Theodore Roosevelt Jr wedding wedding at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander wed at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. The ceremony featured a 600-present gift run and a 100-police detail to contain crowds. Notable guests included Col Roosevelt and Mrs Longworth with family and Rough Riders in uniform.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Eleanor Butler Alexander
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Quentin
Archie
Nicholas Longworth
Henry Addison Alexander
Alexander
Snowden A. Fahnestock
Elizabeth de Tron
Miss Alexander
Russell Sage
C. B. Alexander
Andrew Carnegie
President Taft
George Jould
Motorman Killed in Memphis Wreck
John J. Collins, a Memphis street railway motorman, died from injuries after his car left the track in the west end, crashed through a fence and overturned. The sole passenger and the conductor escaped with minor injuries.
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Memphis
Tenn
John J. Collins
West End
Commission on the Way Advances Diplomatic Settlement in Nicaragua
Despite difficulties from the revolution, Nicaragua says it can pay interest on foreign debt. A special commission left for Washington to settle differences hindering the establishment of diplomatic relations with the United States.
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San Juan de Sur
Nicaragua
Washington
United States
Taft Record Highlights Legislation and Reforms
Taft accomplished more than Roosevelt with calls for railroad regulation statehood bids for Arizona and New Mexico post office banks two battleships and the bureau of mines abolition of the munition bath reorganization of Washington D C and a tariff board funding lighthouse improvements and safety measures across government departments reflecting a broad reform agenda.
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Lonetesst
Arizona
New Mexico
Bureau of Mines
Alaska
Washington
D. C
Taft
Atk Ile Aceraction
Lighthouse Board
Jerlatinn
Alaskan Legislation Moves on Ship Subsidy and Health Bureau
Legislation sought by the Alaskan government to grant a ship subsidy and curb injunctions advanced but did not pass. The bill also proposed a health bureau expansion and a rate increase for second class mail matter, reflecting fiscal and regulatory aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PES Abkapanewas
Bureau of Health
London Advertiser Offers $5 000 a Year For Introductions
London advertises a 5000 dollar yearly sum to society figures who can connect debtors with money at a fair rate. The note cites debt and insolvency among smart folk, with women labeled as notable offenders according to a writer in M A P. Several hostesses are alleged to owe far more than they can repaid.
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London
Immigrant Train Crash Wrecks Near Norwich
A passenger train carrying immigrants on the Ontario and Western Railway, the Chicago Limited, crashed into a light locomotive sixteen miles southeast of Norwich New York. Three immigrants were killed and twenty five injured. The engineer B F Kingman and fireman escaped serious injury after forgetting orders and backing toward Sidney at a sharp curve.
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Norwich
Chicago Limited
Ontario and Western Railway
B. F. Kingman
Sidney
Curtiss Sets New Mark at Aviation Meet
Glenn H. Curtiss clipped ten and a half feet from his former record for a short distance start at the Louisville aviation meet. He rose from the ground eighty seven and a half feet from the starting mark, beating his prior eighty eight foot record.
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Louisville
Glenn H. Curtiss
Heat wave deaths and violent incidents headline late news
The Chicago heat wave adds three fatalities. An editor Z E Streight was shot by his wife in McGregor Texas. Laura E Webb struck by a car in Memphis. Addie Searcy suicides in Memphis after her daughter sought a doctor. An immigrant train wreck near Norwich kills three and injures twenty five. Mayor Emil Seidel addresses 50,000 in Chicago on Socialist prospects. Roosevelt breaks habit to attend church at Oyster Bay by auto. Theodore Roosevelt Jr marriage day noted. Glenn Curtiss offers Boston New York flight for 20000 purse. Tex Rickard presses Governor Gillett over Jeffries Johnson fight plans.
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Chicago
Z. E. Streight
McGregor
Tex
Laura E. Webb
New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Addie Searcy
Norwich
Emil Seidel
Milwaukee
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Meyer
Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Glenn H. Curtiss
Boston
New York
Tex Rickard
Gillett
Jeffries-Johnson
San Francisco
Wholesale Grocers Fix Retail Prices in Memphis
Memphis grocer Duke C Bowers campaigns against price fixing by wholesalers and manufacturers. He introduced a federal anti trust bill with penalties and has circulated 2000 cards to lawmakers and reporters. He cites the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association as restricting trade and boosting wholesale profits at consumers' expense.
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Memphis Tenn
Duke C. Bowers
Memphis
Washington
Bowers
Taylor
Tennessee
Crow
Missouri
United States
Duke C Bowers
Birmingham
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
South
Roosevelt to Speak Few Times in Coming Months
Former President Roosevelt says he will not speak often in the near future, limiting appearances to a handful over two months. He names the John Brown celebration in Kansas City, the Cheyenne frontier gathering, and the Conservation Congress in St. Paul as first stops, with no politics interviews planned. He plans a trip to the Black Hills to visit Seth Bullock before a September speech in St. Paul.
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New York
Roosevelt
John Brown
Mansas
Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Black Hills
Seth Bullock
National Conservation Congress
Taft backs New Orleans and San Francisco Panama Expositions
Washington officials say the administration favors two Panama Canal Exposition celebrations in 1915, one in New Orleans and another in San Francisco. Chairman Foster and lawmakers circulated two resolutions inviting foreign governments to participate, with Postmaster General Hitchcock endorsing a two-site plan as politically framed. The idea drew mixed reactions from Congress as of yet unresolved.
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Taft
New Orleans
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
Foster
Kahn
United States
Brations
Hitchcock
Cannon Defends Rules as Critics Are Scored in Congress
Speaker Cannon delivered a brief late session address defending House rules, asserting they never thwarted a majority when one existed. He rebutted criticisms from newspapers and magazine writers as misinformed. Cheers greeted him as Representative Cooper attempted an insurgent reply after the railroad bill conference report and statehood bill Senate amendments were adopted.
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Washington
House
Cannon
Fifty-First Congress
Representative Cooper
Wisconsin
Senate
Prince Fushimi and party escape burning bridge
A Burlington train from Chicago to St. Paul carrying Prince Fushimi and Princess Fushimi sped at thirty miles an hour onto a burning Wisconsin River bridge in St. Paul. The engineer plunged through flames and the crew used water and fire extinguishers to stop the fire as the royals continue their world tour.
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St. Paul, Minn
Burlington
Chicago
St. Paul
Prince Fushimi
Emperor of Japan
Fushimi
Wisconsin River
Prince
Princess Fushimi
Peary Returns From Europe After Polar Feats
Commander Robert E. Peary described travel in Europe as harder in some respects than his Arctic treks as he disembarked from the Mauretania in New York. He had toured Great Britain and the Continent where honors poured in for his polar achievements.
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Europe
New York
Eee
Robert E. Peary
Fally
Mauretania
Great Britain
72 Killed in Battle as Uprising Suppressed
Special dispatches from Valladolid Yucatan detail the recent Indian uprising on the peninsula. About 72 persons are dead, including twelve federal soldiers. Sixty soldiers and over 150 Indians are wounded before the town fell. Merchants report losses from 360000 to 100000 dollars.
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Mexico City
Valladolid
Yucatan
Heat wave sickens Chicago residents and workers
Prostrations due to oppressive heat flood Chicago as the weather bureau records 84 degrees with 92 at street level. Health Commissioner Evans warns against alcohol and urges light nourishment while crowds seek relief in parks amid thousands of women and children fleeing the heat.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Evans
Indian uprising in Valladolid Yucatan strains troops
In Valladolid Yucatan an uprising by seventy two natives and twelve federal soldiers escalated into a siege. Sixty soldiers and over 150 Indians were wounded before the town fell. Merchants report losses between 60000 and 100000 dollars. One hundred seven prisoners are held as authorities prepare special courts. Ringleaders captured, Bonilla remains at large with much of the funded loot. Leaders spread a rumor that Gen Canton was prisoner to lure Indians into revolt.
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Mexico City
Bonilla
Valladolid
Canton
National Salute Welcomes Roosevelt in New York Harbor
Former President Roosevelt returns to the United States amid a grand harbor procession. The battleship South Carolina and a fleet of warships, harbor patrol boats, and merchant steamers join in the parade from Ambrose Channel to the Battery as the Kaiser Wilhelm II era voyage is marked by a 21 gun salute. Colonel Roosevelt travels aboard the Androscoggin to the transfer vessel Androscoggin.
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New York
Roosevelt
United States
South Carolina
Ambrose Channel
Hudson River
Revenue Cutter
A Novel Point in Murder Case Argued in Court
In Newark New Jersey a novel point in the Mrs. Ocey Sneed murder case was argued in federal court. Franklin E Fort representing Miss Virginia Wardlaw claimed prosecutors should be barred from using letters and documents he says were illegally seized from his client.
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Newark
N. J
Ocey Sneed
East Orange
United States District Court
Franklin E. Fort
Virginia Wardlaw
Mott
New Mexico and Arizona Statehood Bill Cleared by Senate
The Senate took up and passed the statehood bill after months on the calendar. The measure admits New Mexico and Arizona as separate states following a brief two hour debate. In Warsaw, a bomb at Gordzisk station near Vienna killed one gendarme and mortally wounded four others. the bomber was arrested.
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Washington
Senate
New Mexico
Arizona
Warsaw
Russia
Gordzisk
Vienna
Here
Ptomaine Poisoning Hits Houston Ice Cream
Ninety five people in Houston report ptomaine poisoning after eating impure ice cream in one day. Several victims were in critical condition for hours but saved by physicians. City Health Officer Larendon investigates with prosecutions to follow.
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Houston
Tex
Health Department
Larendon
Cotton Men Indicted by the Government
New York reports that James A. Patten of Chicago and seven others in the cotton speculation field have been indicted on conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman anti trust law. Five defendants posted bail. three others are subject to bench warrants. Prices on the New York cotton exchange fluctuated as details emerged.
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New York
James A. Patten
Chicago
Hough
United States
Patten
Eugene B. Scales
Frank B. Hayne
Wm. P. Brown
New York Exchange
Brown and
Hayne
Certai
Yale corporation report on public high schools in New Haven
The Yale corporation notes public high schools in New Haven do not prepare students as well for college as private preparatories yet some perform better in college. The article also mentions recent floods in Switzerland caused by persistent rains, especially in eastern and central districts, marked as the worst in sixty years.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale Corporation
Colege
Switserlan
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Benedict
Tariff Board
Ruck
Lone Star
Norwood
Leonard Johnson
Miss Redden
Curtiss
D. C. Bowers
Peary
True Bills
Brown
Patton
Arthur R. Marsh
The
New York Cotton Exchange
United States Attorney General
Mars
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