Roosevelt Visits Taft at Burgess Point Cottage
Col Roosevelt spent two hours twenty minutes at President Taft’s Burgess Point cottage in Beverly. He walked the veranda with Taft, spoke with Mrs Taft, Senator Lodge, and Secretary Norton, denying rumors of a rift with Taft. Roosevelt then returned to Nahant for a second night. In Albany the Cobb direct nomination bill Roosevelt endorsed was killed in the house.
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Beverly
Mass
Col. Roosevelt
Patt’ Cotage
Burgess Point
Taft
Lodge
Norton
Mr. Taft
Mrs. Taft
Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
Nahant
New York State
Myopia Hunt Club
John Hays Hammond
Bill
Albany
Theodore Roosevelt
House
Senate
Chicago Police Censor Bathing Suits On Lake Shore
Chicago authorities announce a censorship of bathing costumes and appoint inspectors to patrol the lake shore for suits deemed to expose too much of the wearer’s form. Chief Stewart says the criteria will be announced soon and fashionable bathers may be targeted.
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Chicago
Stewart Today
Lake Shore
Biff raging elephants rampage in city circus escape
Two circus elephants, chained together, broke loose in Greeley on June 30. They charged a baker's wagon, spooked horses, and damaged property before colliding and being recaptured by handlers. No injuries reported.
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Greeley, Lol
Bull Patten Retires From Wheat Pit After Long Career
Chicago June 30 James A Patten famed speculator symbolically closes his desk and retires from active business at Bartlett Patten Co and Bartlett Fravier Co after the wheat pit close He plans rest at Evanston over the next months with an estimated fortune of ten to twelve million dollars
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Bartlett, Patten & Co
Bartlett-Fravier Company
Patten
Evanston
Mexican Trains Marooned by Storm Near Durango
Heavy rains wash out line about 60 miles south of El Paso and strand trains in both directions between Perconal and Palacio in Durango Mexico causing disruption to service and delays for passengers and freight.
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el Paso
Texas
Mexican Central Railway
Here
Perconal
Palacio
Durango
Senator Cumming Cancels Chautauqua Dates
Des Moines Iowa June Senator A B Cumming cancels chautauqua appearances until August 14 due to heart trouble aggravated by recent senate labors. He has been ordered to give up golf and cigars temporarily by physicians.
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Des Moines
Senate
A. B. Cumming
Big Gladiators of Padded Mitts Prep for Supreme Effort
Reno Nev June 80 Jeffries declares readiness for the bout shadow boxing and sparring mark the final days of camp Johnson maintains calm confidence amid heavy betting uncertainty. Jail guards and deputies prepare the arena for a 10 000 spectator fight with weapons search policies in place.
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Reno
Nev
Jeffries
Johnoon
Joe Woodman
Sam Langford
Woodman
Johnson
Moving Picture
Richard
Jobson
Ferrer
New York
Jeff
Jack
Ian
Proclamations Trim National Forests Across Several States
President signs orders cutting nearly 500 000 acres from national forest lands and adding about 100 000 acres to a reserve. Beaverhead forests in Montana Idaho lose over 100 000 acres, eight thousand in Idaho. Coconino Arizona loses 200 000 acres with 100 000 added, split into Coconino at Flagstaff and Tusayan at William. Targhee forests in Idaho Wyoming lose 60 000 acres, upper part kept name, lower renamed Palisade. Deer Lodge Montana sheds 16 000 acres.
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Washington
Menana
Idaho
Montana
Coconino Forest
Arizona
Flagstaff
William
Wyoming
Palisade Forest
Deer Lodge Forest
Montalia
Queen Carmen Sylva Near Death in Bucharest
In Bucharest June, Queen Carmen Sylva known as Elisabeth of Roumania is near death after a relapse of appendicitis. Physicians report little hope of saving her life as she struggles with a severe illness.
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Bucharest
Queen Elizabeth of
Roumania
Carmen Sylva
Wireless and Ghostly Rapping End in Elopement
In New York, a romance unfolded around a Bronx pair, Annabelle Rooney and Connelly, a military student. A rooftop wireless station and piping raps helped their courtship, spurring elopement after parental rejection. The couple married at St John’s Baptist Church and moved to a Winshed flat.
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Rooney
The
Bronx
Jones Connelly
Baronty Iron
Annabelle
Cupid
Connelly
Yang
Meney
Gonnelly
Military
Thin Appol
Marconi
Anna
St John's Baptist Church
Explosion at Boulder hardware store kills seven
Helena Montana June 30 seven were killed and many wounded by a powder explosion in a Boulder hardware store. A special train with doctors and nurses left Helena. The blast was caused by a rifle shot at a building storing dynamite. George Hart the shooter and his wife were killed. their baby injured and two bystanders injured.
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Helena
Montana
Boulder
Mont
George Hart
St Louis Police Officers Face Looting Charges
In St Louis a group of 34 officers including a lieutenant and sergeants are set to appear before the police commission on charges tied to looting the treasury of the police association. Eleven are suspended as investigations stem from an alleged confession by John M Healy and Lieutenant Thomas alleged to have helped steal about $400 from the fund.
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St. Louis
Board of Police
John M. Healy
Secre Sotlation
Thomas
Former Senator Odak Returns to Europe Denial Tour
Political figure William A. Clap and associates travel to Europe on a Teut glon mission to deny reports of a repo attempt. The group plans a domestic stop at H. Carter, aiming to keep prices steady while pressing a stance against renewed controls.
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Odak
New York
William A. Clap
Europe
H. Carter
Explosion Kills Three at Tacoma Powder Plant
A massive blast at the Dou Pont Powder Company in Tacoma Washington destroys part of the plant. Three workers were blown to atoms in the latest fatal explosion, the third in four months, with two others killed in prior blasts.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dou Pont Powder Company
Osloblons
Harvard Defeats Yale in 44th Harvard Yale Regatta
In New London Connecticut Harvard dominates Yale in the 44th Harvard Yale regatta. Harvard wins the varsity eight by five lengths, the varsity four by four, and the freshmen eight by three. Times show fastest race since 1903 on a four mile course for the varsity eight and two miles for the others.
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New London
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Insurgency to Have Another Senator in North Dakota
Grand Forks June 30 Sen Porter J McCumber a stalwart and A J Gronna an insurgent are the nominees of the state republican primaries for United States senators McCumber was chosen to succeed himself and Gronna to succeed the late Senator Johnson C A Johnson a stalwart defeated J A Buchanan the insurgent candidate for the gubernatorial content
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Grand Forks
N. D
Sen. Porter J McCumber
A. J. Gronna
United States
McCumber
Gronna
Johnson
C. A. Johnson
J. A. Buchanan
Mead for Governor Nominated on Second Ballot
John A. Mead was nominated for governor on the second ballot at the Republican state convention in Montpelier Wisconsin. Lane Ave Leme tenant Governor Mead secured the nomination as the party highlighted his candidacy during the event.
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Montpelier
Lane Ave
Leme
John A. Mead
Nervy Western Women Cross Continent by Automobile
Miss Blanche Stuart Scott and Miss Sarcente Phillips, aged 26 and 28, journey from San Francisco to Rochester by car, covering 3450 miles in 27 days. They faced washed out bridges and muddy roads but aimed to reach Cheyenne before stopping, and so far praised the West despite warnings of harsh conditions.
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Wyoming
Golden West
Blanche Stuart Scott
Sarcente Phillips
Rochester
Boston
Miss Scott
Mins Phillips
Lwse
Peo
Cheyenne
Lila Country
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King’s
Johnson and Jeffries
Jack Johnson
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Wireless
Ghostly
Crimson
Yale Blues
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