Zeppelins airship flight and 1907 panic topics headline
Sunday report tallies Count Zeppelin flying his airship for twenty two hours in Germany without landing. The text also notes a Texas tornado killing thirty two and injuring fifty, various deaths, political and economic items, and a chaotic mix of sensational events across the era.
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Count Zeppelin
Germany
Zephyr
Texas
John James Bartlett
Fort Sheridan
Helen Gould
Robert T Lincoln
Father
Hodgenville
E. H Harriman
Russell Sage
New York
Taft Opens Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle
President Taft signals Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition at Seattle opening ceremonies with telegraphic key, naval and military displays, and a keynote by James J Hill. Taft stresses equality, simplicity, economy, and justice as guiding public building principles while noting potential shifts in steel industry merger.
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Taft
White House
Alaska
Seattle
United States Army
Lake
Washington
Onward J O'Day
I A Nadeau
J F Chilberg
James J Hill
Great Northern Board
Episcopal
Frederick W Keator
Republic
Waite Hous
Wastinston Oy
Fate T da
Forraby
William H Taft
Piles
Perjury Concerns Highlighted by Francis L Wellman Speech
Francis L Wellman warned the audience at the Catholic Club in New York that witness perjury is rising alarmingly. In New Rochelle the widow of Caesar Young, Margaret L Young, married George W Langdon of Sheepshead Bay, linking two New York stories in one notice.
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Francis L Wellman
Catholic Club
New York
Margaret L. Young
Caesar Young
Nan Patterson
New Rochelle
George W Langdon
Sheepshead Bay
Quaker City Strike Riots Reach Philadelphia Streets
Rioting in northeast Philadelphia injures nearly 100 as crowds attack two trolley cars manned by imported workers. Police Lt. Sykes suspended and to face a police board for not leading his men. Elevated and subway service disrupted as westbound crews abandon trains and crowds flood stations.
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Philadelphia
Kensington
Lieut. Sykes
Sykes
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
46Th Street
69Th Street Terminal
69Th Street
Sentenced for Mining Frauds in Missouri and Kansas City
In Kansas City Federal court Frank H Horn 8 H Snyder and Raymond P May received one year and a day in Leavenworth prison and fines of 500 dollars each. John E Horn was fined 500 dollars. E Storm collapsed after the verdict and will be sentenced later. The judge reduced John E Horns penalty to a fine and costs due to his youth.
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Missouri
Frank H Horn
H Snyder
Raymond P May
United States
Leavenworth
Kan
John E. Horn
Kansas City
Queens
Arizona
E Storm
United States District Attorney
John E Horn
Jeweler Fatally Shoots Burglars in Cincinnati Home
Albert Esberger a Cincinnati jeweler fired on an intruder in his kitchen at 241 Helen Street waking to a noise. He shot twice after seeing four men in the room, one fell from a Windsor window, and the burglar collapsed outside. The other men fled.
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Albert Esberger
Helen Street
Cincinnati
Esbberger
Esberger
Theotrude To
Multiple Sports Headlines From A Busy Week In 1920s News
Willam Shering wins the National Meatax event then turns pro in Topeka Dr B F Rouer defeats Hjalmer Lundino in straight falls Tom Murphy adds another trotter to Ethel Mack by Steel Arch Minnesota Wisconsin League opens with strong crowds Kelley lands Orville Kilroy link to St Paul and Minneapolis pitching Nagle leased to Lincoln Western League 1 ½ mile horse record set Sir Martin betting boom suspends John Evers for not reporting Hamline interclass track honors won Paull 2 mile record 9 28 Corbett offered 5000 purse for 25 round bout at Colma Cal.
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Topeka Kan
Rouer
Seattle
Hjalmer Lundino
Tommy Murph
Ethel Mack
Minnesota
Manateer Kelley
St Paul
Orville Kilroy
Minneapolis
Butcher Nagle
Toledo American
Lincoln
Neb
Sundl
Newtoun Square
Sir Martin
John Evers
National Commission
Hamline University
Norton Field
Paull
University of Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Touny Corbett
James Coffrett
San Francisco
Jimmie Britt
Colma Cal
Tornadoes Hit Texas and Oklahoma Wreck Towns
A powerful storm pummeled Zephyr Texas in Brown County at 1 am leaving 32 dead and up to 50 wounded. In Oklahoma Key West and Depew suffered major destruction with several dead and many injured as floods followed. Stroud and Sapulpa faced floodwaters and widespread damage.
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Zephyr
Brown County
Texas
Brownwood
Santa Fe Railroad
Thad Cabler
Oklahoma
Key West
Depew
Salt Creek
Streat
Stroud
Sapulpa
Revolt in Peru Quelled as Loyal Troops Save Chief
Fragmentary report notes rebel forces and loyalty of troops prevented deposition of the chief executive. The rallying of loyal units kept the government intact amid unrest.
Kansas Enacts Wide Range of Liquor and Labor Reforms
A Kansas law banning liquor sales by druggists takes effect at midnight along with broader reforms. Bucket shops close, child actors barred from theaters, under 14s barred from messenger service, urban car upgrades, stream water purity rules, rail fences for farmers, and jail for fruit tree agents who misrepresent. In North Dakota a tornado kills seven, injures many, and devastates Langdon and Jamestown Fair Association buildings.
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Kansas
Cde
North Dakota
Langdon
Jamestown Fair Association
Growth at Fifty Years in United States Highlighted
The New York chamber of commerce report covering 1858 to 1908 lists striking gains in population wealth and public debt with large rises in bank deposits government receipts and expenditures. Per capita imports and exports show shifts while wine and liquor consumption soars and foreign commerce by American ships falls by 39.06 percent.
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Y York Chamber of Comme
United States
New York Chamber of Commerce
Steel Trust Moves to End Union at Tin Plate Mills
United States Steel Corp appears to push an open shop policy after June 30 by the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co posting notices at major plants. The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers has long faced resistance, with tin mills in the union’s reach being the last to recognize it.
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Boston
Chicago
John T Binkley
Evansville
Wellington Harvel
Barbos Bones
Independent Steel
Imperial Steel Corporation
Dover del
Wall Street
United States Steel Corporation
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Amalgamated Association
Education fund drives for Negro school in Kentucky
Andrew Carnegie paid 200000 and Russell Sage 25000 with others for the Bag di Berea college industrial school for Negroes to be built in Shelbyville Kentucky. Boston donor Henry Pickering gave 25000. President Remsen warned at Charlotteville Virginia about colleges chasing material equipment.
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Berea College
Shelbyville
Andrew Carnegie
Russell Sage
New York
Henry Pickering
Boston
Charloottesvie
Remsen
Virginia
Johns Hopkins
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Abbott L. Lowell
Dr. Eliot
Harvard
Cosmopolitan
Harold Bolce
Mazazine
Quarrel Turns Fatal at Tremper Barn
Wealthy New York farmer files dispute with neighbor after a night of drinking at the Tremper barn ends in a killing. Donovan, Fred Hart, and Tremper worker were present. a quarrel began the fatal confrontation.
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Trémpe
Donovan
Fred Hart
Tremper
Tariff Fights Move Through Senate and House Debates
The Senate and House debated tariff proposals with shifts on hops potatoes and lemons. Aldrich and Lodge clashed over German influence in legislation as La Follette pressed for lower rates. Overnight sessions and quorum issues dominated as lawmakers argued schedules and amendments.
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House
Browers
California
Senate
Howine
Germany
Aldrich
la Foullette
Nelson
Gore
Elkins
Frie
New England
Stone
la Follette
Macon
Arkansas
Porto Rico
Payne
Finance Committee
Loft and Office Building Purchase at 236 238 Fifth Ave
Chuntle has bought the eleven story loft and office building at 236 and 238 Fifth Avenue in New York. The property is valued at well over $1,000,000.
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Cotex
Chuntle
Fifth Avenue
New York
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