Explorers of the World greet Cook with royal welcome
New York and Arctic club members plan a national caliber homecoming for Dr. Frederick A. Cook with an address featuring city, state, and station participation. Explorers from around the world may attend and President Taft might be present.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Arctic Club
Taft
Capt
Bradley
Osborn
Cook
Ee Im
Denmark Belety
England
Agen
Daniel Lar
Bleriot Aims To Build Superior Monoplane For Match
Paris reports M. Louis Bleriot seeks a faster monoplane to surpass Glenn Curtiss and the American speed results at Rheims. He plans an improved design and hopes a special match in the United States, likely St. Louis, to settle supremacy before the next international meet.
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Paris
M. Lewis Bleriot
Glenn Curtiss
Rheims
Speedien
America
Curtiss
Mexican town of Tula wrecked by flood Saturday
A report from Tamaulipas says Tula was destroyed by a flood on Saturday with many deaths and all crops ruined.
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Mexico City
Tula
Tamaulipas
Manager's Compliment to Daughter Sparks Musical Work
New York Congress Rep 2-Law Fields praises his eldest Mise Frances Fields amid a family gathering. A new musical piece by Moeware, Victor Herbert and George Hobart centers on a 14 year old girl's love, with Fields mulling an opera title after his daughter’s sixteenth birthday. The plan stalled when a telephone call interrupted the moment.
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New York
Law Fields
Mise Frances Fields
Moeware
Victor Herbert
George ¥. Hobart
Mr. Herbert
Tyo
Postal department shortage hits twenty million
Sept 2 report notes President F and Hitchcock clashed over plans to cut the postal establishment. The post office shows a deficit for the fiscal year ended June 30 at more than 420 million, the largest seen. Hitchcock aims to cut costs with new registry department measures.
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Post- 1
Hitchcock
Hit
Mall
Bck
Maniac Subsists on Berries in Rawlins Wyoming
A deranged man named John G deris was found near Tao Union station in Rawlins on September 2. He claimed to be from Trenton and described travels through the region while in a delirious state. Authorities suspect he may have escaped from an asylum, with limited details recovered about his background.
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Rawlins
Wyb
John G@deris
Mai
Tao
Union Ito
Yeutanday
Leo
Trenton
Nody
Ipsan
Rewation
Wyoming
Trendlon
Barle
Misa Duinn
Harie
Chicago
Dung
Wala
Marly
Bloodhounds for Running Down Box Car Thieves
New York dispatch notes a dramatic push to catch freight car thieves on the New York Central lines. The piece blends sensational theater imagery with a call for intensified law enforcement as a metaphor for pursuing criminals.
Taft Peace Push in Taft Era Aims at Quiet Business
Beverly Massachusetts September 2. The article argues Taft will keep peace and financial stability despite political bickering. It praises Taft diplomacy over Rooseveltian aggression and notes Knox and Hoyt as key figures shaping future treaties and state department strategy.
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Beverly
Masc
Taft
Congress
William Howard Taft
William Howard Tatt
Theodore the Bold
Philander
Knox
Battle in Colorado mining camp leaves two dead or dying
In Florence Colorado a fierce early morning gun battle in Williamsburg left two men mortally wounded. Saloonkeeper Paul Palino and Deputy Marshal Edward Jones were shot during a rivalry with Felix Palmetto. Palino suffered head and chest buckshot wounds while Jones was shot in the abdomen.
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Florence
Colo
Williamsburg
Paul Palino
Edward Jones
Palino
Felix Palmetto
Palmetto
Palin
Jones
Patlcia
Italian laborer suffers skull fracture at Sunrine rail yard
Louis Moliicom, an Italian laborer on the Colorado and Wyoming railroad at Sunrine, received a skull fracture yesterday afternoon while moving a heavy steel piece. He twisted a rope with a crowbar but the bar slipped and struck him on the head. He was taken to the Colorado Fuel and Iron company hospital at Pueblo.
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Louis Moliicom
Colorado and Wyoming
Sunrine
Colorado Fuel Aud Tren Company
Pueblo
Examining Applicants for Army Commissions in Indiana
Examination of applicants for appointment as first lieutenants in the Medical Reserve Corps began today at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, with Major P. F. C. Fauntleroy in charge.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Medical Reserve Corps
Army
Fort Benjamin Morrison
PF. C. Fauntleroy
Melodrama at Lincoln: Earle Bests Carter in Dramatic Duel
In a sensational scene at Lincoln J Carter is bested by Ferdinand Pinney in a confrontation over a platonic romance with Miss Gertrude Dunn. Dunn, fearful of tragedy, seeks counsel as Barhe Dunn confronts the Chicago visitor, ending with Dunn's violent outburst and tears from Miss Dunn.
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New York
Ferdinand Pinney
Europe
Ballard Dunn
Gertrude Buell Dunn
Hin Iyomtate
Monroe
bin Sinter
Earle
Ohi
Dunn
Arter
Karle Castle
Bilge Dunn
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