Fort Monroe Tragedy as Gun Explodes During Practice
Ten soldiers were killed and several, including two officers, seriously injured when a No. 2 gun breech exploded at Fort Monroe during practice. Families witnessed the tragedy as warnings of carbon monoxide ignition were considered. One man was blown into Chesapeake Bay amid a dramatic failed firing of a 12 inch Derussy battery.
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Fort Monroe
Derussy
Harry G. Hess
Charles O. Adkins
Albert Bradford
Roy Rubber
John W. Chadwick
Cleve W. King
Alfred W. Smith
Andy J. Sullivan
James N. Turner
H. Adey
Arle Dey
Judd B. Hogan
George L. Vandeusen
Orville T. Rainey
Ellsworth Hoffman
Charles Parks
Wiliam C. Sulzberger
Vandensen
No. 2 Con
Hampton
Roads
Army
Navy
No Indian land openings until spring in South Dakota
Burke of the House committee on Indian affairs says there will be no attempt to open the Rosebud and Pine Ridge lands of South Dakota before next spring. The notice comes as local remarks in North Pierre dated July 28.
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Managua
Madriz
United States
la Nacion
North Pierre
Burke
House Committee On Indisn Affairs
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Roosevelt Third Term Debate Prompts Reform Insurgency Study
New York July 21 Many fear a Roosevelt third term is inevitable while Hampton’s Magazine previews a detailed study by Jud Welliver. He analyzes Roosevelt’s character and the insurgency’s demands, questioning whether Roosevelt would retire as Jefferson did or seek new power like Grant, with continued discussion on retirement trajectories.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Hampton
Roosevelt
Welliver
First Doctor of Affinity Makes It Pay
New York reports a self styled affinity doctor, Dr Judson Brealey of Springfield Mass, claims two years of private practice diagnosing soul mates with a love din fluid It is said couples in New York and Chicago followed his advice and married happily while others who used clergy faced divorce and bitterness He touts lordino fluid as superior to electricity or radium for curing marital unhappiness and cites a national reputation in progress
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New York
United States
Judson Brealey
Springfield
Mass
Chicago
Bradley
Dry Farming Triumph In West Drvest Year
The First Wyoming State Dry Farm congress concludes after a two day Keefe ball session with delegates from across the state reporting moister conservation successes. Wheat yields reach 25 bushels per acre and oats up to 40, with experts urging soil culture breeding and moisture management to combat the dry year.
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Wyoming
Dry Farm Congress
Keefe, Ball
Huffum
Worland W. P
J. Rows
Maine Folks Protest Taft Visit Snobbish Summer Colony
In Bar Harbor Maine residents protest the town’s summer colony social plans for President Taft. A wave of discontent grew until Taft promised to speak on the village green the next day. J P Bass of Bangor presented the issue to the president who agreed to address locals.
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Bar Harbor
Society of the Summer Colony
Taft
Grandpoint
J. P. Bass
Bangor
Toft
Restaurant Sneeze Incident Linked to Fatal Blood Vessel Rupture
A New York man, aged 61, died after sneezing repeatedly in a restaurant while elbowing a pepper into soup. The episode triggered a severe coughing fit and a blood vessel rupture, leading to his death.
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New York
Beneneracheld
Bryan Boli Nebraska Report on Bryan's Influence
Lincoln Nebraska July 21 Democrats uneasy over W R Bryan shaping the Grand Island convention and possibly a rump meeting His drive for county option faces party resistance but he vows to press the issue Reports note filings by W R Patrick and Richard Ly Metcalfe for county option Democrat senatorial nomination Metcalfe later receives Bryan’s endorsement Bryan has not yet led a Democratic convention and previously shifted support for Parker.
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Lincoln, Néb
Grand Island
Bryan
Lincoln
Bryen May
W. R. Patrick
South Omaha
Anti-Saioon League
Richard Ly Metcalfe
Mr. Bryan
the Commoner
Ce Ee
G. M. Hitch
Omaha+ Worldaca
Congress
Metcalfe
Parker
St. Los
Roosevelt and Bryan Urged to Head New Party Network
From Des Moines to the West editors urge forming a new party anchored on the Rooseveltian "same deal" principle. A Kansas City convention is sought for September 1 with calls signed by Roosevelt, Bryan, Cummins allies, and diverse national figures seeking unity of Lincoln Republicans and Jefferson Democrats.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kansas City
Cummins
K. G. Male
Resolutions Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
A. J. Bevyridge
Indiana
Moses EB
Clapp
Minnesota
al, Owen
Oklahoma
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
Geo. C. Chamberlain
Oregon
F. D. Money
Mississippi
Thomas P. Gore
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Irvine Lenroot
BE. H. Madison
George W. ‘Is
Nebraska
F. H. Hubbard
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Champ ‘Clark
Missouri
W. A. Sulser
New York
W. J. Jamison
T. W. Simms
Tennessee
Olie James
Kentucky
Gilbert Hitchcock
Vessy
South Dakota
Burke
North Dakota
Stubbs
Hughes
Smith
Georgia
Comer
Alabama
Gifford Jincher
Jan R. Garfield
Charles BR. Crane
Geo. G. Loftus
William Allen White
Ray Stannard Baker
Francis J. Keney
Tom L. Johnson
William 5. Uren
Louis F. Post
Joseph W. Folk
Hay barn fire injures four children on farm in Bradford
A hay barn accident on the farm of John Adams at Rasselas south of Bradford yesterday left four children burned. Fire crews battled the blaze from Bradford to control the flames and prevent spread to nearby structures.
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Bradford
Penn
Johh Adams
Rasselas
Here
Denounces Mrs Longworth Smoking Habit
Chicago reformer Miss Lucy Mage Gaston heads a campaign at the New York Hotel Martha Washington denouncing women of high society for smoking. She plans letters and visits to Mrs Longworth and Miss Sears to push anti smoking literature and reform, while noting private home and theater smoking persists among the wealthy.
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New York
Alice
League
Mis. Longworth
Misa Sears
Misa Gaston
Bouton
Sears
Theatera
Gaston
Claus
England
London
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Navy Department
Potomac
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Corinto
Tacoma
Cape Gracias
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Nicaraugua
Yankees
Europe
Jefferson
Jackson
Grant
White House
Coe
Affinity
Massachusetts
Wyoming Association of Moister Conservation
Cheyenne
Buffum
Mr. Carpenter
Mr. Snyder
Maine
Himarlp Dopmath
Restaurhant
Bryan Boli
Nebraska Report
City
Anti” League
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