Balloon ascent ends with boy's rescue at harvest jubilee
A Syracuse Indiana harvest jubilee balloon ascent by Professor William Simmons from Adrian Michigan went awry when boy Quarter Neff became entangled in the ropes and carried to eight thousand feet. Simmons cut loose to save the child and parachuted down uninjured as the gas escaped. Five thousand spectators watched, the boy’s parents were prostrated, and the crowd erupted in excitement.
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Syracuse
Ind
William Simmons
Adrian
Mich
Quarter Neff
Tie
Simmons
Fire Destroys Hooven Home Near Hamilton Ohio
Fire swept Hooven country house near Hamilton destroying Col. J C Hooven residence. A lace curtain from a gas jet spread flames. loss pegged at 50000 with partial insurance. A mahogany jewel case valued at 7000 belonging to Mrs Hooven was stolen amid the blaze.
Houses Sink Into Old Mine in West Scranton
A mine cave at the Cork and Bottle colliery of the Fairlawn Coal Company in West Scranton, Pennsylvania, caused about 200000 in damage. Abandoned workings, inactive for twenty years, collapsed under an area of two city blocks, sinking six to eight feet and throwing houses from their foundations and cracking walls.
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Scranton
Fairlawn Coal Company
Trainmen Killed in Collision Near Riddlesburg
Three trainmen died and two injured in a head on crash between a double header freight train and a construction train in Red Rock cut near Riddlesburg Pennsylvania on the Huntington and Broad Top railroad. Officials cite failure of Saxon operator to deliver orders directing the freight crew onto a siding.
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Red Rock Cut
Riddlesburg
Huntington and
Broad Top
Saxon
Boys and Guns End in Tragedy and Deaths
In St Louis Missouri Willie King aged unknown killed his brother Francis aged 10 while playing cowboy with a shotgun. In Nicholasville Kentucky James Littral accidentally discharged a gun blowing off the head of his 6 year old sister. A train killed three automobile riders near Pane Lasville Pennsylvania injuring Dr Schlegel.
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Willie King
Francis
St. Louis
Nicholasville
James Littral
Willian L. Grant
Temple
Deo
Samuel Bb. Sehlegel
Ending
Panelasville
Tor. Schlegel
Graul
Behlese
Schlegel
Cunard Liner Junsitania Sets Four Day Atlantic Record
The Cunard liner Junsitania completed a westbound trans Atlantic crossing in four days eleven hours and forty two minutes from Dante's Rock to the Ambrose Channel Lightship. The record beats the Lusitania's previous best by over three hours.
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Cunard
Junsitania
Dannt's Rock
Armbrose
Ughtship
Lusitania
Frost Hits Muskegon and Oceana Crops In Michigan Losses
A heavy frost last week in Muskegon and Oceana Counties, Michigan, is estimated to cause losses of at least 100000 dollars. Corn and potatoes suffer the most with corn declared a total loss.
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Michigan
Muskegon
Oceana
Culver Military Academy Breaks Ground for Mess Hall
Ground is broken in Culver Indiana for a new 100 dollar mess hall and kitchen plant at Culver Military Academy. The 155 by 200 foot building will be the largest on campus when finished. Speedway owners held responsible for accidents during August races in Indianapolis.
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Culver
Ind
Culver Military Academy
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Death of William Shafer, Early Dan Rice Circus Clown
William Shafer, reportedly the first clown to travel with Dan Rice's circus, died in Newton New Jersey at age 83. His arrival with the troupe helped establish the clown act in American vaudeville circles.
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William Shafer
Dan Rice
Newton, N. J
Explorer Believed Lost Returns. North Pole Reached, 1908 End
Dr Frederick A Cook, American explorer, telegraphed Copenhagen that he reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908 after a 1907 summer start. The voyage, financed by Jack Bradiex and aided by Norwegians, Eskimos, and a small crew, ended amid dramatic claims of success and polar mystery.
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Frederick Albert Cook
North Pole
Colonial Office
Copenhagen
Lervik
Norway
Herness Cook
Frederick A. Cook
Arctic
Fied
Dros
Davis
Balfin
Ross
Franklin
Nhelmshere
Judson
Jack Dbradiex
Chicasza
Dr. Cook
Toot
Nismoreland
Yankee triumph as Cook claims north pole fame
The article lauds Dr. Frederick Albert Cook of Brooklyn for his alleged discovery of the north pole, noting a long history of explorers and asserting his personal fame and scientific value while predicting renewed interest in polar exploration and the broader impact on travel and science.
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Dr. Cook
North Pole
America
North End
Arctic Tee
United States
Antarctic
Shedland Island
Lerwick
Rederick Albert Cook
Brooklin
Mil
Presto
Cook
Engineer Walter D White Killed in Rail Crash Near Detroit
In a collision near Detroit Missouri, engineer Walter D White, a 50 year NP Railroad veteran, was killed instantly when the eastbound North Coast Limited struck a work train on a curve. Ten or more were injured, six seriously, including F P Brown L C Roberts H L Upton F W Gaffney Oscar Larson and Fireman Voorhees. The limited, two hours late, was about fifty miles per hour. passengers were shaken but not seriously harmed.
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Walter D. White
Northern Pacific Railroad
Detroit
Mann
F. P. Brown
L. C. Roberts
H. L. Upton
F. W. Gaffney
Oscar Larson
Voorhees
Strike on Flameless Pounder in Pittsburg District
Representatives of coal operators and miners in the Pittsburg district met in joint conference to adjust a dispute regarding the use of a new ex-
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Pittsburg
Children Die in Fire at St. Malachy Home
Seven young inmates of St. Malachy Home for Children in Rockaway Park perished in a fire that damaged part of the building. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Brooklyn ran the 750-child institution. many escaped before the dormitory over the laundry caught fire. Damage is listed at $25,000.
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St. Malachy's
Rockaway Park
L. 1
Sisters of St. Joseph of Brooklyn
Jewels Stolen In Fire At Hooven Home Near Hamilton
Gems valued at 7000 dollars vanished as a 50000 dollar house of Colonel J J Hooven president of Hooven Owens Rentschler Company burned near Hamilton Ohio. A lace curtain in Hooven s room on the second floor caught fire from a gas jet.
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Hoovenden
J. J. Hooven
Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Company
Hamilton
Ohio
Colonel Hooven
Flood of coal mine idleness sparks safety protest
A blast using flame less powder halts mining work leaving more than 6,000 miners idle. Two Philadelphia girls, Alice Boisnot and Marie Mueller, died when a car struck their boat near Ocean City as it capsized after the boat bumped a trolley bridge. The tragedy notes a $50,000 loss with $7,000 jewelry stolen from Mrs Hooven.
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Alice Boisnot
Marie Mueller
Philadelphia
Ocean City
Great Egg Harbor Bay
Sommers Point
Seven Cadets Dismissed From West Point
By order of President Taft seven cadets are dismissed from the United States Military Academy at West Point for taking part in hazing Ro land o Sutton. Sutton is the brother of Lieutenant James N. Sutton whose death was recently investigated at Annapolis.
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Taft
United States Military Academy
West Point
Rolando Sutton
Sutton
James N. Sutton
Annapolis
Western Pennsylvanian Express Robbery Stuns Rail Line
A gunman halted a westbound express near The Narrows eight miles east of Lewistown on Tuesday at 2 am, taking about $25,000 from two engines and three express cars. Conductor Poffenberzer was shot in the hand as the robber, masked, demanded the money bags be moved to the trackside. Most booty was dropped. pennies from Lincolm currency scattered near the scene as the bandit fled into the mountains.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Juniata
John Long
Balter Beahm
Altoona
Fast Train in Freak Wreck Stops Lake Shore Limited
A Lake Shore Limited engine exploded into wreckage near Millersburg Indiana while traveling at about sixty miles per hour. The mogul locomotive broke several rods and collapsed into scrap iron, snapping the coupling to the first coach and triggering the air brake. Passengers were thrown but suffered only minor injuries.
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Lake Shore Limited
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Millersburg
Ind
Standings of Principal Base Ball Leagues
National League standings show Pittsburg at .86 with 82 games. Philadelphia 63. Chicago 80 with 358 games. St. Louis 73. New York 70 with 46. Brooklyn 41 with 77. Cincinnati 61 with 56. Boston 22 with 86.
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Pittsburg
Philadepthia
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
W. L. Wa
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Washington
American Association
Lw. T
Milwaukee
Columbus
Louisville
City
Toledo
St. Paul
Five Die When Auto Hits Train Near Vigus Station
Five people are dead after a Rock Island passenger train struck an automobile near Vigus station in St. Louis County. Victims include Halcyon Campbell and Theodore F. Witte and two Witte brothers. several are linked to the Witte Hardware Company. Local authorities investigate the Missouri incident.
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Missouri
Rock Island
Vigus
St. Louis County
Halcyon Campbell
Whitmore Place
Carl Klinge
Missouri Avenue
Frederick QO. Witte
Vernon Avenue
Theodore FL. Witte
Whittemore Place
Theodore F. Witte, Jr
Witte Hardware Company
St. Louis
Baking Powder Error Kills Two in Salt Lake City
A wife and husband, Mrs. Frank L. Kaiser and her husband, died in Salt Lake City after dumplings were prepared with arsenic mistaken for baking powder.
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Frank L. Kaiser
Salt Lake City
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Col. Hooven
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Lighteen
Arctic Region
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Ogee
Marti Ivites
Winfield So Senies
American Society For Polar Research
Explorer
Iiah
Greenland
Ellesmere Land
Pole
Ile
University of New York
College of Physicans and Surgeons
Peary
Pinas
Dr, Frederick Aa, Cook
North
Charles Francis Hull
Elisha Kent
CAB
Efingineer
Ren
John Davis
William Martin
Ross Watelab
John Franklin
Kane
Tall
Ae & Y
Niures
Lone
A. AW
Greely
William Scoresby
W. i. Parry Wee
St Nordensk Jold
Julius Payer
Eae Tees
Mvb
Frederick Jackson Creer
Prith
New York Institution
Inter Ocean
Bouty
Bandit
Pennssylvania Road
Lewistown
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