Nude Anglican Choir Found in British Guiana Interior
Special Dispatch reports Dr. William C. Farabee and the UPenn expedition discover a nude Anglican choir among Arawak Indians near Dadanawa west of Commissioner Melville’s domain. The isolated community shows peaceful, traditional life, with a patriarchal government and a devout Anglican presence amid rich forests and subsistence living.
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Philadelphia
Caribbean
British Guiana
William Co. Farabee
University of Pennsylvania
London
H. P. C. Melville
Franklin Church
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Brazil
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Para
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Kansas Board Detects Germs in Public Pens
The Kansas Board of Health announces an investigation into public penholders used in banks post offices and other public places. Leon Cogden drug and food inspector warns the public penholder is a dangerous carrier of disease germs and proposes possible bans on its use.
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Kansas Board
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Board of Health
Leon Cogden
Spector
Fire destroys stock yard and watch tower
A large fire destroys the stock yard complex including three sheds and cattle pens at the Oweepd stock yard with the whole frame building destroyed and the railroad watch tower leveled.
Fire destroys Cincinnati Union Stockyards sheds and ruins block
A large fire swept the sheep sheds at Cincinnati Union Stockyards on Spring Grove avenue and Hopple street burning five buildings and 150 pens. Firemen were overcome by heat but restrained the blaze as detectives pursue a possible planted pistol tied to the case. The loss is estimated at $100,000 with insurance. Authorities say monument evidence may lead to an arrest for the murder of Mrs Louise Bailey in Dr Edwin Carman's office. The fire began around 6 10 p m amid brisk south wind and balloon sightings, threatening the surrounding area for hours.
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Hopple Street
B. & O. Railroad
Mill Creek
the Commercial Tribune
Freeport
N. Y
Louise Bailey
Edwin Carman
Stephen Pettit
Nassau County
Gus Carrett
Rawson Street
Millcreek
Fielding Scott
Park Avenue
Township Avenue
Hickory Carriage Company
Spring Grove Avenue
Rawson
Widow of train robber Craven defies government for hidden treasure
A widow living in Atlanta under federal watch resists sharing her late husband C C Craven’s hidden treasury. Craven led a safe blowing gang tied to numerous post office and train robberies totaling cash and jewels. He died after a running train fight with a railroad agent. the widow remains loyal, claiming the loot as rightfully hers.
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Atlanta
United States
C. C. Craven
Norfolk
Craven
Charlie
Ben John Nolan
Mexico City at risk as Zapata bandits threaten capital
Washington reports a tense day as the Mexican election nears and fears rise that Zapata and his army are at the gates of Mexico City ready to exploit the crisis. Officials warn that anarchy could begin if the expected developments do not occur.
Bomb hive disclosed by police explosion in New York tenement
Police reveal a bomb hive was found and disposed after an explosion in a New York tenement. Investigators cordon the area and review building residents' accounts and prior threats. No injuries reported. motive under investigation.
Scent Plot to Kill J. D. Rockefeller Jr.
In New York a bomb explosion in a Lexington avenue tenement killed Arthur Caron and three others. Police find a printing press and ammunition suggesting an anarchist plot tied to Rockefeller protest activity in Colorado mine strikes. The case ties to planned demonstrations in Tarrytown and a possible future trial for disorderly conduct.
Forest Fire Devours Five Square Miles in Brown County
Special Dispatch reports a forest fire started early today in the northeast Brown County area about seventy five miles south of Indianapolis. It has consumed five square miles, destroyed several farmhouses, and threatens many more as Georgetown village and other summer homes lie in the fire’s path.
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Indianapolis
Brown County
Georgetown
Ford to Lunch With Wilson on Business Outlook
Henry Ford has accepted President Wilson’s invitation to visit the White House for lunch on Thursday. He is understood to share the President’s view that the business outlook is good. A Chicago business delegation will report to the President on Wednesday, protesting certain antitrust measures.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Henry Ford
Detroit
Wilson
White House
wHson
Chicago
Town Marshal Creed Killed in Pontooc Street Fight
John Co. Creed the marshal of Pontooc was shot and killed by Oscar M. Mormon during a street quarrel. Mormon was later fatally wounded by the posse sent to arrest him.
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Creed
Oscar M
Mormon
Scandal at Austrian Royal Funeral Sparks Debate
A controversy rages over the funeral of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the Duchess of Hohenberg. Vienna papers describe chaotic scenes at Poechlarn and criticism of court officials and the Duchess's social status. Reports say rain and disorder disrupted ceremonies and the Emperor intervened to permit the Duchess’s burial in the Hofburg chapel.
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Hofburg
Vienne
Artstettin
Child Killed by Auto Becomes Tragic Winchester Incident
Special Dispatch reports in Winchester Kentucky that Madeline Ketchum six year old daughter of Dan Ketchum of Jackson was struck and killed in an automobile incident driven by Dr M Le Myers a local dentist.
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Ketchum
Jackson
Drs M. le Myers
Sisters Die In Auto Wreck Near Washington City
Two young women Edith Pfieffer and Hazel Pfieffer were killed when their car veered into a ditch four miles east of Washington. Virgil Bryant and Darius Cleary were seriously injured. Bryant's multiple bones were broken and Cleary suffered shoulder and internal injuries. The accident occurred during a Waterloo picnic return trip with Ruth Pfieffer driving.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Virgil Bryant
Darius Cleary
Waterloo
Rarth Pfieffer
Bryant
BE. Pfieffer
Cleary
Poisoned whisky death shocks Youngstown waterman
Frank Deleto aged 32 a crossing waterman died in Youngstown Ohio after drinking poisoned whisky. A Bedford County Pennsylvania farmhand named Orwig was also thought affected and paralyzed. Police investigators probe likely tainted liquor.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Youngstown, O
Frank Deleto
Bedford
Orwig
Burleson Announces Broad Post Office Shake-Up
Washington July 5 Fifty nine Postoffice Department employees many of them aged were told they had been furloughed for ninety days the notice widely viewed as discharge Burleson had warned of cuts and officials say the aim is to reduce the force and reassign workers in other bureaus many fear termination as the age and morale concerns rise amid sweeping city post office cuts.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Postoffice Department
Burleson
Blakeslee
Post Office
Launch overturns drown thirteen en route to celebration
Thirteen persons drowned in Lynn Canal when a gasoline launch bound from Skagway to Juneau with twenty aboard capsized in a gale during a Fourth of July trip to Skagway.
Huerta Again Rules After Fiasco Election
The Commercial Tribune reports in Rio City on July 5 that Victoriano Huerta appears to have secured the presidency after a troubled election. Details remain unclear as results are disputed and official tallies are pending.
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Tribune
Rio
City
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