Fragments Report Multiple Train Wrecks and Fires
In Vestal a Lackawanna freight train crash exploded dynamite from a second train, killing five or more and fatally injuring several, with extensive property damage across Vestal and Union. Another wreck near Greenwood injured ten on a Wisco eastbound passenger run, seven hurt escaping a hotel fire in Chicago, and a tug John S Heath foundered with a worker lost. Manila tariff notes and colonial reports follow with mixed casualty and economic details.
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Binghamton
Lackawanna
Vestal
Here
J M Welly
Elmira
Theodore Polhemus
Himtra
Wetherbee
Engineer Mattice
William Meddick
Elmer Polhemus
George Mattice
Lonergan
Union
Wichita
Kang
Wrisco
Greenwood
H. W. Smith
Newkirk
E. A. Ectrers
Greenwood Station
Hart
Chicago
Gakden West Hotel
West Madiyon Street
Nicholas Cedzen
Jacob Wirth
Rose McKennie
John McKenne
Abbtt
Brooklyn
Dr E P Sale Memphis Physician Dies After Fall
Dr E P Sale a leading Memphis physician and longtime president of the Mississippi board of health died tonight after a fall on his office steps several weeks earlier. He sustained two broken hips and other injuries. death attributed to the accident.
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E .P. Sale
Memphis
Tenn
BP Sale
Board of Health of
Mississippi
Sale
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure and Care
A letter extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for digestion, nutrition, and blood purification, claiming cures in hundreds of cases after other medicines fail. It emphasizes no alcohol, no opium, and invites dyspeptic patients to write for private correspondence and a free medical adviser.
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Pers
Wnllad
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
W.our
Emad
Gure
Charleston
Branklin Co
Ark
Fierce
Puffalo
N.V
Dread Ag Atovs
Maryland Lawyer Convicted in Census Fraud Case
The Baltimore jury convicts attorney Joseph H. Ching of St. Mary County on the fourth count of the indictment for conspiracy in a census fraud case. The co-defendant Guyther pleaded guilty, though not tried. Graves, Abell, and Bowles were found not guilty on all other counts.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Casey
Joseph H. Ching
St. Mary County
Guyther
Yilacee
Graves
Abell
Bowles
Desperado Whitecotton Captured After Texas Crime
Jim Whitecotton, described as a murderer and desperado, is en route to the crime scene at Cold Springs Texas in custody of Sheriff E B Farrel of San Jacinto county. He previously fled to his Jackson county Alabama home where Marshal Will Atkinson captured him Sunday night. Atkinson received a $200 reward.
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Whitecotton
Huntsville
Ale
Jim Whitecotton
la New
Cold Springs
Tex
Sherif E. B. Farrel
San Jacinto County
Jackson County
Alabama
Will Atkinson
Fortune in Old Letters Unearthed by Drummer Warner
In Hartford Connecticut William Warner, a New Haven drummer, found a trunkful of letters hidden inside a relative’s old box. The letters proved to be stock certificates from the Adams and United States Express Company and the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad. At a Hartford brokerage he learned he possesses about 43,000 in accrued interest and property valued at 250,000.
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Warner
Hartford
Conn
Tynes
William Warney
New Haven
Warper
White
New York
Adams and
United States Express Company
Congressmen Inspect Galveston Storm Devastation and Harbor Needs
Thirteen congressmen led by Chairman Burton surveyed Galveston jetties and inner harbors, viewing storm wreckage. They listed three river and harbor priorities: repair sunken jetties, widen and deepen the inner harbor, and survey a gulf side breakwater, followed by a Houston departure.
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Galveston
Tex
Burton
Harbor Hill
Gulf
Hay
Houston
Eynchers Seeking RBIs Life
Princeton in June reports Henry Reynolds a 30 year old white man arrested in Mount Carmel for assaulting Lyda case a 13 year old near Prineston. Lynch mob anger forced transfer to Princeton with guards. Reynolds confessed as the victim remains in a serious condition.
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Prineston
Ind
Princeton
Henry Reynolds White
Mount Carmel
Lyda Case
Here
Lynciing
Reynolds
Fate of Major Rockefeller Revealed at Syracuse War News
A letter from Paul J. Spillane of the Ninth Infantry in the Philippines reached Watertown describing Major Rockefeller as a prisoner who went mad in captivity with insurgent officers reporting his death soon after.
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Rockefeller
Laat
Syracuse
Paul J. Spillane
Ninth Infantry
Philippines
Watertown
Spillane
Tarac
Students Threaten Mass Walkout Over Tubbs Reinstatement
Salina Kansas June. Wesleyan University students threaten to quit unless Professor F. Tubbs, removed over evolution allegations, is reinstated. An executive board meeting aired a student defense amid protests against the dismissal.
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Uwnoless
Salina
Kans
Wesleyan University
Sall
F. FR .Tubbs
Ma Fdens
Dr. Tubbs
National Home for Elks under Cody plan in Wyoming area
National Home for Elks in Indianapolis seeks a site for a proposed national home for indigent men in a new Cody area settlement in Bishorn basin Wyoming. Colonel William F Cody spearheads the effort with a meeting of home committees planned in Columbus in June or July to discuss the location and funding.
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Elks
Indianapoli
Ind
Jpre
William F. Cody
Cody
Bishorn Basin
Wyoming
Colum
Jane
Syubingoam
Legislature Expands Supreme Court Committees in 1911
The Pensacola special reports that three new supreme court commissioners will be named by the court within weeks to relieve the overburdened docket. No lawyers seek the posts, and nominees will be ratified by the fall court. The constitution may be amended to add two or three regular justices if approved at the next general election, signaling deeper changes as the state shifts to address delayed decisions and rising workloads.
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Tallahassee
Supreme Court Commission
Nema
Supreme Court
Pensacola
Tammany
Tammany Organization
Congressional Post
O'Brien
National Pilots’ Association of America
Congress
J. Ammet Wolfe
Charles B. Parkhil
John 8. Beard
Forrmer
Lucialn J. Reeves
de Funiak Springs
W. H. Bilis
Quincy
Georgia
Florida, Naval Stores and Commission Company
Florida
Jennings
Beligved
Seaboard Asks Aycock for Help in Raleigh Strike
About twenty replacement workers arrived overnight to fill machinists’ jobs at Seaboard Air Line shops in Raleigh. An explosion damaged the old round house as sympathizers allegedly tried to incite workers. Governor Aycock refused to appoint railway police, stating state laws suffice to protect property and people.
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Raleigh
N. Cc
Seaboard Air Line
Rensic
Tunner
Aycock
Turner
Delates
Guerda
Detective Richardson Sentenced for Jury Bribe in Damage Suit
Memphis judge affirms three year penitentiary term for W. Richardson, famed southern detective turned lawbreaker. Once accused of overseeing custody deaths of five Black men, the case drew national attention as authorities pursued a sensational murder inquiry with no conviction.
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Memphis
Jones
Spettalj
Supreme Court
Verdet
Criminal Court
Richardson
South
Ha Wes
Two New Roads Promised For Johnson City Area
An electric railway will be built by eastern capital from Johnson City to Jonesboro seven miles through the government reservation for a soldiers' home. Next week work begins on a branch railroad to the site of the home and Congress member Joan Brownlow says the contract will be awarded on July 16.
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Johnson City
Tann
Jonesboro
Soldiers’ Home
Congress
Joan Brownlow
Dallas Mill School Closes After Picnic for Pupils
The Dallas Mill public school closed yesterday morning and in the afternoon pupils enjoyed a basket picnic in Etreet's grove hosted by teachers Moudé McCullough Patterson and May Wilson. About 140 pupils attended. A new brick schoolhouse to accommodate nearly 300 pupils is planned before the next session.
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Huntsville
Ala
Dallas Mill
Moudé McCullough
Mences Patterson
May Wilson
Etreet's Grove
Dalas Mil
Florida Governor on Vacation After Adjournment
Governor Jennings leaves the Capitol for Brooksville to rest and tend private affairs after the legislature adjourned. In social news, state treasurer James B. Whitfield and Margaret Hayward Randolph plan a Tallahassee wedding at St. John's Episcopal Church on the 12th, drawing notable local attention.
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Florida
Jennings
Brooksville
Weil
James B. Whitfield
Margaret Hayward
Randolph
Tallahassee
Possesars
St. Song's Episcopal Church
Talshassee
Land title ruling eases mountain land suits in Kentucky
Judge James H. Tinsley of Bardstown district 27 rules patents under 1852 act void for large tracts, limiting grants to 200 acres for actual settlement. Decision aims to end clouded titles across Jackson, Owsley, Laurel, Clay, Leslie, and Knox counties, aiding settlers and land claimants. Also reports an asylum scandal as western Kentucky asylum officials face grand jury probes. Kentucky College commencement notes 44 graduates.
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Lexington
James H. Tinsley
Bardgursville
Robert 5. Bryant
Mallard Hall
Court of Appeals
Jackson
Owsley
Laurel
Ciay
Leslie
Knox
Tinsley
Hhis
Whitley
Tinssey
Tinsiey
Kentucky
A. McCormick
Western Kentucky
Board of Asylum Commissioners
McCormick
Beckham
Hines
Walter Lackey
Lackey
Mary Settles
Thomas P. Cook
Kentucky College
Kentucky State College
Bright's Disease and Diabetes Cured by Mott's Remedy
Cincinnati editorials hail Dr. Mott's public test of a new treatment for Bright's disease and diabetes. Five cases were cured under Dr. Mott's care with Harvard University to review before and after results. Readers may request the detailed report by writing to Dr. Mott. the demonstration earned him international notice and international correspondence.
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M_ Dy
Cincinnati
Bright
Matt
Elie
Harvard University
Mott
Nhis
Gad Duielblag
He Gramed
Mvno Mott. MD
Mitchell Building
Cyncinastl
Duel Ends With Injuries After Paris Sword Battle
In Paris at Parc des Princes a duel resumed between Max Regis and M Ta Bordesque, leaving Regis with a severe forearm wound as seconds and spectators clashed. A postduel dispute over the account led to exchanges of cards and threats of further combat, culminating in a pitched melee.
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Paris
Parc Des Princes
Max Regis
Algiers
M. Ta| Bordesque
M Regis
M. LaBerdesque
M. LaBerdesau
M LaBardesque
Regis
LaBerdesques
Thomegeaux
LeFerdesque
Cerault Richard
Petit Repub- Haque 4 Terps
Sivet
Botha's Wife Arrives in Southampton From South Africa
Mrs Louis Botha, wife of the Boer commander general, landed in Southampton aboard the Dunveran Castle. She refused interviews and is reported to head to London then Holland and Belgium. A separate report notes British forces surprising Boer laagers in Cape Colony and a train wreck near Pretori a with fatalities.
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London
Jane
Louis Botha
Southampton
Dunveran Castle
South Africa
Fischer
Botha Wagening
Holland
Belgium
Hotha
Europe
British War Office
General Botha
Lord Kitchener
Standerton
Lord Kitchener Wuld
Cane Town
Cape Colony
Capure
Pretori
Centennial progress marks Kentucky college growth
The institution reports record graduation numbers and historic expansion since separation from Transylvania. Under its long-serving president the college has grown from one course to eight, added a gymnasium and dormitory, raised property value by about six hundred thousand, and increased faculty to sixteen full professors and sixteen assistants. A first eastern style parade of faculty trustees and seniors in gowned attire highlighted commencement.
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
Transylvania
State College
United States
Hon F M Durham Dies at Acworth After Service in House
Obituary notes Hon F M Durham messenger of the Georgia House of Representatives, dies at his Acworth home after a career as tax collector and county representative. Funeral held at Acworth and burial at Pinewood. survived by brothers, sister, and three children. Confederate veteran wounded at Seven Days and arm lost at Fredericksburg. Comrades attend in a body.
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F. M. Durham
Cartersville
Fo M Durham
House of Representatives
Acworth
Durham
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Hies
Punerat
Ac- Worth
P.M
Rebecca Melton
West Point
Weer Point
8. Melton
Henry Melton
Birmingham
Bra, Webster
Goellka
Pinewood Cemetery
Philip Stern
Athens
Philp Stern
Futt Street
Stern
Worning
Oconee
Fort Valley
Fort Valley ‘Knitting Mills
Jones
Rand
D. Waters
Reynolds
Mars
Waters
Hi. S. Trawlok
Jers
Taylor Company
Bibb Manufacturing Company
Mamie Cotter
Augusta
Tune
Speria
Daugster
Nicholas Cotter
Vna Balthmore Sanitarum
Right Dress and Right Style at Hf Waitehail Street
A vintage ad touts matching dress style and fabric at right price. It promises front rank quality and urges shoppers to visit the store on Waitehail Street for the best selection and quick service.
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Hf Waitehail Street
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