Atwood Fails to Reach New York on 11 Day Hudson Flight
Harry H Atwood flying from St Louis to New York is forced to stop for the night near Nyack after an engine trouble while 31 miles from New York. He had covered about 1 245 miles and set a record for an unbroken distance flight.
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New York
Warry N
Wood
St. Louis
Sheephead Bay
Hook Mountain
Hudson
Atwood
Nyack
Hudson River
Stuyvesant
Catskill Point
Kingston
Staatsburg
Pough
Storm King Mountain
West Point
Garrison
New York Central
Cold Springs
Tarrytown
St. Louie
A.wood
Ocean
Big Mountain of Coal Reported Near Canadian Montana Line
Edwin Perry, secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers, returned to Indianapolis from the northwest and heard reports from Fernie Canada of a vast coal deposit near Corbin about forty miles north of the Montana line. A drill reportedly reached 1000 feet without bottoming the coal, which is being mined and hauled by wagon as railroad work begins to speed shipments.
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Indianapolis
Edwin Perry
United Mine Workers
Fernie
Can
Canada
Corbin
Montana
Perry
Close call at Elgin auto race ends safely
In Elgin practice for the national road races H W Ogren driving a Colby veered into a ditch after a wheel caster broke at McLean corner. The car stayed upright and Ogren and his mechanician were not hurt. A separateUtica incident reports seven year old Lewis Burns dragged to death after falling from a cow he had been tied to by playmates.
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Utica
N. Y
Ave
Lewis Burns
Matthew Burns
Centenarian Charles Hunt Dies After Fall
Sycamore Illinois August 25 Charles Hunt aged 100 died at his son’s home in DeKalb from injuries after a fall several weeks earlier that broke his leg.
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Centennarian
Sycamore
Charles Hunt
DeKalb
Six Die in Giroux Consolidated Mine Fire
In Ely Nevada on August 25 six of ten miners at the 1400-foot level of the Giroux Consolidated mine are dead or dying after a shaft fire. The men, fearing an explosion, attempted to reach the surface. flames at the 1200-foot level forced separation. Bodies of some were recovered while others remained trapped in the blaze.
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Ely
Nev
Giroux
Beattie Murder Trial Opens at Chesterfield Courthouse
Henry Clay Beattie Jr of Richmond faces a wife murder charge as jurors are selected in Chesterfield Virginia. Prosecution presents witnesses including Thomas Owen and Dr. W F Mercer as defense challenges the indictment alleging the gun charge does not prove death beyond the face. Beattie’s teenage alleged lover Beulah Binford is held as a witness.
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Chesterfield
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Richmond
Beattie
Henrico County
Commonwealth
Thomas Owen
Owen
W. F. Mercer
Beulah Binford
Harry J. Smith, Jr
South
Watson
Louise Owen Beattie
Smith
Loving
Hold Cotton for 13 Cents Urged by Cotton States Delegation
A conference of seven cotton states proposes farmers hold cotton at 183 cents, with Senators Williams of Mississippi Owen of Oklahoma and Representative Byresan of Texas forming a committee to urge state banks to cooperate against speculators.
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Washington
Williams
Mississippi
Owen
Oklahoma
Byresan
Texas
Three Hurt in Wreck of Clover Leaf No. 4
Between Oakland and Brockton the engine and baggage car of Clover Leaf train No. 4 overturned at fifty miles an hour. Fireman R. E. Lee of Charleston was killed. Engineer Bennet of Charleston was badly scalded. Baggageman Flynn of Frankfort Indiana was hurt. Spreading rails caused the accident.
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Charleston, I
Oakland
Brockton
R. E. Lee
Charleston
Bennet
Flynn
Frankfort
Ind
Weather Outlook for Midwest States
Indiana expects showers today with fair to morrow and a slight warm-up. winds light to moderate and variable. Illinois reports local showers today then fair and warmer tomorrow with light to moderate northeasterly winds turning variable. Wisconsin forecast calls for generally fair weather today and tomorrow with light to moderate variable winds.
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Indiana
Wisconsin
Train wreck near Saluda kills five, injures eight
Twenty five years ago today a runaway train near Saluda North Carolina killed five people and wounded eight, most of them convicts. Also a French ship L Etoile struck a reef and sank with twelve lost and Rev James C Beecher shot himself.
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Saluda
N.C
James C. Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Diet and Health Hints on Food Mixing Risks
Dr. Beeson argues that fruit should not be eaten with starches or other foods due to acid reactions and digestion issues. He links indiscriminate mixing of foods to nutritional disruption, cancer risk, constipation, and general disease, noting the mind also affects health.
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Henry O. Beeson
Beeson
Triple murder shocks Boonville. father, mother, son killed
In Boonville Indiana an early morning fire revealed the bodies of Richard Lee his wife and son Clarence all slain. William Lee the 21 year old son was arrested on murder charges after claiming he escaped the blaze. Robbery is suspected as the motive. Insurance policies valued at five thousand dollars were found on both Richard and Clarence.
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Boonville
Ind
Indiana
Richard Lee
Clarence
William Lee
Warrick County
Lee
Lees
Newbury
Newburg Ami
Young Lee
Mina Taylor
Railroad Strike Threat Looms Soon
Pope Pius X heralds good news from his recent recovery as labor tensions mount. Catholic observers note the situation could influence nation wide railway workers actions and public transport.
Big Gold Strike in Alaska
Colonel Conrad arriving from Caribou Cressing reports a great placer gold strike on McClintock creek entering March lake about ten miles from Tagiah post Yukon territory. A stampede for the new gold field has begun and Caricrogs is deserted as towns flee to the diggings.
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Skagway
Alaska
Conrad of
Carcross
Caribou Cressing
McClintock Creek
March Lake
Grinnell athlete buried in well after cave-ins
Ottumwa reports James Slutz, son of former Mayor Frank Slutz and Grinnell college athlete, trapped by four cave-ins while workers dug a new federal building well. Draining via a pipe kept him alive and he spoke to miners saying he was unharmed. rescue efforts continue as time runs short.
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Ottumwa
James Slutz
Grinnell College
Frank Slutz
Slutz
Arriaga Elected President of the Republic in Portugal
In Lisson Portugal on August 25 the constituent assembly chose Senor Arriaga as president by 12 votes. He succeeds Theophile Braga who served as provisional president after the republic was proclaimed on October 5 1900 following the overthrow of the king.
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Braga
Lisson
Portugal
Constituent Assembly
Senor Arriaga
Theophile Braga
OryS Hit Chicago Congress In Unanimous Petition
Poughkeepsie N Y August 93 delegates to the state grand lodge of the International Order of Coded Templars voted unanimously to petition President Tate to bar Secretary Witton and his assistants from attending the brewers congress and the international barley and hop price exhibit at Chicago in October.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Grand Lodge
International Order of Coded Templars
Tate
Witton
Chictszo
Miner Stabbed to Death in Deep Mine Fight
In Centralia area a miner, William Garner, was stabbed in the chest and lungs by Walter Leek, a negro, deep in Mine No 4. Leek escaped as a posse hunted him for hours following the fatal assault.
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Centralia, I, Ave
William Garner
Walter Leek
Leek
Garner
Steamer C. C. Martin Lost in Georgian Bay Storm
Midland telegram reports the steamer C. C. Martin with ten crew missing after a Georgian bay storm. The barge Albatross sank in the same gale, its crew reaching the French river lighthouse in a yacht boat. no Word heard from the Martin.
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C. C. Martin
Georgian Bay
Detroit
Mich
Midland
Gnt
Albatross
French River
First Frost Report in Wisconsin City Of New Richmond
The first frost of the season was observed in New Richmond Wisconsin as August ends. Officials recorded chilly conditions signaling the start of colder weather for the region.
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Wisconsin
New Richmond
Wis
Unions Vote to Call Out Employes on Harriman Lines
Chicago August 25 Thousands of workers threaten a strike that could cripple Harriman lines. J W Kline of the railway blacksmiths meets with Union Pacific officials while federation leaders push for action nationwide. 4000 Illinois Central shop workers vote by a large majority to strike. 75 percent of ballots favor a walkout as talks resume.
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Harriman
Chicago
Aus
Oller
J. W. Kline
Julius Kruttechnitz
Wey
Union Pacific Railroad
Kiffie
Tderstand
Kline
Ilinois Central Railroad
Eames
T Stera’ Union
Women to Aid McNamara in California Jail
Washington dispatch reports women and girls in the bureau of enslaving and printing will raise funds for John J. McNamara secretary of the Structural Iron Workers union jailed in Los Angeles County calf Cal dynamiting the Los Angeles Times building. A speech by Representative Frank Buchanan of Chicago stirred their sympathy as he read a letter from McNamara defending himself against the charges.
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Washington
Bureau of Enslaving and Printing
John J. McM Mara
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Los Apecies
Cal
Los Angeles Times
Frank Buchanan
Chicaso
Buchanan
McNamara
Farmer Reaps 50 Acres Day and Night in Aug
Eugene La Bine of Marshall County uses a binder drawn by eight horses to harvest 50 acres of wheat in a single day and night shift. He notes headlights aid nighttime work and predicts night reaping will become popular.
Mrs Edison’s Disappearance Downgraded by Paris Letter
Akron reports Mrs Louis Miles mother of Mrs Thomas Beat son of inventor Edison received a Paris letter clarifying the supposed disappearance. Officials at Detroit failed to forward mail causing initial worry.
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Akron, O
Louis
Milles
Thomas A. Beatson
Edison
Paris
France
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American Press Association
Elgin
Ogren
Portu
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House OF Lords
Rehse
New York Evening Mail
Beastie
Wendenburg
Peattie
Clayton
Brighton Railway
England
T. J. Allen
Pope Pius X
Arriaga
Igi
ORYS
Congress
Taft
iWison
Negro
Posse
M'Namara
MRS
Akron
O. Cleare
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