Magnate Harriman Fate Hangs On Potential Cancer Surgery
Washingtons Mount Washington Hotel scene as financiers Rockefeller Dr Crile and others rush to Harriman bedside amid reports of a possible cancer operation. Oxygen tanks arrive. details vague. Family, doctors, and officials keep mum as stock market moves echo the tension of the unfolding medical and personal drama surrounding the elderly magnate.
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Manmon
St Arden
Magnate
Washington Post
Bretton Woods
George W Crile
Cleveland
Ohio
Crile
Mount Washington Hotel
Harriman
Arden Tuxedo N
Boston Express
Clettechiuffete
Wells
New York
Milton Berar
John D
Anne
Biggar
New Charge in Baby Gase Requisition Decision Reserved
Jefferson City Missouri August hearing on Governor Kansas requisition to return Mt J M Bar clay widow JM Gentry for kidnapping Martan Belnekley the incubator baby was held before Acting Gov Gmelich. Rehearings and regulation alleging assault with intent to do her part were argued over maternity of the child. Attorneys claim Mrs Barclay has legal rights per Illinois and Kansas court rulings. Decision expected in a few days as Gov Stubbs calls Topeka to urge honoring the requisition amid concerns of mob violence. Farewell to Columbia Players tonight and Baltimore and Ohio Rail ad fare.
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Jefferson City
Kansas
Declan Wille
Topeka
Gov Stubbs
Gov Hadley
Missouri
Farman wins Grand Prix de Champagne in dramatic night flight
Henry Farman breaks endurance and distance records in a夜time aeroplane race at Betheny finishing after dark with 180 kilometers flown in 3 hours 4 minutes and 25 seconds. Latham Paulhan Lambert Sommer Tissandier and Curtiss also posted top distances as officials honored Farman for a secretive yet decisive victory.
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Retheny Aviation
Henry Farman
Tinekeepers
Robert Latham
Louis Paulhan
de Lambert
Hubert Latham
Tissandler
Roger Sommer
Bleriot
Glens
Curtiss
Lefebvre
Xraca Ful Iunowlane
Tatham
Tiseradier
Paulhan
Pauthans
Trasandier
Carter
Farman
Record of early aviation trials and prize notes
The passage recounts pilots Curtiss and Bleriot testing aircraft amid wind shifts, claiming fast times and near records. Mentions diverse figures and a Grand Prix de la Champagne 1900 context, with prizes for distance flown without refueling and multiple prize breakdowns in francs.
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Curtiss
Sant
Bleriot
France
Death in motor race at Brighton Beach Motordrome
Louis Cole mechanic of the Stearns car was killed and Laurent Grose the driver injured in a collision with the Acme car during a late night automobile race at Brighton Beach. Patcheke and Maynard of Acme were slightly injured as wreckage tore through the field with multiple cars overturned and spectators watching a tense crash filled program.
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Lows Cole
Mechicme
Stearns
Lantext Gross
Patcheke
Maynard
Acme
Brighton Beach
Fiat
Allen Kingston
Allen Kingatoy
Hughes
Gros H
Strats
Grosa
Cote
Motor Racing Association
Rumbers
Charles Basle
Louis Raffato
Palmer
Singer Frank Lescault
Ray Toward
Cyrus Patschke
Crystal Pateshe
Lozier
William Hiena
Harry Cobe
Stearos
Laurent Grosso
Ralph Mulford
Heapt
George Robertson
al Poote
Aflen Kingston
Hugh Hughes
Gibt
Ralph di Palma
Parker
Rainier
Rainier Acme No
Haupt
Renault
Cole
Acme No 4
H A. Vantine
Odock
Houpt
Track incident ends race as Adams held in suspense
Adams was called from the track after a dispute with Referee Whipples who suspended Jacams for zero days. The six hour adores included Woltman and others, and the matey race among De Palma Fiat Cyclone Kilpatrick and Walter Christie Christie was called off. Christie drove an exhibition but the Piatt Cyclone set a 57 second pace. De Palma holds Brighton track record of 52.26 seconds for a mile with the Fiat Cyclone.
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Hupmobile Adamz
Ftrom
Whipples
Jacams
Adores
Woltman
Fup
Mobile
Juhsex
Fiat Cyclone Kilpatrick Ohietes
Walter Christie
Christe
Christie
de Palms
Gireult
de Palma
Brighton
Sole Survivor of Constitution Fractures Thigh at 105
William Manabe aged 105, the sole survivor of the crew of the United States frigate Constitution, is in serious condition with a fractured thigh at the United States Naval Home in Philadelphia. Born in Baltimore in 1803, he enlisted as a cabin boy after the War of 1812, served through the Civil War, and retired to the naval home. On his 100th birthday, Secretary Moody visited him, and birthdays since then have included a dinner and extra rations.
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Philadelphia
William Manabe
Constitution
United States Naval Home
Baltimore
Ase
Naval Home
Macabee
Moody
Navy
Hookworm Outbreaks Rise Across Alabama
Alabama doctors report renewed outbreaks of leprous disease pellagra and hookworm across Clarke Butler and Madison counties. Bacteriologists tally over 200 specimens in state offices as cases spread from Gulf Coast to the northern part of the state.
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Alabama
Washington
Montgomery
Clarke County
Gulf Coast
Butler County
Mason State
Madison County
France Seeks Tariff Delay to Extend Trade Pact
Paris August 27 France asks for a further extension of the present commercial agreement with the United States. The government says negotiations with Washington are open for an extension through August 1920 or at least until February 1920 to satisfy merchants' requests.
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Parla
Washington
United States
Unil
Posse Lynch Two Men in Georgia Local Lynching Headlines
Dramatic mob action in Soperton Georgia ends with the lynching of two men alleged to have aided an escaped convict. Sheriff and posse members injured as gunfire and pursuit unfold amid claims of threats to a local merchant and a prominent planter. The scene includes a steel breastplate worn by one convict and a burned body after the blaze. Nearby reports note a Dover England swimmer abandoning a cross channel attempt.
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Soperton Ga
Peese
Montgomery County
Glark
Bigg County
Nicholas Adama
Kibbs County
John Sweeney
Tarrytown
Dearh
Sweeney
James Durden
Clark
Sherif
Durden
Five Sinks With Ship Off Alaska Coast
Seattle Aug 21 Five lives lost as the steamer Ohio sinks after striking a rock off Steep Point Alaska. All 150 passengers escape. purser F J Stephen, wireless operator George Eccles, two seamen, and a quartermaster among the dead. Humboldt and Rupert assist. messages describe last efforts as the ship settled in minutes. The Ohio, owned by Alaska Steamship Co, was 3437 tons, built at Cramp yard.
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Seattle Wash
Alaska Steamship Company
Oia
Steep Point
Alaska
F J Stephen
Beattle
George BE. Eccles
Winnipeg
Chile
Kingasher
Swanson Bay
Rupert City
Humboldts
Ketchikan
Rupert City i
Vancouver
Dolphin
Alysks Steamanhip Company
Bost
Seattle
Ketchiken
Wireless
Ohio
John Jonanson
Exelie
Clarence Cunningham
Taft
Hewes
Aluka
Humboldt
Stephens
Cramp
New York
United Wire Tess Company
Whas
Supesratore J & B Besses
Eccles
Captaim
Hucoboldt
Rupert
Ohlo
Veetel
Booth
Ousts Mayor for Drinking Under New Iowa Law
Judge Hyron Preston in Osieloom removes Hender son as mayor of Marengo citing the new Iowa law on removal of officials for certain causes including intoxication. The judge upholds that a mayor is always on duty and can be removed for intoxication under the law as interpreted.
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Des Moines
Jows
Hyron Preston
Osieloom
Offiston
Henderson
Marengo
Aifles
York Hengerson
Ekserted
Preaton
Laugh Ends Life at Show in New Orleans Theater
Margaret Leathers laughed loudly during a local theater performance in New Orleans last night and collapsed unconscious. She died before air could be obtained. doctors later suggested she suffered heart problems and that the bout of strong laughter likely triggered the fatal attack.
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Margaret Leathers
Hergon
China Yields Main Points in Manchuria Settlement
China concedes key Manchurian points as negotiations with Japan near closure. Authorities report a likely surrender of main Japanese claims, with China retaining some vetoes and administration over select mining and rail areas. US and British interests seek to keep Manchuria open to foreign trade amid cautious optimism for peace in the Far East.
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Peking
China
Japan
C W Farbanks
Admial G B Warber
U S N
Foregn Board
Fairbanks Tontrbt
Antung Mukéen
Fst
Manchuria
Futishun
Yentat
Heinmintun
Mukden
Tashiluac
Yinkow
Korea
Jame
Yuan Shah Kal
Vineray
Yuan Shar
Ussie
Vaidroun
Tokyo “Ang
Far East
Fairbanks and Harber Meet Regent in Forbidden City
Former U S Vice President Charles Fairbanks and Rear Admiral G B Harber were received in audience by the Chinese prince regent in the Forbidden City this morning. They were presented by Henry Prietchers the American chargé d’affaires.
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Charge Fletcher
Forbidden City
Peking
Charles Fairbanks
United States
G B Harber
Ls&sn
Henry Prietchers
Tipton Bank Head Held On Embezzlement Charge
Chicago reports Tipton Indiana bank president Bhirk was arrested at the Calumet club charged with misusing 2253 of bank funds. A complaint with U S Commissioner Foote says the money was obtained via drafts payable to Hingelt on July 22. Bank suspended briefly then resumed as federal investigators began inquiry led by special examiner Wesley M Bennett.
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Chicago
Aug
Umertyn Bhirk
First National Bank of
Tipton Ind
Calumet Club
United States
Foote
Shirk
Drefte
Hingelt
Federt
Wen
Wesley M. Bennett
Roy Kills Wite Fist Blow Between Lads of Sixteen Years
Fragmentary report notes tragedy in Philadelphia dated August 3. It mentions a fatal incident during a tennis or similar match in the Northeast section, with unclear details after a trivial difference, and references insomnia and pain in a garbled transcription.
Uplift Critics Clash Over West Development Policies
Assistant Secretary Ormsby McHarg denounces dreamlike forest and water power plans, says practical Western development requires flexible use of timber and energy. He warns against a supposed water power trust and criticizes overrigid forest conservation, urging realistic, workable extraction and replanting to sustain resources for decades.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
West
McHarg Ia
McHarghellaver
Novesira
Water Power Trust
Washington
Beng Toler
McHarg Flath
Forest Service
McFlare
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