President Dover Dies On Train Near Xenia Ohio
Exclusive from Anniston Cincinnati June 19 President Dover of the Boston National Baseball Club died suddenly on the train near Xenia Ohio from heart failure. The body will be sent to Boston. Also noted is Postmaster C R Barker securing enhanced mail facilities for Anniston connected with Southern railroad Nos 29 and 30 to Atlanta and Birmingham improving midday mail handling.
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Dover
Boston + National Baseball club
Sud- E&denly
Xenia
Ohio
Boston
Atlanta
Southern Railroad
Anniston
Gicihan
Auto collision at Eleventh and Noble leaves rider injured
A bicycle rider and an automobile collide at Eleventh and Noble this afternoon. Roy Ray and E. M. Sellers were involved. the bicycle is smashed and the rider injured during the mishap with the auto jumping the curb.
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Roy Ray
Vicyele
E. M. Sellers
Noble
Lion trainer fatally mauled during show effort
June 19 report describes a trainer attacked by a savage lion during an animal show. He was clawed severely and doctors feared death as fellow trainers attempted rescue amid chaotic crowd.
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Animal Show
Captain
Prescue
Lake Tiger Case Upheld in Higher County Court
Friday session overflowed the county court as the Circuit room hosted a crowded docket. Defendants Tom Condon Lee Watts and Giles MelInvale were acquitted on assault and battery. Oscar Elston was fined 57.50 for gaming and cleared on resisting arrest. Rick Washington sought a continuance for gaming witnesses. Goggins and Watters had their whisky selling cases moved to city court.
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Tom Condon
Lee Watts
Giles MelInvale
Als White
Oscar Elston
Phillips
Rick Washington
W. R. Goggins
Percy Watters
Oxford Lake Park
Seab Eason
O'Brien Resumes North Noble Street Grading
Contractor Ed O'Brien has resumed work on North Noble Street, raising the grade from 20 to 28 feet both on the hill and on the fills. Construction is being pushed rapidly with the aim of quick completion.
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Noble Street
Ed O’brien
Wellman’s North Pole Balloon Flight Nears Start
Walter Wellman and Arctic expedition members head from Tromsø Norway toward a hopeful North Pole launch within weeks. The mammoth airship rests at Tromsø with Paris-made parts and French experts watching. key issues include vertical stability, wind effects, and anchorage under high winds.
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Union Press
Paris
Walter Wellman
Tromsoo
Norway
North Pole
Wellman
The
Society of Aerial Navigation
Ardree
Motor Mad Millionaires Rally At Crown Point Races
Crown Point Ind June 19. A record crowd of about 100000 spectators gathered as the Coke trophy 399 2/3 mile race began with twelve cars. Early in the event Dennison in a Stoddart Dayton car was seriously injured on the back stretch of the fifth lap at around eighty miles an hour.
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Crown Point
Ind
United States
Biles
Dennison
Serious charge against Smith reported in Arlington case
An arrest at an Arlington house involves E B Smith accused of enticing a 15 year old girl named Harris from Clebrune county. The girl was found with Smith and her father reclaimed her before Sheriff Rowell arrived to take custody.
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Arlington House
Shiretzki
E. B. Smith
Clebrune County
Harris
Smith
the Arlington
Sheriff Rowell
Heflin
Lightning Strikes 13 Men at Georgia Rail Tower
In Valdosta on June 19 a storm drove thirteen men to take shelter under a switch tower of the Georgia and Florida railway at Olympia. The tower was struck by lightning. two men were fatally shocked, several seriously burned, and all suffered injuries from the electric current.
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Valdosta
Georgia and Florida Railway
Olympia
Gilmore Visit to Sylacauga Noted in Local Brief
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gilmore with young Gordon Sanders are visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Bright in Sylacauga. An investigation of Smith's conduct will take place in Heflin.
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Heflin
Smith
Mrs. J. B. Gilmore
Little Gordon Sanders
E. T. Bright
Sylacauga
Captain Joseph Pearcy Dies Prominent Klan Founder
Washington reports Captain Joseph Pearcy, a Confederate soldier and early Ku Klux Klan founder in the South, influential in Tennessee politics, died last night of Bright's disease.
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Washington
Joseph Pearcy
Ku Klux Klan
South
Tennessee
Bright
Harriman In Control and Georgia Railroad Arbitration
News from New York reports Vice President Hackstaff stating Harriman acquired the Central of Georgia in 1907 and the Illinois Central recently bought it at Harriman’s price with no profit. In Washington Bishop Warren Candler accepts third arbitrator role in Georgia railroad firemen dispute as Hilary Herbert and Rep Hardwick depart for Atlanta for first meeting. Atlanta dispatch notes Candler denies accepting arbiter appointment.
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Central of Georgia
Illinois Central
Hackstaff
The
Harriman
Wasitington
Warren Candler
Georgia Railroad
Secretary of the Navy
Hilary Herbert
Representative Hardwick
Georgia
Atlanta
Herbert
Candler
Georgia Railway
Great Saengerfest in Gotham Tonight and Soon
New York hosts the Northwestern Federation of German Singing Societies festival at Madison Square Garden over several days. A 7000 strong chorus opens with Max Bruch's Pair Elsen, soloists Corinne Rider Kelsey and Claude Cunningham, with Mme Sehomann Heink performing later. Five thousand Manhattan schoolchildren join the program. Kaiser's prize competition features Concords of Wilkes-Barre Germania of Newark Kreutzer Quaret Club New York Junger Muaennorcher Philadelphia and Arian of Baltimore.
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Max Bruch
Elsen
Corinne Rider-Kelsey
Claude Cunningham
Mayor McClellan
New York
Manhatan
Junger Muaennorcher
Philadelphia
The
Arian
Baltimore
Transport Wreck At Sea Carries Heavy Loss
Sevastopol report notes the Russian military transport Inquil wrecked at Tapsay Bay in the Black Sea. Many soldiers were drowned. Details unavailable.
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Sebastopol
Inquil
Tapsay Bay
Black Sea
Gov Smith in Accident In Atlanta Autocar Skids
Governor Hoke Smith's car skidded on a wet Atlanta street this morning. Policeman J D Head was seriously injured when crushed against an iron post. The car stopped promptly and medical aid was provided to the injured officer.
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Tlanta
Hoke Smith
J. D. Head
Mam
Houston Seeks Debt Relief in Henry County Split
Houston county asks the legislature to relieve it of part of Henry county debt after separation in 1903. A delegation led by State Senator B A Forrester discussed possible action with the governor, who did not promise a law for an extra session. Houston argues the merged territory had funds to cover debts at the split.
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Houston
Henry
Houston Ia
Henry and
Kicks
B. A. Forrester
Houston County
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