Masked shooter wounds financier on Atlantic City boardwalk
Charles E. Roberts, Baltimore financier and social leader, is dying after a masked assailant fired on him and Mrs W G Williams as they rode a closed rolling chair along the Atlantic City boardwalk. Both victims belong to prominent Maryland families. Police and witnesses describe a swift, mysterious attack with the shooter escaping into the night. Roberts previously warned that a pistol had been left where he could find it, reflecting his fear of firearms.
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W. F. G. Williams
Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles E. Rabiits
Baltimore
Jaime
Roberts
W . G Williams
Enert
Charlies Bovin Roberts
Westminster
Camces
Maryland
Marye Sloan
James Slyan
Lie
Run Mawmats
Pobets
Geo
Sam Roberts
Rs Walliums
Hairless Roberts
Rs WF G Williams
Atlantity
Pamon Ae
Froberts
National Supply Company
Baltymore Thomas
Bryan
Te Company
Mr Roberts
Gompers Campaigning on Labor Day in Danville
Samuel Gompers leads AFL efforts to rally labor behind Bryan. The Labor Day edition of the Federationist features a symposium by leaders like John Mitchell and an AFL editorial urging unity against third party schemes. Gompers plans to open the campaign at Speaker Cannon’s Danville home and attack the Republican ticket while praising Bryan’s labor stance.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bryan
Federationist
John Mitchell
Gompersa
Pen
Gompers
Danville
Cannon
Yagkea
Labor Day
Executive Council of
The
Federation
Hugene V. Debs
Chicago
Denver
Republican Party
Duncan, Mitchell
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
Fuller
Democrate Party
Executive Council
Labor
Pares
Tait
Publi
Atlantic City Proclaimed Saturnalia of Vice by Governor Fort
New Jersey Governor Fort declares a saturnalia of vice in Atlantic City over Sunday liquor and gambling, vows to restore order, may convene legislature to empower removal of delinquent officers or authorize militia if needed, amid grand jury refusals to indict excise violators and clashes with the county court at May's Landing.
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New Jersey
Saturnalia
Win
Sea Girt
N. J
Atlantic City
United States
May's Landing
Atlantic County
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Fort
State Excise Commision
Stoy
Johnson
Trenchard
Higbee
Salus
Cout
B. M. Lee
Mays Land
Ing
James Steelman
William Reeves Winter
Oper
Harry 8. Groff
Anthony N. Fuffy
W. & J Stafford
Ilegal
Atlantis City
May’s Landing
Grand Jury
Citizens’ League
Joseph Salas
Goldenburg
Franklin P Stoy
Joy
Williams son hurries to country home after shooting news
A report states the son of the late George Hawkins Williams, a noted lawyer, was horrified by the shooting of Roberts. He said Roberts was a friend, expressed regret, and hoped for recovery, while noting confusion over his wife’s whereabouts. Separately a Rome dispatch says an anarchist was arrested at Vallestura en route to King Victor Emmanuel for an assassination attempt.
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George Hawkins Wiliams
Williams
Leara
Roberts
Atlantic City
Boston
London
Central News
Rome
Vallestura
Victor Emmanuel
France
Navy weighs sending several ships to meet battleship fleet
The Navy Department weighs sending Idaho Mississippi Montana New Hampshire and North Carolina to join Admiral Sperry's fleet in European waters as it sails around the world. Admiral Pillsbury will revisit the plan on his return, with possible rendezvous at Gibraltar or the Azores.
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Navy Department
Admiral Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Idaho
Mississippi
Montama
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Gibraltar
Azores
Gale Joins Flood Waters Tie Up Trains
Widespread flooding from a northeast gale and heavy rains devastates crops and infrastructure from North Carolina to Virginia. Rivers rise to record levels, bridges wash out, mills damaged, and rail lines crippled with widespread disruption to transportation and power.
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Washington
Charlotte
N. C
South Carolina
Georgia
Carolina
Cataba
Southern Power Company
Rocky Creek, & C
Flood Strikes Georgia Valley Amid Missing Persons Reports
The flood covers vast territory from the foot of the Caroling hills to Georgia with losses to farms crops and livestock not fully shown. Tension rises as reports of missing men and families spread. People wade or swim from homes as boatmen demand exorbitant fees for rescue. one man offered $50 for help.
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Caroling
Georgia
Augusta Chronicle
Augusta Herald
Taft Guests Receive Silver Loving Cups at Virginia Farewell
Guests at the Homestead Hotel in Hot Springs Virginia presented Judge Taft Mrs Taft and Master Charles Taft with silver loving cups as a farewell gesture organize a reception and speeches marked by light humor and music. Taft and family prepare to depart for Middle Bass Island Ohio while Virginia Democrats plan counter demonstrations to offset Tafts rising popularity notes Col Allen Staunton says Virginias Democrats will vote for Taft.
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Virginia
Hot Springs
Homestead Hotel
Judge Taft
Hi Familly
Horace HW Lurton
Tennessee
Taft
Gol John C. McAnerney
Mr. Taft
Charlie
Luke P Blackburn
Charles Taft
Middle Bass Island
Lake Erie
Vrginia
Goshen
Bryan
Col. Alien
Staunton
Republian
Bath County
Allen Nite
Tam
Sage Estate Worth Over Sixty Six Million Dollars
The Sage estate, deceased July 22, 196, is appraised at 66,753,801 gross and 64,153,900 net. Transfer tax set at 687,383. Mrs Sage inherits 63,778,800 with 29 lesser legatees totaling 650,000. Executors are Mrs Sage, Charles W. Osborne, and Dr. John P. Munn.
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Washington
Charles P Dillon
Beckett
Tex
Sage
Charles W. Osborne
John P. Munn
Rescuers Reach 29 Bodies at Halley Ola Mine
From McAlester Oklahoma August 27 rescuers finishing at Halley Ola coal mine No 1 Harleyville fourteen miles east of here report 29 bodies removed all suffocated none burned Gantry State Inspector of mines and Assistant Inspector Clark at scene.
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Washington Post
McAlester
Okla
Halley-Ola
Harleyville
Here
Gantry
State Inspector of Mines
Clark
Bank Guaranty Debate Highlights Depositors’ Security
Democratic candidate W. J. Bryan urged guaranteed bank deposits in Topeka urging protection beyond postal savings. He argued state and national banks lack full depositor security, citing Oklahoma's 1907 guaranty law and deposit shifts as evidence of hidden funds and financial risk.
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Taft
Topeka
Kans
W. J. Bryan
Garfield Park
Knights of Pythian
Bryan
Kansas City
Kansas Republican State Council
United States
Nationa
National Guard
Oklahoma
Gli National
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Compers
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Teetotaler
King
Sperry
Andy
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Hailtown
Chaxtown
Stephen Con
Aca
Winchester
Union Station
Pennsylvania
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Cape Henry
Iosa
Greenville
S.C
Cape Fear
Norfolk
Cape Benry
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway
Ning
Raleigh
Atlanta
Monroe
Venae
Meuse River
Margaret Vane
Newbern
Bridgeport
Conn
Hog Island
Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Company
Tidgt
Ta Ik
Western Union
United States Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
8. C
Durham
Greenville, & C
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Appomattox
Petersburg
Farmville
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
AtlAntic Coast Line
Norfolk and Western Railway
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Second Streets
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Friend & Co
Dinwiddie County
Blackwater
Meherrin
Richmond
Xucomond
the James
Manchester
Dan River
Greensboro
Ken
Salisbury
Salsbury
Rowan
New York
New Orleans
N.C
Condi Hong
Hamlet
Norfolk and Southern
Cape Fear River
Lilington
Augusta
Savannah River
McDaniel Builders
North Augusta
Hamburg
Nixon
Georgia Railway
Augusta Railway and Electrica Company
Senakoreel
BES Eestlonte Guy
Cape May
Sage Estate
Atlantic
Baltimore and Ohio RR
Baltimore & Ohio B. RB
Royal Lim
Gatreet
Pennsylvenia Avenue
Kansas
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