Beattie Case Highlighted by Warning Witness Testimony
Chesterfield court hears details in the Henry Clay Beattie Jr murder case. Douglas Beattie signals efforts to destroy car evidence by washing, while an unnamed witness hints at a possible second man in the automobile. Other witnesses describe a peaceful marriage prior to the July 18 tragedy.
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Chesterfield Court House
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Harry Smith
Richmond
Midlothian Turnpike
Stancing
Beattie
Maxport Automobile
Henry Heattie
Heattie
Donglass Beattie
Winor
Heattle
French Ambassador Ill. Morocco Talks Delayed
French ambassador Jules Cambon, returning from Paris after cabinet talks on the Moroccan crisis, fell ill and cannot begin talks with German envoy von Kiderlin-Waechter. Cambon carried France's concessions offer for Germany to withdraw from southern Morocco. Negotiations likely not to resume before Sunday or Monday as Berlin remains optimistic about French outlines and potential acceptance.
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Berlin
Jules Cambon
Germany
Paris
Herr von Kiderlin-Waechter
Cambon
Morocco
Two Drown in Cistern Near Neosho Rapids
Miss Ina Van Grundy of Encinitas California drowned near Neosho Rapids while trying to rescue her one year old nephew who also died in the cistern incident. The tragedy followed an attempted water rescue in an irrigation basin.
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Emporia
Kan
Ina van Grundy
Encinitas
Cal
Neosho Rapids
Girl Saves Baby From Drowning at Cross Lake
In Pine City Minnesota Ruth West aged eleven leaped into Cross lake to rescue two year old Ilarold Bede who had fallen from a dock. The boy, grandson of former Congressman J Adam Bede, stood waving as his father crossed the lake in a launch before tumbling into four feet deep water.
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Pine City
Minn
Ruth West
Ilarold Bede
Cross Lake
J. Adam Bede
French Ambassador M Jules Cambon Returns to Berlin
Ambassador M Jules Cambon travels back to Berlin but remains indisposed as he resumes duties amid ongoing diplomacy with Germany.
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Berlin
Taft Prohibits Cockfights And Animal Fights In Panama Zone
President Taft issues an executive order effective Sept 4 banning cockfights dogfights bullfights and all animal fights in the Panama canal zone. Penalties include fines up to 50 dollars or 30 days imprisonment or both. Colonel Goethals proclaims Labor Day a zone holiday suspending canal work.
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Washington
Panama Canal Zone
Taft
George W. Goethals
Isthmian Commission
Duke de Abruzzi Named Admiral of Brindisi Port
Rome September 2 The Duke de Abruzzi has been appointed admiral in command of the Port of Brindisi which has been hastily fortified amid wartime measures.
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Brindisi
Rome
Duke de Abruzzi
Soldiers Swindle Roads In Fort Bliss Fraud
Three Twenty-third infantry privates at Fort Bliss forged discharge and travel papers of fictitious soldiers to buy three railroad tickets and pocketed the change. Rail offices recovered over $809, two suspects in custody at Fort Bliss and one in Juarez.
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el Paso
Tex
Twenty-third Infantry
Fort Bliss
Juarez
Paul C. Hill
Clarence KE. Tobias
Walter H. Creel
Convict Bellboy of Murder at Iroquois Hotel
The jury found Paul Geidel seventeen year old bellboy guilty of second degree murder in the July 26 killing of William H. Jackson at the Iroquois hotel. He faces a long prison term though the electric chair is avoided. Tears marked his reaction to the verdict.
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New York
Paul Geiidel
William H. Jackson
Iroquois Hotel
Geidel
Missing Painting Ad Sparks Mona Lisa Theft Theories
Paris reports a newspaper ad reading Joconde B S We waiting fueling chatter over the Louvre theft of the Mona Lisa. Rumors say the thief may return the famed work for 150000 francs or 350000 in payment.
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Paris
Balloon lands near St. Joseph after flight from Topeka
A balloon from Topeka arrived near St. Joseph with crew Frank Jacob Fred Stejo and Eugene Jlowe all from Atchison. The flight began in Topeka Kansas and ended at the St. Joseph area.
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St. Joseph
Atchison, Kan
Frank Jacob
Fred Stejo
Eugene Jlowe
Atchison
Ferry House Opens Linking New York and Jersey City
A report claimed Jefferson Davis was dead in error. A railroad completes the first ferry house connecting Chambers Street in New York to Pavonia Avenue in Jersey City. A passenger train wreck near St. Joseph Missouri leaves many dead due to a burned bridge.
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Washington
Jefferson Davis
First Ferry House
New York
Chambers Street
Pavonia Avenue
Jersey City
Platte River
St. Joseph
Sea Serpent Reappears in Hudson. Reward Offered
Twenty five years ago Sunday River men showed excitement and scientists debated the sea serpent sighting in the Hudson River. P Y Barnum the showman offered a $20 000 reward for its capture.
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Hudson River
P. Y. Barnum
Market quotations for hogs cattle sheep and poultry
Market report from Dunning & Stevens Buffalo shows hog receipts steady with heavy hogs at 7.80 to 7.85, yorkers 7.80 to 7.90, pigs 7.50. Cattle receipts a few cars, market slow, heavy cattle 7.80 to 7.85, prime steers 4.10 to 4.90, fed cows 5.10 to 6.25, calves 5.00. Sheep receipts 20 cars, top lambs 7.00 to 7.15, yearlings 4.50 to 5.00, wethers 4.00 to 4.25, ewes 3.50 to 3.75. Turkeys and poultry prices listed. butter and potatoes with general price notes.
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Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
East Buffalo
N. Y
Elevator Plunges From Eighteenth Floor in Chicago
An elevator fell from the eighteenth floor of a Chicago building named Masante Temple. The lift crashed to the shaft bottom, harming the operator and three passengers. Police arrived to find one passenger dead and others seriously injured.
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Chicago
Cent
Viscount Uchida Ambs sador to Return to Japan Cabinet
Viscount Uchida, serving as ambassador, will return to Japan and enter a new cabinet position. The move signals a reshuffle affecting Japan's diplomatic and domestic leadership.
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Japan
Railway unions split as Kruttschnitt declines federation talks
Julius Kruttschnitt, vice president of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, says the Harriman lines will not deal with any federation of shop employees. The Illinois Central situation remains unchanged with a potential next Tuesday conference between Usiness Central leaders and President Markham. The Federation of Shop Employees discussion centered on federation recognition while wage and conditions demands were ignored.
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Chicago
Harriman Lines
Julius Kruttschitt
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Krattschnitt
Usiness Central
Markham
Kruttschnitts
Organizations of
Mechanical Crafts
Federation of Shop Employes
Harriman Ine
Kruttschnitt
Weather Prophet or Baby’s Plan Riddle
A quirky exchange hints at weather insight linked to a baby swallowing a safety plan. The joke plays on superstition and practical caution about forecasting.
Cholera Ravages Italy As Tourists Flee Genoa Riviera
Reports from Rome indicate 693 deaths from cholera in seven days with widespread unburied remains. Italian towns face evacuations and civil unrest as disease spreads from Calabria to Venice, while critics accuse authorities of slow action and strict censorship hinders accurate casualty figures.
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Paria
Rome
Genoese Riviera
Milan
Giovane ii Giolitti
Verbicaro
Ghos
Agostino Amorosi
Niguirte
Genoese
Riviera
Venice
Chioggia
Calabria
Sicily
Naples
Italy
War Hero Grierson Dies Amid Remembrance of Raid
Jacksonville Michigan reports the death of General Benjamin H. Grierson of this city at his Omens Michigan summer home. A brigadier general under Lincoln, he led Griersons raid through Mississippi with 1700 men, starting with three days of supplies and covering 600 miles, contributing to disrupted Confederate units, captured prisoners, and burned rails.
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Jacksonville
Mich
Gqeme Eril
Benjamin H. Grierson
Omens Mich
Lincoln
Grierson
Mississippi
Wisconsin adopts compulsory industrial insurance law
Madison September 2 1921 the state adopts a system of compulsory industrial insurance. Up to this time sixty one concerns employing about 20000 workers signified acceptance of the law. Workmen receive compensation for injuries and dependents benefits in case of death.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
City Leaders Resign at Plymouth Council Meeting
At a Plymouth council gathering on September 2 Mayor C. S. Cleveland and Councilman Joseph Swindell submitted their resignations. The meeting faced a backlog of business as the resignations prompted municipal leadership changes.
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Plymouth
Ind
C. S. Cleveland
Joseph Swindell
Press of Business
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M. Jules Cambon
Lancaster
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Harville
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Philadelphia
American Press Association
George H. Earle, Jr
William 8. Vare
Vare
Recorder of Deeds
Reyburn
Earle
United States
Boies Penrose
Jim McNichol
Roosevelt
Sugar Trust
Texas
Bellboy
Hampstead
Wagland
Charleston
ROYA
Grashey
Elghteenth
Chicstro Maannte Temps
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Ambssador
Krutschnitt
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Illlinois Central
Hitness
Linc Coln
Omena, Mich
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