Intense Heat Drives Many to the Parks
City residents sought shade and relief as a heat wave swept the area. Parks filled with visitors seeking air flow, hydration, and a cooler refuge from scorching afternoon temperatures.
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1911
Page
1
Seaside Heat Records as Midwestern Weather Stays Sweltering
Severe heat grips Michigan and Ohio with temperatures above 90 for nine hours and 95 at peak. Despite hot sun and little relief, parks and river beaches filled with residents seeking shade and refreshment as crowds frequented excursion boats and beaches into the night.
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Neal Ted
Neal Ted | RL
Dumerass
Severe late storm damages Preble county buildings
A cyclone like storm hit Preble county around 5 30 PM causing hundreds of dollars in damage. It toppled small structures and ripped roofs while disrupting country telephone lines. A horse and carriage with two occupants reportedly were blown off the road into a nearby field near Gratis.
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Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Baton, O
Preble County
Gratis
Indianapolis Officer Killed By Live Wire in Wind Storm
Arthur Barrows, 38, a member of the Indianapolis police bicycle squad, died after a broken electric wire struck him on the sidewalk during a wind storm. A large crowd watched as rescuers tried to revive him, but life could not be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Arthur Barrows
Barrows
Chicago Endures Record Heat With Prostrations
Chicago sweltered through a record June 4 with temperatures rising to 95.3 degrees, far above other days this year. The heat caused one drowning and several heat prostrations before a sharp drop after nightfall, cooling to 65 by 9 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Detroit Wind Storm Tops Michigan In Years
A severe wind storm with electricity knocked out tech and telephone wires across Michigan. The event was described as the most powerful in many years, affecting Detroit and statewide infrastructure tonight.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Tech
Weather Forecast Sees Warm Week Across Nation
Washington reports generally fair weather nationwide after tomorrow's thunder showers in the north. No cooler trend expected. temperatures to stay high in the South and Central West with a rise in the East after tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Electric storm causes damage in Toledo
An electric storm struck Toledo at noon followed by heavy rain that damaged telephone and telegraph lines. The rainfall lasted eleven minutes with 1.54 inches recorded, causing widespread disruption in communications.
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Toledo
Prayer Book Burned as Lightning Strikes Fort Wayne Church
During a severe electrical storm in Fort Wayne Indiana a lightning bolt struck Trinity Episcopal church. A prayer book held by Mrs W W Shryock was burned and her hand blackened by the bolt. The church lights failed and the organ was silenced prompting brief panic among worshipers.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Trinity Episcopal Church
W. W. Shryock
Wind Storm Wrecks Churches in Wooster
A severe wind and rain storm hit Wooster Ohio late today causing extensive damage and injuries. Spires at Baptist and James Episcopal churches were wrecked while roofs collapsed on the First Presbyterian church and other structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Baptist
James Episcopal
First Presbyterian
Sea Serpent Sighted Near New York by Celtic Passengers
Passengers and crew of the White Star line steamship Celtic report seeing a large winged aquatic creature pursuing a school of young whales near New York. The monster rose ten feet or more from the water before disappearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
White Star Line
Celtic
New Chicago Passenger Depot Opens With Large Capacity
The Chicago and North Western passenger station was formally opened in Chicago on June 4. It can handle 250,000 passengers daily with a total cost of 23.75 million dollars, including 11.56 million spent on real estate. Construction began in February 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestrn
Reyes Returns to Mexican Soil as Presidential Campaign Opens
General Bernardo Reyes arrives in Vera Cruz from Havana signaling the start of the Mexican presidential campaign. He is seen as a potential candidate, backed by the army and the remnants of the Ding machine, while voters favor Maderismo. Reyes plans to meet Madero in Mexico City, aiming to restore peace and influence the political landscape ahead of the next election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Bernardo Reyes
Europe
Havana
Reyes
Mexico City
General Reyes
Capital
Madero
Diaz
Church
Madero Arrives amid Bombs and Cannon Fire in Torreon
In Torreon on board Maderos Special Train Francisco I Madero Jr was greeted by 5000 former insurgents forming ranks on both sides of the track as 20000 residents including Americans and foreigners joined a vast demonstration. The day boosted Maderos spirits with strong local support from San Pedro Gomez Palacio and Torreda districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torreon
Mex
Madero
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
San Pedro
Gomez Palacio
Torreda
Taft Heads Home From Chicago Trip Through Pittsburg
President Taft travels from Chicago to Washington with Secretary Fisher not returning. He views positive reception of his Canada reciprocity speech and aims to push the bill unamended in the Senate. The 2,000 mile trip includes Fort Wayne and Wooster stops with light crowds and a Sunday speaking constraint.
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Pittsburg
Taft
Washington
Chicago
Fisher
Western Economic Society
Senate
Finance Committee
Fort Wayne
Wooster, O
John Hays Hammond Arrives in London for King George Coronation
Special ambassador John Hays Hammond and his family arrived in London on June 4 to attend the coronation of King George. He represents the United States in the ceremony and was greeted by officials upon arrival.
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John Hays Hammond
London
United States
George
Four Supreme Court decisions shape 1912 campaign
Four court rulings upholding labor rights restricting work hours dissolving Standard Oil and ending the Tobacco Trust shift the political ground. Taft’s progressive platform gains support while insurgents delay reciprocity and attack the court, yet leaders foresee Taft’s renomination and a durable Sherman Act.
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Mmercial Atcha Bureau
NSEY
Washington
Uan
United States Supreme Court
Gompers- Mitchell-Morrison
Standard Oil Trust
Tobacco Trust
Taft
Supreme Court
Ohio Navy Aids: Cincinnati's Douglas Bode Leads Navy Class
Ohio honors nine naval academy graduates from its large class of 1911. Cincinnatiian Douglas H. Bode, nicknamed Count, graduates with high rank and notable proof of his civic and social activity. Others from Cincinnati include James Linn Rodgers and additional Ohio peers from Toledo and Hillsboro.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Annapolis
Ohio
Buckeye
Naval Academy
Cincinnati
Douglas H. Bode
Judge Bode
Springfield
James Linn. Rodgers
Lotis Webb
Hayes
Toledo
President Hayes
Koward
Jeans
Hisboro
Lewis W. Comstock
Cievélana
Roy W. Lewis
Lamira
John W. McClaran
Wooster
George J. McMillan
Youngstown
Harry W. Stark
Findlay
Bone
Rayes
Klodgers
Bode
Academy
Woodward High School
Walnut Halls Preparatory School
Jeta
Delta Tau ‘Delta
Taft
Washington
Howe Military Academy
Indiana
J. J. Southers
Wilson in Washington Looks Around to Back Harmon's Backers
Governor Wilson mingled with lawmakers in Washington after a West tour. He backed the House wool schedule and endorsed reciprocity, signaling solid support for Harmon allies and aligning with progressive Democrats and Republicans on tariff strategy.
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Gov. Wilson
Washington
Commercial Tribune
Woodrow Wilson
Governor Harmon
Congress
Harmon
Governor Wilson
Res
West
Loved Brother Better Than Her Husband
Special Dispatch from Peoria, Illinois reports 23 year old Clyde Thomas’s sister in law Mrs Tony Russell taking poison to reunite with her twin brother. The woman, wife of a railroad contractor, swallowed laudanum for toothache and earlier carbolic acid in Indianapolis after her brother refused to join her in West Virginia. She may die.
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Tribune
Peoria
Ill
Clyde Thomas
Barberville
W. Va
Tony Russell
Thomas
Indianapolis
West Virginia
Russell
Danvers
Robs union secretary in Ohio home robbery
Police investigate a morning robbery at the East Franklin Street residence of Stanley S. Ogg secretary of Iron Molders union No. 68 The house was ransacked while his family was away drawers and a desk were rifled union records scattered and a substantial sum may have been taken Ogg was out of town and the loss will be determined on his return
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
East Franklin Street
Stanley S. Ogg
Iron Molders' Union
Ogg
Don’t Take Your Poodle Abroad Warns Law Change
Washington reports the customs court broadened the Payne Aldrich provision to require duty on any American animal traveled abroad and returned. Officials say the rule will restrict commerce and may force travelers to pay duty on pets and horses. Seven congressmen threaten bills to amend the law.
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Washington
Customs Court
Treasury
Congress
Europe
Loeb
New York
Treasury Department
Canada
Detroit
Windsor
Custom Court
Hires Man To Carry Him To Watery Grave
In Vicksburg Mississippi on June 4 Ben Abrams paid a man to row him to the middle of the Mississippi River. Abrams then jumped into the swift current and drowned. The body has not been recovered and health is listed as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Teft
Department of Justice
Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi River
Ben Abrams
Carnations Sent the Children by Taft
Washington June 4 All Souls Unitarian church held children's day exercises. Each boy and girl received a carnation with President Taft's compliments. A cordial note from the president accompanied the flowers regretting his absence in Chicago prevented his attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
All-Souls
Unitarian Church
Taft
Chicago
Six Drowned in Utah Lake Party Capsize
Six people perish when the launch Galilee capsizes on Utah Lake during a party for the upcoming marriage of Vera Brown and Edward B Holmes. Victims include Vera Brown 21 Franklin Brown 23 Helen Brown 18 Benjamin Raymond Sherwood Raymond and five year old Raymond. All victims were Salt Lake City residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Utah Lake
Galilee
Vera Brown
Edward B. Holmes
Frank Brown
Helen Brown
Captain Brown
Benjamin W. Raymond
Aia Sherwood Raymond
Four Die As Gasoline Launch Capsizes on Mississippi River
Four men drowned and three rescued when a line launch capsized at noon on the Mississippi River near St. Louis. Identified dead include John A. Dietrich 16 a clerk August Masterbrook 25 a grocer and Charles Totsch 42 a butcher. The fourth victim remains unnamed and bodies unrecovered. Overcrowding caused the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Mississippi River
John A. Dietrich
August Masterbrook
Charles Totsch
Cardinal Gibbons Invests Russell as Monsignor in Capital
Washington June 4 Cardinal Gibbons invested Very Rev William T Russell rector of St Patrick s church with the purple robes of a monsignor and domestic prelate of Pope Pius X The ceremony was held at St Patrick s before a large congregation Rev Bonaventure Ceretti intoned the mass and Rev John T Whelan of Baltimore preached the sermon
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Washington
Cardinal Gibbons
William T. Russell
St. Patrick’s Church
Pope Pius X
St. Patrick's
Bonaventure Ceretti
John T. Whelan
Baltimore
Sleepwalker Falls From Second Story
Minnie Camp, 19, walked in her sleep and fell from a second story window in Hamilton Ohio. She was found hours later by a police officer and sustained no injuries.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, .C
Minnie ‘Camp
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