Heat Wave Breaks Records Across the Midwest and D.C.
June heat wave continues from Lake District to the Middle West with record highs. Cleveland tops 105 on the square as 25 deaths, many babies, are linked to the heat. Chicago reaches 96 to 100 with widespread prostration and warnings of rising temperatures through the week.
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Washington, D.C
Missouri Valley
Allegheny
Chicago
Springfield
Mercury
Middle West
Memphis
Nashville
Brass Band Quells Pittsburg Strike Riot
In Pittsburg on June 10 a 2000 strong crowd of Westinghouse strikers surrounded East Pittsburg Jail to seize a police officer. Strike leaders with a brass band diverted the crowd toward Turtle Creek before a wagon was attacked and a special policeman struck a man with a mace, escalating the confrontation.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse
East Pittsburg
Turtle Creek
Westinghouse. Company
New Trial Sought in Complex Murder Case
A new trial bid arises in a convoluted murder case involving a central suspect nicknamed Pfanschmidt, alleged to have harmed a father figure and an ally named Emaia Kaempen. The proceedings reference a comity of counsel and jurisdictional nuances.
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Emaia
Kaempen
Macomib
Tragedy Foretold by Storm Hits Gaspe Coast
A storm wrecked multiple fishing boats near Gaspe harbor causing heavy loss. Wreckage and bodies drifted ashore as captains J Brout and Warren reported families missing and a steamship Gaspe damaged beyond repair. The Bay of Chaleur gale destroyed eight boats with four to five men aboard each. Bodies recovered rise to fourteen in one dive. The disaster affects St John New Brunswick and Chatham connection.
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Bay of
Chick
Gaspe
D Bay
Warren
Chatham
Brout
Vie Gale
Miike
Farmer Robbed Then Wears Pink Sheet To Police
Matt Hinsen, a Barry County Missouri farmer, was robbed on the river bank and stripped of clothes. He reached Omaha police in a pink sport extra and a vest, wrapped in a pink sheet, and sought help for money to reach him.
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Neb
Sport Extra
Matt Hinsen
Barry “County
Omata J
Missouri
Kangen
Hansen
Two Boys Caught In Garden Theft Plea Lead To Clue
Two youths arrested at Madison Square Garden faced interrogation as police recovered about $2,000 in watches pins and other items stolen in a series of petty thefts. Ropes used in the shoplifted goods revealed the method. The case continues as investigators untangle the scheme.
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New York
Madison Square
Garden
Will Indict Brewery Heads In Memphis
Memphis law officials announce that every brewery president operating in the city is to be indicted by the grand jury on charges of aiding saloonmen in violating the state liquor law. The list includes Frank Fehr Brewery Louisville Anheuser-Busch St Louis Miller Brewing Co Milwaukee Christian Moerlein Cincinnati Pabst Milwaukee and P M Cok Brewing Evansville Indianapolis and others.
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Estes
Shelby County
Tha- Brewery
Grand
Frank: Fehr Brew‘ery
Louisville
Anhäuser-Busch. Brewing
Miller | Brewing Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Christian
Moerlein
Cincinnati
Pabst Brewin Co
Cok Brewing, Co
Evansville
Ind
Indianapolis
Brewing’ Cos
Denmark Votes for Woman Suffrage and Abolishes Upper House Privileges
Denmark's lower house passed a constitutional amendment proposing woman suffrage and the end of property qualifications for upper house electors. The bill removes the crown’s right to nominate 12 of 66 upper house members and ends special privileges for the 54 elected members. The electoral college now tilts toward wealthy voters, excluding much of the working class from influence.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Crown
Strikes Grow as Italian Workers Clash With Troops
Rome reports a general strike expanding after repressive measures by the government. Violent clashes ensue near the Quirinal as thousands of strikers confront troops and police, nine volleys fired in the air injuring soldiers and workers. The movement follows the Florence killing of a striker and earlier Ancora confrontations.
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Rome
Monument to a Polo Pony at Meadowbrook
A memorial grave marker for Golgieaf the polo pony belonging to H P Whitney stands over its grave at Meadowbrook after dying in a game. Two small goal posts were painted beside a black tablet inscribed Goldleaf Famous international pony. Golgieaf buried near the score board on Meadowbrook slope among hunters and steeplechasers noted in Long Island sporting annals.
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New York
Golgieaf
Hi. P. Whitney
Meadowbrook
Nick Score
Long Island
Kilfed Playing Leapfrog In New YorkJune 1920
A fragmented notice from New York in June 1920 lists Robert Finley, a carpenter, involved in a leapfrog activity with several others. The readable parts suggest a local social or playful event rather than a formal proceeding.
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Kilfed
New York
Robert Finley
Carpenter
Perils River Bill Centers on Two Streams
Washington current debate centers on rivers and harbors appropriations for the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Senators Burton of Ohio and La Follette of Wisconsin lead opposition, arguing the measure is pork barrel. A Frear Wisconsin House speech cited 1914 spending as wasteful and unneeded.
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Senate
Burton
Ohio
La‘Follette
Wisconsin
Burton Wil
House
Mississippi
Missouri
Frear
Duluth- Superior
Governor Feed Handcar
A fragmented clipping mentions a governor, a handcar, and a coastal or transport scene with stranded individuals and a messenger or ms Wels referenced in unclear context. The readable text is insufficient to determine a clear event, date, or location.
Girl's Body Found in Curtis Creek in Mississippi
Miss Winter, last seen with Meredith Reese Jr., was found in Curtis Creek with a slight cut above the right eye. Brookyn Justice Charles H. Fowler ordered an autopsy. Reese says he has no idea how she died and doubts murder, suggesting possible accidental drowning.
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Tully
Curtis Creek
Charles H. Fowler
Brooklyn
Amerundel County
Meredith Reese, Jr
Miss Winter
Say's
JOPLIN HELD ON MURDER CHARGE IN DUQUOIN SHOOTING
Jesse Joplin, accused in the shooting death of Dr. Dunn, former Duquoin mayor, was ordered held without bail for the grand jury after a coroner's jury labeled the death murder. Mrs. Iva Joplin, Dunn's divorced wife, said she knows why the deed occurred but will not reveal the reason before trial. News reports she dismissed as untrue.
Rabies tragedy spurs hospital observations in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on June 10 eight year old John Dasta kissed his dying brother before rabies claimed him May 13. His mother and two relatives who kissed the dead child were hospitalized for observation. Dr A Letève overseeing the case remains under treatment after a bite. Other brief notes include mercury frostbite, and two drownings near Cotter Arkansas.
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Pittsburg
John ‘Dasta
A. Letéve
Mediation Talks At Niagara Falls Between Mexican Factions
Carranza plans an immediate appeal outlining taxation and land policy as talks on the proposed protocol advance at Niagara Falls. The United States submits a counterproposal to mediators, with negotiators optimistic differences are manageable and a draft protocol is close to completion.
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Carranza
ABC
United States
Huerta
Bryan
Huertista
Niagara Falls
Mexico
Antilla
New York
Panuco River
State Department
Saltillo
Rabble Is Slain by Pedlar on Doorstep
Philadelphia reports Rev. L Ershansky, an aged rabbi, killed on his doorstep. Mrs. Fannie Eisenbaum, an old family friend, is dangerously wounded. Pedlar Thomas Burns was the suspected shooter. motive unknown. Messenger boy Thomas Gallagher helped capture Burns as a mob formed.
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Philadelphia
Lershansky
Fannie Eisenbaum
Thomas Burns
Ershansky
Burns
Eisenbaum
Thomas Gallagher
PARDON REQUESTS FOR DYNAMITE CASES REPORTED
Attorney General McReynolds sent a pardon report to President Wilson seeking clemency for Frank M. Ryan and other former officials linked to the Bridge and Structural Workers Union in the Indianapolis dynamite conspiracy cases. The recommendations await the president’s decision as officials argue the appeals were wrongly decided.
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McReynolds
Presdent
Wilson
Frank M. Ryan
Indianapolis
Hopen
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