Advance guard of great peace army at Gettysburg
Gettysburg June 28 The advance guard of a great army of peace reaches Gettysburg for the semi centennial. Up to 20 000 visitors already in town as preparations begin for six days of ceremonies. The camp covers 280 acres with 40 000 veterans to be fed and housed under canvas. Major ceremonies feature Chief Justice White Secretary Garvison and Governor Tener.
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Gettysburg
Army of Peace
Gettyburg
Army of Blue and Gray
Shippensburg
Carlisle
Chambersburg
Lee
Meade
Longstreet
Pleasonton
Justice White
Garviison
Tener
Pickett
Reynolds
Cemetery Ridge
Culp’s Hill
Round Top
5Th Infantry
Signal Corps
3Rd Field Artillery
15Th Cavalry
War l Department
Confederate ‘Veterans
West Confederate Avenue
Reading Railway Branch Staging Union Veterans
A Reading Railway branch will host Union veterans on the opposite side of the railroad yard, with quarters arranged to separate veterans from other facilities. The plan outlines site allocation and security considerations for the accommodated group.
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Reading Railway
Dayton Man Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself in Flood Fallout
Samuel Heck aged 63 shot his wife Jane 62 dead then killed himself in Dayton Ohio. He drifted into derangement after devastating floods that had caused heavy losses. The couple were described as affectionate and happy prior to the disaster.
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Dayton
Samuel Heck
Jane
President Wilson to attend Gettysburg centennial
President Wilson will go to Gettysburg for the July Fourth fiftieth anniversary of the battle and deliver a brief speech to veterans. He reversed a prior decision against leaving Washington and consulted Representative A Mitchell Palmer before confirming the plan.
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Washington
Gettysburg
Tener
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Congress
Palmer
New Hampshire
Death Sentence For Killing In Gate City Case
Roschell Caldwell was found guilty of the June 15 murder of Emory Salling in Gate City Virginia and sentenced to be electrocuted on August 15. The trial occurred June 28 with a jury rendering verdict in the afternoon.
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Gate City
Roschell Caldwell
Emory Salling
Simmons Urges Democrats as Tariff Bill Advances
Washington June 28 Chairman Simmons of the finance committee spurred Democrats to action in caucus delaying no longer. The caucus approved schedules for work materials silk paper flax hemp and jute and tonight moved to sundries and the free list. Monday will see administrative features and income tax section as the bill nears completion.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
Finance Committee
American Missionary Dr. D. Crosby Greene Honored by Japanese Emperor
In Tokio on June 28 the Rev. D. Crosby Greene received the order of the Rising Sun third class from the emperor in recognition of nearly fifty years of service in Japan. Greene arrived in 1869 as a representative of the American Mission Board, taught at Doshisha College in Kyoto, and returned to Tokyo twenty-five years ago to resume missionary work. At seventy, he remains active and widely admired by Japanese and foreigners alike.
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Tokio
Legion of Friends
D. Crosby Greene
Japan
Greene
American Mission Board
Doshisha College
Kyoto
Governor Staten Inaugurated as Georgia’s Governor
In Atlanta on June 28 John M Staten was sworn in as governor before hundreds of Georgians and the General Assembly in the hall of representatives. Joseph M Brown introduced the outgoing governor Slaten, and the oath was given by the state supreme court chief justice.
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Atlanta
General Assembly
John M. Staten
Slaten
Joseph M. Brown
State Supreme Court
Equitable Building to Become World’s Largest Office Block
The new Equitable Building planned for the site of the former structure destroyed by fire two years ago will be the largest office building in the world and is set to rise in New York by June 28.
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New York
Equitable
Tragic Fire Kills Jacobs Family in South Carolina
A milkman found a burnt farm home near Little Mountain and Peak Station in Lexington County. Inside were six bodies including John Jacob, his wife and four children, two of whom were found hand in hand. Officials pursue the cause, with theories of foul play or lightning.
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Columbia
Miller
Jacobs
Big developments disclosed for country club project and streetcar extension
The article outlines plans for a country club costing at least 50000 with a chartered stock, a nine hole course and extensive entertainment. It notes related investments by firms in a streetcar extension, hotel and sanitarium projects, and parcels for fraternal homes and palatial residences. The South Bluefield Land Company may place land on the market as the line extends.
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Country Club
South Bluefield Land Company
Golf Club
William Hicks
Edwin Mann
East River Avenue
Hicks
Los Angeles
Cal
Tragic Death of Man in Forest Park After Bond Forfeit
Charles Brown aged fifty four who forfeited his bond to face trial on a charge of attacking two schoolgirls was found dead today in Forest Park with a bullet hole in his temple. The alleged offense is a capital charge.
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St. Louis
Charles Brown
Forest Park
Brown
Senate adjourns after brief session amid tariff work
The Senate opened at 2 pm and adjourned at 2 05 pm after a caucus on the tariff bill with no business transacted. Leaders set three day recesses for the next two weeks and the filibuster on the eastern Pennsylvania federal judge bill continued. The House met at noon and the Judiciary committee examined Caminiti case papers in private before adjourning at 2 45 pm until Wednesday July 2.
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Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Caminetti
Pennsylvania
TwentyFive Injured As Fast Flying Virginian Wrecks Near Fulton
In Peru Indiana on June 28 intense heat caused rails to spread leading to the Chesapeake and Ohio Fast Flying Virginian wreck near Fulton. Twenty five people were injured with two limbs and a diner overturned but no fatalities. Among the injured was Scott McDonald of Huntington West Virginia. He was severely cut and bruised. his wife suffered sprains. The injured were taken to Peru hospitals where recovery was expected.
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Peru
Ind
Chesapeake and Ohio
Fulton
Here
Scott McDonald
Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Campaign to eradicate hog cholera begins next week
Washington officials of the department of agriculture plan a national campaign to eradicate hog cholera as a safeguard for the food supply. A $75,000 appropriation from the last Congress will be available Tuesday, with last year’s losses estimated at not less than $60,000,000.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Remarkable Flag for Big Gettysburg Reunion Sails to Manassas
A unique banner for Gettysburg reunion was sent to Washington to be placed before Manassas Pickett Post and Ewell camp Confederate veterans quarters. The banner bears inscriptions from Grant and Lee. A 4-member guard of Confederate and Union veterans accompanied the flag during the dispatch.
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Washington
Gettysburg
Manassas Pickett Post
Ewell Camp
Lee
Sulzer Couple to Attend Gettysburg Anniversary
Governor and Mrs. Sulzer will depart Albany July 1 to attend the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Battle of Gettysburg arriving July 2. Sulzer is scheduled to speak on July 3 on governor's day and New York day, accompanied by his military staff.
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Sulzer
Albany
N. Y
Gettysburg
New York
Pastor Exonerated Resigns From Huntington Church
The Rev. H. F. Searcy pastor of Washington Avenue Baptist Church in Huntington West Virginia was exonerated after charges by a female member and has tendered his resignation to pursue work in other fields.
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Huntington
W. Va
H. F. Searcy
Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Chicago Swelters Under Prolonged Heat Wave
Chicago endures another day of extreme heat with clear skies and hot western breezes. Charity organizations distributed tons of free ice in tenement districts while public bathing beaches were crowded. Numerous prostrations were reported across the city.
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Chicago
St Louis Heat Brings Relief Efforts to the Poor
The morning temperature reached 85 at 7 and 90 at 9. Widespread suffering was reported as charity organizations stayed busy providing relief to the needy.
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St. Louis
Dramatic Folk Frolic At Boyle Garden Party
Prominent figures and actresses from New York and beyond gather in Darien Connecticut for a garden party hosted this afternoon by Mr and Mrs Edward Milton Boyle. The host is the noted playwright.
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Darien
Conn
New York
Edward Milton Boyle
Virginia Postmasters Nominated in June List
The following Virginia postmasters were nominated today: College Park M Goode tied to Chemning, Purcellville John W Gregg, Fairfax Claude B Wiley.
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Virginia
Washington
College Park
Chemning
M. Goode
Purcellville
John W. Gregg
Fairfax
Claude BE. Wiley
Weather forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia expected fair weather Sunday and Monday with warmer Monday. Virginia also forecast mostly fair Sunday and Monday with rising temperatures.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Mass Meeting Sought to Avert Coal Strike in Kanawha Area
In Charleston West Virginia June 28 negotiations continue in Governor Hatfield's office as a mass meeting is planned for Eskdale. Operators claim many New River miners oppose a strike, while union leaders deny the claim. Hundreds gathered in Eskdale ahead of the meeting.
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Eskdale
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha
Cabin Creek
Paint Creek
Mucklow
New River
Hatfield
New River Field
Murdered man to not dead yet in Williamson report
Report from Williamson West Virginia on a shooting near Vulcan where Duke Finch, not Brady, is alive though in critical condition. Officials plan to take the dying man’s declaration in Welch while John Breading faces potential transfer to another jurisdiction.
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C. W. Renfrew
Williamsburg
Breading
Renfrow
Jellico
C. H. Booten
Republican
Ira W. Booten
Gallipolis
Gettysburg
Booten
Walker
Nicaraugua
United States
Mr. Booten
New Orleans
Electric Light Plant
Gary
Williamson
Lefty Clay
Beverly Maynard
W. D. Amick
Glenalim
Hi Maynard
G. C. Rutherford
Thacker
Ruth
Candidate Erford Visits As Endorsed By County Societies
Erford, a candidate for secretary of the state board of health, spoke of endorsements from several county medical societies during today’s visit. Noah White of Burch and R L Simpson of War Eagle were in town. Mrs Ira W Booten of Gallipolis arrived to visit her son O H Booten.
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Erford
State Board of Health
Noah White
Burch
R. L. Simpson
War Eagle
Ira W. Booten
Gallipolis
O. H. Booten
Veterans Flood Gettysburg For Civil War Anniversary
Gettysburg Pa June 28 crowds of northern and southern veterans arrive for next weeks anniversary. They parade sing and share memories while heat tests their health with hospitals ready to treat exhausted attendees. Buckner and Normoyle lead camp operations with North Carolina sending twelve hundred and Virginia eighteen hundred veterans. The Lee monument site near Pickett charge area hosts the Grey Weavers amid ongoing monument construction.
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Gettysburg
Red Cross
Simon Buckner
Normoyle
North Carolina
Virginia
Weavers of the Grey
General Lee
Pickett
Wilson Approves Union Pacific Dissolution Plan
President Wilson approved the plan negotiated by Attorney General Mc Reynolds and counsel for dissolving the Union Pacific merger under the Sherman act. The plan disposes of the entire 126 650 000 of Southern Pacific stock held by Union Pacific. An assistant to the attorney general left for St Paul to announce approval when presented to the U S court. The government seeks a limited time before final decree to allow possible objections.
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Washington
Wilson
McReynolds
Union Pacific
Supreme Court
Great Combination
St. Paul
United States Court
Southern Pacific
Union Pacifie
Wealthy promoter Townsend commits suicide in Missouri River
Kansas City sources report George Townsend a wealthy railway promoter and brother of Congressman Edward Townsend of New Jersey died by his own hand. His hat coat and a note book were found on the river bank after he vanished from a hotel Tuesday morning. He said he would kill himself because he feared the mad house and was sixty two years old.
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Kansas City
George Townsend
Edward Townsend
New Jersey
Townsend
Two Killed in Auto Wreck at LaPorte Turn
In LaPorte Indiana an automobile plunged over an embankment on a sharp turn killing occupants Barney Rossey and William Hamilton. Two others were injured in the crash reported June 28.
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LaPorte
Ind
Barney Rossey
William Hamilton
Great Outdoor Religious Meet Opens In Portland
Portland Oregon June 28 The World Christian Association conference holds its largest meeting with more than 12 000 delegates and 25 000 visitors gathered in the Natural Amphitheatre at Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. The program will include significant discussions on The Family Marriage and Divorce led by world famous speakers.
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Portland
Ore
Christian Association
Multanomah Amateur Athletic Club
New Line Opened in Mississippi with Regular Train
Meridian Mississippi June 28 crowds greets the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago railroad line as barbecues and fortifications mark the occasion for the first regular train. a schedule will run for now to Union Mississippi.
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Mississippi
Meridian
Miss
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Union, Miss
Edwards testifies in bribery trial amid graft probe in West Virginia
Col William Seymour Edwards arrives on a stretcher to testify in the trial of State Senator Ben A. Smith charged with taking a bribe linked to Edwards candidacy. He denies employing vote buying detectives but says he funded efforts to uncover graft and fraud as a public duty.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
William Seymour Edwards
United States
Ben A. Smith
Edward
Col. Edwards
Smith
Hig
Edwards
Charleston
Glasscock
Wm. O. Dawson
John T. McGraw
H. C. Ogden
Grant P. Hall
Ogden
Guy B. Biddinger
Extradition Probe Under Way Over Jack Johnson
Washington officials examine the extradition treaty with Europe to decide if Jack Johnson can be extradited when he lands in Havre or other European ports. No conclusion yet on extraditability. Johnson remains on bail under the white slave law.
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Johnson
Washington
Jack Johnson
Canada
Department of Justice
Europe
Havre
Not Hot Everywhere Duluth June 28 Cold Day Reports
The coldest June 28 in years. thermometers show forty-two degrees at six and forty-five by nine. Pedestrians wear last winter coats. drivers in cars sport furs. A high wind from Lake Superior brings thick fog and visible steam heating from tall buildings.
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Duluth
Lake Superior
Actors to Have Own Hospital Benefit in Chicago
Scores of players at Chicago theatres and gardens volunteer for a big benefit performance at the Auditorium tomorrow for the American Theatrical Hospital building fund. A site on the west side has been secured for the first hospital in the country dedicated to the theatrical profession.
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Chicago
Chicago Theatres and Gardens
American Theatrical Hospital
Baltimore Couple Wed in Gotham In New York
Miss Susanne Carroll daughter of Mrs John Howell Carroll and great great granddaughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton wed Major John Philip Hill United States district attorney for Baltimore this afternoon at the bride's mother's home on West Fifty ninth street in New York City.
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Baltimore
Gotham
New York
Metropolis
Susanne Carroll
John Howell Carroll
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
John Philip Hill
United States
West Fifty-ninth Street
Earthquake in Southern Italy Causes No Damage
Reports from the minister of interior state extensive shocks hit southern Italy this morning but caused no damage in the Ca province and were barely felt in Messina. Initial rumors of a grave disaster and many victims proved unfounded.
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Rome
Italy
Informa Te
Messina
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