Helen Gould Is Celebrated On Her Fortieth Birthday
New York June 20 Helen Miller Gould famed for philanthropy is forty today. She is the sole unmarried child of the late Jay Gould. Rumor linked engagements with Alonzo Potter son of Bishop Potter, but friends say marriage is not in her plans. Her fortune ranges from 30 to 40 million dollars, making her possibly the richest unmarried woman in America.
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New York
Helen Miller Gould
Miss Gould
Jay Gould
Rumor
Alonzo Potter
Bishop Potter
America
Investigation of A and M college closes with executive session
The A and M college inquiry ended at 10 18 last night and the board met in executive session. Defence led by Judge Scott for President Harrington rested. prosecution for the Alumni association called witnesses in rebuttal focusing on Dr Gilbert Rey Nathan Powell and Prof Brown. Athletic director Prof Larson testified Harrington mistreated him over housing but had no grievance against the president. The board plans to render a verdict from the current testimony and may resume later.
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A and M. College
Scott
Pres. Harrington
Sumners
Alumni Association
Gilbert
Rey
Nathan Powell
Brown
Larson
Pref. Harrington
Harrington
Lawson Sensation Taft Insult Feared Bryan Support
Boston reports Thomas W. Lawson plans to offer Bryan one million dollars to back the Democratic national campaign. Lawson drafts a letter and favors Roosevelt's renomination, claiming Taft’s nomination insults Republican traditions. Dallas notices the death of Dr. A M Elmore, a leading Dallas physician.
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Taft
Bryan
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt Goes to Oyster Bay for Quiet Summer
President Roosevelt and family depart Washington for Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay to spend the summer. He aims for a quiet season with no active campaign duties and will limit visitors, while Loeb and Foster run executive offices and staff stay at the Hotel Schiller.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
White House
Loeb
Foster
Hotel
Schiller
Murder at New Philadelphia Mystery Killing of Miss Knisely and Charles Stach
In New Philadelphia Ohio on Friday night Miss Artine Knisely nineteen and Charles Stach forty five were found shot in a buggy near the public square. Miss Knisely lay dead with a bullet to the brain while Stach groaned with a bullet above the right eye. A revolver in the buggy box had four discharged chambers. Stach is married. The crime is under police investigation with nearby residents reporting a scream and three shots.
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New Philadelphia
Charles Stach
Artine Knisely
Miss Knisely
Stach
Prohibition Proclamation Signed in Raleigh
Governor Glenn signed the prohibition proclamation in Raleigh amid ceremonies. The measure declares prohibition effective January 1, 1908.
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Raleigh
N. C
Glenn
Club Women at the Hub
Boston hosts the General Federation of Women's Clubs ninth biennial convention with expected attendance over ten thousand delegates and visitors. Arrivals are welcomed by guides, information bureaus open at Convention Hall, Symphony Hall hosts main meetings, Chickering Hall hosts overflow events, and a branch bank post office and medical staff serve attendees. The program includes harbor sail, visits to Emerson Hawthorne Alcotts Concord Lexington homes, a Whittier Amesbury luncheon, and trips to Salem and Plymouth.
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Mass
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mssachusetts
Symphony Hall
Chickering Hall
Emerson
Hawthorne
Alcotts
Historic Place
Concord
Lexington
Whittier
Amesbury
Salem
Plymouth
Bank suit by depositors fails. bank deemed a corporation
In Dallas on June 20 Judge Meek ruled the Western Bank and Trust Co. is a corporation beyond his court’s jurisdiction, dismissing the petitioning creditors’ suit at their cost. Judge Etheridge planned an appeal to the U S circuit court of appeals at New Orleans.
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Dallas
Western Bank and Trust Company
United States District Court
Meek
Etheridge
United States Circuit Court of Apeals
New Orleans
Architect C H Page Jr Sees School Building Boom Halt
Austin June 20 C H Page Jr an Austin architect who specializes in Texas schoolhouses says the supreme court decision in the Board Independent School District case halts about 1 million dollars of planned or under way school buildings in the state. He had contracts for about 400000 dollars in new buildings and would lose about 20000 dollars in fees for plans and supervision.
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Austin
C. H. Page, Jr
Texas
Supreme Court
Board Independent School District
McFall Captain Dies at 70. Father of Judge McFall
Captain J. E. P. McFall, seventy, died at his daughter's home. He was a draftsman in the general land office, former city engineer, and father of the late Judge Dave McFall, who spearheaded the 1901 legislative fight against Senator Bailey. He was also father-in-law to George Mendell, a newspaper man.
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Austin
J. E. P. McFall
General Land Office
Dave McFall
Senator Bailey
Railroad bond approval for Orient line north of Knox City
The railroad commission authorized the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railway to issue and register 238000 dollars in first mortgage bonds for sixteen miles of completed track from Knox City north.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Knox City
Terrible Hurricane Strikes Iberia Causing Heavy Losses
A terrible hurricane ravaged the coasts and interior of Spain and Portugal. Crops ruined and thousands left homeless. Casualties estimated Spain 250, Portugal 100, sailors drowned 200. Regions affected mainly poor farmers. famine feared.
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Madrid
Spain
Portugal
Farmer shoots self near Fairmont
Fairmont West Virginia report states farmer Michael, 90 C oT, shoots himself to death near the city.
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Fairmont
W.va
C. Ot Michael
Here
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F. M. Law
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Haswell’s Book Store
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H. C. Robinson
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