Panic on slipping wheels as streetcar brakes fail
Passengers on a southbound College Hill car panic as wheels slip on a worn West Clifton avenue grade. A woman attempts to reach the door. the motorman applies the safety brake at Vine street to stop the car without injuries. A second accident at Clayton and Woodburn involves a pony cart. no injuries reported.
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Hunt and Broadway
College Hill
Clifton Avenue
Vine Street
Elm Street
Clayton Street
Woodburn Avenue
Gilbert Avenue
Manuel Marblestone
Fairfield Avenue
Eleven Drown In Chippewa River Log Jam Disaster
A crew of seventy four broke a log jam below Little Falls Dam on the Chippewa River. Eleven men drowned when the overloaded boat capsized and twelve were swept into rapids. Only one survivor, seventeen year old Eddie Martin of Chippewa Falls, prompted a large search already underway.
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Louis Gorey
Flambeau
Saul Brachett
Eau Claire
Max Billard
Ole Horne
Chippewa Falls
Joe Pellet
Andrew Cagnon
Jim Falls
Oscar Boquest
Anson
Bert Larry
Byron Fergeson
Chippewa City
Adolph Toutant
Cadett
Patrick Leiden
Stanley
Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company
Louis Gokey
Eddie Martin
Herman McLeod
Little Falls
Chippewa River
Will of J McLain Smith Leaves Estate to OSU Aid Fund
The will of J McLain Smith opened in Dayton Ohio names S W Davies and A A Thomas as executors. After minor bequests the entire estate to be sold with proceeds given to Ohio State University to aid worthy students in higher technical education including agriculture. Estate valued about 50000.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
J. McLain Smith
Ohio State University
S. W. Davies
A. A. Thomas
Elopers Walk 40 Miles to Be Wed in Kentucky
John Henry Kiel 17 and Louise Cisco 16, school mates from Dickinson County, walked forty miles over rough mountain roads to marry at Whitesburg today. After the ceremony they returned on foot seeking parental forgiveness and blessing.
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Mayking
John Henry Kiel
Louise Cisco
Dickinson County
Whitesburg
Warden Returns From Lewiston Reservoir Rescue
State Game Warden J. C. Porterfield and deputies recovered about one million bass perch pike and catfish from spill pools created by Lewiston Reservoir overflow in Logan County and returned them to the reservoir. The operation followed high water and involved trapping fish that escaped into surrounding pools.
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Columbus, O
J. C. Porterfield
Lewiston Reservoir
Logan County
Kansans Lose Bid to Build Oil Refinery in Peru
Kansas Supreme Court declares unconstitutional a 410000 refinery plan at Peru tied to a state penitentiary. The ruling blocks bonds and faults the act as an internal improvement, with Gov Hoch criticizing the decision and vowing to press ahead if possible.
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Supreme Court
Commercial Tribune
Topeka
Kas
Peru
State Supreme Court
Greene
Standard Oil Company
Hoch
Oil Trust
Mutineers and Fleet Pursue Kniaz Potemkine Across Black Sea
Reports from Odessa to Sevastopol detail the Black Sea fleet ordered to capture or destroy Kniaz Potemkine after a mutiny on transport Prout. Potemkine evades pursuers, heading toward Poti or Batoum as tension rises in Caucasus with a rumored move of the capital to Moscow.
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Odessa
Chouknin
Black Sea
ST. Petersburg
Kniaz Potemkine
Smetilvy
Poti
Batoum
Caucasus
Caucasian
Listok
Moscow
Russia
Kremlin
Neva
Alexander II
Mutineers Take Coal After Sightings Near Theodosia
The Kniaz Potemkine, unloading at Theodosia in Crimea on July 7, followed a British collier at sea and took a quantity of coal from the vessel before departure.
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Theodosia
Crimea
Kniaz Potemkine
Town Fears Bombardment at Yalta
Intense excitement grips Yalta Crimea as residents fear bombardment from the Kniaz Potemkine. The looming threat unsettles civilians and authorities, with defenses and emergency plans under review.
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Yalta
Crimea
Kniaz Potemkine
Black Sea Fleet Arrives At Novorossiysk
The Black Sea fleet arrived at Novorossiysk tonight and will sail southward. Authorities placard the town advising residents to avoid streets should the Kniaz Po temkine appear. Novorossiysk sits at the head of Novorossiysk Bay on the northeast Black Sea coast.
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Novorossiysk
Russia
Black Sea
Novorossiysk Bay
Sailors in Rumored Mutiny Surrounded by American Patrol
In Manila on July 7 reporters say Russian naval personnel from the interned squadron showed a sullen mood and sympathy for the Black Sea mutineers. American authorities stationed the monitor Monadnock near the ships following a murder plot rumor.
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Manila
Black Sea
Powers Wins Federal Trial Transfer in Caleb Powers Case
Judge A M J Cochran in Maysville Kentucky orders transfer of the Caleb Powers case from state to federal court after a lengthy opinion. The ruling grants a writ of habeas corpus and moves Powers from Georgetown jail to Newport jail, prompting Republican support and calls of exoneration by local attorneys.
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Powers
Commercial Tribune
Maysville
A. M. J. Cochran
Caleb Powers
Cochran
Scott Circuit
United States Court For
Eastern District of Kentucky
Kentucky
United States
Scott Circuit Court
Court of Appeals
Beckham
Commonwealth
United States Supreme Court
J. C. Sims
Paris
Supreme Court
Georgetown
Newport
Newport Bar
James C. Wright
Goebel
Jones
Alabama
Wright
Horace Root
Taylor
Finley
Samuel Anderson
Negro Lynched on Train by Mob of Kentuckians
Shelbyville Kentucky July 7 Lon Beard a negro arrested for assaulting Mrs Chester Crawford Normandy was lynched on a train while en route to Shelbyville. A mob of about twenty five men boarded the coach at Normandy and shot Beard multiple times.
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Normandy
Taylorsville
Shelbyville
Sweden borrows $6.5 million to cover extraordinary expenditures
STOCKHOLM, July 7. Sweden borrows $6,500,000 to pay extraordinary expenditures amid frontier precaution. Reports say two Norwegian officers were arrested at Christiania for refusing allegiance to King Oscar. Prominent merchants note capitalists withdrawing funds from Norwegian banks.
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Norway
Stockholm
Sweden
Christiania
Oscar
Roosevelt Defines Duties of the Rich and Root’s Sacrifice
Official notice from Oyster Bay that Elihu Root will become Secretary of State after taking the oath in a few weeks. Roosevelt lauds Root’s sacrifice and recalls John Hay’s service, stressing public duty over personal gain and calling for a spirit of public service across the nation.
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Roosevelt
Root
Commercial Tribune
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Elihu Root
Loeb
Washington
Mr. Root
Cleveland
Hay
John Hay
Lincoln
Loyal Legion
Money Not Elevating, Says President at Roosevelt Speech
Thousands greet President Roosevelt at the National Educational Association closing day in Asbury Park and Ocean Grove. He warns that mere wealth fails to elevate society and praises educators for shaping character and national unity.
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Commercial Tribune
Asbury Park
N. J
Roosevelt
National Educational Association
Ocean Grove Auditorium
Main Street
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