Farmhand Davis Freed on Murder Charge in Camden
Cai ton Ohio June 7 A farmhand Davis fifty three was cleared today by Mayor Ily when arraigned on a warrant charging him with the murder of Frank Bourne forty eight, his former employer who has been missing from Camden for about a year. Prosecutor announced no evidence to hold him. Bourne’s cousin John Bourne of Middletown had received a letter claiming Bourne was murdered and robbed and tried. Authorities search Backbone Hills farm for clues as to Bourne’s fate.
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Caton
U. P
Ae Pavis
George Ily
Frankyrne
Emne
Camden
John Bourne
Middletown
Bourne
Davis
Backbone Hills
Aged convict George Ury pardoned in Johns Johnson murder case
Columbus June 7 George Ury was pardoned after 12 years in prison for the murder of John Johnson the celery king in Wyandotte County. The four men convicted saw three die in prison and one still serves life. Five masked men killed the case’s key witness. The pardon follows lengthy gubernatorial consideration after evidence placed near the suspects.
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Columbus
U. P
George Ury
Jee Johnson
Celery King
Wyanotte-co
Wh Ury
Charles Foster
Marsh Indsay
William Miller
Eison
Lock Foster
Johan
Caily
Johnson
Ury
Les
Johnnis
Vison
Harmon
Dairy cow decline tied to cattle price rise across Nebraska
Lincoln report shows that high cattle prices push dairy cows off farms. A 1910 census-based count by S C Bassett for the Nebraska State Dairymen's Association finds dairy cow density dropping across eastern Nebraska, with western areas maintaining higher averages.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
S. C. Bassett
Ate Board of Agriculture
Custer
Lexington Experiment Station touted as premier in United States
Lexington Kentucky June 7 The Kentucky State Agricultural Experiment Station is described as one of the best selected and organized in the nation. It comprises 12 departments including administration chemistry entomology horticulture and animal husbandry with federal funds supporting chemists and laboratories. The station aims to expand outreach such as hog cholera serum preparation and distribution under a renewed vigorous policy led by Dr Kastle after court actions cleared the way.
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Lexington
Kenthy
United States
Food and Drug
AMO
Con-essman Hatch
Massachusetts
Adams
Sin
Corps of Chemists
State
Court of Ap 7
Kastle
Rman
Sec
Fearful threats loom over Paris wedding couple
Friends of Baron Walter de Mumm and Miss Frances Scoville fear Mrs. Marie Barnes Creel may carry out a self harming threat or harm the couple if they wed. De Mumm, a champagne firm head, was shot years ago in Creel’s Paris apartments amid a jealous dispute. details remain undisclosed as parties stay silent.
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Paris
Baron
Walter de Mumm
Frances Scoville
Kansas
Marie Barnes Creel
de Mumm
Creel
Baron Walter de Mumm
Forbes Robertson to retire after American tour
Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson, knighted for great stage achievements, retires after an American tour ending with a farewell performance at Drury Lane. He and Sally Forbes Robertson plan to sail to New York after summer break and begin a U S season in October. The crowd cheered, sobbed, and showered flowers as the veteran actor bade England farewell.
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London
U. P
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson
King George
England
America
Sally Forbes-Robertson
Gertrude Elliott
Maxine Elliott
New York
Drury Lane
Inventor Proposes Air Ventilation System for Mines
A German inventor presents a method to cool and ventilate mines by compressing air at the surface, drying it, then expanding it in an air turbine. The cooled, dried air is piped into the mine to improve ventilation and reduce heat, potentially allowing longer shifts.
Britain Pursues Self-Moving Engine Craze
London reports a surge of perpetual motion schemes labeled self-moving engines. Inventors rush to patent offices with models and hopes, though none actually moves. Officials note the energy spent could have solved many mechanical problems.
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London
Great Britain
City of Incas Resembling a Roman Camp in Cuzco
In Scribner's Magazine Ernest Peixotto compares Cuzco to a Roman camp with a quadrangular layout and four provinces. The Incas ruled a vast empire under regional governors, while quipus served as their records and the city kept its original street plan and river valley layout.
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Cuzco
Ernest Peixotto
Scribner's Magazine
Garcilasso
Manco Capac
Huayna Capac
Montesinos
Ramusio
United States
Travyentinsuyu
Huatanay
Palatine Hill
Rome
Cow Kicks Pocket Ignites Fires On Burns Earth
George Jefferson, a farm hand near Middletown New York, was kicked by a cow as he passed in a stable. The kick struck matches in his hip pocket, igniting them and setting his clothes on fire. He suffered severe burns over a large portion of his body.
German Army to Circulate Alcohol Crime Report to Recruits
German military authorities will send an annual circular to all recruits detailing crimes attributed to excessive alcohol use and the corresponding punishments. The move follows several years of a campaign against strong spirits in the army.
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Berlin
Wise Legislator Can Save Money from Perks and Penchants
A historical column notes how a congressman could boost income from mileage at twenty cents a mile and secretary allowances of fifteen hundred dollars a year. It discusses stationery allowances and the use of committee letter heads for personal correspondence as small, extra savings.
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Samuel
Congressman
House
Senate
Franks
Registering Cats in Late Newport Society Effort
Miss Edna Frame leads a Newport Humane Research group raising subscriptions for a hygienic horse fountain on Ocean Drive near Theodore Davis’s home. A new scheme allows owners to register pets under supplied names like Pedereswski Caruso for twenty five cents, aiming to levy a yearly tax on all pets. Barbara Norman supports the effort.
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Newport
Edna Frame
Hortense A. Boynton
Newport Humane Research Association
Elizabeth Mackaye
Ocean Drive
Theodore A Davis
Pedereswski Caruso
Tetrazzini
Barbara Norman
Bradford Norman
Bride of 14 Wins Easy Divorce in Kentucky
Circuit Judge Charlies Kerr annulled the marriage of fourteen year old Nannie E B Wells to Henry B Stewart on grounds of fraud. Stewart obtained the license with his sister in law, a mature woman, and the license was issued under the assumption she would be the bride.
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Lexington
Charlies Kerr
Nannie EB. Wells
J. J. Wells
Henry B. Stewart
Stewart
Thinning Fruit Keeps Trees Healthy and Fruit Quality
Thinning fruit is nearly as essential as spraying to prevent biennial bearing in varieties like apples peaches and plums. Removing weak diseased or wormy fruit improves size and quality, with 2 to 3 times fruit diameter spacing and hand thinning as a wise, payback practice.
Wilson golf outing with White House physician continues week
President Wilson played the Washington Suburban Country Club course with Dir Arayeon, the White House physician, on a June 7-11 trip. No Vietters were scheduled, and he planned a return to the White House to host former President Taft at luncheon. He would skip the baseball game but take a long motor ride through the countryside.
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Washington
Wilson
Dir Arayeon
White House
Tatt
Loncheon
Arkansas students to build death chair for state pen
June deadline looms as University of Arkansas electrical students may construct a death chair for the state penitentiary if a $1560 electric chair cannot be purchased. The 1938 law substituting electric execution for hanging takes effect June 15, and Attorney General W L Moore says the chair must be installed by then to have a capital punishment statute in force.
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University of Arkansas, Electrical Department
W Kl. Moore
Mrs Ayrton Inventor Linked To Pankhurst Case
London June 7 Mrs Ayrton widow of Prof Ayrton and sole woman member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers has invented a line divider a delicate scientific instrument and assisted in completing electric arc experiments for Prof Ayrton during his 1892 American absence.
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London
Ayrton
Norfolk Square
Pankhurst
Prof. Ayrton
Institution of Electrical Engineers
America
Pink worm threat alarms cotton import controls
The department of agriculture warns of a possible pink worm invasion via cottonseed shipments from Egypt India and other cotton regions. A conference was scheduled for May to discuss quarantine measures to stop its spread.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Eugypt
India
British Seamen Strike Threat Hinges on Conciliation Board
London reports say several strikes by British seamen will be declared in June after agitation for a national conciliation board to regulate shipboard conditions. A transport workers sympathy strike could follow if demands are not granted. The piece notes that in thirty years London has lost $60,000 of population to outside districts.
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London
England
Glass factories and postage use in the United States
The United States has 363 glass factories and the value of the product is 59 million 976 thousand dollars. New York uses 70000 dollars worth of postage stamps every day.
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United States
New York
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