Smart Boy on Train Falls for Three Cornered Coin Scam
Harrold M Carpenter a 21 year old from Evanston Illinois joins two strangers on a train and agrees to a three cornered coin game to win money. They plan to victimize a third man but the victim wins and Harrold loses his stake amid a distraction as other passengers notice the commotion.
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Harrold M. Carpenter
Evanston, IL
Chicago
Harrold
Oregon
Cheyenne
Trien
Pinaly
Harold
Tarrold
Cloud burst floods Salyerville area killing six
In Salyerville Kentucky a cloud burst on the Licking River left six dead and many missing, including three entire families. The swollen river rose about thirty feet destroying homes and sweeping through a five mile stretch, challenging rescuers as they search for bodies or survivors.
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Salyerville
Licking River
Aged Senator Daniel Dies From Paralysis in Virginia
Lynchburg Virginia June 29 John W Daniel senior senator from Virginia died at the Lynchburg sanitarium at 10 25 oclock tonight death due to recurrence of paralysis. The immediate cause was cerebral hemorrhage. He was stricken by palsies at Daytona Florida March and lingered for months before being brought here where he remained. Death followed within five minutes of his heart weakening.
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Lynchburg
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Daytona
Florida
Kemmerer Ball Team Seeks Match With Cheyenne Indians
Kemmerer Wyoming based baseball club declares itself the fastest in Western Wyoming and eager to meet Cheyenne Indians for a game. Editor C Watt Brandon, arriving from Southern Colorado, will try to arrange a game in Cheyenne today for fun or money.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Cheyenne Indians
C. Watt Brandon
Kemmerer Camera
Cheyenne
Colorado
Brandon
Kemmerey
Wyoming
Conductor Aloys Obrist and Singer Anna Sutter Found Dead
Stuttgart reports the bodies of renowned conductor Aloys Obrist and court singer Anna Sutter discovered today. Both were shot, in a double fatality that shocks the music world.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Aloys Obrist
Anna Sutter
Jeffries Prepares for Fight as Reno Brims with Spectators
Reno prepares for the Jeffries Johnson bout with Governor Dickerson and 1000 spectators watching James J. Jeffries train through rope skipping, bag work, and shadow boxing. Report notes Jeffries restricts water intake to aid drying out and plans a palm-leaf sun shade between rounds. Johnson conducts road work, sparring, and camp activities, while rail and crowd logistics race to accommodate thousands five days before the big event.
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James J. Jeffries
Dickerson
Nevada
Choynski
Jack
Sam Berger
Jeffries
Moana
Johnson
Jack Johnson
Tommy Burns
Rushmatter’s Bay
New South Wales
Queensbury
Peter Jackson
Reno
Coryhody
Moving Picture Man
Judge Overrules Hyde Retrial Motion in Swope Case
Judge Ralph Latshaw of Kansas City criminal court overruled Dr B Clark Hyde's bid for a new trial on the murder of Colonel Thomas H Swope. The defense seeks appeal to the supreme court. Bail was denied. The court found the jury verdict just and supported by evidence.
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Kansas City
Ralph 8. Latshaw
Criminal Court
B. Clark Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Supreme Court
Latshaw
Hell Roaring Jake Smith Warns War Not Ready For China
Brig. Gen. Jacob H. Smith, retired and nicknamed Hell Roaring Jake, says the United States is unprepared for war with Japan. He warns the army lacks soldiers and the navy is not ready, doubting a clash would occur but urging preparation and diplomacy to resolve tensions over the Philippines, Korea and the Pacific.
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New York
Jacob H. Smith
Hell
Jake
Army
Navy
United States
Japan
Philippines
Sandwich Islands
Jack Robinson
Pacific
Korea
Roosevelt 10 Meet Taft at Beverly Summer Home Today
Beverly Massachusetts June 29 President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt will meet at Burgess Point tomorrow. It is unclear if Governor Hughes will participate while Senator Lodge hosts Roosevelt tonight in Nahant. Harvard alumni events and diplomas marked Roosevelt's day in Cambridge with notable guests including Governor Draper and Mayor Fitzgerald.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Roosevelt
Burgess Point
Hughes
Cambridge
Harvard University
Senator Lodge
Colonel Royal
Nahant
Bogtop
Harvard
Asso Cation
United States
Geatly
Lowell
Massachusetts Ball
Draper
Crane
Lodge
Fitzgerald
Bogton
Navy
New Rk
Henry van Dyck
Princeton
Beings on Charge of Fraud in Chicago Mistrial Discussion
Four jurors explained their 115 hour holdout for acquittal in the Brown bribery case. They cited doubts about the state's chief witness and circumstantial evidence. State's Attorney Wayman claimed the jury was fixed amid Brown's Springfield conspiracy indictment. Brown vowed vindication upon retrial and dismissed the Springfield case as linked to local charges.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neill Brown
Charles Share
Brown
William H. Lowe
Wiliam H. Hennesy
Wayman
White
Loriimer
Lorimer
Springfield
Ills
Tam
Clara Morris Home Foreclosure Set for Yonkers Sale
In White Plains on June 26 an order in the county clerk's office announces the foreclosure sale of Clara Morris's Yonkers homestead. The famous actress, then dying, is noted as the owner, with the sale to occur next month after public notice.
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White Plains
Clara Morris
Yonkers
Ivo
Thirty Seconds Save Life Of Yvr Ere Trenton Case
In Trenton New Jersey Arthur Rose faced execution in a death chamber when a judge halted a planned electrocution after a frantic cry. A minute remained before the second signal would have sent 2100 volts through his body as the condemned man’s lawyer pleaded.
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Trenton
N. J
Arthur Rose
Mjn
Rose
Crawford criticizes river pole fence spending at conservation congress
Senator Crawford condemned current river bank protection methods as wasteful at the South Dakota conservation congress in Pierre on June 20. He urged a comprehensive plan to safeguard riverbanks along their entire lengths, noting emphasis on agricultural topics dominated the session.
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Pierre
Senator Crawford
South Dakota Conservation Congress
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