Peruvian Aviator First to Cross the Alps in Heavier-Than-Air Machine
Domodossola Italy Sept 23 Yo George Chavez narrowly completed the Alpine crossing in a monoplane for a prize but was badly injured when his aircraft overturned on alighting. He suffered multiple leg fractures and a fractured thigh and was buried beneath the wreckage. Weymann, another aviator, also attempted the route but had to descend after an early ascent and later overturned in gusts.
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Domodossela
Italy
George Chavez
Alps
Society For & Might
Brig
Switzerland
Chavez
Weymann
Roosevelt platform draft advances in pre convention drive
New York reports Roosevelt and the Old Guard near agreement as the draft platform is studied with emphasis on direct primary labor and tariff planks. Spokane dispatch notes suspected Alaska land fraud investigations under federal guidance expanding beyond prior Ta
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New York
Roosevelt
Spokane
Wash
Ann- Yerigmtion
Alaska
Tanour Cunningham
OM IS MOTHER MY DESERTED KITTENS
Denver, Sept 23. An elderly man at 1625 Court Place mothers four deserted kittens found on Sherman Street. A passing woman moved them to the shelter on Court Place where they cling together awaiting care. The man named Thomas provides a calm box refuge, shielding the kittens from other shelter animals.
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Denver
Thomas
Court Plate
Sherman Street
Court, Place
Fom
Bodies of Five Babies Found in the Denver Sewer
Denver police investigate a suspected infant trafficking ring after five infant bodies are found in sewers following a violent storm. Drain workers discovered three bodies in a West Colfax basin and two more were found earlier that week near the Carnegie library, close to the state capitol and county courthouse.
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Denver
West Colinwell
Atella
Joe McIntyre
James P. Thomas
Bull bass legend alleged by New York fisherman
Stamford Connecticut today reports a tale of a wounded bull bass in Long Island Sound. George Gels, a professional fisherman from New York, and James Jenking, an attorney from this city, say the fish weighs up to 160 pounds and are prepared to swear to the claim.
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Stamford
Conn
Long Island Sound
George Gels
New York
James 8
Jenking
Famous Harvard Prodigy Christopher Royce Dies in Danvers
Christopher Royce, heir to Sigatah Royce and son of a Harvard history professor, died yesterday at Danvers asylum after overwork. Once a celebrated teen prodigy who entered Harvard at 14, he excelled in mathematics and later pursued advanced study before shifting to film work.
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Boston
Christopher Royce
Sigatah Royce
America
Danvers Insane Hospital
Cambridge
Knopp
Sor
Harvard
Gony
Graduate School of Applied Science
Royce
Movaie
Million names on wife's petition to pardon Morse
New York reporting on Mrs. Morse gathering roughly 80 names for a petition to President Taft seeking clemency for Charles W. Morse, jailed at Atlanta since January 3 for a fifteen-year term. She defends him, cites his improved spirits, and notes plans to present the petition next month with eight one Mason signatories from Virginia accompanying her.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
Evereines
Morse Hes
Pak Saat
Mrs. Morse
Taft
Hym
Mr. Morse
Lfe
Perlijonally
Mora
Taii Withi
Virginia
Washington
Nama
Moise
Unnamed Joe Cannon Appeals for Republican Faith at State Convention
At the Illinois Republican state convention in Springfield on September 29, Uncle Joe Cannon attended, praised Taft, and urged Republicans to stay true to principles even if the party falters. He avoided naming Lorimer, spoke on tariff views, defended the law, and tempered support with calls for unity and firm stance against the enemy.
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Springfield
Uncle Joe
Cannon
Eniders
Congress
Taft
Lorimer
Lawyer Found Unconscious at Capitol in Cheyenne
Police probe a Cheyenne incident after attorney Jerry Jovel collapsed on the sidewalk near the state capitol. Special Officer Pleming revived him before dawn as Lovell arrived from Colorado with papers for a client activity unclear to investigators.
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Capitol
Cheyenne
Lee
Jerry Jovel
State Capitol
Pleming
State Building
Lovell
Colorado
Gieveta
Iain
Stenographer Brody Found In House In Police Reveal
Body of Miss Bya Swan a former Paso Robles schoolteacher missing five months was unearthed in the rear of a yardn touse. Police believe she died in the office of Dr. James Grant. Grant and nurse Mary Messer-Smith are detained while William Sachs, a former Grant aide, is being sought. A new Grant assistant supplied the clue to the homicide.
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San Francisco
Bya Swan
Paso Robles
California
James Grant
Grant
Mary Messer-Smith
William Sachs
Hart 13 Selected Senator Hart to be Retired as Instructor
Capt Verling Hart, master builder at Fort Russell under Quartermaster supervision, is to be retired and reassigned as instructor for the Wyoming National Guard. The exact date is not known but the move will occur in a few days. Hart will be based in Cheyenne with headquarters there. He has many friends across the state and will be the chief meat instructor for Wyoming troops since the Spanish American War.
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United States
F. EB. Warren
Washington
Verling K. Hart
Fort Russell
Wyoming
Hart Leave
Rejected Lover Tries Dynamite Widow in Fall
Leadville Colorado. A man, a rejected suitor, attempted to murder Belle Crowley by placing six sticks of dynamite near her home. The blast damaged the house but injured no one. The suspect fled. no arrests reported.
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Leadville
Galo
Belle Crowley
George Houghton
Democratic program outlined by Champ Clark in Missouri
Champ Clark, minority leader, spoke to the Democratic Editorial Association of Missouri outlining ten planks for a victorious program. He urged tariff reduction, reciprocity, abolition of superfluous offices, tighter federal spending, restoration of the merchant marine, direct election of senators, stronger anti trust laws, conservation, waterways improvements, and scrutiny of Republican extravagances. He warned conditions mirror 1890s upheaval and predicted a Democratic sweep.
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St. Louis
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Democratic
Missouri Tonight
TJ Sean
Canada
United States
Clark
Secret Marriage Reported for Boulder Man in Los Angeles
Word reached Boulder that William Piske Hunter an old resident married secretly in Los Angeles to Miss Bunker a stenographer. The notice notes the couple’s union in California and reflects the era’s discreet approach to marriages.
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Calipornta
Boulder
Colo
William Piske Hunter
Los Angeles
Miss Bunker
Wreck on Rock Island Kills Sixteen. WASHED OUT TRACK
A Rock Island train from Kansas City to Denver plunged into a washout two miles east of Clayton Kansas. Sixteen dead and thirteen injured as engine car and smoker fell into twenty feet of water. Names include engineer Frank Pickenplugh and fireman William Mills from Goodland Kansas and conductor Jo W Usher. A special train from Goodland rushed doctors and nurses to the scene.
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Denver
Rock Island
Clayton
Kas
Kansas City
Frank Pickenplugh
Goodland
Kan
William Mills
Philip Hiffman
Jo W. Usher
Pennsylvania Street
W. E. Shively
Herman Miller
G A R Postpones Lee Statue Action at National Encampment
The national G A R encampment voted 133 to 102 to indefinitely postpone plating Robert E. Lee statue in the Capitol. The session lasted three hours of debate while officers were installed and a pension proposal was shelved.
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Atlantic City
Robert E. Lee
National Capitol
Mother Finds Kidnapped Girl After Year’s Search
Mrs. Blake Barrows spent five thousand dollars and logged more than fifteen thousand miles seeking her daughter Dottie Barrows, 14, kidnapped from Houston. A note from the captor led to Evansville where Dottie cried for help, claiming dentist Gordon Martin, 60, hypnotized her and took her home by threats. The pair planned to travel to Houston for reunion.
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Ind
Blake Barrows
Dottie
Houston
Texas
Rvansville
Mre
Barrows
Gordon Martin
Jim
Canada
Galveston
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