Biplane Flight Delayed After Shot Damages Engine
Mineola N Y June 7 A shot fired at the 700 foot airborne machine of Dr William M Christmas disabled the engine in midair and forced a long glide to land. Clinton O Hadhey, at the controls, found a broken propeller blade and a pierced cylinder with a flattened bullet inside. Christmas offered 1000 reward for information leading to the shooter and the first official aerial mail trip between New York and Washington was postponed.
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Mineola
N. Y
Clinton O. Hadhey
William M. Christmas
Washington
New York
Hadley
Christmas
Milwaukee Manufacturer Reunites With Wife In City Park Rescue
Frank M. Davis of Milwaukee traced his wife who had vanished after missing a meeting in Central Park. With police aid, she was found at a hotel near the Fifty-ninth Street entrance after she waited at the plaza entrance instead of the animal house meeting point.
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Metropolis
New York
Frank M. Davis
Milwaukee
Central Park
Pao Nce
Father accused in brutal infant murder in Washington
John R. Gibbs, 30, was jailed in Washington after allegedly calling his two year old son John to him at their Bath area home and slitting the child's throat from ear to ear. He then walked to the porch and told the family of his crime.
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Washington, D. C
John R. Gibbs
Gibbs
Bath
Quick divorce after filing petition in Leavenworth court
Mrs. Mary Land Watson obtained a divorce from Capt. James T. Watson of the Seventh Infantry U S army fifteen minutes after filing her petition in the district court. She charged him with knocking her down.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Mary Land Watson
James T. Watson
Seventh Infantry
United States Army
German pilot Albert Ruchstaetter dies in monoplane crash
In Bremen on June 5, renowned German aviator Albert Ruchstaetter and his passenger Lieutenant Stille of the German army were killed when their monoplane plunged to the ground yesterday.
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Bremen
Germany
Albert Ruchstaetter
Stille
Killer of Boy Struck Girl Over Cold Coffee
Shreveport Iowa June 7 Clarence Williams 19 shot and killed S. Smith in response to alleged abuse of his 14 year old sister. The girl was waiting on patrons when Smith restrained her over a cold coffee incident.
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Shreveport
Clarence Williams
S. Smith
Smith
Ex-Congressman Gilhams Dies at Home in Indiana
Former Congressman Clarence C. Gilhams dies at his Lagrange residence after a prolonged illness, at 4:40 PM yesterday. The report notes apoplexy as the cause and records his passing in Indiana.
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Gilhams
Lagrange
Ind
Clarence C. Gilhams
Unclear Fragment Aims at Weather and Granting Phrase
Fragmentary OCR notes from June 4 mention rain and a grant or blessing phrase with unclear meaning. No identifiable people or organizations are readable.
Sidelights at the Republican Convention
Hotel staff track celebrity figures amid photographers and mistaken identifications as delegates converge in Chicago. Col. Cecil Lyon recalls a Roosevelt tale while Taft supporters joke about the rival dog adage, and a new campaign song circulates among reporters and delegates.
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Cecil Lyon
Texas
Roosevelt
Yoakum County
Wilson
Charles Hilles
Washington
Colonel Lyon
Taft
Blackstone Hotel
William H. Taft
Hilles
Roosevelt Press Bureau
Casey Jones
Gompers 13 Named in Money Trace to Darrow Case
Prosecution asserts that money traced to the McNamara defense fund of the AFL and sent by Samuel Gompers to Clarence Darrow financed alleged juror bribery in the McNamara trial. Gompers denies any dealings and calls Franklin’s testimony false, claiming documentary proof disproves the charge.
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Cal
McNamara Defense Fund
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompera
Clarence Darrow
Bert H. Franklin
McNamara
Chicago
George N. Lockwood
Franklin
Darrow
Washington
Bert Franklin
Primaries in Iowa sweep Republican and Democratic races
In Des Moines progressive W. S. Kenyon defeats Lafayette Young for the Republican Senate nomination with a large margin. D. W. Harnanton is unopposed for Democratic Senate. G. W. Clarke leads Holden and Proudfit for the Republican governorship nomination by about 20 000. Democratic governor candidate E. G. Dunn wins by 6 000 as Democratic turnout dips. English Derby won by Tagalie at Epsom with Sweeper I unplaced. Jaeger second, Tracery third.
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Kenyon
Lafayette Young
Iowa
D. W. Harnanton
Sigourney
G. W. Clarke
P. G. Holden
A. V. Proudfit
Pickett
Haugen
Kennedy
Kendall
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
Epsom
Eng
Tagalie
Walter Raphael
Epsom Down
King George
Queen Mary
Sweeper I
Jaeger
Tracery
Duchess of Connaught Rests After Journey
Montreal dispatch reports physicians say Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught passed a comfortable night and bore the journey well following her arrival.
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Connaught
Ohio 48 Delegates to Baltimore Instructed for Harmon
Ohio's forty eight Democratic delegates from Toledo will vote as a unit for Gov. Judson Harmon at the national convention in Baltimore. The instruction was decided at a convention on Wednesday.
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Ohio
Harmon
Toledo
Baltimore
Judson Harmon
Rockefeller to Decline Testimony in Waters-Pierce Case
New York June 6 John D Rockefeller will not be called to give further testimony in the Waters-Pierce fight against the Standard Oil Company. Plans had been made to bring him back to the stand June 17.
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Rockefeller
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
West Virginia Delegates Back Clark At Baltimore Rally
Wheeling West Virginia June 6 West pres instructed her ten delegates on the Baltimore convention for Champ Clark of Missouri Each of the five congressional districts voted almost unanimously for Clark.
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West Virginia
Clark
Wheeling
W. Va
West Pres
Baltimore
Champ Clark
Missouri
United States Intervenes in Cuba as Marines Land
Washington reports intervention in Cuba with 450 marines sent to Deses Point near Guantanamo and a fourth Atlantic fleet division ordered to Guantanamo. President Taft and Secretaries Knox Meyer and Stimson confer as the Navy takes action. Rebels burn and terrorize Oriente. army units remain on alert but not yet deployed.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Gomez
George W. Kline
Guatanamo
Deses Point
Guantanamo City
Teft
Knox
Meyer
Stimson
Key West
Guantanamo
Minnesota
George R. Clark
Mississippi
William J. Maxwell
Missouri
Frederick L. Chapin
Ohio
Wilson W. Buchanan
Nathaniel R. Usher
Usher
Oriente Province
Lewis C. Lucas
George C. Reid
Henry C. Davis
Logan Feland
A. S. Willame
B. W. Sibley
F. W. Ramsay
Kline
White House
Crisis over foreign loan threatens Chinese cabinet
In Tientsin President Yuan Shikai warned the assembly that the ministry will resign if opposition to the foreign loan is not withdrawn. The message signals a deepening political crisis and potential government collapse amid the loan dispute.
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Yuan Shi Kai
Assembly
Springfield
Cornelius J. Doyle
Greenfield
Republican State Central Committee
James A. Rosa
Berlin
Heidelberg
Daniel Hudson Burnham
Wytheville
Claude Swanson Allen
Thornton L. Massie
Hillsville
Rep Elbert H Hubbard Dies After Primaries
Sioux City Iowa June 6 Congress man Elbert H Hubbard of the Eleventh Iowa district died suddenly Tuesday of acute indigestion. He had been renomination winner over George C Scott at Monday primaries and was visiting John C Kelly editor of the Tribune when the fatal attack occurred.
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Sioux City
Elbert H. Hubbard
Iowa
George C. Scott
John C. Kelly
The
Tribune
Roosevelt Wins South Dakota Primary By 12000 Votes
From returns received Wednesday Theodore Roosevelt has won the South Dakota primaries. Newspapers computing the final result on the basis of these returns figure the plurality of the former president at 12000.
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Roosevelt
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
S. D
Theodore Roosevelt
Hull Woman’s Death Sentence Commuted to Imprisonment
The executive council commuted the death sentence of Mrs Lena Cusumano of Hull for the murder of her husband Frank to life imprisonment. The decision was announced in Boston on June 7.
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Boston
Lena Cusumano
Hull
Frank
Executive Council
Nine Hurt In Winnipeg Calgary Train Wreck
Nine persons are known to be injured in the Winnipeg Calgary express wreck near Gull Lake on Wednesday. Two passengers are reported seriously hurt as rescuers worked through the night to assist victims and assess damage.
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Winnipeg
Man
Money Trust Inquiry Opens in New York
The Pujo committee on banking and currency begins a week long probe into the money trust in New York. Representative Pujo and others attend. Samuel Untermyer and E H Farrar lead counsel sessions. William Sheerer of the New York clearing house testifies, outlining operations to guide further investigation.
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New York
Congressional
Money Trust
Pujo
Louisiana
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Samuel Untermyer
E. H. Farrar
Untermyer
William Sheerer
New York Clearing House
Real Money Trust of America
Steamship Bills Passed In Washington Hearings
The House advanced two steamship bills, one banning foreign vessels owned by Sherman law violators from American ports and another requiring wireless radio on ocean and Great Lakes steamers carrying over fifty people. The Senate approved a pension for Rear Admiral Schley’s widow at 150 dollars monthly, while naval appropriations moves add two battleships four submarines lift admiral ranks and grant one million dollars for wireless stations.
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House
Ocean
Great Lakes
Senate
Hayner
Schley
Committee On Naval Affairs
Senator George S. Nixon Dies in Washington
Nevada senator George S. Nixon died in Washington after a nasal growth operation at Episcopal Eye Ear and Throat hospital. His wife, traveling from Reno, arrived too late and dismissed doctors to seek Christian Science healing. Doctor William Campbell stayed with Nixon until his death.
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Washington
George S. Nixon
Nevada
Reno
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Taft Captures Ohio Six Delegates At Large
In Columbus on Tuesday Taft defeated Roosevelt in Ohio's six at large delegate race by 390% to 362% confirming a Taft majority. Delegates named include Burton Daugherty Harding Taft Morya Cable and others with alternates Anderson Layla Denton Granger Woode and Whiting.
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Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
United States
Theodore FE. Burton
Cleveland
Harry M. Daugherty
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Arthur I. Morya
D. L. Cable
Lima
William L. Anderson
Hamilton
L. C. Layla
Sherman 8
Denton
Champaign
Sherman Granger
Muskingum
Wiliam W. Woode
Miami
Juliaa Whiting
Slark
Cox Named for Governor in Ohio Nomination
Congressman James M. Cox of Dayton was chosen Wednesday by acclamation as the Democratic nominee for governor. Hugh H. Nichols of Montgomery county was renominated for lieutenant governor.
Six Men Shot in Newark Riot Between Strikers and Police
At least six persons were shot and many more wounded by missiles in a street battle as about 150 striking laborers clashed with police on Wednesday afternoon in Newark New Jersey.
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Newark
N. J
Naval collier Mars escapes Bahama shoals unscathed
Washington June 7 The naval collier Mars which recently ran on the Bahama shoals while bound from Newport News to Key West was renamed and reported to have an undamaged voyage last Wednesday.
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Washington
Mars
Bahama Shoals
Newport News
Key West
Pessimists and the restless clock as humor in old ads
A collage of ephemeral ad copy and quips from a historical page notes pessimists as self appointed strategists, claims Garfield Tea as superior artics, and promotes Cole's Carbolic salve for burns and skin diseases. It reads like a fragmentary snapshot of early advertising and social humor.
Education cited by Mrs J G Phelps Stokes in New York
Epigram from a New York dinner notes Mrs Phelps Stokes says education prevents a second childhood at the almshouse. She argues many poor people sacrifice learning for work, delaying learning to earn wages.
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J. G. Phelps Stokes
Jose Pastor
New York
Move to Preserve Frankfort’s Little Red Brick Building
A preservation effort begins in Frankfort Kentucky to save the old State House square structure known as the little red brick building. The 98 year old building is cited as the oldest state building, with its centennial approaching in two years. Dantek Boone is noted as a visitor who used the offices there.
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Frankfort
State House Square
Dantek Boone
Powerful Plea Impresses NC Jury Leave Doubt After Acquittal
A North Carolina man spared conviction for horse theft by a lawyer's strong plea is asked by the attorney if he stole the horse. The defendant responds that the judge’s persuasive speech has planted doubt about the theft.
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North Carolina
Honor Bright
Bill
Sallers
National Monthly
Lively Youngstown Newsies Debate Russia Treaty
Two boys at the Youngstown Telegram bulletin mock the printed reports on Russia and a treaty. They joke that Uncle Sam could lick Russia with the Salvation Army, while debating possible war implications.
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Russia
Youngstown (U
Sam
Salvation Army
Lambs Own Life Shortened By Showman Policy
A privileged party viewed a private menagerie display and met a “Happy Family” cage with a toothless tiger a half-starved wolf and a shivering lamb. The showman said the animals had lived together about twelve months, and a spectator noted the lamb could be renewed periodically.
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Lamb
Postum Ad Claims Coffee Alternative Benefits
An advertisement recounts a Fort Worth man cured of bilious temperament malaria and headaches after switching from coffee to Postum. The testimonial touts improved weight red blood and claims Postum health benefits while noting no medicines were used.
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Ft. Worthman
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