Clark Visits Democratic Headquarters in Chicago Aug 20
Democratic leaders welcomed Congressman Champ Clark at Chicago headquarters where he discussed the political outlook. He cited expected Democratic gains in Missouri and nearby states, aiming to flip the House and support Bryan Kern. Union officials and G. B. Tucker described strong labor support for the Denver ticket. In Fort Smith Arkansas, Train No 13 derailed near the Oklahoma line injuring thirteen. no deaths reported.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
Mack
Dockery
Clark
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Iews
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Bryan
Illnois
House of Representatives
Edward Nockels
Chicago Federation of Labor
Tucker
Love
Fort Smith
Ark
St Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Little Rock
Kansas City
Oklahoma
New Haven Railroads Spent Over Eleven Million
The New Haven Railroad advanced more than 11 million dollars to acquire securities of the New York and Port Chester and the New York Westchester and Boston railroads. Millbrook Co president Mace Moulton testified before the public commissioners, detailing shares, prices, and demand notes totaling 10,573,169 and 391,530 respectively. The hearing marked the commission’s final review of why construction slowed on the Westchester county lines. no decision was announced.
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New York
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co
New York and Portchester Railroad Co
New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Co
Mace Moulton
Millbrook Co
Moulton
Nates
Westchester County
New Haven
Widow Wardwell Wardwell Returns to Los Angeles
Mrs Wardwell Beck widow of the late General David K Wardwell arrived in Los Angeles by Southern Pacific train. An ambulance met the train and she was taken to county hospital after appearing disoriented. Authorities say she escaped from Arizona authorities and was returned by their action.
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Ug 20
Aire
Isabel Wardwell
David K. Wardwell
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
No Brainstorm Defense in Hains Murder Case
District Attorney Garvin of Queens county says the county will not tolerate a large expenditure in the Hains brothers murder prosecution. He rejects a "Drainstorm" defense and doubts a Queens jury will accept it, contrasting it with the Thaw case. The weather forecast for Connecticut predicts fair to right with Friday largely pleasant and light scattered showers in the south and east.
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Garvin
Queens County
Hains Brothers
William A. Ennis
Chinese Students American association holds Ashburnham meeting
Ashburnham Massachusetts hosts a gathering of several hundred Chinese youths and men from the Chinese Students American Association. The weekly sessions at Cushing Academy will feature addresses and debates by Wu Ting Fang, W. W. Yen, C. Chen, Prof Harvey B. Cowell, Prof H. B. Beach of Yale, and other prominent Chinese graduates and officials.
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Mass
Chinese Students American Association
Cushing Academy
Wu Ting Fang
United States
W. W. Yen
C. Chen
China
Harvey 8. Cowell
H. B. Beach
Yale
Boys play at Lynching in Scranton incident
In Scranton on August 20, Jonny Jones Archie Reese and Thomas Morgan Young were arrested at the request of Mrs Elizabeth Thom charged with nearly choking Willard Thomas to death during a play act. The trio tied a rope about the boy neck and aimed to drop him into a sewer excavation when bystanders intervened.
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Scranton
Jonny Jones
Archie Reese
Thomas Morgan Young
Elizabeth Thomas
Willard Thomas
Russian influence helps curb Persian parley clash
The Russian minister Hartwig pressed the Shah to curb the fanatic Sheik Fagiulin amid rising reaction after parliament’s dissolution. The Shah granted the advice, then forbade Fazinila from further speeches under threat of severe punishment to prevent incitement against Europeans.
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M. Hartwig
Sheik Fagiulin
Fazinila
Aruba Turmoil as Venezuelan Consul Standoff Draws Crowds
Aruba residents crowd the consul’s residence after a Venezuelan coast guard vessel arrives to remove the consul. The island’s governor calms the scene with firm words. the consul refuses to depart. In Boston, Aug 20, a Chicago telegram cites a national tanker meeting at the Coliseum on Aug 27 to seek abolition of hides duties and to form a new leather industry association.
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Caracos
Aruba
Netherlands
Venezuela
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Chicago
Coliseum
Chilcago
Comnecthom
Berlin Steerable Falcons Fly Together Over City
Berlin and Seaseise Parseval and the Grees Steerable falioons cruised together for two hours today over Berlin, performing various evolutions with great accuracy. They stayed within a short distance above the city, paralleling the Unter den Linden avenue for much of the flight.
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Seaseise
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Grees
Troops Praised as Springfield Turns to Civil Authority
Aug 20 Springfield Illinois. After a conference between Governor Deneen and General Young military control will be handed back to civil authorities. General Young praised the troops for their conduct during three nights of riot while the coroner's inquest failed to identify rioters. The riot case and tests from a secret grand jury unfolded amid waning military presence as officers reported diminished alarms. Labor unrest, exodus of Black residents, and mines resuming operation mark the tense transition. President Roosevelt discussed New York politics with Republicans regarding Governor Hughes as moderates weigh responses.
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Decrease in Restee and Maine rail feed report
Preliminary report notes a decrease in the rail feed for the Restee and Maine line following a rear ending incident on Jane 2%. The document cites a 2% drop in feed levels and references the broader impact on operations and scheduling.
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Maine
Roosevelt greets New York to Paris auto team at Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt receives the New York to Paris auto race winning team George Schuster George Miller and Montague Roberts at Oyster Bay. Accompanying them are Harry R Houpt E H Bowles and Thomas Moore. They recount en route adventures including Siberian animal encounters. A separate dispatch from Fort Smith Ark reports a four handed fatal fight in a blacksmith shop after a civil suit trial, involving Sam Shores Jr Sidney Stockton and Boss Laflore with heavy sledge hammers.
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Automobile Party
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Paris
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Boss Laflore
Justce of the Peace
Countess Szochenyt Eyes Komorn Estate Buy
Aug 24 Vienna reports Countess Szo chenyt formerly Gladys Vanderbilt of New York plans to purchase a grand Komorn township estate near the Danube and Wang rivers, 48 miles southwest of Budapest. The price is said to be 9,000,000 crowns about 1.8 million dollars. The fertile land and scenic region accompany Komora as a major Magyar military center.
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Vienna
Szochenyt
Gladys Vanderbilt
New York
Komorn
Budapest
Komora
Merchants Fought Duel Ends With Wounding
In Robinsonvane on August 20 H R B Suber and J M Gilmore rival merchants exchanged pistols in front of Suber's store. Suber was shot in the breast as his pistol misfired. He retreated, seized a shotgun and fired at Gilmore, striking him in the back as he left. Both were taken to Memphis hospitals by special train. both are expected to die.
Water in Athol Mains Explained as Aphanizomenon
Athol Massachusetts August 20 residents sought the cause of firemelting and tasting water. The state board of health states the odor comes from Aphanizomenon a cyanobacteria which is harmless and can be corrected by removing them. Also reports large veteran firemen parade and protests in South Norwalk and Copenhagen during the interrupted international congress.
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Athol
Mass
Stateboard of Health
England
Anti Lilley club targets Winchester voters in GOP probe fallout
In Winsted on August 20 the anti Lilley group mailed Republican voters a letter with delegates' names and the congressional committee report on the Lilley sub Marine matter. It urges Taft Sherman support, denounces Lilley, and warns party factions about governorship, urging a private life for Lilley.
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anti-Lilley Club
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Lilley
William H. Taft
James Sherman
James
Sherman
Congress
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Tod
Washington
Lorin A. Cooke
Police report of Summit Hill holdup in South Norwalk
An Aug 2 police report from South Norwalk states an officer returning from a professional call was stopped on Summit Hill by armed robbers who took his money after he claimed his watch and funds were at home. No injuries reported. Suspects fled and investigation ongoing.
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HP. Sherer
Hartford Bicycle Theft Epidemic Revealed in City Court
In Hartford on August 29 a city court session disclosed through a detective sergeant that this season 110 people reported their bicycles stolen. Very few bicycles were recovered or returned to owners.
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City News Note on Infant Death
City readers are informed of the death this afternoon of Joeph, the one month old son of Mr and Mrs Theetes on [illegible street]. Funeral arrangements are not listed in this fragment.
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Seizure of Japanese sealing schooner Ngh Efuku Maru by Russians
News from Victoria reports the seizure of the sealing schooner Efuku Maru by Russians over alleged raids on Cop per Island rookeries in the Commander ofski group. The ship was towed to Vladivostok on August 1. Japanese papers discuss the death sentences for six seal hunters aboard Miyo Maru and warn of strained relations with Russia if carried out. In New Haven, the Ancient Order of Hibernians opened its state convention with mass and sessions, ratifying scholarships in Irish literature and the Gaelic language.
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Hinsey Reinstated as Knight After Embezzlement Trial
Chicago residents report that John S. Hinsey known as the Captain Dreyfix of the Knights of Pythias has been exonerated of charges and restored to full rights and good standing. He was expelled seven years ago and faced embezzlement accusations of nearly 500000. Friends campaigned for him and a biennial convention in Boston approved his restoration by a 9 to 80 vote before it became unanimous.
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John S. Hinser
Dreyfix
Knights of Pythias
Hinsey
Boston
Husband fined for cruelty to kitten in New York scene
Mrs Fannie Maher testified in Special Sessions Court that her husband James Maher a longshoreman struck a kitten with his boot after it purred against his arm. The kitten was shot by a policeman to ease its suffering. Maher was fined ten dollars, which he paid.
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Fannie Maher
East Twenty-fourth Street
Court of Special Sessions
James
Maher
Wyatt
Pardons Blocked for Noted Pickpocket James Kelly
The pardon for James Kelly, an elderly pickpocket known for stealing Governor Bradley's pocket watch during his inaugural address in Frankfort Kentucky, was halted by the pardons board after Chief Detective Crawford identified him as the long notorious thief.
Carpenter Named Receiver for Southern Indiana Railroad
Chicago August 20 J Carpenter formerly passenger agent for the Prisco system was appointed receiver for the Southern Indiana railroad by a federal court restoring operations and overseeing assets amid financial restructuring.
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Dismissals for grafting hit Havana education chief and aides
Escoto the education chief and his assistants were dismissed after frauds were found. Lieutenant Bullard becomes department supervisor. Reports say many teachers were nominally employed, with salaries paid from government funds. Escoto had once served as private secretary to Senor Canalejas, linking to the De Lome letter and the Spanish-American War era.
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Gustavo Baconto
Department of Public Instruction
Bullard
Escoto
Senor Canalejas
de Lome
Washington
Mel Kinley
Local Shop Moves to 89 South Main Street
Business announces relocation to 89 South Main Street a short distance from Exchange. The notice proclaims continued sale of same goods and the same low prices with emphasis on teas and coffees, including a price mention of 200 1h.
Eastern Tea Importers Store Location Shifts
Eastern Tea Importers directs customers to 89 South Main Street and notes a new doorway next to Hotchkiss and Templeton's, guiding visitors to the business through adjacent entrances.
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South Main St
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