Woman to Probe White Slavery Traffic Abroad
Washington and Los Angeles report a government plan to send a woman to Europe to investigate the traffic in girls for immoral purposes. Officials say the move aims to uncover a central intelligence directing the trade, with many dupes among potential immigrants. Julie Avetill, heir to $10 million, vows to help 20,000 or more people, planning to establish aid in a major city.
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Washington
Europe
Esha
United States
Cmtll
Sam Na
Los Angeles
Cal
Julie
C. W. Avetill
Massachusetts
Palmsington
Chicago
Bank Clearings Gain Despite One-Day Difference
New York June bank clearings show a total of 2 205 109 000 for five days ending Thursday, down 20.3 percent from the same week a year ago and 18.9 percent below the 1906 figure. Excluding the one-day difference, daily averages reach 451 085 000 versus 455 144 000 a year ago, a hint of improvement after earlier year losses driven by stock market activity in New York City.
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New York
New York Certy m
Montana cities cut off from outside world by floods
Rain continues across central Montana as rivers swell and washouts close railroad lines. Helene and Butte are nearly cut off from aid while small streams flood, cutting communities off and threatening bridges and rail traffic.
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Montana
Salt Lake City
Helene
Butte
Mont
Big Hole
Clarksford
Missouri
Yale crew coach bans actresses and ice cream plans
Perry Conn June 8 Yale crew coach John Kennedy orders oarsmen to avoid both actresses and ice cream amid a troubled summer. Miss Dallas Tyler, long linked with the Ironman's company, has leased Captain Kit Brown’s former store beside the quarters for an ice cream parlor and plans to open tomorrow. Kennedy warns that any distraction will disrupt routine training and jeopardize the season.
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Sales Perry
Conn
Yale
Wand
John Kennedy
Tmlay
Dallas Tyler
Iralman’s
Kit Brown
Foy
Mogh Kennoedy
Formart
Raymond Hitchcock Faces Fresh Accusations in Court
Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian, appears again in supreme court with charges from unnamed accusers. The case moves slowly as defense counsel and judge interact, with jurors selected and the session adjourned until the next day.
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Raymond Hitchcock
Raymond Franswocks
Esperanto Taken Up by Good Templars
Delegates at the Good Templars convention decided to introduce Esperanto as part of the order’s curriculum describing it as a viable world language. The decision followed discussions after addresses and reflects a push for linguistic unity among temperance advocates.
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Washington
Order ‘of Good Templary
Arivisa
Wales Atea Pela
Tablet Unveiled on Hamburg American Steamer Lincoln Speech
On the Hamburg American Line steamer President Lincoln at Hoboken a bronze tablet bearing Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was unveiled during a ceremony hosted by the Grand Army of the Republic. Speakers included Governor Franklin Fort of New Jersey Captain Hebbinghaus Lieutenant Commander W S Sims Commodore Nicholas Murray Butler and Mrs Kate F B Jones with Warren Lee Ross in attendance.
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New York
Grand Army of the Republic
President Lincoln
Hoboken
Lincoln
J. Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Hebbinghaus
W. 8. Sims
United States Navy
Nicholas Murrau Butler
Columbia University
Charged With Murder of Wealthy Missouri Horseman
Kansas City, June 8. Information charging Clark Wix with the murder of John Mason, a well known Kansas City horseman who disappeared January 3. Mason’s body, found in the Missouri river near Camden Point after exhumation, showed a fractured skull. Wix, last seen with Mason, had jewelry from the deceased in a pawnshop. Wix comes from a respected Missouri family. his uncle is postmaster at Butler.
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Kansas City
Clark Wix
John Mason
Mason
Camden Point
Missouri River
Wix
Wis
Missouri
Butier
Schild Suffers From Blood Poison After Injury
Ida Grove Iowa June 2 Mary Ankelman 41 daughter of Mr and Mrs Archie Ankelman was scratched by a wire sticking from the ground while playing four weeks ago. The wound healed then the sore swelled and blood poisoning developed. Doctors worked hard and saved her life.
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Schild
Ida Grove
Mary
Archie Ankelman
Nominated by single vote for county office
Cherokee Indiana June 8. Roy C Bullivan, defeated for Republican nomination for sheriff in primaries, learned he was nominated via another channel after receiving one vote for sheriff from a Prohibitionist. He may run in the fall, creating a three way race for the office.
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Cherokee
Shors
Rroy
C. Bullivan
Ghariff
Iowa student becomes insane in California
Waterloo Ia student P. C. V. Canfield, a Leland Stanford junior, suddenly fell insane in the university library. He was overpowered and taken to San Jose by the lunacy attendant for examination and care.
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Iowa
California
San Francisco
P. ¢. V. Canfiald
Waterloo
Leland Stanford, Jr. University
San Jose
Flooddamaged Crops Hit Iowa Valleys
Flooded West Fork and Broux rivers overflowed for two weeks, washing away corn and other crops in Onawa Iowa. Waters now fall and replanting of corn may be possible in affected valleys and flats.
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Onawa
West Fork
Broux
Condition Of Crops On Percentage Basis In Omaha
George A Wells, secretary of the Omaha Grain Dealers association, reports crop conditions on a percentage basis. He notes corn acreage floods and gives figures for winter wheat around 102 percent and 98 percent for spring wheat. Oats, barley, and rye percentages are also listed.
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Des Moines
George’ A. Wells
Omaha Grain Dealers Association
Gop
Ian Ap
Action to set aside deed for 76000 dollars urged by heirs
Heirs of Daniel are pressing to set aside a deed valued at fifty six thousand or more in a legal action described as ongoing. The case involves party names and details obscured in the text, with sensational developments anticipated as proceedings move forward.
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Juno
Daniel the Pee
Okie
Hongo
Typhoon wrecks ships killing 270 near West Australia
Victoria B C June 6 The Calla an Australian Inner Manqua arrives with news of a typhoon near West Australia that sank and wrecked a peak fleet. About 20 Australian pearlers are missing and 270 vessels are thought lost with Malays Manila men Japanese and Kanakas among the dead. Survivors tell of harrowing escapes as they cut away lifeboats and clung to wreckage while ships drifted ashore.
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Victoria
B. C
West Australia
Pearing Grounds
Manila
Drowns on Eve of Wedding at Jamaica Bay Pond
In Jamaica Bay fort Forty-foot Pond, 18 year old pharmacist S. Mirkinson drowned before his sweetheart Jennie Halprin as they visited Fish Pond creek. He swam beyond 30 yards and vanished after a cramp. Miss Halprin watched from the pier as bystanders failed to save him.
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New York
Jennie Halprin
Sendore Mirkinson
Jamaica Bay
Mirkinson
Fish Pond Creek
Miss Halprin
Milas Halprin
Baron Says Woman Jilted Him Plans Suit in Paris
A Swedish baron alleges he was engaged to Mrs. Chance wife of Dr. Chance in Paris and threatens a suit for breach of promise. Mrs Chance now says no engagement existed though she acknowledges frequent meetings and a written acknowledgment from the baron when she became engaged to Dr Chance in London.
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Paris
Chance
London
Socialists Decry King Edward Visit to Russia
London June 6 Socialists and labor members in the house of commons protested King Edward's planned journey to Russia. They condemned a state visit amid alleged Muscovite tortures and persecutions while privately visiting Emperor Nicholas. The motion condemning the visit failed 225 to 69.
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London
House of Commons
Edward
Russia
Nicholas
Great Britain
Police Nab 58 Prisoners In Gotham Raid
New York June 6 a large police contingent raided two West Forty-seventh street houses suspected of gambling. About 50 prisoners were taken as crowds gathered while officers seized gambling paraphernalia from one building formerly owned by Honest John Kelly.
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New York
West Forty-seventh Street
Theater District
Honest John” Kelly
Flood threat over Dickens utopian city site on river
St Louis reports Mississippi flood danger concentrating around Marion ity, the west coast utopian settlement linked to Muldrow. Wooldly, Appleton and family ride a large raft with livestock toward high ground as floods rise.
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Dickens
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Marionity
West
Muldrow
Charles ‘Dickens
Mark Twain
Scudder
Martin Chugglewit
Ij. W. Appleton
Missouri Point
Fragmented OCR notes hint at a banking or defense operation
The readable fragments reference names and terms like BER MONT, Olver H and Bele ment a ene te DS BF weigh Hl ag eh Basta. The text suggests an operational context with necessary procedures but lacks coherent details or clear events.
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I P
Bermont Very
Olver H. BP
Creday
Dreyfus Wounded At Burial Of Zola In Paris
Paris June six two hundred thirty arrests were made by six o clock in connection with the attempted assassination on Major Alfred Dreyfus after the Zola burial ceremony. A staff member fired two shots wounding him in the forearm. the assailant Pater Gregor was jailed for attempted assassination. Physicians report the bullet penetrated deep into the forearm but did not strike bone.
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Paris
Dreyfus
M. Emile Zola
Pantheon
Gregort
Alfred Dreyfus
Pater Gregor
Dreyfus Attack Sparks Panic at Pantheon Ceremony
Madame Dreyfus is prostrated as five gunshots echo through Paris during M Doumergue’s tribute to Zola. The assailant is beaten, Dreyfus wounded in the wrist, crowds flee, arrests follow while Zola’s remains enter the national pantheon amid tense demonstrations.
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Madame Dreyfus
M. Doumergue
Zola
Dreyfus
Provident Fallieres
Madame Zola
Paris
Upper Missouri in Rising Fast
Butte Montana June 6 Train service in Montana is demoralized due to washed out and flooded right of way west from Deer Lodge. The rising Missouri River and heavy rains threaten lines and power facilities, with lines across the region at risk before next week.
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Butte
Mont
Montana
Northwest
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Deer Lodge
Ness
Arawang
Nageare Weiller
Bey
Wilbur Wrighty
Iowa Boy slain in revenge by Moros
Manila reports: Harry Ickis, a government mining expert, and a guard were killed by two Moros on April 1 as they slept in a hut during geographical survey work. The Moros, revenge for their father’s death, killed the two men in the mountain hut. Ickis hailed from Creston.
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Manila
Tune
Harry Ickis
Ickis
Creston
Dunkers Gather for National Meeting in Des Moines
Dunkers from across the United States, including California and Pennsylvania delegates, gather at the Iowa State Fair Grounds for their annual conference with about 10 000 attendees. They convene to decide on issues such as allowing athletes in sectional schools, baptism by immersion, and potential name change. Visitor accommodations include large dining halls to feed up to 900 at once.
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Des Moines
Dunkers
United States
California
Pennsylvania
Iowa State Fair Grounds
Newlywed couple steal dog to soothe crying infant
In New York a Bronx newlywed lawyer and his wife drive with their eight month old son and a firehouse dog named Sport. The baby cries for the dog who then becomes attached, prompting the couple to take the dog home and back again in a playful, impulsive quest to calm the infant.
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New York
Richard W. Hill
Bronx
Popper
R. W. All, Jr
Morris Heights
Master Hill
Sport
Motsle
Pepper
Baby
Hill
Hiil
Duke De Chaulnes Dies During Prayer At Paris
New York dispatch reports Duke de Chaulnes died at his wife’s bedside in Paris after a sudden heart failure while the couple prayed. Interborough president Theodore P. Shonts released that opiate indulgence caused the death, though he said the duke was not addicted. He described the moment the stroke struck, the duchess and family preparing for the duchess’s care as relatives in France offered support and his daughter’s recovery began.
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New York
Paris
Theodore P.,shonts
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Duke de Chaulnes
Shonts
Mr. Shonts
d'Uzes
France
President Roosevelt Escapes Serious Drowning Incident
Washington reports President Roosevelt, while riding with Mrs Roosevelt in Rock Creek Park, was unhorsed and narrowly escaped drowning after reaching the water. He was saved, the horse recaptured, and the president continued to the White House without injury.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rock Creek
Rock Crests Park
White House
Associated Press
Mre. Roosevelt
Astor Leads In Two Drinks Four Day Temperance
London reports William Waldgrt Astor Jr taking a leading role in a temperance movement titled Two Drinks Four Day His efforts focus on promoting sobriety through a seminar and midday talks as part of the reform drive Although the text is garbled it centers on Astor’s public temperance activity with planned events.
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London
William Waldgrt Astor, Jr
Prdot
Postage to England: Two Cent Letter Rate Agreed
Washington June 5 Postmaster General Meyer announced an agreement with Britain fixing letter postage at 2 cents an ounce between the United States and Great Britain and Ireland starting October 1 1908 The move follows the universal postal union's rate changes and is expected to boost revenue and foster freer commercial intercourse It will aid adopted and native English speaking citizens with easier routines to stay in touch with relatives in the old country at domestic rates
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Washington
Meyer
United States
Great Britain
Ireland
House of Cortu Mons
England
Roosevelt
Merger
Universal Postal Union
United Kingdom
Banker horse thief seized in Indianapolis case
Robert H Greene of Waynetown Indiana vice president of Farmers and Merchants bank and wealthy farmer is arrested for horse stealing. Two horses stolen from Judge McCabe were found in his possession with two more in a Chicago bound car and at least fourteen horses and carriages missing. Greene used the alias Frank Ross and a Chicago groom identified two stolen horses. He is alleged to have tried to flee by arranging a box car shipment and feed for the animals while speculating in grain.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Robert Hy, Greene
Waynetown
Farmers and Merchants' Bank
That Place
Methodist Church
Greene
Frank Ross
McCabe
Chicago
Doctors Rally To Beat Campaigns On Vivisection
Chicago June 6 Delegates at the American Medical Association convention voted to form a commission to monitor and oppose laws aimed at abolishing vivisection. Dr W B Cannon urged education against opponents while Dr Alexis Carroll reported animal experiment results. The resolution, introduced by Dr P M Jones and amended by Dr Frank Rilings, passed with strong unanimity and little debate.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
Board of Trustees
W. B. Cannon
Alexis Carroll
New York
P. M. Jones
San Francisco
Frank Rilings
Even Shakespearean Fight Inside Five Cent Theater Called Off
A scheduled fight in a five cent theater was canceled by Policeman Joel Smith. Promoter William Shakespeare tried to stage the event as moving pictures to evade a prize fight ban, but moving picture censor Lieutenant Smith deemed the scene a violation of city and state law, and no bout occurred.
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Chicago
Joel Smith
William Shakespeare
Macbeth Cawdor
Keavy Welent
MacDuff
Dunsinan
Fhle
Shakespeare
Shippy
Moving Picture
Lieutenant
Day Gets Dose Of His Own Medicine
Chicago June F Chancellor Pay of Syracuse University faces renewed attacks from a political faction alleging dishonesty and mismanagement. The editorial clash centers on his administration and calls for action by university authorities, highlighting the ongoing conflict within the educational leadership.
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Day
Chicago
Syracuse University
the Grill
Nary Casteair
Ang Mizmangeer
Enoroure Paes
Sbeleng
Will Bent
MEMS
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Voltaire
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