Ford May Gooree Fight At A Woodchopping Trial
Bloomington special reports the State has finished presenting testimony in the first degree murder case of Edward Ford charged after a November woodchopping near Unionville. Ford claims self defense as he explains the killings of Joel and Frank McCoy amid a dispute over poisoned horses.
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Bloomington
Ind
Edward Ford
Frank McCoy
Unionville
Ford
Joel
Joel McCoy
McCoys
McCoy
Henry Spaan
Indianapolis
Spaan
R. L. Morgan
San
Young McCoy
Ban on bathing suits in Tampico sparks clash
In Tampico Mexico the mayor bans certain women’s bathing suits seen as immodest, claiming they rival American resort styles. Women contest the ban insisting outfits match those at American beaches. The mayor warns arrests for noncompliance as the dispute over attire heats up.
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Tampico
Mexico
America
Robbers Get Big Prize in Post Office Pouch Thefts
Los Angeles reports reluctant admissions by post office officials in three cities support the belief that a registered mail pouch disappeared within the Kansas City post office jurisdiction. Private sources say a package of at least $50,000 in currency was among the contents along with many other money and valuables, totaling possibly another $50,000.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Post Office
Kansas City
Postal Department
Insurgent Leaders Burned in Japanese Attack at Port
report from Victoria B C states sixteen Koreans including an insurgent leader were burned to death when Japanese troops surrounded a house where they had entrenched themselves. arriving steamships from Korea carried the news into port.
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Victoria
B. C
Korea
Not Guilty Verdict In Hitchcock Assault Case
A New York jury returned a not guilty verdict for Raymond Hitchcock the comedian charged with assaulting young girls. The case drew attention as prosecutors argued against his conduct and the defense cited lack of credible evidence.
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New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Oliver Belmont Dead in Hempstead Long Island
Oliver H P Belmont aged 50 died at his Hempstead home after a ten days illness with appendicitis. He was grandson of Commodore Matthew Galbraith Perry and had not been active in business recently. Belmont was popular in New York and London society and in arts circles.
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New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
L. I
Matthew Galbraith Perry
United States
Japan
Belmont
London
Arts
A Marriage of Midgets Elopes to Marietta Miss.
Bristol midget James M. Burnett and small Southern star Lou Nabors eloped from Baldwin Mississippi and wed in Marietta Mississippi after eluding the bride's mother who opposed the match.
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Richmond
James M. Burnett
Bristol
United States
America
Baldwin
Miss
Lou Nabors
South
Marietta
Albany Senate Bans Race Track Gambling After Close Vote
The New York Senate approved the anti race track gambling bill by 26 to 25 ending a long campaign. Senator Foelker cast the deciding aye despite illness and searing strain, being carried to vote by special car from Staatsburg. The measure makes gambling on tracks a misdemeanor with one year maximum and no option for fines. The passage triggered mixed reactions from supporters, opponents, and lobbyists gathered in the gallery.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Senate
Hughes
Foelker
Staatsburg
Ant Nara
Anatare
Directoire Draws Mob At Oceanic Sheath Dress Sensation
New York reports a fashion spectacle as a young woman in a pearl gray directoire sheath dress with matching accessories attracted a standing crowd at the White Star Oceanic departure. A mob surged along the pier and gangway as she fled and later faced further gawkers aboard.
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New York
Nine straight years of big yields mark 1908 crop outlook
Washington reports 1908 crops valued near 8 billion dollars according to Department of Agriculture figures. Chief Statistician Clark notes indications of great crops and unprecedented prosperity for farmers, with a ninth harvest promisingly high in yields and prices.
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Washington, Special
Department of Agriculture
Clark
Eloped With Poor Ranchman in San Francisco
Jennie Stanford Lathrop heiress to wealth and Leland Stanford’s niece has married Walter Watson a poor ranch man from Napavalley in a private ceremony drawing wide notice across San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Jennie Stanford Lathrop
Leland Stanford
Walter Watson
Napavalley
Italian driver sets Brooklands speed record at 120 mph
Felice Nazarro, an Italian driver, made a world automobile record at Brooklands for a 2 3 4 mile distance, traveling at 120 miles per hour.
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London
Brooklands Track
Felice Nazarro
Billik's reprieve delays landmark judgment at court stay
The article reports that Herman Billik, condemned to die, received a stay as Judge Landis granted an appeal to the Supreme Court. Spectators gathered outside the jail as Father Vatmann proclaimed reprieve. legal authorities and the jailer described the stay and ongoing legal review.
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Feago
Herman Billik
Mountain Landis
Fed
Standard Oil
Billik
Supreme Court of Thed
Tion
O’callag ES
Iler
Fford
Dearborn Avenue
Illinois
Vatmann
Wilfe
Sher
Landis
Bonaparte
Millers Plan Advertising Drive for White Flour
Detroit millers attending the Millers' National Federation convention vow a campaign to defend white flour against patent breakfast foods. They seek to curb buyer driven pricing, prevent overproduction dumping, ensure profits, and expand federation membership through focused trade demand studies and publicity.
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Detroit
Mich
Millers’ National Federation
Kentuckians Free Man Powers and Howard in Goebel Case
Governor Wilson granted pardons to Caleb Powers and James B. Howard ending a historic Goebel murder case. Powers had faced four trials for complicity in Goebel’s death and was released from Georgetown jail. Howard, convicted years earlier, also granted clemency amid petitions totaling nearly 500,000 signatures. The governor’s lengthy statement notes the case’s impact on Kentucky politics and public life.
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Frankfort
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Wilson
United States
Powers
Georgetown
Howard
William Goebel
William S. Taylor
Goebel
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Franklin Circuit Court
Scott Circuit Court
James B. Howard
Kentucky
New Gunness Victim Found Reexamination In Chippewa Falls
Mrs Ole Remel claims her father Chris ten Hendklove was murdered by Mrs Gunness. Letters show he is not in Westby Bloomington Wisconsin or Norway as hoped. Hendkleve aged 70 left with $2000. Laporte postmaster says Mrs Gunness received his mail.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Ole Remel
Christen Hendklove
Gunness
Westby
Bloomington
Wisconsin
Norway
Laporte
Hendkleve
Punishment Fit Crime in Easton Church Theft Case
Edward Whelan convicted of stealing a straw hat and a screwdriver from a church sexton was sentenced to ten years in the eastern penitentiary. The young man had prior jail and penitentiary terms.
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Easton
Edward Whelan
Eastern
Disaster at Branca Crater Frozen Expedition Fatalities
An expedition led by Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg in German East Africa perished after a fierce snowstorm in Branca Crater. Twenty of the expedition's black contingent were frozen to death, about ninety miles south of the equator.
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Berlin
Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg
German East Africa
Branca
Equator
Bryan Nomination Plans Move to Fairview Neb
I J Dunn of Omaha chosen to present Bryan name to Denver bound convention. Delegations from East, South and North converge on Fairview to pledge Bryan’s strong public support and confirm the nominee’s ascendancy. Col Henry Watterson and Senator Towne visit as Bryan’s campaign intensifies with daily speeches and farm duties.
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Lincoln, Neb
Fairview
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Denver
Kentucky
Charles A. Towne
New York
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Omaha
Col. Watterson
Mr. Bryan
Watterson
Lincoln
The
State University
Lincoln Bryan Club
Spiritualist Prophet on Trial for Alleged Assault in Arkansas
Elijah Skaggs claims to be the reincarnation of Elijah the prophet and faces a criminal assault charge over a Dallas woman, Mrs. Margaret Irene Taylor. She testifies the attack was spiritual not physical, while Skaggs admits a heart assault and cites a covenant and possible hanging. jury deliberations follow in Ft. Smith.
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Ft. Smith
Ark
Elijah Skaggs
Elijah
Margaret Irene Taylor
Dallas
Texas
Skaggs
Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
Toads Stampede on Cleveland Streetcar
In Cleveland a streetcar panic arose when three toads escaped a paper bag and hopped around the car floor. A man carried the reptiles to deter bugs for his wife’s garden, a woman saw the largest toad blinking from her seat, and chaos prompted passengers to flee at the next stop.
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Cleveland
Superior Avenue
Sneezing On Streetcar Delays Tower Grove Line
A southbound Tower Grove streetcar carrying shoppers halted for 10 minutes to let passengers, including conductor John Burns, recover from a mass sneezing bout sparked by a stout woman who shouted a string of sneeze laden phrases. A young man tried to flee after tossing snuff on the floor but was stopped too late.
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St. Louis
Tower Grove
John Burns
Governor Hanly Chooses Delay Over Chicago Trip
In Indianapolis Gov. Hanly weighs deferring a trip to Chicago or sleeping in berth 13. His secretary prefers postponement and suggests nominating Fairbanks for the Presidency instead. Berth 14 is referenced amid a string of unclear notes and a factory mention.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Hanly
Fairbanks Nhl
Four-Bagger for Golofsky at Troy Hill Farm
Abram Golofsky learned his wife had four new sons when the doctor arrived at his Troy Hill New Jersey farm. The newborns weighed a total of 16 pounds 4 ounces, with strong lungs and good appetites, prompting the surprised farmer to exclaim at the news.
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New York
Abram Golofsky
Troy Hill
N. J
Golofsky
Family births and a potato price report in Chicago
A fragment notes Sky at 40 with a long list of births from 1893 to 1908 and 14 living of 30. It also reports Chicago prices for potatoes rising due to beef and mutton costs with old crop at 96 cents and new stock at 1.35 wholesale, retail prices higher, and South weather disrupting shipment and supply.
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Chicago
South
Plot to dynamite royal family thwarted in Lisbon
Police uncover and foil a plan by the Society of the Black Cross to bomb the royal family during a June 18 religious feast in Lisbon. Authorities say the royal party faced a deadly assassination attempt and moved to strengthen security.
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Lisbon
Society of the Black Cross
Steer Prices Hit Peak Since 1902 Amid Market Shifts
The Chicago market shows a 15 to 25 cent rise in choice to prime steers, marking the highest prices since 1902 in the beef famine year. Meanwhile Texas and grass cattle moving south and west push down plain and grassy steer grades. In Tangier, Mulay Hafid and 12 000 troops seize Fez as 20 000 Berber tribesmen head to join.
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Chicago
Texas
Fez
Tangier
Morocco
Mulay Hafid
Fes
Indianapolis
New York
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