Veterans in Rochester Parade Have Largest G A R Ranks in Years
Rochester August 23 not in several years have Grand Army veterans turned out in large numbers for the national encampment parade with more than 25 000 registered up to last night and additional posts arriving by early morning trains President Taft reviewed the slow moving pageant from Washington square before proceeding to the home of former Senator Thomas B Lunn escorted by a motorcycle detail
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Rochester
Washington Square
Taft
Twenty-ninth Infantry
U. S
Fort Porter
Thomas B. Lunn
Ships to Patrol Harbor for Togo Sails to Japan
Washington reports that the revenue cutter Arcata and the Scout are ordered from Port Townsend to Seattle to patrol the harbor as Admiral Togo sails for Japan on the Tamba Maru. The move follows a request by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
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Washington
Seattle
Colored K P Reports At National Encampment.
Indianapolis Aug 23 report of the grand officers was principal business before the national encampment of the colored K of P today.
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Indianapolis
Colored K. of P
Northern New Jersey Republicans Back Taft Platform
At Hackensack New Jersey on August 23 delegates adopted a platform praising President Taft. The statement unqualifiedly pledges support for Taft and endorses his work for universal peace reciprocity with Canada postal service economy recall stance on judges and tariff reform.
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Hackensack
N. J
Taft
New Jersey
Canada
Postal Service
Body of High Man's Wife Found in Lake Michigan
The body of Mrs. F. L. Murray, 55, wife of a wealthy Waukegan businessman, was found in Lake Michigan at Kenosha, Wisconsin. She disappeared from her home last Friday after health decline following a son's death. Police and family had searched six days, with the river dragged and woods scoured. It is believed she went to the lake after leaving home and may have jumped or fallen from the Dier.
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Waukegan
Ill
F. L. Murray
Lake Michigan
Kenosha
Wis
Girl wakes after 115 days of sleep in Illinois
In Vandalia Illinois Miss Hazel Schmidt remained in bed for 115 days before regaining consciousness She did not leave bed during the period and now appears as well as when she entered her record breaking sleep She refuses to discuss the episode and has gone to the country to escape curiosity seekers.
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Vandalia
Ill
Hazel Schmidt
No Decision by McVeagh on Banking Report
Secretary MacVeagh will not decide now on Attorney General Wickersham's report about the National City Bank and National Bank Company. A cabinet difference postpones action as papers go to President Taft at Beverly.
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Washington
MacVeagh
Wickersham
National City Bank
National Bank Company
Taft
Beverly
Strange Cave Filled With Curios Discovered by Scouts
Manchester Iowa August 23 A camped Boy Scouts party north of the city entered a deep cave after removing rock at the entrance. They found fourteen caverns, explored to about 150 feet, with ornate stalactite and stalagmite formations. They plan further explorations later in the season.
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Delaware Co
Manchester
Two Landseekers Thrown Out of Line by Attorney Plot
In Duluth on August 23 two landseekers Fred Steffens and John Gustafson were ousted from line for Fond du Lac reservation filings after a land attorney organized a scheme with Finns in line. They refused to reveal lands, prompting a vote to move others up, police threats, and Steffens vowing to sue for damages.
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Duluth
Fond du Lac
Federal Building
Fred Steffens
Brookston
John Gustafson
Steffens
Gustafson
Jews Fear English Riots Linked to Welsh Strikes
London and Newport report Jewish residents linking Tredegar riots to labor unrest. They warn anti Jewish sentiment could rise but anticipate it fading after labor troubles end. Some claim riots were driven by hoodlums with weak police presence in mining towns.
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London
Tredegar
Tondon
Variqus
Kingdom
Great Britain
Newport
Monmouthshire
England
Spanish War Veterans Aim to Grow Ranks Nationwide
Oklahoma City on August 23 reports unanimous effort by United Spanish War Veterans to expand membership from 46,000 of 250,000 potential. Officers elected and next year’s meeting city chosen. Commander-in-chief contenders were Q. T. Taylor of Pennsylvania, J. J. Braith of DC, and Maurice Simmons of New York City.
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Oklahoma City
United Spanish War Veterans
Q. T. Taylor
Pennsylvania
J. J. Braith
District of Columbia
Maurice Simmons
New York City
Waterloo Pacer Wins In 2 03 14 At Galesburg IL
Don Penemore in Rupert Parker's Waterloo stable won the 2 10 class pacing race at Galesburg Illinois yesterday in strong style. Time noted as 2 06, 2 03, 2 06 with Don Densmore raised by F L Walcott now owned in Minot North Dakota. The stallion is sired by Pactolus, a noted western race trotter, and Waterloo claims rising driving talent as Parker joins top western drivers. Jane Woodruff and Miss Vesy are among horses in the farm lineup alongside Pactolus progeny. Injury update: J H Goodrich recovering well after surgery.
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Don Penemore
Waterloo
Rupert Parker
Galesburg
Don Densmore
F. L. Walcott
Forest City
Minot
Xxx
Pactolus
Alise
O. E. Folk
Humboldt
Frank Gotch
Don
Mr. Parker
R. E. McKane
Jane Woodruff
Grocers, Woodruff & Morgan and
Fd Co
Andrews
Miss Vesy
Wm. Blowers
Adrian Wilkes
Reuben Caught Up in Chicago Disappearance Case
Chicago on August 23 police found John Finn a Cascade Indiana farmer in the municipal lodging house after he and his 18 year old daughter Mazie arrived in town. Finn had spent the prior week sightseeing with Mazie while waiting for a friend, then vanished prompting a police report.
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Chicago
John Finn
Cascade
Finn
Mazie
Convention May Fight Wiley Eat
The convention of the association of state and national food and dairy departments in Duluth, Minn seeks to discuss the Wiley Wilson controversy. Efforts to keep it out of session failed, with Dr Wiley’s supporters predicting prominent debate. Lucius P Brown of Nashville is expected to be the next president, with election likely Friday as Ohio Virginia and Washington vie for the next convention.
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Duluth
Minn
Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments
Wiley-Wilson
Ohio
Virginia
Washington
Beattie Jurors Selected in Chesterfield Court
Chesterfield Va Aug 23 jurors nearly complete in the Beattie wife murder case with twelve chosen and sixteen needed for defense peremptory challenges. Henry Clay Beattie Jr brought from jail for jury selection as Beulah Binford and Paul Beattie held in cells. Auto accident narrowly avoided a Seaboard train en route to the courthouse.
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Chesterfield Courthouse
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Walter A. Watson
Chesterfield Circuit Court
Beattie
Richmond
Beulah Binford
Paul Beattie
Henry Beattie
Seaboard
Pras Ehesen
Gates Funeral Draws Near 2,000 in New York
Nearly 2000 mourners gathered at the Plaza hotel to honor financier John W. Gates. Services were led by Rev. Wallace McMullen and Rev. J. W. Lagrone with Gates interests represented from Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas. His body to lie in Woodlawn cemetery vault until a final resting place is chosen.
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New York
Plaza Hotel
John W. Gates
Wallace McMullen
Madison Avenue M. EB
German Engineer Held For $225000 Ransom Reportedly Rescued
Berlin reports a dispatch from Salonica stating German engineer Dr Edmund Richter who was mapping Mount Olympus for a German geographical society was captured by Greek bandits on May 25 inside Turkish territory and held for 225000 dollars. He has been rescued on the Greek frontier with his escort of Turkish gendarmes killed.
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Berlin
Salonica
Turkey
Edmund Richter
Richter
Mount Olympus
Greece
Saver of Cleveland House May Die
Gamworh New Hampshire August 23 In saving the farmhouse of Mrs Grover Cleveland from fire William Cook the caretaker 86 years old received burns which may result in his death Two Boston physicians and nurses summoned by Mrs Cleveland are attending Mrs Cleveland says Mr Cook is a hero and we are doing everything possible to save his life
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Gamworh
N. H
Grover Cleveland
William ©. Cook
Boston
Chinese Students From Across U S Attend Confab
Chinese students from colleges across the United States gather in Princeton New Jersey for the annual conference of the Chinese students alliance. They carry college pennants and imitate American college crowds on streets. Athletic contests are planned as a side feature of the gathering.
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Princeton
N. AL
United States
Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre in Paris
Paris police report the world famous Leonardo da Vinci painting known as the Mona Lisa or La Gioconda vanished from the Louvre. The glass and frame were found hidden on a stairway as investigators search for the thief amid crowds of American tourists. value placed at over a million dollars.
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Paris
Lewis Letine
Tanlay
Louvre
Leonardo da Vinci
St. Jiate
Leonardo da Vinei
da Vinei
Michelangelo
Raphael
Zanobi de Giocondo
Franeta
Arrested Before Skin Game Started
Chicago August 23 Charged with attempting to obtain 708 dollars from Fred Liska of Altoona Pennsylvania who came to Chicago seeking a wife Philip Petros 28 was fined 100 dollars and costs by Municipal Judge Ah Jam Petros read an advertisement in a Minneapolis paper stating Siska sought a wife He urged Siska to come to Chicago bring 700 dollars and he would arrange a wife Siska arrived August 3 with the money met at the station by Petros but the matrimonial agent was arrested before introducing the woman to his client Petros denied writing the letter when arraigned in court
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Chicago
Fred Liska
Altoona
Philip
Petros
Ah- Jam
Minneapolis
Siska
Artist Neswold Returns to Waterloo for Old Masters Club
Theodore O Neswold, who visited Waterloo earlier, has returned from Yankton to complete portraits and finalize details of the Old Masters club. He visited Sioux City en route, securing several orders and bringing back canvases of portrait and landscape works. Members planning to join the club are invited to meet Neswold at Dr and Mrs W B Small on Town street Friday afternoon and evening to view his paintings.
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Theodore O. Neswold
Waterloo
Yankton
D. D
Neswold
Sioux City
Old Masters’ Club
Death of Infant Son Mourned by Reed Family
Mr and Mrs I J Reed of 522 Dawson street mourn the death of their infant son who died this morning at 8 o clock after living less than an hour Burial followed this afternoon with Catholic rites The Reed family has several other children in the home She Wae Sweplolees.
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I. J. Reed
Dawson Street
Atwood Starts Day With 65 Mile Flight to New York
Harry N. Atwood flies 65 miles from Fort Plain to Castleton near Albany in one hour 47 minutes on the 1,265 mile St Louis to New York route. He lands, awaits pontoons from Fort Plain, and plans a possible six o'clock departure for New York, circling near Castleton before a direct Hudson River crossing.
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Albany
N. Y
St. Louis
New York
Harry N. Atwood
Castleton
Fort Plain
Glen
Amsterdam
Atwood
New York Central
Schenectady
Castelton
Hudson
Hudseon River
Atnwood
Secretary Fisher Inspects Alaska Harbor in Boots
Secretary of the Interior W. L. Fisher arrived at Katalia aboard the Admiral Sampson and, after answering cables, donned rubber boots and boarded a launch to Controller Bay. He then conducted a thorough harbor inspection and planned to proceed up the Bering River at once.
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Cordova
Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
W. L. Fisher
Katalia
Adrmoiral Sampson
Controller Bay
Bering River
Philatelic society endorses one cent first class postage
Chicago August 23 and resolution adopted urging Congress to establish a one cent rate for first class mail. A committee of judges will evaluate stamp exhibits displayed as part of the convention.
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Chicago
Congress
The
American Philatelic Society
Figures of Italian census totals for four cities
Rome August 23 report on June census results lists Naples at 750000 Milan 615000 Turin 429000 and Genoa 246000 to date exact figures vary by district and method of counting.
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Rome
Naples
Milan
Turin
Genoa
Women offer to sell bodies to live through winter
Two Cedar Rapids women advertised through a newspaper notice that they would sell their bodies to obtain funds for surviving the winter, a startling and alarming proposal that drew attention in Towa City. They stated intent to barter for sustenance and shelter amid harsh conditions, highlighting desperate economic strain.
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Towa City
Cedar
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