Fire engine horses run wild as crew battles Plum Street blaze
Firemen from Engine 14 and 6 struggled to control runaway horses that bolted along Elm Street after a line of hose came free. Fire from a blaze at Murdock Plumbing near Plum Street damaged awnings and parts of the Fabien building. A missing street box near Fourth Street is being investigated for links to the fire. Mrs. Pegoni and six boarders evacuated as smoke filled her home above the burned block. several paintings at Holfrogge's store were destroyed by smoke and heat. The fire was under control by nightfall with only roof and upper floors compromised.
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Murdock Plumbing Coure Y
Plum Street
Fourth Street
Rumor of Jump at Covington Suspension Bridge
Police investigated a circulating rumor that a man leaped from the Covington Suspension Bridge last night. No confirmed sighting or corpse was found, and authorities continued to seek facts while denying any definite death by suicide.
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Covington P
Dge
Mtehman
Locker Clubs Face Setback as Alabama Eyes Extra Session
Alabama braces for July 27 extra session as court ruling allowing private liquor storage fuels anti prohibition forces. Proponents call the decision a knockout blow to prohibition while rivals attack Rev. Brooks Lawrence and pledge to press for tougher laws and court changes. The Birmingham News condemns Lawrence and defends state liquor rights amid shifting public opinion.
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Commercial Tribune
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
South
Comer
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court
Brooks Lawrence
Lawrence
Antisaloon League
Birmingham News
Nas
Supreme Court of Alabama
Wrence
Friends of Tem
Courts face uphill fight over prohibition impact says Alabama bill
The piece notes that six months into the prohibition act the legislative path to tougher laws is hard, with about 200 000 likely to be spent to push further measures. It criticizes the Antisaloon Teague and cautions that prohibition has not halted liquor distribution in Alabama.
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Pete
Alabama
Elks Leave for Northwest Trip on Special Train
The Cincinnati Elks depart by special train this evening for Yellowstone with stops in San Francisco Portland and Beattie where receptions and entertainment will be staged. The trip follows a disappointing defeat of Garry Herrmann but remains an enjoyable tour for the delegation.
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Tribune
Santa Barbara
Cal
Cincinnati
Elks
Pere Angeles
Yellowstone
San Francisco
Portland
Beattie
Garry Herrmann
Crowds Honor Memory of Mme Helena Modjeska
Funeral rites held for Helena Modjeska in Cracow with state honors after her body lay in the Church of the Holy Cross. A large concourse attended the services as Polish societies in the United States sent wreaths and tributes from officials in Lemberg and Galicia.
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Cracow
Austrian Poland
Mme
Helena Modieska
Church of the Holy Cross
Unit States
Mrs Helen Story Rests At Hyde Park Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs Helen Phister Story wife of Harry Powers Story were held at her parents home 3611 Edwardes road Hyde Park with Rev Thomas Knox of the Seventh Presbyterian church officiating. Interment followed at Spring Grove cemetery.
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Helen Phister Story
Harry Powers Story
Montgomery
Jennie Arme
Phister
Edwardes Road
Hyde Park
Thomas Knox
Seventh Presbyterian Church
Spring Grove Cemetery
Theft charge shocks Earlham dormitory story at Oxford
Miss Myrtl Harsh, 4 young woman arrested in Richmond Indiana, faces theft charges for taking 81.75 from Earlham college girls dormitory. Harsh is daughter of Rev G B Harsh longtime Oxford pastor and current Richmond pastor. The case follows a visit from Greenville Ohio where Lee Harsh taught school.
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Special Dispatch
Io Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Myrtl‘ Harsh
Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
Oxford
Harsh
G. B. Harsh
Second English Lutheran Church
Lee Harsh
Greenville
Libby Prison Scout William Fay Dies at Lake Harbor
Muskegon July 17 William Fay a part owner of the Libby Prison building and a noted Civil War scout died at his Lake Harbor home. Born 1833 in Seana he joined the Union army and later returned to Richmond Virginia where his loyalties were tested by the conflict. Fay was connected with the tobacco workhouse famous as Libby Prison and his death marks the end of a storied wartime life.
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Muskegon
Miceli
William Fay
Libby -Piisom
Richmond
Lake Harbor
Wreck on New Bremen Interurban Kills Two, Injures Many
A Western Ohio interurban car crashed on a curve in New Bremen Ohio killing Motorman Henry Langley and Conductor Herman Hortratz. George Allendorf and several others were injured or died shortly after. Victims rushed to nearby relief and hospitals as investigators note no crew blame. The wreck recalls a prior incident near Piqua with multiple fatalities.
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New Bremen
Arthur HE
Marion
Ind
Wit Brown
Marys
John O'Neil
Lim
Martin Jacobs
Minster
Henry Langley
Wapakoneta
Hagenmore
Chickasaw
Georg van Oss
Auglaize County
Pacific
Lama
Pakoneta
Allendorf
Langley
Hertratz
Marys and Minster
Ordw
Probably Fatal Auto Crash in Islip
An automobile ran at full speed and crashed into a tree in Islip today crowds of passengers. Three men and three women were thrown out. Miss Alice Ryan of Manhattan suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and is likely fatally hurt. Others escaped with minor injuries. The party was en route to Patchogue. Chauffeur Peter Rooney of Brooklyn clung to the wheel and is held for investigation.
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Islip
Mise Alice Ryan
Manhattan
Patchogue
Miss All Lipp
DME
Peter Rooney
Brooklyn
Passenger Derailed Near Night Route Delays Three Hours
A Southern passenger train derailed its rear truck en route at night causing a three hour delay. No injuries were reported.
Feudist Callahan Pleads for Peace on Recovery
Ed Callahan, feudist wounded a month ago at a door in Breathitt County, Kentucky, has about recovered and issued a public statement denying intentions to resume killings. Local reporting notes his cautious outlook and desire for peaceful conditions as he convalesces.
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Callahan
Loxington
Ed Calla
Breathitt County
Hing
Greek Cabinet Resigns for Second Time This Year
In Athens on July 17 the Greek cabinet resigned and King Constantine asked B D G Bhallis, former premier, to form a new government. Bhallis requests time to decide and will announce Monday. No disturbances reported. The cabinet had formed December 21, 1905 and resigned March 31 before reconsidering.
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Athens
G. Bhallis
M. Bhallis
G. N. Theotakis
Taft Victory Hinted as Conference Weighs Schedules
Leaders indicate Taft will win in the fight over the woolen and cotton schedules. The forenoon covered woolen dress goods tops and yarns with three reductions for women and children. Afternoon focused on the cotton schedule with many rates adopted and iron ore left unsettled. Wire nails rates set at four tenths and three fourths of a cent per pound for large and small sizes. Conference adjourned at six with work paused until Monday.
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Senate
Dingley
Taft 18 Commended on Tariff Stance Receives Wide Praise
President Taft drew praise from diverse groups after his tariff position was published yesterday. A telegram from the New England shoe and leather association thanked him for his discriminating judgment. Congressmen Tawney Longworth Miller Grotha Foster and Dall of Pennsylvania also conveyed compliments during today’s exchanges.
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Taft
New England Bhoe and Leather Association
Congress
Representative Tawney
Minnesota
Douglas Nd Longworth
Ohio
Miller
Kansas
Rince
Ilinois
Grotha
South Dakota
Foster
Vermont
Representative Dalsell
Vpenneyivan
Berry Simpson Case Verdict In Kentucky Murder Trial
Richmond Ky July 18 The jury found Berry Simpson Husha Slavin Goscae Atalay guilty of murder one in a high profile case. Sentencing is scheduled for Monday as Berry Simpson’s son Harvey Simpson was acquitted.
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Richmond
Berry Simpson
Simpson
Husha Slavin
Goscae Atalay
Jesse
Eishe Ananj
Harvey Simpson
Glassblowers elect new president amid changes in Milwaukee
Dennis A. Hayes of Philadelphia was re elected president of the Glass Blowers' Union Local in Milwaukee on July 17. Willae Sears, also of Philadelphia, was named in the transition alongside Hayes.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Dennis A. Hayes
Philadelphia
Glass @ Blowers
Willae Sears
Phila
Rain Saves Cotton in Royston Texas
Weather rains restore a cotton crop in Royston Texas as farmers report improvements after weeks of dryness. Local Selmon and Tula notes indicate a rising belief that the crop will recover with continued showers.
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Royston
Tex
Tula
Newtvaha
Damages Awarded Over Lost Fur Coat At Auburn Hotel
Judgment for 407 dollars in favor of Sherman R. Miller Jr against the Auburn Private Hotel Co. for a water-damaged fur coat valued at 1000 dollars after a burst pipe. The hotel appealed claiming prejudicial remarks about compromise. The court also denied a rehearing in the Biedinger Bowen royalties case, noting potential full royalties if Bowen mishandled accounts.
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Sherman R. Miller, Jr
Auburn
Colunsel
Charles B. Wilby
Dempsey & Netherding
Charles G. Biedinger
Ebenezer Bowen
Biedinger
Bowen
Hig
Phares, Guseweller & Phares
Congress
Circuit Court
Clyde Johnson
Phares
Gus
John McBee
German American Fire Insurance Company
J. T. Harrison
Robert L. Black
Edward Elliston
Seth C. Foster
Galvin & Bauer
John L. Stettinius
Mrs Cory Miller Arrives to Help Defense in Sayler Murder Case
In Chicago on July 17 Mrs Cory Miller wife of Dr William Miller held in Watseka Illinois for the murder of banker John B Sayler arrived from Blairsville to Bokley to consult her brother about the defense Mrs Sayler allegedly caused the crime by charming her husband.
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Chicago
Cory Miller
William Miller
Watseka
Ill
John B. Sayler
Blairsville
Pas
Bokley
Werth
Sayler
Miller Case: Cora Miller Returns to Watseka Jail
Cora Miller wife of Dr. W R Miller charged with murder of Crescent City banker John Byron Sayler arrived in Watseka from Blairsville Pennsylvania and went to the Iroquois county jail. She spoke little after being confined and hinted she may turn state's evidence, citing Miller's action in summoning his wife.
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Inl
Cora, Miller
W. R. Miller
John Byron Sayler
Crescent City
Watseka
Blairaville
Iroquois County
Mra. Miller
Miller
Brigands Control Highway For A Day
Brigands seized a highway for a day near the Russo German frontier, blocking road travel around Augustowo and Lipek. They halted about fifty to sixty travelers and relieved them of cash and valuables before retreating.
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Bela
Augustowo Lipek
Lars
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