrison
Lawrence Hotey
Plain City
Rekomo
Clarrison
Robey
Miss Harrison
Clinton Hotel
Harrison
St. Paul, Minn
Albert EK. Leear
Twenty-First Infantry
Fort Snelling
Mysterious Light Shines Over Marquette and Ishpeming
A mysterious sky streak over Marquette Michigan Aug 25 encircled the city then brightened and faded to a low horizon causing alarm. Similar sighting reported in Ishpeming fifteen miles away with anxiety over its cause, some attributing it to the northern lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette, Mich
Ishpeming
Disappearance of Otto A. Rancke Shocks Omaha Wife
Otto A. Rancke, living in lavish hotel style in Omaha for weeks, has vanished leaving a penniless wife. She explains he is a newspaper correspondent recently linked to a Chicago paper and formerly with the Los Angeles Herald.
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Omaha
Otto A. Rancke
Rancke
Chicago
Los Angeles Herald
Forest Fires Rage Near Missoula and Clark's Park
J. B. Robinson of the Northern Pacific railroad reports great fires in the mountains west of Missoula Montana. He says the area across Pend Oreille lake from Troy Idaho is ablaze and a second large fire rages to the north of Clark's Park.
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Missourii
Mont
Robinson
Northern Pacific Railroad
Missoula
Pend Y Retile Lake
Trope
Idaho
Clark's Park
Weather forecast by region tonight
The forecast predicts unsettled conditions with occasional local thundershowers and warm, brisk southerly winds in Illinois and Indiana. Michigan remains generally cloudy with showers, while Wisconsin and Iowa face thunderstorms and cooler spells with varying winds from east to south.
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Ilinds
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Market Report Signals Mixed Grain and Livestock Trade
Chicago hog and cattle market figures show varied ranges with hogs at $5.25 to $6.10 and cattle quotings from $4.05 to $6.70. East Buffalo lists steady to active hogs and strong cattle on good grades, while St. Louis reports wheat and corn prices with mixed front-month futures and cash bids.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Earlings
Wes
Alves
New Home for Jews Zionists May Accept the Tender
The Basel Zionist congress hears Britain may offer East Africa for Jewish colonization under British suzerainty after Sinai plans failed. Lord Rothschild notes Jews would become British subjects in a colonial settlement. many English Jews oppose acceptance while Herzl and Zionist leaders show mixed support.
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London
Theodore Tieral
Masel
Switzerland
Great Britain
Sinai Peninsula
East Africa
Congress
Lord Rothschild
Associated Press
Pearing
British Isles
Empire
Demand of Usurers Over Count Larisch Monnich Case
Berlin Aug 25 a clique of usurers and marriage brokers seeks 50000 from Count Frang Joseph Maria von Larisch Monnich after his marriage to Miss Marie Satterlee of Titusville Pennsylvania in June 1901. Public prosecutor files against a merchant "R" and a retired cavalry captain for attempted swindling.
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Berlin
Frang
Joseph Maria von Larisch-Monnich
Marie Satterlee
Titusville
Buffalo
N. Y
Larisch- Mownich
United States
Faber
Larisch- Monnich
Who saw the handwriting on the wall in Yonkers
A Yonkers Statesman fragment recalls a Sunday school scene where a boy answers a teacher about the hand writing on the wall naming the landlord as the observer in a flat dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie
Yonkers
Momentary job openings vanish as skills mature
A reflection on career timing notes that desirable positions seem filled now, but once a person gains the ability to fit the role, the opportunity often passes. The comment implies patience and readiness determine success in a shifting job market.
Switched Union Forces Revoke Carbondale Lt Taylor Seat
Springfield Alabama August reports Adjutant General to investigate cause of the reelevation of George R. K. Traylor to second lieutenant of the Cardondale company amid union pressure. Taylor resigned after the switchmen's union barred workers connected to the National Guard. resignation not yet accepted.
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Springfield
Adjutant General Department
Scott
Grand Army
George KR. Traylor
Carbondale Company
Colonel Tanner
Taylors
Switch Men's Union
Carbondale
Clona ‘Tanner
Jobe G. Drennan
Soliettor
Hiinots Central Railroad
Ch Cage
Taylor
Switchmen’s Union
Goard
Wood Sees British Plans For Native Uplift In Borneo
Manila Aug 25 General Leonard Wood returns from a visit to the governor of Borneo where he studied British aims to uplift natives and improve commerce. He reports remarkable results and will apply ideas in the Philippines with Governor Taft. He plans a campaign in the Jolo archipelago with strong escort to advance relations with local natives. A second item from Shawnee Tenn notes Tyus Robriggn shot Frank Davis after a dispute with Davis’s sister’s family. Davis was killed and the sister attempted to fire at Robriggn’s fleeing party.
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Manila
Thenecal
Leonard Wood
Borneo
General Wood
Philippines
Taft
Wood
Jolo
Termes
Middlestate
Shawnee
Tenn
Tyrus Robriggn
Davis
Louisville & Nashville
Robinson
Robinsons
Negotiations Fail in Striker Settlement Talks
Negotiations aimed at settling the striker dispute in Randsburg California on August 25 came to nothing after several days of talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randsburg
Cal
Notable Appointments and Disasters Across the Nation
William ONeil of Ashland Wisconsin named superintendent of logging on Chippewa Indian lands in Minnesota. Right Rev Charles TH Colton consecrated Roman Catholic bishop of Buffalo. Mrs C B Clarke of Chicago gifts Notre Dame electric lighting. Swarms of toads fall on Weber County Utah during a thunderstorm. Texas railroad commission orders Missouri Pacific and Denver railways to bar negroes from diners. EK Erko banished editor from Helsingfors plans Chicago newspaper to advocate Finland against Russia. Rome propaganda clergy name St Rev Francis Bourne to succeed Archbishop Vaughan. The Shamrock remeasured due to missing anchor and chain. allegiance unchanged. Senator Benjamin Starr dies in Richmond Indiana. A B S Mermod of St Louis dies suddenly in Paris. Richmond street railway strike declared over. Small Vesuvius activity with detonations. Body of Dr R D Hudson found in Neosho river near Emporia Kansas. Dr A A Ames still owes Minnesota $10 000 in bail bonds.
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William O' Neil
Ashland
Wis
Minnesota
Charles TH. Colton
Buffalo
Mra. C
Clarke
Chicago
Notre Dame University
Weber County
Utah
Texas Railroad Commission
Mort Worth and
Denver Ty Railway
EK. Erko
Helsingfors
Finland
Russia
Congregation of the Propaganda
Rome
Francis Bourne
Southwark
England
Vaughan
Benjamin Starr
Department of Indiana
Grand Army of the Republic
Richmond
Ind
Mermod
St. Louis
Paris
R. D. Hudson
Atchison, Kan
Neosho River
Emporia
Kan
A. A. Ames
State of
Brown shoots at night intruder at his Kansas City home
Former prosecuting attorney Marcy K. Brown a prominent lawyer and Democratic figure fires warning shots at a would be intruder Frank Hunter a shipping clerk during a nighttime break in at Brown’s residence on Twenty Fifth and Wyandotte streets Brown fires three times Hunter wounded seriously but expected to recover Hawthorne notes the sentiment about monuments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Marcy K. Brown
Prank Hunter
Hunter
Brown
Coral Harvesting From Italian Coasts
Coral used for ornaments comes mainly from Italy. Men fish the rocky stream bottoms with frames or nets and crush delicate branches to recover the coral. The best quality is gathered by diving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Deepening Democratic Fight Over Credentials in Ohio
Campaigns for senator and governor intensify as Johnson Zimmerman and allied factions vie for control of the credential committee. Both sides rally delegates, issue portraits and banners, while platform splits emerge over state reforms and transportation funding.
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Hookwalter
Zloveerman
Johnson
State Central Committee
Convention
Etx
Securtoe
Committee On
Zimmerman
Chicago
Kanena
Ohio
John TH. McLean
Joleon
Fire at Budapest building traps workers and residents
In a four story Budapest structure two lower floors housed a fancy goods firm while upper floors were residential. A blaze trapped 200 workers and residents on upper levels. Firefighters used canvas sheets to guide escapes. 15 saved by jumping, others remained in danger as flames spread.
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Pudapest
Hungary
Louisville hotel sold to new owners for 280000
The Louisville hotel, a widely known hostelry, is sold. Control passes to C. W. and Jack Ross of Khmira New York and J. H. and W. Paris of Frankfort Indiana for 280000. In Danville Indiana on August 2 a barn belonging to Elmer Crews two miles north of Plainfield burned, killing one horse and one mule with 5000 dollars loss and 1600 dollars insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
C. W. and
Jack Ross
Khmira
N. Y
J. H. and
W. Paris
Frankfort
Ind
Danville
Elmer Crews
Plainfield
Costly Dresses Sparks Spouse Dialogue
A San Francisco Wasp quip depicts a husband lamenting that three fourths of his salary goes to his wife’s dressmaker bills, while the wife questions what remains. The exchange captures domestic humor and financial strain reflected in a period-era newspaper item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Wasp
Editor and office boy discuss unread poem
A terse exchange shows the editor asking if a poem left yesterday was read and the office boy confirms the editor is away. The fragment hints at routine newsroom tasks and a missed item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dax
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D.M McLaughlin
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Iowa Central
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Means & Stichter
Bast Hide Restaurant
Casey
Piret Baro North Hotel
Alien
T. J. Dempsey
McKeone & Shields
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