Farmer’s Son Found Dead in Potato Patch Near Mankato
The body of H J Leadbeater, a farmer near Mankato Minnesota, was found buried after two months missing. Frank Smith accuses Mrs Leadbeater of killing her husband to wed another man. Smith, Mrs Leadbeater and her sister are under arrest. police seek Charles Swandt. A mob threatened to storm the jail, prompting extra deputies.
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Mankato
Minn
H. J. Leadbeater
Frank Smith
Charles Swandt
Smith
Ledbeater
el Kinghertz
Donahue
Montana
Gambling bomb rocks Chicago downtown crowds
A gambling bomb detonated in downtown Chicago near theaters, injuring several and causing a street panic. Thompson’s restaurant on Madison near Dearborn was wrecked with two injuries. Miss Elizabeth Daw suffered cuts and a waiter John Ladue fainted. Pastime theater patrons escaped with glass and plaster debris.
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Chicago
Mont Tennes
Gilbert & Powers
Thompson
Madison Street
Dearborn
John Ladue
Elizabeth Daw
Pattons
Gurney Filicide Tragedy Ends In Double Suicide
In Quincy Alabama on June 28 George Gurney killed his father Dr Seneca Gurney aged seventy nine and then shot his sister in law Mrs Seneca Gurney Jr aged thirty seven before killing himself. He had earlier faced family distress including a deceased daughter and a separation from his wife.
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Quincy, AL
George Gurney
Seneca Gurney
Seneca Gurney, Jr
Four Swimmers Drown Amid Heat in Massachusetts
Four swimmers perished in separate Massachusetts incidents. Dr Wilfred D McDonald of Roxbury drowned during a long distance swim in Holmes Pond Welburn. Mrs Margaret Leslie of Quincy died of heart failure while bathing in Archer Lake Wrentham. Guiseppi Squarito drowned with cramps in the Merrimac River Lawrence. John O Walker drowned in an abandoned quarry Quincy.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Wilfred D. McDonald
Roxbury
Holmes Pond
Welburn
Margaret Leslie
Quincy
Archer Lake
Wrentham
Guiseppi
Merrimac
Lawrence
John O'Walker
Quincey
Race riot in Illinois leaves deadly toll in Springfield
In Springfield Illinois a race riot erupted over a Syrian girl’s elopement with a Turkish youth. One Turk officer Joseph Alley accused of provoking the violence. Alley was struck and injured, Saad Burroni killed, another Turk fatally stabbed.
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Springfield
Ill
Joseph Alley
Alley
Saad Burroni
Harriman Improves During Austria Visit
In Semmering Austria on June 28 professor Struempell examined E H Harriman. The physician finds the American financier improving and he plans to stay three weeks before moving to Gastein Salzburg for its hot mineral springs.
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Semmering
Austria
Struempell
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Gastein
Salzberg
Police fail to locate Leon Ling in high profile New York crime
New York police admit no solid clues to Leon Ling, alleged killer of Klisie Sigel, after nights of room by room searches in Chinatown and confirm Newark connection with a trunk former carried by James Halstead. Authorities seek the missing New York cabman who transported Ling and the trunk.
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New York
Klisie Sigel
Leon Ling
Eighth Avenue
Chinatown
Newark
Lawrence Cab Company
Li Ling
James F. Halstead
Leon
Two Kentuckians Drowned In Ohio River Collision
In Louisville on June 28, Fred Burkel a tinner and Joseph Rademaker a grocer drowned when their boat struck a barge near Twelve Mile Island on the Ohio River.
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Jupuisville
Twelve Mile Island
Ohio River
Fred Burkel
Joseph Rademaker
Chicago Suffers From Oppressive Heat Wave
In Chicago on June 28 the city faced extreme warmth with a thermometer near 87 degrees. The heat caused two deaths and numerous prostrations across the area.
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Chicago
Lured Girl to Death at Eastman Bungalow
Relatives and neighbors in St Michaels Maryland follow a somber funeral for Eastman as investigators reveal a narcotic bottle at the bungalow crime scene. The lone suspect Eastman died by his own hand before trial, with the community questioning the circumstances of Edith Woodill’s disappearance and death.
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Hermann
N. Main St
Minn
St. Michaels
Edith May Woodill
Bob” Eastman
Gungalow
Eastman
New York
James Sutton
Bonanza
Sutton
Strikes Halt Pittsburg Streetcar System
Pittsburg and Allegheny County faced a near total halt as a long strike kept only one mail car moving while trains and buses ferried passengers. Downtown remained empty aside from union headquarters and street railway offices as clashes were minimal and police reported no arrests.
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Pittshore
Pitteburg
United States
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Balitimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Pittsburg Railways Company
Pittsburg Rail Ways Company
Homewood
Airship shed destroyed in Spitzbergen storm Arctic disaster report
Tromsoe reports that Knud Johnson died after falling into a crevasse during a pack ice hunting trip. The Arctic airship shed was wrecked by a heavy December storm delaying Wellman’s North Pole expedition plans for summer voyage.
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Tromsoe
Arctic
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Knud Johnson
Wellman
Johnson
Paul Freering
Johmson
Bjeervig
Rbijoerving
Vaniman
Corporation tax question dominates tariff bill debate
Senate faces a lengthy week as it weighs the corporation tax provision amid fights over free cotton bagging and ties. Southern senators push for free bagging and ties. debates over binding twine and other tariff items continue.
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Washington
Senate
Northwest
South
Bailey
Taft
Yahoos and Grubb Reunite Seventy Years After Salem Fight
Civil war veterans from New Jersey and Alabama gather at Grassmere Edgewater Park Burlington to renew friendship. Survivors of the Twenty third New Jersey infantry meet the Eighth Alabama under Colonel Hilary A Herber t and General EE Burd Grubb at the Grubb home. The reunion, moved from May 3 for health reasons, honors the Salem Church battle and honors old comrades.
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Burlington
N. J
Eighth Alabama
Twenty-third New Jersey Infantry
Salem Clark
Albania
Hilary A. Herbert
Yahoos
EE. Burd Grubb
General Grubb
Grassmere
Edgewater Park
Alabama
New Jersey
Grubb
Salem Church
Verdun Wins Grand Prix de Paris in Photo Finish
Baron Maurice de Rothschold's chestnut colt Verdun with Barat aboard won the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamps. Rebelle and Union finished second and third. The stake totaled $74,155 for the distance of one mile seven furlongs.
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Paris
Maurice de Rothschold
Verdun
Barat
Longchamps
Mme N. G. Cheremetefft
Rebelle
Edmond Blanco
Union
Nephew of Colonel McClure Drowns Off Ventnor Beach
James F. McClure aged twenty seven nephew of the late Colonel Alexander F. McClure was seized with cramps and drowned while bathing off Ventnor beach Atlantic City New Jersey on June 28.
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McClure
Atlantic City
N. J
James F. McClure
Alexander F. McClure
Ventnor Beach
Des Moines Flood Destroys Homes and Tracks
A cloud burst in Des Moines Iowa on June 28 swept six residences from foundations, flooded cellars, and left eight inch depths on floors. It disrupted Chicago and Northwestern tracks at Vail, saved residents Tom Mergen Peter Jennings and a baby, and toppled a barn across the street. Water two to three feet in town streets and river level expected to rise.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Northwestern
Vail
Tom Mergen
Peter Jennings
Baby
Two Canadians Drowned In Red River Near Winnipeg
In Winnipeg on June 28 two young men W. C. Thompson and Samuel McConachy drowned after their canoe upset in the Red river four miles from the city. Both worked in local grocery stores. A passerby heard cries for help but could not reach them in time.
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Winnipeg
Man
Red River
W. C. Thompson
Samuel McConachy
Ten Injured in Auto Plunge Near Keystone Park
Pittsburg report states ten persons were injured two fatally when an automobile carrying a pirate party went over an embankment near Keystone park.
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Pittsburg
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R. R. Murphy
Austin
Malloy
Daily Herald Office
Way
Illinois
Chinaman
Elsie Sigel
Lilliam Leon
Fiat
Rebs and
Yanks
Rothschild
Iowa
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