Hays urges consolidated rural schools to boost farm yields
Assistant Secretary Willet M. Hays told the Northern Minnesota Development Association that unorganized farming must be transformed by consolidated rural schools. He outlined a ten acre school farm with lab work, forestry plots, and vocational training, and urged six months at school and six at home to strengthen agricultural education and labor skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crookston
Minn
Hays
Ife
Tle
Mr. Hays
Minnesota
Education for Farmers and Farm Homes Emphasized
The article urges education aimed at the broad farming population. It stresses training for those who manage farms and farm homes, highlighting practical skills and community uplift.
Taft Visits Ada Ohio for ONU Commencement
Visitors from a dozen counties welcome President Taft who delivers the Ohio Northern University commencement address. He is escorted by five National Guard companies from the station to the university and introduced by Governor Harmon. Taft recalls delivering his maiden political speech in this county during Garfield’s campaign. The presidential party immediately departs for Detroit.
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Ada
Taft
Ohio Northern University
Ohio National Guard
Taf
Harmon
Roundhead
Detroit
Survivors of Custer Cavalry Gather in Michigan
Survivors of the four Michigan cavalry regiments commanded by Gen. George A. Custer held a two day reunion in Monroe on June 3. They prepared for tomorrow's ceremonies at the unveiling of a state erected equestrian statue in memory of Custer with President Taft, Gov. Warner, Mrs. Custer, Sen. William Alden Smith, Will Carleton, and surviving staff officers among the notable participants.
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Monroe
Mich
Michigan
George A. Custer
William Alden Smith
Will Carleton
Gen. Custer
Shipped Meat Case Heads to Trial in Hartford
Hartford, June 2 The Schwartzchild and Sulzberger Packing Co of Chicago, indicted for shipping meat not inspected under the agriculture department act, faces trial in the U S district court. Prosecution is by the department through the bureau of animal industry. Each offense carries a fine up to 10000 dollars or imprisonment or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Schwartzchild and Sulzberger Packing Company
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
United States District Cour
Bureau of Animal Industry
Taft visit planned for Detroit engagements in Monroe and Jackson
President Taft arrives in Detroit with plans to stay at the Hotel Cadillac. He will speak in Monroe at the General Custer memorial unveiling in the morning and attend the Republican party semicolon anniversary celebration in Jackson in the afternoon.
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Detroit
Mich
Taft
Cadillac
Monroe
Jackson
Graduation at Annapolis Naval Academy
Graduation exercises at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland were held in the chapel with a large national audience. Secretary of the Navy Meyer gave the address and presented diplomas. The honor man was Midshipman Henry Rogesell of Florida.
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Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
Meyer
Henry&. Rogesell
Florida
Confederate Memorial Day Observed in Tazewell Va
Confederate Memorial Day was observed in Tazewell with about 50 veterans in the courthouse. Ex-State Senator J. N. Harman gave an address to the veterans, and Brown Harman Camp Confederate Veterans met in the afternoon to elect officers.
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Tazewell Va
Tazewell
Daughters of the Confederacy
J. N. Harman
Court House
Brown Harman
Canadian steel trust formed in Hamilton with 25 million cap
Hamilton Ontario June 3 A Canadian steel company has been organized with a capital of 25 million dollars.
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Canadian Steel Trust
Hamilton
Ont
Canada Steel Company
Secretary of Sugar Trust Testifies At Havemeyer Trial
The secretary recounts his business dealings and asserts he acted under Havemeyer’s direction. He testifies during the government case, detailing decisions tied to the sugar trust's operations and the acquisition strategy in a high profile probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havemever
Heike Testimony Shifts Burden in Havemeyer Case
Charles R. Heike, secretary of the American Sugar Refining Co, testifies, arguing Havemeyer directed most actions. Heike’s defense seeks to place responsibility on the late Henry Havemeyer as Ernest W. Gerbracht and Janes F. Bendernagel face trial for alleged government fraud.
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New York
Henry 0. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Charles R. Heike
Heike
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Janes F. Bendernagel
Georges. Graham
Havemeyer
Williamsburg
King Frederick VIII Birthday Celebrations in Denmark
Flags flew across Copenhagen and bells rang nationwide to honor King Frederick VIII on his sixty seventh birthday born June 3 1843 and ascended the throne in 1906 after the death of his father King Christian IX.
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Copenhagen
Frederick VIII
Christian IX
Nome Alaska Nome district gold cleanup estimate
Nome Alaska reports a Nome district gold cleanup projected cost of one million one hundred seventy five thousand dollars. The estimate covers removing snoring debris and extracting remaining ore as part of post mining reclamation efforts.
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Nome
Alaska
Nanking Placed Under Anti-Foreign Provocation Notices
June 3 report from Whishington notes placards in Nanking China urge disruption of foreign life and damage to property. Local observers warn of increased anti-foreign sentiment affecting expatriates and commerce.
Memorial windows honor Confederate dead in Petersburg
In Petersburg on June 3 the 100th and 2nd anniversaries of Jefferson Davis birth were marked by dedicating memorial windows at the Blanchard church. Governors Ansel of South Carolina and Mann of Virginia attended and helped unveil windows from Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Arkansas Maryland and Virginia.
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Petersburg
Jefferson Davis
Ansel
South Carolina
Mann
Virginia
Anse
Francis H. Watson
Alabama
C. Irvine Walker
Charles Brown
John W. Collier
Mississippi
Lou Clark
Benjamin Humphrey
Tennessee
Hume
Mary Harvard
Arkansas
Fannie Constable
Maryland
West Virginia and Virginia Weekend Weather Outlook
West Virginia shows partly cloudy skies with rising temperatures into weekend. Virginia forecasts fair Saturday with a warming trend, then Sunday partly cloudy and warmer with light variable winds from the north and northwest.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Hurls Miners Down 100 Feet Inghline Tragedy
A mining accident left one man dead and another fatally injured when a shaft collapse hurled workers down 100 feet at Inghline. Superintendent and foreman Robert Mason, later sworn to “send to hell,” faced a grim outcome as authorities decided to delay further action for a trio involved.
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Robert Mason
West Virginia man linked to deadly mine incline crash
Robert Mason, a Lamont Mining driver in Bath Kanawha County, allegedly sabotaged the incline cable to avenge discharge and rehire disputes involving Superintendent D. W. Pargaharan and Foreman James A. Rocke. The cable release caused cars carrying twenty miners to plunge, killing John Solinsky and injuring John Schultz Paul Lamarr. Mason faces a murder warrant as investigators seek him.
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Charles‘on
W. Va
June Sr
D. W. Pargaharson
James A. Rocke
Robert Mason
Lamont Mining Company
Bath
Kanawha County
John Solinsky
John Schultz
Paul Lamarr
Mason
Negro Arrested for Murder at Roanoke
Rothus Henderson, an eighteen year old Lynchburg Negro, was arrested and jailed in Roanoke tonight on a murder charge after Branch Stump, a nineteen year old white boy, was shot and killed on Wednesday night at the Roanoke fair grounds in a dark spot. Henderson admits being on the grounds the night before and says he is innocent despite a prior altercation with a white boy.
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Roanoke
Rothus Henderson
Lynchburg
Branch Stump
Stump
Roanoke Fair Grounds
Henderson
King George Celebrates Birthday Quietly at Buckingham Palace
King George born at Marlborough House on June 3, 1865 mark his birthday with a private family gathering at Buckingham Palace. At his request no public observance occurred beyond customary salutes fired by warships at naval centres.
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London
George
Marlborough House
Buckingham Palace
Senate Passes Administration Railroad Bill Amid Wide Support
Washington June 3 The senate approved the administration railroad bill by fifty to twelve with only six Democrats voting for it and no Republicans opposing. The measure, amended to favor shippers by eliminating pooling and merger provisions, passed after lengthy debate and House passage.
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Washington
Senate
Atorney
Elkins
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Messrs
Chamberlin
Clay
Gore
Paynter
Simmons
Stone
Bacon
Fletcher
Frazier
Hughes
Money
Newland
Percy
Purcell
Raynor
Shively
Smith
Maryland
South Carolina
Norton Car and Foundry to Expand Capital Stock
Norton Virginia stockholders vote to raise capital from 15000 to 40000 dollars. About 22000 dollars subscribed today with a meeting set for June 14 to receive funds and issue stock. C. S. Bateman of Bristol may become general manager as a new brick plant replaces the old building, with work to start June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Norton Car and Foundry Company
Bateman
Bristol
Confederate Memorial Unveiled in Munn Park Lakeland
In Lakeland Florida on June 3 a Confederate dead memorial in Munn park was unveiled with a military display and exercises led by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Park M Trammell Florida attorney general delivered the oration.
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Lakeland
Fla
Munn Park
Daughters of the Confederacy
Park M. Trammell
Florida
Lenoir
Caldwell County
Dell Harper Barnhardt
Mrs Doxey Not Guilty in Arsenic Murder Trial
In St. Louis on June 3 Mrs Dora Elizabeth Doxey was acquitted by a jury after hearing evidence in the case charging her with murdering William J Erder with arsenic.
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St. Louis, Mo
Dora Elizabeth Doxey
Willam J. Erder
Montreal Jockey Club Spring Meeting Opens at Blue Bonnets
The Montreal Jockey Club begins its annual spring meeting at the Blue Bonnets course tomorrow afternoon. The Windsor Hotel Cup race offers nearly $2,000 in guaranteed value and will attract Canada's top three year olds this year, drawing broad public interest.
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Montreal
Montreal Jockey Club
Blue Bonnets
Canada
Dewey Dry Dock Set to Be Raised June 20
The big dry dock Dewey, sunk at the bottom of Subige Bay Olongapo, will be raised on June 20th per Captain Mertz in a telegram to the navy department.
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Washington
Dewey
Subige Bay Olongapo
Mertz
Navy Department
Veterans Parade Leads Dedication Ceremony for Harper’s Daughter
A parade of veterans marched ahead of dedication ceremonies honoring the daughter of Major G. W. P. Harper. The event highlighted military service and community remembrance.
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G. W. P. Harper
Will Leave One Pen to Enter Another
Charleston West Virginia June 3 Governor Glasscock issues requisition on Governor Willson of Kentucky for Burrel Be Forgey a convicted murderer train robber and horse thief to be released from Kentucky penitentiary Sunday. Forgey with Thomas Collins robbed a Chesapeake and Ohio train near Huntington in December 1892 Oscar Tueck killed while resisting the bandits. The men were sentenced to life but Forgey was pardoned in 1908 for aiding in preventing prisoner escapes.
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Charleston
W. Va
Glasscock
Willson
Kentucky
Burrel
Thomas Collins
Chesapeake and Ohio
Huntington
Oscar Tueck
Forgey
Charles EX. Haddox
House Leaders Forecast Spirit in Postal Savings Bill Fight
Washington reports the regular Republican leaders expect to pass the postal savings bank bill without amendment under a special rule, with sufficient votes on the majority side. Democrats are expected to resist, promising a spirited fight in the House.
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Postal Savings Bank
Washington
Congress
House
Anight
Republian
Wholesale graft among legislators shocks Illinois
Springfield June 3 State Senator Holslaw confessed to accepting a bribe and, granted immunity, filed his resignation with the secretary of state. State's Attorney Burke traveled to Peoria where fish deal ers furnished evidence that money backed years of efforts to kill certain legislation. Names and dates were provided. Burke says every hour adds to the overwhelming proof of wholesale graft among the legislators.
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Springfield
Holslaw
Burke
Peoria
Paper Maks Funding for Agricultural Experiments
The house adopted Mr. Mann of Illinois amendment to the sundry civil bill authorizing an appropriation of 30 000 dollars to enable the secretary of agriculture to conduct experiments in paper making.
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Washington
Secretary of Agricultural
House
Mann
Illinois
Disturbances Erupt at American Consulate Abroad
Pekin and Nanking consuls report hostile crowds openly insulting foreigners. Disturbers defiled the walls of the American consulate in a repulsive display.
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Pekin
June
Nanking
Seizure of Panama Hats Signals Wider Smuggling
In New York on June 3 authorities seized $161,000 worth of Panama hats and say this is only the start. Additional shipments have been undervalued and further seizures are anticipated.
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New York
Buried In Cave-in Under City Sidewalk
Three men were buried in a cave-in under the sidewalk at Park Row and Chambers Street near the municipal building under construction.
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New York
Park Row
Chambers Street
Henry Smith Executed for Murder in Richmond Penitentiary
Henry Smith was electrocuted this morning in the Richmond Virginia penitentiary for the murder of Walter Schultz, a Chicago artist, over a year ago.
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Henry Smith
Richmond
Walter Schultz
Chicago
Peru to Withdraw Army From Ecuador Frontier
Washington June 3 The government of Peru has indicated its purpose to withdraw its army from the Ecuadorian frontier on June 4.
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Washington
Peru
Misidentification ends in fatal shooting in Middleton
In Middleton New York on June 3 Elmer Prost a wealthy resident was shot and killed by a thirteen year old boy who mistook him for a burglar.
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Middleton
N. Y
Elmer Prost
Fire destroys Amsi Conkling residence. Teets wags dies
In Middleton New York on June 3 Frederick Teets Wags perishes in a blaze that consumes the Amsi Conkling residence. The fire, reported early this morning, left the home a total loss with no immediate details on the cause.
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Middleton
N. Y
Frederick ‘Teets Wags
Amsi Conkling
Navy Secretary Stresses Modern Battleship Demands At Annapolis
Secretary Meyer told the Naval Academy graduates that the navy must be highly drilled to ensure maximum efficiency. He compared the old and new fleets, noted the shift to American crews, and urged officers to push for higher standards, insisting on continued progress and courage.
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Annapolis
Meyer
Naval Academy
Kearsarge
Michigan
Navy
Atain
Rear Admiral Dillingham Retires After Long Service
Rear Admiral Albert C. Dillingham, member of the naval executive and retiring boards, placed on the retired list on account of age. He served in the Civil and Spanish American wars and is famed as champion of enlisted men and as father of the present retired list law for them.
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Dillingham
Albert C. Dillingham
Naval Executive and Retiring Boards
Columbia College Nets Over Five Million in Gifts
The president of Columbia College announced that since the last commencement the university has received gifts exceeding $5,000,000. The fundraising includes support from supporters and alumni, boosting the college’s endowment and program funding.
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Columbia
New York
Columbia College
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