Cannonsburg Fire Panic Death Toll Spurs Reward Offered
A mob panic after a false alarm cry of fire at the Morgan opera house caused 26 deaths and dozens injured. Authorities seek the caller, two boys in the gallery, while crowds swarm Cannonsburg for details and funerals proceed for victims mostly under 18. Medical staff rush to aid the injured as investigators review the catastrophe.
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Cannonsburg
Morgan Opera House
Washington
Minnie Lemon
Lawrenceville
Ind
Cannonsburg Hospital
Man shoots neighbor in Brownstown killing
In Danville Indiana on August 28 Charles Miller a grocer shot and killed W A Mc Caslin in the yard of their adjoining homes at Brownstown. Miller says Mc Caslin moved toward a revolver and Miller fired in self defense. Mc Caslin leaves a widow and two children. Miller is jailed awaiting charges.
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Danville
Ind
W. A. McCaslin
Charles Miller
Brownstown
Miller
McCaslin
MecCaslin
Indiana Poetess Wins National Suffrage Anthem Prize
New York Aug 28 Miss Minetta Theodora Taylor educator and author from Greencastle Indiana won the $100 prize offered by the Woman's Suffrage party of New York for a national suffrage anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
New York
William P Hepburn to Counsel for Dr H W Wiley
Former congressman William P Hepburn will serve as counsel for Dr H W Wiley in a legal matter. The arrangement positions Hepburn to advocate on Wiley’s behalf in the forthcoming proceedings.
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H. W. Wiley
Strike Truce Declared In Harriman Shopworkers Clash
A truce ends the dispute between 25 000 Harriman system shopworkers and management. Julius Kruttschnitt signals a San Francisco meeting with union presidents to avert a nationwide strike. President Kline travels west and dispatches peace pleas to union leaders to hold until talks with Kruttschnitt occur.
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Chicago
Harriman
Julius Kruttschnitt
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
J. W. Kline
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers
San Francisco
Kline
Cheyenne
Wyo
M. Ryan
Car Men's Union
M. O'Sullivan
International Union of Sheet Metal Workers
Joseph Franklin
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
J. D. Ruckalew
International Association of Machinists
Beattie Gases at Week's End in Richmond Trial
In Richmond, Henry Beattie Jr. sits in jail as lawyers plan a defense built on his tale of a shadowy killer. Prosecutors press to show inconsistencies and present evidence about a shotgun purchase and motive linked to Beattie and Beulah Binford.
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Richmond
Beattie, Jr
Harry M. Smith, Jr
Hill Carter
Beattie
Midlothian Pike
Heattie
Virginia
Henry Beattie
Commonwealth
Paul Beattie
Beulah Binford
Diet and Health Hints by Dr Allen
The article explains calories as heat units and argues for balanced food choices. It suggests avoiding using proteins as a heat source for the body and recommends milk for infants and cereals fruits or nuts for adults with limited dairy.
Postal Bank Makes Record Opening at Libertyville
Tinele Sam opened a postal savings bank in Libertyville TH with great fanfare as Charles Taylor the postmaster planned for a rush of deposits. The first in line was Harry Meyers a twenty one year old farm worker who presented a silver dollar and made a single deposit. No further deposits were made all day.
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Libertyville
Tinele Sam
Charles Taylor
Mwe
Harry Meyers
Taylor
Meyers
Weather Forecast For Indiana Illinois Wisconsin
Indiana shows showers and cooler today with generally fair conditions tomorrow. Illinois expects showers and cooler today turning fair with warmer in the northwest tomorrow. Wisconsin forecasts fair weather in the west, showers and cooler in the east and central today, then fair and warmer in the west tomorrow with moderate winds.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Lee Confesses Triple Filicide Motive Tied to Marriage Rebuff
Evansville Indiana reports William Lee twenty two confessed to murdering his father Richard Lee mother and younger brother Clarence at Boonville early Thursday morning and setting fire to conceal the crime. He cites anger over parental opposition to his planned marriage to Mina Taylor of Newbury and lack of funding to start housekeeping. He is being sent to the state reformatory at Jeffersonville.
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Evansville
Ind
William Lee
Richard Lee
Clarence
Boonville
Mina Taylor
Newbury
State Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Lee
Lin
Untimely Death Alters Family Relations
The passage notes the fidelity of a wife toward her husband and her intention to quit him. Mr. Owen had started for Richmond to aid his daughter in her troubles when he learned of her death through a newspaper account.
Murder in mid lake on steamer Puritan
Walter Hopper of Philadelphia seized Grace Lyons of Chicago aboard the Puritan in midlake near Holland Michigan driven by jealousy he hurled her overboard. Passengers did not intervene and the life boat failed to reach the body which was drawn under by the wheel suction Hopper offered no resistance when arrested on the charge of murder.
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Holland, Mich
Walter Hopper
Philadelphia
Grace Lyons
Chicago
Midlake
Hopper
Charee
Minedar
Mattoon man shot dead after quarrel near county fair
William Springer of Mattoon was killed after a quarrel with two Morrisons from Mattoon. The shooting occurred as they waited for an interurban ride near the Coles county fair. Springer confronted the men on the track and invited a fight before they opened fire into a cornfield.
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Charleston
Wiliam Springer
Mattoon
Morrison
Morrisons
Springer
Coles County
Hailstorm Causes Damage in Mitchell South Dakota
A rain and hailstorm struck Mitchell and surrounding areas, injuring corn and flax estimated at about ten percent. Hail lay two inches deep on the ground, and gardens were practically ruined.
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Mitchell
South Dakota
Girl Train Wrecker May Elmer Committed as Insane
Cleveland authorities arrest Miss May Elmer nineteen near the Lake Shore Electric line after multiple attempts to wreck passenger cars. In probate court she is declared insane and sent to the asylum.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore Electric Railway
May Elmer
Pioneer Nancy Drew Dies in Hawiton County
Mecleansboro reports the death of eighty year old Mrs Nancy Drew of Hawiton county in Hamilton County. The obituary notes her age and place of death occurring on August 28.
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Hamilton County
Mecleansboro
Nancy Drew
Hawiton County
John W Gates Leaves Second Testament of Wealth
John W Gates names his heirs in a second testament, outlining who will inherit most of his father’s wealth and detailing succession arrangements. The document clarifies heirs and potential allocations among family members.
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John W. Gates
Suffrage Rally Seizes California Capitol With Circus Aid
About 500 women suffragists, aided by a circus tent and moving pictures, invaded the California state capital in Sacramento on August 28. They held fourteen mass meetings and condemned University of California President Benjamin de Wheeler for opposing woman suffrage ahead of the October 10 ballot.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Oak Park
Benjamin de Wheeler
University of California
Truce Declared as Labor Conflicts Ebb Across Regions
In Sunday edition reports note a truce between han i man roads and shop men. Zengel wins Elgin National Trophy race at SOS events. Champ Clark hints at presidential bid. Taft rails at insurgents during 1912 campaign kickoff in Massachusetts.
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Zengel
Champ Clark
Chicage
Taft
Massachusetts
K. C. Beattie, Jr
Chicago
Merriam-James
Progressive Republicans
Alleged James brothers threaten man in Greensboro case
Joseph Jay, a Greensboro businessman, claimed Robert and Claude James threatened to kill him before nightfall. Warrants were issued and the brothers were arrested in Newcastle while in town for a circus, after Jay said his chickens were damaged.
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Newcastle
Ind
Joseph Jay
Greensboro
James
Robert
Claude
Jay
James Pert
New Will Emerges in Gates Estate Divorce Case
Charles G Gates pursues divorce while a second will surfaced in March 1911 altering trustees. Judge Gildersleeve, former executor, and Alvin W Kreeh of Equitable Trust react to the change. The contested clause concerns ten year securities and potential public exposure from asset sales.
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New York
Charles Ow Gates
John W Gates
Gated
Judge Gildersleeve
New Hampshire
Holling
Alvin W. Kreeh
Equitable Trust Company
Mr. Gates
Trust Company
Gates Securities
Gildersleeve
Gates
Charles G. Gates
Indians to Lose 2.9 Million Acres in Land Sales
In Muskogee Oklahoma on August 28 the government plans three sales totaling 2,978,000 acres of Choctaw and Chickasaw lands and over a million acres of forest reserve. The deal will yield more than $20,000,000 to tribal members. Chiefs Locke and Johnson met with Commissioner Wright and finalized terms and regulations sent to the interior secretary.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Bele Ft, Lol
United States
M. Locke
D. H. Johnson
J. G Wright
of the Interior
Grandstand collapses at Elgin trophy races injuring many
At Elgin Illinois August 28 during the start of the trophy races three grandstand sections collapsed. About 2000 spectators were thrown to the ground. over thirty were injured with no fatalities. Notable injured include Mrs Ralph R Graham and Gi meriy Ethel Lorimer daughter of Senator William Lorimer and Chief Justice Larcy Olson.
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Elgin
Illinois Girl Takes Poison in Rockport Hotel
Goldie Hiles aged about twenty two, a Jacksonville, Illinois native, killed herself in a Rockport hotel by taking poison. She had eloped and reportedly became ill after arriving in Rockport. Her parents, residing in Snail, are described as well to do.
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Illinois
Rockport
Ind
Goldie Hiles
Jacksonville
Snail
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Labor Ghiefe
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Allen
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Libertyville Institution
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Fremont
A. 8. Grant
Missouri
Calvin Ellis Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mid-Lake
Ohio
David Buck
Sam Jacobs
Buck
Canonsburg
William H. van Schaick
General Llocum
East River
Sing Sing
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