Senate Votes Down Bailey Tax Measure and Advances Income Tax Plan
The Senate spent the day on tariff provisions and the Brown resolution to submit an income tax question to state legislatures. Rayner opposed the customs court feature, which was accepted without division. Amendments were offered, cigars faced tax hike defeat, and the anticoupon provision was slated for adoption.
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Bailey
Senate
Washington
Rayner
United States
Finance Committee
House
McCumber
Northwest
Brown
Congress
Halley
Hearing on Pure Food Law Provisions Draws Fire
National Board of Food and Drug Inspection held a general hearing on the pure food law at the Department of Agriculture. Protests focused on the use of sods potash ammonia alum and other chemicals in foods and their health effects on consumers.
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Gefore
National Board of Inspection
Washington
National Board of Food and Drug Inspecton
Department of Agriculture
Tho Ameumer
Fragmentary historic church sermon note in Philadelphia
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a 133 year old church gathering in Philadelphia with Rev George Washington Dama delivering the sermon at a signers meeting related to independence era rites.
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Soners Hex
Philadelphia
Congress
Saast
George Washington Dama
Road Congress Meeting Adopts Pavement Plans
The National Good Roads congress met at Beattie Washington during July. C Eldrijee spoke on earth, candidate clay and grave areas while Andrew Rinker of Minnesota discussed wood block pavements and their success in the city.
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Beattie
Wash
Natonal Good Roads
thereska-Yukon-Pacific
C. Eldrijee
Washington
Andrew Rinker
Minscaro
Farmhand Held for Triple Murder in Aberdeen
Moll Vitel tor, a farmhand, is jailed on suspicion of killing J. W. Christi, his wife and daughter at their Aberdeen home. He remains in custody awaiting the court’s order for further action.
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Aberdeen
Moll Vitetor
J. Ww. Christi
Atu Dred
Seilon
Woman suffrage election selects Rev Anna H Shaw president
The National Woman Suffrage Association convened at Geattie Bonnte, Wisconsin, electing Rev Anna H Shaw of Moylan Pennsylvania as president. The slate includes vice presidents Rachel Foster Avery of Swarthmore and Florence Kelley of New York, plus Kate M Gordon as corresponding secretary. The meeting drew activists from New Orleans and other cities.
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Anna H. Shaw
Geattie
Bontiie
Wosn
National Woman Suffrage Association
Anot H. Shaw
Moylan
Rachel Foster Avery
Swarthmore
Florence Kelley
New York
Kate M. Gordon
New Orleans
Two Wendland Children Die in House Fire Near Ovehiriehs
Centerville Indiana reports that Merna four and Muriel two, children of Mr and Mrs Albert Wendland formerly of Centerville, were burned to death in a fire at their home near Ovehiriehs. Mrs Wendland was in a garden when the blaze started and could not reach the children in time. The Wendlands and a brother had moved to South Dakota last December.
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Centerville
Albert Wendland
Ovehiriehs
Wertland
Slater
C. A. Tweely
Celief
Union Savings Bank
Wendland
South Dakota
Louisville Financier Langham Killed by Fireworks Blast
Arthur Granville Langham former president of Provident Life Insurance Society died at Seymour Indiana from injuries after his right hand was shattered by a cannon cracker explosion during Independence Day celebrations in Louisville.
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A. G. Langham
Louisville
Seymour, Ind
Arthur Granville Langham
Provident Life Restrance Society
Langham
Saner Chicago Fourth Ends With Few Accidents
July 6 report shows thirty five accidents in Chicago with one fatality. George Willy died after his buggy was thrown when a horse, frightened by a firecracker, bolted.
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Chicago
George Willy
Cannon Explosion Claims Two at Camden Park
A fireworks mishap in Reservoir park during a July celebration fatally injures Emma Hebel and her infant. Charles Nullan, seventeen, is killed and George Houser, nineteen, is badly hurt, as the cannon fragment strikes them.
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Camden
N. J
Reservoir Park
Emma Hebel
Charles Nullan
George Houser
Four Die as Fireworks Spark July 4 Tragedy in New York
July 4 record shows four killed in New York and Brooklyn, including three children, and 832 injured with nine in critical condition. Officials describe a deadly holiday scene as crowds celebrated in the city.
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New York
Brooklyn
Three Die in Independence Celebration Tragedy in St Louis
Report from St Louis on July 6 cites two additional fatalities linked to Independence Day events, raising total deaths from the incident to three. Officials note 205 wounded, with details continuing to emerge as investigations proceed.
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St. Louis
Live Stock Markets Report From Chicago
Cattle receipts show slight declines with beeves and heifers around 2.50 lower and feeders near 3.00 to 5.25. Hog receipts described with top quotes around 7.60 to 7.90, while sheep listings appear modest amid fluctuating trade.
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Chicago Shade
Champlain 300th Anniversary Fete Begins With Dignitaries
Crown Point New York July 6 officials and visitors gather as Lake Champlain tercentenary events start with a review by the Tenth Regiment of the New York National Guard. Governor Hughes Vice President Sherman Speaker Cannon and other notable figures attend ceremonies along the lake with pageants, parades, speeches, and a floating island exhibit.
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Sherman
Speaker Cannon
Crown Point
N. Y
National Guard
United States
Dominion of Canada
America
Taft
Ticonderoga
Isle Lamotte
Cannon
Bryce
Jusseriad
Prouty
Vermont
Hughes
New York
Earl Grey
Coverpor General
Canada
Laurier
Dominion
Oiher
Delver
Tait
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
Hamilton W. Mable
The
Outlook
Hotel Champlain
Bluff Point
Cliff Haven
Smith M. Weed
Lake Champlain
Cornell crews sweep regatta and set two records
Cornell's crews won the fifteenth annual Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta in Poughkeepsie New York and set two two mile course records one in the varsity eight and another in the eight oared race. Yale was defeated by Cornell's sister New England crew at New London and the Cornell team powered ahead in the western entries as well.
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Cornell
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
New England
Yale
New London
West
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Perith
Sive
Roth
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Henry White
Panama
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