American Girl in Cuban Isle of Pines Jail Sparked Outcry
Miss Mille Brown of Iowa faced a dungeon in Nueva Gerona Isle of Pines for aiding a toy telegraph line project. After protest from the United States through Minister Sleeper, Cuba released Brown and her fiancé H. S. Augustine after a promise to seek Cuban approval for future lines. Brown is from Campbellsport.
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H. S. Augustine
State Department
Sleeper
Havana
Palma
United States
Misa Brown
Miss Brown
Campbellsport
Three Americans in Prison at Isle of Pines
The Cuban government holds American girl Miss Brown and two companions in Carcel Nueva Gerona after a minor offense related to a private post office line. Her mother travels from Iowa to Cuba, while Senator Morson is asked to help. State Department officials debate whether the imprisonment reflects revolutionary oppression or law enforcement.
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Towa
Isle of Pines
Iowa
Hiness
New Orleans
Cuba
Nueva Gerona
Palma
Sleeper
State Department
Miss Brown
Careel
State
Miss Crown
Carcel
Nueva Gerotia
Promatra
Tovis
Giltter
Columbia
Isle of Iines
Leonard Wead
Giltner
Railroad Men Summoned to Testify Before Federal Grand Jury
Subpoenas issued in Chicago summon railroad executives, including New York Central VP B J Grammer, and others who testified in Cleveland. They are ordered to appear before the Federal grand jury convening August 6 to probe Standard Oil and alleged monopolistic practices. The government aims to present an indictment targeting John D Rockefeller and associates under anti trust laws.
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Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Weskiegtor
Standate Company
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company
United States District Court
J. Grammer
New York Central
Cleveland
Standard Oil
Francis Hanchet
Oliver E. Pugin
John T
Rockefetler
Sd Fis
Rockefeller Trip Draws Crowds At Pier Interview
The scene aboard the ship and at the Buckingham station shows John D. Rockefeller receiving hearty handshakes from reporters and crowds. He says the voyage, a long-anticipated rest, has done him good and he plans a few weeks in the United States before returning to duty.
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Mr. Rockefeller
Buckingham
Tencheon
Humsday
Atlantic News
Red
Wesley
Vandernilt
Piers
Teneer
Tan- Lama Arate
Amerika
Burglars Surrender After Saloon Standoff in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn at Julian Plackocki’s saloon two burglars, Henry Meyer and Joseph Miller, were captured at gunpoint by Roundsmen Cohen and Blunt after a window entry. Meyer bit Cohen’s finger during the melee. the duo, who had pried open the window and looted the joint, were arrested as they tried to flee.
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Brooklyn
Roundemen
Cohen
Blunt
Bedford Avenue
Julian Plackocki
Kent Avenue
Henry Meyer
Bowery
Manhattan
Joseph Miller
North First Street
North Seventh Street
Jimmy
Plackotki
Riant
Turgiara
Thedar
Meyer
Alsman
Miller
Moyer
$500 000 Steel Plant Nears Completion in Washington City
The Firth Sterling Steel Company of McKeesport pushes a new $500,000 plant on part of 260 acres at Grestaro Point toward completion. Foundations are poured, steel framing nears finish, and brick work begins. When ready, the plant will employ about 50 skilled workers and feed power from its own dynamos. The facility includes a large forge shop, a power house, and a 145,000 gallon water tank, with a pier extending to the waterfront for material deliveries.
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Washington
United States
Greater Washington
Firdy Sleriing Steel Company
McKeesport
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Oia Railroad
J. R. Re
da Washiniton
Tome Life: Building
Fillweath
Glesboro
Ordnance Works
Firth-Sterling Company
MeKpespart
Ayer
Alexandria
Baltimore and Ohio Rairoad
Wheeler- Sterling
United States Navy
Cohen and burglar duel ends with arrest in raid
In a tense struggle, Cohen overpowered a burglar after the assailant tried to strangle him. Cohen kept hold, knocked the man to the floor, and helped drag him to a patrol wagon. Re-enforcements arrived as the two suspects were taken to the station and identified in the rogues gallery. Meyer and Miller, with prior burglary and pocket-picking records, were remanded without bail.
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Cohen
Toundsman- Bint
Meyer ‘Hag
Miller
Judge Refuses Liquor Licenses in Rural Districts
Special to The Washington Fest Norfolk Virginia July 28 Circuit Judge R B Boykin has refused to grant liquor licenses in rural districts of his circuit. He will not certify that such licenses are not injurious to the morals or material interests of the community as required by law. The ruling, if followed, means prohibition in rural districts.
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Norfolk
R. B. Boykin
Escaped Prisoner Surrenders in Maryland
John Bush who escaped weeks ago from the Maryland house of correction where he served thirty months for shooting M Monégan near Hagerstown returned today saying his conscience troubled him and he could not rest until surrendering to officers. Also C Merriman, wanted in Brunswick for theft from a friend, was arrested in Hagerstown by Constable Runkle and taken to Brunswick.
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Seis
Rockefeller
Avise
Eschit
Earth Ag
Ghie
Washington Post
Hagerstown
John Bush
Maryland House of Correction
M. Monégan
Hagerstand
C. Merriman
Brunswick
Parr
Runkle
Frederick County
Brumwick
Fragmented health ad text with advice on remedies
Fragmented OCR style note touts cures for stomach and liver issues and other ailments. Mentions prompt relief and various conditions like poor appetite biliousness cramps and diarrhoea in a partial, garbled manner. No clear product names or dates.
Revolution fears grip Russia as general strike looms
A chaotic wartime dispatch reports pro revolutionaries led by socialist groups plan a general strike and urban peasant campaign. Troop redeployments and government repression are cited as possible preludes to broader upheaval amid talk of organized terrorism and royalist countermeasures.
Russian Parliament In Exile Hints at Frontiers of Liberty
A London interview recounts a talk with Roditcheff and Ostrogorski among others from the outlawed Russian Parliament. They met at a conference of the Interparliamentary Union and, during a train stop en route home, expressed cautious optimism that the spring of reforms has begun.
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Memitera
Bertin
Thé
London
Russia
M.roditcheff
Adventists In Session In Virginia Conference
The third day of the annual Seventh-day Adventists Virginia conference was held in Petersburg at West End Park today. Delegates from across the United States attended while morning addresses were given by Mr and Mrs E W Harns worth who have spent eight years as missionaries in Australia and New Zealand. In the afternoon Rev H J Farman of Lynchburg spoke as delegates continue arriving by train.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Seventh-day Adventists of
Virginia
West End
Paris
United States
E. W. Harnsworth
Australia
New Zealand
H. J. Farman
Lynchburg
Lightning Claims Two Lives In Albemarle County
A severe thunderbolt struck the Gay residence near Alberene in Albemarle County yesterday evening killing Mrs. Gay and her brother Chrise. Mr. Gay and two children were badly shocked as the house was torn to pieces. The disaster occurred in Virginia.
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Richmond
Alberene
Albemarie County
A. G. Gay
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