Braved For Lifesaving Drama In Yacht Disaster At Sea
Chicago journal reports a sudden storm capsized the Arab IV yacht, eight people rescued and two youths, Mary Taylor and Harry Jensen, dead. John Cameron and others struggled through hours in the lake three miles from shore, bodies recovered from the yacht cabin at dawn.
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Chicago
Arab TV
John H. Cameron
National Bank of the Republic
Mary Taylor
Fifty-first Street
Harry Jensen
John HH
Cameron
Mamie Goodman
William Corey
Haskins
Arthur Barber
Barber
Harry Boylan
Columbia Yacht Club
Corey
Arab
Miss Cameron
Jensen
Taylor
Missouri GOP Judicial Convention Names Nine Candidates
Joplin Missouri July 15 convention opened with Akins as chair and Ben F Russell as temporary chair. Fifth district delegation rejoined support for Sanford B Ladd while Samuel W Moore and Richard H Field exited. James C Kiskaddon N A Mosely Moses Whybark Henry Lamm Edward Higbee and John Neville nominated for St Louis court of appeals judge with Neville unopposed.
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Joplin
Missouri
Akins
State Committee
Fifth Congressional District
E News
Ben F. Russell
Steelville
Russell
Fifth District
Sanford B. Ladd
Samuel W. Moore
Richard H. Field
Senator Burton
Kansas
Moses Whybark
Bollinger County
N. A. Mosely
Stoddard County
James C. Kiskaddon
St. Louis
Henry Lamm
Pettis County
Sanford
Missouri Girl Drowned in Lake Near Charleston
Laura Ashby a 16 year old girl drowned at Brewer's Lake near Charleston Missouri while a mixed party of youths and girls were boating. Four or five other girls were in a skiff with the boys and older people nearby when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misssouri
Charleston
Laura Ashby
Brewer's Lake
Here
Chai
Merrill’s Body Found in Forest After Flight
Seattle July 15 A special dispatch reports Merrill, who escaped from Oregon penitentiary with Tracy, was found shot to death in Tumwater canyon. A bullet in the back confirms Tracy’s tale of a forest duel. Reward $2,750 to Mrs Wagner and her son who found the body.
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Seattle
Wash
Tracy
Cudihee
Ravensdale
Chehalis
Merrill
Oregon
Tumwater Canyon
Wagner
Napavine
Pal
Tracy Firat
Rock Island moves KC headquarters to Bryant Building
Kansas City officials confirm Rock Island and Pacific Railroad will relocate passenger and freight offices from Topeka to the Bryant building at Eleventh street and Grand avenue. The move accompanies the Kansas City to St. Louis line completion, doubling staff in the Bryant space and transferring the general superintendent’s headquarters west of the Missouri river from Topeka to Kansas City.
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Kansas City, Mo
de Cago
Rock Inland & Pacific
Topeka
Bryant
Eleventh Street
Grand Avenue
Robert Keith Furniture Company
Rock Island
Kansas City-St. Louis
Dynamite blast kills four at Berwind-White mine No 4
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a dynamite explosion at Berwind-White No 4 mine in Winder kills four workers and injures many. The mine lies seven miles from the Rolling Mill area, near last Thursday’s deadly blast. Secretary Wilson addressed Farmers Day at Chautauqua Ottawa Kansas urging farmer education in science.
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Winder
Johnstown
Berwind-White Company
Mill Creek
Rolling Mill
Wilson
Ottawa
Kan
Chautauqua
James Wilson
Man and daughter injured by large St Bernard attack
Baltimore July 15 Congressman Frank Wachter was badly bitten in both hands while protecting his daughter from a large St Bernard. The girl also suffered bites. A physician quickly cauterized the wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Frank ©. Wachter
Noted Free Thinker Webb City and Local Deaths in Kansas
The region reports fishing in flooded fields near Lawrence using wire fences as nets and wagon loads of fish. In Webb City Mo Mrs G H Walser commits suicide by strychnine, widow of Liberal founder who opposed churches. Rev John S Brown aging 96, longtime Unitarian minister and Phi Beta Kappa honorary member, dies in Lawrence Kansas.
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Lawrence
Kan
Kaw
Webb City
G. H. Walser
Liberal, Mo
Liberal
Lawrence, Ken
John 8. Brown
Better Riflemen Aim Bill Aims National Target Practice
A House bill from the military committee promotes improved Army marksmanship with a national trophy funded at $10,000 annually for a rival competition. It cites Boer War rifle use, compares to Switzerland and Britain, and urges mandatory target practice to qualify volunteers as marksmen, noting past regiments fired few shots before action.
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Military Committee
Ualef
South Africa
Switzerland
Great Britain
United States
Volcanic Reports From Philippine Islands Survey
A summary of George F Necker's Part III findings in the Twenty-first Annual US Geological Survey. It reviews geology and volcanic activity in the Philippines, comparing them with West Indies eruptions and noting Mount Apa Mindanao Comiguin de Mindanao Malaky Malbay and Taal among notable peaks. It also references Dutch East Indies eruptions Papandayong Gatun Gung and Krakatao for context.
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West Indies
George F. Necker
Philippine
United States Geological Survey
Philippine Islands
Apa
Philippines
Comiguin de Mindanas
Manon
Valcano
Albay
Manily
Maunt Doleo
Maur Tininie
Dutch East Indies
Hecker
Papandayong
Java
Gatun Gung
Love at first sight leads to $75 lesson in experience
Hicks Wilcox of Unutler Missouri told police how a brief romance near Eighteenth and Walnut led him to lose $25 cash, $18 of clothes, and two Oklahoma City train tickets after a woman dubbed Blondy charmed him. He followed her to Burcke Springs for a stay with the Crescent Hotel opening year round under Pikeo system.
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Kennedy
Hicks Wilcox
Unutler
Central Police Station
Wilcox
Oklahoma City
Eighteenth
Walnut Streeta
Hicka
Bates County
Kansas City
Lower
Walnut Street
Blondy
Hicks
Indy
Corrigan
Crescent Hotel
Burcke Springs
Anny Lest
Southarest
Virginia Notes From Town And County Life
Virginia notes recap local happenings with milk mill delay farm chores visitors baptisms and birthdays. Dated items include Uncle Mike Maloney ill in Butler and Miss May Stanfield's sixteenth birthday celebration. Local crossings mention Miss Gertrude Crowell visiting Butler and Prof Ben Parker in Warrensburg.
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Gertrude Crowell
Butler
Helen
Elsie Park
May Stanfield
Geo. Ruble
Niblack
Sparks
M. E
Riverett Drysdale
Virginia
John Sherick
Burdette
D. M. Drysdale
Sally Ann
Marm
Miss McCann
Carrie McElroy
May McCann
Adrian
Ben Parker
Warrensburg
Hampton Nickells
Murderous automobilists and a preacher's harsh charge
A sermon by Rev Dr George C Lorimer accuses rich drivers who kill the poor of callousness and demands electric chair for such murders. A Pittsburg incident follows where Malachi Polowicinski loses a finger when a keg strikes his hand, police escort offered, finger recovered by Officer McElroy.
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George C. Lorimer
American Trnet Society
Matthew Arnold
God
Third Avenue
Pittsburg
Malachi Polowicinski
McElroy
Don’t Fail to Try This Electric Bitters Claim
An ad asserts Electric Bitters offer a permanent cure for various troubles. It promises stomach and bowel regulation, nerve vigor, blood purification, and kidney and liver benefits. The copy samples a confident testimonial tone to promote the product.
New London Shanghai Rail Trip Slashed in Time and Cost
A new rail itinerary from London to Shanghai promises completion in 20 to 30 days at 165 dollars for first class or 120 dollars for second. Previously the journey took about six weeks and cost nearly three times as much.
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Toyorists
London
Shanghai
East
Detective to Warn Spitters in Baltimore Street Car
Baltimore health department assigns a detective to ride in street cars to warn spitters about the city ordinance against expectoration. Officials warn arrests will follow for violators.
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Health Department of Baltimore
Innels to Italy and Duel Records in Italy
A fragmented note discusses Innels to Italy and a historical claim that between 1870 and 1600 the total number of duels recorded in Italy was Asia. The text is unclear and lacks verifiable details or context for a full summary.
Reed Eats Lunch in Court During Electric Patent Row
Former Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed, an expert in electricity, attended a New York courtroom session representing Stanley Electrical of Pittsfield in a Westinghouse suit over alleged Tesla patent infringement. He ate lunch from a worn grip sack, entertaining William C. Whitney with stories as the case hinges on the Stanley motor versus Tesla’s design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Brackett Reed
United State Court
New York
Dave
Congress
Maine
Reed
Stanley Electrical Company
Pittsfield
Mass
Westinghouse
Stanley
Nikola Testa
Stanley Company
Tesla
Wourt
Subdivides a Molecule by Hopkins at Columbian Univ
Nevil Monroe Hopkins and colleagues at Columbian University report subdividing a molecule and identifying a new ion. He demonstrates ions influenced by friction and controlled movement via static induction and a galvanometer, proving a “free ion” concept and multiple ion forms from a single molecule.
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Nevil Monroe Hopkins
Columbian University
Hopkins
A Kingly Poet King Oscar of Sweden Volumes
The Chicago Tribune lauds Oscar as a king and poet in a new poetry volume from the king of Sweden and Norway. The piece emphasizes his regal bearing and poetic merit.
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Oscar
Sweden
Norway
The
Chicago Tribune
Immigration in Calis estimate Cuba arrivals
The Havana Post estimates that about 300,000 immigrants, mostly Americans and Spanish farm workers, have landed in Cuba over the last three years, with around 1,000 Chinese included in the total.
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Calis
The
Havana Post
Cuba
Norway’s Stand on a Broader Sweden Connection
The text describes Norway’s ambitious stance, insisting Norway should pursue a general adoption of the idea that it is not merely a hyphenated appendage to Sweden. It portrays the argument as a clear, assertive preference for greater independence or distinct identity within regional ties.
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Norway
Chicago
Airships and Army Reorganization Reported
The Chicago Herald-Herald notes that many airship inventories leave needy families behind. A call to reorganize Gayripkee’s army arrives at Beand, signaling a new tech arrival intended to support the restructuring effort.
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Chicago Herard-Herald
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Christian Endeavor Society
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
George FB. Decker
Bates County, Mo
World
Sisters of Charity
M. KE
Dr. Boulware
Mike Maloney
Tie
Miss Conningham
James Walker
QO. W. Tuttle
Carpenter & Shafer Milk Co
Speedy Machines
William C. Whitney
Gayripkee
Beand
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