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Newspaper
Charlotte News
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a trust or sudsing bale and a street scene at night. No clear individuals, organizations, dates, or locations are readable. The readable fragments suggest a local notice about a street or property matter but lack concrete details for a full summary.
A federal grand jury is poised to reveal a sweeping antitrust inquiry into United States Steel and its subsidiaries with indictments said to target top financiers. The investigation reportedly covers conspiracies among steel firms, contracts, and minutes of meetings, signaling a far reaching government action against the steel trust.
Fragment mentions Copenhagen instructions and a deposed president General Castro on an island. The text is garbled and lacks concrete events, dates, or outcomes to establish a definite news item.
The Italian consul in Galveston C Nicolino arrives in Texas to look into charges involving about families in the region. Authorities have not released details to the public as Governor Oscar B Col...
In Washington on June 29, Army aviators demonstrated rising progress in aeroplane testing at the college field. Favorable days yield flights and some officers are distinguished. Yesterday Lieutenant SC reached 1500 feet in altitude and completed a spiral descent from several hundred feet. James Allen, chief of the corps, observed among others.
The Zeeland of the Red Star line failed to berth at New York today as its crew refused to go on duty amid a strike. Passengers were landed by a tender after the ship could not reach its landing stage.
Report from Mexico on June 29 states General Pascual Arozco will seek the governorship of a Mexican state. He will challenge the incumbent Governor Abram Gonzales in the upcoming race.
The Associated Press notes scattered showers in Minnesota and the eastern Dakotas with some in the cotton belt and Florida. Cooler air reaches the upper Ohio valley and Lake region while the central and western states face high heat. Temperatures reached 90 to 98 degrees across the southern and eastern Rocky Mountain slope and the Arkansas and lower Mississippi valleys along the Atlantic coast from Atlantic City to Jacksonville.
The Illinois House failed to vote on the deep waterway measure after a quarrel over its end use. The chamber stood at ease at 4 am with about 66 members present, as the senate amended the bill to a conservation plan allowing only 500 000 of a 20 million bond issue to be spent initially.
A burglar breached Judge W. W. Blackman’s home in Alexandria Louisiana, finding only a penny in the pockets. He left a note vowing to petition the next legislature to raise judges salaries in the state.
In Albany Governor Dix vetoed the Grady bill that would ban photographing and measuring suspected criminals. He argued the measure would hamper police identification, complicate evidence gathering, and hinder clues to crime detection.
The United States torpedo boat destroyer Ammen from Philadelphia reports a collision with a schooner off Sandy Hook at 2:45 this morning. Damage is described as slight.
King George and Queen Mary with the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary rode through London to attend a coronation thanksgiving at St Pauls and a luncheon with the lord mayor at Guildhall. Crowds cheered as troops lined the routes from Buckingham Palace to the city and back.
Edward Hines a Chicago lumberman testifies in Washington before the Senate Lorimer committee. He details his 1909 efforts to influence Illinois lawmakers and the White House regarding Senator Lorimer, including Aldrich Penrose and Taft. He describes communications and telephoned assurances about securing a Republican senator for Illinois.
President F D Ware of the Ware Kramer Company testified again under cross exam in the suit against the American Tobacco Company. The defense seeks to show initial losses and non profitability, with government experts noting a $57000 tobacco stock loss in 1908 and $10000 unaccounted leakage in 1907. John S Blake leads the Canada party, departing August 11 with special Pullman cars.
Albemarle North Carolina June 29. A Home Builders Association was organized at the county courthouse on June 27 with directors elected including JM Morrow EH B Snurgs J C Hall and others. The group will elect officers soon and begin business July 1 with 500 to 1 000 shares subscribed and expected to rise above 1 000 upon opening. Local business leaders and industrial plant workers are among stockholders signaling town growth.
Washington, June 29. Senate debate intensified as opponents of the Canada reciprocity agreement opened their attack on the reciprocity bill. Senator Gamble of South Dakota spoke against the measure while Senator Cummins of Iowa resisted with amendments. Finance Chairman Pen rose pressed for a vote date by unanimous consent for reciprocity and related bills. House leaders planned light business and periodic adjournments until the Senate acts, continuing through July 4.
General Porfirio Diaz former president of Mexico arrived in Frankfurt on the Main, Germany, en route to Wiesbaden for a health cure. This June 29 report notes Diaz traveling for medical treatment and his current location.
Glendale Oregon June 23 two robbers held up north bound Southern Pacific train No 16 near West Fork Cow Creek Canyon mistaking it for a southbound train carrying 400000 in gold dust from Seattle to San Francisco They rifled the mail car blew the safe and escaped with registered mail The express car entry was blocked by Messenger Robb who refused to open the door Posse pursuit organized and a similar robbery occurred nearby two weeks earlier
George H. Harle Jr. of Philadelphia tells the House sugar trust committee he once admired Theodore Roosevelt, recounting a Latin exchange with Roosevelt and noting the former president had shifted away from prosecuting sugar trust officials. He cites friendships with Thomas and George Frazier and says he faced no persecution from sugar trust figures.
A. B. Reese and Oscar T. Alexander resign from Blake Drug Store to open their own establishment in the Carson building at Tryon and Fourth. The pair, with 25 years and seven years in the trade respectively, will occupy a prime corner space and expect to open by August first with a modern soda fountain and up-to-date fixtures. Roy Steele of New York visits Charlotte before returning home.
In Zion City Illinois overseer William Glenn Voliva bans relations between church women and opponents, via Leaves of Healing. He condemns hip and harem skirts and mocks Paris fashion, urging modest dress while attacking rival factions.
The New York state health department says tetanus anti-toxin is available for emergency use during the Fourth of July celebrations. Health officials urge immediate treatment for powder burn victims and explosions. No lockjaw cases are known among those inoculated. Evans Makee Record notes Charles W. Evans Jr of Chicago shot 78 in the third round of the Open Golf Championship, bringing his total to 234.
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