Terrific storm endangers yachts and crew at Sandy Hook
A fierce northwest wind and lightning struck Sandy Hook and toppled a huge derrick on the Newark Bay bridge, drowning four workers and injuring several others. Among the storm's victims were eight men on the ladder as the derrick fell into the water, with Gustav Fisher surviving atop the pole before plunging into the harbor.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Shamrock III
Reliance
Erin
C. Oliver Iselin
Sunbeam
Herreshoffs
Roamer
New Jersey
Newark Bay
Bayonne
Elizabeth
Gustlave Fisher
Fisher
John J. Conlon
Charles Tingley
Jersey City
John McFaun
Otto Ellinson
Daniel Murphy
Olean
N. Y
Thomas ‘O’brien
Gustav Fisher
Cloudburst in Kansas Floods Hit Multiple Towns
A cloud burst near Marysville Kansas on August 26 sent Big Blue River flooding rising 16 feet and submerging fifty houses. One death reported with many rescued by boat, towns like Blue Rapids and Vleus (Vermillion river area) flooded. Beattie railway bridge shed. Vermillion rose four feet in an hour. overall damage estimated in the thousands with farms underwater for days and outages to telegraph and telephone lines. Congressman William A Celderhead helped lead rescue efforts as lowlands evacuated.
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Marysville
Kas
Big Blue
William A. Celderhead
Blue Rapids
Vleus
Vermillion River
Mawietta
Nebraska
Seneca
Nemaha
Grand Isl
Beattie
Frederick Ivers
Burial of Garibaldi Follows Impressive Rome Ceremony
The funeral of Garibaldi took place in Rome with a night procession by gun carriage and escort through Campagna Romana. Peasants knelt along the road praying. cowboys on ponies joined the escort. Gabrielle d Annunzio arrived at dawn, laid a wreath, and delivered a brief address before the coffin was lowered at Menotti s estate.
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Rome
Msnot al Garibaldi
Campagna Romana
Campagna
Gabrielle d’Annunzio
Cariano
Menotti
Mauv
d’Annunzio
Turbulent Bulgrarian Atrocities Stir Fear From Constantinople
In Constantinople Aug 27 Bulgar atrocities against Greeks widen across disturbed districts. A village priest in Casteria was buried alive, head exposed. In Kailar and other villages Greek schoolmasters slain after tortures. Loznitza tax collector and two gendarmes killed. office robbed. Tehakalar reports five Greeks and two Turks dead.
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Constantinople
Casteria
Kailar
Grek
Loznitza
Tehakalarof
A Thought For Every Day Poem Reflection
A short poem urges the reader, my lad, to act with personal duty and service to God without delay. It warns against postponing tasks or shifting burdens to others and calls for trusting God to measure and reward your efforts. Union Signal.
Postmaster General Allows Outside Delivery of News Packages
Washington August 27 the postmaster general issued a formal order authorizing baggagemasters to deliver unpounded newspaper mail outside the mail sack when no postal clerk is on the train. Packages are credited to the railroad company and publishers must mark outside delivery with United States mail for outside Delivery at publisher's risk.
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Washington
Postal Laws and Regulations Co
United States
International Interference Looms Over Balkan Crisis
London Aug 27 Turkish measures to quell the revolution follow powers advice. Vienna conference talks among Edward Francis Joseph George Greece and others may yield action so Turkey seeks to restore order without war with Bulgaria. In Sofia a huge Macedonian rally urged immediate power intervention to save Christians and called for a strong Christian governor.
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London
Turkey
Edward
Francis Jozeph
George
Greece
Vienna
William
Balkan
Bulgaria
Sofia
Macedonia
Europe
Refalcation Charged in Boston Defalcation Case
Orris J. Towne Jr former deputy revenue collector for eastern Massachusetts was arrested in Philadelphia on charges of defalcating several thousand dollars. He waived a hearing, bail set at 5000, to be sent to Boston. Government searched nationwide since February after his discharge revealed the shortage. Bondsmen covered 3009 of the shortfall. Towne had worked in brokerage in Philadelphia for months.
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Philadelphia
Orris J. Towne, Jr
Internal Revenue
Massachusetts
United States
Boston
Treasury
Towne
Bulgarian Insurgents Capture Position After Turko Post Breakthrough
A private telegram from Dubnitza reports Bulgarian officers leading 150 insurgents breaking Turkish lines at Fekia and taking an unassailable position. Rumors speak of massacres at Vasiliko and Kirk Kilisseh with about three hundred killed. details and confirmation are unavailable.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Privata
Dubnitza
Fekia
Vasiliko
Kirk-Kilisseh
A Mysterious Bottle Trick Described in Detail
A Brooklyn Eagle item outlines a deceptive magic trick using a small bottle shaped device. A half bullet forms the weight, a drilled hole hidden by a wire, and careful painting conceals the setup. The trick makes the bottle stand upright then topple at the magician's cue.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Samuel Parks Sentenced for Extortion in Sing Sing
New York Aug 27 Sam Parks business agent for the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's union was sentenced Wednesday to from two years six months to three years six months in Sing Sing on a charge of extortion He was convicted of taking 200 from Josephus Plenty Hoboken contractor to call off a strike Three other indictments on similar charges await action
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New York
Sam Parks
Housesmiths and Bridgemen’s Union
Sing Sing
Parks
Jozephus Plenty
Hoboken
Destructive Macedonian Revolt Reports and Skirmish Near Kruschevo
In Sofia on August 27 the Macedonian committee lists seventy pillaged villages in Monastir vilayet and notes revolting outrages on women. Kruschevo reports say insurgents hold six quick-firing guns after a recent battle that destroyed an 80-man Turkish detachment. A Turkish courier with 40,000 francs for troops pay was captured near Surovitchovo. Rebels blew up an iron bridge on the Lesangrad Memirdshand route.
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Sofia
Macedonian Committee
Vilayet
Monastir
Macedonia
Kruschevo
Surovitchovo
Lesangrad
Memirdshand
Unloading Watermelons At The Store Front
A sturdy young man on a truck of watermelons tosses green globes to a sidewalk worker and then to a store staffer, with three men passing melons through the air to heap the shipment at the store door. This rapid method speeds unloading and requires skill to toggle and catch the heavy fruit.
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New York Sun
Lightning strikes man under tree in Lexington story
A Kentucky report says Charles Messers, a Black inmate at the county poorhouse, sheltered beneath a large tree during a storm. A lightning bolt hit the man on the head, glanced off, and shattered a nearby tree. He was stunned briefly but recovered and asked if he had been struck with an ax.
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Lexington
Charles Messers
Wonder Horse Prince Defies Alarm Pranks at Olathe Fire Station
Prince the fire horse of Olathe Kansas stars in a humorous tale of mischief at the city’s fire station. He playfully rings the gong with his teeth to summon a meal, steals the alarm cord, and uses the gong to wake Chief Garwood for exercise and meals, all while obeying orders when needed. Also noted is Lord Denbigh catching a rainbow trout in Buckingham Palace grounds weighing about ten ounces and eleven inches long.
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Prince
Olathe
Kan
Council Grove
Frank Nelson
Fred Garwood
Prince's Stall
Garwood
Mr. Garwood
Horges
Kansasa City Star
London
Lord Denbigh
Buckingham Pake Grounds
Denbigh
Quotations and notices from Ocean Grove and Chicago writings
A compilation of maxims and miscellaneous notes including a claim about truth as a pleasure, a medicinal claim for Piso's Cure for Consumption, and lines on manners and trains via the Chicago & North-Western. It closes with a remark on the cost of advertising from the Chicago Daily News.
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Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Chicago
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Chicago & North-Western
Chicago Daily News
Lydia Pinkham's Compound Praised by Irate Patient
Mrs Laura L Breurr of Crown Point Indiana recounts severe spinal pains and repeated doctor visits before using Lydia E Pinkham's Veritable Vegetable Compound. She credits two to five bottles with renewed health and urges others to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass. The notice notes a $5090 forfeit if authenticity is not proven.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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