Two Men Buried in Land Bank Cave-In in South Brooklyn
A noon cave-in at the O’Brien Construction site in South Brooklyn killed Peppino Jionino, aged 22, and injured another worker who survived after being entombed under sand. Thomas McHugh led the steam shovel crew, with medical examiner Graves authorizing removal to Mancini & Ruggiero's for burial.
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Brooklyn
O'Brien
Waterbury
Peppino Jionino
Jionino
Graves
Mancini & Ruggiero
Thomas McHugh
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Opens National Convention
Providence Rhode Island hosts the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America convention drawing about 000 delegates from across the United States. Bishop J F R Canevin of Pittsburgh leads as president while Bishop Matthew Harkins of Providence directs Rhode Island rituals. A pontifical mass was celebrated at the cathedral before the opening, with sermons slated from Rev Walter Shannes of Corbury and Rev James M Cleary of Minnesota.
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Providence
R. L
Ang's
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
United States
J. F. R. Canevin
Pittsburg
Matthe Harkins
The
Providence Diocere
Rhode Island
Uanee
James M. Cleary
Minnesota
Walter Shannes
Corbury, Conn
Father Shaw
Wasted to Die at Lipton Cap Cal August
Fragmented OCR notes describe a family tragedy in New York involving a mortgage and a couple, William Methner three years old and Amma, with unclear details. The text mentions a pellet station and a statement about preferring death. Reading is incomplete and ambiguous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Methner
Amma
Way Foerd Yesterday Ate S-Willem
A fragmented OCR item mentions a name and a place with unclear context. Readable bits indicate yesterday’s event involving S Willem, but exact action, location, and outcome remain uncertain in the surviving text.
Five Japanese raid on Pribilof rookeries ends in killings
Five Japanese poachers were shot on St Paul Island after a raid on Pribilof seal rookeries. twelve prisoners were taken by the revenue cutter McCullough, with two seriously wounded, and sent to Deputy Marshal Harmon. Special Agent Lempke ordered the raiders to surrender before open fire.
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New York
Pribiloff Islands
Herald
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Seaward
St Paul
Pribiloff
Department of Commerce and Labor
Seal
McCullough
Marshal Harmon
Northwest Point
North American Commercial Company
Ward
Lempke
Department of Commerce
Pribiloffslands
Erry
Hogoslof
Dunwoodie
Perry
Attu
Aleutian
Alex McLean
Victoria
B.C
Behring Sea
Seal Islands
Blands
Thetis
Arctic
Reedom
Nushagak
Bristol Bay
Bear
Sitka
Towers
St St Paul
Kodiak Feland
Valdez
Dole Drew Is Hack New York Arrival
An arrival list from the steamer Oreanic to New York includes the American minister to Serbia and Roumania among passengers from Liver ee Sone.
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Dole Drew
New York
Oreanic
Liveree
Servia
Roumania
Cardinal Rampolis Health Breaks Down in Rome Report
A Rome report dated August notes Cardinal Rampolis's health has deteriorated though details are incomplete. The brief mentions concern within ecclesiastical circles without citing a formal diagnosis or exact cause.
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Rorre
Rome
Aug
Cardinal Rampolis
Iit the
Sas A Re
Bank President Forged Loot Taints Milwaukee Bank Scandal
Chicago Tribune reports a shocking collapse reveal at the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank. President Paul O. Stensland allegedly looted about 1,003,000 from 22,000 depositors over years via forged memoranda and fictitious papers. The cashier Henry W. Heting is said to have limited knowledge. The thefts, ranging from 1,000 to 16,000 each, funded Stensland's real estate ventures and household in Irving Park, with potential losses to depositors about a quarter of their savings.
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Chicago
Anglia
Tribune
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Paul O. Stensland
Henry W. Heting
Stensland
Irving Park
The
Real estate fraud fears in Irving Park subdivision
In Chicago on August 8 a report warned that Paul O. Stensland real estate in Irving Park may face disclosure as J B Fetzer, receiver for Milwaukee State Bank, reviews mortgages and notes from hundreds of investors tied to the bank bailout. Loans reportedly reached near top value, financed by suspended bank deposits, with many houses built too extravagantly for the area. Depositors gathered outside the bank as police kept order amid doubts about value and security.
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Chicago
Paul O. Stensland
Irving Park
J. B. Fetzer
Milwaukee State Ibank
Irish Joan of Arc wins custody in French divorce
In Paris the Seine civil tribunal grants Mrs MacBride known as the Irish Joan of Arc a judicial separation from Major MacBride, with custody of their children. The major’s cross bill is overruled and no absolute divorce is granted due to her Irish nationality.
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Joan
Paris
Civil Tribunal of the
Seine
MacBride
Joan of Arc
Major MacBride
South Africa
Major’s Cross
Weather forecast for Connecticut upcoming night
Forecast for Connecticut includes cloudy periods with showers possible tonight. Expect scattered showers mainly in the northeast portions with light rain.
Divers in the Sirio salvage sight seventy bodies in interior
Cartagena divers report seeing about seventy bodies inside the wrecked Italian steamer Birlo wedged between rocks and tilted at 45 degrees. Salvage efforts fail as relief fund reaches 28000 dollars with benefits planned nationwide.
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Cartagena
Spain
Birlo
Sirio
Salvage Corp
Goreater water plan defeated in Gorlington council
Gorlington Vermont on August 8 rejected a resolution to fund a $75 000 filtration plant. A new committee will study sewerage and water conditions and report a remediation plan. The state health board may defer boil water notices until action is taken. The council discussion noted Lake Champlain supplies and no local disease outbreak.
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Gorlington
State Board of Health
Lake Champlain
Burlington
National League President Pulliam Defends 9–0 Forfeit
New York and Chicago game of August 7 is recorded as a forfeit to Chicago by 9 to 0. Pulliam stands by the umpires and says he would resign as NL president and leave professional baseball if not sustained by the NL board. He condemns what he calls blackguardism robbery and bulldozing tactics by the league’s oldest organization.
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New York
Ang
Harry C. Pulliam
National League Today
Chicago
National League Board of Directors
National League
America
Balloonist dies in dramatic fall during parade ascent
Ham Johnson, a professional aeronaut in Little Falls, plunged from 3,000 to 5,000 feet as he attempted a two parachute descent during a street festival. His chute failed to open properly and he fell beside the New York Central tracks, dying soon after in hospital. Two of his brothers witnessed the tragedy and volunteers later described the ascent and aftermath.
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Ham Johnson
Johnson
New York Central
Hopital
Karl Holmes
Bax
Hic
Unrest Probes Ice Prices In New York City
Investigators in New York proceed to examine rising ice prices amid citywide unrest. Officials say shortages and supply chain issues are under review as residents report higher costs and varying availability across neighborhoods.
President urges uniform divorce laws from census study
President Roosevelt pushes for federal or constitutional action after census bureau estimates show about a million and a half divorce filings in twenty years with over a million granted. He backs uniform state legislation or a constitutional amendment to empower Congress to regulate marriage and divorce. The census study, directed by North, will cover 1887 to 1906, compare with 1866 data, and gather details on children affected and case records nationwide. Special agents will compile county by county data to aid legislative action. The president plans to submit the findings to Congress with his views on remedies.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Roosevelt
North
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
United States
Attacking and Robbing Post Offices in Russian Poland
In Warsaw and surrounding areas terrorists continually attack and rob post offices government spirit shops and treasuries. The governor-general orders that inhabitants of villages and cities near such crimes will bear the losses from robberies.
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Warsaw
Russian
Poland
Lake and Strobe Co Optical Department Ad
Readable phrase hints at an optical department offering every facility, likely an advertisement or notice from The Lake and Strobe Co. within a historical paper excerpt. The fragment signals a promotional line emphasizing complete optical services.
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The
Lake & Strobe Co
Schooner Rebecca W. Huddell Damaged In Collision
The schooner Rebecca W. Huddell from St John NB to New York collided with the steamer City of Taunton off Saybrook at 1:20 this morning in fog. The schooner lost headgear and bow damage but was not sunk. Taunton towed her to New London for repairs with light damage to the steamer.
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New London
Aug
Rebecca W. Huddell
St John
N. B
New York
Saybrook
City of Taunton
City of
Taunton
Crazy Pipe Organ Racket At Rockefeller Church
New York Aug 8 neighbors complain to the health department about a chaotic pipe organ at John D Rockefeller's Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. With the church closed and Rockefeller away the organ blasts nonstop around 2 pm daily, many call it a crazy calliope. Organist Shelly is away and the exact player could not be named.
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Health Department
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Rockefeller
Murray Hill
Calliope
Daffy
Shelly
Traffic Resumed After Subway Flooding
New York on August 8 reported traffic resumed on the subway below Fourteenth Street after a large amount of water was pumped out, restoring normal service conditions.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
Funeral and school reopening notes in city
The funeral of Michael Basquill moved from East Main Street to Sacred Heart church for a requiem mass by Rev Father Dunnigan before burial in Hoston. Hi C Post of Waterbury Business College returns from Yale and Worcester to prepare for a September 4 start of his school. Louis Farrell's funeral from his parents’ home on Wal Street with interment at St Joseph's cemetery. Rural tributes include wreaths from family and friends.
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Michael Basquill
East Main Street
Sacred Heart Church
Father Dunnigan
Hoston
Hi. C. Post
Waterbury Business College
Yale
N. Y
Worcester
Mass
Louis &. Farrell
John FP. Farrell
Wal Street
St Joseph's Cemetery
D. H. Tierney
Mary Dunnigan
John Hayes
Bombing at station kills one and wounds many
A bomb exploded in a crowded waiting room at Sosnowice station, killing one man and wounding several others as women fainted and children were trampled. The bomber fled. In St Petersburg, Stolypin traveled to Peterhof to seek emperor approval on ministerial appointments including Vaashchikof, Filossoff, and Iswolsky. The empire plans to place Grand Nicholas in command, centralizing army control, while protests from War Minister T started.
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Sosnowice
Russian
Poland
Stolypin
St Petersburg
Premiem Stolypin
Peterhof
Prince Vaashchikof
M.sofoff
M. Iswolsky
Nnd
Vassilchikof
Novgorod
M. Filossofoff
Count Witte
C M. Iswolsky
Ister
Novoe Vi ii
Nicholas
Tropps
Rudiger
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National League Baseball
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
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Denis
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